DISCLAIMER: I feel like disclaimin' toniiiigghhhtt do-do-do discaimin' tooooniiigghhhtt! I mean...today! XD

((AUTHOR'S NOTE: Dang, I'm on a roll here! Expect another chapter (REAL LONG one) very soon! And it's all thanks to your reviews! They give me motivation to continue writing. Keep up the great reviewingness! n.n))

Kilala padded her way down the narrow cave. As she neared the chamber of the rock-demon and Midoriko, the little flea jumped off her back. "Thank you for bringing me here, Kilala. And thank you, Priestess, for giving me permission to enter this sacred place" Myoga the flea humbled graciously.

The first time Myoga had tried to enter, the priestess stopped him with her barrier in front of the cave entrance. He simply wanted to unlock the secret of the sacred jewel, and his greed allowed him no entrance. But Myoga had apologized and asked for forgiveness. And he brought Kilala and the sacred jewel along, which counts for points as well.

Myoga took the jewel-necklace off from around Kilala's neck and began to jump up the huge rock demon. He landed at the top, in front of priestess Midoriko's limestone body. He examined the paralyzed human.

"She is very beautiful," Myoga whispered to himself, "and also very powerful. She was able to convert the darkness in demons into light, and she also created the shikon jewel." ((I think someone's trying a little too hard to suck up, in fear of getting thrown out of the cave again!))

"This must be where the Jewel shot out of her body." Myoga thought, as he leaned towards the hole in her chest to get a better look. But as he leaned closer, his grip on the necklace attached to the jewel was slipping. The necklace untied itself of his grip and tumbled down the rock sculpture. Myoga gasped, just realizing he had dropped it, and looked down to see the jewel fall into a crevice of the sculpture.

The jewel began to pulsate. The whole chamber was illuminated by it's lavender glow. Kilala began to growl in warning. The soul of the demon began to rise from it's stone prison! It's eyes glowed malevolently and it's claws extended, as if being a wild-cat about to pounce.

"Kuso!," Myoga exclaimed "the demon's soul is reacting to the Shikon Jewel! The demon is being revived!"

Kilala transformed to her demon form and pounced at the creature, aiming straight for it's face. But the demon had the advantage of size, and easily caught Kirara in it's grip. It squeezed Kirara like a banana, and she roared in utter pain.

As Myoga leaned over the side to see what was happening, he lost his balance and fell down the rock statue. He would always flee at the first hint of trouble, but now he had nowhere to run. It was his fault the demon had returned, he dropped the sacred jewel shard and awoke the demon's soul trapped inside.

Myoga landed on the ground, and looked up in horror at the demon towering above him. Kirara roared in pain again, but this time, someone answered her plea.

The soul of Priestess Midoriko began to rise up out of her body. She glared down at the demon and began to unsheathe her sword. Myoga stared in awe at the woman standing on top of the limestone sculpture. He swore it was priestess Midoriko, but how was it possible?

Midoriko fully drew her sword and jumped at the demon. With one foul slash, the demons soul shrieked in pain. It's grip loosened on Kirara, and Kirara quickly took the chance to escape and flew to the ground.

The demon let out one last defiant roar before it was sucked back into the jewel. The action reminded Myoga much of Miroku's wind-tunnel.

When Midoriko landed on the ground, her appearance began to fade. Her hair turned silver and her while Kimono stained to red. She slowly turned into Inuyasha! Might it have been an illusion?

Inuyasha walked towards Kirara. "I heard the commotion and came to check it out," Inuyasha explained, sifting through Kirara's fur. "I only know one idiot that would have done something this stupid."

He found Myoga hiding in her fur and plucked him off. "I-it was Kirara who took me and the jewel shards into the cave! I-I was asleep! It's her fault!" Myoga pleaded. Kirara growled, proving his lie false.

"I don't know why I bothered saving you at all!" Inuyasha growled. He shook Myoga around in his fist and whipped him at the cave wall. Myoga screamed and splattered against the rock. Inuyasha muttered insults and began to walk down the cave corridor. "Oh ya!? Well you didn't save me, Priestess Midoriko did!" Myoga insisted. Inuyasha kept walking. "H-hey! Wait for me!" Myoga called out and hopped after him.

Kirara watched Inuyasha fade into the blackness of the cave corridor, then turned around to look at the stone bodies. Her eyes glittered with swelling tears as she looked up at her old friend. She curled up on the ground and slept under the watch of her master.

((A/N: Unusually Long, huh? I know. Er...well, at least for me it's long n.n;; The next one is probably going to be even longer. I might divide it into two chapters, but I'm not sure. Oh, and I know it's spelt Kirara, but to make things easier: Kilala= housecat form & Kirara= demon form. Kk? :P))