The Secret Kept

It is like totally not mine. Like as much as I, like, would like, want it to be. Its like, not like I could like say it is. Like you know what I, like totally mean right? You know, like Inuyasha. It’s like, not mine.

AN: You poor souls waiting for me to update. Sorry please forgive me for the wait. Please for give me even more for still leaving you hanging over the Sesshomaru thing, it’s just not time for that yet. Every thing must happen at the right time in this story.


Greeting a Lord


Inushiro gradually slowed his pace as he came to a glimmering patch of land. Waiting for him were men and women dressed in beautiful garments, the colors matching the land’s own luminescent. They lined up on either side of him, heads bowed, creating a pathway with their bodies. Every one of them stood as still as statues and he walked by carrying his sleeping lord on his back.

At the head of the pathway stood the only figure that did not glow. He didn’t wear the same formal garments as the others, but instead stood proud in the silk and metal that made up his formal armor. His posed a powerful stature, with a posture steadier than any tree, and deep golden eyes harder than the greatest diamond.

“My Lord,” Inushiro started when he came to stand before the figure “I was not aware you would be waiting here.”

“I wanted to see him,” the deep voice flowed out “it has been so long.” Even as the master spoke he did not once look at the inu, but instead kept his eyes on the burden that Inushiro carried with him.
“My Lord?” he tilted his head to the side, it was not often that his lord held such want in his voice.

The figure looked up, his eyes know traveling over the group that waited patiently for their orders. “Get him ready quickly, the time is coming.”

Soon Inushiro felt the weight on his shoulders lifted off. The waiting servants that had been like statues now move with swiftness and purpose. Now Inushiro stood alone with his master, the young lord taken away.

“Tell me off him Inushiro” His master implored, moving to sit on a hidden mound, that he had failed to see at first. The mound was shaped like that of a chair and looked as if it wore made of jade, but on closer inspection was merely covered in the finest grass the land had to offer.

Following his lord he moved to sit before the land made thrown, his leg curling to allow his body to rest on the warm ground. “What is it you want to know my lord?”

“Everything Inushiro.” Again Inushiro could detect the sounds of want and longing in the great lord’s voice.

“He is a great warrior my lord, as well as a kind one. I watched as he brought down a semi demon. He looked very sad afterwards. He does not relish a kill like some do, but kills out of necessity anyway.” He remembered the time well, the look in the young lords eyes reveling his character.

“The boy is his mother’s son, I would not expect him to enjoy killings.”

“But he is his father’s son as well.”

“Yes”

“He travels with an interesting pack.”

“A pack? He has his own pack now?” Inuyasha as still a young hanyou and for him to have his own pack already was impressive.

“Yes, a miko, a housi, a demon slayer, a fox kit, and demon cat.”

“Three of his pack is supposed to be natural enemies to him. How did he mange to put together such and interesting group?”

“I believe they are join together for the most part due to a common enemy.” A slight frown formed on Inushiro’s face. “His relationship with the miko was odd however. She had put an odd leash of sacred bead around is neck.”

“Do you think he was being controlled by her?” Small waves of anger rippled along the night’s air.

“I believe she may have been trying, and that the young lord allowed her to believe that she was doing so. When we were leaving she tried a command to stop him, this only destroyed the beads.” It had been more than apparent that the lord could have exerted the power to remove the beads at any time. The true question was why the lord had allowed the beads’ presence for as long as he did.

“He is powerful enough to cast off a miko’s power.” The waves of anger had trickled away. “This tells us he is more powerful than an average Youkai.”

“He is more powerful than that I think. The miko’s own spiritual power is exceptionally great. The only miko I have met whose power would surpass her is Midoriko herself.”

“That’s a high praise Inushiro,” the lord was now frowning. Midoriko had possessed a spiritual power that would have been on par with a demigod’s strength. To say that this miko who had put a leash on Inuyasha was only a little less powerful, meant that she was a dangerous person. “But why travel with the female if she is so dangerous?”

“It looked to be that his group has been trying to gather the shards of the sacred jewel.”

The Lords eyes widen in disbelief, “that damned thing why in all the hells would be searching for it.”

“The jewel pieces have been creating a lot of chaos over the land. It looked as if the scattered pieces have infected any demon that it comes in contact with.”

“With all the cursed demon sprits captured inside it its no wonder that it would be infecting the land. That jewel should have been destroyed long ago.”

While Inushiro agreed that the jewel should be destroyed completely, neither his beliefs nor his lord could undo the facts of their world. “The jewel my lord is impossible to destroy, because of the great miko’s presence inside it. The great gods will not allow the jewel to be destroyed.”

“Hu. I wonder what he intends to do with the thing when he completes it.”

“I am afraid My Lord that is something I do not know.”

“Hu”

“My Lord. Guardian” interrupted a trembling soon interrupted the two. They turned to see one of the maids bowing before them.

“What is it?” The Lord was first to ask.
“The young lord is ready, my lord.”

“Is he conscious?”

“No, my lord.”

“I had wanted to talk to him before…” the lord eyes momentarily lost focus as he thought about all the things he had want to say to the young hanyou. “ Have him moved to the destined place, time is short.”

“Yes, my lord.”

The Lord turned to speak to Inushiro once more. “You will continue to guard him. From this day forward Inushiro, Inuyasha is to be protected by you.”

Inushiro stood and allowed his two front legs to bend, so that he two could bow before the lord. “Yes, my lord.” As quickly as he had said those words, Inushiro was gone from sight.
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He was in pain, a kind of pain he had never felt before. His insides had become molten lava and it was possible to fry an egg on his skin. Over his years he had faced a hell of a lot of demons, but none of them ever made him feel the kind of pain he was feeling right now. The heat had flooded his body and it was hard for him to focus on anything besides it. He found himself falling in and out of consciousness while he tried to get a handle on his body.

The last thing he remembered clearly was Inushiro carrying him on his back, after that nothing seemed to make any sense. He found himself in water being touched by some strangers all of them glowing. The next thing he knew his hair was being messed with, and he could have sworn he heard scissors.

He could hear voices whispering over him.

“He is very lovely”

“Do you think all will go well?”

“They say it needs to happen soon or else”

“Don’t you think he might be a bit young?”

“Young or not if this doesn’t happen…”

“Shhhhh…I think he might be waking.”

The voices stopped but the hands kept moving. Inuyasha slowly opened his eyes to see the several servants all dress in bright robes moving over him.

He would have liked to know what they were talking about, and what the hell they were doing to him, but the pain hit him again stronger than one of his own wind scars. Soon ever thing went black for him, the voice fading into the background.

What the hell was happening while volcanoes erupted under his skin? It must have really been that time after all.

The details about the whole thing where fussy… Mother had said at the time…


AN: Well have I given you enough questions that need answering? It would really suck if you already know the plot before the story is done.

I’ll try to update soon, but I’m behind my other story so this might take awhile.