InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Forbidden ❯ Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Aladdin.

 

Author's Note: I would like to personally thank DarkAngel1512 and moon doggie malfoy for their reviews in the last chapter and therefore dedicate this chapter to them.

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“STOP, THIEF!” yells a portly peddler.

“Now why does this sound familiar, Shippo,” I ask Shippo as we continue to run through the marketplace. This time we “borrowed” some dates and watermelon. I once again run into an alley with walls that are easy to climb and disappear.

We sat up against a wall in a dark alley where the sun doesn't reach because the buildings are so close together. I give Shippo some dates while I only eat a couple so that we have some food for tomorrow just in case something like rain comes.

I taught myself to read as I look into the local schools that wouldn't accept me since I had no parents. When the children went to school, I went to school and paid attention to every word and lesson that came from the teacher's mouth. She was an old woman with a black patch over her left eye and a slight hunch in her back. Despite her looks, she was a nice old lady and would “accidentally” leave some writing utensils and some strolls where I could find them. She would also leave some food. Her name was Kaede and she died four years ago. I still visit her grave on the outskirts of town and I remember everything that she did for me and now her school is gone and I have no one else for extra help. When she was alive, I would sleep in the school during the winter in the rafters where no one could see me or Shippo. Shippo never squeaked a sound which was very fortunate. Nevertheless, I never made a friend; I was ashamed.

There are so many homeless people in this city while the royals eat like fat pigs in their thrones and warm chambers. Sometimes I wonder if there even is a Kami, since so many of His people suffer on a daily basis. The dead are buried in unmarked graves and there is no priest to say a few words over the grave. The corpse is considered a burden to the population and no one remembers except as, “Remember that body that was found near such and such?”

 

Shamed

Nobodies

We are the hungry.

Forgotten

Downtrodden

 

“It is rude to watch someone eat,” I speak to the shadows.

Shippo fur sticks up on ends as he growls towards the direction of an intruder.

“You did know that stealing is a crime?” speaks a deep voice.

I stroke his hair to calm him down and take a look towards the intruder that emerges from the shadows and I am met with perfection. His white hair flows into the wind, two magenta strips appear on each cheek, and his stance is tall that demands respect, while his eyes hold a coldness that could freeze the desert. He wears a white shirt with matching pants and an armor with spikes coming out of the shoulder blades. There is also something furry over his shoulder, maybe a tail. I stroll down to waist to see two swords on his left hip. Hmmm, he must be royalty.

I am jealous for his birth. It would be impossible for me to climb to his ranks. It is forbidden. Forbidden to even dream.

“I steal because I have to, not because I want to,” I continue to eat my food slowly, not even bothering to look at him any longer.

“It is still a crime and that will not be tolerated in my land.” HA! He is royalty. Two points for me!

“I care not. If it is really your land then you would not let your people starve.” I stand up and turn my back towards him. This simple gesture is one that could be death because it shows disrespect but I am no one's servant.

Darkness

 

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“STOP, THIEF!” I hear someone yell in the distance.

I use to my speed to witness the wench's escape. It has only been an hour since my patrol started this should prove to be soon sort of entertainment. However I was incorrect when it was a fat man chasing a human woman in her young years. I was disappointed when I knew that there would be no punishment for her crime. She ran quickly and her raven hair flowed behind her as she ran. When the husky man gave up on her, I decided to finish where he could not. I kept my distance as I stalked her and waited until she stopped.

Why does she steal from my people? Doesn't she have her own food to consume; must be gluttonous.

She finally comes to halt on an alley wall with her weird looking black fox by her side. She feeds herself last while the fox eats more than her, why? This ningen is confusing to me but it is beneath me to understand them but I must why she decided to steal from my subjects.

“It is rude to watch someone eat.”

How did she know that I was there? I am the master of stealth (A/N: cocky isn't he). There is no way that she would have heard me except if I wasn't as quite as I thought. That fox must have tipped her off with some kind of signal (A/N: denial).

“You know that stealing is a crime?”

Her stupid fox continues to growl at me but she calms it with one hand while looking me over. I am completely aware of her eyes upon my body. However, my rage within me builds when she resumes to her simple food, ignoring me! She should be surprised and honored to be graced with my presence. How dare she ignore this Sesshoumaru!

“I steal because I have to, not because I want to,” is her response to my person.

I find her reason false since no one has to steal. She must be reasoned with,

“It is still a crime and that will not be tolerated in this Sesshoumaru's land.”

“I care not. If it is really your land then you would not let your people starve.”

Her smart mouth! She dares to criticize me; the heir to these lands then turns her filthy back towards me. Red seeps in my vision as I envision her body lifeless on the ground next to the blasted black fox. But I want her to suffer dearly for her insolence.

I run quickly behind her and punch her hard in the head. I take great pleasure in kicking the fox in the nearby wall. It doesn't move after that; good. The wench is covered from my eyes by her black hair that shields her face. Probably the best thing, I would like change it with my claws but there will time for that later. I grab the wench and toss her hard over my shoulder and make my way back towards the palace.

“I will enjoy breaking her,” I say to one in particular.

 

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“I will enjoy breaking her.”

Green eyes open looking frantically for his “mother.” He can't find her anywhere but knows that she will never leave him. He sniffs out her scent and remembers the demon that hurt his “mother” and kicked him into a wall! He will pay! Shippo catches the scent and sprints towards the direction that the dog demon walked about an hour ago. He only hopes that he reaches her because it would be his greatest fear to see her hurt or worse.

She found him when all others would pass him by. She was much younger then and looked like her world crumbled right under her. But she never cried or showed any pain even when she was punished for stealing for him. All her pain was because of him and he would be damned if she was punished this time.

The little fox ran faster and faster and he focused all his thoughts on his “mother” who braved the storm for him many times. Now it is his time walk through the lightning, rain, and thunder.

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