May 24

I haven't written in quite a while but that's because Inuyasha and our friends and I have been out battling a terrible demon. It was a long trip but now that I'm finally home and settled down I think it would be worth it to write about it.

The afternoon we left, Yasha and I were sitting up in a tree relaxing in the afternoon sun.

Suddenly, Inuyasha paused from our conversation. "That's impossible," he said.

I raised my eyebrow. "What are you talking about? Of course, it's possible."

He shook his head. "Not that. I smell something."

"What is it?" I asked.

"Naraku."

"Naraku? Are you sure your nose is working right? He's been dead for over four years now."

"It's Naraku. I'd know that scent anywhere." He took me into his arms and jumped out of the tree.

Miroku came over to us, having been walking by on his way home. "You guys, I sense a demonic aura around here."

"You too, huh?" Inuyasha said.

"Inuyasha said he smells Naraku," I said.

"Inuyasha are you sure it's Naraku?" Miroku said, just as confused as I had been.

"It's Naraku, trust me," Inuyasha said firmly.

"Where's Sango?" I asked.

"She's at home with the children," Miroku said.

Inuyasha crossed his arms frustrated by the whole situation. "This is ridiculous. Naraku is dead, how am I smelling him here?"

Suddenly, we heard screaming in the village. "Come on," Miroku said and we all ran towards it.

Sango came outside and went over to him. "What's going on out here?"

"There's a demon, possibly Naraku," Miroku explained.

"What…?" Sango said. She was just as confused as the rest of us.

Then we saw a man with messy jet black hair a bit past his shoulders, he was wearing a red and white kimono and armor with spikes on it. One thing was for sure, he was not Naraku.

Inuyasha pulled out his Tetsusaiga. "What the hell are you doing here and what do you want?"

"You're just the guy I'm looking for, Inuyasha," he said, in a menacing voice. "You and your friends."

"What do you want with us?"

"My name is Akumasu. I served Naraku, and I've come to avenge my master's death."

Inuyasha snorted. "Get real. You'll have to go through me before you can kill my friends!" He ran towards the guy preparing to stab him and chop his head off. Akumasu was quick though and pulled out his own sword and knocked Inuyasha out of the way. He landed on his feet nearly slamming into someone's house. "Damn you."

Akumasu smirked. "So which one of you is going to be first?"

"Don't touch them!" Inuyasha said. "Wind scar!"

Five golden deadly flashes of light zoomed towards Akumasu but he deflected them with his sword. Not towards Inuyasha though, at me!

Inuyasha ran to her as fast as he could and pulled her out of the way before I could get hurt. We landed on the ground a few feet away. "Damn it, he deflected my wind scar," he mumbled. He looked at me. "Are you okay?"

I nodded. "I'm fine."

He pulled me up with him and prepared to fight Akumasu.

"You want to play like that?" Akumasu put his sword away. "Come find me in two days or I'll come back and destroy you and burn your village down." With that, he walked off.

"You bastard, come back here and fight!" Inuyasha exclaimed, preparing to go after him.

Miroku grabbed his arms and stopped him. "Don't be so hasty, Inuyasha. It's better to go after him later than to fight him here in the village."

"So what do we do?" Sango said.

"We have no choice but to go after him," Miroku said. "Inuyasha and I will go, and you and Kagome can stay here…"

"No way," Sango said. "He wants me just as much as he wants you guys and I'm coming to fight with you whether you like it or not."

"But the children…"

"Kaede will take care of them."

"Okay, you can come with us," Miroku said, defeated.

"I wanna go!"

They looked down and saw Shippo standing at their feet. "You're late," Inuyasha said. "Do you even know what's going on?"

Shippo shook his head. "Nope, but whatever it is I want to be a part of it."

"Alright then, you can go," Miroku said.

"I'm coming too," I said.

"No you're not," Inuyasha said.

"Why not?"

"It's too dangerous."

"I can take care of myself, Inuyasha," I protested.

"You're not going."

I glared at him. "Everyone else is going. Why can't I go?"

"Because I said so alright!"

Everyone else glanced at each other. "Um, I'm gonna go tell the kids we're leaving," Sango said, going towards her house.

"I'll come with you," Miroku said following her.

"And I've got to do…that thing…over there," Shippo said pointing in a random direction and going there not knowing what he was trying to do.

Inuyasha walked off as well and I followed him. "Hey, what's going on with you? Why don't you want me to come? Whatever this guy's deal is, I want to help you fight him."

"Kagome, you're carrying our child! It's too risky."

"Inuyasha, the baby will be fine. I'm coming with you." I sighed. "I can't let you go alone. What if…what if you don't come back? I wouldn't be able to sleep worrying about you."

Inuyasha looked at me and they were silent for a moment. "When Akumasu deflected my wind scar at you, it was too close. If I had been a second later…" his voice trailed off. "I'm just worried about your safety, and our baby's."

I put her arms around his neck and gave him a reassuring kiss. I knew he was worried about me and the baby, but I was worried about him. I couldn't let him go alone. "I'll be okay. Come on, let me come."

He looked at me for a moment then sighed. "Okay, fine. Just leave all the dirty work to us."

"Fine, but if one of you is in trouble, I'm stepping in."

Later that evening we all set off to find this Akumasu guy. Miroku and Sango had dropped their kids off with Kaede who was glad to take care of them. They all had their weapons and were ready for whatever they had to face.

"So what do you think is up with this Akumasu guy?" Inuyasaha asked.

"He says he served Naraku, but how come we've never seen him?" Sango said.

"What I still don't understand is Naraku has been dead for four years. If he was really this bent on avenging him, wouldn't he have come for us sooner?" Miroku said.

"It's weird that he smells like Naraku," Shippo said.

"Do you think he's an incarnation?" I asked.

"Narkau made us fight all of his incarnations though, right?" Sango said.

"Kagome might be on to something here. For all we know, Naraku could have had tons of incarnations that he never got to use before we killed him," Miroku said.

"Even still, it's been such a long time. If he is an incarnation why are we just now seeing him if Naraku had created him a long time ago?" Sango said.

Inuyasha got down on his knees so he could follow the scent better. "This way," he said, turning to the left.

They all followed him and continued to talk about Akumasu.

"This is just like old times," I said nostalgically.

"What do you mean?" Miroku asked.

"You know, going out to fight together, tracking down someone serving Naraku, Inuyasha sniffing the dirt…"

"Hey!" Inuyasha exclaimed.

"You've got a point there, Kagome," Sango said.

"All we need now is Koga popping up every now and then trying to fight Inuyasha and kiss you and whisk you off into the sunset," Shippo said, looking directly at Inuyasha trying to get a reaction out of him.

"Shippo!" Inuyasha exclaimed, holding up his fist.

Shippo jumped on my shoulder for protection. "Kagome, why did you have to take the necklace off of him?"

Suddenly, we heard something in the distance and a huge demon came out of the trees.

"I'll take care of this everyone," Miroku said. He held out his hand. "WIND TUNNEL!"

Nothing happened though and we all just stared at him.

"So what exactly are you trying to do?" Inuyasha said.

"We're not going that far back," Shippo said.

Miroku put his hand down. "Oh yeah, heh, right. It's not there anymore."

Sango kissed his cheek. "I'll take care of this honey." She threw her weapon at the demon. "Hiraikotsu!" The demon was ripped in half and she caught it as it came back to her.