InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Inuyasha Theories ❯ Theory #7: The Inu Family ( Chapter 7 )

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Theory 7: The Inu Family

They're from China, not Japan. (Inuyasha himself is half Chinese, half Japanese, half human, and half demon, thus making him, in Koga's terms, a mutt perfectly.)

I have come to this conclusion based on several different reasonings:

Lord of the West. Think about it: Japan isn't all that big, and what lies to the west of Japan? China.

Sesshomaru's pants. That's right. They're mainland Asia-style. Not Japenese.

Sesshomaru and Inutaisho's armor—also with roots in mainland Asia.

Sesshomaru's shoes—roots in mainland Asia.

This would also explain why Sesshomaru disappears for a long time—he's back home in China.

The parody:

Rin looked out at the sea, trying to measure the distance of the rock she had thrown. She picked up another stone. Sesshomaru had left them several days ago at the beach. The weather was good, and Rin enjoyed herself, but she still missed her lord when he was gone. She looked back at the sulking Jaken. “Master Jaken, where did Sesshomaru-sama go?”

He didn't even bother to look at her. “Sesshomaru-sama went back home.”

She blinked. “Sesshomaru-sama was homesick?”

A brief pause as Jaken considered the possibility of this. “I don't know,” he confessed.

“Where is Sesshomaru-sama's home, Master Jaken? And why didn't he bring us?”

Jaken sighed deeply. The girl was so wearing on his sanity and patience. If he lost either, the ending result would probably be the same, though—he would flip and probably start yelling at Rin, and Sesshomaru would put an end to it by either killing him (if he was in a bad mood) or just kicking him or some such thing.

The girl started talking again. Did she ever shut up? “He flew across the sea…” She looked back at Jaken as she realized something. “Master Jaken, is Sesshomaru-sama from the mainland?”

“Of course, you ignorant brat!”

The insult didn't really seem to register with her mind. She was accustomed to Jaken's insults, and she knew that it was just his personality. It didn't bother her. “Oh, that's so cool!” Then her spirits fell. “I want to go… Why did he leave us behind?”

“Because the sea is no place for a human child!”

“But I'm always safe with Sesshomaru-sama,” Rin pointed out.

Jaken felt flustered, as always. “Well… In China, they speak a different dialect, and you don't know it!”

“Do you?” she asked.

Jaken's mood darkened from its usual dull gray to coal. “… No.” He had always hated it when Sesshomaru started speaking in Chinese. His constant complaining had earned him several knots on his head, but Sesshomaru had begun to speak more in Japanese the past few decades. They had spent a lot of time in Japan, though. “Of course, there are other reasons as well, Rin!”

“What are they?”

Jaken didn't know. Naturally, he didn't want to admit that, though. “Oh, be quiet, you stupid girl!'

She squinted into the distance. “Sesshomaru-sama!” she cried excitedly, dropping the stone.

Jaken looked up. Sure enough, there was Sesshomaru on the horizon and approaching with great speed. The lord landed somewhat daintily and glanced at the girl and the imp. It was as if they hadn't moved in the three days he had left them. For some reason, this wasn't very surprising, though.

Rin immediately barraged him with questions about his heritage.

“Are you really from China?”

“Yes.”

“Why did you come to Japan?”

“To kill Inuyasha and Naraku.”

“Will you go back to China once you do?”

“Most likely.”

“Can I come with you?”

“Maybe.”

“Why couldn't I come this time?”

“I wanted to go alone.”

And it sort of continued like that for about half an hour, before Sesshomaru directed all of her never-ending questions to Jaken, who supplied her with no answers, as he didn't know.