Who I am notes

Who I am

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an Inuyasha fanfiction

by

mkh2

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~Who I am~

A love story in three parts:

The hanyou

The youkai

The ningen

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Disclaimer: This will go for the entire fic: I have not, nor probably ever will, own Inuyasha. I am simply borrowing the characters, for lack of a better term, and will give them back when I am done with them.

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I know I'm supposed to be working on "Hey! What's with the growling?" and "Vegeta ½", and adding pieces to my "Inuyasha and the Drive Thru of Doom", but this popped in my head and I just had to write it out. I wrote the first chapter on paper as soon as I sat down last night from 12:32 a.m. - 1:32 a.m., which was just after Inuyasha ended. For lack of a better name, I have called this fic "Who I am."

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Terms used for chapter parts:

Hanyou – in Inuyasha's world, it generally refers to children born of the union of a human and a youkai. See youkai for more explanation.

Ningen – the Japanese term for human.

Youkai – demon, though not necessarily in the Christian sense – the ones most similar to the Christian term would include all spirit possessions and the occasional vengeful spirit, such as the spirit of the bear youkai that Sango and other Taijiya had killed in one episode and was not properly put to rest.

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Other terms generally used/probably will be used:

Goshinboku – the sacred "God Tree" that Inuyasha was pinned to for fifty years by Kikyo

Kaze no Kizu – Cutting Wind, or as in dub version, the Wind Scar

Kitsune – literally fox, but it also used for a short version of kitsune youkai – fox demon

Ofuda – often used successfully by Miroku in banishing, weakening, or freezing spirits, they are less successful when used Kagome's grandfather on Inuyasha

Oswurai – the Japanese word for 'sit', addressed solely to dogs and as more as a means to tell them to calm down; it is never used when asking a person to sit down or take a seat

Shakujo – Miroku's holy staff, typical of Buddhist priests

Shikon no Tama – the Jewel of Four Souls, as described in the manga; other meanings include the Jewel of Death

Shikon no kakera – fragments of the Jewel of Four Souls

Tetsusaiga – the sword forged from his father's fang that Inuyasha uses.