Disclaimer: Inu Yasha belongs to Takahashi-san. The story and two original
characters are mine.
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"Mommy, where are we going?" a small girl asked curiously. Her long white blond hair was pulled into Chinese buns with bangs falling into her sky blue eyes. She was in a pink sundress and white sundress, gripping a woman's hand. The woman didn't replay and just her hand away, dropping a suitcase on the ground by the girl who was now in front of a tall, depressing building. The girl watched as the doors opened and a couple of nuns walked out. Her mother spoke in a strange language to the nuns and they talked back in the same speech.
"Mommy?" the little girl asked in confusion. The woman just turned around and started walking off. The little girl started to panic as her eyes filled with tears.
"Mommy?! Mommy!" she cried shrilly as one of the nuns grabbed the suitcase and the other picked her up. She started to scream and sob.
"No! I want Mommy! Mommy! MOMMY!!"
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The same girl, now eight years old sat in her seat in school, staring at the desktop. A small crowd near the windows was looking at her and speaking in hushed tones.
"That's the new girl, Hotaru Kanzaki."
"She's so weird!"
"I heard she lives with a bunch of old crackpots.
"Oh yeah? Well I heard that she's an evil witch!"
"That's because they found her in a dumpster."
"No wonder she doesn't talk to anyone."
Hotaru glared at her desk hatefully.
"Yeah," she whispered to herself. "No wonder I don't talk to any of you."
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"No...mommy...."
"Huh?" Inuyasha opened his eyes and looked up quickly, beginning to scan the hut slowly. Miroku was leaning against the wall of the hut; Sango and Kagome were sleeping on the other side of the fire, Shippou wedged between them; and Hotaru slept by the far wall. The hanyou frowned.
"Iie..." Hotaru whimpered again and Inuyasha stood up, walking over to her as she tossed and turned.
(She's moaning in her sleep...) he realized. Crouching closer, he studied her sleeping form. (Something about her mother.)
"Why're you staring at me."
Inuyasha jumped at the sound of Hotaru's voice and glared at her; she just glared back.
"Well?" she demanded. Inuyasha crossed his arms.
"Feh. You were moaning in your sleep about your mother," he said flatly. Something in Hotaru's scent changed and as it did, her eyes took on a frigid distinctness.
"I have no mother," she snapped, standing quickly and then stormed out of the hut. Inuyasha stared at her and a sleepy Kagome lifted her head.
"Inuyasha...?" she asked softly in confusion. Sleepy brown met swirling amber and he held her gaze.
"I'll be back," he said abruptly, turning his back on her as he walked out. Kagome's face fell and she laid her head back down onto her pillow.
"Inuyasha..." she whispered sadly before going back to sleep.
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Hotaru stumbled through the forest, hot tears of anger blinding her vision.
(How dare he...) she fumed silently, stomping through the foliage. (Watching me in my sleep like that! And mentioning that wretched whore who gave birth to me then abandoned me...)
"Well wench....we meet again," a cool voice cut into Hotaru's thoughts. Her head snapped up and she stopped her in her tracks. Sesshoumaru stood in front of her calmly, Jakken was nowhere to be found.
"You again, what do you want?" Hotaru said frostily, glaring at the full demon.
"You of course, my dear Hotaru," he replied in a smooth voice with a smirk. Her eyes widened.
"How did you know my name?" she murmured, staring at him in wonder. Sesshoumaru smiled and stepped closer, lifting her delicate chin in his fingers.
"I know much about you, my little Firefly," he said softly, "including your powers."
"My...powers?"
"Yes my dear, your powers. What you did to me before when we first met."
Hotaru nodded, gazing into his smoldering eyes. Sesshoumaru tasted her scent and his face reflected his amusement.
"You're not afraid," he said gently. Her eyes burned into his.
"Should I be?" she quickly countered. The great inu-youkai smirked and wrapped an arm around her waist, pulling her close.
"Let's go," he said simply, beginning to walk.
"Where to?" she wondered, resting against him.
"To my lair, where I shall teach you to sharpen and release your powers at will."
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Inuyasha gasped when Hotaru began to walk off with his brother. His first urge was to run after her, but an odd sense of relief held him back. With one last glance at their retreating forms, he turned and leapt into the trees, making his way back to the village.
(Damnit, Kagome will really let me have it for letting that girl go...) Inuyasha grumbled to himself. He scowled, leaping from tree to tree swiftly. Glancing down, something caught his eye and his stopped.
"What!?"
Down below, a beautiful black-haired girl, dressed in the robes of a shrine maiden, sat on the steps of an abandoned temple. Looking up, her blue- violet eyes locked onto his shocked amber. The wind rustled through her hair and caused her long hood to fall back, revealing fuzzy black dog ears.
"She's a hanyou like me?...."
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Yay, a hanyou girl, woop-dee-doo!.....Read and review please!
-Ami
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"Mommy, where are we going?" a small girl asked curiously. Her long white blond hair was pulled into Chinese buns with bangs falling into her sky blue eyes. She was in a pink sundress and white sundress, gripping a woman's hand. The woman didn't replay and just her hand away, dropping a suitcase on the ground by the girl who was now in front of a tall, depressing building. The girl watched as the doors opened and a couple of nuns walked out. Her mother spoke in a strange language to the nuns and they talked back in the same speech.
"Mommy?" the little girl asked in confusion. The woman just turned around and started walking off. The little girl started to panic as her eyes filled with tears.
"Mommy?! Mommy!" she cried shrilly as one of the nuns grabbed the suitcase and the other picked her up. She started to scream and sob.
"No! I want Mommy! Mommy! MOMMY!!"
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The same girl, now eight years old sat in her seat in school, staring at the desktop. A small crowd near the windows was looking at her and speaking in hushed tones.
"That's the new girl, Hotaru Kanzaki."
"She's so weird!"
"I heard she lives with a bunch of old crackpots.
"Oh yeah? Well I heard that she's an evil witch!"
"That's because they found her in a dumpster."
"No wonder she doesn't talk to anyone."
Hotaru glared at her desk hatefully.
"Yeah," she whispered to herself. "No wonder I don't talk to any of you."
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"No...mommy...."
"Huh?" Inuyasha opened his eyes and looked up quickly, beginning to scan the hut slowly. Miroku was leaning against the wall of the hut; Sango and Kagome were sleeping on the other side of the fire, Shippou wedged between them; and Hotaru slept by the far wall. The hanyou frowned.
"Iie..." Hotaru whimpered again and Inuyasha stood up, walking over to her as she tossed and turned.
(She's moaning in her sleep...) he realized. Crouching closer, he studied her sleeping form. (Something about her mother.)
"Why're you staring at me."
Inuyasha jumped at the sound of Hotaru's voice and glared at her; she just glared back.
"Well?" she demanded. Inuyasha crossed his arms.
"Feh. You were moaning in your sleep about your mother," he said flatly. Something in Hotaru's scent changed and as it did, her eyes took on a frigid distinctness.
"I have no mother," she snapped, standing quickly and then stormed out of the hut. Inuyasha stared at her and a sleepy Kagome lifted her head.
"Inuyasha...?" she asked softly in confusion. Sleepy brown met swirling amber and he held her gaze.
"I'll be back," he said abruptly, turning his back on her as he walked out. Kagome's face fell and she laid her head back down onto her pillow.
"Inuyasha..." she whispered sadly before going back to sleep.
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Hotaru stumbled through the forest, hot tears of anger blinding her vision.
(How dare he...) she fumed silently, stomping through the foliage. (Watching me in my sleep like that! And mentioning that wretched whore who gave birth to me then abandoned me...)
"Well wench....we meet again," a cool voice cut into Hotaru's thoughts. Her head snapped up and she stopped her in her tracks. Sesshoumaru stood in front of her calmly, Jakken was nowhere to be found.
"You again, what do you want?" Hotaru said frostily, glaring at the full demon.
"You of course, my dear Hotaru," he replied in a smooth voice with a smirk. Her eyes widened.
"How did you know my name?" she murmured, staring at him in wonder. Sesshoumaru smiled and stepped closer, lifting her delicate chin in his fingers.
"I know much about you, my little Firefly," he said softly, "including your powers."
"My...powers?"
"Yes my dear, your powers. What you did to me before when we first met."
Hotaru nodded, gazing into his smoldering eyes. Sesshoumaru tasted her scent and his face reflected his amusement.
"You're not afraid," he said gently. Her eyes burned into his.
"Should I be?" she quickly countered. The great inu-youkai smirked and wrapped an arm around her waist, pulling her close.
"Let's go," he said simply, beginning to walk.
"Where to?" she wondered, resting against him.
"To my lair, where I shall teach you to sharpen and release your powers at will."
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Inuyasha gasped when Hotaru began to walk off with his brother. His first urge was to run after her, but an odd sense of relief held him back. With one last glance at their retreating forms, he turned and leapt into the trees, making his way back to the village.
(Damnit, Kagome will really let me have it for letting that girl go...) Inuyasha grumbled to himself. He scowled, leaping from tree to tree swiftly. Glancing down, something caught his eye and his stopped.
"What!?"
Down below, a beautiful black-haired girl, dressed in the robes of a shrine maiden, sat on the steps of an abandoned temple. Looking up, her blue- violet eyes locked onto his shocked amber. The wind rustled through her hair and caused her long hood to fall back, revealing fuzzy black dog ears.
"She's a hanyou like me?...."
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Yay, a hanyou girl, woop-dee-doo!.....Read and review please!
-Ami