The Unlikely Alliance

A/N: Aloha peeps! I hope that someone actually reads this… other than David, Yeon Jin, Ellyn, Molly, and Sabrina. My friends aren't very good at writing reviews for my stories lately (Now are you?) Then again half of the time I'm too lazy to write a review unless I really enjoy the fic. Usually they're getting to be a lot alike; original character/unoriginal character. I wonder why that could be? (Hmm… Sound familiar?) Anyways out of the boring authoresses notes…

Disclaimer: I own Shizuka and my version of Mya (Ha ha Molly!), and I own the plot behind this because I get to control these characters destinies (at least for this story. MWAHAHAHA!!!) Ruhmiko Takahashi owns Inuyasha and company, so THERE!

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Chapter Two

Mya was still angry with Inuyasha and she never apologized for smacking him. She got along well with Sango and Kagome though. Her elder sister, however, got along well with Inuyasha. Altogether the sisters pretty much got along with everyone else. Sesshomaru and Inuyasha did not say anything to each other, but would shoot the occasional death glare towards one another. Basically they were one big unhappy family.

Every now and then Miroku would get slapped by Mya whenever he would venture down too low with is hands. By the end of the road, he was very red and sore. Of course Sango was pissed off at him and jealous, though she wouldn't admit to it. Everyone one else just laughed because Miroku deserved to be hurt for his perverse behavior. After all he was a chikan! All of a sudden a giant balloon thingy appeared out of nowhere and swallowed up Kagome. Inuyasha attacked it, but to no avail. Inside, Kagome was crunched up and eaten alive.

"Damnit! What the hell am I supposed to tell her parents?!" Inuyasha screamed.

"Such a waste…" said Miroku solemnly, shaking his head. "She was one fine woman…"

With that he received a blow to the head from Sango, who had smacked him with her boomerang bone. "HENTAI!" she screamed. She was getting sick of the houshi going around and doing that. Did anyone really care about Kagome? They didn't really care, except for the fact that she was the one who could track down the jewel shards. Poor Kagome had to go to fuse with Kikyo because their soul had to rejoin its other part. Kikyo was thrilled of course, and she celebrated by giving Naraku a big kiss, and took back her shards of the shikon jewel.

"But I thought that we had something going on!" he cried to her, as she walked out on him.

"I'm sorry, Onigumo, but there's only one hanyou that I desire," was her cold response to his sorrow.

Back with Inuyasha, Shizuka, Miroku, Sango, Sesshy, and Mya, they were contemplating their whole mission over again. Since Kagome was the only one that could track down the shards, it would be a lot more difficult than before. They decided to split up into pairs. "I think that there should be one woman to every man because men tend to overreact to certain things sometimes," said Mya. "And also because I think that it would be a good opportunity for-"

"I would agree with that one," said Miroku. "That way Sango can fall hopelessly in love with me, and will someday bare my children!"

"How about not!" she yelled at him, kicking him in the balls. He keeled over in pain and decided to shut up for a while. He got the message that he would be in even more pain if he were to say anything more.

"Go Sango!" exclaimed Mya.

"Right on, but that looks like it really hurts," said Shizuka.

"Damn…" was all Inuyasha said, not envying the guy.

"Sucks to be you," said Sessh.

Moving on… The six split into three groups of two: Mya/Inuyasha, Miroku/Sango, and Sesshomaru/Shizuka. They were all going to try to find the shikon shards and then meet up in Kaede's village (located where modern day Tokyo is). The plan was that in three weeks, if they couldn't locate Naraku, they would all just meet up there, in the village.

Inuyasha and Mya ended up heading eastwards, while Sesshomaru, Shizuka, and their little stooges headed westwards, and while Miroku and Sango headed north. Of course none of them headed south, which was exactly as Kikyo had planned. She headed in that direction and decided to pose as a priestess in need of a shrine to watch over. Little Naraku cowered in his little castle, crying over Kikyo in the west.

(Sesshomaru and Shizuka)

All of a sudden, a few rogue samurai, who thought that the youkais were of an enemy clan, attacked them. Sesshomaru grew annoyed with the mortals and killed them all at once. Shizuka smacked him for this because of the manner that he had done it in, without pity or respect for their lives. "How dare you just take their lives like that!"

"They would have died eventually," he said coldly.

"So what. It still matters because they are only living life the only way that they know how to!" she yelled at him.

"Why does it matter so much to you, anyway?"

"Because I have a lingering respect for human life, and for all life just the same."

Sesshomaru was silent. He didn't know what to say to her. After all, she was his equal in every way but he didn't understand her thinking. She was one who respected many things and accepted what was given to her, while he was just some spoiled brat who took advantage of everything without giving a damn. Basically he had a cold heart, full of arrogance, whilst she was understanding and respectful.

"Sesshomaru-sama, the hour draws late. Perhaps we should find shelter for the night, wouldn't you agree?" Jaken suggested.

"Lady Shizuka, methinks that the imp is right. Would you agree?" Sessh asked the Inuyoukai. Shizuka looked at him very sadly and then sighed.

"I guess so."

The youkais found shelter in a nearby village, where Shinta took the form of a human to get them a room for the night at an inn. It was called the Sakura Inn, and it was a really classy establishment. In fact Sesshomaru and Shizuka went down to have some sake, but they didn't want to eat any human food, though it looked like that was what was on the menu for that night.

The two gave their servants the night off because they didn't feel like having to deal with them. They were just going to go downstairs and try to keep a low profile. In fact Sesshomaru put on some more plain clothing and tied his hair backing a low ponytail. Shizuka wore red kimono. Even though they both made an attempt to look normal, they couldn't conceal their perfect, youthful appearances. They were too flawless and unnatural in appearance, but of course they were able to keep a low profile with the right spell cast upon them.

The two youkai found a place to sit, and ordered a pitcher of sake. The tavern wench took their order and eyed them strangely. She thought that they were a strange couple, but didn't give it a second thought. She was too busy being fondled and jeered at by men to really care.

Sesshomaru apologized to Shizuka "I'm sorry…"

"For what?" she questioned him, as she pored some sake into both of their cups.

"For earlier. The deaths of those samurai wasn't necessary," he said. He was trying to stay on her good side because he wanted to win her over. Of course this was going to be a difficult task that would take lots of time…

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A/N: Ha hah!! That's the end of chapter 2, and it took me so long to post it. How pathetic? Oh well, if I don't get 5 reviews then there won't be a next chapter! Hah there I've had to go into threats now. Ain't I a mean author? PLEASE REVIEW! You honestly don't know how much it means to us authors.