Sesshomaru stood there while his shoe holded the round object on its place so that it wouldn't roll elsewhere. The kanzen youkai's eyes stared towards the little child that seemed to stare back at him, neither wanted to make a sudden move. Who was this child? It was no ordinary child that is for sure. Though it was no ningen either, the appearance and the smell would make sure that was the case. Sesshomaru at that brought moment felt as if he was staring towards himself from reflection, but that was preposterous, this child looked nothing like him, but what was that sudden feeling he held in his heart as he continues to stare right into the little demon's round, big, bright yellow eyes? The youkai not wanting to deal with this type of situation any longer released his hold on the round object and continued to walk leaving his presence as a memory.
As he left Inuyasha couldn't help but to feel certain sadness in his eyes. He didn't know the man, but something about him was off, he knew it was off not just by the way he stared at him, but by the way he felt him as he stared.
"Inuyasha!" The little dog hanyou turned around and heard his name be called by his high sensitive ears. It must have been ready for lunch, the little hanyou quickly ran towards the round ball and picked up, but before he left to turn towards the way back to the hut he looked towards the direction that the man before took. Just who was he? Without giving it another thought the little hanyou ran back to his home.
With Sesshomaru
The youkai walked away from the scene that just bestowed upon him. Something wasn't right, he knew something wasn't right, but what exactly could he do? Well first he Sesshomaru has never let a situation like that ever occur to him. So what exactly was that? This bugged the demon, that child he was connected to him somehow. He was certain of it. Though Sesshomaru knew this was no time to ponder to such thoughts for he had to look for that Izayoi woman. 5 years is long enough that he was patient with, it took him three years to get to his fang and to his frustrating disappointment his father didn't leave Tetsusiaga to him, instead as a practical joke his father left him the useless Tenseiga. Many readers out there might have the question as to why it took Sesshomaru three exact years to locate his sword, well you see Sesshomaru walked towards the east while he lived west as he had to do was cut through to get to his location. Though the Tenseiga was located in the north, so he in fact had to turn around and go the opposite direction plus not knowing where it was placed due to a certain someone ditching him it made the task a lot harder. It's all fun and games until you know your sword is hung in the most obvious place in the planet. Not only was he playing cat and mouse with his fang he also had to play that game as he searched for the terrain! The rain made it impossible to relocate the wretch but though from there he kinda lost interest for a while to say the least, but due to a certain little dog demon his interest might have sky rocketed now.
The youkai walked his way until he heard the sound of running water, as he strolled by the sound it came into view that it was only stream. To say, this was a beauty of a stream; never had he laid eyes on such clear water as it shined upon the rays of the sun that beamed down from the tree branches of the forest. Sesshomaru looked to see if anyone was around and used his senses to make sure that no one was round he removed his armor and kimono and placed it nicely towards the ground with Tenseiga on the side. Once that was done he walked towards the stream and began to bathe himself among the clean water keeping his thoughts on the little demon he passed by.
With Inuyasha
The little hanyou ran towards his house never letting go of the ball as he arrived.
"Inuyasha sweet heart where were you?" Izayoi said as she bent down to her son. While she called his name her son took a little too long to come back, too long for comfort."I was starting to get worried over you" Inuyasha in the other hand hated when his mother worried about him, it made him feel terrible.
"I'm sorry mommy" He started "It's that my ball ran in the woods" Izayoi understanding nodded her head and smiled towards him.
"Okay time for lunch!" Inuyasha bounced up and down as his ball did a few moments ago finding himself very happy and hungry. Over the little hanyou's time being there with his mother and aunt and uncle the little dog demon never had any friends, in fact he had no idea what the word meant. An ordinary day for him was wake up, eat breakfast, play outside with his ball, eat lunch, and go to sleep after a while, he didn't complain for he really didn't know how to, but he wasn't angry at the type of life style there was either, as long as his mother was there with him everything was right in the world. After some time it was beginning to get dark and it was almost for Inuyasha's bed time.
"Mommy, how many stars are there in the sky?" The little hanyou asked as he was being tucked into bed. Izayoi looked at her questionably and thought a moment.
"That my son is very good question I'm not exactly sure honey why?" The little hanyou lifted up his shoulders as if indicating he didn't know why he asked either. Izayoi smiled at her son and hugged him like there was no tomorrow. "You're so cute Inuyasha!" She stated aloud while the little hanyou only laughed and giggled over his mother's hug.
"Hey Izayoi before Inuyasha goes to sleep, do you think I can tell him a story?" Kanon said as he walked in washing his hands it seemed. The princess sat up still holding her child and nodded thinking it wasn't such a bad idea.
"Yay! Uncle's telling me a story!" Inuyasha said over joyed. Kanon sat down Indian style and sat right next to the little hanyou. Just as the man was about to tell his story Hizuki walked in.
"Izayoi, can..can I speak with you?" She asked a little nervous. The princess slowly nodded her head and stared at her son.
"I'll be back in a moment Inuyasha, make sure you behave" She instructed, the little hanyou nodded back as a response and turned back to his uncle.
"Once upon a time there lived a nameless monster. The monster was dying to have a name. So he decided to set out on a journey to find his name, but the world was a large place." As Kanon told his story Izayoi walked outside the hut with Hizuki to see whatever the matter was. Hizuki's eyes glistened as she heard her husband tell the same story he told her once which made her chuckle.
"Looks like Kanon is telling little Inuyasha the Nameless Monster" Hizuki looked down towards her stomach. Izayoi stood there listening to whatever Hizuki was saying and kinda thought back.
'I'm not sure I want Inuyasha listening to such an awful name of a story!' Though she said nothing and waited patiently until Hizuki wanted to talk.
"You see Izayoi, I think I'm with childed" Izayoi's eyes widen in shock to make sure she heard correctly.
"You're pregnant? Congratulations! How long?" She asked very happy for her, but the look from Hizuki's face she didn't seem over joyed as Izayoi was.
"My words, they don't come out right.." Hizuki said sighing with such sadness. Izayoi in the other hand didn't really understand, what has her so sad when she just said she was with childed? "It isn't Kanon's.." Was her statement. Izayoi's eyes widen in shock once more, but this time in dumbstruck.
"You mean.."
Back inside
"Mr. Blacksmith, please give me you name." Kanon said as if he really was the blacksmith, Inuyasha sat there listening very, very, and very carefully. "You can't give someone a name."
(Story dialog)
"If you give me your name, I'll jump into your stomach and make you strong in return"
"Really? You'll make me stronger? Okay, you can have my name." And the monster jumped into the blacksmith's stomach. The monster became Otto the blacksmith. Otto was the strongest man in the town, but one day ..
"Look at me, look at me the monster inside me has grown this large!"
"Chomp, chomp, munch, munch, gobble, gobble, gulp" The hungry monster ate Otto from the inside. He went back to being a monster without a name. He jumped into the stomach of Hans the shoemaker, but ..
"Chomp,chomp,munch,munch,gobble,gobble,gulp" He went back to being a monster without a name. He jumped into the stomach of Thomas the hunter, but..
"Chomp,chomp,munch,munch,gobble,gobble,gulp" And once again he was a monster without a name. The monster went to the castle to look for a wonderful name.
"If you give me your name, I'll make you strong."
"If you'll heal my sickness, I'll give you my name" The monster jumped into the boy's stomach. The boy became very healthy. The king was delighted.
"The prince is well. The prince is well." The monster liked the boy's name. He liked living in the castle. So even when he was hungry, he stayed put. Every day he was so hungry, but he stayed put, but one day he was just too hungry.
"Look at me, look at me the monster inside me has grown this large" The boy ate the king and all the servants.
"Chomp,chomp,munch,munch,gobble,gobble,gulp" One day the boy met the monster who went west.
"I have a name. It's a wonderful name." The monster who went west said,
"You don't need a name. You can be happy without a name because we are nameless monsters" The boy ate the monster who went west. Even though he had finally found a name, there was no one around to call him by it. Johan was such a wonderful name too.
Back outside
"Yes I'm just like you. I slept with a demon, a demon!" Hizuki said in a frightened whisper. Izayoi held the woman closely towards her, knowing her pain.
"It's okay, everything is going to be okay Hizuki" The princess said as she tried to sooth her.
"What will Kanon do? He's been trying to get me pregnant for months!" Hizuki explained.
"Does the demon know?" Izayoi questioned, though it was going to be no surprise if she said he did. Her beloved knew of her pregnancy even before she knew.
"No he doesn't" Hizuki spoke in shame. "Once Kanon notices he will surely reject me and the infant..and then what?" Izayoi stared at the poor woman before her, she knew exactly what she was going through, but this situation was way different to what she was going through. She actually has a husband that loves her, and so did she until he died, but her husband is still alive maybe they can work something out..can they?
"I use to ask myself that question long ago.." The princess stated with much sadness. "You will get through this, I'm not sure how, but you and your husband will be able to get through this Hizuki, trust me don't give up hope" Izayoi said with her eyes glistening with determination.
Back inside
Kanon looked at the little hanyou as his eyes began to have tiny little streams of tears in each corner.
"Oh crap.. "The young male thought as he started to scratch the back of his head.
"The nameless monster is going to come after me!" The little hanyou yelled in fright. "He's going to take my name that mommy gave me and eat me!" He stated this time crying pools of tears down his eyes.
"No Inuyasha that's never going to happen!" Kanon said this time panicking. The women outside heard little Inuyasha crying and quickly came back inside from their little talk.
"What happened? Sweetie what happened?" Izayoi said in a panicked state running towards her little boy hugging him tightly.
"Name ...*hiccup*.. Nameless Monster!" The little dog demon cried into his mother's chest.
"Nameless Monster? You mean the story?" The princess said in questioning. Mean while the two were cuddling the scary away Hizuki glared swords of daggers on to her husbands back.
"How could you tell him that story?" Hizuki yelled in a whisper. Kanon looked back shocked.
"I..I thought he wasn't going to be afraid of the story!" He defended.
"He's only 5! Of course he's going to be afraid he's only a child!" Hizuki fought back.
"He's a demon child! How can he be afraid on what's not real?" Kanon responded.
"I can not believe you Kanon!" Hizuki replied towards her husband, she couldn't really believe him! Izayoi in the other hand was a little hard of trouble trying to control her son.
"Inuyasha sweetie it's okay, the nameless monster isn't real!" Inuyasha in the other hand thought that the nameless monster might have been that man he saw earlier and was now scared to go near the bushes.
"No mommy he's going to eat me!" Inuyasha protested.
In right outside the little hut there was a demon in the forest trees looking at the said little house finally finding who he was looking for.
Revenge was sweet..oh yes it was.
Darkcherry: So there you have it people!
Sesshomaru: *Smirks* Inuyasha is afraid of the boogeyman?
*Inuyasha walks in*
Inuyasha: I am NOT!
Sesshomaru: That's not what Darkcherry wrote..
*Inuyasha glares at Darkcherry*
Darkcherry: *Blushes as she coughs* Well..there needed to be an atmospshere ..and and LOOK A BIRD!
*Both Sesshomaru and Inuyasha looked upwards*
Inuyasha: Hey there isn't a-...what the hell? Where did she go?
*Princess Bubble Gum enters*
PBG: Hey have you guys seen Darkcherry?
*Both shake heads*
PGB:*sighs*
P.S. the story happens to be from the book Nameless Monster, this story comes out from the anime Monster. IT'S A GREAT ANIME I REALLY RECOMMEND IT! XD