Unasareru
Chapter 10
For those of you who care, I feel much better after my little vacation. For those of you who don't care………*sticks tongue out* I'm going to try to shorten my notes at the beginning and end. I'm sorry if you spent an hour trying to read all my junk before.
I'm very sorry it took so long to get this chapter up. I wrote it, reread it and didn't like it, so I did the entire thing over again.
Disclaimer- I don't own Inuyasha, so there!
*lawyers grumble, walk away*
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Ijin flinched under a golden gaze. He really wasn't sure where to begin explain. Kagome leaned in. She was genuinely interested in this. "Well, I suppose I should start at the beginning………"
(Flashback)
The eight-year-old Ijin looked admiringly up at his father, Okibi. The older youkai stood at around six feet in height. He was dark skinned, like his son. His eyes resembled those of a wildcat and his midnight-black hair fell untamed down his back. He wore a dark robe that swept the ground. His wings were in nice order, and his two-foot long horn was polished. In fact, Okibi looked just like his father, Ijin, for whom his son was named.
On his other side stood a female. Suteki, as she was called, was tall and radiated a happy and protective aura. She was slender and generally beautiful. She had long arms and legs and fingers, giving her an heir of grace, and graceful she was. Her hair was around her lower back in length, and nicely groomed. She plaited in flowers through her locks. Though her skin was very pale, her lips were a striking crimson, and her eyes a stunning blue. She had long wings, but lacked the horn that her mate had.
They seemed a perfect family. It was all to change that very day. Their walk was disrupted by a rampaging bull youkai. It had four horns and an innumerable amount of tails. The creature charged in a blind rage. Okibi pushed his wife and son into safety, as he tried to stop the creature. A black horn dug into the bull's side as it passed, sending a flurry of blackish blood everywhere.
Angered, the bull ripped around again. Ijin's father wasn't quite ready for its speed. It gave a roar of victory as two horns dug into the youkai. Suteki and Ijin cowered behind some bushes as the two fought on. Eventually, the female decided to move her impressionable son away from the battle, to the opening of the forest to wait. Neither the bull, nor the youkai came out alive.
His mother, Suteki, had become completely miserable. She barely ate or slept at all for months, but she continued to care for Ijin. Eventually, her son convinced Suteki to go out. When she finally did, she had almost immediately found Kaji, another potential mate. Soon, Ijin had met his half sister, Aiko.
[A/N- I apologize for introducing all these new names right away. I'll try to avoid confusing you. To all of you who speak Japanese, the names may sound stupid, but I don't like to just make up names. Let's review: Okibi- Ijin's birth father*** Suteki- Ijin's mother*** Kaji- Ijin's stepfather*** Aiko- Ijin's stepsister.]
A new family was created and Ijin was happy for quite some time. Eventually, that ended, too. Kaji was convinced that his fortune lay in the east, over the mountains. Suteki allowed him to go with the promise that he would be back in a year's time. He never returned. Whether that was within his will or not was never known.
By that point, Ijin and his mother had imagined that the gods had cursed them. His mother quickly fell ill and within the fortnight, she had passed away, leaving her son and stepdaughter all alone. For a long while, Ijin protected his sister as if she were his own child. They would make goods to sell at market, but after the villagers found out that the little boy was a youkai, no one bought from him any more.
It had been almost entirely Aiko's task to sell things to the villagers. She was pale skinned and blue eyed and very popular with the village boys, especially. Ijin instead took to fighting for his money and any scraps of food he could get. He'd often go on several day excursions to bring back youkai meat, some to sell and some to keep them alive. He hardened considerably during this time. He was also given the name Hyakuhei, all evils. Hyakuhei Ijin. He hated it. Having his name passed down by his grandfather wasn't something he disliked, but the villagers treating him like some evil monster bothered him constantly.
His little sister soon came up with creating some things on her own so that Ijin wasn't risking his life daily to get food. She created rugs, kimonos, pottery, and other goods to sell. The village's priestess occasionally looked them after. An old woman only called Rouba.
It was Rouba who first pointed out that Aiko might be sick. Ijin refused to believe it. When it became painfully apparent that Aiko /was/ sick, Ijin tried his absolute best to take care of her, to no avail. He was fifteen when he left Aiko with Rouba and began his journey for a cure.
Ijin's background and experience made him a fighting force to be reckoned with and he quickly developed a reputation. He received the name the Black Angel because of the appearance passed down by his mother and father. Black wings and a horn, though his body was quite humanoid.
It was while terrorizing a village that he learned of the Shikon no Tama from a pleading villager. He'd become very interested after the man told him of the jewel's great power. He set off.
In the beginning, he tried everyway possible to get shards peacefully. He tried to hold back, remembering what a peaceful person Aiko was, and how disappointed she would be if he broke his vow not to kill a human. When that didn't work, he resumed his reign of terror. He learned of the group that possessed many jewel shards and formulated a plot to get them. By chance, something always stopped him. A bad feeling or dream and he would simply continue to follow their trail. It was by accident that he happened upon Tsuru in such a manner.
He told her that he wanted to get jewel shards and asked her if she would help after learning of the nature of her powers. The plan had been to weaken them through lack of sleep, or in any injuries through their dreams, then take the shards when the group was too weak to fight back. He hadn't ever told Tsuru of his reasons for wanting the jewel because he couldn't be considered a weak leader. Tsuru agreed only due to her need for work, and because Ijin promised that no one would be killed, or even seriously injured in his plans.
In reality, no one was ever seriously hurt, just scared or tired or sore. His plan had still failed, and for that, he cursed himself.
And so they'd ended up here, with Ijin against a wall, all his supporters against him, staring up into the face of an uncertain hanyou, an ebony haired girl who seemed as though she was going to burst into tears and a sleeping kitsune.
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Shippou had fallen asleep and was snoozing away on Kagome's head. Kagome listened with interest as tears welled in her eyes. Inuyasha was positive in the beginning that he'd be killing the evil youkai, but now he was unsure. He stood quietly, waiting for a sign from Kagome as to what to do.
Miroku and Sango had reentered the room several minutes into the story with the Shikon no Tama in hand. The doors had reopened and they simply picked up the jewel and walked away. Sango was looking sympathetically at Ijin and Miroku was looking for a way out of the awkward silence when he was finished.
As soon as the Black Angel was finished his story, the youkai got smoothly to his feet and muttered something akin to "I'll just go now." As he walked away, Kagome grabbed his robes, causing a slight tense from Inuyasha that didn't go unnoted. "Wait." Kagome said in a voice slipping just above a whisper. "Let's help." In truth, the statement was a request to Inuyasha, who "feh"ed and shrugged.
Ijin looked at them as if they had all just grown fifty extra heads. "A second ago I was your enemy! How do you just turn around and casually offer to help me? How do you know that I won't attack you again?" Kagome looked slightly alarmed and even confused by his outburst. "Don't you want help?" Sango inquired somewhat forcefully. Ijin looked at the ground. Tsuru came over and flapped a feathered wing onto the youkai's back. He looked up at her and she smiled. He nodded to Sango. "Great. More people tagging along. Feh!"
"Well, off to Tason."
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Okay, I broke my promise to myself that I wouldn't write anymore after 1 am when my vacation started. Grr. Stupid Kitty!
I also realized (due to the kind reviewers pointing it out to me) that I've made a few mistakes or not properly clarified. I've also realized that I need to update some review responses. I'll also repost the chapter explaining Ijin's human and youkai appearances. Thanks for bearing with me and keeping me so very happy! I'm sorry if I'm a bit scatterbrained at times, but I'll try to rewrite as much as I can to clarify. It's 2:40AM and I'm going to sleep.
shadow wraith- the Black Angel, as explained in this chapter, has more to do with his appearance. I'm addicted to writing this story and I may have to tie myself down to stop. Thanks, though. I feel a bit less guilty about not posting for a short time. Okay, thanks so much for reviewing! See you soon!
San-chan- I believe Keisanki (my affectionate name for my laptop) was a little bit screwed up with my Emails, so I'm sorry I didn't get the entirety of your review. I'll finish it here. Thank you, I will detail the doors a bit more. I got a lot of people telling me to specify in that area. I really feel bed about that. Your quotes were awesome, though. I enjoy looking up quotes to. I have a bookshelf lined with books of inspirational quotes. I'm glad you like the characters! They're fun to write cause I don't get so-and-so is out of character. Which is okay, because I prefer for them to be in character, but I get a lot of freedom writing originals. I really enjoy long reviews I love to respond to them! Now, why does it seem that all of my reviewers talk to themselves? Even I talk to myself. ~What's wrong with talking to yourself?~ Nothing I guess. ~You guess? It's perfectly fine!~ If I say so.
Tiger of the Wind- *stands up, rubs head* Itai! Anyways, I'm glad you like it. I don't like serious author notes, and with the story being mostly serious, I get to be silly there. And it's nice to hear you appreaciate the responses. Not that I mind doing them at all! The voice in my head's name is Neko. I named her. She's mean. I'm done. Hope to hear from you again soon!
Aeyikie- *message recorder beep* Hi, Aeyikie! Hope you get out soon! It took me three years……… *end message* Oh, pixie sticks……… a gift from heaven! Sushi? Did you like it? I've always been curious about sushi. Kami forbid! I hate ice cubes! No! Fine, I'll post it! Are you happy now? Keep up your reviews. I need a good laugh in this!
Quotes that I've missed from people-
'I'll never have to remember you...
I never forgotten about you even for a day'
'Yesterdays healed wounds are today's deeply opened ones.'
Both provided by San-chan. Lovely, San-chan.
Not sure what this has to do with the story, but I sorta like it. I think.
'Make love, not war. That's why we have AIDS...'
Provided by shadow wraith and written by Clayton
Please review! Thank you! And don't hesitate to correct anything that is weird.
Chapter 10
For those of you who care, I feel much better after my little vacation. For those of you who don't care………*sticks tongue out* I'm going to try to shorten my notes at the beginning and end. I'm sorry if you spent an hour trying to read all my junk before.
I'm very sorry it took so long to get this chapter up. I wrote it, reread it and didn't like it, so I did the entire thing over again.
Disclaimer- I don't own Inuyasha, so there!
*lawyers grumble, walk away*
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Ijin flinched under a golden gaze. He really wasn't sure where to begin explain. Kagome leaned in. She was genuinely interested in this. "Well, I suppose I should start at the beginning………"
(Flashback)
The eight-year-old Ijin looked admiringly up at his father, Okibi. The older youkai stood at around six feet in height. He was dark skinned, like his son. His eyes resembled those of a wildcat and his midnight-black hair fell untamed down his back. He wore a dark robe that swept the ground. His wings were in nice order, and his two-foot long horn was polished. In fact, Okibi looked just like his father, Ijin, for whom his son was named.
On his other side stood a female. Suteki, as she was called, was tall and radiated a happy and protective aura. She was slender and generally beautiful. She had long arms and legs and fingers, giving her an heir of grace, and graceful she was. Her hair was around her lower back in length, and nicely groomed. She plaited in flowers through her locks. Though her skin was very pale, her lips were a striking crimson, and her eyes a stunning blue. She had long wings, but lacked the horn that her mate had.
They seemed a perfect family. It was all to change that very day. Their walk was disrupted by a rampaging bull youkai. It had four horns and an innumerable amount of tails. The creature charged in a blind rage. Okibi pushed his wife and son into safety, as he tried to stop the creature. A black horn dug into the bull's side as it passed, sending a flurry of blackish blood everywhere.
Angered, the bull ripped around again. Ijin's father wasn't quite ready for its speed. It gave a roar of victory as two horns dug into the youkai. Suteki and Ijin cowered behind some bushes as the two fought on. Eventually, the female decided to move her impressionable son away from the battle, to the opening of the forest to wait. Neither the bull, nor the youkai came out alive.
His mother, Suteki, had become completely miserable. She barely ate or slept at all for months, but she continued to care for Ijin. Eventually, her son convinced Suteki to go out. When she finally did, she had almost immediately found Kaji, another potential mate. Soon, Ijin had met his half sister, Aiko.
[A/N- I apologize for introducing all these new names right away. I'll try to avoid confusing you. To all of you who speak Japanese, the names may sound stupid, but I don't like to just make up names. Let's review: Okibi- Ijin's birth father*** Suteki- Ijin's mother*** Kaji- Ijin's stepfather*** Aiko- Ijin's stepsister.]
A new family was created and Ijin was happy for quite some time. Eventually, that ended, too. Kaji was convinced that his fortune lay in the east, over the mountains. Suteki allowed him to go with the promise that he would be back in a year's time. He never returned. Whether that was within his will or not was never known.
By that point, Ijin and his mother had imagined that the gods had cursed them. His mother quickly fell ill and within the fortnight, she had passed away, leaving her son and stepdaughter all alone. For a long while, Ijin protected his sister as if she were his own child. They would make goods to sell at market, but after the villagers found out that the little boy was a youkai, no one bought from him any more.
It had been almost entirely Aiko's task to sell things to the villagers. She was pale skinned and blue eyed and very popular with the village boys, especially. Ijin instead took to fighting for his money and any scraps of food he could get. He'd often go on several day excursions to bring back youkai meat, some to sell and some to keep them alive. He hardened considerably during this time. He was also given the name Hyakuhei, all evils. Hyakuhei Ijin. He hated it. Having his name passed down by his grandfather wasn't something he disliked, but the villagers treating him like some evil monster bothered him constantly.
His little sister soon came up with creating some things on her own so that Ijin wasn't risking his life daily to get food. She created rugs, kimonos, pottery, and other goods to sell. The village's priestess occasionally looked them after. An old woman only called Rouba.
It was Rouba who first pointed out that Aiko might be sick. Ijin refused to believe it. When it became painfully apparent that Aiko /was/ sick, Ijin tried his absolute best to take care of her, to no avail. He was fifteen when he left Aiko with Rouba and began his journey for a cure.
Ijin's background and experience made him a fighting force to be reckoned with and he quickly developed a reputation. He received the name the Black Angel because of the appearance passed down by his mother and father. Black wings and a horn, though his body was quite humanoid.
It was while terrorizing a village that he learned of the Shikon no Tama from a pleading villager. He'd become very interested after the man told him of the jewel's great power. He set off.
In the beginning, he tried everyway possible to get shards peacefully. He tried to hold back, remembering what a peaceful person Aiko was, and how disappointed she would be if he broke his vow not to kill a human. When that didn't work, he resumed his reign of terror. He learned of the group that possessed many jewel shards and formulated a plot to get them. By chance, something always stopped him. A bad feeling or dream and he would simply continue to follow their trail. It was by accident that he happened upon Tsuru in such a manner.
He told her that he wanted to get jewel shards and asked her if she would help after learning of the nature of her powers. The plan had been to weaken them through lack of sleep, or in any injuries through their dreams, then take the shards when the group was too weak to fight back. He hadn't ever told Tsuru of his reasons for wanting the jewel because he couldn't be considered a weak leader. Tsuru agreed only due to her need for work, and because Ijin promised that no one would be killed, or even seriously injured in his plans.
In reality, no one was ever seriously hurt, just scared or tired or sore. His plan had still failed, and for that, he cursed himself.
And so they'd ended up here, with Ijin against a wall, all his supporters against him, staring up into the face of an uncertain hanyou, an ebony haired girl who seemed as though she was going to burst into tears and a sleeping kitsune.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Shippou had fallen asleep and was snoozing away on Kagome's head. Kagome listened with interest as tears welled in her eyes. Inuyasha was positive in the beginning that he'd be killing the evil youkai, but now he was unsure. He stood quietly, waiting for a sign from Kagome as to what to do.
Miroku and Sango had reentered the room several minutes into the story with the Shikon no Tama in hand. The doors had reopened and they simply picked up the jewel and walked away. Sango was looking sympathetically at Ijin and Miroku was looking for a way out of the awkward silence when he was finished.
As soon as the Black Angel was finished his story, the youkai got smoothly to his feet and muttered something akin to "I'll just go now." As he walked away, Kagome grabbed his robes, causing a slight tense from Inuyasha that didn't go unnoted. "Wait." Kagome said in a voice slipping just above a whisper. "Let's help." In truth, the statement was a request to Inuyasha, who "feh"ed and shrugged.
Ijin looked at them as if they had all just grown fifty extra heads. "A second ago I was your enemy! How do you just turn around and casually offer to help me? How do you know that I won't attack you again?" Kagome looked slightly alarmed and even confused by his outburst. "Don't you want help?" Sango inquired somewhat forcefully. Ijin looked at the ground. Tsuru came over and flapped a feathered wing onto the youkai's back. He looked up at her and she smiled. He nodded to Sango. "Great. More people tagging along. Feh!"
"Well, off to Tason."
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Okay, I broke my promise to myself that I wouldn't write anymore after 1 am when my vacation started. Grr. Stupid Kitty!
I also realized (due to the kind reviewers pointing it out to me) that I've made a few mistakes or not properly clarified. I've also realized that I need to update some review responses. I'll also repost the chapter explaining Ijin's human and youkai appearances. Thanks for bearing with me and keeping me so very happy! I'm sorry if I'm a bit scatterbrained at times, but I'll try to rewrite as much as I can to clarify. It's 2:40AM and I'm going to sleep.
shadow wraith- the Black Angel, as explained in this chapter, has more to do with his appearance. I'm addicted to writing this story and I may have to tie myself down to stop. Thanks, though. I feel a bit less guilty about not posting for a short time. Okay, thanks so much for reviewing! See you soon!
San-chan- I believe Keisanki (my affectionate name for my laptop) was a little bit screwed up with my Emails, so I'm sorry I didn't get the entirety of your review. I'll finish it here. Thank you, I will detail the doors a bit more. I got a lot of people telling me to specify in that area. I really feel bed about that. Your quotes were awesome, though. I enjoy looking up quotes to. I have a bookshelf lined with books of inspirational quotes. I'm glad you like the characters! They're fun to write cause I don't get so-and-so is out of character. Which is okay, because I prefer for them to be in character, but I get a lot of freedom writing originals. I really enjoy long reviews I love to respond to them! Now, why does it seem that all of my reviewers talk to themselves? Even I talk to myself. ~What's wrong with talking to yourself?~ Nothing I guess. ~You guess? It's perfectly fine!~ If I say so.
Tiger of the Wind- *stands up, rubs head* Itai! Anyways, I'm glad you like it. I don't like serious author notes, and with the story being mostly serious, I get to be silly there. And it's nice to hear you appreaciate the responses. Not that I mind doing them at all! The voice in my head's name is Neko. I named her. She's mean. I'm done. Hope to hear from you again soon!
Aeyikie- *message recorder beep* Hi, Aeyikie! Hope you get out soon! It took me three years……… *end message* Oh, pixie sticks……… a gift from heaven! Sushi? Did you like it? I've always been curious about sushi. Kami forbid! I hate ice cubes! No! Fine, I'll post it! Are you happy now? Keep up your reviews. I need a good laugh in this!
Quotes that I've missed from people-
'I'll never have to remember you...
I never forgotten about you even for a day'
'Yesterdays healed wounds are today's deeply opened ones.'
Both provided by San-chan. Lovely, San-chan.
Not sure what this has to do with the story, but I sorta like it. I think.
'Make love, not war. That's why we have AIDS...'
Provided by shadow wraith and written by Clayton
Please review! Thank you! And don't hesitate to correct anything that is weird.
