Okay, this is the revamp. I hope that this is much better after I've edited it and made a few minor changes!
Disclamer: You all know I'm not Rumiko Takahashi! If I was I'd be rich! and I'm not. And I don't own any of the characters in Inu Yasha.
Okay. Now here's something actually about the story! I don't really know where I'm going with this, but I find it fun to write things when you don't know where you're headed!
The very last day I was there, I found him. I looked into his eyes and they told me there was nothing to worry about. But then I snapped back to reality and found myself in a cold, desolate cave. I smiled sadly. I knew I couldn't stay. But I wanted so desperately to have something to cling on to; to know that it wasn't all just a dream. I needed him. But first, I needed a fire. I looked outside only to find the sun starting to set in the cloudy sky. I hurried to find wood before it became too dark to see.
I started my kindling using some basic survival techniques I had picked up over the years. To my surprise, the logs caught quickly. I looked at him. He was so harmless and innocent. And at that moment I decided that I was leaving tonight. And he was coming with me.
I had been staring into the fire for what seemed like hours. He was in my arms sleeping. I just didn't want to leave so soon. But I had to. The memories from this place would tear me to shreds before I ever grew old. My life here would be one of solitude; of disinclination to leave behind the past. Even if I leave, I will never forget what transpired here, and I'm not going to forget this place, either, not when I have him. I could easily just return to my normal life, go on like any other normal person. But I don't want to. I want him. I will take care of him; raise him to be a normal human being. But he wouldn't be. He'd be faster and stronger and smarter than everyone else. Because he's not human.
Now that I look back on it, I never thought it odd that a baby demon would be just sitting in a pile of leaves in a damp cave, and that it would lead to what happened next. I had just gotten to the well. He started crying. I sensed something approaching slowly. Curious, I waited for the intruder. She was old and decrepit but still very much alive. She just smiled. I looked at her quizzically as she stepped forward. She smiled even more.
"My name is Yogensha; I am a soothsayer for the Western Palace. I see that you have found my grandson. Very good, hitotoki no miko." She whispered.
"Huh? Your grandson? Oh! I'm so sorry! I just round him laying there and assumed that he had been abandoned!" Yogensha just smiled.
"In a matter of speaking, he was. His father was killed when he was born a month ago. His mother was hunted and killed by her father when he learned what she had done. And he was left to the wolves."
"Wh—What does that mean?"
"It means that he is a hanyou and his parents were killed because of it."
"He is a hanyou?"
"Yes. His mother was not unlike yourself. Tell me, did you intend to raise him as your own?"
"Ummm, well yes," I said with little enthusiasm, then with more. "Yes. I could never let a child go without a mother."
"Very good."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"You are the only one who can raise him. His name is Douten." With that she started to walk away.
"Wait! Why am I the only one who can?" Yogensha turned a little.
"You'll learn in time." And with that, she was gone. I watched the place where she disappeared for a while, but then turned to the well. I looked down to the abyss. I considered my decision. Will I be able to get back again? Is that a good thing? I sighed. I need to do this. The jewel glowed a soft pink. The well glowed blue. I closed my eyes as I was enveloped in a familiar energy.
It was raining when I got through. Not a good sign. I silently swore. Something I picked up form someone. I sighed and looked down at Douten. He was sleeping; I needed to get to the house before he got sick. I could think later, first I had to live up to my new responsibility. I ran to the house and sneaked up to my room. I rapped him in a blanket and put pillows around him to form a make-shift crib. Now I could think.
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Kaihaku no Iroke (reviews and constructive stuff welcome, flames are not.)