Hey ppls, what's up?
I got sooo many reviews!!! That makes me happy!! Some people reviewed a couple chapters after I posted chapter five, so I didn't acknowledge their reviews. Sorry! I will at the bottom of this chapter!
Sorry this chapter has been delayed. I wanted to see if anyone wanted to join the fic. So many ppl reviewed! That makes me very very very happy!!! ::starts singing::
Disclaimer: Good lord. Why must I do this? I DON'T OWN INUYASHA!! BUT ONE DAY I WILL!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. . . ::punts away disclaimer::
Thanks for Reviewers: Sorry! I just love my reviewers so much! I got so many reviews, a lot more than I ever dreamed of!! So I decided to put this here! If u don't wanna read, skip down to the title!
Three-Letter-Word: Heh. I thought Shippo torturing Kouga was funny. ;)
Icecream0626: Thanks! I'll email you when I update!
Crystal Sapphire: I guess the beginning is a lot like the first movie. I was sorta thinking about it when I wrote this fic. I'm sorry to say Sesshomaru went blasting off somewhere, but he will show up again. After all, he can't die and leave Rin in the hands of the Gaylord known as Jaken, right? Inuyasha didn't 'take' Kagome as his because the instinct that pushed him to beat Kouga up wore off. Uhh. . . Shit I forgot about Rin. . . umm, she was ridding on Kirara? ^^; And as to why Inuyasha is gathering the shards. . . That's what all other demons are doing. IT makes them stronger.
Krynns-Kender: Thanks muchly!
Silverpuppyinuyasha: Awww! Since you're the first person to ask, I'll give you a big part! ::pats head:: don't worry I promise not to make you evil. . .
Swimchick: Thanks!
Sesshomaruwuzhere: Thanks. Maybe I should start the 'I hate the ugly toad' ranks. Now there's an idea. . . I flattered u added me to your favorite story list! Since u sent me your info so quickly, you're in this chapter. I hope you're okay with being a dog demon, cuz I need to be able to fit u in this story well. I hope I didn't screw your personality up too much. If I did, just e-mail your complaints to me.
Mitchie: Don't worry. If I'm completely honest (Kaitlin: ::snorts:: yeah right! Falcon: Who asked you? ::bonk:: ) I had quite a time figuring out how to work this out too. . .
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Demon Within
Chp. 6 New Ally * Return of the Gay Toad!
*~*~*~*~*
"No sign of Sesshomaru or Inuyasha. . . Again." Kagome hoisted herself and her giant bag out of the old wooden well. She sighed, gazing around at the well house, before picking up her giant bag and proceeding into her house.
"Hi mom! I'm home!" She called out.
"Hello Kagome," Ms. Higurashi greeted her. "How's the shard hunt going?"
"Not too well. We haven't found any in a while," Kagome carefully lied, trying in anyway not to hint why they hadn't found more shards.
"Hi Kagome-nii-san!" Souta yelled. "Where's Inu-onii-chan?"
(A/N: Did I mess those two up? Isn't Onii-san older sister? Or did I mix it with Onii-chan? Someone tell me!!)
"Eh heh heh. . . Uh, he decided not to come?" Kagome lied nervously, trying very hard (and failing miserably) to look nonchalant.
Souta eyed her, but said, "Okay!" and sped away, running off to do whatever little brothers. . . do.
Kagome sweatdropped and lugged her bag upstairs, flopping on the bed. She stared at the ceiling. Finding the shards was hard, finding Inuyasha was even harder. She felt that she couldn't really tell her family about Inuyasha's currently insane state, and she sure as hell did not want her grandfather to go around with his fake 'mystic powers' attempting to seal everything.
Kagome sighed, going through her bag and pulling all her dirty clothes out. She pulled fresh ones out of her drawer, heading to the showers, where she dumped her clothes and school uniform into the laundry basket and stepped into the hot shower.
After Kagome finished, she re-dressed in another one of her school uniforms and started packig her bag. . . towels, soap, shampoo, lotion, math book, ramen, extra clothes. . . She hefted the heavy bag and smiled grimly to herself. "I'm going now Mom! Bye!" she yelled and ran out the door and hopped into the well, feeling the familiar sensation of tingling that meant she was traveling back in time. . .
~*~* Feudal Age *~*~
It was a perfectly normal day in the feudal era.
The birds were singing, the sun was shining, and Miroku was being smacked around.
"HIRAIKOTSU!!!"
Sango picked up her boomerang and clothes and stalked away from the hot springs, leaving a black-and-blue monk in her wake. She quickly stepped into Kaede's hut, let her towel slip down, and dressed as fast as she could. She hefted her boomerang onto her shoulder and went back outside.
"Is Kagome coming back now?"
"No, sorry Shippo," Sango answered.
"Aww. . . How about now?"
"No, I am afraid Lady Kagome is rather busy, Shippo," Miroku answered.
". . ." Shippo sat there silently. "How bout now?"
"No. . ."
And hour and a half later, Sango and Miroku were getting a bit peeved. "No Shippo, for the last time, Kagome won't be coming back until tomorrow!" She finally yelled. "Please stop asking!"
"I-I wanted to k-know cuz I miss her," Shippo sniffled, pulling the cutest little face you ever saw, that would instantly make any female melt.
"Awww, I'm sorry Shippo," Sango said, melting at said kitsune. She held her arms out to him and jumped in them, snuggling happily in her chest. "She'll back soon, okay? You can sleep with me tonight."
"Okay Sango," Shippo smiled cutely and was instantly rewarded by being squeezed tightly.
"Can I sleep with you too?"
After Sango had beaten the shit out of Miroku, she turned to speak with Shippo again. "Shippo, why don't you play with Rin?" Sango suggested, setting the Kitsune down. "She looks lonely."
"Okay!" Shippo agreed happily. And off he went, bouncing happily over to Rin. "Hi Rin! Do you want to play with me?"
"Okay!" Rin said, smiling. After she and Shippo played tag for a while, Shippo stopped and started changing forms to amuse her, first as a duck, then a caterpillar, and then he tried to do Sesshomaru.
The Shippo-turned-Sesshomaru turned to Rin imposingly, who giggled happily. However, his cool image faded by quite a few degrees when the adults observed his googly eyes and bushy fox tail.
"Rin like Sesshomaru-sama," she giggled. "But Shippo not do very good imitation." She laughed and Shippo turned back into a little fox and they started playing hide-and-seek.
"Excuse me?"
Sango, pausing in her routine work of beating Miroku up again, turned at the new voice. "Uh. . . Can I help you?"
"Yes. Where is Sesshomaru?" The voice belonged to a woman who looked around her age. She was wearing black robes similar to Sesshomaru's but without the armor and stuck through the sash was a long sword in its sheath. At first glance her hair looked to be black, but if you looked closer you would see
Sango's eyes narrowed and she grabbed her boomerang. "Who are you, and why do you want to know?"
The woman eyed her for a second. "You don't need to know my name. I am searching for this 'Sesshomaru' because a stupid servant of his requested I find him" She gestured behind her at the ugly Gaylord known as Jaken, who was sitting on Ah and Un (you know, the dragon-horse?).
"Why are you helping him?" Sango asked. She relaxed slightly, but still held a tight grip on her boomerang. "And you still haven't answered my questions! Who are you, and What are you? And why are you helping that toad?"
"I am not here for a fight. I hate this toad too," she kicked him three feet in the sky, since Ah and Un threw him off and ran over to Rin, "but he promised a handsome prize from his lord. I have heard his half-demon brother was traveling with a demon-slayer, a monk, and some miko girl. As for myself. . ." She paused, as if thinking whether or not to trust Sango, "I am a dog demon. My name is Jenny Yi."
"You sound like a valuable ally, Jenny. Perhaps you can travel with us," Miroku suggested.
"I would prefer you to address me as Yi for the time being. If you are offended, the reason being is I prefer not to be. . ." she paused for a word, "addressed by my first name until I entirely trust someone."
Sango nodded. "That's fine with us. We are also searching for Sesshomaru."
Yi shifted a questioning gaze over to Sango. "Why?"
"It's a long story."
"I'm willing to listen."
"Okay. . ."
Half and hour later, Yi had a thoughtful look on her face. "I'll help you," she finally said. "I like challenges."
Meanwhile, Shippo and Rin wandered back into village. Shippo decided that the newcomer must be okay if she was conversing easily with Sango. He salked over and tugged on the leg of her robe. "Who are you?" he asked, smiling that really-cute-smile-that-no-one-can-resist.
Yi gave him a small smile. "I am Yi. Pleased to met you, young fox."
"I like you," He replied. He hugged her the best he could before scampering off to go annoy Miroku.
Suddenly a whirlwind dashed into the area. Kouga came to a stop and stared at Yi. He sniffed the air before, "Not another dog-turd," he snorted.
Instantly Yi's claws were at his throat, lifting him in the air. "Care to repeat that, stupid wolf?" she snarled angrily. He shook his head quickly and she released him, where he dropped to the ground rubbing his neck.
"She's sort of like Inuyasha," Shippo whispered to Miroku, who nodded.
"When do we leave to search for Sesshomaru?" Yi asked.
"Day after tomorrow." Sango replied.
Yi quirked an eyebrow. "That late?" she asked skeptically.
"We. . . have to wait for a friend," Miroku said, skirting around the info about the well. "It's getting darker. Let's go head back to Keade's, shall we?"
"Yeah. Come on," She gestured in the direction they were going. After Yi, Miroku, Jaken, and Shippo went inside, Snago helped Rin tie Ah and Un's halter to a nearby tree. Rin fondly patted each head and followed Sango into the hut.
Inside, Miroku was re-explaining the situation to Kaede. After the story was retold, Kaede ladled out the stew she cooked to everyone for dinner and settled down for the night. Shippo slept with Sango, Rin settled happily on an extra futon, and Jaken was punted into the corner for mumbling about 'true love' and 'Sesshomaru'.
(A/N: DIE TOAD!! ::pulls out flamethrower and fries Jaken:: )
Later that night Miroku wlked over to Yi and sat down. "Can I ask a question?" he asked softly.
Yi stared at him. "What?"
"You didn't want to find Sesshomaru only for a reward, right?"
Yi stared again. "How do you know?"
"My meditation revealed it too me. What is your real reason to finding Sesshomaru?"
Yi winced. Was she really that easy to figure out? "I met Sesshomaru and Rin before. I thought it was very. . . interesting the way Sesshomaru decided to care for Rin. So when I heard that Sesshomaru disappeared and Rin was with Inuyasha's friends, I decided I wanted to help." She paused and scowled. "Damn. I wanted to kill the toad. Gay freak. . ."she mumbled under her breath.
Miroku chuckled. "You are similar to Inuyasha. . . You may act tough, but there is a softer persona in you." Before Yi could retort he walked away.
But not before 'tripping' over an imaginary crack in the floor, thus landing on the ground near Sango, also having to have 'accidently' placed his hand on Sango's chest.
Miroku limped back over to his futon and laid down.
"Dude," Yi called out to Miroku, "It's not good when she can beat the shit out of you in her sleep."
A muffled 'leave me alone' issued over and Yi chuckled.
~*~* Next Morning *~*~
The gang woke up to screams of terror.
Miroku, Yi, and Kaede rushed out to see what was happening, Sango joining them a second later in her exterminator outfit, trusty boomerang at the ready and Kirara by her side. Then Kouga ran up.
A giant mantis was attacking the village. The group immediately went into action. Sango jumped on Kirara, flying high up and throwing her boomerang at the Mantis's head. The shell was to hard there, so her boomerang rebounded.
Miroku started throwing ofudas at the at the demon. He could suck it up, but the last time he had sucked up a giant mantis had opened the air rip more, and he didn't really want to go through having to visit a drunk Mushin again.
Yi drew her sword, using it to repel the poison the mantis shot at her. The long blade she wielded looked similar to Inuyasha's, only it was slightly smalled and not as powerful. She dodged the mantis's spiny arm as it tried to snap her in half and managed to cut the tip of it off.
"I think it might have a Shikon shard!" Miroku yelled. He had run forward and leaped onto the Mantis's huge, flat claw and rode up onto his back, still throwing ofudas.
"watch out Housh-sama!" Sango yelled. At that moment the Mantis bucked Miroku off its back. It was a good thirty feet to the ground. . .
Lucky for him Sango caught him.
Kirara flew back to the ground letting Miroku off. Suddenly an arrow implanted itself in the mantis's chest, burning a hole in it.
"Miroku! Sango!"
The aforementioned people turned at the voice. It was Kagome, running over with her bow and arrows. "The thing has a Shikon shard in its head!" She yelled.
"Okay!" Sango and Kirara flew up, this time Sango drew her sword. "Get as close aw you can to the head Kirara," she told the fire cat who growled in response.
Sango dropped down on the head and prepared to slice the area that held the shard in half when suddenly she was knocked off the head by some unknown force.
"Sango-chan!" Kagome cried out. Kirara, who had been distracting the Mantis in front of him, ran as fast as she could and just managed to catch Sango before she fell and the ground. "Thanks Kirara," Sango gasped, panting heavily and sheathing her sword.
For some unknown reason green blood was suddenly splattering all over. The mantis started teetering and fell with a deafening thump to the ground.
The group looked up and saw the last person they ever expected to see right now sitting on the head of the dead mantis. . .
Inuyasha.
Inuyasha with blood red eyes, Inuyasha with blood-stained clothes, Inuyasha with shikon shard. . .
Inuyasha stuck the new shard in his forehead, the other four glowing in response as the new shard joined them.
Kagome felt her throat tighten. "Inuyasha?" she whispered.
Inuyasha's attention shifted to them. The wind blew eerily and the deserted - and destroyed - village echoed silently. Suddenly he launched an attack at Sango, who fended him with her boomerang.
"Get back, everyone!" She shouted.
"Sango-chan! Watch out! He has five shards in him!"
Everyone froze. Yi regarded him silently, sizing him up, while Kouga growled.
"One of those is MY shard!" He shouted, ready to run over and rip the shard out of his head.
"Stop Kouga!" Kagome shouted. "Last time he beat you up without any shards at all, and now he's got five of them! You don't stand a chance!" Kouga growled but stopped.
"How do we get him to snap out of it?" Miroku asked.
Sango fended off another attack. His attacks were getting faster and faster and it was hard to keep up with him. "Hurry you guys!" she called out. "I can't old him off for much longer!"
Sango blocked another attack but didn't throw any. She had to knock Inuysha out, but she didn't want to attack him. . . She didn't really want to hurt Inuyasha, even though in this state he could feel no pain.
Yi suddenly took a few steps forward, pointing her sword at Inuyasha, who froze. "Leave," she commanded. "This is not your territory. Leave, or I will slay you."
Inuyasha stared at her, crimson red eyes meeting brown, before he suddenly turned and left.
Kagome rounded on her. "Who are you? Why did you do that?" She asked furiously. She had hoped that this time the would have been able to stop him. . .
"As you yourself said, he is too powerful to attack," Yi said evenly. "It's stupid to attack him when we all know we can't win. It's better to wait, and have a sure victory, rather than possible death. As for myself, my name is Jenny Yi. You may address me as Jenny. I. . . am joining your group for the time being." She sheathed her sword.
Shippo, who had plunked himself in Kagome's arms, bounced over. "I thought you said only people you trust can call you that," he asked, climbing on her shoulder.
"I trust you now," Jenny said quietly. "It was a test. To trust someone, they must trust you. If everyone trusted my decision. . . then I know I don't have to worry about laying low with you guys."
She smiled and walked off to Kaede's hut.
Kagome blinked. "Uh, guys, mind explaining what happened?"
~*~* TBC *~*~
And so, Jenny Yi has entered the story! Dun worry, I'm not going to pair u with anyone, although it sounds like it. So how was that? I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Not much reference to Inuyasha himself, but I plan on perhaps making this a nice long story with a. . . twist ending.
Nine pages. . . not bad. I think that's a standard for me now. . .
That's all you get to know! I was really, really, REALLY surprised at all the reviews I got! I love you ppl! ::gloats happily:: I turn on the review alert, so I was really surprised when I looked at my Inbox and saw like 10 messages from fanfic.net. . . I was surprised and pleased!
So, as always, please review!
Sayonara!
~Falcon
I got sooo many reviews!!! That makes me happy!! Some people reviewed a couple chapters after I posted chapter five, so I didn't acknowledge their reviews. Sorry! I will at the bottom of this chapter!
Sorry this chapter has been delayed. I wanted to see if anyone wanted to join the fic. So many ppl reviewed! That makes me very very very happy!!! ::starts singing::
Disclaimer: Good lord. Why must I do this? I DON'T OWN INUYASHA!! BUT ONE DAY I WILL!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. . . ::punts away disclaimer::
Thanks for Reviewers: Sorry! I just love my reviewers so much! I got so many reviews, a lot more than I ever dreamed of!! So I decided to put this here! If u don't wanna read, skip down to the title!
Three-Letter-Word: Heh. I thought Shippo torturing Kouga was funny. ;)
Icecream0626: Thanks! I'll email you when I update!
Crystal Sapphire: I guess the beginning is a lot like the first movie. I was sorta thinking about it when I wrote this fic. I'm sorry to say Sesshomaru went blasting off somewhere, but he will show up again. After all, he can't die and leave Rin in the hands of the Gaylord known as Jaken, right? Inuyasha didn't 'take' Kagome as his because the instinct that pushed him to beat Kouga up wore off. Uhh. . . Shit I forgot about Rin. . . umm, she was ridding on Kirara? ^^; And as to why Inuyasha is gathering the shards. . . That's what all other demons are doing. IT makes them stronger.
Krynns-Kender: Thanks muchly!
Silverpuppyinuyasha: Awww! Since you're the first person to ask, I'll give you a big part! ::pats head:: don't worry I promise not to make you evil. . .
Swimchick: Thanks!
Sesshomaruwuzhere: Thanks. Maybe I should start the 'I hate the ugly toad' ranks. Now there's an idea. . . I flattered u added me to your favorite story list! Since u sent me your info so quickly, you're in this chapter. I hope you're okay with being a dog demon, cuz I need to be able to fit u in this story well. I hope I didn't screw your personality up too much. If I did, just e-mail your complaints to me.
Mitchie: Don't worry. If I'm completely honest (Kaitlin: ::snorts:: yeah right! Falcon: Who asked you? ::bonk:: ) I had quite a time figuring out how to work this out too. . .
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Demon Within
Chp. 6 New Ally * Return of the Gay Toad!
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"No sign of Sesshomaru or Inuyasha. . . Again." Kagome hoisted herself and her giant bag out of the old wooden well. She sighed, gazing around at the well house, before picking up her giant bag and proceeding into her house.
"Hi mom! I'm home!" She called out.
"Hello Kagome," Ms. Higurashi greeted her. "How's the shard hunt going?"
"Not too well. We haven't found any in a while," Kagome carefully lied, trying in anyway not to hint why they hadn't found more shards.
"Hi Kagome-nii-san!" Souta yelled. "Where's Inu-onii-chan?"
(A/N: Did I mess those two up? Isn't Onii-san older sister? Or did I mix it with Onii-chan? Someone tell me!!)
"Eh heh heh. . . Uh, he decided not to come?" Kagome lied nervously, trying very hard (and failing miserably) to look nonchalant.
Souta eyed her, but said, "Okay!" and sped away, running off to do whatever little brothers. . . do.
Kagome sweatdropped and lugged her bag upstairs, flopping on the bed. She stared at the ceiling. Finding the shards was hard, finding Inuyasha was even harder. She felt that she couldn't really tell her family about Inuyasha's currently insane state, and she sure as hell did not want her grandfather to go around with his fake 'mystic powers' attempting to seal everything.
Kagome sighed, going through her bag and pulling all her dirty clothes out. She pulled fresh ones out of her drawer, heading to the showers, where she dumped her clothes and school uniform into the laundry basket and stepped into the hot shower.
After Kagome finished, she re-dressed in another one of her school uniforms and started packig her bag. . . towels, soap, shampoo, lotion, math book, ramen, extra clothes. . . She hefted the heavy bag and smiled grimly to herself. "I'm going now Mom! Bye!" she yelled and ran out the door and hopped into the well, feeling the familiar sensation of tingling that meant she was traveling back in time. . .
~*~* Feudal Age *~*~
It was a perfectly normal day in the feudal era.
The birds were singing, the sun was shining, and Miroku was being smacked around.
"HIRAIKOTSU!!!"
Sango picked up her boomerang and clothes and stalked away from the hot springs, leaving a black-and-blue monk in her wake. She quickly stepped into Kaede's hut, let her towel slip down, and dressed as fast as she could. She hefted her boomerang onto her shoulder and went back outside.
"Is Kagome coming back now?"
"No, sorry Shippo," Sango answered.
"Aww. . . How about now?"
"No, I am afraid Lady Kagome is rather busy, Shippo," Miroku answered.
". . ." Shippo sat there silently. "How bout now?"
"No. . ."
And hour and a half later, Sango and Miroku were getting a bit peeved. "No Shippo, for the last time, Kagome won't be coming back until tomorrow!" She finally yelled. "Please stop asking!"
"I-I wanted to k-know cuz I miss her," Shippo sniffled, pulling the cutest little face you ever saw, that would instantly make any female melt.
"Awww, I'm sorry Shippo," Sango said, melting at said kitsune. She held her arms out to him and jumped in them, snuggling happily in her chest. "She'll back soon, okay? You can sleep with me tonight."
"Okay Sango," Shippo smiled cutely and was instantly rewarded by being squeezed tightly.
"Can I sleep with you too?"
After Sango had beaten the shit out of Miroku, she turned to speak with Shippo again. "Shippo, why don't you play with Rin?" Sango suggested, setting the Kitsune down. "She looks lonely."
"Okay!" Shippo agreed happily. And off he went, bouncing happily over to Rin. "Hi Rin! Do you want to play with me?"
"Okay!" Rin said, smiling. After she and Shippo played tag for a while, Shippo stopped and started changing forms to amuse her, first as a duck, then a caterpillar, and then he tried to do Sesshomaru.
The Shippo-turned-Sesshomaru turned to Rin imposingly, who giggled happily. However, his cool image faded by quite a few degrees when the adults observed his googly eyes and bushy fox tail.
"Rin like Sesshomaru-sama," she giggled. "But Shippo not do very good imitation." She laughed and Shippo turned back into a little fox and they started playing hide-and-seek.
"Excuse me?"
Sango, pausing in her routine work of beating Miroku up again, turned at the new voice. "Uh. . . Can I help you?"
"Yes. Where is Sesshomaru?" The voice belonged to a woman who looked around her age. She was wearing black robes similar to Sesshomaru's but without the armor and stuck through the sash was a long sword in its sheath. At first glance her hair looked to be black, but if you looked closer you would see
Sango's eyes narrowed and she grabbed her boomerang. "Who are you, and why do you want to know?"
The woman eyed her for a second. "You don't need to know my name. I am searching for this 'Sesshomaru' because a stupid servant of his requested I find him" She gestured behind her at the ugly Gaylord known as Jaken, who was sitting on Ah and Un (you know, the dragon-horse?).
"Why are you helping him?" Sango asked. She relaxed slightly, but still held a tight grip on her boomerang. "And you still haven't answered my questions! Who are you, and What are you? And why are you helping that toad?"
"I am not here for a fight. I hate this toad too," she kicked him three feet in the sky, since Ah and Un threw him off and ran over to Rin, "but he promised a handsome prize from his lord. I have heard his half-demon brother was traveling with a demon-slayer, a monk, and some miko girl. As for myself. . ." She paused, as if thinking whether or not to trust Sango, "I am a dog demon. My name is Jenny Yi."
"You sound like a valuable ally, Jenny. Perhaps you can travel with us," Miroku suggested.
"I would prefer you to address me as Yi for the time being. If you are offended, the reason being is I prefer not to be. . ." she paused for a word, "addressed by my first name until I entirely trust someone."
Sango nodded. "That's fine with us. We are also searching for Sesshomaru."
Yi shifted a questioning gaze over to Sango. "Why?"
"It's a long story."
"I'm willing to listen."
"Okay. . ."
Half and hour later, Yi had a thoughtful look on her face. "I'll help you," she finally said. "I like challenges."
Meanwhile, Shippo and Rin wandered back into village. Shippo decided that the newcomer must be okay if she was conversing easily with Sango. He salked over and tugged on the leg of her robe. "Who are you?" he asked, smiling that really-cute-smile-that-no-one-can-resist.
Yi gave him a small smile. "I am Yi. Pleased to met you, young fox."
"I like you," He replied. He hugged her the best he could before scampering off to go annoy Miroku.
Suddenly a whirlwind dashed into the area. Kouga came to a stop and stared at Yi. He sniffed the air before, "Not another dog-turd," he snorted.
Instantly Yi's claws were at his throat, lifting him in the air. "Care to repeat that, stupid wolf?" she snarled angrily. He shook his head quickly and she released him, where he dropped to the ground rubbing his neck.
"She's sort of like Inuyasha," Shippo whispered to Miroku, who nodded.
"When do we leave to search for Sesshomaru?" Yi asked.
"Day after tomorrow." Sango replied.
Yi quirked an eyebrow. "That late?" she asked skeptically.
"We. . . have to wait for a friend," Miroku said, skirting around the info about the well. "It's getting darker. Let's go head back to Keade's, shall we?"
"Yeah. Come on," She gestured in the direction they were going. After Yi, Miroku, Jaken, and Shippo went inside, Snago helped Rin tie Ah and Un's halter to a nearby tree. Rin fondly patted each head and followed Sango into the hut.
Inside, Miroku was re-explaining the situation to Kaede. After the story was retold, Kaede ladled out the stew she cooked to everyone for dinner and settled down for the night. Shippo slept with Sango, Rin settled happily on an extra futon, and Jaken was punted into the corner for mumbling about 'true love' and 'Sesshomaru'.
(A/N: DIE TOAD!! ::pulls out flamethrower and fries Jaken:: )
Later that night Miroku wlked over to Yi and sat down. "Can I ask a question?" he asked softly.
Yi stared at him. "What?"
"You didn't want to find Sesshomaru only for a reward, right?"
Yi stared again. "How do you know?"
"My meditation revealed it too me. What is your real reason to finding Sesshomaru?"
Yi winced. Was she really that easy to figure out? "I met Sesshomaru and Rin before. I thought it was very. . . interesting the way Sesshomaru decided to care for Rin. So when I heard that Sesshomaru disappeared and Rin was with Inuyasha's friends, I decided I wanted to help." She paused and scowled. "Damn. I wanted to kill the toad. Gay freak. . ."she mumbled under her breath.
Miroku chuckled. "You are similar to Inuyasha. . . You may act tough, but there is a softer persona in you." Before Yi could retort he walked away.
But not before 'tripping' over an imaginary crack in the floor, thus landing on the ground near Sango, also having to have 'accidently' placed his hand on Sango's chest.
Miroku limped back over to his futon and laid down.
"Dude," Yi called out to Miroku, "It's not good when she can beat the shit out of you in her sleep."
A muffled 'leave me alone' issued over and Yi chuckled.
~*~* Next Morning *~*~
The gang woke up to screams of terror.
Miroku, Yi, and Kaede rushed out to see what was happening, Sango joining them a second later in her exterminator outfit, trusty boomerang at the ready and Kirara by her side. Then Kouga ran up.
A giant mantis was attacking the village. The group immediately went into action. Sango jumped on Kirara, flying high up and throwing her boomerang at the Mantis's head. The shell was to hard there, so her boomerang rebounded.
Miroku started throwing ofudas at the at the demon. He could suck it up, but the last time he had sucked up a giant mantis had opened the air rip more, and he didn't really want to go through having to visit a drunk Mushin again.
Yi drew her sword, using it to repel the poison the mantis shot at her. The long blade she wielded looked similar to Inuyasha's, only it was slightly smalled and not as powerful. She dodged the mantis's spiny arm as it tried to snap her in half and managed to cut the tip of it off.
"I think it might have a Shikon shard!" Miroku yelled. He had run forward and leaped onto the Mantis's huge, flat claw and rode up onto his back, still throwing ofudas.
"watch out Housh-sama!" Sango yelled. At that moment the Mantis bucked Miroku off its back. It was a good thirty feet to the ground. . .
Lucky for him Sango caught him.
Kirara flew back to the ground letting Miroku off. Suddenly an arrow implanted itself in the mantis's chest, burning a hole in it.
"Miroku! Sango!"
The aforementioned people turned at the voice. It was Kagome, running over with her bow and arrows. "The thing has a Shikon shard in its head!" She yelled.
"Okay!" Sango and Kirara flew up, this time Sango drew her sword. "Get as close aw you can to the head Kirara," she told the fire cat who growled in response.
Sango dropped down on the head and prepared to slice the area that held the shard in half when suddenly she was knocked off the head by some unknown force.
"Sango-chan!" Kagome cried out. Kirara, who had been distracting the Mantis in front of him, ran as fast as she could and just managed to catch Sango before she fell and the ground. "Thanks Kirara," Sango gasped, panting heavily and sheathing her sword.
For some unknown reason green blood was suddenly splattering all over. The mantis started teetering and fell with a deafening thump to the ground.
The group looked up and saw the last person they ever expected to see right now sitting on the head of the dead mantis. . .
Inuyasha.
Inuyasha with blood red eyes, Inuyasha with blood-stained clothes, Inuyasha with shikon shard. . .
Inuyasha stuck the new shard in his forehead, the other four glowing in response as the new shard joined them.
Kagome felt her throat tighten. "Inuyasha?" she whispered.
Inuyasha's attention shifted to them. The wind blew eerily and the deserted - and destroyed - village echoed silently. Suddenly he launched an attack at Sango, who fended him with her boomerang.
"Get back, everyone!" She shouted.
"Sango-chan! Watch out! He has five shards in him!"
Everyone froze. Yi regarded him silently, sizing him up, while Kouga growled.
"One of those is MY shard!" He shouted, ready to run over and rip the shard out of his head.
"Stop Kouga!" Kagome shouted. "Last time he beat you up without any shards at all, and now he's got five of them! You don't stand a chance!" Kouga growled but stopped.
"How do we get him to snap out of it?" Miroku asked.
Sango fended off another attack. His attacks were getting faster and faster and it was hard to keep up with him. "Hurry you guys!" she called out. "I can't old him off for much longer!"
Sango blocked another attack but didn't throw any. She had to knock Inuysha out, but she didn't want to attack him. . . She didn't really want to hurt Inuyasha, even though in this state he could feel no pain.
Yi suddenly took a few steps forward, pointing her sword at Inuyasha, who froze. "Leave," she commanded. "This is not your territory. Leave, or I will slay you."
Inuyasha stared at her, crimson red eyes meeting brown, before he suddenly turned and left.
Kagome rounded on her. "Who are you? Why did you do that?" She asked furiously. She had hoped that this time the would have been able to stop him. . .
"As you yourself said, he is too powerful to attack," Yi said evenly. "It's stupid to attack him when we all know we can't win. It's better to wait, and have a sure victory, rather than possible death. As for myself, my name is Jenny Yi. You may address me as Jenny. I. . . am joining your group for the time being." She sheathed her sword.
Shippo, who had plunked himself in Kagome's arms, bounced over. "I thought you said only people you trust can call you that," he asked, climbing on her shoulder.
"I trust you now," Jenny said quietly. "It was a test. To trust someone, they must trust you. If everyone trusted my decision. . . then I know I don't have to worry about laying low with you guys."
She smiled and walked off to Kaede's hut.
Kagome blinked. "Uh, guys, mind explaining what happened?"
~*~* TBC *~*~
And so, Jenny Yi has entered the story! Dun worry, I'm not going to pair u with anyone, although it sounds like it. So how was that? I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Not much reference to Inuyasha himself, but I plan on perhaps making this a nice long story with a. . . twist ending.
Nine pages. . . not bad. I think that's a standard for me now. . .
That's all you get to know! I was really, really, REALLY surprised at all the reviews I got! I love you ppl! ::gloats happily:: I turn on the review alert, so I was really surprised when I looked at my Inbox and saw like 10 messages from fanfic.net. . . I was surprised and pleased!
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Sayonara!
~Falcon