Act 4 Seekers of the Shikon Jewel


The morning after the attack by Mistress Centipede was very eventful, the villagers were busy rebuilding the buildings that had been destroyed, as well as taking care of those who had been injured or been killed in the attack. Gossip had also quickly spread among the villagers that Seina had spiritual powers, broken the seal on Inuyasha setting him free, and had the Shikon Jewel hidden inside her body. Many villagers were now gathered around Kagome's hut peering inside trying to get a glimpse of Seina.

For Seina the morning was also eventful because after she had awoken she had been literally greeted by Hanako! She had taken the news of Hanako being able to talk rather well but it was to be consider since her night consisted of being dragged into a well nearly 500 years into the past, being attacked by a centipede woman and a delusional half-demon, a talking dog/fox hybrid wasn't so strange. Seina had also found out that Inuyasha had been loitering around Kagome's hut and was now inside lying on his side, she had also learned that Hanako and Inuyasha were friends.

Seina herself was now having Kagome finish repatching up the bite wound that Mistress Centipede had inflicted on her.

"There now, I'll put some more salve on your belly…"

"Ouch." Seina grimaced but was feeling better than last night.

"How's that?"

"Thank you, that definitely feels much better." Seina said looking at bite. "I guess this explains where the Shikon Jewel disappeared to even though I don't understand how I ended up with it."

"...I noticed that everyone is already busy with rebuilding the huts wrecked by Mistress Centipede." Seina feeling guilty for having brought the demoness to the village. "All that destruction…"

"Yes, and the destruction will only continue, now that the Shikon Jewel has resurfaced among us evil beings will come swarming after it." Kagome replied as she washed her hands and toweled them off.

"Evil beings? You mean demons like Mistress Centipede?"

"Not just demons, but people with evil in their hearts as well." Kagome explained. "In this troubled age of war evil people believe that if they can get their hands on the jewel's power then they can achieve all their petty desires and ambitions."

"Speaking of petty, why are you still hanging around here?"

Turning his head to look at Seina with a scowl on his face he replied irritably, "I'm waitin' for the jewel." He turns his back and continues scowling at a wall.

"With the rosary around his neck his threat is diminished, it is perhaps the only way we can allow him to be close to the jewel."

"What's your reason for wanting the jewel, you already possess an incredible amount of strength. What more could you possibly want?"

"It's because he's a half-demon." Kagome answers.

Inuyasha growls loudly then punches a nice-sized hole in the floor startling some of the occupants in the room as he whirls around glaring murderously at Kagome.

"I'm getting sick of hearing some dried up witch talk like she knows me!"

"You don't recognize me, do you? But that's not surprising." Kagome said not bothering to look at Inuyasha as she slid on her sandals and walked over to the wooden hearth adding more wood to the fire.

"I am one of the younger sisters of Kikyou, the one who sealed you to the tree." Kagome said before turning and looking Inuyasha square in the eyes. "I'm Kagome."

"Kagome…?" Inuyasha then starts recall memories of pair of young girls who used to be Kikyou's side half the time. One sister who tried to be just like Kikyou and the other who tried hold onto her taller sister's arrows.

"So you're one of the brats."

"Fifty years have passed since the day you were sealed, and I have aged as well."

"If you're this old... Kikyou must be pushing a hundred." Inuyasha smirked. "Too bad isn't it being human. Sure glad I don't gotta worry about being old...least not for awhile…"

"Kikyou didn't worry either...Kikyou died." Kagome replied bitterly.

Inuyasha's ear twitches at the information as his eyes grow distant as an emotion quickly flickers over them.

"It was on that same day that she shot you with the arrow, sealing you to the tree."

The distant look in Inuyasha's' eyes disappears as he sarcastically replies, "Gee, sorry to hear it, not that I really care or nothin' just one less thing to be worried about."

He then lazily stretched out on his side.

Hanako stared intently at Inuyasha's back despite his sarcasm towards Kikyou's death she knew what he was thinking.

"It's too early to be relieved Inuyasha…" Kagome replied tending to the fire. "For I now know that Seina, is the reincarnation of my sister."

Inuyasha's and Hanako's eyes flash over to Seina.

"I'm sorry, say what now!?" Seina said with wide eyes.

"Even though you're physical features are not completely the same, your spiritual powers are the same, but the fact that the Shikon Jewel was in your body is the best proof of all. It's up to you now to take over it's protection."

'...Me? Protect this?...' Seina thought pondering her situation. 'You've gotta be kidding…'


Later on, Seina was walking by the riverside bare footed dressed in one of Kagome's old childhood kimonos since her clothes weren't wearable anymore, around her neck was the Shikon Jewel. All around villagers were gossiping about how Seina was the reincarnation of their beloved late priestess and about how they always knew it.

'I wish I had stay in the hut now." Seina thought as the third person today bowed to her.

Seina would've stayed in the hut except she was all alone. Inuyasha had gone off to who knows where with Hanako trailing after him, Seina couldn't understand how someone as sweet as Hanako could be friends with a temperamental jerk like Inuyasha. Kagome, who had been explaining the duties of a priestess and warning her of the dangers of having the jewel in her possession and for her not to leave the village by herself, before being called away to check on the child who had broken his leg the other day taking Kaori with her, even if Kaori couldn't talk she was still somewhat a familiar face in this Feudal time period.

'This a complete 180 of how they were treating me the day before.'

Some villagers who were working in the fields nearby were conversing about Seina.

"I hear that girl is the reincarnation of Kikyou-sama." One elderly villager said.

"Aye, she does look rather solemn and noble." another villager said.

"Yea, there's something otherworldly about her."

A small crowd had gathered curious about what was going on.

"What's up?" One village woman asked.

"They're sayin' that girl is the reincarnation of Kikyou."

"Watch your language! That's Kikyou-sama for those who respect her."

"Me, I knew it was Kikyou-sama all along."

"Kikyou-sama has returned just as she left."

Seina turned and saw that the villagers were bowing and praying to her, to which she didn't take too well.

'I'm being worshipped!' Seina thought "I gotta get outta here."

Before Seina could flee the scene a village child called out to her, "Seina-sama!"

Seina turned to see a young girl wearing a dark pink kimono she had two cloth bags full of offerings in her hands.

"Y-Yes?"

"T-These are for you on behalf of the entire village" she said shyly holding out the offerings.

Seina looked at the offerings confused as to why she was being given them in the first place.

'Why am I receiving this stuff?' Seina wondered. 'After all I brought Mistress Centipede to the village resulting in a lot of destruction, seriously I don't deserve this stuff.'

Looking at the offerings Seina could see the young girl was shuffling nervously.

Making her decision Seina took the offerings gratefully giving the girl a smile. "Thank you, um what's your name?"

"I-It's Chiharu."

"Chiharu, that's a pretty name. Thank you very much for the offerings Chiharu." Seina and Chiharu bowed to each other, before the young girl ran off to tell the others that Seina had accepted the offerings.

'I won't be able to eat all this by myself, I guess I should make amends and at least try to get along with Inuyasha.' Seina thought heading off to find the half-demon.

Meanwhile, said half-demon was sitting in an Angelica tree with Hanako staring out over the landscape thinking about how much time has passed and the events took place during his time under the seal.

"I understand...She died...and I never knew…"

"Are you sad about it?" Hanako asked.

"Heh. Don't be ridiculous." Inuyasha scoffed.

Hanako got in Inuyasha's face and said, "You're lying Inuyasha. You care more than you want admit and that sarcasm in Kagome's hut was just for show to hide what you really felt about her."

Hanako's words caused Inuyasha to splutter, he grabbed the black dog/fox hybrid by the scruff of her neck causing her to thrash wildly with a "Hey!" Before Inuyasha could punt her across the village a pear was thrown in Inuyasha's direction who caught it with ease.

"Hm?" Forgetting about Hanako he dropped her unceremoniously as he stared at the pear in confusion before noticing Seina at the bottom with two cloth bags full of offerings.

"Where'd you get all that stuff?"

"The villagers just gave it to me for some reason." Seina explained. "I thought we could all share this."

Hanako without a second thought floated down toward Seina while Inuyasha stayed up in the tree for a bit longer before grudgingly coming down.

Soon, they were all sitting down underneath the shade of tree. While Hanako had no problem eating her share of food without being on guard Inuyasha was eying Seina suspiciously as if she would suddenly attack him.

"What are you plotting?"

"Who says I'm plotting anything." Seina said lazily eating her pear. "Look; it's fair to say that you don't like me, right?"

"Waaay more than fair, the sight of you makes me retch!"

"Listen you…" Seina scowled before taking a breath to calm herself. "It's not even me you're angry at though, it's Kikyou who you're really angry at for sealing to you to a tree for fifty years."

Inuyasha scowled before jumping back up into the tree, with his back turned toward Seina. Seina nonetheless continued to try and reason with him.

"Look, I'm not Kikyou! I'm Seina and I didn't ask to be born with this face, in fact I didn't ask to be born either!" Inuyasha continued to deliberately ignored her. "You're just going to have to deal with the fact that I look like Kikyou and whether you like it or not we're stuck together. So why can't we just come to some sort of a truce before we drive each other insane or kill each other?"

"Hah! I knew it!" Inuyasha laughed turning back to face Seina jabbing a pointed claw in her direction. "What you don't get is that I'm only after the jewel and I'll be merciless to get it! Even if you're trying to lure me into a false of security."

'He's definitely paranoid.' Hanako thought as she watched the exchange while eating another mandarin orange.

"Oh please, as if I need to do that Inuyasha." Seina said fiddling with the remains of her pear. "All I need to do to ensure my safety as well as keep you in line is say the word, Knoche."

The rosary gleamed with power before dragging Inuyasha out of the tree and into the dirt face first causing Seina and Hanako to cringe.

"Oh shit, sorry about that." Seina apologized truly remorseful. "I'll be more careful with that word from now own."

"..."


Night came again, as Seina crawled under her blanket a small fire crackled behind her warming the small hut. On her second day since in this time period, Seina had done nothing but listen to Kagome reminding her every chance she got of being careful with the she had to put up with Inuyasha's constant barking about how he hated everything about her, even if she wasn't the one to seal him to a tree, he still blamed her for it. As she pulled the blanket up to her chin an uneasy look crossed her face.

'It's been two days now since I've ended up in this time period...Everyone must be so worried...Tomorrow I have to try and find a way to get back one way or the other…'

With that she fell fast asleep with the jewel held close to her.

As night fell further and the small fire started dying out a crow perched itself on Kagome's window, the crow gave off a dark vibe, it was a demon crow with three bloody red eyes and a lizard tail. The demon crow's three eyes focused intently on Seina's sleeping form more importantly on the prize she held. Before the crow could swoop in and try to steal the jewel a pebble hit the windowsill startling it.

Perched on a fence post like a sentinel was Inuyasha flicking another pebble between his fingers. The demon crow hissed at him showing it's beak full of tiny teeth before flying away. Inuyasha attempted to pelt the crow with another pebble but it missed.

"Looks like a nasty thing has come out tonight." Hanako piped up appearing beside Inuyasha.

"A Corpse Dancing Crow." Inuyasha said watching the demon bird fly away. "Stinkin' vulture it's already noticed the scent of the jewel to have come here already."

"Won't be long before stronger demons catch wind of the Shikon Jewel resurfacing and start coming out of the woodwork."

Little did they know it wouldn't be the last time they would be seeing that crow.

The Corpse Crow flew around looking for away to steal the Shikon Jewel, as it was right now it didn't stand a chance against the half-demon or that hybrid. It needed to find a dead body, but to its bad luck there were none to be found. The crow continued flying overhead until it spotted smoke coming from a fire, perching on a nearby tree the demon saw many humans that looked like bandits camped around an abandoned shrine drinking.

Pleased with it's luck the three eyed crow decided if there was no dead body to manipulate then it would make its own, now it just needed to choose the right human looking around it spotted the perfect human; its victim was a large pale skinned human that looked it was leader of the bunch. With its victim picked out all the crow now had to was wait for the human to remove his chest armor and fall asleep, so that it could swoop in and eat the heart creating its puppet.


Seina awoke in the early hours of the morning to the sound of a rooster crowing in the distance. Sunlight was barely streaming in through the window, Kaori was still asleep under her blanket, but Kagome's blanket was already put away.

'I was hoping to say goodbye before I left, but maybe it's better this way. She'd probably try and stop me from going out.' Seina thought stretching her stiff muscles, before slipping out of her blanket she headed over to Kaori and whispered a quiet 'Goodbye' before leaving out the door.

Luckily there weren't too many people outside yet this early in the morning, so Seina was able to walk around without drawing too much unwanted attention. Seina made her way to the tree line of Inuyasha's forest. Speaking of Inuyasha, Seina was glad that she didn't see him around to put up with his temperamental attitude or his nagging about handing over the jewel.

She did feel a pang of regret for leaving like this. 'I can't stay here, I have to go home.'

Seina began her trek into the woods to try and hopefully find her way back home. 'The dry well in Inuyasha's Forest, if going down that well brought me into this period then maybe going back down will take me home.'

Meanwhile back in the village Seina's absence had been noticed and villagers were out looking for her.

"Seina! Seina!" Kagome called but got no response.

"Kagome-sama, we've looked everywhere, there's no sign of her anywhere."

"Don't tell me she left the village all by herself…" Kagome said with worry. "We spoke of those who seek the Shikon Jewel, yet we spoke not nearly enough…"

Unbeknownst to Kagome, Inuyasha and Hanako were listening from a nearby hut.

'Tch, stupid girl! She's a walking target with the jewel.'


Seina hiked through the dense mass of vegetation, sliding down small hill, climbing overgrown tree roots in the general direction of where she thought the well was located unaware of the pairs of eyes watching her.

After a few more minutes of hiking through the underbrush Seina paused. A small clearing up ahead and in the center: the well.

Before Seina could head towards it several pairs of arms grab her from behind, covering her mouth, grabbing her arms, and waist.


The bandits who grabbed Seina take her to a run-down abandoned shrine. Bandits who were just lazing about or drinking sake start eyeing Seina with lustful looks.

"It's a girl…"

"A girl…?"

The ones who captured her toss Seina roughly onto the floor in front of a mountain of a man who looks like the leader. They restrain her by keeping a hand on her head and keeping her arms pinned behind her back.

"Ow!"

"We caught the girl just like you ordered boss!"

"Hey! Let me go!" Seina shouted struggling only to freeze when she feels a hand start fondling her backside.

Flushing red in anger and embarrassment, she pushes herself to her feet standing in a defensive posture.

"Get your hands off me!"

"What's the matter princess? Our hands too dirty for ya?"

"Marry me and I'll buy ya a finer kimono."

All the bandits laugh at the comments made, while Seina angrily retorts, "Not in your wildest dreams, you perverts."

"The jewel…"

Seina turns and looks at boss who is leaning against a wall being served sake and notices there's something off about him as he clumsily tries to drink.

"The jewel...hand it over…" He commands with a halted speech and dazed expression.


Meanwhile Inuyasha and Hanako sped past a river and through the forest trying to track down Seina before she got into any trouble with the jewel.

"Shit...that stupid girl...Where the hell did she go with the jewel!?"


"...Shikon...Jewel…" The boss demanded reaching out for Seina

Seina tries to back away but she is restrained by the other bandits and the boss grabs her by the neck before ripping the Shikon Jewel off her neck and tossing her roughly to the ground.

"Hehe…" The boss laughs holding up his prize.

"Ah!" Seina gasps recalling Kagome's words. 'Not only demons, but humans with evil in their hearts are also after the Shikon Jewel.'

"No! Give it back!" Seina began yelling but was cut off by a sword coming down inches from her face.

Seina immediately backs away visibly shaken.

"Re...strain...her…" The boss commands pulling back his sword.

"Er...right." One bandit says hesitantly grabbing one of Seina's arms.

Another bandit grabs Seina's other arm confused as to what his leader is planning.

When the leader brings his sword overhead it becomes clear to everyone what's going to happen.

"Hey! Let me go!" Seina yells trying to break free.

"Gonna be killed for sure." One scarred bandit murmured.

"Ah, what a waste." murmured another.

When the sword is brought down Seina closes her eyes and prays for it to be over quickly...but instead of being cut down the bandit on her right is struck instead.

"...What'd you...do that for…?" The struck bandit gasps out before dying.

The others look on in horror as the boss brushes off the fact that he killed one of his own men.

"Oops...my mistake…" The boss laughed raising his sword again. "Hah, this time...it's your neck."

'What's wrong with this guy?' Seina thought watching the clumsy movements of the boss.

The clumsy boss raises his sword again and swings it missing Seina by large margin decapitating two more of his own men instead.

"Wha...What are you doing boss!?" One bandit cried as a head lands near him.

The boss swings his sword again with no clear target! On his erratic path of destruction he cuts down a column causing part of the ceiling to collapse and he cuts down a Buddha statue in half.

"B-Boss! Where are you aimn'? She's who you want!" The bandits fearfully try reasoning with their boss and start pushing Seina in his direction and she rounds on them for trying to offer her up like a sacrifice.

"What the hell do you think you're doing!? Can't you idiots tell there's something wrong with your boss!? Now get your heads on straight before you lose'em!"

The bandits suddenly ducked and Seina turns barely ducking in time to avoid losing her own head. The surviving bandits all scatter and Seina runs under the leader's legs, trying to get away from him.

'Here I am in Feudal Japan playing duck, duck, goose with an eight foot mountain troll!'


Inuyasha and Hanako continued their search for Seina, leaping onto a tree to get a better view of their surroundings.

"You're awfully worried about Seina aren't ya?" Hanako said.

"Tch, I don't care where that stupid girl goes, but she took the jewel with her!" Inuyasha responded irritated before jumping down from the tree continuing his search for the human girl.

"Liar." Hanako muttered following after Inuyasha.


The leader keeps blindly swinging his sword causing more destruction. The other bandits had already fled taking advantage of their leader's one-track mind to escape.

Barely keeping out of reach each time, Seina looks for a weapon to defend herself and finds a spear.

Grabbing the spear she holds it up in defense, "St...Stay back!"

"Try something and I'll…" Seina was cut off by the cutting off the tip of the spear surprising her.

The boss raises his sword again and starts bringing it down again. Holding up the remains of the spear as a meager defense Seina closes her eyes and prays for a miracle to happen.

Her prayers were answered in the form of Inuyasha, whose robe blocked the sword and broke the tip of the sword off.

'Inuyasha...' Seina thought relieved.

"You alright?" The dog/fox hybrid asked looking Seina over for any sign of injury.

"Yea, I'm fine." Seina answered watching Inuyasha punch and kick the bandit leader down.

"Coming to save me…" Seina begins but is cut off by Inuyasha asking urgently about his precious jewel.

"Where's the Shikon Jewel!? Is it safe!?"

"Wasn't on your mind at all?"

"Where's the jewel?" Inuyasha snapped.

"Uh the jewel…" Seina begins laughing sheepishly.

"Oh, no! Tell me you did not just say that!?" Inuyasha yells incredulously.

Seina didn't want to admit that it had been easily taken off her person. Suddenly they hear a strange noise and they turn to see the boss rise unsteadily.

"...This guy huh.."

Inuyasha and Hanako suddenly cringe and cover their sensitive noses.

"What's the matter?" Seina asks concern lacing her voice.

"What an awful smell…" Inuyasha complained in disgust.

"Yea!" Hanako complained loudly. "It stinks like there's a dead body around here!"

"What?" Seina asked but then realized something. 'Now that I think about there is the smell of something rotting, but I just thought that was from a lack of personal hygiene but now looking closely at the boss, don't tell me he's-'

Inuyasha confirmed Seina's thoughts by charging the boss.

"You're there, aren't you!? Corpse Dancing Crow!" Inuyasha yells slashing the chest armor off the boss exposing a hole with a blood covered three eyed crow inside instead of a beating heart

Seina cringed at the sight of the monstrous crow who cawed menacingly with it's beak dripping with blood.

"Guess we now where that scum went." Hanako growled out.

"Some time around last night, probably...it ate its way into his chest and ripped his beating heart out to build a bloody nest." Inuyasha said with a grim smile.

"How cruel...and disgusting." Seina said with revulsion.

"It's a weakling so it manipulates dead bodies to do the fighting for it." Hanako explained baring her fangs out.

The dead bandit boss proceeds to pick up a new sword and swing it.

"They ain't so tough, but they're fucking nasty!" Inuyasha dodges the sword swing and drives his fist through the hole in the chest to get at the bird. "Get outta that stinkin' bloody nest!"

Seina looks away as Inuyasha does the deed.

The demon crow bursts out the back of it's puppet causing the flesh to disintegrate leaving only the skeleton, the jewel already in its beak.

"The jewel!" Inuyasha exclaims "Ah crap!"

The crow begins making its escape and Inuyasha grabs the broken spear tip and throws it at the bird.

"Wait, damn you!"

The broken spear misses the crow completely. Frustrated he grabs Seina by the wrist and drags her with him.

"Come on!" He yells bursting through the rubble dragging Seina along with him before he suddenly stops causing Seina to bump into him.

"Hey, why'd you-"

Inuyasha wasn't listening though, he was staring at a bow and quiver full of arrows tied to the saddle of the bandits' abandoned horse.


"You won't get away, damnit!"

Inuyasha begins his pursuit of the Corpse Dancing Crow, Seina rides on his back armed with the bow. Hanako had been sent back to the village to find Kagome and inform her of the situation.

As he swiftly runs across the treetops he turns to Seina, "What are you waitin' for!? Hurry up and shoot it!"

Seina looks at it Inuyasha with incredulity in her forest-green eyes. "What!? Don't be ridiculous! I've only ever shot twice and never at-" Inuyasha cuts her off with a morbid fact about the crow.

"Did you know that, this bastard...feeds only on human flesh."

Seina looks horrified at that piece of news.

"You wouldn't want it turn into something demonic, would you?"

The crow at that moment chooses to swallow the jewel and Seina thinking back on how Mistress Centipede had transformed into something terrible strengthens her resolve to get the jewel back from the crow.

"Alright, I'll do it!"

"Right!" Inuyasha says hiding his real thoughts. 'After she takes out the crow it'll be her turn to be splattered on the ground!'

Seina grabs an arrow from the quiver and notches it.

"You can do it one shot! Kikyou was a master of the bow!"

As Inuyasha dashes across the ground he leaps into the air and Seina shouts at him,

"Damn it for the last time, I keep telling you my name is Seina!" 'Still Kikyou, if you can hear me lend me your power!'

Seina lets the arrow loose, but it falls short of its target. Both Inuyasha and Seina's faces drop.

"Hey…" Seina began. "You weren't lying when you said that Kikyou was a master of the bow were you?"

"She was it's you that's the klutz!" Inuyasha retorts.

The corpse crow begins transforming, its feathery body becomes longer more serpentine and scaley, it's wings become bat-like, and it's jaws become larger and wider. With its new transformation the crow begins flying towards the village in search of its next meal.

Over in the village square, villagers went about their day buying and gathering food stuffs unaware of the danger approaching.

Suddenly someone hears the strong beat of wings, looking up they see a something approaching.

"Hm? A bird…?"

When it comes closer they make the horrifying realization that it's not a normal bird.

"Its not!

"Wha...What is it!?" screamed one villager catching sight of the reptilian demon bird.

The reptilian demon crow flies overhead searching for its next meal and it finds it!

The transformed demon crow dives on a mother and child crossing a bridge and snatches the child up in its talons.

"Kokichi!" the mother screams. "Somebody help!"

Inuyasha and Seina arrive racing along the treetops.

"Shit!" Inuyasha cursed. "It's found its next meal already!"

"Help me!" Kokichi cried.

"That kid...that thing's not going to…" Seina couldn't bring herself to finish her sentence.

"I told you, the crow lives by feeding on human flesh." Inuyasha then smirked. "Heh, how convenient it's movements are restricted by its prey."

Inuyasha flexes his claws as he leaps from the trees, "I'll rip everything!"

"What!?" Seina yells realizing his intent. 'You idiot! Save the child first!"

Seina jumps from Inuyasha's back grabbing the boy taking both Inuyasha and the crow by surprise.

"Why are you interfering with me!?" Inuyasha yells as he misses hitting the crow.

The crow now aware of Seina hanging onto to its foot tries to attack her.

"Shit!" Inuyasha curses.

"Iron Reaver!" The silver haired half-demon yells tearing the crow apart causing Seina and Kokichi to fall into the river.

"Where'd it go? Where's the jewel?" Inuyasha asks more focused and concerned with finding the jewel than trying to rescue Seina and Kokichi.

The two eventually surface while holding the young boy with one arm Seina begins swimming to shore with her free arm.

"It's okay, I got you." Seina reassures the boy.

From across the river Inuyasha yells, "Save the jewel, stupid! The jewel!"

Seina ignored Inuyasha's demands and continued swimming to shore. Reaching the shore she removes the crow's foot still attached to Kokichi's arm. The young boy after being rescued throws himself into Seina's arms crying.

"It's alright now, you're safe." She reassures before handing him over to his mother for a joyful reunion.

"Hey, girl! Find the jewel!" Inuyasha shouts.

Seina turns and gives him an icy glare before turning away with a huff.

"Wha...What's her problem?" Inuyasha splutters confused by her cold shoulder.

Kokichi and his mother proceed to thank Seina profusely.

"Thank you for saving me."

"Yes, thank you. Thank you, you're very brave." Kokichi's mother thanked bowing deeply.

"It's okay, I'm just glad he's safe." Seina said modestly.

Meanwhile, underwater the crow begins to regenerate underwater, and then it bursts out of the water with a loud screech.

"Shit!" Inuyasha cursed giving chase. "Hey, it's getting away!"

"Well, I should've seen this coming…" Seina muttered with a frown.

"Hey, where's the jewel?" Inuyasha yells as he chases after the crow.

Seina furrowed her brow in concentration and she spots the outline of the jewel. "I see it! Under the wing!"

Inuyasha swipes at the crow, but misses slashing its tail to bits though it regenerates.

"Damn it! That scum is trying sneak off til it completely absorbs the Shikon Jewel." Inuyasha curses.

Seeing the crow regenerate its tail Seina looks down at her hand and sees the crow's foot twitching wildly trying to rejoin the rest of the body. Looking down at the foot she got an idea.

"I go it!" Seina exclaims.

Looking around she turns to the villagers on the shore, "Hey, does anybody have rope or twine I can borrow?"

"Here." one of the villagers said handing Seina piece of twine.

Seina pulled an arrow out of the quiver and proceeded to tie the crow's foot to the arrow.

"This time…" Seina said notching the arrow.

"Going for that kind of distance…" One villager murmurs in surprise.

Inuyasha's ears could pick up the sounds of Seina struggling with something. He looked back to see Seina notch an arrow.

"Like hell you're going hit it, not as feeble as you are with the bow." Inuyasha snidely remarked.

"This time, I'll definitely hit it!" Seina exclaims letting the arrow loose.

The arrow flies only unlike the last time it's speed and aim were better than before and Inuyasha realizes why.

'The crow's foot is on the arrow.'

'With the foot tied to the arrow it'll be drawn to the jewel's power which'll guarantee that it'll hit.' Seina mused.

The arrow hits its mark destroying the crow surprising everyone, but something goes terribly wrong as a bright pink light begins emanating.

"She hit it!" Inuyasha exclaims genuinely surprised before shielding his eyes from the bright light.

When the arrow hit the crow it also hit the jewel causing many cracks to appear in it, before ultimately shattering it.

The bright light emanating covers the area before thousands of beams of light shoot out in an every direction.

Everyone is watching the beams as Kagome arrives on scene with Hanako.

"Kagome-sama! Those lights…!" One villager points out.

Kagome narrows her blue eyes at the sight. "This does not bode well…"


Sometime after the bright light disappears from the sky Seina and Inuyasha travel to the forest where Seina senses the presence of something.

'What was that light? Something about it didn't feel right.' Seina thought worried.

"Hey, are you sure the jewel fell around here?" Inuyasha questioned

"Yea, fairly sure...Though, I'm still worried about what that light was…"

Suddenly they hear a rustling sound coming from above the treetops, they look to see the Corpse Dancing Crow come diving down head first towards them.

"The Corpse Dancing Crow!"

Inuyasha and Seina both think that the crow had somehow survived the arrow and regenerated entirely, but are surprised when they see there's no body.

"Just the head!?" Seina exclaims frightened at seeing a severed head moving on its own.

"Heh, how convenient it came to me instead…" Inuyasha smirks ferally.

The head comes charging at them screeching menacingly with it's jaws snapping threateningly, but Inuyasha reacts quickly.

"You're dead!" Inuyasha smashes the head into the ground finally killing it once and for all and a small shard comes out of the head.

Seina sees the shard land on the ground and replies in a worried tone, "Oh no, don't tell me…"

"What!?" Inuyasha snaps.

Seina kneels down on the ground and picks up the shard voicing her worry, "I...I think this a shard from the jewel…"

Inuyasha's eye twitches several times before he screeches out, "Wh...WHAT DID YOU SAAAAAYYY!?"


Alright that's it for now, until the next chapter!