Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or any of the characters. sigh...too bad.

A (Lady) Knight's Tale

It was getting dark, the shadows growing long and the chilly early evening wind blowing, making everyone shiver involuntarily. They were halfway up the mountain and it was eerily silent. Even the ordinarily boisterous men spoke in hushed tones. It was because the mountain was known for its ghosts. Mt. Yurei lived up to expectations of it every time.

"Let's set up camp here." Miroku suggested. Inuyasha nodded in agreement.

"There's something strange about this place." Inuyasha said "The air smells odd."

"Uhm, I brought some food!" Kagome chimed in, changing the topic. The others had all but frozen in their places. Apparently, they were pretty spooked already.

Miroku looked around in disbelief. "Ok, move along now!" he said in an attempt to get them going. Sheesh, they had only just begun, and were acting like this already?

Thankfully, nothing happened throughout the night.

"Aaaaargh!"

Sango rubbed her eyes groggily. Was that Inuyasha making a racket this early? She crawled out of her tent clutching her Hiraikotsu.

"It's gone! Noooo!" Inuyasha was running around in circles. "Who took it? Who!? Arrrgh"

"What's wrong?" Sango asked Miroku.

"The Tessaiga was stolen last night. Whoever did it must have very skilled to have been able to pull something like that on Inuyasha." Miroku said solemnly

"You were just careless." A mocking female voice said from one of the massive boulders at the cliff edges. She had raven hair and piercing crimson eyes. She held a rather large fan in her hand. Beside her was a young man with a long ponytail and wolfish blue eyes, he held the Tessaiga up and glared at Inuyasha.

"You--!" Inuyasha was livid "Give that back now!" he growled menacingly

"Hah, Dog-turd! Make me." the young man retorted.

The young woman with the fan looked at him scornfully. "Kouga, quit fooling around." she said icily

Kouga glared back at her. "Don't order me around, Kagura!" he shot back.

He looked at Inuyasha. "In exchange for the sword, I want her." Kouga pointed the Tessaiga at Kagome who had just woken up and was wondering about what the fuss was all about.

"What?! Never! Come down here and fight you coward!" Inuyasha shouted

"In case you change your mind, we will be just up this mountain. Just one companion with the girl and not you." Kagura said as she pointed at Inuyasha. Then the two of them disappeared as quickly as they had come.

"I'll go." Kagome said determinedly when everything was explained to her.

"No." Inuyasha said stubbornly.

The two continued to argue as Miroku and Sango looked on.

"Well?" Sango asked "What do we do now?"

"For starters, We have to decide who will go with Kagome to get the sword." Miroku replied

"You mean we're actually going to trade her for the Tessaiga?" Sango asked incredulously

"No. We're just going to have to trick him." Miroku rubbed his hands gleefully.

"What?!" Sango stared bug-eyed at Miroku. "No way!"

"Oh c'mon. It's guaranteed to work!" Miroku pleaded. "Then Inuyasha and I can ambush them."

Sango blushed and looked away. But what he was asking her to do was preposterous! There was no way in hell she was dressing up as a girl to accompany Kagome. They'd have their guard down, he said. She shook her head vigorously as if to shake off the thought. A girl who disguised as a man, dressed up as a girl! It was so silly she wanted to scream.

Then she looked at the quarreling couple in front of them and decided that it was going nowhere anyway. It's part of your job, Sango, just part of your job!

"Alright." she said

Author's Notes: Thanks to all those who reviewed! I'm so happy. ^_^

DemonBlade: Really? I'm so flattered..! I've heard of her works. But I haven't read 'em. Not much time anymore, I guess.

Kaylana: Hmm, that could be nice plot point! But maybe Kagome just loves Inuyasha too much...

Nuklear-Firefly: I just love Mulan too! My favorite Disney movie! Waii!

Nana: Omigosh! Nana-chan! I love your fics to death! To what do I owe the honor? Arigatou!

Geldyn Eyes: I want my chapters to get longer too! Sometimes my brain just can't take it though. Joke! But I'll work on it.