Disclaimer- I don't own InuYasha and co. only Kaei.

InuYasha ran out on the field and stood next to the girl. He held the transformed Tetsusaiga out in front of him. The girl merely turned around and glared at him.

"And what in all the hells do you think you're doing?" She asked, black eyes narrowed. When she turned everyone got a better view of what she looked like.

"She's beautiful." Miroku commented.

"Is that all you ever think about?" Sango crossed her arms.

"Oh my dearest Sango, I thought you knew me better then that." Miroku said, pretending to be offended. She just shook her head.

In all truth, the girl was pretty. Her abnormally color fire red hair was long and the short black streaks on either side of her head framed her face nicely. She had inky black eyes that were currently full of annoyance. Her ears were pointed, though the left one had 7 silver hoops in it, 3 of them in the cartilage, but the right ear only had one. When she yelled you could see her fangs, and her fingernails curled into sharp claws.

But it wasn't her looks that startled Kagome, it was her clothes. They looked so..........modern. She was dressed in head to toe black. She wore a fitted black tank top, baggy black jeans and black combat boots. Around her wrists were silver cuffs and she wore a silver cross necklace (no there is no religion. The significance of that necklace is brought up later). On her back was a black Nike drawstring bag and around her waist was a black sword belt.

"Look at her clothes. They look as if they are from my era." Kagome pointed out, but before anyone could say another word, the two were at it again.

"I'm joining you're fight." InuYasha yelled back. 'She's powerful' he thought 'the power's emanating off her in waves. And she's only half-demon.'

"No, you're not. This is MY battle." She yelled now clearly frustrated.

"Yes, I am."

"Go away. You should know better then to distract someone during a fight."

"You're right. You should leave."

"Me?! I was here first dipshit."

"So? Stupid wench."

"You did not just call me wench."

"Wench."

"Bastard."

"Oh gods." Sango commented.

"Does she remind any of you of anyone?" Miroku asked, a small grin playing across his face.

"They are exactly alike." Kagome shook her head.

"We're doomed." Shippo wailed. He began to run around in circles waving his arms in a clear panic.

"Get out of here stupid!"

"No! Any battle that concerns those damned shards is mine."

"Who said anything about shards?"

"I did."

"Oh I don't really care about those." Her voice mellowed out a bit.

"Then give them to me!" He snapped.

"No. You're clearly not the person I'm supposed to give them to."

By now even the demon that they were supposed to be fighting was looking at them with faint interest. He took advantage of their distraction to use it against them.

"A few words of advice, filthy half-breeds, never ignore your opponents." He swung his tail at them and sent them flying into a grove of trees, which they hit. Hard.

"This is why you don't interrupt battles." The girl wiped away a bit of blood that had trickled out of her mouth.

"If you would just hand over those—"She cut him off.

"InuYasha! Are alright?" Kagome ran over to him.

"For the last time, you are not......." She stopped dead, "Wait if you're.....then she's....and they're......ooooo." Her mouth formed an O and her eyes softened considerably.

"I'm going to teach that demon a lesson." InuYasha said charging out to face it. This time the girl didn't follow. She just stood there watching as InuYasha dodged energy attack after energy attack. Waiting for that one....There it is. The last attack that InuYasha had dodged was now on a direct path for Kagome and herself.

"Damn." InuYasha turned to go and protect Kagome, who let out a small scream.

"Kagome!" Sango and Miroku yelled.

But instead of one of her faithful companions stepping in to help, it was the girl. She placed herself in front of Kagome, arms outstretched and palms facing forward. Fire danced around those hands, then shot off and created a shield which protected Kagome and the girl, from the attack. This for Kagome would have been fatal.

"Did she just intentionally save Kagome?" Sango asked shocked. Even Shippo had stopped his panic dance to stare.

"Then this would make her not our enemy?" Shippo asked.

The girl looked up again and her eyes flashed red. The fire shield retreated into her hands where she then released it in one fatal attack at the demon. It killed him instantly.

Then as if oblivious to all of their stares, she practically skipped over to the demon's smoldering remains. After picking up her sword and digging through the remains a bit, she found what she wanted and walked back to the group. It was only then that she noticed their stares.

"What?" She asked genuinely confused.

"Who are---"InuYasha was once again cut off, but this time by a dull buzz.

"Naraku's poisonous insects?" Miroku said in disbelief, "But they only come around when he's involved."

"Exactly." The girl replied. She dug through her bag, then pulled out a book, "He caught up already," She read on a bit more then replaced it, "Huh."

"Kaei." A cold voice rang out.

"Naraku took you long enough. I was beginning to wonder." Kaei said smoothly, as she sheathed her sword.

"Give me back what you have taken." Naraku commanded, reaching out his hand. But then he eyed the group standing with Kaei and seemed to reconsider.

"No, anyway the jewel wasn't yours to begin with, ass." Kaei responded. "It's only too bad I just got half."

'If she stole the jewel, well at least parts of it,' Kagome thought, 'She's not evil?"

"I'll be back for that which was stolen from me." Then he along with his little bugs vanished.

"I'll be counting on it." She yelled at his retreating form. "Coward."

"So then that was the real Naraku." Miroku speculated.

"It was." This girl, Kaei's voice sounded far away, but then it snapped back, "So then you're Kagome, correct?" Kagome nodded, still a wee bit nervous over what this girl was planning.

"Then I believe these belong to you." Kaei's face had a shit-eating grin on it as she held out her opened fist.

In the center of her palm lay half of the Shikon Jewel.