Kagome & Inuyasha
A Love Story
I don't own ... so please don't sue
Chapter 1
Prologue
The year is 2005. The place is the town of Higashinaruse in the Ogachi District in Akita, Japan. Mostly a farming village of about 3200 people. Also living here, is the richest family in Japan. The Shinwa Family of Osaka. Although their main home is in Osaka, and they have homes in Tokyo, Kobe, Nagasaki, as well as in other countries around the globe, their favorite residence is their huge, ancient, samurai style farmhouse that was built in 1869. The people here know them well and they are not treated as rich, but as an ordinary farming family. And that's how they want it to be, even though their worth is well above the gross national product of some small countries. And, even though they are demons.
Yes, the people here know their secret, because the demon family built the house in 1869 and have watched the farming families grow up, bear more children, grow old, and die. Through generations. The families know that the young demons, disguised now as humans, moved here to escape prosecution when the government banned the samurai way and banned the carrying of swords. Although the samurai way was now allowed, even encouraged, the demons stayed in the Akita prefecture, although as their wealth grew, the patriarch of the family did purchase other homes so that he and his offspring could be closer to their jobs.
And what a coincidence it would be that the prefecture be named Akita and that the Akita Inu would come from this prefecture. Or is it? After all, the mountain town in the south was called Inuyama, or dog mountain, and this same family came from that region. In fact, a little inn and teahouse now remain in the small town. An inn and teahouse that dates back nearly 500 years ago to the Warring States Era of Japan. You see, our demons aren't just demons. They are dog-demons - or half dogs to be precise. The town, Inuyama, was named for them. And that a dog would be called an Akita Inu ... a dog coming from the dog-demons' territory ... a dog that 4 of the patriarch's offspring domesticated, trained, and bred and now was the most popular dog in Japan. No. It's not coincidence. The farmers know. But outsiders did not.
The patriarch's name was Inuyasha. He was the son of the greatest, most powerful dog-demon in Japanese legend. At 675 human years old, he didn't look a day over 27. His wife, the demon ninja witch Kagome, was a prize to be seen. Young, beautiful, and voluptuous, she didn't look old enough to have 17 children and 14 (living) grandchildren. See, she was born in 1982 so, technically, she was a mere 23 years old.
Their 17 children included son Inuyashakazu, or Yasha (human age 456, demon age 21), daughter Kaori (human age 451, demon age 21), son Hiroshi (human age 448, demon age 21), daughter Kohana (human age 446, demon age 21), daughter Jasmine (human age 445, demon age 21), son Kazuo (human age 441, demon age 21), twins - son Taikan & daughter Tanaka (human age 438, demon age 21), quints - sons Shinobu, Toki, Yukio, & daughters Asame & Kadiri (human age 237, demon age 17), son Shawn (human and demon age 10), daughter Kiska (human and demon age 6), son Alexander (human and demon age 4) and, finally, daughter Marina (human and demon age 2).
The 14 grandchildren included Yasha's and his wife, Shiori's, daughter ShiYashi (or Shi-Shi), son Rafu and daughter Tora. Kaori's and her husband Jiro's son Taromaru, son Kenko, daughter Kae, and son Tsukasa. Hiroshi and his wife, Ruri, had 3 sons - Shima, Ranma, and Koan. Kohana and her husband, Tetsu, were never able to have natural children, but over the years they had adopted numerous orphaned human children and half-demon children. 4 half-demon children still lived with them. These were sons, Ichiro & Jotaro and daughters Mei & Jade.
On this particular day, Inuyasha and his wife, Kagome, were sitting down watching DNN, the Demon News Network on the satellite tv. I was being interviewed. I am Myouga, the flea retainer to my Lord Inuyasha. The interviewer was talking about how Inuyasha and Kagome first revealed their feeling for one another, starting, what is considered in demon lore, the greatest love story ever told. And I was telling the reporter how I remembered it.
"Strange," said Kagome, "That's not how I remember him finding out."
"Oh?", asked Inuyasha, who was curled up beside her, sipping Orange Pekoe tea.
"Yeah ...", she started,
flashback
The couple laid in the cave, enjoying their first night after mating. As they slept, they didn't realize that they had company. The little critter hopped over, and eyeing a bare breast, hopped up for some free food. SMACK! came a hand on the breast and the owner woke up.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! DAMN YOU MYOUGA!", screamed Kagome, as she grabbed the yukata and covered herself with it, as she became aware of her nakedness.
Inuyasha woke up to her scream and quickly found the offender. "MYOUGA! What are you doing here?"
"HeHeHeHeHe. Why Master Inuyasha, how nice it is to see you finally mated to young Kagome here. HeHeHeHeHe!", the flea giggled like he was drunk.
"That's Lady Kagome to you now, you little bug!", said Inuyasha, as he squashed Myouga flat.
end flashback
"Oh yea.", said Inuyasha, "Well, I guess he's keeping it clean. He knows I like my privacy."
"But, that's not just keeping it clean, that's an all out lie. You were not all happy and punch-drunk telling him, 'I told Kagome I love her!' sorta thing."
"I wonder what other stories he tells people about us.", Kagome mused.
