Disclaimer: . . .
AN: Well, I'd like to thank the Academy Awards for this honor. *holds up award* I'd
also like to thank all the little people under me for lifting me up on their unimportant
shoulders *wakes up* Aww. . . Oh well. This chapter is for Lunatic Pandora 1's review. I
love to make OOC stories. ^-^ Now to this product of boredom and encouraging reviews.
~ ^-^ ~
"You're half cat demon?"
". . .Yes."
"Looks like I'm not the only half breed in the family eh?"
"Shut up Inuyasha."
"Make me. It's not you're gonna kill me."
"Oh really? I have ways of making you silent."
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah."
"Well bring it on girl!"
Sesshoumaru charged at him but stopped dead in his tracks as he heard the last word.
Girl.
They always called him a girl.
Why?
It wasn't his fault he looked feminine.
It wasn't.
He didn't choose to look like this.
He looked like this because he was half cat demon.
He didn't think he looked like a female.
But everyone else seemed to.
How dare the filthy hanyou call him that hated name?!
At the moment, Sesshoumaru would want nothing more but to slice off his brother's
head.
But he was well aware of the consequences, certain death.
The only thing to keep him from doing that was for Inuyasha to leave.
"Go away," Sesshoumaru calmly stated.
"Why should I?!"
"GO AWAY YOU LITTLE BASTARD!"
A ray of moonlight beamed through the window and Inuyasha saw a single tear shimmer
as it made its way down his brother's face.
He'd obviously opened an old wound.
He wasn't used to his brother being so open with his feelings and the thought actually
kinda scared him.
Inuyasha decided the best thing to do was to leave.
He exited, resembling somewhat a kicked puppy. (I've never kicked a puppy but I seen a
man do it a lot. I asked him could I have the puppy and he said no. Then I said I'd report
animal abuse if he kept doing it. He's still good to the dog now. ^-^ I helped a puppy.)
He wanted to befriend his brother but he kicked him out.
What did he do?
"Fine, I don't care. I don't need him."
As the sun rose over the horizon, Inuyasha was preparing himself to leave.
He had awakened all of his friends and was now forcing them to leave with him.
They were about ten feet away from the castle when Inuyasha noticed Sesshoumaru, Rin,
and Jaken were following them.
"What do you want?"
"I've already stated that I was going to follow you."
"And those two?"
"They follow me."
"You're not comin."
"Yes I am, besides you know you really want me to come with you."
"Feh."
"Keh."
"Humph."
"Humph."
"Humph."
"Humph."
"Fine, you can come."
"I knew you'd see it my way."
Jaken and everyone else besides Rin and the two brothers were confused as to what was
going on.
Rin wasn't paying any attention to the two but was instead picking flowers.
Inuyasha snorted.
"But I'm still the leader."
"Who says? I'm your leader now."
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah! What makes you the leader?!"
"The fact that I'm bigger and older than you."
"Well I'm more powerful!"
"Oh really?"
"Yeah, really!"
"Prove it."
"I will!"
Inuyasha tried to pounce on Sesshoumaru, conveniently forgetting his brother's cat-like
speed.
Sesshoumaru moved about an inch away and Inuyasha landed head first into the ground.
"As I said little brother," Sesshoumaru said as he pet the hanyou's head, "I am the leader
now."
"I don't think we ever had a leader in the beginning," Miroku said.
"Me neither," Sango said as she removed his hand from her butt and slapped him.
~ ^-^ ~
The group walked on.
They'd been walking for a good two hours now.
All except Shippo, Kagome, and Rin.
Jaken was forced to carry Rin all the way and Shippo had hitched a ride on Miroku's
shoulder.
Kagome rode her bike.
"What's the whole point of this 'quest'? What are we supposedly doing?" Sesshoumaru
asked, feeling bored with the whole thing already.
"We're looking for the shards of the Shikon Jewel and to kill Naraku," Miroku explained.
Sesshoumaru stopped in his tracks.
"Did you say the Shikon Jewel?"
"Yes. Why? What's wrong?"
". . .Midoriko," he whispered as his knees collapsed and he fell into the soft grass.
He looked up into the sky and sighed.
"The Jewel of Four Souls."
"Care to explain?" Inuyasha huffed.
At this rate, they'll never get anywhere.
Sesshoumaru would be holding them back.
"Well. . ."
Flashback:
Thirty years after Midoriko had pinned him to the cave wall, she had returned to him.
She was only three when they met and what happened constantly plagued her memories.
(He was probably around eighteen. Youkai live longer than humans remember.)
She had to go back.
'I wonder if he still remembers. I wonder if he still hates me.'
She removed the arrow from his chest and he instantly was awakened.
He hadn't aged and he remembered everything, even her scent.
"Midoriko! You-"
"Sesshoumaru I'm sorry!"
She cried into his chest.
"I'm sorry."
He petted her in return.
"It's okay."
"It's not."
"Don't worry about it."
". . .Okay."
"Friends?"
"Friends."
"Good. I gotta go home now."
He ran towards his home.
His father was in the garden holding a bundle of something.
Sesshoumaru grabbed his father's leg and cried into it.
"Daddy!"
His father looked surprised at first but then recognized his scent.
"Sesshoumaru."
"What's that?"
"It's. . . your new baby brother."
His mother had been replaced.
HE had been replaced.
How could his father get a new family like his old one meant nothing?
He would hate his entire family.
Another thirty years passed.
Midoriko was still alive, in her sixties, protecting her village from evil youkai.
Sesshoumaru decided to pay her a visit.
When he got there, she had fought three powerful youkai.
He was too late to save her, she'd already killed them.
But she had taken too much damage.
She used the last of her power to create the Shikon Jewel.
And he'd given her most of his soul to do it.
"Take this- to the village of slayers. Tell-tell them to protect it and never let it fall into the
hands of evil."
"I will."
He laid her in his lap.
"It will grant a wish to whomever possess it. That's why a youkai must never have it, not
even you."
She died in his arms.
He was going to fulfill her dying wishes.
He ran into the deep of the forest.
End of flashback.
"The shards of the jewel are possessed by demons right?"
Inuyasha nodded.
"Well then we shall hunt them down and kill them."
The group moved on.
A few hours later, they neared a waterfall.
They saw a girl climb out of the river.
She had a fuzzy lavender towel wrapped around her.
"Midoriko!"
She looked exactly like her, well not exactly.
Her hair was short and her skin was darker, in fact she was darker than anyone he'd ever
seen.
But he was sure it was her.
~ ^-^ ~
Well I know I shouldn't made this a cliffy. But I had to make sure you'd read the next
chapter. ^-^ Well review please. I'd really appreciate if you would.
AN: Well, I'd like to thank the Academy Awards for this honor. *holds up award* I'd
also like to thank all the little people under me for lifting me up on their unimportant
shoulders *wakes up* Aww. . . Oh well. This chapter is for Lunatic Pandora 1's review. I
love to make OOC stories. ^-^ Now to this product of boredom and encouraging reviews.
~ ^-^ ~
"You're half cat demon?"
". . .Yes."
"Looks like I'm not the only half breed in the family eh?"
"Shut up Inuyasha."
"Make me. It's not you're gonna kill me."
"Oh really? I have ways of making you silent."
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah."
"Well bring it on girl!"
Sesshoumaru charged at him but stopped dead in his tracks as he heard the last word.
Girl.
They always called him a girl.
Why?
It wasn't his fault he looked feminine.
It wasn't.
He didn't choose to look like this.
He looked like this because he was half cat demon.
He didn't think he looked like a female.
But everyone else seemed to.
How dare the filthy hanyou call him that hated name?!
At the moment, Sesshoumaru would want nothing more but to slice off his brother's
head.
But he was well aware of the consequences, certain death.
The only thing to keep him from doing that was for Inuyasha to leave.
"Go away," Sesshoumaru calmly stated.
"Why should I?!"
"GO AWAY YOU LITTLE BASTARD!"
A ray of moonlight beamed through the window and Inuyasha saw a single tear shimmer
as it made its way down his brother's face.
He'd obviously opened an old wound.
He wasn't used to his brother being so open with his feelings and the thought actually
kinda scared him.
Inuyasha decided the best thing to do was to leave.
He exited, resembling somewhat a kicked puppy. (I've never kicked a puppy but I seen a
man do it a lot. I asked him could I have the puppy and he said no. Then I said I'd report
animal abuse if he kept doing it. He's still good to the dog now. ^-^ I helped a puppy.)
He wanted to befriend his brother but he kicked him out.
What did he do?
"Fine, I don't care. I don't need him."
As the sun rose over the horizon, Inuyasha was preparing himself to leave.
He had awakened all of his friends and was now forcing them to leave with him.
They were about ten feet away from the castle when Inuyasha noticed Sesshoumaru, Rin,
and Jaken were following them.
"What do you want?"
"I've already stated that I was going to follow you."
"And those two?"
"They follow me."
"You're not comin."
"Yes I am, besides you know you really want me to come with you."
"Feh."
"Keh."
"Humph."
"Humph."
"Humph."
"Humph."
"Fine, you can come."
"I knew you'd see it my way."
Jaken and everyone else besides Rin and the two brothers were confused as to what was
going on.
Rin wasn't paying any attention to the two but was instead picking flowers.
Inuyasha snorted.
"But I'm still the leader."
"Who says? I'm your leader now."
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah! What makes you the leader?!"
"The fact that I'm bigger and older than you."
"Well I'm more powerful!"
"Oh really?"
"Yeah, really!"
"Prove it."
"I will!"
Inuyasha tried to pounce on Sesshoumaru, conveniently forgetting his brother's cat-like
speed.
Sesshoumaru moved about an inch away and Inuyasha landed head first into the ground.
"As I said little brother," Sesshoumaru said as he pet the hanyou's head, "I am the leader
now."
"I don't think we ever had a leader in the beginning," Miroku said.
"Me neither," Sango said as she removed his hand from her butt and slapped him.
~ ^-^ ~
The group walked on.
They'd been walking for a good two hours now.
All except Shippo, Kagome, and Rin.
Jaken was forced to carry Rin all the way and Shippo had hitched a ride on Miroku's
shoulder.
Kagome rode her bike.
"What's the whole point of this 'quest'? What are we supposedly doing?" Sesshoumaru
asked, feeling bored with the whole thing already.
"We're looking for the shards of the Shikon Jewel and to kill Naraku," Miroku explained.
Sesshoumaru stopped in his tracks.
"Did you say the Shikon Jewel?"
"Yes. Why? What's wrong?"
". . .Midoriko," he whispered as his knees collapsed and he fell into the soft grass.
He looked up into the sky and sighed.
"The Jewel of Four Souls."
"Care to explain?" Inuyasha huffed.
At this rate, they'll never get anywhere.
Sesshoumaru would be holding them back.
"Well. . ."
Flashback:
Thirty years after Midoriko had pinned him to the cave wall, she had returned to him.
She was only three when they met and what happened constantly plagued her memories.
(He was probably around eighteen. Youkai live longer than humans remember.)
She had to go back.
'I wonder if he still remembers. I wonder if he still hates me.'
She removed the arrow from his chest and he instantly was awakened.
He hadn't aged and he remembered everything, even her scent.
"Midoriko! You-"
"Sesshoumaru I'm sorry!"
She cried into his chest.
"I'm sorry."
He petted her in return.
"It's okay."
"It's not."
"Don't worry about it."
". . .Okay."
"Friends?"
"Friends."
"Good. I gotta go home now."
He ran towards his home.
His father was in the garden holding a bundle of something.
Sesshoumaru grabbed his father's leg and cried into it.
"Daddy!"
His father looked surprised at first but then recognized his scent.
"Sesshoumaru."
"What's that?"
"It's. . . your new baby brother."
His mother had been replaced.
HE had been replaced.
How could his father get a new family like his old one meant nothing?
He would hate his entire family.
Another thirty years passed.
Midoriko was still alive, in her sixties, protecting her village from evil youkai.
Sesshoumaru decided to pay her a visit.
When he got there, she had fought three powerful youkai.
He was too late to save her, she'd already killed them.
But she had taken too much damage.
She used the last of her power to create the Shikon Jewel.
And he'd given her most of his soul to do it.
"Take this- to the village of slayers. Tell-tell them to protect it and never let it fall into the
hands of evil."
"I will."
He laid her in his lap.
"It will grant a wish to whomever possess it. That's why a youkai must never have it, not
even you."
She died in his arms.
He was going to fulfill her dying wishes.
He ran into the deep of the forest.
End of flashback.
"The shards of the jewel are possessed by demons right?"
Inuyasha nodded.
"Well then we shall hunt them down and kill them."
The group moved on.
A few hours later, they neared a waterfall.
They saw a girl climb out of the river.
She had a fuzzy lavender towel wrapped around her.
"Midoriko!"
She looked exactly like her, well not exactly.
Her hair was short and her skin was darker, in fact she was darker than anyone he'd ever
seen.
But he was sure it was her.
~ ^-^ ~
Well I know I shouldn't made this a cliffy. But I had to make sure you'd read the next
chapter. ^-^ Well review please. I'd really appreciate if you would.