A father's secret
Chapter 4
Disclaimer : I don't own Inuyasha or the cast, but as I said I do own Kuroki. _______________________________________________________________________
" But how! That's what I want to know." Inuyasha replied.
" It's quite simple Inuyasha, she had taken the potion that I had left. She unlike you, does not have Tetsuaiga to separate both her human and demon blood. I am doing you a favor, brother." Sesshomaru awnsered.
" I see, but how is this a favor to me? That's what I don't understand?" Inuyasha said, calmly.
" You see, with training this full demon form of hers she could be as normal as she was before all of this. If she was a hanyou, you would risk the lives's of many, such as your mate and your self. She could transform into a full demon then, but at what cost? Her control. You, brother have been through this. Remember."
Inuyasha understood, and was calm about this. But he would not let his daughter be taken away from him. Never.
" Sesshomaru, you are not taking her away from me. I will never let you!" Inuyasha said, as he laid his hand down on the tetsuiaga, as if darring Sesshomaru to draw his sword.
" Don't bother draw your sword, I had said to you that I am not here to fight. What part of that do you not understand?.
Inuyasha lowered his hand, leting it fall limply to his side. Growling once more, in fustration. He looked Sesshomaru, once more in the eye and then turned his head away towards the forest.
He then sped off, leaving Sesshomaru standing there. As he ran, he put his nose to the sky to locate his daughters scent.
She wasn't far off, but she was running fast. Faster than even he could. Something wasn't right, he could feel it. She seemed close, but in reality she was miles away .
Kuroki ran, the tree's fading around her, molding, bluring together as her eyes narrowed. She could still feel pain, but it was faint. The pulsing of her flesh had fadded, leaving only her throbbing head to bare.
A stream was near, she could hear the water fall. A comforting sound, to her raddled mind. Everything, her knowledge shattered at that moment as she ran. Nothing was the same. Was she living a lie? She thought bitterly to herself.
Her body, steadily began to raddle. Then errupting in to a fit of shakes sending her plumeding to the ground. It happened fast, she couldn't feel it but knew she had hit the ground. Her body felt numb, for she wasn't used to what she had become.
Her pants, echoed off into the darkness. Comforting her slightly. She was alone . Slowly she tried to get back on her feet. But failed, calapsing backward on to her back. Letting out a cry of pain as she fell.
Her eyes, she found, wondered slowly to the sky as she lay. Reluctantly she turned her head away. As if descraced by herself. Her tears, from only moments before, emirged slowly from her eyes. Down her face, the clear streams fled.
Her face was stained with tears, She couldn't forgive herself for what she had done.
Her words hurt more, than her head at that moment.Slowly she rolled over, curling her fragile form into a ball.. She had found her place, she thought to herself.
She felt now, as if she could just curl up and die. Saddly, she thought. Though she knew she wouldn't die. her body wouldn't let her. It was strong, and wouldn't settle for selfpitty.
But would let her cry herself to sleep, She cried softly into her knees. As her small form lay curled up on the cold hard ground.
She could feel the wind, grazing her sofly. Silence, soon crept upon her. But the sounds of nature still lingered.
Her heart and mind slowly faded, her toubled thoughts no longer plaguing her. She had found peace, at last she thought. But it wouldn't last long, for she was merily asleep.
Inuyasha was a few yards away, he could hear her chest, slowly rising and falling. He knew she was a sleep. He slowly began to walk towards her form.
He removed his kimono, as he stept forward. Slowly he layed it over her, smiling softly at her innocents. A smile graced her lips as he laid it over her, making her stir slightly. It was slightly cold out tonight, but soon its rein would end. The dawn would soon overcome it.
She seemed so inocent when she slept, Inuyasha thought to himself as he smiled. But she forever would be a demoness when she would awaken.
He raised his head, to find a good tree to sleep in. So that he could watch over his daughter. He found it just then, and leaped up into it.
The sun slowly rose over head, its raze shinning violently in Inuyasha's eyes. He mumbled curses under his breath as he sheilded his eyes from it's light.
He felt misserable, as he remembered the night before. It had turned out completly wrong, it honestly wasn't supposed to turn out that way either.
The sound of churping birds filled the forest, he could tell it was early. Everything seemed so refreshed at that moment. He honestly got a better night sleep then he had in years. But still, he hadn't slept in a tree in a long time.
But what happened last night happened, so he would have to let it go. It's not like he could take it all back. He thought to himself as he remembered were he was. Remembering Kuro, was what brought his head back down beneath, instead of in the clouds.
His eyes wondered down, scanning the ground below. To his relief, Kuro was there but awake. She sat there hunched over with her back to the tree were Inuyasha now stood.
Tightly, she grasped the red kimono her father had left as a blanket. With her finger tips she felt the material. She ran her tips slowly up and down the material.
She then raised her head, Inuyasha had excedently snapped a twig on his way down from the tree. The sound echoed off into her ears, Inuyasha cursed silently when he realized she had heard.
" I know your there, dad. She paused as she turned her head forward and then down. The ground at that moment seemed interesting.
Inuyasha was shocked, he thought she wouldn't speak to him. Though she did have time to think things over.
" You've been here the entire night? Haven't you?" She whispered breathlessly. Her eyes were wide with surprise at her last words.
" I have Kuro, I had to stay and protect you. I'm sorry I frightened you before". Inuyasha said as he walked towards his daughter.
He couldn't walk not a step without crunching leaves. The ground was littered with many.
Slowly he took a seat next to her, sitting down in indian style as he usually would. Kuro turned her head to him an smiled softly, as he began to rub her back.
" Don't worry, Kuro. Your mother already knows about the two of us." He said softly to his daughter, returning her smile.
" Why didn't you tell me long ago? When I was young? why? " Kuro asked sadly.
"We tried to hide it from you Kuro, so you could have a normal life. " He said to her.
" Oh," she replied softly as she handed him his kimono. " Here, I don't need this anymore." She smiled. " Thanks".
Inuyasha arose from his feet. Extending his hand out. " We should be getting back to the house now", he said to her.
" Fine, but awnser me this. What's with those crazy ears? " Oh, these. He said as he pointed to his ears.
" Ah, well I was born with them." Oh", was her only a reply. She grabbed his hand and he helped her to her feet.
" Can you do me a favor dad? This has been bothering me a great deal can you please pull it out?" She said pointing to her lower back were her tail began.
" Yeah hold on. Why didn't you say anything before? He asked. " Well dad, I didn't know I had one. I was so upset and I hadn't had time to experience this discomfort." She said to him as he stood behind her.
Inuyasha mouthed 'oh' as he stood. Now he understood. " It's rubbing in between my legs and I think it gave me a rash" She laughed softly.
With his claws, Inuyash placed a slit, but first he ran his fingers down her lower back to find the spot. When he did he put in a slit large enough for her tail to emerge. Though he forcefully did so, making Kuro grind her teeth.
A soft sigh of releif escaped her after he had pulled her tail loose. " Thanks. She smiled. " Your welcome, but we should hurry back. So your mother doesn't 'sit' me into last week." He laughed softly.
" Hey dad, what's 'sit'?" She asked. Unfortunatly Kuro, like Kagome could control the sit necklace.
Inuyasha was subdued by the neclace once more. " That's sit", he grumbled. " Oh, sorry dad. I won't say it anymore.
He regained his posture and began walking to the house. Kuro followed behind, laughing softly, but covering her mouth.
" It's not funny!" Inuyasha pouted.
" Yes it is. So that's what that neclace is for, " She said pointing to the dark prayer beads around his neck.
After that the two walked back to the house. It took two hours, if they would have ran they would have been there in minutes. But both desided to walk.
They both walked into the house. Finding Sesshomaru and Kagome drinking coffee at the kitchen table. That's strange, I had no idea Sesshomaru drank coffee. Inuyasha thought to himself.
" Hello brother, " He said as he looked over at Inuyasha.
" Damn you " ,was Inuyasha's responce.
"Who's that dad?" Kuro asked as she stood. " I am your uncle Sesshomaru, " Her uncle replied.
" Why did you let him in here Kagome?" Inuyasha growled at his wife.
" Inuyasha, he had knocked on the door a while ago. He said he wanted to talk, and since you weren't here I let him wait with me. He has changed a great deal Inuyasha." Kagome replied as she took another swig of her coffee.
"Inuyasha don't be angry with her. I really have to talk, not about your daughter but about other things. I thought you might want to know that your an uncle." Sesshomaru said calmly.
" You should come sit down." Sesshomaru added softly.
" You had kids?" Inuyasha's jaw dropped, he couldn't beleive this.
" So how are the pups?" Inuyasha asked.
" Fine but I have run into a bit of trouble. You see, Naraku left us a little present. When he died, I guess, he had someone on the side to asure he would be around long enough to kill us. Someone has reserected him." Sesshomaru said, as he galarred down at his coffee. He still couldn't beleive it himself.
" I can't beleive this? Why the fuck didn't you tell me soon?" Inuyasha yelled, making both Kagome and Kuroki jump.
" To make matters worse, he swore to take revenge on future generations." Inuyasha muttered. Sesshomaru scowl depened at this. He remembered that.
" That's true Inuyasha. But we could rid ourselves of him once and for all. But we should keep our families away, out of the feudal era. We can't risk them". Sesshomaru said.
" That's true, you should bring them here, it would be best." Inuyasha said to his elder brother. Leaving Kagome and Kuroki, shocked and confused. _______________________________________________________________________
" I had to protect Rin and my pups Inuyasha." Was Sesshomaru's only reply.
Disclaimer : I don't own Inuyasha or the cast, but as I said I do own Kuroki. _______________________________________________________________________
" But how! That's what I want to know." Inuyasha replied.
" It's quite simple Inuyasha, she had taken the potion that I had left. She unlike you, does not have Tetsuaiga to separate both her human and demon blood. I am doing you a favor, brother." Sesshomaru awnsered.
" I see, but how is this a favor to me? That's what I don't understand?" Inuyasha said, calmly.
" You see, with training this full demon form of hers she could be as normal as she was before all of this. If she was a hanyou, you would risk the lives's of many, such as your mate and your self. She could transform into a full demon then, but at what cost? Her control. You, brother have been through this. Remember."
Inuyasha understood, and was calm about this. But he would not let his daughter be taken away from him. Never.
" Sesshomaru, you are not taking her away from me. I will never let you!" Inuyasha said, as he laid his hand down on the tetsuiaga, as if darring Sesshomaru to draw his sword.
" Don't bother draw your sword, I had said to you that I am not here to fight. What part of that do you not understand?.
Inuyasha lowered his hand, leting it fall limply to his side. Growling once more, in fustration. He looked Sesshomaru, once more in the eye and then turned his head away towards the forest.
He then sped off, leaving Sesshomaru standing there. As he ran, he put his nose to the sky to locate his daughters scent.
She wasn't far off, but she was running fast. Faster than even he could. Something wasn't right, he could feel it. She seemed close, but in reality she was miles away .
Kuroki ran, the tree's fading around her, molding, bluring together as her eyes narrowed. She could still feel pain, but it was faint. The pulsing of her flesh had fadded, leaving only her throbbing head to bare.
A stream was near, she could hear the water fall. A comforting sound, to her raddled mind. Everything, her knowledge shattered at that moment as she ran. Nothing was the same. Was she living a lie? She thought bitterly to herself.
Her body, steadily began to raddle. Then errupting in to a fit of shakes sending her plumeding to the ground. It happened fast, she couldn't feel it but knew she had hit the ground. Her body felt numb, for she wasn't used to what she had become.
Her pants, echoed off into the darkness. Comforting her slightly. She was alone . Slowly she tried to get back on her feet. But failed, calapsing backward on to her back. Letting out a cry of pain as she fell.
Her eyes, she found, wondered slowly to the sky as she lay. Reluctantly she turned her head away. As if descraced by herself. Her tears, from only moments before, emirged slowly from her eyes. Down her face, the clear streams fled.
Her face was stained with tears, She couldn't forgive herself for what she had done.
Her words hurt more, than her head at that moment.Slowly she rolled over, curling her fragile form into a ball.. She had found her place, she thought to herself.
She felt now, as if she could just curl up and die. Saddly, she thought. Though she knew she wouldn't die. her body wouldn't let her. It was strong, and wouldn't settle for selfpitty.
But would let her cry herself to sleep, She cried softly into her knees. As her small form lay curled up on the cold hard ground.
She could feel the wind, grazing her sofly. Silence, soon crept upon her. But the sounds of nature still lingered.
Her heart and mind slowly faded, her toubled thoughts no longer plaguing her. She had found peace, at last she thought. But it wouldn't last long, for she was merily asleep.
Inuyasha was a few yards away, he could hear her chest, slowly rising and falling. He knew she was a sleep. He slowly began to walk towards her form.
He removed his kimono, as he stept forward. Slowly he layed it over her, smiling softly at her innocents. A smile graced her lips as he laid it over her, making her stir slightly. It was slightly cold out tonight, but soon its rein would end. The dawn would soon overcome it.
She seemed so inocent when she slept, Inuyasha thought to himself as he smiled. But she forever would be a demoness when she would awaken.
He raised his head, to find a good tree to sleep in. So that he could watch over his daughter. He found it just then, and leaped up into it.
The sun slowly rose over head, its raze shinning violently in Inuyasha's eyes. He mumbled curses under his breath as he sheilded his eyes from it's light.
He felt misserable, as he remembered the night before. It had turned out completly wrong, it honestly wasn't supposed to turn out that way either.
The sound of churping birds filled the forest, he could tell it was early. Everything seemed so refreshed at that moment. He honestly got a better night sleep then he had in years. But still, he hadn't slept in a tree in a long time.
But what happened last night happened, so he would have to let it go. It's not like he could take it all back. He thought to himself as he remembered were he was. Remembering Kuro, was what brought his head back down beneath, instead of in the clouds.
His eyes wondered down, scanning the ground below. To his relief, Kuro was there but awake. She sat there hunched over with her back to the tree were Inuyasha now stood.
Tightly, she grasped the red kimono her father had left as a blanket. With her finger tips she felt the material. She ran her tips slowly up and down the material.
She then raised her head, Inuyasha had excedently snapped a twig on his way down from the tree. The sound echoed off into her ears, Inuyasha cursed silently when he realized she had heard.
" I know your there, dad. She paused as she turned her head forward and then down. The ground at that moment seemed interesting.
Inuyasha was shocked, he thought she wouldn't speak to him. Though she did have time to think things over.
" You've been here the entire night? Haven't you?" She whispered breathlessly. Her eyes were wide with surprise at her last words.
" I have Kuro, I had to stay and protect you. I'm sorry I frightened you before". Inuyasha said as he walked towards his daughter.
He couldn't walk not a step without crunching leaves. The ground was littered with many.
Slowly he took a seat next to her, sitting down in indian style as he usually would. Kuro turned her head to him an smiled softly, as he began to rub her back.
" Don't worry, Kuro. Your mother already knows about the two of us." He said softly to his daughter, returning her smile.
" Why didn't you tell me long ago? When I was young? why? " Kuro asked sadly.
"We tried to hide it from you Kuro, so you could have a normal life. " He said to her.
" Oh," she replied softly as she handed him his kimono. " Here, I don't need this anymore." She smiled. " Thanks".
Inuyasha arose from his feet. Extending his hand out. " We should be getting back to the house now", he said to her.
" Fine, but awnser me this. What's with those crazy ears? " Oh, these. He said as he pointed to his ears.
" Ah, well I was born with them." Oh", was her only a reply. She grabbed his hand and he helped her to her feet.
" Can you do me a favor dad? This has been bothering me a great deal can you please pull it out?" She said pointing to her lower back were her tail began.
" Yeah hold on. Why didn't you say anything before? He asked. " Well dad, I didn't know I had one. I was so upset and I hadn't had time to experience this discomfort." She said to him as he stood behind her.
Inuyasha mouthed 'oh' as he stood. Now he understood. " It's rubbing in between my legs and I think it gave me a rash" She laughed softly.
With his claws, Inuyash placed a slit, but first he ran his fingers down her lower back to find the spot. When he did he put in a slit large enough for her tail to emerge. Though he forcefully did so, making Kuro grind her teeth.
A soft sigh of releif escaped her after he had pulled her tail loose. " Thanks. She smiled. " Your welcome, but we should hurry back. So your mother doesn't 'sit' me into last week." He laughed softly.
" Hey dad, what's 'sit'?" She asked. Unfortunatly Kuro, like Kagome could control the sit necklace.
Inuyasha was subdued by the neclace once more. " That's sit", he grumbled. " Oh, sorry dad. I won't say it anymore.
He regained his posture and began walking to the house. Kuro followed behind, laughing softly, but covering her mouth.
" It's not funny!" Inuyasha pouted.
" Yes it is. So that's what that neclace is for, " She said pointing to the dark prayer beads around his neck.
After that the two walked back to the house. It took two hours, if they would have ran they would have been there in minutes. But both desided to walk.
They both walked into the house. Finding Sesshomaru and Kagome drinking coffee at the kitchen table. That's strange, I had no idea Sesshomaru drank coffee. Inuyasha thought to himself.
" Hello brother, " He said as he looked over at Inuyasha.
" Damn you " ,was Inuyasha's responce.
"Who's that dad?" Kuro asked as she stood. " I am your uncle Sesshomaru, " Her uncle replied.
" Why did you let him in here Kagome?" Inuyasha growled at his wife.
" Inuyasha, he had knocked on the door a while ago. He said he wanted to talk, and since you weren't here I let him wait with me. He has changed a great deal Inuyasha." Kagome replied as she took another swig of her coffee.
"Inuyasha don't be angry with her. I really have to talk, not about your daughter but about other things. I thought you might want to know that your an uncle." Sesshomaru said calmly.
" You should come sit down." Sesshomaru added softly.
" You had kids?" Inuyasha's jaw dropped, he couldn't beleive this.
" So how are the pups?" Inuyasha asked.
" Fine but I have run into a bit of trouble. You see, Naraku left us a little present. When he died, I guess, he had someone on the side to asure he would be around long enough to kill us. Someone has reserected him." Sesshomaru said, as he galarred down at his coffee. He still couldn't beleive it himself.
" I can't beleive this? Why the fuck didn't you tell me soon?" Inuyasha yelled, making both Kagome and Kuroki jump.
" To make matters worse, he swore to take revenge on future generations." Inuyasha muttered. Sesshomaru scowl depened at this. He remembered that.
" That's true Inuyasha. But we could rid ourselves of him once and for all. But we should keep our families away, out of the feudal era. We can't risk them". Sesshomaru said.
" That's true, you should bring them here, it would be best." Inuyasha said to his elder brother. Leaving Kagome and Kuroki, shocked and confused. _______________________________________________________________________
" I had to protect Rin and my pups Inuyasha." Was Sesshomaru's only reply.