This piece takes place immediately after Inuyasha goes to meet Kikyou, who is supposed to bring Shikon no Tama, and she shoots at him. I hope it's not to difficult to understand what's supposed to be happening – a failing of the style I chose, I'm afraid. I like the feelings in this piece but I'm not sure if I like the piece itself. In any case, I hope you enjoy it.
Mother...
Mother...
Mother, what's a...hanyou?
I'm running. Why am I running? I'm running away. I'm a coward.
I'm running because it hurts. It hurts, it hurts.
Why didn't she hit me? She never misses. Never misses a chance. No, not miss perfect miko. Catch the hanyou off guard. Make him think you care. "We're the same," she said. Said it with her eyes on mine. Said it so I believed her.
It hurts. I shouldn't be running. I should have killed her.
What's a...hanyou?
I can't kill her. But I should have tried. I should have made her kill me. That was what she wanted. Stupid. Stupid, stupid.
I'm cursing her, and cursing myself. I can't keep back the tears. I'm crying for a human.
Stupid. Stupid. How could I forget what I was? How could I think I'd be allowed to forget?
I was ready to stop being a hanyou...I was willing to do it her way...we were going to be human, together.
A hanyou is a hanyou. A miko is a miko.
Why didn't she just kill me outright? Why did she have to make me care?
What's a...hanyou?
My mother couldn't answer me, but I learned on my own. I saw the tears in my mother's eyes. Human tears. Human tears I brought to my human mother.
A hanyou is pain. A hanyou is alone. A hanyou is fear.
Stupid. Stupid, stupid. I should never have forgotten what I am.
Running...I'm still running...I'm going to stop running. This time, I'm going to do it my way. I'm going to stop, and remember.
I am a hanyou.
And a hanyou is...hate.