Here's another chapter of Demon Star! Hope you like it!

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Inuyasha sat quietly in one corner, the tetsusaiga leaned on his shoulder, looking out a window at the sky with the absent moon. The wind gently blew the black hair across his face. He turned away and glanced across the room. Miroku was leaned up against another corner with staff in his gloved hand.

'Why does he still have that glove?' Inuyasha thought, 'Naraku is gone...the wind tunnel should be gone.'

He shook it out of his head and turned to see Shippo curled up in a blanket next to Kagome who was sleeping soundly next to Sango. Her boomerang leaned against the wall with her other equipment at it's foot on the floor. Kirara was the only one besides Inuyasha who was awake. Her red eyes glowed eerily in the darkness of the room. He turned his attention back the window. His mind drew back to their arrival at the village.

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After dinner, they had waited for the torch lights to go out. After they had, they made their way to the temple as they were told. The old woman was already there staring at the temple.

"You ask about the demon star," she had said without turning to them.
"Yes, do you know what it is?" asked Kagome.
"Of that, no one is quite sure. We know it is a great evil...and it was once within the Sacred Jewel."
"Do you know where we can find it?"
"We do not speak of the place," she looked at Kagome and saw the disappointment,"however, I will tell you where it is...as long as you destroy it and along with it, the evil within."

Kagome stopped, then looked at the others. They had not reacted in any way to this. She turned back to the old woman.

"We'll think about it...we should have a decision in the morning."

She bowed and left for the inn. Inuyasha and the others followed suit.

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The sky was beginning to lighten from the dark navy blue to blue to light blue.(I spent half an hour or so looking at the sky.) The stars had disappeared. He spied the sun peeking over the horizon. A ray of relief broke through the dam of anxiety that had built up inside him through the night. As the sun rose, his hair went from black to gray to silver. His human ears disappeared and when the sun was all the way up, his dog ears had returned. He heard motion behind him and turned to see that the others had awakened. Kagome sat up and rubbed her eyes, yawning. Sango stretched and Kirara jumped onto her lap and meowed with glee. Miroku simply opened his eyes and looked around the room.

"Inuyasha, were you up all night?" Kagome asked sleepily.
"Yeah...what of it?"
"Well, you don't have to be so grumpy in the morning."
"Wow...we just woke up and they're already at it..." said Shippo.
"So what is the decision, Lady Kagome?" asked Miroku.
"I guess....we'll do it..."

They gathered up their things and walked outside of the inn. Most of the villagers had just gotten up and were already heading into the forest and to the fields. They went to the temple to see the old woman still standing there.

"We've decided do what you have asked."
"Very well. Then as I have promised, I will tell you the last known whereabouts of the star. If I remember correctly, the star is said to be deep in the mountains to the north."
"Thank you. Oh! We never got your name."
"Kaelynn, and you are?"
"I'm Kagome, this is Inuyasha, Sango, and Miroku."
"Have a safe journey."

With that, they departed.

"Well, off we go again."
"Hey, Kagome, won't you have to go back to your time for your school?" asked Sango.
"No, I'm on summer vacation."

Inuyasha and the group headed north. Miroku, Sango, and Shippo rode on Kirara's back while Kagome went with Inuyasha.

"Apparently that village lives up to its name," commented Kagome.
"'Then how do you explain us finding it?" remarked Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha...."

Meanwhile, Miroku and Sango were just out of earshot having their own engaging conversation.

"I'm sorry I forgot, Sango. It just slipped my mind."
"Don't try to make excuses."
"But..."
"Quiet! Before I push you off and make you walk."

Miroku was about to protest but decided against it. Sango rarely got angry but when she did...well...let's just say it's not a pretty sight. He sighed and turned his attention to the sky. The sun shown brightly in the cloudless expanse of blue. As time went by in silence, it slowly made its way up over their heads. Shippo was being strangely quiet and one glance at Sango told him she was still fuming. But how is it he didn't remember? He truly didn't remember...he decided to go along with it believing that he really had forgotten. He shook it out of his head and turned instead to his right hand gripping his staff to keep his balance. Inuyasha had been mumbling about it for quite some time now. Why did he still have the glove if the wind tunnel was gone? As this passed through his mind, Kirara veared to the left nearly throwing him off. Sango helped him regain his balance, then looked behind them, her eyes wide with...fear? No, at least not entirely. It was mostly surprise. The exterminator in her quickly surfaced as she grabbed her boomerang and shot in the air ready for the attack

"Inuyasha!" she called.

She threw her boomerang. It cut through the air and slammed into a dark creature that was similar to Kirara only a whole lot bigger and definitely not as cute. The boomerang spun around back to Sango's hand which gripped the small strap on the end. She threw it again but the creature swiped at it and bat it to the ground.

"Tetsusaiga!"

'I have to cut along the fissure where the flows of power collide to unleash Tetsusaiga's power!' thought Inuyasha as he swung his sword. It glowed gold and three blades of light shot out and obliterated the monster. Three deep gashes were dug into the ground. The monster disentigrated and all that was left was...

"What's that?" asked Kagome.

She walked over to the monster's remains...at least what little remains there were and picked up a shard? No, this had a definite shape. It was a diamond shaped blue fragment but the edges weren't as jagged as those of the Shikon Jewel shards.

"It doesn't really look like a Shikon shard..." said Inuyasha.
"That's because it isn't really a shard."
"Well what do you know, it's Myouga."
"I'm sorry Lord Inuyasha. I had some business to attend to."
"Yeah, like staying out of danger."
"Ahem, anyway, the fragment you carry is part of the Demon Star."
"Why is it blue? Isn't the Shikon Jewel kinda pink?" asked Shippo.
"That is unknown to me. All we can do at the moment is guess."
"So, now what?"
"Before we continue, I have one question. Didn't the old woman say the Demon Star was in the mountains?" asked Miroku.
"She did..."
"Is there something you forgot to tell us, Myouga?" asked Inuyasha, an evil look in his eye.
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Well, I guess that's it for now, sorry I took so long, but you know me, not really good with the updating. Hope you enjoy this chapter and I'll get the next chapter up soon enough.....

Fenixwings