Inu Yasha clocked Shippou across the face. Shippou reeled back and
Inu Yasha grabbed him by the front of his kimono. "YOU STUPID LITTLE
KITSUNE! YOU JUST LET HER LEAVE?! JUST LIKE THAT?! WHAT IS WRONG WITH
YOU!!? DO YOU KNOW WHAT CAN COME OUT OF THIS?!?!"
Kagome looked at Shippou worriedly, "She could get hurt, or kidnapped, there are a lot of weird people out there!"
Shippou looked like he was near tears. "I'm sorry! I didn't think!"
"Damn right you didn't think! Did you know how high the population of youkai is in that forest?!"
Shippou kneeled, "I'll do anything to help! ANYTHING!!"
Kagome patted him on the head and Inu Yasha said, "Don't baby him Kagome! He's not a whelp anymore, he needs to take responsibility!"
Inu Yasha paced nervously, he developed that habit shortly after Inu Onna was born. He turned on Shippou again who flinched when he looked at him. "Bring Shio here and alert my brother! Get people to search, two million for her safe return." (AN: Don't look at me, I don't know the money system! ;;;;)
Chapter 3: The New Moon
Inu Onna ran through the forest so fast and with so much sadness that she didn't pay attention to where she was going. But who really cared if she was lost? Who really cared if she died? The village kids hated her (or what was left of them) and they would never give her another chance. Her father hated her, he punished her every day and always looked at her like she was a spoiled brat. She knew that Shippou hated her because he sent her down with those mean kids. Her mom probably hated her, she didn't know why, but there was probably some reason. And everyone else hated her, they never told her that she was different.
A drop of rain fell on her ear making it twitched. She looked up and two more drops fell on her cheeks. A storm was starting; she had to find some kind of shelter. She looked around and found a little cave that only someone her size could squeeze into. She climbed in and hugged her knees as a vein of lightening glowed across the sky. She heard a thunder clap and shivered putting her face in her arms. No one wanted her, no one loved her, she was a hanyo, which she still didn't know what it was.
Another light flashed in the sky and Inu Onna began to sob into her knees. It was cold so her pulled her sleeves over her hands and covered her feet with them. Suddenly there were bright lights outside. She looked up and her crying stopped. She climbed out of the cave and watched as long, skinny flying serpants flew over her head holding some kind of glowing lights. She watched them in wonder and stood gaping long after they passed.
*click**click* *click*
Her ears twitched. What was that? It was a far off sound and she had to hold her breath to hear it through the rain.
*click* *click* *click*
What was it?! It almost sounded like it was getting closer. Inu Onna's heart pounded. What should she do?! Should she go back in the cave or run?! If she were to hide and it were a demon, it probably would sniff her out and attack her there. But if it were a demon and she were to run, it would probably be faster then her, Especially on a night like tonight. She felt weaker then usual, probably because she was crying. Too much crying and screaming and killing usually wore her out.
Suddenly she saw it in the darkness and interference of the rain. It was some kind of scorpion person. A giant scorpion, with the upper body of a human. It probably followed her scent. He stepped toward her, his eight legs making clicking sounds on the stones. His stinger rose and he loomed over her. The thunder clapped and the lightening flashed. He looked down at her with red eyes. "A little prey lost its way." He grinned exposing a row of saber-like fangs. Inu Onna's jaw dropped, his fangs were longer then her fangs!
He advanced on her snapping his pinchers threateningly. She backed up a little and growled at him. Usually she would just leap at an enemy like this, but for one of the first times in her life, she felt like she couldn't do it.
Then there was a flying blur in the rain and a spiraling woosh.
"Boomerang bone!"
The scorpion was slashed in half by the blur. Inu Onna stood staring at the dead demon. Then she heard a little boy's voice. "Mother, I think I saw someone over there!"
Then a woman's voice answered him, "What? Hey! If anyone's out there say something!"
Inu Onna said nothing.
She heard foot steps and she took a step back. She saw a shadow of two people through the rain. "There they are!" the boy pointed.
Inu Onna took a couple more steps back ready to bolt at a sudden movement.
The taller female one said in a soothing voice, "Don't worry, little girl, we won't hurt you."
"Unless you're a demon." The little boy said.
"Musuko!" the woman said. "She's just a child, she doesn't look very harmless!"
Not very harmless?! Inu Onna's courage and pushy nature suddenly came back at full force. "Hey you! I'm not harmless! I'm the strongest demoness in this land!"
The woman and boy came closer toward her. The woman was pretty with long black hair in a ponytail and a huge boomerang behind her. The boy was cute with large brown eyes and a black staff that was taller then he was. They both wore exterminator uniforms. "You're not a demon," he said. "You're a girl!"
Inu Onna was mad, "I'm a demon AND a girl!"
"You don't look like a demon." The little boy said. "Are you a half demon?"
"None of your business!" she said. She turned around and folded her arms angrily, "Feh!"
The women, or Sango, suddenly looked at her alert, "What did you say?"
"That also is none of your business." Inu Onna said not turning around.
Sango went closer to her, "Who are your parents? Where do you live?"
Inu Onna paused for a second then said, "I have no home, I have no parents."
They stood there in silence for a few seconds, then Sango asked, "It's raining pretty hard, would you like to come home with us?"
Inu Onna said nothing.
"I insist you come, you can't just stay out in the rain in these woods by yourself, you need shelter. You need-"
"You think you know what I need?!" Inu Onna said louder then she needed to. "What I NEED is for you to leave me alone! What makes you think I want to go with you?"
"We have fresh baked cookies." Sango said.
Inu Onna turned around with a big cat-like grin. "Alright, let's go!" ^__^
Sango and Musuko lived in Sesshoaru's part of the land. It seemed that Inu Onna was running so fast she went right to the border of his land. But she didn't know that. All she knew was that she was going to some stranger's home. She was told never to talk to strangers by her mother and father, but they probably couldn't hate her anymore then they already did, so she went anyway.
Musuko, who was walking next to his mother, looked back at Inu Onna. She was walking about ten feet behind them like she didn't trust them or something. He doubled back and walked next to her.
She looked up at him with a suspicious scowl. His eyes bothered her. Sure they were warm and charming, but they were giving her the impression that it was a front. "What's you name?" he asked.
"Inu Onna." She said.
"How old are you?"
"Seven, I'll be eight in half a year." She said.
He smiled victoriously. "I'm older then yo-ou." He said in a sing- song voice.
She glared at him. "Well how old are you?"
"I'm eight already!" he said.
"Oh, wow, a couple of months." Inu Onna said in a whoop-dee-do tone of voice.
"I'm older." He said still smiling.
She sighed in irritation. "Feh."
Sango looked back at her again. Could she really be-?
"Oi!" Inu Onna said. "Where do you people live, China or what?"
"Almost there." Sango said. And that was true, they turned a corner on the road and there it was, a hut that was suburban to the village.
Musuko changed his voice to have a Spanish accent and he called, "Lucy! I'm home!"
"Back already?" came a male voice inside the house.
"Hey, dad!" Musuko called.
Miroku came out of the hut. "Did you find any more of those scorpion demons?"
"Yeah six in an hour! I don't know where they're all coming from!" Sango came over. She hugged and kissed Miroku and Inu Onna looked away sadly. They reminded her of her horny parents.
Miroku looked over at her, "Who's child is that?"
Sango whispered something in his ear. Inu Onna was surprised because she couldn't hear it. She thought it was just the wind screwing up her hearing, but it wasn't.
Miroku's eyes widened and he looked over at Inu Onna in wonder. He smiled and said, "Well, well." He went over and sat on the floor where he was making spell scrolls before they got there.
"She was being attacked by scorpion youkai before we came and saved her." Musuko said. Inu Onna glared at him. She didn't like him saying to the world that she needed help. He smiled at her and said, "The demon was probably looking for a virgin human to prey upon!"
"Musuko!" Sango said. "Don't say the v-word!"
"Yes ma'am." He said.
Inu Onna practically jumped in his face. "How many times do I have to tell you I'm not a human!!"
Everyone was staring at her for her outburst. Then Sango got out a small mirror and handed it to Inu Onna. She looked into it. "Wow! I guess I am human." She fluffed her hair calmly in the reflection. Her once silver hair, was now dark and black. Her eyes were brown like her mother's. Add to that the fact that she had no claws or fangs, and you'd have her current description. Inu Onna never remembered this happening to her before. She looked out the window at the night sky, by now the storm had cleared.
'New moon, huh?' She thought. Her parents had always sent her to bed early on the new moon. She looked at her clawless hands. Now she knew why. THEY WERE DELIBERATLY TRYING TO KEEP HER FROM NOTICING HOW DIFFERENT SHE WAS!!
She growled angrily and pushed her palms against her eyes. She didn't cry, she just radiated unhappiness.
"You're sure you don't have any parents?" Sango asked.
Inu Onna looked up at them irritatedly. How stupid was that question? "What do you mean? I think I would know if I didn't have parents!!" Inu Onna said.
"It was just a question, you don't have to get mad." Miroku said calmly.
Inu Onna started to shiver with anger. "You people bug me!" she screamed.
Sango turned around with a big plate of cookies. "Who wants one?"
"ME!" Inu Onna jumped up smiling like she wasn't mad a few seconds ago.
Musuko came and took a cookie. He took a small bite chewing politely. Inu Onna grabbed two cookies and bit both of them at once.
(AN: uh-oh.) When Kagome used to bring her candy, she would give it to her then send her to some quiet, yet wide open space. Why? Let's just say that Inu Onna has a glucose problem. ;;;;;;
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Not Doin' so well. My ego has taken a harsh blow because someone took me off their fav author's list. They must think I'm starting to do bad stories. T_T I'm sad.
Inu Onna: Dog Girl
Aka Shio: Red Salt
Murisaki cho: Purple butterfly
Ao cho: Blue butterfly
Musuko: Son
Kagome looked at Shippou worriedly, "She could get hurt, or kidnapped, there are a lot of weird people out there!"
Shippou looked like he was near tears. "I'm sorry! I didn't think!"
"Damn right you didn't think! Did you know how high the population of youkai is in that forest?!"
Shippou kneeled, "I'll do anything to help! ANYTHING!!"
Kagome patted him on the head and Inu Yasha said, "Don't baby him Kagome! He's not a whelp anymore, he needs to take responsibility!"
Inu Yasha paced nervously, he developed that habit shortly after Inu Onna was born. He turned on Shippou again who flinched when he looked at him. "Bring Shio here and alert my brother! Get people to search, two million for her safe return." (AN: Don't look at me, I don't know the money system! ;;;;)
Chapter 3: The New Moon
Inu Onna ran through the forest so fast and with so much sadness that she didn't pay attention to where she was going. But who really cared if she was lost? Who really cared if she died? The village kids hated her (or what was left of them) and they would never give her another chance. Her father hated her, he punished her every day and always looked at her like she was a spoiled brat. She knew that Shippou hated her because he sent her down with those mean kids. Her mom probably hated her, she didn't know why, but there was probably some reason. And everyone else hated her, they never told her that she was different.
A drop of rain fell on her ear making it twitched. She looked up and two more drops fell on her cheeks. A storm was starting; she had to find some kind of shelter. She looked around and found a little cave that only someone her size could squeeze into. She climbed in and hugged her knees as a vein of lightening glowed across the sky. She heard a thunder clap and shivered putting her face in her arms. No one wanted her, no one loved her, she was a hanyo, which she still didn't know what it was.
Another light flashed in the sky and Inu Onna began to sob into her knees. It was cold so her pulled her sleeves over her hands and covered her feet with them. Suddenly there were bright lights outside. She looked up and her crying stopped. She climbed out of the cave and watched as long, skinny flying serpants flew over her head holding some kind of glowing lights. She watched them in wonder and stood gaping long after they passed.
*click**click* *click*
Her ears twitched. What was that? It was a far off sound and she had to hold her breath to hear it through the rain.
*click* *click* *click*
What was it?! It almost sounded like it was getting closer. Inu Onna's heart pounded. What should she do?! Should she go back in the cave or run?! If she were to hide and it were a demon, it probably would sniff her out and attack her there. But if it were a demon and she were to run, it would probably be faster then her, Especially on a night like tonight. She felt weaker then usual, probably because she was crying. Too much crying and screaming and killing usually wore her out.
Suddenly she saw it in the darkness and interference of the rain. It was some kind of scorpion person. A giant scorpion, with the upper body of a human. It probably followed her scent. He stepped toward her, his eight legs making clicking sounds on the stones. His stinger rose and he loomed over her. The thunder clapped and the lightening flashed. He looked down at her with red eyes. "A little prey lost its way." He grinned exposing a row of saber-like fangs. Inu Onna's jaw dropped, his fangs were longer then her fangs!
He advanced on her snapping his pinchers threateningly. She backed up a little and growled at him. Usually she would just leap at an enemy like this, but for one of the first times in her life, she felt like she couldn't do it.
Then there was a flying blur in the rain and a spiraling woosh.
"Boomerang bone!"
The scorpion was slashed in half by the blur. Inu Onna stood staring at the dead demon. Then she heard a little boy's voice. "Mother, I think I saw someone over there!"
Then a woman's voice answered him, "What? Hey! If anyone's out there say something!"
Inu Onna said nothing.
She heard foot steps and she took a step back. She saw a shadow of two people through the rain. "There they are!" the boy pointed.
Inu Onna took a couple more steps back ready to bolt at a sudden movement.
The taller female one said in a soothing voice, "Don't worry, little girl, we won't hurt you."
"Unless you're a demon." The little boy said.
"Musuko!" the woman said. "She's just a child, she doesn't look very harmless!"
Not very harmless?! Inu Onna's courage and pushy nature suddenly came back at full force. "Hey you! I'm not harmless! I'm the strongest demoness in this land!"
The woman and boy came closer toward her. The woman was pretty with long black hair in a ponytail and a huge boomerang behind her. The boy was cute with large brown eyes and a black staff that was taller then he was. They both wore exterminator uniforms. "You're not a demon," he said. "You're a girl!"
Inu Onna was mad, "I'm a demon AND a girl!"
"You don't look like a demon." The little boy said. "Are you a half demon?"
"None of your business!" she said. She turned around and folded her arms angrily, "Feh!"
The women, or Sango, suddenly looked at her alert, "What did you say?"
"That also is none of your business." Inu Onna said not turning around.
Sango went closer to her, "Who are your parents? Where do you live?"
Inu Onna paused for a second then said, "I have no home, I have no parents."
They stood there in silence for a few seconds, then Sango asked, "It's raining pretty hard, would you like to come home with us?"
Inu Onna said nothing.
"I insist you come, you can't just stay out in the rain in these woods by yourself, you need shelter. You need-"
"You think you know what I need?!" Inu Onna said louder then she needed to. "What I NEED is for you to leave me alone! What makes you think I want to go with you?"
"We have fresh baked cookies." Sango said.
Inu Onna turned around with a big cat-like grin. "Alright, let's go!" ^__^
Sango and Musuko lived in Sesshoaru's part of the land. It seemed that Inu Onna was running so fast she went right to the border of his land. But she didn't know that. All she knew was that she was going to some stranger's home. She was told never to talk to strangers by her mother and father, but they probably couldn't hate her anymore then they already did, so she went anyway.
Musuko, who was walking next to his mother, looked back at Inu Onna. She was walking about ten feet behind them like she didn't trust them or something. He doubled back and walked next to her.
She looked up at him with a suspicious scowl. His eyes bothered her. Sure they were warm and charming, but they were giving her the impression that it was a front. "What's you name?" he asked.
"Inu Onna." She said.
"How old are you?"
"Seven, I'll be eight in half a year." She said.
He smiled victoriously. "I'm older then yo-ou." He said in a sing- song voice.
She glared at him. "Well how old are you?"
"I'm eight already!" he said.
"Oh, wow, a couple of months." Inu Onna said in a whoop-dee-do tone of voice.
"I'm older." He said still smiling.
She sighed in irritation. "Feh."
Sango looked back at her again. Could she really be-?
"Oi!" Inu Onna said. "Where do you people live, China or what?"
"Almost there." Sango said. And that was true, they turned a corner on the road and there it was, a hut that was suburban to the village.
Musuko changed his voice to have a Spanish accent and he called, "Lucy! I'm home!"
"Back already?" came a male voice inside the house.
"Hey, dad!" Musuko called.
Miroku came out of the hut. "Did you find any more of those scorpion demons?"
"Yeah six in an hour! I don't know where they're all coming from!" Sango came over. She hugged and kissed Miroku and Inu Onna looked away sadly. They reminded her of her horny parents.
Miroku looked over at her, "Who's child is that?"
Sango whispered something in his ear. Inu Onna was surprised because she couldn't hear it. She thought it was just the wind screwing up her hearing, but it wasn't.
Miroku's eyes widened and he looked over at Inu Onna in wonder. He smiled and said, "Well, well." He went over and sat on the floor where he was making spell scrolls before they got there.
"She was being attacked by scorpion youkai before we came and saved her." Musuko said. Inu Onna glared at him. She didn't like him saying to the world that she needed help. He smiled at her and said, "The demon was probably looking for a virgin human to prey upon!"
"Musuko!" Sango said. "Don't say the v-word!"
"Yes ma'am." He said.
Inu Onna practically jumped in his face. "How many times do I have to tell you I'm not a human!!"
Everyone was staring at her for her outburst. Then Sango got out a small mirror and handed it to Inu Onna. She looked into it. "Wow! I guess I am human." She fluffed her hair calmly in the reflection. Her once silver hair, was now dark and black. Her eyes were brown like her mother's. Add to that the fact that she had no claws or fangs, and you'd have her current description. Inu Onna never remembered this happening to her before. She looked out the window at the night sky, by now the storm had cleared.
'New moon, huh?' She thought. Her parents had always sent her to bed early on the new moon. She looked at her clawless hands. Now she knew why. THEY WERE DELIBERATLY TRYING TO KEEP HER FROM NOTICING HOW DIFFERENT SHE WAS!!
She growled angrily and pushed her palms against her eyes. She didn't cry, she just radiated unhappiness.
"You're sure you don't have any parents?" Sango asked.
Inu Onna looked up at them irritatedly. How stupid was that question? "What do you mean? I think I would know if I didn't have parents!!" Inu Onna said.
"It was just a question, you don't have to get mad." Miroku said calmly.
Inu Onna started to shiver with anger. "You people bug me!" she screamed.
Sango turned around with a big plate of cookies. "Who wants one?"
"ME!" Inu Onna jumped up smiling like she wasn't mad a few seconds ago.
Musuko came and took a cookie. He took a small bite chewing politely. Inu Onna grabbed two cookies and bit both of them at once.
(AN: uh-oh.) When Kagome used to bring her candy, she would give it to her then send her to some quiet, yet wide open space. Why? Let's just say that Inu Onna has a glucose problem. ;;;;;;
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Not Doin' so well. My ego has taken a harsh blow because someone took me off their fav author's list. They must think I'm starting to do bad stories. T_T I'm sad.
Inu Onna: Dog Girl
Aka Shio: Red Salt
Murisaki cho: Purple butterfly
Ao cho: Blue butterfly
Musuko: Son