Immortality: Guardian

CHAPTER 2

Appearance

Sango's face was flushed. She sighed out loud, 'Why does Miroku always do that?' she thought. Kirara was walking slowly through the forest with thinking girl on her back.

'Still, why am I blushing? This is so embarrassing. I know I hate it when he does that to me but…' Sango trailed off in her thought as Kirara suddenly stopped in caution. The giant cat growled, standing on her ground. Sango reached for her Hiraikotsu but, it wasn't with her.

'That's right, I left there with Miroku and others…' she bit her lip. Red lights were covering the her surroundings, closing in. Sango looked around for escape. They were trapped.

She looked up, 'The sky…' she patted her cat's head. With a loud screech, thousands of bats launched toward Sango. Meantime, Kirara jumped up, flying higher and higher off the ground.

'It's no use,' she thought, 'They are bat demons, they can also fly.'

Soon the demons flew up, covering Sango and her companion. She screamed as they bit her flesh with their sharp, hungry fangs.


The sleeping child woke up, welcomed by the flashing sun. He sat up, looking around, realizing he was alone once again. His ears flattened against his head. He slowly got up. His stomach grumbled since he had nothing for three days except water.

His eyes welled up with tears. He wiped it with sleeves of his red clothing, forcing not to cry again. He opened his eyes and spotted a white rabbit, hopping around. It seemed to acknowledge his presence but didn't consider him as a threat, eating wet, green grass carelessly.

Little boy ran toward the rabbit, jumped at it to capture it. The ignorant creature simply hopped away. Young half-demon stood on his feet, chasing after the rabbit, his meal.


Sango screamed and Kirara tried to bite them away. They were already covered in blood. Sango's clothes were shredding away.

"Celestial Slash!"

The bat demons perished, cut in little pieces. Just one attack took care of them all. It wasn't Inuyasha or anyone of her friends. Sango blinked in surprise as she saw a demon in white hair, two blue streaks on his each chick, smiling up at her. She blushed at his kind look.

Kirara took her down, landing on the ground. She transformed back to her tiny form and fell before Sango's eyes.

"Kirara!" Sango yelled and picked up the bloody kitten in her arms. The demon walked slowly up to her. Sango backed up a bit, shooting him a protective stare. He smiled once again, assuring her no harm.

He slowly reached for Kirara. Sango let him hold her.

"She lost lot of her blood," he said, quietly yet caring. He put his finger on the cat demon's forehead and mumbled in ancient language. Blinding light covered Kirara. When the light vanished, the kitten's fur was no longer soaked in blood, her wounds were completed healed.

The demon handed the sleeping beast back to her master's arms. He put his finger on Sango as he did the same enchantment. She blinked and saw herself healing as well. She looked up. His golden eyes, silvery hair, blue streaks on his cheek, reminding of her someone she knew, yet his gentle smile seemed out of place.

"Sango!" she turned her head to the direction of Inuyasha's voice. Soon all of her friends arrived. They gasped and Inuyasha drew his sword. He glared at the demon beside her.

"Stay the hell away from my friend!" he shouted, Miroku beside him, also ready to strike. Sango tried to tell them what happened but the demon's arm stopped her, silencing her. She looked up at him; his eyes were focused on Inuyasha's.

"Tetsusaiga…" he said, and a small smile appeared on his face once again.

'Who is this demon?' Kagome thought.


The little boy started to make fire on his tenth attempt with no luck. He was covered with mud and dirt from head to toe. A dead rabbit was lying beside him. A spark flashed and his eyes sparkled. He added more dry grass and blew the flame gently. Soon the fire grew bigger. He added some broken branches to keep the fire going.

He grabbed the dead rabbit. He started to pull the fur off of it. He gutted it out with his claws and washed it in near river. He stuck the meat on the stick, placing it over the fire, impatiently waiting for it to cook. His little stomach grumbled loudly, ringing through the whole forest.

It took the whole day to catch the stupid rabbit. And now, the sun was setting. He was filthy, starving and tired. He curled into a ball by the warmth of the fire. He pulled his fang necklace out, holding it tightly in his tiny palms.

"Mommy…" the half-demon sniffed. The fang shined as the crescent moon showed her shy self away from the clouds. The light covered the boy and a luminous creature revealed itself, surrounding the crying boy.


Kagome was behind Inuyasha, peaking out over his shoulder. A tall demon in night blue kimono stood beside Sango. His hair was slightly longer than Inuyasha, reaching his knees. He wore a black clothing covering his chest and up to his thighs. His sleeves were long, night blue as well, hiding his hands. His white pants were puffy like Inuyasha's. He wore a leather belt around his waist, along with his sheathed sword.

Kagome blinked in surprise, 'He looks so much like Sesshoumaru except, he doesn't have a moon on his forehead and the fact that he's smiling.'

"How do you know my sword's name!" Inuyasha demanded, yelling. Kagome almost jumped.

The demon calmly stepped toward Inuyasha. Inuyasha readied himself, telling the girl behind him to get back. Kagome did what she was told, with Shippo hiding in her black hair. Miroku held out his staff, also ready to attack.

"One more step and I'll slice you into pieces!" Inuyasha lunged but almost fell back as the demon appeared right in front of his sword, pulling it out of his grasp. Inuyasha launched out to grab it back but the sly demon got out of his way with ease.

'I thought full demons couldn't touch the sword… Unless…." Inuyasha turned toward him, grabbing the sword. The demon was still holding it and gave the furious half-demon a smile.

'He smiled?' Miroku was stunned at the sight.

"You have found the sword, Inuyasha," he said, let going of the great fang. Inuyasha gave him a confused look.

"Who the hell are you!" once again he pointed the fang at the demon.

Kagome ran toward her friend, shippo on her left shoulder, "Inuyasha said he smelt your blood. Are you okay, Sango?" she asked, concerned. Sango turned her head to meet Kagome's worried gaze and nodded, assuring her she was fine.

"Inuyasha, don't hurt him!" Sango yelled, stepping forward. Miroku shot a surprised look.

"What the hell are you babbling about! I smelt your damn blood!" Inuyasha yelled back, not taking his eyes off of the relaxed demon.

"Your friend was in trouble. She was covered by swarms of bat-demons. Luckily I was around and gladly offer her my assistance," the demon explained, smiling.

"I don't care about that! Who the fuck are you? How do you know my sword and my name? How were you able to touch my sword?" Inuyasha demanded, still furious.

"Of course, you were still too young when I last saw you. It is obvious that you have forgotten about me," his smiled seemed so sad, his eyes darkening with pain.

"Okay, then explain this! Why is it that you smell just like that bastard brother of mine?" Inuyasha glared and the demon's face slowly lifted up to meet his eyes.

'What!' Kagome, Sango and Miroku's eyes widened at Inuyasha's statement. The demon stood there in silent, a smile still lurking on his calm face.


"The meat is cooked."

The little boy munched the cooked rabbit down. Some fish were in sticks by the fire and few raw ones in a stock on a big leaf. Some fruits were there as well; apples and peaches.

The hungry half-demon took the apple and bit it down, mouthful. A white hound beside him watched as the child stuffed himself. The kid quickly turned his head, still chewing, and offered the beast his bitten apple. The hound shook his head. The half-demon kept on eating until the rabbit, two fish and a red apple were in his belly. He lied against the hound, snuggling in its fur.

"Who are you?" the child asked, his golden eyes shining.

"I am your protector, your guardian, your shadow," the beast answered simply.

"Is that why you look like a dog?"

"Yes," the hound smiled.

"How do you know my name?"

"Because I've known you since you were very small."

"I come I've never seen you before?" the child was full of questions.

"Because I watched over you from distance."

"Do you know my mother?"

"Yes," the hound said quietly, sad.

"What's your name?" the kid finally asked, waking the hound from his thoughts.

"You can call me Hikaru," the hound answered, smiling to the child beside him. The child smiled back as well. Two pair of golden eyes stared at the burning fire, until one drifted into his sleep, while other watched, protecting the child. He placed his tail on the boy, defending from the coldness of the night.

As the moon faded away, as the sun came back up, the protector of the half-demon disappeared again into his fang..

Skylily….

I do not claim the ownership of Inuyasha. I do not any rights of the characters from manga/anime. I thank for the wonderful author, Rumiko Takahashi, for her realistic and unique characters. Immortality: Guardian is my story just based on her characters.