Title: Demon ½

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, and some characters are O.O.C

Pairings: Ranma/Kagome, Ryoga/Ukyo, Miroku/Sango

( ) means speaking telepathically

/ means speaking Chinese

' ' means thinking

Just outside of Nerima Tokyo where a heavy thunder storm poured all over the town, a very wet transformed Genma walked down the vacant streets, luckily it was night and pouring rain so no one would be out to notice a seven foot over-sized panda walking down the streets with a soaked newspaper draped over his furry head. The past few days have been nothing but pure hell for the ex-Saotome Master, his own best friend since his younger years had kicked him out of his house since his ex-wife called off the engagement and his own good for nothing sons left with their mother, and his wife had stripped him of his title as Master of the Saotome School of Anything-Goes Martial Arts. He found out first hand when he received two letters from the Nerima court order that he was no longer head of the Saotome School and due to his crimes of thievery in the last sixteen and a half years, all of his possessions that he owned were taken by the court to pay off the items and an Okonomiyaki cart he had stolen through out the years and the second letter was a copy of a divorce form. The former Saotome master was left with nothing but the clothes on his back, he had lost everything. And he had thought that his master's horrible training was a living hell, but back then he had Soun there to share the torture of the training with him now he had absolutely nothing, his wife and sons had taken everything from him. Soun had thrown him out of his house and told him not to come back ever again, Akane had been taken into anger management therapy for her outrages temper, and Nabiki was now in therapy for her obsession with money and blackmailing.

The big wet panda let out a loud sneeze then wiped his big wet nose with one drenched paw, 'Those ungrateful spoiled little bastards. This is their fault that all of this happened, if they're mother hadn't butted into to my way of training of the boys and if they hadn't found out the truth about Ukyo I'd still be inside Tendo's house drinking hot tea and looking forward to my early retirement! I should've listened to my instincts and snatched those two brats from their mother when they were babies instead of waiting till they were older.'

After Soun had kicked him out of his house he made his way over to Dr. Tofu's place in hopes that the good doctor would take pity for his misfortunes and let him stay at the clinic for a few 'weeks' but to his shock Dr. Tofu showed no signs of pity and gave the overweight man a look of disgrace like he did to Akane when she tried to do the same thing. Dr. Tofu told him to never come back to his clinic ever again or else he would have him arrested for trespassing and slammed the door in his fat face. He couldn't go back to his old house because apparently Nodoka had the locks changed before she and the boys left Nerima, so now for the past few days he had to live like a homeless person in a vacant lot with nothing but a pile of wet soggy news papers and a small cardboard box to call home.

'When I find those ungrateful sons of mine I will make them pay for this humiliation.' He vowed before reaching back and picking a small silver tube whistle. He had bought it shortly after they had arrived at the Tendo's but he never used it. But now he will once he's found his ex-wife and traitorous sons, 'I'll get those boys for this.'

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The Saotome's and Ukyo all sat infront of the Higurashi family, Ranma and Ryoga had already removed their human disguises and were now facing the Higurashi's as they are. Kagome's grandfather quickly pulled out sutras from his robes and was ready to launch them at the boys, but Ukyo and Nodoka had managed to convince him other wise, in their own way.

Ranma leaned over to his brother and whispered, "Boy mom wasn't kidding about the old man being nuts about the 'vanquishing demons' part."

Ryoga nodded, "No kidding."

After the old man had finally calmed down Kyoko turned to the two boys with an apologetic smile, "I'm terribly sorry about my father, he's really a nice man he just a firm believer of demons, evil spirits and curses. Despite everything we've seen in the past." Somehow that didn't seem to ease the brother's confidence, she quickly decided to change the subject and turned to her daughter and her friends, "Kagome why don't you tell us who your friends are."

Kagome almost forgot that her friends from the Feudal Era were right there with her, "Oh… uhh… Okay. Mom, grandpa, Auntie, these are my friends that I told you about before."

"They're not demons are they Kagome?" Kagome's grandfather asked suspiciously.

"No Grandpa Miroku and Sango aren't demons, they're humans, only Shippo and Kilala are demons but they're good demons and they're also my friends, and neither I nor Sango would like it if you started attacking them." She told him firmly which succeeded in making the old man jump back.

With that said Kagome introduced her friends from the Feudal Era and mentioned that they were the friends that she always talked about when she came home, she also had to explain to the Saotome's and Ukyo about the magic well in their shrine and where it takes her when she uses it. After the old man had calmed down Mrs. Higurashi asked her best friend if her sons had always looked the way they did now, Nodoka said no and asked the boys to explain it to them, everyone sat in their seats as the boys told the Higurashi family and the new guests of their tragic journey to China once again. The brothers explained that they weren't always like they were now and proved it by showing them their last school pictures before their father dragged them to an ancient training ground that was filled with cursed springs. They told them all about the Amazons they met and the old Amazon leader who told them all she knew about their new bodies until it came time to leave for Japan to fulfill a promise that their good for nothing father had set up for them. When Kagome's grandfather asked what was so bad about the agreement hat their father had set up, Nodoka explained to the Higurashi's about her ex-husbands plans that he had planned for her boys, the Tendo's and how they reacted when they found out about the boy's secret and the engagement that their father and the Tendo father had set up. Then Ukyo explained how she fit into the whole mess, making sure to leave out a few things that she was sure that the family didn't need to know about yet, until they got to where they are now.

To the Saotome's and Ukyo's surprise the Higurashi's and Kagome's friends all took the news very well, so well infact that it nearly caused Ranma and Ryoga to faint in shock. I mean they were surprised as hell when Kagome mentioned that her friends were from five hundred years from the past, that two of them were demons like them, and that their family had a magic well that leads to the Feudal Era but the fact that they all actually knew the demons who drowned in the springs was almost too much for the brothers and Ukyo.

It didn't take long for Kagome and her friends to put two and two together after the boys had finished there story and neither one of them could believe it. These two brothers that were sitting before them were the infact the reincarnations of Inuyasha and Kouga. It all fit, the event that happened a month ago in their world and even their school pictures showed uncanny resemblance between them and their departed companions, but they still didn't know what happened to the Shikon jewel. They just never thought that after their deaths that the two rivals would be reborn as twin brothers in Kagome's time.

Kyoko returned from the kitchen with two glasses of tea for Sango and Miroku and a glass and saucer of milk for Shippo and Kilala. After she gave them their drinks she returned her attention to the boys, "So let me see if I understand this completely, you boys were both human before your father took you both to China where there is a training ground full of cursed springs and if you fall into one of the springs, you become cursed with the body of whatever drowned in the springs?"

"That's right." Ranma answered.

"Didn't your father have any idea of the dangers of the cursed training grounds?" Kagome's grandfather spoke.

Ranma and Ryoga shook their heads then Ranma spoke, "The Guide tried to warn him when we got there but he didn't want to listen, but then again he always ignores the warnings on everything that people try to tell him."

Ryoga nodded, "That's because he doesn't give a rats ass about anything or anyone and his only concerns are his own fat lazy ass." He growled.

"Ryoga watch your language." Nodoka scolded.

The tone in his mother's voice made the youngest Saotome member flinch, "Sorry mom." He said, "Anyways it wasn't until after we had just gotten cursed that we learned that he couldn't read or even speak a single word of Chinese."

"And how did you find that out if you don't mind my asking?" Miroku asked.

Ranma shook his head, "No we don't mind. You see the old man always kept looking at a Chinese travel guide book that he had during the whole way to China, you know making it look like he was reading it, so when we asked him about it after we got these bodies, he said that he had read the whole book through and through and it didn't say anything about the training ground being cursed." Ranma scoffed, "That is until Ryoga snatched the book from him and read a paragraph from it and Pop had no idea what Ryoga had just said."

Ryoga gave a fanged smirk, "We knew he was lying anyway."

"What did you say Ryochan?" Ukyo asked with interest, "What did you tell your father?"

The ebony haired Saotome smiled, "I said/Welcome to China./, which means 'Welcome to China'."

"Impressive" Miroku spoke in amazement.

"Wow." Sango said.

"Neat." Shippo said.

"I didn't know you can speak Chinese Ryoga." Ukyo said.

Ryoga smiled, "I never told you that I couldn't."

The young chef let out a small chuckle, "How many other languages can you speak?"

"Well both Ranma and I can speak our native language, our english is pretty good and we both learned Chinese while we were in China." He answered, "Of course before the old man dragged us to China I could already read and speak a bit of Chinese and I was also teaching Ranma what I know, but after spending alot of time with the guide and the Amazons we picked up on the language pretty quick."

"And it's a good thing we did, because who knows what could've happened during the whole trip if we didn't learn all of the Chinese language." Ranma admitted shuttering at the memory of when the old Amazon Koh Lon had told him and Ryoga that it was too bad that they didn't defeat her great granddaughter in a fight, when they asked why she told them then they would have to marry Xian Pu and they would've made excellent Son-in-laws.

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"I still can't believe it." Kagome admitted for the tenth time in a row, "Ranma and Ryoga are the reincarnations of Inuyasha and Kouga!"

Sango placed a hand on the younger girls shoulder in an attempt to calm her down, "Kagome please try to calm down, this is a little hard for all of us to believe."

Miroku nodded, "Yes, I think we should all try to calm down and think this through."

Kagome looked back at her friends and sighed, she nodded slowly and sat down at her desk while Sango and Miroku took refuge at the edge of her bed. After dinner, and all the dishes were cleaned and put away it was time for everyone to settle into bed. Mrs. Higurashi had set up an extra futon for Miroku and Shippo in Ranma and Ryoga's guest room and Kagome offered to let Sango and Kilala sleep in her room for the night. Before everyone turned in for the night Kagome had told Sango, Miroku and Shippo to meet in her bedroom to talk with them about the boys, fortunately that's also what the monk and demon-slayer wanted to talk about.

"I just didn't think that Kouga and Inuyasha would be reincarnated so quickly." Kagome spoke, "I mean Kikyo didn't get reincarnated until after fifty years of her death."

Miroku and Sango nodded in agreement, then Miroku spoke, "It is strange that they were reborn so quickly but from what I can gather from their story it seems that when Inuyasha and Kouga were thrown off of the cliff and drowned in the springs below in our world, I'm guessing that the magic of the springs must've trapped their physical bodies in the springs before their souls left their bodies and were reborn here in this world, but I could be wrong."

Kagome's bedroom fell silent, everyone's mind was trying to grasp Miroku's theory, "Well that would probably explain about the how all of those springs work but there's still one thing that bothers me." Sango said.

"What's that Sango?" Asked Miroku.

The demon-slayer lowered her eyes to her lap where her two-tailed pet lay curled in her lap, her little crimson gazed up into her master's dark brown orbs, "Well it's just that, I've always wondered about what ever happened to the jewel of four souls? I mean was it destroyed along with Naraku?"

"Maybe it just vanished." Shippo piped up.

Miroku shook his head, "I don't think so Shippo. If I remember correctly from what Lady Kikyo said before, the jewel has to be used to fulfill a deepest desire only then will the jewel ceased to exist."

"Unless it was taken with someone to the otherworld just as they died." Kagome mumbled quietly but the others heard what she said.

"What're you saying Kagome?" Sango asked.

Kagome lowered her head, "Well I didn't know how else to tell you guys because I couldn't believe it when I had found out but… I think after Naraku was destroyed in China, the jewel was somehow split in two and it entered Inuyasha's and Kouga's bodies before they fell off the cliff and drowned."

Once again the room was filled with an eerie silence before they all recovered from the shock of the news, "So you're saying that both Ranma and Ryoga have the Shikon Jewel inside of them?" Miroku finally spoke.

Kagome nodded, "I think that the jewel was split in half in the blast and the two halves infused themselves in Inuyasha's and Kouga's bodies, then the two halves reappeared in their reincarnations. Just like just before with Kikyo, Kaede told me that when Kikyo died she told Kaede to burn the jewel with her body so that no one would ever use it."

"Then the jewel reappeared in your body because you're Kikyo's reincarnation." Sango concluded, Kagome nodded, "Do they even know that they both have half of the sacred jewel in there bodies Kagome?"

The young priestess shook her head, "I don't know. I don't think so."

"Then it's probably best that they don't know yet, because who knows what could happen if they were to find out that they have the most post powerful and desired jewel in their bodies." Miroku said.

Shippo groaned while clutching his head, his eyes were replaced with little swirls, "This is way too deep for me."

Miroku smiled, "Learning about the jewels origin was too deep for you Shippo." Everyone gave a little laugh.

Kagome then let out a tired yawn, she turned to her alarm clock next to her bed and it read one thirty-five in the morning. "I think it's time for us to get some sleep."

"Yes I agree, a good rest will do us all some good." The young monk agreed, "Besides, I think tomorrow we should all try to get to know your new guests Kagome."

"Just as long as the one with Inuyasha's body doesn't hit me on the head or dangle me by my tail." Shippo muttered.

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Meanwhile Back the Feudal Era in a castle at the top of the mountains in the far South above Jusenkyo, standing on the balcony looking over the mountains and as far as the eye could see was the young child ruler of the Phoenix's Saffron. He was dressed in a white loose fitting kimono with shimmering red armor strapped to his chest with gold sashes draped over both his shoulders and tied around his waist. His glorious golden wings were folded to his back, a small breeze lifted small strands of his golden-red hair making it fly graciously behind him. His brown eyes scanned his entire land while he thought about the events of his day, his adviser Kiima had once again told him that he should consider taking a wife when the time comes but he told the nagging woman that he wasn't interested in taking a wife and will never be. Why should he? He was immortal, he will never die and there was no one powerful enough to kill him, not ever in this lifetime or ever in the next. Saffron was preparing to leave his castle to search for the legendary swords of destruction and life and the five claws of lightning, he had heard about what happened down at Jusenkyo. That a small group of humans and some pesky demons were battling on the cliffs over the cursed training grounds and in the end the three demons were destroyed in the process. The young Phoenix ruler scoffed when he heard about the outcome, 'Incompetent fools' as he referred them to be, but when he asked about how they died out of curiosity he was a surprised to hear that two of the demons caused the other's decease with very powerful demonic weapons, weapons that he had only heard rumors about.

He tapped his sharp talon claws on the marble deck of his balcony and smiled, 'I have heard small stories about these weapons being wielded by beings from another land but I thought they were just myths, but now I know that they truly exist.' Saffron thought.

His adviser and a few elders had told him the tales of the sword of destruction known as the 'Tetsusaiga' and he was fascinated when they told him that the mystic blade has the power to kill a hundred foes in just one sweep. The five claws of lightning known as the 'Goraishi' had also caught his interest as well, a powerful claw forged by the souls of great warriors with the power of lightning and both weapons can absorb a fallen opponent's power, but what fascinated him the most was the power that both weapons held when combined together. There was another blade that was said to have been carried by the demon who held the Goraishi called the blade of life, but unfortunately there wasn't a lot of information on the sword of life for the swords previous master only used it once.

'It won't matter because once I have all of those weapons in my possession then there will no one that can ever match my power.' Saffron let out a low chuckle, "But why should I worry about that? There's no one alive who can match my power anyway, but with those treasures in my grasp and their powers in at my command, I will truly be invincible." He boasted to himself.

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Kagome, Miroku, Sango and Shippo were sitting in Kagome's bedroom with Ranma, Ryoga, and Ukyo with them. Kagome sat at her desk while Miroku and Sango took refuge on her bed with Shippo and the canine brothers and Ukyo sat on the bedroom floor. Earlier that morning when Kagome and Sango woke up they quickly got dressed and waited outside of Ranma and Ryoga's room for them to come out so they could talk to them, before they all went to bed last night Kagome had asked Miroku if he would ask the brothers to meet with her and her friends in the morning, they didn't have to wait long when Miroku and the Saotome twins walked out. Ukyo had also walked out of her room, fully dressed in black stretch pants and a cute light blue blouse that Nodoka had bought for her, she asked what was going on and Ranma simply told her that Kagome and her friends wanted to talk to them about their 'cursed' bodies, then the young chef asked if she could join them. Shippo had made a remark about it being a good idea in letting her join them but Ryoga had stepped up and said that she's their best friend and one way or another the Okonomiyaki Martial Artist is gonna know what they talked about, whether he or Ranma will tell her or she hears it the same time they do. Ukyo had also been curious when she heard that Kagome and her friends actually knew the demons who died in the springs and she wanted to learn more about her friend and about the brother's cursed bodies, Kagome and the others gave no objections into letting Ukyo join them, then the young priestess gestured them to follow her to her bedroom quietly as to make sure they don't wake up anyone who may still be asleep.

Once everyone was seated, Kagome began by asking the brothers what they knew about their bodies and if they had ever heard of the Shikon Jewel. Ranma and Ryoga told them all they knew from Koh Lon about the demons who drowned in the springs at Jusenkyo and the magical stone that both humans and demons hunted for its power. After that Kagome and her friends from the past revealed everything they knew about the demons they knew as Inuyasha and Kouga and about their last day alive, Kagome even told them that she was the reincarnation of Kikyo the priestess who died protecting the Sacred jewel the very jewel that now resided in their bodies. The three teens were speechless, well Ukyo was because she never expected that her childhood friends were reincarnated demons from the past, Ranma and Ryoga were a bit overwhelmed.

Ranma placed a hand on his just as did Ryoga, "So if what you guys say is true then… the Shikon no Tama is…"

"Inside our bodies." Ryoga finished for Ranma.

Kagome nodded, "I know it sounds crazy, believe me I went through the same thing when I was told that I was the reincarnation of the priestess Kikyo and found out that the jewel was inside my body after battling Mistress Centipede."

"Mistress what?" The three teens said at the same time.

"Don't ask." Kagome shook her head.

"So now that you both know the story, how do you both feel about all of this?" Sango asked after a long period of silence.

Ranma and Ryoga turned to each other, the looked to Ukyo, then back to the group. Finally Ryoga spoke, "Well to tell you the truth both Ranma and I were a little freaked out when we first got these demon bodies, but that's understandable right?" The group nodded, it was understandable to freak out if something like that ever happened to you or someone you knew, "But after we had time to adjust to our new bodies, we've learned that it's not so bad being like this, demons I mean."

Ranma nodded in agreement, "It's like our mom always said, 'things happen for a reason', and apparently we got these bodies for a reason, even though we still don't know why."

The group was astonished at how well their new friends were taking everything they had said so well, "So none of this even bothers you guys?" Shippo asked from Sango's lap.

The trio shook their heads, "From what Ryoga and I have seen and heard so far in our lives, doesn't really surprise me in the least bit."

"Ditto." Ryoga agreed.

"What he said." Ukyo said.

After a while Kagome got up from her desk chair and went to her closet where Inuyasha's Tetsusaiga and Kouga's katana had been sitting for over a month now. She was now convinced about everything up to this point, now there was just one more thing to do. When she reached in to grab the swords she noticed that they began to pulse while emitting a soft glow, 'The swords are reacting.' She thought, 'Does that mean…' Finally she reached into her closet and pulled out the two blades, as soon as she grasped the contained blades the pulsating stopped and the glow faded, 'That was really weird.'

"Kagome?" Sango spoke, "Are you alright?"

Sango's question broke the young girls train of thought, "Huh… yeah, of course. I'm just fine." She assured her best friend. Then Kagome went up to the Saotome brothers while clutching the two katanas in her arms, "These were their weapons that they used to fight demons and kill Naraku, Inuyasha's Tetsusaiga and Kouga's katana. So since you two are their reincarnations I guess it's only right to give these to their rightful owners and that's you two." She said as she handed the Tetsusaiga to Ranma and Kouga's Sword to Ryoga.

The boys took the offered blades from Kagome and felt a sudden warmth in their clawed hands, as though the swords were rejoicing at being reunited with their masters. Both of them grabbed the hilt of the swords and slowly pulled the blades from their sheaths. Both blades appeared to be in good condition though Ranma noticed that the Tetsusaiga appeared to have a few scuff marks and nicks here and there other then that it was a good-looking sword and it appeared to be in good shape, it just needed a good polishing and buffing and it'll be good as new.

Ryoga resheathed his new sword before looking over at Ranma's sword, "Hey Ranma can I see that?"

"Sure." He said holding the Tetsusaiga out to his ebony haired brother, "Here ya go."

All of a sudden panic began to spread on Kagome's and the others faces, "NO DON'T!" But their cries came too late when Ryoga's hands gasped the hilt of the Tetsusaiga. They all waited for the swords barrier to come out a attack the wolf-boy but when they heard no sounds of a pained yell they opened their eyes, though none of them remember closing them, and were thunderstruck to see Ryoga holding the Tetsusaiga as though it was just an ordinary sword.

"What's up with them?" Ukyo asked to break the silence.

"Beats the hell out of me." Both brothers said simultaneously.

'He touched the Tetsusaiga, but that's impossible. Only Inuyasha was the only one who could handle Tetsusaiga, not even Sesshomaru was able to touch the sword!' Kagome's mind screamed. Neither she nor the others could believe it, Ryoga touched the sword but nothing happened, but how was that possible? 'Could it be that it's because they're twins or something, or maybe that the sacred jewel in his chest is protecting him?' Kagome asked herself. Then a thought popped into her mind, does Ryoga have Kouga's Goraishi and if he did does he even know that he has it? "Uhh Ryoga?"

Ryoga handed the sword back to Ranma and turned to the young priestess, "Yeah?"

Kagome wasn't sure as to how to ask this but she knew she had to, "I was just wondering has something ever happened to you whenever you got mad or something?"

Ryoga blinked in confusion, "Something happen whenever I got mad, like what?"

"Well like on your right hand, did you ever get so angry or frustrated that all of a sudden metal claws just appeared on your fingers with a bracelet that went with it? Do you know what I'm talking about?"

"Not really." Ryoga admitted. He turned to Ranma, who just shrugged.

Kagome just sighed in defeat, "Never mind."

Ukyo cleared her throat hoping to ease the tension in the room and change the subject, "So is all of this the reason why you all called Ranchan 'Inuyasha' when you all showed up, because he's his reincarnation and he has his body?"

Kagome lifted her head and her cheeks began to turn bright red, "Well that and because he looks just like Inuyasha. Here I'll show you." She reached over and grabbed the framed photo off of her desk and handed it to them.

Ranma took the picture from Kagome and looked at it, his eyes were glued to the three figures in the photo as were Ukyo's and Ryoga's. The three Martial Artists would often look up at each other for comparison, but there was denying it the uncanny resemblance between the boys and the demons in the picture were unmistakable.

"Huh I guess even in your past life you still prefer to wear red, huh Ranma?" Ryoga said with a smirk.

Ranma grimaced at his younger brother, "At least I didn't wear a furry skirt."

Ryoga's smile vanished from his face and he began to growl at his dog-eared brother, but before he could say anything Ukyo took the picture from Ranma and said, "Actually Ranma I think it looks cute." She looked up and noticed that Ranma and Ryoga were giving her looks like she had just said the weirdest thing in the world, "What? Can't I make a comment about something?"

Ranma quickly regained himself and smiled, "I didn't think you'd be one to like guys in skirts Ucchan." He said slyly.

Ukyo's face turned bright red, "I don't… I I mean… I was just saying that… it's looks good on him, that's all."

"Sure you were Ucchan. Is that why you're blushing?" Ranma asked mischievously.

"Ranma just shut up will ya?" Ryoga told his brother, he quickly glanced at Ukyo and saw that she was gazing at him. He quickly looked away but not before a small blush rose on his cheeks.

(You're blushing bro.) Came Ranma's voice.

(Aww shut up.)

(So the Jusenkyo Guide was right.) Ranma said to his brother through their telepathic link, (Remember what he said Ryoga?)

The ebony-haired wolf nodded after calming down, (He said that only the reincarnations of the demons that drowned in the cursed springs could remove the curse from the springs.)

(Geez and all this time I thought it was a joke.) He sighed while running his fingers through his silver white bangs.

(I don't think the Jusenkyo Guide jokes around when it comes to the cursed springs Ranma.)

Everyone in the room gave the brothers odd looks while they had their silent conversation, "Does anybody have any idea on what they're doing?" Shippo asked.

"I have no idea." Miroku answered.

"Neither do I." Sango admitted.

"Me neither." Kagome agreed.

Finally Ranma looked to the others and noticed their stares, (Hey bro we better cut this short because they're giving us weird looks.) Ryoga followed his brother's gaze and nodded, Ranma cleared his throat, "Uh sorry about that."

Miroku arched an eyebrow, "If you two don't mind my asking but what exactly were you two just doing?"

"Nothing really, it's just a little something that Ryoga and I have able to do for a while now after our trip to China." Ranma explained.

"And what's that?" Miroku asked again.

"Well we found out just last week that we can talk to each other telepathically." Ryoga explained. "It happened right after we left the Tendo house while Ranma and I were practicing in a vacant lot behind our neighbor's house."

Everyone aside from Ukyo was astonished at what they just heard, they all knew that neither Inuyasha nor Kouga had the ability to speak telepathically, but they all knew that the Sacred Jewel can increase demonic power or grant the holder anything they desire. So was it the Shikon Jewel that gave them this gift? They didn't know.

Kagome was able to regain herself and turned to Ukyo, "Did you know about this Ukyo?"

Ukyo nodded, "Ryochan told me all about it after I arrived in Nerima."

"Kagome, everybody, it's time for breakfast!" Kagome's mother called.

"Ranma! Ryoga! Ukyo! Come on down for breakfast!" Nodoka called.

"Coming!" Everybody answered.

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Back in the Feudal ages, Sesshomaru the young Lord of the Western lands stood before the bone eaters well that sat in the Forrest of Inuyasha along with him the frog-like imp Jaken and the young human child Rin. Sesshomaru gazed at the old well intensely, he had seen this old well before but had never bothered to inspect it for it didn't interest him, but when Jaken had told him that he had witnessed the two humans that traveled with his now deceased little brother jump into the well and didn't come back out right away the Western Lord had to see this old well for himself.

Jaken pointed the two-headed staff at the old bone eaters well, "There it is my Lord, this is the old well that I saw the monk and demon-slayer jump in last night. They both jumped into the old well and never came back out again."

"You're sure?" Sesshomaru asked without taking his golden eyes off of the well.

Jaken nodded, "Aye Lord Sesshomaru, I am most certain."

Sesshomaru stepped closer to the well and placed his newly regenerated left arm, he lifted his eyebrows in amazement, "Interesting." He said quietly, 'I can smell magical aura coming from this well and the scent of the monk and slayer still lingers. I can also smell the scent of that human girl Kagome. So this is how she's able to crossover into our world, this well is a portal into both our worlds. Why didn't I notice it before?' He wondered.

Rin walked up to Sesshomaru and peered down the old well curiously, 'Why is Lord Sesshomaru so interested in a dirty old well?'

Jaken walked up next to the Western Lord grasping the staff of two heads tightly in his boney little hands, "Shall I dispose of this wretched old well Sire?" He asked, waiting for his master to give his approval to destroy the well.

"You will do no such thing Jaken." Sesshomaru said firmly, Jaken quickly backed away from the well, not wanting to anger his master. Sesshomaru reached up and casually tucked a loose strand of moon white hair behind his ear, "I wish to test this mysterious well. To see where it leads."

Jaken looked dumbfounded at his Lord, "A test!?" He knew that when his master said that he wanted to test something it usually meant something bad, "Wh… what kind of te… test do you have in mind my Lord?"

Without speaking another word to either Jaken or Rin, Sesshomaru suddenly leapt up and jumped into the well. Rin and Jaken watched in surprise and in horror as the Western Lord sank further down into the darkness of the well until he vanished completely from their sight.

"Lord Sesshomaru!" Jaken cried hysterically, but no answer came, only the rebounding sounds of his echo was heard from within the well, 'He disappeared! But how?' He wondered, "Lord Sesshomaru? Lord Sesshomaru, are you down there my Lord?" He called again and again no answer came. Rin gazed down at the darkness inside of the well then without warning she climbed up on the edge of the old bone-eaters well, Jaken nearly toppled over in shock by the child's actions, "Rin?! What do you think you're doing young lady?"

"I'm going to follow Lord Sesshomaru." She answered before pushing herself off the ledge and sank into the darkness of the well like her master Sesshomaru.

"Rin!" Jaken scrambled after the young girl but it was too late for she, like Sesshomaru, had disappeared into the wells darkness, "Rin?" He called into the well but no answer came, meaning that Rin had also disappeared. Jaken stared down at the darkness from within the well then narrowed his yellow slitted eyes, "Well if they can do it, then I can do it as well!" He clambered up on the wells edge then jumped in. He fell and fell until he landed face first onto the cold solid ground at the bottom of the well. He slowly lifted his head expecting to find his silver-haired master and the happy young child that had jumped into the well before him but found nothing but the cold stone wall from inside the bottom of the well, meaning that it didn't work for him and he was still in their world, "Then again… maybe not." He moaned before passing out.

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After breakfast Kagome and Sango had excused themselves to take a bath while the twins went up to their rooms to change for practice and Miroku offered to help Ukyo clean the dishes, it was only minutes later that a scream came from within the kitchen and the monk was thrown out of the kitchen with a large lump on his head and a stinging red hand print on his face. Upon hearing the chefs scream the demon brothers rushed down the stairs and into the dining room to see what had happened only to find a semi-conscious monk lying on the floor and a furious Okonomiyaki chef standing over him. When Ryoga asked her what happened she told them that she was inside the kitchen washing dishes when all of a sudden she felt a hand slowly stroking her butt and when she turned she saw that it was Miroku who was groping her. Fortunately for Miroku he remained unconscious because if he had woken up while the brothers were there, Ryoga would be using him as a human punching bag.

After Sango and Kagome had finished their baths and got dressed in their clean clothes, they noticed that the house was empty except for Souta who was playing video games and Kagome's grandfather who was making more 'powerful' spirit wards. Kagome grimaced at the old man, when was he ever going to learn that none of his charms or spells are ever gonna work no matter what he says? Then they spotted Miroku and Shippo sitting outside on the front deck of the house looking at something with Ukyo and Nodoka with them. Not only were they outside but so were the brothers, as they moved towards the door the girls could hear the clanking sounds of wooden sticks hitting each other, when Kagome opened the door to see what was going on out there she and Sango found the brothers fighting each other with long wooden practice swords in the front yard. Kagome knew that it was some kinda Martial Arts sword fighting style even though she didn't much about Martial Arts, just enough to recognize it, but she had never seen the style that the brothers were practicing ever before. Sango on the other hand, being a professional demon-slayer, had seen this kind of sword fighting before in her village and other villages, however the style that the brothers were using was new to her.

Nodoka looked up at the girls and smiled, "Hello Kagome, hello Sango, did you both have a nice bath?"

Kagome and Sango both nodded, "What's going on here?" Sango asked.

"Nothing, we're just watching my sons doing their morning practice that's all." The Kimono wearing Saotome explained.

"What style is that Auntie?" Ukyo asked.

"This is Kendo. It's a traditional Japanese swordsman fighting exercise." Nodoka explained, "I taught them this style when they were very young."

Kagome gave Nodoka a surprised look, "I didn't know you knew Kendo Auntie."

Nodoka nodded lifting her hand to grasp the hilt of the katana she held tightly, "Well of course, it's a family art that's been past down in my family for generations and I was so happy to see that my boys had continued their training in the art while they were with their father the whole time."

"It looks like they're dancing with sticks in a very weird way to me." Shippo spoke.

Nodoka only laughed softly before going back to watching her sons spar, the brothers continued swinging their wooden bokkens at each other in hopes of getting a hit through the others defense. Their weapons were locked together in a battle of strength, Ranma then shifted his stance and swung his left leg forward towards Ryoga's legs. Ryoga didn't have enough time to react as Ranma's leg made contact with his own legs and he started to fall backwards, whilst still in the air the bandannaed wolf corrected himself by performing a back flip away from his brother.

The brother's took the time to catch their breath, Ranma wiped the sweat from his brow never taking his golden eyes off his twin, "C'mon Ryoga, don't tell me that's all you've got?"

Ryoga scoffed, "Not even close Ranma."

"Well then come on, don't make me wait all day." Ranma mocked playfully.

Ryoga gave a fanged smirk, "You asked for it brother." With that the resumed their battle with more intense efforts in their attacks.

On the side lines where Kagome and her friends and Nodoka continued to watch the battling brothers everyone was trying to keep up with their movements, of course with the jewel in their bodies made it easy for Kagome to see them, the problem was that they were moving so fast that she was starting to get dizzy.

"Wow these guys fight better with swords then Inuyasha or Kouga did when they were alive." Shippo said aloud.

"Well Inuyasha just always swung his sword around to unleash its attacks but his battle skills weren't that bad, he got better each time he fought." Miroku said.

Sango nodded, "Yeah and as for Kouga, I don't think I've seen Kouga ever use his sword in front of us, have you?"

Miroku shook his head, "No I have never seen Kouga use his sword ever, but you know just because we've never seen him use it doesn't mean he didn't know how to fight with a sword." He said while continuing to watch the fight.

The boys continued their match, during that time Ranma had managed to knock Ryoga's bokken out of his hands and just before Ranma could strike again Ryoga quickly avoided the attack and grabbed his practice sword, however it costs him some time, just as he was getting to his feet he saw that Ranma had already begun another attack. Ranma swung his bokken at his brother just as Ryoga lifted his to block the attack but the force between Ranma's swing and Ryoga's block was so strong that there was a loud 'crunch' and the sound of broken sticks clattering onto the stone ground. Ranma and Ryoga looked down at there hands and saw that their bokkens had been broken into pieces and that only the handles remained intact.

Ranma smiled at Ryoga, "Looks like it's another tie bro."

Ryoga lowered his own broken bokken, "Guess so bro." He eased out of his stance, "But did you have to swing it so hard that it had to break mine too?"

Ranma shrugged, "It's not like I meant to." He said while trying pick up the broken pieces of their bokkens.

"Wow! That was amazing." Exclaimed Shippo.

"Indeed." Agreed Miroku and Sango nodded as well.

Nodoka smiled, "They've learned well and I couldn't be more proud of my own sons."

While the Saotome demons continued to pick up what's left of their practice swords Ranma's doggy-ears began to twitch and so did his and Ryoga's noses, "Did you hear that?"

Ryoga nodded, "Yeah I heard it." He whispered back, "Do you smell that?"

Ranma nodded, "Yeah I do and what ever it is, it ain't human and it's coming this way."

"Aww shit!" Ryoga said through clenched teeth.

Not far behind Miroku, Sango, and Kagome stood on guard facing the same direction the boys were facing, Ukyo stood from her seat to see what was going on, Nodoka and Kyoko looked at the younger people with concern, "Kagome, what is it? What's wrong?" Kyoko asked.

"There's a powerful demonic aura coming this way, but it feels familiar to me somehow."

Everyone stood waiting for their unexpected visitor to show themselves, Miroku tightened his grip on his staff, Sango stood ready with Kilala be her side waiting to transform when necessary, Kagome watched everything around her carefully while holding Shippo protectively, Ukyo clutched the handle of her battle spatula tightly, and even Nodoka stood ready with her own katana at hand ready to be drawn. The Saotome boys both flexed their sharp claws making them crack loudly, Ryoga's tail swished angrily back and forth while Ranma ears flattened to his head.

Coming around the corner was there mystery guest. A tall handsome looking man with long shimmering white hair like Ranma's wearing a white Kimono with armor, golden amber eyes, red stripes and a blue crescent moon on his cheeks and forehead, he had pointed ears like Ryoga and draped over his right shoulder was something white and fluffy. His scent was also that of a demon from what the boys could tell. Standing with him was a young girl about eight years of age, the child had long black hair with a small ponytail on one side of her head and she wore an orange child-size kimono that came down to her knees.

"Kagome, who in the world is that?" Kyoko asked her daughter.

"That's Sesshomaru, he's Inuyasha older brother and he's very strong and also very dangerous." She answered, 'But more importantly what's he doing here and how did he get through the well or even know about the well?'

Sesshomaru turned his attention to the brothers and he let out a very soft startled gasp, there standing before him was his little brother and the wolf prince, but there was something odd about their scents. He was familiar with the wolf's scent due to their previous encounter and he knew Inuyasha's scent far too well, but the scent he was picking up were the same as his brothers and the wolf's but at the same time they weren't.

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A.N. Whoo! Finally chapter 11 is up! So sorry for the long wait and I thank everyone who has been waiting very patiently. So what will happen now that Sesshomaru has appeared in Kagome's world and has discovered that his brother is alive? And to the one who suggested that Saffron should be the main Villain, I thank you very much. Please read and review and I hope you enjoyed Chapter 11.