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

***Before I begin I would like to say the following…..I don't own any of the characters in this story. Well maybe one but knowing my luck I probably don't even own my own creations. I forgot to put this in the last chapter so please don't be ticked off... Also all of the characters such as Inu Tousho, Sesshoumaru, Inu Yasha, Kagome, Shippo etc….belong to Rumiko Takashi

Additional information:

Goddess and gods in my story are basically really powerful youkai that have their powers passed down to them via the previous goddess/god. Kind of, like what happened in the Inu Yasha movie with the character menomaru (I think that's how ya spell it…don't shoot me I suck at names and spelling them). If you didn't see it that's ok. It was a cute flick though.

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Chapter 2

A bright and burning light shined through the windows of the young youkai's room and burnt his face. The child had wondered if everything that had happened to him the night before been only a dream. The wisp of white ran out of his room to his father's so he could reassure him that everything that happened was real. "Papa! Papa!" yelled the child as he neared his father's room. To his dismay, his father had left already for the day to visit the woman that was to be Sesshoumaru's future mother. He did not like the idea his father was marrying a new woman so soon after his mother's death. The caretaker Rykana walked over to the saddened child "Sesshoumaru you will be happy once you have a new mother. You will able to see your father whenever you would like, and maybe if you are lucky you will be blessed with a little brother or sister to keep you from being lonely. Come now it is time for your mid-day meal, since you missed breakfast you must be starving."

How did she know I was lonely, he thought. He never had a friend his own age until last night.

I hope Niju is outside I want to tell her everything. I want to tell her about my mom and my dad and all of my toys. I will show her my most prized toy. I hope she will like it. It is going to feel like forever before I am able to see her again. I guess I will have to find something to do. Maybe I will play outside.

The young child walked slowly towards his meal. His caretaker never made his meals enjoyable. He was such a fickle child- he liked nothing that was ever presented to him. Sesshoumaru sat down at the table in front of his midday meal and began to play with his little white tail. He liked his tail; it was soft and it brought him comfort whenever he played with it. His mother had a really long white tail that she used to wrap around him when he would sleep next to her. Sesshoumaru physical appearance did not bare any resemblance to his father. Sesshoumaru had a crescent moon on his forehead; strips on his cheeks and a cute fluffy tail, his father just had soft floppy dog-ears. Sesshoumaru wondered why he did not bare much resemblance to his father. The only physical attribute he was blessed from his father was his stark white hair that glistened in the moonlight.

He missed his mother so very much and he would cry himself to sleep every night, thinking about her he often wondered to himself, why did she have to die trying to save me? Why did my father have to go off and fight in the war? I am the reason my mother died... I wish I were never born- that way my mother would still be alive. I hate people. I hate everything. I hate myself.

"What is your problem now Sesshoumaru? You do not like what I made for you? If not, then that is all you are getting to eat. So go off and cry in your room until your father comes home." snapped Rykana. I don't even know why I try to be nice to this child. He has a disease that infests his brain. His father should put this wretched child out of his misery for his own sake. I hate this child. He was not like this when his mother was alive. Gods I hope his father marries that woman. The small child ran out of the room towards the door in a flash of white light.

I will wait outside by the pond for her until she comes to visit me tonight, thought the child.

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A saddened young girl sat at the small fishpond that decorated the miniature flower garden her mother once took great care in maintaining. Mommy, why did you leave me all alone? I don't wana be a goddess anymore. I didn't know that it meant I would have to live without you and daddy. I want to see you again. Crystalline tears began to flow down the child's sun kissed cheeks leaving a salty reminder on her skin. An image began to materialize on the pond while the child choked on her sobs wishing she had never been born a goddess. The image slowly began to resemble that of an elderly woman. The woman's stature was hunched over and shriveled. She was wearing a heavy crimson kimono that had sleeves that graced the top of the pond. Fish swam towards to woman to pay homage to her. A silver and garnet crown rested securely atop her grey hair. A strange glitter emanated from her rose-colored eyes that could bring the heavens to their knees with one stern glance. She slowly walked over to the sobbing child.

"Cherry blossom why do you cry so?" cooed the old woman. The teary-eyed child looked up in astonishment at the old woman and then quickly wrapped her arms around the woman's tiny waist. "Grandma you come back to me. I don't wana be a goddess anymore… it's not fun! I wanna see my momma and daddy again. I miss them so much! Grandma you told me it was good to be a goddess but it's not good. I am always sad, and I never want to play nor do I have anyone to play with." Niju began to sob even harder into her grandmother's kimono.

"Dear child, you have made a friend. You will help that boy Sesshoumaru through a very tough time. Cherry Blossom, you were destined to be a goddess and you were destined to meet that young inu youkai. He will be the person to make you complete. Please, cherry blossom, do not cry. I love you very much and I want you to always remember that. I can not stay long; I came here to give you a gift that will help you through your life's journey." The woman placed a small crimson silk bag into the hands of the child and slowly backed away. "Cherry blossom, the young inu youkai needs someone to play with go to him and help him. Make sure you have your servant make a snack for the both of you. I will be with you always. I live in your heart and your memories." The elderly woman began to disappear from the child's eyes.

The tears subsided, and she felt more at peace knowing that her grandmother had come to give her courage to live her life. She wanted to make her grandmother proud of her. The girl quickly opened the silk bag her grandmother had given her and it revealed a beautiful silver necklace that had a large garnet orb hanging from it. The child gazed into the orb and she was able to see her family. The garnet orb her grandmother gave her was a window that enabled her to look upon her family anytime she wanted; it was a window into the life she was taken away from.

She placed the necklace around her neck and ran into her home looking for her servant. "Yuri! Yuri! make me a snack for me and my friend." cried the child. The child ran up behind the servant and wrapped her little arms around the servant's legs. The servant looked down and the child and picking her up. "You have a friend huh? Does this friend have a name, peanut?" smiled the Yuri. "Yes my friend has a name." the child said proudly feeling special because she had a friend. "His name is Sesshoumaru. He is an inu youkai. He is also the same age as me." Niju could hardly contain a smile. "Could you make us those sweet rice balls that I like." Yuri smiled "Sure I will make anything for you and your little friend Sesshoumaru. Go get some toys to take so you can play together." Yuri placed the fidgeting child back down on the ground and like a bolt of lightning, the child ran towards her room. I hope she is not making up this friend of hers. Sesshoumaru. That is such an odd name it means destruction I think. Hmm. It's probably another one of her imaginary friends. The servant continued making the sweet rice balls as she heard the chorus of noise coming from Niju's room.

"Niju come here your sweet rice balls are finished." Yuri was finished wrapping the snack for its journey to Sesshoumaru where Niju ran through the door with a handful of toys. "Thank you so much Yuri. I am sure Sesshoumaru will like them a lot." with that the small child ran out the door towards where friend sat sadly. I have a friend! I have a friend! I cannot believe this I really have a friend. I hope my grandma was right and he is sitting outside at the pond where I found him last night. I hope he likes my toys and the sweet rice balls Yuri made for us. I hope he still remembers me. The child ran further and further into the woods until she happened upon the pond that she met her friend at last night. She had seen a sad child quietly playing with a toy. The child looked up at Niju with a huge beaming smile that made Niju's heart flutter. She was elated that her friend was sitting at the pond waiting for her. She dashed across the water and when she reached him she tripped over a stone and fell on the little boy making the both of them giggle loudly.

"Sesshoumaru! Yuri made us sweet rice balls they are my favorite. I hope you like them too." Niju smiled making Sesshoumaru blush. "I am so hungry. My caretaker Rykana made me lunch but I was too depressed to eat it. I was thinking about my mom." Sesshoumaru looked down at his toy dog and began to cry quietly. Niju looks at Sesshoumaru then slowly wraps her arms around his neck and laid her head on his shoulders and began to cry also. "Why are you crying Niju?" Sesshoumaru muttered out though sobs. "I feel your pain. I am a creature of the earth I feel everyone's pain. I am sorry your mommy died. My mommy and daddy are still alive but I can't see them anymore. When my grandma gave me her powers, I was taken from my family and sent to live here all by myself. When I became a goddess, I was told I was not allowed to see them again. I don't know why though." Sesshoumaru was shocked. This girl knows how I feel? She lost her family too but they aren't dead they are still alive and she can't ever see them again. Sesshoumaru wrapped his little arms around her waist and held her until she stopped crying. She broke the hug and smiled at him showing him a toy dolly her mom had made for her. The dolly looked just like her but the clothes were lavender and the dolly had wings on its back like an angel. "Sesshoumaru I want you have this dolly. My mommy gave it to me before I left." Sesshoumaru's eyes widened, she was giving him a toy her mommy made for her to me. He felt honored and then he smiled as she handed him the toy. "Niju I want you to have my toy doggie my mommy made me. That way each of us can have a toy that our mommy's made for us." Both children giggled as they played with their new toys.

"We should eat the rice balls before they get too cold." Niju opened the bundle of goodies her servant prepared for her. The children played late into the night and eventually fell asleep in the flowerbed beside each other. Sesshoumaru had never felt this content and happy in his life. He wondered if she would be with him for all eternity. They slowly drifted off to sleep holding their new toys close to their hearts.