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Inuyasha as a baby! we! Petpeeves12
So cute please continue even if you don't have more than 5 reviews because like I said it's so KAWAII! Lord Makura
I liked it, I want more Kyoumi
i knew you were writing, but, wow. this is awesome! these are a hell of a lot better than mine. screw those people who don't review. They don't know what they are missing! Usagi Kurari
These are just some of the reviews that people have given "Dog" by Sun and Moon. If they liked it, why shouldn't you? These aren't professional literature critics, they're normal fan fiction writers just like you and me.
Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha, or any of its characters, I wouldn't be telling you this now would I?
Inspiration: A mixture of a special I saw on TLC about ghosts (it was a story about a devil baby that disappeared while it was getting baptized. Very creepy shit. Actually saw a portrait.), and "The Elephant Man". I didn't see the movie, I read the book, but it really touched me. I decided to start this up again. This originally was going to be thriller (of course), but it's going to end up being romantic, but suspenseful. Definitely suspenseful.
PS: This chapter is going to be short, but it's a prologue so...
PPS: Freak show mite have a new chap. comin soon so...
Dog
BySun and Moon
Prologue
Many years ago, people were afraid of things that were beyond their control. At the time, we had no idea how people were born without limbs, or with a disability, or anything. If something out of the ordinary happened, people blamed it on the higher power known as Satan. Most people believed that someday, he would rise from the depths of hell, and take over the heavens, and destroy all of mankind. They believed that these people, or "demons" were Satan reborn, and would someday take control and extinguish the human race. However, to the people of Kai, no phenomena of that sort had ever occurred. Believe it or not, this is where our story takes place.
Kai was a small, little town nestled in the foothills of the magnificent Japanese mountains, completely cut off from the growing civilization that threatened to destroy the forests and beautiful wilderness. It was one of the very few towns left in the whole world that didn't change along with the world. Most technology was not used, with the exception of a few– this including the cotton gin, and steam tractors. The year was 1890, a normal year for the lives of the townspeople. The 20th century was just around the corner, almost in reach, but most didn't seem to mind. However, the town had become considerably smaller since 1890, when the Japanese started to migrate, hearing about life in foreign countries, and new inventions including what was known as "moving pictures." The town was left with a small population of around 4000 people.
Each day was like the one before. The farmers got up before the sun rose to tend to the fields, the craftsmen went to the town square to create, sell, and profit off their many talents. Most women stayed behind and cared for the children, cleaned the household, and cooked. However, there were few exceptions. One was Izayoi, the town's local midwife. She was a kind woman with large violet eyes that glowed brightly with the sun. She was respected throughout the whole town, always doing whatever she could to help. She had clear pale skin, long black hair, and was the envy of all of the housewives in the town. Most men would swoon over her in private, but didn't dare to face her. She had vowed to never become married. Nor bear child.
However, late one night, something happened that most would not expect. Something happened to that poor midwife. One that would change the lives of townspeople forever.
Cries hit the night air, echoing through the mountains. The moon shown full in the sky, the stars twinkling, adding a brightness to the midnight sky. The sky had never been this clear.
A baby's screams hit every villager's ears once again. They instantly left whatever they were doing at the time and all ran to the exact same place, where they knew a baby would soon be residing. The mothers holding their children's hands, and the fathers each holding a box in their hand, they ran to Izayoi's house, a small, white one-story flat, and stood outside the front door.
The baby's cries continued, louder than ever. Fast-paced footsteps could be heard from inside the house. The townspeople stood on the edges of their toes, hoping to be the first one to visit Izayoi when the door finally opened. It did, and Izayoi's younger sister Ichiko came running out, screaming.
"Get back all of you!" she shouted, waving the citizens back with her arms. "Get back. Get away from this place! It is unholy here." The citizens looked at her, puzzled and throwing questions at her. Ichiko held her hands up to her head, clutching her sides. She looked like she was in the worst pain. Tears streamed down her face. "It is unholy here," she continued through sobs. She collapsed on the ground, and planted her face into the dirt. "It is unholy. Run away. Run away and never look back. The most evil of all evil resides here."
Chaos ensued. Everybody pushed their way to the front door, hoping to see what all of the fuss was about. Ichiko tried all she could to get to the door, but her weak and fragile body, plus the amount of people that were already pushing their way in, prevented her from doing so. She crawled away from the house, out of harms way from the pandemonium that will erupt.
It is unholy here.
It is unholy here.
It is unholy here.
"It's not human!" somebody screamed. "It's not human!"
People backed up slowly as a burly man came running out with a bundle of blankets in his arms. He held up the baby for all the world to see.
"It isn't human! It is unholy!"
People scrambled in all directions, running from the screaming creature. As harmless as it was, its cries pierced people's ears. Many held their ears shut and ran as fast as they could. Mothers placed their hands over little children's faces, fathers hurried their wives away, back to their houses, where most will stay secluded.
The man threw the baby at Ichiko, having it land at the crying girl's feet. "You must destroy the freak of nature! Do what your sister cannot do." He walked away.
Ichiko cautiously looked down at the baby. Afraid that its gaze might put her under some type of spell, she reached down and picked up it, holding it arms length away. Ichiko ran back into the house, being careful not to drop her sister's baby, and brought it to where Izayoi rested.
"Izayoi, we must get out of here," Ichiko whispered to her sister, still fighting back sobs, but holding it in for her sister's sake, as she packed up a few necessary belongings into a couple of bags.
Izayoi rolled her eyes open and looked down at the screaming baby resting on the floor beside her. "You can't put a baby on the floor," Izayoi muttered softly. She then held the baby up to her with both her arms and cradled it. It screamed and screamed, but she calmly rocked, humming a lullaby.
The baby's cries softened until they stopped all together.
Ichiko stopped in her tracks and turned towards her sister. "How did you do that?"
Izayoi shrugged. "He's my baby."
Ichiko smiled down at her sister. "Right. He's your baby." All former fears of the creature had vanished. It was an adorable little thing once you got over the ultimate shock of seeing it the first time. It's large eyes were closed, its chest slowly rising up and down on its own. It's mouth opened and closed in sync with the rising and falling of the chest, and on each opening, you could clearly see two small teeth poking through the gums. Ichiko knew that a baby born with teeth at birth was very uncommon, almost impossible, but this was no normal child. As proof, two little dog ears rested, almost hidden underneath the baby's bushel of silver hair. Ichiko briefly smiled, but then remembered those fears that had plagued her a short while ago. "Izayoi, I know you're tired, but we need to leave Kai at once."
"Why?"
"Don't you hear the commotion outside?" she snapped, her hand pointed towards the screams and chaos. "They all saw the baby."
Izayoi took in a deep breath and sat up as best as she could, holding the tiny figure close to her chest. She grunted as she sat fully up, and attempted to stand. Ichiko stopped her. "Take your time. I still need to pack a couple of things." Izayoi watched as Ichiko packed a couple of shirts, skirts, and a few valuable possessions into a small suitcase, closed the clasp, and went over to help her sister and the baby.
"We have to get out of here. Take it, and I'll meet you in the back."
Izayoi smiled down at her little baby boy and muttered one word. "Inuyasha."
Ichiko stared puzzled at her sister. "Inuyasha?"
"He is not an it," Izayoi demanded at her sister. "He is a living, breathing being."
"So you named it...him Inuyasha?"
Izayoi nodded. "After his father." Ichiko tried to press the matter further but Izayoi would not budge or make a sound. They stayed silent as they crept out the back-door, and down the back streets, and finally, out of the town. Spread out before them was the Japan countryside, darkened by the night sky, but illuminated all the same by the full moon. Mountains shadowed the horizon, and miles and miles of land laid out before the two sisters like a blanket. Ichiko knew that the nearest town was twenty miles away. She could clearly see the lamps sparkling in the distance like land stars. Clutching the suitcase in one hand, and helping her sister with the other, they made their way out of town, and into the night.
I know this chapter is short, but it's the prologue. Trust me. There is a reason the end is rushed. You're not really supposed to know, but that's a whole other story. Just review it please. I beg of you. Just this once.
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