Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha…Sesshomaru would be a Transformer (The Devastator) and Inuyasha would be Tony Stark. Get it? Machine and half-machine? Nevermind…

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The fire had increased and now blazed brighter and hotter than ever. The comfort of the full moon was blotched out by the thick rising smoke forming an ominous dark. The scent of burning wood and flesh clogged the once fresh air that surrounded the once peaceful village. Screams pierced the night as the large structure cracked and fell with loud crashes yet with all the commotion none were close enough to hear the horror. At the center of this hell, the last two remained; the predator and the prey.

A large white tiger roared angrily as it bared its fangs at the man. With its claws extended it advanced on its opposite, blue-purple eyes glaring and blood dripping from its mouth. The man suddenly grinned.

"Here Kitty Kitty Kitty…do you see what you have done to you home of pathetic humans?" The man gestured around the village but the tiger's glare never faltered. It only growled which forced more of its own blood to gurgle out of her mouth. The man's grin disappeared and two large bat wings shot out of his back as the flames that engulfed the village grew.

"You cannot escape me…" The tiger sprang into a run for dear life not its own but the lives of those who hung in the balance. It dodged a falling wall of what used to be the headman's home only to be cut off by the man once again.

"That is enough!" The tiger yelled in a voice much too soft for its appearance as a blue light surrounded her and grew to surround the man and then the village entirely.

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"Kagome! Your friends are at the door for you." Mrs. Higurashi called upstairs.

"Ok thanks mom!" Kagome yelled back as she hurriedly packed her abnormally large yellow backpack. 'What are my friends doing here?' She thought as she stressed over fitting everything into place. 'Ugh, I have to go back to the feudal era or I'll never hear the end of it from Inuyasha!' She finally gave up on fitting her math book in with the clothes, food, and medicine. She sighed in defeat.

"Oh who am I kidding? It's not like I'll actually get any studying done." She said softly aloud as she dragged the bag downstairs to see her friends.

"Hey Kagome, are you ready to go?" Eri asked. Yuka, Ayumi, and she were standing around the living room waiting.

"Uh? Ready for what?"

"Don't tell me you forgot!"Yuka piped up as Kagome grew confused.

"The new museum that just opened today, we bought tickets to go a month ago." Kagome put a finger to her chin and then smiled sweetly.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." Yuka and Eri sighed as Ayumi played happily with Buyo, the cat. Yuka stood up with a determined look in her eye.

"You're going! You haven't been out this house since we bought those tickets at the mall because of your illnesses and as your friend I'm obligated to get you out." She said as she grabbed Kagome gently by her arm and pulled her to the door. Kagome was too confused and taken aback to object.

"Besides, Hojo will be there." Eri said with a smile as she opened the door. Ayumi followed with a quick goodbye to Mrs. Higurashi.

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"You can run but you cannot hide." He said angrily out loud as he looked around at the fire that had been easily put out by the tiger's attack and then began to pursue his prey. A boy lay gasping for breath beside the man. He reached out with burns all over his body, begging for help. The man looked down with red eyes and put his foot gently on the boy's cheek. He heard a sickening crack as he applied pressure then flew away.

"Damn it all!" Sango rolled her eyes as she polished her Hiraikotsu. Miroku sipped tea patiently as he watched the irritated half-demon. Inuyasha sat crossed-legged and cross-armed with one knee bouncing impatiently. Shippo and Kirara slept against each other in the shade of the Bone Eater's Well.

"Kagome was supposed to be back first thing in the morning." Inuyasha growled.

"Inuyasha, you must relax. Naraku has gone quiet for quite some time now and there have been no demon rampages. You should enjoy our blessed peace." Miroku said calmly as he looked at the clear blue skies.

"He right Inuyasha, this won't last very longer so take the time to rest." Sango said. Inuyasha scoffed. Inuyasha sighed. Inuyasha groaned. Inuyasha huffed. Inuyasha-

"Oh would go and get her already!" Sango gave in. With a grin, Inuyasha walked to the edge of the Bone Eater's Well.

"No problem" He said then prepared to jump in but stopped and stiffened.

"What is it, Inuyasha?" Miroku asked noticing his friend's strange halt.

"I'm not sure…I smell demon blood and the faint scent of fire and death." He said stepping closer to the scent.

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"Wow, its looks more like a mall than a museum." Eri said as she adjusted her headband. Kagome was in awe at the large white building.

"It is beautiful." The four girls went inside.

"Hello, ladies may I see your tickets?" A man met them at the door. They showed him their tickets.

"Enjoy yourselves." He said with a smile. The girls ended up spread out in different areas about a half hour of being there. Kagome looked at the artifacts until she came upon a large hall of the Feudal Era and at the very end was a small gift shop. Kagome noticed that the hall was one big timeline of the Feudal Era. The large wall on her right were the facts and recorded data but on the left were legends of things thought to be a myth like demons but Kagome knew otherwise. She recognized a lot of it; the moon princess, Kaguya, the legend of Horai Island, the Naginata of Kenkon, and more. She couldn't help but notice that not even half of the details of these stories were known.

"You seem more interested in fairytales I see." Kagome looked over to see a woman standing in front of the gift shop.

"Huh?"

"You haven't even looked at the other wall." The woman smiled as she walked toward Kagome. Kagome smile shyly.

"Yea I guess so…" She laughed softly.

"I'm a mythical person myself." The woman had long, wavy brown hair, green eyes with blue color at the rims; she was a little taller than Kagome with olive skin. The woman stopped beside Kagome and both looked up at the wall. She seemed in deep thought for a moment and then turned to the younger girl.

"You want to see something cool?" Kagome looked at her and then smiled.

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The tiger could no longer feel the presents of its pursuer but it still ran as fast as the raging river beside it flowed. The wounds on its side and on its throat haven't stopped bleeding which caused the tiger's vision to blur. Feeling weaker as time went by, it did the only thing it could do. With a growl of pain, it jumped straight into the rapid waters that would wash away its scent and hopefully bring it as far away as possible.

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"Inuyasha over there!" Sango called from atop Kirara who flew high in the air. Inuyasha and Miroku followed her lead to a river bank.

"It's a girl!" Shippo said from Inuyasha's shoulder. Upon hearing this, Miroku sped to reach the girl, passing Inuyasha in a flash. Inuyasha and Shippo gave bored looks.

"Pathetic" Shippo said.

"Uh-huh"

The young woman lay on her stomach, drenched from the water that now flowed calm and soundless. Long black hair sprawled around her pale form. Her black kimono sagged against her, torn on the side where a small pool of the girl's blood formed. Her neck was bruised and cut as well. Miroku ran up and checked her pulse as Sango, Kirara, Inuyasha, and Shippo gathered around in a loose semi-circle.

"She's alive but weak we should…"

"Miroku, get away from her." Inuyasha demanded as the girl's blood overcame the water.

"She's a demon" Sango explained as she saw the claws on the girl's hand. Miroku did not step away from her only lifted her out of the mud and turn her gently so that they could get a good look at her. The markings on her face were now seen.

"A Tiger demon." Inuyasha informed. Sango looked sympathetically at the woman's wounds.

"We can't just leave her here." She said. Inuyasha didn't tell them that this was the demon blood that was mixed in with the scent of human death. Something didn't seem right and he had questions for this demon. Inuyasha scoffed.

"Whatever."

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"Are you sure I'm allowed back here?" Kagome asked as her new friend clicked on the lights of the basement.

"You aren't but that's the fun part. By the way, I never caught your name."

"Kagome, what's yours?" Kagome said as she looked around at the many things deemed too valuable to put on display. The woman grabbed a latter.

"Zukihine" Kagome held the latter as Zukihine climbed it. She blew at the top shelf and coughed as a cloud of dust came loose. She grabbed some scrolls and made her way back down. Kagome was some-what disappointed that she had the chance to see things that no one else would and Zukihine wants to show her scrolls.

"Check it out" Zukihine asked as she jumped from the fourth step of the latter.

Kagome grabbed one of the scrolls from her. It was a prophecy of some sort telling of the demise of something. Kagome couldn't really read it because of its condition.

"It's talks about something of great power. Greater than the Shikon no Tama." Kagome looked up in surprise.

"The Jewel of Four Souls?"

"Ah so you've heard of it?"

"You could say that."

"Well this thing called the Dragons's eye is like the Jewel of Four Souls only its pure evil. You can't get much from these stupid scrolls but someone got their hands on this thing and hell broke loose…literally." Kagome looked worried.

"I've been doing research on it but everything leads me to more questions." Kagome looked hard at the scrolls. 'The Dragon's eye? I'll see if anyone's heard of it.'

"Interesting." Zukihine looked at her cell phone.

"My shift is almost over, you want to hang out?" Kagome looked up and smiled. 'The Feudal Era could wait.'

"Sure"

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He looked over the devastated human village. The sun was beginning to set creating a bloody sky that was no where close to matching the carnage. The demon regarded the dead bodies with cold calculation, not having any compassion for them. There was only one reason he was here.

'Ryurokin' Sesshoumaru thought as he narrowed his golden eyes.

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Well, that's the end of this chapter. Pleas review and let me know how you like it. This was a boring chapter but Chp. 2 you'll find out about the mysterious tigress and you'll see a more interesting side of Kagome's new friend Zukihine. Plus who is Ryurokin? Stay tuned.