InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Pirate's Life ❯ History of the Little Girl, Evarina ( Chapter 2 )

Chapter 2: History of the little girl, Evarina

 

All was peaceful in Tortuga, well as peaceful it could get. In every bar on the small island held wild parties. Every pirate was drunk, stoned or still partying `til they dropped.

 

In the pub called, Rain Dancers, we could find our beloved Captain, Inu Yasha, enjoying a nice big mug of Brandy wine. Half the pub was filled with his men dancing, drinking, and just having the times of their lives until they depart again to the sea the next night.

 

Inu Yasha and several of his men sat in a large round table chattering and laughing. Miroku sat to his right with Koga, Nanahara, Maxwell, Shippo, Bankotsu, and Jakotsu. On Inu Yasha's left was Evarina enjoying a large glass of grape juice with Renkotsu, Suikotsu, Kohaku, Sota, and the toad, Jaken to her left.

 

Nanahara was the main navigator of the ship. He had blonde hair and green eyes. He and Inu Yasha almost had the same personality, but Nana was a lot more playful. He was also an excellent swordsmen and good cook.

 

Maxwell was in his late forties. He was a tall, dark, hairy, buff guy with a scar on his left eye. He was a bear demon, making his appearance fierce, but as Evarina liked to put it, he was nothing more then a big jolly teddy bear.

 

Bankotsu was a mercenary along with his oath brothers Jakotsu, the queer one teaching Evarina the ways of being a lady, Renkotsu the pyromaniac healer of the ship and Suikotsu, Evarina's teacher and personal physician. She always though Renkotsu was too rough with her during check ups.

 

Bankotsu was an Arabic man Inu Yasha came across on the island many years ago. Though he was only twenty, he was a pro at fighting, both hand to hand and wielding his gigantic weapon, the banryu. Though he had a rough life, many girls liked him for his long braided jet-black hair, blue eyes and perfect smile.

 

Jakotsu was a gay British man. Though he had a sick obsession for Inu Yasha's ear, he was the only `female' role model Evarina had and with his superb skills with his snake sword and disguises, Inu Yasha couldn't let a trump card like him go. Inu Yasha's crew was the best of the best. Jakotsu only had his gayness as a down side, but everyone got used to it after their first year on sea. He was very entertaining at time.

 

Renkotsu was an ex-monk. Unlike Miroku, he was trained to be a warrior using fire as his weapon. He was banished for burning a temple and killing six monks plus the head monk and wounded four people along with countless injuries he inflicted on many people. On the news of his banishment, he didn't care and happily left, since he didn't care about devoting himself to the Gods and helping people. As a healer, he only had to deal with 56, instead of the world. Also, he was able to pursue his life ambition to make firearms such as muskets and cannons.

 

Suikotsu was a special case. Everyone had to be careful around him because when he was in his pacifist being, the mere sight of blood would hurl him down to the state of panic and horror then after the shock, his dark side would appear. He had been like that since he was a child when he watched his family get tortured to death by bandits. His calm side was commonly referred to Sue where as his dark sinister side way plain Suikotsu. His evil side fought with out caring about any consequences, which lead to him injuring a lot of his crewmembers during battles, so he was only aloud to fight when the odds were against them.

 

As for the toad, he was rarely seen since he was always up in the lookout. He too also had a thing for Inu Yasha, which lead to him and Jakotsu into countless fights. He was a two foot green… blob… thingy that resembled a toad, but he himself didn't know if he was demon, or a horribly mutated human with three fingers and big bulging yellow eyes. Since he was bald, he had a collection of wigs of many style, color and length you could think of. But of course, it made no difference since he was worthless and no one gave a damn about him. He was just the `thing on the look out'.

 

Well… Everyone had either a cup of rum or wine. They howled in laughter as an unknown pirate got smacked by a woman he tried to bed with. Ah, how good it felt to be relaxed and carefree instead of worrying about the supplies running out, getting stuck at sea, the Navy shooting them down, or a bad storm.

 

“God, I missed this place,” commented Bankotsu, “This is the very place we all met huh? It was almost ten years ago, man I remembered I was just a giddy ten year old being recruited as a cabin boy. Remember guys?” He turned to Jakotsu and Sue with a smile. In return the two smiled and nodded.

 

“I think so. So many memories, don't you think?” Renkotsu said.

 

“Yeah, this is where we all grew up. Well, most of us that is. I wasn't born here and I only spent three years of my life on this island before I recruited you guys to journey with me.” Inu replied.

 

“Tortuga… the place to relieve yourself of crabs…” someone said making the others howled in laughter. Evarina merely shook her head in disgust.

 

“Inu?” asked Evarina once the laughter died down.

 

“Yes?” he took a gulp from his mug.

 

“How did you find me? All I know we're here to celebrate the sixth year of me joining your crew. I know that you're my adopted daddy! But…,” she shifted uncomfortably, not sure how he would take it, “Did you know my real parents? Did they give me to you? Did they die?” she finished the last part in a voice that could only be described as a whisper. Her eyes began to water, “Did they love me?”

 

Inu Yasha took a sip from his cup and slowly set it down. Everyone was looking at him, waiting for his reply. Was it the time to tell her the dark secret of her discovery?

 

“It's a bout time you told her,” Jakotsu said as he slid his arms around Bankotsu waist. Bankotsu choked on his rum and tried to free himself from Jakotsu's embrace. After struggling for a while, he gave up and continued to drink his rum with a slight blush of embarrassment spreading over his face.

 

Everyone nodded in agreement. Inu Yasha sighed and looked at Evarina and looped his arm around her small shoulders. She began to tremble, regretting that she had asked him of such a pointless thing. `I could careless. Inu Yasha and the other's are my family now, and nothing can change it. All I need is my father and brothers. I could careless about a mother.'

 

“Do you really want to know?”

 

“Yeah! It's been bugging me for a while now. Almost a year now!” her curiosity renewed, `I have to know though!'

 

 

“All right… where do I start? Oh yeah! About five and a half years ago, my men and me docked at this one island just off the coast of Indian. It was a small island full of wealthy merchants. Well, it was midnight, and my crew and I surrounded the harbor...”

 

~^~^~^~^~^~^ Flash Back ~^~^~^~^~^~^~

 

A young Inu Yasha stood at the pier, watching his men surround the area and quickly disappear into homes. The lights turned on in every house a pirate would enter. Screaming could be heard for a brief second, and then quickly silenced by the sound of metal slicing threw flesh.

 

Everything was going smoothly for a while. One of the guards, however, had made it to the watchtower and signaled the alarm of attack.

 

“Shit,” Inu Yasha swore under his breath. He ran to the plaza where the tower was located. Pulling out his favorite sword, Tetsusaiga, which magically went from a small rusty piece of crap to a huge fang, he jumped onto the platform and took the young guard's head off. Inu turned around and head for a house near by. Might as well have some fun.

 

Inu's men had destroyed half the small island's village with in the hour. The ashes gave the sky an eerie glow. The crying of women could be heard through out the island as some of the men took the young virgins then and there for their entertainment. Of course, the ones that did were the low lives of the crew, the ones stirring up trouble for the poor captain. The others had more pride and honor than that.

 

Inu snuck into the mayor's house, which was obvious since it was in the middle and the biggest house there. The bedroom chambers were empty and he growled in disappointment. Then he heard a clanking noise from above. He looked up and saw a small opening, enough to fit his arm through. He grinned and quietly stood on the desk underneath the small door. He lifted it just enough where his eyes could see what was inside.

 

In the far right corner two children and a woman with long fire red hair were huddled in the corner holding something wrapped in a blanket. `Hmm, it could be something valuable… a big chunk of gold, or perhaps a jewelry box! But I can't really tell. Either way, it's mine!'

 

The piece of wood he was holding was ripped out of his grasp and an angry young man pointed his sword at Inu Yasha's throat, “Don't move ye sea monster! If ye do, I'll slice yer throat!” yelled the man.

 

“You think you could kill me with that rusty piece of shit? I like to see you try!” Inu chuckled as he jumped up and towered over his opponent. The man gulped but still held his sword to Inu's throat. Inu threw his head back and laughed, “You have guts, but that ain't gonna save ya from me you bloody wanker!”

 

Inu Yasha brought up his sword and swung it at the man. It was quickly blocked and bounced back, “Not bad, not bad at all,” Inu commented. “This could be a little fun. But how long do you think you can last? One minute… maybe two?”

 

“Ye be warned sea demon! Leave me family alone!” the man yelled and charged at Inu. Inu chuckled and did a back flip. He moved to his left as the man's sword grazed his right arm.

 

“Oh look, you scratched me, now you have to die. Prepare to meet your maker asshole!” Inu Yasha said as he thrusted his sword deep into the man's heart without any warning. The woman and her children screamed in horror. “Dammit, it was my best shirt too. I don't have many white ones you know.”

 

“Roger!” “Daddy!” they screamed at the same time.

 

Inu laughed and kicked Roger's body into a dark corner, “Dammit, not even a minute my good chap.” He turned to the woman and her children; “You know what's good for you and your children ma'am, hand over what ever you are holding.”

 

The woman hesitated, “N-no…” she said with a shaky voice. She held on to it tighter.

 

“Keh, suit yourself…I hate to kill a pretty little thing like you, but you leave me no choice.” Inu Yasha brought his sword down and killed both the children and the woman. Blood soaked the blanket and he quickly took it from the dead, headless woman's arms.

 

Back outside, his men finished their jobs and quickly set the rest of the houses on fire. They hauled all of the loot into the ship and cast off into the night. This was a night to celebrate crossed all the men's minds.

 

Inu Yasha yawned and went to his room. He set the bundle in his arm on his bed and quickly washed up the blood from himself and his clothes. He came back and sat down on his squishy bed and took the bundle back into his lap and quickly undid it.

 

His eyes widen and he gasped, “Fuck!”

 

Inside the bundle was a baby sleeping peacefully. Its eyes fluttered opened and it gave out a drowsy yawn. It looked up at Inu and laughed. It took his ring finger into their hands and started to coo.

 

He yelped and threw the baby on the bed, scurrying over to his desk with wide eyes. He grabbed his sword and slightly poked the baby not so gently.

 

“A baby!?” he hissed as he poked the bundle of blankets harder, “I took a baby!? And it's a girl! I brought a girl on the ship! I hope I'm not curse. I should kill you! God fucking dammity I screwed up big time! Fucking fuckity fucker fucky fuck, I screwed up!”

 

The baby began to cry and wail. It squirmed in its blanket while its small hands reached up towards the heaven. The shrieking hurt Inu Yasha's sensitive ears. Oh how he hated to hear crying babies.

 

He quickly grabbed the baby and it immediately stopped crying. He went to his window and opened it up. “All that and I took a baby!” he growled as he dangled the baby over the edge of the ship.

 

The baby laughed and clapped its tiny little hands together. The small act sent a jolt of fatherly love to course through his vein. Inu Yasha's eyes softened a bit and he sighed. He brought the baby back in and cradled her in his arms. He sat on the desk and carefully looked at the baby girl. He cursed himself for having an unknown soft spot for babies.

 

“The curse said woman. You're nowhere being a woman little one. I can't seem to toss you out anyways. I may have killed your siblings, but why can't I kill you?” But of course, he knew the answer: she was half dog demon herself, just like him now that he examined her more closely. But from a few sniffs, he could tell her other half wasn't necessarily human. He could detect the slight presence of magic from her. “Strange… that red head was completely human, wasn't she?” Then another thought appeared, `Wasn't her father…human?' He looked down at the baby in confusion. “Were you going to be their slave girl? But why would that woman hold you so dearly to her bosom? I don't understand. Were you perhaps… adopted?”

 

He chuckled to himself as the baby resumed to playing with his larger hands. He dismissed the thought and watched her with love filled eyes, “What should I call you little one? How about… Evarina? How's that? You'll be Evarina from now on. An other form for Evania, Irish for `Little Warrior'.” The baby laughed and seemed to agree with him. Then there was a knock at the door.

 

“Come in!” called out Inu Yasha as he placed Evarina on the bed. Miroku barged in and held a small red head by the collar of his white shirt. The young fox cub struggled and shouted.

 

“Let go of me!”

 

“Cap'n, I found us a stow away! What would you like to do with him? Throw him over board or…” he paused and squinted his eye at the moving bundle on Inu Yasha's bed. “What's that?”

 

“Evarina,” was Inu's simple answer.

 

“Whom?”

 

“Our newest and youngest member, Evarina. I can't seem to get rid of her. Mistook her for something valuable. Boy did I screw myself in the ass.” Inu said with a slight chuckle as he showed Miroku what he was talking about.

 

“Hey, she's pretty cute… Wonder what she'll look like when she's older.” Grinned Miroku.

 

“Pervert.” Snorted Inu Yasha as he wrapped the baby up when a chilly wind blew into his room from the window.

 

“That's the mayor's daughter! Natalie!” cried the red head.

 

“It's Evarina now.” Barked Inu, “Do you know how to take care of a baby?”

 

“What?” asked the small boy.

 

“What's your name little fox man? Can you take care of a baby?”

 

“I'm Shippo, and yeah, I can take care of a baby. Why?”

 

Inu Yasha walked over to Miroku and the small boy, “Well Shippo, let's make a deal. If you wanna live, you're gonna have to take care of Evarina for me. If you don't… I'm pretty sure the sharks are hungry.”

 

Shippo gulped, “I… I'll take care of Natalie… I mean Evarina…”

 

“That's a good boy!” grinned Inu Yasha. `So… Evarina is that man daughter. She must have been adopted. But why?'

 

~^~^~^~^~^~^ End of Flash Back ~^~^~^~^~^~^~

 

“My real name is Natalie?” croaked Evarina as she stared at Shippo with wide golden eyes and her mouth open from shock. Shippo merely nodded and resumed to drinking his juice.

 

“You killed my family? You actually killed women and children before I arrived? Then when you found out what I was, you were gonna kill me!?” she hissed at Inu Yasha, who purposely left out the magic part. He himself didn't know what it meant and as the years went by, only confused him more.

 

“HEY! I didn't know you were a baby! You're alive, aren't ya?” he retorted, `Your other half isn't really… human. But I swear, on the night when your demon powers ebb away, which so happens to be my day, that magic aura gets so much stronger.'

 

“…” Evarina was quiet as she looked down at her cup. `He did kill women and children… oh daddy, how could you? But then again, from that day on, you have never harmed one again.'

 

“I thought so…” Inu snorted after a while.

 

“Well, that's quite a story,” said Kohaku.

 

“Yup.” Sota said beside him.

 

“I love you, Inu Yasha.” Said Jaken randomly as he gazed lovingly at his captain.

 

“Hands off toad! He's mine!” cried Jakotsu as he stuck his tongue out. Evarina, who finally broke out of her trance, laughed and threw her arms around her captain's waist.

 

“You're both, mistaken. He's mine!” she giggled. The other's laughed along with her as the two men pouted. They both knew that the loving affection they desired from Inu Yasha was toward the small girl, and only her. Inu Yasha placed a hand on her head and slightly rubbed it.

 

“And I'm only yours.” He grinned, not knowing that fate could be so cruel. And it all started with a meeting at the hot springs.

 

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