Inu-Yasha
A Feudal Fairy Tale
Disclaimer: This episode of Inu-Yasha and the character Saeko
are of my own creation. I do not own any portion of Inu-Yasha.
"Inu-Yasha" and all related characters,
names, etc. are ©1998-2003 Rumiko Takahashi/Shogakukan,
Inc. Inu-Yasha is a trademark of Viz
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What's a Hanyou
to Do?
Scroll Three:
Explanations with a Surprise Visit
Kagome says goodbye to her friends Sango and Miroku as she walks up the steps to her house. Right next
to her house, up several flights of stairs lies her
grandfather's shrine, a shrine that has been in her family for countless
generations. Kagome enters through the front door and shouts, "Hey, I'm
home!"
"I'm in the kitchen honey," her mother's muffled voice replies. The
young woman drops her large yellow book bag on the floor next to the stairs and
walks into the kitchen, where her mother is busy cleaning the kitchen floor,
which consists of a single candy wrapper that has been torn to shreds. Her younger
brother, Sota, is sitting at the kitchen table
munching on a bag of chips while watching their mother clean up. "I
swear," she mumbles, "I have never seen any
child become so hyperactive after only a little bit of sugar!" She picks
up the last piece and deposits it in the trash while asking, "So how was
your first day?"
"Boring," Kagome sighs while sitting down next to
her brother and reaching in his bag. She stuffs a few chips into her
mouth before adding, "I have a lot of the same teachers that I had last
year, but they are so boring! I can't wait to go to high school next
year!"
Their mother turns around, a warm smile on her face. "And now that your
older sister Kikyo is a teacher at Takahashi High,
you can go there and it won't cost us as much." All three of them turn
their heads towards the front of the house as they hear the sounds of a brand
new Ferrari pulling into the driveway. "Oh good, it sounds like Kikyo is paying us a visit. I hope she had a good time on
her vacation, we haven't seen her all summer long!"
Sota suddenly drops his bag of chips and runs to the
front door. He opens it just as Kikyo walks up,
carrying her briefcase in one hand and a can of soda in the other. Her
beautiful face cracks into a large smile as she kneels down and hugs her little
brother warmly. "Hey there Sota.
It is good to see you again."
"Hey sis," the young boy replies. "How
was your summer?"
"Oh, it was great!" Kikyo happily exclaims.
She looks up and sees her mother and Kagome entering the front room. All three
women squeal happily and rush into each other's arms.
Sota rolls his eyes at the extreme show of affection.
He walks upstairs to his room while thinking, 'I'll never understand girls.'
The three women sit down on the living room couch and catch up on what they did
during the summer. Mrs, Higurashi
mainly stayed home and did regular motherly things, though she did go out a few
times with some of her old friends.
Kagome spent most of the summer hanging out with Sango
and Miroku, trying to get the two of them together.
She had known that both cared deeply for each other for quite some time, but
were too shy to say anything. It had taken her nearly two whole months, but she
finally got them to admit their feelings and they are now a happy couple,
despite Miroku's ever wandering hands and lecherous
thoughts.
Kikyo, on the other hand, spent her entire summer
traveling throughout Japan and learning more
about its ancient cultures, mainly Feudal Japan and the 'Warring States'. It is a hobby she
had started many years ago and now since she has earned a nice deal of money,
she can invest further into her favorite hobby. "I really enjoyed my
vacation," she begins, "but I am glad to be home. You cannot believe
how surprised I was when Takahashi High called up and said that they wanted me
to become their advanced mathematics teacher! I mean, I just got my teaching
degree a few months ago! But anyway, that school is so incredible! It looks a
lot like some of those famous colleges around the world. It is a real honor to be able to be able teach or attend
there."
"So what are the students like?" Kagome inquires, wanting to know
everything about the school she will be attending next year.
"Well I can tell that they look a lot more relaxed and happy than the
students in middle and lower school, but I think that is because they do not
have to wear any kind of school uniforms," she looks her younger sister
over, who is still wearing her uniform, remembering several years back when she
had to wear the same thing. "Oh yeah," she adds, looking excited,
"two of my students are hanyous!"
"Hanyous?" their mother questions. "Aren't those people
who are part youkai and part human?"
"Yes," Kikyo answers. "There is a
girl, I think her youkai half is a neko, and a boy, who looked like his half is an inu."
Mrs. Higurashi leans in a bit, keen to know more. "Really? What did the boy look like? Was he cute?"
"Mom!" both of her daughters shout at her at
the same time.
"What?" she asks, trying to look innocent.
"I'm just curious."
Kikyo sighs deeply. She then smiles slightly while
remembering what Inu- Yasha
looks like. "Well, it looks like he has silver hair. I could not tell
exactly since he had most of it hidden under a baseball cap. He has gold eyes,
gold! I mean that is such a beautiful color to have for eyes. Oh yeah! He has
the most adorable looking dog-ears on the top of his head and he had holes cut
through his hat so they could fit through!"
"Wait a minute!" Kagome suddenly shouts while now standing up,
remembering the boy she saw earlier. "Was he wearing a red tank top and
black pants?"
"Yes," her older sister answers, looking slightly startled.
"Have you seen him?"
"I saw him when I was walking home!" she excitedly responds. In the
blink of an eye, she is right in front of her sister's face, causing her to
jump back in shock. "What's his name? What do you know about him? Is he
single? Where does he live?" Her voice slowly rises as she suddenly
becomes extremely hyper like Shippô, the young fox kitsune who they adopted nearly a year ago when both of his
parents were killed. Whenever the child gets some sugar into him, he literally
bounces off the walls. Luckily he is now passed out on Kagome's bed after his
major sugar rush earlier.
Kikyo stands up and backs away a few steps, worried
about her younger sister's sudden hyperactivity. "His name is Inu-Yasha. I really do not know much about him except he is
a freshman."
Kagome sits back down, a somewhat dreamy look on her face.
'Inu-Yasha...' she thinks with a smile, 'I really
like that name. Oh I really hope I can see him again!'
Mrs. Higurashi and Kikyo
look back and forth between Kagome, who still is off daydreaming about the boy
she saw shortly before arriving home, and each other. They both share confused
glances and shrug at the girl who they are beginning to believe is not entirely
sane.
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Saeko opens the front door of her house and walks
inside. "Dad, I'm home!" she shouts while looking to the ceiling. The
normal sounds of footsteps leaving the office next to her room and heading down
the stairs reach the hanyou girl's cat-ears.
Her father emerges from the stairs. He is a tall man who still has a youthful
appearance to him despite being in his early forties. His dark black hair is
combed back and he is wearing a pair of blue jeans and a casual shirt. He
smiles warmly at his beautiful young daughter. "So how was your first day
of school?"
"It was...nice," she answers, thinking of both the good and bad
aspects of her day. "Some creep tried to attack me though." She conveniently
leaves out the fact that she was actually about to be raped had Inu-Yasha not intervened.
"Are you alright?" Mr. Orikasa asks while
stepping forward and looking at Saeko in concern.
She looks at her father, a slightly dreamy look in her eyes. "Yeah, I'm
fine. A boy, a hanyou boy helped protect me."
He doesn't notice the look in her eyes but asks, "A hanyou?
Like you?"
"Yeah dad, except his youkai half is an inu. He's really nice, I think
you'd like him." She looks up at the ceiling, the dreamy look now
spreading to her face.
This time though, her father notices. 'Uh oh...' he thinks in concern.
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Half an hour later, Saeko
has finished her homework, there wasn't much since it was the first day and
all. She grabs her cel phone off of her desk and her
small black purse and leaps down stairs. The neko hanyou is about to call to her father when she notices the
picture on the wall to her left. It is of her mother and her father nearly
sixteen years ago, when her mother was pregnant with her. A wistful look
appears on her face as she looks at her mother.
She suddenly snaps out of her gaze and shakes her head. "Dad," the hanyou girl calls to her dad, who is now sitting on his
favorite chair in the living room and reading a newspaper, "I'm going out
for a bit, okay?"
"Sure sweetheart," he replies, "but don't be out for long,
dinner is cooking in the oven."
She smiles as she smells the food that is beginning to cook. 'Mmm,' she thinks while licking her lips, 'lasagna, my favorite!' the neko girl walks
up to her dad and pats him on the shoulder. "Okay dad. I'm bringing my cel with me so if you need me for anything, just
call."
"I will," he says while placing a hand on top of hers. "Have a
good time."
Saeko leaves her house and begins to walk off towards
the west. She reaches inside of her purse and pulls out a small scrap of paper,
where an address and a phone number are scribbled on. An evil smile plays its
way across her lips. "I hope he doesn't mind unexpected visits too
much!"
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Inu-Yasha is currently standing in front of his
microwave in his apartment, impatiently waiting for his bowl of instant ramen
to finish cooking. "Come on," he moans while drumming his fingers on
the counter top, "hurry up!"
A few drops of water splash onto the kitchen floor from his still damp hair. He
just got out of the shower a few minutes ago and is dressed only in a pair of
red boxer shorts. A beeping noise comes from the microwave, alerting the inu hanyou that his food is done.
"Finally!" he cheers happily.
He is just about to reach inside and get his food when the telephone rings.
"Damn it!" the young man loudly curses, "This had better be
important! Nobody messes with me and my ramen!" He picks up the phone and
growls, "Yeah?"
"Well," comes a warm, rich voice on the other line, "its nice to hear you too my koinu
savior!"
"Saeko?" he questions, going wide eyed.
"Is that you? How'd you get this number?"
Inu-Yasha hears his new friend giggle slightly.
"I have my ways," she answers slyly.
Despite his grumpy mood at having had to leave his ramen to get cold, the hanyou boy smiles at the girl, who seems to have that
strange kind of affect on him. "Alright, so what are you calling
for?" Just then, someone knocks on his front door. "Hold on," he
says into the receiver, "someone's at my door."
He reaches the front door and is turning the handle when is bursts open and he
is thrown back a few feet. Standing in the doorway, and looking very cheerful,
is Saeko who is holding a cel
phone in her right hand. "Hey there," she happily greets. It is now
when she notices Inu-Yasha, who is sprawled on the floor, his long silver spread out behind him and dressed in
only a pair of boxer shorts. The neko girl blushes a
deep red in seeing him in this state. "Inu-Yasha!"
she shouts while covering her eyes and turning around,
"put some more clothes on!"
The inu boy stands up and dusts himself off. A small
smile makes its way to his lips as he sees the girl facing her back to him. He
can smell the nervousness that is now reeking from her. "I just took a
shower and I'm still a little hot," he calmly replies. "If you're not
comfortable seeing me like this then you can leave."
Saeko's shoulders slump as she sighs deeply. Slowly,
she turns around to look at Inu-Yasha, deliberately
avoiding looking anywhere below his neck. Now that she is looking him, she
notices that his hair is down and it is very long. As her eyes subconsciously
travel down the length of his silver hair, she takes in his finely toned chest
and muscular arms. Her eyes instantly shoot back up to his face, a small blush
creeping up on her.
Inu-Yasha watches her actions amusedly. A very evil
thought pops into his head. "You're lucky you know," he starts.
"I usually walk around with nothing on!"
Very lecherous thoughts appear in Saeko's mind
involving a nude Inu-Yasha. She quickly shakes those
thoughts away. 'Oh god, I'm turning into a hentai!'
she thinks worriedly. 'Why do I always act and feel so strange when I'm around
him?'
The inu hanyou turns around
and walks back into the kitchen. "Go on and sit down on the couch,"
he calls out. "You can watch anything you want on the television. I'll be
there in just a minute."
The neko girl sighs again and hops onto Inu-Yasha's couch, noting that it is very comfortable, and
grabs the remote control for the television and turns it on. She hears the inu boy coming in and sprawls herself across the couch,
giving him no room to sit down.
Inu-Yasha comes walking in with a huge bowl filled
with his ramen. He instantly notices Saeko taking
over his couch and growls lightly at her. "Can you move a bit so I can sit
down?"
"No thanks," she purrs, stretching as she says so. "I'm really
comfortable right here." She sinks her head into one of the corner pillows
and closes her eyes lazily.
The hanyou boy growls again, only louder than before.
He puts his bowl of ramen down on the coffee table while thinking, 'Baka neko.' He then swiftly picks
her up, causing her to gasp in surprise. Inu-Yasha
puts her in a sitting position on the couch and sits down next to her, a smug
smile plastered on his face.
He picks up his chopsticks and grabs some ramen from the bowel and brings it to
his mouth, but Saeko grabs his hand and stops him.
"Hey! What..." he starts to say, but pauses as the hanyou girl moves his hand over to her and eats the
noodles, slowly slurping them up. He watches, mesmerized as she chews them up
and licks her lips, taking in some of the juice that spilt there.
The neko girl looks over to Inu-Yasha,
and is startled by the strange look he is giving her. "Uh...Inu-Yasha?" she asks. He doesn't answer, but begins to
lean in towards her. The young girl's heart begins to beat rapidly in her chest
and her eyes widen. 'What is he doing?' her mind screams to her. Despite her
thoughts, she leans in as well and starts to close her eyes. Their lips get
closer and closer with each passing second. They are just about to kiss...when Saeko's cel phone rings.
Both hanyous jumps up in surprise and back away from
each other, each cursing the good for nothing phone that interrupted them. Saeko picks up her phone and politely answers,
"Hello?"
She pauses for a few moment to listen to the person
who called her. "Uh, yeah. Sure dad, I'll come
home right away." She hangs her phone and looks back to Inu-Yasha, her cat-ears drooping slightly. "Sorry, but
I gotta go." She reaches up and rubs one of his
dog-ears, causing him to purr a bit. The neko girl
giggles as she lets go and stands up to leave. "I guess I'll see you
tomorrow then. Bye." She waves to him as she slowly exits his front door
and closes it.
After the door closes, Inu-Yasha sinks down into his
couch, amazed at his behavior. "I almost kissed her!" he whispers to
himself, placing a hand on his forehead. "What's going on with me?"
Outside the door, Saeko leans against it and places a
hand on her still rapidly beating heart to try to calm it down. 'He was about
to kiss me...and I was about to kiss him back!' her mind squeals at her.
'I...I've never been attracted to any guy this much before. What's going on
with me?"
To be continued...
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Translations (in order of
appearance):
Kitsune: fox
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Author's notes: Well, another scroll
in the wraps. I'm getting more and more romantic in my fics
lately. I guess I'm turning into a big softie or something.
I just recently purchased the video game "Inu-Yasha:
A Feudal Fairy Tale" for the Playstation console
and I must say that I enjoyed it. It is a straight down fighting game with all
the main characters and their staple moves and such (including a really funny
one where Miroku can grope the female character he is
fighting!) The only thing that I was really disappointed in is that the spoken
dialogue is in Japanese (I was really hoping to hear the English voices here!)
-- lighthawkdemon
Questions or comments? E-mail me at: lighthawkdemon@yahoo.com