This is my very first Inuyasha fan fiction. The characters and places are all the same. This fic takes place about 3 years after the second movie, Castle Beyond the Looking Glass.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha; I'm just borrowing the idea from the original creator

Part 1 Meeting the Dragon

"Mom, where did I put the Ramen cups?" Kagome asked. "They're in the cupboard under the microwave." Mrs. Higurashi said "Oh, hello Inuyasha." Kagome turned around and looked at Inuyasha, "Inuyasha!" she said running up to him and giving him a large hug. "Hello, Mrs. Higurashi" said Inuyasha when Kagome got off of him. "Are you ready to go?" he asked her. "Yes I am" Kagome said putting ramen cups into her backpack, and with a final wave to her mother she left with Inuyasha to the well that led to the Feudal Era.

They exited Kagome's house hand-in-hand. They crossed the empty courtyard and past the sacred tree, to the small building that housed the well. Inuyasha opened the door for Kagome, and after she was in closed the door behind her. 'I like this new side of Inuyasha.' she thought. "Kagome wait." "What is it Inuyasha?" "There is something that I need to do be for we go." "What's th-" she was cut off as Inuyasha kissed her. It was a gentle kiss, gentle, but firm. Kagome tensed up when he kissed her at first, but then relaxed into the kiss. Their lips parted when they ran out of breath. "That's better." he said. She looked away blushing and giggling at his words. Then to her great surprise, he picked her up bridal style and jumped into the well.

The rest of the group was in Kaede's hut. Shippo was sitting by Kaede, and Miroku was sitting next to Sango. "Lady Kaede, have you heard any rumors of any shards lately?" Miroku asked. "Yes, in fact I have." Kaede said. "I've heard of a silver-haired demon was seen in a village to the east of this one that has quite a few shards of the Shikon Jewel." "Do you know how many shards it has?" Sango asked looking intently at Kaede. "No." said Kaede "Not exactly, but I think it was more than three, so ye had better be careful." "More than three shards." said Sango, "that would be one powerful demon. Your right Kaede we will have to b-" she stopped when she felt Miroku's hand on her butt, she then slapped Miroku across the face leaving a red hand print. "Pervert." she said, walking out of the hut and towards the well. "He'll never learn." said Shippo putting his hands on his head and shaking it.

Just then, Myoga the flea came into the hut, landing on Shippo's shoulder. "Hi Myoga." said Shippo to the aged flea. "Hello Shippo." said Myoga "Have you seen Master Inuyasha today?" "No but he said that he would be back soon." "Yah, and what the hell do you want Myoga?" said Inuyasha, entering the room with Kagome and grabbing the flea off of Shippo's shoulder. "Kagome!" yelled Shippo leaping into Kagome's arms. "Just to see where you were Master Inuyasha!" yelled the flea from Inuyasha's fist.

"So, their might be a demon with more than three sacred jewel shards? That sounds like fun." Inuyasha said after Miroku and Sango told him and Kagome about what Kaede had said. "Yes" said Miroku, "but we should use extreme caution around it." "True" said Sango "We don't even know what it looks like except for it has silver hair." "Than I will be more careful." said Inuyasha. Everyone but Kagome looked at him, she knew that it was because of her he was this way, but she liked the softer side of him.

"Well we wont get anywhere by just sitting around here, come on Kagome, Shippo." Inuyasha said "Yes let's go." Miroku said picking up his staff and walking out of Kaede's house. Sango picked her boomerang and Kirara, then followed suite. They all were a little nervous about this demon, all but Inuyasha who was still his cocky self.

After a day of traveling everyone made camp under a large tree. "Inuyasha, is there a hot spring near by?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha sniffed a bit, "Yah, there is one of in that direction." he said pointing west. "Thanks Inuyasha, Sango would you like to get a bath as well?" "Yes, getting a bath would be very refreshing after that pervert touched me again." Sango said glaring at Miroku. "Sango, that hurts." Miroku said, "I didn't touch you that often." "YOU'VE GROPED ME EVERY HOUR OF THIS TRIP!" Sango yelled at him, for his face still had a red imprint of Sango's hand. "Can we go get a bath before this turns into an all out war?" Kagome said. "Yes let's go." Sango said. They gathered the bathing stuff and went off to the hot spring.

"Damn lecher." Inuyasha said, looking away from Miroku. "Inuyasha, do you think that Sango would like me better if I didn't touch her bottom so often?" Miroku asked "Are you seriously thinking about cutting down on your lecherous ways?" Inuyasha asked flabbergasted. "Yes, for the sake of Sango." Miroku answered. Inuyasha raised an eyebrow at this comment but then shrugged it off. He was too busy thinking about Kagome. He was thinking of asking her to be his mate, but had yet to find the right time to ask her about it.

When the girls returned from their bath, the fire that Miroku had made before they had left was hot enough to cook on. "Inuyasha, will you go and fill this pot with water please?" Kagome asked sweetly. "What for?" Inuyasha said back to her. "So I can make some Ramen." Kagome said pulling out some ramen packages out of her backpack. Inuyasha's eyes brightened when he saw the ramen come out of the backpack, "Sure thing." He said as he ran off with the pot to the nearest stream.

"Kagome, you have really changed Inuyasha" Sango said looking at Kagome. "Yah, I haven't really noticed until recently." Kagome said. "I think that I know what did it." Miroku said with a lecherous look in his eyes. "MIROKU!!" Sango yelled hitting him on the head so hard he hit the floor. "We haven't gone that far yet, and I don't know if I'm ready for that yet." Kagome said blushing.

When Inuyasha returned from the river with the pot of water, they boiled it and made the ramen. While they ate, they discussed how they were going to get the shards from the demon. "Kaede said that the demon had at least three shards, but we should anticipate that he has more; just to be extra ready." Miroku said gazing into the fire. "Feh, I'll just kick his ass and take the shards from him." said Inuyasha looking at Miroku. "Inuyasha, SIT!" Kagome commanded, "What the fuck was that for?" Inuyasha said looking up from the ground. "I don't want anyone to get hurt, especially you considering that you always get hurt whenever we get into a battle." Kagome stated. "Only because I'm protecting you!" Inuyasha retaliated. "SIT!!" Kagome yelled. She then sat on his back making it so he couldn't go anywhere without hurting her. "Can we got to sleep now? Because I'm really tired." asked Shippo a little while later. "Sure Shippo." Kagome said she then rolled out her sleeping bag and climbed into it. Shippo joined her soon after. Miroku and Sango were sleeping on the other side of the campfire, and Inuyasha was up in a tree sniffing around to see if any demons were around. When he was completely sure that there wasn't any around he climbed down the tree and wrapped his arms around Kagome. When she snuggled into his embrace he smiled; after about twenty minutes, he fell asleep.

The next morning they packed up camp and headed for the village the demon had been spotted by. But, before they could get there, Kagome stopped dead in her tracks. "What is it Kagome?" Sango asked, "There are seven Sacred Jewel Shards coming towards us." She said "SEVEN?!" Inuyasha yelled, pulling out the Tetsaiga. "Yes" said Kagome. Inuyasha sniffed the air, and caught a scent that smelled a little bit like something that he had never wanted to smell again, a dragon.

Soon in the distance they could see a glimmer of silver, and then as the dragon got closer, they saw that it was a man wearing a deep green tunic with jet black pants like Inuyasha's and green cloak that looked as if it were made from scales, a long sword at his left hip (like Aragorn's) and a short sword at his right hip. "Who are you?!" Inuyasha yelled to the dragon. "I am Ryunishino." He said "Well Ryunishino, prepare to die!" Inuyasha yelled at him jumping up and slashing at him with the Tetsaiga. The dragon then unsheathed his long and short swords blocking Inuyasha's attack with the short sword and putting the long sword into a stabbing position. 'Shit' Inuyasha thought as he saw this, but to his surprise, Ryunishino just pushed him away and did not stab him.

But the force of his push was so great that Inuyasha was thrown fifty feet back. "Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled running to him. When she got to him she looked at Ryunishino. 'How powerful could this guy be?' she thought 'and will we be strong enough to beat him?"

How do you like that as a cliff hanger? Still please review and I'll put Ch2 The Battle.