[A/N]
Well people, I hope that you have been enjoying these short chapters so far. If I'm getting any details wrong, please let me know. BTW, from what I have seen, Inu-Yasha's parents are called Izayoi and Inutaisho. If they're something else, I'll still be using these, 'cause it's what I'm used to.
Chapter Four – Healer
"Izayoi, you can come out now."
Blushing furiously, the young woman crawled out from where she was sitting in the bushes. The inu youkai lord was smiling slightly as he listened to her moving quietly through the grass until she was close to him, standing at his back. The trees behind them enveloped the small grove in a cool shade that was a relief in the hot summer air.
"Is there a reason that you were listening to our conversation from the bushes?" His voice was soft as he turned his head to look into her violet eyes (that's were Inu-Yasha's human eyes come from...). "You don't seem to be the type that would be hired as a spy for the cat youkai."
Izayoi frowned at the Inu Lord. Never would she have spied for another lord! She was loyal only to the west!
"My lord! I only thought to find you and replace the bandages that are on your wounds!" Her cheeks had turned a pale red and she was getting angry. She came here to care for her lord as she had been brought here to do, not talk to the lord about whither or not she was a spy. "I would never think of doing such a thing! Especially when your son tries to break down my door in the middle of the night, calling me inappropriate names and yelling at me to come somewhere for a reason that I could've cared less about! I hadn't been to sleep for days after an illness swept through my village! It was the first time that I had had a chance for sleep for the first time in longer than I can immediately remember! The last thing on my mind at that moment was coming out into the middle of nowhere to heal the wounds that were sustained in some senseless battle! So I suggest, my lord that you think about what you are saying before you are saying it. Watch your tongue!"
By the time that she was finished talking, he was looking at her, golden eyes wide with surprise as he looked at her. Her face was red and her eyes, if she hadn't been a ninque, would've threatened to turn the same shade of her cheeks. She appeared to have the temper of a female when she was carrying a pup.
Very short.
Inutaisho had never expected this woman to neither yell at him, nor lecture him as if her were a spoiled child. His was the lord of the Western Lands, not some peasant child! As he thought about what she had said, a frown slowly appeared across his face and he didn't like what he had been hearing.
"I had only been kidding, Healer Izayoi." He said his voice soft – dangerously so. "I knew not that you hadn't had much sleep, or that you had had a terrible illness in your village. These wounds" – he pulled off his kimono and haori, indicating the bandages that decorated his arms and entire torso – "were sustained in an attack on the homes of my people! Though few of those number were taken from our grasp, there are pups without their fathers and bitches without their mates. One of them is only days from birthing the couple's first pup and her mate is not here to support her through the occasion! Sesshoumaru went looking for a healer on his own, all I wanted was a few bandages and a few glasses of sake. My wounds are not something that I normally worry about. Its whither or not my people have died that I worry about!"
His heated words made her think, but she did not step down. She refused to step down. "Just as well, why are there any healers that are of youkai descent?"
Inutaisho stopped. That was a good question on her part. Why weren't there any youkai healers? He sighed, turning back to where the sun was slowly starting to set. "I don't know."
Izayoi sighed and looked at him, seeing the sadness in his eyes as she got closer, standing behind him and looking in the same direction that he was looking. In the east, the sky was slowly beginning to turn a deep, dark blue and the colors turned the sky into a mirage a color. The golden hue of the sun glowed with the same hue as the Lord Inutaisho's eyes and Izayoi blushed slightly when she realized the comparison that she had made in her mind. The brilliant shades of orange and crimson made her smile. She hadn't stopped to watch the sunset since her father had died. He had always watched it with her, talking to her about how her mother had done the same with him.
That was how they had fallen in love, watching the sunset with each other.
She sighed softly as she remembered his stories. They had seemed like fantasy to her, but she had known that they were real. Her brother had told her so, having heard the stories from their mother when he was a young child – before she was born. Izayoi knew a lot about her mother from her father, but had always hoped to meet her. Since she knew that would never happen, she had settled to listening to stories about her from her father and brother.
Apparently, the woman had been well educated, knowing well how to read and write in many styles. She had been a peasant, but Izayoi's father had changed all that by marrying her. Her brother took care of the village business from the village that he lived in – Izayoi only lived in the house as the village healer.
Inutaisho looked at the young woman standing next to him as she kept her eyes on the sunset. It was curious how she had stood up for herself and hadn't been afraid of consequences when she had started to tell him off – or when telling Sesshoumaru off the night previous for that matter, as he was the one who would deal out regular punishments for the bitches in their clan for arguing against the way he normally treated one of the female species.
Those piercing eyes were a rare hue of a dark violet and they peered out of a face that looked that it belonged to a noble (he doesn't really know who she is quite yet). Her skin was pale and flawless, but only appeared paler against the inky black locks of her hair. Her dark-colored kimono fit well against her lithe body and the sash was tied tightly about a slender waist.
Izayoi looked at him, feeling the intense look of those golden orbs. She smiled slightly when he blushed lightly and looked back at the sunset. Both of them remained silent for a while, content on watching the sun setting in the east. The east was beginning to get dark and she reluctantly turned back to her charge. Sighing, she began to speak quietly.
"We probably should be heading back to camp." Inutaisho turned golden eyes on her curiously, scrutinizing her closely. "People will be heading to go to sleep and I should probably be changing your bandages."
Without warning, he muttered something along the lines of "ow" and smacked at something in his chest. To Izayoi's surprise, a small, flattened flea floated down to land on the lord's hands. She crouched down besides him as a look of annoyance flittered across his face and he looked down at the currently bowing flea.
"Myouga . . ."
[A/N]
I'm sorry that it's taken me so long to update. I was grounded from the computer for a while and had to read fan fiction in my computer TV. Sad, isn't it?
Well people, I hope that you have been enjoying these short chapters so far. If I'm getting any details wrong, please let me know. BTW, from what I have seen, Inu-Yasha's parents are called Izayoi and Inutaisho. If they're something else, I'll still be using these, 'cause it's what I'm used to.
Chapter Four – Healer
"Izayoi, you can come out now."
Blushing furiously, the young woman crawled out from where she was sitting in the bushes. The inu youkai lord was smiling slightly as he listened to her moving quietly through the grass until she was close to him, standing at his back. The trees behind them enveloped the small grove in a cool shade that was a relief in the hot summer air.
"Is there a reason that you were listening to our conversation from the bushes?" His voice was soft as he turned his head to look into her violet eyes (that's were Inu-Yasha's human eyes come from...). "You don't seem to be the type that would be hired as a spy for the cat youkai."
Izayoi frowned at the Inu Lord. Never would she have spied for another lord! She was loyal only to the west!
"My lord! I only thought to find you and replace the bandages that are on your wounds!" Her cheeks had turned a pale red and she was getting angry. She came here to care for her lord as she had been brought here to do, not talk to the lord about whither or not she was a spy. "I would never think of doing such a thing! Especially when your son tries to break down my door in the middle of the night, calling me inappropriate names and yelling at me to come somewhere for a reason that I could've cared less about! I hadn't been to sleep for days after an illness swept through my village! It was the first time that I had had a chance for sleep for the first time in longer than I can immediately remember! The last thing on my mind at that moment was coming out into the middle of nowhere to heal the wounds that were sustained in some senseless battle! So I suggest, my lord that you think about what you are saying before you are saying it. Watch your tongue!"
By the time that she was finished talking, he was looking at her, golden eyes wide with surprise as he looked at her. Her face was red and her eyes, if she hadn't been a ninque, would've threatened to turn the same shade of her cheeks. She appeared to have the temper of a female when she was carrying a pup.
Very short.
Inutaisho had never expected this woman to neither yell at him, nor lecture him as if her were a spoiled child. His was the lord of the Western Lands, not some peasant child! As he thought about what she had said, a frown slowly appeared across his face and he didn't like what he had been hearing.
"I had only been kidding, Healer Izayoi." He said his voice soft – dangerously so. "I knew not that you hadn't had much sleep, or that you had had a terrible illness in your village. These wounds" – he pulled off his kimono and haori, indicating the bandages that decorated his arms and entire torso – "were sustained in an attack on the homes of my people! Though few of those number were taken from our grasp, there are pups without their fathers and bitches without their mates. One of them is only days from birthing the couple's first pup and her mate is not here to support her through the occasion! Sesshoumaru went looking for a healer on his own, all I wanted was a few bandages and a few glasses of sake. My wounds are not something that I normally worry about. Its whither or not my people have died that I worry about!"
His heated words made her think, but she did not step down. She refused to step down. "Just as well, why are there any healers that are of youkai descent?"
Inutaisho stopped. That was a good question on her part. Why weren't there any youkai healers? He sighed, turning back to where the sun was slowly starting to set. "I don't know."
Izayoi sighed and looked at him, seeing the sadness in his eyes as she got closer, standing behind him and looking in the same direction that he was looking. In the east, the sky was slowly beginning to turn a deep, dark blue and the colors turned the sky into a mirage a color. The golden hue of the sun glowed with the same hue as the Lord Inutaisho's eyes and Izayoi blushed slightly when she realized the comparison that she had made in her mind. The brilliant shades of orange and crimson made her smile. She hadn't stopped to watch the sunset since her father had died. He had always watched it with her, talking to her about how her mother had done the same with him.
That was how they had fallen in love, watching the sunset with each other.
She sighed softly as she remembered his stories. They had seemed like fantasy to her, but she had known that they were real. Her brother had told her so, having heard the stories from their mother when he was a young child – before she was born. Izayoi knew a lot about her mother from her father, but had always hoped to meet her. Since she knew that would never happen, she had settled to listening to stories about her from her father and brother.
Apparently, the woman had been well educated, knowing well how to read and write in many styles. She had been a peasant, but Izayoi's father had changed all that by marrying her. Her brother took care of the village business from the village that he lived in – Izayoi only lived in the house as the village healer.
Inutaisho looked at the young woman standing next to him as she kept her eyes on the sunset. It was curious how she had stood up for herself and hadn't been afraid of consequences when she had started to tell him off – or when telling Sesshoumaru off the night previous for that matter, as he was the one who would deal out regular punishments for the bitches in their clan for arguing against the way he normally treated one of the female species.
Those piercing eyes were a rare hue of a dark violet and they peered out of a face that looked that it belonged to a noble (he doesn't really know who she is quite yet). Her skin was pale and flawless, but only appeared paler against the inky black locks of her hair. Her dark-colored kimono fit well against her lithe body and the sash was tied tightly about a slender waist.
Izayoi looked at him, feeling the intense look of those golden orbs. She smiled slightly when he blushed lightly and looked back at the sunset. Both of them remained silent for a while, content on watching the sun setting in the east. The east was beginning to get dark and she reluctantly turned back to her charge. Sighing, she began to speak quietly.
"We probably should be heading back to camp." Inutaisho turned golden eyes on her curiously, scrutinizing her closely. "People will be heading to go to sleep and I should probably be changing your bandages."
Without warning, he muttered something along the lines of "ow" and smacked at something in his chest. To Izayoi's surprise, a small, flattened flea floated down to land on the lord's hands. She crouched down besides him as a look of annoyance flittered across his face and he looked down at the currently bowing flea.
"Myouga . . ."
[A/N]
I'm sorry that it's taken me so long to update. I was grounded from the computer for a while and had to read fan fiction in my computer TV. Sad, isn't it?