Inu wasn't sure how long he had slept for. But all he knew, was that he was in complete and total darkness as he slept. It was a horrible thing to see when you can't control your dream. Or, what you dream. Half the time, Inu feels like a victum of his nightmares. All he ever sees, is blood and the darkened sky. Like it was showing that the mood, wasn't one to be happy about. Was that true? Maybe. Sighing softly, Inu kept walking around. Trying to see if he could find anything, anything that he could use to help him get out of this nightmare. But, so far he found nothing. Absolutly nothing. Sighing, Inu sat on the dark ground.
Why did he have the sudden feeling of dread? Like something bad was about to happen? He didn't know. The young half-demon wasn't sure what he was feeling. But then again, when does he ever? All he ever knew in his life, was the love of family, and confusion. Plus, the annoence of having fangirls and dealing with bullies. Sighing softly, Inu stood up and screamed at the dark sky. "Why am I here? What are you trying to show me!" Shouted the young man.
He didn't get a responds.
Sighing, Inu looked at the sky. He could faintly feel a soft breeze coming from the south. His long silvery, black streeked hair flowing with the wind. His eyes closed as he tried to think on what the scent was that was mixed with the breeze. Why did it smell familair to him? Shaking his head, Inu cleared his thoughts. Trying to figure out what the scent was. Whatever it was, it made his heart pound in dispaire. He wasn't sure why that was. Opening his eyes, Inu couldn't believe what he was seeing.
It was like he was looking in a mirror. Standing before him was an older version of himself. Long beautiful silver hair. A long flowing red kimono. Strapped to the man's side was a rusted sword. Inu couldn't believe who this man was. It couldn't be him. Inu didn't see the black stripes that started at the tip of his ears and ended by a few mere inches at the ends of his hair. The man's face was slightly blurred. But Inu could faintly make out the eyes. Kind, soft yet slightly rough looking gold eyes. Almost like his own. But this man's eyes held more wisdom then Inu ever wished to know. Whoever this man is, Inu couldn't help but think he knows him from somewhere.
"You've grown..." Whispered the man.
"Huh?"
"You've grown into a fine young man... I wished that... That I was there for you and your mother..." Whispered the man.
Inu was really confused here. There was no way that this man could be... No way. There was no way that this man could be his father... Inu's never met his father before. "Dad?" Inu said with shock. His only responds was a small smile. Before Inu could get another word out, the dream vanished.
Inu's eyes snapped open. But wished that he didn't. As soon as his eyes had opened, Inu felt like groaning. His head was pounding. Groaning, Inu slowly sat up, rubbing his eyes as he tried to make the pounding go away. Why was it that his pain felt like it had gotten worse? Sighing, Inu looked around and saw that he was in a hut. It was the same hut that he saw when he first arrived in the village. But what confused him the most, was how he got here.
Shrugging, Inu grabbed his sword which wasn't far from him and got to his feet. A little shaky to be standing on them for the time being. But at least he could stand. Damn, his head was killing him. If only he had some pain killers right about now. Walking out of the hut, Inu could faintly hear someone yelling for him. Blinking, he turned and saw Shippou running to him. His tail swishing behind him as he ran. "What's wrong Shippou?" Asked Inu with an innocent look on his face. One that his father used to have when he was confused.
Shippou stopped a few feet from Inu, taking deep breaths to refill his lungs. Sure, normally demons don't need air, but Shippou had lived around humans for so long that he's adapted to them. "Something's wrong with the well. It's glowing with a dark aura." Said the panicked fox demon. Inu's eyes were wide. No. It couldn't be. The flash of darkness from his dream had flashed through his minds eye. It couldn't be could it? Soon, Inu took off toward the well. There was no way that he was going to let anything happen to the well. If it wasn't in this time, then his mother wouldn't have crossed through time and met his father. And he wouldn't be born!
Running as fast as his legs would carry him. Inu knew that he had to get there and fast. Maybe he could absorb the dark energy. That had to be the only solution. Why else would he have this power? Though, on his way to the forest that held the well within, Inu saw Hana. Blushing softly, he saw her stare at him with concern and worry in her beautiful ocean blue eyes. Shaking his head, Inu stopped, the heels of his feet skidding in the dirt. "What's wrong?" Inu asked, hoping that it won't take long. He had to get to the well and fast. He didn't have time for this!
"Take this..." Hana whispered, handing him a strange necklace. It was a single piece of black cloth, but attached to it was a blue crystal with a steel ring around the top. A hook like ring attached to the steel ring to keep it attached to the fabric. Inu's never seen anything like it before. Sure, his uncle had sold a few things like this, but those didn't have power within. The young man could sense the power. He could see it flowing around the crystal.
Smiling, he said "thanks..." He tucked it in his robe. Not to be rude but he didn't have enough time to put it on. Hell, he shouldn't have even stopped. Taking a deep breath, Inu bowed slightly to Hana and ran off toward the forest. There was no way that he should get Hana involved. It could be something horrible. The danger was something he didn't think he should put her through. Staring at Hana with sadden gold eyes, he said "I have to go Hana, I'm in a hurry." He then ran off into the forest. Hoping to get to his home beyond the well. There was something that he couldn't help but notice something weird about the forest. The leaves were slightly black. Still a bit of green on them, but there was something wrong with this.
The trees when he first arrived here, were all healthy. No sign of them getting black leaves or of them dying at all. It must be that dark aura that surrounded the well. Inu had a feeling that he can absorb it. Maybe, just maybe enough where it doesn't control him but also doesn't effect the trees that surrounded the well. Standing on the edge of the well, Inu closed his eyes and focused on taking in the dark aura. Imaganing himself as the sponge that he is. And imaganing that the aura was water that filled the sponge. Taking a few deep breaths, Inu kept trying to absorb it.
Hoping that the trees would become healthy again.
Suddenly, Inu felt dizzy again. Like he did before he fell into the well the first time. Rubbing his forehead, Inu slowly opened his eyes. Everything was spinning in his vision. Looking down at the well, Inu noticed that most of the aura was gone. Looks like he absorbed more then he had planned on. Taking a deep breath, Inu knew that he would have to release the bottled up aura at some point. Holding it in for too long could cause him problems. He wasn't sure what those problems would be yet, but he knew that it couldn't be something good. Inu jumped down into the well and traveled through time. Allowing the blue light to surround him.
Inu was amazed seeing it. Wondering if this was the light that his mother used to see when she traveled through time. It made him wonder what she felt when she traveled through time. Was it just as amazing to her as it was to him right now? 'Mom... Are you alright? Do you think I ran away?' Inu thought to himself. Shakingh is head, Inu jumped out of the well and couldn't believe what he was seeing. His uncles home was smashed. The Sacred Tree had been knocked over and crashed into the well house. Inu was amazed that he could still get out of this place. And see the house for that matter.
Shaking his head, Inu ran out of the smashed well house and toward the house. But he wasn't sure what he could do. Or why it was destroyed. What was going on? "Grandma? Great Grampa? Uncle Souta? Where are you!" Shouted Inu with fear in his eyes. Running around the half destroyed house, Inu tried to find them. But, he gasped at what he saw. On the walls were splatters of blood. On the floor were claw marks. Seeing that made fear grip tightly around Inu's heart.
"Ugh..." Moaned a weak males voice.
Inu turned and ran to the front of the house. And gasped at what he saw. It was Uncle Souta. Running to him, Inu turned his uncle to lie on his back. "Uncle Souta! Say something! Please!" Inu said with fear and panic. But what Inu saw made more fear grip at him. His uncle was covered in blood, and had a huge gash across his chest. Blood kept pooring out of the wound. Inu was scared for his uncle. He couldn't do anything in time. He couldn't tend to this wound in time. Not unless he had healing powers. "Uncle Souta what happened?"
"Demons... The barrier that the tree once used... It was destroyed. The leader... He was looking for your mother... Go to her Inu. Before it's too late." Souta whispered. His once bright eyes were getting duller and duller as he spoke. Inu couldn't stand this. Why did this happen? He didn't understand. Inu had to know what happened to his grandmother and great-grandfather. He had to know.
"What about..." Inu tried to ask. But it was hard. Like the idea of them being gone, it brought tears to his eyes. Tears, he faught to not shed. When he tried to ask again, the words wouldn't come out. It was like he was chocked up just trying to ask..
"Gone... De... Devoured..." Souta whispered before he had breathed his last breath.
Inu growled softly. This wasn't fair! His family had done nothing wrong! Growling more, Inu went to get to his mother. Hopefully, she was still there. And alive. The idea of losing her was something that he couldn't bare to deal with. If she was dead, there was no way of knowing what could happen. His father would be the only one left. If he was also still alive in the past. Running faster then he ever has in this time, Inu tried to get to his home quicker. The young man couldn't help but notice how horrible this home town looked right now.
The buildings were torn and had fallen. Glass shards were on the ground and bodies were everywhere. But there was no telling who they were. Suddenly, he thought of Takai. Dear god... "Takai! Where are you dude!" Shouted Inu. His only responds was a groan. Blinking, he turned to the side and saw a figure. Well, more like a person's left shoulder, left arm and their head. The rest of the person's body was burried under some debris of a building.
Running to it, Inu got a closer look at the figure. He had short black hair. But couldn't tell what his eyes were since they were shut tightly from pain and discomfort. Sniffing a bit, Inu couldn't smell any blood from here. And that's saying a lot. Since there was blood everywhere. Growling, Inu used his demon strength to remove the debris from the human. And got a better look at him. Eyes wide, he said "Takai? Your alive!" He couldn't believe that Takai was alive. Sure Takai was a perve but he was still Inu's best friend. And nothing would change that.
The teen slowly opened his eyes and stared at Inu weakly. Blinking a few times, he said "Inu! Your safe! I thought you were missing dude!" Inu blinked at that. Missing? Him? Weird... Then again, it was possibly to keep people from going to the well house to figure out how anyone could disappear in there. That was the only thing that he could think of to prevent suspion. Helping Takai up once the debris was gone, Inu looked around. Trying to figure out how Takai was the only one unharmed. That didn't make any kind of sense at all.
Looking back at his friend, Inu calmly asked "dude, how are you the only one that isn't harmed?" Inu just saw him shrug. To him, that wasn't a damn answer. Narrowing his eyes, the pupils in his eyes had turned into slits from his anger. Lifting Takai by his callor, he said with anger. "Give me a real answer Takai! I'm not in the mood for your games right now understand!" When he saw the fear in Takai's eyes, Inu gently placed Takai back on his feet. A little angry at himself for getting so upset. Taking a deep breath, he whispered "sorry..."
"It's alright. Anyway, to answer your question is that I somehow put a barrier around myself to keep those creatures out. And the remains of the building out. Sadly, when my barrier disappeared, the building fell on me." Takai calmly said. Inu accepted that as his answer. Now, he just had to get home to check if his mother was alright. Dear god he hoped that she was. Grabbing Takai's wrist, he started to run toward his home. Takai yelped from the speed and tried hard not to fall. But it was hard when Inu was running almost as the speed of a demon.
"Inu slow down! I'm not like you remember!" Takai shouted loud enough for Inu to snap out of his trance.
Inu looked over at Takai. Forgetting that Takai was human. Sighing softly, Inu whispered "sorry. But with the demons around, I'm worried about my mother."
"Demons?"
"Those creatures that have been killing people are demons. They're powerful and will kill humans. They all hate humans and will do anything to be rid of them. Well, not all demons hate humans anyway." Inu calmly explained, before he started to run. Though, he ran at a speed that Takai could keep up with. Not that he could blame Takai for wanting to go slower since he was a human after all.
"What do you mean not all?" Asked Takai.
Inu looked away for a moment. Trying to find a way to tell Takai about what he really was. But it would be hard to do that wouldn't it? Sighing softly, Inu whispered "my father is a half-demon. I have demon blood surging through my veins. You were right Takai. The aura you sensed was demonic. It's my blood..." Inu was waiting for Takai to run screaming. To yell at him for being a monster. Sure, he was accepted in the past. But, that was because his father had helped so many people.
"I was right! I told you that it was demonic! Bam! Dude if we made a bet you'd owe me so much damn money!" Takai said with a loud voice. Inu slapped his hand over Takai's mouth, hoping that no demons had heard Takai. Taking a deep breath, Inu looked around. He couldn't sense any demons coming toward them. But, Inu could smell a demon further ahead. His eyes were wide and he ran off. Leaving Takai in the dust. His mother was in danger. And he had stopped to explain things to his friend. Damn it!
Once Inu arrived, what he saw it made his blood go cold. In the air was a man with long brown hair. Glowing blood red eyes. A long flowing blue and purple kimono blowing in the wind. A yellow sash around his waist. A big red eye in the middle of his chest. The weird part, were the weird limbs at his back. They almost look like the bines of wings. Then, there were the tentacles that were at his back. But what was in this man's hand, was what scared him. "Mom!" Shouted Inu, for his mother was being held by her throat. Far away from the ground.
Kagome weakly opened her eyes and stared at her son. She gave him a soft smile. "Inuyasha... I... I knew you'd come... You always do..." Inu guessed that she was halusanating. She thought that he was his father. Really, did Inu look that much... Forget it, his mother thought that he was his father. Then, he'll make her happy and pretend to be him. Narrowing his eyes, Inu glared at the man that held his mother. Who was he? And why did he have this weird feeling? And... Wait.
'What's that glowing orb in his chest?' Inu thought with confusion. Just what the hell was that thing? It didn't make sense. It wasn't there before. Could it be something that would give him this kind of power? Maybe. "Who are you?" Yelled Inu.
"My, it seems you've never been told of me? True. You've yet to meet me boy. My name, is Naraku." Said the man with a dark smirk.
Inu felt his blood get colder from that smirk. Whatever it was about this man, it was weird. Naraku, he's heard that somewhere before. But, he didn't know where it was. Shaking his head, Inu went into an attack postion. His legs far apart, his left hand held back, while his right hand was held out. Fingers spread like he was ready to grip someone's fist that would come near him. And the other fist ready for a punch to Naraku. There was no way that Inu was going to let this guy win. There was no fucking way for that.
"I don't think so boy. Your mother is my target for the moment." Naraku held Kagome close, and licked her cheek. Inu felt disgusted. Naraku was a sick sick man. Inu growled. His ears twitching, he could hear Takai. Damn it, Takai caught up. He can't protect Takai and save his mother. Naraku chuckled saying "she's so much like Kikyo. I couldn't have her back then. But, having her reincarnation is just as good." Smirking, Naraku licked her cheek again. Ugh this was making Inu wanna puke his guts out.
"Let go of her!" Inu shouted before lept into the air. His claws extended for his attack. Naraku smirked and gripped Inu's wrist before Inu even had a chance to strike. Naraku smirked. Inu didn't like that look. Which caused Inu to gulp in fear. This wasn't what he had planned. Inu dug his claws into Naraku's wrist. Hoping to break free and save his mother. But no matter how far Inu's claws went into Naraku's flesh. It did nothing to losen Narkau's grip on him. But Inu felt something. His eyes wide as he felt something flowing into his body "What... are you doing?" Inu said with a gasp for breath. It was like he was having trouble breathing.
"I know about your powers to absorb dark aura. I think giving you more, will have you fighting for my side." Naraku said with a smirk.
Inu screamed, his sight was darkening at the edges. He stared at his mother. She was struggling. And Inu knew that she was trying to break free. But what he saw, was that her face was blue. His mother was suffacating! "Mom!" Inu choked out. Naraku smirked at Inu and Kagome. He wasn't going to let either of them go. Inu was starting to black out. His body went limp in Naraku's grip. He couldn't keep this up. His body was going numb from all of this dark aura that was flowing into him. Normally, he could easily purify the aura within him and use it into attacks. But, he couldn't focus right.
Kill... Kill... Kill... Whispered a thought within Inu's mind. Inu didn't know what or who's voice that was. But for some reason, it fell into the sound of that voice within his mind. He wanted out. He wanted to be free. And, most of all... Inu had the desire to kill. To feel the blood on his claws. Inu's eyes snapped open. The white of his eyes had turned into a blood red. His pupils had turned into ice blue. Inu's fnags grew and over lapped his lower lip. Blue stripes on his cheeks. But instead of the light blue like when his grandfather took over, they were dark blue. Almost the color of a night sky. Inu let out a roar of rage and slashed at Naraku. Slicing his wrist off.
Inu wasn't finished there. No. Far from it. Using his free hand, Inu gripped Naraku's arm and got ready to slice his head off. But Naraku was quicker. He lifted Inu up, letting a jolt flow through Inu. Flinging his arm forward, kicking him in the stamoch and watched as Inu fell to the ground with a loud thud. Naraku let out a loud yell as he let the tentacles and they went through Inu's body. Pinning him to the ground. Inu's bangs covered his eyes. He didn't move or show any signs that he was awake. Naraku smirked. He won.
Takai was in shock. There was no way that Inu could have gone down so easily. Running to his friend, only to blink when he felt something under his foot. Lifting his foot, Takai picked up a strange crystal on a piece of cloth. Was this Inu's? Shaking his head, Takai ran to Inu and tried to free his friend. Takai gripped the tentacles and tugged at them. Trying to free Inu. But, it was no use. He was no match for a demon. The crystal in his hand started to glow. Takai was confused about this. Suddenly, a blinding light surrounded Takai and Inu.
When the light started to die down, Takai blinked a few times to clear his vision. Blinking again, Takai looked down and saw the tentacles were gone. Inu's face looked normal. The fangs had shrunk to normal. As did his claws. The blue stripes on his face was gone, returning to birthmarks. But his eyes were still shut. Kneeling next to Inu, Takai shook his shoulder trying to wake him. "Inu! Inu snap out of it!" When Inu didn't respond, Takai tried one last thing. "Inu, ramen's ready."
"What? Ramen? Where? Where's my damn ramen?" Shouted Inu after he sat up quickly. Looking around, Inu tried to find the ramen that Takai said. Only to narrow his eyes on his best friend. "Not cool dude. Not cool." Looking up, Inu saw his mother and then he remembered. Growling, Inu grabbed his sword hoping to kill the basterd. This guy had tried to control him. Had tried to take his mother away. The only living member of his family... Well, besides his father. And now, the son of a bitch is gonna pay.
"Die!" Shouted Inu as he lept into the air once more. But what Naraku did surprised him. Naraku had thrown Kagome toward him. Inu tossed his sword to the side. Not wanting to harm his mother. The young half-demon caught his mother and fell to the ground. Taking the full hit. Groaning, Inu stared at Kagome and said "mom? Can you hear me?" His responds was faint groaning. Kagome pushed herself up and took a few deep breaths. Inu smiled. Glad to see that his mother was alright. But, she probraly still thought that it was his father that saved her.
"Son... You saved me..." Kagome whispered.
"Sorry... you probraly wished it was dad..." Inu said with a sad tone.
Smiling, Kagome calmly said "as long as your alive sweetie I don't care who saved me." Suddenly, Kagome turned and gasped. One of Naraku's tentacles was heading straight toward them. Kagome wrapped her arms around Inu's body in hopes to sheild him. Inu's eyes were wide as dinner plates. It all happened so fast. Kagome's screams. The scent of blood. Something warm and sticky dripping on Inu's robe. And his mother falling limp on top of him.
Inu turned his mother over and shook her gently. "Mom? Mom? Mom!" Inu's eyes were wide. Tears started to build in his eyes. Kagome just stared at him with a faint smile. Before her once shining brown eyes dulled. And turned glassy. Inu clentched his hand into a tight fist. His claws digging into his palms. This wasn't fair. It wasn't fair. Inu looked at Naraku. His eyes flashing a deadly red for a moment. But he knew that he couldn't do anything about it. "Sacred Slash!" Shouted Inu as he swung his glowing claws toward Naraku. With that distraction Inu ran and grabbed Takai's wrist and started to run. Inu's only thoughts were these.
'I'm alone... I'm all alone...'