CHAPTER 2

UNKNOWN WORLDS

Amar Ma'aruf looked around the unfamiliar surrounding areas. He was purely shocked when he was engulfed with the foreign environment. Dazzled, The inu hanyou walked to a village where he saw the villagers looking at him. He could hear them talking, and strangely enough, he could understand the language which seemed like Japanese…

"Lady Kaede, is that Inuyasha?"

"It may seem like him, but then again, he couldn't be this young…"

Suddenly, the villagers ran away helter-skelter when something swooped at Amar Ma'aruf. He swiftly dodged it in time before the talons could even puncture holes on him.

"Hand over the Shikon jewel shards, hanyou!"

Shikon jewel shards? What is that stuff? The inugami wondered.

The eagle youkai started attacking, and he too started to shuffle. As the eagle came diving at him, Amar just punched the eagle by its head. Some of the giant eagle's feathers dropped off, and the demon flew higher to the sky.

"Copy Ability! Kitsune-bi; Cannon!"

But, he missed the eagle. It dived until Amar had inches left to spare for an attack…

…"HOWLING BLOOD!"

With that, the eagle demon died with a single strike form Amar's blooding claw attack.

"Well, you asked for it."

Amar then noticed the old woman coming.

"I've seen someone as strong as you."

"Really? But the again… I'm not as strong as you see."

"Who are you?"

"I'm Amar Ma'aruf and I'm kind of lost here."

"I see. You looked like Inuyasha for some reason."

"Inuyasha?"

Suddenly, a figure in red dashed at him, with a sword in hand.

"Hey! Watch what're doing with that sword of yours!"

Amar was about to return fire, until….

"INUYASHA!!! SIT!!!"

CRASH

Amar blinked in surprise when he heard someone yelling 'sit'.

"Sit? What was that all about?"

"Kagome! Why the hell did you do that? It's Nar-"

"It's not Naraku's puppet, you idiot, and since when did you have two colored eyes and wearing modern clothes?"

"Kagome-sama is right, Inuyasha."

After that all of them went into Kaede's hut to learn more about Inuyasha's look alike.

"Well… everyone's here… um… where should I start first? Okay, My name is Amar Ma'aruf. If you all feel uncomfortable with my name, you can call me Eriol Hiiragizawa."

"I've never heard your first name before. Is it hiragana or katakana?"

"Amar Ma'aruf means 'instructing to righteousness' in Arabic."

Everyone stared at him with a question mark marked across their faces, but then again, only Kagome understands his situation.

"Well anyways, your name is very pretty. I'm Kagome Higurashi and you've met Inuyasha earlier, right?"

"Yes."

"I'm Miroku." The man in blue robes introduced himself.

"I'm Sango." A woman in a patterned kimono introduced herself while smiling.

"I'm Shippo and the cat here is Kirara."

Kirara jumped off Sango, and she snuggled into Amar's arms.

"It seems like she liked you."

"I actually a cat lover."

Inuyasha suddenly laughed out loud.

"You? An inu hanyou who loved cats?"

"Hoi, shut up! You had no authority to complain!" Amar suddenly shouted.

"Why you…" Inuyasha stood up, holding the handle of his sword.

Oh boy…

"Inuyasha, don't make me say that word again…"

Inuyasha grunted. He sat down, muttering something incomprehensible.

"Um… Inuyasha-san, sorry…"

Inuyasha was surprised at Ma'aruf-chan's behavior, but he amended him.

The next day, Amar went out when the others are still snoring. He went out to see the sun rising. Though he always walks to school, he'd never seen the panorama so breathtaking.

Amar left the village to a clearing quite far from the village. There, he stopped under a shady tree. The inu hanyou leaned against the tree, singing a song he loved so well. That's when he sensed a youkai's scent for the second time…

…only this time, it brings a powerful aura. The scent sure seems like Inuyasha's; only it's older than him. Amar Ma'aruf jumped on his feet, looking at the source of the sound of grass being crushed.

Seconds later, the sound of the crushing grass and breaking twigs stopped. Looking at the stranger, he rubs his eyes.

Is it my eyes or I am getting weird visions after my welding classes? I didn't wear any masks… or did I?

Sure there's nothing wrong about his eyes. The stranger wears a kimono, with red patterns on the sleeves and on the collar. He's also wearing armor over the kimono, with spikes on his left shoulder and what seems to be a fluffy boa on his right shoulder…

"You're not Inuyasha. Who are you?"

I've heard that stupid questions all over the time… oops! Gomen nasai!

"Fine then. I'll make you speak."

He charged at Amar Ma'aruf with sword in hand.

Not again…

A/N: Yep, it's surely frustrating staying in a boarding school, but, here's my second chapter. Hope you'd like it, and yeah… remember to review my chapter. I don't accept anonymous reviews for some reason. Have fun. TQ.