An Inu Yasha Fan Fiction Saga
DISCLAIMER : I don't own Inu Yasha. All fan characters property of Aoi Kami Sarah
CHAPTER THREE
Miroku held
his shakujou out and Shippou hid behind him. The cocoon glowed.
Inu Yasha pushed past Kagome and Sango and stretched his arms
out.
"Everyone stay back!"
He growled and narrowed his eyes at the brightening light. A low
hum emanated from the pod. 'As soon as I see her fucking face,
she's dead!' he thought and prepared himself.
"Shouldn't we be running away!?"
Shippou asked, clutching the monk's robes tightly.
"If for some reason, this is
my fault for taking the Shinkon no Tama, then I cannot run."
Shippou looked worriedly up at Miroku.
The suspended cocoon split. Light
poured from the cracks. A form dropped from its protective casing
to the dirty ground and the light faded away. Their eyes took
a moment to adjust to the meager torch light. The figure moaned
a little and sat up.
Inu Yasha made to lunge forward,
but stopped and stared, slack-jawed at the being.
She ran a hand through her damp,
long, white hair. Her ears flicked away some of the embryonic
fluid. She looked up at him and moved her hands to cover her ample
breasts.
"Inu-Tou-can?" she asked,
innocently.
"WHAT!?!" he cried. "What
the hell do you mean, 'Doggy-daddy'!?"
She cocked her head to the side
and smiled. "I guess you don't recognize me."
Sango gripped Kagome's arm. "She
looks just like..."
"Inu Yasha..." Kagome
finished, completely astounded.
Shippou puzzled. "Whoa! Inu
Yasha had a kid?!"
"NO I DIDN'T! Listen, whoever
the fuck you are, what've you done with the Shinkon no Tama!?"
His daughter stood. Under her was
the large shard Miroku had stolen the night before. "Shit,"
she cursed. "I guess I don't have a choice..." She picked
it up and to everyone's surprise walked to Kagome and presented
it to her. "Here, Miko. You'll have to cleanse this I'm afraid."
Shippou, still clutching Miroku's
robes leaned towards her. "You're just gonna give it back!?
Why'd you take it in the first place!?"
She smiled pleasantly. "I needed it to transform. But since
Inu Yasha here isn't evil, neither am I. I can't morally keep
the thing, much as it would make me incredibly powerful."
She turned to Miroku and Inu Yasha. "I'm sorry I had to use
you boys like that, but you see, I'm a succubus. It's what I do!"
She flashed them another happy smile.
"A succubus!?" Kagome
cried. "You mean, you seduced them!?"
"Uh huh!" she chimed.
"But I've gotten what I need, so I won't do it again, promise!
Besides, Inu Yasha is my father now!" She turned to Miroku.
"Sorry, Sweet Monk." The hanyou-succubus waited for
a response. Miroku was silent.
"Oh no! She's got him under
her spell!" Shippou cried.
"Um, no. I think we just need
to get her some clothes..." Sango muttered, her face turning
purple. Miroku's eyes bulged several inches out of their sockets
at the curvaceous, nude hanyou.
"GET HER SOME CLOTHES!?"
Inu Yasha screamed. "She's an evil, scheming, fucking slut!!"
Kagome bit her tong and the urge
to agree with him.
The new-born's eyes watered. "I'm
sorry, Tou-chan... All I wanted was a new form. I'd been in that
cave for the last three hundred years! Just luring youkai and
eating them in order to stay alive! I needed this sort of form;
almost human to adapt to the times, but without it's weaknesses.
And when you came along... and that marvelous little jewel of
yours, I knew the time was right." Tears rolled down her
face. "You're upset with me?"
'Shit.' Inu Yasha cursed inwardly.
He looked to his friends. Kagome met his eyes for a moment, then
looked away. She wasn't on his side, he was sure. Even if she
understood why... he had hurt her. Sango took a spare shirt out
of her bag and helped the girl dress, enabling Miroku to speak.
"I don't quite understand how
you can be Inu Yasha's daughter, but I do believe there has been
a misunderstanding, and that no one should hold that against you."
She smiled again. "Thank you!"
They filed
slowly out of the cave. The sun had just risen. The young woman-newborn
stretched her arms and made a happy-growly sort of noise. Inu
Yasha stood at the mouth of the cave with his arms folded and
watched.
"Introductions are in order,
I think," Miroku broke the silence. "I am Miroku, a
humble monk. This is Shippou, a fox youkai, Sango, the youkai
exterminator, Kagome, the Miko from the future, and you know Inu
Yasha."
"Wow," She blinked at
them. "Hi! I'm... Well, my last form was called Yuuwakusha.
I don't have a name." She pouted.
Kagome put the Shinkon no Tama back
around her neck and looked around at the group. She noted Inu
Yasha's distance. She looked from him to his 'daughter' a few
times and made up her mind. "Your name is Houseki."
The girl blinked again. "Jewel?"
she asked and smiled. "I like it! Thank you Mirai no Miko!"
"Hey! Now that we have two
Inu Yashas we should be able to get all the shards together real
soon!" Shippou cheered.
"Oi! I AM INU YASHA! SHE IS
A FRAUD!" he yelled from his sulking place.
"I am Houseki. And I'm probably
not as strong as Tou-chan, but I'll help in any way I can!"
They gathered their things and started
off into the East. Kagome lingered for a moment when she noticed
Inu Yasha was still leaning against the mouth of the cave. She
turned her head, but could not bring herself to look at him.
'Great. Just Great.' he thought.
'I can't very well tell the others what she did to me! And I can't
accept her! Even though she seems harmless, she's still a succubus.'
He turned and punched the rock, creating a large semi-circular
crater. 'And now Kagome knows...' He waited till Kagome caught
up with others before following.
*
Jaken scuttled through the underbrush
back to his master. He panted, but had a pleased look on his face.
"I have news! Sesshou-maru-sama!"
"Out with it."
"There is a new woman traveling
with the group! And she bears very close resemblance to your worthless
brother!"
The youkai raised a brow. "They
will make camp soon," he stated with an air of certainty.
"I shall investigate for myself at nightfall."
*
It had been a long day. The group
had tackled a troublesome bunch of monkey demons with a leader
pumped up by a Shinkon shard. The shard was small, but still worth
the fight. Houseki had been instrumental in keeping the villagers
safe as the others fought.
As the sky darkened, the group found
a nice spot outdoors to sleep and made a pot of soba noodles for
dinner. They shared stories again this night with their new friend
about their journeys and struggles to get all the shards of the
Shinkon no Tama together. When they spoke of Naraku, Houseki was
careful not to ask too many questions; only enough to understand
the wrongs these people had suffered at his hands. She dared not
tell them that without Naraku's assistance, she would not now
be happy.
The girls
pulled out their futons and Inu Yasha, who was still keeping his
distance, wandered off to find a suitable near-by tree. Houseki
handed back her blanket to Kagome. When the girl asked her what
was wrong she smiled.
"Nothing. I'm just not very
comfortable on the ground." Houseki followed her father.
Inu Yasha
was already perched about 20 feet up in the thick branches of
a gingko tree. He grumbled under his breath as he saw her coming.
"Inu Tou-chan?" she called.
"What...?" he muttered.
"Can I sleep with you tonight?"
Without any utterance of the word
'osuwari', the hanyou bailed out of the tree.
"What the hell is wrong with
you!? I'm your father, remember!?"
She laughed. "That's not what
I meant. I mean can I sleep in the trees like you do?"
He sighed, relieved and climbed
back up into the tree. "Do what you will. I don't care."
Houseki leapt up into the neighboring
tree and leaned against the trunk. "Oyasumi, Tou-chan."
"Bah." Inu Yasha kept
one eye open till he was sure that she and Kagome were both sleeping
soundly before dozing off himself.
Houseki woke
an hour later and tilted her ears towards a foreign sound. Someone
was approaching. The others had had such a hard time battling
the pesky monkey youkai earlier that they were sound asleep. She
looked over to her father.
"Tou-san?" she whispered.
'Good.' Houseki dropped out of the tree and walked silently on
her bare feet towards the intruder.
"It's me you want, isn't it?"
she asked at a whisper. The butt of a sword came down on her head
and she crumpled to the ground.
END CHAPTER THREE
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GLOSSARY : Houseki = jewel . Miko = priestess . Mirai = future . Tou-chan = daddy . Tou-san = dad . Osuwari = sit . Oyasumi = goodnight .