Chapter One: New Member?

Inuyasha had just climbed up into his tree and his friends were bedding down below him, when he caught an old familiar scent.

"It can't be", Inuyasha growled as he jumped out of the tree.

"What is it", Kagome asked as she watched him draw his sword and point it at the trees in front of him.

"SHOW YOURSELF TOMAS", Inuyasha barked.

"Sheath your sword first", Tomas shouted back at him.

"NO", Inuyasha shouted back.

"Fine, we can talk like this", the voice said.

'Strange', Kagome thought 'the accent on that voice sounds foreign'.

"I just stopped by to tell you that your clan and I now share a common enemy", the voice explained. "But seeing as how it's late, and it's my people's custom not to conduct business at night we will talk more in the morning".

"Fine", Inuyasha said then he re-sheathed his sword. "He's gone".

"Who was that", Kagome asked.

"No one", Inuyasha replied. "He is just a ghost from my past".

"Inuyasha", Kagome said. "SIT BOY"!

WHAM! Inuyasha fell face first into the ground.

"Why did you do that you obaaba", Inuyasha shouted as he pushed himself up from the ground.

"Who was that", Kagome repeated.

Inuyasha growled and shook his head. He knew what would happen if he didn't reply.

"His name is Tomas Weycliff and he is a vampire", Inuyasha replied.

"A WHAT" Sango shouted.

"A vampire", Inuyasha replied.

Mirokou started to loosen his prayer beads around his cursed hand. Kagome quickly grabbed her jacket out of her backpack and wrapped it around her neck.

"Relax he doesn't drink human blood just animal blood", Inuyasha said as Sango started to put on her armor.

"How do you know", Shippo asked fearfully.

"Because, I would have smelt it on his breath and so would you Shippo", Inuyasha replied.

"Oh", Shippo said "you're right I would've".

"Now you all get some sleep I'll keep watch", Inuyasha said.

Despite his reassurances no one in Inuyasha's clan slept a wink that night.