Okay... Hello again! ^^ Hee Heee Heee... Maybe this story will be a bit more interesting...

Anyway, before you read this, I don't.. I repeat DO NOT own Inuyasha. The only characters I own are Riokui and his two sisters.
Who are they? Well you'll just have to find out for yourself!

The sky is dark over a dense forest. It is a very quiet night, as the weary group of six set up camp. The stars above them twinkling brightly. Only the sound of the trees and bushed shaking in the light breeze floated through the forest. Everone was asleep, except for Inuyasha, who is laying in a tree staring at the sky.

'That stupid girl, Kagome, making me stay awake and keep watch...' Inuyasha thought to himself. His eyes got heavier. He was getting sleepy. 'It's not like there's anything to worry about...'

Inuyasha turned his head to see Kagome curled up in her sleeping bag, fast asleep. He then resumed looking at the sky and slowly closed his eyes.

"She'll be okay..." with that, he went to sleep. Almost immediately after he fall asleep, some bushes nearby shook as a figure emerged from it covered in leaves.

"Finally!" the person muttered under his breath, as he dusted himself off and looked around. Everyone was asleep, including Sango, Miroku, Shippou, and Kirara, who were all laying near Kagome still curled up in her sleeping bag.

A smirk placed itself on his face. "Perfect." he said carefully making his way over to thier belongings.

"Let's see here..." the person, supposedly a thier, opened Kagome's backpack and examined the things inside, only to have a very confused look on his face.

"These things... I've never seen things like this before!" the thief held up an alarm clock, which he lookd at curiously. He threw it in his sack.

"Who the hell are you?!?" InuYasha said. The thief jumped up in surprise and looked at him. Inuyasha was still asleep in the tree.

'He must be talking in his sleep...' The thief thought.

"Those are MY Ramen noodles!" Inuyasha mumbled. The thief released a relieved sigh and continued searching the group's stuff, until he came down to InuYasha.

"A Sword..." the thief said and slowly made his way up the tree Inuyasha was resting in. Slowly but surely, he reached Inuyasha's branch and reached out for the sword on Inuyasha's hip, the tetsusaiga. He grabbed the tetsusaiga's handle and pulled the sword out.

"Gottcha!" he said smiling at the sword he now had in hs possession, Suddenly something grabbed his wrist.

"What the-" the thief said in surprise.

"Yeah, but I'be got you!" Inuyasha was awake and holding the thief's wrist. Inuyasha's empty hand had its claws drawn, ready to kill at any moment.

The thief smirked at Inuyasha, then bit the wrist that was holding him.

"AH!" Inuyasha let go of the thief, who fell to the ground and ran carrying the tetsusaiga and a few other items with him.

"Crap!" Inuyasha leaped off of the tree and landed near Kagome. "WAKE UP!"

Inuyasha shook Kagome hard, causing her to be a bit grumpy.

"What is it Inuyasha?" she asked sleepily.

"Would you wake up already? We've been robbed!"

This woke Kagome up, really well infact. She rushed over to her things and gasped. Slowly, she faced Inuyasha.

"T-They stole the shards we had.." she told Inuyasha who had started running in the direction the thief had went.

"You wake everyone else. I'll go after the culprit." Inuyasha called back, then he leaped out of sight.

*.*.*.*.* Meaaaaannnnwwwhiiilllleee.... ^^; *.*.*.*.*.*

It is a bit later in the night, almost light outside. A small shack rests in a clearing not that much bigger than the shack. The shack was very dirty and old, and there were several holes in the roof. A boy around the age of twelve approaches it, panting rapidly.
The boy was dressed in some old tattered clothes and was VERY dirty. He was carrying a large sack, and on hand balled into a fist around something. A relieved look was on his face as he sat down on a nearby stump.

"I thought I was caught for sure!" he looked at his right fist, which had a piece of cloth wrapped around it. The other hand was bare though.

"I don't know about those other things, but this jewel should be worth something..." the boy held up the piece of the Shikon no Tama he had stolen from Kagome. "It's so beautiful..."

The boy then held the tetsusaiga in his other hand and took a few swings with it. It stayed untransformed and old looking. He smiled and hung it over his sholder. "This sword seems powerfull... I might keep it for myself!"

"Yes, it is a powerful sword...Give it to me." A voice says, its owner no where in sight. The boy looked around in suspicion.

"So, you've found me already?" the boy clearly thought that this was Inuyasha.

"Feh! I am not my fool of a brother if that is what you are thinking." the voice answers.

The boy takes a few steps backward, ready to defend himself. "Tell me, what is it that you want?" he asked, looking for where to voice was coming from. There was silence, but then the sound of someone moving behind the boy reached his ears.

"I want the tetsusaiga, boy." the voice said, this time from right behind the boy. The boy remained still and didn't turn around.

"The tets-what? I have no idea what you're-" a hand with claws out grabbed his neck and held him in the air.

"Give me the sword." the hand holding his neck, had an owner, and that owner was Sessho-Maru. ( GO SESSHY!! *whistles* Urm--)

The boy put both of his hands over the one choking him, trying to pull it away, but Sessho-maru's grip was too strong.

"W-Who are you?" the boy gasped for air, putting a smirk on Sessho-maru's face.

"I am Sessho-maru, but it should not be a concern to you, as you will soon be dead in a few seconds." Sessho-maru lifted his other hand to the boy's heart, ready to piece him with his claws. The boy however was smirking as if he was hiding something.
Sessho-maru looked at the boy in displeasure.

"What is it that you are so happy about?" he asked. The boy laughed evilly as his face began to change.

"I have a secret..." he turned his head to watch the sun, which was slowly rising over the forest...

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What is the boy's secret? What happened to everyone else? *shrugs* Well I know, but you can't find out until I upload it! ^^

P.S. - If you didn't like this chapter all that much, I promise you, the other chapters will be ALOT more kewl!! ^^ *gets to typing* I might even get the next chapter up tomorrow!!

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