Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha and company they are the creation of Rumiko Takahashi. I do however own the plot and the other characters there in.
A/n: Well thank you for all your reviews. I really appreciate the positive feed back. So thanks. Any way I figured I would get into the main part of the story instead of sticking to the finer details. So here is the story.
"Talking"; 'Thinking' ; (me)
Chapter Six: The Foothills of the Eastern Mountains.
Kouga, Inuyasha, and Nanni made it to the foothills of the eastern mountains within three days. They now made their way through the foothills to where Nanni said his clan was. It was midday when they finally found the snake clan. It wasn't anything like they were used to seeing. It was a huge valley with a bunch of mounds to use as homes. The two brothers followed Nanni up the path between the homes to where his own home was. He knew the way there by heart after he found his way here.
A female snake demon made her way to them and threw her arms around him. She was so happy to see him again. She was smiling and laughing as well as crying.
She said, "Oh grandfather why did you wonder off like that? You know you can get lost easily without your sight."
Nanni said, "Do not mind me child. I am fine I had help finding my way back. These two nice pups helped me find my way back home."
She looked and saw a half demon and a wolf pup standing behind her grandfather. She went around him and lowered herself so she was almost eye level with Inuyasha and Kouga. She smiled and patted them on the head.
She said, "Thank you young pups for helping my grandfather find his way home. You two must be tired and hungry why don't you come in and rest before you head home?"
Kouga looked at Inuyasha and saw that Inuyasha was tired. He was too so he figured since he was hungry so was Inuyasha. They were going to have to rest before heading home anyway. So he figured why not stay here since she was offering it to them.
Kouga said, "Thank you ma'am that is very kind of you. My Kyodai and I are very tired and hungry thank you."
She smiled and bade them to follow her into the house. There they were given a room to rest in and some food to eat. They were really hungry they had not hunted the whole trip because then they would leave Nanni alone and they didn't want that. They had also not rested either because they were afraid of something happening to them or Nanni while they slept so they stayed awake the whole time. So now they slept on a pallet in a snake's home and ate what snakes ate. It was a weird taste but their hungry bellies never complained. So they ate and slept there for a while. When they were fully rested it was night fall when they decided to set out. Nanni had come back from visiting the elder of the snake clan and had a gift for them.
Nanni said, "Why don't you two stay and head out in the morning? It can be dangerous here at night."
Inuyasha said, "Thank you Nanni but we do not want to impose on your fine hospitality any longer. We shall be heading home tonight. We can find it better at night anyway. There are very few humans out at night so we would prefer to travel at night to avoid a hassle with them. See they do not like me very much and I do not want to run into them at the moment."
Nanni said, "Why do they not like you young pup you are a nice, kind, and gentle person? How could anyone not like you?"
Inuyasha smiled it had been a while since anyone had complimented him on anything he did other than his mother and brother. It felt good to have someone else compliment him for something he had done by someone who he had helped. But he knew that the praise would go away once he told him what he was. Kouga saw the smile disappear from his brother's face and knew that he was going to tell Nanni what he was and Inuyasha was getting ready for the name calling.
Inuyasha said, "Even if I am a nice, kind, and gentle person as you called me Nanni people still don't like me because I am a half breed."
Kouga said, "Don't say that word Inuyasha. You are a half demon nothing more and nothing less not a half breed."
Nanni said, "What does being a half demon, or a demon, or a human have to do with your heart Inuyasha? Your heart is all that counts as long as you still do what you did for me people will eventually warm up to you and if they don't then ignore what they say. Those that put you down are nothing more than idiots because they have no right at all to put down such a sweet child as you."
Inuyasha smiled even larger and hugged Nanni around the waist where he knew the spikes weren't. He was happy someone had said that to him. Kouga smiled too and joined his brother in hugging the old snake demon. They had been with Nanni for three days and he had already made Inuyasha smile twice. That to Kouga was a plus and a good thing.
The two brothers had made their way out of the village where they were seen off by the whole village. The elder of the clan came over to them and gave them each a necklace. On the necklace was the symbol for their God Yasashiku which was a weird eye(Egyptian eye people).
The Elder said, "That is the symbol for our God Yasashiku. Wear it at all times and he will keep you two safe. You will always be welcome here in this village no matter what. Take this letter with you. That way your mother knows that you were well taken care of and that what you are saying was true."
Kouga took the letter from the snake elder and said, "Thank you Elder for these necklaces and the invitation. We will come visit sometime. We might even bring our mother with us next time so she can meet you."
They made their way back to their home and their mother. They lived in the Western Lands where their older brother ruled the land. They were going to be gone another three days because it took them three days to get to the village so if they traveled nonstop for three days they would get home at sunrise instead of midday like they had this time. So they waved good bye to their new friends and they made there way back to the western lands. They were sure their mother would be proud to see them and to know what they had done to help Nanni.
