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Chapter 6

The Lost Island

Sesshomaru had been traveling by his cloud all day, and finally the little island lost in the large ocean came into view. Sesshomaru thought back to when he was told of the island.

-Flashback-

Sesshomaru was walking through the forest back when he was still a boy, and his father was still alive. He had gone into the forest on a whim, and as he was walking he came across two people fighting it out in a small clearing. One was huge demon, and the other was a human hidden with his face shrouded in a cloak. The demon launched his claws at the human, and appeared to run his claws through the human. The Demon pulled back his claws and saw he had just run his claw through the cloak the human had been wearing. Suddenly a whistle came from across the field. Sesshomaru and the demon turned their heads to see the human standing on another side of the clearing, not a scratch on him.

The human was a guy; he stood about 6' 2". He was clothed in dark blue robes like a priest or priestess would wear. The difference was the sleeves of the robe stretched down so far that the human's hands were hidden in the fabric. He had black hair, and to Sesshomaru's surprise he carried 8 swords, all of them on his back. Four of the sword handles could be seen over the human's left shoulder, and other four over his right.

The human reached back and pulled two swords out of their sheaths. One had a blade that was white as snow, and the other on was black as night. Before Sesshomaru or the giant demon knew it he had charged the demon and sliced off his right arm. The Demon knew he would be defeated, but then he noticed the young Sesshomaru watching the fight from behind a tree. He turned and decided to attack Sesshomaru, and Sesshomaru closed his eyes in fear of the attack. The attack never came though, because the human had taken the attack and acted as a shield for the young Sesshomaru. The giant demon pulled his claws out of the humans back, and was about to attack again when he and Sesshomaru noticed that the human was not yet died even though he was easily missing several major organs.

The human assaulted the giant demon one last time, and this time he cut of the demons head. As the demon fell down to the ground, dead, Sesshomaru ran up to the human and said, ". Are you alright?"

The human then fell on the ground, his injuries catching up with him. He was on the verge of death when Sesshomaru heard his father calling his name. He called out to his father, and pleaded with his father to save the life of this human who and saved his own. The great dog demon thought about it a moment, and after using the power of Tenseiga to save the human's life he took the human and Sesshomaru back to his castle. The human spent a week recovering with what was left of his injuries, and becoming a good friend of the great dog demon. When it came time for him to go he was about to leave the castle when Sesshomaru came running out and began to ask him to stay a little longer. The human just smiled and said, "Don't worry young one. If you are ever truly in need of my aid come to my island. I promise that if you come there in good intentions I will do everything in my power to help you."

Sesshomaru looked up and said, "You promise."

The human nodded and said, "I, Jesse, promise you, Sesshomaru, that even if you come to the island a thousand years from now, I will be there, and I will help you."

With that Jesse bid good bye to Sesshomaru and his father, and Sesshomaru never saw him again.

-End Flashback-

As Sesshomaru drew closer to the island he began to sense a great power lying dormant in the center of the island. He landed on the sandy shore of the island and began to walk through the thick jungle. He walked for about thirty minutes, and the sun was starting to set when he got to the interior of the island. There was a huge grassy clearing, in the center of it stood a medium sized hut. As Sesshomaru began to walk toward the hut a strange wind began to blow. Once Sesshomaru had gotten halfway to the hut the ground began to shake and Sesshomaru stopped dead in his track, sensing a strong spell being cast. Soon, parts of the earth began to raise up all around him, and slowly take form statues. Sesshomaru eyes widened slightly as he saw the ten statues take his image, and begin to pull out their equivalents to Toukijin.

Sesshomaru set his hand on the real Toukijin, and waited. The strange wind continued to blow as Sesshomaru stared down the ten doppelgangers that had taken his image. All of the sudden the strange wind stopped and the ten statues attacked, but they attack was quickly struck down by Sesshomaru. As the statues turned back to dust Sesshomaru sheathed Toukijin and continued his walk to the hut in the center of the island. He had walked another few seconds when he felt the ground shake violently and a dust cloud erupt beside the hut. When the dust cleared he saw a giant statue standing between him and the hut, and it was in the image of the giant demon Jesse had saved Sesshomaru from so many years ago.

Sesshomaru rested his hand on the handle of Toukijin, but then decided to pull out the Tenseiga. The giant statue looked at him strangely for a second, and then, with out warning, it began to sink back into the earth. Once it had completely returned to the earth Sesshomaru went into the hut that had been so well defended. Sesshomaru went inside and saw a human sitting beside the fire pit. The man was aged, with a long white beard. Sesshomaru sat down beside the man. The two sat in silence for several long minutes before Sesshomaru said, "Jesse, you have aged a lot since I last saw you."

Even though he had aged, Jesse still wore the same dark blue robes, and beside him sat a single sword

Jesse took a kettle of tea of the fire and poured himself and Sesshomaru a cup. As he took a drink of the hot tea he said, "Time is a cruel thing that nobody can truly master." They sat in silence for a long time while Jesse drank the tea. Finally Jesse said, "Well Sesshomaru, it has been a while since I have seen you, and now you wield the Tenseiga. I assume that means your father is no longer of this world."

Sesshomaru nodded his head and Jesse took another sip of his tea before he said, "You have grown up into a fine demon Sesshomaru. I can say that for sure, but now I have to ask about what I am not certain. Why have you come calling on me now?"

Sesshomaru lowered his head and said, "I need your add in breaking a spell."

Jesse looked up from his tea and said, "Tell me what happened to you?"

Sesshomaru shook his head and said, "It is not I who has been cursed, but the girl named Rika Nonaka."

Jesse poured himself more tea as he said, "and how do you know the Rika Nonaka."

"She is a digimon tamer, and I know her through her digimon partner Renamon."

"What is your relationship with this Renamon?"

Sesshomaru fell silent and remained silent for quite a while as Jesse watched his eyes flicker in the fire light inside the hut. He was about to say something when Jesse said, "Never minding. Now, who cast this spell on the girl named Rika?"

Sesshomaru looked up and said, "It is an evil half-demon named Naraku who currently posses almost the entire sacred jewel."

"I know of this Naraku. I have heard of him on some of my travels. Now, describe what he did that makes you think he put a spell on Rika."

Sesshomaru then described how he turned into Miasma, and attacked Rika and Renamon. He told how that after he had reformed he held what looked like hairs in his hand, and he transformed the one long red hair into a black arrow. Sesshomaru then told how he fussed the other hairs with the arrow and then struck Rika with the arrow. Jesse just watched the fire and listened as Sesshomaru told him about the entire fight and how that this morning they had found Rika partially transformed into a creature much like Renamon.

As Sesshomaru finished Jesse finished his cup of tea and poured himself a third. As he poured the tea he said, "I know what has happened to Rika."

Sesshomaru's eyes lit up slightly at the news. Jesse took sip of his third cup of tea and said, "It is the Werewolf Arrow. Do you know what a werewolf is Sesshomaru."

Sesshomaru shook his head, he had heard of the creature, but didn't know anything about them. Jesse sipped his tea and said, "A Werewolf is a human who is being affected by a substance called Wolf Bane. It is a substance that enters a human's body, and then changes them into a half-breed. They become part wolf, and a blood thirsty beast. They can control the beast and look completely normal most of the time, but on the night of a full moon the wolf inside them takes control, and they transform into a large wolf that walks on its hind legs, like a human. While a human is in this form he can pass the curse to other humans for if he bites another human he will infect them with the Wolf Bane, and pass the curse to another."

Sesshomaru listened intently, and when Jesse was done he asked, "So, what is the Werewolf Arrow."

Jesse paused a second, and then said, "It is a arrow, that is forged by taking a hair of the one you wish to curse and infusing it with evil energy. The evil energy makes the hair transform into an arrow that, when fired, will seek out the human from which the hair came from, and only strike them. That is the spell of the Dark Arrow, but to make a Dark Arrow a Werewolf Arrow you just need one more thing. You need the hair of another creature, of something other then a human. You fuse the new hair with the Dark Arrow. The addition of the hairs makes it so that when the Dark Arrow strikes its target it will infect the target with a form of Wolf Bane that will slowly transform the human into what ever the hair came from. In your case the hair Naraku took from Rika became the arrow and Renamon's fur became the other ingredient in the Werewolf Arrow."

Sesshomaru looked at Jesse with a worried face and asked, "Can you do anything to help her?"

Jesse stood up and picked the sword beside him up. He secured it across his back with a strap attached to the sheath. When Sesshomaru asked about it Jesse said, "I am sure you are familiar with a sword smith named Totosai. Well, I came upon him one day, and he offered to take all eight of my swords and forge them into one. I can say I am happy with the results. I still technically have all eight; they are just in a much more compact package."

Before they left the house Jesse tripped on his own robes, and fell to the ground. Sesshomaru rushed to his side, and saw Jesse was breathing hard. He looked up at the lord of the western lands and said, "I am sorry Sesshomaru, but I don't have the strength anymore. I ask you to forgive me, for I doubt I have the strength to heal even myself at this point."

Sesshomaru helped Jesse stand up, and then moved him back to his seat by the fire pit. Sesshomaru looked at the old man that Jesse had become, and wished he could help him some how. He then took out the Tenseiga and said, "Jesse, can you use the power of Tenseiga to heal yourself."

Jesse stroked his long white beard as he said, "I may, but you would have to cast the spell for me."

Sesshomaru stared showed his determination, and Jesse smiled as he began to remember the young boy that Sesshomaru once was. He stood up and walked over to the kitchen. He dug in the cupboards above the counter and smiled as he pulled out a single sutra. He slowly walked back to Sesshomaru and gently attached the sutra to the Tenseiga. Sesshomaru saw the blade glow in response of the sutra, and he began to feel the energy pulse. It directed him, and his eyes began to see the world of invisible demons. He usually saw the demons of Hell that came to claim a person's soul, but now he saw a horde of at least 30 demons crawling over Jesse's body. He looked at them with harsh eyes, and then with one great swipe he killed them all. In that instant the wrinkles on Jesse's skin began to disappear, and his youth began to return. In a few minutes Jesse looked as Sesshomaru last saw him, a strong man of his late twenties. Jesse looked at his hands and smiled at Sesshomaru as he said, "Those things you saw were the demons of the netherworld, but they were a different kind. They were the demons of years, and as they attach themselves to a person they begin to age."

Sesshomaru nodded his head as he put the Tenseiga back on his belt, the sutra having fallen off now that its energies were spent. Jesse was stretching, enjoying the feeling of having his youth back when he turned to Sesshomaru and said, "Well, now that I am feeling several hundred years younger, you feel like taking me to see your friend."

Sesshomaru and Jesse stepped out of the hut, and Sesshomaru summoned his traveling cloud under his feet. Jesse stepped up onto the cloud, and with that they were off. As they flew Sesshomaru asked, "You are a human, aren't you?"

Jesse answered, "Yeah, I'm a normal human. Why do you ask?"

Sesshomaru looked at Jesse over his shoulder and said, "Then how can you still be alive. The longest I've seen a human live is only a hundred years, and it has easily been over 700 years since I last saw you, and you look just as you did then."

Jesse just smiled and said, "It was a parting gift from your father. While one of the maidens at the castle was changing my bandages your father cut him self and let some of his blood fall into the wound. That little bit of his great blood has allowed me to live this long. So, I guess you can say he wanted me to be around to help you no matter how old you were." Sesshomaru nodded his head and faced forward as they flew across the ocean in the direction of the Higorashi shrine.

It was about three in the morning when Sesshomaru and Jesse got to the shrine. Sesshomaru did a quick check of the place and found that no one outside. Sesshomaru then took Jesse to Rika's house, and was happy to find that everyone, including Rika and Renamon, were sound asleep. Jesse peeked in on Rika and saw how far the werewolf arrow's spell had progressed. He went back to the court yard and turned to Sesshomaru to say, "It is still in its early stages, so I can create a cure for it. The problem is the cure must be applied by sunset for it to have any affect. The other problem is it will take me around three hours to get the potion prepared and ready to be given to Rika, so all the ingredients must be gathered by mid afternoon or all is lost."

Sesshomaru nodded his head and said, "What do you need."

Jesse closed his eyes a second before he said, "I really don't know what I would need. I remember the spell, but the spell has a set of variables to it. The spell ingredients are different depending on the animal that was introduced into the human's body, and the human affected by the werewolf arrow. I saw that Renamon was a fox like creature whose body is not made of atoms, but of data packets, ones and zeros. I could perform the spell for human who is being changed into a fox, but if the ingredients aren't right it could make it worse."

Sesshomaru sighed and said, "So what do you need?"

Jesse eyed Sesshomaru and said, "I need a book. There is a library near here that I have hidden a spell book in the attic. This particular spell book contains the information I need to determine the ingredients I would need for the spell."

Sesshomaru eyed him and said, "Where is this library?'

Jesse gave Sesshomaru the necessary instruction for him to find the book quickly and he was off. The sun was starting to rise when Sesshomaru returned with the book. He handed the book to Jesse and he said, "Thanks Sesshomaru. I must say you would give your father a run for his money with how fast you can move. Now, who can we get to help us get the ingredients?"

Sesshomaru replied, "I know 6 who could help us find it, and I know Rika has several friends who are also digimon tamers we could get to help."

Jesse nodded his head, "Good. I have to do some math, so you go get everyone you can and be back her in an hour minutes. I should have a list of ingredients ready by then."

Sesshomaru nodded and headed into Rika's bedroom as Jesse took a seat on the lawn and began to read the book and used some magic to make his mathematical computations appear on the surface of the water. Sesshomaru walked over to where Renamon was sleeping in a chair beside Rika's bed and gave her a gentle nudge. She slowly woke up and looked up to Sesshomaru and said, "Where were you yesterday?"

Sesshomaru smiled and said, "Getting help from a friend. We may have a way to cure Rika, but we I need you to call all of Rika's friends. The other digimon tamers and get them to come here immediately. I am going to go get Inuyasha and the others."

Renamon eyes flew open as she darted out of the room to call Takato, Henry, and the other tamers. Sesshomaru quickly followed suit and began to race with blinding speed toward the Higorashi shrine.

Sesshomaru was at the shrine in record time, and he got the common welcome when he reached the top of the shrine stairs and got a sutra stuck to his forehead. He ignored the old man's rants and went straight to the house. He went in the front door and followed Inuyasha's scent to the living room. He went into the living room and saw Inuyasha leaning against a wall, fast asleep. He saw a small rubber ball sitting on the end table he was standing beside. He picked it up and threw it with great force, striking Inuyasha in the head.

Its easy to say Inuyasha was wide awake and ready to tear Sesshomaru to pieces when Sesshomaru stepped out of the range of Inuyasha's claws as he said, "Calm down, I may have found a way to cure Rika, but I need you to help me get everyone up and to Rika's house quickly."

Inuyasha stopped trying to kill Sesshomaru for pegging him with the ball and said, "Fine, I'll get these guys, Jaken, and Kohaku. I'll leave you to get the girls up."

Sesshomaru had a small sweat drop as he said, "Why do I have to get the girls up?"

Inuyasha eyed Sesshomaru as he said, "You have to because if I do Kagome will sit me, if Miroku does Sango would knock him out, and you are the only person awake other then me."

Sesshomaru sighed as he nodded his head and headed up the stairs to where Kagome's room was. He knocked on the door a few times and heard someone stir in the room. The door opened and Rin was standing there smiling as she said, "My Lord. Why are you here?"

Sesshomaru bent down and said, "I came to get you and everybody else. I need Kagome and Sango to get up and come with me to Rika's house. Could you get them up for me?"

Rin nodded her head and ran inside Kagome's room, shutting the door behind her. Sesshomaru walked down the stairs and went outside as he waited for everyone to get up. He waited for thirty minutes, and finally everyone was outside wondering why Sesshomaru & Inuyasha had gotten up. After quieting down the group Sesshomaru told them why he had woken them up, and soon they were all flying toward Rika's house. Sango, Shippo, Kohaku and Miroku were riding Kirara. Inuyasha was carrying Kagome and Sesshomaru was in the lead, showing the group the way as the brothers jumped from roof top to roof top. When they arrived the tamers were already there and Jesse was writing out on a note pad and ripping the pages every few seconds.

Once Sesshomaru and the other had landed Jesse looked up and said, "Good, you here. That means I can start."

Jesse quieted down the large group while Sesshomaru went inside and fetched Renamon. Once Sesshomaru and Renamon were back outside Jesse said, "Okay, let's get started. Now, for those who don't know me I am Jesse. I am an old friend of Sesshomaru's and may have a way to cure Rika. As I have told Sesshomaru, Rika has been cursed with the Werewolf arrow. The spell is slowly turning her into a digimon, and by nightfall tonight the spell will enter its later stage and I won't be able to do anything. So, we must gather the ingredients quickly. I have done a locator spell, and know where in the city each ingredient can be found. I am going to pair up a digimon tamer with someone from the feudal era. The tamers know the city and can get to their destination the quickest while someone like Inuyasha would be able to gather the ingredients a little more easily once they were in the area of the said ingredient. So, first Inuyasha and Takato, you will be fetching the petals of the Moon Beam Flower. Here are the directions."

Takato took the paper and asked, "What are the petals for?"

Jesse replied, "The moon beam flower is a flower that has amazing cleansing power, and it should be able to soak up the dark energy now flowing through Rika's body."

Takato nodded his head and said, "Okay, come on Inuyasha."

Takato began to run toward the gate, but before he got there Inuyasha picked him up, threw him on his back, and leapt out of sight. Jesse smiled and said, "Next, Sango, Kohaku, and Henry. I need you to go out to an island a mile of the coast. It is a supposedly haunted island, but its true inhabitant is not a ghost but a demon, an old dragon demon. I need the dragon scales for their healing properties, and I bet two demon exterminators could get the scales I need without killing the old dragon. You got that?"

Sango took the paper Jesse was offering to her and she handed it to Henry as she said, "Get the scales without killing the dragon, got it." Sango called Kirara, and after a little coaxing, Henry was on Kirara's back with Kohaku and Sango and they were off.

Jesse ripped another page from the note book and said, "Kazu, Kenta, and Miroku. Your task is to go to a cave on the outskirts of town. In the cave there is a barrier, and Miroku should be able to break it with his spiritual powers. If not you call me and have Miroku describe the barrier. I should be able to advice your next move should be with out going out to meet you. Once you're past the barrier you should find a black pot. It is made of demon bone, and what the potion must be prepared in."

Kazu nodded his head as he took the paper from Jesse and the three left the shrine in a rushed pace because the cave was an hour away by bus. Jesse then looked down at his notebook again and said, "Next, Ryo, Jerry, and Shippo. You three will be going to Shinjuku Park, and gathering the many common herbs and plants I need. I have discerned that all the herbs on this list can be found in the park. Shippo should be able to pick up the plants scents, and lead you to them where ever they may be in the park."

Jerry took the paper from Jesse and then followed Ryo out the front gate with Shippo standing on her shoulder. Jesse read his list over and said, "Finally, Sesshomaru and Renamon. You don't need to get ingredients, but you must watch over Rika and keep her here. I have to go out and get an ingredient from my house back on the island. I will be back in an hour and if Rika isn't here when I return it will not be good for the spell. While I am gone I need you to find one thing for me though."

Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow as he said, "What is it?"

Jesse set the notebook and pen down and said, "I need you to look around the house and try one of Rika's hairs. You have to find one before she was cursed, because I need it to act as a control to keep my spell from doing what it's not supposed to."

Sesshomaru nodded his head in understanding and with that Jesse turned into a shadow, and disappeared from the yard, leaving Renamon and Sesshomaru an hour to themselves.

Sesshomaru stood outside the bedroom door while Renamon was checking on Rika. Even though she had been able to do most of her usual things the day before, today Rika was completely drained of strength. She spent most of the day asleep and only getting up when Renamon made her eat a bit of food or when she needed to use the bathroom. Renamon hated to see Rika like this, but knew all she could do was trust in Jesse. Since Sesshomaru trusted Jesse and Renamon trusted Sesshomaru with her life all she could do is hope that the cure would work.

Renamon left the bedroom and stepped outside. Sesshomaru noticed her come out of the bedroom and said, "Is she any better?"

Renamon shook her head and sat down on the edge of the walkway that went around the house. Sesshomaru sat next to her as he said, "Don't worry. If Jesse says he can cure her, he can do it."

Renamon just nodded her head as she moved closer to Sesshomaru and he put his arm around her. They sat like that for 15 minutes before Sesshomaru brought his arm down and said, "Let's get to work. We still need to find that untainted hair." Renamon nodded her head and the pair began to search the house.