InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Hanyou of All Trades ❯ Chapter 3: Explanations ( Chapter 3 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

A/N- Well, here we are, chapter 3! Sorry about it being so late, but I just got a job! Hell yeah!

Anyway, I don't own InuYasha, but I love making stories with the characters! So here's the chapter that has taken forever to be put up, enjoy!

Kaede’s hut was alive with laughter, all the villagers stopped and glanced towards the hut at least twice. Their thoughts pretty much the same, ‘what is going on in there?’

If they only knew…

It had started when InuYasha had entered Kaede’s hut and she got a good look at her. Kaede’s first comment was along the lines of, “Have ye InuYasha decided to dress as a woman to attract a male?”

Almost immediately, Miroku, Shippou, Sango, and Kagome broke out laughing, leaving InuYasha to blush while glaring at them and Kaede simply shook her head.

When they showed no sign of stopping anytime soon, InuYasha decided to take matters into her own hands.

Growling deeply and angrily, InuYasha snapped to her feet, “That is enough! If you guys still want to know why I went through all this, then stop goofing off, if you don’t then I’ll kick you out and tell Kaede only.”

That was all that was needed, everyone immediately shut up and embarrassed expressions appeared on their faces.

“That’s better…now what do you guys want to know first?” Sitting back down, InuYasha crossed her arms as she glanced over everyone.

After a minute or so passed it seemed that no one wanted to ask anything, but then Kaede spoke up.

“So ye are in fact a female, are ye not InuYasha?”

InuYasha nodded her head at that, “I see, but why did ye disguise thy self as a male?”

Happy that at least someone had the guts to ask her that, InuYasha propped herself against a wall and lifted her leg, leaning Tetsusaiga against it.

“As everyone here already knows, half demons like me are not accepted by either human or demon. But what is even worse and not as widely known, is that female half demons are an easy target for male demons and humans. Even though I am female as well, I am stronger and can defend myself, but I didn’t want to take the chance that someone would attempt to harm me.”

Thoughts of what some demons had attempted to do to her, flooded InuYasha’s mind. It was an experience that she never wanted to go through again, feeling something grab a hold of her leg, InuYasha looked down to find that Shippou had latched onto her.

He had tears in his eyes and he was shaking, sighing, InuYasha pried Shippou’s hands off of her leg and gently lifted Shippou into her arms. Holding Shippou against her chest, InuYasha brushed some hair out of his face, Shippou’s eyes filled with more tears as he buried his face into her chest.

‘Shippou is the only one who really understands what it is like, but no one can really know what I had to go through and I hope they never find out. After all, it almost destroyed me.’

“I think we understand that part, but how did you gain the ability to change your sex InuYasha?”

Turning her eyes from Shippou, InuYasha followed the voice to Miroku, he had a genuine look of concern upon his face. But InuYasha could still make out that perverted glare that he always had when he was thinking something wrong, it seemed it was up to her to set him straight.

“Get your mind out of the gutter Miroku, believe me, I do not enjoy changing like I have been. I hate smelling like a male, anyway, it was Sesshoumaru who found the way to disguise me as a male in the first place.”

Immediately Kagome, Sango, and Miroku leapt to their feet and surged upon InuYasha. Their expressions were angry, worried, and curious.

“What…just because I have been pretending I am a male doesn’t mean that Sesshoumaru and I do not get along.”

“But, InuYasha,” Kagome got to her knees as she gripped InuYasha’s arm, “I thought that you two hated each other, after all, you both fight every time you meet not to mention you chopped his left arm off! How can you guys be on friendly terms, when from what I can tell, you’re the bitterest of enemies.”

“She’s right InuYasha,” Sango had sat down next to Kagome, her expression changing from angry and concerned, to suspicious.

“It’s rather simple, Sesshoumaru and I were never really enemies. You see, when I was first born, he thought I was a male and because of that he hated me.”

Shifting again, InuYasha sat up more, her back flat against the wall. Shippou had stopped crying and his eyes were now upon her, apparently he was worried as well.

“The first time I met him I was just nine years old and my mother had grown ill. Worried about my safety, she sent for Sesshoumaru. Being the regal demon he is, Sesshoumaru couldn’t deny the summons of the woman who was still the Lady of the West.”

Sighing, InuYasha couldn’t stop the small smile that lit her lips as she remembered what she had thought that first time, when she had finally met her older half brother.

‘He looked so menacing with that long flowing hair and cold expression. I still can’t believe that I wasn’t frightened, it was as if somehow I knew he would never harm me. It was hilarious when I saw the look on his face, after I had latched myself onto his leg. He was truly shocked that he had been wrong about me,’

“Anyway, needless to say, Sesshoumaru was shocked when he saw that I was a female not a male. My mother pleaded with him to take me in and protect me and at first, he refused. But then my mother sent me from the room, she wanted to speak with him alone. I still don’t know what they spoke about, but when Sesshoumaru came out of the room, he reached his hand out to me.”

InuYasha was unable to stop the giggle that passed her lips as she thought of how ironic it was. All of her friends thought that Sesshoumaru was an evil demon, but in fact, he was truly a gentle soul.

“My mother died that day and I went with Sesshoumaru. But what really surprised me, was when we got there, I found that my father wasn’t dead. He had sent my mother and I away for our protection, there were several demons that were after my mother and I.”

“So you actually knew your father…what was he like InuYasha?” Kagome placed a hand upon InuYasha’s shoulder, it seemed that she was happy to know that InuYasha had known her father.

“He was kind and strong, I still remember when he taught me how to fight. He never was too hard on me, but he eventually did die. He grew ill after a couple years had passed, I asked him about it once. He told me that it was part of becoming mates, something that I still won’t understand until I have my own.”

Suddenly InuYasha’s mind was bombarded with images of Kouga, ‘why am I thinking of Kouga at a time like this...but his is handsome...what am I thinking! Forget about him and get on with the explanations, I still need to ask if they want to go to the ball as my guests.’

“But after he died as well, Sesshoumaru was the one to take care of me, he may seem cold and aloof all the time but in truth he’s rather good hearted. I know, weird huh? Anyway, I asked him to help me and he did. We found a special potion that changes the sex of the consumer, which in this case was me. That pretty much is the story…sorry I lied to you guys.”

Shippou gripped InuYasha’s haori as he smiled up at her, “I forgive you InuYasha and I understand.”

Smiling down at him InuYasha chuckled as she tweaked Shippou’s ear, “thanks Shippou, but now onto business. There is a ball coming up and tomorrow Sesshoumaru is going to come and get me, I wanted to know if any of you guys wanted to come with me as my guests. If you do, then Sesshoumaru will provide the clothes.”

“Where is this ball supposed to be held?” Miroku had crossed his arms as he thought over everything that InuYasha had told them.

“At the Lord of the North’s Castle, Lord Taiku has just been graced with another child, so there is a ball being held. The first one in over Sixty three years, so what do you guys think, wanna come?”

Kagome nodded her head, as did Shippou, but Sango seemed reluctant and Miroku was waiting for Sango’s answer before he voiced his own.

“Is this going to be dangerous InuYasha…do you think Naraku will try to take advantage of this and try to attack us?”

InuYasha snorted at that, “I doubt it, only an idiot would try to attack all the Lords of the Land and their guests, that is just asking for death. Besides, all the strongest demons are going to be there and as I said, he’d be a fool to think he could take us all on at once.”

“Alright then, I suppose I’ll go as well, but I’m going to stay on guard.”

Miroku looked pleased as he heard Sango’s response, “I’ll go as well then.”

“Great. Since we have all are planning on going, then we had best get some rest, tomorrow is going to be a long day.”

InuYasha moved into a more comfortable position as she lay down for the night, Shippou hadn’t moved and it seemed that he wanted to stay with InuYasha tonight. InuYasha didn’t mind one bit as she watched to others bed down for the night.

After everyone was ready for bed, InuYasha let herself drift off as well. But as she grew sleepy, her mind filled with images and thoughts of Kouga, InuYasha was too tired to complain so she just let her mind wander as she fell into a deep slumber.

‘I’ll just worry about it tomorrow...’

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A/N- There you go...the next chapt might be up soon or not, I don't know yet. It all depends upon my schedualing at work, but until then, I hope that you'll bare with me! Till next chapt, Ja Ne!