Death Alley

Inu-Yasha's surprise visit (Chapter 1)

(DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of the Inu-Yasha characters they all belong to...er...Rumiko Takahashi, yeah that's right! I only own a small random character named Kimi who is supposedly Kagome's school friend.) (A/N: MUAHAHAHA! Voila! Another fanfic written by yours truly...Gunblade Elf! Hope you like this one! P.S. I don't like Kagome...she's so ditzy!)

Kagome stretched out on her front porch, bathed in sunlight. She let out a huge yawn and began stroking her cat, Buyo, who purred contentedly. Kagome had temporarily left Inu-Yasha in the Sengoku era to spend a little more time with her family. Its been a few days so far and Kagome was already missing Inu-Yasha. She stared up into the skies and heaved a heavy sigh, absent-mindedly stroking her cat the wrong way which cause him to hiss uncomfortably. Kagome winced as her cat scratched her hand slightly.

"Ow...sorry Buyo, I wasn't paying attention to you. I was just wondering when we'll see Inu-Yasha again?" she wondered aloud as Buyo curled up into a ball onto her lap, purring happily once again.

"Did someone call?" a voice asked, as none other than Inu-Yasha popped his head down from on top of the awning to peer at Kagome, which made her jump out of her skin.

"EEEEEK!" she screamed in a high pitched, ditzy voice. The scream made Inu- Yasha lose his balance and fall to the ground.

"Ow...oooh! Little duckies!" Inu-Yasha moaned as he fainted.

"I told him not hang over the awning, I just knew something like this would happen." Came the distinct voice of Sango, who hopped off the awning and landed lightly on her feet.

"He never listens though does he?" Miroku said as he too hopped off the awning with Shippo on his shoulder. Shippo turned and saw Kagome and his eyes lit up.

"Kagome!" Shippo exclaimed as he pounced into Kagome's arms, hugging her. Kagome, stunned, stroked the little Shippo's head. She stared at each member in turn, even Inu-Yasha, who was now awake, getting shakily to his feet. "How did you guys get here?"

"Through the brayer, where else?" Sango said, as she supported Inu-Yasha, who was slowly regaining his balance. Kagome nodded her head, then added, seeing Inu-Yasha. "Come inside, have something to eat, no one's home but my brother Sota." She welcomed as she led the party into her home.

"Kagome, Mom told you you're not allowed to have guests in the house when she's not around!" Sota whined, as he came down from his bedroom and seeing the whole troop walk in. Kagome just ignored her brother and carried on. Her mom wouldn't mind if it were for a good cause, would she? Sota sighed and joined them. He only remembered meeting Inu-Yasha, who helped save his sister and himself from a terrifying demon that tried to take away the rest Shikon jewel. He knew that Kagome had a tiny fragment of the jewel in a phial in her room, and he knew monsters were after it. It terrified him at night, thinking that a monster might be hiding somewhere in his bedroom, wanting to kill him first so as not to cry out for help and then go steal the last fragment. Tormented by his thoughts, he didn't even realize that Kagome had set a steaming cup of herbal tea in front of him. Miroku sat next to him and prodded him in the shoulder.

"Your tea is getting cold." He said gently. Sota flushed red, who was this guy? He looked very suspicious, especially his hand which was covered in a cloth. What was beneath it, or was it just some sort of accessory? He didn't know, so he sipped his tea in silence. He eyed Shippo who was sitting on the table, happily munching a cookie and drinking a tall glass of icy milk. Sota watched his tail flick as he contentedly munched away. He shuddered, half human half fox,weird.

"Sango, why don't you sit down?" Kagome offered Sango, who was leaning against the wall, watching them eat and drink. Sango shook her head. "I'd rather stand." Kagome shrugged. Sango flipped her dark hair over her shoulder and gazed out the open window. Kagome glanced at her brother, who was eyeing each one of the team carefully, cautiously, as if expecting one of them to leap up and kill them all on the spot. Kagome grinned and laid a hand on her brother's shoulder, for support. He finished his tea, then leapt from his seat. He thanked Kagome and left for his room.

"Jittery he is." Shippo commented, brushing off cookie crumbs.

"Yeah, he's been acting a little weird lately." Kagome said, as she sat down. Sango took the chair that Sota left vacant. "So, what really brings you here?" Kagome asked curiously.

"Well, we just somehow sensed the presence of a great evil force headed for this era. Since you were here we decided to drop on in and pick you up. We need to find that demon quickly, it should be very strong. Anyway, Sango and I were interested in visiting this era of time." Miroku explained, a bit unclearly though.

"A monster...here?" Kagome asked, flabbergasted. Miroku nodded.

"None that we've ever seen before." Inu-Yasha explained, who hadn't spoken in a while, as he held an ice pack to his pounding head. A huge anime bump appeared on his head where he hit it on a rock. Inu-Yasha's got a head of steel...no one could survive that sort of a fall on the head.

They finished their snacks and got up to get going. Kagome wrote a note to her mother explaining where she was. As they packed up, Sota came running down the stairs. "Can I come too? Then you can drop me back off at home at four when mom comes home!" Sota beseeched. Kagome sighed. "Fine, come along."

"Yeah!" Sota cried, triumphant. So he and the company left together to enjoy the great outdoors.

The sights they saw blew those who were unused to the modern world away. Not to mention that the civilians were blown away by their appearances, especially Inu-Yasha, with his dog-ears and long white hair. On their small expedition, Kagome met one of her school friends, Kimi. Miroku seemed very taken to Kimi, like he was to all women who crossed his path. He took Kimi's hand and spoke to her softly.

"How would you like to be the mother of my children?" he asked. Kimi's face contorted into some form of disgust. Before Miroku could react...SLAP! He got slapped across the face by Kimi.

GANG: ...sweat drop

MIROKU: Owie!!!

"Get away from me you pervert!" Kimi cried, enraged as she stormed off.

"What did I do?" Miroku said, turning to the others, who merely shook their heads. 'Was it something I said?"

They continued their expedition through the city, every now and then stopping to look at something that caught their attention. They had to drag Miroku away from a strip bar. (authors face contorts into some form of disgust.). Miroku may seem powerful and strong on the outside, but his only weakness was women. As they walked, Sango seemed thrilled at the sight of the construction building.

While they marveled at the construction, Sota decided to wander off and look around. After walking around for a while, he soon found himself in a dark alley way. Why not explore? He thought to himself as he headed down the alley. A dark figure moved at the end of the alley, Sota was rooted on the spot, terrified, fear consumed him. He tried to turn back and run for help, but his body wouldn't allow him to.

"Come...here...little...boy..." the voice belonging to the shadow rasped in a dry, scratchy voice. Sota whimpered on the spot and his face went pale.

"K-k-KAGOME!!! HELP ME!!!" Sota screamed once he found his voice.

Kagome whipped around and heard her brother scream. She soon noticed that Sota had wandered off, and considering his voice was close she hypothesized he was down the alley way.

"Sota!" she cried as she ran to the alley.

"Kagome! Where are you going?" Sango asked, as she ran after her.

"Sota's in trouble, I heard him scream!" Kagome replied as she ran down the alley way. The others followed her, soon they spotted the whimpering figure belonging to Sota. But the sight of the creature just blew them away.

Sota whimpered and closed his eyes, he felt a warm hand touch his shoulder and he turned and saw Kagome. He buried his face into her shirt to block the view. Kagome didn't look to see him, her face was looking at the creature in front of her. Inu-Yasha and company arrived behind her, weapons drawn, their jaws dropped after one look at the creature. Drool dripped onto the floor along with...blood. Who's blood?

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