Disclaimer: Again I don't own Inuyasha. I'm really annoyed at a review I received that gives a new meaning to the phrase ignorance is bliss. It's from Sasami and it reads: "HEY DUMBASS ITS MIROKU NOT MIROTO OR WHATEVER YOU NAMED HIM GET IT RIGHT OR DON'T WRITE FANFICTIONS AT ALL!" Well first off I know who Miroku is my penname is MirokuTK. Second this idiot obviously stopped reading the fanfic after he saw Miruto's name cause otherwise he would have seen that Miruto did not have the same characteristics of Miroku after all it says he's a demon AND Naraku was his old master. Also I doubt Miroku has water powers or can teleport. If anyone has any questions about Miruto just go and read Switched or even just read chapters 4 & 7-10 and don't flame me :o.

Chapter 2:

Miruto Explains it All

Kagome woke up to the sound of the alarm clock she set the night before. She quickly got dressed and headed toward the stairs; it was eight o'clock in the morning so Kagome knew her mother would probably be in the kitchen. When she was halfway down the stairs she noticed her grandfather was talking to a boy that seemed only a few years older then herself. Kagome presumed that he was here to pray like most people who came in the morning and decided to pay him no mind. But as she reached the bottom of the stairs an overwhelming sense over familiarity surrounded the young man though she couldn't quite make out his face from where she was. She had had this same feeling recently about someone else but she couldn't quite remember who. He was wearing a baggy pair of blue jeans and a dark blue sweatshirt with the hood down. His raven hair was tied back in a ponytail and a pair of headphones completely covered his ears, which was strange considering that it is quite rude to where anything on your head in a holy place. As she finally reached her grandfather to ask him where her mother was she finally could see the boy's face and she realized who he was, "Miruto?"

The "teenager" made a pointy-toothed smirk and replied, "It took you long enough. It's been a long time."

"Do you two know each other?" Kagome's grandfather asked as he saw the young man draw his granddaughter into a hug.

"Yeah I guess you could say we're old friends. Wow you haven't changed at all, how is that possibly?" Kagome asked referring to the fact that Miruto appeared to be the same age he was five hundred years ago.

"Yeah apparently it's a side affect of not being born," Miruto told her while putting his arm behind his neck as Kagome's grandfather's jaw dropped.

Kagome noticed her grandfather's reaction, "Oh don't worry he's a demon look," She informed him then reached up to the top of Miruto's head and pulled off the headphones revealing two pointed ears.

"Kagome maybe you should start associating yourself with humans. No wonder why you're always getting such strange diseases," the old man whispered in Kagome's ear as not to offend their guest then watched as her face turned bright red.

"Hey I'm never sick, you're the one who tells people I have all those old people diseases, Why can't you say I have the flu or mono or even chicken pox," Kagome fumed and Miruto burst into laughter. Kagome gave him a deathly stare then noticed a gold gleam coming from the bottom of Miruto's ears, "You know Miruto those earrings look a lot like Miroku's."

"That's 'cause they are, he gave them to me a few years before he died. He said he was too old to try to look young and that since I as still young, and still am, I should have them. Though you know four hundred and twenty five years ago getting your ears pierced hurt a lot more then it does today," Miruto told her as he rubbed his ears and Kagome's grandfather walked away.

"Wait Miroku lives to get old. That must mean that we'll kill Naraku in time to save him from the hole in his hand," Kagome figures out excitedly.

"Yeah but unfortunately he almost didn't make it, by the time we finally defeated Naraku Miroku only had a few minutes left to live," the demon informed her with a solemn look on his face, "Listen Kagome what I just said can't be repeated, who knows what it could do to the timeline."

As Kagome was about to respond her mother walked into the room, "Good morning Kagome, is this the friend your grandfather was telling me about?" she asked cheerily.

"Yeah this is Miruto, I'm glad to see you mom now we can l…" Kagome began but was soon interrupted by her mother.

"Well Miruto would you like to join us for breakfast," Mrs. Higurashi asked with a smile spread across her face.

"Um sure just give me a minute," Miruto replied. Kagome's mother walked back into the kitchen as Miruto walked outside and crouched next to a bush, "Here girl."

A second later a grey furred cat emerged from the bushes and Kagome could see it had two tails, "Kirara!" Kagome exclaimed and the cat ran over to her and rubbed herself against Kagome's leg, "Don't tell me Sango left you Kirara."

"No she left her to Shippou but lately Shippou's been to busy with work to give Kirara the attention she deserves at her old age so fifty years ago he gave her to me and now she lives in my apartment in the demon realm and she pretty much just sleeps on the couch all day and gets fat," Miruto laughed but Kagome put on a confused look.

"What's the demon world?" Kagome asked with a puzzled look on her face.

"Well haven't you ever wondered why there aren't any demons left in the world anymore? Well you see about three hundred years ago a powerful group of priests and priestesses join together and used their powers to seal away all the demons of the world and lock us in a dimension parallel to yours but a lot larger," Miruto explain then bent down to pet Kirara.

"Wait if all the demons were locked away then how are you here?" Kagome asked even more confused then before.

"About a hundred and fifty years ago we demons finally figured out a way to break through the spell and renter the human world but so many demons tried to escape at once that a group of strong demons came and forced us all back into the demon world and now we're only allowed out one day a year that's why every year I come here to see if you recognize me yet," the water elemental informed his friend as the two of them headed toward the kitchen with Kirara close behind.

"The one day you get released from the demon world is the day before Valentine's day," Kagome laughed as they continued to walk.

"Yeah, Valentine's Day was created by the same demons who founded Hallmark," Miruto told her then joined her in laughing.

They walked into the kitchen and sat down next to each other at the table. "So Miruto, when did you meet Kagome?" Mrs. Higurashi asked the demon.

"Uh about five hundred years ago or so," Miruto said expecting strange looks but not receiving any.

"So I guess you came through the well like Inuyasha does," Souta commented.

"Actually no I waited." Miruto said then started to cut the pancakes in front of him then noticed that this time he actually was being stared at.

"Wow he looks really good for being five hundred years old, I wonder what his secret is," Mrs. Higurashi whispered in her father's ear.

"Actually I just don't age, I was created at the age I currently am so I never had any need to age initially so I never started aging period, see most demons start aging when they're born and once they reach demon puberty their bodies try to stop the aging process but just end up slowing it down making demons that have ahuman form age about one year every fifty years and half demons age one year every twenty-five years," Miruto explained to shocked expressions.

"How did he hear me?" Mrs. Higurashi whispered to Kagome's grandfather.

"Well these things aren't just for decoration," Miruto joked indicating his pointed ears.

"So according to what you said, that means that Inuyasha is around forty now, right?" Souta points out.

At that comment Kagome noticed that Miruto looked down to avoid the young boy's gaze, "What's wrong Miruto?"

"It's just that…" Miruto asked as a few tears fell from his eyes, "Inuyasha died over four hundred years ago," Miruto noticed a change in Kagome's face and decided to change the subject, "Well anyway, it's real nice to be back in this temple again, I haven't been here since I got sealed away in the demon world three hundred years ago."

"Really Miruto you've been here before," Kagome's grandfather said astonished.

"Of course, I helped make it and I was the guardian of this shrine for two hundred years," Miruto told the family and earned even more strange looks.

Kagome's grandfather's eyes widened when he heard the tale of the demon, "Excuse me but have you ever met a monk by the name of Michio Higurashi?" the old man asked referring to his ancestor who founded the shrine.

"Of course, why wouldn't I know the son of my friends Miroku and Sango," the elemental replied as he took a sip of orange juice.

'Miroku and Sango are my… ancestors," Kagome thought as she remembered all the times that Miroku was slapped across the face.

"Oh so you do know of the founder of this shrine, what was he like," the elder monk remarked.

"Founder? What are you taking about the young Michio was only of the age fifteen when this temple was finished, it was his father who was the founder," the demon corrected, "The boy was quite the adventurer and took after his father in his liking of women though he was quite powerful and created a barrier that protected the Shikon Jewel for two hundred years."

"Yes about the Shikon Jewel I have often wondered what had became of it," Kagome's grandfather inquired.

"Oh you want to know of the whereabouts of the Shikon Jewel? It's quite simple, it's right here," Miruto said as he reach down his shirt and removed a rosary with a large jewel hanging from the end of it, "After all what kind of guardian would I be if I were to leave this behind, I sensed something big was to happen and I sought to protect it so I took it with me to the demon world and it's been within my possession ever since."

'The Shikon Jewel, it's whole, we did it!' Kagome thought which reignited the hope in her heart.

"Oh my goodness, so this is the famous Shikon Jewel," Mrs. Higurashi said in surprise.

"Of course I don't think there are any others," The demon joked but then noticed the clock on the wall said eight thirty, "Oh I best be going I have a lot more things to get done before midnight, it was nice meeting you all, come on Kirara" Miruto then got pushed his chair out got up and began to leave with the cat demon following behind.

"Why are you in such a hurry? You can always do it tomorrow," Souta told Miruto who paused for a second and looked down.

"I'd love to but unfortunately the doorway to the demon world closes at midnight," Miruto sullenly said.

"Well what happens if you don't get back to the demon world by then?" Souta asked followed by a stare from Kagome which Souta knew meant he probably should have kept his curiosity to himself but in truth his sister was wondering the same thing.

"Well then I'd be trapped in the human world for a year, which truthfully would be great if it weren't for the fact that I'm stuck like this," Miruto said indicating his body, "A seventeen year old can't do as much today as thy could hundreds of years ago, I couldn't get a job, I couldn't rent an apartment and I'd have no indoor plumbing and I'm not ok with that."

"Well maybe you could stay with us, we have plenty of extra rooms," Souta informed him but the elemental's expression remained the same.

"That would be great but I wouldn't want to impose," Miruto told the younger boy.

"Oh it would be no trouble at all, we'd be happy to have you," Mrs. Higurashi smiled at the demon.

"Really thank you so much," Miruto said then wrapped Kagome's mother in a big embrace.

"It's no problem really besides it will be nice to have some extra help around the house," Kagome's mother told Miruto.

'I knew there'd be a catch,' Miruto thought then let out a deep sigh, "Well I guess I'll be heading back to the demon world to get my things, Kagome would you like to join me? I'm sure Shippou would be happy to see you again."

"I'd love to but I really need to get to the hospital," Kagome disappointedly to her friend.

"No problem, I can bring you over there right after I get my things, after all teleporting is a lot faster then car," Miruto smiled.

"Ok fine so when are we leaving?" Kagome asked.

"We could leave now," Miruto said bending down to pick up Kirara, "just take my hand and I'll take you there."

Kagome got up and took hold of Miruto's free outstretched arm, "Bye mom I'll be back soon." As Mrs. Higurashi was about to reply she watched as her daughter and her demon friend were surrounded by a whirlwind of water and then disappeared.


OK Finally done I was actually planning on making this chap A LOT longer but then realized how long it already was. I've been planning this chapter since I finished chapter 7 of Switched so I hope you enjoyed and don't for get to review… or else (evil laugh).