Disclaimer: Do you think I own? No. "Inuyasha" belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. "Tae Guk Gi: Hwinalrimyeo" belongs to Korean director Kang Je-Gyu. Welcome to Dongmakgol is the sole property of Park Kwang-Hyeon. I also do not own "Baramaeke Butakhae", Forte Escape does. I only have Kim and the others mentioned in the last chapter. End of discussion. Yep, zippo.
Mini-Rant: Tae Guk Gi: Hwinalrimyeo and Welcome to Dongmakgol inspired me to type this story. Heck, this chapter's title is "Welcome to Dongmakgol". Anyways, Kim is sorta like Jin-Seok at the beginning; the weakling in the group, but later on he'll gain strength and start to protect himself. And in case your wondering why Kim is melodramatic, it's because he's Korean. And it's true that all Koreans are like this: overemotional by nature, we yell a lot, slap our peers around, cry a WHOLE lot, you get the idea. And for any of you who flame that I'm making Kim like this on purpose, just so he can get immediate attention from the canon characters, think first. Would you do the same things if you were in his situation? Considering the fact I am Korean and overemotional, I would just commit suicide. Thank you.
Korean Melodrama
"Talking..."
'Thoughts...'
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Location change or flashback
rules!
A Mother's Love
Ch. 1: Welcome to Dongmakgol
Somewhere
in Japan
1 mile from Edo.
December 15th, 1564?
What. The. F-?!
Twas a completely normal winter morning in the Sengoku Jidai. The sky was covered by an endless vast of grey-white clouds, the snow gently falling in moderate amounts. Demons and humans alike woke under the peaceful atmosphere, not even a certain hanyou complaining. All was good.
"Oi Kagome! C'mon, we gotta get movin'!" Inuyasha, once again, called for the billionth time.
Correction. Make that horribly gone wrong.
"Right... alright..." Kagome replied, half-asleep. "Just... lemme... zzz..."
"Inuyasha, can't we get any sleep around here?!" Shippou yelled.
"He's right Inuyasha! Besides, it's early in the morning!!!" a half-awake Sango argued.
"Keh! It's early in the morning! So what?"
"Inuyasha, humans need their sleep... which reminds me..."
Miroku, for the millionth time, tried to grope Sango but failed miserably, falling back to sleep in the process. Sango also tried to slap him, but she too fell asleep... right on top of Miroku's back.
"...uhg... osu, wari..." Kagome mumbled... in her sleep.
A yelp and slam.
5 seconds later, Inuyasha picked himself off the wooden floor and grumbled softly.
"Arugh. If anyone's gonna be lookin' for me, I'll be outside!"
The inuhanyou went outside and immediately picked up an unmistakable scent.
"Sesshoumaru..."
Inuyasha followed the scent and ran north.
Meanwhile, somewhere else in the frozen wastelands
A person who looked a lot like a familiar inuyoukai lord was peacefully asleep admist the chilling air and snow fall. He was wearing a jet black hanbok with white cranes on the enlongated square sleeves and shoulders; with a matching silk belt. A sword that sort of looked like Sou'unga was at his hip. A "pistol", as the modern world called it, was in the demon's left hand...
The inuyoukai moaned and slowly opened his eyes, the left iris a honey gold, the other a blood red. It was blurry and all he could see was blackness. His first thought was...
'Am I dead?'
"Nope... you're still alive," a feminine voice resonated.
"Ah, jenjangae shibbal!" the young teen jumped to his senses and pointed his pistol left and right.
"Kim... you better watch it!"
He froze.
Kim.
Nobody used his real name. But...
'O-omma...?'
A tall female figure appeared out of the air. Waha. Amazingly long black hair, as dark as the night, still dressed in her white military uniform, face was as lush and warm as he remembered it, blood red eyes glimmering with happiness. Just like at home...
"But... but you're...d..."
"Jesong ahdul."
The inuyoukai slumped to the ground, back against a tree. "So... you r-really are..." he faltered, and his eyes widened. 'Wha happened to the others-' She silenced her son with a loving embrace and the other returned it. "They're all fine, Moon-Seok." The woman looked thoughtfully at her son and added, "Do you know where you are?" The younger shook his head. "Aniyoh..." "Hint: You watched it with your brother, complaining about the unrealisticness."
Kim had the classic "ZOMG! You have to be joking." look on his face.
"Mwoyah?! The Sengoku Jidai? You mean that time period in that InuYasha anime?! I thought it was all fake!" She laughed. "Then how do you explain that Sesshoumaru guy lookin' like you? And youkwe? And our supah-powers? And-"
"I get it." Kim quickly changed the subject. "I suddenly feel a lot older, Myeong. Waeyoh?"
"Look at yourself, Moon-Seok!" the woman named Myeong chimed mirthfully.
The male dog demon looked at himself... and almost passed out. His mother giggled. "Ai! Na...na yol tasot salimnida?" "Yeh..." his mother replied as if was the simplest thing in the world. The son glanced at the mother, confused and still shocked. "O-ottoukaeyoh?" Myeong's red eyes twinkled as she smiled.
"You will find out."
The boy frowned. His mother always liked to make things tougher on him and make him think. "Besides, you need to find a way out of here. It'll take a few months, I suppose."
"Yayz," Moon-Seok sarcasticly piped. "Wait...EH?! A few months?!"
His mother laughed. "You're going to make some friends and you might need this." She handed Kim an olive drab medical pouch. "Hey, it's my cleaning kit! How'd you know?" The woman just tweaked Moon-Seok's ears. "Ah!" he exclaimed, "You know I hate that!" The female demon just scoffed. After a minute, her bright red eyes saddened. "I have to be going now, son..."
"Mwo? An-" Kim was interrupted by his mother putting a finger on his lips.
Myeong took her son's hand and entwined her fingers with his own.
"Ahdul. Remember, I'll always be with you. And don't die on me."
He nodded; buried his head on his mother's chest and cried, remembering everything.
"I'm so sorry, Moon-Seok. I'm sorry I couldn't keep my promise." Myeong stroked her son's silver hair and held him tight.
The two Koreans stayed like that; the mother comforting and the son crying.
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Inuyasha narrowed his eyes as he caught Sesshoumaru's scent so early in the morning. That was a little strange, since they had crossed paths and fought yesterday. So he decided to investigate why, who the heck knows? Maybe his brother was here to say that he was gonna give up on trying to kill him. Inuyasha scoffed. "Keh. Like that'll ever happen. He's way too damn stubborn to give up on anything."
The hanyou's right hand tapped the hilt of Tessaiga, uncertain if he would use it or not on Sesshoumaru. He most likely wouldn't if he was sleeping. Wait a sec, if he was sleeping, which was very slim since he was wide awake yesterday, then why was Inuyasha checking? It's not as if he cared what happened to the bastard.
After a musing and a cup of joe later (XD), Inuyasha finally reached his destination... and saw something strange.
Sesshoumaru was sleeping.
Not just simply sleeping but sleeping under a tree. Inuyasha was a bit stunned at the fact that his half-brother had made it this far without alerting any villagers. And the fact that he wasn't wearing his armor and he wore a jet black "kimono". But that wasn't what had caught Inuyasha's attention. It was the shiny thing in his hand. 'What did Kagome call them again? Gunz or something...' The hanyou got curious so he couched down and started poking the metal things. Little did he know that the other youkai had a little surprise for him...
Let's just say, "You scream, I scream, we all scream for IK".
"What was that?!" Kagome's voice yelled.
"It sounded like Inuyasha... screaming!" Shippou remarked.
"You think we should help him?" Sango asked to the others.
A gruff scream of terror, followed a childish squeal.
"..."
"Hai... let's go," Miroku said.
Inuyasha screamed again, louder than before. But he wasn't screaming because he was in pain. It was because-
"Moon-Jinah!"
The inuyoukai's right arm wrapped around Inuyasha's back, crushing him. Okay... not crushed, but rather a strong embrace. Still, it surprised Inuyasha so much that he yelped loudly.
'Somebody help me!'
"I missed you so much, Inu-chan!" the inuyoukai yelled.
Inuyasha pushed away from his "half-brother".
"What the hell?! I thought you hated me!"
"Wha?" the other faultered. "We're brothers."
Inuyasha snapped and, eyes blazing with anger, punched his sibling in the chest. The inuyoukai didn't even block it. The hanyou smirked. "What's wrong, Sesshoumaru? Too slow?"
"Don't leave me again..." he said. With that, the other inuyoukai lifted his head, uncovering his eyes.
Inuyasha sucked in his breath.
Both eyes were a different color, Inuyasha could tell the left was a normal gold but the other was a blood red. But that wasn't what surprised him. His "brother's" eyes were completely glazed over, as if he was dead. There was absolutely nothing in the inuyoukai's eyes. Just dead. There was nothing in them, no hate, no coldness, love... nothing.
'What happened to you, Sesshoumaru?' Inuyasha thought. 'You look... broken. What caused you to giv- no, the bastard hates me. I should hate him too.'
"Tongsaeng..."
"Inuyasha!!!" Kagome's voice called out.
"Oi! Kag- oof!"
The black-clad demon crashed into Inuyasha and wrapped his arms around him.
"Inu...ya...sha..." he sobbed.
"What in hell?!" Inuyasha yelped.
"Inu-yasha...ple...ase, I- I- I'm so sc...ared!"
Inuyasha tried pushing away from his "brother", instead he just cried harder.
"I...don'...t...wa...nna... b-be...alo...ne! T-tongsaeng, do..n't leave... m-me...a...gain!"
Inuyasha couldn't get out of an iron grip as the others reached them.
"Inuyasha, is that... S-Sesshoumaru?" Miroku asked, dumbfounded.
"Oh, I must be dreaming!" Sango exclaimed, looking just as shocked before slapping herself. "Ow!"
Shippou and Kagome were shocked and pretty much had nothing to say.
"G-guys, it's NOT what you think!!" Inuyasha said desparately (as he started to get crushed).
"OSUWARI!!!"
Inuyasha was in a world of hurt.
Kim woke up with a jolt. The dog demon was breathing heavily and it was evident that he had a nightmare. He put a hand to his head and exhaled. It was then he took notice of his surroundings. He looked around a bit and tilted his head.
"Unhuuh... where am I?" he whispered to himself. Kazuma looked around even more and came to a conclusion. "Must be in a hut... so I guess mother was right..."
The inuyoukai looked at his clothes saw that they were changed: instead of his black hanbok he was wearing a green and orange yukata. "Whoever dressed me certainly doesn't have any taste." Kazuma then suddenly heard some voices talking. He couldn't make out the words but he definitely knew they were talking about him. "Might as well go meet 'em..." He spotted his black hanbok neatly folded nearby. "After I change."
Kazuma stood up and quietly slipped off the yukata, letting it fall on the wooden floor carelessly. He just as quietly put on his hanbok and folded the fallen silk quickly but carefully. It was then he took notice that his weapons were missing. "Huh, they must be in the next room."
"Oi, what this?" a childish voice asked from the other side.
"Shippou-chan, don't touch that!" a young female voice warned.
"Ne, definitely in the other room." The inuyoukai sighed and took a last look around the room he was in before deciding to going outside. "Well... here I go." Kazuma walked calmly out of the room and was immediately hit by soft daylight and white snow everywhere. He smiled softly.
"Reminds me of that song, Baramaeke Butakhae. Eolmana ohrean siganinji hanchamul barabohgoh itsuh? Juh paran bada numuh naegai sonjit haneulnal... Sohksahkideut yaegihaneunji hanyahn baram naegai dahgahwah, gaseumsohkai moodoudoon nah chajeura hannai..."
Kim then let the rest of his favorite song flow in his mind.
The 15 year old dog demon advanced slowly to the next room, taking his time and glancing at the peaceful atmosphere before him. 'Mother would've loved this...' he thought. Kazuma reached the door and stopped. He could hear the occupants inside breathing. 'Wow, this strange. I can actually hear them breathing and I'm not even trying to listen.' Then, out of the corner of his right eye, he noticed a few kids playing in the snow. 'No way... I saw that with my peripheral vision? They must be a mile away! Something's not right...' he thought. Determinded to find an answer to this oddity, the inuyoukai turned back to the door and knocked.
"Come in, Inuyasha," a slightly older female voice said.
Kim was a bit confused, why would some complete strangers know his younger brother's other name?
"I said you can come in." the same voice repeated.
He put aside that thought for later and opened the door, finding three bewildered humans, a twitching kitsune, and a growling two-tailed neko.
"Uh...hi?" the dog demon greeted, a shy smile on his childish features.
After seconds of an uneasy silence, the human male was the first to speak.
"Your awake...Sesshoumaru," he said.
Kim tried to talk but instead, he suddenly found himself afraid and shy.
"Um...wha?"
"Sesshoumaru. Can't you remember?"
The inuyoukai shook his head.
The others looked just as confused as Kazuma but they were alert.
Kazuma observed his surroundings and sniffed the air, he instantly picked up a few scents. 'Wow... my sense of smell is improved too.' He sniffed deeply this time and picked up a hint of strawberries. 'That must be the girl with the school uniform...' The inuyoukai shyly walked over to the girl and sat down next to her. He could smell fear and nervousness on the girl. Suddenly, Kazuma had this urge to poke her, just to see her reaction. He silently and slowly inched his finger toward the girl, meaning to poke her in her ribs... but accidentally poked her left breast.
Kim blushed. 'Wah...so...soft... Wait, what am I thinking?!'
His state of panic caused his hand to "cop a feel". Thus, much chaos followed.
"KYAH!!!"
"What's wrong Kagome-chan?" the older girl asked, worried.
"Something...just..." the girl named Kagome stuttered out and pointed to her chest.
Everyone looked at Kazuma. The inuyoukai had an innocent face and was minding his own business. "Ahem..."
"Ne?"
"Apologize to Kagome-chan right now!" the older girl exclaimed.
Kazuma looked down to the floor and slightly shook his head.
A flaming atmosphere burst around the woman. "NOW!" she demanded.
"Okay..."
The inuyoukai walked up to Kagome and barely whispered, "Gomen, I... I really didn't mean to..." He hid his red eye in his bangs and fell silent. "Um... Sessho-" Kagome began. Kazuma put a clawed hand on Kagome's shoulder and... tightly hugged her. He began to tear up again and the schoolgirl blushed slightly.
The others immediately reacted, but the inuyoukai already had a clawed hand on the back of Kagome's neck.
"You demon! Let go of Kagome-chan right now!"
The inuyoukai immediately complied and backed away to the darkest corner of the room, fear written in his eyes. His frail body shivered and he hid his face in his hands, trying not to break down.
Kagome looked extremely surprised that a demon, more specifically Sesshoumaru, had apologized and hugged her. She was even shocked that her friends had frightened him. But this wasn't right, Sesshoumaru would never do this in a billion years, so the schoolgirl came up with a guess. It was a long shot, but this guy was probably somebody else, maybe his reincarnation. 'But that's impossible, Sesshoumaru's still alive... there can't be two alike souls living at the same time, right?' Kagome was so caught up in her thoughts, that she blurted out one question. Actually, it was more of an accusation.
"Who are you and what have you done to Sesshoumaru?"
The meek dog demon looked around innocently and he slowly stood up. He walked over to Kagome, everyone else tightened their grips on their weapons. Kim placed his lips right next to the schoolgirl's ear and softly replied, "Kazuma." Everyone else lowered their weapons, seeing as the youkai was not a threat...yet.
Kagome looked somewhat embarrassed and answered, "Higurashi Kagome." She pointed to the others and said, "The older girl is Sango, the man in the robes is Miroku, the kitsune is Shippou, and the neko is Kirara."
"Kagome... what's this?" the kitsune named Shippou pointed to a small metal object lying near the right corner of the room. It was very shiny. You MUST remember that!
"Well...remember all the things you guys asked about my era? And what we used for weapons?"
Everyone nodded their heads.
"You mean this is one of those 'guns', Kagome-chan?" Sango replied.
"Hai."
Just then, a certain hanyou we all know and love came bursting into the room.
"Where's the youkai- Sesshoumaru?!" Inuyasha instantly grabbed Kazuma by his neck and pinned him against the wall. Kazuma grasped Inuyasha's wrist and struggled to get free. "You! What are you doing here?!"
"Osuwari."
Inuyasha and Kazuma went crashing facefirst onto the wooden floor in the hut; Inuyasha lifted his head up while Kazuma just twitched once.
"What did you do that for wench!? That's Sesshoumaru!"
"Inuyasha, he's not him. He may look like him, but he's not who you think he is!" Kagome calmly said, then added, "Besides, his eyes are..." the schoolgirl looked into Kazuma's eyes. "Two different colours?"
"Keh!"
Inuyasha turned toward Kazuma and gave him an icy glare. The latter just smiled shyly and muttered, "Uh...hi, brother."
"What the...? I'm not your brother!"
Not the right thing to say on Inuyasha's part.
Kazuma's small smile turned into a frown and his already dead eyes seemed to grow deader, which couldn't be physically possible. Everyone in the room noticed this and mentally shivered.
He walked over to a lone corner of the room and sat down, his dual-colored eyes looking about as awake as a comatose patient, much less alert enough to listen to anything. He blinked once, as if realizing something but he eventually shrugged it off, the blank look still in his eyes. Everyone wondered why the inuyoukai's eyes were like that, as if he had just died. It stayed silent for a minute, that's when Kagome decided to ask.
"Why are you eyes like that, Kazuma?" she casually asked.
Kazuma turned his head to one side, a childish gesture of confusion.
"You look...dead. Did something happen to you? Family, per-"
Kagome stopped as the dog demon ground his teeth and sent a glare to her that rivaled Sesshoumaru's.
'Well that's rude...but, then again...' the schoolgirl glanced at Kazuma's fogged red orb and couldn't help but close her own eyes. 'I can understand... he needs time.'
Kazuma reached into his black hanbok and pulled out a square piece of white paper that Kagome recognized.
'A photo?' she thought.
The inuyoukai traced a claw over the photo and his hands began tremble. Kazuma clutched the tiny photo to his chest and tears began to form in his eyes. He wiped them away before the salty water could roll down his cheeks and stood up as pointed to himself and outside.
The Inu-tachi nodded.
Without hesitation, the inuyoukai stepped out. As soon as he closed the door, the group began to talk amongst themselves.
"Kagome, do you know who he is? He looks like he's from your time," Sango asked. "Iie... and I don't know if any youkai exist in my time." Inuyasha huffed, crossing his arms. "Well, if he's not Sesshoumaru... he may work for Naraku!" "Inuyasha, don't jump to conclusions!" Kagome chided. "Yeah? Well then, I'm ask him myself!"
She started to protest, but Inuyasha was already out the door. Once out, the hanyou immediately noticed a small photo in Kazuma's hands. Being a hanyou with excellent vision, Inuyasha saw a happy family of three inuyoukais, one human, and one inuhanyou. 'Impossible... that's... my family...how can, argh I guess I'll ask him.'
"Hey you."
Kazuma ripped his gaze from the photo and gazed at him with innocently.
"I want to ask you a few questions," Inuyasha said. Kazuma replied so softly, Inuyasha barely heard him. "Sure, I'll talk. Sit next to me." It didn't seem wise to refuse, Inuyasha could sense the other was on the edge. One wrong move and he would be lost. Probably forever. There was a moment of silence between the two, until the younger said, "Go ahead."
"First of all, who are you?"
"Well... since I'm in the past and I take it you're not my brother, my name is Kazuma Inu Taoshi. I'm a half Japanese inuyoukai and eh... fifteen years old." "Same age as Kagome, huh?" He nodded. "Next question, where did you come from?"
He was about to answer when Inuyasha slammed into the snowy ground. The inn door opened and the schoolgirl came out. "Uh...sorry about that," she apologized.
Kazuma just smiled sweetly.
Inuyasha picked himself up from the ground again, his face covered in dirt and snow. "What'd you do that for, wench?!" "Calm down Inuyasha, besides look at him!" Kagome pointed to Kazuma, who was looking up at the white wind dejectedly. "Keh, I guess you're... right."
Kagome felt a tap on her shoulder, almost scaring her again. "Oh right, anyways...what year do you live in?" "Mw-" Kazuma caught his native Korean version of "what", and opted for the Japanese word, "Nani?" The schoolgirl repeated her question innocently. He paused...reluctant to tell her the year he lived in, too many memories...but he did anyways.
"2484?"
Three gasps were heard behind Kazuma. The inuyoukai jumped to his feet at this and his heart was thumped wildly in his chest. That caused him to lose his footing and slip right into Inuyasha's arms. Everyone else stared at them.
"Nhrgh... could you get offa me?"
Truth was, Kazuma never wanted this to end. He wasn't gay or anything but... he just wanted to be held. Especially after... his mother's death. Hell, the rest of his family was probably dead anyway. 'No...' Kazuma thought, 'the rest of my family isn't dead, their all too strong to die. I just have to get back to them...somehow.'
"Oi! I said, could you get off?"
Kazuma quickly removed himself from the inuhanyou's arms to avoid any conflict.
"So... you come from the future, like Kagome?" the monk in the purple and black robes asked.
The "15" year-old inuyoukai nodded.
"But that still doesn't explain what your doing with guns," Kagome said, pointing to the room.
Kazuma opened his mouth to speak, but memories he wanted to forget resurfaced in his mind. Gunfire, cries and screams, warm blood, explosions, fatigue, pain, and then... nothing. The inuyoukai dropped his head, refusing to talk.
"You...don't want to talk? Well Kazuma, let's get you inside."
"It's really cold, you know!" Shippou added.
Kazuma nodded but stood his ground.
"You want to stay out a little more?" Sango asked. Another nod. "Okay, just don't catch a cold."
"Keh, youkai can't get sick. All of you know that."
The others went in as Kazuma stood in the snow. He closed his eyes and shed just one tear. "Omonim...wae gahsohyoh?" The inuyoukai wiped away the salty water and stared at it, wondering if-
"Kazuma. We're waiting for you," Kagome's voice called.
He exhaled and finally walked in the hut.
AN: Meh, I think this chapter's too long. A bit boring too. But it had fluff in it. Go fluff!! XD But don't worry, the 2nd will start with a BANG! And this story is also in memory of my mother, who died of leukiema years ago. ;(
Ah yes, here's another list of...
Korean Terms
"Jesonghamnida": translates to "I'm very sorry."
"Na yoltasot salimnida": translates to "I'm fifteen years old?"
"Tongsaeng": literially means "Younger sibling". I know older sibs usually call their younger sibs by name, but Kazuma likes to use this word on basis.
"Moon-Jinah!": Finally! Kazuma's younger brother's name is revealed!!1 Actually, it's me starting to be not such a lazy butt. The "ah" is pretty similar to Japan's "chan" suffix. Use if you have a Korean friend.
"Ottoukae": translates to "How?" This word can be used in different meanings, such as "How could you?!" and so on.
"Ne": means "Yes". Strangely, this can mean also "root" in Japanese. LOL!
"Ani": No! Really, I'm serious. "Ani" means "No" in Korean.
"Omonim...wae gahsohyoh": translates to "Mother...why did you have to go?" The "yoh" is one of the many honorifics used when addressing an elder, parent or not.
Eye Color (Update 2007)
Note: To previous readers, you may have noticed Kim's original eye colour was gold. Well, this change has come at the last minute. From now on, Kim's new eye color will be a crimson red. Oh and he's wearing "goldeneye" contacts, just so you know. Once again, this a reference to the "Baramaege Butakhae" MV.