Author's Note:: I haven't got a thing to say..

Disclaimer:: See Chapter 4.

Chapter 5- Every Night's Another Story

Make your way down the face
Of everything we know
Go so far see other places and
Other people I won't know about


And breathe in deep let it out slow
Did you hear it's all my fault again
I know why no one else knows
why I'm here all alone again

-The Early November

Jewel's P.O.V Point of View

The night when Keiko had first asked me to join them, I remember being all stupid about it. I'm not quite sure what had transpired that night on the balcony, but I remember watching the horizon with Keiko the next morning. My journey was to begin, and I was scared.

I hadn't known anyone that had ever heard of the Feudal Era other than my parents and Keiko. It seemed like I was going on some big adventure, kind of childish if you ask me. Keiko assured me that she was scared at first too. That made me feel a little bit better.. I guess anyways.

Keiko had always been there for me. She was a friend I could depend on, someone I always knew was there. We had done so many crazy things in the past, it was hard to imagine she could be serious at times. Keiko would never let me down, not matter what time or place. She was kind of like the wind. You never saw her, but you always knew she was there.

Keiko had depended on me a lot, too. Her parents were complete morons, always making her act as if she needed to be perfect if she wanted to carry on the family business. Her dad and my foster dad owned one of the biggest companies in Japan. Something about jewelry and collectible items. I never really cared.

Keiko also suffered heart break. When she was engaged, the stupid idiot left her. That was about a month ago. It was amazing how she could stand back on her own two feet in such a short amount of time. I admire her for it. But I still don't think the guy can stand on his two feet yet. I mean, come on, you actually thought I'd let him get away with that?

Keiko also suffered through death, and a lot of other tragedies, but I was always with her. We kind of had a mirroring effect on one another. Sometimes Keiko said I spent too much time with her, and not enough time paying attention to the male population at our school.

I just told her that I hate men, and always will. They are complete, insufferable, inhumane jerks. They hit on me, and ended up with a black eye. I never wanted that to change.

Normal P.O.V.

Keiko's eyes were half open from staying up the previous night. She had a severe headache, but still tried to pay attention to the words coming from Jewel's mouth. They basically went through one ear and out the other. She was almost never tired, but she hadn't really slept well with the threat of Naraku in the air. Today she had to be on her best guard. But trying to read one of the chosen mangas off of Jewel's shelf while still trying to listen to her wasn't the best guard.

"KEIKO!"

"EEP!" The book fell from Keiko's gasped as she looked up to a very – human – Jewel. Jewel's hair was now fully black, and her eye's gave off a violet hue. They looked almost black, according to Keiko. But Jewel didn't normally look like this when she turned human. From staying up the previous night, Jewel had caught a cold, which ended up with sagging eyes and a stuffy nose. Her normal silk-like and straight hair had lost it's shine and it waved around her face. She gave a sneeze as Keiko covered her face to avoid the germs.

"Whaddya want Jewel?"

Jewel's eyes flared as she looked up at Keiko. "Have you even been LISTENING!?"

"Maybe."

"I give. Anyways, now that I have your attention, I seemed to have misplaced one of my crystals."

"So, you lost it."

"No, I just misplaced it!"

"Whatever. Why don't you just use your little doggy nose to sniff it out, hmm?"

"If you haven't noticed, tonight is the full moon. Remember? The cycle where you said my demon powers go weak and the "spiritual" power takes control?" She used her fingers to emphasize the word "spiritual".

"… Oh!"

"Idiot." And Jewel sneezed once more and headed into the closet.

"So, do you plan on wanting to leave today?" Keiko shouted into the closet.

"Well, I was gonna go to school to say bye to everyone in school, but I think I'm kind of sick." Jewel said while digging out certain things to bring with her.

"Well, anyways, what crystal are you exactly missing?"

"The special ones. The ones I only let you see. Remember?"

"You have a lot like that."

Jewel looked up at Keiko amusedly, then put her hand behind her head while nervously laughing. "Eh heh.."

She then straightened her posture and continued. "Well anyways, I meant the nice pair of chopsticks I always kept with me."

"Those old things!?

"Well, they are old, but I would prefer it if you didn't make fun of them. After all, old they may be, but they are still so pretty."

Keiko's head cocked to the side before she nodded quickly. "Touché."

Jewel laughed lightly before digging once again through the many boxes in her walk-in closet.

"Why are these things so important anyways? It's not like you're going to use them to eat."

"I know, but I have this awesome idea."

"Whatever you say." Keiko walked away from the closet door, and headed towards the door that led to the hallway. "I'm gonna go get something to eat, so I'll see you in a bit."

"Help yourself. I think my parents are off at work today."

"Mkay!" Keiko yelled from down the hall.

Too say the house was small had to be the understatement of the year. Owning a high, professional business had an amazing income. There was so many rooms in the house, it would be hard to find Jewel's room if it didn't have her name carved it in the door.

The halls of the house were about 6 feet wide, and however long they needed to be. The walls were a light blue, and the doors and frames were made of a polished oak wood. Along the walls, there was many portraits of the three member family, along with some that had Keiko and her family in them. The carpet was soft under her feet, a light gray, if you will. Keiko was still on the second floor of the house. This house consisted of three.

The second floor was basically Jewel's and Keiko's. The floor had Jewel's room, Keiko's spare bedroom, another spare bedroom just in case, 2 bathrooms, and 6 other pointless rooms, that were basically for show. There was 6 rooms on the left side of the hall, while the other five were on the right. One of the spare rooms was Jewel's study, which consisted of mangas, books, a computer, and a desk with a black leather chair. Only Jewel and Keiko ever entered that room.

Keiko had finally reached that stair case, which went up and down, so Keiko took downward, towards the kitchen. The first floor only had the kitchen, which was fairly big, the living room, a pantry, a couple bathrooms, a laundry room, and a study that was almost twice the size of Jewel's. It didn't take long for Keiko to come across the kitchen. It was a pretty basic kitchen. A nice granite counter, with an oven, a microwave, a toaster, a toaster oven, and a refrigerator and a freezer, all basically near each other.

In the middle of the kitchen sat an island, which also had a nice granite counter, and a small sink. The cabinets, which were also made of real oak, held all sorts of pots and pans, along with some other cooking materials.

In the other end of the kitchen sat a bigger sink and a dishwasher, complete with the kitchen window and glass sliding door, near the dishwasher.

A nice simple kitchen, that also made everything easy to access. Keiko sat on one of the chairs by the island while her elbows propped on it. She couldn't really think of what to eat for lunch. That's when something crossed her mind.

'Ramen always helps my throat when it feels sore.'

Laughing wildly, Keiko ignored the frustrated grunts and noises from above as she headed up the staircase into one of Jewel's other useless rooms, which she used to store Ramen. Ramen was one of Jewel's only weaknesses.

When she finally reached it, she reached high above the door frame to find a small, steel key. Quickly shoving it in the hole before Jewel would notice she was there, Keiko ran in. There was about five big shelves surrounding the walls on the inside of the room, while four were on the inside. On every single shelf sat at least ten cups of Ramen. Grabbing 7 cups, she slammed the door shut, locked it, and placed the key in its hiding spot and ran down the staircase, before a confused Jewel poked her head out of her room.

Keiko poured the Ramen into two different pans, and put it on a reasonable heat before heading up the stairs back to Jewel's room. She stopped in front of her door, sighed heavily, and opened up the door. She walked towards the closet to find Jewel waist deep in boxes.

"Hey." Keiko said from the doorway.

Jewel looked up from the boxes to see her friend leaning on the doorway. Her eyebrows furrowed in anger as she went back down to her knees, hiding herself behind the boxes. "Hey yourself. Where were you anyways?"

"Downstairs. Find what you're looking for?"

"No, but I did manage to find an old box full of my favorite crystals. By the way, did you ever know that Sakura had an obsession of dragons? I thought that was kinda weird, but when I found a box full of Sakura's favored crystals that the company made, I could tell she picked those crystals without hesitation."

"Yeah, she always liked flying dragons. It was weird how she always wanted a flying dragon of her own."

"Notice how we're getting off topic?"

"All too fast, Jewel-chan."

"Well anyways, I found an old box full of my favorite stuff."

"What's in it?"

"A howling wolf crystal, a crescent moon crystal a little bigger than the one on my neck, a wall illustration of a white wolf with golden eyes, and pictures of me, you, and my first puppy."

"Aww, Copper, right?"

"Yeah. I loved that dog."

"I thought a dog would help you whenever your parents fought. I don't know why the hell they got together. But anyways, ever wonder where I got her?"

"Huh? Keiko-chan, what are you talking about?"

"Special gift from your uncle. Your parents wanted to watch over you, so they gave me a puppy to give to you. Your uncle, or Sesshomaru, gave me a pup of his clan. Gave it to Inuyasha. Had me deliver it to you."

"Then what happened to her?"

"Had to bring her back to the Feudal Era. The sounds and smells were too much for her after five years. I'm pretty sure she's still with Sesshomaru."

Jewel poked her head over the top of the high stack of boxes. "Well, she's only been gone for a year. Think we can see her again?"

"I'm positive. I'm pretty sure she'll want to talk to you."

Jewel raised her eyebrow. "Dogs can't talk."

"You're talking to me now."

"Bite me." Jewel stuck out her tongue at her friend before hiding again within the boxes.

Keiko laughed lowly before starting her trip down the stairs to gather up the Ramen. She could still hear the grunts and curses from the floor below Jewel.

'Sometimes, I swear the way she talks could get most sailors jealous.'

Sighing, she dumped the Ramen into two bowls as she once again started her trip up the stairs. It took her about 3 minutes walking slowly just to get to Jewel's room. What a pain in the ass.

As soon as she opened the door, the wonderful smell of Ramen drifted through the room. She placed the two bowls on the carpet. 3… 2… 1…

"Keiko-chan!"

Jewel smiled as she grabbed up her pair of chopsticks and quickly ate what was there. Keiko smirked as she started eating her own Ramen, but raised her head was she heard Jewel talking.

"I found what I need."

Jewel watched as Keiko peeked her eyes out through her bangs. "What were you looking for again?"

"First, do me a favor. Go put you hair up in a messy bun then come back here."

Keiko glared at Jewel, but slurped some noodles before heading over to the bathroom.

Keiko took a brush and pulled all of her hair back into a small, but nice bun. She brushed her bangs a couple of times, before giving herself a look in the mirror. Keiko's skin was pretty pale today, she looked almost like Jewel. Since most of her family was Italian, she always had darker skin. Her gray/blue eyes looked tired, but Keiko was always ready for anything that came her way. Her hair looked nice like this. Her hair was always a dark brown with a shine to it, but it was just so pretty this way.

She grinned as she turned back around and headed out of the bathroom. She was surprised to see her sitting on her bed, in different clothes, with what seemed to be a box in her hands.

"Close your eyes. I've got a surprise for you."

Keiko rose an eyebrow in question, but closed her eyes anyway. She could her Jewel shift in her position, then take the top off the box. Jewel then got up, and stood right in front of Keiko. She fidgeted with something in her hands, then slipped something in Keiko's hair. It felt like two sticks going in between the hairbands that kept her hair up. That's when it hit Keiko. It was the crystal chopsticks!

"They look so adorable!"

Keiko just sighed as she opened her eyes and looked towards the mirror. She smiled back at her reflection.

"Yeah, they do like kind of nice. And they look so real too." Keiko said as she turned her head back towards Jewel.

"Hey, you are a priestess, right?"

"Yeah. Why?"

"You know what would be so awesome?"

"No?"

"You could have them change form."

"The chopsticks?"

"Yeah. It would be so awesome if one of them could become a gigantic crystal sword. And the other one can be a crystal arrow! That would be so awesome."

"I'm not sure I could make them change form. My powers are limited and it might take a lot of energy to do so."

"You have the Shikon on you, right?"

"Yeah."

"Well your powers have increased gradually since you've been in the possession of it. Maybe it could increase your powers and help you do that."

"All right. I guess it's worth a try."

Keiko closed her eyes as her body was engulfed in a bright pink light. Picturing the shape of a sword, she mumbled a couple words under her breath. Her eyes opened and she seemed to be so deep in concentration she couldn't notice Jewel staring at her. Mumbling several more words, she plucked one crystal out of her hair and stared at it intensely. She closed her eyes again and felt the crystal grow in size. By the time she was done, she was holding a fine sized, crystal sword in her grasp.

".. Wow."

"Dude, that was SO awesome!"

Keiko looked down at Jewel before mumbling a couple words to return the sword back to its original position. "Yeah, it was cool, wasn't it?"

"Hey Keiko?"

"Yeah?"

"In all the time I took for looking for the crystals.."

"Go on."

"I forgot to pack. Eh heh?"

"You are impossible."

Author's Note:: Well, I think I made this chapter in a ways to show how these two act around each other. The next chapter will be up really soon, since I've been in a really good writing mood lately. Expect the next chapter in a week or two.

I also wanna thank everyone for them great reviews. Toodles.