*I don't own anything from InuYasha, exept my original characters, and I
also don't own any of the songs used in the story.*
InuYasha: A Spirit Lives On
Chapter One : A Girl With a Dream
The dismissal bell jerked Akiko back to reality. "That's the third time thats happened," a voice to the side of her said. "Shut up Shin," she snapped, a little perplexed that her thoughts were interrupted. "Well sawwwrry!" he said sarcastically. Akiko ingnored Shin, gathered up her books and headed out the classroom door. She was greeted by her best friend Harumi's voice. "Hey! Are you going to be on the message boards tonight?" she asked. "Yea, of course," Akiko said. Harumi was one of the only people she could be nice to, much less tolerate. "That last poem you submitted as a thread has caused a huge debate on what it means," Harumi said. Akiko smiled to herself. She loved writing poems, and was actually good at it. The last poem she had written was an eight-five line poem about one of her favorite things - InuYasha. "Well, I have to go," Akiko said, "I'll catch up with you later." As she stepped out of the school building, her smile faded. Again she was feeling the pain, the pain she felt when she was alone. She felt so alone and unloved. Every guy she cared for ended up breaking her heart. She longed to have a romance like InuYasha's and Kagome's, one that was destiny. She sighed, reached into her backpack, and pulled out her CD player. She put the headphones over her ears and hit the play button. She scanned through the tracks until she hit track number five. She let her thoughts drift as the eerie music pounded into her head. "Long lost words whisper slowly to me, still can't find what keeps me here, when all this time I've been so alone, inside, I know your still there..." She clipped the player onto her uniform skirt and walked on.
She reached her house in a matter of minutes. As she walked through the front door, she called into the silence, "Is anyone home?" No answer. 'Hmmm, guess not,' she thought. She went up the stairs up to her room and pulled her favorite outfit out of a drawer. She took off her uniform and hung it up in the closet. She pulled on her red tank top and black pants, and then slipped on her red and black striped fingerless gloves. She loved dressing like the lead singer of her favorite band, Evanescence. She looked up to Amy Lee for her vocal talents and hoped one day to sing in a rock band also. She grabbed her head phones, went down the stairs, and out the back door. She headed towards the field beyond the fence in her backyard.
She wandered through the field for a while, listening to her Evanescence CD. "Going under, Drowning in you, Falling forever, I've got to break through, I'm going under..." She loved listening to the whole CD, but enjoyed listening to her favorite track even more. It was such a peaceful day. There was a gentle breeze and it was cool for that time of year. Strands of her long dark brown hair swayed in the wind. Once again she got that feeling of loneliness. Then she suddenly realized there was a dark cloud heading her way. She had been completely engulfed in her thoughts. 'It's not supposed to rain today!' she thought, 'at least, that's what my mom said...' A bolt of lightning struct not even two feet from her. She felt the intense heat radiating off the bolt. She dashed across the field, half terrified and half relieved that it didn't strike her. She froze when an unfamiliar building on the edge of the forest, caught her eye. 'Hold on! How long has that been there?' she thought, 'it looks like some kind of temple.' Not questioning why it was there or what it was for, she dashed inside to escape the storm. The temple was colored red with gold borders. Every inch of that place seemed to shimmer. There was a fire lit in the center of the room. She took off her headphones and laid them around her neck. "Hello? Is anyone here?" she asked. She looked around at the walls. There were no other doors besides the one she came in. 'Wait a minute'! she thought as she noticed another door, 'that wasn't there a minute ago!' She walked up to the door. It was red like the rest of the room, but it was embroidered by gold dragons. 'Should I go in? What have I got to lose?' she hesistated, 'well maybe my life...no! I won't let my fear get in the way of this!' Before her hand touched the door, she felt another feeling, one that told her something could heal her loneliness. With that she opened the door and stepped inside. It was a long cavern lit by lanterns. She walked down the long, damp corridor for what seemed like an hour. Suddenly she heard a strange garbling noise. She turned suddenly to face a grotesque spider youkai. "What the heck!" she screamed. She turned and ran down the corridor as fast as she could, but the spider stayed in close range. Panting and running out of energy way too quickly, she had to stop to catch her breath. 'Great! I'm done for and I haven't even made it to the end of this pathway!' she thought. Suddenly she heard a shriek, and turned aroung to see the youkai fall to the ground, split in two. She turned to what she hoped was her rescuer, and not an even bigger youkai. She saw whatever it was, standing in the shadows. "Dammit! Why do these pests keep coming back?" it said. He stepped out of the shadows. Akiko couldn't believe her eyes. Standing in front of her was a live dog hanyou. "Why are you looking at me like that? And who are you?" he asked. "Ummm.." she replied. "Spit it out!" he snapped, "Listen, we don't have time for a real formal introduction if you want to get out of here alive!" "I'm Akiko. Akiko Kasaya!" she replied. "And I'm Toshiro, now let's move!" he said, grabbing her hand and taking off running. Akiko started to blush. 'Why am I blushing? I have no reason to be blushing!' she thought. 'I don't know who this girl is, but she's kinda cute......Wait! Why am I thinking this? I shouldn't be thinking this!' Toshiro thought. The light at the end of the corridor jerked both of their attentions from their thoughts. The opening led to an open field. Beyond the field was a small house along some rice patties. Toshiro led Akiko across the field and into the house. Now that they had been in full sunlight, Akiko could see that Toshiro had long black hair and short, black dog ears. 'Just like InuYasha!' she thought. "Emiko! I'm back!" Toshiro called. "Hold on! I'm almost done with our dinner!" she called back to him from a room in the back of the house. "Better make it go three ways!" Toshiro said. "Excuse me?!?!" Emiko said. "Yea, you heard me! We have company!" he replied, "I found her wandering around in the corridor!" "What's with all the yelling?" a voice said. An elderly woman walked out of one of the rooms. "Oh, sorry Mrs. Yaeko!" Emiko said, "We didn't mean to wake you!" "Oh well...." Mrs. Yaeko said, "Better get up anyway." "Emiko, Mrs. Yaeko," Toshiro started, "This is Akiko Kasaya." "Hello Akiko," Emiko said, "I'm Toshiro's sister." "And I'm both Emiko and Toshiro's grandmother," Mrs. Yaeko said. While Emiko was talking to Akiko, Mrs. Yaeka leaned toward Toshiro and whispered, "How did she get here?" "She got in the corridor somehow," Toshiro replied. "The corridor? The one that leads to a dead end? How is that possible? The only exit is the entrance!" she asked. "I'm not sure," he replied. "And she is for sure not from around here!" Mrs. Yaeko said, pointing out what she thought was bizzare clothing, Akiko's red and black outfit, "And what is that device hanging around her neck? What if she's bad news?" "I just don't know," Toshiro said as he walked up to Akiko and started to speak to her. Emiko walked up to Mrs. Yaeko. "Now don't go around accusing what could be innocent person just because she's unfamiliar," Emiko said to Mrs. Yaeko, giving her the stink eye.
"You're from future Japan?!" Toshiro asked Akiko in disbelief. Akiko had explained her story to to them. 'Could she be.....no it can't be!' Emiko thought. "I guess you'll be bunking with us for a while," Mrs. Yaeka said with a smile. 'This has to be her...' Mrs. Yaeka thought, 'the girl with...' Toshiro interrupted by asking Akiko why she decided to go down the corridor. "I don't really know....I was kind of drawn to it," Akiko replied. Of course she didn't metion the feeling she had, that feeling of loneliness, that had driven her to go. Akiko stared past Toshiro. "Something the matter?" he asked. "Oh it's nothing," she replied. "It's getting kinda late, don't you think?" Emiko asked, "Akiko, I'll make you a pallet to sleep on," Emiko said. "Thank you," Akiko said, bowing her head. "You dont have to be so formal," Toshiro said. "If you say so," Akiko said.
Everything in the room was still. Akiko woke up from a dream she couldn't recall, and looked around the room. She noticed Emiko was awake and staring off into space. "Emiko? Something the matter?" Akiko asked. "Huh?" Emiko said, startled by her voice, "I was just thinking about Toshiro. He's had it pretty rough, too. His parents....when they had him....they rejected him and refused to care for him." "Oh, how sad...." Akiko said, "But why?" "He's not like average hanyou, he was born to human parents," Emiko said. "How is that possible?" Akiko asked. "And he's not just any hanyou either," Emiko said.
*Look for Chapter Two : Toshiro's True Identity
InuYasha: A Spirit Lives On
Chapter One : A Girl With a Dream
The dismissal bell jerked Akiko back to reality. "That's the third time thats happened," a voice to the side of her said. "Shut up Shin," she snapped, a little perplexed that her thoughts were interrupted. "Well sawwwrry!" he said sarcastically. Akiko ingnored Shin, gathered up her books and headed out the classroom door. She was greeted by her best friend Harumi's voice. "Hey! Are you going to be on the message boards tonight?" she asked. "Yea, of course," Akiko said. Harumi was one of the only people she could be nice to, much less tolerate. "That last poem you submitted as a thread has caused a huge debate on what it means," Harumi said. Akiko smiled to herself. She loved writing poems, and was actually good at it. The last poem she had written was an eight-five line poem about one of her favorite things - InuYasha. "Well, I have to go," Akiko said, "I'll catch up with you later." As she stepped out of the school building, her smile faded. Again she was feeling the pain, the pain she felt when she was alone. She felt so alone and unloved. Every guy she cared for ended up breaking her heart. She longed to have a romance like InuYasha's and Kagome's, one that was destiny. She sighed, reached into her backpack, and pulled out her CD player. She put the headphones over her ears and hit the play button. She scanned through the tracks until she hit track number five. She let her thoughts drift as the eerie music pounded into her head. "Long lost words whisper slowly to me, still can't find what keeps me here, when all this time I've been so alone, inside, I know your still there..." She clipped the player onto her uniform skirt and walked on.
She reached her house in a matter of minutes. As she walked through the front door, she called into the silence, "Is anyone home?" No answer. 'Hmmm, guess not,' she thought. She went up the stairs up to her room and pulled her favorite outfit out of a drawer. She took off her uniform and hung it up in the closet. She pulled on her red tank top and black pants, and then slipped on her red and black striped fingerless gloves. She loved dressing like the lead singer of her favorite band, Evanescence. She looked up to Amy Lee for her vocal talents and hoped one day to sing in a rock band also. She grabbed her head phones, went down the stairs, and out the back door. She headed towards the field beyond the fence in her backyard.
She wandered through the field for a while, listening to her Evanescence CD. "Going under, Drowning in you, Falling forever, I've got to break through, I'm going under..." She loved listening to the whole CD, but enjoyed listening to her favorite track even more. It was such a peaceful day. There was a gentle breeze and it was cool for that time of year. Strands of her long dark brown hair swayed in the wind. Once again she got that feeling of loneliness. Then she suddenly realized there was a dark cloud heading her way. She had been completely engulfed in her thoughts. 'It's not supposed to rain today!' she thought, 'at least, that's what my mom said...' A bolt of lightning struct not even two feet from her. She felt the intense heat radiating off the bolt. She dashed across the field, half terrified and half relieved that it didn't strike her. She froze when an unfamiliar building on the edge of the forest, caught her eye. 'Hold on! How long has that been there?' she thought, 'it looks like some kind of temple.' Not questioning why it was there or what it was for, she dashed inside to escape the storm. The temple was colored red with gold borders. Every inch of that place seemed to shimmer. There was a fire lit in the center of the room. She took off her headphones and laid them around her neck. "Hello? Is anyone here?" she asked. She looked around at the walls. There were no other doors besides the one she came in. 'Wait a minute'! she thought as she noticed another door, 'that wasn't there a minute ago!' She walked up to the door. It was red like the rest of the room, but it was embroidered by gold dragons. 'Should I go in? What have I got to lose?' she hesistated, 'well maybe my life...no! I won't let my fear get in the way of this!' Before her hand touched the door, she felt another feeling, one that told her something could heal her loneliness. With that she opened the door and stepped inside. It was a long cavern lit by lanterns. She walked down the long, damp corridor for what seemed like an hour. Suddenly she heard a strange garbling noise. She turned suddenly to face a grotesque spider youkai. "What the heck!" she screamed. She turned and ran down the corridor as fast as she could, but the spider stayed in close range. Panting and running out of energy way too quickly, she had to stop to catch her breath. 'Great! I'm done for and I haven't even made it to the end of this pathway!' she thought. Suddenly she heard a shriek, and turned aroung to see the youkai fall to the ground, split in two. She turned to what she hoped was her rescuer, and not an even bigger youkai. She saw whatever it was, standing in the shadows. "Dammit! Why do these pests keep coming back?" it said. He stepped out of the shadows. Akiko couldn't believe her eyes. Standing in front of her was a live dog hanyou. "Why are you looking at me like that? And who are you?" he asked. "Ummm.." she replied. "Spit it out!" he snapped, "Listen, we don't have time for a real formal introduction if you want to get out of here alive!" "I'm Akiko. Akiko Kasaya!" she replied. "And I'm Toshiro, now let's move!" he said, grabbing her hand and taking off running. Akiko started to blush. 'Why am I blushing? I have no reason to be blushing!' she thought. 'I don't know who this girl is, but she's kinda cute......Wait! Why am I thinking this? I shouldn't be thinking this!' Toshiro thought. The light at the end of the corridor jerked both of their attentions from their thoughts. The opening led to an open field. Beyond the field was a small house along some rice patties. Toshiro led Akiko across the field and into the house. Now that they had been in full sunlight, Akiko could see that Toshiro had long black hair and short, black dog ears. 'Just like InuYasha!' she thought. "Emiko! I'm back!" Toshiro called. "Hold on! I'm almost done with our dinner!" she called back to him from a room in the back of the house. "Better make it go three ways!" Toshiro said. "Excuse me?!?!" Emiko said. "Yea, you heard me! We have company!" he replied, "I found her wandering around in the corridor!" "What's with all the yelling?" a voice said. An elderly woman walked out of one of the rooms. "Oh, sorry Mrs. Yaeko!" Emiko said, "We didn't mean to wake you!" "Oh well...." Mrs. Yaeko said, "Better get up anyway." "Emiko, Mrs. Yaeko," Toshiro started, "This is Akiko Kasaya." "Hello Akiko," Emiko said, "I'm Toshiro's sister." "And I'm both Emiko and Toshiro's grandmother," Mrs. Yaeko said. While Emiko was talking to Akiko, Mrs. Yaeka leaned toward Toshiro and whispered, "How did she get here?" "She got in the corridor somehow," Toshiro replied. "The corridor? The one that leads to a dead end? How is that possible? The only exit is the entrance!" she asked. "I'm not sure," he replied. "And she is for sure not from around here!" Mrs. Yaeko said, pointing out what she thought was bizzare clothing, Akiko's red and black outfit, "And what is that device hanging around her neck? What if she's bad news?" "I just don't know," Toshiro said as he walked up to Akiko and started to speak to her. Emiko walked up to Mrs. Yaeko. "Now don't go around accusing what could be innocent person just because she's unfamiliar," Emiko said to Mrs. Yaeko, giving her the stink eye.
"You're from future Japan?!" Toshiro asked Akiko in disbelief. Akiko had explained her story to to them. 'Could she be.....no it can't be!' Emiko thought. "I guess you'll be bunking with us for a while," Mrs. Yaeka said with a smile. 'This has to be her...' Mrs. Yaeka thought, 'the girl with...' Toshiro interrupted by asking Akiko why she decided to go down the corridor. "I don't really know....I was kind of drawn to it," Akiko replied. Of course she didn't metion the feeling she had, that feeling of loneliness, that had driven her to go. Akiko stared past Toshiro. "Something the matter?" he asked. "Oh it's nothing," she replied. "It's getting kinda late, don't you think?" Emiko asked, "Akiko, I'll make you a pallet to sleep on," Emiko said. "Thank you," Akiko said, bowing her head. "You dont have to be so formal," Toshiro said. "If you say so," Akiko said.
Everything in the room was still. Akiko woke up from a dream she couldn't recall, and looked around the room. She noticed Emiko was awake and staring off into space. "Emiko? Something the matter?" Akiko asked. "Huh?" Emiko said, startled by her voice, "I was just thinking about Toshiro. He's had it pretty rough, too. His parents....when they had him....they rejected him and refused to care for him." "Oh, how sad...." Akiko said, "But why?" "He's not like average hanyou, he was born to human parents," Emiko said. "How is that possible?" Akiko asked. "And he's not just any hanyou either," Emiko said.
*Look for Chapter Two : Toshiro's True Identity
