Axelpro: I know it's a quick update, but I'm trying to get this beginning finished. I hope you enjoy this chapter, just a but load of action.

"Yes, that's the way, it is very important that you have the motions completely mastered before you can start learning to implement the necessary chi for the style." Daichi watched as Souta and Yuta went at each other with a pair of wooden swords. The real metal weapons were laying neatly beside their sleeping mats back inside the shrine. "Are you sure this isn't disrupting you from your duties Aya?"

Aya was watching the two beside Daichi with a cup of tea in her hands, "Oh of course not. I barely have any duties, I just help those who come my shrine and keep it in shape. It really doesn't require too much effort when only I live here."

"But that isn't the case any more is it?" Daichi smiled when he looked around, "You have three swordsmen, one master and two apprentices, and a half demon staying with you." When he mentioned the half demon he looked over at Inuyasha, "Of course he is being less than demonic right now." It was as the Sword Saint said, Inuyasha was still recovering from the attack that was dealt by Aya as his hair was still black signifying the fact that his demon half was still being suppressed.

"It should wear off some time today, it was my strongest holy spell so it has every right to do that kind of damage."

"I can hear you, you know that right?"

"Oh, I know."

Inuyasha took it as a challenge and scrambled over to the young priestess, "Hey, even if I am a human, I can still smash you. So I would choose your words more carefully."

"Okay okay, I promise I will." Aya smirked and Inuyasha was a little puzzled by the response.

Finally deciding not to give it further thought he turned to Daichi, "See, why can't all humans be like her? Always have to be so stupidly stubborn all the time I mean-"

"Sit!" at the utterance of the words the beads around Inuyasha's neck began to glow fiercely and in a second Inuyasha's face was brought to the ground. Aya looked over at Inuyasha, "I hope you like my new choice of words, or word I should say," she said whilst laughing.

"Oh real funny you damn priestess! If I had my demon powers, even just the normal half, I would tear you to shreds!"

"Sorry to cut in but I have been meaning to ask, how did it feel to become a fully fledged demon?" Inuyasha sobered up to answer the serious question posed by the veteran swordsman.

"Well, I didn't feel like I was in control. I mean, I could feel the power, and it was great, but I just didn't feel like I could use all of it."

"Well you aren't strong enough on your own yet. So I wouldn't try using this thing," he held up the Shikon Jewel. He shifted his focus back to Yuta and Souta just in time to see Souta put his sword in perfect placement to parry one of Yuta's wilder attacks. With that clash they separated and bowed towards each other. "We should be getting back to the village, Kaede may be getting worried about these young ones, so I guess we'll be seeing you Aya."

"Oh, but I think it's time I leave this old place and follow you."

"Wait I thought this place was your home?"

"Yes, but my father found this shrine exactly the way it is now five years ago. He left putting me in charge, but now I think it's time I set out too. Plus I think it might be beneficial if I were to meet with this Kaede, she must be an experienced Priest if she guards the Shikon Jewel."

"I think we should let her tag along," Yuta popped his suggestion into the transaction of words. "I mean she really doesn't have anything to lose she wants to keep, and we don't stand to lose anything-"

Souta pipped in, "On the contrary, we are gaining something."

"Yes, we gain the ability to suppress Inuyasha's demon half at will-"

This time Aya slid her bit in, "Um, I can't exactly do it will. That spell uses up a great deal of spiritual energy. It is a wonder that I have mastered it enough that I can still stand and talk after I use it."

"Correction, we gain the ability to suppress Inuyasha's demon half when absolutely necessary, not to mention we gain another person to talk to on our travels, so in the end of the exchange we get only benefits."

Daichi raised his hand in surrender, "Heh, I wasn't even really against her coming along, but I still defeated. You can come if you feel like it Aya." Aya nodded, "All right, Souta and Yuta."

"Sensei?" Their voices were in unison for the response."

"Grab your swords, we're leaving right now." He turned to the half demon who had recovered from smashing his face onto the ground and was now sitting down nonchalantly. "I trust we aren't going to have to knock you out or anything in order to get you come with us, right?"

"I'll come, but I'm going to leave as soon as my demon powers come back."

"Heh, when your demon half returns to you we are going to see just how strong an incantation Kaede put on those beads around your neck." Yuta and Souta returned from retrieving their sword and on that note Daichi stood up. "Let's start getting back."

"I must say, you two are progressing quite nicely. I can't imagine how fearsome you must have been in your time." Daichi and company just reached the base of a large hill, this particular hill was all that was separating them from Kaede's village.

Souta smiled and scratched his head, "Well in our time there isn't a need for much violence any more. You know, no more demons or anything." The group started going up the mountain of a hill.

"Yes, but the land is still separated is it not?"

"In a sense yes, but in our time people are very peaceful, so there's no need for war."

"It must be a good place to live, but I would feel useless."

Yuta cut into the conversation with a big smile, "But we are second to none in the dojo where my grandpa teaches your style." To that Daichi smiled as Yuta expected.

"Good, very good, but I'm afraid I can't even begin to teach you about the true style. While your movements are close to perfect you need experience, and without you having experience with fighting I couldn't even begin to describe where to draw the chi I spoke of from."

"Well I think you are going to get a taste of battle very soon." Now it was Inuyasha who cut in, he was busy sniffing the air with a concerned look on his face. "This air reeks of demonic presence, it's clearly emanating from the village." Just as he finished the statement they reached the top of the hill, and from that vantage point they could see the village clearly. It was dark, an unnatural darkness that seemed to be emanating from the center of the village, lightning ripped through sky and wind was swirling about. Water from the irrigation overflowed into the village, spurred by demonic energy. "It looks like someone else has heard the Shikon Jewel is back."

"Come on, we have to hurry!" Daichi was already in a dead sprint down the hill when he gave the command. Regaining their senses after staring at the scene before them in awe the rest of the group followed suit, Yuta and Souta both put their hands on their swords. As soon as Daichi came off the incline of the hill his sword was drawn and he was racing for Kaede's house.

"Well aren't you in a rush?" The voice made Daichi stop and look around, it was a voice that even sounded tainted with the presence of a demon. All of Daichi's hairs started to stand on end in the presence of this demonic pressure. "You are looking for the old woman who thinks she is a priestess?"

"Yes, yes I am!" Daichi dropped into his stance and started looking for the demon that was speaking to him. He was doing everything in his power to stay calm, everything in his body was telling him to take flight rather than fight.

"It's funny, because I seem to have what you are looking for right here!" The demon suddenly appeared from what appeared to be nothing. His hand was wrapped round Kaede's neck, she was grabbing at his ghostly pale wrist that was squeezing her throat with all her might in an attempt to free herself.

This demon looked to be a human. He didn't have any wings, or any other animal parts. His skin was extremely pale, as if he had lived his entire life without experiencing any light, but even that didn't make him look non-human. What stamped the fact that he was a demon was his long ice blue hair that spiked uncontrollably and came down a bit past his waste along with his piercing jade green eyes that were glowing. He was wearing a black robe, but it was open and it was clear that he was wearing armor underneath.

"Now I can feel the presence of the Jewel on you," he grinned bearing his fanged white teeth that glistened devilishly with the sudden flash of lightning. "You want her to live you give me the jewel, and just so you know, I don't mind killing her and then taking the jewel from you by force." Daichi started to weight the options in his mind while he didn't move from his stance physically. "Oh no no no, you don't get a chance to think." He increased the pressure around Kaede's neck, who up until now was struggling quietly. There was a frightening forced exhale from Kaede that signified that she was officially no longer able to breathe in her condition. This exhale made Daichi reach inside his clothes and drew the jewel. The demon held out his free hand waiting for the prize. Without further hesitation Daichi tossed the jewel into the demon's hand, he grabbed the jewel and in the same moment threw Kaede aside by merely releasing his grip and exerting his demonic pressure. "Thank you, now I'll be sure to spare her life out of this entire village, of course that is if she can refrain from attacking me, being the priest that she is."

"What? Why do you have to destroy the village?" Was Souta's complaint as the rest of the group just arrive, minus one Inuyasha.

The demon held up the jewel in his hand, fully taking in its beauty, "Well you see, I don't have to, but I want to test out this jewel as soon as possible. And looking around I see a number of test subjects, ranging from the villagers to the very ground of this village." The demon balanced the jewel on his abnormally long tongue for all to see. "Before I assimilated the Shikon Jewel I'll tell you who I am, for a may not be the same person afterwards." Somehow the demon was still speaking fluently, despite having his tongue extended. "I am the Azan Maou, Demon King of Elements!" With that he started to draw his tongue back into his mouth.

"I don't think so! That jewel is mine!" Inuyasha leapt from a nearby rooftop towards the Demon King. Azan simply pointed his finger and a violent bolt of lightning burst from his hand and connected with Inuyasha before the latter could move his body. What ensued was Inuyasha shaking violently from the unwanted burst of energy. A crispy Inuyasha dropped from the sky and hit the ground hard next to the group, shaking at irregular intervals.

"Who might you be? And why on earth would you place your allegiance with humans?" Azan had stopped reeling the jewel in slowly and withdrew his tongue all at once.

Just as Azan had surmised Inuyasha started to get up, "Name's Inuyasha, and don't push it, I'm not with these humans. I just want that jewel that you swallowed."

"Well isn't that just too-" Azan was cut short and his eyes widened. The Demon King fell face first into the dirt, and didn't move. There was a long silence as they all watched, waiting for something to happen to the Demon King. Their guess was correct because Azan looked up with an insidious look. "I-I-I can feel it, the power!" Azan started to get to his feet as a strange dark purple aura began to envelope him. "This power, i-it's!" Daichi could see the eyes in the Demon King, they were shaking violently inside his head. The color of the eyes started to change they went from their Jade green to a blood red. Azan opened his mouth to let out a roar of pure energy that enveloped the sky around the village. When he was finally done with his roar he refocused his now crimson eyes on the group before him. "Heh, five on one is a bit unfair don't you think?"

"Well when you consider the fact that you just inhaled the Sacred Jewel I don't know."

"Very funny little girl, but I still think I should even up the odds." He points his finger into the air and a red lightning bolt fired straight towards the sky. "That should do it?"

Aya was a little puzzled "Do what? You just fired some demon lightning into the air. I don't see any reinforcements," as Aya looked around for the comrades Azan was talking about Yuta and Souta just looked at the demon in front of them with terror in their eyes.

"Damn it dad, do you really need our help against some stupid humans?" The voice seemed to come from nowhere, but it carried a similar, if somewhat weaker, demonic presence.

"Yeah, I mean do you really think they're going to cause you a problem?"This was different than the first.

"Relax, maybe father is finally realizing that he's getting to old, and he needs our help now. We should be more than happy to assist our father." Again it was another voice, different from the first two.

"I see where you're going, maybe it's time for him to retire." A fourth voice appeared, but after this voice something strange happened. All at once four beings appeared, flanking Azan, two on each side. One appeared as the wind swirled him into physical form, another formed when a bolt of lightning hit the earth near Azan, then another formed from the ground, and yet another formed from a burst of water that erupted from the water that was flooding the village.

"Let me introduce my sons, Seraph of the winds, Aden of the flames, Damek of the Earth, and Shui of the waters. They are the princes of the elements, all of them half brothers, linked with me as their father, but none of them with the same mother and all born at the exact same time. Hence their powers limited to each of the elements, all under me, the being who controls all of the elements. How fitting, wouldn't you say?"

"They don't need a biography on us dad," it was Shui of the waters who spoke up.

"Yeah, what else are you going to tell them?" Aden was the next to speak up.

"Well I was going to tell them that you are all destined to fight each other eternally in an attempt to gain my throne, but I guess that would be going too far, now wouldn't it?" Azan bore his fangs with a teethy grin. "Anyways, you take the children and the halfbreed over there. I'll entertain the swordsman who graced me with the Shikon Jewel." He raised his hands towards Daichi, who was still in his stance.

"Sure thing pops!" Shui held out his hand, and a burst of water rushed forth sweep Yuta off of his feet before he could even swing his blade. Aden followed next by throwing fireballs at Inuyasha, forcing him to dodge each one, and Aden slowly started guiding him with the precision of his throws. Damek just looked at Souta, and then Souta was suddenly grabbed up by the very ground he was standing on. Finally Seraph broke apart into the wind and swept Aya away.

"Boys, always so rambunctious." Azan was smiling as he noticed Daichi's worry for his pupils and the priestess. "Don't worry, they aren't in nearly as much trouble as you are. Only when you combine all the power of my sons will you reach me, and even then I'm a bit stronger than that. Of course that is what makes me a king." Electricity surged forth from his hands, and sped towards Daichi.

"Haa!" The same teal aura that appeared when Daichi faced Inuyasha made its appearance. In an instant Daichi brought his sword to the forefront and started to catch the electricity with his blade. "This sword," he brought the sword around behind him and gripped it tightly with both hands. "It was blessed by the priestess you claimed to have "no power"." He brought the charged sword down, cutting through the air. The motion sent the electricity surging back towards its creator, who rose a wall of earth to block the attack. "I've faced elemental demons before, and usually they can't be hurt by the element they are born from, but with you, who controls all of the elements, it could have been two options. And you have just proved to me that it is the better of the two, or at least better for me."

"Ah, you mean that my weakness is that by controlling all of the elements, I in turn can be harmed by all of them, rather than being simply immune to all of them. Yes yes, but I hope that you don't think you can suddenly win with this knowledge."

"Well why not, I can just keep redirecting your attacks until one of them eventually breaks through."

"That's what you would think, but really think about it for a second, if that were the case wouldn't I have lost to one of my sons by now, mind you they are over a thousand years of age."

"Maybe, they just don't know how to fight you?"

"Oh, they've tried everything possible, believe me, but it in the end it all comes back to the fact that I have all of the elements at my disposal. Oh, and by the way," Daichi was slammed in the stomach by a rock that jutted out of the ground suddenly. He was sent onto his back as Azan laughed, "Not all of my attacks will be so direct as lightning." Azan's eyes started to glow as water began pouring out of his right sleeve, the water quickly froze around his hand giving him a makeshift sword of ice. His other hand became charged with electricity tainted with demonic energy, turning it red. As he took steps towards Daichi, who was scrambling to his feet, he started to step onto the air itself and was soon walking on air. The earth under him was pulled up and started to orbit around his person, just outside the aura of fire that appeared. "You could say, I am nature itself!"

Azan started the offensive by hurling the orbiting rocks at Daichi. One by one Daichi sliced through the rocks at just the right points so none of the pieces would hurt him. Azan then resorted to pulling the earth up from beneath Daichi, but the latter's reflexes were good enough that once he felt something out off place he was able to perform a short jump away. Azan's next attack was he started to kick the air in Daichi's direction, the action in itself was harmless, but it was the fact that every swipe through the air created a burst of fire surging towards the Sword Saint that was dangerous. Again Daichi started to cut through the fire with the utmost precision. When Daichi cut through one particular burst of fire Azan was already upon him, using the power of the wind itself. He brought his ice sword down from above and Daichi brought his sword up to block it. Then Azan slammed his clenched fist that was surging with red electricity into Daichi's side while he was still preoccupied with the sword.

"To tell you the truth, before I could only command one element at a time, it really was annoying, well at least now that I can use all of them at once I can see how much of a pain it was being only able to do one at a time. I'm sure I'll get the rest of the Shikon Jewel's power down eventually." As he spoke Daichi was shaking violently from the electricity. Finally satisfied with shocking Daichi, Azan roared, but it wasn't the sound of his voice that came out. What came out of Azan's mouth was pure thunder, and it carried enough power to throw Daichi flying backwards. When Daichi bounced hard off the ground he hard something crack. Azan let the ice around his hand turn back into water and seep into the dirt, then the Demon King rose his hands to the sky. Water began to shoot up from the ground and come together in a giant ball above Azan's head. "Just so you know beforehand, I hear from some of my friends that human afterlife isn't so bad."

Souta had his sword drawn as he looked at Damek, with terror in his eyes. The latter had simply thrown the former out of the ground in a completely different location than before. While Souta realized he was at the Bone Eater's well he realized he was still a ways away from the village. So many crazy thoughts raced through Souta's mind as he stood in front of Damek, hands shaking noticeable.

"You look like you've never seen a true demon before." As Damek spoke the color of his skin and the simple shirt and pants he was wearing started to change into the very color of the earth he was standing on. While his skin and clothes were now dirt brown his eyes remained a devilish green and his hair was still dark purple and in a ponytail. "That sword looks nice." He started to walk towards Souta, with his eyes solely on the sword, "Mind handing it over?"

"St-stay back!" Souta waved the sword to show that despite his fear he was going to fight.

Damek started to laugh, "You sound like you have plans to fight me. I'll make this quick," Damek rose his hand and his eyes started to glow. The Earth around him broke apart and started to float around Damek. "Let's see," one by one Damek started hurling his rocks at Souta. Without even needing to think Souta started to slice through the rocks. "Oh, so it seems that you do know how to fight." Damek seemed to be very pleased, but in truth he was right.

Souta knew how to fight, but that was all, ten years of experience with the Kazahana style of swordsmanship, ten years of going through motions of basic and advanced attack and defensive maneuvers, ten years of running through all possible situations one might find themselves in. It was literally all Souta had to rely on seeing as how he had no battle experience, no confidence in his own ability, courage only fit to stand on his own two feet rather than cower in the fetal position. All he had to rely on was the subconscious ability that years of practice had instilled in him.

Damek started to run towards Souta who simply stood with the same look of terror in his eyes. The demon grinned, bearing his demonic fangs towards Souta. The Prince of Earth stretched out his hand, reaching for Souta's throat. Instead of the pleasant feeling of human flesh Damek was met with the cold hard steel of Souta's sword. Damek simply smiled, "It really is a nice sword," and as he said that he started to clamp down on the sword. Damek's body started to change color, his skin and clothes started to take the color of cold hard steel, the same as Souta's sword. As Damek held Souta's sword he started to cackle, "You can't cut me anymore." Damek interrupted himself with his own insidious laughter, "You lose, you can't cut me!" Damek gripped Souta's sword hard and spun around hurling the sword as far away as possible along with the boy holding onto it with all his might. Souta hit the ground hard, but it wasn't long before he scrambled to hiss feet for fear of Damek taking advantage while he was on the ground. Damek slammed his right hand into the ground while still laughing, "You can't cut me, you can't!" As he was still going on his insane rant a steel spike erupted from the ground next to Souta, angled in such a way that it would pierce the boy. Souta's reflexes brought his sword around and he side stepped at the same time letting the sparks fly from his sword being pressed to the metal spike. The demonic metal retreated into the ground only to come up behind Souta. Again the boy's reflexes bought him to sidestepped the attack, only to have the spike retract once more. "I can do this forever! Because you can't win, because you can't cut me!" Damek opted to keep attacking with his rocks or spikes until Souta ran out of stamina, it was the safest way to win without exerting too much energy. The Prince of Earth was thinking ahead, and if by some miracle that human his father was fighting managed to weaken him then Damek would be able to swoop in and finish the job and claim the throne.

As Souta subconsciously rose to the challenge of staving off Damek's wild offense something began to build up inside him. Souta couldn't identify as his body continued to cut through rocks and evade and deflect metal spikes. Finally that something surged forth in Souta and he began to cut through the rocks and deflect the spikes rather than just his reflexes. There was another power in Souta as well, something about the young swordsman was different. Damek realized this when he looked at what used to be Souta's hazel eyes and found that they were a dazzling shade of purple, and they seemed to be glowing. Before Damek could voice his opinion on the turn of events the same purple color that was Souta's eyes started to pour out into a powerful aura. "I-I-I think!" Souta heaved his sword behind him and set Damek in his sights. "I can cut!" He brought the sword down, cleaving through the air, which was once docile. Now the wind surged toward Damek, colored by the purple energy that it carried. The energy sliced into Damek and sent him onto his back, it all happened in a flash.

"T-that's impossible!" He got up and looked down to see a chunk of his waist was missing, completely incinerated by the energy he was hit with. "What are you!?" Damek was livid at by mere thought of being cut by a young kid like Souta. Damek would have simply healed over his wounds and kicked the intensity of his attack, but this wound was very different from what a normal person could give him, and if he knew he was facing said opponent his tactics would have been a lot different. "Some kind of Holy Swordsman!?" It was remnant of the spiritual energy around his wound that was keeping him from simply using the earth around him to heal his wound. "I suppose father is about done, I'll go check on him." Damek gave Souta one last look at disgust, while he hadn't been defeated his ego had been bruised.

Souta brandished his sword, his holy aura had dissipated with that last attack, but his confidence was still rising. "N-no! We have to finish this, right here and now!"

Damek winced at the thought of continuing the fight, "Oh really now?" The Prince of Earth had the perfect card to play, he didn't want to continue the fight for fear of Souta proving to be a lot more experienced than he had originally thought and this card would do the trick. Damek couldn't allow himself to die to some brat because of arrogance, "So you are going to pass up this chance I am giving you to go help your friends?" He turned around to face Souta, poker face on. "I have a lot more power than what I was throwing at you, but what you did seemed to be a fluke to me. I could always use all of my power to fight you, or you could just go save your friends while I go attend to business of my own. I'm not that terribly loyal to my father." Damek held his expression and waited for Souta's reaction. The latter didn't even offer any words before he bolted, running back towards the village. When he was safely out of sight Damek smirked, "Perfect." While did have more power, he didn't like the idea of fighting with such a blaring weak spot. The Prince of Earth began to disappear into the ground itself, the color of his skin and clothes changed to match the very ground he was merging with.

"Burn you stupid Human Sympathizer!" The Prince of Fire, Aden, had been firing fireballs for a while it seemed that Inuyasha hadn't tired a bit dodging the attacks.

"What who you call a human sympathizer, those stupid humans jumped and captured me." Inuyasha jumped back twice dodging two separate fire balls in the process.

"Then why do you still fight with them!?"

"With them? I'm fighting against you all, not with them, and don't get it confused. Your stupid father took the jewel, and that jewel belongs to me!"

"Jewel?"

"The Shikon Jewel, what are you an idiot? He took the Shikon Jewel and absorbed its powers."

"But the Shikon Jewel was destroyed, along with Kikyo, the priestess."

"I don't care how, but it's back. And that jewel is mine!" Inuyasha leapt forward with rage in his eyes, "Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!" After a powerful stroke of his hand the streaks of energy surged towards Aden. Aden had to jump out of the way and winced at the fact that he actually had to go on the defensive. "Now step aside, I have to go rip the jewel out of your father's stomach."

"I'm afraid I can't let you do that, the one who will kill my father, is me!" Aden pushed Inuyasha's offense away with a series of fireballs that forced Inuyasha back to evading. "But I have done my share of research, everyone demon does after 500 years of living or so. And that Jewel shard, it's the key."

Inuyasha jumped to the side evading yet another fireball, "What the hell are you babbling about?" The half demon lunged forward, "Iron Reaver-"

"Not this time!" Rather than prepare for evasion Aden rushed forward and grabbed Inuyasha by his wrist stopping the half demon's attack halfway through. "What I'm babbling about is the crown!" Aden clamped down on Inuyasha's wrist and hurled him away. "The crown that makes you King of the Elements!" Fire started to erupt from the ground around Aden as he was charged with excitement about his revelation. "The Shikon Jewel, it will allow me to feel the power of all of the Elements! With it I can truly become a Demon God!"

"A-a Demon God?" Inuyasha was gathering himself when he heard the prospect.

"Yes, my father is too stupid and naïve, content with being nothing more than a king, but I'm different!" The fire that surrounded Aden intensified as the Prince of Fire indulged in his fantasy. "With the Shikon jewel not only unlocking the doors of the other elements but enhancing them to boundless limits as well, I can ascend to the status off a god. Being able to control all elements of the very Earth we live on, I would never be able to be defeated, never again!"

"Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!" Aden barely escaped the attack as he let the fantasy die for a moment so he could focus on the foe in front of him. "Sorry, but just keep dreaming, that jewel is mine for the taking!" With another swing Inuyasha sent out another attack.

Aden canceled out the attack by hitting it with fire of equal amount, "You have a lot of drive for a halfbreed, most of the half demons I've come in contact with are meek and simply waiting for death." Aden held out his hand towards Inuyasha and a constant stream of fire. Inuyasha started running to the side, but Aden simply followed with his hand. Now with his free hand Aden formed a gun and he smirked, "Just so you know Inuyasha." Electricity formed at the tip of of his "handgun". "Electricity falls within my jurisdiction as well, bang!" As he said it he fired the electricity from his hand and it stuck into Inuyasha while he was still running from the constant flame. In the process of being shocked Aden reached the halfbreed's body with his fire breathing hand. Inuyasha was covered by a constant stream of fire as Aden started to laugh, "In the end you still met the same fate as all the other half demons I've come across."

"Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!" The attack ripped through the stream of fire and cut into Aden's shoulder. The Prince of Fire immediately cut off the attack to favor his newfound wound. Inuyasha rose from the fire with a smirk on his face. "Robes woven of fire rat hair. That makes them your worst enemy, and since I'm wearing them," Inuyasha came at Aden with his claws.

"Then why the hell were you dodging all this time!?"

"I wanted you to feel like you actually had an edge, then when the moment came I would show you that you had no hope of winning from the beginning. So you'd realize that I played you for a fool."

Aden's look of astonishment disappeared into a fang bearing grin, "So you think after 10 centuries I haven't gained command of anything other than fire?" With that question posed he gave Inuyasha a swift backhand, sending the half demon flying through the air. Inuyasha landed with a thud but bounced off the impact and got to his feet rather in one swift move. "I still have my strength and electricity!" As he said that electricity formed in both of Aden's hands.

"Heh," Inuyasha got ready to fight. "Looks like I win,"

"How do you figure that?"

"Well, you have fire, strength, and electricity while I have speed, stamina, and these claws. Since my robes cancel out your fire that leaves just strength and electricity. That means, unless I counted wrong, 3-2 with me on the top. So I'll win, right?"

"Interesting logic!" Aden started a full sprint for Inuyasha using his fire like a boosters to increases his speed.

"Well I am willing to test it!" Inuyasha broke out in dead sprint for Aden, "Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!"

Axelpro: I think the idea behind these new villains is pretty nice. King with four sons, all who obey him on the outside, and plot his death on the inside. Yet the King himself, knows and has planned it to be as such. Well anyways, what to expect in The Fragile Jewel Part two: Aya vs. Seraph, Yuta vs. Shui, Inuyasha vs. Aden pt 2, Daichi vs. Azan pt 2, and finally the start of the journey. Comments are welcome.