AN: hello. I updated on Saturaday like I promised. I have about at least half of the next chapter written so it's a good thing for next Saturday!! So read and enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha. I only own the idea in which how I use the characters (which I also don't own). Yuuko, Madoka, Yuki-Onna, Ryota, Sota, Ichirota, Kota, Jota, and all the other brothers I do own :)

犬夜叉 映画5: 平和の翼 (InuYasha the Movie 5: Wings of Peace)

Chapter Two: 異様な兄弟の村 (The Village of Odd Brothers)

Sun light shone through the branches and leaves of the trees above them as a gentle wind blew about them. Long pieces of straight silver hair blew in the direction of the wind. A little girl in an orange kimono jumped off a fairly large root that was sticking off the ground. A little green imp, who carried a wooden staff with two heads craved on the top, followed the little girl.

"Oh, Lord Sesshomaru!" Jaken called as he went to step off the root. But Jaken didn't realize the steep intake of the root and ground, so he fell flat on his face.

"Oh, are you okay, Master Jaken?" Rin asked.

Sesshomaru neither stopped nor replied.

Jaken climbed back onto his feet and chased after them. "Wait milord!" Jaken called. After a while, he finally caught up to him. "Lord Sesshomaru, just where on earth are we going? Lord Sesshomaru––"

"Shut up, Jaken." Sesshomaru said with spite.

"Ah, yes milord!" Jaken immediately replied as he tightly gripped his staff with his two little hands. "Lord Sesshomaru is in a bad mood today. I better not make him any madder, or else I might just be killed!" Jaken thought nervously.

Another breeze blew pass them. "Wow! Lord Sesshomaru, your hair is so pretty." Rin said as her eyes were completely captivated by the pretty color and shine of his hair.

"No, Rin! Lord Sesshomaru is in a mad mood today! He might kill you… Huh?"

"Don't fall behind, Rin." Sesshomaru told her.

"Yes, milord!" She exclaimed cheerfully and skipped over to him.

"I don't get it! Why didn't Lord Sesshomaru tell her to shut up like he did to me?" He thought. After a while, Jaken then realized that he was beginning to be left behind. "Ah, wait! Lord Sesshomaru! Don't leave me behind!" He called as he ran after them, only to trip over a root. He climbed back onto his feet and kept running. "Lord Sesshomaru!!"

V

InuYasha walked down the path with his hands behind his head. He was a haft-demon once again. Kagome followed behind him with Shippo on her shoulder. Madoka was right next to her with Myoga on her shoulder. Sango and Miroku followed behind them as Kirara (little Kirara) trotted next to them.

"Are we there yet?" Shippo asked, as he grew tired.

"Shippo, we just left." Miroku informed him.

"But that was four hours ago!" Shippo whined.

"Would ya stop whining?" InuYasha complained.

"I believe there a village close by, Shippo. Maybe we could take a break there." Myoga told him.

"Take a break already? You humans are so weak! I want to get this done and over with, so we're defiantly not taking a break. If I did have you people to worry about, I would have been there and back by now––"

"InuYasha." Kagome spoke with anger.

"Oh, no." InuYasha mumbled.

"SIT!" She commanded and his face hit the ground, forever making an implant in the ground. "Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit!" Then Kagome walked around his body and continued on with their walk. Madoka followed her, not sure if whether or not that was the right choice while Sango and Miroku passed by like it was second nature.

"Wait! You can't just leave me here!" InuYasha called as he tried to get up. "A little help here!!"

"Sit!"

With another "boom", InuYasha hit the ground. "Ow! Kagome!"

V

A little boy ran down the street as his friend chased him. They passed by Kagome and the others. Kagome looked out at the busy town in front of her. People were busy about selling and buying food and other things.

"This town seems happy." Sango noted.

"Yeah, I don't sense any demonic aura anywhere." Miroku said as they walked down the dirt road. "That could pose a problem."

"Oh, so you can't do anymore scams, Miroku?" InuYasha sarcastically asked.

"InuYasha, I don't scam people." Miroku told him.

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever you say, Miroku."

"You there! Red stranger!" Someone called. InuYasha looked down at his feet and saw a man with a blue hat on his head and a black beard that had some white tied in, showing old age.

"What do you want?" InuYasha asked annoyed at the man.

"Would you care for some spices? They are very rare and nice smelling." The old man asked as he held up a tray.

InuYasha almost threw up at the sickening smell. "Not interested." He said and walked over to Kagome.

"Awe, come on! These rare spices are very expensive, but I'll give you a discount rate!" The old man pestered.

"Oh, all right. We'll buy some." Kagome said with a smile.

"No! Kagome! Those spices…"

"Sit, boy." Kagome said as she kneeled down to the man's height. "May I smell one?"

"Sure!" The old man replied.

Kagome reached down and took a little bag. She opened it and smelled it. It smelled of dung and corpses. Kagome's eyes rolled back and she fell backwards on top of InuYasha. "That smells horrible!"

"See what I mean?" InuYasha told her, barely conscious due to the strong smell.

"What are you talking about?" The old man asked, as he got very angry. "I made these spices myself with an old family recipe passed down from generation to generation!"

"A demonic aura!" Miroku suddenly said as he felt one from behind him as an explosion was heard. He spun around and so did Sango as she gripped her Hiraikotsu. People ran toward them yelling and screaming.

"It's a demon!" A man yelled.

"Quick! Everyone run away!" A lady yelled.

The old man ran away with his spices and soon InuYasha and Kagome recovered from the nasty smell. Another explosion was seen and bits of wood were sent flying through the air. InuYasha ran toward the explosion.

"Wait for us, InuYasha!" Kagome yelled as she ran after him with Miroku.

"You better run for cover, Madoka." Miroku told her as he looked over his shoulder.

"Kirara!" Sango called and Kirara transformed. Sango jumped onto her back and Kirara leapt into the air to follow the others.

"We should go, Princess Madoka." Myoga told her for he really wanted nothing to do with this.

"But I want to help." She told him.

"But, Princess Madoka, you don't have your powers and you don't have a weapon. Besides, shouldn't you help young Shippo? He's terrified to go into battle." Myoga explained.

Shippo looked over at the direction where the others had left. He held up both of his tiny fist up by his chin. His legs shook greatly and he gulped. "I'm n-n-not s-s-s-sc-sc-scared!" He proclaimed. "I want to go help them!"

Another explosion was seen, but this time it was closer them. The demon came into their view. It was a giant centipede demon. The demon spotted them and charged at them. Shippo turned and leapt into Madoka's arms as the demon screeched and charge for them. "Wah! Okay, now I'm scared!" Shippo cried.

"Let's get out of here!" Myoga commanded. Madoka turned and ran. She ran for quite a bit before tripping. She fell on her face and Shippo went flying into the air. He landed on the dirt a few feet away from him.

"Oh, no. You're not getting away." InuYasha jumped off a rooftop and gravity began to take place. "WIND SCAR!" InuYasha released his wind scar and it hit the demon. The demon screeched and burst into hundred of pieces of flesh and meat. It rained upon the road and town as InuYasha landed on both feet. He swung his Tetsusaiga over his shoulder proudly. "Heh, that was it?"

"I'll take care of things here." Miroku proclaimed as he appeared on the road. He unwrapped his japa mala beads and held out his right hand. "WIND TUNNEL!" He exclaimed as his powerful wind tunnel began to work. The wind tunnel sucked up most of the pieces of flesh and meat. Quickly, he covered his hand back up with his cloth and beads.

Kagome came back over to them as Kirara, who carried Sango on her back, flew over to them. "Is it over?" Kagome asked.

"Yup." Miroku told her.

"Feh, what that it? Where was the challenge in that?" InuYasha asked as he placed the Tetsusaiga back into his sheath.

"Madoka, are you okay?" Sango asked as she walked over to her.

Madoka looked up and smiled. "Yeah, I'm okay. I guess my leg still isn't back to normal."

One by one the villagers began to reappear.

"Is it safe?" One asked.

"The demon is gone!" Another one exclaimed and the number of people increased rapidly. They gathered around Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Madoka, InuYasha, and Shippo.

"Our saviors!" A lady called them.

"Thank you so very much!" Another one said.

"You must stay for a while!"

"We must serve you lunch!" A woman said as she grabbed onto Miroku's arm.

"Oh, you are such a beautiful lady." Miroku told her.

Sango's eye twitched as she watched Miroku. "Mi. Ro. Ku." She hissed through clenched teeth.

Miroku slowly turned his head around as her Hiraikotsu hit his head. "You lecherous monk!" She yelled. "We are leaving!"

"Come on, Sango. Can we just stay for a little while?" Miroku asked as he was being drag out from the crowd by Sango.

"No!"

"Please, you must stay." An elderly voice said from the crowd. Kagome, InuYasha, Madoka, Shippo, Myoga, Sango, and Miroku all looked down to were the voice was coming from. There stood a short man with a red hat on his head and he had a black beard with some white in it, showing old age.

"Hey, isn't that…" Madoka started.

"The spice selling old man?" Shippo questioned.

The old man gave a crazy laugh. "You must have met my brother, Ryota. My name is Sota. I am the leader of this village. Please, you must join me at my house for lunch."

"Sota? He has the same name as my brother." Kagome thought.

V

Even though Sango had put up to it, the group found themselves at the village leader's, Sota, house. They were seated in a room with its side doors open to see the pleasant view of Sota's gardens: a pond lined with grey stones with koi fish inside, cut bamboo surrounded the northeast side of the pond while water lilies grew around the pond. An elderly looking woman (much to Miroku's bad luck) served them lunch. InuYasha and Shippo both greatly began their meal while everyone else ate their food with dignity.

"Thank you very much for the food." Sango told Sota who sat next to the open doors as he drank some tea.

"Thank you. If it weren't for you guys, my village would have been destroyed!" He told them and suddenly laughed again.

"So how many brothers do you actually have?" Miroku asked randomly.

"Well, there's Ichirota, Jota, Kota, Nota, Ota, Ryota, Shota, Tota, and myself, Sota. So there are nine of us all!" He exclaimed hold up nine boney fingers. He laughed again.

"What a weirdo." InuYasha mumbled with his mouth full. Then he swallowed his noodles.

"You said it." Shippo agreed with his mouth full. Shippo swallowed his rice.

Kagome looked over at the two of them. "Uh, they eat like pigs!" She thought as she drank some of her tea.

"Actually," Sota began becoming very serious, "to tell you the truth, a lot of demons have appeared recently."

"How could that be? I didn't sense any demonic auras at all." Miroku explained.

"How's that, old man? I smelled nothin' when I came here." InuYasha said rudely as he slurped his bowl of udon

"InuYasha." Kagome hissed, trying to reprimand him on his behavior.

"Heh!" InuYasha continued to eat his noodles.

"You see," Sota began, "after a new moon, a demon would attack my village taking food and valuables from the temple. But it's not just this village. My brother Kota said that he has heard other villages have been robbed by demons as well."

Myoga, who sat on Madoka's shoulder, perked up. "Oh, I have heard of this happening. It seems that demons from the north have been stealing scare items from temples. So far they have stolen the fuyuba no yakuin (staff of winter) and the shuki no katchu (armor of autumn)."

"You knew about this, Myoga?" Miroku asked, surprised.

"Well, yes. That was why I came to you guys." Myoga replied as he began to feel very nervous.

"Well, you could have told us earlier!" InuYasha snapped.

"Please forgive me, Master InuYasha!" Myoga said as he hid behind Madoka's neck.

"You cowardly flea!"

"Sit, boy!"

InuYasha's face hit the ground as Sota laughed. "Why, you guys are a funny bunch!" Sota said with a chuckle. "Would you guys like to talk to my brother, Ichirota? He takes care of the temple and shrine."

"Oh, yes. That would be good." Kagome told him as he stood up.

"Wait right here." He said as he walked out of the room. Soon, a man looking just like Sota and Ryota came in, only he had a white hat on his head. "Well, hello there! My name is Ichirota. My brother, Sota, said that you could help me." He said with a smile.

"Hey, wasn't that just too fast to get somebody?" Sango whispered.

"Maybe he's just really fast?" Miroku suggested back to her.

"Sure! We can help." Kagome told him with a smile.

Miroku stood, grabbing his staff off the ground as he stood. "Yes, just lead the way."

"Wonderful!" Ichirota exclaimed. "Follow me."

V

InuYasha and the others followed the old man to a shrine. Surrounding the shrine was water. The seven of them crossed a stepping stone bridge across the water. "This shrine has been passed down through my family for generations." Ichirota explained. He slid open the two doors in opposite directions. "Ever since three-hundred fifty years ago when the great dog-demon entrusted us with the sacred item: the shunjo no suisho kubikaza." They all looked in front of them to see a necklace with a blue crystal attached to it. The necklace hung from a metal holder that was on a wooden table at the other side of the room.

"Ah, yes, the shunjo no suisho kubikaza (crystal necklace of spring). Master InuYasha, your father collected the shunjo no suisho kubikaza from a demon witch who tried to take over the world. With her, she also carried, the fuyuba no yakuin, the shuki no katchu, and the natsuba no kanmuri (crown of summer)."

"Oh, I've heard of this." Miroku added.

"Yeah, but what do theses weapons do?" InuYasha asked as he looked at the necklace.

"The crystal necklace of spring grants one intense magical power and immortality." Ichirota explained.

"Yes, and the staff of winter grants one barriers and offensive strength." Myoga explained.

"And the armor of autumn grants one flight and defensive strength." Miroku explained.

"And what does crown of summer do?" Sango asked.

"The crown of summer." Madoka spoke up, "my mother had protected that crown. She locked it up somewhere even I don't know. The crown of summer gives life and takes it. It can grant the power of fire to its holder. If that crown, along with all the other sacred items of the jiki, falls into the wrong hands, it could end of world."

"'The end of the world?'" Kagome repeated.

"Master InuYasha, the fact that Madoka has come to you could only be fate. Madoka's mother, Yuuko, and your father sealed the sacred items of the jiki before and now it's your turn to destroy them."

"'The end of the world!'" Ichirota gasped. "Oh no! This terrible! I'm too young to die!"

"Would you shut up, old man?!" InuYasha yelled. "I won't let anyone die. The only one who will is Yuki-Onna."

"Right." Miroku agreed.

"Ichirota, is there anyone who sells fur and clothes in this town?" Kagome asked.

"Why do we those for?" InuYasha asked, annoyed.

"Because if we're going north, we're going to need coats." Kagome explained.

"Leave it up to the genius Kagome!" Shippo complimented.

"I know, right?" Kagome smiled.

"Feh, there's nothing genius about Kagome." InuYasha mumbled.

"What was that?" Kagome asked.

"Uh, nothing."

"Oh, my brother Jota is a hunter. He's bound to have something. Let me get him." Ichirota said. He took his hat off and replaced it with an orange one. "Hello. My name is Jota. I sell furs. What would you like?"

Everyone's jaws dropped. "So you are the same guy!" Shippo said as he pointed at Jota.

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Jota asked.

"You're Ryota, Sota, Ichirota, and Jota. And probably all you other 'brothers' as well." Miroku explained feeling foolish.

"No, I'm Jota."

"You switched your hats and called yourself a different name! We just saw you, you crazy old man!" InuYasha yelled at him He was sure pissed

"I'm not crazy. It's my brother, Ryota, who is." Jota said with a silly smile on his face.

Everyone there felt like punching the old man. They were all so frustrated.

V

"Oh, there it is. My beautiful necklace." Someone said, as she looked an image of the shrine then the necklace. The image was made with the water in a fountain. "Ryu. Enma."

A man, who was clad in a outfit of green, appeared and bowed before her as he held a spear like sword, and so did a woman, who was clad in a red kimono decorated in orange flames, in her hands she held a fan as big as her torso.

"Yes, My Queen?" Ryu, who was the man, asked.

A woman, who was clothed in a white dress (that had long, flowy white sleeves) with red and orange armor on top of it and in her hand she held onto a light-blue staff with a white snowflake on top, stood before them. The fountain, which she used to look at the images, was behind her. "I have found it. I have found the third item needed: the crystal necklace of spring. Go, and bring me it.

"Yes, Your Highness." Enma said as she nodded. The two of them left.

Yuki-Onna smirked. She turned back to the fountain where she saw Madoka's image. "My pretty, Madoka. You think you could hide from me?" Yuki-Onna chuckled to herself. "The worst hasn't even begun."

NOTE: Jiki- seasons. (It's probably not accuate, but I'm too lazy to look it up.)

Ryu-dragon. (This is referring to a name.)

Enma- flame. (I'm not 100 percent sure.)

AN: So how did you like it? Tell me by reviewing! Thanks so much! Until next time!