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Inuyasha just looked up at the growling, salivating, white dog that used to be their friend. The monster's lips snarled and a paw lashed out at Inuyasha. He dived out of the way and the rest of the group scattered. Miroku muttered "Perhaps this was not the best idea…" The dog's eyes zeroed in on him and growled low. He gulped and prepared a ward. He threw it with pinpoint accuracy and hit Tomasaru directly between the eyes. The creature's eyes crossed looking at the ward, then negligibly tore it off with a paw. Miroku paled further. "This might be bad…"

Inuyasha drew and transformed the Teisaiga. He took two steps towards his transformed brother when an arrow crossed his path. Looking startled he saw Kikyo notching another arrow. "Do NOT use your sword Inuyasha! We do not want to kill him." Inuyasha looked frustrated. "Well, what do you want me to do? Smack him on the nose with a stick?" She just glared at him. Kagome called out "Put the sword away Inuyasha, maybe we can reach him!" Rolling his eyes he complied. Kikyo had a thoughtful look to her eyes. Inuyasha just grumbled "What are we going to do? He was a good guy but, that was before he got turned into a dog!" Kikyo was about to reply before seeing the huge beast snapping his jaws at little Shippo. The child's eyes were full of tears as he cried "Someone HELP ME!"

Kikyo rushed to the kit's defense. Just as the jaws of the beast was about to close on the fox demon she pushed him out of the way to see the huge maw coming toward her. She vaguely heard cries of alarm but she closed her eyes and prayed Tomas would forgive himself…..She felt the air around her sucked in and her hair blow upwards. She looked up to see the huge dogs face inches away from her. It was….sniffing her. The head came closer and looked directly into her eyes. She saw no intelligence in the eyes however. The creature lowered its head and rumbled. Its mouth opened and she felt fear.

Then she felt wet and disgusted as the creature licked her entire body. "Ugh! He slimed me!" she exclaimed as the huge monster happily waved its huge tail and nearly knocked her over with its nose. Miroku took a serious pose. "Well, I guess he was just playing." Everyone just stared at him in disbelief as Shippo jumped up and down in front of the monk. "He tried to EAT me and you say he was PLAYING?" He just shrugged. "We all know how fast Tomasaru is. Coupled with the added power of his transformation he should have had no problems eating you if he wanted." Inuyasha just mumbled "He could have been playing with his food…" Miroku pretended like he didn't hear it but Shippo definitely did.

Mean while Kikyo was petting the affectionate, but huge animal. Tomasaru rolled over onto his back, crushing some trees and barely getting Shippo who was still arguing with Miroku. It's eyes looked toward Kikyo as its huge tongue lolled to its side. Kagome just muttered "I don't think this is something very useful…" as Kikyo rubbed the monster's belly. Kikyo looked at the others from petting it's belly. "It has calmed, but how do we change him back?" Inuyasha answered in a grumpy voice "We don't even know HOW he changed in the first place!" Myoga just sighed as he came out of a bush. "We need to keep him calm. He'll probably snap out of this soon enough." Inuyasha just snarled at the cowardly flea. "Where the hell were you when he was going nuts?" Looking dignified he said "I…err….I was knocked back into the trees and made it here as quickly as I could!"

Shippo just said "Yeah, just when it was safe!" They all heard a crash and saw Tomasaru's tail had knocked over a few trees while wildly wagging. Kikyo just rolled her eyes from her perch on his belly as she rubbed. "Even like this he's a moron…" she muttered fondly. The creature under her just whined for more attention. Kagome just sighed and shook her head. "How can so many weird things keep happening one after another like this…." Myoga jumped on her shoulder. "Do not concern yourself with that. I have learned that both the Masters have a knack for getting into situations most people couldn't even imagine!" She just looked at the sight of Kikyo on the ground scratching behind the ear of the huge dog as it lay on the ground panting happily. "This definitely qualifies. I wonder where they get it from?" Myoga scoffs. "Their father of course! I swear, I never met a demon who can attract trouble and powerful enemies like he did!"

I came to feeling really happy…Hmm, I guess transforming wasn't too bad an idea. I lift my head and I can feel a difference. My body….it's CHANGED. I have paws. I feel something on my ass. I'll assume that's a tail. I try to talk but all I get out is a confused growl. Hmm, seems I can't talk like this. I feel something clutching the fur on my face. Kikyo…hmm….

I remembered how she pushed me into this. I also remember how she delightfully told everyone about the little name Mog-san. Well Kikyo, I promised to pay you back and I always keep my word. If I could have smiled evilly I would have. I make a few whinny growls and rub my head toward her. I try to get as much mucus in my nose as possible. As I sniff her I try to sniff some of the dirt. Good, I…feel it…Ahchoo! I let most of it out my nose which was directly in front of her. I see the green goo covering her and hear her vile curses and pat myself on the back for a job well done. I sit back on my hind legs to admire the view. I can see the others are snickering and Kikyo is trying in vain to wipe the slime off her. Ha, don't mess with me WOMAN! I laugh, or do a doggy equivalent of it. She looks at me with murder in her eyes and I can feel myself getting nervous. I roll my eyes upward. I'm just a doggy….

Her eyes narrow. Damn, she's smart when she's pissed. I can hear her call out sweetly "Tomasaru…." I can't help it! My ears drop a little. I see her getting angrier. "You did this.." she gestured to her slimy self "…on PURPOSE." I shake my head vigorously no. Hmm, this must be a sight. Kikyo bullying me when I'm Godzilla size. Uh oh…she's coming closer. I get up and back away a bit. I try to whine in a cute way but she's not having any of it. I race to think. What can I do? I don't really know how to run and such in this form. I am having enough trouble just getting around. I need to change back. I look back to the approaching Kikyo. I need to change back NOW! Apparently dire need helps as things start getting smaller. I am back at my normal size and I can see Kikyo's eyes up close and personal as she stalks me. Eeping I run away with her in hot pursuit. Miroku seems to be having lunch with Kagome and Shippo. They are just watching with amused eyes as I run for my life. TRAITORS! I'm surrounded by traitors. I keep running when I trip over something. A foot. Connected to a leg. "Inuyasha you traitor!" He just grinned and made room for the charging Kikyo. I just look at her with big puppy dog eyes. "I'm sorry…." She smirked evilly and reached for my right ear "Not yet your not…"

I massage my poor ear in Totosei's place while Kagome and Kikyo are out bathing. I get no sympathy from any of the other males. I glare at them. "When you guys have women, I'll remember this!" I look at Yasha with a pointed look. "You days are coming soon bro!" He just blushed and denied everything. Yeah yeah, sure bro. I look at Miroku. He'll be a tough one but one he finds the right woman he's mine too! I turn my eyes to Shippo. OK, he gets a free pass for being a kid and being ignorant. I sigh. I can transform but its far from perfect. I don't think playing around with it now is the best time. After what happened everyone agreed with me. Why do people listen to me AFTER the disaster when I warned them NOT to do it in the first place? Man, they must be masochists or something.

After a week at Totosei's we all were feeling a bit edgy. Kikyo forgave me but I took a lot of glares and cold shoulders. There is no justice in the world. A woman embarrasses a guy its funny, a guy does it to a woman and get out the executioner's block! My sword looked just like my old one. Well, except I can change it to a higher form that looks a bit like the Tetsusaiga transformed. The blade is a bit whiter and the fur by the hilt is black, matching the hilt color. The untransformed state has greater healing properties than my old sword. Its power now is closer to the Tensaiga's only magical deaths are still a problem with the sword. I can also use it to cut and kill, though its destructive power is no where near that of its transformed state. That's fine by me. I don't go for destroying chunks of landscape during a fight.

FINALLY, we are back on the road looking for jewel shards. I swear, it seems we keep getting stopped for the dumbest of reasons. As Kikyo and Kagome pool their powers to try to extend their range of perception the rest of us just followed. There was nothing to do but walk and follow them. I sighed. This was BORING! Kikyo came up to me excitedly. "We found another jewel piece, it feels real strong! Guess where it is?" I just roll my eyes. "Just tell Kikyo" She just looked at me brightly. "The Demon Hunter village!" That got a smile out of me. I haven't seen Kohaku for a while. "Well, this should be interesting. You'll get to see Kohaku again, though he is a bit older." Now she rolled her eyes "Baka! I know that! But it will be nice to see him again." The others just looked confused. I explained. "The village we're going to, it's the village of the demon slayers." Shippo and Inuyasha looked a bit uneasy at that declaration and I waved their concerns off. "Relax, I know the head of the village. We go WAAAYYY back. We're welcome." They nodded hesitantly. Oh well, they'll see themselves.

As we approached the familiar entrance I could feel the nervousness of Inuyasha and Shippo. I put my hand on Inuyasha's shoulder. "Bro, relax. Nothing is going to happen! I guarantee it! I've been here a few times, they all know me. Nothing bad will happen." He just nodded a bit and tried to play off his nervousness. "Well, just every village I've been to chased me out or tried to. I don't want to have to fight a bunch of weak human demon slayers!" I roll my eyes. "Just relax, nothing can go wrong!" Kikyo was looking at me strange. I look back at her. "What?" She just shook her head and smiled. "Memories, that's all." I nod as we made our way to the entrance. The guards looked at Kikyo, then Kagome. They then looked at Miroku. When they got to Inuyasha and myself they tensed. I looked at them curiously. "DEMONS ARE ATTACKING!" Kikyo snapped her fingers "Now I remember!" I just sweatdropped as I saw the entire village amass with some very deadly looking weapons. I slowly back away and look behind us to see some demon slayers making their way behind us. Crap. Well, this IS familiar….

I shout out "Where is Kohaku? He can vouch for us!" They just looked at us in blatant mistrust. One of them answered "Elder Kohaku passed on. His son Shinji leads us now! And he said the only good demons are dead demons!" I swallow. Damn it. I place my hand on the hilt of my sword. Looks like a fight.

"HOLD!" a feminine voice screamed. I look to see the people parting to reveal…"Sango!" I smile warmly at her. I used to play with her when she was a child. She gave me a glance before rushing Inuyasha and giving him a bone crushing hug. My ears drop a little. "Tomasaru!" She exclaimed while she wrapped herself up in Inuyasha. My poor brother looks like he's in shock. "Bu bu bu bu bu bubu WAIT!" He pushes her away and she gets a hurt look in her eye. "Uncle Tomas?" He just shakes his head. "My name is Inuyasha. THAT'S.." he points to me "…is Tomasaru." I just wave weakly at her and grin. "Hi Sango, long time no see." She looks at me in confusion. "Well, I've been through a lot…." She keeps looking at me. "Uncle, is that really you?" I just snort. "I grow a few inches, get a few lines on my face and my voice gets a bit deeper and you don't recognize you favorite Hanyou?" She looks skeptically at me. "Say the name." My ears drop. "Come on Sango, you know how much I hate…" She had her face set. I mumble "Mog-san" while looking at the ground and blushing a bit. Damn, I HATED that name! Her face brightens. "Oh Kamis I can't believe its you! You look so…." I smirked at her "Not hanyou like?" She smiled "I was about to say mature but that too." I shake my head. "Sango, I believe you already met my brother, this is Shippo, Miroku, Kagome, and…Kikyo" I gestured to each in turn. Sango looked confused. "Miroku and Kikyo, weren't they Grandpa's companions fifty years ago. "Well, this Miroku is the descendent we traveled with. This Kikyo is the same one. She got resurrected…and a whole bunch of stuff happened. Long story." She shook her head and was about to reply when a rock flew by her to Inuyasha. He merely caught the rock and crushed it.

"Get out of here monsters. We'll slay you soon enough!" I looked at Sango and she looked a bit angry herself. "I'm sorry Uncle. After grandfather died….well you know how much father hates demons" I nodded. Shinji had a sister who was slain by demons. I was unable to reach the village in time to resurrect her with my sword. He's had a hating going on for all demons since. If it wasn't for Kohaku I'm sure I'd have had to take out more than a few demon slayers thinking if its got demon blood in it, kill it. Real ethnic cleansing stuff. I shook my head. "We came here hoping to claim the jewel shard you have. We're collecting them to reunite the entire jewel again and hopefully get rid of it!" Sango looked down sadly. "Father has it. He will not give it up. In fact he is searching for more pieces of the jewel." I sigh. Why can't things be easy?

Inuyasha just stepped forward. "Well, who cares lets get the jewel shards and leave!" I rub the bridge of my nose. God, would I love to be that ignorant…"We can't Yasha. First, it belongs to the village. In fact the jewel CAME from this village. They have the most right to it. Secondly. I have a treaty with them." The group looked at me funny. "Well, I made Outkast, I had to make a few treaties with neighboring powers to make sure no one decided we were better off as dust in the wind…..oh damn. Sango!" Sango looked at me startled. "The treaty! Does your father plan to abide by it?" She looked guilty. "I…..don't believe so. In fact he has been training the village more so than usual. I….I don't WANT to believe it, but he…might be…" I snarl "Planning to attack? I figured…Damn it! We don't have the time to be fighting among ourselves like this! Where is your father now?" Sango replied "He and my brother and a few other demon slayers were summoned to a castle to eradicate some demons. I think it was spider demons." My eyes widen. SHIT! I turn to Kikyo and nod. "Sango, prepare for an attack! Get every able bodied person prepared. I have a feeling Naraku will be attacking soon." She looked confused. "I thought you slayed him?" I shook my head. "He seems to have come back. We need to get…" I was rudely cut off by an energy blast. I look and see….damn….I see hundreds of demons. Apparently Naraku is not waiting for nightfall like in the series.

I put my and on my sword. Damn it, Yasha STILL doesn't know how to use the Wind Scar. I yell "Miroku, suck all the demons you can….except for any bees. You see the bees DON'T use your wind tunnel on them! Kagome, Kikyo, stay close to the women and children. Yasha, with me!" I unsheathe my sword. I don't want to transform it just yet. My old sword was pretty powerful on its own. "Yasha, pay close attention, especially with your nose. This is something you can easily do with the Tetsusaiga." I don't have time to worry about what they'll think of my future knowledge or what not. People are going to die unless we kill A LOT of demons. "Watch brother. Wind SCAR!" I swing my untransformed blade and see with pleasure it cuts a deep swath into the demons' main line. He looked on in shock. "Ho…" I cut him off. "Don't think! Don't think about all the hows just remember what I did, trust the Tetsusaiga! Feel it's energy, see the energy of your opponents, where the two meet, CUT!" I unleash another Wind Scar and I see two pink arrows cut through more of the demons' ranks. I can see him struggling with my words as he uses the sword to cut through a few of the demons. I hope he figures things out soon.

I unleash a Kuu Ha Zan toward the demons who broke through the line. If I used any of my more powerful techniques facing the village I'll take the people out as well as the demons. I see my brother isn't thinking about that too much. Ah SHIT! I run and concentrate, this is going to be tricky….

He figured out the wind scar all right. Unfortunately he's releasing it in the direction of a house in the village. A house my nose is telling me is occupied. As his Wind Scar blasts through the demons on its way to the house I pour on the speed to get in front of it. Doing so I focus the energy in my blade and jump into the blast. Taking the energy and using it as my own I unleash a Backlash wave into a group of demons entering the village. After seeing them decimated I turn to glare at Yasha who was busy Wind Scaring another group of demons. Thankfully he's keeping the blasts AWAY from the village. The first time is always the hardest I guess. I can see quite a few of the demon slayers are wounded but I can't tell if they died or not. Crap, what ELSE could go wrong?

My nose twitches and I sigh. Why do I always do this to myself? I smell Naraku! I slice through some of the demons and search for the source of his stench. I see someone in a kimono further away. I call out to Inuyasha "Bro, I smell something nasty, hold things here while I check it out!" Without waiting for his reply I cut my way through to the figure. Once I get close enough to get a good look I see that it is not Naraku at all. It seems to be a woman. A woman with red eyes holding a fan. Great, Kagura! That means Naraku is strong enough to be making incarnations of himself. That means he has most of the other pieces of the jewel himself. This village's shards must be close to the last for him. Damn! I smile at the demure looking woman in front of me. She may look harmless but I know for a fact she is as deadly as they come!

"Ok lady, mind telling me why you go through all the trouble to get these demons killed?" She smirks at me. "These beasts? Please. My master merely wishes to confirm something for himself." I tighten the hold I have on my sword. "Well, what have you found?" She snaps her fan open and holds it to her face. "We found what we needed. And right in front of your nose as well dog boy!" I growl. I have had about enough of her. I can see she's playing with the wind, intermingling our demonic auras to nullify the Wind Scar. Well, fortunately there's more than one way to break some demon ass! Before I can strike she starts laughing. "Thank you, we have all that we needed, you can play with a few of my toys to amuse yourself as I take my prize back to Naraku." What the hell is she going on about?

I see a small rock being thrown toward Kagura. She merely snatches it out of the air and displays it proudly. A large piece of the sacred jewel. I snap my head to see the source of the throw and see Shinji and two other demon slayers standing with their weapons ready against me. I turn an angry glare toward Kagura. "Who said the dead can tell no lies? Please, enjoy your battle against those dead demon slayers. I'm sure their village will look kindly on the demon who slaughters them!" I am then attacked by the dead village head with sword in hand. His two companions try to strike Inuyasha. This is bad. I dodge and think about what to do. The people in the village don't know that this is an animated corpse. If I 'kill' him, or if Yasha 'kills' his opponents, there will be war. My eyes widen as I sense Inuyasha preparing for a Wind Scar. I quicky unleash a blast of wind that knocks the animated corpse down and race for Inuyasha. We can't fight them until the village knows the truth!

"BROTHER, STTTTOOOOP!" I screamed. He looked up at me confused. That was all the opening his dead opponents needed as one struck at him with a spear while the other used a chain to try to tie him up enough for the strike to hit. He managed to dodge the chain but caught a glancing blow by the spear. By now the demons have mostly been driven off and the remaining demon slayers looked like they were about to join their undead leader in fighting us. I use my energy whip to shove my brother's opponents away as I came to his side. He looked at me angrily. "Why'd you stop me? These guys are dead anyway!" I shook my head. "The villagers don't know that yet. If you destroyed them with your Wind Scar they'd have just seen you murder two of their comrades." I look to see the undead gathering for another attack.

"Kikyo! Those demon slayers are already dead. Tell the villagers so they don't hunt us down when we take care of them!" Well, in hindsight MAAAAYYBE I shouldn't have phrased it in QUITE that way. One of the wounded demon slayers shouted "They are trying to kill our leader, I TOLD you demons could not be trusted!" Shit! Looks like all the able bodied villagers are preparing to attack us! I look and see Miroku and the others getting ready to fight the villagers we've only moments ago been saving. Damn, only one way I can think of to convince them. I sheath my sword and flex my claws. Crap. I hate political scenes!

I flash both my claws down quickly releasing the energy in my claws toward two of my three foes. Each set of five energy bands envelope the two undead warriors in its tight embrace. I turn my attention to the headmaster and almost lose my head as his blade misses my neck by mere inches. I quickly charge up the energy in my claws and strike out at him. He rolls out of the way and lunges at me in a counterstrike. Damn. It still must have some of Shinji's skills. I charge up my energy whip and strike out at his blade. He counters it but that was fine. I made another whip in my left hand to catch him unawares. I quickly bound him in my demon energy. I look up just in time to miss getting torn in two by Sango's Hiraikotsu. I raise my hands. "Hold, check on your friends. They are long dead. That demon from earlier was using them as puppets!" Sango looked at me in anger. Well, it WAS her father after all. "Dammit Sango, trust me! I made sure to do as little damage as possible so you'd be able to verify this." She looked hesitant but nodded.

She turned to a male demon slayer behind her. "Check my father." The man glared at me and nodded. Before he got halfway to Shinji's corpse it disintegrated. When he looked up in astonishment the other two corpses disintegrated as well. I heard a voice in the back scream "He killed them, it was all a trick!" I clenched my fists and growled. Damn it, I really REALLY hate Naraku! "God damn it! You all know me! Even IF I somehow went bad, I DON'T have the power to disintegrate people!" I look into Sango's angry eyes. She's the one I need to convince. She's the successor to the leadership in the village.

Kikyo spoke up. "If you do not believe Tomasaru, would you perhaps believe the word of two priestesses as well as a holy monk? We have exhausted ourselves fighting on the behalf of your village. If our goal was truly as insidious as your people believe we could have easily joined in the slaughter here today." Miroku stepped forward away from where he was standing from Kagome. From the look on her face I would think the action was to save himself from Kagome as much as from the wrath of the demon slayers. "Indeed. These tragic occurrence was made from becoming far worse from our combined efforts. Had we been evil or selfish we would have taken what we wanted and left in the battle."

Inuyasha just crossed his arms and snorted. "I don't know why you are bothering explaining this to those idiots. They won't change their minds. Humans are nothing but stupid sheep!" Kagome just glared at Inuyasha. "Inuyasha! Show a little compassion! These poor people have just been savagely attacked." He got right into her face "Yeah, and we saved their asses! What are we getting? Discussions on how we were in league with their attackers! God, you are dumber than any of the humans I have ever known." He just turns his nose up and re-crosses his arms. Kagome's face is turning an interesting shade of purple. Oh damn.

"SIT!" I wince. That was a deep crater…..Damn! She must be really angry. She went into the crater and kicked him before stepping back out and said "Sit, sit, SIT!" I look around and the villagers are just looking at us in various forms of disbelief. Heh, how sad is it that I think this is NORMAL…..

Sango just looked at us with an unreadable expression after witnessing Inuyasha and Kagome's little spat. I brushed my kimono off. Damn, rips. Stupid demons. Sango sighed. "I believe you. You've had plenty of opportunity to kill us all many times. My grandfather trusted you many times with important tasks for the village. I believe you." The villagers didn't seem to like that announcement and looked like they were ready to attack us regardless. "This monster killed the chief! That was your father Sango, do you not want justice?" Sango turned angrily toward the villager. "Yes! That was MY father that died! I want the demon who murdered him to PAY. But, that is not this one. You all know him. I know my father hated all demons but all of you have been helped by him at one time or another. He cannot be the one who would so callously murder someone." Well, they are getting calmer. Damn I'm glad I gave her piggyback rides when she was a kid….

The next day found us at the entrance of the Demon Slayer village. So far we know Naraku has more of the jewel. We have to find that bastard and put him in the ground before more people suffer. I notice everyone is ready and I also notice Sango with pack in hand coming toward us. Ah damn. "Sango, you going somewhere?" She looked at me with a steely gaze. "I need to find the demon responsible for murdering my father and brother as well as attacking our village and stealing the jewel shards in our possession." I sighed. "Sango, your village needs you here. They are rebuilding and you are the closest thing to a leader they have." She smiled at me like she did as a child when she knew she had me. "Do not worry, my father's friend Jinnai is going to watch after the village. You know he was my father's trusted advisor. AND he doesn't hate all demons so you have no worries of attacks." She gives me a winning smile as the rest of the group laughs at me. I get no respect….

Miroku was the first to respond. "I believe the young lady coming with us is a splendid idea! Having the skills of a demon slayer will come in quite handy." He looked at her figure with hungry eyes. Oh boy, this is going to be a headache. Kagome more innocent in her enthusiasm. "Great, it'll be nice to have another person around. Especially when we have to deal with SOME people." My brother just glared at her. His face is a bit bruised from the rocks slamming into his face. Or rather the other way around…

"Kirara, come!" I watch with a sinking feeling at the small, two tailed, cat walks happily toward her. Ah crap, the gang's all here! As we traveled out of the village and started on yet another road I couldn't help but brood. The Kami's words coming back to me with the force of a wrecking ball. Fate. Destiny. Was it fate that brought everyone together like in the anime? Was me being here totally useless? Naraku is still around, making incarnations. He's still attacking and killing people. Shippo, Miroku, Sango. All of their sufferings are almost exactly like in the anime. Sango still lost her family, Miroku still has the void in his hand, Shippo still lost his family. Am I really making ANY kind of difference here? I Fell a nudge in my ribs knocking me out of my depressing thoughts. Kikyo is walking beside me looking a bit worried.

"Are you all right?" she asks. Well, that's the million dollar question. I frown. "Not really. Just feeling a bit frustrated. It's like nothing I do can change anything."

"PERVERT!" and then a loud smack can be heard. I turn startled to see Miroku on the ground with a almost purple bruise lining his jaw and Sango red with rage or embarrassment. Kirara is also hissing at the monk. I guess he didn't make too many friends doing that. I sigh as Sango storms past me muttering about lechers and perverts. I shake my head and leave Kikyo's side to check on the monk. He's all smiles through the bruise on his face. "Was that really necessary?" I ask. He nods happily. "By Buddha, I have felt perfection!" I shake my head. I really wish aspirin pills were invented.

We set up camp. I see Kagome and Sango really hitting it off. They seemed to have switched off. Kagome was playing with Kirara while Shippo was enjoying Sango's attentions. Damn that kid is going to have some wet dreams when puberty hits. Sango still sends occasional glares to Miroku and he seems to be oblivious to it all. Yasha seems to enjoy being up a tree leaving me to look into the fire. My thoughts from earlier still haunt me. Can one truly fight destiny? Is it useless to defy fate? I thought so earlier but now, after the attack and Sango traveling with us I am not sure. Her family was destined to be torn apart by Naraku and it was. Can we really stop someone when the universe tells us we can't? I feel a pressure on my right shoulder and see that Kikyo decided to use me as a headrest. I put my arm around her. Well, at least one thing seems to have gone right. I still feel a cold knot of fear though. Kikyo was destined to die by Naraku's hand. It happened fifty years ago. I couldn't stop it. Will it happen again? I close my eyes. I just don't know….

I wake up feeling strange. There is no smells other than sulfur. We were in a forest no where near anything that could make that smell. I listen to my senses. The ground I am laying on doesn't feel like dirt. More like a hard floor. I open my eyes to see…..cleavage!

I back away instinctively and look up to see a wickedly smiling face. She is in black leather and some strange markings are on her face. She's blonde with reddish eyes. I feel myself be a bit amazed since I can feel dark power effortlessly rolling off her. She also reeks of the sulfur I've been smelling. I get up and back away slowly from her. I look around and all I can see is vast white emptiness. Where the hell am I?

I hear a laugh. "Hell is about right." I narrow my eyes. Something is nagging me about her facial markings. She smirks and crosses her arms across her ample chest. "I am Mara, a Demoness, first class, unrestricted license." Oh crap. "What do you want with me?" She smiles and slowly walks around me.

"Well, your wish by the Goddess Relief office has caused quite the little bit of chaos. Something that is keeping you in one piece now. Since the Creator said their had to be balance I get to have a bit of fun!" I just gulp. What does she want? She smiles at me again. "What I want? Hmm, well more like what YOU want. You see, it's like this. You got your little wish and was whisked off to this adventure you are having. However, that is a real place you were sent to. True it was another dimension but it was real. And you disrupted the balance there. Every mortal creature has a destiny, a fate the Creator herself made. You however, in your mortal arrogance, thought you can make a destiny better than the Creator! Please! The only reason you aren't free floating molecules is that the Creator is now bound by her own rules. This is what you wished for and if she takes that away, well in simple mortal terms we have a system crash and lose a few dimensions!"

I pale a bit. This can not be happening. My one wish to make things better is screwing with several universes? Well, I guess I took to heart what Al Pacino said in Any Given Sunday. If you're gonna screw up, do it big….

"So…" I lick my dry lips. "So, why am I here?" She just swayed toward me and wrapped her arms around my neck. "You're here to….make a choice." She whispered a scant distance from my lips. I gently but firmly pushed her away. I was not going to get turned into a pincushion by Kikyo for a few minutes of bliss!

She smiled sexily at me. "Oh, it'll be way more than a few minutes. I've had millennia to….practice my techniques." I closed my eyes and breathed in slowly. "What's the choice?"

She sighed and walked away from me. "Keep your wish and everything stays how it is, or cancel it and get another." I've thought about that very thing more than a few times. The fifty years Kikyo was dead and I traveled Japan I've thought of just that. Giving up, going home, forgetting this ever happened. Go back to my boring life and my boring job. Then I'd think of all the people I saved, everyone I helped. If I didn't come here then they'd be dead. Or much worse off. Then there's Kikyo. She has her life back. I helped to truly resurrect her. She's flesh and blood again. She has her life back. If I just cancelled the wish she'd lose that.

I heard Mara chuckle. "Oh, how I love it when someone wraps their selfish desires in the guise of charity! You just don't want to go. You are willing to damn countless dimensions for your own selfishness!" She then walks up and delivers a kiss that left me weak in the knees. When she pulled away I saw desire there. "Oh, I love hypocrites like you!" I got a bit angry at that and jumped away from here.

"I'm NOT a hypocrite! I did a lot of good for the people in Japan and my friends. I'd be selfish to take all that away from them!" She just shook her head. "Stupid mortal. You helped, what, few hundred people, let's be generous, let's say thousands of people. Now, if the dimensions collapse because of you, that'd be what, trillions upon trillions, upon trillions of lives extinguished because you couldn't leave?" Damn, if she's telling the truth then there is A LOT of people that are going to die if I don't cancel my wish. But….

"Why do you care? You're a Demoness, why would you care about the lives lost of mortals?" She rolled her eyes at me. "It's my job to bring misery to mortals, to turn their greatest desires into their greatest fears, bring them to the height of power just to cut them loose and watch them plummet to their demise. I can't exactly do my job if the people aren't ALIVE!"

Damn, ok, that sort of makes sense. Now I just have to figure out if she's telling the truth or not. "Can I talk to the Creator and have him confirm this?" She shook her head a little too quickly. "Firstly, no one sees the Creator, and secondly it's HER!" I blink. "The Creator is a woman?" Mara just smiled in satisfaction. "Of course she is! Do you think a man could have created the multiverse without getting lost in it halfway through then demolishing the rest of the universes?" I blinked again. "Ooooooooooook. So basically all I have is your word?" She looked at me with eye's brimming with tears. "You…" sniff sniff "….don't trust me?" I glared at her. "You're a Demoness, of COURSE I don't trust you!" Her waterworks stopped and she looked at me coldly. "You meany!" and struck me with the biggest lightning bolt I have ever seen. It knocked me off my feet and sent me far back. I'm not sure how far back because everything looked the same. I hear heels clicking and I look up to see her looking at me smugly. "Are you ready to cancel your wish now?" I smiled at her and flipped her the finger. If anything her smile got wider and I saw her arm charge with some nasty red energy. "Goody, I get to play!"

She blasted me from one end of the endless room to the other. At least I think she did. I lost track of where my body was flying after the second blast of energy. It burned! Not just my skin, but I felt it sizzle my insides, my soul. Stupid demon bitch. "AHHHH!" I got hit with a bigger bolt of energy and saw through pain filled tears her waving a finger at me. "Naughty language!" Oh why me?

"You made a wish, now you must take the consequences. Unless, of course, you changed your mind?" I had no idea where she was so I just raised my middle finger to the sky. "I can keep this up for eternity, can you?" Grrrr, stupid smug….

"Send…" I can tell I peaked her interest since I have only been screaming for the past….I don't know, hours, days? "Yesssssss…" I complete my sentence from my smoking heap on the ground. "Send me back to the others. I'm not changing my mind!" I hear a tapping. Must be her foot. Damn dog hearing sucks sometimes. Sounds like a jackhammer. I hear her snap her fingers. "I know what I'll do! You are so desperate to go back to your companions I'll do just that. You'll be reunited, isn't that great?" I have a weird feeling in my gut. She tortured me and now she's sounding like a reject from the Brady Bunch. The last thing I hear is "Have fun!" before my world explodes in pain.

I woke up with a groan. Man, everything hurts! Stupid demon ladies. I sniff and my nose tells me absolutely nothing. I open my eyes and confirm there is absolutely nothing around me. Crap. I look around. Seems like the same clearing I fell asleep with the others. But it's empty. No signs of a fire. No tracks nor signs where we slept. Either I've been gone for a long time or this isn't the clearing I was in before. Boy, things get better and better here! I get up and wince. Damn demon bitch using me as a power rod! Thankfully I heal fast but I don't want to stay still too long. I got to find everyone. I look around. Only problem is I don't know WHERE they are. There are plenty of directions they could have left in and I don't know where any of them are!

Well, I know they'll head over to Kaede's sometime for rest. Not to mention when Kagome and Inuyasha blow up at each other again. I shrug and turn and make my way to Kaede's place. Should be only a few days away. Man I wish they'd hurry up and invent cars and trains. All this walking around sucks.

A few days of walking later

Hmm, I'm a little ways away and things don't look too bad. Village looks like it always did. Smells the same. Wonder why I am feeling a bit uneasy. The villagers are looking at me weird. I'm usually used to the stares but all the traveling I've been doing changed that. Most villages DO stare but not Kaede's. With all the weirdness that's been happening lately they have been used to mine and Inuyasha's presence to the point we are treated like the background. They know we are there so no reason to look. They are staring at me now like I'm going to attack them. Sheesh, ungrateful much! I'm walking along the road when I see Kaede. I smile and wave. She lifts her bow and arrow notched in it. My ears drop. Damn, can't I catch a break?

"What did I do now Kaede-chan?" She narrows her eye at me and I see the bow pulled harder. "Who are ye, demon? Why have ye come to this village?" I looked at her like one would look at a senile old coot on the street. With my eyebrows lifted I responded "Uhm, Kaede, I know you're old and everything, but I can't BELIEVE you forgot me after only a few weeks of traveling. Hell, you've been trying to kill me for years!" I said the last part cheerfully. It was fun memories when Kaede would chase me around with her bow trying to shoot me. I'd lead her into pits filled with smelly water, get her tangled up in vines. Well, it was fun for me and good training for her! She looked at me confused but did not lower her weapon. "Why would I try to kill ye? I do not remember you, nor someone such as you attacking this village."

"I never attacked the village. You just never liked me ever since Kikyo died." I saw her looking a bit angry. "My sister died over fifty years ago through the trickery of Naraku. Why would you think ye are responsible? Are you Naraku?" I looked at her in shock. "No, I am not Naraku! Sheesh, I killed him fifty years ago, don't you remember? Me and the others? He had the Shikon No Tama and we recovered it and you burned it with your sister's body?" This is weirding me out. She is remembering all these things wrong!

She looked at me coldly. "I do not know thee demon! Begone from this village and never return, lest I kill ye." I shook my head. No way Kaede could kill me. I take a step forward. "Listen, I don't…" I was stopped short in the form of an arrow flying straight for me. I looked on in shock that she actually SHOT at me that I did not react as quickly as I should have. By the time I regained my senses it was well on its way to hitting me. Unable to dodge I grabbed it out of the air inches from my chest. The arrow glowed and I threw it on the ground and blew on my hand.

"OW wow ow owwwwww!" I screamed while shaking my reddening hand and hopping around from one foot to another. Crap, that HURT! She must have put a lot of power into that arrow. I stopped hopping around and looked at her in anger. That was a KILLING shot! I pointed my damaged hand at her. "You just tried to kill me, didn't you?" She shook herself out of her daze of seeing me hopping around and notched another arrow. Well, if she thinks I'm going to play catch again she is sorely mistaken! I rush her and easily shred the bow from her hands and push her lightly to the ground. I may be angry but I don't want to truly hurt her. I glared down at her and she just glared right back.

"What's the deal you old hag? I'm just talking to you and you try to kill me?" She looked unrepentant. "Ye were moving in for an attack!" I shook my fist at her. "If I truly attacked you, you'd be one dead old lady right now!" I got a faint hint of smell and heard the familiar whoosh of an arrow in flight. I jumped straight up and missed being impaled by an arrow shining with the power of a true miko. I turn in midair and see…

"Kagome?" I was stunned. Kagome just tried to kill me? Kagome. Innocent and a bit naïve Kagome? She was looking at me with a burning fire within her. Damn, she really looks like Kikyo with that flames for vengeance thing going on with her eyes. Wonder what I did to piss her off?

"I don't know how you know my name, but I won't let you kill Kaede!" She let loose another flaming pink arrow at me which I dodge easily enough. "Come on Kagome, it's me! And I didn't try to kill the old hag, it was the other way around!" She just looked more determined and shot at me again. Crap. I dodge again. "I don't want to stop you, but if you don't stop shooting and start listening I'm going to have to get rough on you." She just notched up another arrow. Why, oh why, do people want to do things the hard way? I rushed at her. When I got to about five feet from her a red blur hit me, sending me flying ninety degrees away.

I shake my head and roll to avoid a use blade from slicing me in half. I jump to my feet to see a familiar hanyou wearing a red fire rat robe. "Yasha? Why the hell are you.." He swung at me again and I jump over his head. When I land on my feet I have to move out of the way of an enchanted staff from separating my head from my shoulders. I look to see a man wearing black and purple robes getting ready to take another swing at me. "Have you all gone insane?" I scream as I move out of the way of another club like swing from Inuyasha. I hear a familiar whirling sound and my mouth sets in a grim line. I don't have time to play around with this. I form an energy whip and lash onto the flying Hiraikotsu and fling it at Yasha. I draw my sword and fly at Miroku.

Swinging as fast and as hard as I can I collide with his staff. As he pushes forward with all his might I lash out with a side kick that sends him flying into the trees. Spinning on heel I block a strike from Sango's blade and chop her in the neck sending her into blissful unconsciousness. I roll out of the way of an arrow strike and form my energy whip. I destroy the bow from Kagome's hands and cut her quiver of arrows off. I see Shippo standing in front of Kagome looking more than a little scared. He is still making very unintimidating growling sounds. I shake my head. Sheesh Shippo. At least try to look like you are confident in yourself. I hear a much more intimidating growl and my sword flashes to block a strike that would have cleaved me in two. I look into angry amber eyes and can't help but quip "Hey bro, mind telling me what crawled into your robes?"

He pushed harder against me and growled louder. "Nothing's in my robes…and I'm…" He pushed hard against me. I'm a bit surprised how strong he got and he pushes me back. I can feel our demonic auras swirling and my eyes narrow "….NOT YOUR BRO! Wind Scar!" I am still moving a bit backwards. I dig my feet into the ground and look as the deadly golden energy descends on me. No time to dodge. A Backlash Wave will kill him. I gather my energy quickly and release my own Wind Scar. The two massive energies collide, blowing me off my feet and rolling me yards and yards away. Damn, I'm not close to a hundred percent yet.

I turn to see Kagome with a weird looking bow in her hands that seems to be sweating. Ah, Shippo. I have to say their teamwork is a whole lot better than I thought. I can see Miroku struggling to his feet and making his way to the unmoving Sango. Damn, he's looking pissed. So does Kagome, and Inuyasha, and Kaede who is glaring at me from the village. Oh, seems we destroyed some of the village. CRAP! I sluggishly move out of the way as Kagome's arrow blows up the spot I occupied moments ago. Damn, they are SERIOUS!

Inuyasha looks like he's about to charge me again. Crap. "Wait, can't we talk about this? I mean why the hell is everyone attacking me? We've been through a lot together haven't we?" They all looked at me like I was a 'special' child. Kagome pulled back on her makeshift bow and I can hear Shippo's cry of pain "We don't know you! You were trying to kill Kaede!" I sigh in annoyance. Man they are like a broken record!

"Hey, if I wanted to kill her or you guys, you'd be dead already! Notice I didn't use the Wind Scar and I didn't really use any kind of killing blows on you." Miroku looked at me with eyes blazing in hate. Damn, this isn't the carefree monk I've known. "You hurt Sango…" he growled out. I look at him as serious as I could. "You all attacked me. I just knocked her out. And she IS a warrior. A little knock won't keep her down for long.". Shit, this makes no sense. Everything is so different and yet not. They don't know me but…I look at them, really LOOK. They sound the same, smell the same, but they are slightly different. Miroku holds himself far differently than before. With a lot more seriousness and more than a touch of darkness within him. My brother. Damn, he's WAY different. For one thing he is A LOT stronger than the last time we fought. His style is also different. From our spars his style was more fluid. He used the Tetsusaiga as a true sword, an extension of himself. In this battle he used it with all the finesse of a club. He also called on the Wind Scar far easier than before.

I was a bit disappointed at Sango truth be told. She's way better at using the sword than THAT. I taught her most of what I knew and yet it looked like she was using a completely different sword style. Damn, what was wrong with everyone? "Guys, it's me, Tomasaru, you know, Inuyasha's twin brother, Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu master? Recovered the Shikon No Tama the last time Naraku stole it? Any of this ringing any bells?" They all looked at me like I was insane. Inuyasha just looked more pissed than he was earlier. "I don't know who you are, but I don't have a twin, and even if I did you look nothing like me!"

I shook my head and looked at them with pleading eyes. "You must remember, I'm like this because I managed to balance myself with my demon nature. Remember, you broke my sword and my demon side tried to overwhelm me? Come on! You guys HAVE to remember!" I was getting a bit desperate. My whole world seemed to be caving in as I saw their distrust plainly on their faces. My own brother looked at me like I was a stranger. I don't see a shred of recognition from anyone there. Kaede's face was set in a grimly. I was on the verge of crying. All my friends don't even know me anymore! I smelt the change in the air and couldn't help looking at my brother in betrayal as he unleashed another Wind Scar attack on me. I dodged to the left and kept running.

I can feel tears threatening to leak out. What's going on? Why did they attack me? Why didn't they recognize me? I kept running full speed. If they were trying to pursue me they wouldn't get very far. I'm damn fast and I can go for a long time without resting. As I run I catch a faint smell that causes me to almost collapse. That smell…..it can't be! I redouble my efforts and race to the source. I smell that I am close to a village when I see the source and my heart breaks. It's Kikyo. She reeks of death. Her aura is almost pitch black. What happened to her? She turns towards me and I can see nothing but apathy in her eyes. I can sense right below it is burning hatred. She points her bow at me and all I can do is look at her in shock.

"Kik…Kikyo. How…what HAPPENED to you?" She does not lower her bow but merely raises her eyebrow in silent question. I can see no recognition in her eyes. From her scent, I have to say she's not human anymore. She smells….she smells just like when she was resurrected by that witch. But HOW? I helped her become human, I took her….

I gulped as horrid realization hit me. This isn't my Kikyo. Those weren't my friends I left back there that were trying to kill me. These are strangers. Kikyo seems to be prepared to fire so I blur out of the way and run as fast as I can away from her. I jump from tree to tree in a daze. I find a sturdy branch and collapse into it. I can only think of one thing that could account for this. Actually two. The most unlikely is that somehow Kikyo was changed back to her original form before I found her and everyone's memories of me was blanked somehow. That's unlikely since the body language is so different. You can change memories but you can't really change how a person walks or handle's themselves. Inuyasha was MUCH stronger than he was earlier. His skill level was also lacking from before. The same for Sango. I can't tell but Miroku seemed to be a bit better but I didn't have time to properly gauge him.

That left another, worse answer. This isn't my dimension. That damn Demoness must have put me in another Inuyasha universe. Was this the cannon one? Was this the one I was trying so hard to make better? If so I may have screwed up more than I thought. Some things are better but some are worse. Inuyasha is way stronger than my brother but he seems way angrier. Miroku too is stronger as well as more serious but that could be from his death as well as the deaths of his family hanging over his head since childhood. He had to grow up fast and strong or he was dead. Sango seemed weaker than the one I knew. I guess training with me helped more than I thought.

Damn, some things better, some things worse. Well that's life in a nutshell. I need to get back! Who knows what Naraku is up to while I'm stuck here! Hmm, a Goddess got me there and a Demoness took me away. The only thing I can think of is to find another Goddess to send me back since I doubt the Demoness would. Does this dimension even have a Goddess Relief Hotline? If they did I'm still screwed, no phones. Hmm, there are phones in Kagome's time…

My ears perk up. I got it! Heh, well looks like that girly anime is going to save my ass! That's IF Keiichi Morisato exists and got a wish from Belldandy. That's also if they EXIST in this dimension. I THINK that was around Kagome's time. But, I need a jewel shard first to be able to get down the well. I have a few choices. Find one on my own, or get someone else's. There's Naraku, Kagome, and Kouga I can steal from. Since I don't know WHERE the other two are, that leave's Kagome. No, my life is not complicated in the least……

Hi, end of the chapter here. Damn, I have no idea where my ideas are coming from. Well, probably where the sun don't shine! A hum, well anyway, sorry for the delay. Well, that is the three of four people that actually read this. I've been reading another Inuyasha crossover that's pretty good. Written by Shadow Master, called 'An Heir with Character' It's a Buffy the Vampire slayer cross with Xander. Well I think it's good. Anyway, same thing I always say, please let me know what you think of the fic. I JUST found out I misspelled Tetsusaiga! Crap, I fixed it in this chapter and probably in chapters to come but I really hate making such glaring mistakes. Please readers, help me out here! puppy dog eyes