Disclaimer: Now matter how painful it is, I dont own any of the characters here...

Authors Note: Hi! I've revised Chapter 1 of Sesshomaru's Curse! Yay! Now 40 better!

Inu: Yeah...it is, actually. Since now she's actually doing something with it!

Shut up! No one asked for your opinion!

Inu: Well, I'm giving it anyway!

Whatever...just do the disclaimer!

Inu: She still does not own any of these characters. She cries about it at night, too.

I SAID SHUT UP!! (twitching)

Inu: (very scared)

Chapter 1

The sun shone brightly through the deep green canopy above the leaf-littered forest floor, busy with the beginning activities of the day. Kagome was rolling up sleeping bags, humming a tune familiar only to her, while Shippo and Sango busied themselves with cooking breakfast for the morning. Inuyasha and Miroku were assigned the task of sharpening everyone's weapons, so they were surrounded by various types of weapons, everything from Shippo's toys to Inuyasha's sword, Tetsauiga, the heirloom left to him by his father.

As they were working on their various tasks, a strange, but familiar smell came drifting on the winds, caught by Inuyasha, who noticed the mixture of cherry blossoms and rain very quickly.

He shoved himself to his feet, sword at the ready. A growl began to rumble deep within his chest as he shouted his warning to the others. "

"Get ready! Sesshomaru's on his way..." he scowled as a dark cloud formed over head, signalling his half-brother, the full dog demon Sesshomaru, had arrived. A beautiful figure emerged from the now dark woods, his long silvery hair reflecting as lightening flickered across the sky. Brilliant golden eyes, as bright as the sun, but holding none of the kindness, glared from a pale face, decorated with the markings of two maroon stripes on each cheek and a blue cresent moon upon his forehead.

Inuyasha glared as he shouted, "What do you want with us now, Sesshomaru?" his eyes bured his anger as Sesshomaru stared back, unfazed.

"Let me take a wild guess...you want Tetsauiga, right? Well I guess I should tell you now, like I have a million times before...I'm not giving it to you, and you're not taking it, so give it up, bastard!"

Sesshomaru smirked slightly at his half-brother's brazenness, but quickly remembered the task he had at hand.

Kagome noticed a strange aura resonating from a beautiful necklace around Sesshomaru's throat. The jade, set in silver, had two small dragons entwined around the circumfrence of the jewel, and was glowing a bright, pale green.

Kagome, her arrows at the ready, decided to take the more resonable road.

"Sesshomaru...the necklace...why do you have it? It's obviously cursed."

Sesshomaru grinned slightly, currently ignoring Inuyasha's insults and "Lord Fluffykins" comments. Exactly the person he needed...

Everyone seemed shocked that he actually replied to her question.

"It is what I have come here about." he fingered the necklace as he continued. "I can not remove it myself and, according to the wench of a priestess who placed it on me...it must be removed quickly. Since it was placed on me by a priestess, I concluded that it would take another to remove it."

"What is the curse on it supposed to do, exactly?" the curious fox demon asked, hopping over to join Inuyasha and Kagome.

"I was not told exactly. Apparently, she was suffering from boredom and had a grudge against father. However, from some of her...statements...I believe I know what it shall do, hence why I am so eager to remove it. The collar is supposed to--agh!"

Sesshomaru was cut off mid-sentence when the jade's glow began to encase his body, beautiful silk-like ribbons of pale green wrapping themselves around his startled form.

The shocked group stood by as the light enveloped Sesshomaru. Seconds later, the light faded, leaving in it's wake a small, unconcious, silver-haired boy with two maroon stripes on each cheek and a blue cresent moon on his pale forehead.