Hello readers. The following story contains two original characters. One is Nika, a female cat demon who replaces Kagome after she is slaughtered by Naraku. See our story one fateful day, for more on her and Inuyasha's relationship. Well, you really should read it or you won't get a lot of this. The other original character, Kira, is from Fullmetal Alchemist. Enjoy.

"Jeez, the moon is bright tonight," Nika squinted into the sky.
"At least it's not a dark moon," Inuyasha commented.

Nika lightened her gaze. She turned to Inuyasha, and let out a mischievous smirk. "I like YOU better when the moon is dark."

Inuyasha squeezed Nika's shoulder. "Well, it's more tolerable with you." Nika laughed.

She gave a quick jolt, alarming Inuyasha. "What's wrong?" He inquired firmly. "Do you see that?" She asked, directly pointing towards a flash about 20 miles from the forest.

"What is that?" Inuyasha asked, shading his eyes.
"Don't know..." Nika said slowly. "Shall we check it out?"
"Okay," Inuyasha, agreed, hand on his Tetsuaiga. "Stay behind me. The last thing I want is to lose you," he directed.

The two companions sprinted warily through the forest, minding the branches and other inhabitants. Nika and Inuyasha paused before proceeding to walk in the open area ahead. "Can you smell anything yet?" Inuyasha asked her. "I'm picking up a faint whiff of human..." Nika confirmed.

"But Inuyasha, it's a full moon. You should be able to smell very well. What about you?"
"The humanoid smell is getting stronger. That's for sure. But I don't recognize the scent..."

Inuyasha took a deep inhale. "I'm picking up metal... of some sort," He added. Nika nodded in agreement as they leapt over the clustered trees, and into the prairie. "We're very close..." Inuyasha warned.

"Right," Nika said curtly, assuming her fighting pose. She and Inuyasha stood back-to-back, Inuyasha thrusting Tetsuaiga into the open air.

A large circular design was etched into the ground, and it emitted a strong purple light. Inside the unusual deformation in the earth, lay a young human boy, no older then 18, sprawled in the center.

"What and who is that?" Nika asked, creeping closer.
"Stay back!" Inuyasha threw his arm in front of Nika, catching her in the stomach. "Ouch," she said. "Sorry," Inuyasha replied.

"He... He can't be human!" Nika suddenly exclaimed pointing frantically. Inuyasha saw what she meant. His arm was metal, as well as his opposite leg. He growled as a threat, waking him.

The boy stirred slightly. "I have an idea..." Nika whispered "It's what I did to wake you up when I first met you." she blew slightly, but the wind from her mouth had a slight sparkle to it. It engulfed the boy, as he began to wake.

They observed closely as he shifted. His motions became more frantic as he looked around. He attempted to stand, but apparently something restrained him from doing so. He called out two strange names. "KIRA! ALPHONSE!" He shouted desperately.

"Did he say...Kira?" Nika asked in a hushed voice.
"Yeah. Why? You know her?" Inuyasha said.
"Well the name sounds familiar..."
The boy spotted them. "Who are you? And where am I?"
"What's he saying?" Asked Inuyasha.

The strange boy's head darted with confusion. He muttered something that Nika and Inuyasha couldn't comprehend. In response, Inuyasha pointed his sword toward the boy. In an unusual response to Nika and Inuyasha, he clapped his hands, and laid them on the ground.

"What did he say?" Inuyasha asked Nika.
"No idea. But what's he doing?"

The earth beneath them buckled and formed into a series of rocky spikes. "He's just a human! How can he do that?!" Nika asked looking to Inuyasha.

"I don't know, but I don't like this kid. Hey! What're you doing, dumb kid?" he screamed at the boy. The boy glared at Inuyasha, with a mix of confusion and anger on his face, with a hint of desperation.

Another human emerged from the trees. "Edward!" shouted the boy waving. The boy turned his head gratefully. Inuyasha growled and prepared to use the Tetsuaiga.

Nika put a hand over Inuyasha's hand. "Hang on," she said. "I think he's calming down. Wait until he really threatens us." Inuyasha didn't see the point in this and began to charge.
He forgot the power of the beads of subjugation.
"Bad dog!" Nika screamed.

Edward turned to Alphonse. "Look at their ears..." he whispered. The demons stood, unable to understand. "Was Kira with you?" Ed asked Al hopefully. The boy shook his head. "I thought she was with you!"

Alphonse approached Nika. Inuyasha's hands tensed around the hilt of Tetsuaiga as Al came closer. Nika stood stock-still, unsure whether to strike or not. Best wait to see what he does, she thought. He reached up and pulled at one of her ears. She winced; he'd yanked it rather hard. He turned to the other boy and said something. (He'd said, "I think they're real, Ed." Nika and Inuyasha didn't know German.)

Ed looked to Al with concern. Suddenly, a female voice came through the silence. Inuyasha stood up from his smashed position in the ground. Ed turned gratefully to see her. She asked him what was going on in German. Nika looked at her strangely. "You look familiar," The girl responded, "I do?" They all looked in shock. "Inuyasha! She speaks out language!" Nika said with excitement.

The three strangers looked at Nika and Inuyasha. The girl said, "Oh, you don't understand German. I'll be the translator. Ed (she nodded at him) wants to know where he is, and Al (nods at Al) wants to know who you are. I'm Kira by the way."

Nika looked to Inuyasha. "Is there any way we can be more direct?" Inuyasha asked. "Maybe..." Kira said thoughtfully. She turned to her companions. "I think i can transfer the language to you using alchemy..." She told them. Nika and Inuyasha watched still full of confusion. "You shouldn't be using alchemy Kira..." Al warned. "You'll need to learn to get around here..." She said clapping her hands.

"What are you doing?" Inuyasha hissed as Nika talked to Kira. Nika turned back to him
"Don't want to be on their bad side. They can do alchemy, way more powerful than any Tetsuaiga technique. That's what Ed was doing."

Kira laid her hands on the boy's wrists and a flash of light was emitted. Ed turned to Inuyasha, "WHAT THE HELL IS UP YOUR EARS?!" Kira smiled weakly. "Used up more energy then I thought it would..."

Inuyasha glared at the boy called "Ed". "Those ARE my ears, idiot."
Nika, meanwhile was helping Kira to a tree stump. "Feeling better?" she asked.
"Yeah, thanks," Kira smiled.
Ed was busy trying to prove to Al that Inuyasha's ears were NOT real by pulling them, but Inuyasha had no intention of strangers yanking his ears.

Inuyasha was proceeding to swing his sword out of the sheath, when he noticed something odd. He paused, as Edward egged him on. "Who's your little girlfriend?" Inuyasha sneered. Ed glared. "She doesn't smell like a normal human..."