Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha, Rumiko Takahashi does.

'How could this happen?' Sango's mother kept asking herself as she ran towards the crow demon. 'I didn't sense it!'

It was odd to InuYasha as well, because the only reason she noticed its presence was in her blood. As an inu hanyou, she had a sensitive nose, and she detected the rotting corpse the demon used as a puppet. However, she did not sense the demon's aura.

InuYasha's mind kept spinning, thinking of ways to get the jewel back. The demon was crowing in victory: It had the jewel in its belly and in a few minutes, the powerful marble would increase its strength... or whatever it was it wished to gain.

"Yes... why didn't I think of this before?" the hanyou whispered to herself. 'If Hojo is Miroku's reincarnation, he should be able to kill the demon with an ofuda...'

"...Miroku was able to transfer his spiritual powers to anything... if this boy really is his reincarnation... then he should be able to..." But she reasoned there were no ofudas around anywhere. InuYasha noticed one of the taijiya held a bow and arrow. 'Miroku and Botan were expert archers... but a regular bow wouldn't be able to kill this demon... and much less now that he's... mutating...' she realized.

"You..." she called Sango's uncle. "What do you want, half-breed?" he responded. "Watch your tone, asshole... I'm on your side..." she retorted, annoyed.

"I have no time... for whatever you wish to speak of..." the man answered as he shot an arrow that surprisingly hit one of the demon crow's feathery wings. The demon, however, did not fall, and it only regenerated.

As InuYasha leapt in pursuit of the demon crow, her sensitive ears heard a conversation.

"...Monk Muso, I've brought the ofudas you asked for..." she heard a young man in robes say.

"...Thank you... we must exorcise this demon... it appears to have gotten a hold of the sacred jewel."

"...but how are we going to get near it, Monk Muso?" the Monk's apprentice asked.

InuYasha stopped right in front of the monk and smiled, "You're just in time... I know how we can get reach it... hand me the ofudas... I'll have Hojo exorcise it." she said with urgency.

The monk pondered a second. "Yes, but be careful. I trust you know how dangerous these are when used by one with spiritual powers." he said.

InuYasha nodded. 'Miroku once told me ofudas would exorcise only when spiritual powers were present and if and when an incantation was uttered.'

"This kid doesn't know any incantations..." she remembered aloud.

"Yes... but as I've heard, he is Monk Miroku's reincarnation... he should be able to access his holy powers by simply uttering the words, 'Sacred Sutra'... now, go and give this to him... there is no time to waste..." the monk finished, bowing.

InuYasha nodded, took the ofudas, and leapt towards the rude leader of the taijiya.

"I'll make better use of this..." she said, snatching the bow and arrows from the running demon exterminator whom halted in surprise.

She leapt a few feet back, listening as Sango's uncle ran behind her, yelling for her to hand him his weapon. InuYasha ignored the man as she finally caught up with Hojo. He was still running, when InuYasha leapt right in front of him, causing him to almost bump into her. "Hey... my brakes aren't that good..." he began, when all of a sudden InuYasha shoved the bow and arrows to his chest.

"What's this...?" he began.

"A bow and arrows..." she answered.

"I know that." Hojo said.

"Well, then why do you ask?" InuYasha retorted.

"I... don't know how..." Hojo started, "Of course you do. Miroku was an expert at archery..."

"I'm not Miroku... I'm..."

"There's no time to waste..." InuYasha interrupted, grabbing his arm and running in pursuit of the already distant demon.

"Listen, you're gonna aim, shoot, and yell 'Sacred Sutra'... okay?" InuYasha said as she poked the middle of one of the ofudas with the arrow, making sure it would stay.

"Eh... are you sure about this, InuYasha?" Hojo asked, doubtful of his archery skills. 'Would being Monk Miroku's reincarnation help at all? I've never even done this before.' he thought to himself.

"Here!" InuYasha interrupted as she stopped. Hojo noticed they were near a village. He was handed the bow and arrow and reminded of what to say after he released it.

"Here goes nothing... SACRED SUTRA!" he shouted.

The arrow fell a few feet away from him, not even close to his target.

"Are you sure Miroku was a master of the bow?"Hojo asked.

"I'm sure you're not him!" he heard the half-demon girl behind him yell.

He was handed a second arrow with an ofuda bythe same,annoyed dog-eared girl.

"You better make it this time, kid." he was told by the same hanyou.

He was aiming when he realized the demon was heading towards a little girl. The young child was swept away from her father and Hojo ran faster, intending to get a hold of the demon while it was near the ground.

"That demon crow eats human flesh!" he heard InuYasha shout behind him. But instead of scaring Hojo, it fueled his courage and he leapt and barely reached the demon's claws. He glanced back and watched as InuYasha leapt and flexed her claws. "Die, damn bird!" InuYasha shouted.

Hojo reached over to grab the girl that was held tightly within the demon's claws and took hold of its leg as he heard InuYasha's battle cry.

"Iron Reaver, Soul Stealer!"

The demon crow's body disintegrated and soon Hojo began falling with the child in his arms. The demon's claws were still holding the girl when Hojo landed flat on his back. "Ugh... was it the ground that cracked or my back?" he asked himself. The little girl he was holding continued crying and he noticed the demon's leg was now pulling on her arm. "Hold on. Let me borrow your..." he began, 'That demon is bound to regenerate because of the Sacred Jewel. If I tie it's leg to this arrow... it will head straight towards it...'

So he tied it with the little girl's hair ribbon and aimed straight at it.

"Impossible! He wont make it!" a villager commented to another.

"SACRED SUTRA!" Hojo shouted after releasing the arrow with the ofuda. He was sure would hit its target.

InuYasha watched as the arrow struck the demon crow. And in a second it disintegrated into a billion pieces, looking far too much like fireworks in the sky.

"The demon is dead... yet... I feel this uneasiness of mind." Hojo said as InuYasha reached him.

"Whatever... let's just find the jewel..." InuYasha said.

Hojo nodded, but he had to admit something about the flashes of light in the sky chilled him to the bone.

A/N: Yep. I updated.

Don't worry guys, this is the only time Hojo will be using the bow and arrow.

Please R&R.