A/N: I would like to say thank you for the review Analensy-san, it means a lot to me to receive one. : )

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Inuyasha watched the scene before him in a bored manner. The panda and the girl had been at it for quite some time and their attacks had been the same that it held him spellbound for only a few minutes. The fire crackled and he sensed some movement in the otherwise still air filtering through the clearing.

He glanced around him and found Miroku sneaking away from the clearing. He looked very much the innocent monk that he darkly guessed what he was up to. He stood up from where he was sitting with his back to the tree, across from the one where the bug-like being was tied securely, and approached him with a not to subtle smile hinting at his anger.

Miroku faced him as soon as he felt the presence of the hanyou and smiled innocently. "Oh, Inuyasha, don't you feel like a dip on the hot springs this evening? It would soothe our tired bones and tensed muscles cause by our unexpected guest." He said encompassing the clearing with its unusual inhabitants with one sweep of his hand.

"I would do that but not at this moment. Or have you forgotten that the girls are taking their bath?" Inuyasha sneered menacingly.

"All the more reason to join them." Miroku replied nonchalantly turning back casually and continuing on his way.

He but managed a few short steps before his robe was grasped roughly at the back and hauled beside the tree where the old man looked at them menacingly.

"What are you looking at ji-san?" Inuyasha snarled dropping Miroku unceremoniously beside him.

"You shall pay dearly for the insult you cause me. Have you no respect for the elder?" The old man demanded his eyes shooting daggers.

Inuyasha bent to his level and grounded out, "You might look old but I'm older than you so shut up before I do it for you." He stood up and returned to his post more annoyed than ever.

The panda and the girl continued battling it out over the most trivial thing, a pickle that the panda had stolen from the plate of the girl. Before the girls left, they dished out some food for their guest to eat and as soon as they had disappeared, the girl and the panda started digging in, looking like starving people who hadn't had a morsel to bite for over a week.

They neared the tree where the old man was tied, engrossed in their dispute that when the panda cut the rope with his claw, everything froze as the old man let out an evil laugh that would even intimidate the toughest youkais around.

"Good work Genma, I am now free and you shall pay cause I would not forgive you easily." The old man turned to the girl with an unmistakable gleam in his eyes. He reached inside his oki, Inuyasha tensed himself and prepared to leap in the girl's defense, and brought out a see-through lingerie. "But I might forgive you if you wear and modeled this for me." he cried out gleefully.

Inuyasha fell forward at the sight, all the fight going through him, his anger reaching a new height. He leaped up, ready to rip the man to shred, and was stunned at the scene that greeted him. The old man and the girl faced each other, both in a fighting stance.

"Oi ji-ji, there's no way you could make me wear that." The girl smirked, fire smoldering in her eyes.

"Ranma, you're still 1000 years too young to beat me." the old man laughed.

They lunged at each other, fists flying everywhere, shouting phrases the Inuyasha could only discern as the name of their attacks. He watched them fight until the old man sent the girl flying with just a flick of his long pipe.

Inuyasha watched the girl hurtling through air, screaming at the top of her lungs. She disappeared somewhere in the woods and he released his breath that he didn't know he was holding when he heard a distant splash. He turned and found the old man watching him.

He grinned slowly, sensing the tension that's always present before the start of a fight. Inuyasha spread his legs apart, his claws at the ready for the old man's attack.

The old man pulled back his arm holding the lethal pipe and prepared to charge at this formidable opponent before him.

Inuyasha waited patiently for the old man to make his move when his sensitive ears picked up the unmistakable sound of screams. Without a backward glance, he bounded towards the direction of the sound, his blood cold in his veins, screaming the name that had been dear to him ever since he awoke from a 50 years sleep, "KAGOME!"

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A/N: it's a cliffy ending and hopefully, I'll find some more people enjoying my work. it means so much to me to receive reviews *brought out some tissue as she sniffed and reread the reviews she received*

oh well.. guess I have to wait for this to gain popularity : )

*bows low* please kindly review

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