InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Inuyasha, The Continuing Feudal Legend ❯ chapter one: The Road ( Chapter 2 )

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Series: Inuyasha, the Continuing Feudal Legend

Title: The Eternal Family Bonds

Chapter: I. The Road
By: Phalon & Buster

The first light of day was breaking, and it seemed like a pleasant morning. A young maiden walks onto a large hill where a towering white tree stood. The young maiden wore modern clothing. She wore a blue and white crop top, black boot-cut jeans, tennie shoes, and fire rat demon coat. It was obvious the coat was a little large on the girl. The maiden had long raven hair that almost draped over her shoulders. She held a sword in a sheath with both her hands and said aloud, “Why father? Why entrust me with your sword? Why not Tanaka, or your namesake Inuyasha?”

**Flashback**

In a large room in a Japanese Feudal Style house sat a little girl with silver hair and dog ears and had a titanic sized fire rat demon skinned coat draped on the girl. Obviously it was much too big for the little girl's size. She seemed very interested at what was in front of her. It was Inu Yasha but he looked older somewhat, and had the Tetseiga out and sat before her and facing the child.

“Takara,” Inu Yasha told the girl. “This will someday be yours,” He told his daughter as the crappy old sword turned into the Tetseiga. “You're the only one left,” He explained. “Tanaka could have never of used it. He may think humans are better but he never would have protected them. You on the other hand…”

Takara was looking at the Tetseiga and stood up as her father extended it. That was when she slipped. She just got right back up, seemed it would happen more than not. So the girl took the handle of the Tetseiga only for the blade to draw down. “It's heavy,” was all she said.

Inuyasha stood up letting go of the Tetseiga and helped his eight year old daughter. “It will take you a little time to learn how to get stronger,” He told his young daughter. “But we have the time.”

**End of Flashback**

“Because he knew,” came a voice into the air, sweet like honey. It was soft and kind and aged, obvious a man who had been around. “He knew you could do what your brothers could not. Tanaka has never truly embraced his humanity and Inu Yasha is still a little boy.”

“I don't want to wield the Tetseiga Miroku,” The girl declared.

“Yes you do Takara,” Miroku told her. “You have always had your father to protect you, and now it is your turn to protect him.”

“How?” Takara said. Her eyes begging to know how to save a man that might even be dead.

“Fight Naraku,” Miroku simply said. “Your father and mother will be found, it's simply a matter of time and then you can return the sword to your father.”

Takara unsheathed it and said, “I don't even know how to use it godfather.” It looked like a rusty blade. “Not sure how this thing is my father's treasure.” She wanted to take out Naraku but so did half of the most powerful people in Feudal Japan. Takara sheathed her father's sacred sword.

“So this is the girl that will save the world,” A voice rang in the air. It sound like Miroku's did and there stood a man that was donned in demon's slayer's clothes. His hair almost reached his shoulders, but it was loose. He looked so much like his father it was uncanny. Before Takara turned to look at him, he patted her butt and got a whirl of paid, hit across the face with the end of the sheath.

Miroku covered his face and said, “I will see you both in the village.” He didn't need to see this. It reminded Miroku of himself and Sango.

Takara said, “Stop it! Do not stroke or grab me or I will hurt you so help me.” She did love the guy but when he did that she could almost kill him.

Mako stroked his jaw and said, “Ow. Well it was worth it.” He couldn't help it, it was the curse of the hand or so he claimed. Occasionally he would ask a woman to bear his children just to upset Takara but it never worked. He had a tendency to speak the way his father spoke.

Takara was confused and her anger subsided as her human form changed into that of an Inu Hanyou. One ear was down and one ear was pointing strait up to show her confusion. “You should stop before you lose that hand for good,” She declared.

Mako slapped Takara on her butt and walked off saying, “Whatever you say, whatever you say.”

From behind a figure came from the shadows. It was Naraku… “You have a choice in this, you know… I will let your father and mother go. But if you remove the Inu Youkai amulet from your neck,” Naraku stated.

“And be connected to you for the rest of my life, no, I will not,” Takara said unsheathing the Tetseiga. `For my family,' she thought to herself and the Tetseiga took on the form of the fanged-sword. She swung it at Naraku cutting the golem in half. All she heard was laughter. “I'm going to kill you no matter what,” She declared.

“With what? You band of merry little fighters? Heh, you would do well to remember that you belong to me.” A voice echoed.

Coming up the hill a figure came closer and closer. It was a little boy that looked like Chibi-Inu Yasha. He immediately grabbed hold of Takara's leg. “Takky!” He yelled. The little boy looked at the sword in amazement. He had some teeth but they were more like sharp teeth that were starting to come in.

Takara looked down and smirked as she put the Tetseiga back in its sheath and sighed. “Hey munchkin,” She said and tied the sheath to a pants loop. Takara unlatched her kid brother from her leg. “What happened?” She asked him only to see Mako coming back up. A part of his clothes was missing. “Did you bite Mako… again?”

“My twooth hurts,” Inu Yasha stated rubbing it.

Takara just smiled at him. “Well he did deserve it,” She remarked. “But you shouldn't bite people; we're not bat hanyous… We're Inu hanyous.”

Inu Yasha continued to cling for dear life. Mako said, “Would you tell that kid to stop biting me. Or did you ask him to?”

“I did not ask my brother to bite you, but next time I will,” Takara declared almost coldly.

A young woman walked up to meet them; you would swear you were looking at Sango except this girl's hair was loose. “My brother getting grabby again?” She asked softly.

“I haven't done a thing,” Mako replied. “That any guy wouldn't have done.”

“Wrong answer,” The girl Sureiyaa answered hitting Mako upside the head with her fist.

“That had to hurt,” Takara said with a smirk.

In the shadows, a figure watched and waited. It seemed quite interested in these people especially the two females. `So the girl with the amulet is Takara,' it thought to itself. `The one that can free me from this blasted half life,' it continued to think to itself.

“Do you feel that?” Takara asked as Tanaka came up the hill in his typical modern clothing. To her it felt strong and powerful, but she could not tell if it was good or evil.

“It's a youkai, possibly Naraku,” Mako remarked all serious now. When it came down to the one that tormented his family endlessly; he was completely serious.

“No, it's stronger than that,” Takara said. “It stronger, older than I would think Sesshomaru,” She remarked.

“Didn't think that was possible, he's over nine hundred years old,” Tanaka remarked. He resembled his father a bit mostly with his appearance and wore the family trade mark that everyone called… The Dog Collar.

The figure seemed to disappear, putting everyone at ease. Takara held her kid brother still and reached down her blouse for something remained hidden. She pulled out the Shikon No Tama. “I guess it's about time we use this,” She said softly.

“Ooh can I haft it?” Inu Yasha asked who seemed mesmerized by the pink colored ball.

“No you can't haft it,” Tanaka said. “It's Takara's job, she has to use it and purify it.” It was true his sister had the ability to purify it.

“Actually I can't purify it, I'm not mom, I have more dad's spirit than mom's,” Takara said. “I'd probably have to be human to be able to do the purifying,” She said.

“Then make that wish,” Tanaka retorted.

“Tanaka shut up!” Mako immediately said. Everyone was amazed at this. “Takara made peace with herself along time, by becoming one and not the other will denounce who she really is. It's why your father remained a hanyou; he chose a life as part of two worlds and more. Have you made your peace?”

Tanaka was stunned… He couldn't believe the lecher had said that. “I've made my peace and doing my repentance,” He stated showing the dog-collar.

“Yeah right,” Sureiyaa said. “That's real willing… More like the electrocution shock that Takara spoke of in your time.”

Takara almost smiled, now that was the boy she had followed during her whole of childhood. The one that promised to protect her; no matter how things got. There was something that had dawned on her, Mako may have been a lecher but he wasn't totally bad. So she put the jewel back in its place.

“We should go to the house and get ready to leave,” Mako said and looked down at his leg. `Damn it still hurts, the little runt,' He thought to himself as they walked down the hill.

“Swit!” Chibi Inu Yasha said and the most peculiar thing happened. Tanaka slammed into the ground. It seemed like Mako wasn't paying attention at all. Takara and Sureiyaa just busted out laughing.

Tanaka couldn't believe it; his kid brother just reduced him about as bad as his mother could. This was dangerous if his brother could do this now. He knew what this meant, his brother was the one who could purify things and figured if the Shikon No Tama was ever separated it would be his brother who could find it… Not him. Not Takara. Junior was the one; it made him a tad jealous at the fact.

It took a little time for Takara and Sureiyaa to compose themselves as they headed towards the Houshi house. Tanaka managed to get himself out of the ditch `Junior' had put him into. So he ran towards the house before the kid could do it again.

`We have a winding road ahead of us,' Takara thought to herself. She held her baby brother close. He had begun to doze off and wrapped his arms around her neck. Inu Yasha was a bit small for his age but that didn't matter. Takara had only herself to blame because her parents were gone and she did.

*Flashback*

Takara was unconscious on the ground where she had been left when Tanaka put the Inu Youkai amulet around her neck. Slowly she began to gain consciousness. It was much too blurry for her sight. All she saw was blurry figures and something fell to the ground, a rust old sword right into the ground along with the Shikon No Tama around it. That was only a guess as she something pink and a crappy looking thing go into the round.

“Run!” Kagome's voice rang before you could see her knocked out by a man.

Tanaka had grabbed the Shikon No Tama before the man accepting Kagura could get to it and avoided a samurai's blade thrown by the man.

When Kagura grabbed `Junior' she felt his fangs go into her hand and threw him a good three feet. “Get Inuyasha and Kagome!” She yelled.

Tanaka and a semi-conscious Takara tried to get to their brother and parents and had a choice. They had chosen their brother and once they tried to get to their parents, they were gone. There was nothing left by their father's Tetseiga.

*End Flashback*

`Junior' yawned finally really fell into a deep sleep in the arms of his big sister. He utters one simple word, “Mommy”. Those words are strong enough for a single tear to roll down young Takara's face.

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