Disclaimer: I own neither Naruto nor Inuyasha.
Japanese translations:
Kuusou- shit / damnit
Kyuubi no Kitsune- nine tailed fox
Konohagakure- the leaf village
Hokage- leader of the leaf village
Urusei- slang version for 'urusai' which means shut up
Gaki- punk / brat
Youkai- demon
Dai-youkai- great demon
Shinigami- god of death
Hanyo- half demon
Tenseiga- sword of heavenly rebirth
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Chapter1: Demon
"Get back here you filthy demon!" A voice growled.
The young boy ran as fast as his small legs could carry him, barely caring what direction he was going. He just had to get away from them.
He sniffed wiping his bloodied nose with the back of his hand. He thought he might have broken it, but there was no time to be crying over it now.
"Kuusou." He hissed. The golden haired boy cursed and looked over his shoulder with a worried expression on his face as he saw them gaining on him.
He had only gone into a mask shop to wonder at the porcelain hand-crafted items, when the shop owner that usually gave him a glare laced with malice every time he passed, suspiciously had a change of heart and kindly gave him a kitsune mask for free.
It was hard to believe the shopkeeper was doing it out of kindness so the little boy checked it in case paper bombs were hidden on the inside or if there was some kind of catch. Of course the boy had to be sceptical because it wasn't the first time someone had tricked him but it was hard to refuse a man that insisted he took it and shoved it into his arms.
There was an unmistakable look of naive hope on the boys face when he smiled back. A smile of vulnerability, a hope of not wanting to be crushed, rejected.
The blonde haired child thanked him anyway and took it with a warm feeling in his heart thinking maybe not everyone hated him but seconds later it was shattered when he had heard the voice of the man calling him back and he turned around with a smiling face to hear him cry, "Stop! Thief!"
The blue eyed boy surprised at the betrayal turned back to the shopkeeper in shock unable to say anything. The little boy never shook off the look of pure hatred in the mans eyes as he uttered those words. He couldn't forget it. Time seemed to slow down and his heart pounded against his rib cage as fear secured him, holding him down making sure he had nowhere to run from that look. He stared at the ground, he had thought for a second he might have been able to trust him.
He saw three men two of which were wearing standard Konoha shinobi flak jackets but all three were sporting the leaf's headband. The small figure instantly dodged and ran when he had looked up to see them diving toward him. One of them had managed to grab his right leg and yanked it hard causing him to fall flat on his face. They latched onto him and the six year old struggled as they pulled him from the ground.
"Hey you! Let go of me!" He cried in fear. "I-i didn't take it I swear, he gave it to me!" The boy pointed toward the mask shop keeper, who looked away as if he had nothing to do with the situation at hand.
Civilians had turned to see what all the commotion was about but it only took one look at the child for them to then decide not to get involved.
"Is that so demon brat?" One of the men chuckled evily. "You liar." He whispered.
The azure eyed boy glared and growled again but this time with a more feral nature.
"Urusei!" He shouted angrily.
"Oi gaki! You should learn to respect your elders!" One snickered poking him in the chest.
The tallest man tried to pull the fox mask away from him. He knew he probably should have let go but he growled and clung to it stubbornly in defiance. The man smirked after seeing the mask,
"You keep the mask, it suits a demon like you!"
"Nani?" The whisker-marked boy asked with rage so that anyone a mile away could hear.
"I'm not a demon!" He denied shouting back.
"But you are. Your whisker-marks are proof of that." The boy touched his cheeks which were dirty and ashen.
"You're a brave one. Having the audacity to steal something that's not even yours. Don't you think you have stolen enough lives already you little monster?" Another sneered at the boy.
"What was that? You wanna fight?!" The jinchuuriki challenged belligerently even though he knew he had no chance.
"Heh, heh feisty are we? How about I cut that savage tongue out of your mouth and see how you are then eh!" The man who pulled him threatened.
The young boy was frightened but no one would ever know it.
"Hokage-jiji's gonna get you for this ya know!" The pugnacious boy roared squirming under the ninja's grip.
They couldn't have been more than genin or chuunin in rank and he had enough experience from playing pranks and escaping from jonin to be able to get away but that didn't mean he wasn't feeling intimidated.
The child had bitten the man holding his wrists and kicked the man who had pulled his leg then elbowed the other man in the crotch and made a break for it. He ran. Now they were still chasing after him.
But this was no rare occurrence, people attempted to kill him daily. Hurting him in any ways they could.
"I'll get you for what you did to Konoha six years ago!"
The blonde boy didn't know what they were talking about nor did he understand why they had always labeled him as demon and monster and treated him as the village pariah but he knew the loneliness and scorn he was subjected to was not normal. He knew that when parents told their kids to stay away from him it wasn't normal and he knew when people gave him that look it wasn't normal.
'I wish they could just leave me alone! I never did anything to them!' He thought hot tears of hurt and anger forming in the corners of his eyes.
His right leg was already injured but something in him told him to keep running, keep going.
He was nearing the border of Konoha into the forest.
This benefited the people chasing him because they could easily jump from tree to tree but with an injured leg he hurriedly limped on the ground.
"Ha ha ha ha ha!" A laugh of pure malevolence came from above.
"Do everyone a favour and just die monster!" A kunai was thrown at him from above and it hit his shoulder, the boy winced and stumbled. The man who threw the weapon maniacally grinned when he saw blood begin to bleed onto his white tee-shirt.
"Tell me, how do you feel now you demon!"
"Tch."
The demon animal sealed inside of the boy scoffed in annoyance and closed his crimson eyes in thought as he heard what the villagers where saying. Chakra drained from him into the boy to quickly heal his fatal wounds.
"Worthless humans," He spoke with venom, his nine tails lashing about behind him in the shallow waters of the boy's mind-scape. In the 350 years he had lived he had come to detest the selfish and cruel creatures called humans and he guessed the feeling was mutual. Especially for these villagers who were ignorant and obviously didn't know what might happen if they succeeded in killing the young jinchuuriki. The fox wouldn't mind giving them what they clearly wanted if it meant he could rip them to shreds later even if there was a high possibility that he, the demon could die as well thanks to the shinigami seal placed on him at his vessels' birth, there would also be a chance when the Kyuubi could break free from the seal just before his container died and go on a killing spree if he so desired.
The enormous chakra beast almost felt sorry for the little runt.
"What a cruel father the Yondaime was, sealing the great Kyuubi no Youko into his own child! " The demon fox snickered.
"But it doesn't matter, I will soon be free from this despicable brat! "
His wild scarlet eyes opened once more and and an untamed grin crossed his furry features and his large jaws opened, exposing sharp fangs as he let a psychopathic laugh escape him at the very thought about being free, properly this time. But who could blame the kitsune, living in confined imprisonments like this for over 300 years would obviously take a bad toll on anyone's pysche. He calmed his laughing and thought about might happen to his host. It would be unfortunate for the young boy.
But after all, jinchuurikis suffered the same cursed fate.
All he could do now was wait. It would only be a matter of time...
He knew he wasn't going to make it but kept running anyway. Even though his body told him to stop. He could not stop. He kept telling himself he had dreams to accomplish and he had the rest of his life to live.
He wanted to be hokage, to have his first kiss with that beautiful pink haired girl he always saw in the park and to be respected by Konoha. What about people who cared about him like Teuchi and Ayame, Hokage-jiji and that silver haired wolf anbu that always pretended he wasn't there but sometimes came to his rescue when villagers attacked him and sent him birthday gifts every year.
He didn't want to die, not now. In his cerulean eyes shone the determination reflected off his heart. He shut his eyes tight and prayed that someone would save him.
"Please, somebody help..me" The young boy thought as he ran panting, his adrenaline finally wearing thin.
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A silver haired dog demon dressed in finery and donned with interesting metal armour with what looked like a trail of fur flowing over his right shoulder trekked the forest with his two loyal adherents following after him one of which was skipping and singing his name jovially the other came closely behind begging her to stop. A two headed dragon flew above the tree-tops of the forest also following them.
"Rin! Be quiet!" The small green demon chastised. "Your singing surely must be annoying Sesshomaru-Sama." The girl frowned.
"Say Sesshomaru-Sama, is my singing annoying you?" Rin questioned sweetly skipping beside him. She received no answer.
"See Jaken-Sama! He doesn't mind!" Jaken crossed his arms and closed his eyes before answering.
" He obviously doesn't want to hurt your feelings by saying so Rin that's why he didn't answer." Rin looked sad.
"Jaken-Sama you're so mean to Rin. Sesshomaru-Sama is way nicer than you!" She teased pouting.
"Hmph!" The demon holding a wooden staff retorted.
"Sesshomaru-Sama, why are we here?" Rin asked as she looked at the forest around her.
She frowned slightly, Rin had never really liked forest's. Especially at night but with Sesshomaru-Sama and Jaken-Sama here she didn't have to worry.
Usually if he wanted to explore something he would leave her, Jaken and Au-Un behind and come back for them later.
"Its because Sesshomaru-Sama has finally come to his senses and decided he's had enough of you and your singing Rin so he's decided to leave you here all alone!" Jaken answered in a chiding tone.
"A-ano...Oh.." Rin answered her voice wobbling with emotion and forlornly looking down. The dog demon in his human form stopped walking.
"Jaken." Sesshomaru warned before looking sharply over his shoulder at the quivering little demon.
It was enough for his loyal follower to begin sweating and apologizing to Rin profusely.
"Rin! I-i didn't mean it of course! It was just a joke! Heh, heh." He laughed nervously scratching his head.
"Hn." Was all Sesshomaru said in response.
'Phew that was close!' The demon thought exhaling as his leader continued walking.
Rin's mood brightened considerably after a few seconds.
"That's right! Sesshomaru-Sama would never leave Rin here alone because he's a nice person!" The six year old beamed, the radiance on her cheeks glowing.
"But Jaken-Sama would because he's a meanie!" The girl concluded.
"Hey! Rin!" Jaken called out. The young girl chuckled.
The dai-youkai paid no heed to their childish bickering, he was more interested in the strange aura this part of the forest was emanating. He had smelt it from miles away.
It was not unlike the aura of a half demon yet it was different. He reached out to touch thin air but his claws suddenly crackled with electricity, with a slightly amused look on his face he pulled his hand back. He had touched a barrier just as he had thought.
"A barrier?" Jaken inquired his previous playful mood suddenly becoming more serious.
"Yes and it seems to be quite dense." Sesshomaru stated.
"Do you think this is Naraku's doing?" Jaken queried his master again.
"No." He answered.
He could be almost sure this had nothing to do with Naraku but he couldn't help but be intrigued even so.
"Sesshomaru-Sama! Tenseiga!" Rin yelled pointing.
Rin was right, the Tenseiga looked to be pulsing with power and luminosity within its sheath.
Tenseiga was not a sword for breaking barriers, it was the sword of the other world and of healing he did not understand why it would be able to break this barrier.
The sword obviously wanted him to break the barrier but why was what he was wondering.
"Sesshomaru-Sama, I think Tenseiga wants you to cut through the b-" His master cut him off
"I know Jaken."
"O-of course you did Sesshomaru-Sama! I just thought maybe you-you..It doesn't matter.." Jaken trailed off nervously.
Sesshomaru examined the barriers' exterior carefully before resting his hand on the hilt of Tenseiga. First seeing that the other side was also forest. But like an illusion, it was realistic enough so that anyone with untrained eyes or human standard senses could easily pass by without realizing it even existed. The person who created the barrier obviously had not anticipated a demon such as Sesshomaru to discover it, it was possible maybe even Inuyasha his half brother might have been able to uncover it as well.
Sesshomaru scoffed expressing his repulsion and distaste at the idea that his hanyou brother could become nearly as strong as him. Sesshomaru then addressed his followers.
"Jaken, Rin, stay back." Rin nodded and complied.
"Hai Sesshomaru-Sama." She dragged Jaken with her too.
"Rin! Rin! Let go of me!" He demanded his arms and legs flailing. The dark haired girl only giggled lightly.
When they were at a safe distance behind him, the golden-eyed demon slowly drew his fathers heirloom that was almost glowing white now.
"Sugoi!" Rin marveled in awe clutching her hands together from behind a tree.
"You see Rin, this is the power of Sesshomaru-Sama! He is great!" Jaken lectured wisely.
"Tenseiga, where is it that I should cut?" Sesshomaru asked to nowhere in particular.
Only to have his question answered by a incandescent light marking the spot. With a powerful swing of Tenseiga, he slashed a diagonal cut through the barrier wasting no time and a bright light spread from the broken barrier and bathed the forest with illumination.
The dog demon felt his senses spike up a bit as did Jaken when the verging on blinding white light overcame them.
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A/N:
Yes so this my first crossover fic and I'm quite happy with how this chapter turned out and I have something good planned for the next chapter. You'll just have to wait and see.
Onto the subject of my other Naruto fic What's Next, it might be going on hiatus because I have no idea how to carry on the rest of the story because my plans for the plot keep changing and I'm gonna be occupied for this fic for a while. I'm not sure.
Anyway if you like the sound of this fanfic please leave a review or if you have constructive criticism for the japanese translations or anything do, but please not flames.