Sorry this took so long... really i don't have a really good reason. I have been busy with college, mid terms, and drawing- I am currently working on a cover drawing for this story. I am also watching Inuyasha again, so hopefully I'll get better with the characters personalities.

As always that characters used in this story are created by Rumiko Takahashi and Reiko Yoshida. I do not own Inuyasha or Tokyo mew mew.


Chapter 3

The Priestess Festival

"Wow it's so big!" The group was at the gates of the village. Really it was more like the size of a town. Upon seeing this Kagome's eyes seemed to sparkle." Real food, a real bed and a hot bath."

When they entered the town they noticed it was bustling with people carrying all sort of objects. Some had food, others clothes, there was even a group of men carrying a human sized wood carving. Looking around Sango commented that the village appeared to be having a festival.

"Really? Does that mean we'll be able to eat yummy food?" Shippo was excitedly jumping through all the people and was eyeing up all the food.

An old man walked up to the group of travelers while they were admiring the towns decorations. "This festival is held to celebrate the day a strong priestess came and saved our village from a large demon attack. That was about fifty years ago. Thanks to her was have been able to prosper and grow into the large village we are today." Finishing his speech the old man took a long look at Kagome, who unsuccessfully tried to ignore the old man's eyes, "You know, you look a lot like the priestess from back then. How would you like to play the priestess in our festival?

Was it just my imagination, or did Inuyasha's ears perk up when he said Kagome looked like the priestess? In fact the whole group's demeanor seemed to change. Miroku and Sango both seemed a bit fidgety, and Kagome's excitement seemed a bit drained. The only person that really seemed unaffected was Shippo.

Trying to bring the mood back up Ichigo grabbed a demon mask from a stall nearby, "Joining in sounds more fun than just watching. Do you think they will let me play one of the demons?" Trying to do her best demon interpretation, Ichigo tied the mask around her head and chased Shippo around the group. It seemed to lighten the mood, and Shippo even grabbed his own mask and joined in the chase.

Trying to control her giggles, Kagome decided that joining in would be a great idea.

-A dressing room later-

I had only been joking when I said I wanted to be a demon. Giving a sigh, Ichigo put the finishing touches on her demon costume. "Why couldn't they make me a cute demon? One like Shippo." When the villagers saw that Shippo and Inuyasha were real demons they had insisted that they had to be in the play. Shippo had happily agreed, Inuyasha on the other hand.. "Inuyasha didn't have to be so rude. What's wrong with enjoying some time with humans?" Kagome was able to convince him to stay though, and Shippo explained to Ichigo that it was a miracle he did even that. He didn't stay for long though. When Kagome came out to show off her priestess costume he had such a sad, pained expression. Ichigo didn't get to read too much into it because right after that Inuyasha had ran off to the trees. Why would a change in clothes cause him to act like that anyways?

When Kagome was acting on stage Ichigo couldn't help but notice that kagome really did look the part of the priestess. "It's my turn to go on next." She pulled her mask down so it covered her face. "Break a leg." She mumbled while she walked up the stairs towards the priestess. Just when she was about to start her part though, a rawr thundered though the village.

Shippo jumped onto Kagome's shoulder and hid under her hair, "I don't think that is part of the act!"

Ichigo had seen a demon earlier that day, so she figured she would be more prepared for this one. A familiar sense caught her off guard shattering any preparation she had. It feels like mew aqua, but it seems a bit off.

Inuyasha had hopped off his branch and sniffed the air. "This scent…" and with that he was flying off towards the unseen enemy.

"Inuyasha wait!" Kagome was grabbing at the ends of her costume. It was a bit long and she kept stumbling over the legs hems. Seeing her problem Sango purposed that she and Miroku would go after Inuyasha, while Kagome helped Ichigo bring the villagers to a safer area. Before Kagome could object they were off flying on Kirara.

Giving a sigh, Kagome bent down and rolled up her pant legs. "I guess I would just get in the way with all this stumbling…" Once she was done they asked the villagers if they had some sort of safe house. One of them said they had a small shrine built near a cave that was a little ways away from the village. The girls agreed that it was the best place to go. "I'm going to help them" Kagome declared once they had reached the cave. She had a set of bow and arrows that she ad gotten from someone, and was dead set on entering the battle. "Ichigo you stay here with the villagers and Shippo."

"Sure…" When was the last time I sat out of a battle? Would y powers even work on these demons?

"Kagome, I'm going with you!" Declared Shippo. His little fox tail was quivering, Most likely from fear.

Kagome shook her head at the little demon. "We need someone to protect Ichigo and the villagers. I trust you will do a good job Shippo."

Brightening up, Shippo beamed at Kagome "You can count on me Kagome!"

"Right." With that Kagome kicked off her wooden sandals and went running to see Inuyasha.

It wasn't long after her departure that they both heard her scream. "That was Kagome!" Shippo, who was originally pacing at the cave entrance like a toy soldier, jumped when he heard the scream. "We need to help her."

"Let's go then." Turning to look at the villagers Ichigo told them to stay put, and that they would be right back. After she went to leave but stopped to search her pockets. Grabbing her mew pendent she gave it a squeeze. Please give me the strength I need. Finishing her plead she goes chasing after Shippo.

"Isn't that he demon from earlier today?" Ichigo and Shippo had made it to the others and were shocked to see the demon they had seen in the forest before. "I thought they had killed it already." Taking a closer look Ichigo realised it looked –and felt- a bit different. There seemed to be a blue glow penetrating through the demons red skin, giving it a purple tint. It's eyes seemed to have had disappeared and the blue glow shined through the empty eye sockets. It feels like there is mew aqua inside the demon.

Shippo looked up at Ichigo and gasped, "Ichigo you're glowing!"

Looking down she saw that she really was glowing. "That means it really is mew aqua…"

Inuyasha landed by then after failing to hit the demon. "Dammit! It has some kind of force field around it."

Kagome tried shooting one of her sacred arrows, but it just hit an invisible wall and disintegrated. "Even my arrows can't get through."

"Miroku?" Inuyasha called.

"It's no use, none of my talismans work."

The demon swung one of its paws at Kirara, but she easily dodged the clumsy move.

"Ha! You may have gotten some protection, but you are still weak." With that Inuyasha went head on with the demon again.

"How do we get through?" Kagome turned towards Ichigo while asking the question, and really looked at her for the first time since she came into the battle, "You're blue!"

"I already said that." Shippo exclaimed.

"But how?"

"Um… I guess I'll have to explain that later, but right now I think I might be able to help you with him." Ichigo said, indicating the demon.

"How"

"With this." She pulled her mew pendent out of her pocket and showed it to Kagome. Since I'll be fighting with them, I'm sure it's okay if I tell them.

"You're going to fight him with a pendent?" Shippo asked, looking at the pendent with interest.

"Not exactly… watch." She held out the golden pendent and called out, "Mew mew Strawberry, metamorphosis!" Bright lights surrounded her, temporarily blinding the demon and her own friends. When the lights diminished Ichigo appeared in the mew transformation. "With this."


Please rate and review. I'm still undecided about the bad guy, but i'll try my best to make this as interesting as possible. Also I'll try to update sooner but finals are coming up, so it may or may not take awhile for me to write the next chapter.