Title: Blue Hair, Pointed Ears, And What You Most Wish For

Author: Queen Serenity

Fandom: Inuyasha

Chapter: Three – The Djinn

Kagome finally got home from school and found that nobody in her family was home. She sighed happily, glad to have the house to herself for once. Resolving to take a short nap before she did her homework, she headed upstairs to her room, only to have her jaw drop when she opened the door. Her room was totally destroyed! All the dresser drawers were open, their contents spilled everywhere. The closet, too, was open, all of her wardrobe on the floor. It looked like someone had been going through all her stuff, with no concern for what happened to it.

The shock of her destroyed room was just sinking in when her door closed behind her.

Kagome whirled around to find a girl, dressed in Arabian-style clothes, behind her. She backed away from the girl quickly, glaring. "Who are you!"

The girl answered with a question of her own, her green eyes flashing, and Kagome, at that moment, noticed the two wicked-looking katana in the girl's hands. "Where are the jewel fragments?"

Oh no… The girl was wearing red Arabian-style pants with a matching vest, trimmed in gold, with a red tank top underneath. A golden choker adorned with a ruby and golden hoop earrings graced her ears and neck. She had blue hair, pulled up in a ponytail, which fell to just past her waist in waves, and green eyes, above which the mark of an eye graced her forehead. But that's not what Kagome was noticing. What she was noticing was the girl's skin and ears.

Golden and pointed.

It took a moment for her to find her voice, and, when she did, she pointed to the girl. "Y-, you're a demon!" At this, the girl scowled, brandishing her katana. "No, I am NOT filth! I'm a Djinn… or at least half. Not that it's any of your business, human… now give me the JEWEL!" She leapt at Kagome, but Kagome's window was shattered at that moment as Inuyasha crashed in. Realizing that it would be hard to fight in such closed quarters, he grabbed Kagome and leapt out the window, landing lightly on the ground. Kagome must have realized Inuyasha's intent, for she was screeching at him. "Not here, you idiot! Take us to the well, you can't fight where people in this time can see you!"

Growling, Inuyasha took off for the well, Kagome on his back. "Stupid Girl!" He yelled at her. "We wouldn't even be in this predicament if you would just stay in my time like I TOLD YOU TO!" If it wasn't so important for Inuyasha to keep moving right then, Kagome would have sat him right then and there.

They leapt into the well and emerged on the other side, Kagome leaping off Inuyasha's back and running off to the side. Sure enough, the Djinn leapt out of the well a moment later, her katana nearly hitting Inuyasha as she leapt at him in an attack, but was blocked in time by the Tetsusaiga, which transformed immediately.

Both Inuyasha and the Djinn fought viciously, matching each other blow for blow, but it was obvious that the Djinn was close to overtaking Inuyasha with her katana. Unexpectedly, she crouched low, sweeping her leg and knocking Inuyasha to the ground. Before he could get up, one of her katana was at his throat, and he dared not move. It did not, however, stop him from growling.

Without taking her eyes off of the hanyou, she spoke. "Speak not, trash, unless you want run through. Girl, if you want this filth to live, I suggest that you give me your jewel shards. Now." At this, Kagome hesitated, but then stepped forward. No way was she gonna allow Inuyasha to die. Besides, they could always collect more shards and go after the Djinn later. She unfastened the partly-finished jewel's chain and held it out, not speaking a word, but shooting fire with her eyes (No, people, not literally). The Djinn returned the katana not busy into its sheath on her back, then reached her hand out to take the jewel. Once it was in her hand, she relaxed slightly, taking the tip of her blade away from Inuyasha's throat. She turned away from Inuyasha to take her leave-

"SIT BOY!"

-and was surprised to hear a loud sound behind her as the hanyou hit the ground. The human called out to her. "Please, don't leave yet. Can't I ask you one thing?"

The Djinn narrowed her eyes. "Make it quick… I have more shards to find."

Kagome sweatdropped. "I just wanted to know… why are you hunting down the shards?"

"It's simple. If I have the Shikon Jewel, then I can be sure that its shards won't fall into demon hands. If it falls into the wrong hands, someone could get hurt… like in the case of that trash there I know that if he got the jewel assembled, he would simply become a full demon. I cannot allow that." The Djinn was surprised when Kagome burst out laughing. "Why do you laugh?"

Kagome could barely speak, she was laughing so hard. "Your actions are noble and all, but do you really think Inuyasha would become a full demon if we got the jewel? I wouldn't allow that. If he even tried, I'd sit him so hard that he'd end up six feet under! Speaking of which, SIT!"

The Djinn couldn't help but crack a smile as Inuyasha, who'd been about to pounce on Kagome, slammed into the ground again. When the hanyou had been properly dealt with, Kagome continued, "Listen. If you have been hunting for shards of the Shikon no Tama, too, then you should know how hard it is to get them, even when you have found their locations. It took a lot of work on the part of Inuyasha and I to get those shards, so will you please give them back? I know that you yourself have a couple of shards, so it would be impossible for us to complete it without you giving them to us, anyway. I know you have some honor… I can see it in your eyes. Please? If you wanted to, you could travel with us, and we could look for the shards together."

For a few minutes, the air was so thick with tension that you could cut it with a butter knife as the Djinn considered Kagome's offer, but it was then broken by a flash of white teeth as she smiled and tossed Kagome's piece of the Shikon no Tama back to her. "Fine, then. I accept your offer, Girl, for I can see that you, too, hold honor. Let us travel as comrades. I am Ginuu."

"And my name is SIT!" Ginuu's look of bewilderment was erased as she saw Inuyasha get grounded again, having been about to say something, then Kagome continued. "As I was saying, my name is Kagome. I'm glad to have you on our team, you're an even better fighter than Inuyasha!" This last part Kagome said just to get Inuyasha's goat, of course.

"SHE IS NOT!" Finally, Inuyasha was able to get up and, doing so, he glared at the two females. "Don't I have any say on this!"

He was, of course, answered by two 'no's which were spoken in unison by the two girls.