Hi! Here is the chapter people. I hope I was very discriptive in the first so you guys could get a better image of what the characters see and what's on my mind. Also as you may notice I go by the name LovelyDrlady or Tomoyo so don't get confused. 0 well on to the next chapter!

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P.S. I don't own Inuyasha. Rumiko Takahashi does so please don't sue me. Ok? 0

Chapter 2

It was morning in the feudal era of Japan. Everyone was heading towards a village where there was word on a couple of sacred jewel shards. Kagome and the little fox demon were the a little distant from the others while they walked silently. Shippo was on her shoulder while they walked through a path leading to the nearest village. He looked up to Kagome and then looked at Inuyasha.

"Hey Kagome, What happened late last night? Was something amiss?" asked the little fox demon as he looked at her curiously.

Kagome looked down at him and decided to share what had happened the night before.

"Well I woke up in the middle of the night and heard Inuyasha mumbling something. I guess he was having a bad dream. I tried to wake him up and when I did he just denied it and told me to go to bed."

"Don't mind him" he told her. "He has a protective barrier around him and he would never admit something is up." Shippo as shrugged his shoulders .Kagome just sighed as she drifted into thought.

"Shippo is right, but why doesn't Inuyasha trust me? It's been over a year that we started looking for the sacred jewel shards and he won't tell me more about himself or what goes on in his life. He is just too stubborn to tell a soul about his problems. I wonder if he would ever tell Kikyou." She started to blush a bright shade of red.

"What am I thinking? I'm starting to act as if I were entitled to know his business. After all i'm just his precious jewel shard detector and he will never allow me to share the same bond he had with Kikyou." Suddenly she came to an abrupt stop as she bumped into Inuyasha's back.

"What's wrong you guys?" asked Kagome as she gained her composure.

Everyone stood still and silent. They could all feel a demonic aura near by. Everyone was dead silent and in a fighting stance.

"It's a demonic aura" the demon slayer said gripping her boomerang.

"And judging by the strength a demon must be near by" said the monk. Miroku grabbed the beads with one hand getting ready to suck in what ever seemed threatening to the group with his wind tunnel. Kagome could only wait in back of Inuyasha for a demon to appear.

Suddenly a gigantic Oni came out from the woods. His eyes were as red as blood and he reeked of dead bodies. He has enormous in size and was physically built and was very strong. The Oni let out a growl and charged forward towards the group. Shippo ran and proceeded to hide inside a tree trunk while the group immediately split Inuyasha ran straight towards him

"Feh. This had better be good if it's stopping me from retrieving a sacred jewel shard". Inuyasha pulled out his tetsusaiga and used his wind scar against the monster while the others watched form a safe place. But before the wind scar could hit the monster he dodged it.

"Damn. The monster dodged my wind scar." When Inuyasha was about to run towards the monster, Sango stopped him.

"Let me try now. If he tries to avoid it the boomerang will only come back and finish the job." So Sango ran towards the monster. Inuyasha followed behind her ready to strike again if hirai kutsu did not kill the thing off.

The Oni landed safely a couple of feet away from Miroku and Kagome. The monster eyed Kagome and smiled mischievously. He saw a glow in her strange clothing. HE started laughing at his luck and stretched his hand towards her.

"You have the sacred jewel shards I've been feeling don't you?" asked the Oni

Kagome only looked at the monster and gasped.

"How does this monster know I have sacred jewel shards on me?" Kagome said in her thoughts. Miroku rushed to her side and stretched an arm protectively. Then Inuyasha and Sango stopped when they were close to the demon.

"What is it to you demon?" Inuyasha retorted.

The demon looked Inuyasha and laughed.

"I want those jewel shards and I will get them." The demon stretched his arms towards Kagome.

"Get your hands off her" screamed Inuyasha as he jumped in front of the monsters hand pushing her and Miroku. As both fell the monster grabbed him and started to squeeze.

"There is noting a mere half demon could do to me. I'm the mighty Ryokotsu and you are nothing but a piece of shit compared to me." The demon laughed and squeezed harder.

Inuyasha was caught in his grasp until Sango threw her boomerang cutting off the demons hand. Inuyasha flew out from his grasp and landed safely next to Kagome. He looked into her worried eyes.

"Are you ok Kagome?"

"Yes, i'm just a bit shaky is all."

Inuyasha lifted her and faced the demon that was in pain agonizing over his loss arm. Miroku took stepped up and took the beads from his arm off.

"Stay back. I'm going to finish it off." So he opened his palm and unleashed his wind tunnel. Everything started to float in air and proceeded to be sucked into oblivion by his wind tunnel. After he closed it up everything went back to normal except the site. The blood spilled through out the woods and his limb laid on the floor. Sango caught her boomerang and ran towards Miroku.

"Are you ok Kagome?" Inuyasha said looking into her beautiful chocolate orbs with worry. If she was hurt he wouldn't forgive himself.

"Yes, I'm just freaked out I guess." He extended his hand for her to take and she did. Shippo poked his out of the tree stump.

"Is it gone?" asked the scared fox demon

Inuyasha put his sword back in the sheath nodded. Everyone was fine. They were just surprised how a demon appeared out of no were and attacked because it felt the jewel shards near. Once they were ok they decided to continue onto the village.

"That demon came for a reason. He felt the jewel shards. Does it mean that I can be targeted by demons that can sense the shard?" asked Kagome as she looked worried. The group was now worried as well. How did that demon know there were shards around? Or did someone send the demon their way to retrieve the shards?

"Maybe the demons know about the shards in the village and came after you" Shippo said. Miroku shook his head and looked at Kagome as they walked.

"Not likely Shippo. The demon knew well of our whereabouts. What I don't know is how." Sango looked at the houshi.

"Do you think that someone could have sent the demon our way?"

"Yes. Most likely that is how it found us." He responded. The little fox demon jumped on Inuyasha's shoulder.

"But who sent him?" he asked. He put his little hand on his cheek and wondered off in thought. Inuyasha couldn't help but feel disgust and anger. This wasn't just a coincidence. He was sure that the one responsible for the feeble attack was someone who desired the jewel shards and who knew what else. Naraku would have sent a reincarnation or his puppet baboon. Besides, Naraku would have sent a more worthy opponent. Indeed this wasn't the work of that bastard. Someone else must be after the shards.

"Inuyasha? Is something wrong?" asked Kagome. She looked at him curiously. What was he thinking? He looked at her and blushed as their eyes locked together. He looked away rapidly and replied.

"Mind your own business Wench. And next time try to get away from the demon. Don't expect me to be taking care of you in every battle. You can be such a pain sometimes." Big mistake he had just committed. She was mad now and ready to say the word he feared the most.

"Osuwari!" a big crash was heard for miles. Inuyasha was now 1 foot underground. The group could only sigh.

"Why can't you stop being a jackass?" retorted Kagome as she stomped off ahead of the others down the road to the village. Miroku, Sango and Shippo could nod in approval of Kagome's action.

"Will he ever learn how to treat her?" asked Shippo.

"Not in a lifetime kid" said Miroku. "Not in a lifetime."

Little did the gang know someone was watching them from far away. The mirror he was looking at everyone faded to black. The man looking into it turned his back to the mirror. He was a very tall man. He was very handsome. His light green eyes and jet black hair made him so. His long hair fell over his broad shoulders. He had strange marks in his temples. They were dark blue and looked like horizontal lightning marks. He wore a white and blue kimono. He looked like a lord of some sort but there was something mysterious to him. He gave a smirk and sat down in the floor of his secret lair.

"So that girl does have the sacred jewel shards. To my advantage it seems like she has feelings for this hanyou. It will be very interesting to meet this young priestess and have some fun with this half demon of hers. I'll visit her very soon." The demon laughed and walked into a dark hall way and disappeared.

END OF CHAPTER

So guys what do you think? I introduced you to the villain of the story. I made him extra handsome because i have a thing for cute anime guys. Even if he is evil he should look good and play the roll. Well review please and I will have the next chapter up in no time. Bye-Cha! 0