InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Destiny's Child ❯ Introductory Exposition ( Prologue )

Hey there everybody!

Okay, this is my very first fic so be courteous. I am aware that Destiny's Child is a name of a band but no, this has absolutely nothing to do with it. Enough said!

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or anything in relation to him. He and everything else belong to Rumiko Takahashi. The only thing I own is Daisuke so please don't take him away from me too.

"Inuyasha"- Is speaking

Inuyasha - Are thoughts or emphasis

*** - Flashback

+++(Inuyasha)+++ - Scene change

-Miracle?-

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It was a morbid and stormy night, in this quaint little village. The only thing you could hear was the thunder and lightning clashing against the sky and the rain beating on the homes of the sleepless inhabitants.

If you had asked anyone how their day was, the response would have been, "Horrible", for you see these villagers were mostly farmers. It had consistently been raining for two weeks straight. It would decrease little by little and just when a ray of hope appeared, once again, it turned the other way.

This night, oh yes, this night was different though. The miko of the town was in labor at the moment with her first.

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Everyone had criticized her because she had married with a man outside of the village. Not only that but this man had come from the west! The west was despised of greatly. Mostly rebels lived there, youkai rebels. They had been under the rule of Sesshoumaru, Taiyoukai of the Western lands for more than a century.

The miko's beloved was not youkai, he was human. They knew that only a handful of humans lived in the west. They were mainly spies. It was intuition; they seemed to know this man was a spy!

They planned it out oh so very carefully. After four months, the miko had gone off to a healing ceremony further off in the east; they put their plan into action.

They raided the man's home, torches lit and stakes sharpened. They took him to the streets and brutally beat him. He had resisted at first but the number had won in the end.

Well…that was until the birthmother, Kaede, had arrived. Yes, that was her. She was in her early sixties; she had been the one to deliver most of the village men and women who lived there. She degraded each and every one of them.

When she had gotten to the source of their hate she gasped lightly. He was in a terrible condition. Many deep gashes and bruises had adorned his body. Turning back to the others, daring one of them to leave, she spoke.

"This hatred shall be thine's end!" her voice seemed to echo throughout.

She fell to her knees and cradled the man to her chest. She had known something like this would happen. She could feel it.

"Kotoya? Kotoya? Are you alright?"

Kaede felt so stupid and useless. She knew he wasn't alright. If anything, he was probably dead.

Oh, what shall I do? If his spouse lays eye on him like this it will tear her apart.

"WOMAN! This man has brought the West's wrath towards us, he is a spy! Do not let your age blind you!" That was the only explanation given towards their behavior.

Her head was bent downwards, her eyes closed to hide her anger.

"What proof doest thou have?" she hissed through clenched teeth.

Stuttering was heard through the crowd and one by one they squirmed back to the safety of their homes.

"Daisuke?"

Daisuke was a little boy about seven years old. He was very close to Kaede and even looked up to Kotoya.

"Child, help me carry him inside."

"Of course."

It was a pitiful sight. An elder and a young child trying to carry a grown man to shelter. Daisuke hoisted the man's legs over his shoulders and Kaede struggled to keep her fragile weak arms to support him; however, they tried and they accomplished it. Setting him down on a mat very carefully Daisuke started to remove Kotoya's garments motioning for Kaede to leave until he finished. He figured he would save his idol whatever dignity he could muster.

Daisuke stared in horror at Kotoya's injuries. Placing a cloth over his most private place he summoned Kaede back in.

She first mixed a certain medicine to relieve the pain. Even though Kotoya was unconscious, she made sure it went down. Next, she applied many medicines to his injuries and wrapped bandages around them to prevent infections. His lethargically slow heartbeat seemed to tell her that he wasn't going to be in the land of the living much longer.

"Child, I must send word to Mitsue. Stay and keep watch over him"

His nod acknowledged the order. Daisuke watched as Kaede had left the room. He was a handsome boy with black midnight hair and dark, wide, forest green eyes. He usually kept his emotions in check.

He turned his large innocent eyes over to Kotoya watching the rise and fall of his chest. He noticed how his head looked quite uncomfortable placed on top of his travel bag.

Travel bag?

Wait, was Kotoya-san going somewhere? He didn't tell me anything, and Mitsue surely didn't mention anything.

Daisuke, being as curious as he was, had gone and retrieved a blanket folding it up neatly, so as to make it look like a pillow. Carefully he switched the bag and the blanket from underneath his head, assuring himself that it was only to make Kotoya feel more comfortable.

When Daisuke opened the bag, he looked over it carefully pulling out different items.

Yes, Kotoya-san was going somewhere. He packed clothes, a cutting knife, his sword, some letters, and even salted meat. He could survive on this for a couple of months.

All actions stopped when he heard his name being weakly called at.

"Daisuke?"

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Okay, for those of you who are confused, we are in flashback mode. Please refer back to the symbol in the beginning of the chapter. When I start in chapter two we'll go back to the present, yet once again come to the past again. You see, I've already had to edit this. If anyone can tell me how the italics work it would be appreciated. I know how to use them it's just whenever I re-post this chapter it only includes some of the italics. Inuyasha and other characters will come in later chapters. (3 or 4 maybe) Please give me the honor of your review.

Danni