Hey, hey. I know it's a late update, but... I guess better late than never, right? Right...?

New Discoveries

It was midday; there was a very grumpy and restless Inuyasha sitting leaning against a wall in Kaede's hut.
"Always 'forgets' about these little tests she has. Keh! But at least Sango comes back on time, I always have to go and practically drag Kagome from her room!"

"Ye should know, it is a difficult task to live two lives. She is a strong girl trying to succeed in both worlds."
Kaede replied, poking at the fire.

"Yeah, yeah, I know, I know. But why doesn't she ever come back when she says she will? She's already a day late."
The constant complaining filled the quiet hut.

"Should be about time to return..."
Sango said to herself, finishing up on sharpening both her sword and Hiraikotsu. She packed up her things, and paid her respects to the graves one more time before approaching the gates.

"Come on, Kirara, let's go."
She said, and the little cat demon transformed in a whirl of fire to her true form. Sango climbed on Kirara's back, and took off for the fairly long journey back to Kaede's.

Sheena could hear the wind whip by as she traveled at lightning speeds. It felt good to be free again. She couldn't do this back at home because of what the people might think of her. She had learned on the way at some villages that Inuyasha was one with silver hair and doglike ears. He was clad in red; people said he was hard to miss. Ignoring the questions she received of why she was looking for him, she tore down the forest, heading north

"Man, this job is hard without someone who knows a lot about demons."
Zelos remarked, clutching a gash on his arm. They fought a demon previously that resembled a dragon, and he couldn't heal himself with magic at the moment because he felt quite drained. He would rather save gels for the tougher battles.

"Yeah, no matter how many times we cut it down, it just kept coming back..."
Lloyd replied.

"I guess all demons have some kind of weakness. The really weak ones we can just overpower, but the stronger ones won't go down that easily."
Collette said. The demon's weakness was the forehead. As soon as Collette aimed her angel feathers directly at it, the demon shrieked and fell dead.
"I wonder if this Naraku has such a weakness."
She said.

"It's probably not going to be this obvious,"
Zelos said,
"I mean, if this many people have had trouble trying to even find him? He must be pretty strong."

"Yeah..."
Lloyd said, and suddenly, he had an idea.
"Hey... What if... Naraku was the one who destroyed the village? I mean, you have to be really strong to destroy a village of demon slayers, and he seems to be the type."

Zelos thought for a moment.
"Huh... Well would you look at that... Our Lloyd has learned how to think..."

"Shut up! I'm being serious!"
Lloyd said,

"Yeah, yeah, I know... I'm thinking that it's really possible. This Naraku guy seems to be terrorizing the small villages as well, why not destroy the biggest threat first?"
Zelos said.
"Let's find and tell this to Sheena; we'll investigate on Naraku more."

After a long day of talking to ladies and getting some money, Miroku made his way back to the hut. It was almost night now, the sun was setting and the sky was a fiery orange. Sighing contently, he leaned his staff against a wall, and took a seat.

"Today was a good day."
He said to Inuyasha wit ha smile.

Inuyasha merely snorted.
"Keh."

"Lighten up, Inuyasha, try to have some fun once in a while."
Miroku said, lifting his bag of coins to see how heavy it was. It was pretty darn heavy.

Without replying, Inuyasha stood up, picking up his sword. He looked outside.

"Something's coming, isn't it?"
Miroku asked, his expression serious now.

"Yeah. You stay here and count your money, I can handle this."
Inuyasha said cockily.

"Hah. Fine, whatever you say, Inuyasha."
Miroku said, crossed his arms, leaning on the wall. Inuyasha walked off, jumping up to a tall tree to see better. He couldn't quite see it, but he could smell something of a demon and feel an aura closing in, fast. It had quite a hostile intent. He decided to wait it out; to see if it would just pass by. In a few moments, he felt a fierce wind pass him, his hair blown back. The tree he was on began to collapse, and he jumped off quickly, landing lightly on the ground. Looking around for the cause, Inuyasha quickly drew his sword.

There was a moment of silence, nothing happened. When Inuyasha eased up, thinking that it just passed by the village, it struck. With barely enough time to block, the right shoulder of his robe was cut, his blood seeping out of it.

'Shit!'
Inuyasha thought, he couldn't even see what the weapon was. The blow was clearly aimed at his heart, and if he didn't use his sword, it would have clearly been his end. It was skilled for sure. Inuyasha jumped off quickly into the forest to prevent any damage to the village. This battle wasn't going to end quickly. His ears could pick up a step coming from behind. He raised his sword, and there was a loud clang; he was knocked back a bit. He could feel the wind of the blow whip past him.

'Damn! It's too fast!'

He barely blocked another blow to his left, one to his right. He was definitely pinned down; he could barely block its hits in time

"Keh! I guess this won't end quietly!"
Inuyasha exclaimed, blocking another blow. He raised the tetsusaiga over his head, the wind swirling around it.

"Windscar!"
Inuyasha cried, aiming at the last spot where it attacked him. He knew it was a direct hit, he could feel it resisting against his power. It couldn't move for a moment, but it was enough. Inyuasha could finally see the attacker. It was another half demon just like him. It's crimson eyes glared at him with hatred, fangs barred in disgust. It snarled at him, the attack obviously hurt it. It was cut all over, especially the arms which took most of the hit from the windscar. Growling, the half demon retreated, disappearing into the now very dark forest.

"Heh, well that's that."
Inuyasha said, putting a hand on his wound. Hissing, his took his hand away. In confusion, he tried to look at it. It actually hurt! He could feel the fiery pain ring through his whole arm.

'Shit, maybe it's poisoned. Better have this looked at by Kaede...'
He thought, and began making his way back to the village.

So there you have it, the next chapter, after a looooooong break. Review please.