*** Still do not own InuYasha or anything else***
~Run~
Father stood at his side, a huge hound of white, towering above the trees.
"The world will cower at the feet of the Inu!" He snarled out, as he always did, huge muzzle drawn back to bare his fangs.
Along the ridge line, the other Inugami stood as sentinels with him.
The city below them was already in a panic. Their human scents were rising on the air as pure terror. While he reveled in it, he also was repelled by it. Nose down he breathed deep, blinding himself with the scent of the earth, the scent of life. Pungent with the decay of old leaves, clean with the new rain of spring. He had no love for these weak the manner in which the Inu reigned terror on them, struck him as too much. His pack was strong and fierce, none dare to stand against them. Toga, still young, reaching only their mighty shoulders dared to wonder why.
"The humans…" His father began. "Will soon wish that they had never dared to betray us!" The others howled in agreement.
Toga wondered what they had done to fuel the hatred of his elders. His young eyes looked and he wondered if they would ever stop this bloodshed?
His father, along with the others, were not claiming lands and vassals or even power. They were simply killing.
As the hounds charged, Toga did not move.
They ran, crested the hill and swept through the human settlement as a mighty typhoon of bloodshed and poison.
Toga ran as well. He fled through the trees, fields and the mountains. He ran in terror of his heritage and what he could become.
**End**