InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Young Ones ❯ Chapter 5 - The Scholars ( Chapter 5 )
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By: Inumimi 
We are introduced to the scholars who have been summoned by the King.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 05.21.2009 | Updated On: 05.22.2009 | Pages: 1 | Words: 2.2K | Visits: 633 | Status: Work In Progress
We are introduced to the scholars who have been summoned by the King.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 05.21.2009 | Updated On: 05.22.2009 | Pages: 1 | Words: 2.2K | Visits: 633 | Status: Work In Progress
I’ve put the replies to reviews at the end of the chapter so those who are not interested don’t have to read them to get to the story!
Disclaimer: InuYasha belongs to Rumiko Takahasi and her publishers. No profit is made from this story. No copyright infringement is intended.
Chapter 5 – The scholars
As the foursome plus Kaede made their way to the great receiving hall the Princess explained “Father decided that all official state scholars have to live within a day’s travel from the palace. In grandfather’s time some scholars lived in such remote area’s that they were utterly useless for any practical work, but they still wanted to be supported by the King. Since they all live so near father was able sent royal escorts to fetch them, so all of them should be arriving at just about the same time.”
As the group took their place at the far end of the magnificent hall, the princess continued “Also as important as the deciphering of the prophecy is, father will not personally receive the scholars until later in the day. He feels it’s better to make overeducated fellows like these wait on him, they’re probably smarter than him, so they have to be reminded that the King holds all the power!”
As the princess finished her explanation there was a flurry of activity at other end of the hall. The scholars were coming.
The first two scholars arrived together and could not have been more dissimilar. First announced was Toshio, who was tall and elegant, dressed in fine silks and brocades. The scholar flashed a friendly smile and bowed most elegantly as he approached the princess and her companions. The other scholar was announced as Hisoka, short and plain dressed in simple robes of a non-descript brown; the scholar quietly approached the princess and gave a small awkward bow.
Toshio’s response to the smaller scholar’s approach was to jovially proclaim “So we are the first to arrive! All I was told was that there was a great mystery to solve which could impact the very future of our great kingdom!” Then addressing the little princess with another sweeping bow he continued “Your Highness, rest assured that I will unravel every secret, nothing will remain hidden from my great intellect!”
As the princess smothered a laugh at the ever so confident scholar, she turned to Hisoka, who still stood quietly eyes respectfully lowered and inquired “Scholar Hisoka, we have not heard from you, what is your opinion?”
The scholar Hisoka seemed to ponder his words carefully and then quietly commented “Your Highness, I do not know what mystery we are to unravel, but I will do my very best to be of assistance to his majesty and yourself. This is all I can guarantee at this time.”
Just as Hisoka had finished there was a commotion at the door as Mikio, a giant of a man was announced. Dressed more like a woodsman than scholar, the huge man strode confidently towards the princess, as his friendly eyes took in the entire group he smiled and then addressed the princess. “Hello little princess, I have heard from your father that there is work to be done, so don’t you worry, I’ll make sure these little fellows give you their best!” As he spoke, the huge man grabbed the two unsuspecting smaller scholars, one in each arm, and gave them a big rough squeeze.
As Mikio released the two slightly stunned scholars, InuYasha had to suppress a smirk of admiration. First off, this fellow was the biggest human he had ever encountered, if his nose had not told him otherwise InuYasha would have suspected the man of being part bear youkai. Secondly, InuYasha could tell this fellow had no fear of hard work; he would keep the other scholars to their task.
Before the princess could reply to the enormous scholar, a hush settled over the great hall as the scholar Tetsuya was announced. Tall, thin, with long white hair and an even longer white beard the scholar was dressed in a long grey robe and walked with the aid of a tall unadorned staff. The most unusual aspects of Tetsuya’s appearance, however, were his startling round blue eyes and pale white skin.
As he approached, the other scholars all bowed in respect, then much to everyone’s surprise the little princess followed suite respectfully lowering her head. As the princess lowered her head, Yasha sank to his knees head bowed respectfully. Kagome, InuYasha and Kaede all followed with deep bows of respect. InuYasha and Kagome might not know who this odd looking old man was, but wisdom radiated from his strong spiritual aura.
Addressing the princess Tetsuya commented “What an interesting group you have assembled little one. I do believe this task just might be rather interesting.”
Before the princess could reply to the great scholar InuYasha let out a yelp slapping himself on the neck. Extracting a tiny object pinched between his claws he exclaimed “Damn it, another Myouga! Why the hell did you bite me, there’s plenty other people here to go after”
Jumping out of InuYasha’s grip and landing on the now outstretched palm of Tetsuya, the flea explained “Please forgive me I was trying to determine if you were truly identical to Master Yasha.” Then turning to address the great scholar the flea continued “This hanyou tastes exactly like my Master Yasha – only much older – the young always taste better than the ol...”
Before the tiny youkai could finish his thought Yasha jumped up and grabbed the flea and in a low dangerous voice very slowly growled “I told you to never call me that. If I ever hear you call me that again I will end your miserable life – do you understand me! I’m a slave and no one’s master.”
Seemingly unconcerned Myouga once again wriggled free and escaped to the palm of the elderly scholar replying “Whether you are free or slave is of no concern to me, I gave an oath to your great father before you were born that I would be your faithful retainer till the end of my life and I have no intention of breaking that oath. It’s bad enough that I consented to the silly shortening of your proper name – a name I might add that your great father himself gave you.” Then turning towards InuYasha the flea continued “So what do you call yourself hanyou?”
“My name is InuYasha and if the kid wants you to call him Yasha it’s your duty to do so and by the way if you’re such a faithful retainer, why haven’t you been here to serve your master? Or are you as big a coward as my Myouga? No need to answer, if you’re a Myouga, it’s a given that you have to be a coward. What I don’t understand is how someone with so much spiritual power, like the old scholar here, can even put up with your presence.”
Tetsuya’s eyes seemed to sparkle with delight as he replied “Ha, Ha, hanyou well said, actually you’re quite right, Myouga is one of the greatest cowards I have ever encountered, but it is his very cowardice that has allowed him to also become one of the oldest youkai I have ever known. The little fellow is a wealth of obscure information that often comes in very handy.”
As the great scholar finished speaking the princess realized that since her father was not present, the duty of hostess fell to her. Commanding servants to show the four scholars (plus Myouga) to their quarters the princess added that she would send word to her father that all had arrived safely and that they would be sent for at the King’s convenience.
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The afternoon progressed and the foursome decided to have a picnic lunch in the princess’s private garden. As InuYasha swallowed a huge bite from a savory pasty he finally decided to give voice to a question that he had wanted to ask all morning. Turning to the little princess and Yasha he asked “I’ve never seen a human who looked like Tetsuya before, his eyes and skin color, do you know why he looks like that?”
The princess laughed and replied “Tetsuya came many years ago from a distant land, he’s told us that everyone has pale skin, many have yellow hair, and while many have brown eyes most have blue, grey, or even green eyes, and that’s humans, not youkai! In fact his real name is not Tetsuya, but he’s been in our land so long that I’m not even sure what his real name is.”
Kagome, realizing that InuYasha had never seen a European before interjected “InuYasha lots of people in our world look like Tetsuya, but Japan is pretty far from their lands, that’s why you never saw any before. Anyway lots of youkai look different, Shippo has red hair and green eyes and you don’t think anything’s odd about that.”
InuYasha had to agree “I guess I’m not used to human’s looking different that’s all. With youkai you never know what’s going to happen, especially if two different types of youkai mate. You remember the thunder brothers; I found out later that the better looking brother looked a lot like his father and that the bald one looked just like his mother. Hell, look at me, father may have been able to look sort of like a person, but he wasn’t one, he was really a huge dog, but all I ended up with are dog ears, the rest of me looks mostly like father in his human like form – or so my Myouga told me.”
At InuYasha’s last statement Yasha’s ears perked up and he commented “My Myouga told me the same thing, that I look a lot like my father in his human form, except I don’t have any demon markings.”
For once considering his words with great care InuYasha replied “Um, kid now that your Myouga is here, I think we may want to talk to him about some stuff, the reason you don’t have demon markings and about your demon blood. I didn’t learn about this stuff till just about four years ago and it almost cost me my life and more importantly the lives of my friends. I don’t want you to get into the same mess I did.”
Noting the confused look Yasha and the princess were giving him; InuYasha continued “Father was so powerful that I inherited stronger demon blood than most full blooded youkai. Unfortunately, a half human body can’t control such strong blood so my father had Tessaiga forged from one of his fangs. In addition to being a weapon of great power it also acts as a seal on my youkai blood. If your father had a Tessaiga made for you and hid it in the same place as mine, you’ll be safe from your youkai blood till you’re big enough to use it - and before you say that your big enough to use a sword, Tessaiga is a handful, you really have to be fully grown to hang on to it. Like I said, when we have a chance, we should talk to your Myouga.”
Before Yasha could ask for more information Kaede entered the garden to let everyone know that the King had summoned them and all of the scholars to his study.
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Lunabell thanks for reading and reviewing I really appreciate it!
youkaineko thanks for your comments. As to bath time. I was thinking that Kaede noticed that InuYasha & Yasha were awake while the girls were still sleeping. She also knew that the ‘boys’ would take a very short bath while the ‘girls’ would take much longer. Since the ‘boys were so fast they were out of the bath before the ‘girls’ even got out of bed! As to hiding Kagome & InuYasha’s identities before they met the King, I thought about keeping them more secret, but the princess does not really like to play the whole palace intrigue game, some of Yasha’s brashness may have rubbed off on her. Also (and I am so not trying to make an excuse) this is the first story I have ever written and sometimes I fear too much extra stuff will slow down an already slow moving story. The first four or five chapters just wrote themselves and came out very fast, but I am working hard on the newer chapters and hopefully I will be able to get more good ideas into them! Thanks again!!
Disclaimer: InuYasha belongs to Rumiko Takahasi and her publishers. No profit is made from this story. No copyright infringement is intended.
Chapter 5 – The scholars
As the foursome plus Kaede made their way to the great receiving hall the Princess explained “Father decided that all official state scholars have to live within a day’s travel from the palace. In grandfather’s time some scholars lived in such remote area’s that they were utterly useless for any practical work, but they still wanted to be supported by the King. Since they all live so near father was able sent royal escorts to fetch them, so all of them should be arriving at just about the same time.”
As the group took their place at the far end of the magnificent hall, the princess continued “Also as important as the deciphering of the prophecy is, father will not personally receive the scholars until later in the day. He feels it’s better to make overeducated fellows like these wait on him, they’re probably smarter than him, so they have to be reminded that the King holds all the power!”
As the princess finished her explanation there was a flurry of activity at other end of the hall. The scholars were coming.
The first two scholars arrived together and could not have been more dissimilar. First announced was Toshio, who was tall and elegant, dressed in fine silks and brocades. The scholar flashed a friendly smile and bowed most elegantly as he approached the princess and her companions. The other scholar was announced as Hisoka, short and plain dressed in simple robes of a non-descript brown; the scholar quietly approached the princess and gave a small awkward bow.
Toshio’s response to the smaller scholar’s approach was to jovially proclaim “So we are the first to arrive! All I was told was that there was a great mystery to solve which could impact the very future of our great kingdom!” Then addressing the little princess with another sweeping bow he continued “Your Highness, rest assured that I will unravel every secret, nothing will remain hidden from my great intellect!”
As the princess smothered a laugh at the ever so confident scholar, she turned to Hisoka, who still stood quietly eyes respectfully lowered and inquired “Scholar Hisoka, we have not heard from you, what is your opinion?”
The scholar Hisoka seemed to ponder his words carefully and then quietly commented “Your Highness, I do not know what mystery we are to unravel, but I will do my very best to be of assistance to his majesty and yourself. This is all I can guarantee at this time.”
Just as Hisoka had finished there was a commotion at the door as Mikio, a giant of a man was announced. Dressed more like a woodsman than scholar, the huge man strode confidently towards the princess, as his friendly eyes took in the entire group he smiled and then addressed the princess. “Hello little princess, I have heard from your father that there is work to be done, so don’t you worry, I’ll make sure these little fellows give you their best!” As he spoke, the huge man grabbed the two unsuspecting smaller scholars, one in each arm, and gave them a big rough squeeze.
As Mikio released the two slightly stunned scholars, InuYasha had to suppress a smirk of admiration. First off, this fellow was the biggest human he had ever encountered, if his nose had not told him otherwise InuYasha would have suspected the man of being part bear youkai. Secondly, InuYasha could tell this fellow had no fear of hard work; he would keep the other scholars to their task.
Before the princess could reply to the enormous scholar, a hush settled over the great hall as the scholar Tetsuya was announced. Tall, thin, with long white hair and an even longer white beard the scholar was dressed in a long grey robe and walked with the aid of a tall unadorned staff. The most unusual aspects of Tetsuya’s appearance, however, were his startling round blue eyes and pale white skin.
As he approached, the other scholars all bowed in respect, then much to everyone’s surprise the little princess followed suite respectfully lowering her head. As the princess lowered her head, Yasha sank to his knees head bowed respectfully. Kagome, InuYasha and Kaede all followed with deep bows of respect. InuYasha and Kagome might not know who this odd looking old man was, but wisdom radiated from his strong spiritual aura.
Addressing the princess Tetsuya commented “What an interesting group you have assembled little one. I do believe this task just might be rather interesting.”
Before the princess could reply to the great scholar InuYasha let out a yelp slapping himself on the neck. Extracting a tiny object pinched between his claws he exclaimed “Damn it, another Myouga! Why the hell did you bite me, there’s plenty other people here to go after”
Jumping out of InuYasha’s grip and landing on the now outstretched palm of Tetsuya, the flea explained “Please forgive me I was trying to determine if you were truly identical to Master Yasha.” Then turning to address the great scholar the flea continued “This hanyou tastes exactly like my Master Yasha – only much older – the young always taste better than the ol...”
Before the tiny youkai could finish his thought Yasha jumped up and grabbed the flea and in a low dangerous voice very slowly growled “I told you to never call me that. If I ever hear you call me that again I will end your miserable life – do you understand me! I’m a slave and no one’s master.”
Seemingly unconcerned Myouga once again wriggled free and escaped to the palm of the elderly scholar replying “Whether you are free or slave is of no concern to me, I gave an oath to your great father before you were born that I would be your faithful retainer till the end of my life and I have no intention of breaking that oath. It’s bad enough that I consented to the silly shortening of your proper name – a name I might add that your great father himself gave you.” Then turning towards InuYasha the flea continued “So what do you call yourself hanyou?”
“My name is InuYasha and if the kid wants you to call him Yasha it’s your duty to do so and by the way if you’re such a faithful retainer, why haven’t you been here to serve your master? Or are you as big a coward as my Myouga? No need to answer, if you’re a Myouga, it’s a given that you have to be a coward. What I don’t understand is how someone with so much spiritual power, like the old scholar here, can even put up with your presence.”
Tetsuya’s eyes seemed to sparkle with delight as he replied “Ha, Ha, hanyou well said, actually you’re quite right, Myouga is one of the greatest cowards I have ever encountered, but it is his very cowardice that has allowed him to also become one of the oldest youkai I have ever known. The little fellow is a wealth of obscure information that often comes in very handy.”
As the great scholar finished speaking the princess realized that since her father was not present, the duty of hostess fell to her. Commanding servants to show the four scholars (plus Myouga) to their quarters the princess added that she would send word to her father that all had arrived safely and that they would be sent for at the King’s convenience.
***
The afternoon progressed and the foursome decided to have a picnic lunch in the princess’s private garden. As InuYasha swallowed a huge bite from a savory pasty he finally decided to give voice to a question that he had wanted to ask all morning. Turning to the little princess and Yasha he asked “I’ve never seen a human who looked like Tetsuya before, his eyes and skin color, do you know why he looks like that?”
The princess laughed and replied “Tetsuya came many years ago from a distant land, he’s told us that everyone has pale skin, many have yellow hair, and while many have brown eyes most have blue, grey, or even green eyes, and that’s humans, not youkai! In fact his real name is not Tetsuya, but he’s been in our land so long that I’m not even sure what his real name is.”
Kagome, realizing that InuYasha had never seen a European before interjected “InuYasha lots of people in our world look like Tetsuya, but Japan is pretty far from their lands, that’s why you never saw any before. Anyway lots of youkai look different, Shippo has red hair and green eyes and you don’t think anything’s odd about that.”
InuYasha had to agree “I guess I’m not used to human’s looking different that’s all. With youkai you never know what’s going to happen, especially if two different types of youkai mate. You remember the thunder brothers; I found out later that the better looking brother looked a lot like his father and that the bald one looked just like his mother. Hell, look at me, father may have been able to look sort of like a person, but he wasn’t one, he was really a huge dog, but all I ended up with are dog ears, the rest of me looks mostly like father in his human like form – or so my Myouga told me.”
At InuYasha’s last statement Yasha’s ears perked up and he commented “My Myouga told me the same thing, that I look a lot like my father in his human form, except I don’t have any demon markings.”
For once considering his words with great care InuYasha replied “Um, kid now that your Myouga is here, I think we may want to talk to him about some stuff, the reason you don’t have demon markings and about your demon blood. I didn’t learn about this stuff till just about four years ago and it almost cost me my life and more importantly the lives of my friends. I don’t want you to get into the same mess I did.”
Noting the confused look Yasha and the princess were giving him; InuYasha continued “Father was so powerful that I inherited stronger demon blood than most full blooded youkai. Unfortunately, a half human body can’t control such strong blood so my father had Tessaiga forged from one of his fangs. In addition to being a weapon of great power it also acts as a seal on my youkai blood. If your father had a Tessaiga made for you and hid it in the same place as mine, you’ll be safe from your youkai blood till you’re big enough to use it - and before you say that your big enough to use a sword, Tessaiga is a handful, you really have to be fully grown to hang on to it. Like I said, when we have a chance, we should talk to your Myouga.”
Before Yasha could ask for more information Kaede entered the garden to let everyone know that the King had summoned them and all of the scholars to his study.
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Lunabell thanks for reading and reviewing I really appreciate it!
youkaineko thanks for your comments. As to bath time. I was thinking that Kaede noticed that InuYasha & Yasha were awake while the girls were still sleeping. She also knew that the ‘boys’ would take a very short bath while the ‘girls’ would take much longer. Since the ‘boys were so fast they were out of the bath before the ‘girls’ even got out of bed! As to hiding Kagome & InuYasha’s identities before they met the King, I thought about keeping them more secret, but the princess does not really like to play the whole palace intrigue game, some of Yasha’s brashness may have rubbed off on her. Also (and I am so not trying to make an excuse) this is the first story I have ever written and sometimes I fear too much extra stuff will slow down an already slow moving story. The first four or five chapters just wrote themselves and came out very fast, but I am working hard on the newer chapters and hopefully I will be able to get more good ideas into them! Thanks again!!