Chapter 1-Snake's Tongue

The sun rose and the morning came as the sunlight came slowly from giant orb or light that was the sun. The light swarmed over the shadows of the grass and the trees until it reached a certain half-demon in red fire rat clothing wearing a long, brownish, and warn out robe. It had been two years since that day when he left them all behind. "Two years, five month, ten days, and this morning I have been gone from their presence and enjoying my freedom," thought Inuyasha as he got up from his tree of a bed.

To him it was another day of his tortured yet free life. He jumped out from the tree branch onto the ground and started walking onto along the path. Where he was headed he had no idea, but he felt he had to move on. In the past two years since he killed Naraku and nearly himself demons were coming out of their hiding places looking for territory to claim as their own. He had killed a few that tried to get in his way, but it didn't stop others from taking places humans had lived in since the demons went into hiding.

He walked along the path as storm clouds appeared and it started to rain as he came up to a village that was actually thriving despite it originally being demon territory before Naraku came around. "Well that pure blue sky did last long," said Inuyasha as he looked up at the sky.

He had just walked into the village when the ground shook beneath him and a giant snake demon appeared in front of him attacking everyone in sight. "Thisssssssssss territory issss mine now humanssssssss. Leave while you can before I sssssssstart taking your livesssssssss," said the snake demon as men woman and children started running for their lives.

Inuyasha however, walked up to the giant snake demon as if the demon was insignificant to him. "I've seen other demons like you trying to take human territories that were once demon. And to be honest I'm getting quite sick of it...and you," said Inuyasha in a very threatening voice.

"Oh really? Well then why don't I jusssssssssst put you out of your misssssssssssery?" said the snake demon as it struck with it mouth.

"Sorry. But I can't die...just yet!" said Inuyasha who moved out of the way making the snake demon eat the ground he hit.

"Who are you? You are no ordinary half-demon. Identify yoursssssself," said the snake demon.

"I am Inuyasha." said Inuyasha with a smile.

The snake reeled back its neck in surprise. "Inuyassssssssssha! You mean the half-demon Inuyassssssssha who was Narakusssssssssssss apprentice and killed him?" said the snake demon.

Inuyasha mentally winced at that remark. "Your half right. I did kill Naraku. Being his apprentice is something is nothing more then a rumor that has been spreading for the past two years," said Inuyasha in an even more serious voice as his eyes showed a hint of red in them.

"Really? That'ssssss not what I heard Inuyassssssssha. You ssssssee the rumorsssss of Narakusssss defeat tell of you firsssssst being Narakussssss apprentice before you killed him," said the snake demon.

"That's all they are. Just rumors. They are neither true nor false. They are meant to be something that allows others to decide for themselves. Of course what YOU think is not worth my time!" said Inuyasha who could feel himself changing as he felt his muscles increase and his eyes turned slightly more red.

"Well I think you were Narakusssssss apprentice regardlesssssss of what you think of my opinion. And I think that the rumorsssss are true. I wonder how these humansssss would think of you if that knew what you were like two yearsssssss ago? Would they fear you!" said the snake demon that launched a surprise attack, but missed again.

"It wouldn't matter since I was never Narakus apprentice," said Inuyasha as he dodged anther attack by the snake demon yet again.

"Your lying. I can tell your lying becausssssssse of the sssssssssstench of miasssssssma that issss coming...from you!" said the snake demon whose words stung Inuyasha deep in his heart.

"I think your tongue needs to be removed snake demon. Your life here as been annoying long enough so I think I'll shorten it," said Inuyasha whose fangs were starting to grow a little.

"The day I am defeated by a half-demon issss the day I die!" said the snake demon that attacked and this time bit Inuyasha right on his right shoulder.

"Then your already dead," said Inuyasha whose shoulder bitten arm was now in the snakes mouth with its claws dug into the soft muscle tissue inside the snake demons head. Inuyasha then proceed to rip out the snakes small brain...killing him instantly.

The people who had survived cheered as Inuyasha removed the snake and it's fang from his shoulder. Blood and venom began dripping from his shoulder, then down his arm, and finally touching the ground. "You should get that wound treated my boy the venom on snake demons is quite powerful," said the elder monk who was apparently the leader of the village. He was being escorted by much taller, stronger, and younger men who to Inuyasha looked like body guards.

"I'm fine old monk. I've been poisoned by far worse demons. Now I must be going I spent too much time in a single place," said Inuyasha as he started to leave only to be held up by a human girl.

"Please don't leave. Stay a little while longer," she said as she hugged him around the side of his waist. She had brown hair, blue eyes and a smile that was sweet and innocent.

"No I...can't. I...I have to go," said Inuyasha as he could feel himself being transformed into a dark being.

"No you can't. Its raining and miserable. Please just…" that was as far as the child got as Inuyasha shoved the little girl away from him.

"I...SAID...NO! LEAVE ME ALONE!" Inuyasha yelled as thunder and lighting appeared in the rain.

Inuyasha put his left hand over his face and tried to suppress the dark transformation. "I...am...sorry. I just...have to get away before I cause anymore harm," Inuyasha said as he started walking out of the village with people getting out of his way as he put up the hood of his robe to cover his face from on looking eyes.

"Your just going to let him walk out of here master?" said one of the elder monks body guards.

"Yeah he just shoved the girl away after she was being nice to him," said another body guard.

"Let him go you two. He is suffering as it is," said the old monk who watched as the half-demon left the village area.

"But why master," said the old monks apprentice who was clearly still naïve and too young to sense what the elder did.

"Can you not see it in his walk? In his voice? His eyes? He is a half-demon who is waging his own personal battle within his own personal hell of a life. Never have I sensed someone with such wounds in them. He walks with a heavy weight on his back and yet he does not stop living to end his pain. I fear the strain of sustaining such a weight will soon take its toll on him. And the half-demon knows it. If he stays he knows he puts us in great danger. So for his sake as well as ours just let him walk away into the storm. That way he will be the god's problem. Not ours," said the old monk as he watched as the half-demon till he was out of sight.