Authoress: Boonza is the little manx demon from InuYasha episode 72: Totosai's odd training and when I hit chap 20 this story ends and a sequel gets worked on.

Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha or any of the original cast, any songs or stories in here but!.. I own this story design and the new cast of characters that have been added.

Note: Stories here are important to things later on... and are completely true and from japanese legends.. the last one however is my own story and is made up so yeah..

Chapter 18: Lost friends, old memories..

The story of Susano..

Amaterasu, the Japanese sun goddess, Tsuki-yomi, the moon god and Susano the storm god, were born to Izanagi, the primal male after he escaped from the underworld. When they were old enough, Izanagi gave Amaterasu the rule of heaven, Tsuki-yomi, the rule of the night and Susano the rule of the ocean.. But Susano felt cheated and threw a tantrum – He would rather go to the dark land of his mother Izanami.. Than rule the waters.. So he challenged Amaterasu to a contest – The one who gave forth to the most powerful deities would cede power to the other. Amaterasu won, and Susano was so furious that he attacked the sacred weaving hall where Amaterasu and her maidens wove the fabric of the universe.
He frightened and offended her so much that she withdrew to the seclusion of a cave, plunging both heaven and earth into darkness. The other gods were very concerned and determined to lure Amaterasu back into the world. They thought long and hard and finally decided to work her curiosity by causing a commotion outside the cave, and tricking her into believing that they were welcoming a deity even greater than herself. This superior deity was in fact, Amaterasu's own reflection in a mirror..

Once the gods had returned to the world, The gods punished Susano by cutting off his beard and his finger and toe nails and banishing him to the human world.. Here he saw a pair of chopsticks floating down the river and set off to find who owned them.. He soon found the owners – An elderly couple devastated at losing seven daughters to the appetite of an eight headed dragon, who was about to eat their last child, Kusa-nada-hime, the rice paddy princess. Susano decided to rescue her, so he changed the girl into a comb, put her in his hair and filled eight tubs of sake for the dragon. The dragon drank all the sake and fell asleep..
Susano then cut off the dragon's heads with a magic sword, Aine-no-murakomo, meaning "clouds of heaven,"
Which he found in it's tail. Then he sent the sword to Amaterasu as a token of submission. Together with Amaterasu's mirror and jewels, it formed the Japanese imperial regalia. Susano then returned the rice paddy princess to human form and make her his wife...

Hachisuke and the white fox..
One afternoon, this daimyo was out walking and he heard a terrible yapping.. He saw a snow white fox race around the corner, followed by four angry men. The men caught the fox and began to kick it.
"Stop, don't hurt the poor animal," the daimyo demanded.
"But your lordship," they protested, "he kicked over everything in our store and ate our dried fish."
The daimyo paid the men for the damages and brought the fox home. When the fox became healthy again, the daimyo took it to the mountains and said, "now listen little one. Don't come back here stealing things from people. Understand? Go on home now." And from that day on the town was never bothered by foxes.
One day the daimyo needed to send a message to the capita, Kyoto.. In seven days or the daimyo and his family would be disgraced and ruined.. But his messenger was sick and no one else could make the journey in time.
Suddenly, a boy appeared at the castle door. "My name is Hachisuke," he said. "I heard your lordship needs a swift messenger. I am quite fast." The daimyo decided to send the boy, along with the letter tucked safely inside a box. The boy delivered the letter and returned with a reply in seven days..
To reward him, the daimyo appointed Hachisuke his chief messenger. On all his journeys, Hachisuke had only one fear... Being attacked by wild dogs.. One summer day, the daimyo realized that Hachisuke was almost three weeks late in returning from a trip.
Worried, he gathered his servants and they all saddled horses and set out to look for Hachisuke.
After days of searching in the mountains, they came across a white object lying in the forest. The daimyo jumped from his horse and ran over to it. He become pale and fell to his knees, saying "Good heavens... The white fox.."
It had died lying over the letter box, as if trying to protect it. "Hachisuke!" Cried the Daimyo..
To repay the daimyo for saving his life, the fox had changed itself into a boy so he could help the daimyo..
The fox lost his own life while serving his master...

The lord of the demons..
There once was a man who had great power..

He was part demon, part human.. Yet he carried the scent of a demon.. The scent of many demons in fact.. He carried the ever changing scent.. From cat demon to wolf to dog to panther.. Every other scent too.
When he was only nine it happened.. Till then he carried the scent of a half breed.. He was smarter than he let others know.. He talked like a child when in fact his mind was so mature..
He grew older and was able to use many powers that only the certain types of demons possessed..
He was slain by his half brother, part wolf demon, part human.. The man was slain when he was 16.. He lost control of it all and slaughtered their mother.. And his father tried to stop him but ended up getting almost fatally wounded.. The man Haru, killed her and started to come towards his father when his brother Ichiji, plunged his carving knife into his brother's back.. His brother fell and regained control.. Only to find himself dying and his mother's corpse not to far away from him.. His brother Ichiji sat on him to make sure that he couldn't finish haru's father off.. Haru cried out as the knife went further into his back because his being on the ground.. He cried out in pain and sorrow and cried as his brother sobbed and his father lay there unaware that his son was really back.. His brother told him "may you have peace in the next life brother.." and rolled his brother over and pulled out the knife, causing the demonic powers to take control in an effort to save his own life.. But when the knife completely left him, it took his soul and became the dagger of souls.. Haru died and Ichiji sealed the dagger in a oak-wood box and buried it deep within the woods.. Then he and his step father lived in peace in their old home for several years..

InuYasha ran to Boonza and hugged him tightly..

Kohaku stepped through the well and Shippo came through.. Hikaru came next with Sessh..

All the demons in the crowd stopped moving and it seemed as if their eyes were all glued on the three boys.. They ignored sessh and inu.. A panther demon walked up to them and held out a sword...

"Summon the sword, Susano or you will be denied anymore forgiveness in this life." The panther demon said, her eyes blank and staring more down than at them..

The three did as they were told and a look of concentration crossed their faces...

The sword glowed and pulsated like the tetsaiga did when it was first awakened... It then floated up out of the panther girl's hands and hit the ground hard in front of Kohaku..

The panther girl nodded and spoke quietly to the three..

"Each of you must try to pick up the sword.." Said the panther..

Hikaru tried and was thrown back against a tree,

Shippo managed to pick it an inch up off the ground but then collapsed because it drained his strength fast..

Kohaku picked up the sword, his swing blade hung limp at his side.. Suddenly the sword glowed and the swing blade made a cracking sound... A darkish pink shard fell out of it and the handle that held it to the chain broke..

InuYasha: What the..

Boonza: The sacred jewel shard..

Sesshomaru: I thought you gathered all the shards..

InuYasha: no.. after that fight... He had one shard left.. He sent it as tainted as it was back into Kohaku's body, thinking he could turn Kohaku against us once again... I was about to slaughter Kohaku when his eyes became blank and his voice became cold but then he used his weapon and pulled it out, threw the weapon at Naraku and Naraku caused the portal to freakin attempt to implode.. There we lost Miroku.. Only Shippo, Kagome and certain demons could come through.. It was as though Miroku had been banned.. And as for the shard.. after Kohaku hit it with his weapon and pulled it out.. It vanished..

The panther wasn't listening to them, she picked up the shard and handed it to a manx demon who held a box..

Hikaru got up and walked over to Shippo, picked him up and sat him on his shoulder..

Kohaku swung the sword around, looked over to Sessh and had a secret grin..

Kohaku's thoughts: Heh heh heh now I have a real sword, I can challenge Sessh to win Rin's hand... Just like a fairy tale but eh it has to work...

Sesshomaru looked over to Kohaku at that moment, grinned and spoke

Sesshomaru: Tokijin was made from the mind reader Goshinki. If you really want to die at such a young age in a duel, fine with me..

Kohaku: I hate your sword...

Sesshomaru: And you hate my rules.

Kohaku: I'll stop thinking and shut up now...

Sesshomaru: Good..

A dog demon came forward and yanked Shippo off Hikaru's shoulder by his tail

Shippo: HEY!! WHAT DID I EVER DO TO YOU!!

Dog demon: Nothing we just need you to be off his shoulder because we know full good and well what he is.

Myoga who was on sessh's head went straight to Inuyasha

Myoga: My lord! Quickly send Sesshomaru to fetch Kagome before the shard is shoved into the dagger!!!

InuYasha: Um why does it matter Myoga..?

Myoga: THEIR GOING TO PUT AN UNPURIFIED SHARD IN AN EVIL DAGGER IN ATTEMPT TO PURIFY IT AND GIVE IT TO YOUR KID!

InuYasha: . "twitch twitch" don't yell ever again or I'll chop your head off..

Smash

Sesshomaru: Now little brother what have I told you about fleas.. They yell, bite and annoy. It's not good for you to have one as a pet.. "sarcasm"

Myoga: O.O SESSHOMARU!! GO TO THE
InuYasha: Remember what I said..
Myoga: go to the future era and retrieve Kagome
Few minutes later Kagome and Sessh come through the well...

The panther and the manx demon: Why have you brought the priestess?

Kagome:....I'm here.... I'm here to purify the last shard that will help us all get the last half of the jewel...

Next chapter: The beginning of the end..
Authoress: "sniffle" This really is the beginning of the end..