True to Your Heart
Ch. 1: shattered!
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha! putting up a strong front but can't help the few tears that fall
The year was 511 and the entire world was centered on one most beautiful and magical place. The middle kingdom.
The middle kingdom was the very center of the United kingdoms (no not the UK this is my own made up place). It was where all trading between countries took place. It was also where the most powerful of all magic resided. The Shikon no Tama.
The Shikon no Tama, the jewel of four souls, was the single thing that protected all of the United kingdoms. It supplied their power and protected them from the evil that wished to overthrow them.
But over the course of so many centuries the jewel was losing its power and luster. Without the one soul that was needed to keep the jewel pure it would eventually fade away leaving their kingdoms unprotected. Of course this didn't go unnoticed by the emperor.
He was a young but very wise man who had reigned over the middle kingdom and its surrounding one's as well, since the days of his youth. He ruled with an iron fist and an iron will. Some would say he was the strictest emperor their country had, had yet. But under that entire rough exterior was the most kind and understanding man.
The emperor was in his throne room contemplating his predicament with the jewel when he heard some racket coming from outside the doors. He looked up just in time to see the doors thrown open by the general of his army who came charging into the room along with two young men at his sides and all the guards running along behind them trying to stop them. This of course was a futile attempt for you see the general was a youkai. Not just any youkai either he was the most powerful youkai of all the kingdoms. He was Sugimi of the Takashi clan. And the two young men were his sons, Sesshoumaru who was the lieutenant and Inuyasha who was the captain. Their clan was the most powerful and prestigious of the youkai clans which was the reason why the emperor made them head of his army.
The general made his way up to the emperor's throne with his two sons on his heels and quickly bowed in respect. He seemed to be very rushed. "Please excuse my intrusion your majesty but I have some really urgent news." He said looking up to the emperor who now had a worried look on his face.
"What happened?" he asked getting out of his throne.
Sesshoumaru continued with their explanation. "If I may continue your majesty, the sacred jewel's power has almost diminished, meaning so has the shield that has protected the united kingdoms for all these centuries, leaving many gaps for those with evil intensions to come through." He said this with so little expression he seemed to not care at all.
The general continued. "Naraku and his army have broken through the northern section of the shield"
The emperor took this in stride and thought up a plan. "Alright" turning to his head councilman he said, "Deliver constription (I did not spell that right) notices throughout all the kingdoms! Rally up as many new recruits as possible." Turning back to the three men "I want the one to stay behind and train the new recruits to be....you." He finished off pointing at none other than Inuyasha.
Inuyasha seemed a bit surprised by this not to mention his father. "But your majesty I need both my sons to assist me while I battle Naraku and his troops and I do not think we need to train anymore men to fight them off." The general argued. "That may be true general Taisho but I will not take any chances. A single grain of rice can tip a scale; one man may be the difference between victory and defeat."
The general sighed and turned to his son. "Alright inuyasha, you will stay behind and train the new troops." Inuyasha was angered by this. "But why do I have to be the one to stay behind?!" he directed his question at the emperor.
The emperor walked down the steps to his throne and got right up in front of him. The general was a bit worried that the emperor would have his son killed for insubordination. "Because I believe you will be the most qualified for this job." Inuyasha continued to argue. "But why not Sesshoumaru? He's even more qualified than I!" the emperor didn't seem fazed at all by inuyasha's yelling "This is precisely the reason he will go with your father. We will only hold back those we can afford to." Before inuyasha could retaliate the sound of the doors being thrown open again interrupted them.
A guard came running in with a look of distress on face. He quickly bowed to the emperor then the general and sons before speaking. "Your majesty huff huff the shield...the shield is... is completelyhuff huff shattered!" this completely surprised the four men in the room. "What do you mean completely shattered?!" the emperor's voice boomed. The guard was shaking with fear as he got down on his knees. "It is just as I say your highness! It's completely gone!"
The emperor gave a frustrated sigh and turned back to the general. "Get to work on getting those troops prepared to protect my people. And captain Inuyasha," He turned to the youngest of the sons. "You WILL stay behind and prepare the new recruits. That's an order!" he turned around and went back to his throne. Inuyasha was about to argue back but a quick glare from his father quickly shut him up. He gave a rushed bow to hide the sour look on his face before turning around and briskly walking out the huge double doors, slamming them behind him.
His father turned back to the emperor, bowed and followed his son's lead out the doors. But Sesshoumaru stayed behind to talk a little more to the emperor. "Your majesty if you don't mind me asking, what are you going to do about the jewel?" the emperor sighed and looked at the lieutenant with a contemplating look on his face. "I was hoping it wouldn't come to this." He closed his eyes and looked rather perturbed. Sesshoumaru raised one of his delicate eyebrows at this. "Come to what your highness?" suddenly the emperor turned to the stone statue of a fox that was next to his throne. "Shippo! Wake up!"
The statue suddenly became a real fox that then poofed with a cloud of smoke. When the smoke cleared Sesshoumaru saw a little boy with a reddish brown hair and a puffy beige tail.
"Sesshoumaru this is Shippo." The emperor introduced the little fox child but sounded rather annoyed.
Shippo bowed to the man and then turned to the emperor with an annoyed look of his own. "So your royal pain-ness what meager little chore do you want me to do today?" he crossed his little arms and stood there sort of pouting.
The emperor sighed and rubbed his face. "Shippou I want you to go out with the shikon jewel and look for the one that was prophesized to return its power. Does that sound like a meager little chore to you?" he asked turning to the fox with a half eyed/annoyed look. Shippo put a look of deep thought on his face just to annoy him more. "Alright! But how will I know who it is?"
Once again the emperor sighed again and spoke through his teeth. "The prophesy! You complete and utter moron!" Shippo's face showed recognition at that. "Oh right! The prophesy! It said that the one to return the jewels power would be pure of heart and self-sacrificing. But still how am I supposed to find them out of all the people in then entire kingdoms." He whined to the already severely ticked king.
The emperor turned to the little table that always stood next to his throne and picked up the little box that was on it. He opened he little box and picked something up out of it. It was a little black stone with some ancient Chinese calligraphy on it in white paint. He put it around shippo's neck, who just looked at it in confusion. "What the heck is this thing?" he inspected, sniffing and everything. (Doesn't that sound like something inu would do?) "That is what will show you who the 'one' is." Shippo just looked more confused. "How's it gonna do that?" the emperor sighed again rubbing his temples. "It just will now stop dawdling and get searching!" he shouted pointing toward the exit. Shippo "eeped" and bolted out the doors before anyone could blink.
Sesshoumaru watched all this with a slightly amused expression. The emperor turned back to him and gave another exasperated sigh. "THAT, Sesshoumaru, is what I didn't want it to come to." Sesshoumaru gave a slight chuckle, bowed and left through the doors the fox recently exited through.
The emperor sat there in his throne room contemplating his actions. 'Maybe I should've sent someone else' sigh
AN: hi! Thanks for reading the first chapter of my second fan fiction. Now if you're thinking that I don't like Shippo your wrong I love that little guy I just wanted to make it seem like the emperor and him didn't get along very well. Well if you liked this please tell me and I will update but if you don't then well.......I won't do anything!
Ch. 1: shattered!
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha! putting up a strong front but can't help the few tears that fall
The year was 511 and the entire world was centered on one most beautiful and magical place. The middle kingdom.
The middle kingdom was the very center of the United kingdoms (no not the UK this is my own made up place). It was where all trading between countries took place. It was also where the most powerful of all magic resided. The Shikon no Tama.
The Shikon no Tama, the jewel of four souls, was the single thing that protected all of the United kingdoms. It supplied their power and protected them from the evil that wished to overthrow them.
But over the course of so many centuries the jewel was losing its power and luster. Without the one soul that was needed to keep the jewel pure it would eventually fade away leaving their kingdoms unprotected. Of course this didn't go unnoticed by the emperor.
He was a young but very wise man who had reigned over the middle kingdom and its surrounding one's as well, since the days of his youth. He ruled with an iron fist and an iron will. Some would say he was the strictest emperor their country had, had yet. But under that entire rough exterior was the most kind and understanding man.
The emperor was in his throne room contemplating his predicament with the jewel when he heard some racket coming from outside the doors. He looked up just in time to see the doors thrown open by the general of his army who came charging into the room along with two young men at his sides and all the guards running along behind them trying to stop them. This of course was a futile attempt for you see the general was a youkai. Not just any youkai either he was the most powerful youkai of all the kingdoms. He was Sugimi of the Takashi clan. And the two young men were his sons, Sesshoumaru who was the lieutenant and Inuyasha who was the captain. Their clan was the most powerful and prestigious of the youkai clans which was the reason why the emperor made them head of his army.
The general made his way up to the emperor's throne with his two sons on his heels and quickly bowed in respect. He seemed to be very rushed. "Please excuse my intrusion your majesty but I have some really urgent news." He said looking up to the emperor who now had a worried look on his face.
"What happened?" he asked getting out of his throne.
Sesshoumaru continued with their explanation. "If I may continue your majesty, the sacred jewel's power has almost diminished, meaning so has the shield that has protected the united kingdoms for all these centuries, leaving many gaps for those with evil intensions to come through." He said this with so little expression he seemed to not care at all.
The general continued. "Naraku and his army have broken through the northern section of the shield"
The emperor took this in stride and thought up a plan. "Alright" turning to his head councilman he said, "Deliver constription (I did not spell that right) notices throughout all the kingdoms! Rally up as many new recruits as possible." Turning back to the three men "I want the one to stay behind and train the new recruits to be....you." He finished off pointing at none other than Inuyasha.
Inuyasha seemed a bit surprised by this not to mention his father. "But your majesty I need both my sons to assist me while I battle Naraku and his troops and I do not think we need to train anymore men to fight them off." The general argued. "That may be true general Taisho but I will not take any chances. A single grain of rice can tip a scale; one man may be the difference between victory and defeat."
The general sighed and turned to his son. "Alright inuyasha, you will stay behind and train the new troops." Inuyasha was angered by this. "But why do I have to be the one to stay behind?!" he directed his question at the emperor.
The emperor walked down the steps to his throne and got right up in front of him. The general was a bit worried that the emperor would have his son killed for insubordination. "Because I believe you will be the most qualified for this job." Inuyasha continued to argue. "But why not Sesshoumaru? He's even more qualified than I!" the emperor didn't seem fazed at all by inuyasha's yelling "This is precisely the reason he will go with your father. We will only hold back those we can afford to." Before inuyasha could retaliate the sound of the doors being thrown open again interrupted them.
A guard came running in with a look of distress on face. He quickly bowed to the emperor then the general and sons before speaking. "Your majesty huff huff the shield...the shield is... is completelyhuff huff shattered!" this completely surprised the four men in the room. "What do you mean completely shattered?!" the emperor's voice boomed. The guard was shaking with fear as he got down on his knees. "It is just as I say your highness! It's completely gone!"
The emperor gave a frustrated sigh and turned back to the general. "Get to work on getting those troops prepared to protect my people. And captain Inuyasha," He turned to the youngest of the sons. "You WILL stay behind and prepare the new recruits. That's an order!" he turned around and went back to his throne. Inuyasha was about to argue back but a quick glare from his father quickly shut him up. He gave a rushed bow to hide the sour look on his face before turning around and briskly walking out the huge double doors, slamming them behind him.
His father turned back to the emperor, bowed and followed his son's lead out the doors. But Sesshoumaru stayed behind to talk a little more to the emperor. "Your majesty if you don't mind me asking, what are you going to do about the jewel?" the emperor sighed and looked at the lieutenant with a contemplating look on his face. "I was hoping it wouldn't come to this." He closed his eyes and looked rather perturbed. Sesshoumaru raised one of his delicate eyebrows at this. "Come to what your highness?" suddenly the emperor turned to the stone statue of a fox that was next to his throne. "Shippo! Wake up!"
The statue suddenly became a real fox that then poofed with a cloud of smoke. When the smoke cleared Sesshoumaru saw a little boy with a reddish brown hair and a puffy beige tail.
"Sesshoumaru this is Shippo." The emperor introduced the little fox child but sounded rather annoyed.
Shippo bowed to the man and then turned to the emperor with an annoyed look of his own. "So your royal pain-ness what meager little chore do you want me to do today?" he crossed his little arms and stood there sort of pouting.
The emperor sighed and rubbed his face. "Shippou I want you to go out with the shikon jewel and look for the one that was prophesized to return its power. Does that sound like a meager little chore to you?" he asked turning to the fox with a half eyed/annoyed look. Shippo put a look of deep thought on his face just to annoy him more. "Alright! But how will I know who it is?"
Once again the emperor sighed again and spoke through his teeth. "The prophesy! You complete and utter moron!" Shippo's face showed recognition at that. "Oh right! The prophesy! It said that the one to return the jewels power would be pure of heart and self-sacrificing. But still how am I supposed to find them out of all the people in then entire kingdoms." He whined to the already severely ticked king.
The emperor turned to the little table that always stood next to his throne and picked up the little box that was on it. He opened he little box and picked something up out of it. It was a little black stone with some ancient Chinese calligraphy on it in white paint. He put it around shippo's neck, who just looked at it in confusion. "What the heck is this thing?" he inspected, sniffing and everything. (Doesn't that sound like something inu would do?) "That is what will show you who the 'one' is." Shippo just looked more confused. "How's it gonna do that?" the emperor sighed again rubbing his temples. "It just will now stop dawdling and get searching!" he shouted pointing toward the exit. Shippo "eeped" and bolted out the doors before anyone could blink.
Sesshoumaru watched all this with a slightly amused expression. The emperor turned back to him and gave another exasperated sigh. "THAT, Sesshoumaru, is what I didn't want it to come to." Sesshoumaru gave a slight chuckle, bowed and left through the doors the fox recently exited through.
The emperor sat there in his throne room contemplating his actions. 'Maybe I should've sent someone else' sigh
AN: hi! Thanks for reading the first chapter of my second fan fiction. Now if you're thinking that I don't like Shippo your wrong I love that little guy I just wanted to make it seem like the emperor and him didn't get along very well. Well if you liked this please tell me and I will update but if you don't then well.......I won't do anything!