Inuexodus
Episode 7
Inuyasha awakens to consciousness warm and dry. His wet clothing is gone and he has been wrapped in a blanket. There is a fire nearby which he can feel, hear, and smell. He also smells many strange herbal smells and a human whose scent seems to be interwoven with the plants. He opens his eyes to take in his new surroundings. He is in a small hut from whose ceiling hangs every imaginable root or herb. Next to him, stoking the fire, is the oldest woman he has ever seen. She wears a strange white and red outfit. As he looks, she turns to face him and smiles. �Calm yourself, little one.� she says. �You are safe.� Unable to find his voice, Inuyasha simply stares at her. She says, �My name is Konpon; I am a priestess. You are in my home.� Finding his voice, he asks, �What�s a priestess?� Smirking, Konpon says, �I am; and enough said about that. Now, have you a name?� He nods; she says, �Will you tell it to me; or should I guess?� The boy asks, �Don�t you hate me?� She says, �No little one; I neither hate nor fear you. Now about your name?� He says, ��Inuyasha.� She nods, �It fits you; although you are not a true demon.� Inuyasha, having seen that when people find out that he is a half-demon they attack him, tries to make ready to flee. �There is no need for that little one. I knew what you were when I fished you from the river. Had I meant you harm I had only to leave you be.� He settles back. She turns back to the fire and he sits there for a minute. Eventually he says, �Konpon�� She cuts him off, �That�s lady Konpon to you.� Inuyasha takes a moment to process this, then he says, �And I�m lord Inuyasha.� The old woman laughs, �A lord are you? Well, lord Inuyasha, you have no subjects here and I no congregants. So you may call me Konpon and I shall call you little one. Now, let�s get some food into you.�