Hey, MirokuFan77 is here. This story is processing really slow and I'm sorry:( I hope you enjoy this chap. Thank u guys for all the reviews, I really appreciate it! Ok I'm done...Oh, and also It won't be until like, August until chapter 4 will be up. Sorry..

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Last time...

Ryo-oki woke up right when she sensed her Master leave. She got knocked out when she got in a fight with that two-tail.

"Ahh! She's OK!" Kagome squealed. Everyone stared at the cute rabbit until Sango gasped.

"What?" Inu-Yasha questioned her. He turned around... "Where's Miroku?"

Chapter 3 : New Friends?

(Miroku's POV!)

Black. That is the only color that I can see. What happened? I remember that this type of cat almost attacked me and then this big cat fight with the animal and Kirara appeared in front of my eyes. Then...

Black.

I open my eyes. I'm definitely not with the group anymore. As I look down, I see that someone has tied me up really good. Even my mouth is covered by a towel! I don't remember what I did done wrong to deserve this.. except flirt with some ladies I met earlier this day but that's a whole different story...

" My work here is done. So, do you make to live or die?" I hear this question race through my head. Is this really happening to me? Who's talking?

"Answer me."

Out of no where I see a figure standing on my right, holding a sharp object close to my neck. I can feel some blood trickling down as the stranger put pressure on it. The bangs on my head are being pulled by hands.

"I want to live," I ask dully under the towel. I hear the person sighed in relief.

"Good. I don't want to get blood stains on my weapon."

How immature! It looks like I'm talking to an eight-year-old..but I can tell that I'm talking to a woman about the same age as me. I feel her grasp fly out from my hair as she starts to walk until she is in front of me, smirking like this was a game. She isn't just an ordinary woman... she has amber eyes that shine like the ones of a cat and has a long, brown tail. A cat demon to be precise. Not sure if she's a half demon or full..

"See you later," she says, and then starts to walk away.

Yes, she will be meeting me soon...she has to.

(End of Mir. POV)

Right after Ryoko left, the crew arrived.

"What happened to you?" Sango said as she stared at the wound around his neck.

Miroku stayed silent for a while, still staring at the path where Ryoko disappeared off to.

"Untie me."

"Can this day get any better, Tenchi?" Ryoko cheerfully said as she ate her third fish that night. It's been half an hour after that incident with Miroku. They are so happy to get so many shards in one night, they decided to celebrate the night at the Forest of Ignorance.

Tenchi began to take his second fish out of the plate that sat in front of him, "I don't think so."

They ate. They laughed. They ate so many fish that there was a pile of bones piling up every minute. They were having the time of their lives.

A little while later, Ryoko got up and stretched for a moment and picked up a container, "Hey, Tench, I'm gonna go get some water. Take care of the place, would ya?" Tenchi didn't have any time to answer her, since she was already walking away from camp. The swordsman just drooped his head down and sighed, ' How come I'm still stuck with her after all these years?'

Ryoko squat by the shore of the lake. Crickets can be heard chirping int the background. That was the only noise at the moment. While the container was one-third full, Ryoko started to smirk, "that monk was such a dumbass!" She began to laugh at the though of the man's face when she held her weapon by his neck. "Can't believe he-"BOOOOOOOOM!"

Ryoko felt her own blood drip from her forehead as she started getting up.

"Stupid wench, where are the jewel shards!"

The demon was finally to her senses, she got up and started to rub her cheek. She can feel the skin throbbing every moment or so. She looked up and saw the silver-haired man with the red clothes. The rest of his crew was right behind him, weapons ready to strike back at her. "..You want them back?" Ryoko stuttered as she looked at the ground.

Inu-Yasha's temper began to heat up, "Of course we want them back! Are you retarded or something! You know what we had to go through just to get one shard! No, huh. You just-" "Shut up! You're not getting them back that easily..." Ryoko started to laugh. "You want them?" she began, "You gotta get through me first."

"O.K. wench, it's your funeral."

Inu-Yasha began to unleash the tesusaiga, then Ryoko made her sword (made of her energy). Inu-Yasha made the first move: Wind Scar. The rays zoom to Ryoko's path, until they hit and explode. Moments later, a figure comes out from the smoke and flies right to Inu-Yasha's face. He punches and Inu-Yasha goes back, hitting a tree. 'Damn!...'

"What a puppy," said Ryoko as she started walking to the crew. Sango and Kagome were holding on to dear life as she got closer..."What's up, monk? Sorry for the shards. You want them back?"

Sango and Kagome anime fall. Kagome gets up, right at Ryoko's face, having the most pissed off face ever. "I thought you were gonna kill us!"

Ryoko's eyes widened up,"Oh, I was kidding...so.." she turned and looked at Miroku, "You want them?" Miroku smiled in relief, "please."

"Ok...BUT" Ryoko smiled as she stared at him, "We have to come with u guys."

Sango butted in,"We? How many are you?"

"Just Ryoko, Ryo-oki, and I" Tenchi said as he came out from the forest.

Kagome looked at Inu-Yasha, which was walking up to them as he covered his right cheek. She was amazingly strong if she hit Inu-Yasha like that.

" Welcome to our crew."

And that's when the adventure begins.

FINALLY I am done with this chap! Took me forever cuz I am so busy. Plese review. ;)