I don't own Inuyasha!

"Oh Naraku! Why don't you come out and play instead of sending your lackeys? I mean what are you, afraid of a hanyou, an inu youkai, a neko, and three silly little humans?" Rita goaded Naraku to come out and play. "Are you really that afraid of us Naraku? Are we that scary?"

"I am scared of no one, mortal wench," Naraku sneered as he came out of a bit of miasma.

"Oh, I still think you're scared. I mean, whose to say that you're not just another puppet, and the miasma is just a parlor trick," Rita pretended to be a bit ditzy, knowing that it was the real Naraku. "I mean, why put up all the smoke and mirrors if you are as powerful as you claim to be? Unless you have something to hide, like you're not really here."

"Insolent wretch!" Naraku had finally lost his temper and the miasma dissipated behind him.

"You know, Naraku… or should I call you Onigumo? I mean, technically, you're still him because you're in his body and he's just a stupid ningen, as you like to call us. Oh! Idea! If you're in Onigumo's body, being indwelled or processed by demons, doesn't that make you a hanyou?"

At that point Naraku was so angry, that he missed seeing Inuyasha and Sesshomaru stop fighting Kagura, and aim their weapons at him. Naraku closed his eyes in rage, and so he also missed Rita draw an arrow, purifying it, and adding a holy scroll from Takato to it. Together all of their attacks hit Naraku, causing him to appear fine at first, but then he began to shake and quiver and finally, he exploded. Kirara incinerated his ashes with her flames.

Thus Naraku was gone from this world.

"So, little brother, will you be returning with these two mortals?" Sesshomaru frowned.

"Yeah, we've got a bit of unfinished business with the Lord of the Eastern Lands," Inuyasha smirked.

"Um, Inuyasha, don't you mean Takato and I have unfinished business with that moronic cat?" Rita crossed her arms and scowled at the hanyou dog demon. "You have no such problem with him. He was the one that was chasing me, tried to scare me to death, and nearly attacked Takato and myself."

"Feh! And here I thought we were friends," Inuyasha snorted.

"Wha…" Rita's eyes were shocked and delighted by Inuyasha's announcement, that just as she was about to go forward and hug the stubborn hanyou, a bright pink blob came and started to naw on his cute puppy ear.

"SHIPPO!" Inuyasha growled as he bopped the kitsune child on the head, causing the kit to yelp in pain and back off.

"Inuyasha! You big meanie!" Shippo pouted and pretended to cry.

"Um…" Inuyasha blinked at the slightly larger shippo in surprise, for now he looked about ten years old.

Rita smiled at Inuyasha fondly before winking at him, and picking up Shippo, "Jeepers and here I thought kitsunes were supposed to be extremely handsome, but you are just adorably cute!" At this announcement Shippo turned quite red with embarrassment. "Now, you know, you'd be extremely cute if you didn't pick on Yasha all the time, Tail-boy."

"…" Shippo nodded in his own stupor, causing both brothers to chuckle when the dazed kit was set down on the ground.

Then, without warning, Rita ran to Inuyasha and hugged him, "Thank you."

"For what?" Inuyasha asked as he returned her hug, but he received no answer.

"GIRL!" it was Seiji, the moronic cat demon.

"What is it now, Sage," Rita turned in Inuyasha's arms to face the neko Lord.

"S—s—s…" the neko sputtered.

"That is the translation of your name in America, or didn't you know that?" Rita smirked, remarkably like Inuyasha.

"You ARE going back to your time! And I'm going to take you!" he growled.

Inuyasha growled right back, tightening his hold on Rita, "She's going nowhere with you, baka neko!"

"I beg to differ!" Seiji glared at the hanyou angrily, "She set Sakura on me!"

"From what I understand, you are theother neko'smate," Sesshomaru replied blandly.

"Yeah, but…" Seiji sighed. "You have to go back, girl. I refuse to fight with the likes ofa hanyou bastard."

"Why you…" Inuyasha began to growl loudly.

"You! You!" Rita brushed Inuyasha's arms off of her, before advancing on the neko. "HOW DARE YOU INSULT MY FRIEND! INUYASHA ISN'T A BASTARD YOU! YOU! YOU BAKA NO BAKA!" Rita growled before she punched Seiji, the Neko Lord of the Eastern Lands in the kisser, causing him to fall backwards.

"Whoa!" Takato blinked in awe as he watched Rita smile and go stand beside Inuyasha.

"That felt good," she grinned up at Inuyasha, who was looking at her with a surprised expression. "Hey, you okay Yasha?"

"Why…?" Inuyasha asked.

"A) He insulted my friend. No one insults my friends. B) He's a bastard, not you. C) I got mad," Rita blushed slightly.

"So, Sesshomaru-sama, does this mean that you and Inuyasha are no longer enemies?" Takato asked the demon Lord.

"We never were enemies… exactly," Sesshomaru replied coldly.

"Awe!" Rita hugged the now shocked demon Lord and quickly released him, "Hey Maru, don't be a stranger, I consider you a friend as much as Takato and Rin."

"…" Sesshomaru was too stunned to say anything.

"Well, you and Yasha have fought before and you never killed each other before, so why would you start now?" Shippo frowned.

"Sesshomaru-sama, Rin likes puppy-man, tail-boy, quiet boy, and nice lady," Rin tugged on his pants leg. "Can we go home now, Sesshomaru-sama?"

"Hai Rin," Sesshomaru nodded to the strange trio, that he could now consider his friends and brother, and he flew off with Rin in his arm.

"Hey, guys, I think it's time we head back too," Inuyasha smiled fondly at the new band of misfits.

"Inuyasha, are you sick?" Shippo asked confused.

"Shut up runt," Inuyasha smirked, as he let Rita climb on his back. Kirara transformed, letting Takato on her back before she motioned for Shippo to hop on as well.

When they reached the well, all of his passengers hopped off. Takato smiled at Inuyasha, "It's been interesting meeting you Inuyasha. You are welcome in my home, and time, anytime."

"Same to you monk," Inuyasha smirked.

"Please don't remind me of that," Takato winced, before waving bye to Shippo and jumping down the well.

Rita smiled at Inuyasha, as she hugged Shippo. She let the little kitsune go, and walked up to the hanyou… "Hey, don't start crying on me now, stupid girl."

"Thank you, Inuyasha, for giving me another reason to stay in Japan," Rita whispered softly into his ear.

"You were going to leave?" Inuyasha began to pout.

"Yasha, I think my family would be thrilled to meet you," Rita smiled at the dog demon.

"You're going back," Inuyasha sighed miserably.

"Not forever," Rita hugged the sad demon before pecking him on the cheek. "Remember, I have the Tama, I'm going to need someone to protect me from the demons in my time. You and I both know that Takato isn't the one for the job. He can ward off irritating nekos, but he's nothing like you."

"Kirara's going with you… isn't she?" Inuyasha smiled weakly.

"She's my oldest friend, Inuyasha, but I've talked her into staying with you. This way you can get one up on that stupid Taijiya and you can practice with Tetsusaiga," Rita bit her lip. "Promise to remember me?"

"I'll never forget you," Inuyasha replied.

"Just as I'll never forget you… Inuyasha," Rita swallowed as she stepped away from her hanyou friend, waved, and jumped. Just as she jumped, Inuyasha could smell her tears. He tried to follow her, but he couldn't get through the well, and he knew… she wouldn't be able to either.

"Takato… did it all really…" Rita started as the two friends stood in the well.

"It happened, Rita. Never doubt it," Takato replied as he climbed the ladder.

"I miss him already," Rita murmured to herself.

"SHIT!" Takato yelped as he was yanked and dragged up the well by an incredibly steamed neko youkai.

"Oh crap! I'd forgotten why we'd jumped into the well in the first place!" Rita gaped in horror as the neko growled down the well, staring at her angrily. Knowing that the neko must have reached the well before hey had. "Oh… help," Rita reached to the Shikon around her neck and was shocked to find it gone.

"Need a hand?" a smug voice called from behind the neko demon. "It seems that you've forgotten why you were forbidden from my brother's lands and from this shrine, Seiji!"

After a few moments of hearing yelps, moans, and groans, a silvery head appeared at the top of the well…

"Inuyasha!"

The End.....................................…or is it The Beginning?