Chapter 12

Half Breed is the 12th chapter of the InuYasha manga.

Summary

 * Sesshōmaru learns that his half-brother was finally released from the spell that bound him to the sacred tree.
 * Kagome learns about Inuyasha's family.
 * Inuyasha sees his dead mother in a floating carriage.

Synopsis

 * A group of Samurai celebrate their latest victory with a feast, and their boastful leader says he will tear off his opponent's head like he just did to the boar they're eating. Then, the leader gets his own head pulled off by a mysterious figure: He is Sesshōmaru, Inuyasha's older brother. They share the same demon father, but unlike Inuyasha, Sesshōmaru is a full demon. Sesshōmaru orders the little men to run away, and asks his servant, Jaken, to test The Staff of two heads. The young beauty of the staff speaks, and Jaken says that means that this isn't the grave they're looking for. The samurai ask the two demons who they are, and Sesshōmaru is surprised the humans are still hanging around. When the humans get out their weapons, Sesshōmaru calls them barbaric and tells Jaken to take care of them. The Imp uses the staff, which spews flames, incinerating all of the Samurai. Later at a river, Jaken asks his lord if Inuyasha would know where the grave is. This makes Sesshōmaru angry and he holds Jaken underwater, saying to never remind him of 'that vile half-breed'. In any case, he says, Inuyasha was put under a spell by a priestess, so they wouldn't be able to ask him anyway. Jaken says that was true, but the spell was recently broken.12.2.jpg
 * Myōga the flea has been traveling for days to try and reach Inuyasha, but then he is run over by Kagome while she rides her bicycle. Kagome has brought back first aid from the modern era in order to tend to Inuyasha's wounds, since he was impaled and greatly injured during their battle with Yura of the hair. Inuyasha's up in a tree and says he doesn't need any treatment, Kagome asks again nicely and he still refuses to come down, so she sits him. Kaede is walking by and sees Kagome trying to take off Inuyasha's clothes (so she can tend to his wounds) though when she sees her trying to disrobe Inuyasha, she says that the two of them are getting along much better than she had originally thought. After Kaede implies this, the two of them blush and scamper away from each-other. Inuyasha gets up and takes off his shirt, showing Kagome the spot where he was cut, saying that his body is special: His wounds have already completely healed. Kagome wonders if this is because he's 'Half-Demon', but then, what's the other half?
 * Myōga, who is revealed to be Inuyasha's vassal, comes and sucks some of Inuyasha's blood. He gets swatted. The flea reveals that someone is trying to rob Inuyasha's father's grave. Kaede says she has heard stories about Inuyasha's father. He was a great dog demon who ruled the western lands as his domain. Myōga calls him the most glorious and powerful of all demons who have ever lived, and also says he had very tasty blood. Kagome asks about Inuyasha's mother, and Myōga starts to say she was a woman who surpassed all others in beauty, but then Inuyasha squishes him and tells them both to shut up, because his mother died a long time ago. Kagome starts to think that if Inuyasha's father was a demon, and Inuyasha himself is a 'half-demon', then his mother must have been human. So Inuyasha is half human, too. Kagome looks up at the tree where Inuyasha is wistfully staring at the moon and then gets a strange feeling in her stomach.
 * Inuyasha and Kagome look up in the sky and see a floating carriage. Inuyasha sees a woman inside and says "Mother...?"