InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Ugh College ❯ The True History ( Chapter 20 )

Hi guys! This is going to be a long chapter so enjoy!

I do not own Inuyasha.

I do own The Solstice Rose because I made them up.

Key: Third person point of view, first person point of view, and the past

Last time:

“Come child and you will learn the truth,” Tetsuo said.

This time:

Flashback:

Tetsuo: I had just gotten back from a big battle against the dragon demons. I had once again led my soldiers to victory and the rest of the pack and I were in the gathering cave celebrating. I was a very handsome 17-year-old young man, but I could never find a woman who caught my interest.

“C’mon boss, have some sake, it’s been a long battle,” my second in command slurred.

“You know I don’t drink Takeshi.”

Takeshi was my best friend; he was tall and very muscular with brown eyes, dark black hair in a low ponytail, and a black wolf tail.

‘He looks exactly like Keichi’ I thought as I listened to Tetsuo’s narration.

“You’re an odd man Tetsuo, I know that what I want, what all of us soldiers want, when we get home is some sake.”

“Well I don’t.”

“Like I just said, you’re an odd man.”

We both laughed until a beautiful female wolf demon name Aiko walked in and Takeshi took off. I shook my head, got up, and walked outside. I walked through the woods admiring the full moon until I heard a woman scream. I ran toward the noise and found three rogue wolves cornering what looked like a female around his age.

“What’s the matter, we just want to have some fun,” one said.

“Get away from me you persistent bastards, I said no!” the woman screamed.

“Strong willed, I like it,” another said.

My eyes flashed red for a short moment already knowing what they were about to do. I appeared in front of the woman my back to her. Before the three rogues new it, they were unconscious. I turned to the woman.

“Are you ok-,” I started but was cut off when I got a good look at her.

She was breath taking; she was well built with lightly tanned skin, long brown hair pulled in a high pony tail, and the most breathtaking emerald green eyes. She was wearing a brown pelt (like Ayame’s but without the cape) and had a knife strapped to her thigh.

“Yes I’m fine thank you.”

“What are you doing out here by yourself um” I said stopping because I did not know her name.

“Akemi, my name is Akemi.”

“Well Akemi why are you out her alone? Are you lost?”

“W-well I came here to see you my lord,” she said kneeling.

“You came here to see me, but why?”

“My father has sent me as a gift, for helping the southern tribe defeat the dragon demons.”

“A gift,” I said in outrage.

She nodded.

“Well I’m sorry but tell your father that I don’t except slaves,” I scoffed.

‘The nerve of that man giving his own flesh and blood as if she were nothing.’

Akemi’s shoulders shook as a tear fell down her cheek.

“Oi, what’s the matter?” I said kneeling in front of her.

She looked up at me with tear-filled eyes. We just stared at each other and then she fell into my arms and wrapped her arms around my waist. I instinctively wrapped my arms around her.

“My father, my father gave me away like I was nothing!”

I looked at her seeing such a beautiful woman in pain just made me so angry, and all I wanted was to stop her tears and make her smile. Then I got an idea.

“Shh it’s ok my dear. He probably just wanted to thank me but did not know how, so he decided, since you have such a majestic and rare beauty, that you would be the perfect token of his gratitude. And honestly he was right, I am grateful but I am saddened as well that I have to see such a beautiful woman cry.”

Akemi: I looked up at his warm smile and my tears stopped falling.

“So please my lady don’t cry,” he said caressing my cheek.

I gave him a weak smile. Without noticing, he started to lean in. He pressed his lips against mine and I returned it.

Then they appeared in a garden where Tetsuo was practicing with his sword.

Tetsuo: It had only been a year and Akemi and I were now mates with a 1-month-old son, Hitoshi.

“Tetsuo, Tetsuo!” Takeshi said running up to me.

“What is it, is Hitoshi ok?”

“He’s fine, it’s Akemi, and she has been kidnapped.”

“What, by whom!”

“Bye the panthers of the east,” he replied.

Without a second thought, I started tracking Akemi. A few hours later I found her; her wrists were bound, her face was bloody, and an old female panther demon was standing in front of her. Akemi jumped up and kicked the old panther in the face.

“Wicked child,” she hissed.

“Nasty hag,” Akemi shot back.

Akemi: The panther jumped to her feet, put her hand around my neck, and pinned me to a tree. Tetsuo ran for the panther, grabbed her by her tail, and flung her into a tree. He pulled me into his arms, picked me up bridle style, and started to walk away. Then two panther demons jumped in front of us and tore me away from him. He growled and snarled throwing punches, but there were too many and he was out numbered. They bound him in glowing silver chains that seemed to weaken him. They threw me on the ground and bound my legs and wrists with the same chains. A huge male panther came up to me and unsheathed his sword. He brought his sword over his head about to bring it down .I closed my eyes. I could hear the sword cutting through the sword, but it did not hit me. I opened my eyes and saw Tetsuo hovering over me the sword sticking horizontally in his arm. He cringed but gave me that warm reassuring smile trying to tell me he was ok.

“Thou care for that wench enough to risk thine own life?” the female panther questioned.

Tetsuo nodded.

Tetsuo: I meant it. I would do anything for Akemi no exceptions. Then two male panthers dragged Akemi from under me and to the old female panther. I got up and ran for the old hag determined to kill her where she stand. I drew my sword from its sheath ready to slice her in two until she picked Akemi up and held her as a shield. I stopped right in my tracks.

“Ye would not kill thine own lover would ye?”

I put my sword back into its sheath and stood face to face with the panther.

“Return my mate now!”

“Oh indeed I will, if you except a proposal of mine.”

“What kind of proposal.”

“I wish for ye, with the help of my armies, to wipe out every wolf pack. If ye does so I will let thou and thine mate and son safely go free.”

“How do you know about my son?”

“Because my spies are right outside his nursery waiting for thine answer.”

“Hitoshi, my baby,” Akemi whimpered.

I thought long and hard and finally made my decision.

“Fine… I accept your proposal.”

“A wise choice, and to be sure that thou shan’t speak guile against me, ye shall only see thy wench after thou has slaughtered a pack of thine own brethren.”

“I except.”

Akemi: I looked up at him astonished that he would do such a thing for me. Tears slid down my face as I realized that once he had killed off every tribe, it would be my fault. I did not want him to suffer by killing his own flesh and blood, but, being selfish, I decided that I could not let Hitoshi die because of me. That was worse than the death of my own mother and father.

Tetsuo: Then, months later after planning, I started the bloody massacre. I started with the southern tribes and made my way down to the eastern and western, and, before I knew it, the north. I slaughtered everyone in the village and then the palace and at last the army. When I killed the last of my soldiers, I started toward the panther palace to tell the head panther that I had wiped out all of the wolf tribes.

“Why Tetsuo, why did you have to kill her?”

I turned around and my eyes widened in horror as I saw who stood before me, Takeshi. He held his dead wife tightly tears running down his face.

“Takeshi I-”

“Why would you do such a thing to the wolf tribes, and to me your best friend?”

“I did it for my family; I can’t just let them die.”

“So you kill off the rest of us when the panther demons will probably just kill you after all this is over!”

“I’ll kill them before they get the chance!”

“No you won’t…”

Takeshi gently set his wife on the floor.

“Because I am going to kill you right now!”

He swung at me but I dodged the blow. We both unsheathed our swords and went at it. At the final moment when Takeshi jabbed his sword at my chest, I dodged and thrust my sword through his heart. His eyes widened in horror and he looked up at me. Blood started dripping from his mouth as he fell on his back. I withdrew my sword from him.

“But brother, why?”

Those were his final words. I picked up his wife and put her next to him, and looked at two of my closest friends. I threw my head back my head and howled in agony to the red harvest moon. I ceased my howling and slowly started for the panthers again to tell them that my wicked deed had been completed.

Akemi: When Tetsuo got back, we learned that Takeshi was right; the panthers were planning to kill us. We grabbed Hitoshi and ran from the palace to the only place where Hitoshi might be safe, the Western Lands. We knew the Lord and Lady of the Western lands and knew they would protect him. We knew the panthers would chase him for eternity unless we were dead, so we left him there and went back to the panther’s castle where we, after a long battle, were killed.

End of flashback:

We returned to the violet abyss and I looked at them in shock.

“We understand if you think of us as horrible people for doing such treacherous thing,” Akemi said.

“We just wanted you to know the real horrible truth, for the history Keichi told you was not dishonoring enough,” Tetsuo said.

“I don’t think that at all,” I said sincerely.

They looked at me in shock.

“Yes it was treacherous and somewhat selfish, but you did it out of love and the need to protect your own. You did something most people would not have and for that I am honored to have met you,” I said.

“Thank you Kiyomi,” Tetsuo said.

“Because of your kind words we can rest in peace,” Akemi said with a warm smile.

“You’re welcome,” I said smiling brightly.

Then a white light shaped like a rectangle appeared above us. When it cleared, it showed Hitoshi holding my hand.

“It looks like it time for you to wake up my dear,” Akemi said.

“Take care of our sashou purinsu (little prince),” Tetsuo said.

“I will,” I said.

At the hospital:

I woke up and saw Hitoshi pressing my hand against his cheek.

“What are you doing,” I said weakly.

His head shot up as he heard my voice. I smiled at him and he smiled back as his eyes welled up with tears.

“Thank Kami you’re awake,” he breathed.

“Whoa, they were right I did get scraped up pretty bad,” I said looking at all the bandages.

“Who’s they?” Hitoshi asked.

I looked at him and smiled, “Oh nothing my sashou purinsu.”

(A/N: *sighs in exhaustion* that should keep ya all occupied until tomorrow. REVIEW!)