Inuyasha Regashi chapter 1: Mysterious Children
Inuyasha, Kagome and the gang sat around a fire preparing for their evening meal. "*sigh* Fish, again." Inuyasha complained. "And not even big fish. This fish is barely bigger than my hand. Hey Kagome, do you have any more ninja food"
"Inuyasha, you should be thankful for what you receive. It could be nothing at all, you know." Miroku chided.
"Sorry, Inuyasha, we ate those a few days ago. And I know you probably won't be letting me go back home any time soon, right?" Kagome said
"Well, if you go back just to get food, I won't mind that much. But I'm worried that you will take forever because of 'school' or whatever." Inuyasha replied.
"Well, I'm sorry if I take great concern when it comes to my education! In my time, education is everything! And if you don't have a good education, you might as well kiss your chances of having a successful life goodbye!" Kagome retorted.
"Inuyasha, give Kagome a break. She has her future to look out for. When the shikon no tama is complete, there is no doubt that she will want to return to her old life. So in anticipation to that, she should be free to study as she pleases." Sango chimed.
Inuyasha didn't like to think of that, but that was the reality. The feudal era was not her real home. She had a family on the other side, as well as other friends. It was a very good possibility that she would want to go back home. 'But what about me? What will I do?' Inuyasha thought.
"FEH! I hate it when you guys always gang up on me! Whatever!" Inuyasha attempted to brush it off.
"We're not doing it intentionally, Inuyasha. It's just that not everything that comes out of your mouth is appropriate or kind." Miroku corrected.
"Feh." Was all that he could utter. He reached into the fire and grabbed a skewered fish and silently sulked.
….not far away from Inuyasha and company…
"Ugh, where the heck are we? The boy groaned." He stood to his feet and looked up towards the opening of the well.
"Ouch! Itaru, my ankle…!" the little girl moaned. The boy called Itaru kneeled over his little sister and took a look at her ankle. It was swollen and bruised black and blue all over.
"Crap, looks like you sprained your ankle." Itaru said. "*sigh* well Mei-mei, I guess that means you will have to ride on my back for a while. It will probably get better by tomorrow, I'm guessing." Itaru bent down and let his little sister mount his back. Itaru looked to the top of the well. "I don't think that this well is too deep…" and with that, Itaru jumped out of the well. It was sunset and the sky was a burning red.
'Such a beautiful sunset…' Itaru thought. "We'd better get going. It will be dark soon and demons will be crawling around for sure." Itaru said. Mei-mei shivered at the thought. She was terribly afraid of them. "Big brother, are you sure we will find them?" Mei-mei asked. "Of course we will! All we need to do is track them."
The two siblings observed their surroundings. "It doesn't look like it has changed a bit. More or less trees here or there, but other than that, it's all the same." Itaru thought out loud. The two started walking into the forest. The shadows cast by the retreating light looked eerie to little Mei-mei. She snuggled closer into her brother's back. "Its okay, Mei-mei. If any demon decides to rear its ugly head, ill protect you." Itaru said with a reassuring smile. "You were last training with Papa, weren't you, Itaru?" Mei-mei asked. "Yeah, I was. That's why it really pisses me off that he is making me run away like a coward!" Itaru said. "I should be fighting with him right by his side! If anyone should be running, it's you" Itaru sneered. "HEY! What's that supposed to mean! I can fight just as well thank you!" Mei-mei retorted. "feh! Yeah, swinging toys around are REAL dangerous!" "My *Chakrams are weapons too!"Mei-mei defended. "Yeah, and my left foot is an ancient relic! Hahahaa!" Itaru teased.
"You big fat meanie! You know that I—"
"HUSH!" Itaru hissed, cutting her off. His black dog ears picked up the slightest sound. He sniffed the air and caught the scent of a youkai. "We are being followed…" Itaru said in a hushed tone. Itaru turned around to meet eyes with several youkai. All of them were growling, hungry for blood.
"Shit!" Itaru cursed.
Inuyasha sat in a tree, still brooding over what had happened earlier that evening. He was not far away from the group, but far enough away to not be seen.
'I wonder what Kagome will do when we complete the shikon no tama? Will she leave? KeH, of course she will. There isn't much going around here. Back in her time, there are metal carriages that can move by themselves, her house is a freaking mansion, compared to this age's standards. And evil isn't much of a problem there. And there are no demons there to. I wonder where they have all gone? Have they all gone into—"
"Inuyasha!" Kagome called. "I hope you're not sitting up there sulking again!"
"FEH! What do you care?" Inuyasha spat.
"Ugh, Inuyasha, I don't want to be mad at you. And I know you don't want to be mad at me either. So can you put this to rest and come down?"
"No thanks. I'd rather not join people that make me feel like a dumb ass all the time." Inuyasha answered.
"Inuyasha, none of us ever said that and you know it!" Kagome said
"Actions speak louder than words, I know that much!" Inuyasha said.
"Inuyasha, you know all of us value you and know that you are more than what you let us see. It's just hard to remember that when you're acting, well, not so nice."
"feh." Was all that he said.
Kagome sighed and sat down at the base of the tree and decided to just read until Inuyasha's hissy fit passed. She decided to settle for studying her poems for literature class. 'Hmmm, I have to memorize five poems by the time I get back home. This one is by Matsuo Basho…
Another year is gone;
and I still wear
straw hat and straw sandal.
Hmm… what am I supposed to get out of this one? Oh, maybe it's describing the fact that many people of today live each day to day by the skin of their teeth and never get any farther than what they already are."
She turned the page in her poetry book. "Oh, these are from the Ise Monogatari:
Since I last saw you,
it seems to have grown until
I am the taller -
my height that we two measured
against the curb of the well.
The mid-parted hair—"
"I once measured against yours
hangs towards my waist.
For whom should it be put up,
unless it be for you?"
Kagome looked up and realized that Inuyasha had filled in where she had left off.
"Is he journeying
alone in the dead of night
across that mountain
whose name recalls waves at sea
rising when the tempest blows?"
"Inuyasha…"
Inuyasha paused before speaking again. "While my mother was alive, we stayed with her relatives. My mother was from a noble family, so she thought it would be fitting if I were educated like one. I can read and write pretty well, I know basic arithmetic; she taught me a few poems and even taught me a little astronomy. She was the only one that would teach me, of course."
"Wow, Inuyasha, I didn't know all that! See? I knew that you were smarter than what you make yourself out to be." Kagome complimented.
"Its… it's sort of a defense for me now. Everyone hates hanyous, but what they hate more is a wise-ass hanyou. But the knowledge that my mother gave to me, it is some of the gifts that she left for me."
"Inuyasha, I know how hard that must have been for you to confess." Kagome said.
"Heh, I guess I'm sort of jealous of you in some aspects. You live in a world where anyone can learn. No matter what background or what their heritage is. Knowledge is free for all in your world. But not here and definitely not for me; most of what I have learned on my own is how to live another day." Inuyasha said matter-of-factly.
"Oh Inuyasha…" Kagome sighed. She looked down at her books 'perhaps, Inuyasha, I could teach you a thing or two…" Kagome thought.
Suddenly, Kagome saw Inuyasha stand up all of a sudden, completely alert.
"Inuyasha. What's wrong?"
"I smell blood. And youkai too…!"
Dun dun dun! What will happen next?
I was going to make this a longer chapter but it's going on midnight and I need to wake up for work at 4:30. College tuition won't pay for itself! XD
Chakrams: circular blades