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"Families are like brownies; sweet with a few nuts."
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Chapter 3: Lord of the Western Lands
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There was a beautiful castle deep in the western lands of Japan. That was where a great white dog demon resided. He had killed the lord and all of his people in order to acquire the mansion, but it was okay with him. He claimed the whole western lands as his domain and defeated all of his enemies. Then one day he changed. After the birth of his first son Sesshomaru, he went into training under the Top Dog Aka Shicho and thus adapted to the man's teachings and belief that "love is the greatest sword."
He started befriending humans. But his current wife, a poisonous demon didn't like that. She went to him in a horrible rage and shouted, "I can not be with a demon who thinks of humans as equals! If you love me, you will drop Shicho's silly ideas and come home!"
But the dog demon had had it with her, and turned away from her. Not only did she leave, but she left her son Sesshomaru with him. Sesshomaru, who had loved his mother greatly, mourned for days and was filled with disgust at how quickly his beautiful mother was replaced by his father's new human mate. He ran away to build up an emotional dam in his heart so that he would never feel love again.
His father was sad that he left, but he knew that if he tried to retrieve him, Sesshomaru would only reject him further. So instead when he made out his will, he decided to give him a lesson that only a top dog could give. Sesshomaru was more then likely going to grow up cold and self loathing, killing whoever he wanted whenever he wanted, taking no mercy even with children and the elderly. So in his will, he asked for a sword to be made for Sesshomaru, it would be kept in Shicho's care until Sesshomaru came and received full training from him. The sword would be a necromantic sword, meaning that it didn't kill but healed. This sword he named Tensaiga.
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One bright and beautiful afternoon in the western lands, a group of people stood near the great castle of the dog demon. The lord dog demon had left in order to meet some new people on the other side of the town. The people around his castle were the demons of the Dog demon's court. The children of these rich demons played ball while their parents engaged in light conversation.
A pair of golden eye peaked out of the bushes at them. The kids looked happy out there, playing together under the warm sun that noon. Running and laughing, like friendly good children do. The ball was passed to a kid and he kicked too far. A cute little hanyo hopped out of the bushes, he was about five or six years old with a little red kimono, long silver hair, and an innocent smile on his little chibi face. He was Inu Yasha.
The ball bounced over a bridge in the garden and the little Inu Yasha ran to retrieve the ball for the kids. He picked up the ball and turned around to see the children running to their parents. The parents gave him a disgusted look and started to walk away with their children. Inu Yasha's ears twitched as he heard one of them mutter, "Stupid hanyo."
Inu Yasha blinked innocently. The sun was setting on the quiet and lonely garden. "Hanyo?" he asked himself out loud.
"Inu Yasha!"
He turned and saw his mother standing on the other side of the garden. She was able to smile upon him without fear or disgust. Inu Yasha dropped the ball and ran over to her. He hugged and looked up at her questioningly, "Mother, what's a hanyo?" he asked.
She smiled down at him then her eyes began to line with tears. Now Inu Yasha was REALLY confused! Why was she crying? Did he do something bad? She sat with him by the water and hugged him. "Inu Yasha," she said.
He looked up at her. She still looked really sad, but somehow was able to smile. "Inu Yasha, you're so young and innocent. Don't ever lose your love- and never let anyone put you down."
Salty trails of silent tears fell from her eyes. He still didn't understand, but didn't want to say anything more to make her cry, so he cautiously agreed with her. "Yes, Mother."
They sat there together for a while until the moon was high and full, and Inu Yasha had fallen fast asleep. His mother took him in her arms and tried to carry him to his room without waking him. She laid him on his mat and covered him with a soft blanket. She patted the mat for good health, then kissed his forehead. "Good night, Inu Yasha." She said.
Then in the blink of an eye, Inu Yasha's world changed forever.
CRASH!
A giant demonic hand burst through the wooden walls of his room instantly waking him up. His mother screamed and the evil hand of the demon wrapped its clawed fingers out of the mansion.
"MOTHER!" Inu Yasha looked up out of the gaping hole in his wall/roof and gasped. A demon as large if not larger then his father in full demon form loomed above, holding his mother in its cruel grip.
She looked down at Inu Yasha eyes filled with terror. "INU YASHA!" she screamed right before the demon broke her spine in half. The crack of bones echoed in his little puppy ears, the smell of her death forever stained his nostrils, and his eyes beheld in memory the face of his dead mother.
The demon tossed her back down into the room smashing more of the roof and mangling her body even more then it already was. Blood drenched the destroyed wall and some of it even landed on Inu Yasha. He wrenched at the strong smell of blood she emitted.
Then the demon laughed in a devilish cackle. "You're next, pup!" his hand came down at him, but Inu Yasha ran. He ran as fast as his little legs could carry him. He looked behind him to see the demon coming up on him fast. Then he tripped and hit his head on a rock. The demon looked down at his unconscious body and said, "Stupid child, I shall devour you and your mother!" he was just about to kill him when the demon caught the scent of a creature coming up fast. It was the dog demon!
The evil demon forgot about Inu Yasha and retreated. The dog demon had come running as soon as he had smelt the blood of his mate. He entered Inu Yasha's room to find her just as the demon left her. But where was his youngest son, Inu Yasha? Then he saw something on the floor beside his dead wife that angered him even more so then he already was. A torn piece of Inu Yasha's kimono lie in the puddle of blood.
The dog demon was overcome with rage and immeadiately began tracking his scent so that he could deliver the revenge his kind hearted wife and pure hearted son deserved.
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Inu Yasha woke up. He had no idea how long he had been out, but his head pounded unmercifully. He reached up and felt the almost completely dry blood that had dripped a little from his hair. He stood up unsteadily and realized it was morning. He started to walk home. His mind was so filled with thoughts that he couldn't think them straight. Was what happened last night all a dream? He thought that the demon was about to make him a new example of the words "dog food." And yet there he was, still alive, seeing another sun rise.
He walked toward his home. It was surrounded by the villagers and people of the court. He stayed hidden behind a tree and watched in disbelief. A couple of people carried away the dead body of his mother away on a board, she was covered by a mat but her hand hung over the side and had a trail of dry blood running down the wrist.
"It came out of no where!" some people of the court were talking amongst themselves and Inu Yasha listened in.
"Even I couldn't catch its scent!" one of them exclaimed.
"And in the same night too!" another said.
One ran over to their little huddle and asked, "Where is the lord?"
"Didn't you hear?" one turned to say. "He went after the demon who slew his woman. After a long time of fighting, the lord finally sealed the demon with the last of his power and died within minutes."
The man's words hit Inu Yasha pretty hard. His heart was so broken he didn't know what to do but leave. He knew he couldn't stay, he had no parents, and the people of the court wouldn't have accepted him. So he just left. He didn't know where he was going or what he would do when he got there, but it would have defiantly been better then staying.
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The lord dog demon in a way was not completely dead, he contacted Toutousi, the man who had just finished crafting the Tensaiga. And he said to him, Sir Toutousi, I have died. And though I am here with my wife, I have found that my son is still alive and alone on Earth. Go to my corpse and create another sword from one of my fangs, and when they put my body in it's tomb, have the sword planted inside of me. My tomb will be conjured into Inu Yasha's right eye, and that way I will always be able to protect him.
Toutousi did as he said without question of money out of respect for the old friend. He made the sword and it was conjured into Inu Yasha's eye. The child didn't feel a thing.
Yeah, another angsty chapter. I promise the plot will start making sense soon!
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"Families are like brownies; sweet with a few nuts."
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Chapter 3: Lord of the Western Lands
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There was a beautiful castle deep in the western lands of Japan. That was where a great white dog demon resided. He had killed the lord and all of his people in order to acquire the mansion, but it was okay with him. He claimed the whole western lands as his domain and defeated all of his enemies. Then one day he changed. After the birth of his first son Sesshomaru, he went into training under the Top Dog Aka Shicho and thus adapted to the man's teachings and belief that "love is the greatest sword."
He started befriending humans. But his current wife, a poisonous demon didn't like that. She went to him in a horrible rage and shouted, "I can not be with a demon who thinks of humans as equals! If you love me, you will drop Shicho's silly ideas and come home!"
But the dog demon had had it with her, and turned away from her. Not only did she leave, but she left her son Sesshomaru with him. Sesshomaru, who had loved his mother greatly, mourned for days and was filled with disgust at how quickly his beautiful mother was replaced by his father's new human mate. He ran away to build up an emotional dam in his heart so that he would never feel love again.
His father was sad that he left, but he knew that if he tried to retrieve him, Sesshomaru would only reject him further. So instead when he made out his will, he decided to give him a lesson that only a top dog could give. Sesshomaru was more then likely going to grow up cold and self loathing, killing whoever he wanted whenever he wanted, taking no mercy even with children and the elderly. So in his will, he asked for a sword to be made for Sesshomaru, it would be kept in Shicho's care until Sesshomaru came and received full training from him. The sword would be a necromantic sword, meaning that it didn't kill but healed. This sword he named Tensaiga.
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One bright and beautiful afternoon in the western lands, a group of people stood near the great castle of the dog demon. The lord dog demon had left in order to meet some new people on the other side of the town. The people around his castle were the demons of the Dog demon's court. The children of these rich demons played ball while their parents engaged in light conversation.
A pair of golden eye peaked out of the bushes at them. The kids looked happy out there, playing together under the warm sun that noon. Running and laughing, like friendly good children do. The ball was passed to a kid and he kicked too far. A cute little hanyo hopped out of the bushes, he was about five or six years old with a little red kimono, long silver hair, and an innocent smile on his little chibi face. He was Inu Yasha.
The ball bounced over a bridge in the garden and the little Inu Yasha ran to retrieve the ball for the kids. He picked up the ball and turned around to see the children running to their parents. The parents gave him a disgusted look and started to walk away with their children. Inu Yasha's ears twitched as he heard one of them mutter, "Stupid hanyo."
Inu Yasha blinked innocently. The sun was setting on the quiet and lonely garden. "Hanyo?" he asked himself out loud.
"Inu Yasha!"
He turned and saw his mother standing on the other side of the garden. She was able to smile upon him without fear or disgust. Inu Yasha dropped the ball and ran over to her. He hugged and looked up at her questioningly, "Mother, what's a hanyo?" he asked.
She smiled down at him then her eyes began to line with tears. Now Inu Yasha was REALLY confused! Why was she crying? Did he do something bad? She sat with him by the water and hugged him. "Inu Yasha," she said.
He looked up at her. She still looked really sad, but somehow was able to smile. "Inu Yasha, you're so young and innocent. Don't ever lose your love- and never let anyone put you down."
Salty trails of silent tears fell from her eyes. He still didn't understand, but didn't want to say anything more to make her cry, so he cautiously agreed with her. "Yes, Mother."
They sat there together for a while until the moon was high and full, and Inu Yasha had fallen fast asleep. His mother took him in her arms and tried to carry him to his room without waking him. She laid him on his mat and covered him with a soft blanket. She patted the mat for good health, then kissed his forehead. "Good night, Inu Yasha." She said.
Then in the blink of an eye, Inu Yasha's world changed forever.
CRASH!
A giant demonic hand burst through the wooden walls of his room instantly waking him up. His mother screamed and the evil hand of the demon wrapped its clawed fingers out of the mansion.
"MOTHER!" Inu Yasha looked up out of the gaping hole in his wall/roof and gasped. A demon as large if not larger then his father in full demon form loomed above, holding his mother in its cruel grip.
She looked down at Inu Yasha eyes filled with terror. "INU YASHA!" she screamed right before the demon broke her spine in half. The crack of bones echoed in his little puppy ears, the smell of her death forever stained his nostrils, and his eyes beheld in memory the face of his dead mother.
The demon tossed her back down into the room smashing more of the roof and mangling her body even more then it already was. Blood drenched the destroyed wall and some of it even landed on Inu Yasha. He wrenched at the strong smell of blood she emitted.
Then the demon laughed in a devilish cackle. "You're next, pup!" his hand came down at him, but Inu Yasha ran. He ran as fast as his little legs could carry him. He looked behind him to see the demon coming up on him fast. Then he tripped and hit his head on a rock. The demon looked down at his unconscious body and said, "Stupid child, I shall devour you and your mother!" he was just about to kill him when the demon caught the scent of a creature coming up fast. It was the dog demon!
The evil demon forgot about Inu Yasha and retreated. The dog demon had come running as soon as he had smelt the blood of his mate. He entered Inu Yasha's room to find her just as the demon left her. But where was his youngest son, Inu Yasha? Then he saw something on the floor beside his dead wife that angered him even more so then he already was. A torn piece of Inu Yasha's kimono lie in the puddle of blood.
The dog demon was overcome with rage and immeadiately began tracking his scent so that he could deliver the revenge his kind hearted wife and pure hearted son deserved.
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Inu Yasha woke up. He had no idea how long he had been out, but his head pounded unmercifully. He reached up and felt the almost completely dry blood that had dripped a little from his hair. He stood up unsteadily and realized it was morning. He started to walk home. His mind was so filled with thoughts that he couldn't think them straight. Was what happened last night all a dream? He thought that the demon was about to make him a new example of the words "dog food." And yet there he was, still alive, seeing another sun rise.
He walked toward his home. It was surrounded by the villagers and people of the court. He stayed hidden behind a tree and watched in disbelief. A couple of people carried away the dead body of his mother away on a board, she was covered by a mat but her hand hung over the side and had a trail of dry blood running down the wrist.
"It came out of no where!" some people of the court were talking amongst themselves and Inu Yasha listened in.
"Even I couldn't catch its scent!" one of them exclaimed.
"And in the same night too!" another said.
One ran over to their little huddle and asked, "Where is the lord?"
"Didn't you hear?" one turned to say. "He went after the demon who slew his woman. After a long time of fighting, the lord finally sealed the demon with the last of his power and died within minutes."
The man's words hit Inu Yasha pretty hard. His heart was so broken he didn't know what to do but leave. He knew he couldn't stay, he had no parents, and the people of the court wouldn't have accepted him. So he just left. He didn't know where he was going or what he would do when he got there, but it would have defiantly been better then staying.
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The lord dog demon in a way was not completely dead, he contacted Toutousi, the man who had just finished crafting the Tensaiga. And he said to him, Sir Toutousi, I have died. And though I am here with my wife, I have found that my son is still alive and alone on Earth. Go to my corpse and create another sword from one of my fangs, and when they put my body in it's tomb, have the sword planted inside of me. My tomb will be conjured into Inu Yasha's right eye, and that way I will always be able to protect him.
Toutousi did as he said without question of money out of respect for the old friend. He made the sword and it was conjured into Inu Yasha's eye. The child didn't feel a thing.
Yeah, another angsty chapter. I promise the plot will start making sense soon!