Author's Notes: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!... now how's that for an interesting start? that's a great way to tell how good today's going... yay for me... anyhoo, plz forgive how horribly bad this chapter sucks. i had no idea what i was going to do for this one... so let me repeat my original message: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! i keep getting blamed for the shit my little brother does so today's just going wonderfully... woohoo.. and on top of that, it's not like i can work on my damn fic at school, cuz guess what! IT'S FKIN' BLOCKED, DAMMIT!... okay, now that we're all nice and worked up, shall we get on to saying that life and school suck and onward the story?

Oh... the disclaimer.. that's right.. I might need that, huh?

Lawyers: Yes.

me: Damn.. well here it is:

Disclaimer: I OWN INU-YASHA AS MUCH AS NEIL ARMSTRONG LIVES ON PLUTO WITH MICKEY MOUSE AND EDWARD SCISSORHANDS!... ummmmm.. no i don't get it either...

The priestess stood, clearly shocked, as she stared at the demon who she believed she'd never see again.

"Is that you?" Her voice seemed small and timid. Almost afraid.

"The one and only!" Ayame shoved her partner foward again, receiving a vicious deathglare from him. She stepped back nervously.

"They want to know about Naraku," Kitsune said flatly.

"Yes, Lady Tomoe, we would like to know about the Shikon Jewel and the demon hunting its shards," Miroku stated respectfully, then, about to drop his famous line: "Now, if you don't mind, I have something I'd like to ask you"

"And if I do mind, what do you intend to do?" She asked coldly, the quiver of her voice gone. She was now gazing fiercely at the monk.

"My apologies, that was wrong..." Miroku said, casting his eyes downcast and looking like a little kid.

"Yes, it was..." Sango whacked him on the head... with Hiraikotsu, none the less.

"OW!"

"So, you wish to know of Onigumo and the demon he has become?" The priestess spoke up again, ignoring the quarrel between the monk, who was now begging for mercy and the demon slayer, who was enjoying every second of it.

"Well, umm... if it's not too much to ask... then yes," Kagome said, quietly, her gaze averting away from the priestess's demanding eyes.

"Then stop staring at your shoes and follow me." The miko turned, her long black hair flipping over her shoulder. Sango walked away with an annoyed 'Hmph!' at the monk who was currently laying on the ground, with a dazed look on his face. The Youkai Taijiya fell into step next to her friend, a few steps behind the priestess Tomoe. Inu-Yasha pulled Miroku to his feet.

"You're an idiot, monk..." He said with obvious disgust. Miroku was still slightly unconscious, though he was quickly awakened by a few good slaps.

"Wake up, you moron!" The dog hanyou snapped.

"Wha-?" Well, at least he was awake... Not able to think, but awake.

"C'mon, we're gonna go into Yokohama to talk to the priestess!" Shippo said excitedly, "Wow! A whole city of demons! I wonder if there are any powerful foxes in there who can teach me some good tricks!"

"I could teach you something..." Kitsune said, smirking maliciously.

"He probably wants to learn things that are oh, what's the word I'm looking for? Hmm, is it possibly LEGAL!" Ayame shouted at her partner.

"Well, maybe... If he wants to be a kit all his life.." Kitsune said, his evil smile still visible.

"DO NOT!" The little kit exclaimed. He was currently sitting on Inu-Yasha's shoulder, as Kagome was too far ahead, and Miroku was well... paying for being Miroku.

"If you want to live legally, then you are going to be a kit all your life!" The shadowfox snapped back.

"I WILL NOT! I'LL BE MUCH STRONGER AFTER WE DEFEAT NARAKU!" Shippo was pretty angry right now.

"Do you intend to do anything in our fight with Naraku?" Inu-Yasha decided to get in on torturing Shippo, one of his favorite pasttimes.

"YES! NOW LEAVE ME ALONE! Don't you have some catching up to do with your brother, or sumpthin'!"

"No," Both demons stated flatly in unision. Apparently, they didn't really care what the other had been up to for the past sixty-five years. They finally reached the outskirts of the Great City of Yokohama. Tomoe lead them past rows of wooden cabins, thousands of them were visible from the hill they'd been walking down, and they truly saw how big this city was.

Well, it makes sense,Kagome thought, Yokohama is still a big city in modern times... maybe not a demonic city, but a big city all the same.

She finally stopped in front of a huge shrine placed in the middle of the city, the sturdy wooden colums that held up the balcony of a visible second floor. Overall, the shrine was far too large for the times.

"Well, you've rebuilt a lot, and the shrine's been salvaged..." Kitsune said, casting a glance over the entire city.

"This place is beautiful..." Sango said in an awestruck tone.

"That's where I've seen this shrine before!" Kagome burst out, making everyone jump, including Tomoe.

"What are you talking about, wench!" Inu-Yasha snapped at the modern-day girl, who was grinning broadly from ear to ear.

"This shrine still exists in modern times!" She said triumphantly.

"Well, duh, I should hope so," Kitsune said, "It's protected by demonic power and it was built by legendary demons. I would think it would still be around five hundred years from now."
"Oh... well, still, I just discovered that!" Kagome said in a slightly embarassed tone.

"How old is this shrine, anyway? I mean, now," Miroku spoke up, sounding as dumbfounded as Sango.

"Is it as old as the city itself, just over six hundred years old," Tomoe said, shrugging like it was no big deal. Of course, this made a few jaws drop.

"WHAT!" Sango and Miroku snapped out of their dazes. Even Inu-Yasha looked up from his new arguement with Shippo.

"Of course this city would be old," Tomoe stated nonchalantly, "Demons have been around much longer than humans." She opened the thick wooden door of the shrine and walked in. They followed, their gazes flying to the elaborately decorated interior of the shrine. Tomoe lay one hand on the wall bearing a picture of the four demonic domains: West, East, South, and North, and the demons that ruled them, "This shrine was a gift from the demons themselves to the family of the priests and priestesses who would forever protect them."

"This is incredible!" Myoga said, another statement that made everyone jump, considering they didn't realize he was still there, "Look at the details in these carvings! Master Inu-Yasha, behold your father, Lord of the Western Lands!" He declared royally, gesturing to the picture of a large Dog demon, who stood on a mountain of clouds created by the formidable Western Winds.

"I'll try to conceal my excitement..." Inu-Yasha said, yawning boredly.

"How dare you insult your father like this!" Myoga snapped at the hanyou.

"Yeah, how dare you?" Kitsune said, bursting into laughter. Inu-Yasha quickly joined him.

"Both of you are a disgrace to your poor father!" The flea growled at them.

"If you're all finished..." A senile old voice snapped. Yet another sentence making the group jump for the third time in one chapter for the lack of anything better to do than surprise them.

"You mean you're still around? I'd hoped you woulda' kicked the bucket by now, ya old hag..." Kitsune growled.

"You should respect your elders, you cocky fox!" An old woman dressed as a priestess and bearing the same color clothing as Tomoe, stepped forward, "Indeed, that is the legendary Lord of the Western Lands. Rumor has it that after his first wife died, he fell in love with the beautiful Lady Iyazoi and their first son was born, a supposedly powerful half-demon." The old priestess sighed, "But he wouldn'tve stood a chance against our great guardian..."

"Ahem..." Inu-Yasha growled, "I just happen be that half-demon son..."

"Eh heh.. it was a joke, you do realize," The retired miko recovered quickly.

"Smooth..." Kitsune said, smirking.

"So, then, what do you wish to know?" Tomoe asked, breaking the tension between the old woman and the dog hanyou.

"Everything!" Sango said, her voice full of her anger of Naraku, "From when he was created, to now, as he taunts us and attempts to take the jewel for himself!"

"Very well..." Tomoe began, sighing heavily," It is a long story, but I will tell you all that you do not know... Speaking of which, how much do you know of Naraku, Kagura, and Kanna?"

"You know of Naraku's incarnations?" Miroku asked, perking up.

"But of course," Tomoe replied, "News travels fast here, and I have many young demons who wish to challenge him, but are not quite ready..." She smiled, telling them in a silent way that they were way too inexperienced to fight a demon like Naraku, "Well, anyway, what do you know?"

"Umm...," Kagome began expertly...(quite the masterful speaker at times, isn't she?)

"We know about Kikyo, the jewel, the city of Edo, and a little about Oniguno," Inu-Yasha supplied like he'd rehersed it.

"All right... Let me fill in the blanks then... and just let me know when you already have heard of something so the time isn't wasted..." The priestess of Yokohama started the story of fifty years ago...

Author's Notes: AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH! yes, that is my original message and I WILL repeat it again, because it took me AN EFFIN' MONTH TO FINISH THIS STUPID CHAPTER AND IT SUCKS ANYWAY SO JUST DEAL WITH IT AND NOW I'M FALLING APART CUZ LIFE SUCKS, PEOPLE SUCK, I'M BEING REPLACED, AND AHHHHHHHHHHHH!... and on top of all that crap, my computer DELETED MY REVIEWS SO I CAN'T RESPOND TO THEM! GRRRRRR! ((beats living SHIT out of computer)) AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! ((huff huff huff huff huff huff huff huff)) and we all know about the whole story with Naraku so i'm NOT gonna tell it AGAIN! and about the name of Inu's mom: Iyazoi, i got the name from the Beckett: Unofficial Collector's Guide to Inuyasha so i dunno if it's real or if it's false info or what, but i don't own Beckett either. and obviously, actions will now be ((action)) because my stupid computer keeps deleting the star-thingies when i post... BLAH! PEOPLESHIT! AND LIFE SUCKS AT THE MOMENT! AHHHHHHHHHHH! and BTW, i have no freakin' idea when i'll post the next chapter, but i'll really try to get it up soon... so PLEASE DON'T ABANDON ME, MY REVIEWERS! ((looks around at empty audience))... ((sweatdrop)).. well, that's to be expected with as long as this chapter took... and BTW again, i'm writing another story with me and my friends all as demons going to DEMON SCHOOL! it's not a fic, so i can't post it but that's what's tying me up... i'm writing the COLLEGE ONE! WOOHOOO! COLLEGE PARTIES ARE DEFINATE! AND ANARCHY WILL REIGN! COLLEGES WILL NOT BE LEFT STANDING!