Chapter 2

His dreams started off sweet and peaceful. Him and his mother playing ball, even hide and seek. Even though he always found her by her scent. A smile was on his sleeping face at these wonderful memories. Then came the day his mother started slowing down. Play time became less as her body was failing her. As a young child he didn't understand why. He only knew that his mother was always tired or sick. His smile faded and tears started to fall.

"Mother, are you okay?" The little hanyou boy asked sitting beside his mother's side.

She weakly raised her hand to her son's cheek. "Oh my little boy, my body is failing me. I won't be in this world for long." Her hand fell limp at her side. Her eyes were fading as she spoke her last words. "My...little...I-InuYasha...live long...m..."

"M-mother?" He quietly spoke.

But there was no response. At that moment lighting crashed outside the cave where he slept. He woke with a start, between the dream and the crash of lightning his mind was startled. Slowly he stood as he rubbed his little eyes. "Keh, just great rain. Now I can be wet and hungry."

the day was longer then usual for the little hanyou boy. The rains had now stopped and once again he found himself looking for food and shelter. He spotted a small village and even though he was caught the last time he knew this time would be different.

He waited till every light was out, then made his way to a supply shed. It was beautiful inside, food everywhere. And the little hanyou wasted no time eating his fill. "So this is the key to a full belly." He said with a chuckle. "I'll eat my fill every night here, then I'll go to the next village. I'll never be hungry again."

But he made one mistake, he kept stealing from the same village. It was now the second week and with the village supplies being stolen somehow. The village head man decided to take action. "Thank you for coming good monk. We are in direr need of help. Something is stealing from are supply sheds."

"I do sense a demonic presence, but it is a small one. I shall make sutras and place barriers around the food supplies." Giving the head man bow the monk was off to seal the food supply huts.

Un aware of what these little papers meant. InuYasha ignore them and continued to the hut. But the minute he touch the barrier a strong surge of electricity went through his tiny body. As he went flying back hard into a tree. The noise caught someone's attention and they raced outside calling out. "Monster!"

The commotion brought everyone from their huts. And now they all gathered around the small hanyou boy. He was out cold, and didn't move other then his breathing. The group of villages looked at each other. When suddenly the monk appeared. "So it was a demon. A hanyou child at that." The monk walk over to InuYasha. Then kneeled down beside him. "No need to worry he's out cold for now. I shally purify him before he wakes."

A village woman bowed to the monk. "Please, he's only a child isn't there another way? Can't we teach him not to steal?"

The monk looked at the woman like she was possessed. "My good woman, no good will come from letting this child live. It must be destroyed." He picked up the hanyou boy and took him away to purify him, away from the group.

The monk was about to do his job when he was hit over the head. The world went black as the monk fell to the ground. Not wasting anytime the village woman pick up the hanyou boy and quickly carried him to a nearby cave.

He felt weak and was confused. Looking around the cave he tried to remember where he was. A small fire was burning in the cave and the smell of soup made his stomach growl. He tried to sit up but his body wouldn't move. Whatever happened to him weakened him considerably.

"Just rest my child you are safe here."

A woman came into view beside him and he wanted to run. He whimpered as if he was in pain. And the woman lightly rubbed one of his ears. "I won't hurt you I want to help you. That monk back at the village wanted to purify you, but I knocked him out and brought you here."

As the woman rubbed his tiny ear. He started to relax into her touch. He missed having his ears rubbed like that. His mother would sometimes rub them like that. A tear rolled down his cheek and she wiped it away.

"You are all alone aren't you little one? I can tell you are lonely and I bet you don't even know how to take care of yourself?"

The little hanyou boy just closed his eyes and cried harder. The woman picked him up and set his limp body in her lap. She comforted him as he cried. And soon he was fast asleep in her arms. "Just rest little one I'll take care of you. At least I'll try too.