Sora: new chapter, yeah

id:weren't you going to wait to at least get one reveiw before typing more

Sora: yeah, buts its been 3 hours since I posted and no reveiws.

ego: so find something else to do.

Sora: there is nothing else to do, I finished all of my chores and put away all of the cookies I made for when I do get reveiws.

melani: I'm surprised you didin't eat them all already

Sora: *gives melani a japanese red eye* anyway I don't own these characters, so don't sue. for a better disclaimer see the default chapter.

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"You found her in Inu-yasha's Forest...?"

"Aye, a lass in Miko robes, she is!"

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"Hey!! you didn't have to tie me up, y'know!" Looking at what the people are wearing, which are old style kimonos, Rei came to one conclusion, 'Kami-sama, I'm in a history book. This looks like the Sengoku Period, but that makes no sense. How did I get here?'

"Make way! Make way!"

"Lady Kaede, the preistess, is come."

'They even talk like they're in a period play.'

An old woman, dressed similarly to Rei, appears through the crowd that has gathered around Rei. She is stooped over and has a wooden eye patch over her right eye, in her right hand she held a bow.

"Who are you? Why were you in the forest of Inu-yasha?"

'These people just get weirder and weirder.'

"Eh...? Let me see your face. So, trying to look like a clever one, are you?"

'What is she talking about?'

"You're her image, though... My elder sister... Kikyo... Right down to the clothes."

"What are you talking about?"

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"Kikyo was the village preistess... and its protectress. She died fifty years ago, I was but a child at the time."

Kaede hands her a bowl of food.

"What's wrong? Not hungry?"

"Uh... Actually, you think you could untie me?"

"Oh!"

*After Kaede unties her*

"I... Uh... Don't s'pose you could tell me where I am? This doesn't look like Tokyo."

"I've never heard that name before, but this village is known as Edo."

'Ah, great, I really am in the Sengoku Period. Just perfect."

*Waaaa*bakk*bakk*bakk*

"What could be--?"

"Ahh!"

Outside Rei is witness to a demon attack. Its the same demon that pulled her down the well. 'Its that thing again...'

"Give me the Shikon No Tama."

"The... the jewel...?!" Stutters Kaede, "You have the JEWEL?!"

"How the heck should I know?" 'That thing only wants me!' Rei gets a smirk on her face, 'Then I guess it gets what it wants.'

With that thought, Rei grabs her henshin rod and calls out her transformation phrase. "MARS CRYSTAL POWER... MAKE-UP!"

Nothing happens and Kaede stares at her like she's nuts.

"Shimatte!" 'Why didn't it work?'

In the process of yelling her phrase Rei gained the attention of the demon, which is now speeding right at her.

"AHHHH!" Rei runs into the forest seeking shelter.

"You will not slip me!"

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At the God Tree, Inu-yasha stirs.

"The smell... the smell of her who KILLED me... Is coming closer."

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Rei is running through the forest trying to get her communicator to work.

"KUSO! Why isn't this thing working."

"Give me the Shikon No Tama!"

'What does this thing want, I don't have anything like...' "Aiyee!!" She trips, ducking down as it swoops over her, she hears a voice.

"Why toy with second raters like Misstress Centipede?"

"Huh?!" Looking up, she looks straight into the gold/amber eyes of the boy she saw earlier, Inu-yasha.

"Who are you?" 'Well at least he's not dead.'

"Destroy her with a single blast, Kikyo! After all... you did it to me."

"'Kikyo'... My name's..."

"She's coming."

Rei looks confused until Misstress Centipede swoops down from above.

*fwoosh*fwoosh*kthwok*kthwok*

"'Tis time!"

"Draw!" The villagers have snared Misstress Centipede with harpoons and are hauling her back.

"I'm... I'm saved..." 'Thank Kami-sama.'

"Really, Kikyo... I'm disappointed..."

"Listen, you-- I don't know why you think I'm Kikyo, but I'm not. I've never even met her!"

"Feh! Do you expect me to beleive that I wouldn't know the stench of the girl who..."

He looks confused for a moment then snifes. "You're... NOT her...!"

"Well, duh! My names Rei! Got it, Rei!"

"I'm a fool. After all, Kikyo looked intelligent... and pretty."

"Why...You...?!" Rei's growling remark is interupted by Mistress Centipede throwing the villagers against the base of the tree, and then grabbing Rei. Not wanting to be monster food Rei grabs two fistfuls of Inu-yasha's hair.

"Let... Me... Go!!" screams Rei.

"YOU, let ME go!!" retorts Inu-yasha.

Dumb villager, "Lady Kaede... Inu-yasha..."

"What!! Inu-yasha... is AWAKE?!" 'That spell was meant never to break... but it has! How?!'

Back to Rei, Inu-yasha and Mistress Centipede.

"This body... is so weak... I will devour you whole...Shikon Jewel and all..."

"Oh, no you won't." Reaching into her pocket she pulls out another scroll and shoves it on Mistress Centipede's face while Inu-yasha thought, 'The Shikon Jewel...?!'

"Get away!!"

Mistress Centipede is flung back by a light that emitted from Rei's palm as she applied the scroll.

'That was new. How did I do that?' Rei thought, while she looked at her hand.

"Vile thing!" Mistress Centipede yelled as she bit reis abdomon, and out popped a round pink jewel. Rei falls almost lifelessly to the ground. Everyone is shocked, including Kaede and Inu-yasha.

"The Shikon No Tama--!!"

"Nani?!"

Groaning from pain Rei reaches for the jewel. 'This was inside of me...?'

Blood dripping from her mouth Mistress Centipede exclaims. "I knew, I knew you were hiding it!"

"That jewel is MINE!!"

"What...?"

"Give it to me!"

Mistress Centipede pins Rei to the God Tree and against Inu-yasha. Rei struggles while Mistress Centipede chuckles. "'Inu-yasha who seeks the Shikon Jewel...' I have heard of a Hanyou by such a name... At last we meet..."

'A "Hanyou"...? Him?! Well that explains it.'

"Don't insult me, Mistress Centipede. If I'd wanted, our meeting would have been very short... and your last."

"Can you do anything but talk?" Rei retorted.

Inu-yasha growled his response.

"You can not move, can you, demon boy? That's quite a spell you're under." She continues to gloat as she picks up the jewel with her tongue, "All you can do is watch!"

"No! Its MINE!" Exclaimed Inu-yasha as she swallowed the jewel.

"She's et the magic bead, she has!"(A/N: alright I know I'm gonna get some reveiws for this line, but this is how they really talk. check the comic book I took this line directly from vol. 1)

"This cannot be..."

"What ill does it bode, M'lady?"

The damage done by Rei's scroll, is undone as Mistress Centipede's once almost human torso facade falls away, revealing a more monsterous appearance.

"Ahh... Such power...Such joy..." She hisses.

'I knew that would make her uglier.' Again Rei wishes her companions were here, as she is squeezed more tightly against the tree.

"Hey. This Arrow. Can you pull it out?"

"What...?!"

"No you must NOT!! That arrow contains the spell! Pull it out and he'll be free."

"And what do you want, witch?! To become a centipede's dessert?! Once her body has digested the Shikon No Tama... None of us will be able to stop her! Well, girl?!! Do you want to die here with me?!"

Rei thinks about it for all of 2 seconds.

'No... I can't die like this... My princess needs me! Live again, Inu-yasha!!' As she pulls out the arrow, there is a blinding light and the arrow vanishes. As he breaks free, Inu-yasha laughs and jumps down in front of Mistress Centipede.

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Sora: long chapter

id: *whistles* three pages at least

Sora: I wonder where all of the reveiwers went, I'm still offering cookies but now you can also get a free puppy or kitten with your reveiw

melani: do you even have puppies and kittens

Sora: of course. Would I say I did if I didn't.

ego: yes