Thank you wonderful reviewers. This chappie was not 100% what I planned. Seriously Inu kindda took it over. Read and enjoy and review.
Chapter 9 : Hanyou
Inu watched the Kagome come to him, a strange strand of beads in her hands, the glowed with a pink purple light. They were going to put the beads on him to control what had been released. He would not be dangerous them.
"No!! " A voice on Inu's mind shouted at him. "No! Inu don't allow this!" The voice was his own, and yet it wasn't. The voice was wilder, stronger, different. "Inu please trust me, trust us! You can control yourself, you are stronger then you know. They will turn us into a dog, they will control us! Do NOT allow this!"
"But halflings belong no where, at least they are giving me a place to belong!" Inu said his pain clouding his thoughts.
"Inu! What will they do to Shippo and Kaede if they control us? The church of Angels tries to cleanse full demons!" The inner voice cried out.
Kagome walked up to Inu she raised the beads to put it over his head.
Golden eyes snapped open, his hand came up, gesturing for the lady to stop. "No please milady, I can control this, please!"
Kagome was entranced the boys eyes earlier had been strange and pretty, now they were golden, larger then before. She could see strength, energy and pain in those eyes. She could see courage and honor, and she could see innocence, the innocence of one who would never be guided by greed or lust. This one would protect those he loved without question, this one would never betray. Kagome now knew that he would be beautiful once the transformation was complete, and she wanted him. She was the cause of his inner self being freed, she freed the truth in his blood, and she would have him.
"Hush! Don't worry Inu, the beads are just to keep you and the people around you safe. Halflings have no place in the world, humans, demons and even Serph have no place for halflings. You would be hunted and killed. But once this chain is around you, you will have a permanent place beside me."
Ignoring his gestures she brought the chain to his head.
The beads brushed his head, and Inu felt it, the energy and power of the beads. They had been used to control Unicorns, and some remnants of the Unicorn remained in the beads. And Inu knew, he KNEW! No matter what the Ladies told themselves, it was they that LIED! The beads were not what they seemed, they were no not a present. They were abominations.
Inu's hand curled in a claw, his hands reached up caught the beads before they settled around this neck, and ripped. The chain broke in his hands beads scattered. The Ladies looked aghast at the broken heirloom. At the urging of his inner voice, Inu did not hesitate, he leapt. It was debatable who was more shocked Inu or the ladies, when the lead took him straight over Kagome's head. He landed on the fountain, smashing the crystal he had so carefully placed earlier. Inu knew he would never make it through the temple without being caught, so he went up. Inu leapt from the fountain to a crevice in the wall, his body twisting with a fluid grace. Inu was so focused on escape that nothing else mattered, not the pain, not the fear, not the fact that his body was moving with impossible speed and strength, escape first and worry later.
There was shouting and yelling behind him, arrows zinged past him. Inu never stopped, he kept his movements erratic to avoid the arrows. On the roof, he ran, jumped off the temple of angels, went up the next building, he used the roofs as his walk ways. It took two hours of running, ducking, and hiding. Keeping his movements erratic, Inu finally lost the people chasing him. He made his way to one of his most secret hideaways. He had not visited here since he had first found Shippo and Kaede.
Night was falling and Inu's body was beginning to change, slowly and painfully. Inu curled into the crevice at the top of the city's library. Inu bit on a piece of wood to stop his screams, his organs were burning, liquefying, changing. His head and ears were on fire, his fingers and feet burned and contorted. Claws unnoticed dug into his own arms. Then it stopped, but it was not over. It was a period of rest before the change process would continue. Inu could not move, too exhausted to even consider it. He lay panting and crying, gathering energy for the next wave of change.
Then a wave of dizziness took him, and he found himself standing on the clouds and staring at a demon.
"Who are you?" Inu choked out.
"Is that the right question?" The demon asked with a growl. The demon had red eyes, long, sharp fangs, claws a good 10 inches long, there was a wildness and power about it, that was terrifying and pure.
"No, no! The right question is what am I?" Inu whispered.
The smile seemed strange on the demonic face, a claw reached out and stroked Inu's chin. "You are Inu, the pure human half of us. You have the potential to be so much more. Before this goes further, know this, you can remain pure human. Kill me, destroy the Demon part of you, utterly. And you may still reverse the process and be only human. You will lose your stronger senses, and your strength and speed would be that of a normal human. But kill me, before this dream ends and you will be human." The demon placed a blade in Inu's hand.
"But you are me? How, why? If I don't kill you, what will happen to me? Will I die? Will I become you?" Inu asked, his hands gripped the blade.
"No, let me explain. Even I cannot totally recall our birth, but I remember our mother. She was human, beautiful and she loved us. Feared for us. They were chasing her, humans and demons both wanted to hurt us. They were chasing her because of our birth." The demon sad sadly. "She escaped with us on a big boat. But something happened, it may have been a storm, or it may have been an attack..."
"How could you not know that!" Inu interrupted.
"Grrr.. because I was a pup too, my senses were better then YOURS! You cant even remember mother's scent. All you did was cry!" The demon growled a little guiltily at his human counterpart. Both sides glared at each other for a second, then in unison relaxed. There was a shared sadness, shared guilt.
"All I know is we were sleeping, then there was fire, and our mother holding us tight. Then there was a loud sound, and the world went black. When we woke, we were in water and we were alone. We were afraid, and I took over. I managed to find a floating stick and pulled us on to it. We floated and floated, for many days. Luckily there was some rain, or we would have died. Then when my energy was almost gone, we floated close to this place. A human city. I could only smell humans, and I was tired, so tired. Do you remember?"
Inu hesitated, a veil in his mind lifted. "Yes, you had used all your energy just to keep us alive. We went into our mind, and I was holding you, we were small. I did not like seeing you hurting. You said there was a choice, a one time only choice. Because we were small, you would sleep to protect us."
"Yes, because we were so young, and I was so weak, I found a place deep inside us and sealed myself away from you, and went to sleep. Inu I never intended to awaken, I was content - asleep inside you. I experienced everything you did but in a dream. Now that we are older, I cannot sleep the sleep of a babe, I cannot sleep the way I once did, especially since that damned priestess burned my seal open. How could you bear to kiss the little bitch?"
"Hey, she kissed me, and it was sortta nice, well – she had a bad smell, but the touch was nice." Inu went red.
"Keh! Humans! Pay attention to your senses next time. We need to wash our mouth with soap!"
'Ya...." Inu said slowly. "So what happens now, will you take over and start rampaging? Hanyous in legends have been wild and uncontrolled?"
"That will not happen to us, because we were apart for so long, when we combine, we will never want to separate. Because you are Inu, because you have over the years developed a strong will and self control, you will never lose that to me. Because I slept, willingly, we are stronger, different then we would have been. Most Hanyou are at war inside themselves, with their halves warring for control. But in my dreams I watched you, respected you, and loved you. My desire is only to be one with you, if we merge I will no longer be a separate voice, we will be one or if you find that repulsive, I seek only to find eternal rest." The demon said softly.
"If we became Hanyou, they will hate us right? Both humans and demons, both would hate us. Shippo he..." Inu hesitated.
"He will probably reject us.." The Demon said sadly. "If you accept us, we will truly be alone. Expect none to accept a halfling, we will be hunted and chased.... " The demon said resigned.
"So we will be alone again." It was more of a statement then a question.
"Yes, the priestess were right in that." The demon said sadly.
"Kill a part of myself to make my life easier." Inu lifted the blade and gazed at it. Then he deliberately opened his fingers and the blade vanished. "Renkotsu did that, killed the street rat in him. And what was left was a shell, something that regretted being born. I have been alone, I have been rejected, I have been beaten. I have survived that all, because I refused to be less then myself. I.. I.. think a part of me, faced it all, because it knew, that I could be more, but to be truly me.. there would be a price to pay. I will never regret being born who I am! That is my decision. What ever the price.. finish the transformation."
The demon and human each took a step forward in the dream, and they merged seamlessly. They were one. Light and color flashed all around.
On the roof top, sliver white hair flew in the breeze, human ears disappeared as the second wave of transformation, began.
Golden red tinged eyes snapped open, "I am INUYASHA!"
---tbc--
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