InuYasha and Kagome were busy doing their thing... bickering back and forth with each other. Miroku, Sango, and Shippo just sighed as they listened to the miniature war going on in front of them.

"Kagome, you useless girl! You haven't sensed any jewel shards at all lately! You must be losing your touch." InuYasha huffed at the dark haired girl.

"I am NOT! The did you even bother to consider that the reason I haven't sensed any shards is because there are none around here!" Kagome was tired of all this fighting, but she wasn't going to put up with the half-demons attitude.

"But that's not possible. People around this area have been saying that they've been seeing lots of demons around here lately, and they'd only be gathering if there was a jewel shard nearby! DUH!" He said, stating the obvious.

Of course Kagome knew that, but it didn't change the fact that, for some reason, there were no jewel shards around. She agreed, it was strange though, however, seeing as how it was pointless and dangerous to linger in this area with so many demons and really having no reason to be there anymore, she decided it would be best if they tried another area "Well I'm telling you there isn't, and there isn't going to be any in this direction. Why don't we just turn around and go another way... Wait a minute! I'm sense something!"

"Ha! It's a jewel shard, isn't it!" InuYasha was ready to rub it in Kagome's face that he was right and she was wrong.

The girl concentrated hard. Something felt different about whatever was calling to her. It was something she'd never felt before.

"I don't think so... something feels off about it... it's not Naraku either..." She concentrated harder. Whatever it was, she could tell it was strong and probably had powers they've never encountered before because the feeling was so intense and new to her.

"Well if it's not a shard or Naraku, then we have no reason to go." He said matter-of-factly. "It has nothing to do with us. It's probably just another stupid demon that will want to pick a fight with us and you'll get yourself into trouble and I'll have to save you again... Hey! Are you listening to me?!"

But she was already moving against her will towards the strange thing that was calling to her. She didn't know why, but she felt that whatever it is, it needs them, and they needed it. It didn't feel evil after all, just extremely sad and lonely and lost.

Meanwhile, back to the Elric's

The boys didn't know why, but time and time again, they kept getting attacked by strange looking things. Ed guessed they were chimeras, but these were different somehow. Some flew through the air, but didn't have any wings, others travelled across land and were very fast and some were huge, easily the size of a tank.

Al, because of the lack of a physical body, wasn't feeling physically tired at all, but some of these things had strong claws that could easily cut through his armour and hit his blood seal. Edward wasn't willing to take that chance, so he was trying to be in two places at once, alternating between alchemy and hand to hand combat constantly.

Stupid Truth he thought when I get back, I'll show you a good show. I'll video tape me rearranging that stupid smile of yours and send the video to your mom! Even though was on the verge of collapsing, these thoughts gave him just enough rage to send one huge spick of earth up and impaling and a hundred of the flying things on it.

"You'll pay for that small one!" He heard one of them say.

"You shouldn't have done that" came Al's voice from somewhere.

His entire body turned red with rage "DON'T CALL ME SMALL! I'LL KILL YOU ALL!"

Sorry I had to do it. I had to call him small. That's okay cause he's still the best.