A/N: "How does an arrogant, immigrant, orphan, bastard, son of a human and a demon overcome all odds to build his legacy?" A crossover between my favorite anime and my favorite musical!
This is a work in progress. I find a lot of similarities personality-wise between the Inuyasha characters and the Hamilton characters, so I wanted to try merging the two worlds. Note, this is NOT a 'plug and play.' As in, it's not a script format where the Inuyasha characters just sing lines from the musical. There's a plot here.
Also, I'm taking a LOT of creative liberties with this, so it won't exactly follow the order of songs from the story will be unique in itself so please stay open-minded and give constructive criticism!
So enjoy the ride & have fun!
Inuyasha tightened his grip on the extra weight that was latched like a vice around his back, waist and neck, using the balls of his feet to swiftly sprint across the worn dirt path of the forest floor under the blanket of the obsidian sky. The foliage overhead and the shrubbery around him were his best friends that night.
The extra load he was carrying was not.
"Damn-it, Totosai! How many times have I got to tell you to stop agitating the damn rebels! This is the fourth time this month you've fucking pissed them off!"
"You know, for folks preaching on and on about building a new nation of independence and freedom, there sure isn't much respect for one's right to free speech around here!"
"It's gotta be the RIGHT kind of speech, you moron. You just sought out a bunch of demon rabble rousers to preach to them about why they should remain loyal to a fucking demented tyrant hell bent on making their lives miserable. What'd you think was gonna happen?!"
"Hey! I'm an old man, I can't be held responsible for what I say!" Totosai said, tightening his arms around the half-demon's neck as the younger boy bent his knees and launched himself upward to a slender crevice carved in the side of a nearby mountain. The boy then hunkered down and narrowed his eyes, casting his golden irises about to determine if he could still see the angry mob that had been chasing them down for half of the night. His furry ears twitched, as he could most certainly hear them.
"Besides, Naraku is who they should be scared of! He's got eyes and ears everywhere! If he hears me talking against him, I'm as good as dead!" Totosai added.
"Tch, you've got one foot in the grave already anyway, old man," Inuyasha whispered.
"I'd rather have the power decide when I leave this world on my own, thank you very much!" Totosai shot back.
"Whatever. Keep this up and the choice will be made for you. Now pipe down before they catch us," Inuyasha said, shifting backwards towards the shadows as he noticed the mob getting closer.
To make matters worse, it was a mob of demons, which meant they could easily pick Inuyasha and Totosai apart while barely lifting a pinky. After all, what match were a half-demon and a full demon so old his bones cracked when he moved against a hoard or powerful monsters?
In other words, the situation was fairly dire.
But then, what els was new? Inuyasha was used to this by now.
At 19 years old, Inuyasha was a spry, wiry, young half-dog demon who found himself swept up in the wave of revolutionary fervor that was flooding the colonies of the New World not long after arriving in New York City from Japan.
It was an interesting scenario to say the least—currently, everyone was under the rule of Naraku, an entity supposedly rumored to be a dark demon whom no one had seen in person before, but was renowned for his despicable acts of deception, desecration, destruction, and devastation.
Rumor had it that he possessed a nearly completed legendary Shikon Jewel which, though not whole, granted him enough power that anyone who dared to tangle with him would beg for him to end their life so they could escape from the turmoil.
Because of the threat of the jewel's power, there were humans, demons, and half-demons alike who were loyal to Naraku. They were Narakonians (original, right?).
Then, you had those like Inuyasha who sought the right to independence and freedom—to make a way for themselves without fear of retaliation from a sinful cretin and his followers. They were the Rebellion, and they were part of an movement that was determined to build a new, independent nation and bring about a new way of life, one free of turmoil, agony, and corrupt tyranny…for everyone.
They didn't know if the rumor of the Shikon Jewel was real or not, but they knew one thing….they were going to bring an end to Naraku.
Totosai was an old demon, and one of the heads of Kings College university where Inuyasha was trying to enroll. Inuyasha actually worked for the man—okay…so, more like he trained with him. Inuyasha met Tototsai not long after arriving and settling in the city of New York, back when he had nothing but the clothes on his back, a satchel, and some pocket change. One random encounter, misunderstanding, and a sparring match later, Inuyasha found himself a mentor not three days after calling home the colonial city that was buzzing with heated tension and electricity.
However, there was a catch.
It was no secret that Totosai, unlike Inuyasha, supported Naraku (…more like he was too terrified for his life to challenge the tyrannical demon's rule). Still, despite this, Totosai looked out for and motivated the young half-demon. Plus, he had the wisdom and expertise from being a damn good fighter in his youth, which he was more than happy to impart on Inuyasha.
Inuyasha felt sorry for the crap Totosai got on the daily for his beliefs. So, regardless their differences in political views, Inuyasha felt it was his duty to keep the man from having his head cut off from other rebels who were…not so tolerable of differences of opinion.
On this night Totosai found himself cornered by demons ready to tar, feather, scalp, and slay him for urging that they pledge their allegiance to Naraku, lest they face the dark demon's wrath. Needless to say, they were none to thrilled to hear his opinion.
Inuyasha had tried to diffuse the situation, basically telling everyone to leave Totosai alone because the guy was an insane old coot who didn't know what he was saying. That seemed to work until the geezer opened his big mouth and shouted, "LONG LIVE THE REIN OF BLACK, LONG LIVE NARAKU." This, of course, sparked the catalyst for them to whip out their torches and pitch forks, leading us to where our protagonists were now: hiding with baited breath as they wanted for their potential captors to get tired and go home.
"Eh….eeh…a-ah—" Totosai suddenly began taking in deep breaths, right in the hanyou's ear—the early stages of a fast approaching sneeze. Inuyasha cringed and whipped his head around at the old man angrily.
"Stuff it! If we get caught, you're on your own!" He said, quickly maneuvering to wrap one hand around the old man's mouth and the other around his torso to hold him still. Totosai ended up sneezing against Inuyasha's hand, causing the boy to stick out his tongue and shudder at the gross act. Totosai then gave a muffled reply, to which Inuyasha rolled his eyes and looked back down at their hunters. It seemed they hadn't heard the commotion, and looked like they were passing on by.
Inuyasha sighed in agitation and released the old man from his grasp as the mob of slowly moved along below them, wiping his hand on his pants in disgust.
"You owe me, BIG TIME. And next time, I AIN'T savin' your ass again, you hear me?" He whispered harshly.
"Pft, you young whipper snappers are so entitled! When are you going to learn to respect your elders?! Back in my day…"
Inuyasha rolled his eyes and let the old man drone on.
This was going to be a long night.
A/N: Inspiration for this first chapter came from the account of Hamilton saving loyalist, King's College president Myles Cooper from being tortured by a mob of revolutionaries. I thought that'd be good for introducing the energy of the story, as well as Inuyasha and Totosai's characters and dynamic with each other!
PS: If you haven't listened to the soundtrack yet, please do! It's worth it!
