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Japanese
English
Demon
...I don't have a beta! But I have tried to revise any and all the mistakes I found!
...If you found more that I missed, hit me up and I'll try and fix it!
"You're sure we should be doing this? In-" A young man, around twenty-four or twenty-five with dark auburn hair and a faint asked in Japanese, his dark green eyes looking up at the small dismal building in front of him as his companion took a small breath in irritation. In front of him was a small abandoned house that was hidden away so well that they would have missed it if it weren't for the fact they were looking for something like it. As it was, it was surrounded by overgrown grass and more than a few of the windows were bordered up, the house looked as if it had never been painted, with the only color on the dark grey house being the dark brown door and dingy chipped yellow doorknob.
"Yes Shippo, I'm sure. Besides, InuYasha did want to know about our neighbors." The young girl around eighteen said in the same language as she stormed up the broken steps and banged on the door, making Shippo shake his head. The girl was Japanese and had an older air about her. She had long dark brown hair and bright brown eyes that were almost light enough to be considered amber in the right light. Around her neck was a simple chain necklace with a small disc made from some type of metal with the symbols for black and white as well as for dog. She also wore a simple faded green hoodie over a pair of skin tight jeans and old combat boots. Shippo, on the other hand wore a simple button up shirt that was decorated in blue plaid with the sleeves rolled up and the top three buttons undone to show the white shirt underneath, he also wore a pair of thick light blue pants that stopped just at his simple brown work boots. Around his neck was a similar necklace, though the round pendent the symbols of a fox and a white dog. Looking at the two, no one would guess they were even related, much less siblings.
"Akari, maybe you shouldn't-" Shippo started and winced when the girl turned to glare at him. "Or you know you could just continue that." He said hastily and waved his hands in front of him as the door creaked open a bit.
"Can I help you?" A young voice asked with a touch of hostility and both people looked down at the small pale figure glaring up at them with even stranger eyes. The child looked to be around eleven and had smudges of dirt on their face as well as a small dirty band aid on their left cheek that was starting to come off around the edges. They had short messy dark brown, almost black hair that was sticking up in all directions and was surprisingly pale. They wore a wrinkled red shirt that was a size to big along with a pair of ratty cut off jeans that showed small scratches on their legs. The child's eyes were a strange hazel color, with the outer edges a dark blue surrounding a faded leaf green with the pupils surrounded by a red brown. None of the colors seemed to mix but at the same time they seemed to blend together. "If you're looking for the town, it's that way." The kid went on to say, pointing in a Northern direction, and Akari noticed for the first time the child didn't have the same thick Southern accent that she had learned to associate with the area.
"Alright, we just came by to get to know who our neighbors were and to introduce ourselves." Shippo said with a friendly smile, walking up onto the porch before Akari could do something stupid. "My name's Shippo, and this is my younger sister Akari. We live on the old plantation a few miles from here. It's nice to meet you...?" Shippo trailed off, looking at the child in hopes of them telling the siblings their name.
"None of your business. I suggest you leave before something happens." The child said calmly, making the siblings tense up at what they perceived as a threat. "There's been a wild animal attacking lately." The kid added, ignoring their tense postures as they looked up at Akari, their eyes narrowing slightly in confusion before they darted over to Shippo and did the same.
"It's fine, we can handle ourselves." Shippo said with a smug look as he tried to make his skinny arms look buffed up.
"What kind of animal?" Akari asked, rolling her eyes at her brother's actions while trying to see if she could learn anything useful.
"...dunno. Whatever it is, it comes out at random so get out of here." The kid said, suddenly seeming on edge. Before Akari or Shippo could ask anything more the child slammed the door shut in their face.
"That could have gone better." Shippo said in the silence that followed, his sensitive ears straining to hear any sound coming from inside the house as he shockingly noted how Akari had not gone off the handle.
"You could say that." Akari said obviously distracted as she walked off the porch lost in thought and started towards the surrounding woods. "So much for being neighborly." Akari grunted as she jumped up into the trees and started heading in the direction of where Shippo had parked his used Chevy roughly five miles away.
"Don't worry about it," Shippo said, as he followed her, leaping easily from branch to branch with a grace that spoke of years of practice and use. "I mean, we did just randomly show up and bang on their door." He said as they reached his truck and got in. Akari didn't answer, instead choosing to look out the window as Shippo drove back to their current house, an old but large plantation house with plenty of land around it. InuYasha had bought it with Sesshoumaru's help and had moved in shortly after, cleaning up the place and modifying it with a demon's touch.
"We're back!" Shippo yelled as he parked his truck in front of the old house and hopped out, catching sight of one of his younger brothers as he ran around the house at full speed with something in his hands.
"Shippo!" Masaru, a young boy of with short brown hair and dark violet eyes, yelled happily and tackled his brother to the ground, trying to wrestle the older boy into a headlock only to end up getting a mouth full of acorns. As this happened, the image of the dark haired boy vanished and was replaced by white hair -with a lock of black- and gold eyes that were narrowed in anger.
"Ha! Take that! Thought you could take me?The Great! The Amazing! Th-" Shippo bragged only to get knocked to the ground with a bump on his head.
"The annoying brat that forgot to get groceries." InuYasha said in annoyance as he crossed his arms and looked over at his eldest daughter. "You okay?" He asked Akari in Japanese, noting how his eldest daughter seemed lost in thought.
"Yeah, just thinking about something." Akari told him as she shut the truck door with a loud slam and jogged inside.
"So? Are there any kids my age around here? I mean not like my actual age but that would be really cool! And then I wouldn't have to hold back if we sparred and-" Masaru rambled before Shippo stopped him with a sigh.
"The neighbors are alright, I mean the closest one is a few miles from here and they seem to not like strangers so we probably won't have to worry about them much." Shippo said with a shrug before his eyes were drawn to the running form of his sister as she shot past him.
"Oi! Where are you going?" InuYasha yelled and growled under his breath when the girl didn't answer him and instead vanished from sight. Before InuYasha could go after her two of the younger pups ran outside and tackled him.
"Otou/Ojii!" The two children yelled happily. InuYasha laughed as he picked up the two hanyos running towards him, before the male one wiggled out of his arms.
"Play with us!" The more energetic of the two, a small half Japanese, half Latino cat hanyo girl named Ami with pale hazel eyes and dark brown hair around seven, yelled, her little pointed cat ears peeking out of her thick hair like two pale cream colored nubs. Without waiting for a reply she climbed up onto his chest and moved to stare him in the eye, both of their noses touching as they looked each other in the eye. Just as quickly as she appeared, she kissed his nose and jumped off with a laugh, running over to Shippo and climbing up onto the older boy's back. Ami was technically a ward of Souta and Rin's but was staying with InuYasha and Kagome so Souta could help an old physic named Genkia find a new apprentice she would pass on her knowledge to, and so Rin could look more into the Higurashi line and the younger versions of her mate and his older sister since the well would be reopening soon.
"Ano, Otou where did onee-chan go?" The second child, a small water hanyo, asked ignoring Ami's actions as he looked the direction his oldest sister had run, his face in a frown as his strange blue eyes narrowed in thought. InuYasha ruffled the boy's red hair, uncovering his pointed ears and drawing a fanged smile from the boy.
"Probably out for a run. She'll be back, Celt." InuYasha told his adopted son that had come from Ireland. They had found the small ten year old half water demon on a trip after he had tried to steal InuYasha's wallet, and had decided to give the boy a home with them. It wasn't until recently that they realized he had the same life span as a human, though he seemed to have inherited majority of his other demon qualities.
"...okay." Celt said after a minute of thought. It still amazed InuYasha how fast the Irish born boy had picked up Japanese, but Kagome said it was because he was a natural genius and could easily pick up any language if he wanted. InuYasha thought it was just because he wanted to know what everyone was talking about.
"InuYasha!" Kagome called out, walking out of the house with the youngest addition to their large and spread out family on her hip and their two twin daughters Keade -who looked just like her mother with puppy ears and was the oldest by three minutes- and Izayoi -who looked just like her father in his half demon form- trailing close behind and arguing once more. "You and the boys run to town and get groceries. I want to cook something, instead of going another night with Ramen." Kagome said as she adjusted a small bat hanyo named Emily on her hip. Emily had actually been adopted by Kagome's own adopted brother Kohaku and his mate Shiori, the later being a half bat demon much like Emily. Unlike most Hanyo though, Emily was also the only one the family knew of that had lived and known both parents before they passed on, her mother leaving custody to Kohaku and Shiori a day before she lost her battle with cancer, while her father had been shot to death protecting Emily several months before. Emily also resembled Shiori after going through the blood adoption unlike her two older brothers, Jun and Toya who instead seemed to have inherited Kohaku's happy personality and sharp mind. Right now, Kagome had her four year old niece dressed in a special sleeveless dress that was enchanted by a thread demon to keep the child from burning to easily and was more resistant to staining than most clothing made by humans.
"Damn woman! Ramen is the Kami of all food!" InuYasha scoffed while setting Celt down on his feet but none the less walked over to his bright red jeep with Masaru and Shippo following, Ami still clinging to her favorite 'big brother'. "You coming Celt?" InuYasha called over his shoulder as the young boy jogged over to the house.
"No, I'm going after Akari!" Celt called and dashed inside making InuYasha shake his head.
"You better leave your sister alone! And be careful! I don't want to have to come look for you, you here me?" InuYasha yelled and was rewarded by seeing the boy -now human- jump out of a second story window with a grin and slide off the roof before bouncing off the roof of Shippo's truck and landing on the ground with a flip. Any normal family would have freaked out, but with InuYasha's little pack it was a normal occurance to see any of the kids -minus Emily and Ami- jumping out of the higher windows and roofs. Many people they met actually asked them if they did professional parkour and had even asked InuYasha to teach them after seeing what he could do.
"Yes sir! My English is exquisite, is it not?" Celt said making InuYasha roll his eyes at the sarcastic boy while Kagome fixed his favorite blue oriental shirt and brushed his messy, now blond, hair down.
"Just be careful." Kagome said in English and gave the boy a quick kiss before he was running off, following the direction of his sister.
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Descriptions of the pack! Each one is in order of age!
Shippo - Fox Demon
Status : Male Beta in InuYasha's Pack
Appearance : The same as when he was a kid though he has short hair and he's a couple inches shorter than InuYasha. He's thin but covered in muscle and looks about twenty-four or twenty-five. ((He was 80 when he was adopted -going off of wiki- so 500 years later I say he looks to be in his early twenties.))
Human appearance : For the most part he's the same, though he has dark auburn hair and dark green eyes.
Akari - Black Dog Hanyo
Status : Female Beta in InuYasha's Pack, last of the main branch in Kuro Clan (Meaning she's the Heir of another Clan if she doesn't appoint someone when she comes of age. Setsuna currently controls it in her place.)
Appearance : The same as before though her eyes have more blue than before. Stands about the same height as Kagome and has the same build as Sango. Looks around the same age as Shippo without her charm but with the charm she looks around eighteen. ((She was ten when she was adopted and slowed down aging.))
Human Appearance : Long dark brown hair and bright brown eyes that turn a faint shade of amber whenever she get's aggravated or upset regardless of the charm.
Masaru - Dog Hanyo
Status : Second Born Son, keeps an eye on the pups of the pack
Appearance : White hair -with a lock of black- and gold eyes, fangs, claws, and kind of scrawny but has muscle from all the sports and training he does. Looks around eighteen and is a genius. ((He's actually eleven years younger than Akari.))
Human Appearance : Short brown hair and dark violet eyes, looks like a young InuYasha, and stands a few inches shorter than Kagome.
Keade -Dog Hanyo
Status : Third born, Izayoi's twin
Appearance : Looks like Kagome with puppy ears that don't quiet stand up yet, fangs, claws, and has brown amber eyes. Unlike her twin though, she keeps her hair long rather than short and hates to have it cut. Looks around thirteen and is older than Izayoi by three minutes. ((The twins are only about six years younger than Masaru.))
Human Appearance : She ironically looks like a young Sango, and Kagome has often wondered whether the twins are perhaps the reincarnations of Sango's own two girls, Amaya and Yuki. Both having resembled their mother greatly.
Izayoi - Dog Hanyo
Status : Fourth born, Keade's twin
Appearance : Looks a lot like InuYasha but has pale amber eyes and short hair that reaches just past her chin.
Human Appearance : Identical to Keade whenever human, the only difference they have is their hair style and personalities.
Celt - A Water Hanyo
Status : Third son, member of InuYasha's pack
Appearance : Red hair, pointed ears, vivid blue eyes and fangs. Unlike the others Celt has the same life span of a human. He's ten years old. He's fit and by the time he's past puberty will be the hottest boy of his year due to his desire to be strong like his 'big sis Akari'.
Human Appearance : Ironically his human appearance has very little in common with his hanyo one. He has messy blond hair, and pale blue eyes.
Ami - Cat Hanyo
Status : Member of Sesshoumaru's pack, staying with InuYasha's pack while parents (Souta and Rin) are away.
Appearance : Half Japanese, half Latino, pale hazel eyes, dark brown hair, pale cream colored ears, claws, and fangs.
Human Appearance : Still half Japanese, Half Latino, dark brown eyes, brown hair. She's seven and will slow down aging around puberty.
Emily - Bat Hanyo
Status : Member of Kohaku and Shiori's 'colony', staying with InuYasha while parent's are away.
Appearance : Looks like a very pale white Shiori but is very adventurous
Human Appearance : Pale blond hair, faded green eyes. She tends to burn easily so she wears special clothing made by a thread demon in Brazil. She's four, her aging will slow down around her twentieth year.