"Mama" a little 3 year old boy cried. The little boy had long silver hair, amber colored eyes, and 2 furry puppy ears atop his head. He was crying because his mommy had been sick as long as he could remember. His father told him that she would get better if he helped take care of her. The little hanyou helped as much as a three year older could. He just didn't understand why she was always so sick. His half-brother always told him it was his fault. His half brother hated him, he didn't help with the little boys mother either. He said it was because he was an abomination who doesn't belong in this world. No one would ever love him. The one person that did besides their father was sick and dying for it. That made him cry, for loved his mother, and didn't want her to suffer for it. His father who had heard the conversation reassured him that it wasn't his fault but the little boy still wasn't sure.
Any time he tried to help with his mother his brother would shun him and tell him that she will only get sicker if he tried to help. His brother and father always talked to the little toddler in inu language because they never had the chance to teach him human speech and every canine was born with the ability to speak inu. His brother said it was pointless to teach him anything because abominations were stupid and didn't deserve to live. The little boy learned how do say mama because when his mother was well enough she tried to teach him at least one word to prove he wasn't stupid and that he could learn.
Soon the father passed away from trying to help the mother. He left many medicines that the hanyou had no idea how to use. He did a lot of guess work and hoped it worked. His brother would laugh at his struggles, and never helped. Then soon after that his brother left and he was all alone to try to help his mother. He did everything he could. The mother would stay passed out for days sometimes. The only word he would or could ever say was mama. When his mother was starting to get better she took him for a walk out in the village to thank her son for helping her. At first he liked the idea of going out, but soon regretted it. When people saw him they either ran away, gave mean looks, or through rocks at him. His ears lay flat against his head from when people would yell at him. He didn't know why they were being mean to him. He hadn't done anything wrong, he had never been out in the village before and he didn't ever want to go back in it.
About a year passed and the little hanyou was now 4 and half. His mother had fallen ill again so he took care of her. She was a lot worse than she was. She was always very pale, and wouldn't eat much. She would talk when she could to comfort her son. He always sat next to her bed or in the bed with her. He didn't understand all the words she said and definitely couldn't repeat any but he always listened. He missed when his father would speak inu with him because he actually understood inu and not human. She even tried to get him to say more than just one word but he would always leave and come back with some water or medicine. He didn't understand that she was trying to teach him something instead of asking for his help.
"Mama." The little hanyou said. His mother was lying on her bed and she didn't look well.
"Inuyasha, here I want you to have this. I got it for you." His mother said.
The hanyou took the gift. It was a dog tag with some writing on it. He couldn't read so he was confused. He cocked his head to the side to show that he was confused. She took the message and said:
"I'm going to leave this world Inuyasha. On that dog tag is your name, and I don't want you to forget that. Find a good family and show this to them. I love you. Please my son don't forget me, don't forget who you are. Don't forget that I love you. Many may not like you and try to hurt you but I will always be with you were ever you go and I love you." She weakly grabbed her sons hand as she was saying this. Inuyasha nuzzled up against her hand and tears started to roll down is face.
"Don't cry for me, Inuyasha, I love you." With that said her hand fell limp and she passed away.
"Mama?" Inuyasha cried. He put her hand on top of his head but it fell off. He laid down by her and soon fell asleep. He didn't want to leave her. He could tell that she was dead but didn't want to accept that. He stayed with his mother's body for two days after she died. Some villagers had come in to the house for some reason and had noticed the dead women and the hanyou. At first they thought they were both dead but then the hanyou stirred.
"Look the beast is still alive." A villager said.
"He must have killed her." Another person said.
"We must get away before he kills us too. We've never dealt with a creature like him and don't know what it's capable of." Some cried.
"I say we kill it"
"Yeah!" people screamed.
They started closing in on the little boy and his dead mother. Inuyasha held on tightly to his mother's shirt. He would never let her go. They started pulling on him to get him away from the body. They started beating him. He whimpered but they showed no mercy on him. He had bruises on him all over. Blood was rolling down his body in many places. They pulled and yanked on his ears so much, and blew on a loud high pitched whistle that burned his ears so much till all he could hear was a ringing noise. The started cutting him with knifes and punching him till he finally passed out.
He woke up in a place he could not recognize. He smelled around to try to find his mother's scent but found none. He was lost. He was afraid of the people that tried to kill him, but he wanted to go back to see his mother. He just couldn't accept that she was gone. He started to just walk in a direction he hoped was the way back to his home.
He has walked for 4 days now and still had not found his mother or home. He had not eaten anything since before he was taken away from his mother, and he starving. He was very weak but kept walking. He would pass by some people and they would stare at him. He could hear them whisper things but tried to block them out. He walked and walked till he found a place with a bunch of kids and a sort of play place. He walked till he found a big tree then he finally passed out from hunger and exhaustion.
He awoke sometime later with a bowl of food in front of him. He sniffed it. It didn't smell too bad, and he didn't smell anything like poison in it so he picked the bowl up. It had a bunch of long yellowy stringy things in it. They were sitting in a type of soup or water or something. He had never smelled or seen anything like them. He was cautious but grabbed some of the strings in his hand and put them in his mouth. He loved the taste of them. Since he was so hungry and they tasted so good he dug in. Within seconds the stringy things were gone. He wondered who had put them their, or if they were for someone else.
He slowly climbed the tree he was sitting next to and waited to see if the person would return. He watched as people would pass the tree but would never notice him. H liked this tree because even if people did see him nobody could get him since he climbed really high. Even though he was scared of the people he liked to watch what they did. He saw all kinds of kids play and really wanted to join them. It took him awhile but he finally got up the courage to try and play with them. He thought that they were only kids so they wouldn't hurt him. He saw different kids add other kids they didn't know into their group before so why was he any different.
He walked over to where the kids were. They were playing in the playground on the slides. He ran to them and just stood their. Nobody noticed him at first but then he saw three kids go down a really big slide. He walked up to that slide and looked down it. He had never seen a slide before and it looked kind of scary. He starred at the inside of it till a kid said something.
"Well are you going to stare at it all day or are you going to slide." A girl he had never seen asked him.
Inuyasha cocked his head to the slide in confusion... He backed away from the slide and her. When she saw him back away she went down. He was surprised at how brave she was. She just went down like it was nothing. He started to look down it again looking for her but didn't see her. When she came back up she had her dad with her.
"She daddy I told you he had doggy ears." The girl Inuyasha had talked to earlier said.
He looked at the boy his daughter wanted him to see. He noticed the boy's ears first, but then he noticed the boy had claws on his hands. When the boy smiled he saw what looked like fangs inside his mouth. He then got scared that the boy was here to try to hurt his daughter. "Cara, get away from him. Stay behind me I'll protect you. He is very dangerous. He might try to kill you." the father said.
He put himself in front of his daughter and Inuyasha. Inuyasha started to back away from him real slowly. The man saw this and thought Inuyasha was about to attack so he got closer to the hanyou then punched Inuyasha in the face making Inuyasha fall down the slide. He started screaming out of fear and pain. He landed at the bottom then started running. He ran back to the tree he woke up next to and started to climb up into its branches hoping they didn't see where he went.
He waited for 3 days to see if maybe who ever left the food would come back with more but nobody came. He was about to leave when he heard a voice coming his way. He was scared that they would see him and hurt him. He hoped it wasn't that man. He was very relieved to hear that it was a female voice and not a male's, but he was still scared. He quickly regretted waiting for the person to return. He was frozen in fear. Many people he had run into tried to hurt him. But then these people fed him. But what if that food was for someone else. He didn't know what to do, he felt like a cornered animal.
Finally a figure of a young girl and her mother came up to the little hanyou's tree. They picked up the bowl and noticed it was empty. At first Inuyasha thought that they were mad because she was surprised it was empty.
"Wow mommy, look the little boy must have woken up. See I told ya' he was okay and needed food." The little girl said. She had long raven hair, and brown eyes.
"Your right sweety. I wonder where the little one got off to." The mother asked.
"I donno."
Inuyasha wanted to hear what the girl was saying so he moved closer on the branch he was on. It was a bad mistake because the branch could not support his weight and so it broke sending the hanyou to the ground in front of the girl and her mom.
"Mommy look there he is." The little girl said pointing to the boy. "Are you okay?" She asked as she walked up to him. As she got closer, he started whimpering and then ran behind the tree.
"Honey be careful. I think he scared." The mother said.
"Why you scared. I won't hurt you." She said. She put her hand out trying to reach him. (Kind of like when you're trying to get a kitty or a puppy to like you and you're calling them.)
The hanyou just scooted closer behind the tree.
"Are you hungry? I brought more food." She said. She pulled out a hot dog this time. She broke off a piece and through it to him. It landed behind the tree at his feet. He slowly knelt down and sniffed it. He then picked it up and put it in his mouth. He liked the taste.
The little girl threw another piece closer to him. He picked it up and ate that as well. She kept throwing piece towards him and he kept eating them. Finally she threw a piece and it landed on the other side of the tree. If he wanted it then he would have to come out from behind the tree. He wasn't sure. He wanted the piece of food but was still to skittish.
He didn't want to take the chance of getting hurt so he just started running the opposite direction.
"Mommy, why did he run away from me? Did I do something wrong?" the little girl asked.
"No honey. He was just scared that's all." The mother answered.
"But why, I'm not scary am I?"
"Of course not. I think he has had a hard time. He was just shy that's all."
"Oh, okay. Do you think we'll see him again?"
"I don't know sweet heart I just don't know. I just hope he'll be okay."
"Me too. I wonder were his mommy and daddy are."
"Come on little one, let's go home."
"Okay. Hey mommy?"
"Yes?"
"Did you see his ears? When he fell from the tree I noticed he had white furry puppy ears."
"Oh you have such an imagination don't you."
"But I saw them, he had puppy ears."
"Of course he did sweat heart of course he did."
Inuyasha ran from the park. He ran for a long time then he finally found a tree and rested there for awhile. He climbed up it with his tiny claws and got to a low branch. There weren't any people around so he tried to fall asleep. His dreams were filled with nightmares of his mom, and the angry villagers that had attacked him.
He would sometimes go back to the park and see the girl that fed him. He wanted to go try to play with her but was too scared that she might turn on him like the other little girl and the slide incident. He would watch her try to look for him. He did this for about 2 weeks till someone found him.
He was down from his down from his tree and was about to try and maybe play with the girl that had fed him. She was over by the swings and not many people were at the park so he thought he was safe. He wasn't looking were he was going and he was running in a straight line till he bumped into an elderly fat women.
"Get away from here monster." She screamed. "HELP, HELP" she screamed.
Inuyasha stood their wondering why she was screaming. He looked around to see if he could see something that might be scary, but he couldn't find anything.
He started to run when he saw a man coming his way. He was scared of people especially when they tried to get to him. He didn't want another beating. He ran but then a bunch of grown men circled him. He wanted to get away but couldn't find an opening.
He fell to the ground curled up in a little ball. Within seconds he could feel feet kicking him and fists punching him. He could hear people saying things like "How dare you hurt someone you little monster" and "Don't you dare think about hurting people. You're an abomination." That one hurt him the most because he knew that that part must be true because his brother had also called him an abomination. He didn't know what the word meant but he knew it was a mean word towards him.
They pulled on his ears and cut him up; they punched, and kicked, and scratched him till the little hanyou passed out. Then they threw him in a dumpster that was close.
He awoke sometime later and he felt horrible. From then on he would never go near another person ever. He looked at his surroundings and noticed that he was in a place filled with trash. He looked through the trash and found some food. He was hungry so he decided to eat anything edible in the trashy place he was in. he then peered out and started sniffing around the place. He didn't smell to many people scents so he decided to stay their sense not many people came around.
3 years past and he was doing great. He was now a 7 year old really skinny boy. He never saw that girl again from the park that fed him but that was okay. Every now and again he would run into people and he would get beaten up but for the most part he avoided people. He still couldn't talk, read, or write and he was afraid of people so he stayed away from people. He lived in an alley way behind some food place that didn't get much service. He ate whatever was thrown in the dumpster the previous nights, and he got water from rain puddles. His clothes were ripped dirty and way to small but he couldn't get any other clothes. He tried to find some clothes a little while ago but he got a really bad beaten from it.
The owner of the food place didn't know he was their so he was okay with living their. Sometimes the owner would come out and get all mad because trash was all over the alley way especially close to the dumpster and would just blame it all on a mangy dog. If he noticed the owner he would hide behind the dumpster, or under it. If people came into the ally he hid in any place he could find. At the current time he was looking in the dumpster for some kind of food. Nobody had put food in there for 3 days and he thought he smelled something new in their. He looked and looked but still didn't find anything. He was starving and was even thinking about going out to look for some food. Finally he found a pretty new looking steak that was still raw. Happy with his find he jumped out of the dumpster.
He jumped out of the dumpster and unfortunately for him the man that dumped the trash and food in the dumpster came out as he was getting out.
Inuyasha stood frozen in shock. He had never been caught in all the 3 years he had been around in the ally and now here he was. He pinned his ears down against his skull and looked up at the man in fear. He hid behind the dumpster and hoped the man would leave him alone and not beat him.
"You, so you are the one who keeps making a mess back here. I've been wondering who keeps destroying and going through my dumpster. Do you know how much trouble you have caused?" The owner yelled at the poor terrified hanyou. "I thought it was just a stupid hungry mutt, I guess I was close, instead I find a stupid dirt good for nothing hooligan with mutt ears, might as well be a mutt.
The owner walked up to the dumpster and peered behind it. He saw the little boy hiding and shaking in fear of him.
"Get away from here you mongrel, if I ever see you around here again making a mess you will wish you had never been born." He grabbed the boy by his shirt and threw him out of the alley.
There were many people around him and he was scared. He looked at all the people surrounding him and he started shaking. He picked himself up off the ground and just started running not even looking where he was going, with the piece of meat in his hands.
Once again he had no where to go. He saw many people staring at him. It was around midnight so there weren't many people out. He closed his eyes and ran even faster. He let his feet take him where ever they wanted. He past many buildings and trees, and houses as he was fleeing. He didn't know how far he traveled but it was a pretty long way away for he couldn't smell anything from were he once resided.
As he was running he bumped into a man with a black suit on, and carried many things at his belt. He had a big shinny badge that said Police on it. He leaned down and studied the frightened hanyou. Finally the police officer picked up the 7 year old.
"Why are you running kid? Are you lost?" The police officer asked. He then noticed the scared look on the boys face and the piece of meat in his hands. "Did you steal that, Is that why you were running?" He asked. Inuyasha didn't answer. He just closed his eyes really tight and wished the strange man would just drop him.
"Answer me. Did you steal that piece of meat? If you don't answer than I will be forced to take you into custody. " Inuyasha was to scared he didn't even hear what the officer said. If he did he wouldn't have understood everything he said.
"Its okay, don't be afraid. If you didn't do anything just say so and then you can go on your way." The police officer tried. The officer reached into Inuyasha's hands and removed, with great difficulty, the piece of meat from the boy. Inuyasha then started to whimper. "Where are your parents, son?"
Inuyasha heard that line and he knew what parents were. He didn't know where his parents were so he wanted to know if this man did. He really wanted his mother. He gave up a long time ago trying to find her because he just couldn't find her. So he used the only word he knew how to say: "Ma…ma" Inuyasha tried. It came out raspy from disuse.
"Yes, mama, where is she?" The officer tried.
Inuyasha tried struggling against the man's grip. He wanted down. He was scared of this man and just wanted to cuddle up with his mother. When the man wouldn't let he go started growling.
"Sorry son if you can't give me answers then I'm afraid I'm force to bring you into custody." He said. He then walked over to His police car and set Inuyasha in the backseat. He then buckled Inuyasha up.
Even though Inuyasha was scared his curiosity overpowered his fear. He had never been inside of a car and started smelling at everything. He picked at his seatbelt at first. He couldn't get the belt off. He then noticed a red button that was connected to the belt and pushed it, it clicked and the seatbelt was unhooked.
"Sit down kid, and put your seatbelt on." The officer said. He was actually very nice; he just had to follow the laws.
Inuyasha didn't listen to him. Everything that he said he didn't understand. He wanted to explore this new contraption. He sniffed at the seats and the floor boards. He then noticed the cage like thing that separated the front seat and the backseat. He put his hangs up to it and tried pulling on it. It didn't move, but he was still interested in it. He started sniffing it, and then he licked it. It tasted weird so he moved on. It was then that he noticed the windows. He looked outside and noticed that things were moving by fast. He let loose and 'oh' sound. He put his hands on the window and just gazed at everything. His eyes were huge with amazement.
"Sit down boy and put a seat belt on before you get hurt." He heard then strange man voice pop up again. That drove his amazement away and his fear surface. He started shaking and then he sat down in the seat. He let lose a whimper to show he was scared.
"Look I'm sorry for barking at you, but you can't be jumping around back their. You could have easily gotten hurt. Now just put your seat belt on and everything will be okay."
Inuyasha brought his knees up to his chest and buried his head. This man didn't seem like he was going to hurt him, for if he was then he would have already, but he was still scared.
A few seconds later the man stopped the car and got out. He walked to the Inuyasha's door and opened it. He then grabbed a seat belt and lifted Inuyasha's face to it. "Look kid, this is a seat belt." He said putting the belt in front of Inuyasha's eyes. You put it around yourself for safety. Okay. It will keep you safe if you are ever in a car accident." Inuyasha was shaking as the man reached over him and buckled the belt once again. "Don't be scared. Things will be okay." With that said, the officer walked back to his door and then he drove off. Inuyasha stayed in his seat this time. He soon fell asleep.
When he woke up he noticed he was in a small room with a cage like bars for a wall. It had a single bed in the cell, and a sink, and a toilet. He woke up on the bed. He walked up to the bars and tried to move them but they wouldn't budge.
Seconds later a man's foot steps could be heard. Inuyasha ran in fear to hide under his bed. "It's okay Inuyasha. That's your name isn't it? It was written on your little dog tag thingy." He waited for an answer but never got one. "Inuyasha, I found out that you didn't steal anything so you are free to go. I just need to know who your parents are. I can't let you go unless your parents come on pick you up."
Inuyasha still stayed under his bed. He didn't like this place. He started whimpering again.
"Morning Matt, what's with the kid?" A guy in the same police uniform as Matt was in asked. Matt is the one who found Inuyasha.
"Oh hey Jeff. I found him on the streets. I thought he stole some meat from a barber shop, because of the way he was running and holding onto it. I brought him here to investigate, but he was not guilty so I'm trying to get him to tell me who his parents are so I can release him. He is too scared to even talk though." Matt explained.
"I see." The other officer said. "Let me try." He then got out some keys and opened Inuyasha's cell and peeked under the bed. Inuyasha coward back.
Jeff looked under and noticed the kid was shaking. "Wow he is scared to death. I can't see him to well though. Come out, it okay I won't hurt you."
"He is terrified of everything. When I found him he was shaking in my hands. He actually opened up and wasn't so scared when I put him in the car, but then he got scared again. I wish he would come out and not be so scared. He looks like a good kid and so young too. I'm worried he may have been abused. He won't talk; well he did say 'mama' but he hasn't said anything else. He had bruises on him, and cuts all over." Matt explained.
"Did he tell you his name?"
"No like I said, other than mama he hasn't said anything. I think his name may be Inuyasha. It says Inuyasha on this little dog tag he wears."
"Come on out Inuyasha." Jeff tried.
Inuyasha still didn't budge.
"Matt, go get me some food. I'm going to try to coax him out."
"Jeff he's not a dog."
"No but he might still be hungry. If you found him with some meat, and you took it away from him, then that probably means he's hungry."
"Well okay." Matt left the room to try and find some food.
"You okay kid. Its okay, we won't hurt you. What are you, 6, 7 years old? You need to be with your parents and we will do everything we can to try and find them. Just tell us their names."
Inuyasha stayed silent for a minute then he finally realized what the scary man said.
"Mama." Inuyasha said.
"Good. Now what's your mama's name? What's her last name?"
Inuyasha starred at him.
Finally Matt came back with some hot dogs.
"I thought these would be easy to get him out with." Matt said.
Jeff grabbed the hot dogs and handed them Inuyasha's way. The food smelled familiar, but he didn't trust them yet.
"Its okay, you can have them." He tried. He put the food close to Inuyasha and waited.
Many minutes later Inuyasha stepped out from under then bed and grabbed the food. He then ran back under the bed with his new food. Jeff put another piece in the same spot for him. A couple minutes later Inuyasha came back out. This happened many times for about half an hour.
"Okay Inuyasha if you want the last piece you have to come out and get it." Jeff said. Inuyasha wouldn't come out. Jeff scooted away from the bed and closer to matt. "Please come out." Inuyasha still wouldn't come out.
"Okay fine. You can stay under their." Jeff said. I'll be back later to give you lunch. It's about 4 a.m. You need to get some rest little one. No one will hurt you here. If you ever decide to come out then maybe we can get you home faster."
Inuyasha stayed under the bed. He was grateful they had fed him but didn't trust to willing walk up to them yet. He didn't trust any kind of human. For all his life humans were mean and tried to kill him. Every one but his mother, and that one girl who fed him three years ago. He just couldn't trust anybody.
A couple days went by and Inuyasha still wouldn't come out. Jeff tried a different tactic this time. He set the food out in a trail. It just led to the end of his cell. Inuyasha to everyone's surprise followed the trail. It was still hot dogs. He had been living off of hot dogs for the past week. He was scared but he was also hungry. All the other hot dogs they had given him were okay so he thought these were okay too.
As Inuyasha came out Jeff got a good look at him. His clothes were filthy and to small, and he didn't wear shoes. His hair was snowy white and really long. The thing that caught his eye the most was his ears. He noticed two fluffy puppy ears atop his head.
"Hey Matt, what's with the ears."
"I didn't want to take the fake dog ears away in case he got even more scared."
"Well I have to take them. He isn't allowed to have them here."
"Well if you think you can get close enough be my guest."
"Okay." With that said Jeff walked to the hanyou and picked him up before the hanyou could run away. The Hanyou was on his hands and knees picking up hot dog pieces and eating them.
"Wow you are light. You poor thing. You look starved. I'm sorry, but I have to take your doggy ears away. You can't have any toys here." Inuyasha tilted his head to the side. He didn't understand anything that the police officer said.
Jeff found this cute. "I guess your not that scared anymore. I just picked you up and you're not even shaking anymore. You seem curious now." Jeff said. He then put a hand on one of Inuyasha's ears and pulled slightly. He was shocked when the ears didn't budge. He moved Inuyasha's hair back and noticed that the ears were actually connected to his head. He then noticed the ears flick back and forth from his touch.
"Oh boy." Jeff said. Inuyasha looked up with big innocent puppy dog eyes. He tilted his head to the side once again. He was surprised he wasn't as scared anymore, and that the strange man that had been feeding him was pulling on his ears. He actually found he liked this man. Maybe even enough to be his new daddy. Jeff looked down at the boy and noticed the small claws that were on his hands.
"What are you?" he finally said.
"Uh matt I think you should see this." Jeff called
"What's wrong, is the boy okay?" Matt said. He was over next to Jeff and Inuyasha in a second.
"Look, the ears, I think their real. He also has small claws at the end of his fingers."
"What does that mean?"
"I don't know. Their attached to his head." Jeff said.
Matt moved closer and moved the hair by the sides of his face. He rubbed his hands up to see if he could find any human ears but was shocked when he found nothing but smooth skin.
"I think this boy has been through enough. He doesn't seem dangerous but we still need to get him home before someone finds him and does something horrible to him." Matt said.
Jeff then turned to Inuyasha. "Inuyasha I need you to talk to me. Who are your parents? I need you to talk." Inuyasha just looked at him. Nobody had ever asked him to talk. When ever he tried to repeat anything he would get beaten so he refused to learn how to talk. He learned mama but never used it unless he was talking to her. He told these men, but only to try to find her, but nothing worked. Now they wanted him to talk. He didn't know how. They seemed worried though. He knew what talk meant because his mother sometimes tried to get him to talk and learn words.
It lasted for about a week. They would just go and feed Inuyasha and he would actually come out to eat so they started to give him real food, other than just hot dogs. They tried to get him to talk, but nothing worked.
At one point they realized that they weren't going to get the boy to talk so in order to make him more comfortable and less scared Jeff decided to take him home till they got some answers. Matt and Jeff were both scared of what the little boy creature was, but also just realized that no matter what he was, he was still just a little child who needed help. They would never let anyone else see Inuyasha in fear of what they might do.
Jeff put Inuyasha in the front seat of his cop car after his shift was over and headed home.
"Hey little buddy, your going to go to my house. It's nothing much but I have a little puppy you might like. He's a Siberian husky, and his name is Sammy. I want you to try to talk to me as much as you can. The sooner we find out where your parents are, or if you have any, the sooner you can go home. Do you understand me?" Jeff announced.
Inuyasha was only halfway listening; he found the stuff outside the window more interesting. He wanted to take his seat belt off and explore then remembered what happened last time. He pointed to all the trees, and everything they past by. He made happy sounds and was giggling. Jeff smiled at this.
I guess I will try to get stuff out of him later. I really wanted to take him home because he seems too scared, and he doesn't belong in a prison cell. He is just a kid. I don't know what kind he is but he just needs someone to love him. Plus Sammy could use a companion. When Sammy gets older he will become apart of the force, but I have to wait till he's older. He already knows a lot about protecting but he's just a pup and needs a lot of training. Maybe Inuyasha and Sammy will be good friends. Jeff thought to himself as he watched the fascinated hanyou.
About 15 minutes later they arrived at Jeff's house. Jeff got out of the car and went around to Inuyasha's door and opened it. He then unbuckled him and carried him to the porch. He put Inuyasha on the ground then unlocked the door. He picked Inuyasha back up then he walked into his home.
"Okay Inuyasha I'm going to set you down so I can go get Sammy. I want to stay right here. Don't move. Do you understand?"
Inuyasha nodded. He understood the 'don't move' part so he thought he was good. His brother always used to say don't move to him. If he tried to walk away he would hurt him, so he learned real quickly what that meant.
"Okay, I'll be right back." Jeff said.
Inuyasha just stood their waiting for Jeff to come back. He liked Jeff. All other human hated him and scared him, except Jeff. He was glad that Jeff had taken him home. Jeff wanted him to talk so he was going to try to at least learn how to say his name. Maybe then Jeff could teach him how to talk. Then he could tell him about his parents then maybe Jeff could adopt him.
As he waited he attempted to say Jeff. It wasn't a difficult name, but for someone who doesn't know how to say anything other than mama it was hard.
"L...l...liii...eeee..." Inuyasha tried. He tried many sound but he could get Jeff out. He couldn't figure it out.
"Okay, Inuyasha I'm back. Look who I found. Now be nice Sammy." Jeff said as he put Sammy on the ground. Sammy walked up to Inuyasha and started sniffing Inuyasha. At first Inuyasha was scared. He started to sniff the little puppy and didn't smell anything bad, he was still skeptical.
"Its okay, you don't have to be afraid. Sammy won't hurt he you. Look he's a nice puppy." Jeff kneeled down and started petting Sammy. Sammy started licking Jeff's hand. "See he's nice."
Inuyasha saw that the dog was being nice to Jeff; and Jeff was being nice to him so maybe, just maybe he would be nice to him too.
Inuyasha crouched low on all fours and walked up to the puppy on all fours. Inuyasha's ears and head were down to show submission. He didn't know why he was doing this but something just told him to do it. He was just acting on instincts. He then rolled over onto his back and looked up at Sammy. Sammy then started sniffing Inuyasha's tummy. Then Sammy sneezed. He had gotten something from Inuyasha's clothes in his nose. He then licked Inuyasha's clothes trying to clean him.
"I guess that means you need a bath." Jeff said through laughs. He then picked Inuyasha up "matt should be here in a few minutes to help out and I will tell him to give you a bath while I get things cleaned up. I need to feed Sammy and make sure he's okay and that his bed is set up properly. Are you hungry? I didn't feed you at the station because I thought you might like to have dinner with me and Sammy."
Inuyasha looked at Sammy from Jeff's arms. He wanted to go investigate the dog. He had never been in a house like that and he wanted to play. He couldn't remember the last time he played. Sammy looked like he wanted to play and he liked Sammy. Sammy was probably the first creature Inuyasha trusted that quickly. Inuyasha then reached his arms down towards Sammy.
"I know you want to play but, Sammy needs to eat and so do we."With that said he walked into the kitchen. He put Inuyasha on the ground then poured Sammy some 'Royal K-9' into his bowl. It was his favorite brand of dog food. Sammy ran up to the bowl and started chowing down.
Jeff left Inuyasha on the ground as he made their dinner. Inuyasha saw Sammy eat the food out of his bowl and he wanted some too. He walked over to Sammy then reached his hand in and grabbed a handful of kibble. Sammy didn't care. Inuyasha sniffed the kibble then put a few pieces in his mouth. He liked the taste so he put the whole handful in his mouth. He then walked up to Sammy's bowl again and grabbed another handful. He started to eat that as well. Finally Jeff looked down to check on Inuyasha and noticed him eating the dog food.
"No Inuyasha, that's a no, no. You don't eat Sammy's food. That's dog food. It's made for dogs. We are going to have people food in a few minutes don't worry." Jeff said as he picked Inuyasha up and set him at the table.
About half an hour later the food was done and Matt had showed up. They all ate dinner together. Inuyasha ate very sloppily. He ate with his hand and made a very big mess. When they tried to get him to use the silverware he looked at them like they were crazy. He didn't understand what they were or how to use them. Finally after awhile they gave up on the silverware knowing that they would have to give him a bath anyways.
The bath seemed like a good idea at the time but soon after Matt swore he would never give Inuyasha another bath. While trying to get Inuyasha into a tub Inuyasha fought Matt. He didn't want to get in the tub. He was scared of the water. Once Matt got him in the tub, which took about half an hour, Inuyasha started splashing water everywhere, and started crying. He screamed so hard Jeff came running. Sammy went and hid under a bed.
"Matt what are you doing to him?" Jeff yelled.
"It's not me. He doesn't like the bath. He's worst than a dog. It took me all this time just to get him in the tub. I don't think he's ever had a bath in his life. His hair's all matted and the dirt is just sticking to his skin. The way he is acting to the water I would think he thought it was going to eat him." Matt explained.
"Oh come on it can't be that bad."
2 hours later.
"Man I swear I will never give that boy another bath." Jeff said. The bathroom was a mess. Jeff and Matt were both covered in water. The bathroom was covered in soap and water and things were misplaced and everywhere all over the floor. It looked like a rogue bull had gone through their and smelled like wet dog and shampoo.
"I told you." Matt replied. He was holding Inuyasha and trying to dry his hair, being carful of his ears. "So how do think he will do being here."
"Well it's only temporary. The goal is to get him warmed up to me and to get him out of that jail cell. I'm sure he will start talking soon and when he does he will be able to go home."
"What if he has no home? I mean the boy was starved to death and filthy. I mean just look at him, he is way to skinny for his own good. Not to mention his clothes were 3 times too small, and ripped to pieces."
"I just don't know. I guess we will face that problem when it gets here."
"Alright well I guess I should be leaving then."
"Alright. Goodnight, I'll see you later."
"Night."Jeff responded.
Matt left after the goodbyes then Jeff turned towards Inuyasha.
"Okay little one. Now that your bath is done, lets see, you need some clothes."
Jeff went to his drawers and found the smallest shirt he own and put it over the boys head. It was really baggy but it would have to do till he got a chance to go to the store.
A little while later Jeff settled down and started watching TV. Inuyasha tried watching TV for a couple minutes but found playing with Sammy was way more fun seeing as he couldn't understand anything the TV was going on about.
Inuyasha started barking at Sammy and then Sammy started barking back. Jeff didn't pay any mind to it just thinking he was just a little boy who was just having fun. Little did he know that Sammy and he were actually talking.
'Hey don't worry Jeff is nice he won't hurt you.'
'I know that but I just wish I knew more about his world. I can't do nothing right.' Inuyasha pouted.
'It's okay he will help you. Jeff says when I get a little older he is going help me and the put me on the force and I'll be his partner.' Sammy barked in puppy language.
'Is that good? What's a Force?' Inuyasha tilted his head to the side.
'Yes that's good. I'll go everywhere with him and we will catch bad guys.' Sammy started jumping up and down, barking happily.
'Oh. Can I become part of the force?'
'I don't know. You could ask him.'
'No, I can't'
'What da ya mean you can't your talkin' right now'
'I don't know how to talk like Jeff.' Inuyasha's ears drooped and his head bowed down in shame.
'You mean you can't use human speech?' This time Sammy tilted his head.
'No or anything. Human are mean, they beat me and call me names. I hate humans except Jeff and maybe that other guy that was here.'
'I could help you with some things. Or at least I'll try; I can't help you talk though.'
'You'll help me? But my brother says nobody cares about me and that I'm a abobilation'
'A what?'
'Or he said abi…abomba…abomila-something, I think it means something bad. He says I don't belong anywhere. He says I'm the reason my mama was really sick. Then he said when daddy died that it was my fault.' Some tears started forming in his eyes but he tried to hold them in.
'But how could it have been your fault?'
'I don't know he said it was because I was born my mommy got sick and then daddy worked to hard for her that he died.' Finally the tears came down and he started sniffling.
'Well I think your brother was mean because I like you and I'm going to help you.' Sammy came up then started licking the tears away from his new best friend.
'You will'
'Yep but right now do you want to play.'
'yay'
Jeff watched the two confused. At first they were just barking then they started whimpering to each other. Then Sammy came up and started licking Inuyasha because he started crying, then Inuyasha started laughing and now they were running around the kitchen chasing a tennis ball.
Were they just having a conversation? Inuyasha has some canine features but can he actually talk to dogs. Jeff thought to himself.
About an hour and a half later Inuyasha fell asleep with his head draped across Sammy's back. Sammy also fell asleep next to Jeff's feet curled in a little ball.
Jeff turned off his TV and decided it was time for bed. He looked down and noticed the two pups asleep.
"I guess I was right its bed time." He then picked up both pups. He walked over towards his room. When he arrived there he laid Sammy onto his bed then headed for his bed. Sammy's bed was in a corner in Jeff's room.
When Jeff lied Sammy down and started walked over towards his bed Inuyasha woke up sniffing the air. Sammy's scent was moving away from him. He started shifting in Jeff's hands to find Sammy.
"Hey calm down its okay. Sammy is right over their. You are going to sleep on my bed tonight, okay." Jeff said.
Inuyasha didn't understand him and he wanted Sammy. He started squirming to get down. Sammy woke up again from all the noise. He heard what Jeff said and re-laid it to Inuyasha.
'He said calm down; you are going to sleep with him tonight.'
'But, but I want to sleep with you.'
'Well…uh… I guess I could sleep in the bed tonight. But Jeff usually doesn't allow me to.'
Jeff noticed the barking and saw that Sammy was walking up to the bed.
Jeff tried to lay Inuyasha down but he wouldn't hear it till Sammy was their. Inuyasha crawled to the edge of the bed were Sammy was standing on the floor. Then Inu started whimpering. Jeff noticed this and then smiled.
"Okay this one time Sammy, you can sleep with us. But tomorrow Inuyasha has to sleep on his own. Okay?"
Sammy barked then licked Jeff's cheek.
"Okay Now time for sleep." He lied Inuyasha up so his head was on a pillow then pulled the covers up to his shoulders. Inuyasha for the first time since his mother was alive he felt safe and comfortable. Sammy lied next to him on his left and Jeff on his right.
The next day was a Sunday and Jeff was off so he decided he would try to get some information out of the boy after they got him some clothes. He now wore a red shirt with blue jeans. He refused to wear shoes though.
"Okay Inuyasha I need some information out of you today. I need to find out about your parents. Hey Inuyasha are you even listening." Jeff sat on the floor with Inuyasha and Sammy. He and Sammy were playing with a red ball while Jeff was trying to talk. Occasionally Inuyasha would bark and Sammy would bark back.
Jeff tried talking more but wasn't getting anything so he decided to watch Sammy and Inuyasha play. Then he noticed some of the actions Sammy would do and then how Inuyasha responded.
'Okay Inuyasha I am going to be your translator. I can understand some of the things Jeff says so if he talks to you I will try to tell you what he says.'
'Okay, but how do you know what he says?' Inuyasha asked.
'My father knew human speech so he taught me a lot before Jeff got me. I also had a trainer for that kind of stuff.' Sammy barked.
'Oh, okay'
'From what it sounds like he wants to know more about who you are and where you came from, but mostly about your parents.'
'My parents are dead and I have been on the streets for a really long time now. I used to live in this really smelly place that had a lot of trash and food in it.'
'A dumpster?' Sammy tilted his head.
'What's that?'
'Never mind. Just go up to Jeff and tell him what you told me.'
'But he can't speak inu and I can't talk the human speech.'
'That's okay. He will probably figure it out. Jeff is pretty smart.'
'I'll try.'
Inuyasha got up then walked to Jeff. He stood there for a second not really sure what to do. He started fiddling with his thumbs, his ears were back, and he was looking at his feet.
"What's wrong Inuyasha are you okay?"
Inuyasha looked at Sammy then back to Jeff. He then started barking and whining and growling.
"Okay, okay shhh. So I think I was correct about something. You don't know how to talk do you?" Sammy translated some of the words. Inuyasha shook his head then pointed to Sammy. By then Jeff had picked Inuyasha up and had headed for the table. He sat Inuyasha down then went to the phone.
"So have you found anything out about him yet?" Mike asked over the phone.
"Well as to what he is, no, but I think I came to a conclusion about why he won't speak to us." Jeff said.
"And what is that. He can't still be afraid of us."
"No I don't think he is still afraid. I don't think he can talk."
"What do you mean he can't talk?"
"I don't think he was ever taught. He is very different, and very significant. He had probably had a hard life and I don't think he knows where his mother is. When you found him you said mama in a pleading way. I think he thought you had found his mother. He is just a scared and lonely little kid who needs help. I love the kid like my own but I am thinking about giving him over to a mental institute. Explain his situation first of course. He can talk to my dog but he really needs help maybe his life can turn around."
"Well bring him by the station and then we will call the Mental Institute and see if they can help him."
"Okay see you in a couple hours."
"Alright bye."
"Bye" Jeff then Hung up the phone.
"Alright Inuyasha lets see if your even capable of some things. Can you say your name? Try saying Inu."
'I think he is trying to get you to say something. Just repeat what he says.'
'But—' Inuyasha tried.
'Do what he does with his mouth, then try making a sound'
"Come on try."
Inuyasha opened his mouth and tried to say something but he ended up yelling.
"Put your mouth like this" Jeff motioned Inuyasha's mouth. " Say eh- new"
"eeehhh oooooooo" Inuyasha tried it came out raspy.
After about 20 minutes of trying Jeff finally got Inuyasha to say Inu.
"Good you did it." He pet Inuyasha between the ears and smiled at him. "How about we take a break and eat some ice cream." Jeff got up and went to the freezer. He served then both some vanilla ice-cream.
"Can you say your name again Inuyasha can you say Inu." Inuyasha understood this statement because Jeff had said it enough.
"I-I-I n…n...ew. "I-i-inew"
"That's good."
"Inu…Inuwa…Inuwa."
"Inuyasha?"
"InuYa…sa" He tried.
"You did it you said your name. I didn't even teach the last part. You are so smart."
Finally they made it down to the station and went to Jeff's office.