Hey, it's Ally! This is my first Fan Fic on this website, not my first EVER Fan Fic. However, it is my first attempt at an Inuyasha fic.
Now, before anyone gets confused, Inuyasha is a bit OOC, but I have my reasons... This is a Sessh+Inu Fic, please review and suggest anything that may help! Thank you and enjoy!
I'd also like to add my disclaimer:
I do not own Inuyasha the anime, the manga, or anything else at all this is all written without compensation (unless you count all of your reads and reviews of course) Anyways, without further a due… back to the story!
"Inuyasha." The familiar sound of the sweet woman pulled the small Hanyou child awake from her nap in the small tree beside their dwelling.
Her relatively large ears twitched upon her head and she grinned at the face of her beautiful mother. "Kaachan!" She screamed and leapt into her mother's outstretched arms. She felt her mother wrap her arms around her defensively before nuzzling into her child's silver hair.
"Yes, my child. You have been sleeping for a really long time, my little one." She heard her mother scold her, however, her voice didn't hold any anger or malice. "I know, I'm sorry Kaachan, but it smells really, really nice up there!" She giggled and her mother sighed. "Inuyasha, you know you cannot fall asleep out here unattended, you know that is dangerous, my child." She scolded her again, this time a bit more sternly. The child apologized, happy that her mother didn't stay upset long.
She didn't like upsetting her mother, especially since she could see her mother was not well.
As the young Hanyou girl grew, her mother began to teach her the ways of the sword. She told the girl that as she got older, she would need these teachings. She also taught her how to read and how to write, occasionally even teaching the girl how to dance and care for herself as well.
For the mother knew the time was coming, she was ill, she was dying.
She needed her dear child to be able to be strong and be educated, it was almost time for her to send her on her path to her destiny.
When the child was still but a pup, she told the young girl that she was to be sent with the three servant maidens Yoshino, Yui, and Yuiko with a man named Gakuto. He would care for the child and teach her other necessary things that her human mother could not. However, even though the young Hanyou was told beforehand, it still did not keep her fear or her grief at bay. She would miss her mother, she would grieve her mother. She knew that when she left, she would never see her again. Not unless she died that is. Well, if Hanyou even went to the same realm humans did after they died.
The last day they spent together, her mother told her the story of her life, the same story she had been telling the child from infancy.
"Your father is a great man, and when you are big and strong, you will meet him, along with your elder brother." She said. The girl stared at her mother with large, amber-colored eyes, never leaving her mother's face. She wanted to preserve it, to take it along with her, but she knew that wasn't possible.
Instead she listened, listened to everything she had to say.
"I hope when you realize the reasons behind why your father and I have chosen to have you raised the way you have been, you will not hate us or hold us any ill will. You are my precious jewel, Inuyasha, you must understand this," The beautiful creature paused to cough lightly into her tamoto before continuing, "You will be loved, even if you will not be able to tell. Yes, you are a Hanyou, but you are a Royal Hanyou on both sides of your family. When you find out who your father is, you will be so proud. But until then, I cannot say any more." The woman paused to watch her child's reaction. When she was satisfied that the youngling was following, she continued.
"When Gakuto believes he has trained you to your best, he will take you to the palace of the Great Inu no Taisho, there, you will prove yourself. You will keep my identity to yourself, my child, at least so long as Gakuto tells you, remember, he knows best. You will meet your father there, and your brother. My child, you are destined for great things."
With that, the child nodded, a bit tired from the conversation, but she understood.
"Kaachan, how will I know who's my Oniisama? My Otousan?" She asked and her mother smiled, brushing her long brown locks out of her face, and replied, "My child, you will know the man who created you. You will know your blood." She smiled again as her child looked a bit confused.
"Just remember what I am telling you, little one."
The very next morning, the Hanyou's mother packed her a small bag of clothes, a bladed fan, a box with a spiritual seal on it and a letter with another spiritual seal on it. Her mother gave her specific orders on what to do with the items. The box was not to be opened until she became two hundred years old. The letter was not to be opened under any circumstances. It was meant to be delivered, not read. She was to give it to her father when she met him. It was to help prove who she was.
Before the little one departed, she embraced her mother tightly, breathing in deeply her earthy but feminine scent. She would remember that smell forever.
She would also remember her mother's kisses on her face, and her voice before she took off on the floating cloud awaiting her.
"Be safe, be with peace, be with honor."
