InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Firae Circus ❯ Beginning ( Chapter 1 )

There were rumors ravaging the lands. A demon child had been born inside the human borders. He wanted him. Wanted to force the wretch behind his iron bars and collect gold while the child was tormented by onlookers. He had searched for so long for the child. So long. He chuckled evilly. Had it really been almost 17 years? The man sneered then looked up at the stars above him. They seemed to smile at him, the same smile he usually saw in the mirror. `It is going to be a good night tonight.' He thought. He looked behind him to make sure that his human workers were still keeping up with him and that nothing was wrong with his valuable captives.

He had taken his circus filled with odd demons and tortured creatures on his quest for this demon child; one that he had found was truly only a half demon. But it didn't matter. Nothing mattered as long as the child was his. It would belong to him. This unusual child that was unable to disappear among the masses because of its silver hair and glowing amber eyes. It was also rumored that this child cursed with both human and demon blood had the ears of his demon animal. The man laughed joyously. To think what kind of money he would gather simply because this child had dog ears. The man laughed harder thinking about the wealth he could claim. It shook his body and made him gasp for air.

The demons that were being carted behind the man, sealed behind the iron bars by powerful magic looked at one another. The leader of the circus was loosing it. The last time he had cracked he had murdered one of the demon children that had been born in captivity. They shifted nervously and began burying their children under the hay that was given to line their cages. They could sense the dark cloud that covered the man getting stronger. Soon the unusual purple of his eyes would bleed red and the man would crave blood. Unfortunately for his weak captives, the blood that this man-demon craved was that of demon children.

The leader's laughter waned into random fits of giggling as he raised his hand calling for his caravan to halt. When he turned back to the demons they saw their children's blood in his eyes. The evil man jumped down from his carriage and began walking back to the cage that held the snow demons. They had a small child, he recalled. A girl with hair like moon light and skin so pale it drove him mad. He wanted to stain those pale, pale cheeks. He wanted to watch the pale snow princess turn red with her own blood as he lapped it up like a cat.

He smiled as the image of her death filled him with joy. He reached into his pocket to take out the demons key when he heard a sound come from behind him. It was night and his vision was not as good as it should be, but his other sense knew something was out there. Something that wasn't human and wasn't weak. The man sniffed the air trying to get a better grasp of the situation. The creature was unaware of him and his party. He took a glance back at the snow demon couple and sighed. He would have to wait for another time to make the snow princess bleed.

The man turned back to where he thought the creature was. As he walked forward he opened a pouch that was kept with him at all times. He took out a small pebble that was rough and crooked. Despite the dark blackness of the stone, it seemed to glow as light bounced off its surface. The man rubbed it between his fingers muttering ancient words born before the age of man.

The leader of the circus caravan pushed aside a branch and stepped into a small clearing. A quickly doused fire lay in the center. By the smell in the clearing and the smoke coming from it, it had been lit only a few moments before. The man could feel the creature was close but he just couldn't see it. He looked all around the clearing but still found no one. Then it hit him.

He looked up.

Glowing eyes stared down at him angrily. Silver hair framed the face that had clenched teeth with fangs showing. The man's eyes lit up with delight. Poking out of the silver locks were snow white dog ears. After 17 years his search was over. He had found him. That damn child who had slipped past him time and time again. A twisted giggle escaped his lips and the demon boy tilted his head in confusion as he continued to growl.

“Come down here!” the man yelled to the hanyou.

“Go to hell, human.” The demon replied. The man didn't like that. No, he didn't like that at all. Didn't the boy realize that he already owned him? That he was but a pathetic excuse of a demon and that he would be imprisoned in his circus for all of his life? He was his slave; he had no right to talk to him like that.

“You'll regret that remark, Halfling.” The leader said as he fingered the stone again. The demon child growled louder and, as the leader had hoped, lunged at the human before him. The man flicked the small pebble at the oncoming demon. He grinned feeling his eyes turn red as it hit the boy in the throat. The boy fell back as the pebble buried itself inside him. He whimpered and clawed at his throat trying to get it back out.

The evil man laughed maniacally as the memories of the hanyou invaded his mind. So much pain and doubt. So much suffering. It made this boy weak and strong all at the same time. He looked into the amber eyes of his new captive and smiled at the animosity he saw there. He would be fun to break.

“Sleep, Halfling.” At his words the half-demon's eyes began to cloud over. He fought it; the man could see him fight it. He almost beat it too, but almost wouldn't save him. The leader of the Firae Circus smiled maliciously. He waved two of his loyal minions over to carry the halfling to the cage that had been reserved just for him for over 17 years. The leader then looked up to the sky as they carried him away. The stars were winking at him. `Yes,' he thought, `tonight was a very good night.'