Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha....oh I don't even feel like saying something funny. I

don't own Inuyasha, Rumiko Takahashi does.

Chapter 1

"SIT BOY!!"

Instantly following Kagome's resounding voice, there was a satisfying thump as the

silver-haired hanyou was flattened to the ground. In a huff, Kagome stomped by his

imprint, carrying her large yellow backpack upon her back. Inuyasha's hand reached up

and grabbed her ankle, effectively stopping her in her tracks.

"Hey, wait a minute, wench!" he growled around a mouthful of dirt. His face suddenly

darkened to a deep crimson when the wind blew her already scandalously high skirt even

higher, giving him a good view of her panties.

Kagome shrieked, letting the magical word fall from her lips once more and held down

the hem of her skirt to prevent him from seeing anymore. "Baka!" she exclaimed and

stomped off towards the well.

Inuyasha stayed in his position for a few moments, aware of Shippou poking his ears and

suddenly leapt into an alert position when he head Kagome's all-too-familiar scream.

"KAGOME!" Inuyasha bellowed, Tetsuaiga already unsheathed. He dashed in the

direction of the well, with Shippou hanging onto his red haori. Breaching the forest and

entering the well's clearing, they found Kagome, surrounded by five lizard youkai. "Get

away from her!" Inuyasha growled and cleaved two of them in half. Kagome, now with

an opening available to her, escaped to the sidelines with Shippou.

What Inuyasha had failed to notice prior, was that the lizard youkai were all armed with

short swords and shields. He, obviously, learned this too late when one of them, a red

lizard, rammed into him with its spiked shield. The single spike in the center of the

shield stabbed Inuyasha through the chest, but the hanyou drop kicked the crimson lizard

into the other two. He grabbed hold of the shield the youkai had left behind in his chest

and ripped it out, wincing slightly. Dipping his hand into the wound, he coated his

clawed hand with his deep red blood.

"Blades of Blood!" Inuyasha yelled, swiping in their direction. The ruby blades tore into

the remaining three lizards, chopping them into pieces. Inuyasha sheathed Tetsuaiga and

walked over to Kagome. "Are you alright?" he asked gently. Kagome nodded, a little

shaken up.

After assessing Kagome's health, he scowled darkly at her. "Good! Cuz now *I'm*

gonna kill ya! What the hell is your problem?!" he demanded, putting his hands on her

shoulders and shaking her.

Kagome recovered from her daze and shoved the hanyou off. "I haven't been home in

*two* weeks! Unless you forgot, Inuyasha, I have a family!" she responded hotly.

"Yeah, well those two weeks you've been here, you've been totally useless! We didn't

find a *single* jewel shard!" he countered.

Kagome pushed past him and placed her hands on the rim of the well. "Well then, you

won't be missing me, will you?" She was about to jump, when she felt something soft

and furry tugging at her leg. "Kagome!" Shippou said. Kagome turned around and lifted

him into her arms. "Sorry, Shippou-chan, but I gotta go home. I'm sure my family is

worried about me." Shippou nodded. "I know, but when you come back, could you bring

me some pocky?" he asked hopefully. Inuyasha Anime-fell and Kagome laughed.

"Alright, Shippou. I promise."

Shippou's face lit up and she set him down on the rim. "Bye, Shippou! Bye Inuyasha!"

She said Inuyasha's goodbye rather harshly and leaped into the well. The young kitsune

watched her go down into its dark depths. He didn't expect to, but he heard an 'oof' at the

bottom and a soft groan. "Oh no!" Kagome moaned. Inuyasha was hanging over the

edge, peering in. "What's wrong now?" he asked. "The well's not working!"

Inuyasha could hardly contain his grin as he leapt down to retrieve Kagome and set her

down on the Feudal grass. "Well, looks like you won't be going back now," he said

smugly. Kagome glared at him and shoved her bag at him, then picked up Shippou, who

was pleased that she wasn't leaving. "Maybe you've been overusing the well and it sealed

itself up on its own," the hanyou added, growing smugger every second.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome said sweetly.

"What?"

"Sit."

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Inuyasha grumpily climbed up the rather steep hill, the others in tow. He had been rather

cross ever since his argument with Kagome earlier that morning. A good battle with a

jewel shard-toting youkai would certainly clear his mood, so he had rushed the others so

they could get out of Kaede's village quicker.

Kagome walked alongside Sango, with Shippou sitting on her shoulder happily munching

on pocky. Miroku walked a little ahead of them, rubbing his cheek after routinely feeling

up Sango's backside. She held Kirara in her arms, stroking her soft fur.

Kagome stretched her arms above her head. "Mmm. I'm in the mood for some youkai

battling. It's been so boring lately," she said. Sango nodded in agreement. "I must agree,

I do need a little exercise after resting at the village for a few days."

Miroku turned his head to look at his two female traveling companions and before he

could open his mouth, it was obvious to them that what he was going to say was

lecherous. And he didn't disappoint.

"Surely, Sango-sama, you do not think you are gaining weight. Your figure is as slim as

ever, perfect for bearing children."

Sango bared her teeth, reaching for her trusty gigantic boomerang Hiraikotsu, but

Kagome put a hand on her arm and shook her head. "Let it go, Sango," she said. Sango

sighed and decided to give in and spare Miroku the beating that she believed he deserved

for such a comment. "You never give up, do you Miroku?" Shippou asked, around a

mouthful of pocky.

"Will you stupid humans hurry it up already?! I ain't got all day!" Inuyasha called rudely

down to them from the top of the hill. Kagome frowned. "We're coming, Inuyasha! And

we're not stupid!" Inuyasha crossed his arms over his chest, tapping his bare foot

impatiently on the ground. "Feh, coulda fooled me," he muttered under his breath.

When they reached the peak of the hill, Inuyasha spun around and headed down it, not

really waiting for his companions. There were a few trees that lined the other side of the

hill at the bottom and a big wide open plain behind them. Inuyasha bounded to the top of

a particular large tree and sniffed the air. The others joined him at the foot of the tree and

stopped because seemed to have caught the scent of something in the air.

"Found something, Inuyasha?" Miroku called up to him. The hanyou growled softly and

landed in front of them, a stern look schooled onto his features. "I smell blood. Lots of

it. There was a battle nearby." Kagome gasped and Sango tightened her grip on her

Hiraikotsu. "Let's go," Inuyasha prompted. They took off in the direction Inuyasha

smelled the blood coming from and reached the battle scene within minutes.

Dead bodies lay across the stained red grass. Some were intact while most were in

pieces, their forms totally indistinguishable. They were all the bodies of youkai. The

stench of death in the area was nearly unbearable and poor Shippou had to cover his nose

to keep from passing out. Inuyasha pinched his nostrils shut, disliking the smell of dead

bodies greatly.

Kagome covered her mouth in horror. Even though, as a miko, she knew that youkai

were her enemy, this type of carnage struck her right in the heart, and even more strongly,

in the stomach. She felt like she was going to be sick.

"Who could have done such a thing?" Sango voiced Kagome's very thoughts. Inuyasha

walked over to the body of a youkai that he could not quite decipher the identity of, and

examined its wounds. "These wounds were inflicted by a sword," he conjectured.

Miroku poked at another youkai with his golden staff. "Indeed. These lacerations were

made quite cleanly. Whoever did this was an experienced warrior."

Inuyasha growled. "I bet it was my brother, with his damn Tokujin, being anal," he said.

"Well, if it *was* your brother, Inuyasha, what reason would he have to suddenly decide

to attack a bunch of youkai like this?" Kagome asked. "I don't know! Maybe he was

testing the sword out or something." He turned to the young miko. "Do you sense any

jewel shards around?"

Kagome began to shake her head when she suddenly felt a strong pulse throughout her

body. Her eyes widened. A jewel shard suddenly had come within her sensing range and

was approaching fast! "Yes! I feel one and it's coming fast!"

"Where?" Inuyasha demanded, hand on Tetsuaiga's hilt. The others got into fighting

stances too. Kagome strung an arrow on her bow while Shippou clung to the back of her

neck fearfully. "There!" she said pointing to the direction they had come from as a dark

figure dashed speedily down the hill, through the lining of trees, and toward them.

Inuyasha growled as he unleashed his father's fang from its hilt, transforming it from its

usually decrepit, cracked state, to the large formidable blade that he had downed many

foes with.

The figure leapt onto a tree and balanced itself on a tree branch. Inuyasha took the

initiative and ran toward it, leaping into the air and slicing through the tree. It fell with a

loud crash, but the figure had already dodged and leapt onto another tree. "Rahhrr!"

Inuyasha howled chopping down this tree as well, but not before the figure had moved.

Frustrated, Inuyasha swung the Tetsuaiga in a wide arc, creating a powerful gust of wind

that knocked down more trees. The figure, having no trees to land in within its

proximity, landed gracefully on the floor.

Now its identity could be slightly deciphered. It appeared humanoid, but one could not

be sure, seeing that Inuyasha and his brother appeared human but certainly were not. It

wore a black cloak that covered its body entirely, although revealed brown boots. The

figure wore a hood over the head to hide all facial features.

Inuyasha took a sniff at the air and smirked. "Feh! You're just a human!" he taunted. He

slung his blade over his shoulder. "And you also reek of youkai blood. It was *you* that

caused all this carnage!" The figure did not react to the hanyou's accusations but simply

got into a fighting stance.

"Feh! I'll make chump change out of you and collect the jewel shard you possess! Take

this!" Inuyasha dove at the figure, Tetsuaiga swinging and his opponent dodging, though

with slight difficulty. It backflipped as Inuyasha advanced on it and jumped high into the

air to dodge Inuyasha bringing down the blade to pound the ground. Rocks flew up into

the air and the ground was split down to at least three feet. Inuyasha glanced blindly

about as the dirt he had kicked up blocked a clear view of his opponents whereabouts and

made it hard to breathe, let alone sniff it out.

He fell hard onto the ground with an audible 'oof!' as two feet landed on his back and

kicked off, shoving him to the floor. The figure flipped in midair and landed with its

back to the rest of the gang and faced Inuyasha. Its cloak was ripped in certain places and

if you were close enough you could see a deep crimson fabric beneath the mantle.

"Hiraikotsu!"

The figure leapt just in time to evade the large boomerang coming its way from the taijiya

Sango. Inuyasha was just getting up from the ground and had the unfortunate mishap to

be struck by her weapon. "OUCH! Damnit Sango! Watch where you throw that thing!"

Inuyasha cursed, rubbing his head. Sango ran up to catch the boomerang on its way back.

"Gomen, Inuyasha!" she called to him, throwing her weapon at the figure who leapt over

it again. While suspended in midair above Hiraikotsu, it threw something down onto it

and then landed gracefully down onto the ground once more.

Instead of the boomerang returning to her on a defined course, it detoured and rolled

along the ground towards the trees Inuyasha had blown over. "Oh no!" She didn't get a

chance to even move to get it back before the figure threw three shuriken her way. Sango

pulled out her katana and blocked two of them but the third grazed her cheek. It threw

three more at her and sidestepped out of the way of Inuyasha. He broke up the ground

again and recieved a kick to the face. His head inclined backwards with the force of the

blow. The figure spun kicked him and he flew back, sliding on the ground on his back a

few feet. Sango, after evading the last three ninja stars, came at the figure with her katana

held tightly in her hands.



Kagome turned to Miroku while he was watching the battle. "Aren't you going to help,

Miroku-sama?" she asked. "I thought it would be best if I stayed here to protect you

Kagome-sama," he replied. "He's just too cowardly to fight, that's all!" Shippou

answered for him. Miroku sweatdropped. "That is not the reason, dear Shippou.

Inuyasha would certainly have my hide if Kagome-sama is not safe."

Kagome held Shippou tighter to herself and returned her gaze to the battle before them.

"That's very nice of you Miroku-sama, but I think I'll be fine over here." The assassin

was now attacking Inuyasha with dual kunai. Inuyasha blocked most of the attacks but

his opponent struck him in the arm with one kunai then kicked him in the head again.

Sango came up behind Inuyasha's attacker and tried to slash it, but the figure anticipated

this and sidestepped. It kicked Sango in the back and she flew into Inuyasha, knocking

them both down.

Kagome strung an arrow and aimed carefully at the assassin. "Please let my aim be true,"

she murmured to herself and let the arrow fly. Her wish must have been granted for the

figure's attention was all on Sango and Inuyasha and the arrow struck it right in the back.

In a blast of pink light, the figure was blown forward far past the hanyou and taijiya and

slammed into the ground. The two warriors hopped up from the ground and glanced back

at Kagome who gave them the thumbs up sign.

The figure was slowly recovering and attempted to get up from their back when a large

blade was held at their throat. "Make another move and you'll lose your head," Inuyasha

growled. Sango, Miroku, Kagome, and Shippou all appeared at Inuyasha's side watching

the opponent that had given them so much trouble. The hood fell back off the figure's

head and they all gasped, with the exception of Inuyasha, who snorted.

"A woman!?" Kagome exclaimed.

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I got this idea from a dream I had. I was thinking, why didn't I think of this before? Well

I hope you like it. Please review and tell me what you think of it.

-LunaRyuu