Discaimer: It's sad but true, I don't own Inuyasha or Fushigi Yugi. I don't even own the comic books. I won a DVD of Inu's first movie from YTV though.
Chapter Three, Deflection

"H-how did Nakago found the passage to this world?" Nuriko asked, struggling. He was half strangled by Ashitare and you'd better believe it hurts. "I don't know," answered Chichiri. He was concentrating hard for working his spells. "That bastard." Tasuki swore, waving his tessen violently at his enemy, Soi. But Soi jumped away out of the way and shot a lightning attack at him, it landed dangerously close.

Nearby, Tamahome was punching and kicking desperately, trying to get Ashitare off of Nuriko. He landed a punch on its shoulder and kicked its head hard. Ashitare let go of Nuriko and howled in pain. "Thanks, Tama-kins," he said gratefully as he checked his bruises.

Hotohori saw that Tasuki was having a rough time so he ran over to help him beat Soi. Even though he didn't like hitting women, business meant business. He used his holy sword to absorb Soi's lightning and backfired it at her. Soi got electrified and with a scream, she fell unconscious.

Just when the Suzaku warriors thought they could rest a bit, a formidable dark aura approached. "Damn it." Tasuki cursed. Everyone fell silent. They knew what this meant; Nakago himself had come and the Suzaku Seven were in no condition to fight him.

Inuyasha was running as fast as his hanyou speed could go. Miroku and Sango flew on Kirara just above him. They all sensed an evil energy and were hurrying toward it to check it out. "This way," Inuyasha shouted as he sniffed the air. The gang turned the corner and what they saw astounded them.

The group from yesterday was there, battling a bunch of evil beings. They all appeared to be humans, but with demon-like aura and strength. Especially a guy with blond hair, His chi felt awfully like Naraku's. Then there's the guy who looked like a human-wolf hybrid. And that's as close to a demon as one could get. Inuyasha unsheathed his tetsaiga.

"Nakago!" Amiboshi said between clenched teeth. "What's the matter Amiboshi?" Nakago smirked, "You're hanging around the Suzaku scums." "They are not scums!" Amiboshi yelled loudly, "Each and everyone of them is more of a friend to me than you'll ever be." "A worthy Seiryu warrior never calls Suzaku's creatures friends." Nakago looked at Amiboshi right in the eye, "You are a Seiryu warrior Amiboshi. Think, think about your brother!" Amiboshi flinched, he dropped his head. His twin brother Suboshi was what he loved most and since they were very little, he promised that he would always stay with him and take care of him no matter what. All they had left was each other. "He didn't come today because of you. He told me that he wants you to come to your senses…" "N-no." Amiboshi groaned quietly. "Don't ya bail on us now, Amiboshi. Damn it!" Tasuki shouted angrily.

Amiboshi then came back from his trance. Tasuki's cursing had brought out the determination in him. He calmly took out his flute and shouted to his friends, "Guys, cover up your ears." He then put his flute beside his mouth, preparing to play the deadly "Song of Mass Destruction." Nakago merely smirked at his move. He calmly shot a beam of energy at Amiboshi. Amiboshi yelled in pain as the electrifying energy beam quickly wrapped itself around him, squeezing the air out of him. In his suffering he dropped his flute. "Amiboshi!" Chichiri yelled, preparing to work a spell. "Tomo!" Nakago beckoned. Tomo bowed slightly to Nakago and took out one of his shells. Then suddenly, out sprouted four snarling demonic beasts. "Oh, no, not one of his illusions." Nuriko groaned. One of the beasts sprinted towards Chichiri. He jumped out of the way, but broke his concentration in the process. The beast then turned around and ran towards Amiboshi along with the other beasts. Amiboshi watched helplessly as the demon beasts closed in on him. He could almost feel their heavy breathing and their killing rage. Any second now their sharp, glistening fangs would tear through his flesh and crush his bones…

"Tetsaiga!" Inuyasha shouted in mid-air as he made his attack. The four beasts were slashed into pieces as a light of gold flashed before them. "Oh, the Suzaku warriors had made some friends," a guy with a funny hat and even funnier face paint smirked at him. "Which is just fine by me. With all of you together, I'll finally have some worthy opponents." Inuyasha didn't know what "Suzaku" means. Nor did he consider the bunch of weaklings his friends. But he knew one thing, he did NOT like people smirking at him. "I'll show you a worthy opponent Clown Face!" he yelled. The guy just frowned, "I'm not a clown. My face paint has special meanings. And I'll show one of them to you right now!" He took out another one of his funny clam shells and out came a whole herd of demonic beasts. Inuyasha steadied his balance, he knew the exact thing to do. He concentrated and directed his energy around his sword. He could feel and smell the wind gathering around it. "Wind Scar!" With a thrust of wind and a blinding golden light, the energy beams shot forward, piercing through the demons as well as the hard ground. For a while the smoke and the smell of burning flesh hung in the air. After they were gone, large cracks had appeared on the ground and the demons were turned into ashes. Inuyasha noticed the people from the strange bunch were gawking at him, but the clown guy just nodded. "Impressive. But there are plenty more to come." Just as he was taking out another shell the tall blond man stopped him. "No more Tomo. I'm ending this right now."

Inuyasha could tell that he's concentrating his chi, but was cocksure that he could take whatever attack the other guy could come up with. The "no's" and gasps coming from the others meant nothing to him. But what he saw next shocked even him. Miroku and Sango watched in fear as Kirara growled.

The Suzaku Seven and Amiboshi were sure that they had only a few more seconds to live. The energy they felt from Nakago was great, greater than any they had ever experienced from him. One blast could kill them all. Nakago laughed maliciously as he released the energy beam. The gang watched helplessly as the energy beam closed in on them with amazing speed. Any second now…

Ai concentrated her miko energy. She's had never done this before and felt a little nervous. But she knew she didn't have time for nervousness, one flicker of distraction could mean disaster. Almost immediately a reddish-pink barrier was formed in front of her out-stretched arms. A second later she felt the impact of the dark energy pressing against her barrier. It tried to push her back. Slowly at first, then it pushed with such force it almost made her stumble. Ai steadied her footing. Here goes nothing, she thought as she used all her might the push the energy back. "Deflect Curse!" she yelled to add to her strength. At first the dark energy didn't budge an inch. Come on, don't fail me now, Ai silently urged herself and concentrated harder. Then slowly, the energy began to be pushed back and with a final thrust from Ai, it backfired, but its momentum sent Ai flying.

The celestial warriors watched as Nakago's own energy beam backfired at him. Using its momentum from the original attack, it moved even faster than before. Nakago quickly moved to the side, but not fast enough. The energy brushed past his left arm and immediately the skin melted. "Okay, you win this time Suzaku scums. But watch out for next time. I will get my revenge!" he gasped in pain. After that he and the rest of the Seiryu warriors (minus Amiboshi) vanished into the thin air.

After letting out a long, relieved sigh, they quickly turned their attention to the girl. Her action had stunned them. There she was, coming out of now where, and stopped directly in front of the attacking energy wave then deflected it, saving their lives. What's going on? How could she have such power?

Ai was still dazed from the impact. She was vaguely aware that people were standing over her and watching her. She felt that she was being held in someone arms but was too weak to fight. After her head had cleared, she heard someone asking her softly, "Are you alright?" Still too weak to answer, she just lied back and closed her eyes once more. And when she opened them, she saw a hand just above her from it came a soft, bubbling light. Then for some reasons, she felt calm and warm as the energy entered her and a few seconds later, she was shocked to find out that all her muscle pains were gone. She's as good as new.

"Mitsukake healed you," a little kid about twelve or thirteen told her after she sat up, pointing to a tall, firm-faced man. She nodded. After a moment of awkward silence someone brought up the questions, "What did you do? That felt like miko energy." Then, a black-haired monk from the other group chimed in, "Yeah, that definitely felt like the energy of a priestess." Ai heard the dog-eared boy in the red kimono demanded her, "Did you lie to us?" Then all eyes were on her once again. "Um, I gotta go." Ai said hurriedly, got on her feet, and sprinted out of there.

"Man, she was fast." Ai heard one of the guys whined behind her. But even though she was fast, they were faster. Soon the boy in red and the flame-haired boy cut her off in the front, and others came in behind and beside her. She was surrounded.

"What do you want?" She shouted. "We want you to come with us," the boy in the red kimono spoke everyone's mind. "And why would I want to do that?" Ai asked, but was cut off by an old woman's voice saying, "Uh, I see. Looks like you finally decide to show your powers."

"Lady Kaede?" "Taiitsukun?"