Reborn Into A Different World

by EvilMoonGoddess

While Usagi and Makoto are being reborn something goes wrong and they are sent back in time. After waking up they realize that they are not in their correct time. That's not the only thing wrong either, they're not quite human anymore either.

9. 9: Reunited: Attack of the Mask

Reborn Into A Different World.

Summary-

While Usagi and Makoto are being reborn something goes wrong with their bodies and they are sent back in time. After waking up Usagi and Makoto realize that they are not in their correct time, that they are some types of yasha (female) demons and they don't have the Ginzuishou. After they save Shippo he tells them about these jewel shards that that gives its carrier great power and can do other things. Makoto and Usagi set out to find all jewel shards and put it together to see if it is the Ginzuishou, or if it can take them back home. Along the way they find that they aren't the only ones reborn in the wrong time.

Disclaimer-I do not own Sailor Moon or Inu-Yasha.

Thoughts

Telepathy

"Things being said"

Different Place

Time has passed

Flashbacks

Japanese Used

Kaasan- Mother

Doo Itashimashite-It's okay. Think nothing of it.

Masaka- Impossible, it can't be, no way

Sayoonara- Farewell.

Kawaii- Cute

Bishounens- Pretty, cute, beautiful men

Hai- Yes

Tsuki- Moon

Hime- Princess

Kami- God

Reborn Into A Different World-Chapter 9: Reunited; Attack of the Mask

It hit her like a ton of bricks when it finally sunk in and she realized whom she was talking to. What was laying before her eyesight wasn't some kind of trick that her mind was playing on her. "Iie...it can't be... Masaka…" Usagi shook her head as she stared to the figure before her once more. Her eyes did not lie to her though, as she wanted them too. There in plain sight before her stood her future daughter Chibiusa as grown woman and as what seemed to be a junior high teacher.

It couldn't be, could it? Unless everything that was supposed to work out did work out after all. All of the senshi's hard work and countless times they dead and put their lives on the line to the point near death paid off. That, indeed, the full figure woman she was seeing with her two cerulean colored eyes was exactly whom she thought it was. "How, when, and why." Those were the only words that she could think to say that would express everything that was running across her mind right then and there.

She wanted to know how she survived, why did she wait so long to reveal herself, and if she knew where everyone was why did she not come and try to get them together. Bring them back together to tell them why everything had happened like it did and why she was there as she was. These questions were just a few of the many without answers that buzzed around inside her head hidden beneath the silver locks of hair.

But if everything did turn out ok then why was Makoto and she turned into demons. Why did they end up meeting Shippo and Inuyasha and traveling around with the half demon and his friends? Why did everything happen to them like it did? Was this how everything was suppose to start out for when they started over this time. Were they getting a whole new beginning in life as they wanted so many times, if so why didn't they start out as children or newborns?

Why did she feel the valuably to do wicked things lately? Was it because of her new persona or that there was more to everything then she was seeing to it. Maybe they hadn't destroyed Chaos after all and he was taking to opportunity to make her do things that she would later regret.

She had some many questions and not enough answers for her. She was just like a child wanted to know why everything happened in the world like it did. One that was just able to crawl or walk and wanted to get into everything and anything she could then put it in her mouth to see what it was like. It was like everything she knew, she didn't know anymore.

So many other questions came to her puzzled mind but those questions could wait to be asked later. Usagi had more important questions that she wanted to ask now. Questions that she needed to ask in order to get answers that would provide her with the information as to how things were and what she needed to do.

She knew one of four people had these kinds of answers and information to give to her. The woman in front of her was one of those key people that would be the answer to all of her questions. The other person she had in mind was either dead, which she got he funny she wasn't, at the time gate or some place she couldn't think of.

The last two were her mother and then Destiny and Fate themselves. Her mother was the one that would be able to answer the questions she had and ones she wouldn't have thought of asking. Asking Fate and Destiny was out of the question because she had no clue if they really existed and if they did how to get in contact with them.

"I don't even get a proper hello. Usagi no baka. " Usagi was scolded with a caring laugh from her much older future daughter. "So, what took you so long to get here? Did you stop and hit all of the ice cream parlors along the way", the young teacher laughed softly.

"What's wrong Odango Atama, cat got your tongue? That shouldn't be a problem for you because Luna isn't here." Chibiusa teased bringing up the black fur covered cat that was once her mother's mentor. "Hai it's me Kaasan, the one and only Chibiusa." She added, so that Usagi would stop staring at her as if she were some kind of strange alien.

Well, technically she was an alien but so was her mother, at least in the future. Right now, Usagi was human but that would change when Crystal Utopia came. She was human too; she inherited it from Mamoru's side of the family.

"Well, I see your attitude towards me hasn't changed much since the last time I saw you spore." Usagi teased back as she leaned forward to cease the woman's face. She studied her Chibiusa. It was strange for her to see Chibiusa as a fully-grown woman. She thought that the next time see would see her she would become older as well. The last time she saw the girl she was a little girl of thirteen thinking about boys, school, family and friends. Now her precious future daughter looked like Wicked Lady to her also not Wicked Lady.

That feeling and presence of evil and negativity isn't there in her. When she was Wicked Lady her beauty was tainted and gave the feeling of so many dark things that I have read about in those horror books. It was like she was pure evil herself. What am I talking about of course she was pure evil, the Dark Moon planted those thoughts and feelings of abandonment in her.

Usagi mentally shook her head at her thoughts.

I must not remorse in the past, only look to the dawn of a new future and destiny. That is what Pluto and the outer senshi have taught me. That as life goes on, you must go on with life too.

" So how are things with you. Has life been as kind to you as it has me Chibiusa." Usagi sarcastically stated toward her future daughter. She really hoped that she hadn't suffered the same fate as her.

Chibiusa shouldn't be exposed to such a life she was when she was fourteen but if she was given a chance to go back and change it all she would make the same decision if it meant that she got to meet Chibiusa and the others. At least under the circumstances she wouldn't change a thing.

Chibiusa sighed at the name. No one had called her that in a long time. She like being called her childhood name it reminded her of all the good times she had with Usagi-tachi in the past. Her parents never called her that in the future they always called her Little Lady or Small Lady. It's been eleven years since anyone called her by that specific name even Puu didn't call her that anymore.

She was now a beautifully blossomed young woman at the age of twenty-three. Her red colored rabbit eyes shone and reflected all the wisdom that she possessed in this lifetime and beyond. Her long tone and shaped legs were the envies of every model and woman athlete. Her hair shined as if bits of diamonds were inbreeded in every strand of hair adding to the natural gloss that it already possessed.

Her skin was as flawless as a new baby born was and just as smooth and delicate. There were no visible scars present on the lightly tan color skin. One looked at the bubble gum haired woman and one would think that she was a higher being or was create out of the fantasy of some perverted man's mind. Chibiusa was what some men and women would consider an angel or a goddess walking the forsaken grounds of the earth. And that was just what she was a higher being, a tsuki hime.

Usagi laughed at her future daughter as a frown cross her face at being called a spore. She was the same as she remembered her as before everything happen; bratty, mischievous, trickster, and worrisome devil with bubble gum pink hair in rabbit shaped cone ears on top of her head and those piercing and accusing cinnamon eyes.

Chibiusa not changing was a good thing in her eyes. If Chibiusa wasn't putting up some kind front for her then it meant that Mamo-chan was indeed going to get back together with her. That once they got back together everything was going to be ok. She could forget about the nagging feeling she had all the time when she was around a kawaii bishounens while Mamoru was in America. And that Mamoru might have eyes on other girls. Her Mamo-chan wouldn't do that to her, would he?

Sure they had broken before he had went back to America but she felt better now that Chibiusa was here. Having the rabbit demon here eased her worries, unless Pluto had managed to pull her from the time stream before her timeline collapsed. If that was the case then everything wasn't ok. That Chibiusa was here because Pluto willed it and she had a time key that negated the affects of time. She hoped that it wasn't the latter of the two. It would break her heart even more to know that in some way, shape or form cause Chibiusa not to be born.

"It's been a while so how are you Kaasan?" Chibiusa repeated her question from earlier. She knew that her mother had many questions. She had many questions for her, Usagi, her mother. She mentally sighed she knew that she would have to answer her mother's questions before her questions got answered in return. She didn't mind that much because the questions that she wanted to ask would give her whole mission's goal away. She was here to make sure that Kaasan and got together with Mamoru. Nothing was going to get in the way of it, nothing.

She was going to see to it that everything she had plan went off correctly. If her Kaasan and Mamo-chan didn't get together then she had no chance for survival. If her Kaasan weren't pregnant with Mamo-chan's child, her, by late October then everything would be lost. She wouldn't be born and everything would be ruined for everyone else and her. Mainly her though, she would cease to exist. Chibiusa shook her head. She felt like Chris from Charmed. How if his parents, Leo and Piper, didn't get back together that he wouldn't be born.

How ironic that I find myself comparing my life situation to that of a television show from this time. It is kinda odd that a show series like that could be so exact with some many things of the magical world. Maybe the two lead producers are really witches or something. That'll be something I'll have to investigate once I succeeded in getting mama and papa back together.

Usagi stared at Chibiusa.

Maybe I shouldn't call her Chibiusa anymore. She sure isn't a little demon child anymore. I think I'll still call her that, she still hasn't gown up in my eyes and will always be Chibiusa to me.

Something was bothering the young girl or rather young woman as she has aged a lot since the last time she was in her presence. Whatever was bothering her had something to do with her and she knew it. She always knew when something bothering Chibiusa and it concerned her.

What ever you have in mind Chibiusa, I'm on the look out for it. I know when your sneaky self is up to something. You've forgotten where you've gotten it from, certainly not Mamoru. That man couldn't pull anything over anyone unless it was one of his school friends. You received that ability from me and I, your Obaasan. She was never the one to fall for any of my sneakiness and neither will I with you.

Usagi studied Chibiusa once more. She felt like she was back at Jubban and Haruna-sensei was trying to make nice conversation with her without yelling at her for not doing her homework or her being late to class yet again. She felt like she was talking to a teacher. Chibiusa's appearance didn't help the matter much either. Her daughter had the full teacher attire.

Chibiusa wore box shaped glass without the frame on the bottom. They sat on the bridge of her nose covering up the bottom have of her eyes and giving the feeling to anyone that she was looking directly at them if she were to look over the top frames.

Her bubble gum hair was pulled elegantly and neatly in a half way up bun giving her one of those 'I've been teaching for a long time' professional looks. The hair coming down from the bun had curls to them, as did the rest of the hair she had let down. Two long strands of straight hair flowed down coming from the top of her head and fell beside the glasses on each side.

I wonder why her hair is blue inside of the pink. Maybe she tried dying it or something. Bubble gum pink hair doesn't really seem like it would be a common hair in this time. Maybe back, when things could go by without being explained and as questioned as much as it would here.

The bangs had an under curl and bounce to them. The long strands of hair and bangs framed her face and gave her a classic and professional teacher's look. Her face said that she was one to follow the rules and made no excepts for anyone. The glint in her eyes told otherwise. She was one of the ones to break the golden rules break too.

Chibiusa's teacher uniform was somewhat like a girl student's. Casting the school colors into it. Her green skirt look as if it was about the same length of the girls' skirt but another look at it one could tell it was longer, it came about an inch or two above the knees. Her jacket was white. Her sailor collar was green with a red scarf attached underneath it coming out longer then the green. The scarf's two ends being tied together in a small lose knot another green cloth. The shoes she wore were the same black dress shoes that the girls were except without the straps. Clear stockings instead of white socks adorned her long legs.

All in all her daughter was the packaged teacher's deal. Chibiusa was a junior high school teacher. She wondered how she did it. Day in and day out dealing with people that were lazy, unorganized or in other aspects just like her mother in the past. She couldn't image herself teaching students at a junior high or high school.

She preferred little kids such as kindergartens to seconds graders after that she wouldn't do it. Maybe she would offer to teacher third graders but fourth and sixth graders, there was no way she would do it. They were too full of themselves for her. She was once one of them so she would know. They were in a sense like Chibiusa when she was in that grade and she hated Chibiusa like that. If she went crazy on Chibiusa then why not on a bunch of other snotty nosed kids? One thing she would have to deal with lawsuits and prison time.

"We're doing fine Chibiusa." Usagi answered her, silently laughing at herself. "But I'm sure that Mako-chan told you how well we are fairing."

Chibiusa eyes widen as soon as it left Usagi's mouth that Makoto was accompanying the current moon princess on her travels. "Makoto, when did she join up with you? I thought you were here by yourself?" Chibiusa asked covering up her sudden surprise. She forgot that Makoto was with Usagi but she didn't want her to know that. She didn't want to give herself away to the older, well now younger, Usagi. If Usagi thought that she was up to something, it would ruin a lot of things she had planned

Pluto did mention that the Jupiter tomgirl was traveling with her mother. This already made things more complicated for her. Or did it? When she first arrived, back in Usagi's time Makoto was fairly ease to convince that she wasn't an enemy and meant no harm to her.

Maybe…maybe she could try using that to her advantage on the tall Jupiter warrior. If it could once if should be able to twice. Thank goddess that she wasn't with Minako. Minako was about the only one that didn't fully trust her sudden appearance besides Usagi. Maybe it was her motherly instinct that told her she was up to something.

"You didn't see Mako-chan? That's odd she should have been with Kagome when she came to class this morning?" Usagi mused. It was strange that Chibiusa had not seen Makoto at all and she just only now find out that she was going to be in her class. Maybe they were still going on some details in the office. It could be why she hadn't seen Kagome either.

"Kagome was supposed to go and get us enrolled today. I was running a little late because I wanted to check on. That's way you saw me. If I hadn't been late you wouldn't have saw me at all I would probably still be in the office."

"So tell me rascal when and why did you become a teacher?" Usagi asked as she proceeded to give Chibiusa a nuggy. " It felt so good to do that. So got anything around for me to put into my stomach before I just start eating random things?" The silver haired girl's stomach rumble in agreement.

Chibiusa straightened up her uniform and glasses that her mother had messed up with her rough housing. She glared at Usagi who sent her back an innocent look. "I'm not a teacher here. Just a substitute feeling in for a sick teacher if you must know." She stuck out her tongue at the girl, finding it feeling good to fall back into old habits. It was just like she was a kid again.

Usagi bent forward and wagged her finger in Chibiusa's face. The wagging of the finger made Chibiusa's cinnamon flavored eyes follow like a lost puppy dog. "Yes I must know you brat. Remember I'm the mother here so you have to answer any and all questions that I ask of you Missy or suffer the consequences." Usagi stood back placing her hands on her hips and let forth a demonic laugh.

That laugh is so scary. It sent chills right down my spine. That must be a new laugh technique that she picked up. She must have gotten it from that hanyou Inuyasha she and Makoto are traveling with. I wonder what else he tainted on her.

Chibiusa held back a grin. " You have lost your marbles you old cuot." With lightening like reflexes, she reach forward with her teeth with an attempt to bite the wagging finger like a fish would a bait worm. A triumphic grin adorned her face as she watched a surprise look over take Usagi face as she drew back her wounded index finger.

"I eat you!" She exclaimed with a laugh before she took off around the room with Usagi chasing her hot on her tail with a pot she had no clue had she had gotten a hold of unless she took it from her subpocket. "You shall never catch me. I am the gingerbread woman!" Chibiusa mimic as she dodged a swipe at her with the pot.

"I'll get you just yet you brat!" Usagi cried as she swung again and made connection with her daughter's button half. She let lose a crazy laugh as she watched in amusement as the woman grab her butt and continue to run from her. But this wouldn't last long for Usagi because as her old habits feel into to place so did another. Her klutziness.

Usagi tumbled to the grounded in slow motion like with one of her hands reaching out for the pot she had dropped and the other stretched out to soften her fall. Chibiusa seeing her opportunity grabbed the pot and jumped on her fallen mother waving the pot and then bringing it down on her behind.

"Who's yo Mama!" She shouted as brought the pot down again across Usagi's butt making her yelp out of the pain behind the force of the pot. Of course, Chibiusa wasn't hitting hard enough to give her bruises just to cause temporally pain of the girl. She sat on the girl keeping her from moving and running away from her. She avoided her kicking feet and waving hands as to not get hit in the head.

Pushing up with her arms Usagi was able to knock the woman off her back. Flipping over and getting up before Chibiusa could recover from her surprisement Usagi jumped on bubble gum haired hime as the wrestlers did on TV and let a battle cry pierce the airwaves. "I've just opened a can of whip ass of you." Usagi stated mimicking the quote from a wrestler in the heat of the moment.

"TSUKINO-SAN, GINGA-KUN WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU TWO DOING!" Came the shout from the door. All movement between the two girls ceased to exist. Both Chibiusa and Usagi turned to see who had called out their names. It was the principal from the expression that Usagi saw on Chibiusa face, which she took for a bad thing. Both of them look utterly ridiculous. Usagi was on bottom with her fangs fully engaged on biting Chibiusa's right leg off in one bit. Both of her hands were distracted by hands full of the pink hair she held. She noted that it smelled edible.

Chibiusa who was on the top had a firm hold both of Usagi's odangos making Usagi move her head and look where ever she moved her hands as would a horse do with it's trainer. She had her bare feet, except for stockings she had somehow manage to lose her shoes, fully planted into Usagi's back. All in all the entire scene looked comical making the principal, Makoto, and Kagome fall to the floor in heaps of laughter. They were clutching their sides and wiping tears from their eyes as they lay there on the floor laughing.

Not getting what was so funny the two blinked at the laughing group then at themselves and back to the group. No, they had absolutely no clue as to what was so funny. They wanted to laugh to and they were told that it wasn't nice to keep a funny joke to ones self.

"Do you see what's so funny." Usagi asked Chibiusa. The group continued to laugh not aware that it was starting to tick off the two girls.

Chibiusa shook her head at her mother. "Nope I don't see what's so funny." Chibiusa turned to look back at Usagi and then realized that they were both covered in neon colored paint. It had fell and wasted on them sometime when they were wrestling with each other.

Noticing Chibiusa's recognition stare she looked down at herself and took notice of the sticky neon colored paint covering them. It mad her made that they were laughing at them because they were covered in paint. It was not funny in here eyes.

" IT IS NOT THAT FUNNY!" The two shouted at the group. The scolding from the girl made them cower in fear because seemed that the girls had multiplied in size and look as if they could eat them in one bit. "SO QUIT LAUGHING ALRIGHT!"

The room grew quiet. The sound of no sound could be heard. The sudden sound of someone's clearing his or her voice was heard. " Ginga-kun, Tsukino-san in my office NOW!" There left no room for questioning from the two. Untangling their limbs from each other Chibiusa and Usagi made their way down to the office as the head mucho principal commanded. Chibiusa walking ahead of Usagi who obviously didn't know the way.

"Now look what you've gone spore, you've got me in trouble on my first day of school." Usagi whispered angrily to the woman walking in front of her. She was hoping that she would be able to make a good impressions on all on her teachers and the principals but it seemed that her and Chibiusa's little spat ended all of that. It was just like she was at home again with letting Chibiusa getting her in trouble, that made her feel a little bit better about things.

Chibiusa pushed opened the door to that lead to another hallway and silently walked on ignoring the looks of the students and other faculty members through their classroom windows and in the halls. She began sulking this was all Usagi's! If she hadn't jumped on her like that, she wouldn't possibly have to worry about her career of being a teacher being on the line. If she lost this job, she also wouldn't be able to pry into Usagi's life here as much without seeming too suspicious to the silver haired girl.

Damn it why did I let my childish ways of the past get the better of me. I did not wish to grow up all those times that I did so that I could act like a child when I was grown. Damn you Usagi you always manage to go and find a way to ruin a good thing. You did it with Mamoru and now you are doing it now.

Chibiusa glared ahead at anyone that dared even to look her way. She was pissed off. "This wouldn't be happening right now if you could contain your all so childish antics. I mean come on Odango Atama you are what seventeen now and you're acting like a fucking five year old."

Usagi stopped in her tracks. Did Chibiusa just cuss at her? There was something defiantly wrong with her. Maybe something happened in the future to cross her to act like this. Whatever it was she was going to put the girl in her place and let her know she couldn't talk to her mother like this. "You watch your mouth young lady or I whoop your butt so fast you won't even know what happened."

The woman before Usagi let out an angry laugh. " You whoop me. Let's not forget who is the adult here Usa no baka. That's a lawsuit against you for battery of a teacher not to mention jail time. You wouldn't dare." Chibiusa taunted the younger girl. She knew how to use the rules to her will. Usagi wouldn't dare touch her, it would look bad on her not to mention get her expelled for the rest of this school year. Besides, it was the only thing she could think of to say to save her own butt. Her bottom half still rung of pain from being hit with the pot.

"Think again brat," was the only thing that Chibiusa heard before she felt herself being picked up and being bent over a leg. She let out a scream of pain the palm of Usagi's hand obviously came in contact with her already singing butt.

The principal made a useless attempt to stop to be what like punishment a parent would give to their child but failed. He was no match for Usagi's unknown demon strength. " Tsukino-san! I command you to stop this brutally this instant. If you don't I will be forced to call the police to have you arrested."

Usagi paid no mind to the man's threats. She could always do her time or have someone bail her out. She wasn't afraid to go to jail because she was putting her daughter in her proper place. Of course, she couldn't tell them police that they wouldn't believe that. She would tell them that she was Chibiusa's aunt it was more believable. " YOU…whack WILL whack RESPECT whack YOUR whack ELDERS whack." Usagi processed to hit Chibiusa's bottom with each word she said until she felt herself being restrained. She looked up and saw that it was Makoto.

Makoto shook her head at Usagi. "She's not worth it Usagi. Put your niece down." Makoto stressed the word niece so that Usagi wouldn't say anything stupid and dig herself a deeper hole.

Usagi looked at Makoto as she put Chibiusa down. Chibiusa glared at the girl as she rubbed her swore bottom. Usagi sheepishly up looked at her. "Sorry Chibi…" She dropped the Usa not sure if that was her name.

The principal looked between the two. Ginga-kun was this girl's niece? They looked so much like mother and daughter with of course Ginga-kun being the mother. But to him it seemed that Ginga-kun inherited Usagi's looks instead of the other way around. "Well, if that is the case then Ginga-kun, Kino-kun, Tsukino-kun I'll let it slide this one time. I understand that it has been five years since you have last seen each other but I can allow that kind of behavior of sibling affection here.

"Hai Wellmax-kun." Chibiusa responded with a bow. "May I now be excuse to clean up?" She asked remaining bowed. She hoped that the paint wasn't permanent she had just got this uniform this morning! Not to mention what it would do to her precious hair.

Wellmax shook his head at the Ginga woman. She was quite attractive covered in wet paint but she was just as attractive without the paint. He chuckled to himself and his strange attraction toward the new sub. He felt drawn to her for some odd reason. Well, he couldn't let he know that, it would give him away and he was specifically told by that Pluto woman not give himself away.

He was also told not to flirt with the bishounens here. Why would he flirt with the bishounens here anyway? He had his own bishounen and he was perfect in every way he could think of. A little flirting couldn't hurt anyway.

"Yes you may Ginga-san. Also Usagi-san I suggest that you go home and get cleaned up too. In fact you, Kagome-san, and Makoto-san can have the rest of the day excused. You won't be needed for the rest of the day Ginga-san and you can reschedule your math test till tomorrow. I will inform all of your students of this. Good day to everyone." Maxwell processed down the hallway his long chestnut brown hair swinging after him.

Makoto and Usagi stared at the man's retreating form. "I think I'm in love." They both exclaimed at the same in a love tone.

"Look at that butt!" Usagi excitedly whispered to Makoto.

"The hair, that seems to go on forever." Dreamy sighed back.

Usagi clasped Makoto's hands and vice versa. "The face." That was it, the two were in heaven. They chatted back in forth to each other even as Chibiusa dragged to the back to where Kagome was waiting for them.

Chibiusa turned them loose at her feet. "Take home and get them cleaned. Once they come out of their daze, bring them to the arcade. I'll be waiting there and tell Odango that I don't care if she wants to talk to me or not. If she wants answers she'll. Gomen about all of this but Usagi has yet to grow up. Arigato." Chibiusa bowed to the two both she walked around another corner.

"Will that certainly was odd." Kagome commented after a moment of silence. "Well, all right then let's get these two and get Usa-chan cleaned up so that we all can go meet that substitute teacher of mine." Kagome grabbed Usagi by her collar and Makoto by hers then processed to walk to the bus stop.

Kagome looked toward the sky and stopped seeming to have snapped. " Kami! Kami, why me? All I wanted to do is come back and take a math test! I swear if I had known that Usagi was like Inuyasha, always-causing trouble then I would have left her there with him." Kagome stormed off after dragging the dummies behind her. She was upset because she would have to wait another day to take her test.

Kagome let go of Makoto and Usagi when she reached the bus stop. Placing her hands on her hips, she looked sternly at the two. " Look here you two. You're going to shape up now. I may not be your mother but I'm the next best thing you've got. Understood." The two girls broke out of the stupor state and looked at Kagome looming over them. She looked frightening.

Both girls stood up and saluted Kagome army style. " Ma'am! Yes ma'am!" Dropping their poses, they all got on the bus that pulled up. Placing money in the dispenser, they went and took their seats. Each taking a different one and sitting quietly all the way back to the shrine that Kagome's grandfather owned.

Seeing the ambulances at the bottom of the stairs the three rushed up the stairs not paying any attention to the paramedics or the firefighters. They were greeted with Kagome's mother when they reached the top. "Everything is fine, it was just a fire in one of the storage shacks. Your grandfather was caught in it when the fire started with his face covered in those wards of his. He only suffers some damage from inhaling too much of the smoke from the flames. I am going to the hospital to stay with him. You stay here Kagome and wait for Souta. Let him everything is ok." She ordered before she took off down the stairs and got into the ambulance with her father-in-law.

Kagome turned to Usagi and Makoto with a blink look on her face. "You guys go and meet that friend of yours. I'll stay her and meet my brother." All emotion seemed to be drained from her face.

Usagi stepped forward and place her hands on Kagome's shoulders making her look at her. "Are you sure Kagome? Are you going to be ok here by yourself while we are gone."

"If not we can all stay and meet your brother. We can drop by the hospital and stay awhile before we drop by the arcade to talk to Chibiusa." Makoto suggested. She didn't want to leave Kagome alone but if she wished to be alone then she would let her be.

"Yea I'm fine. Go right ahead. I'll try to meet up with you guys again if I can't then here's the key to the house in case you can't get in." Kagome gently turned down their offer to stay with her as she handed them the keys to her house. " You can burrow anything out of my closet that fits Usa-chan." She told the silver hair demoness.

Usagi took the offered keys and made her way toward the house. She looked behind her to see Kagome sat down on a log and pull her knees up to her chin.

I hope that she'll be okay by herself Mako-chan. I hate for something to happen to her because we left her by herself. You know she's under a lot of stress with having to take that math test tomorrow.

I know what you mean Usa-chan but there's nothing we can do. If she wants to be left alone, all we can do is comply with her wishes and leave her alone.

The two reached the front door and Usagi used the key to open the locked door. She took off her shoes to make sure that she wouldn't get paint on the rugs or carpets in the house. She looked around hoping to find where Kagome's room was located.

"It at the second floor third door on the right. Second door on the right" Makoto answered knowing what she was searching for without her having to open her mouth.

"Thanks Mako. I shouldn't be that long maybe twenty to thirty minutes or so. If I take too long come and get me." Usagi stated as she made her way up the flight of carpet covered stairs. Going up the stairs, she reverted to what she was wearing when she met Kagome's mother. The kimono she had been wearing was covered in the neon paint, hiding away all of the kimono's beauty.

"Hey Usa toss me t he keys so you don't forget them in the bathroom." Makoto shouted from the downstairs. She held her hand up so that Usagi could toss the keys to her. "Thanks." She called back as she successfully caught them

I hope that it washes out I hate to have to ruin such a beautiful garment. Now and days, you really don't see kimonos anymore unless a Geisha is wearing one.

Opening the door to bathroom she walked in shut and locked the door behind her. Shading her dirty clothes, she turned on the cold and hot water. She let the water get warm before placing her hand under the water to check and see if it was warm enough for her. Deciding that the water was warm enough for her, she stepped in. Looking around for the shampoo, she spots it standing in the corner of the shower.

Taking the shampoo, she poured the amount of a fifty-cent piece into her hand before she put the cleansing substance into her hair. Working the liquid into a white leather, she begun to hum to herself. Rinsing out the neon turned leather she repeated this process four more times. Feeling that her hair was as clean as it was going to get she proceeded to shower the rest of herself.

Cutting off the water Usagi rung the extra water from her hair. Stepping onto the rug besides the shower, she looked around for a bath towel. Spotting the cabinet by the toilet she opened it and took out two fresh towels, one for her hair and the other for her nude body.

Wrapping the towels around herself, she picked up her dirty clothes and exited the bathroom and went to Kagome's. Seeing Makoto's robes placed in a corner beside the door Usagi placed hers on top of them. Moving to the closet. She opened it. Immediately spotting a white summer dress with pink flowers on it and a jacket she pulled it out and set it on the bed to put on.

Making sure that there was no excess water on her Usagi took the clothes off the hangers and put them on. She replace the hangers back in Kagome's closet, deciding that she would keep her wooden shoes. They look rather cute with what she had on.

Exiting Kagome's and heading toward the stairs, she met Makoto. " Took you long enough. You were in there for half an hour." Makoto scolded while Usagi sheepishly shrugged her shoulders meaning that she couldn't help it.

"You try getting a gallon of neon colored paint out of your hair. You'll find that it'll take you quite a while. I'm not even sure if I got it all." Usagi commented as made they their way down the stairs.

Makoto laughed. "That's way I keep mine this long. It's not short or long. It's just right so it doesn't take to long to do." Opening the front door, she put the lock on it after making sure that she had the keys in her pocket.

Usagi looked around and notice that Kagome was no where to be seen. "Do you think that Kagome is at the hospital Mako? She really doesn't need to be alone." Usagi asked concerned for the girl's well being.

Makoto shrugged her shoulders. She didn't know where the reincarnated miko went. " She might be at the hospital with her family right now Usagi. I don't think she would wonder off somewhere if her brother hadn't made it home yet."

"Yea…"Usagi trailed off. She hoped Kagome didn't do anything stupid. She was a bright girl. She kind of reminded her of Ami with a little bit of Minako tossed in to add excitement. "Hey is this the place?" Usagi asked surprised that they had already walk down all those flight of steps. Maybe being a demon speeded things up for them.

"I don't think so. I think that maybe Chibiusa transported us here. She looks quite tick off." Makoto stated as she looked through a window and spotted the woman sitting in a booth by herself. She looked as if she was still in her teacher get up except without the uniform. Her hair was still up the same way and she still wore her glasses.

Usagi held her hand in defense. "Not my fault hers. She started the fight back at school." Makoto made no reply as she walked in and headed for were Chibiusa was siting, She following the taller girl. "So why did you want to met us here Chibiusa?" Usagi asked as she slide into the booth first then Makoto.

Chibiusa looked up at Usagi with an evil look before she answer her questioned. " It's noisy here and we don't have to worry about being over heard. Where's your friend Kagome?" She took notice that the raven-haired girl wasn't there with them.

"She's at the hospital with her family." Usagi replied as she took one of the two remaining drinks on the table. She was surprised that Chibiusa remembered her favorite drink was Dr. Pepper. "So what's up? Are you going to answer all of our questions."

Chibiusa blew a bubble in her cherry coke. "All in due time Usagi." She crossed her eyes looking at the bubbles forming in her drink.

"I want answers now Chibiusaaa." Usagi whined as she sunk down in her seat. She brightened up as soon as a plate with fries and a double cheeseburger with bacon was sit down in front of her. "You know what," she began through a mouth stuffed with fries and burger, "you sound just like Setsuna. That's not a good thing. You've been hanging around that time guardian way too much in my opinion." She stated swallowing the food without even chewing the rest of it.

Chibiusa looked at her mother disgusted with her table manners. Makoto looked on amused with both Chibiusa and Usagi's behavior. It had been a while since she was truly. Now that they had found the future tsuki hime things would only brighten up for them and they would eventually find all of the rest of the missing senshi.

The now older Usagi rolled her eyes at the younger Usagi. She was surprised that she still hadn't learned any table manners such as not talking with her mouth full of food. "It may be true that I spend too much time with Puu but I rather spend more time with her then with the pigs in the mud pen." Chibiusa retorted as she closed her eyes. The sight before her really embarrassed her. After all this time her mother still shoveled food into her mouth like it was going to get up and run away from her.

Makoto laughed her amusement clearing showing in her eyes. She needed a good laugh like that as of late. With everyone being split up into different groups, it made things depressing. Sure Usagi made her laugh sometimes but the girl herself couldn't bring herself to truly laugh at anything. "Well I suggest we just talk about everything after we are all finished eating that way no one will get food sprayed on them." Makoto suggested as she watched Chibiusa pick a piece of food.

"Makotoooo." Usagi whined. Although she didn't say it, she knew that her friend agreed with her daughter.

Makoto put her hands up in defense of herself. "Gomen Usagi but no one wants to see the food in your mouth."

Usagi pouted before she then shoved the rest of her food in her mouth. "Finished so are you gonna supply us with some answers?" She asked as she leaned on the table excited to finally be getting some answers.

Chibiusa and Makoto both pushed the reminder of their food away from. " Why not you're just made me lose my appetite." She stated as her from return back to tan from the green it had turned.

"Why are we here and had did this happen?" Makoto demanded as she pointed to the fangs in here mouth.

"An upgrade. I'm sure you would have noticed a few others. Your transformation, its all needed to battle the new evil." Chibiusa began putting out the bait and leading the Jupiter senshi into her mind-manipulating trap. " All the senshi have been chosen to receive new powers and assets to help fight the new threat."

Usagi sighed she was tired of fighting. She wanted to go home. There was nothing wrong with Kagome or her mother but she wanted her own kaasan. " How long before you think they'll make a strike."

"As long as we don't hension here we should be fine. Now tell me how have you two been" Chibiusa asked changing the subject. She needed to hear about what they had been doing so far before she said anything else to them about what was going on.

Usagi looked at Chibiusa she got the odd feeling that the woman was starting one of her mind-manipulating traps. She would make it seem like she was going to take the bait, until her daughter slipped up and told her what she wanted to know.

"We've been reborn into an area where demons exist. We are also part demon now." Makoto fussed up. "We've been traveling around this time frame with Kagome and a group of her friends. Trying to collect the fragment of the Shikon no Tama."

"We also don't have the Ginzuishou either." Usagi quietly slipped in she wanting to know the reaction of the woman.

Chibiusa's eyes widen as big as saucer plates. "What!" Several people turned to look at the group. "Gomen." She apologized to the people for interrupting them. "What do you mean you don't have the ginzuishou either. You should have the crystal!" Chibiusa hissed at her mother, her eyes flashing gold for a moment. "You baka how could you lose such a thing?" She questioned of her mother. "What if our enemy has their hands on it?"

She was surprised that Chibiusa didn't know that she didn't possess the magical crystal. " If the enemies had it then by now I would have been turned evil. The ginzuishou is connected to me and I it. If it were tampered with then I would feel it. If I was evil I probably would have killed you off by now but I haven't. Not out of evil intentions anyway." She added the last part on. She did try to kill her earlier today, but that was out the bond they shared.

"Damn this changes everything." Chibiusa cussed as she stood up drinking the last of her soda. "Well whatever you don't hension yo here. My sources tell me that the enemies are homed in on the energy signatures that our transformed state emits. They can block out your hension states unless your power been super up to the next level, which they have done with you Makoto. That's one of the main reasons that we all receive new powers and gifts." Chibiusa commented as she placed money on the table paying for all the ordered meals. "I will see you two after school tomorrow." She then rushed out of the arcade to god knows where.

"I wonder where the brats running off to." Usagi pondered before she finished her daughter's food.

" I don't know, but I wonder who her sources are." Makoto swallowed the piece of burger she had in her mouth. " That cleared up a few things though, why we were reborn like we were. Well let's go its already late."

Usagi looked up when Makoto made the statement that it was already late. " What do you mean its late? Last time I checked it was five thirty."

"We'll you did take nearly two hours in the shower…" Makoto trailed not needing to finish her statement.

Usagi stood up. "Well, if it's that late then we should be heading back to Kagome's place before anyone gets worried about us." Makoto got and step out of the booth waiting for Usagi to follow her example.

Making their way outside Usagi grabbed onto Makoto. "Gomen," she apologize, " I'm afraid of thundered." Makoto looked up and notice that it indeed looked as though it was going to rain.

"If it's going to start pouring down anytime soon then we better be on our way." Taking hold of Usagi's hand, she began running in the direction the Higurashi shrine. With a giggle Usagi aloud the brunette to pull her along through the streets.

After many twists and turns in the road and getting lost a few time they made it safely back to Kagome's house. "That was trying I don't see how Rei or Kagome could walk up those stairs every single day. Buy now I would have been and had an escalator up in." Usagi heaved out of breath from having running up the all sixteen flight of stone steps. Every flight had approximately one hundred steps.

Makoto giggled. "Well, you're just out of shape. It's been a while since we have walked up that many steps not to mention we just ate and ran this whole side of town. "Let's go in before the rain decides it wants to come down." Makoto stuck her hand out as she felt a little drizzle on her head. Taking the keys from her pocket she placed one in the keyhole and turned it. Hearing the clicking of the door, she opened it.

"Kagome we're home!" Usagi welcomed herself taking off her wooden shoes and placing them by the door next to Kagome's and what looked to be her little brother's shoes.

Kagome and Souta's heads before appeared around the corner. "Good to see that you guys wanted to come home Usagi, Makoto. We where just about to turn in for the night. At least Souta here was." Patting her brother on his head, she shooed him on to go to bed.

"Awa.. Do I have to sis?" He whined he wanted to stay up a little more so that he could get to know Usagi. He had gotten to know Makoto this morning and like the brunette, she was a real tomboy to him.

"Yea Kagomeeee…. Does he have to?" Usagi jumped in standing behind Souta putting on her best puppy dog face for the girl. She batted her eyes at the girl.

Kagome laughed signaling that she gave in. "All right you two but just time minutes."

Usagi and Souta jumped up giving each other high five's. " I can tell I'm gonna like you as an older sister." Souta commented.

"Same here kiddo." The rabbit replied as she ruffled the small boy's hair.

The two then proceeded to get into a heated conversation as they sat down on the floor by the love seat as Kagome and Makoto went into the kitchen. "So what's up?" Kagome broke out as she back down at the table to study.

"All we know is that we can't hension because the enemy has a lock on our energy signatures. They don't know who are identities or anything but, they know our energies. Those are the only things we have learned from Chibiusa. I'm surprised by her whole being here. But with her being here it must be a good thing." Makoto mused on. Something puzzled her though. How did Chibiusa know about their new powers? Neither she nor Usagi told her about their hension problems either.

Kagome noted that Makoto looked distracted after she didn't say anything for the past five minutes. "Don't let it bother you. I'm sure that her sources or whatever has a lock on you two. That's how she was able to know that you attempted to hension." Kagome closed her book and stood up from the table. "I guess you guys are tired and Souta needs to go to bed. You can burrow pajamas that fit and wear them to bed. I made you two a pallet by my bed until I can get the guess bed from the attic."

Makoto nodded and stood up. She entered the living room before the reincarnated miko did. The sight that greeted her was just too adorable for her. Usagi and Souta had fallen asleep on the floor and Usagi was holding the small boy as if she was protecting him from any and everything. "I'll grab Usagi and you can get Souta-kun." Makoto said already working on unraveling Usagi's arms from around Souta. "Here you go." She handed the boy to his sister who headed up the stairs and took the boy to bed.

Kagome came back down the stairs and grabbed Usagi's feet making it easier for Makoto to carry the girl up the stairs. Entering through the already open door of Kagome's room Makoto place the sleeping princess down on the pallet and covered her up. "Thanks," Makoto commented as she took the pajamas that the shorter girl offered.

Kagome turned to go and get her books when she notice that Makoto was going to change in front of her. Coming back up the stairs, she checked in on her brother before returning to her room.

The city lights fill the area lighting every corner of the streets. Couples were walking along, holding each other's hands and talking nonsense. Older schoolgirls could be heard giggling and gossiping. Boys were following the girls talking amongst themselves, obviously upset that they had been tricked into going to a chick flick.

Up the flight of stairs, that seemed endless, a light came from a lone room could be seen on the streets. Kagome sighed as she sat in front of her desk continuously flipping the through and working from her schoolbooks.

Kagome leaned back in her chair in mouth. Usagi and Makoto lay sprawled out on the floor behind her. Sleeping.

Figures those two would be sleeping. I can't really blame them though. This must be the first time in month of them getting a good night's sleep. Not having to worry about demons attacking them for the shards of the Shikon no Tama. They deserved this well-earned rest. So do I but unfortunately I have a math test to study for.

Kagome sighed again as she turned around in her chair. "My body can't take this. I'm really going to lose my health behind all this late night studying it's already nine o'clock." Spotting the small bottle stopped by a cork she walked over to her dresser by the window. Two fragments of the Shikon no Tamawere being held captive inside. "We've only gotten two Shikon no Tama fragments..."

Kagome places her hand on her cheek and stares off into the stars. "Just how long... are things going to continue like this? I don't want to spend the rest of my life searching endlessly for the pieces of the Shikon no Tama.

Kagome spaces out as a vivid image of her being on old unmarried woman traveling around with equally old Sango and Miroku. Inuyasha, Shippo, Makoto, and Usagi don't even look a day over twenty-one.

Shaking the vision from her head she abruptly sits ups. " I can't be daydreaming like this. I am supposed to be studying for tomorrow's test. A test that I have in math which I really behind in." Going back to her chair Kagome begins to work on studying again as the two worn out girls continue sleeping.

The soft ticking of a small analogue clock could be heard through the quiet room. The clock chimed two times signaling that it was exactly two o'clock in the morning. Soft snoring could be heard coming from the desk as Kagome is seen sleeping on top of her arms at the desk with her Algebra book wide open on page 189. In one of her hands is the bottle containing the shards of the Shikon no Tama slightly glowing.

The class window begins to rattle but is not heard of Usagi's snoring and sleeping talking and Makoto's random shouts of excitement. At the window, a dark shadow could be seen. It appeared to be a mask floating in mid air. If one could see in the dark they would notice that the mask possessed a long scar down, it's right cheek and another over it's lip.

The window rattled twice more but failed to disturb the occupants inside only causing Usagi to turn over moaning out some incoherent statement.

"The jewel pieces…you have them! Give them to me!" The mask flew through the window. Opening its mouth, it aimed to take Kagome's hand along with the shards.

"What the!" Kagome as she was knocked to the ground by both Makoto and Usagi. "What's going on you guys." She questioned the two as they stood protectively in front of her.

"It's that mask. The one we've been hearing about all day. The one that seems to be absorbing everyone's flesh into it so that it can have flesh of its open." Usagi explained as she ushered the startled girl out of the room with Makoto right behind her.

Souta came out of his room checking to see what all the noise was about. "What's going on nee-chan?" He asked rubbing the sleep crust from his eyes. "What's up with all the noise are you throwing a party or something while Kaasan and Jii-chan are gone?" The only answer he was greeted with was Makoto swiping him up in one quick movement.

Getting one good look behind him Souta saw the floating Noh mask and leapt out of Makoto's arms and right pass his sister and Usagi, screaming all the way. "AAHHH! IT'S THAT MAN EATTING MASK! IT'S BITE YOU HEAD RIGHT OFF!"

These shouts seemed to inspire the girls to move faster as they saw that the Noh masked had started to bare its pearly whites.

Seeing that the mask was going after her brother Kagome run pasted the two girls and pulled him to her and jumped through the glass backdoor. "Souta go to the well and bring back Inuyasha!" Kagome ordered after she checked to see that her brother was all right. She winced in pain as the glass dug deeper in her arms as she let go of Souta. "Plus the mask has a jewel shard. Tell him this. Tell him he'll get a chance to get another jewel shard!"

Souta stared at his sister she was asking him to go the Bone Eater's Well by himself while it was dark. "But sis what about you, Usa-chan, and Mako-chan well you guys be all right?" He asked not wanting to split up with his sisters. He had already grown attached to the two girls in just one night.

Makoto and Usagi grinned as they flawed their claws. "Don't worry about us we're some bad ass bitches." Makoto stated as dodged the Mask's attempt to attack her and bit off her head.

"Yea don't worry about us. We're just roaches we can survive anything." Usagi commented with a reassuring grin as she gave Souta a pat on his tush and a push toward the well.

With one last look toward the three girls, he took off toward his final destination. Doing as he is asked Souta races off toward the well. Coming to the shack that contained the well he burst threw the doors. A loud clang could be heard as the heavy doors hit the walls. Jumping and skipping over steps Souta hopped over the side of the wooden rails. His feet slipping he landed on his knees and frantically began to dig trying to reach through to the other side of the well.

"Inuyasha we, Kagome needs you!" He cried as he pounded his dirt cover fist to the ground. He began distraught and upset that he was unable to travel through the well as his sister and the other girls did. He continued to plead with the cold dirt as he worked on digging a hole deeper and deeper into the ground. Seeing bright lights coming through his hole, he scooted back unsure of what might be coming though from the other side to greet him.

Souta stared wide opened in shock and disbelief when the light died back down and Inu-Yasha appeared in front of him. He then quickly snapped out of his state and launched himself on his savior's legs. "You gotta save my sister, Usagi and Makoto Inuyasha. If you don't that man eating mask is gonna gobble them all up. It's gonna bite off their head with its scary white teeth." Souta mumbled on begging the half demon to save his sister and new family members. "Kagome also mention something about a jewel shard/

Inuyasha looked down at the boy that hung onto his legs as if they were the only things that were keeping him from being drag to the fiery and deepest pits of hell. He mentioned a jewel and that was what got his attention "Whoa, slow down kid. Breathe and tell me what is going on. Who's gonna eat the bitches and what about a jewel shard?" He questioned as he bent down to the boy's eye level.

Sota looked at Inuyasha he wasn't quite happy about the fact that he called his sisters bitches but he let it slide. Inuyasha after all was half canine he figured that was what they called the women. " I see why Kagome doesn't seem to be in a rush to return to the other time. Look at what she has to put up with." He mumbled.

Inuyasha's eye twitched his dog-ears picking up the young boy's mumble. "You know I can always just let whatever is after them kill them you know." He hotly replied as he stood back up. Grabbing the boy the back of his pajama pants he leaped out of the well. With another leap, he was outside. Putting Souta down he took a sniff of the air before picking him up back up and taking off. "So what's going on brat." He asked as he jumped from building top to building top.

"Well I woke up because I heard the sound of glass breaking and though Kagome was throwing a party. As soon as I stepped outside my door Makoto grabbed me. I saw over her should this Noh mask I heard everyone talking about saying that it ate people's head. I jumped out of her arms and ran on my own. Kagome then grabbed me and jumped out the back door that is made of glass. I think she got cut too. Well she told me go to the well and get you and tell you about the mask has a jewel shard. I did now where were off to rescue them." Souta quickly explained making sure that he didn't talk too fast for the hanyou.

Inuyasha looked down at Souta's clothes and noticed that he indeed was covered in a little blood. "So Kagome got cut right that must mean she's bleeding." Inuyasha mused as he received a nod from the small boy. "Well I'll just follow the scent of her blood." Inuyasha stopped at a tall building that was yet finished being built. This was the place that he smelled Kagome's blood the strongest from. "Stay here kid." He told Souta as they hide behind a pillar.

Souta looked up to Inuyasha with admiration in his eyes. He was like the older brother he always wanted. Looking back on to were his sister and her friends were he saw Usagi and Makoto dodged out of the way of the Noh mask' attack, Kagome having been tackled to the ground by Usagi. "Aren't you going to help them Inuyasha?" He questioned. He wanted to know why the white haired boy wasn't out there trying to save the girls.

"I want to see if they can actually survive on their own without having to get help from me." He replied not even looking down at the small boy. " I'm not always going to be able to save them if they are in some kind of shit over here." It made sense to him. If the two half demoness were going to be with Kagome on this side then what was point of him crossing over through the well every time one of them was in trouble.

Usagi rolled out of the way, as the mask attempted to bite one of her legs. "We aren't going to be able to get in close enough to make a direct attack on the thing. It can stretch it's mouth to accommodate any size of what it's swallowing." Usagi commented. She was getting tried of ducking and dodging this thing.

Makoto growled in frustration, she wanted to blast the damn mask so bad but she couldn't. Chibiusa warned them about hensioning because their enemy didn't know they had arrived in this time yet. "Damn it to hell I'm gonna hension. I'm getting tired on going on the defense with this thing." Makoto cried out as she brought out her wand. Usagi quickly grabbed the object away from the taller girl.

Usagi tucked the wand away into her subpocket. "I know how it feels Mako-chan but we can't jeopardize the others lives. If we hension now the enemies will automatically pick up on our energy signatures." Makoto sighed in defeat. Usagi was right she couldn't hensioned because she was having troubles with one youkai.

"Well it looks like you all are a bunch of damsels in distress." Inuyasha commented choosing to come out of hiding right then and come to rescue Kagome from the mask that was about to bite her leg off.

Kagome looked up at her savior with an angry face. "Took you long enough Inuyasha." She commented getting up and brushing off the dust that got on her.

Inuyasha's ears twitched. "Why you ungrateful little bitch." He felt the of so tug of his prayer beads as he kissed the cold metal.

"Sit boy!" Kagome said as went to go check on her young brother.

Inuyasha looked at the metal before he jumped up avoiding the mask's teeth. "What was that for!" He cried quickly forgetting about the mask. That was his mistake as the mask absorbed him into its being. "What the hell is this shit!" He exclaimed trying to swing his way out of the gooey substance.

The mask laughed causing Inuyasha to fall because of the slime trembled. "You'll now became a part of me. You're powers and flesh will merge with my being giving me a new body."

"Inuyasha!" Usagi and Kagome cried out in panic. The hanyou had traveled all the way from the other side of the well just to be devoured by some Noh mask that possessed a piece of the Shikon no Tama.

Inuyasha continued to swing his arms around frantically but his claws did nothing. "What the hell are you?" He demanded getting upset by the fact that he couldn't get out of the blob.

The mask grinned causing everyone to step back and Souta to dig his head closer into Makoto's clothes to hide the site before him. "I am the Ancient Noh Mask. Several hundred years ago... I was carved out from a Japanese Judas tree, which happened to have a piece Shikon no Tama fragment embedded in it. Every since I had been created I've long for a body. I started out by eating my creator. His body suited me just fine until it dissolved only after ten minutes. From then on, I've continued to eat people, but... human bodies, they cannot contain my essence."

Everyone looked up at the mask's forehead as the Shikon no Tama fragment began to glow. "To make a good body, I need to collect more pieces of the Shikon no Tama..." The mask's head shout up and looked directly at Kagome and the glass that held the two pieces of the Shikon no Tama captive. " Jewels you're holding... give them to me..." The mask then attempted to go after Kagome with Inuyasha still trapped inside of it.

"Too fucking bad…" Inuyasha began as prepared to use his Iron Reviver Soul Stealer on the mask's insides, "you're gonna have to die!" Inuyasha let lose the blast from his claws and jumped out of the way, as goo flew everywhere. "Feh, that wasn't so tough to do was it?" He asked of Makoto and Usagi as he swiped away excess goo from him.

Kagome and the others ran from Inuyasha. "Inuyasha, it's still no good. You gotta get... the Shikon no Tama fragment in the mask. With the fragment it's no longer able to move." Usagi informed as she took the glass bottle with the fragments in them from Kagome. "Hey Scar face!" She shouted hoping to get the attention of the reattaching mask. "Is this what you want? Well come and get it!" The others quickly caught on to Usagi's plan and scattered.

"You imprudent bitch! Give me the shards!" The mask commended as it flew after Usagi.

"Inuyasha we'll keep it busy you just aimed the Tetsusaiga at it and destroy it." Kagome stated as Usagi threw her the bottle and she tossed it to Souta. " Throw the bottle to Makoto." Souta did as he was told and tossed it to Makoto. Who tossed it back to Kagome once the mask made its way toward her.

Kagome turned toward Inuyasha. "Strike now Inuyasha while we're keeping it busy. It moves slow so you can get in a hit without worrying about hitting one of us."

Inuyasha seethed. " I wouldn't considered it a loss if one of you got hit with the power of the Tetsusaiga." He commented to Kagome, slightly upset with the fact she was telling him what to do."

"Watch out Nee-chan!" Souta cried as he saw the mask go after his sister.

"Kagome behind you!" Makoto shouted her warning hoping that Kagome would be able to get out of the way of the mask in time.

Usagi tackled the girl to the ground saving her from being swallowed by the slim falling off of the mask. "You okay Kagome?" Usagi asked using her claw to swept the hair from Kagome's face. Kagome nodded dumbly. She shouldn't have let herself get distracted like that.

The Noh mask in all of its glory hovered of the two fall girls. "Victory is mine... These girls' bodies, I shall take them and make them apart of me."

The flash of bright lights caught the attention of the mask and two girls. "I think not bastard. Now die! Tetsusaiga!" Inuyasha let loose his battle cry as he brought his great fang sword down.

Usagi pulled Kagome closer to her and press them as flat to the ground as they could get to avoid getting hit by the Tetsusaiga blast. Looking up both saw only ashes of what they assumed would be the remains of Ancient Noh Mask. A shard lay on the ground as a breeze came through as swept away the ashes.

"Well I guess that takes care of that youkai." Inuyasha stated as he picked up the shard threw it up in the air and catching it.

The sun could be seen coming up in the sky. Kagome's eyes widen as she realized what time it was. "I have my tests in a few hours! I need to head home to do some last minute cramming." Clattering of shoes meeting stairs could be heard as Kagome reached down the stairs.

Inu-Yasha looked more than a little angry at Kagome's sudden departure. "Stupid bitch."

"Hey, hey now, we have children present." Usagi scolded the hanyou as she pressed her hands against Souta's head covering his ears. The young boy didn't need to exposed to such language at his age.

Makoto laughed at Inuyasha's behavior. She could tell he was upset because Kagome didn't tell him thank you or apologize about the command being given. "Well it makes a difference thanks for saving our butts even though we didn't need help for you." Makoto then followed Kagome heading home to get some rest.

Inuyasha eye and ear then twitched. What the hell was going on? He had just save both Makoto and Kagome's sorry asses and they couldn't even tell him a nice thank you. It was the last time he was going to put his life on the line for them.

Usagi walked up and tapped him on the shoulder. " Arigato for saving us Inuyasha-kun." Usagi thanked him with a kiss on his cheek and the lead Souta down the stairs on her back.

With one last look of admiration toward Inuyasha, Souta allowed Usagi to give him a piggyback ride all the way home. He was just too tired to walk after all that had been happening.

So how did you people enjoy. It was a nice long chapter for you. 12,328 words and 134 pages long. You people should be happy that it is this long. Not to mention I surprised you all with whom the person was. No one would have guessed a grown Chibiusa. But I suppose you all are mad at me for taking so long to update. Sorry things just got rocky with school, my niece's recent passing, plans of moving, etc.

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