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Oh yeah I forgot to mention I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA ANIME, MANGA OR ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH IT. IF I DID, I WOULD NOT BE MAKING A FANFICTION OF MY OWN CREATION. THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE REDUNDANT. =/
Inuyasha Regashi chapter 3: Fateful meeting
Itaru sprinted through the forest dodging trees and bushes with Mei-mei on his back, the youkai in hot pursuit. "Hurry, Itaru, they're gaining on us!" Mei-mei cried. One of the youkai lunged for Itaru, but he swiftly dodged it. He jumped off of the head of his assailant and gave him a swift kick in the jaw. The youkai howled in pain and fell back, only to be replaced by another. The youkai tried to tackle Itaru, hoping to knock him down, but he was too swift for them. "Faster, Itaru, faster!" Mei-mei cried. Another youkai lunged at him, and he again dodged the attack. "HA! You really think you can catch me?" itaru teased turning around. But Mei-mei looked behind them and saw a snake demon sneak up behind them "ITARU! LOOK OUT!" she screamed. But it was too late. The snake demon plunged its razor sharp fangs into his leg, injecting venom into his system. He howled in pain and punched the snake demon as hard as he could. But the snake demon was still lodged in his leg. Mei-mei reached to her waist and retrieved a circular blade " SAKURU-HA!" she cried as she slashed the snake demon's throat, causing it to release Itaru's leg. "Good thinking, Mei-mei! Maybe your sakuruburedo are not toys after all!" Itaru said wincing. He still was able to run, but knew it would only be a matter of time before the venom reached his heart, his vision was already starting to blur. When they came into a clearing, their path was blocked by a huge cliff that brought Itaru to a screeching stop.
"DAMMIT! There's no other way around! It looks like we have to take a stand, Mei-mei! Itaru set Mei-mei down and he took a battle stance.
"Itaru, im scared!" Mei-mei cried
"We don't have the option to be afraid, Mei-mei! What would father think?"
Mei-mei only whimpered.
Itaru reached for his sword, but only grabbed air. 'Its not there!'. "MY SWORD! WHERE IS MY SWORD?" he said in a panic. One of the demons, as if to taunt him, held up the short katana with a red sheath.
'DAMN!' Itaru cursed. Then suddenly, his knees gave out. And black dots floated before his eyes. 'No…it…cant…end like this…'
"ITARU!" Mei-mei screamed as she ran over to her mortally wounded brother. The youkai, seeing their prey weakened lunged toward them. The two braced for impact, until suddenly, a black silhouette appeared against the moon jumping off of the cliff above them. When the moon illuminated his features, the children could see that it was a hanyou with golden eyes and silver hair wearing a blood red kimono.
"Its him!" Mei-mei cried."its really him!"
Itaru could only look through his ever fainting vision and only saw the outline of his figure. "Feh, that was easy…" he whispered as he fainted.
" HEY you ugly youkai, why don't you pick on someone your own size?" the hanyou challenged as he lunged toward the pack of youkai. Ripping them to shreds one by one. "IRON REAVER SOUL STEALER!" the youkai fell apart screeching and hissing in pain. From behind Mei-mei and the unconscious Itaru, three humans and a fox demon ran towards them. "Are you alright?" one of the humans said. She wore a purple and white kimono with her hair tied in a low, loose ponytail. "My brother…!" Mei-mei whimpered. The other human, appearing to be a Buddhist monk, took Itaru's pulse. "His pulse is dropping rapidly and his breathing is very labored." The monk lifted his leg to reveal two rather large fang bites with the skin around the wound turned purple and black. "We have to get him to Kaede's village right away!" the other human said. She only appeared to be a mere teenager with strange clothes. "Don't worry, you guys! I'll take care of this!" the little fox demon declared. "TRANSFORM!" with a poof of smoke,the little fox demon turned into a giant floating ball. "Put him on me!" the fox demon said. The humans and Mei-mei heaved Itaru on to the transformed fox demon. The teenage human lifted her and Mei-mei on as well. "Hurry, Shippo! We don't have much time!" she said. "we will stay behind and help Inuyasha!" the monk said. Inuyasha was still fending off the demons when Shippo airlifted them to Kaede's village.
'Oh Itaru, please stay alive!'
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When Itaru opened his eyes, he found himself in a dark room in a wooden hut. 'Where am I this time?' He sat up but winced at the tremendous pain in his leg. 'Oh, now I remember. We were attacked by demons.' But then he perked up in realization. 'Mei-mei? Where's Mei-mei?'. His heart pounded in a panic as he got up despite the tremendous pain he was in. He shuffled towards the door and drew back the bamboo door cover. He was blinded by the light of the sun, but soon saw people going to and fro around the village. 'I gotta find Mei-mei!' he thought. He sniffed the air and went behind the hut he was in. Mei-Mei was playing with a cat demon with two tails with a circle of strangers around her. Mei-mei turned around and stood up "Itaru!" she ran over to her big brother and gave him a big hug. "Hey there, squirt!" Itaru chuckled weakly. "Hey there, you are supposed to be resting. Your wound won't heal properly if you keep walking around on it like that." The monk said.
"Don't worry about me. I just wanted to know where my little sister was." He smiled down at his little sister, stroking her silvery hair.
"Hey, kid, did you lose this?" the hanyou said gruffly as he tossed his short katana to him. Itaru managed to catch it.
"Now go back to bed, we don't need your wound reopening again." The teenage human said.
"Im fine. Honestly. And im not a kid." The Itaru huffed. He sat down on the ground with the strangers ; who all, except the hanyou looked at him with inquisitive eyes.
"So lets start with our names: Im Kagome…" she said pointing to herself. "and this is Sango" Kagome said pointing to the human with the low ponytail. "and her friend Kirara…" Kirara mewed in acknowledgement. "This here is Miroku." She said pointing to the monk "It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance." Miroku greeted politely. "And im Shippo!" the little fox demon jumped up to the two children. "Yeah, and that's Shippo, haha" and then Kagome turned around and pointed to the hanyou "and this is Inuyasha." Inuyasha only grunted with his eyes closed. Itaru stared intently at Inuyasha. When he felt like he was being watched, he opened his eyes and stared right back. "You gotta problem, kid?"
"Whats the matter with just looking at you?" Itaru replied.
"I gotta problem when you stare at me as if you KNOW me or somethin'!" Inuyasha spat.
"So what? Maybe you remind me of someone? Is that a crime?" Itaru retorted.
"WELL WHOEVER YOU THINK THAT I AM, YOU'RE DEAD WRONG! I'VE NEVER SEEN YOU A DAY IN MY LIFE!" Inuyasha said, now raising his voice.
"Up yours!" Itaru said.
"You got some nerve kid…!" Inuyasha growled, rolling up his sleeves, preparing to punch him.
"Inuyasha, SIT!" Kagome commanded.
Before Inuyasha could take a step towards the boy, he face planted in the ground with a painful yelp.
"Im sorry, but you guys didn't get a chance to tell us your names." Sango interjected.
"Oh that's easy! Im Mei-Mei, and this is my big brother Itaru!" Mei-mei said cheerfully. Itaru failed to acknowledge his introduction, because he was locked in a staring contest with Inuyasha.
"so, Mei-mei and Itaru, where are you from?" Miroku asked.
"Oh! Well we come from the fu—" Mei-mei was cut off by a sudden hand slapped to her mouth"
" Umm well, we come from a village not far from here!" Itaru interjected.
"What were you guys doing out so late last night?" Miroku continued. "You should know that deep forests like the ones here are almost always infested with some sort of demon."
"Well, what were you guys doing out so late at night?" Itaru countered.
"Answer the question at hand, please." Miroku said, a little annoyed at his attempt to change the subject.
"We are looking for the shards of the shikon no tama!" Shippo said.
"OH WOW! What a coincidence! We are looking for them too!" Itaru said scratching his head.
"And what do you need the shikon no tama for? Kids like you should go back home; this isnt some pretend adventure. Demons and humans alike are looking for them. And if they possess just even one shard, it multiples their powers a hundred-fold." Inuyasha warned.
"S-s-so what? We need to avenge our…our…our parents' deaths! We are going to find the monster that did that!" Itaru said with false determination.
"The person that killed your parents: would his name happen to be Naraku?" Sango inquired.
"Y-y-yeah! That's him!"
"Will the tally of broken lives not cease until that demon is vanquished?" Miroku said with a heavy sigh.
"We are extremely sorry. We promise that we will destroy Naraku and avenge your parents deaths." Kagome assured.
"Uhh no way! I have to kill Naraku with my bare hands! It's the only way that I can avenge them!" Itaru continued.
"Like I said before kid, this isnt some game! This is really dangerous! So just shut up and butt out of it!" Inuyasha said.
"HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT! HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF TWO OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE WAS SNATCHED AWAY FROM YOU IN AN INSTANT, HUH?" Itaru shouted. 'Wow, im getting really good at this whole acting thing' Itaru smiled inwardly 'They're actually buying it!'
"LOOK, KID: WE ARE JUST TRYING TO STOP YOU FROM DIGGING YOUR OWN GRAVE!" Inuyasha roared.
"I DON'T CARE! IM GOING TO PAY HIM BACK FOR MY PARENT'S LIVES! AND IM NOT A KID!" Itaru retorted.
"CANT YOU TAKE A HINT AND GET LOST?" Inuyasha spat
"WHY DON'T YO COME OVER HERE AND SAY THAT TO MY FACE?"
"GLADLY!"
Inuyasha and Itaru were now head to head with each other growling.
"Itaru!" Mei-mei pleaded.
"Inuyasha! Leave him alone! If they want to come, then let them!" Kagome defended.
"WHAT? Why are you siding with them?" Inuyasha said.
"Im not siding with anybody!" Kagome said.
"Like hell you aren't!"
"SIT BOY!"
"D'OHHH!" Inuyasha made another face plant by the enchanted beads.
"Of course you may accompany us." Miroku said.
"The more the merrier I always say!" Kagome said cheerfully.
"Really?" Mei-mei said.
Kagome nodded and Mei-mei ran over to kagome in a strong embrace.
'Wow. This is gonna be a piece of cake! All I have to do is get the Tetsusaiga and get back home!' Itaru thought.