Half-Caste
Summary: Humans have destroyed the once grand race demons. The latest legislation gives them next to no individual rights. They have been reduced to forming gangs to survive. For a hanyou the situation is worse. Not accepted by either side and being prejudged a hanyou's life is a lonely one. Inuyasha grew up with no hope, no one giving him a chance; he thought there was only one path for him to follow. A love story of Kagome and Inuyasha in an overly prejudice world.
Chapter 1: Diary
Journal Entry: 07/06/04
Today I witnessed a fight at school. It was the human and demon gangs again. It's horrible. The new legislation has made everything that much worse. With demons having next to no rights all they can do is fight back. Even at school demons and humans are split up into different classes. Most humans would complain if their child were in a class with a demon. It's wrong. But I guess that nothing will change as long as this new government is in power. I feel so bad for all the demons, not all of them are the reckless killing machines described by the government. I bet if they were just given a chance they would prove to be valuable members of society.
Although the government claims the new legislation was passed to prevent demons from harming humans everyone knows the real reason for the legislation. The government's scared. Scared that demons could take over. I admit that holds some truth, but still its no way to treat someone. I've heard about countries with democracies where humans and demons are equal. I would give anything for Japan to be like that. However I know, as well as everyone else that it won't change. That's just how it is.
Anyway the fight at school was between two rival gangs. The demons fight because they feel as if they have to. The humans fight because they feel as if they are being threatened. If either side backed down I'm not sure what would happen. They are both to stubborn and filled with pride to ever take that step. Even now if new legislation was passed I'm not sure that humans will easily accept the transition. Humans have always been uneasy around demons. Ever since the war back in the feudal era where the humans had the numbers to take over Japan they have regarded demons as enemies. They thought that it was either us or them. What they fail to realize… or admit is that long before that demons possessed the power and numbers to take over Japan, but they didn't. The believed that we could both live in harmony as long as we stayed out of each other's way. Sometimes I wonder who I should be more scared of.
It pains me to see rival gangs out in the street shooting at one another. I just can't understand why they do it. Even rival demon gangs kill one another. They are just falling to the level that the government wants. It wants them to mess up, to show how vicious they are. They're falling right into their hands and don't realize it. Well that may be partly untrue, I think some of them do realize the damage they are doing, but feel a total sense of apathy towards the situation. I've heard rumors of underground organizations that are against the government. I'm sure they plan on using violence to solve the problem, but I'm not convinced that is always the best way. It might seem like the only way at the moment but how can you bring peace with violence and hatred? I just don't see the logic of it.
The way Japan is going right now I'm not sure how much longer we will last. We're in the middle of a war that is so close to the surface it could erupt any day now. Right now I'm just not sure how I should feel. Should I be scared for my life and the life of others or happy that I have first class citizenship? No I don't think I should be happy. But I'm not scared. Most demons are just mislead, they're not bad people. Killing is in their nature though, but so is honor. Oh I'm so confused. I just can't bring myself to hate them or think of them as an enemy. Everyone deserves a chance. Well in my eyes they do…
Kagome put down her pen and rested her head in her hands. Thinking and writing about the events taking place at the moment made her sad, but she couldn't stop. Especially when it was all around her. She rested back in her chair and closed her journal. That was enough for one day. She took her long ebony hair out of its ponytail and let it fall freely down her back. Taking a deep breath she tried to relax. Wriggling around in her chair for a comfortable position her attention was drawn to her window. She sat up straight and leaned forward for a better look. She saw her next-door neighbor of five years conversing with a few demons. She gazed at him wondering what he was like. She's only ever talked to him once before when he had first moved in. He threatened that if she ever came anywhere near him again he would rip out her tongue. After that she had never talked to him again, but sometimes watched him from her window or at school. He was an outcast, even more so than demons. He was expelled from even their society. That was the life of a hanyou.