Fuyu no Ko
Prologue: Mother & Daughter
A/N: Don't own Inuyasha characters (except Fuyuko, she's mine), so don't sew. Okie dokie? Alright!
Dailoug- "Hi!"
Thoughts and Flashbacks- This is so weird!
"Okaasan." a small girl called out. She was sitting on her mother's lap watching the snow dance with the wind.
"Hai, Fu-chan." her mother answered.
"How come you and 'Niichan can't stay and live here with me?"
"Because your Ojiisan won't let me." There was a minute of silence and then the girl spoke again.
"Does . . . does Ojiisan hate me?" The young woman's eyes began to well up with tears.
"No, he loves you very much."
"What about Oniichan?"
"He does too." Again there was moment of silence as mother and daughter watch the warm sun set over the horizon.
"It's almost time for me to go Fu-chan" The young mother said sadly.
"You promise to come back next week?"
"Of course! That's my favorite girl's special day. Now be good to Soma-san okay?"
"Hai and 'kaasan?"
"Nani?"
"I want 'Niichan to come see me too. I want him to celebrate my birthday with you and me, like real families do." The woman felt a sharp pain in her chest.
"Fu-chan . . . I don't think he can com-"
"Onegai Okaasan?" The girl looked at her mother with big pleading eyes.
"Alright. He'll come."
Four Days Later
"IYA! SHE CAN'T BE DEAD! SHE CAN'T BE!"
"SHE'S DEAD! DEMONS BROKE INTO THE HOUSE AND KILLED HER AND SOMA!"
"YOU SAID THAT THEY WERE SAFE FROM HARM!"
"I-chan. Stop now. We can't do anything about it. What's done is done."
"THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT! IF YOU HAVEN'T BANISHED HER, SHE'D STILL BE HERE! LOOK WHAT YOUR SHELFISHENESS HAS DONE TO YOUR OWN GRANDAUGHTER!"
"Izayoi! That's enough."
"ARE YOU GOING TO DO THIS TO INUYASHA TOO!"
"ENOUGH! GO TO YOUR QUARTERS! NOW!" Izayoi ran to her room, sobbing all the way. In her room, young Inuyasha was waiting for her.
"Okaasan! What's wrong?" asked Inuyasha. His childish face filled with worry. His mother looked at him, tears still pouring from her eyes. Then, without warning, Izayoi pulled her son into a tight hug. Inuyasha, just a child, had no clue what was going on. So he just hugged her back, hoping to stop his mother from crying.
"Gomen nasai Inuyasha. Gomen nasai . . . Fuyuko."