"So, Inutaisho, where is Mitsuyo?"
"Eetto," Inutaisho started with a nervous laugh. "My mate and I drove Mitsuyo out before we gave birth to Inuyasha."
Kazumi's eyes turned crimson at the word mate.
"So, who is your mate? And where is she now?"
"Her name was Izayoi. She's been dead for exactly 34 human years now."
Inuyasha finally interrupted, frightened at the two new appearances, but determined.
"Otou-san, who are these people?"
Inutaisho licked his lips before delivering the answer.
"Inuyasha, these are your 2 older half-siblings, Kazumi and Sesshomaru, 22 and 15 years old, respectively."
Half-siblings?!!
Now-----
Kazumi raised an eyebrow.
"You never told him about us? About your first and second born? Did he think he was your first born then?"
Inutaisho didn't answer. Inuyasha's face held a wide stretch of shock at this new news. Sesshomaru's growl split the air.
"Well he has no rights. Even if you've already passed the lands onto him, no one will obey him. I am the rightful ruler of the Western Lands."
"No, Sesshomaru. The youkai in these lands will do whatever I say, and since I exiled you two ten years ago, you will remain exiled! Inuyasha is the new ruler of the Western Lands, and that is final!" Barked Inutaisho, surprising both Sesshomaru and Kazumi.
Their surprise lasted only for a second, before they attacked their father. Sesshomaru's youki boiled furiously inside of him. How dare he! How dare he let a weak, filthy hanyou take my pure position as ruler!! Instead of attacking Inutaisho, Sesshomaru suddenly switched his attention to Inuyasha. If this piece of poop is going to be ruler, then I'll kill him. He can't even find his own shadow in midsummer!
But Sesshomaru's attack was blocked by Inutaisho, defending Inuyasha as he flattened his inu ears against his head. He really didn't understand any of this. He never knew he had half-siblings. Did that mean his father had married some other youkai lady before marrying his mother? Looking up, Inuyasha found it hard to picture Inutaisho raising a little... what were their names again? Kazumi? Sesshomaru?
A yell jerked him out of his thoughts, and he turned to see ningen servants rushing out with... brooms? Sesshomaru paused for a moment, dispatched the humans with a few flicks of his wrist, and turned back to Inutaisho. Sweat was dripping off all of them, but Inutaisho had the most.
"So where'd you get your blades?" Inutaisho managed to pant.
"Totosai." Replied Kazumi quickly, before dodging one of her father's attacks.
After another minute, Sesshomaru spoke.
"We're going to take the Western Lands if we have to. You do realize that, don't you, Otou-san? I shouldn't even be calling you Otou-san anymore. I should call you Inutaisho. You don't deserve to be our Father. You exile us, and then let that mangy hanyou take my rightful position? And what did Kazumi and I do in the first place to be kicked out? Kazumi didn't want to start a war. Do you like wars? Do you think we deserve this? What kind of unfair ruler are you?"
Before Inutaisho could respond, the three of them suddenly stopped almost at the same time.
What's going on? Inuyasha wondered.
He sniffed the air, and sniffed again. And again. And yet again. The very faint smell of youkai reached his nostrils, so faint, he thought he must be imagining it. But what else could have stopped the threesome fighting without an exchange of words or a heated argument to stop?
He was right. Thirty seconds later, the glass in the upper roof shattered, and sharp shards came flying down. Inuyasha covered his head instinctively with his kimono, one of the two things his Okaa-san had left behind with him. Youkai tore through the narrow space, and lined up behind Inutaisho, baring their vampire-like teeth as a warning. Kazumi's face turned into one of shock and thoughtfulness.
"You actually have youkai on your side?!"
"Trusted minors," Said Inutaisho.
"So Kazumi, ...what will you do?"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Translations:
hanyou: half-demon
inu: dog
ja ne: see you
kimono: the Japanese, traditional dress
ningen: human
okaa-san: Mother
otou-san: Father
youkai: demon
youki: demon energy
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Author's note: So sorry I haven't updated in a long time! Three full weeks to be exact. Partially because of homework, and partially because of writer's block. I'll try to update soon in the future. Ja ne!)
