Ok, since it's kinda hard for me to tell a story some of my readers don't know a lot about, I'll also include Inuyasha's story line, WHICH I DO NOT OWN!!! : Clears throat: Anyway, hope most of the storyline is correct. This isn't all to hard right?

I don't own Inuyasha and his story line or fellow characters. There is a name from a game I used on purpose for the story line that I also don't own, ALTHOUGH I do own Ari and his girl friend Andi. Read and enjoy.

Begin Chapter 7

"Kagome and I are trying to recover the sacred jewel shards of the Shikon Jewel. The Shikon Jewel has the power to be used for good or evil," Inuyasha began. "Demons can use it to become stronger, which Naraku is trying to do. Kikyo, a high priestess, was guarding the jewel from demons, but then I wanted to use the jewel to become a full fledged demon." He sat up and looked downward in disappointment. "Kikyo was killed by Naraku and I was bound to a tree for 500 years. When Kikyo died she was burned along with the jewel. Kagome fell into the well at her house and ended up here. She was the reincarnation of Kikyo, and had the jewel in her body. A demon got a hold of it and started to transform, but kagome shot it and shattered the jewel. So now we're traveling around to get the shards back."

"How'd you pick up the monk and what's-her-face?"

"Oh, Miroku and Sango? Traveling around can let you meet some odd people," he said as he lay back down on the roof.

"INUYASHA!! ARI!! SUPPER IS BEING SERVED!!" Andi screamed from the inn.

"She can yell," Inuyasha said, as he was making sure she hadn't killed his hearing.

"DO WHAT?" Ari yelled as he was jumping down from the roof.

"I SAID—"she paused as Ari placed his lips on hers, "supper's ready," she finished. She smiled at his little trick. "You ok now?" she asked after entering the inn.

"Yeah, I'm fine now."

"Ah, Akechi my old pal! How ya' doin'?" said a big burly man as he grabbed Ari around the neck and started to hug him tightly. "And ya got yer girl Aiko too!"

"I'm not Akechi," Ari managed to say from the muscular arms of the man.

"Yer not?" he replied.

"No," Ari managed to cough, "I'm not."

"I could swear you look jus' like 'em. And is she Aiko?"

"No," he coughed again "she's not Aiko."

"Huh? What do you mean?" Miroku asked.

"I'm Hitoko, and I thought he was Akechi. We've been friends since we were little guys. Sorry about the mix up," he apologized.

"Heh, don't worry about it Hitoko, I'm Ari by the way."

"Nice ter meet ya. Have you heard about Akechi by any chance?" Ari shook his head no in response. "No? Well sit down and I'll tell ya." Hitoko sat next to Ari and started to pour sake. "He was one of the sharpest people 'round here. He could trick ya into anything he wanted ya ta do. He was strong fer his size too. One time this drunk started to bang this place up when my dad owned it, and he just talked to the guy, barely touch the man and he'd fall straight on his knees. As long as I've been here he'd never came by again. Probably 'fraid of Akechi if ya ask me, but," he started to chuckle "no one ever does."

"What happened to him?" Andi asked as she drank the sake on accident, forgetting it was sake.

"He left one day and he never came back. Figured he went to run and errand and was ambushed, or kidnapped, but I never believe that in a million years." He got up and asked the servants to bring the food in.

After the meal Ari was playing with his lighter and sake, making a human flamethrower. Andi stumbled in, causing Ari to jump to her side.

"What the hell's wrong with you?" he asked. He didn't have to ask; he could smell the sake on her breath. "Andi . . ." he began.

"Hello!" she chimed. Ari lifted her arm over his shoulders.

"Andi, you know you couldn't drink, you're against it."

"I'm not drunk!" she hic-upped. "I'm just a little off balance." Ari scoffed and got her next to where they were going to sleep. She started kissing him on the neck gently and moving towards his lips. He pushed off gently and held her shoulders firmly. She stopped puzzled. "What's wrong?" she asked.

"Your drunk, it's not right."

"I'm not drunk," she protested. Ari shook his head and sat down next to her.

"Yeah, you are," he said. She moaned and rolled over next to him and started to hold him. He lay down and she started to kiss him again, he scoffed, and kissed back. Knowing he shouldn't, he recoiled and started to stroke her hair. He nuzzled in close to his chest. He held her there until she fell asleep. Then shortly after he did too.

The next day he got up and woke Andi up gently. He'd been drunk many times before. He bugged Kagome to see if she had Alka-Seltzer. She did, and he took that and a glass of water to Andi.

"Here you go," he whispered.

"Not so loud," she replied. She took the glass and Alka-Seltzer. Ari had plenty of hangovers and Alka-Seltzers helped. He sighed and went to Miroku's room. He was packing his things when Ari came in and slapped him around a bit.

"Ok, how did my girl get sake?" Ari asked viciously.

"If your implying that I got her drunk, I didn't," Miroku replied. Ari slammed Miroku's head against the wall. With a bloody nose, he got up only to be slammed with his back against the wall.

"Listen monk, you mess around with my girl, I get pissed. You won't like me when I'm pissed."

"Hey, er, Ari if that yer name, I poured your girl sake on accident. Didn't know if she could take as much as Aiko could. Aiko was a tough girl too. She could keep Akechi straight when no one could," Hitoko said, hearing the commotion. Calming down, he let go of the monk. Sango tended to Miroku's wounds and glared at Ari doing so. Beads of sweat formed on Ari's forehead. He started to pant, his vision bleared. Faintly, he heard a voice. The voice was too fuzzy to make out. He stumbled to his knees, sweating profusely. He felt someone lift him and shout something. Blackness drifted around his vision, trying to shake it off. He pushed off of the person holding him up and stumbled for balance.

"I'm fine," he muttered, "I'm...fine." He fell; too hot to catch himself, he felt his head hit the floor hard. The blackness around his eyes engulfed his vision.

Sorry to make it so short, I really am close to out of ideas. When you read, please review and give and idea or two. I'll carefully look over any idea once; I'll give a "Thanks to this person, I have this idea given to me" kind of thanks to the person if I use the idea. And for those who didn't notice, or didn't recognize it, Akechi is the last name of Samanosuke from the Onimusha games. Thank you and have a nice day!