Lost
By Usako Hashiba
Author's Notes
There is a non-cannon character that we'll learn about as the story progresses. Be gentle with remarks, this is my first Inu-yasha fic. If I make a mistake in the information, let me know!
Disclaimer
Inu-yasha and its characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi. I only own the characters that I created in this story.
Prologue: Waking In The Dark
It was dark in the old cave, dark and cold. The outside of the small was decorated with the a simple wooded post of a grave. An old priest entered the cave, shivering a bit from the chill in cave but also from the sight before him.
Laying on the bed of stone was the form of a young girl, about fifteen years of age. She would have appeared human if it wasn't for the dog ears peeking out from under silky white hair and clawed fingers. Her breathing was barely discernable. To most she would have looked dead.
But she wasn't dead, this the old priest knew. The man who had asked him to watch over the girl had told him she wasn't dead, merely locked in ageless sleep that she would one day awaken from.
The priest check on the girl whenever he could but she never seemed to change. Not once in the fifty years he was done this duty.
A small movement broken captured the priest's aging eyes. Was it his imagination or were her fingers moving?
It wasn't the priest's imagination, the hand closed into a fist. The brow creased as the ease of sleep was edged off and her eyes slide open to reveal gold eyes. She sat up slowly, her muscles not even protesting from their lack of use.
The first thing the girl noticed was the cold biting through her red gi jacket and white hakama pants. The second was the old priest watching her with a wide smile.
"Who are you?" her voice was young and wary. Why was she so wary? He didn't smell like trouble but the girl felt on edge nevertheless.
"My name is Hino, I am a simple priest. Do you remember you are?"
The girl didn't hesitate, her mind bringing the answer almost immediately, "My name is Shori. I am a hanyou, my father was a dog demon."
"Any other family?" Hino pressed, obeying the instructions of the man who given him the girl to watch.
Shori paused and frowned, "I have . . . a brother, I think." In her mind's eye, the vague image of a small boy with long white hair and gold eyes. The image conjured a smile to her lips. She couldn't remember his name but she remembered that she liked him.
"Yes, Shori-san. You have a twin brother," the priest said.
"Do you know his name?" Shori asked. "I can't seem to remember his name."
"I'm afraid I don't know, Shori-san. A man brought you to me to watch over fifty years ago. He only mentioned you had twin brother and would awake from your ageless sleep at some point."
"This man told you nothing else? Can you tell me nothing else?" the hanyou asked, dismayed. For some reason, her memories were blocked. She remember her name and that she was half-demon but almost nothing else.
"The man said you would probably have amnesia of some kind. Don't fret, your memory will return. The man I think was actually a youkai. The only other thing he said was that your sword was the path to discovering your past."
'Oh riddles,' Shori inwardly growled. 'Joy. Why can't things ever be easy?'
"What do you wish do, Shori-san?" Hino asked.
Shori got her feet, a look of determination filling her eyes. "I am going to find my brother."
Gomen, it's short. Do you think I should drag it out or have Inu-yasha and the gang met her next chapter?
Coming Next
Chapter One - Longings and Meetings
By Usako Hashiba
Author's Notes
There is a non-cannon character that we'll learn about as the story progresses. Be gentle with remarks, this is my first Inu-yasha fic. If I make a mistake in the information, let me know!
Disclaimer
Inu-yasha and its characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi. I only own the characters that I created in this story.
Prologue: Waking In The Dark
It was dark in the old cave, dark and cold. The outside of the small was decorated with the a simple wooded post of a grave. An old priest entered the cave, shivering a bit from the chill in cave but also from the sight before him.
Laying on the bed of stone was the form of a young girl, about fifteen years of age. She would have appeared human if it wasn't for the dog ears peeking out from under silky white hair and clawed fingers. Her breathing was barely discernable. To most she would have looked dead.
But she wasn't dead, this the old priest knew. The man who had asked him to watch over the girl had told him she wasn't dead, merely locked in ageless sleep that she would one day awaken from.
The priest check on the girl whenever he could but she never seemed to change. Not once in the fifty years he was done this duty.
A small movement broken captured the priest's aging eyes. Was it his imagination or were her fingers moving?
It wasn't the priest's imagination, the hand closed into a fist. The brow creased as the ease of sleep was edged off and her eyes slide open to reveal gold eyes. She sat up slowly, her muscles not even protesting from their lack of use.
The first thing the girl noticed was the cold biting through her red gi jacket and white hakama pants. The second was the old priest watching her with a wide smile.
"Who are you?" her voice was young and wary. Why was she so wary? He didn't smell like trouble but the girl felt on edge nevertheless.
"My name is Hino, I am a simple priest. Do you remember you are?"
The girl didn't hesitate, her mind bringing the answer almost immediately, "My name is Shori. I am a hanyou, my father was a dog demon."
"Any other family?" Hino pressed, obeying the instructions of the man who given him the girl to watch.
Shori paused and frowned, "I have . . . a brother, I think." In her mind's eye, the vague image of a small boy with long white hair and gold eyes. The image conjured a smile to her lips. She couldn't remember his name but she remembered that she liked him.
"Yes, Shori-san. You have a twin brother," the priest said.
"Do you know his name?" Shori asked. "I can't seem to remember his name."
"I'm afraid I don't know, Shori-san. A man brought you to me to watch over fifty years ago. He only mentioned you had twin brother and would awake from your ageless sleep at some point."
"This man told you nothing else? Can you tell me nothing else?" the hanyou asked, dismayed. For some reason, her memories were blocked. She remember her name and that she was half-demon but almost nothing else.
"The man said you would probably have amnesia of some kind. Don't fret, your memory will return. The man I think was actually a youkai. The only other thing he said was that your sword was the path to discovering your past."
'Oh riddles,' Shori inwardly growled. 'Joy. Why can't things ever be easy?'
"What do you wish do, Shori-san?" Hino asked.
Shori got her feet, a look of determination filling her eyes. "I am going to find my brother."
Gomen, it's short. Do you think I should drag it out or have Inu-yasha and the gang met her next chapter?
Coming Next
Chapter One - Longings and Meetings