Chapter 10:

I'm... I'm alive? I'M ALIVE!

Pay no attention to Miroku, I've alwayssuspected he was crazy... I'm sorry he lied, he must have been delusional or something, cuz he's in this chapter. I think he's been hit in the head by Sango to many times...

ashley-the-b-daplayer: I know, I'm a genius... riiight...

MysteriousNekoHanyou: What's a Neko? Yeh I know I haven't, but I'm a very busy girl! Sorry!

KagStar: Arigato

HalfDemonMica: I think that's right... What's Nihao? I feel stupid...

Franglaise: No, I meant Franglaise, if it doesnt mean anything, how'd you come up with it?

DizziInuKag: Not to bad? Oookkk, I guess that was a compliment?

No, I don't own Inu or any of his pals! Cuz if I did Kikyo would've stayed dead, with Kagome and Inuyasha free to love without that damn Kikyo messing everything up!

Shippo's POV:

My eyes felt so heavy... I felt as if I'd been run over by a caravan cart. I squinted, expecting light to blind me, but it didn't. I opened them completely.

"I'm alive? I'M ALIVE!" I shouted with glee. Then I looked around me. I was in a large cavern, with no visible escape route. Okay, maybe I'm not alive... Heavenisn't all it its cracked up to be... Wait! What if this wasn't Heaven? I let out a mangled sob, feeling the tears start to run down my cheeks. Hell... I don't belong here! Besides the stray cuss and theft, I've been a good boy! THE HORNS ONLY HOLD UP THE HALO I TELL YOU!I shouted in my head toKami knows who. I let out another sob, and a pile of rocks close by began to rose slowly. I squeaked and ran behind a boulder. Where was Inuyasha when you needed him!

Everyone's POV:

"Come on out Shippo, It's only me." A familiar voice echoed through the cavern. Shippostuck his head out from behind the rock. He saw a familiar pair of silver ears and amber eyes looking in his direction. Shippo stepped out from behind the rock. Inuyasha had lost the top of his red haori top in the fall. All he had was his haori bottoms and his cream colored shirt on.

"I wasn't hiding you know... I was thinking up a plan to attack whatever was rising from the rocks. Your lucky you called out to me when you did, otherwise you'd be mince meat." Shippo stuttered. Inuyasha just smirked.

"Sure... How'd you find me anyway?" Inuyasha asked. It was Shippo's turn to smirk.

"I followed you to the tomb. Then when the ground started rumbling, I saw the old man trying to stab you. I ran over and bit him. And, before he threw me away, I swiped this from him. I figured if I die from his hand that I should take something preious from him in return. And by the way he was acting, this seemed pretty precious." Shippo said, pulled the Shikon No Tama from his pocket. He handed it to Inuyasha, who smiled.

"That's my partner in crime!" Inuyasha said, rubbing Shippo's head ruffly. Then another thing came out of the shadows. Shippo's eyes widened as a rug came between the two friends and snuggled up next to Inuyasha's legs. Shippo scowled at the intruder.

"Who is he? AND WHY DOES HE HAVE MY COLORS!" Shippo yelled. The rug cowered and Inuyasha pet it like a lost puppy.

"Will you stop yelling? This is the... um... thing that brought me to the Shikon jewel." Inuyasha said. Shippo glared at the rug and stuck his tongue out at it. The rug gave Shippo what a rug would call a dirty look in return. Inuyasha just rolled his eyes and returned to studying the jewel.

"Color stealer!" Shippo muttered. The rug called Shippo a nasty word in Ruganese.(AN: Yes, that's not a real language... I think...)

"Shut up both of you. I need to concentrate!" Inuyasha scowled at the jewel.

"Can I see it Inuyasha!" Shippo asked, jumping up on Inuyasha's shoulder and making him drop the jewel.

"Shippo!" Inuyasha yelled, snatching up the jewel and rubbing the dirt off of it. (AN: We all know what happens next!) The jewel began to glow a radiant pink, lighting up Inuyasha's face, and soon the whole cavern. Inuyasha did something he hadn't done since he met the princess. He gawked openly. Then the jewel started to smoke, making Inuyasha cough and drop it to the ground. The smoke kept coming, thickening with every second. To Inuyasha and Shippo's amazment, a person clothed in purple began to rise out of the jewel. The figure held a golden staff with charms dangling in the middle, and a rosary on his right wrist. Inuyasha recognised the purple clothes to be those of a monk.

Here's a tuffy! Who's in the jewel? You'd have to be as stupid as Miroku and as oblivious as Koga not to know! I want 10 reviews before I update again! But I wouldn't mind more then that!