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Chapter 9: Good or Evil?

Hotaru ran all the way to her house. "Amira! Michelle! Trista!!" She went into everyroom in the house. 'Where are they?!' A note on the kitchen table caught her eye.

'Hotaru, we went to investigate the park again for clues. Will be back soon.'

Defeated, Hotaru put down the note and slumped in a chair. 'What am I going to do now?'

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Near a certain dry well, 500 years into the past, a new foe roamed.

This demon was busy tracking the scent of another, one who was rumored to possess many fragments of the jewel that demons and humans alike longed for.

Pausing for a moment, the creature looked at the dry well in its path. 'That's it.' It thought. 'The scent of that half-breed stops here! I'll attack at the well's bottom!'

And not even bothering to look inside first, the creature jumped in.

A shadowy figure watched as the creature disappeared into the future.

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Kagome looked at the work in front of her. 'Sigh, homework just gets harder and harder.' Growling in frustration, she balled up her paper and fling the ball at the trashcan.

Inuyasha growled softly as the trash bounced off his head before going in.

"Sorry, Inuyasha." Kagome said before going back to work. "I didn't know you were standing there."

"And if you could aim right!" Inuyasha shouted, but then stopped, and sniffed the air.

Kagome noticed the strange look in his eyes. "Inuyasha, something wrong?"

He said nothing, but went to Kagome's window, still sniffing. He looked down. There it was. A huge snake-like demon emerged from the well house. It was longer than Mistress Centipede, but had no limbs. The demon stopped and looked right up at Inuyasha and Kagome.

Not stopping to think, Inuyasha grabbed Kagome around her waist and jumped out of the window. A split second later, the tail of the demon swiped at them and took a chunk out of the wall surrounding Kagome's window.

"HEY!! YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR THAT!!!" Kagome yelled at the demon, pointing at her window.

"Kagome! Any jewel shards?!" Inuyasha asked as he put her on the ground.

"No. None that I see."

The demon rose to half of its height. Its head reached the top of Kagome's roof. "The jewel. Give it to me. Now!"

"Not on your life, pal!" Inuyasha said as he drew his sword.

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Hotaru sat straight up. 'There's that feeling again. Its not a youma...what could it be? Whatever it is, it doesn't seem as strong as the creature from last night.'

She got up and went for her communicator. 'Should I go ahead and call the others? Or should I go and check it out, then call the others. They could be doing something important right now...I'll check it out first.' She decided grabbing her shoes and going outside. 'But where....' her eyes widened in realization. Without hesitation, she started moving.

'Its at Kagome's shrine!'

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Inuyasha gripped the transformed Tetsiaga. "I'm going to slice you from one end to the other!" He said as he jumped and swung.

The snake for the most part dodged, but the blade scraped his side, drawing blood. "Curse you!" It shouted as it opened its mouth and sprayed acid onto the dog hanyou.

The acid ate away at Inuyasha's clothes, but that didn't stop him. "WIND SCAR!!!" He shouted as he swung the sword in his hand. The power that erupted from the blade for the most part hit its mark, but it wasn't a fatal blow for the demon had again moved out of the way.

The serpent hissed in pain and thrashed around whipping its tail back and forth. By pure luck, its tail hit Inuyasha from behind, causing him to go flying and crash into a bush.

"INUYASHA!!!" A frightened Kagome yelled. She let out a sigh of relief when she saw the forementioned teen pop his head out of the bush. Unfortunalty, he had dropped the Tetsiaga when he was hit, and he had no idea where it could have landed.

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The raven-haired girl did not stop once on her sprint to the Higurashi shrine. 'I hope I'm not too late!' She mentially kicked herself. 'I bet its that darn Inuyasha! I KNEW I should have not left him there! Why didn't I take care of things before running off!?'

Sounds of loud crashes and a frightened scream reached her ears as she began to run up the shrine stairs. 'A plan would really be nice about now...too bad I don't have one!'

Having reached the top, Hotaru ran and hid behind a nearby storehouse and looked on at the fight before her. 'Wait, Inuyasha's NOT attacking....that giant snake is. But why?' Fixing her eyes in determination, she pulled out her communicator.

"Hey guys. Its me. I'm at the Higurashi shrine. There's a youma here. I'm going to need some backup!"

"We got it, Saturn." Amira said from the other end. "We're on the way, be careful!"

The girl nodded. "Right!" Hotaru clicked the communicator shut and looked back towards the fight. She couldn't help but notice: Inuyasha was glancing her way. 'Crap! Did he see me?!' She ducked even deeper into the shadows. 'I'll lay low until the others show up, or until I'm forced to show myself.'

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Inuyasha glared at a nearby shed. 'There's a new scent over there. Its familar, but I can't place it.' Then his sensitive ears heard a muffled whisper. 'There is DEFINATLY someone over there!'

The snake demon noticed his target had dropped his guard. Time to get what he came for. Whipping his tail around, he grabbed the keeper of the jewel fragment and drew her into the air and a few feet from his acidic bite. Her frightened gaze met his menical one.

"INUYASHA!!!" Kagome screamed as the demon bared his acidic fangs at her.

The dog-hanyou snapped out of his musings. "KAGOME!!! GET YOUR ROTTEN SELF OFFA HER!!!" He screamed in rage as he jumped up. "IRON REAVER SOUL STEALER!!!" The attack shot from Inuyasha's fingertips and chopped off the end of the target's tail.

The tip unwound itself from Kagome's middle, causing the frightened girl to fall into the waiting arms of one Inuyasha. "Thanks Inuyasha." She said as her heart slowed from its hard beats.

"Feh." Was the reply as he set her gently on her feet.

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Hotaru looked on wide-eyed. 'He just SAVED her! But, he's not human! Maybe...have I been mistaken? Is Inuyasha a bad guy or not?

She then noticed a glint on the concrete. The shikon jewel shard! Kagome must not have realized, but it somehow fell from around her neck and was now laying unprotected on the sidewalk.

Inuyasha and Kagome didn't notice, but someone else did.

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The snake demon roared in triumph, leaving a puzzled look on the faces of Kagome and Inuyasha. "THE JEWEL!!!" It screamed as it quickly dove into the concrete where the shard lay. It shallowed a mouthful of concrete and dirt along with the shard.

Kagome's hand shot up to her neck. "Oh no! I dropped the shard again! The clasp must be broken!"

Inuyasha growled in disgust. "Now we have to get it back! STUPID SNAKE DEMON!!!" He lunged at the demon as it began to transform. "IRON REAVER SOU-" He was cut off as a regrown tail swatted him back, slamming him hard against the well house, and a sickening crack told him his back had broke. He growled. "Dammit!"

"Foolish half breed. I will destory you! But." It glared its slitted eyes down at Kagome. "I will get your human mate first!" It opened its huge mouth with the intension of finishing the girl in one bite.

"NO! KAGOME!!" Inuyasha screamed as he tried in vain to stand. "KAGOME!!!"

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'I can't sit by any longer!' Hotaru thought. 'I just hope the others get here soon!' She held her transformation stick high over her head.

"SATURN PLANET POWER!!!"

"MAKEUP!!!"

Feeling the power of her planet flow from her pin into her body, Sailor Saturn wasted no time in leaping from the shadows and onto the storehouse roof. Taking one quick look at the battlefield, she then made herself known.

"STOP RIGHT THERE!!!"

The demon stopped feet from snapping up the girl below it. It turned and looked at the newest arrival. "And you are?"

Sailor Saturn smirked. "Born under the star of death, raised in a path of life. I am the sailor soldier of Destruction and Renewal! Sailor Saturn! And in the name of the planet of silence, I will forever quiet your soul, and cleanse the world of the likes of you!"

'Hey! That was good! I got to remember that one!' Saturn thought happily. Her thoughts then turned grim. 'I just hope I can hold this creepy crawly off until Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto get here...'

Ends chapter

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