InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Inuyasha Theories ❯ Theory #5: Inuyasha ( Chapter 5 )

(I wasn't going to do this, but I received two “notifications” “correcting” me on the use of this. The fact of the matter is that I know his name has an alternate meaning, and that was the intent. However, due to the fact that the Japanese language often uses the same words as different English words, it leads to mistranslations. This is a play off of a mistranslation. If you can't take a joke, don't read it, because I don't want you here, I don't like you, and it wasn't meant for you. Gawd.)

 

Theory #5: Inuyasha

 

Inu: dog

 

Yasha: female demon

 

Why is it that Inuyasha has never realized that his name means “female dog demon”? Why has no one ever pointed this out to him, if for no other reason than to make fun of him?

 

The answer to the first question is simple enough: Inuyasha is an illiterate moron.

 

The second is slightly more complicated: Everyone would be too afraid to point this out, and Kagome is too nice to say anything. That leaves only one other person who would bother pointing it out (Sesshomaru). But the sexy elder brother doesn't like talking.

 

And, most of all, why the bloody hell did his obviously crazed father name him “female dog demon”?

 

More than that, what possessed Izayoi to go along with naming her son female dog demon? Maybe because it was the last wish of her soon-to-be-dead lover doggie? He obviously didn't realize that Inuyasha was a boy!

 

So, he was expecting a daughter? Hmm. Why was he expecting a daughter? And why was he so horribly unoriginal in naming him?

 

It could be for the same reason that people name their sons things like “Stacey” or “Sue” or shit like that. As if his life wasn't already going to suck ass!

 

So, I suppose my theory is as follows:

The Great Dog Demon is a jerk, and his final move (besides to save their lives) was to basically further condemn his son to be a social outcast. Gods forbid he should have a normal, somewhat satisfied with life child. (No, damn it, all my children must be emo, gender-confused, and all around psycho—like me.)

 

Furthermore, Inuyasha either realizes this and ignores it (for some reason, not changing his name to something a bit more masculine), or, more likely, is too stupid to realize it.

 

Here's my story:

 

Another night, another setting up camp. Inuyasha was noisily slurping up noodles. Watching him really was like watching a dog eat—no grace or shame. It was kind of horrifying, really. One day, Kagome really had to make Inuyasha “sit” down and learn some vague kind of etiquette. At least enough not to be an embarrassment.

It was approaching “that time of the month” for her, and she was rather moody, so his bad table manners were really getting on her nerves. She never should have given him Ramen. In fact, he really didn't deserve anything she had given to him, except maybe a “sit” or two dozen.

He and Shippo began to argue over the last package. Inuyasha grabbed it. Shippo began to wail. This was really getting on her nerves. In fact… “Osawari,” she said quietly. Inuyasha hit the ground. Shippo pounced and grabbed the package, sticking his tongue out at the half-demon. The half demon with the name “female dog demon.” Kagome was feeling particularly bitchy today. If Inuyasha did one thing to piss her off…

“What'd ya do that for, bitch!” he screamed.

What? “Osawari,” she said again. After he had recovered, she fixed her death glare upon him. It was something not entirely unlike having the hounds of hell staring at you in a hungry manner. “Inuyasha.” He prepared for another “sit.” “Do you know what your name means?” She smiled slyly. He stared at her for a moment, then decided that he didn't want to hear it. He had heard it before. “'Female dog demon.' So, tell me, Inuyasha are you really a man?”

Inuyasha stuttered for a moment, opened his mouth to say something, then closed it again. Finally, he found his voice, “What the hell do you mean by that! `Course I'm a man!”

“Hmph,” Kagome said.

“I am!” he yelled.

“Then why does your name say you're a girl?”

Inuyasha's eyes darted around for a moment. He didn't have an answer. He had no idea what his father had been thinking in those last few moments, and Myoga had never said anything about it. He could have said any number of thinks as a rude response, but all he could really concentrate on was why his name proclaimed him to be female.

However, there was no way to answer that for an absolute certain without holding a séance, and, in lack of the proper equipment, he decided to do what he normally did and ignore the problem in the hopes that it would go away (considering that he couldn't attack it). “Keh,” he muttered, and hopped up in his tree.