A/N- Okay, now, this is my first time posting a fic, so be nice, onegai. And, onegai, review and let me know how you like this. Gomen, I'm not really much of a talker, so these notes will pretty much always be short.

This is dedicated to my friend Chloe, who got the original idea for the story. Even though this is only a bit similar to her idea, this whole thing is still her fault- she got my brain going. ^_^

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Prologue

The Not-So-Strange Youkai

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InuYasha scowled. How the hell did he always get roped into these things? Okay, okay, he didn't really mind it at all - actually, it made him feel pretty good. But Sesshoumaru would say that "Tenseiga was a perfectly wonderful sword, and he'd never in a million years give it up, not even for a hundred Tetsusaigas," before InuYasha admitted to it.

InuYasha slipped silently through the forest brushwood, tracking the demon scent carefully. Whatever it was that persisted to attack the villagers every night wasn't very smart. It was a good thing he and the others had come along, though. It may be dumb, but it was still dangerous.

The youkai's scent ended here. Time to take out the idiot. InuYasha listened quietly for a moment, and upon hearing something move, launched out to do battle. The demon was 8 feet tall, a muddy gray color with long ugly teeth and saliva dripping from it's mouth.

"So. You're the thing that's been attacking the village," said the hanyou. The youkai roared and attacked. InuYasha jumped out of the way of it's giant claws and pulled out Tetsusaiga, transforming it at the same time.

The youkai roared again and renewed its assault.

"Heh," laughed InuYasha, jumping up onto a nearby branch, the strike missing him completely. "You ain't even worth my time. TETSUSAIGA!!"

He brought the sword down as he yelled, and the blade sliced through the youkai. InuYasha grinned devilishly as the beast fell, dead.

"Well, that was easy," he murmured, slipping Tetsusaiga back into it's sheath. Jumping into the trees, he made his way back to the village and his companions.
Pity he never noticed the strange sheen of the dead youkai's blood, or the peculiar way Tetsusaiga shimmered as he replaced it into it's casing. It might've saved a lot of annoyance if he had.

Of course, Sesshoumaru never noticed the way Tenseiga thrummed either, so perhaps it wasn't just InuYasha's fault.

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DISCLAIMER- InuYasha isn't mine, but the storyline is.