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Chapter 12 - Desperate times

Inu no Taisho followed the screamed, he can hear it again and again, each scream pierced into his heart knowing that someone was hurting his seven years old pup. The screams died down and Inu no Taisho's heart tightened in fear. His nose picker up the scent of blood and he rushed towards it.

"Inuyasha!" Inu no Taisho yelled as he approached a clearing in the forest.

The sickening sight before Inu no Taisho made im raged. Little Inuyasha laid in a pool of his own blood, blood oozed out from every part of the little pup, stainning his black hair and red fire rat kimono. Inuyasha had claw marks all over him, a deep gash on his stomach and his left leg seemed to bent in the wrong way. Inu no Taisho was almost paralyzed by the scene, he slowly dragged his feet towards his son, kneeling down, he brushed a strand of hair off Inuyasha face and was met with his son's dead eyes staring through him. Inu no Taisho traced Inuyasha's face with his fingers and noticed the pup's not breathing anymore. He could feel Inuyasha's cold skin as the blood stained his fingers and claws. Inu no Taisho calmed himself and unsheathed Tenseiga, he solemly prayed.

"Tenseiga...I'm counting on you..." Inu no Taisho positioned Tenseiga infront of Inuyasha, narrowing his eyes, he concentrated on Tenseiga's power. He spotted the demons from the underworld holding chains around his son's body, with one swing, he sliced the demons.

Inuyasha's wounds healed and the pup slowly roused. He blinked a few times and sat up in confusion. He looked up at his father, he wanted to run and hug his father but when he noticed the blood on his father's arm where he had clawed his father, he backed away from Inu no Taisho.

"Inuyasha?" Inu no Taisho held out his hand, clearly knowing what was going through Inuyasha's mind "It's okay."

The memories came flowing back to Inuyasha, he gripped his head as if in pain, then he fell unconscious. Inu no Taisho was shocked but relieved that the little pup will be in peace at least when unconscious. He picked up Inuyasha and carried him home.

Inu no Taisho left Inuyasha in Izayoi's care. he was enraged and all he wanted to do now he hunt for the person or monster who had hurt Inuyasha. He stopped by at Sesshomaru to checked on him.

"We Heard your roar." Kiyoshimaru said. "Did something happened to the young pup?"

"He was killed..." Inu no Taisho explained "Though I managed to revived the pup, it wont heal him emotionally."

"I'll help." Sesshomaru got up and approached his father.

"That's new." Inu no Taisho raised an eyebrow.

"I'm not doing this for him, just to help you." Sesshomaru said quickly

"Hmph, he tried to save you" Inu no Taisho turned around to leave, though a small smile formed on his face as both Sesshomaru and Inu no Taisho left.

Three days pass, The demon who killed Inuyasha remained a mystery, Inu no Taisho spent most of his time searching, Kiyoshimaru being worried, Izayoi never left Inuyasha's room as the young pup's still uncoscious.
Sesshomaru occasionally helped his father but mostly he stayed in his room.

Inuyasha woke up, he looked beside him and was met with his mother's eyes.

"Inuyasha!" Izayoi embraced Inuyasha tightly.

Inuyasha stared at his mother in confusion. He had thought he died, he remembered the pain he felt, the loneliness he felt and how much he had wanted his mother. Inuyasha pulled away from his mother, his eyes hid behind his fringe.

"Inuyasha" Izayoi gently raised Inuyasha's face with her hand to look into his eyes. "It's ok, everything's alrite now."

Tears started to flow down the little pup's eyes, he flung his arms around his mother and cried his heart out.

"I..I'm so s..sorry...sorry.." Inuyasha cried out.

"No...don't be...you have nothing to be sorry about." Izayoi hugged Inuyasha, feeling her own tears falling.

"B..but I tried to hurt you!" Inuyasha wailed

"You didnt, look, mommy's ok." Izayoi tried to conviced Inuyasha.

"I was s..scared...so scared!" Inuyasha buried his head in his mother's cheat, choking with each sentence "I..It hurt so bad..."

Inu no Taisho stood outside watching both mother and son, he clenched his fist seeing the scene.

"Did you know who did this to you Inuyasha?" Inu no Taisho approached them. As he asked, the images flashed back to Inuyasha and he backed away from his parents, gripping his head.

"N...nooooo! D...Dont hurt me..." Inuyasha cried out.

"It's ok, you're ok, no one's gonna hurt you" Izayoi rushed towards Inuyasha, she glanced at Inu no Taisho and shook her head. Inu no Taisho sighed and left.

"Damnit" Inu no Taisho cursed as he punched at a nearby wall once out of the room. "Damnit all!"

"Little pup..."A demon hissed "No wait, you're a boy now, a human boy, this is interesting, very interesting indeed." The demon approached Little Inuyasha who's lying in the cold ground in the middle of the forest. "hmm the dream eater, he failed to get the eldest but he got me the youngest..."

Inuyasha's ears twitched when he heard the demon, he quickly got up and backed away from the demon.

"Oh don't be scared." The demon snickered.

"W...What do you want?" Inuyasha braved himself to asked.

"What do I want is non of your concern, you should be worried about what am I going to do with you" The demon grinned. Before Inuyasha could run, the demon clawed him on his chest. Inuyasha screamed as the demon continue attacking him.

"That's right, scream, scream for your father. He'll come save you and my plan would work." The demon clawed Inuyasha, enjoying every scream he made. "Scream louder!" the demon smashed Inuyasha on his left leg.
Inuyasha cried out in pain. Then the demon stopped, he looked around as if noticed something.

"Looks like daddy's here" The demon grinned. "Thought I could have more fun." He looked at Inuyasha, who's almost unconcious, lying in his pool of blood. "Listen pup, if you told anyone I attacked you, I'll swear, your family would suffer, I'll hurt your mother, now you don't want that right?" The demon raised his claws and thrust it into the litte pup's stomach. Then he left the pup there.

Inuyasha woke up screaming, Izayoi was at his side immediately, comforting him. Inuyasha stared down at the floor, the demon's words repeating in his mind.