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Lyrics used at beginning & end copyright Jesse Lacey and Brand New.
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Guernica
Ever since I was young,
Your word was the word that always won
Worry and wake the ones you love
A phone call I'd rather not receive
Please use my body while I sleep
My lungs are fresh and yours to keep
Kept clean and they will let you breath…
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The seven-year-old hanyou wondered what was wrong with his mother for a long time before she called his name. Almost too soft for human ears, his dog-ears twitched to pick up the sound and he got up, walking over.
"Inuyasha…" she whispered, her face was contorted in pain but she managed a smile. "Inuyasha, be careful, you might be a hanyou but you're still strong, I'm very sure you'll find some way to live your life," she told him.
"Mama…what do you mean?" he asked her, tilting his head in a childish manner.
"Don't worry yourself about it Inuyasha," she said, ruffling his hair weakly.
He nodded obediently, casting his eyes down sadly. "You aren't leaving me are you Mama?" he asked. Receiving no answer, he tried to stand up on his toes to get a better look at her. "Mama?"
A woman walked in, the Miko that had been watching over his mother for the last few days. She took one look at the woman lying on the futon and closed her eyes. "Inuyasha, leave, don't come back because the villagers will surely kill you."
Inuyasha looked confused. "What happened to my Mama?" he demanded.
"Leave! Now!" she told him, shooing him off.
He ran from the village, heeding the Miko's words and not turning back for fear of the villagers that had always been less than kind to him.
And it didn't take him long to understand what had really happened to his mother, and on long nights hiding from youkai that were hungry to slay him, he almost wished it had been him instead.
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Remember back when you were very youngDid you ever think that you would be this blessed?
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A/N: Again. Lyrics not mine. Short one-shot, just me getting something off my mind. Yay!