Hana and Inu walked back to the village and what Inu saw was shocking. He saw Takai throwing a huge boomerang. Inu ran to Takai and asked "yo how did you learn to use and throw something that big?!" Takai looked at Inu with a bit of a smile and said "it turns out that it wasn't a coincidence that Sango and Miroku had the same names as my ancestors. They are my ancestors."
Inu became shocked and said "well I didn't see that one coming." Takai chuckled as he said "I know I never expected to meet my own ancestors! It's just so cool!" Inu sighed as he said "remind me again why we're friends?" Takai laughed as he said "because I was the only one besides your family to not freak out about your ears, eyes and hair colour." Inu laughed as he said "oh yeah. I just never thought that you'd be part demon slayer and part monk."
Takai nodded and he asked "so Inu I notice that you blush when Hana is around. Do you like her?" Inu looked at his friend and said while hitting him on the head "that's none of your business!!" Takai started to rub his head and said "alright jeez! You don't need to hit me!" Shippo came out of the hut and started to laugh as he said "that's just like when Miroku asked Inuyasha if he liked Kagome. He would hit Miroku every time he asked him that." Inu and Takai looked at each other than looking up thinking about how it would go.
in their minds
"So Inuyasha do you like Kagome?" Said a smiling Miroku. A man that looks like Inu said "why do you keep asking me that?" Miroku said "well because you blush when she's around and you protect her the most. So tell me do you like her?" Inuyasha hit Miroku in the head multiply times knocking him out saying "ask me one more time, One more time and I'll make the pain twice as bad!"
Back in real world
Inu and Takai shivered thinking about what Inu's father would have done. Shippo laughed as he said "yeah Inuyasha would have killed Miroku if it wasn't for Kagome and Sango." Inu sighed as he said "alright we know that you two can defend yourselves but what about Hana?" Hana came out of the hut and said "I can handle myself I know some magic spells and some fighting moves."
Inu smiled as he said "alright now that we have that settled how are you too going to keep up with us? I can run faster than you too and so can Shippo?" Sango came out with Kirara in her arms and said "Kirara will carry them for when you start running." Inu looked at Kirara and asked "how is she going to carry them?" Than Sango threw Kirara in the air and she was engulfed by flames.
Once the flames disappeared landed Kirara in her battle form. Inu was in shock as he said "so this is how Kirara was able to carry me those times." Sango nodded with a smile and said "she's my battle partner but she hasn't had a good fight in years I bet that going with you would give her a good time." Inu nodded as he said "I'll be right back I'm going to sneak in my time and grab some supplies."
Everyone nodded and watched as Inu left. They waited a few hours until Inu finally came back with a huge yellow backpack on his back with a huge grin on his face. Takai asked "jeez Inu what did you do pack everything from the store?" Inu calmly said "oh real funny dude I just packed stuff I know we're going to need like food, sleeping bags, some swim suits in case we want to go swimming, stuff in case we get injured from battle and other stuff."
Takai calmly said "man your always prepared." Inu just smiled and said "yup mom always told me to be prepared for everything." Hana looked at the big yellow bag on Inu's back and asked "how can something that size not bother you?" Inu could only smile as he said "this is nothing I can life huge borders and not break a sweat."
Than they were on their way off on their big journey to find Inuyasha and the Shikon Jewel. The riddle they received still bothered them. The Shikon Jewel is in the heart of a kind hearted demon. They couldn't tell who the kind hearted demon was. For all they know it could be anyone. No one could figure that riddle out.
After awhile they stopped and made camp for the night. Inu sat down listening to his ipod thinking about the riddle. "Inside the heart of a kind hearted demon... Who is it? Who is this demon? What did Kikyo mean that he's closer than I think?"Thought a confused Inu. Than he sat up and looked around to notice that Hana wasn't there. He took out his headphones and asked "where's Hana?" Shippo responds with a calm tone "she went for a walk you didn't notice cause you were listing to that thing."
Inu sighed than he smelled something that he didn't like. He stood up and said "I'll be right back I smell something I'm not sure what it is but it's after Hana." Than without another word Inu ran off. He ran as fast as he could and thought "I knew it it's that wolf again! What was his name again? Doka? No that wasn't it what was it?" Than he found Hana by a few springs just looking at them.
He then notice that the wolf demon was getting closer. Inu yelled "HANA LOOK OUT!!"Hana looked at Inu and asked "Inu what's wrong?" He stopped right in front of her and said "I smell that wolf demon again and I came here hoping that you weren't attacked. I'm just glad that I came here before he did." She blushed as she said "you were worried about me?" He nodded and said "why wouldn't I be worried about you?" Than a wolf demon appeared and said "so we meet again mutt."
Inu saw Koga and said "oh it was you again... uh what was your name again?" Koga yelled "KOGA MY NAME'S KOGA!!"Inu just smiled and said "oh yeah that's right. I still think you have a strange name though."
Koga was full of more rage and yelled "your going down for that!!" Than Koga threw a kick at Inu but Inu caught his foot and said "do you think that you can beat me? Ha that's a laugh."
Than Inu made his claws glow and it was starting to burn Koga's foot. Koga screamed out in pain and begged "please stop!!" Inu gave Koga a smug look that said 'I don't think so'. Hana saw that look in Inu's eyes and said "please Inu he said to stop!" Inu snapped out of his trance and released Koga while saying "don't ever come back if you know what's good for you."
Koga nodded and ran off with fear. Inu looked at Hana and asked "Hana are you ok?" She nodded and asked "Inu what happened to you? It was like you weren't you anymore?" Inu turned away from Hana and said "I don't know to be honest that's never happened before that I can remember." Hana walked until she was in front of Inu and saw that he was troubled.
She saw it in his eyes that something deep down of him was trying to get out but his heart was holding it back. Hana said "I'm sure that you'll figure it out someday Inu. What ever you did it wasn't you it was something else remember that." He nodded and when Hana turned around she saw a snake and jumped into Inu and they fell into the spring.
When they surfaced Hana turned around and noticed that she was sitting on Inu's lap. She moved off of him and saw that his bangs covered his eyes completely. He calmly asked "uh why did you scream?" She looked away embarrassed and said "I saw a snake and screamed..." He calmly said "so let me get this straight you plan to fight demons and your scared of snakes?" She nodded and he said "you do realise that I can't see you when my bangs are wet right?"
She turned to face him and said "sorry and yes I am scared of snakes alright you got a problem with that?!" He shook his head and said "no everyone has a fear. You shouldn't be ashamed of that." She looked at him and asked "ok mister tough guy what's your worst fear?" Inu calmly said "my worst fears are being alone and losing my loved ones." She saw him get up and saw him squeeze all the water out of his hair. She also sat up and squeezed all of the water out of her cloths. Than she notice that Inu was taking his top off to get all the water out. She blushed and said "uh why did you take your top off Inu?"
He calmly said "well it was too heavy to wear since it's wet I have to let it dry now that all of hte extra water is out. We should head back. On the walk back they were slient. Until Inu asked "Hana...?" She turned to him with a smile and asked "yes Inu?" He calmly asked "is there a reason... why you came with me?" Her smile faded and said "yes... I wanted to help."
He looked away and said "I see... Is there another reason?" Hana didn't know what to say to him she didn't know if he felt the same way about her as she did for him and said "well I uh." They stopped and Inu asked "well?" She sighed and said "well I do have a reason but I just don't know how to say it." Inu looked at her and asked "did you fear me when we first met?" She shook her head and he asked "did you just accept me when we first met?"
She nodded and said "I knew right away that you weren't going to hurt me." He was relieved that she wasn't scared of him and that she accepted him. Than he asked "do you see me as a friend?" She looked at the blushing half demon and said "sort of..." He looked at her and said "what do you mean by sort of?" She looked at him with a big blush and said "well it's hard to say Inu... I see you as well something more."
He blushed even more and said "really?" When she realized that she said that he meant something more to her she was about to run with tears in her eyes. Until she felt someone grab her arm and pulled her close. Out in the bush's were Shippo and Takai. Takai whispered "come on Inu! Kiss her already." Shippo was watching too and said "I know he likes her and I know that she likes him they are made for each other."
Takai nodded and asked "so Inu won't find us?" Shippo nodded and said "as long as I hold this herb than he won't be able to sniff us out." Takai smiled at Shippo's idea and said "I just wish that Inu wasn't so shy." Shippo looked at Takai and said "he's shy?" Takai nodded and said "well he's mostly shy around girls in our time all the girls love him but he just doesn't like them he thinks that no girl would accept him. That's why he fears of being alone." Shippo nodded and said "well lets see if he kiss's her." Back with Hana and Inu.
Inu held Hana close and said "Hana do you really see me as something more?" She nodded and when she looked up she saw something in his eyes that she's never seen before but she couldn't tell what it was. Than she saw that he was leaning closer to her until he kissed her.
She was in shock than she returned the kiss. Takai and Shippo gave each other a high five and they head back to camp. Once Inu knew what he was doing he pulled away and said "sorry..." They both blushed and Inu thought "I kissed her..." Hana thought "he kissed me... I can't believe it... Does this mean that he likes me?" Than they walked back to camp and said nothing the whole time.
Once they got there Inu put his shirt on a tree branch to dry and he sat by the fire. Shippo and Takai came back with some fish and started to cook them. Takai saw the blush on his friend's face and said "what's wrong Inu?" Inu gave Takai a death glare that said ask-and-die. Takai shut up about that and said "well I hope you like fish everyone." Inu looked at the sky and said "huh a new moon."
Shippo almost chocked on his fish and said "well looks like we can't keep going right now." Inu looked at the fox demon and asked "what do you mean by that?" Shippo calmly said "well Inuyasha becomes human on the night of the new moon and his demon aura won't be around for us to find it besides I'm more worried about you." Inu was confused and asked "what do you mean?" Then Inu noticed that everyone was staring at him with shocked expressions on their face's. He asked "what? Is something on my face or something?"
Takai knelt in front of Inu and looked at the side of his head than he looked at Inu's hands than he opened Inu's mouth. Getting annoyed Inu punched his friend in the gut and said "what?! What's wrong with you Takai?!" Takai calmly said "Inu your human." Inu was confused and asked "what do you mean?" Takai grabbed a mirror and when Inu looked into it he noticed that he had human ears, his hair was fully black and he had no claws or fangs. Inu was in shock and said "what happened?!"
Shippo said "half demon like you and your father become humans on certain times for you and Inuyasha you become human on the night of the new moon. Hasn't Kagome told you?" Inu shook his head and said "no she would always make me go to bed at sun set on the night of the new moon... Why didn't she tell me?"
Shippo calmly said "maybe so you don't get confused if she wasn't home since you said she's barley ever home." Inu nodded and said "I guess that does make sense since she never told me about my blood-line. Well I'm heading to bed night everyone." Than Inu grabbed his sleeping bag and went to bed.
A few hours later Inu could hear someone shivering and he saw that it was Hana. He grabbed his robe and placed it on Hana and got an idea. He grabbed a small box from his bag and placed it next to her with a small note inside. He thought "I hope you'll like it Hana." Than he went back to his sleeping bag and went to sleep.
