Chapter 3 - Hanyou
Inuyasha is Seven years old now, sitting in the garden, Inuyasha stared at the wall as if he's looking beyond the walls of the garden.
"Inuyasha?" Izayoi called out. Inuyasha turned his attention to his mother.
"Mommy!" Inuyasha leaped at his mother and hug her.
"What's on your mind?" Izayoi sat hugging Inuyasha infront of her.
"Em...Mommy, what's beyond these walls?". Inuyasha had not been allowed outside the castle or even around the castle. He's only allowed to his parents' room which is very near his room and the garden infront of his room. His parents feared his safety if he had wandered off alone, after all, he is a hanyou and many demons seek to kill him.
Izayoi looked at Inuyasha, not sure how to answer him, before she could answer him, Inu no Taisho came up behind them
"Do you seek to see the outside world, my son?" Inu no Taisho took Inuyasha from his mother's arm and carries him.
"Papa!" Inuyasha happily called out, then he noded.
"Very well, we'll go to the river, all of us." Inu no Taisho smiled
"All of us? Even Sesshomaru?" Inuyasha exclaimed
"Yes, and of course your mother and Kiyoshimaru too" Inu no Taisho look at Izayoi lovingly. Inuyasha squealed in delight.
"Are you sure?" IZayoi asked in concern.
"We cant confine him in here, besides we'll go to the river far up the hills where humans dont go." Inu no Taisho replied. Izayoi nodded but still unsure.
Both Kiyoshimaru and Izayoi sat beside the river as they laughed and watched Inu no Taisho teaching Inuyasha how to hunt fishes. They watched in delight in how Inuyasha jumped about, sometimes falling clumsily in the water. Sesshomaru isolated himself but not too far from them.
"This is pointless..."He said to no one in particular recalling how his father had forced him to come along.
After an hour, Sesshomaru found himself walking in the forest, playing one of his father's childish games - hide and seek.
"Sesshomaru, I expect more from you." Inu no Taisho walked up behind him and placed his hand on his son's shoulder
"I dont play pointless games" Sesshomaru shoved Inu no Taisho's hand off
"Well...you used to love this game..."Inu no Taisho frowned
Sesshomaru studied his father's expression and got more annoyed. Inu no Taisho had a childish innocent frowned plastered on his face, a face nothing like a Demon lord.
"If you keep this up, you're going to be a boring lord." Inu no taisho laughed as he walked pass Sesshomaru. "Lets go find the others." Sesshomaru followed behind silently.
Little Inuyasha wanders around, smelling almost everything. His parents had told him not to wander off too far, but curiousity got the better of him. He picked up a scent he had never smell before and followed it. The little pup found himself walking downhill, there he found a village. The scent from the village was so new to Inuyasha, he walked in curiously.
Standing infront of the village entrance, he saw a few humans playing kemari. The ball was kicked away and landed infront of him. Inuyasha happily took the ball, but he started to feel uneasy as the humans was glaring at him in disgust.
"Eeep, what is that thing? What is it doing in our village" One shouted "It's a hanyou..." another had said "Why is a hanyou doing here?"
Inuyasha watched them, not understanding what they're saying. He bravely approached one of the humans thinking they might want their ball back. He held the ball up to one of the humans, intending to return the ball to the human, but the person smack the ball away and Inuyasha found himself standing alone as everyone left him. The next thing he know, rocks and pebbles are thrown at him.
"Leave this place, you disgusting mutt." A human shouted throwing rocks at Inuyasha. More humans then joined in.
Poor confused Little Inuyasha ran out the village as fast as his little feet could take him. Stumbling a few times, he finally bumped into his mother.
"Inuyasha?" Izayoi gasped. Inuyasha looked up at his mother then hugged her tight.
"Inuyasha, what happened?" Izayoi asked, she studied his face and notices some scratches and bruises. "Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha was quiet at first then he looked up at him mother. "Mother..." Inuyasha asked hesistantly looking at his mother's gentle face. "What's a Hanyou?"
Izayoi was surprised with that question, but by studying the direction Inuyasha came and seeing the injuries in his face, Izayoi understood what had happened. She embraced Inuyasha tightly as tears flow down. Inuyasha was still confused but feeling guilty for making his mother cry.
"Mom...?" Inuyasha tried to call out as Izayoi held him tighter. He buried his face in his mother's chest "I'm sorry..." with that, Izayoi broke down.
Inu no Taisho found them both like that, following behind him are Kiyoshimaru and Sesshomaru. He caught human scent on Inuyasha and slightly understood what happened. Without a word, he guided them home.