A/N: I don not own Inuyasha, I do however own Ai and Magokoro and other Character of mine. This Idea is all mine too.
Chapter 1: A New Enemy
Ai POV
I was sitting in a tree alone thinking, about nothing in particular. It was a slow day and there was nothing to do. I was bored and I was avoiding Magokoro.
"Ai where are you." Magokoro yelled. Magokoro could sense the jewel shards. It was no accident that we had met. He could sense jewel shards from the jewel of Four Souls. I needed that jewel to finally get respect. Magokoro was only a human and the closest thing I had to a friend. When you're a half demon you don't have anybody but you family and I didn't even have that. I haven't seen my family in years. It's not my fault they disowned me and I disowned them. That's a whole different story though.
"Up here." I said startling him. He looked up, an annoyed look on his face. No doubt he had been looking for me for some time now. He should know better than to come looking for me. When I didn't want to be found I wouldn't be found.
"I sense a jewel shard." Magokoro said.
"Where?" I asked eagerly I stood up.
"Over there." Magokoro said pointing father into the forest.
"Come on let's go." I said. I took off leaving Magokoro. Naturally I was faster than him and in a fight with a demon he was no use to me. He only got in the way.
After a while, I came across the demon that must have had the shard. He was fighting dog demon, with four others. One I recognized as my old friend Miroku the lecherous monk, a little fox demon, a demon slayer, and a weirdly dressed girl.
The dog demon, or was he a cat I could not tell, looked familiar, but I could not put my finger on who he was. He had silver hair was like mine, and two ears on top of his head. He stood out the most among the five of them, him and that weirdly dressed girl. I had never seen anyone as weirdly dressed as her except for one time. Magokoro was dressed weird when we met.
The demon slayer I had no idea why she was traveling with two demons it was weird. Was it not her job to slay demons? IT seems she had made friends with them or a deal with them at least. I then noticed the demon two tailed cat by her leg it was Kirara. The demon slayer looked up at me. She saw me. She tapped Miroku's shoulder.
"Miroku," she said in a quiet voice. She pointed to me. Miroku looked at me for a moment did he not remember me? He squinted and after a second a look of realization crossed his face.
"I know her," He said after awhile.
"You know her?" the demon slayer said confused.
"Yes Sango, I know her but not the way you think I do," He said. I grinned he did remember me. I guess he did have a good memory. I couldn't help but smile at what he said. I knew what he meant when he said not the way you think. He had not changed one bit.
"Kagome where's the shard?" the sliver haired demon asked. I had not noticed he finished with the demon. I looked down at him he was talking to the weirdly dressed girl. So her name was Kagome, I had heard that name once. I jumped down from my spot and ran as fast as I could I swiped the shard and ran. I didn't look back but I heard Miroku.
"Ai, she never changes does she," he said. I stopped to listen for a moment.
"What are you talking about?" the demon slayer asked. "I thought you said you knew her," she said confused by his accusation.
"Yeah I knew her," He said, "but that was many years ago. She's changed. She's a jewel hunter now," he paused for a moment. "I'll stop her," He said.
I started running again once I was sure I was safe I stopped and sat down on a tree branch. I took the jewel it was a snap decision, I do not know what came over me. I should have just walked away.
"AI!" I listened carefully it was Magokoro but I could not tell how far away he was. He had to be close enough for me to hear but far away enough to not know where he exactly was. I sat back against the tree. I turned the jewel over and over in my hand. Why did I feel so bad about taking this stupid jewel? I mean I took jewels all the time. What made this one shard so different?
"Ai?" Magokoro was getting closer. I jumped down and leaned against the tree waiting for him. He was slow. After several minutes he appeared.
"About time," I said in an annoyed. "You sure took long enough,"
"I'm sorry we're not all as fast as you are," Magokoro snapped. I held the jewel up to show him I finished the job. "So you got it without trouble?" he asked.
"Yeah they didn't even see me they were too busy," I said as I handed him the fragment. I decided not to tell him about the group I had ran into.
"They?" he asked cocking an eyebrow at me.
"Yeah there were three humans, a fox demon, and a dog or cat demon I'm not sure," I said.
"Who are you calling a cat?" I heard a voice yell. I stood up straighter. He wasn't alone. He must've ran into that strange group. I should've known better than to trust Magokoro.
"They followed you," I yelled at Magokoro. Magokoro looked guilty. "You traitor," I yelled. I snatched the shards that hung around his neck and took off.
"Ai wait," he yelled.
"I knew I couldn't trust you," I said. "The old woman was wrong about you," I jumped from tree to tree. I looked behind me and saw the dog demon behind me.
I growled damn Magokoro, in this world I had no one why did I fool myself in to thinking he was different. Everybody was the same. Being a half demon made things worse. Humans are afraid of me and demons hate because I'm not a full demon. I had learned long ago that I couldn't trust anyone but myself. Yet I still fooled myself into thinking that Magokoro was different. He was just like everyone else.
I jumped down from the treetops, landed on the ground, and started running. I came to a clearing and stopped. I was done trying to fool myself that I had a friend I just wanted this to end. There was one way to end this all. Just give up and not even try. It was the only way to stop everything. I didn't want to feel anymore.
"Just give me that shard you stole," the dog demon said. I turned around I hadn't heard him.
"You're a half demon," I said shocked. How could I miss that, I knew almost every half demon around here he was new, yet he still seemed familiar.
"Yes I'm a half demon and so are you now give me the jewel," the half demon said.
"Over my dead body," I said hoping he would get what I was after.
"That can be arranged," he said.
"Inuyasha SIT!" a female voice yelled. I looked at the half demon as he was slammed into the ground. I knew he was familiar. Inuyasha, how could I be sure it was him. I was so caught up in my thoughts I did not even realize Inuyasha had gotten up. I realized this when I was pinned beneath him.
"Where is it?" he demanded.
"I gave it to the traitor," I hissed. Even if this was the same Inuyasha I once knew, it made no difference on my decision I still wanted to end the pain and misery. I had to put up some fight so I pushed him off me. "If you want these you'll have to try harder," I said holding up what I stole from Magokoro. There were at least 15 or so shards in the pouch.
"If its fight you want you came looking in the right place," Inuyasha said.
"Bring it on," I challenged. Inuyasha reached to his side a pulled out his sword. It was the Tetsusaiga. Yes, this was definitely the Inuyasha who made that promise to me, and here he was trying to kill me. Like I said when you're a half demon there is NO ONE you can trust.
Magokoro POV
I stood on the edge of the clearing with Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Kirara, and Shippo behind me. I had ran into these guys on my search for Ai. I overheard the monk talking about her. I knew then that he must be the Miroku she told me about. Kagome turned to me.
"We have to stop her," she said.
"Kagome she's already mad at me," I said. These four had told me what she had done and I offered to help them get their shard back if they let me handle her. However the half demon Inuyasha had other plans.
"I don't care, they both look like they want to kill each other," she said desperate. I took a deep breath, walked out into the clearing, and stop just a few feet behind Inuyasha.
"Ai stop, this is madness," I said.
"Madness?" she asked. "Madness was trusting a human like you," Ai said venomously.
"Ai stop," I said my voice calm and emotionless. "Look this was not what I wanted they said they'd leave it to me to get the jewel, but the monk knew I was lying." I said.
"Tell me something I don't know I could never lie to Miroku," Ai said. "You're still a traitor," she said visiously. I looked at Ai she was agitated. "What's wrong?" I asked I began to walk forward again.
"Why do you care?" she snapped.
"I care because you're my friend," I said. She backed away as I walked forward so I stopped. "Ai I'll always be your friend no matter what, but getting yourself killed is not the answer." I said. Her eyes widened in shock. I hit the mark. I knew what she was trying to had always had trust issues, me showing up with Inuyasha and the others broke the trust she had for me, and I didn't blame her. She needed someone there to tell her they would not betray her.
Ai POV
"Ai I'll always be your friend no matter what, but getting yourself killed is not the answer," Magokoro said. My eyes went wide in shock how did he know. I hated that about him he always knew what was on my mind. I hung my head and hid my face from the others.
"Magokoro you don't know what it's like to be a half demon," I said. "Not being accepted by demons because you only half demon, and humans are afraid of me." He would never understand no matter how hard he tried. He would never know the pain and suffering I had gone through.
"Ai," Magokoro said his voice filled sadness like he understood but he didn't the only one who probably had an idea of how I felt would Be Inuyasha.
"You don't know how I've been on the run from everyone since I was 10," I said, my eyes stung with tears. "You don't know what it's like to not be wanted where ever you go," the tears finally fell. "At least you had a family that cared for you," I fell to my knees crying he had what I wanted but he left it I have no idea why. Magokoro walked over to me and knelt down so he was level with me.
"Ai I care about you," he said in a gentle voice. "You will always be my friend no matter how bad you hurt me," he said. He then did something unexpected. He hugged me.
"I can't trust you," I said as I pushed him away. "I'm sorry," I grabbed the jewel fragment I gave him earlier and took off running again. He would never understand how I felt. No one would. Not even Inuyasha could understand how I felt. HE had his friends who obviously accepted him. I had no one.
Inuyasha POV
"You're defending her?" I asked Magokoro. "She's just like Naraku using you to find the jewel shards for her when she gets what she wants she leaves,"
"She's nothing like that monster," Magokoro said angrily. "She's just misunderstood," he said just as venomously.
"I was just making an observation," I said. I looked Magokoro up and down he looked familiar. I could not place where I had seen him before.
"You don't know her," Magokoro said angrily. "I'm the only one who really knows her," he said.
"I don't have to know her she's a thief and I want those shards back," I said.
"Ai's different she's a half demon like you but she has major trust issues and I'm the only one who knows her well enough to help her," he said.
"I know her too," Miroku said. "We were best friends for quite a while," he said.
"Yeah she mentioned your name when we met," Magokoro said. "My name is Magokoro Hojo by the way," he said.
I looked at Kagome who gasped. There is was he was related to the guy in Kagome's time and Akitoki.
"Something wrong?" he asked. She shook her head. I knew she was thinking of that Hojo guy now.
"Look Magokoro I can't promise I won't hurt her," I said. Magokoro gave a small nod. We were on the same level now. He understood that I wanted the jewel that rightfully belonged to us.
"Just don't kill her," he said. I took off running in the direction Ai went. Miroku followed me. I didn't need any help if anything he'd just get in my way.
"Go I can handle this myself," I said.
"Inuyasha she was my friend," Miroku said. "I know what she's like and I know her powers," he said I nodded and we continued in silence. Knowing her abilities would be a big help. We soon found Ai crouched on the ground.