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Chapter 1: Acquaintances
The trees swayed in unison under the eternal night's breeze. The stars drew out a map in the sky, guiding lost souls to their final destination. The howl of the wolves and the cry of the crickets served as the wanderers' symphony. Suddenly, as if somebody had taken a dagger to the map, a figure shot into the night sky, crashing the symphony and slashing up the map. This figure had long silver hair, dog ears, golden eyes, and canine teeth. It wore a red gi and a sutra bead necklace and it had a sword, sheathed, on it's waist. It landed steadily on the grass below.
Standing in front of the figure were two people; one was a young woman with braided black hair, brown eyes, wearing a green kimono, and wielding a giant boomerang. The other was a young man; a monk with black robes, black hair tied in a little ponytail, and brown eyes, wielding a staff.
The monk called out to the figure, "Inuyasha, did you find Kagome?"
"Yes, but she has to stay in her era till tomorrow, Miroku," The figure replied, "because she has an exam."
"That's odd for you, Inuyasha," The woman said, stepping forward. "Usually you always get bent out of shape when she has to take an exam."
"What's it to you, Sango?" Inuyasha retorted. He noticed the awkward looks both of the humans were giving him. "What?"
"Nothing," The monk and the woman said in unison.
"Feh. Whatever," Inuyasha said, "Let's go to the village."
The group started on their way to the village. On the way there, Inuyasha simply stared aimlessly in the sky, lost in deep thought. One thing he dwelled upon often was the thought of Kagome; a young woman with long, straight black, brown eyes, and who wore a short, green skirt, a white, long-sleeved shirt, and a red blouse wrapped around her neck. However, that was not the only thing he thought. He also thought of his quest to gather the sacred jewel shards, of how he would get revenge on Naraku, a man with black hair, red eyes who wore black gi and was his nemesis, and of the crazy event that had happened just one week ago. Kagome had gone home because she was angry with him. Inuyasha had followed her, but instead of ending up in her era, both ended up in a strange, technological era. There, he had met quite a few strange characters, and also fought Naraku in this era. Ultimately, him and Kagome survived. But a certain thing that someone said stuck in his mind:
Inuyasha, don't allow yourself to be tempted by greed or other petty desires. Otherwise, you will be no different than Naraku.
"Inuyasha, what's the matter?" Sango asked. "You're falling behind."
"Ugh, nothing," Inuyasha said, "Why are you so concerned?"
"Just trying to be nice," Sango replied, "is that a crime?"
"That's enough, you two," Miroku said calmly, "we're here."
They arrived at Lady Kaede's hut, which overlooked the village. They went inside.
"INUYASHA!" A little red-haired boy with fox-like looks, wearing a turquoise gi greeted him enthusiastically. "Where's Kagome?"
"Has to take an exam tomorrow." Inuyasha replied. "Where's Kaede?"
"Right here," a voice replied from outside the hut. A second later an old lady with long gray hair in a pony tail, brown eyes, wearing a red and white gi entered, followed by a young man with blonde hair, eyes that had an unusual green glow, wearing a purple tank top, a red cape, baggy purple pants, spiked shoulder pads, gloves and boots.
"It can't be." Inuyasha said, approaching the man, "Cl.. Cloud?"
"Long time no see." The man replied.