Inuyasha and the Shikon Jewel

Chapter 2: Meet Inuyasha!

In small town where the Higurashi palace lies as the evening is bright and clear blue in the sky while as figure in red with white sliver mane with two dog ears on top, flowing from the air as he leaps from rooftop to rooftop while sped in full speed from his bare feet. As he comes to a stop as he was comes to an edge of the building looking down below. On his hand was carrying a cloth contain some stuffed dumplings.

"Stop, thief!" a voice shouted to him as he turns around to see three samurais that are royal guards to the Higurashi family having them draw out their katanas.

"I'll have your head as a trophy, Inuyasha!" the captain that leads the samurais said as his face expression was full of hate to the demon dog.

"Seriously, Hanzo? All this for a few stolen dumplings?" he grin holding up the cloth sack up high.

"This time you won't get away so easily." Hanzo said as he and the other two inch closely to him.

"Keh!" he scoffed. "You think this is going to be easy for you idiots?"

He backs up to the edge as he jumps off leading on two ropes strung between buildings, with dry clothes on them as he bounce off of it as he lands softly on the ground.

Looking up above he see, Hanzo looking down cursing at him down below.

"Damn you, demon dog!" he shouted.

His ears perked up with a sound of three young ladies, laughing. Despite some of the town people including some woman liking him, and don't mind him at all for what he does at life while some hate him for being a thieving dog demon...actually he not quite a full fledged dog demon, but a half-demon which he's half human taken from his human mother while his father was full demon dog. Inuyasha had bee orphaned ever since he was 4 years old after his mother died from an unknown illness. He lived on his own salvaging for some food while stealing them to survive while nobody wanted him due to being a half-demon and freak to ever civilization. But after all these years of his life being a common thief, he's used to being mistreated while most don't.

Speaking of which, Inuyasha approaches to to the three women as they continue to giggle while some flushed pink on their cheeks due to the fact how handsome and cute the young half-demon is despite not caring how different he look nor show any fear of him.

"Morning, ladies." Inuyasha greeted them as he ninja style crouch above them on top of the wooden barrels.

"Morning, Inuyasha!" one of them greets back at him .

"Getting into trouble a bit early today, aren't we, Inuyasha?" the second woman asked giving him a flirty look at him in which he scoffed that off since he has no interest to any of the human woman's charms.

"Ha! Trouble? No way. You're only trouble if you get caught."

"There he is!" one of the samurais shouted pointing at him as he calls out the others.

"And now I'm in trouble." he muttered in annoyance.

A horde of of them start charging towards him until all of a sudden a huge spinning top comes zooming out of nowhere as it knock them all of like bowling pins. He looks up to see a little kitsune who's look like a 7 year old boy hop of the one of the clothes line ropes and lands on, Inuyasha's shoulders.

"Perfecting timing, runt." he grin.

"Anytime, Inuyasha." he cheerfully said. "LOOK OUT!" he yelled.

With quick reflexes he dodge a swing of the blade of, Hanzo's katana only to get itself stuck on one of the wooden barrels as he tries to pull it free.

"What's the matter? Got your sword stuck?" he jokily comment which irritates him.

"You dare to mock me?!" he tugs more hard until he got his sword free as he takes another swing at him. But, Inuyasha jumps on top of his head as he takes another leap, shoving him over to a carte full of horse poo as he lands face first on it.

"Later, Hanzo!" Shippo exclaimed while he rides on, Inuyasha's back while he picks up his pace leaping on top of more rooftops leaving, Hanzo raising his head out of the pile as he spat out some horse dung out of his mouth in disgust mix with pure rage.

"Damn you! I swear, Inuyasha I will have blood into my steal blade! I swear it!" he scream out the top of his lungs.

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After what seems like hours as the two finally manage to lose them as their stop at an alley as, Inuyasha opens the sack and take a dumpling while, Shippo does the same.

"And now, we feast!" Inuyasha exclaimed as he takes a bite.

"Yeah!" Shippo agreed as he take a bite of his own.

While they enjoy their meal until, Inuyasha stop at his mid meal as he sees two poor children. A girl who looks about 12 and a boy who's 6 years old rummaging through the garbage for food.

He look at them, then to the dumplings as he take the remaining of them as he heads toward under, Shippo complains wondering why he's giving them away to two human kids.

"Here." he hands them to the girl while held his little brother as he hid behind her scared by the appearance of him. "-Go on. Take it." he said impatiently.

The girl take it from his hand as she smiled up to him.

"Thank you, mister." she said.

The boy peek over as he slowly lose his fears upon him now as he giggle happily with delight.

"Thank doggy man!"

Inuyasha slightly chuckled as he ruffled his hair.

"Come on, Shippo, let's go."

"But-"

"Now, runt." he said sternly in which, Shippo does as he said but he stops in his tracks as he looks down to his half bitten dumpling as he walk towards the two kids and hand to them.

"H-Here." he said softy.

They both giggled as they runs off.

"Hey! Shippo! Hurry up or else I'll just leave you here!" Inuyasha called out.

"Coming!" the kitsune hushed after him.

As the both walking into the daylight as they hear a parade going on.

"Hey! A parade!" Shippo said in an excited tone.

"So what?" Inuyasha said looking uninterested to this happening. But he peers over the shoulder of the crowed as he sees a royal prince riding on horse back while his own servants follows him.

"On his way to the palace I suppose." said one of the local bystanders.

"Yet again, another suitor for the princess unlike the last one." said the other one.

While he listen to these bystanders giving out these gossip until he was startled to see the same two children he gave these dumplings earlier as the boy runs out in front of the prince's horse, startling it while the girl chase after him.

"Out of the way, you filthy brats!"

"You heard him! Now move it!" one of his servants was about to whip them, but Inuyasha jumps in front them and catch his whip with his own hand as the servant gasped.

"Hey!" he angrily exclaimed. "If I was rich as you, I could afford some manners. Unlike you, you're sure lack some manners yourself!" he yanks the whip away off from the servant 's hands and toss it at him.

"I'll teach you some manners!" he draws his katana as the crowd gasped. As he bring his sword down to him as, Inuyasha catch it by the his two fingers which brought the prince was stun witnessing this.

"Is that anyway for a prince to act?" with that he snap the tip of the sword in half.

"MY SWORD!" he yelled. "Why you..." he stop at mid sentence as he processed to ride off to the palace.

"Huh, look at that, it's not everyday you see a prince with two rear ends!" Inuyasha insulted him.

The prince halted his horse as he had enough with the half-breed's insults as he turns to him.

"You are a worthless, half-breed. You were born as a half-breed, you'll die as a half-breed, and only fleas will mourn you."

Inuyasha growled furiously with the prince's back talking insult as he watch him enter the palace with the large gate closed.

"I'm not worthless. And I don't have fleas."

"Well actually, lord Inuyasha the flea your referring to is me." said a tiny flea demon named Myoga.

"Shut it!" he flick him off as he goes flying across the air.

"Geez, why does this damn little flea always following me?" Inuyasha question in irritation. "Come on, Shippo, let's go home."

The little kitsune follows him.

As the sun was setting as nightfall was coming full circle. Inuyasha and Shippo travel deep in the forest as they made their way to a old hollow tree as this is their hideout they live on.

"Go to sleep little guy. Tomorrow is going to be a busy day and we need plenty of rest."

"Okay, Inuyasha. Good night." Shippo yawned as she goes over to his sleeping quarters padded of hay and leaves as he curled up in a ball as he falls asleep.

Inuyasha on the other hand was ready to sleep just yet as he goes on top of the tree as he rested on a branch as he watch over the horizon view as he can she the large palace.

"Someday...things are gonna change. We'll be rich, live in a palace, and never have any problems at all." Inuyasha sighed as he rest his head behind hands as he continues to watch the beautiful view.