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Chapter 1
A boy, about 15 years old, with jet black hair and brown eyes, stared into the TV. He was watching his favorite TV show, InuYasha, and he was getting very sleepy.
"Neal, GO TO BED! You look half dead already!" his mom exclaimed.
"Soooo…….Sleepy…..Good, InuYasha is over, I can sleep now….." the boy spoke.
Neal headed to his room, unaware he left the TV on, and unaware that the screen was glowing with a pink aura. He arrived in his room, and simply landed on the bed, last words being…
"I…..wish….I….was….a….half-demon….like….InuYasha….." and with that thought, he fell asleep.
He woke up, hearing some noise (A/N: light sleeper) and simply looked around. He noticed that he wasn't in his room, but rather, in front of a giant tree next to a well.
"Hmm, a well…. A giant tree… only one thing I can think of!" he thought.
"HELLO!" he yelled into the direction of the noise.
Meanwhile
Kagome was just waking up. She looked at InuYasha, who was still sleeping.
'I wonder if he loves me or not…nah…he loves Kikyo…he looks so peaceful-'
Kagome was interrupted in her thoughts because she heard someone yell "HELLO!" to them. Kagome woke up InuYasha, Sango, Miroku, Kirara, and Shippo to see who was saying that. They raced to the forest of InuYasha to see Neal looking the Inu-gang like they were crazy or something.
'What the hell? Err, great, now my mind is sounding like InuYasha's… Anyways, InuYasha, Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Kirara, and Shippo are all standing in front of me, looking at me like I was crazy…. Though, I might be, seeing as they are just TV show characters… oh well' Neal thought.
"Ugh, so I was right, this is the forest of InuYasha, and next to me is the Tree of Ages of the future Higurashi shrine… Dammit, --- arrgh! I am starting to talk like him, this isn't good, I haven't cursed that much before…." Neal turned to Kagome "Kagome Higurashi, is it not? Well, I seem to have stumbled upon the lands of InuYasha, son of Inu no Taisho and Lady Izyaoi… How nice, I get to meet the great InuYasha…" Neal goes to the river to clean up his hands and he looks at his reflection. "Oh. My. God. I am a half dog demon! When did this happen? Oh, right, since I was pulled into the InuYasha universe…"
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Chapter 2
At this moment, he decided to speak to the Inu-gang. "Hello, InuYasha, Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Kirara!" InuYasha asks rudely "Why the hell are you here? Who are you? Did you come for the Shikon Jewel?" Kagome asks then, "Are you from my era, I have seen those clothes before…" At this point, he chose to interrupt and answer before his brain exploded.
"For goodness sake, I am-" he stopped, realizing he needs to revert to normal before giving his real name, "Tom, and I was watching my favorite TV show InuYasha when I fell asleep and woke up here… And I did not want the Shikon no Tama shards, nor the jewel. I have no need to have them, since all they do is power up demonic abilities, and I have no need to make a wish on the jewel. Kagome, I do indeed come from the modern era, but much further in time than you… I believe you are from 1996?" Kagome just nodded slowly. "Well, I am from the year 2006, a full decade ahead of you. I have been following your travels in my TV, since in my reality, you are a part of a popular TV show called InuYasha which is based on a manga called InuYasha. I know quite abit about you. And, I have some nice spoilers in my head. I wonder which part of the series did I fall in… InuYasha, can I see Tesseiga?" And at that precise moment, two swords fell from the sky and bonked him on the head. "What the hell was that? Dammit, I really am getting InuYasha's foul mouth." Neal unsheathed the sword with the yang half of the yinyang symbol. The sword looked rusted and then Neal heard a noise and quickly thought about protecting everything and preserving time and space. The sword began the pulse strongly. "What the heck? The sword is pulsing!" The sword began to transform and it looked EXACTLY like Tesseiga, except the yang symbol is engraved on the hilt of the sword, and it appears only when Neal prepares to attack. "Guess the sword knows best! Wind Scar!" Neal fired the Wind Scar attack straight toward the suspected demon… And destroyed it! Neal turned back, sheathed the sword, and hung the two swords over my backpack, which materialized out of nowhere when Neal realized he needed stuff, just in case! Neal got my backpack, and turned to look at the Inu-gang. They were extremely shocked to see him perform the Wind Scar attack that only Tesseiga can do. InuYasha was the first to speak.
"How the hell did you perform Wind Scar? I have the Tesseiga and only I can use it!" yelled InuYasha.
Kagome asks, "Umm, you said earlier that we are in a TV show and a manga? Well… does that mean we are on national television and read by everyone in Tokyo?" Neal replies, "Hah! If only that small, in fact, the show is world wide popularity status among Anime shows, and the manga fares pretty well across the world. I should know, since I am from the United States of America! In fact, I know every single thought that went through each and every single one of your heads, would you like me to prove it?"
Kagome paled. InuYasha turned red and then caught Kagome before she fainted. Sango and Miroku turned bright red. Neal spoke, "You know what I wonder, is why the hell you two" he pointed to InuYasha and Kagome, "still have not told each other your feelings! And since I know for certain that Sango and Miroku won't do anything, I suppose I will say a few things before I take my leave to where my swords are telling me to go… Sango, I know you love Miroku, but you are unsure of him because of his..umm… lecherous side… Miroku, Sango deeply loves you, but you definitely need to tell her that you love her and that you will PROMISE to stop being so damn lecherous! As for now, I bid you adieu, so that the show can go on!" Neal turned to his left, where the swords were tugging him, and ran off.
"What the hell is going on, why are my swords tugging me towards…" Neal's eyes widened, "S-S-S-Sesshomaru!" 'Great, first I meet InuYasha, now I meet the Ice King himself! Dammit, do I really have luck that is that bad?' he thought.
"Who are you Half-Breed? Why are you wearing such strange clothes?" Sesshomaru asked, in his usual icy tone.
"Hmm, Lord Fluffy wants to know why I am wearing strange clothes? Well, since this time is 1496, I suppose I can tell you I am from the year 2006. A full 510 years ahead of you. Of course, I am also from a dimension that demons don't exist, but it seems I was transformed into a half demon… Well, its better than being full demon. It would be really hard to explain this, because I know there is a way I can seal my demon side after I figure out who brought me into this dimension. And I know you care deeply for Rin. I even know you love her as a daughter right now. And of course, you are disgusted from your feelings for her… Also, I am wondering why I have my swords which hit me on the head after I asked to see Tesseiga. It looks so much like Tesseiga and even performs the Wind Scar attack…" Neal told Sesshomaru with small bits of sarcasm. Sesshomaru was shocked for a bit before regaining his icy look. 'How does this halfbreed have Tesseiga? Wait a second, Tenseiga is jittering around..' Sesshomaru wondered.
"Hey, it seems Tenseiga is responding to my sword. But the only reason it would do that is if… my… sword… was… forged… with… Inu no Taisho's… fang…" I said, shocked.
"Yes, it would seem that your swords are forged from my father's fangs." Sesshomaru said, coolly.
"WHAT? I have swords from Inu no Taisho!" he yelled. Who wouldn't? He just found out that his swords belonged to the legendary Great Dog Demon of the Western Lands of Japan.
"I don't believe it… I need calm down though…" Neal said, straining to remain calm.
In Neal's mind
Neal sat down, and peered deep into his mind. He saw his demon side. He looked at himself, and saw he was human in his mind.
"So, you must be my demon side.." Human Neal said, coolly.
"Hehehe, yeah, I am…" Demon Neal said, maniacally.
"So, why don't we work together, I once heard that untold power can be found when the halfdemon human and demon bloods stopped warring and started working together." Human Neal spoke, rather frustrated.
"Well, I am all that is dark in you, and unified may be more powerful, and I thirst for power, so it's a deal, but, what is the catch?" Demon Neal asked, miffed about working together with the Human side of him.
"Unfortunately, this means you need to accept everything about me, and I have to accept everything about you…" Human Neal said, sadly.
"What is wrong? I don't see anything wrong with that," Demon Neal said.
"What I mean is, you have to accept all of my emotions, my memories, and my personality, while I have to accept the darkness in you, the hatred, anger, etc. that has manifested in you.." Human Neal said, looking down at the nothingness below.
"Well, I experience a small bit of it, and some of those things are good, you know what, lets do it!" Demon Neal said.
"Are you sure? Once this is done, we can never revert back…" Human Neal said.
"Yes, I am sure…" Demon Neal said.
"Alright, we will do it, but far away from Sesshomaru, so that he does not discover the secret of a Unified Half Demon," Human Neal said.
"Bye," Demon Neal said, happily.
Back in the world
Sesshomaru noticed that while he was doing that, his two swords were glowing, or rather, the hilts of the two were glowing. 'I wonder why that was happening…' Sesshomaru thought. He noticed that golden marks appeared on him and as he opened his eyes, they were red with gold pupils.
"Sesshomaru, I know you are spying on me, come on out…" Neal spoke, with a guttural voice.
Sesshomaru was amazed that he wasn't going insane by now, since InuYasha was always going insane in full demon form.
"Sesshomaru, I know you are thinking about the control on being full demon. Well, don't worry, the transformation isn't complete.." Neal said.
Neal jumped in the air and ran far… Sesshomaru couldn't sense him anymore, so he headed for the castle, to look up the swords Neal possessed. Neal figured he couldn't sense him anymore, so he reverted to half demon form.
'Thanks,' Neal thought to his demon side.
'You are welcome,' his demon side replied.
"Now to concentrate," Neal spoke softly.
He thought about combining the strength of the demon side and the human side, against a common enemy, Naraku. Both of the sides of him started to walk towards each other in his mind. Then, the hilts of the swords began to glow again. Then the two sides walked into each other. Shortly after, Neal's body started radiating a powerful aura. It was so powerful, that InuYasha and Kagome could sense it all the way on the other side of the forest.
With the Inu-gang
"InuYasha, I sense a very strong demonic aura!" Kagome exclaimed.
"I know, I sense it too… The only one I know of which an aura that is even half that strength is Sesshomaru…" InuYasha spoke, bitterly.
"Wait, it's gone!" Kagome said.
Back with Neal
He completed the unification, and decided to be in full human form. The swords hilts stopped glowing, but the yin and yang symbols on the hilts did not go away.
"Heh, we feel quite powerful, but since we are one now, we should refer to ourselves as myself, and I would be quite powerful in human, halfdemon, fulldemon, and true form of full demon.."
In human form, he looks like a regular teenager with brown hair, dark complexion, and brown eyes. In half demon form, he is the same, except he has silver hair with gold streaks in it, and gold tips of the dog ears. His fangs and claws are similar to InuYasha's. In full demon form, his hair turns completely gold, his eyes turn silver, and he has ears similar Sesshomaru. In his full demon true form, he looks like a 100 ft tall dog, with golden fur and red eyes with silver pupils.
"I love all my new forms!" Neal exclaimed. Neal decided to stay in human form for now and head back to InuYasha.
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Chapter 3
Neal went to InuYasha's camp and decided to speak to Kagome.
"Hello, can you help me? I met a half demon who decided to go away for awhile and entrusted me with these swords… He looked like that guy," he pointed to InuYasha, "except that he wasn't wearing those particular robes… You look like you are from modern Japan, right?" Kagome nodded. "So, you must be from modern era as well?" Kagome asked. "Yes, I am, except I am from the United States. I really have no idea how I got here, I was with my friend Tom and I went home, but when I woke up, here I was…"
Kagome paled again, remembering Neal as "Tom", "uhh, actually Tom was the half demon you got those swords from…"
Neal smirked, "So I was right… He wouldn't tell me though…"
InuYasha started growling, "Sesshomaru!"
Neal paled, "WHAT!"
Neal ran into the tent, while Sesshomaru stepped into camp and eyed the tent, then turned to InuYasha, starting to attack him.
"Little brother, I wish to take father's fang from you now," Sesshomaru said calmly.
"So, prepare to die!" Sesshomaru unsheathed Tokijin and started to attack. "Dragon Strike!"
InuYasha attacked with Backlash Wave. Neal saw that Tokijin was about to overpower him, and realized that the series will be all messed up if he didn't step in. Suddenly, some knowledge of the ultimate sword came to his mind. Reluctantly, he unsheathed his two swords and decided to use the power of his unity to unify the powers of his two swords.
Neal spoke softly, "My fangs, unify to unleash true power to protect this dimension!"
The two swords started to glue together, and then a new sword appeared in the two swords places… The sword looked like Sounga except that it has the fangish look of Tesseiga. Neal stepped next to InuYasha. "Lord Sesshomaru, time to feel the power of my fang of Destiny!" Neal raised his sword up, and a goldish black dragon appeared in the winds surrounding the sword. "Dragon Twister!" Neal yelled. InuYasha and Sesshomaru looked at Neal with amazement.
'Dragon Twister is the Sounga attack, and can only be done by a demon!' Sesshomaru thought!
InuYasha gaped, 'How is that possible, the sword was sealed in Hell!'
Instead of doing a mindless destruction, it aimed directly at Sesshomaru! The dragon attacked Sesshomaru and engulfed him in a golden light, then Tenseiga activated, transporting Sesshomaru back to his castle!
Neal fell to the ground, and the sword he held separated to two separate lights and hit his sheathes and became the original swords he had. Neal was close to fainting when he said, "I…had…to…preserve…the…anime…world…"
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Chapter 4
The whole Inu-gang was shell-shocked. Why wouldn't they be? They just saw the dreaded Dragon Twister attack from a human! And they couldn't find the sword they saw that fired the Dragon Twister. At first they thought it was Sounga, but they realized it wasn't when InuYasha described the fangish appearance of the sword. Three days later, Neal woke up, wondering why the whole group was looking at him like he was crazy, for the second time.'
Sango spoke first, "How did you do that?"
Mirkou then spoke, "Yes, how did you do that, even though I know that sword should be demonic, it felt holy!"
Neal replied, "Damn, I was hoping you wouldn't notice… That was the Destiny Fang."
Kagome and InuYasha spoke at the same time, "Well, where is it? It disappeared after you fainted."
Neal then said, "Well, the reason for that is simple, the Destiny Fang is tied into my soul, and if I find no need to stabilize the sword, it disappears, but I can call it anytime I feel it is absolutely necessary."
Kagome then says to herself more than to anyone, "He seems to have strong holy powers."
Neal then said, "I heard that, thanks for the compliment about my holy powers, and I cannot explain how I used that sword, since I forgot. I only seem to know when I really need to sword. I can't even remember what attack I used, only that a golden black dragon attacked Sesshomaru before I fainted."
Sesshomaru then came in and spoke, "Human, how did you manage to use the Dragon Twister on me, when Sounga is in the pits of Hell?"
Neal was shocked, "WHAT? The attack was Dragon Twister? Only Sounga has that attack! And that sword possesses anyone who comes in contact with it except for Inu no Taisho. And from what happened with Takemaru and Sounga, I would never touch Sounga!"
Sesshomaru replied, "That is why I came to find out how you know that attack. The sword you used looked like Sounga, except that it has a blade appearance similar to that of InuYasha's fang! EXPLAIN!"
"Dammit Sesshomaru, he can't even remember how he used that sword!" InuYasha yelled at him. "He said the sword is called the Fang of--" he was cut off by Neal, "InuYasha, DON'T TELL HIM!"
"Why not?"
"It would be cataclysmic if he found out about the sword," Neal said and under his breath said so lowly that only InuYasha can hear, "He has no idea this world is watched in my world, and he should not know of the name, because I don't know if there is info in his castle about it, and besides, the sword can only be used by a pure soul that fulfills other conditions that I dare not speak of in the presence of Sesshomaru…"
InuYasha asked, "Sesshomaru, why do you want to know?"
Sesshomaru replied, "InuYasha, that sword destroyed Tokijin! I want to know why it could do that!"
Neal was in awe, 'So, the Fang of Destiny is quite powerful… It is too bad it will disappear when I leave.'
Neal spoke bitterly, "Damn, so I guess you want me to revive Tokijin, right? Bring the pieces of the sword to me…"
Sesshomaru brought the two halves of the sword and put it in front of Neal and promptly, Neal brought out his two swords.
Neal spoke quietly, so quietly that no one heard him, "My swords, protect me from Tokijin while I piece it together…"
The two swords yinyang symbols start to glow on the hilts and on the sheathes, creating a spirit barrier. Sesshomaru watched in amazement as the yinyang symbol on his forehead appeared, separated, and slowly coming together, just like Tokijin. Once united, the symbols disappeared, and the sword was repaired.
"NOW! Take that god awful sword away from me!" Neal yelled.
"This Sesshomaru shows gratitude for you repairing my sword." Sesshomaru said.
"Sesshomaru, I need to go to your library, can you take me there?" Neal asked.
"As you wish," Sesshomaru said quietly. "Jaken, take Neal to Ah-Un and get Rin, we are leaving to the castle."
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Chapter 5
It has been four days since Neal and Sesshomaru started their trip to the castle. "Lord Sesshomaru, may I ask you why you feel it is necessary to conceal your emotions? And don't give me any crap about enemies and weaknesses. What is the true reason why you wish to hide your emotions? I could peer into your heart and mind with my swords, but I don't want to, unless I absolutely have to," Neal asked.
Sesshomaru replied, "Why do you wish to know? It concerns you not."
Neal said quietly, "Your emotions that you consider your weakness are actually your greatest strength… Tenseiga uses your real emotions to determine who to save and who to leave alone… Which reminds me, have you someone to protect?"
Sesshomaru froze. The only one who asked him that was his father. "No. I, Sesshomaru, have no one to protect."
Neal said, "That is bull. I know you have someone to protect. And I know it is Rin. Also, you protect Jaken, though I have no idea why… I can tell you are always clearly irritated with Jaken. But, Rin always makes your eyes show the emotions of happiness and joy that someone can be so happy in such a time period. It also confuses you, since you never believed it was possible for someone to be that happy, especially during this era. Although, you don't remember the time when you were this happy… Sad, isn't it? But it shows that Rin is a manifest of the side you never show… Originally, I bet Inu no Taisho would have given you the fang, had you answered differently to that question, and the reason is this: if you do not have the will and the determination to protect humans, then Tesseiga will not work for you. This is the way of repenting for that answer."
Sesshomaru still kept a stoic look, except his eyes depicted that he was thinking hard about Neal's answer. Sesshomaru kept walking onward to the castle. Finally, Sesshomaru asked, "Human, how do you know so much about the Tesseiga?" Neal knew this was going to happen, so he explained the whole story about his dimension containing a TV show depicting their lives and a manga that has depicted their lives and continues onward. Sesshomaru obviously asked what a TV and a manga was, so Neal answered those. Sesshomaru started to ponder Neal's answer and then asked, "So, you are aware of my past as well?" Neal replied, "I am aware of your past that goes as far back as 200 years, to the time InuYasha was born. Remember, the manga and shows are centered around InuYasha and Kagome." Sesshomaru obviously didn't like this.
"But hey, there is a good side! Just wait a second and I will show you…" Neal began to look through his backpack. "Ahh, here it is! Now, are we there yet?" Sesshomaru only nodded.
"Good, now let's get to a room that I can set this all up in…" Neal said.
Sesshomaru took Neal to the main room and took him to the private den. "Ahh, good, a den. Now I need to invoke the powers of my sword. Sesshomaru, can you keep a secret? This is a big secret, no one knows about this at all. Can I trust you with this secret?"
Sesshomaru replied, "Human, this Sesshomaru can be trusted with such a dark secret, now what is it?"
"Alright, I guess I can reveal it," said Neal.
Neal closed his eyes and his body started to radiate. Sesshomaru was shocked that this power was coming from within him. His two swords started to glow as well. His hair changed from black to silver with gold streaks. His human fingernails extended to claws. His canine teeth became fangs. His human ears shrank and went up to form dog ears, and finally when he opened his eyes, they changed colors from brown to gold.
Sesshomaru was very surprised with this. "So, you are a half breed?" Neal replied, "Not quite that anymore."
Neal closed his eyes again and his body started radiate again. Sesshomaru was shocked that even MORE power was radiating from him, his aura changed from half demon to full demon. His swords began glowing again. His silver hair with gold streaks became completely gold. His dog ears went down to the sides of his head and became pointed ears similar to Sesshomaru's. His claws and fangs grew longer. He opened his eyes, and Sesshomaru saw them change from gold to silver.
Now, Sesshomaru was confused. "So, now you are a full demon?" Neal replied, "Yes, I am now a full dog demon in humanoid form. I have my sanity and I look like a regular dog demon. In this form I have enough power to do what I am about to do without exhausting myself."
Neal took out his laptop computer and set it up. He positioned his two swords on either side of the desk, and the sword with Yin became an electrical outlet next to the desk. The sword with Yang became a wifi card that pulls wifi signals from where Neal was in his dimension. He plugged in the laptop and turned it on. The laptop computer started up Fedora Core and he started to access the Internet. Sesshomaru was very intrigued with the computer and was about to touch it when Neal activated the YinYang Barrier.
"I'm sorry Sesshomaru, but I am not ready to let you touch the computer." Sesshomaru asked what a computer was. Neal went into a long discussion of the technology in his era, since Sesshomaru kept asking about each other technological device related to it.
"Since the Yin sword is life energy, I used my abilities to make an electrical outlet so the battery doesn't empty before we are done." Now the computer was connected to the internet, Neal opened up fanfiction dot net. Neal clicked my way to InuYasha fanfics, and activated the search, and put in the query "Sesshomaru." Neal pressed enter and the results came up, albeit slowly. Neal realized that the power was getting drained of the sword before it would revert back, and Neal told Sesshomaru to stick Tenseiga into the second outlet. He did so, and the power levels went back up. Tenseiga began to pulse all the time, Neal ignored the pulsing. Sesshomaru was getting impatient though.
"Alright, it's ready; now, there are 3780 fanfics with the word "Sesshomaru" in the summary. My personal favorites are when you and InuYasha switch bodies." Sesshomaru was simply awed, there were people writing love stories with Kagome and him, Rin and him, Kagura and him, and Kikyo and him.
"I personally hate the stories with you and Kagome; it defies all youkai laws to do that, so I don't read them. Especially since nearly everytime, you are stripped of all your titles and stuff for betraying your brother, even though he is a half demon. I placed a filter so that you cannot read any stories with you and Kagome. Now, I think I need to figure out what episode occurred before I got here." After a bit of searching with altavista translator to allow Sesshomaru to read it, he confirmed that it was near the end of the episode lists. "Sesshomaru, did InuYasha ever combine Shikon Shards with Tesseiga?" Sesshomaru replied, "I know not whether he has done such a horrible thing. Do you want me to find out?" "Yes, please, I need this information so I can figure out how to participate without messing up the space time continuum in this dimension." Sesshomaru nodded and ran out.
With the Inu-gang
"InuYasha, let me go! I need to go back to my time!" Kagome yelled.
"No! You need to continue the shard hunting! After you collect all the---" InuYasha was cut short when he sniffed the air, "Sesshomaru! What are you doing here?"
Sesshomaru calmly said, "InuYasha, I do not wish to fight you for your fang today, I am helping Neal search the 'internet' to figure out where he exactly is in our time."
Kagome was appalled, "WHAT? Internet in the feudal era?"
Sesshomaru calmly replied, "Human, Neal used his swords and transformed one sword into an 'outlet' as he called it, and transformed the other one into a 'wifi adapter' whatever those are and connected his 'computer' to the 'outlet' and inserted the 'wifi adapter' into the 'computer' to browse through what he calls a 'website' and with my knowledge of the past occurrences in your group, we pinpointed a range in which he may be placed in."
Sesshomaru turned to InuYasha, "Brother, did you defile Tesseiga with any Shikon shards recently?"
InuYasha said, "What? I used a shikon shard to get out of the Oni we were trapped in with Naraku. But that is it…"
Sesshomaru remembers what Neal told him…
Flashback
Neal translates the page for InuYasha episode 167 and shows it to Sesshomaru.
The excerpt translated says, "Inside the Oni's great stomach, InuYasha and the others suffer. Miroku struggles to keep the barrier going, but the poison takes its toll. As he slips into unconsciousness and the barrier fades. InuYasha throws his kimono jacket over his friends, and continues to free them from the deadly trap. He has one last strategy, and asks Kagome to hand him the Shikon jewel shard. Kikyo takes aim at Kanna's head with her arrow when Moryomaru attacks her. His talons strike at Kikyo but she dodges. However, Kanna and the baby escape, borne away by into the thick mist by Moryomaru. Kikyo wonders if their meeting had really been pure chance or something more calculated. Within the Oni, Kagome gives InuYasha the glass vial containing the Shikon fragment. InuYasha smashes the fragment container against Tesseiga and the sword begins to ring, pulsating with uncontrollable power as it absorbs the miasma from the Oni's innards. Once the shard left Kagome's hands, it became vulnerable to corruption, now the polluted jewel dangerously affects Tesseiga and its owner. Naraku watches, entertained by InuYasha's struggle to control the afflicted Tesseiga as it overwhelms his human blood. Unable to endure InuYasha's anguish, Kagome risks her life, rushing thru the tide of acid to embrace him. Kagome's touch purifies the corrupted fragment and rescues InuYasha from the brink of madness. His composure regained, InuYasha asks Kagome to support him a bit longer. So with acid lapping at her ankles, Kagome clings to InuYasha with all her might. From deep inside himself, InuYasha summons the strength for one last Kongousouha. Tesseiga crystallizes and, in an enormous surge of pure power, and the attack blasts thru the Oni's stomach to freedom and life!"
"Remember, if InuYasha says that this has already happened, we need to figure out what has happened since then! I am hoping nothing else happened yet, because it is really hard to obtain mangas." Neal warned, his tone suggesting danger.
Flashback End
Sesshomaru remembers what to do next. "Little brother, has anything significant occurred since that incident?"
InuYasha thinks about this, and Kagome pipes up, "No, nothing happened since that incident with the Oni's stomach."
Sesshomaru was inwardly relieved, 'Good, no more searching on the 'internet'.'
Kagome asks, "Can we go with you to see the computer?"
Sesshomaru remembered that Neal specifically said NOT to let Kagome see the computer. 'Something about not wanting to mess up the future too badly.'
Sesshomaru told her calmly, yet firmly, "No, Neal specifically said that your group is NOT allowed to see the 'computer'."
Kagome was shocked, "Why not?"
Sesshomaru simply said, "We have our reasons, and if we allowed you to see it, disaster would ensue."
InuYasha then demanded to know why he was helping a human. Sesshomaru replied, "I am curious, I want to know about him being able to use Dragon Twister." 'and about my own future, which he seems to know…'
InuYasha simply sighed and continued the fight with Kagome to return to her era while Sesshomaru runs back to the castle.
At the castle
"Sesshomaru, you have returned," Neal stated, "Have you obtained the information I seek?"
"This Sesshomaru has received information that the event you showed me has indeed occurred and nothing significant has yet to occur." Sesshomaru spoke in an authoritative voice.
"Good, now I will answer one question from you as my thanks to you for helping me. However, there are limits, you cannot ask about my abilities or my ability to manipulate my blood."
Sesshomaru pondered for a moment. He cannot ask about the Destiny Fang or his abilities, but he could ask about his future!
Sesshomaru asked, somewhat shyly, "Umm, what about my future?"
Neal replied, "You know as well as I do that the exact future cannot be given, for then it will change, so I will give you a general idea. You will live to be a great ruler, but will be missing a love for quite awhile, you will find this love in maybe 10-12 years, and this love has been around you for quite some time, but you have not had feelings for her until 10 years pass. When you find this love, you will mate with her, allowing her to live with you forever. You will be a kind and honorable ruler, until the demon extermination begins in the 1700s, you will use a necklace that you asked Kaede to make that hides your demon features and makes you look human, so that you may continue rule of the western lands as it changes from a demon empire to a human empire. You will cofound a company with your brother, making him CEO and you the chair of the board of directors to make sure that everything goes alright, the company will be called Touken Bank, after your surname, Touken, which InuYasha chose in order to blend in with the humans. InuYasha has the necklace he wears to allow him to willingly transform to human with his demonic abilities. You will find this to become a very good life, as the Bank becomes number one in Modern Japan, and you will live a peaceful, rich, and happy life. DO NOT REPEAT THIS INFORMATION TO INUYASHA!"
Sesshomaru was quite appalled. This information meant that demons would die out?
"Sesshomaru, do not worry, most demons strong enough, like royalty, will choose to get necklaces like yours to hide their demonic features, and with Kagome being the only miko within the 500 year timeline after Kaede, only Kagome will know that you are demons. However, that means there are few full demons, but more halfdemons and quarter demons, since they have necklaces already to transform them human. Do not mess with the future, if you do, bad things will happen, like Kagome may actually cease to exist." Neal spoke, with utmost seriousness.
"Sesshomaru, I am starting to lose energy, I have shut down the computer, remove Tenseiga from the outlet and sheathe it. I will take my swords and return them to normal and then put the computer away," Neal spoke, careful not to anger Sesshomaru.
Sesshomaru quickly removed Tenseiga, which stopped pulsing now, and Neal reverted the objects to swords. Neal closed his eyes and reverted to human form, in order to keep himself from using the energy he has left. He then sheathed his swords asked Sesshomaru to take him to InuYasha.
Sesshomaru quickly asked, "Why do you want to return to my halfbreed brother?"
Neal spoke, "I need to go with that group once I recoup so that I can figure out a way back into my dimension after completing my work here. Also, I think I will help defeat Naraku. Since I can sense auras within a 20mile radius, I can detect barrier aura distortment and I can pinpoint the location of Naraku. We should join the group, because if all of us are there, then it will make it easier to defeat him. Can you provide temporary sleeping quarters for me so I can recoup and then turn back into full demon to return to the group?"
Sesshomaru said, "Yes, I will provide temporary sleeping quarters. However, why should this Sesshomaru join forces with my halfbreed brother?"
Neal spoke again, "Isn't it obvious, you need the help of gold Tesseiga! Without it, you cannot hope to destroy him. Besides I will need the distraction to do my work and get the hearts of Kanna and Kagura and restore them. Also, I need to get the whole Shikon Jewel to return to my dimension."
Suddenly, Neal doubled over in pain! 'Damn, Naraku is trying to break into my dimension…' "My life force is still in my dimension, I can feel Naraku trying to break into my dimension to pull me completely into this dimension. I cannot allow this to happen. I know not why Naraku wants me here, since I seem to be able to summon swords… more… powerful… than… Tesseiga… and… Tenseiga…" with those words, he stopped resisting the darkness trying to overtake him.
Neal woke up to see Sesshomaru distraught about something. Then it hit him! 'Damn, I must have said those last words out loud instead of in my mind.' "Sesshomaru, what happened?"
Sesshomaru responded, but slowly, "You spoke of your life force in your dimension, and Naraku trying to break into your dimension, why is that so important?"
Neal quickly replied, "If my life force is pulled into this dimension, I'm betting that you will see a new person walking around with InuYasha permanently. Also, Naraku probably wants to take over my dimension because… There. Is. NO. MAGIC. OR. DEMONS. IN. MY. DIMENSION!"
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Chapter 6
Sesshomaru stood in shock, comprehending the implications of this new piece of information. If Naraku got into Neal's dimension, he would be able to take over the world with ease, with no opponents whatsoever.
"The worst part is yet to come," Neal spoke softly, "If Naraku breaks into my dimension, he can rewrite your entire universe by threatening the one person that created all this. Rumiko Takahashi is the one who wrote it, and if she is threatened by Naraku, well, it is end of the story for you guys. I have no choice. I must hasten and gather enough shards to boost my power to get into my dimension; I am hoping that I don't lose my powers when I get there…" Neal looked down at the floor, suddenly finding the dust interesting.
Sesshomaru now understood the full implications and problems that could arise from Naraku in Neal's dimension.
Sesshomaru spoke up, "We must hurry and get to InuYasha. I am sure Kagome can help us with this dilemma." Neal replied, "I hope so, I can't read or write any Japanese. The only reason I can even talk to you is that I was pulled into the English translation of the show, so we better get there."
Sesshomaru and Neal quickly packed up and left for Kaede's village. At a hundred feet away, Neal decided to explain the entire problem to Kagome first, with help from Sesshomaru. When they reached the village, Sesshomaru led Neal to InuYasha.
"InuYasha, where is Kagome, we have a dire situation!" Neal cried frantically.
"Feh, the wench is in Kaede's hut," InuYasha said, "Sesshomaru, what are you doing here?"
"Relax, I am here to assist Neal in the dire situation," Sesshomaru calmly spoke.
After they found Kagome, Neal and Sesshomaru explained the whole thing about Neal's pain and him sensing Naraku breaking through the temporal rift that brought him to InuYasha's world. Kagome's eyes widened, her skin paled, and she looked like she was about to barf all at once.
"InuYasha!" Kagome yelled.
"What is it, wench?" InuYasha shot back.
"First… SIT!... Next, Neal here sensed where Naraku is trying to go, and it's not good." Kagome said darkly.
"Well, where is he going?" InuYasha asked after getting out of the crater in the ground from the SIT command.
"He is going into my dimension," Neal replied.
"So? Out of our hair!" InuYasha said rather joyfully.
"Dammit, I don't want to explain again; Sesshomaru, Kagome, can you two please explain to Mr. Dog Forest Spirit Sack for Brains why we all have to go after him?" Neal was looking very tired, and he just fell to the ground and started sleeping.
"Neal has been up the whole night trying to figure out everything, and in his human state, it taxes him too much…" Sesshomaru said.
"Human state?" InuYasha questioned.
"I cannot say more, for I am bound by my word, now, I shall explain exactly what he told me." Sesshomaru then repeated everything Neal said to him, in order to get him to help Neal to fix the problem.
InuYasha couldn't believe it, "Sesshomaru, you bastard, you really want Tesseiga that much?"
Sesshomaru became very angry, "InuYasha, this is bigger than Tesseiga! If Naraku does this, we could all become slaves to him if he controls the 'Rumiko Takahashi' who makes the 'mangas' in which our stories are depicted! Do you realize that Naraku could become the owner of Tenseiga and Tesseiga instantly?"
Neal interjected, "Ugh, I sense the temporal rift being opened again! I need a jewel shard to keep the rift under my control long enough to let us in! Kagome, quickly, give me three jewel shards!"
Kagome asked, "Why do you need three?"
Neal replied, "One for each of my swords and one for me. I need the power to open the rift to let us in, and each of the swords need a shard to keep its power in my world, where there is no magical energy to keep everything working. Each and every single one of us will need a jewel shard to maintain our powers. Sesshomaru will require three, InuYasha needs two, Shippo needs one, Kirara needs one, Miroku needs one, and you need one! In total, we need to have 12 shards! If I am right, you have enough, correct?" Kagome nodded, "Good, let us prepare!" Neal exclaimed.
Everyone put shards on themselves and prepared to enter the rift. Neal called forth the Fang of Destiny to open the doorway to his world. "I barely have enough power to pull us all through, we will be trapped in my dimension until we fix this and purify the shards Naraku has. I will use my powers, combined with Sesshomaru's and InuYasha's, to freeze this dimension's time energy to keep everything at standstill so that when we return, it will be as we left it," Neal quickly explained. "NOW! LET'S GO!" Neal yelled.
Neal's world
The TV stopped glowing and Neal woke up in his bed.
"I guess it was just a dream… Oh well… It was fun until I felt the temporal strain…" Neal said quietly.
Suddenly, Neal felt a pang of dark energy in his house. Neal looked to his side and saw his swords were next to him. "So, it wasn't a dream…"
Neal walked out to the kitchen, and saw Kagome opening the fridge and making cereal. "So, I guess it did work… I was right about the shards, it is fueling the powers of swords now, instead of the magic in the dimension you are from. Unfortunately, I am unable to unify my abilities right now, so I am stuck in human state for a few hours. Where are Sesshomaru and InuYasha?" Kagome pointed to the TV room. "Oh no, please tell me you explained the television?" Kagome said, "Uhh…"
Neal ran into the TV room to see Sesshomaru, InuYasha, Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Kirara waking up. "So I trust everyone had a safe journey through the dimensional warp?" Everyone nodded. "Good, now, since I cannot unify my abilities yet, why don't we have some breakfast?" Sesshomaru said, "I do not eat human food," Neal replied, "Unfortunately, in this dimension that is all you have, human food, so just eat. I know demons can last without eating for quite some time, but in this dimension, your hunger will be magnified to human levels, so you need food. Just, No, Sugar! Kagome, make sure they eat the right kind of breakfast, you can use the kitchen to cook them food, while I figure out how far Naraku is, I woke up sensing him leave the house."
Kagome went to the kitchen again and started cooking food. Neal went to his room and lay on his bed. Neal closed his eyes and focused on his full demon form. With much strain, he transformed himself to the full demon form and walked in. Everyone except Sesshomaru gaped, since he already saw this happen before.
"Heh, now you know my secret. I have the power to unify human blood and demon blood," Neal looked at Sesshomaru, who spoke, "He has no human blood now, he is full demon." Neal then jerked violently, which made everyone, even Sesshomaru, seem worried.
"Grr…. I sense him, the darkness… He is within 10 miles of the house. Quickly, we must finish eating and warp to Japan. Kagome, you will be my translator to Japanese. I hope you can speak Japanese even though I pulled you from the English version, and also, for those who are confused, we are not in Japan, but the United States of America, a country on the other side of the world," Neal said.
"Hai," Kagome replied, grinning.
"Good, I believe you said 'yes' in Japanese, based on my limited knowledge of the language. We must be careful. I will be using my computer to locate Rumiko Takahashi," Neal said as he ran to his room.
In Neal's room
Neal searched the internet and located her house. "Kagome, come here!" Kagome quickly entered and Neal showed her the address.
"Alright, is everyone ready?" Neal asked.
"This Sesshomaru has one question before we leave," Sesshomaru said.
"Alright, what is it?" Neal asked.
"How do we get to Japan from here? You said earlier we are in the United States of America, on the other side of the world," Sesshomaru asked, confused.
Neal snickered, "Remember my Fangs? With the powers of the Shikon shards, I can temporarily power up my fangs to allow me to summon the Destiny Fang to warp to Japan, where Kagome will guide us to Rumiko."
Meanwhile, at Rumiko's desk
Rumiko was writing an issue of InuYasha mangas when suddenly all the pages became blank and were rewritten to the story that includes Neal.
"What? How does this Neal know about me? And Naraku is HERE?" Rumiko yelled. "Wait, he is in the United States, but with the powers I gave him before, it won't take him too long to find me," she said quietly. Suddenly, the book shocked her, literally, and she dropped it. She slumped, and hoped that 'Neal' got there before Naraku.
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Chapter 7
Back at Neal's house
"My fangs, I need thee to become one to protect the very dimension of magic, majesty, and love, with the power of the Shikon no Tama and myself, I call the Fang of Destiny!" Neal said quietly.
Everyone watched as Neal's two swords began to rise from their sheathes and appear in front of him. The swords lined each other up and slammed into each other, forming the new fang that looks like Sounga. Neal aimed the sword up and whispered, "To Tokyo, Japan, Planet Earth, Milky Way Galaxy, Main Reality!" Neal then yelled, "HOLD ON TO MY HAND!"
The sword began the pulse, and everyone, holding onto his hand, felt the pulses. The pulses finally caused a rip in the fabric of space and time, and Neal ushered everyone to walk in. As soon as everyone walked in, the door closed and they were spit out onto Tokyo, Japan. Kagome recognized the streets and guided everyone to Rumiko's house. Neal rang the doorbell, and then activated the sword's cloaking powers, making everyone look normal for the time. A lady walked up and then looked at Kagome. Kagome spoke to the lady and asked to see Rumiko, and at my request, that Rumiko speak English and Kagome to translate to Japanese. The lady nodded, and whispered into the black call box. The lady smiled and led them to Rumiko's desk.
"Hello Neal, I trust your trip to my house wasn't too difficult," Rumiko said in English.
"How did you know my name?" Neal asked, warily.
"Look, my manga draft," Rumiko said, pointing to the draft on her desk.
"Oh. My. God!" Neal exclaimed.
The draft depicted everything that happened from the point he was pulled into the InuYasha universe.
Neal made the sword deactivate the cloaking, and the Inu-gang disguises were removed.
"How did you get pulled into the universe of InuYasha, nonetheless, the English one?" Rumiko asked.
"I really have no idea. But, we need to figure out something, because--" Neal stopped, jerked violently, and pointed at the door.
"Naraku! How did you get here so quickly?" Neal asked.
"Kukukuku, now that I know how I kept losing, I went through the rift, I did not expect you to sense me however, but it will not be a problem, I will force her to make me the winner of the next battle!" Naraku chuckled.
"Heh, you are forgetting something Naraku, even I did not imagine this happening," Rumiko said.
"What are you talking about?" Naraku asked.
"I am not in control of you until you return to your dimension, in fact," Rumiko pointed to Neal, "He is the only one who can seem to touch the book, as I have been unable to for the last half hour."
"Looks like our final battle is going to start!" Neal exclaimed.
"Feh, seems so," InuYasha said.
"This Sesshomaru is ready," Sesshomaru said.
"I am ready to avenge my brother and the rest of my family," Sango said, bitterly.
"It is time that my Wind Tunnel curse is removed!" Miroku exclaimed.
"And I will destroy you for messing up my InuYasha's life!" Kagome yelled.
InuYasha was the only one shocked. 'What? "My InuYasha?" She loves me? SHE LOVES ME!'
"InuYasha, fire at Naraku's heart area, he assimilated his heart to enter my world! Sesshomaru, use Tokijin and do the same thing! Sango, use your Hiraikotsu to chop off his limbs, Miroku, activate your Wind Tunnel to suck up the limbs Songo destroys! Kagome, fire an arrow straight into the Tokijin's and Tesseiga's attack waves, in order to amplify it! And I will fire my attack!" Neal yelled to the group.
InuYasha fired his Wind Scar at Naraku's heart area. Sesshomaru did the same with Tokijin's Dragon Strike. Sango chopped off all the limbs and Miroku sucked them up in the void. Finally, Neal positioned himself, summoning all his strength, and finally lifted his sword to the sky, and a gold-black dragon appeared from the winds surrounding the sword. Neal finally released his attack, "Dragon Twister!"
The dragon hit the mark, and Naraku's body was disintegrated, leaving the bandit Onigumo in its place.
"Now, I do not want you reincarnated, so now it is time to use the TRUE POWER OF MY FANG!" Neal yelled.
Neal told Kagome to take the jewel from Onigumo, and she did. "Kagome, hand me the jewel piece he had! Now that it is purified, I can activate the final attack!" Neal said.
Neal summoned the strength of the Jewel to power his abilities to maximum and used his sword. The sword began to glow rainbow colors. Then, the YinYang symbol that was on the hilt of the blade began to glow. The YinYang symbol separated into the separate Yin and Yang sides, and a gate appeared. "Now Onigumo, I banish thee to the darkness of Yang and the light seal of Yin!" Suddenly, Onigumo began to fly into the gate, but something held him. "Damn, I need more power! Wait, Kagome, have you admitted your feelings to InuYasha yet?" Kagome blushed. "You two," Neal pointed to InuYasha and Kagome, "Need to admit your feelings! Same for you two, Sango and Miroku!"
Kagome stepped up, "InuYasha, I-I-I- I l-l-love you…"
InuYasha was dumbfounded. Kagome looked unsure, 'I knew it, he doesn't love me!'
Then, InuYasha spoke, "Really, because I have loved you for the longest time, I thought you wouldn't love me back because I am simply a halfbreed."
Kagome then replied, "Idiot, I love you as a half demon!"
Miroku said next, "Sango, I know that I have not been one of the most trustworthy monks, but I really love you, after all, I only grope you! Will you bear my child?"
Sango replied, "Miroku, I love you too, but I figured you didn't love me because you always ask every girl to bear your child… But if you stop your lecherous ways, I will bear your child!"
Miroku said, "I will try my hardest to get rid of my lecherous habits, just for you, my dear Sango!"
Neal suddenly felt a strong warm feeling in him, "The power of love conquers all, Onigumo, and my sword will harness its power!" The sword began to make the seal stronger, and finally, InuYasha used Wind Scar to make Onigumo jump, and he got sucked into the YinYang seal!
Finally, Naraku was dead, with no way of coming back. "Ugh… I feel so weak, I need to return to my human form," and with those words, he turned human and promptly fainted. What Neal did not know is that the sword activated its power and warped the Inu-gang, the manga that had Neal's story in it, and himself back to his house, and Neal was on his bed, then Inu-gang were on the couch, just sitting, staring at the TV which was being guarded by the sword, floating on its own, creating a barrier. Sesshomaru was the first to speak.
"This has definitely been an interesting trip, but I wonder, will we lose our memories of this, since this was not in the original plot? After all, Neal now possesses the only record of this whole trip ever occurring, and he said if we remove our jewel shards, we will lose our powers. What if the shards are tying us to this dimension as well, since we do not belong here? What is also strange is that his sword is still blocking our path to the portal to our world… InuYasha's wench, go check on Neal, we must ask him about the powers he has…"
Kagome nodded and went to Neal's room. Kagome noticed his aura is one of determination, and one of sorrow. 'I wonder what he is sad about?'
In Neal's mind
"Umm, what is going on here? Why are we here?" Unified Neal asked.
A person that looks like Rumiko, except in priestess clothing, said, "At the moment, your sword went into emergency defense and brought you home, and the rest of your group is sitting on the couch, staring at the TV which is being guarded by your sword."
"Why is that?" Neal asked.
"The sword knows that once they enter the portal, their memories will be removed and they will be flung into their locations before the whole thing even happened, however the jewel shards will remain with Kagome. Since you used your power to seal away Onigumo, there is no chance that Naraku can be reborn, since Naraku is tied into Onigumo. Also, Kagura and Kanna will gain their hearts. You just created the ending of the series that never can be aired. Unfortunately, there were side-effects. The book containing your story now exists in your room as the seal of their memories. Your powers will be sealed in there as well. And I will create a doppelganger Naraku to act out the remainder of the series. Your swords will be sealed in the book as well. Since the barrier around the book only allows you to handle it, no one should be able to break the seal. Unless…." And with those words, the woman faded away.
Neal suddenly woke up and dashed to the room where the TV was. He saw the fear stricken faces of the Inu-gang and looked at the TV. The sword was guarding the screen? 'Ahh, right, the TV is the portal to their dimension. Well, I better let them go…'
Neal walked up to the sword and clutched it. The sword began to glow and then split into two light beams, each beam hitting a sheath and returning to the original sword form.
Neal looked at the group and sighed, "I guess it is time, but before you leave, I need to tell you a few things."
The group looked at him questioningly.
"Alright, once you enter the portal, the rift will seal and your memories of the time from when you saw me will be forgotten, time has been resumed and you will continue your journeys as if you never met me. And Lord Sesshomaru, I thank you for helping me figure out why I was pulled into your dimension. You should be glad to know that the powerful demon self of me will be sealed away as soon as you guys enter your dimension. I'm sorry Kagome, it will probably take a long time for InuYasha to admit his feelings for you on his own, and that means you will go on believing that InuYasha loves Kikyo instead of you, which I feel isn't fair. I hope to see that you have many more adventures and that eventually, you can all get along," Neal spoke, welling up with tears.
"You guys were my best friends, even you Sesshomaru, you were giving access to your castle, which has the perfect height to access radio waves. InuYasha, had it not been for you, I would have wondered forever why you are the way you are. Trust me, I will keep it a secret. Kagome, you have made me understand why you are so trustworthy to others, and I hope you find out why on your own as well, inu-hinten. Shippo, don't eat as much candy as you did before. Sango, Miroku, I wish you the best of luck defeating Naraku. Kagome, let me see the sacred jewel," Neal said in a soft, sad voice.
As soon as he touched the part of jewel Kagome had, the rest of the shards flung out of the rest of the group and rejoined the jewel, allowing the final part to be complete.
"Sacred Jewel, allow the final passage to the dimensional warp travel safely, so that the balance between good and evil will be preserved throughout the centuries," Neal spoke, in a solemn voice.
Suddenly, the same woman from Neal's mind appeared. "You have made a pure wish; the magical source of this world has been released to complete the purification process of the jewel, and the InuYasha group's power will not be drained without the jewel shards anymore. I know this is difficult for you, but remember, they do not belong in this world, they must return to the dimension in which they are from, but perhaps…" and again the woman faded away before she could complete her sentence. The TV portal opened and Neal spoke quietly, "Good bye, my friends."
One by one, the Inu-gang jumped in. First Sesshomaru, then Shippo, then Kirara, then Sango, then Miroku, then Kagome, then InuYasha, and then a Naraku doppelganger appeared and flew into the dimension, gaining the memories of the real Naraku in the process, but knowing the reason why it exists. Finally, the portal closed, and a DVD popped out, containing the movie that was the memories of the gang. The DVD and the manga have the same barrier, so no one else could touch it. Then his swords turned into energy, and sealed themselves into the manga and DVD. The DVD then sealed itself inside the manga as well. Neal then felt his powers fading away as his demon self appeared in front of him. "Neal, you know that I am your demon self, right?" Neal nodded. "Well, it was great to be unified, I hope that we may be united again, however you may find you are still not the same as you were before…" and with that, he was sealed into the manga as well. The TV's pink aura faded and the screen returned to normal. Neal turned off the TV and then went to bed.
In the InuYasha universe
InuYasha was the first to wake up, and he started to feel something being peeled from his mind. He then couldn't feel it, and shrugged it off. All the Inu-gang felt it, and shrugged it off. Sesshomaru resisted it for a bit, but it occurred. He knew something happened that he should have remembered, but didn't strain himself on it. After all, he was the Ruler of the Western Lands, right? He had to take care of his lands. And he set off with Rin and Jaken, who both don't remember anything either. As they continued their journey, they made more and more discoveries of the past of InuYasha, as well as discovering many things about their futures.