InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Young Ones ❯ Chapter 10 - Tsuru ( Chapter 19 )
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By: Inumimi 
The quartet gain a new traveling companion!
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 03.02.2011 | Pages: 1 | Words: 2.0K | Visits: 333 | Status: Work In Progress
The quartet gain a new traveling companion!
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 03.02.2011 | Pages: 1 | Words: 2.0K | Visits: 333 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: InuYasha belongs to Rumiko Takahasi and her publishers. No profit is made from this story. No copyright infringement is intended.
So sorry for the extreme delay in posting this, I have several chapters that I will be adding!
Chapter 19 – Tsuru
Even InuYasha had to admit the little Princess was rather cute. As they traveled down the road she insisted on walking so she could practice sensing auras and the hanyou had to admit to himself that she had some real talent. Twice the Princess had correctly sensed a low level youkai that was nearby, she had become quite excited and everyone had made sure to compliment her growing talent. Privately InuYasha thought the Princess was actually making much better progress than Kagome had when she first discovered her powers. As a young girl Kagome did not possess the same single minded drive that the Princess possessed, not that it was her fault. Kagome came from a time when children were not put under the same pressures as they were in a feudal era. After Kagome's return to feudal times InuYasha had been curious and asked her why she had seemed so much younger than the 15 year old girls of Kaede's village. Kagome had explained that for the vast expanse of history children had been seen as miniature adults and were treated as such. A 15 year old girl in feudal times was already an adult. It was only in modern times that children were treated as well – children.
As the morning progressed they started to make a game of it, find the youkai. If there were no youkai in the area InuYasha or Yasha would run off the road into the forest and the Princess would identify where they were.
Finally tiring of their new game InuYasha suggested “How about we start looking for a good spot to have lunch?”
No sooner than the words had left his lips than the little Princess cried out “Youkai, a bunch of them headed our way and they feel fairly strong!”
Instantaneously, InuYasha, Yasha, Kagome, and the Princess assumed battle stances and within moments even the humans could hear the sound of bodies crashing through the underbrush of the forest.
The sounds of running bodies got closer and suddenly a tall lanky figure stumbled out of the trees and onto the road.
He was obviously a youkai, well over six feet tall with long thin legs, and the ends of his feathery pure white hair was tipped in the deepest black.
Immediately sensing InuYasha as the strongest he stumbled towards the wary hanyou and falling to his knees begged “Please mighty one, they will kill me! They are animals with no reason. Please help me!”
No sooner had the words left the terrified youkai's lips than three huge snake youkai slithered onto the road. Despite being low level youkai and therefore without humanoid appearance, the snakes were physically powerful, at least as wide as cows, the largest snake was at least fifteen feet in length.
Snorting his derision of the three snakes, InuYasha leapt into the air drawing Tetsuiga and swinging the massive fang in a graceful arc, sliced two of the hissing heads off before landing once again on the road.
Not to be outdone Yasha rushed the remaining youkai, but lacking his elder counterpart’s massive weapon he had to content himself with slicing at the snake with his sword. Realizing that the youkai snake's scaly body was too tough for his human made weapon the boy switched to a much more deadly weapon – his claws. As Yasha sliced at the massive creature he realized that its scales formed a very tough armor, he sighed realizing that killing this beast would be a very messy business, but before he could get in more than a few swipes he heard Kagome yelling “Yasha move out of the way – now!” Instantly obeying the powerful miko, Yasha leapt back and witnessed a bright pink arrow wiz by, striking the snake square in his open snarling mouth. The snake did not even have time to bellow his outrage before he was turned into pile of dust.
Returning immediately to the side of his princess Yasha took time to observe the now much calmer youkai they had rescued.
The youkai was dressed in white silk haori and hakma which like his hair was edged in black. Tall and thin, he was surprisingly graceful; his features were sharp, but still handsome.
Bowing profusely towards the four travelers the youkai quickly began “Thank you mighty warriors, those horrible snakes have been chasing me all morning!”
Confused, InuYsha interjected “But you're a bird youkai, why didn't you take your true form and fly to safety?”
Blushing the youkai continued “It's a bit of a story, but if you don't mind I'd really like to get away from those dead snakes.”
Nodding InuYasha agreed adding “We were just going to look for a place to have lunch. Lets get down the road a bit and then you can tell us what happened to you and what you're doing here.”
After traveling down the road several miles Yasha split from the group to scout out a good resting spot. Within a few minutes he had returned and soon the entire group was sitting in an easily defended meadow eating lunch.
As the strange youkai stuffed a large piece of fish in his mouth he began “Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Tsuru and I as you can see I am a crane youkai. Unfortunately, I fell in love with the daughter of a powerful sorceress, a marten youkai, who did not like the idea of her daughter mating with a bird youkai. She seems to be of the opinion that species should not mix and worst of all is the mixing of mammals with non mammal youkai. She transported me via sorcery to this forest and then froze me in my human form, I can't change into my true form and I can't access most of my youki! I have to break this spell and get back to my love! Knowing her mother she'll try and mate my beautiful Kayo to some horrid marten lord!”
By now Tsuru was practically wringing his long fingered hands. Soft hearted Kagome took pity on the distraught youkai and interjected “We are on a quest, but we'll try to get you some help.”
InuYahsa on the other hand was not as open minded and asked “I can't believe a full youkai, even one under a spell, would be willing to take aid from two hanyou and two humans.”
Confused Tsuru commented “I don't understand, I may not be able to access much of my youki, but even I can sense your power, it's overwhelming! Even the little one has more power than most full grown youkai, more than I will ever posses; what are you, Inu? Not to mention the miko, she turned that snake to dust with one arrow, that sort of power is amazing!”
InuYasha just shrugged and Kagome smiled adding “Yes Inuyasha and Yasha are both Inu hanyou, their father was one of the most powerful youkai to ever live, and they are both powerful in their own right, but most youkai look down on them because they're hanyou.”
Tsuru merely nodded and quietly stated “We cranes rarely meddle in the affairs of others, but humans have always revered us, so we have always had good relations with them. To tell the truth I have never met a hanyou before, but I too am currently the victim of youkai prejudice. As a full blooded crane youkai I never experienced this sort of thing before, but I understand it now and once I get my powers back I intend on trying my best to change things. It's terrible to be judged by what you are and not who you are.”
Sighing InyYasha scratched the back of his head and commented “Well, we can't stop our own quest to help you, we are following a prophecy, but luckily for you, you actually seem to be part of the prophecy.”
At Tsuru's confused look Kagome began to fill the crane youkai in on all that had happened starting with the old exorcist and their transportation to this parallel world through their discovery of the prophecy and the quest they must follow.
The Princess then took over and informed the now thoroughly confused youkai that they knew they were going to meet someone and that he must be part of their quest, concluding “ I bet if you come with us not only will you be able to help us, but we will be able to help you!”
Soon, the now larger group was again on the road. After walking several miles Tsuru ventured “I've been thinking about everything you told me and to be honest some things actually seem to make sense. I knew that Kayo's mother did not approve of me, but her reaction really seemed rather over the top and then on top of taking away my powers she transported me all the way out here to the forest. Even at the time I thought bringing me here was rather odd. If she wanted to show Kayo how weak I was, why bring me here where no one would be able to see me in this weakened state? Now poor Kayo is probably just worried sick about me, which I know is not at all what her mother wanted. I wonder if this was all planned out somehow. Not by a person I mean, but by fate. Anyway, I think what I am trying to say is that I believe that you are right, I am here because I am supposed to be here, somehow I have to help all of you and if I do help you, I believe I will ultimately benefit from it.”
After mulling over Tsuru's conjectures the little Princess ventured “I don't know about anyone else, but I agree with Tsuru, that him joining us seems to make sense. I think you're here to help us complete our quest.”
After a few more moments Kagome added “I get the same feeling. It's like that ‘oh so convenient’ rock slide that cut us off from everyone. We are being pushed along on this journey, everything that at first seems like an obstacle is in fact a big help. The rock slide, the waterfall and now meeting Tsuru, I think all of these things are speeding us along and I think things are going to start to progress even faster now that Tsuru is here with us. With any luck we will all be going home soon, including Tsuru.”
Then under her breath, so quietly that even her mate could not hear it, Kagome added “I've already got a faithful dog and now we’re traveling with someone who is scarecrow thin, if a wicked witch or tin woodsman show up I am so out of here.”
Not catching his mates sarcastic comment InuYasha could only shake his head and mumble “I just hope you are all right, cause I'm really not in the mood for another long drawn out adventure.”
Glancing at the obviously impatient hanyou, Tsuru smirked and replied “I fervently hope you are right. I for one can not wait to get my powers back and if helping all of you gets me back to normal, and back to my beautiful Kayo then lets get on with it!”
So sorry for the extreme delay in posting this, I have several chapters that I will be adding!
Chapter 19 – Tsuru
Even InuYasha had to admit the little Princess was rather cute. As they traveled down the road she insisted on walking so she could practice sensing auras and the hanyou had to admit to himself that she had some real talent. Twice the Princess had correctly sensed a low level youkai that was nearby, she had become quite excited and everyone had made sure to compliment her growing talent. Privately InuYasha thought the Princess was actually making much better progress than Kagome had when she first discovered her powers. As a young girl Kagome did not possess the same single minded drive that the Princess possessed, not that it was her fault. Kagome came from a time when children were not put under the same pressures as they were in a feudal era. After Kagome's return to feudal times InuYasha had been curious and asked her why she had seemed so much younger than the 15 year old girls of Kaede's village. Kagome had explained that for the vast expanse of history children had been seen as miniature adults and were treated as such. A 15 year old girl in feudal times was already an adult. It was only in modern times that children were treated as well – children.
As the morning progressed they started to make a game of it, find the youkai. If there were no youkai in the area InuYasha or Yasha would run off the road into the forest and the Princess would identify where they were.
Finally tiring of their new game InuYasha suggested “How about we start looking for a good spot to have lunch?”
No sooner than the words had left his lips than the little Princess cried out “Youkai, a bunch of them headed our way and they feel fairly strong!”
Instantaneously, InuYasha, Yasha, Kagome, and the Princess assumed battle stances and within moments even the humans could hear the sound of bodies crashing through the underbrush of the forest.
The sounds of running bodies got closer and suddenly a tall lanky figure stumbled out of the trees and onto the road.
He was obviously a youkai, well over six feet tall with long thin legs, and the ends of his feathery pure white hair was tipped in the deepest black.
Immediately sensing InuYasha as the strongest he stumbled towards the wary hanyou and falling to his knees begged “Please mighty one, they will kill me! They are animals with no reason. Please help me!”
No sooner had the words left the terrified youkai's lips than three huge snake youkai slithered onto the road. Despite being low level youkai and therefore without humanoid appearance, the snakes were physically powerful, at least as wide as cows, the largest snake was at least fifteen feet in length.
Snorting his derision of the three snakes, InuYasha leapt into the air drawing Tetsuiga and swinging the massive fang in a graceful arc, sliced two of the hissing heads off before landing once again on the road.
Not to be outdone Yasha rushed the remaining youkai, but lacking his elder counterpart’s massive weapon he had to content himself with slicing at the snake with his sword. Realizing that the youkai snake's scaly body was too tough for his human made weapon the boy switched to a much more deadly weapon – his claws. As Yasha sliced at the massive creature he realized that its scales formed a very tough armor, he sighed realizing that killing this beast would be a very messy business, but before he could get in more than a few swipes he heard Kagome yelling “Yasha move out of the way – now!” Instantly obeying the powerful miko, Yasha leapt back and witnessed a bright pink arrow wiz by, striking the snake square in his open snarling mouth. The snake did not even have time to bellow his outrage before he was turned into pile of dust.
Returning immediately to the side of his princess Yasha took time to observe the now much calmer youkai they had rescued.
The youkai was dressed in white silk haori and hakma which like his hair was edged in black. Tall and thin, he was surprisingly graceful; his features were sharp, but still handsome.
Bowing profusely towards the four travelers the youkai quickly began “Thank you mighty warriors, those horrible snakes have been chasing me all morning!”
Confused, InuYsha interjected “But you're a bird youkai, why didn't you take your true form and fly to safety?”
Blushing the youkai continued “It's a bit of a story, but if you don't mind I'd really like to get away from those dead snakes.”
Nodding InuYasha agreed adding “We were just going to look for a place to have lunch. Lets get down the road a bit and then you can tell us what happened to you and what you're doing here.”
After traveling down the road several miles Yasha split from the group to scout out a good resting spot. Within a few minutes he had returned and soon the entire group was sitting in an easily defended meadow eating lunch.
As the strange youkai stuffed a large piece of fish in his mouth he began “Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Tsuru and I as you can see I am a crane youkai. Unfortunately, I fell in love with the daughter of a powerful sorceress, a marten youkai, who did not like the idea of her daughter mating with a bird youkai. She seems to be of the opinion that species should not mix and worst of all is the mixing of mammals with non mammal youkai. She transported me via sorcery to this forest and then froze me in my human form, I can't change into my true form and I can't access most of my youki! I have to break this spell and get back to my love! Knowing her mother she'll try and mate my beautiful Kayo to some horrid marten lord!”
By now Tsuru was practically wringing his long fingered hands. Soft hearted Kagome took pity on the distraught youkai and interjected “We are on a quest, but we'll try to get you some help.”
InuYahsa on the other hand was not as open minded and asked “I can't believe a full youkai, even one under a spell, would be willing to take aid from two hanyou and two humans.”
Confused Tsuru commented “I don't understand, I may not be able to access much of my youki, but even I can sense your power, it's overwhelming! Even the little one has more power than most full grown youkai, more than I will ever posses; what are you, Inu? Not to mention the miko, she turned that snake to dust with one arrow, that sort of power is amazing!”
InuYasha just shrugged and Kagome smiled adding “Yes Inuyasha and Yasha are both Inu hanyou, their father was one of the most powerful youkai to ever live, and they are both powerful in their own right, but most youkai look down on them because they're hanyou.”
Tsuru merely nodded and quietly stated “We cranes rarely meddle in the affairs of others, but humans have always revered us, so we have always had good relations with them. To tell the truth I have never met a hanyou before, but I too am currently the victim of youkai prejudice. As a full blooded crane youkai I never experienced this sort of thing before, but I understand it now and once I get my powers back I intend on trying my best to change things. It's terrible to be judged by what you are and not who you are.”
Sighing InyYasha scratched the back of his head and commented “Well, we can't stop our own quest to help you, we are following a prophecy, but luckily for you, you actually seem to be part of the prophecy.”
At Tsuru's confused look Kagome began to fill the crane youkai in on all that had happened starting with the old exorcist and their transportation to this parallel world through their discovery of the prophecy and the quest they must follow.
The Princess then took over and informed the now thoroughly confused youkai that they knew they were going to meet someone and that he must be part of their quest, concluding “ I bet if you come with us not only will you be able to help us, but we will be able to help you!”
Soon, the now larger group was again on the road. After walking several miles Tsuru ventured “I've been thinking about everything you told me and to be honest some things actually seem to make sense. I knew that Kayo's mother did not approve of me, but her reaction really seemed rather over the top and then on top of taking away my powers she transported me all the way out here to the forest. Even at the time I thought bringing me here was rather odd. If she wanted to show Kayo how weak I was, why bring me here where no one would be able to see me in this weakened state? Now poor Kayo is probably just worried sick about me, which I know is not at all what her mother wanted. I wonder if this was all planned out somehow. Not by a person I mean, but by fate. Anyway, I think what I am trying to say is that I believe that you are right, I am here because I am supposed to be here, somehow I have to help all of you and if I do help you, I believe I will ultimately benefit from it.”
After mulling over Tsuru's conjectures the little Princess ventured “I don't know about anyone else, but I agree with Tsuru, that him joining us seems to make sense. I think you're here to help us complete our quest.”
After a few more moments Kagome added “I get the same feeling. It's like that ‘oh so convenient’ rock slide that cut us off from everyone. We are being pushed along on this journey, everything that at first seems like an obstacle is in fact a big help. The rock slide, the waterfall and now meeting Tsuru, I think all of these things are speeding us along and I think things are going to start to progress even faster now that Tsuru is here with us. With any luck we will all be going home soon, including Tsuru.”
Then under her breath, so quietly that even her mate could not hear it, Kagome added “I've already got a faithful dog and now we’re traveling with someone who is scarecrow thin, if a wicked witch or tin woodsman show up I am so out of here.”
Not catching his mates sarcastic comment InuYasha could only shake his head and mumble “I just hope you are all right, cause I'm really not in the mood for another long drawn out adventure.”
Glancing at the obviously impatient hanyou, Tsuru smirked and replied “I fervently hope you are right. I for one can not wait to get my powers back and if helping all of you gets me back to normal, and back to my beautiful Kayo then lets get on with it!”