| An Inuyasha Fanfiction:
The Lost Past: There is little mention of Inuyasha's childhood past. His father is a powerful Dog Demon in the West and his mother is a human beauty. There was a great difference between their life, the question is, how did Inuyasha's father know Inuyasha's mother? Stay on and find out! ******************************* Disclaimer: I do not own any Rumiko Takahashi's works though I wish so. This fanfiction is purely from my out-of-the world imagination, so plz don't sue me for anything you disagree. :p I do not understand Japanese, plz pardon me for my choice of names, I adopt the names from a book of Japanese legends and history.. hehehe..:p Warning: This chapter contains some violence. ********************************************************* CHAPTER Three: Legends And Mission ~whooss...~ Sango swung her boomerang. Like lightning, it slashed into the heads of two advancing demons. Like falling leaves from trees on windy day, they fell off and crashed into the nearest rock. Sweat dripped down her head like rain. "Houshi-sama, there're too much of them!" She called to Miroku who was standing before Kagome and Shippou protectively, using his wind rip to absorb the attacking demons. Kagome was holding Shippou in her arms. There was nothing she could do. She had limited arrows now. Kagome looked around. Each time a demon is killed, the surviving ones would multiple themselves. Susanowo, the old dragon demon was nowhere to be seen. * This battle will be endless.* She looked at the arrows behind her back, there were less than five left. She had used up most of them during the early stage of battle. *If only Inuyasha is here now, I wonder how is he now..., why am I thinking of this now? I have to protect my friends from being hurt right now!* Making up her mind, Kagome decided to finish the remaining arrows. If she was fated to die at this time, there was no way to aviod death. "Kagome?" Shippou muttered, terrified. "Huh?" Kagome looked behind. She heard Miroku and Sango's screams. "DOWN, KAGOME, GET DOWN!!!!!!" Miroku yelled, rushing towards her. Sango was drawn back by some demons and could not reach her. Sango and Miroku saw a flash of shadow flying towards Kagome and Shippou from their back. To Miroku's horror, the shadow was too fast for him to aim with his air rip. "HA! HA! HA! HA! ONE DOWN!!!" The demon laughed. Something dashed into his face. Rolls of fire!!! It leaped over to other direction to aviod the fearful flames. Kagome quickly held the stunned Shippou tighter in her arms and ran further from where the demon was. "Oh, is this a newly nurtured dragon demon species?" A voice said. "Toutousai!!" Sango called in relief. The demons stood back suddenly as though waiting for the demon's instruction. Shippou was still stunned by the sudden attack. An old man sitting on an ox, flew down from the sky. "Sango! Has Inuyasha-sama entered the cave?" Myouga's voice called. ~Slap!~ Sango clapped her palm onto her neck. Myouga flipped down from her neck, its body flattened, "Yeah, we tried to enter," Sango explained, " but a barrier prevented the rest of us from entering." "Wah........ Just as I expected..." Myouga moaned while he fell towards the ground. "Toutousai!!" The demon repeated, but in a bitter tone, "So you are the famous demon weapon maker, huh? I've heard many things about you..." It's voice was squeeky and high-pitched like a parrot. It slowly crept out of the protection of the shattered rocks. It's neck and head linked each other like a lizard, but it had fins from the top of its head to its back. Its yellowish-orange scale glittered in the sun. "Toutousai! How are you?" A calm male voice said. The surrounding demons made a way. A young man in grand armor walked through with Susanowo, the old dragon demon following behind him. His face was handsome and well-defined (imagine Rumiko Takahashi's style of drawing highly-ranked demon leaders, then you can imagine his face). "Ah! It's you again? Are you here to seek revenge or to retrive something?" Toutousai asked. "Who is he?" Miroku whispered to Toutousai, his hand covering side of his mouth. "Ryuukomaru, the second prince in the Dragon demon clan. He is famous for being cunning." "Oh, oh, thank you for your 'praise', Toutousai.." Ryuukomaru smiled. Suddenly, he flew towards the cave and disappeared inside. "No one, except the royalties of dragon and dog demon clans can enter it. Save your energy, fools! Kaza! Don't let those idoits hinder my work!" Kaza, the lizard-headed dragon demon sprang near the exit of the cave, preparing to attack should the group advanced towards it. "Dammit!" Miroku sneered, hitting his own head. He had forgotten about the cave and Inuyasha. "Inuyasha will not lose to him," Kagome said. Inuyasha's power was no longer the same as she had first seen him. Still, she had a strange worrying feeling. *What is going on?* She thought. ********************************** Inuyasha became more accustomed to the lightings in the grand hall and started to have a better look of his grandfather, father and Sesshoumaru. Except the three of them, the other dog demons had coloured hair, but all of their hair were at waist-length. The most interesting thing was, Inuyasha's father and grandfather had similar looks as Sesshoumaru, no, it should be the other way round. Inuyasha strained his eyes and finally noticed major differences. Inuyasha's grandfather, the old man on the throne had red eyes with golden iris. Wrinkles crawled all over his face like tree bark. His skin was slightly brownish and his finger nails windling down his fingers in curves like hanging tree roots. Inuyasha's father, Inu no taishou's chin was more pointed than Sesshoumaru and his eyes were gentler. His face carried an air of warmness and his eye iris were darker than Sesshoumaru's. The old man started. ~~~~~~~~~~~ It was many, many centuries ago, when Earth was in the stage of formation. The spirit was spilt into two forms. The darker sides formed evilness and the brightness formed power of purity. Over the years, evil and purity had endless battles. The spirits of evil and purity finally spilt. All beings contain both evil and purity. Much of the evilness formed a large source of power through most demons (*Do that include the dog demons?* Inuyasha wondered). As for the spirit of purity, it was believed that since the last battle against the strong evil spirit, it was defeated and was banished into the Demon Entrance, which was in the Northeast region. Because of the rumors the evil possessed people had spread, no one dared to approach this area and therefore.... this strong spirit was trapped for many years.... until the arrival of a young and common lady during a year in the Nara Period (710-794). Many evil spirits possessed the hearts of many demons and the powerful human beings of higher ranks. They tried to kill this young woman, hoping to prevent her from releasing this spirit. Instead, the young woman gained the power of purity. Most of the attackers had their evilness removed from their bodies and purified. The lady was only a commoner. Knowing she would get herself into further dangers, she hid her identity and lived in isolation. The evil spirit did not let her off easily and cursed her and her descendents. For, her power of purity could only be passed down to her daughters and none of them would have a happy ending. *Huh? Pulling out souls of evilness and purify? That reminds me of the miko who created the shikon pearl from the demons....* Inuyasha thought. He remembered Kagome and Kikyou, who too possessed the power of purification, *I hope they do not follow their footsteps* Suddenly, a familar feeling crept through Inuyasha. That legend! It was so familar! A female voice continued in Inuyasha's mind.... The young villege girl married to an ordinary villager. On the day of she lost her virginity, she lost almost her power. On the day of her baby's birth, she had a nightmare from a demon who was not fully purified during the last battle. It told her of she and her descendents' fates and chuckled:"HAHAHAHAHA!!! This is the consequence for entering the Demon Entrance and release the power of our foe. HAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!!!!!" The poor village girl's homeland was soon overrun by robbers. She and her family were separated. She was deserted and many demons torn her flesh into bits. The tragedy did not end there. Her descendents would always gave birth to daughters and whenever their power fully awaked, they would soon die terribly. *My mother has told me this legend before* Inuyasha thought, a strange fear trickling witihn him. "Mother, I don't like to hear this legend, can you tell me some happier stories?" young Inuyasha complained in his mother's bedroom. "No, Inuyasha, I must tell you this, because you are my only son. One day, you may find a need to understand everything. " His mother whispered. Inuyasha only sulked. Inuyasha was a half-breed of dog demon and human being. Since he first got to learn understanding this world, he and his mother were already staying in her homeland. He did not know much about this community, but he vaguely knew that it was one of the most prestigous and powerful clan in Japan. "Hah! You should consider yourself luckly, hanyou!" A relative said, staring down at young Inuyasha as though he was a dirt, "If you were born elsewhere, or if your mother is someone else, we would have locked you forever up in the underground dungeon. You are a disgrace to our great clan!!" ~~~~~ "Now, let me get back to the main point." The elderly dog demon said, breaking Inuyasha's thought, "I believe you have heard of Shikon no Tama, right? The miko who had fought with the demons, resulting the birth of Shikon no Tama belonged to this bloodline!" *HUH????* Inuyasha thought. "Our mission is, we will find the present girl who has succeeded the bloodline, forced her to fight with more powerful demons and created a more powerful shikon no tama for our clan." The old man said, much to Inuyasha's surprise. *Crazy and greedy old man!! What is he up to!!?? He is worse than that stupid Sesshoumaru!* Inuyasha thought angrily. "Father! We do not need such thing! Our clan is powerful enough, why must we sacrifice an innocent life for us?!" Inu no taishou protested, his face tightened with anger. "You dare to argue against me? Aren't you suspicious of your wife's death? We have not much time! The dragon demon clan has been our allies for many years. I do not know what has happened, but their activities are currently threatening our survival." The old man thundered. His face suddenly softened:" I understand that you care for mankind, but this is not the time for soft heartedness. We have no clue for the whereout of the current shikon no tama. Even if we do, we will become unnecessary target of more demons. As for the girl, our spies have gathered some information. I trust you most, Inu no taishou, and I believe that you wish to revenge for your wife." He paused,"That is why I choose you for this mission." Inu no taishou's face looked downwards: "Yes, father." *Huh? Is this for real?* Inuyasha thought. |
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Guess what will happen next? Will Inuyasha become aware of the new intruder in the cave? What role does Sesshoumaru play in Inuyasha's past? Stay tune.
The Lost Past to be continue.....