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"Why don't we walk while we are talking?" Inuyasha asked Kagome.
"Uhm, sure. Why are we walking this way again?" He never told her come to think of it.
"There is something I want to show you. I never have shown anyone this and it means a lot if you come with me this time."
Kagome was stunned. She had known him for three or four years now (she can't remember how long it has been) but she never thought that he had something to hide. Yeah, there were times where he would randomly take off but who doesn't need a little quiet time every once in a while. "While we walk why don't you tell me another part of your story? And start from where you left off, I wanna know what you did when you woke up."
"Sheesh, why are your treating this like it is made up?"
"I'm not but it is going to be the best story I have heard cuz I know how it ends before it starts" Kagome said leaning into Inuyasha.
Inuyasha smiled when he heard her say those words. "You are making that up"
"No I'm not." Kagome said defensively.
"Fine I will tell you what happened next. The next morning I awoke too….
(Flashback)
The sun was beating down on a sad and broken hanyou. He had no where to go, no one to turn too, and he was all alone. "Mom" he whispered. He looked around and then remembered last night. He felt the need to go against his mom's wishes and go back to the village where his home once stood.
As he got to the edge of the woods he noticed his mom laying there still. "Mom!!!" he shouted and ran over. As soon as he got there he noticed he could hear no pulse and her eyes were hazy. "Mom, why did they do this? Where am I supposed to go?" He looked down at her cold corpse as if expecting an answer.
Then he noticed a burnt hut, which were the remnants of his former house. He went to look inside thinking that maybe something could have been salvageable from last night. As he walked in everything had soot on it and was black. He went to his old bedroom; nothing remained in the whole house. Then he heard some footsteps and hid behind something, what it was he couldn't tell.
"Is someone there? Is it you Inuyasha?" A voice rang out.
He knew this voice and jumped up, "Hi Kira."
"Oh, good you are still alive." She smiled looking relieved.
He just looked at her and then looked around his former house.
"You should leave like your mom said too Inuyasha. The villagers here would kill you if they found you."
"But why? What did I do to them?" Inuyasha said so innocently that Kira was afraid to answer.
"You did nothing, people are just afraid of someone when they don't look like themselves"
"Then why did they kill my mommy? She looks like them."
Kira didn't want to say anymore, she looked down, "Inuyasha I can't explain what everyone does and what they are thinking when they do it, but you need to get out of here before some one catches you. If you get caught then your mom would have died in vain."
"Vain?" Inuyasha questioned
"Yes she died so that you could get away and live a long and healthy life" Kira came over and hugged Inuyasha.
'No, she died because I wasn't strong enough to stop them' Inuyasha thought to himself. All he could do was blame himself.
Kira noticed the look in his face, "If I help you bury your mom, you have to promise me that you will never return here to this village again."
"Can you come with me? I don't know anything about this world, I am still a kid." Inuyasha sniffled.
"Sure I will but first let's bury your mom and give her a final farewell." Kira smiled and Inuyasha rushed outside to his mom's body while Kira got some shovels.
"Where should we bury her? I want her to be at peace." Inuyasha said when Kira came out with two shovels.
"Let's go into the woods a little, there is a beautiful clearing up there filled with sunlight."
"Alright" Inuyasha got his mom's limp body in his arms. He was always able to lift her up but this time she seemed like she gained a million pounds. "Kira can you help me?" Inuyasha was struggling under her weight.
"Sure" She picked his mom's body up and started heading to the spot she talked about.
"Can we make a tombstone for her? I want everyone to know who is buried there." Inuyasha said when they got to the spot.
"Sure but lets dig the hole first." Kira said. They were both sad, one lost his only mother and the other lost a really good friend.
"You know your mom would never want you to hold a grudge to the villagers right?"
"Yeah, she would want me to leave them alone. It is hard to when they killed the only family member that likes you."
"Likes you? I thought she was the only family member?" Kira asked
"Yeah, I have an older half-brother, but he hates me."
"Why?"
"Same reason that the villagers do. He calls me half breed and says it is my fault that our father died…" Inuyasha stopped shoveling, sat down burying his head in his hands and started to cry.
"What's wrong Inuyasha?" Kira ran over to hug him.
"I am the reason both of my parents died." He looked over at his mom. "If I wasn't born, my dad wouldn't have died and my mom would still be with him, he would have been able to protect her."
"Inuyasha it isn't your fault. They died because they love you, because unlike everyone else, you are worth dying for in there eyes. That should make you feel loved. They love you so much that they would rather die then give you up."
Inuyasha looked up at her, "Really?" He said trying to crack a small smile but couldn't.
"Yes, and if they had the choice they would die all over for you. Now let's get back to digging before the villagers realize that your mother's body is gone."
"Your right." Inuyasha said, he thought about what she just said as he dug. Nothing was said the rest of the time they were digging.
"I think it is deep enough now." Kira said running out of breath. She then climbed out of the hole and went to pick up the departed friends body.
"I am going to find a stone for her grave" Inuyasha said, not wanting to watch his mom get put in the hole.
"Alright, when you get back we will say a few words and then bury her."
"Sounds fine" as Inuyasha walked off Kira put the body into its new home.
Inuyasha walked through the forest wanting to find the perfect stone for his mom; he only hoped that he could engrave something into it so that people don't think it was just another rock. He finally came across the perfect stone. As he walked back he saw Kira burying the body.
"I found the perfect stone!!!"
"Oh yeah?" Kira laughed, even at the roughest times Inuyasha could always make her laugh.
He put it down at the head mom's grave and then looked around for another rock, but this one had to be sharp. He finally found it and went over and after staring at the rock for a little while; he started engraving something into the stone. When he got up Kira read the stone out loud, "'Mommy is now with Daddy'. I like it." She smiled.
"I didn't know what else to put."
"Its fine, many people will come by and know exactly who she was. Would you like to say a few words?"
Inuyasha came forward and looked at the grave, "I love my mommy a lot, but she had to go. I hope that she can forgive the people that killed her like I did."
Kira looked down at him, happy with what he said, and then stepped forward next to Inuyasha and put her hands on his shoulder. "I am sure she forgave them. I also want her to know that I have always seen her as a best friend and am glad that she and you were in my life." She squeezed his shoulders when she said 'and you'.
"Thanks Kira, this means a lot to me."
"I wanted to do this anyways. I am going to go grab my stuff from my house and then we can head out to find some place to live. How does that sound?"
"I like that idea" Inuyasha's eyes brightened. He wanted to get away from this depressing moment.
"Hehe, alright, you stay right here."
As she turned around Inuyasha heard a noise and it sound like more than one. Almost as if this noise was surrounding them. "There's someone there." Inuyasha said alarmed.
"I knew you would come back if we left her body on the side." The head villager said.
"What?" Inuyasha squeaked backing up.
"Good work Kira, you were able to give us plenty of time to come out here."
"No leave him alone, he is just a child." Kira seriously didn't know they were planning this.
"You knew about it?" Inuyasha said looking at Kira
"No, I didn't, I swear." Kira said and started to run towards Inuyasha when someone held her back. "Let me go, and leave him alone."
"Hold him down." The village leader yelled.
Four men came out of no where and grabbed Inuyasha by the arms and body from behind as the others took turns beating on him.
"Half breed" "Demon" "You don't deserve to live" Each person said something different as they punched him and kicked him. He wanted to protect himself but his mom always told him not to hurt humans, no matter what. So he took the punishment that he didn't deserve.
"Don't worry we will bury you by your mom" The head master laughed, taking out a sword and bringing it to Inuyasha's neck.
Inuyasha could feel the tension as the sword got closer, he tried to back off, but between the pain and the people holding him, he couldn't move.
"Inuyasha, ruuun" Kira yelled to him, "defend yourself"
"Shut up you wretch" The man holding her said. He then grabbed her by the hair and threw her against a tree, making her pass out. At least Inuyasha hoped she was just passed out.
"Kira, no, why would you hurt her?" Inuyasha said
"She was just a burden on us anyways." The guy spat out.
"No, other then my mom she was the only one that helped me." Inuyasha said. As he quickly jumped up making the people that had hold onto him fall. He had enough of all of this. "Sorry mom but I have to break my promise." He whispered. He then cracked his claws for the first time and hit one person. As the person fell with a shriek of terror hitting his voice, Inuyasha stopped; he couldn't believe what he just did. He just killed someone out of rage.
"How could you do that to an innocent person?" a guy yelled going to check on his friend.
"I I I didn't mean too. I swear. It wasn't supposed to kill him" Inuyasha had tears forming; he never wanted to kill someone and now he had this disgusting and vile mess on his hands. "It was a mistake" He looked at his claws, dripping with blood, and then the villagers, "It was a mistake."
"Run away, it is a blood thirsty monster." Someone yelled as they all ran as fast as they could.
Inuyasha sat down with a thud, "it was a mistake. A mistake." He then looked over at Kira. "Kira? Kira? Are you alive?" There was no movement from the body. She was dead because of him. That's when he realized he needed to be stronger. He decided that from now on, if he was going to be treated like a demon then he would act like one.
As he rand through the forest, he decided to figure out how to use his claws. He sat there looking at them as if they were going to just tell him what to do. "Alright mom said something about dad hitting his claw outward and the yelling 'Iron reaver soul stealer.'
As he tried over and over again, nothing came out, 'guess I am too young to learn this stuff'. He thought as he sat down.
He looked around and then noticed a boar walking around, "perfect chance to practice." He whispered.
As he crouched down to attack the boar, he noticed it running off and went to chase it. "Get back here" He yelled at it as if it would listen to him. As he ran after it, it went from practice to a game of chase. "Hehe, I am going to get you." He was laughing now, not because he was about to kill it but because he was able to chase it.
Then he heard the squeal of a boar and slid to a stop when he saw a person that he hadn't seen since he was five or six. "Sesshomaru, what are you doing out here?" He asked in an innocent manor. 'So he was the one who took away my fun'. Inuyasha thought
"You are still a child." Is all sesshomaru said to his question.
"Of course, I am only eight." Inuyasha put crossed his arms as if he was mad at the statement.
"Then why are you out here alone, don't you know that there are many evil presences around here?" He said coldly
"Yeah, but the village where I was at killed my mommy, so I need to find some other place to stay and need to find a way to feed myself."
"I see. And this boar was your first piece of prey?"
Inuyasha was a little confused at the question, 'What's prey' Inuyasha thought. "Yeah, I guess. I was having fun with it though."
"If you are out here alone, then you can't have fun, you need to be more serious or you will definitely die."
Sesshomaru looked to find Inuyasha scratching behind his ear with a foot. One of his few signs he had dog demon blood in him. "I'm sorry what did you say?"
"Never mind. Inuyasha just note you will need to rely on more than your instincts to survive out here." Sesshomaru threw the boar at Inuyasha and then walked off.
'He still has a lot to learn' Sesshomaru thought.
'What is his problem? You need fun in order to do things' Inuyasha thought
That night he was freezing, he never knew how to start a fire and had no clue what to do to make one. He tried to eat some of the boar but with no fire he couldn't cook it. "This tastes horrible" Inuyasha said. He only ate enough to relieve the pain in his stomach. "Tomorrow, I will find out how to start a fire." He told himself contently as he jumped into a tree and fell asleep for the night.
A month passed and the hanyou child was really skinny. He was never able to get a fire going well, and he survived by eating a villages 'garbage pile'. The stuff there always made him a little sick and he had to be careful not to get caught or he would be punished. He already got 'punished' twice. When they caught him, the villagers would kick him repeatedly and put a rope around his neck, like a dog, and drag him out into the middle of the woods and the second time he was told that if he did that again they would kill him. Not wanting to die, he stopped going there and every night they would always send a search party to make sure that he wasn't around.
Normally he would just hide in a tree but tonight was different, tonight was the night of no moon. He decided to hide in a hole of a tree. It was just big enough and was pretty warm. He would always spend his cold nights in the little hole. As he felt his human appearance come he then realized that he was actually even sicker and even more emaciated then he thought he was. He felt weak and his stomach was louder then before. His hair was not only black but a dull black. He could tell he needed food soon but he couldn't move without the pain exceeding through his body. So he sat there falling asleep, and he not expecting to wake up.
As he was in a deep sleep, he felt his body get moved and heard a young woman's voice, "You poor thing, why are you out her alone? You seem so skinny; I will take you to my house so you can get some food."
"No, you can't." Inuyasha said groggily. He tried to push her away but was too weak to get away.
"Calm down. Don't worry no one is going to hurt you. What is your name by the way?"
"Are you sure no one will hurt me? Never?"
"Sure. I can't just let a poor kid die out here."
"My name is Inuyasha."
"Inuyasha, Huh? That's a handsome name. My name is Kira."
"That's the same as my mommy's friend."
"What happened to your mommy?" she asked looking around to see if maybe his mom was coming back.
"She died." Inuyasha said looking away.
"Oh, well how about you sleep until I get home and then I will cook you some good food." She said rocking him back and forth. He might have been an eight year old but he was so light that she was able to carry him all the way back to her village. "Inuyasha." She whispered into his ear.
He woke up to find himself inside a beautiful hut. There was a fire roaring, which he hadn't seen in what felt like forever. He kept looking around and then saw the lady come over to him with a bowl of rice. "Open up. This rice should help you gain some strength."
He watched as she spoon fed him the best food he had ever eaten. It felt so great to have someone trust him and to give him food. "I have to leave after this." Inuyasha said in between eating.
"No you don't. You don't have a family. You will stay here until you are old enough to go on your own." She said spooning the last bit into his mouth.
"Now let's get these grungy clothes off and then clean them. You can sit next to the fire and sleep until they are clean." She took the clothes off of him and he went to sit near the fire to wait for his kimono to come back.
'What will I do? I have to leave before the morning but she did promise to never hurt me. Maybe she wont mind' He sat there thinking looking into the fire until he fell asleep.
When he awoke, he noticed a sheet over him and the fire was very low. He looked over to see Kira lying down asleep. He decided to walk out before she woke up, after all, it was morning and he had his normal form back again. "Thanks Kira, very little people trust me." He whispered.
As he snuck out Kira woke up. Blinking she saw him start to leave and then she yelled "Inuyasha please come back." She ran out of the hut and caught him looking back at her. She couldn't believe what she saw in front of her. "So this is why you said you had to leave huh?"
"Yeah." Inuyasha looked down at the ground. "I am sorry I didn't tell you earlier but I hadn't had a good meal in a month."
"Is that when your mom died?"
Looking ashamed Inuyasha whispered, "Yes. I will leave now. Thank you for the food, it was delicious." He bowed down to her as he was told to do by his mom whenever someone helps you without you asking.
"You are too cute. Come back in, demon or not, I can't let a child go out into the world alone. If you couldn't make it for a month you won't make it for your lifetime."
"I can't your village wont like me." Inuyasha obviously said this from experience
"No, I am sure they won't mind." She went over to hug him and it felt like his mom's hugs when ever she tried to sooth him.
"So I can stay with you?"
"Yes, let me get the head master of the village, he will let me know if they allow you to stay."
"Is he nice? Will he let me leave if he doesn't like me? I don't wanna get hurt. " Inuyasha was actually happy, he found a home.
"You ask a lot of questions for a little one." She laughed. "Besides who wouldn't like those cute little ears?"
"But I hate them." Inuyasha kind of pouted when saying it.
"Why is that?"
"Because it is the only way I am different then everyone else."
"They make you unusual. I like it some things different. So let's go see what he says." She said, grabbing his hand, she noticed the nails looked like claws. 'This kid is special, I can tell he has a huge future ahead of him' Kira thought.
(End Flashback)
"At least you found someone who took you in." Kagome said
"Yeah, but it only lasted a few years. Then the village didn't like me anymore."
"Why? What happened?" Kagome couldn't believe that so many people would hate a poor child.
"That's not important we are almost at the spot I wanted to show you." Inuyasha said pushing a branch aside. He all of a sudden turned into a human when the night fell.
"Why didn't you tell me you were going to be a human tonight? We shouldn't have come out here alone." Kagome said worried and looked over her shoulder for nothing in particular.
"I knew it was going to be tonight, I did it on purpose." He said roughly as he walked a little further.
"Where are we going?" Kagome was starting to get a little ticked that he wouldn't tell her.
"We're here" Inuyasha announced stopping abruptly.
"Here were?" Kagome said looking around only seeing trees
"Look on the ground in front of you."
"Is this?"
"Yes it is."
Kagome went down and kneeled to look at the stone. "Mommy is now with Daddy" She read smiling. 'So this is where you mom was buried' Kagome thought. She then turned around to see Inuyasha walking back with flowers in his hands.
"I visit once a year, on my birthday."
"Your birthday? You mean today is your birthday?"
"Mhm" He said laying down the flowers and closing his eyes.
"Wait you never know what day it is, so how do you know it is your birthday?"
"It is just something I know; my birthday was on the day where it had the night of the new moon, which means that every twelfth change means it is my birthday. It is a little crude to think of it that way, but it is around the time."
"Wow that's a lot of thinking right there." Kagome kneeled down next to Inuyasha, "How old are you anyways?"
"Hhm, I don't know the exact years but I was around 150 years when Kikyo sealed me on the tree so around 200 years old now. Give or take twenty years" This was a rough estimate for Inuyasha.
"Wow, I didn't think you were that old."
"What do you mean? That's nothing for a demon."
"I know but for a human that is impossible. So hearing that makes me just drop my jaw." Kagome really couldn't believe he was over 200 years old. "How old is Sesshomaru?"
"I don't know he was pretty much grown when I first saw him and we rarely talked."
They both sat there looking at the tombstone with the flowers right in front of it. Nothing was making a noise except the wind blowing back and forth. It was really dark and everything seemed to shut down.
"I bet she really loved you." Kagome whispered to Inuyasha, breaking the silence.
I tried to make this one long because I don't know when I will get the next one out due to school. Hope you like, if you see a mistake go ahead and let me know.