InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Secrets ❯ Secrets Unleashed ( Chapter 3 )

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I do not own any of the characters from the InuYasha television series. I claim only characters that I have made using my own intellect.

 

 

Chapter 3

 

The rest of the week passes quickly, Friday here. I had also made a new friend. Her name is Ookami Kuno.

"So, Ookami, how's living with your dad going," I ask Ookami as we walk home from school.

Ookami has black hair cut short to right below her ears, her bangs to her shoulders. Ookami's eyes are a dark, emerald green. She's your age, but she looks twelve.

"He kicked me out of the house again," Ookami states, looking depressed.

I had been planning on going with Inuyasha and the gang this weekend, but my heart aches, reaching out to my friend.

"Stay with me," I say, knowing Inuyasha will be pissed.

Stop worrying. You can sneak out while she's sleeping, I think to myself, Ookami agreeing with a huge grin, both of you continuing to your house.

 

 

I study Ookami's sleeping form before sneaking out of my house, supplies in a small book bag. I look into the well, starting to jump in when Ookami squeals hello, jumping onto me with a hug.

I expect her to be left in the future as I see the twinkling blue lights and land in the Feudal Era.

"Wow, what a fun ride," Ookami giggles, looking up the well. "Let's go!"

Then she starts to climb the vines; I hurriedly follow her. Inuyasha's waiting at the top looking angry.

"Where the hell have you been?! Who the fuck is she," Inuyasha hisses angrily, looking from me to Ookami.

Then Sango, Miroku, and Shippou come from the trees, Kirara jumping on Ookami's shoulder.

"Ookami," Sango, Miroku, and Shippou say with shock, my confusion rising to an even more heightening level.

Then Shippou runs up to her, hugging her and then circling her.

"Where'd your wings go," Shippou asks as all I can do is watch in confusion.

Ookami lets her pajama top off to reveal a halter top with wings tattooed on her back and then two wings sprout from her shoulder blades.

One is a demon bat wing and the other a raven black angel wing. I stare at them in shock.

"What's going on here," I ask in wonder, confused, shocked, and awed at the same time.

"Oh, I'm half demon and half angel. You know your collar there is hiding your true power," Ookami says thoughtfully.

My hand reaches to the permanent chocker around my neck, only coming off when I take it off myself.

"It's a chocker, not a collar," I reply, forcing myself not to fidget under Ookami's stare.

"Wow, Ookami, you're looking taller," Miroku puts in, changing the subject.

Ookami just gives Miroku a close-eyed grin, her wings stretching out. I look to Inuyasha, who looks just as confused as me.

"You understand what's going on," I ask him, giving him a blank look.

"Nope, you," Inuyasha asks in reply, a smile pulling at the corner of my mouth.

"Kind of, but not really," I reply, giving Inuyasha a friendly smile, a scowl from him in return.

I just roll my eyes and walk towards Kaede's, the others following me as I do.

While the others catch up with Ookami and Inuyasha learns what's going on, I take the time to change into my miko garb. I walk back out to see Ookami wearing a black hakama and a black halter top, wings gone and tattoos back.

I watch and smile as Ookami plays ball with Shippou and some other village children.

Then suddenly my body locks up, my eyes seeing a pink light not too far off, and the stench of someone or something vile fills my nose, stomach rolling over.

"Naraku," Inuyasha growls, running off in the direction of the jewel.

Ookami is nice enough to grab me by the wrists and fly me over to where Inuyasha has stopped, a baboon pelt sitting in the middle of the clearing with a demon woman with a fan and a blank staring girl with a mirror. I remember them from the stories as Naraku, the half demon, and his creations, Kanna the nothing, and Kagura, the wind demon.

"Well, well. I see you've made up with Kagome," Naraku says with an evil chuckle, his voice sending chills up and down my spine. "I guess we'll just have to take care of her and take her jewel half."

Then Kagura comes at me, flicking her fan at me and saying, “Dance of Blades."

I quickly dodge, pulling out my only weapons, my Sais. I run at her dodging her wind blades. I'm able to slit her cheek, but her fan slices along my neck, leaving but a scratch, but my choker falling off.

I see shock all around me as my human ears disappear, white dog ears appearing. My eyes go from dark brown to amber, fangs and claws growing. My hair stays the same color, but I sprout a tail to match my new ears.

I ignore the shock and smile wickedly, my Sais glowing and growing a touch longer before bursting into flames, the flames not hurting me in the least.

"My turn," I chuckle gleefully, holding up flaming Sais and pointing them at Kagura. "Flame Bullets!"

Medium sized flames like bullets shoot from the tips of my Sais, singeing Kagura in six different places. Kagura returns to Naraku's side.

"Until we meet again, Inuyasha," Naraku says coolly, apparently not happy at me having won against Kagura.

I sigh and put my Sais away, picking up my sliced collar with a frown.

Damn, I think, turning around to look at the others, them still staring in shock except for Ookami.

"What," I ask, trying to brush my transformation off as natural.

"You're a dog demon," Inuyasha states in shock.

"No, only about a quarter, half at the most," I reply, sighing at the fact that I wasn't lucky enough for them to just ignore it.

"Who did Kagome say was your father," Inuyasha asks, fear in his eyes.

"She said I was a rape baby. She said the only person who knows my father's name is Kaede," I reply, tears in my eyes as memories of being ridiculed for having no father and then it dawns on me; Kaede is in the Feudal Era.

I quickly run off, leaving the others in my dust as I reach Kaede's hut.

"Kaede," I call, Kaede coming out to look at me in confusion.

"Need ye collar fixed, child," Kaede asks, my collar still clutched in my hand.

"No, I need to know my father's name," I reply, Kaede sighing and leading me into the hut.

"Ye mother suggested a 1 year celebration for the year we had been together. She brought sake, both her and ye father having too much. They snuck off and came back ruffled, but clothed. Ye mother told me what happened that night. Ye father is none other than Inuyasha, child," Kaede explains, shock on my face.

"B-but he's around the same age as me," I say in shock, kind of grossed out that my father is old enough to be my brother.

"Tis' true ye look the same age but Inuyasha is far older then ye. Ye collar caused ye to age like a normal human," Kaede explains, my face still showing shock.

My body stands of its own accord then, leading me outside just as Inuyasha and the others come running up.

"Did you find out who your father is," Shippou asks innocently, me replying with a nod, which is all I can muster as of the moment. "Who is it?"

In reply I raise my hand and absent mindedly pointing to Inuyasha, shock on his face and the color in it draining.

"B-but you should still look five," Inuyasha stammers in shock, trying to find someway to deny that I'm his very kin.

"My collar changed me into a normal human, causing me to age like a normal human," I reply quietly, jumping into a tree and setting down to look at the noon sky.

 

 

"What's the matter, Higame," Ookami asks, landing beside you on you tree branch after a while.

"He's my father. The man who broke my mother's heart and threw it in her face is my father," I say, forcing myself not to cry.

Ookami gives me a piteous look and holds out my fixed collar; me putting it on. My humanity returns and I carefully climb down from the tree, my eyes sad and heart heavy.

Inuyasha is gone, Miroku and Sango deep in conversation, and Shippou playing with Kirara.

With a sigh I walk into the forest, suddenly smelling blood. I run towards it to find two hurt wolf demons, Kouga's blood and scent littering the ground.

I can smell him lightly but not enough to track so I pull off my collar and pocket it. My senses go on full alert, my nose picking up Kouga's scent nearby.

I look down at the two unconscious wolf demons with a frown, picking them up and taking them to Kaede's.

"Ginta, Hakkaku," Sango says, their names ringing no bells.

"Kouga's still missing and his blood was spilled," I reply, running off at that moment to go find Kouga.

I track his scent for miles, small signs showing that he's around. I think I've found him when I look into a cave to find a female wolf demon standing over Kouga completely naked. I hide behind a rock as she speaks.

"If you will not return my love, then I will take your first born," the girl hisses, starting to take off Kouga's chest plate.

"Ayame, stop this," Kouga says weakly, trying to raise his had only to have it fall back to the cave floor.

When she ignores him, I spring into action, starting a dog fight with Ayame and winning. She grabs her clothes and runs for it.

I walk over to Kouga, kneeling beside him. He scowls at me, calling you Inuyasha.

Then he realizes I'm not Inuyasha, his hand weakly wrapping around my throat.

"You lied. You're Inuyasha's spawn.”

I brush his hand aside with ease, knowing of no water in the immediate as I notice a wound on Kouga's collar bone and another on the side of his neck. With no water, I go by instinct and use my tongue, like a dog, to clean his wounds.

When done, they are almost healed because of the healing properties in the spit of dog demons.

"There, now all you need is rest to regain your strength," I say softly, Kouga still glaring at me.

I ignore his glare and pull out a cigarette and light it, getting rid of the yummy irony taste of blood in my mouth, the smell to strong for Kouga as he scowls.

When I next look at him, he's asleep. I don't know if it's because of his sensitive nose and my cigarette or his wounds, but he's asleep.

"Sleep well, wolf," I say softly, kissing him motherly on the forehead and then falling asleep myself while sitting up next to him.

 

 

When I wake up, I'm curled up in a ball next to Kouga, who is still sleeping.

During the night one of his wounds had reopened and you clean it off, the urge to bite his neck and draw more making you uncomfortable so you finish quickly and then step outside for a breath of fresh air.

When you return into the cave, Kouga is just waking up, his eyes barely open.

"Sleep well, wolf," I ask, squatting down beside him.

Kouga mumbles something about stupid half breed mutts and sits up, hair falling out of his pony tail.

Unconsciously, I pull out the pony tail, running my fingers through the soft hair. He stiffens but doesn't move as I carefully pull his hair back into a perfect pony tail.

Then I go to sit right outside the cave, unconsciously scratching behind my ear with my foot like a doggy.

"Stupid dog," Kouga grumbles, at least not calling me mutt or half breed to my immediate pleasure.

"What was that," I ask, putting an innocent look on my face as my ears twitch.

"Nothing," Kouga replies, limping outside and leaning against the entrance way of the cave trying to catch his breath.

I look at his leg, guessing it sprained as I get up and pull one of his arms around my neck and put my other arm behind his back for support.

"Here, Kaede will have something for your leg," I say, trying to be nice.

At my touch, Kouga lets out a perturbed growl, his dominant side showing. I growl right back as I kick his leg. Kouga lets out a yelp, glaring at me with angry tears in his eyes.

"Sorry, but please refrain from growling at me when I'm only trying to help," I say with an apologetic sigh.

Then I run with Kouga, making back to Kaede's quickly. Being so early, Kaede is the only one up. She wraps Kouga's ankle after putting heating salve on it.

When Kouga tries to stand, I sit on him, straddling his hips to keep him from getting up.

"You need to stay off that leg until it's healed," I say with a frown, my ears twitching angrily.

"Get off, mutt," Kouga growls at me, flexing his claws.

"Make me," I hiss angrily, hating to be called a mutt and told what to do.

"Fine," Kouga growls, using what little strength he has left to push me off of him.

This push sends me barely a few feet away, Kouga shaking weakly as he tries to stand, falling back down.

"I told you, you need more rest," I say, pitying the poor idiot.

Kouga just lets out an angry growl to go with the scowl on his face. I sigh at this and push his head onto a pillow that I have.

“Leave me be, mutt faced wench,” Kouga growls, moving away from my touch and snapping at my fingers.

My body goes cold, eyes starting to glow a little red with anger. I feel my hands twitch slightly, as my lips stretch upward into an angry snarl. The hand I have curled around Kouga's arm tightens, digging my claws into his forearm flesh.

“Higame, I think ye should go for a walk,” Kaede says quietly, unclenching my clawed hand from Kouga's arm.

All I know after that is that Kaede leads me outside and I'm suddenly next to a small lake, looking out across the water. I sigh and put my chocker back on before pulling out a cigarette, lighting it, and taking a long, hard drag off of it.

“Are you alright, Higame,” a soft voice asks from behind my back.

I turn around to look upon Ookami, her eyes sad and worried as they look back upon me. I give an entirely fake smile, trying to pass myself off as just slightly perturbed.

“What happened in Kaede's hut,” Ookami asks, something else in her eyes flashing dangerously.

“I just brought Kouga to Kaede's for medical treatment,” I reply quietly, Ookami's eyes suddenly flashing dangerously. “You know Kouga, too, don't you?”

“I did once upon a time,” Ookami growls, me shocked because nothing ever seems to anger her.

“What happened between the two of you,” I ask, Ookami looking away from me and glaring at something that only she can see.

“We have a past, but no future. That's all I will tell you,” Ookami replies and then she's suddenly gone.

I frown and start walking back towards Kaede's, flicking my cigarette away. I come upon Miroku and Sango sitting peacefully a ways away from each other, Miroku sneaking glances of Sango as he shines his staff and Sango busily waxing her Hirikotsu.

“Um, Sango,” I ask, not wanting to disturb her, but not in much of a happy, let's make friends mood.

“Yes, Higame,” Sango replies, looking up at me as well as Miroku, there previous work forgotten.

“I was wondering, since you apparently knew Ookami and all, if you knew what went down with her and Kouga in the past,” I ask, feeling bad at my prying, but wanting answers.

“Oh, well once upon a time Ookami was engaged to Kouga, but Ookami was in love with someone else. Kouga thought that said loved one to Ookami was evil and bad and so Kouga stole her away from him. The said loved one took this as a sign that Ookami didn't want to be with him so he became cold and hateful and Ookami just disappeared off the face of the planet, leaving a broken Kouga, who took on this angry, arrogant way,” Miroku replies for Sango, since Sango seems so uncomfortable at my question.

“I see. Who was it that Ookami was in love with,” I ask, wondering if I might be able to help.

“That is for Ookami to tell you, Higame. She refuses to even speak his name now to us,” Sango replies before Miroku can reply.

I nod and walk off, wondering who this mystery man is that Ookami is apparently in love with or was. I walk off into the forest and then a revolting smell hits my nose, turning my stomach over.

“Naraku,” I hiss aloud, taking off running in the direction of his disgusting smell.

I reach a clearing to already see Ookami there, except Kagura has her pinned against a tree with the wind, Ookami looking close to unconsciousness.

“My turn,” I hiss with an evil grin, my hand starting to reach for my chocker.

“I think not, my dear,” I hear and then a blast from Naraku comes my way, hitting my neck and sending me flying.

“Puh-lease, Naraku, that attack was weak. You must be getting on in age for that to do far too little,” I say with an evil chuckle, my hand reaching for my chocker.

Kagura watches in amusement as I try to pull it off, my eyes going wide with shock as I realize that my chocker will not be removed. I'm about to speak when Kagura pins me to the tree right next to Ookami with the wind as well, the wind cutting into my skin deep and causing me to cry out in pain.

Then there is a flash of white and then Kagura and Naraku are gone, my body free as I fall to the ground. There are slashes all over my body and the blood loss is killing me as I look up to see Ookami staring into the eyes of a very beautiful man. He has long silver hair that shines like moonlight and his face is very feminine and he could even be mistaken for a woman. The man runs his claws against the side of Ookami's face and then he's gone. Ookami takes off and I'm left alone, losing blood as we speak.

I walk through the forest, surprised that my weak human form can keep up, when Inuyasha comes out of nowhere asking me where Naraku is and why I have his scent all over my person.

“Sure, let's not care that your own flesh and blood is dying here,” I hiss, Inuyasha's face turning into a frown.

“You're a quarter demon. I don't see why you can't just heal quickly like I can,” Inuyasha hisses right back, my heart feeling torn at the way my newly found father is treating me.

“Fuck off, daddy. I can't get my collar off to turn into my quarter demon self,” I growl faintly, the blood loss really starting to get to me.

Inuyasha just lets out a growl and is gone, leaving me in the forest by myself again.

Now I know how mom must have felt most of the time, I growl to myself in my mind, continuing my walk towards Kaede's.

I make it back to Kaede's and Sango and Miroku come running, pulling me inside before I completely pass out on the floor of Kaede's hut.