A/N So sorry this took so long! I will be away for two weeks but after
that.get ready! Here's what coming up in January!
Disclaimer: (checks legal documents) Nope, don't own 'em. (sigh..)
Now the awaited...
Chapter 3: Pain of the Heart
Inuyasha ran with the speed of one chased by death. As he raced through the forest, regardless of direction, tears streamed down his face and the crystalline sparkles flew behind him in the wind created by his mad dash.
After running for miles, Inuyasha came across a hidden pond deep in the forest. The small, clear pond was about twenty feet wide and filled with clear blue water and fine white sand. Weeping Willows surrounded the small pond, with some of the branches hanging into the clear water. The willows branches filtered the moonlight and it was here that Inuyasha stopped his headlong dash.
Casting himself upon the ground, he drew his knees up to his chest and wrapped his arms around them. He started into the pools water with tears running unchecked down his face.
He was haunted by the words exchanged such a short time ago..
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"You disgust me you pitiful excuse for a demon!"
"I can't believe you! After all she's done? How could you!?"
"How could you kill the Lady Kagome? You vile, heartless mongrel!?"
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The hateful words of the ones he had thought of as friends haunted his mind until he clamped his hands over his ears and let out a howl of anguish.
As he sat beside the pool, it seemed to mock his heartache by sparkling brighter, as if to spite him in his pain.
Bitter thoughts came to his mind as he sat there and he was returned to his long forgotten past.
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"A hanyou like you!?" A boy asked incredulously "You can't play with us!"
"Yeah!" Cried another "Get lost you mutt!"
The group of village boys swarmed around Inuyasha hitting him and pulling his ears. Suddenly, a boy slammed Inuyasha in the stomach and the surprised hanyou slashed him with his soft claws.
The boy fell with a cry. The taunts and laughter stopped as the children looked at Inuyasha in horror. The struck boys mother had witnessed the attack, but not the beginning torment of the young Inuyasha. She rushed up and towering over the tiny Inuyasha lashed out with her foot and delivered a fierce kick that sent him sailing through the air to land ten feet away from her.
"You monster! You don't belong here!!!" She yelled with all her rage. The villagers joined her in her anger against the young hanyou.
"Get lost you beast!"
The villagers cried as they flung stones and sticks at the young hanyou.
Inuyasha covered his face to protect it from the projectiles and dashed off toward the woods.
"Don't you ever think of coming back, you pitiful excuse for a demon!!!"
The villagers laughed with sick satisfaction as the young hanyou raced away from the village with a beaten body and a hurting heart.
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Inuyasha jerked himself out of the memory of his younger days. But the mothers face was then replaced by Sango's and Miroku's, calling him monster and pitiful.
He cried out as the pain of their distrust stung his heart anew.
'Am I really a monster?' He thought to himself. 'I've been called that all my life. So.what if it's true? What if I really am a heartless monster?'
He raised his face to the stars, the moonlight shining off him tear streamed face.
"Does Kagome..think I'm a monster too?" He wondered aloud.
'Yes! She must! They all hate me! She was scared when she saw me! She must be afraid of me to have to hide behind this stupid rosary!'
Seized by rage and anguish, Inuyasha leapt to his feet. He grabbed the Tetsusaiga and leapt off in the direction of the village.
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Sango, Miroku, Shippou and Kagome were crowed around the fire pit in Kaede's hut.
Sango and Miroku's faces mirrored their guilt at betraying and doubting the hanyou.
Shippou was distraught. He had heard the things Miroku and Sango said. As well as Inuyasha's response to them. He was worried what the hanyou might do in his distraught state.
Kagome was furious with Miroku and Sango as well as desperately worried for the hanyou.
Kaede walked back in and took in the emotions displayed on each face. They had told her what happened and she too was afraid for the young hanyou.
"You mustn't despair. He will be fine. He might not trust you again right away, but he will come around." Kaede said to the young adults gathered before her.
But to herself she said much darker things.
'If what they said is true, Inuyasha may be beyond the ability to trust again. If that is true..I don't want to see how he will turn out.'
Suddenly a loud thump that came from the side of the hut caused them all to leap to their feet and run out to look out at the huts outer wall. What they saw froze their hearts in terror and anguish.
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Inuyasha reached the rise above the village. Looking down, he could see Sango's boomerang and Kagome's bike leaning on the wall of Kaede's hut.
Inuyasha unsheathed the Tetsusaiga and ranover it with his fingers.
'If they cannot trust me...if they believe me a monster...I cannot stay with them!'
With that last thought, Inuyasha flung Tetsusaiga with all his rage into the wall of Kaede's hut.
"Now, the bond..is broken." Inuyasha whispered to the wind as he walked away from the village and was swallowed by the night's darkness as well as the pain in his heart.
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"It's.Tetsusaiga!" Sango gasped falling to her knees in shock.
"This does not bode well.." Kaede whispered in shock.
"Inuyasha!!!!!" Kagome yelled out, "Inuyasha!!!!!!!!!!"
************
As he got farther and farther away from the village, a strange feeling overtook Inuyasha. Crazed with feelings, the absence of Tetsusaiga allowed the release of Inuyasha's demon blood.
As his eyes flashed red, his pupils turned blue, and his fangs and claws lengthened and sharpened, Inuyasha was seized by a sudden idea.
Throwing back his head in maniacal laughter he called out to the dog and wolf demons in the area. Rallying them to battle against the humans who had betrayed them all.
To Be Continued....
A/N Lotta angst in that one, eh? Well, more action and angst to come! *coming soon* Chapter 4: The Attack on the Village
Disclaimer: (checks legal documents) Nope, don't own 'em. (sigh..)
Now the awaited...
Chapter 3: Pain of the Heart
Inuyasha ran with the speed of one chased by death. As he raced through the forest, regardless of direction, tears streamed down his face and the crystalline sparkles flew behind him in the wind created by his mad dash.
After running for miles, Inuyasha came across a hidden pond deep in the forest. The small, clear pond was about twenty feet wide and filled with clear blue water and fine white sand. Weeping Willows surrounded the small pond, with some of the branches hanging into the clear water. The willows branches filtered the moonlight and it was here that Inuyasha stopped his headlong dash.
Casting himself upon the ground, he drew his knees up to his chest and wrapped his arms around them. He started into the pools water with tears running unchecked down his face.
He was haunted by the words exchanged such a short time ago..
*********
"You disgust me you pitiful excuse for a demon!"
"I can't believe you! After all she's done? How could you!?"
"How could you kill the Lady Kagome? You vile, heartless mongrel!?"
**************
The hateful words of the ones he had thought of as friends haunted his mind until he clamped his hands over his ears and let out a howl of anguish.
As he sat beside the pool, it seemed to mock his heartache by sparkling brighter, as if to spite him in his pain.
Bitter thoughts came to his mind as he sat there and he was returned to his long forgotten past.
***********
"A hanyou like you!?" A boy asked incredulously "You can't play with us!"
"Yeah!" Cried another "Get lost you mutt!"
The group of village boys swarmed around Inuyasha hitting him and pulling his ears. Suddenly, a boy slammed Inuyasha in the stomach and the surprised hanyou slashed him with his soft claws.
The boy fell with a cry. The taunts and laughter stopped as the children looked at Inuyasha in horror. The struck boys mother had witnessed the attack, but not the beginning torment of the young Inuyasha. She rushed up and towering over the tiny Inuyasha lashed out with her foot and delivered a fierce kick that sent him sailing through the air to land ten feet away from her.
"You monster! You don't belong here!!!" She yelled with all her rage. The villagers joined her in her anger against the young hanyou.
"Get lost you beast!"
The villagers cried as they flung stones and sticks at the young hanyou.
Inuyasha covered his face to protect it from the projectiles and dashed off toward the woods.
"Don't you ever think of coming back, you pitiful excuse for a demon!!!"
The villagers laughed with sick satisfaction as the young hanyou raced away from the village with a beaten body and a hurting heart.
*************
Inuyasha jerked himself out of the memory of his younger days. But the mothers face was then replaced by Sango's and Miroku's, calling him monster and pitiful.
He cried out as the pain of their distrust stung his heart anew.
'Am I really a monster?' He thought to himself. 'I've been called that all my life. So.what if it's true? What if I really am a heartless monster?'
He raised his face to the stars, the moonlight shining off him tear streamed face.
"Does Kagome..think I'm a monster too?" He wondered aloud.
'Yes! She must! They all hate me! She was scared when she saw me! She must be afraid of me to have to hide behind this stupid rosary!'
Seized by rage and anguish, Inuyasha leapt to his feet. He grabbed the Tetsusaiga and leapt off in the direction of the village.
*************
Sango, Miroku, Shippou and Kagome were crowed around the fire pit in Kaede's hut.
Sango and Miroku's faces mirrored their guilt at betraying and doubting the hanyou.
Shippou was distraught. He had heard the things Miroku and Sango said. As well as Inuyasha's response to them. He was worried what the hanyou might do in his distraught state.
Kagome was furious with Miroku and Sango as well as desperately worried for the hanyou.
Kaede walked back in and took in the emotions displayed on each face. They had told her what happened and she too was afraid for the young hanyou.
"You mustn't despair. He will be fine. He might not trust you again right away, but he will come around." Kaede said to the young adults gathered before her.
But to herself she said much darker things.
'If what they said is true, Inuyasha may be beyond the ability to trust again. If that is true..I don't want to see how he will turn out.'
Suddenly a loud thump that came from the side of the hut caused them all to leap to their feet and run out to look out at the huts outer wall. What they saw froze their hearts in terror and anguish.
****************
Inuyasha reached the rise above the village. Looking down, he could see Sango's boomerang and Kagome's bike leaning on the wall of Kaede's hut.
Inuyasha unsheathed the Tetsusaiga and ranover it with his fingers.
'If they cannot trust me...if they believe me a monster...I cannot stay with them!'
With that last thought, Inuyasha flung Tetsusaiga with all his rage into the wall of Kaede's hut.
"Now, the bond..is broken." Inuyasha whispered to the wind as he walked away from the village and was swallowed by the night's darkness as well as the pain in his heart.
*************
"It's.Tetsusaiga!" Sango gasped falling to her knees in shock.
"This does not bode well.." Kaede whispered in shock.
"Inuyasha!!!!!" Kagome yelled out, "Inuyasha!!!!!!!!!!"
************
As he got farther and farther away from the village, a strange feeling overtook Inuyasha. Crazed with feelings, the absence of Tetsusaiga allowed the release of Inuyasha's demon blood.
As his eyes flashed red, his pupils turned blue, and his fangs and claws lengthened and sharpened, Inuyasha was seized by a sudden idea.
Throwing back his head in maniacal laughter he called out to the dog and wolf demons in the area. Rallying them to battle against the humans who had betrayed them all.
To Be Continued....
A/N Lotta angst in that one, eh? Well, more action and angst to come! *coming soon* Chapter 4: The Attack on the Village
