Disclaimer: I will never own Inuyasha. If I did, Naraku would probably be dead by now. Oh yeah, Inupapa and Kagura would be alive. I only own every character here that you guys have absolutely no idea who they are.
Notes: Thank you for all the reviews! I feel really loved and I'm sorry for the long wait.. And I swear, I am not anti-Japanese. Otherwise, I wouldn't be writing a fic about Inuyasha, would I? I just don't like that their military and government did all this to China and Korea. In other words, I hate their government. But...I guess everyone hates politicians. Can't the rest of Asia and Japan officially kiss and make up? No, not in that way you preverts! Oh, as a random note, I love Kim Kwang-Seok's song "Yideungbyung ae Pyunji". It perfectly describes a military life.
6.25
"Talking..."
'Thoughts...'
-action-
Location change or flashback
The Forgotten War
A Mother's Love
Ch. 2: Junjaeng
Somewhere
in Korea
With the 3rd ROK Division
December 16th, 2484
A resounding boom cut the peace off.
Two youkwe screamed in agony, both of them missing limbs and innards exposed to snow, blood flowing from the wounds. Sounds of rifles, bombs, screams, and the smell of blood...
Korea was in the midst of war.
"Wisangbyung!" a human Private screamed as he held his demon brother's body against his own. "Yun-Minah. Please... just hold on!" "Hyeong... I'm so tired...I wanna sleep." "Anidhae, get up. I beg you. Wisangbyung!!!" "It's hopeless, hyeong. Everyone's... dead." "Anidhae, don't say that. Janggun-nim's 1st will come and save us." The elder suddenly coughed up his own blood. "Hyeong... miahne." With that apology, the younger Korean fell limp. "Yun-Min! T-tongsaeng!" The Private wailed, his dead brother in his arms. A feral rage suddenly filled him and he wanted to kill every Communist in the world just to avenge his only sibling's death. He picked up his brother's weapon and began shooting in rage at the Communists. "Juguyoh! Jugyohboeriyoh, kae seikya!" His scream of rage was cut off by pain as bullets cut through his body. Blood flowed as flesh and organs exploded. The man felt every bullet pierce his body before the final bullet crushed his head. He fell and landed next to his dead brother, eyes glazed over and still open.
The two brothers were just one of countless casualities in the war. A kid of no more than 15 stabbed, a human man... his guts torn out by another's claws, a myoyoukwe shooting a kaeyoukae of 18, a nukdae with 3rd degree burns on his face, screaming in pain. All were just nobodies, citizens called to fight for their country. Nobody wanted to fight...to kill, but all did as they were told. It was war. You had to fight dirty to survive.
Edo, Japan
With Inuyasha and company
December 16th, 1564
He wondered why he was here alone and not with his brother. He wondered why he wasn't with his family, having fun and enjoying the Korean countryside. He was wondering what had happened to his innocence and why Senbou's Communist gang had... well, done something really bad to him. He wondered why he was only armed with a pistol and a useless sword that was too heavy for him. The inuyoukai wondered what had happened to the rest of his family. He wondered what he had done to deserve this. Suddenly longed to be in his father's and mother's arms again. Or... at least in his brother's...
Without even realizing it, Kazuma drew his knees up to his chest and wrapped his arms around them.
"Kazuma, what's wrong? You cold or something?" Kagome asked.
Oh yeah, they had also spent the past day outside, the others explaining to him about this day and time, the mythical and violent era known as the Warring-States. But he wasn't sure if he could trust these people. After all, they were Japanese and he was Korean. The two nations had a natural hated for each other...well, at least that was what he thought. Except for his family and several close friends, Kazuma didn't trust any Japanese because of their invasion of Korea during the Choson Dynasty in the 1590s thus sparking the Imjin War, the notorious rape and murder of Empress Myeongseong in 1896, and finally the war crimes the Imperial Japanese Army committed in China and Korea during 1910 through 1945. That, and Japan denied their imperialist past continuously.
Nutshell-wise, Kazuma saw the Japanese as brutal and greedy war-freaks but insanely strong. Koreans as very friendly, loving, and innocent but a little on the weak side and unprepared for war.
"Kazuma? Are you... alright?"
He nodded, but loneliness was evident in his dual-colour eyes.
Kagome seemed to read his mind.
"Then come sit with us. You don't have to be shy." She turned to the others. "Right?"
The others nodded (even Kirara mewed) in agreement. Inuyasha however, thought differently.
"We're going right now, and he's coming with us."
"What?! He's not in fighting condition you know, and he hasn't slept at all! Can't we at least leave him here since he's probably tired?"
"We can't. What if a youkai mistakes him for Sesshoumaru? What if he's tricked into spying or killing us when we have our backs turned? Naraku's done it before, Kagome!" Inuyasha argued.
"But Inuy-"
"We can't risk it. And you know this as much as I do."
"Inuyasha is right, Kagome-sama," Miroku said casually.
"Should we bring him with us?" Shippou asked, jumping on Kagome's shoulder.
The schoolgirl let out an exasperated sigh. "Okay, I guess we don't have a choice." She walked to where Kazuma was and sat down next to him. "Anno... we're about to leave so can start packing up?"
Kazuma glanced up at Kagome with catatonic eyes. He just merely nodded and grabbed his medical pouch. Kagome looked after the inuyoukai as he walked away. 'I wonder what caused him to become like this...'
"Oi! Kagome, hurry up!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Inuyasha no baka! I'm trying! Just be patient."
The depressed inuyoukai arrived outside to see the others waiting for him in the snow. Kagome waved at him and gestured for him to join the group. Kazuma started to walk over in the peaceful, quiet field... until the houshi decided to let his "cursed" hand wander.
A slap enough to kill Naraku was his answer.
Shippou sighed as Sango was readying to kick butt...again. Inuyasha glared at the taijiya and the houshi. "Come on, we don't have all day!" Kagome froze in thought. "Hey, who paid the inn own-"
A balding, short man ran out into the snow with an oversized broom. "Come back here you freeloaders!" The school girl ran over to the inn owner and apologized. After that, she paid the man and calmly walked back. The inuhanyou growled at Kagome. "Come on! A snail can run faster than you!"
The 15 year old girl vemonously glared at Inuyasha. You could only guess what was next.
"Osuwari."
Soon, the two friends began to bicker. For what was the millionth time in a month. A lost dog demon just shivered in the freezing cold and a light blush appeared on his cheeks as he sneezed.
"Kayongah... can we leave? It's cold."
The group froze, shocked. Their new companion had just talked, but that wasn't what shocked them. The thing that shocked them was... Kazuma sounded like a girl.
'This could be a problem in the future.' Miroku calmly thought, eyes still wide in shock.
The inuyoukai cutely pressed a finger to his lips and cocked his head in confusion. Kagome was the first to recover and grabbed Kazuma's hand. "Come on, let's go."
Kazuma fought the urge to embrace this girl and break down crying. Instead, he only tightened his grip around Kagome's hand and moved closer to her, concentrating on her warmth and kindness.
Inuyasha couldn't help but feel jealous at noticing Kazuma was close to Kagome, nearly touching her. The fact that Kagome held the inuyoukai's hand and he had accepted it didn't help either.
The hanyou, as being the tough guy he was, didn't show his emotions when the two approached.
"Finally, took you long enough. Let's go!"
As the Inu-tachi finally set foot once more, other than the fact that they all worried about their new member (and his voice), everyone else was feeling completely normal.
Kazuma, on the other hand, wasn't too thrilled. More like...scared and distrustful. He also noticed that his brother's look-a-like was rather irritable.
"Kayongah, why is Inu-chan... mad?" he lowly whispered, so only Kagome could hear. She giggled a bit at Kazuma calling the hanyou, "Inu-chan". "He's always like that, Kazuma."
"Oh."
"Omma... hyeong odisohyoh?" an innocent childish voice said.
"Inuyasha, I'm sure Kim's fine," a human woman reassured who was comforting her son as best she could.
Suddennly, as to prove the woman wrong, a Korean youkwe soldier came bursting through the door, panting and out of breath. The man had a single bullet wound in the arm, partly staining his prue white uniform a sickening crimson. The once pristine face now was dirtied, bloodstained, and on his cheek Izayoi could have sworn she saw a trace of semen.
"Hoon-Yeong, what are you doing here and..." she glanced at incredulously. "What happened to you?"
"I-Izayoi-nim, forgive me for interrupting. I have to talk to you. It's about Myeongseong and... Moon-Seok."
"Myeong and... Seok?"
"Ne."
The human paled, since her friend's tone was extremely grave, and she feared the worst. Izayoi knelt down to her son and ushered him to his room.
"But what about hyeong and sahomma?" he protested.
"Now!"
The innocent 7 year old inuhanyou knew it was completely useless to argue with his mother. Moon-seok had found that out the hard way a year ago. So he just walked into his room, closing the door shut.
Izayoi walked up to Hoon-Yeong and examined him closer. Her worst fears were confirmed, the man did have traces of viscous white fluid on his face. The man's eyes were also red and puffy, it looked like he had been crying. A whole lot too. He exhaled deeply and sniffled, as if to hold back tears. Hoon-Yeong set his M2 Carbine on a nearby sofa and sat down, clearly distressed. Izayoi sat down next to the youkwe and rubbed his back, trying to comfort him.
"What happened to Yuki and Moon-Seok, Yideungbyung Lee?" Izayoi asked.
Lee Hoon-Yeong lowered his face, so that the human female couldn't see his eyes. Water dropped to the floor.
"I-Izayoi... Myeong and Moon-Seok...they..."
The group had traveled along the wintery road for hours and so far, had gotten nowhere. Inuyasha, as usual, leaded in the front with Miroku and Sango behind him. Kirara perched on Sango's shoulder and Shippou on Miroku's. Kazuma was trailing behind in the back along with Kagome since the inuyoukai refused to let go of her arm.
Inuyasha glanced back to see Kazuma hanging off of Kagome's arm. The hanyou tried to shake off the human emotion of jealousy. 'Just stay cool Inuyasha. Kagome doesn't like him. She just cares for him. Wait... isn't that the same thing?'
Suddenly, Inuyasha froze. "What's wrong Inuyasha?" The wind had picked up and a familiar stench was in the air. Inuyasha sniffed once and that was all he needed to confirm his suspicions.
"I smell ookami!"
At the metion of "ookami", Kazuma froze. He gripped tighter onto Kagome's arm, making her wince. A teal whirlwind arrived on the scene. An all-too-familiar black-haired ookami youkai saluted Kagome while perched on top of Inuyasha's head. "Hey Kagome. How's my favorite girl going?" The ookami looked Kazuma. "Oi, who's the new guy?" Kouga thought for a moment. He saw an image of Inuyasha. Finally, an image of Sesshoumaru.
"Sesshoumaru?"
Kazuma hid behind Kagome and crouched, trying to make himself small. The ookami scoffed arrogantly, "What's wrong with Sesshoumaru, and where are his tag-ARGH?!" The balance under Kouga shifted as he was dragged down to the ground.
"Hah! Got'cha you mangy wolf!"
The ookami punched him in retaliation and retorted, "Look who's talking mutt!" The inuhanyou glared at him. He drew Tessaiga out halfway until... "Osu-!"
"Ah! Don't." Inuyasha immediately returned his sword into it's sheath, surrendering. He could do nothing but sit back, not relax, and fume all day.
"Heh heh. Mutt."
Kagome approached Kouga with Kazuma being dragged behind her, tugging at her persistently. "Kazuma, quit it." "Kayongah...don't," the inuyoukai mewled, tears pinpricking his eyes. The schoolgirl knelt down to Kazuma's level and ran her delicate fingers through steel hair, trying to calm him down. "Listen, Kouga's my friend. He won't harm you or anyone else. Trust me, okay?"
"But...h-he's a c-commie...he'll kill you..."
That statement shocked Kagome to the bone, much less coming from an innocent like Kazuma. "Listen to me!" she firmly chided. "Kouga is not a communist and he certainly would not kill anybody. Understand?" Kazuma nodded but inside he was completely torn. He stood silent once more as Kagome left his side.
Something in his chest felt like it would explode. No. It couldn't be now, not while danger was immi-
Kazuma's breathing hitched and stopped.
"So Kouga, what brings you here?"
The ookami took her hands and replied, "Only to be with you, my love..."
A fist contacted with the ookami before he could finish, slamming him to the snow. "Keep your dirty hands off her, wolf!" Kouga scrambled up to his feet and spat out blood, glaring daggers at Inuyasha.
"Kutabare, Inu kuso!"
"No thanks, I'm straight."
"Rrgh, Kagome doesn't love you!"
The two started their usual verbal arguement until it got ugly. Kagome decided to break the fight up until a small whimper got her attention. The 15-year old girl looked back to see Kazuma whimpering piteously. The youkai was clutching his chest and his grip seemed to tighten every second. Kagome immediately ran up to him and gently grasped his shoulders to keep him from falling over. The dog demon met eye contact with Kagome, tried to tell her his breathing had stopped. But it seemed God was against him today, he couldn't speak either.
"Kazu...doushita?"
Kazuma tried to inhale but it seemed like his windpipe was severed in half. The inuyoukai gagged and painfully tightened his grip around Kagome. He leaned into Kagome, drawing her into a desperate hug. His body was weakening by the second and Kazuma knew it as he began to see stars in his eyes. Kagome positioned Kazuma to look at him in the eyes.
"Doushita Kazuma?" she repeated.
The youkwe smiled...and collasped in the schoolgirl's arms. "Kazuma!? Come on now, don't play games with me. Wake up...wake up. Onigai, wake up." She shook him gently to try to wake him. Nothing, he was about as awake as a comatose patient. Kagome placed her hands on the various places to get a pulse, when she got to his chest, she froze.
His heartbeat was constantly skipping and it felt weak.
'Impossible!' she thought, perplexed. 'How can a demon like him have such a weak heart?!'
Kagome Higarushi felt something wet drip onto her leg. She ran a hand over and brung it to her face, fearing the worst. What she saw absolutely shook her.
Blood.
The Japanese schoolgirl glanced down to see Kazuma's mouth leaking blood. Not just a tickle, but the young teen was literally about to drown in his own blood. Her chocolate eyes widened as she felt Kazuma's pulse stop, skip, and to her, it felt like his chest was about to explode. 'Oh Kami. Please, don't explode. Please!'
It did, anyways.
A sick crack was heard and a fountain of red blood spurted from Kazuma's chest. Blood emitted from his mouth in heaving floods, staining the white snow blood.
"Kazuma!"
The others stared in total horror as Kazuma was trashing wildly from pain and Kagome grasped his arms to keep him still.
"What's happening to him?!"
"Buddha, he's possessed! I'll get-"
"Don't!" The schoolgirl gritted her teeth and tried to push Kazuma to his side, so his windpipe could open and the blood could drain. Nothing, he was too strong. "Kazuma's having a seizure!"
"A what? What's a 'she-zur'?"
Kagome again tried to push Kazuma aside. Nothing. The inuyoukai coughed and his life blood splattered onto Kagome's sailor fuku uniform. The coppery scent of blood assaulted everybody's noses.
"I-it's something from my time." Kagome yelled as she was doing her best to keep Kazuma still. The demon started to blush and he moaned as well as screamed, eyes fogged over in oblivion and lethargy. Kagome then realized the young youkai wasn't having a seizure, he was...
"Is there anything we can do?!"
Sango's voice made Kagome snap back to reality. The schoolgirl looked back to Kazuma as he continued to cry, the look in his eyes told her he wanted it to stop, all the pain...before he submitted to the evil.
"H-hai, make Kouga leave!"
"Nani?!"
"Kouga, you have to leave! I think it's causing a memory to resurface and it's haunting him. Please, go!"
"Are you sure about this, Kagome?" Sango asked. Kazuma gasped and started to mewl as large amounts of blood ran down the sides of his mouth. His desperate cries started to turn lustful as Kagome watched.
"Yes, now go!"
Koga nodded, looking rather solemn for Inu-tachi, and raced off.
Somehow, Kazuma had snaked his hands around Kagome's waist and...you understand the rest. The schoolgirl unwillingly let a tear escape; she hugged Kazuma and he hugged back...although there were different reasons for both. "Onigai yamette, Kazuma," Kagome pleaded.
Her hopeless plea seemed to work.
The kae youkwe stopped and he coughed as he started to intake air again. He turned to his side as excess blood was expel from his lungs, in the form of coughs and hacks. He greedily gasped for air as Kagome hugged the poor sap to calm him down.
"Your fine, Kazuma. It's okay. Just relax."
He let out a pitiful moan.
The dreadful words hit her like a bullet to the heart.
"Wh-wha...what...?"
By this time, tears were running down both their faces. Hoon-Yeong took a slow shaky breath and repeated it.
"Izayoi, it's true. Myeong is dead and Kim's... been raped. By the Reds. Yun-tae and...Yun-chan."
She couldn't believe it. The man who actually trusted, played with, and had a brotherly relationship with her stepson...took his innocence away. All just for some food and money. Kim had trusted him, she had trusted him, even Katsumaru had trusted him. Izayoi felt a certain pressure rising in her. One that she hadn't felt for at least two years.
Rage.
It was coming back, there was no denying it. The human woman clenched her fist so hard, her arm shook. Her fist slammed into the chair's armrest, cracking it. "I-Izayoi... are you okay?" the black haired youkwe soldier asked. The woman muttered a few curses under her breath. "Izayoi-nim?" Hoon-Yeong put a hand on her shoulder.
The human snapped.
She kicked out the desk out in front of her, violently ramming into Hoon-Yeong's stomach and causing him to fall. Izayoi ran toward the window, snatching the M2 Carbine, bashed the window open, and began to squeeze the trigger. Before the enraged Japanese woman could get a round off, a mournful voice stopped her.
"Okka...is it true? Is everything Hoon said true?"
She stood silent for a moment... and ran to her son, tightly hugging him. "Okka. Why are you crying? Did something happen to hyeong? Tell me." He never found out, cause-
-KAFWOOM!-
Meanwhile...outside, just 50 yards away, in a shrub, in a small hidey-hole...
"You think we got them?" a voice asked, smoking bazooka in hand.
"How should I know? I can't see a damn thing. Yutani equipped you with night vision. Not me." another voice retorted.
"Yeh? Well, you got weapons built into your body. I don't."
"Chongmalida."
Silence.
"Daewi, after this stupid war's over...wanna get some ice cream?"
"What is wrong with you? We're both androids, we can't eat ice cream. It'd fry us."
"Well...what about Choco Pie?"
"The South only has that stuff so you can kiss that goodbye, Hakeub."
"Can't we go to South's Army? I mean...we can eat Choco Pies until we burst. Or overload in that matter."
More silence...
"Tongmu, I don't have anything against the South. But my dream is for our country is to make the best sweets in all of Choson. Until then... all I do is dream."
"O-okay. Well, maybe the people we're going to capture has Choco Pies."
Moonlight hit to reveal two angelic faces. One had white hair and red eyes, the other had blue hair and light forest green eyes. They both wore field caps with the red star of communism. The two androids looked at each other. The one with white hair stared at its comrade with annoyance. The android with blue hair frowned.
"Jesonghamnida. Na-"
"Your apology is not required."
This just caused the blue-haired android to look away from its comrade. The other one unslung a M44 Mosin-Nagant carbine, reloaded the weapon, and smiled at the other android. A hand rested on the other's shoulder.
"Maybe they do have t3h sw33ts."
The blue haired communist unslung the PPSh-41 on its shoulder; gazed at the other with content.
"Neh. Kurottamyon chotk'etndeyo, onni."
The two Reds began sprinting to their target. Namely Izayoi and Inuyasha...
AN: Another long chapter here that just brought up more questions. Sorry for the slow updates but I'll continue this story. Bye.
Korean stuff
Yes! Without futher ado!
"1590s Japanese invasion of Korea (Imjin War), Empress Myeongseong's rape and murder, Imperial Japanese Army war crimes.": Long thing here and I'm too lazy to explain at the moment so look these up. Although I am pretty knowledgeable about these tragic events in Korean history, so contact me! ;)
"Hyeong... miahn.": means "Elder brother, I'm sorry."
"Juguoh! Jugeuyohboeriyoh, kae seikya!": Hmm, not telling but "Juguoh" means die. The other means...well, let's just say it is ironic for the dog demons here. LOL!
"Kayongah.": In the Korean version of Inuyasha, he calls Kagome by this "name". Clearly a mistranslation of her name. LOL!
"Wisangbyong": Literally means "Disinfectant Person" in Hangul. In 6.25, the ROKAF had NOTHING after the Japanese tried to destroy everything during the 1910-1945 occupation of Korea.
"Omma... hyeong odisohyoh?": this means "Mommy, where's brother?"
"Chongmalida.": Uhh...sorta hard to explain but this means, "That's true."
"Tongmu": Also "Tongji", this word literally means friend in the North Korean dialect. Today, if you use this word in South Korea you are seen as a "communist". So please, use the South's "chingu".
"Neh. Kurottamyon chotk'etndeyo, onni.": This means, "Yes. I really hope so." The last word you will find out in the next chapter.
T3h l33t 5p34k: Not really Korean but... the older android sometimes uses "t3h l33tn355". T3h l33t i57 4 reference 2 M3g470ky0'5 Largo and Korean players pwn4g35 in online games like Sudden Attack, Ragnorak, Lineage 2, Gunz: The Duel, and DJMAX. A well known l33t phrase is the Starcraft "Kekeke. Zerg Rush!" The "Keke" is Korea's online "laugh" like America's "Haha! Pwn0rz!" and Japan's "Fufufu!"
"Choco Pies." Heh. This stuff is great. Go to your Super H Mart or any other mart that sells Asian goods and find a box, you can't miss it. Just be careful of t3h crumbs. ;)
Once again, story stuff and weapons
Daewi and Hakeub: These are ranks in the KPA (Korean People's Army), a Captain and a PFC respectively. The Daewi rank is denoted by two gold bars running down the length of the shoulder rank superimposed by four small silver stars. The Hakeub is the equivalent of a Lance Corporal or a PFC (Ildeungbyung in ROKA) in the US Army and is denoted by a red (or subdued brown) shoulder rank with a single thin gold bar near the top of the shoulder rank.
The androids: A creation of my insanity, their design was (okay, directly copied) from a Japanese hentai game (yeah, go ahead, sue me, call me a perv...I don't care) that I have idea what the name is. I was surfing the web and found a few pictures of androids (who, by the way are "coughslavescough"). I thought the design was just too adorable to pass up and saved a few pics (y'all are fuming now, right?). But all this makes sense, since (no pun) the Aliens universe does have "synthetics" and in a crazy universe where robots exist, there are bound to be a few "slave" models that serve a rather grim purpose. Okay, NOW you can kill me.
M2 Carbine: A powerful, compact weapon based off (well sorta) the M1 rifle, this carbine was popular with American NCOs in WWII (European Front). However, US Marines fighting the Japanese hated the carbine because it couldn't stand the harsh conditions of the Pacific. It would jam often, forcing the user to pull the bolt straight back to get it working. Same thing in the Korean War, at long ranges the bullet didn't penetrate the winter uniform of China's PVA. (No offense to any Chinese, I love you guys because you are all the original Asians! Go China!) Funny thing is, my father used this gun cuz he said the M1 Garand was too heavy in weight and recoil. (Trust me, the rifle is very heavy in both ways.) That, and he was a Sergeant.
Mosin-Nagant M44: A Russian made bolt-action carbine, this was the 1938 carbine with a permanently attached folding bayonet. It was later copied and made in China as their Type 53 carbine. The coolest thing about the MN family was they had the biggest and most kickass muzzle flash ever! Making it a mini flamethrower!
Type 68 pistol: A North Korean made handgun, this weapon is bulkier and heavier than its Russian counterpart, the Tokarev TT-33. Current service sidearm of the Korean People's Army.
