Chapter 3 is also exactly the same as volume 17. Once again, if you don't
want to read it, don't.
Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters
created by Rumiko Takahashi. However, I am married to Inuyasha and am
writing this on our honeymoon.
Key: "= out loud '= thoughts
Chapter 3 'What is this Juromaru...? Such a weird son of a...' Inuyasha thought. "I'd say he's just a mystic puppet...but then he did behead Naraku, his supposed master.." Miroku said to Sango. "Not much for obedience, huh?" she replied. 'Is that why he was chained?' Kagome thought. Juromaru ran towards Inuyasha, drool flying off his mouth. "What nasty stuff are you drooling?! Wipe your mouth, beast!" Inuyasha yelled, punching Juromaru in the face. 'What is he doing...just letting himself get hammered like that?! Is this a trap? No...there's no way this creature would be smart enough to think that out. In which case...' "I'll end this with one blow! SANKON-TESSO!" Inuyasha yelled. "An even match?" Miroku exclaimed. All of a sudden Juromaru reached out a swiped Inuyasha across the face. "Inuyasha!" Kagome screamed. Inuyasha landed with his hand over his mouth but on his feet. 'Wh-what just happened...? His arm..stretched? Does his body transform?!' Inuyasha thought.
"Koga! You're alive!" Ginta shouted. "Of course." "Did you find Naraku?" Hakkaku asked. "Yeah." "......Then why'd you come back?" Ginta said. "...Don't tell us you ran away..." Hakkaku added. "Heh...Instinct. But never mind Naraku... It was the brainless monster he had with him... 'Juromaru'...and I don't know what he was...But I got a very bad felling about him...an my instinct is never wrong. Inuyasha, sadly, isn't blessed with my intuition. By now, I'm sure he's been torn to pieces by this 'Juromaru' demon." Koga said, bragging. "Inuyasha was there? Umm...Koga...this might be none of our business, but..." Ginta said, looking nervous. "......Wouldn't that mean that Miss Kagome was there too...and is in danger?" Hakkaku finished, just as nervous. For a brief moment, Koga just stood there. Then, he started to beat them up saying, "...Idiots! Why didn't you say so sooner?!" As he ran off Ginta and Hakkaku shouted "And you can't think?!?"
Inuyasha jumped aside as Juromaru hit at him once again. Out of nowhere, Juromaru's fist came flying towards Inuyasha's face. However he blocked it just in time with his arm. Inuyasha unsheathed the Tetsusaiga and swiped at Juromaru while screaming, "Y...You slug!" Something flew into the bushes. "He did it!" Kagome said. "He chopped off his arm!" Shippo added. Juomaru and Inuyasha stood there for a moment. 'What's going on?! It didn't fell like I cut through anything! ...That...whatever it was...split itself purposely from Juromaru.' Inuyasha thought, bemused. Juromaru finally ran towards Inuyasha who parried with Tetsusaiga knocking Juromaru to the ground. When Juromaru got up, the gang saw his two hands, still attached to his arms andhis body. "Oh...?" Miroku said. "His arm's still connected?!" Shippo shouted. 'Just as I thought...What ever that was...it was not his arm!' Inuyasha thought. The ground beneath him grumbled and something shot up from the ground and through Inuyasha's stomach. "What? From the ground?" Miroku shouted. "I-Inuyasha-!" Kagome shouted. Inuyasha collapsed onto the ground, but was still in a kneeling position. The thing that shot from the ground came to rest at Juromaru's feet. It had a long tail and two arms that had no ends, only sharp points. "What is that?!?" Sango asked. "Heh heh heh...His innards...They're tasty Juromaru." The creature said. 'Damn it...there was another one...' Inuyasha thought in pain.
Key: "= out loud '= thoughts
Chapter 3 'What is this Juromaru...? Such a weird son of a...' Inuyasha thought. "I'd say he's just a mystic puppet...but then he did behead Naraku, his supposed master.." Miroku said to Sango. "Not much for obedience, huh?" she replied. 'Is that why he was chained?' Kagome thought. Juromaru ran towards Inuyasha, drool flying off his mouth. "What nasty stuff are you drooling?! Wipe your mouth, beast!" Inuyasha yelled, punching Juromaru in the face. 'What is he doing...just letting himself get hammered like that?! Is this a trap? No...there's no way this creature would be smart enough to think that out. In which case...' "I'll end this with one blow! SANKON-TESSO!" Inuyasha yelled. "An even match?" Miroku exclaimed. All of a sudden Juromaru reached out a swiped Inuyasha across the face. "Inuyasha!" Kagome screamed. Inuyasha landed with his hand over his mouth but on his feet. 'Wh-what just happened...? His arm..stretched? Does his body transform?!' Inuyasha thought.
"Koga! You're alive!" Ginta shouted. "Of course." "Did you find Naraku?" Hakkaku asked. "Yeah." "......Then why'd you come back?" Ginta said. "...Don't tell us you ran away..." Hakkaku added. "Heh...Instinct. But never mind Naraku... It was the brainless monster he had with him... 'Juromaru'...and I don't know what he was...But I got a very bad felling about him...an my instinct is never wrong. Inuyasha, sadly, isn't blessed with my intuition. By now, I'm sure he's been torn to pieces by this 'Juromaru' demon." Koga said, bragging. "Inuyasha was there? Umm...Koga...this might be none of our business, but..." Ginta said, looking nervous. "......Wouldn't that mean that Miss Kagome was there too...and is in danger?" Hakkaku finished, just as nervous. For a brief moment, Koga just stood there. Then, he started to beat them up saying, "...Idiots! Why didn't you say so sooner?!" As he ran off Ginta and Hakkaku shouted "And you can't think?!?"
Inuyasha jumped aside as Juromaru hit at him once again. Out of nowhere, Juromaru's fist came flying towards Inuyasha's face. However he blocked it just in time with his arm. Inuyasha unsheathed the Tetsusaiga and swiped at Juromaru while screaming, "Y...You slug!" Something flew into the bushes. "He did it!" Kagome said. "He chopped off his arm!" Shippo added. Juomaru and Inuyasha stood there for a moment. 'What's going on?! It didn't fell like I cut through anything! ...That...whatever it was...split itself purposely from Juromaru.' Inuyasha thought, bemused. Juromaru finally ran towards Inuyasha who parried with Tetsusaiga knocking Juromaru to the ground. When Juromaru got up, the gang saw his two hands, still attached to his arms andhis body. "Oh...?" Miroku said. "His arm's still connected?!" Shippo shouted. 'Just as I thought...What ever that was...it was not his arm!' Inuyasha thought. The ground beneath him grumbled and something shot up from the ground and through Inuyasha's stomach. "What? From the ground?" Miroku shouted. "I-Inuyasha-!" Kagome shouted. Inuyasha collapsed onto the ground, but was still in a kneeling position. The thing that shot from the ground came to rest at Juromaru's feet. It had a long tail and two arms that had no ends, only sharp points. "What is that?!?" Sango asked. "Heh heh heh...His innards...They're tasty Juromaru." The creature said. 'Damn it...there was another one...' Inuyasha thought in pain.