I'd like to thank everyone thats been actually READING this story! This is my first actual successful InuYasha fanfic. Oh, I have to tell you guys something in advance. On July 19th, I will be leaving for well... lets just say a little "vacation" or "trip"... It is a trip but not exactly a vacation.

BUT ANYWAY. I'll be gone for about a week and a half, so after July 19th, don't be expecting any updates until the beginning of August. HERE'S THE STORY I'VE WASTED YOUR TIME ENOUGH:

The second day Dominic and I were waiting at Totosai's place, I was beginning to grow more desperate to just fly off even if that meant I wouldn't get the sword. But that would've been wrong. I zoned out as I watched Totosai heat the nearly complete sword glowing red and hit it with an iron hammer.

Without knowing it I started singing a theme song from the InuYasha world in a soft quiet tone. It's the tune that starts when they're doing a preview of the next episode, and also comes in more in a softer mood when InuYasha and Kagome have a moment. Totosai paused as he heard my light singing.

"What are you singing, Chilo?"

He caught my attention and I looked straight at the old man.

"Oh, nothing. It's just a song I once heard when I was passing by a village where children were playing."

Dominic grinned, "Yeah. Children."

"Shut up." I pressed.

Totosai continued hammering down the hot metal. "Your father never mentioned a name for the sword. I'm hoping that you will make it, because I'm not too good with names." He noted. I looked up and sighed deeply.

What did I name it... Oh I know! Wait.. Oh whatever.

"I have a name." I said, looking outside.

"But it's sorta corny."

"I don't care what it is. We need a name by tomorrow." The old man whined. I looked back at him and flicked a rock out of my claws. "Senseiga. Tenseiga and Tenseiga sound a lot alike, so why not mine? They're all related." I said. Dominic shook his head. "What about Chenseiga?" He suggested. I fiddled with my clothing.

"No that sounds a lot like Chin-seiga."

"Shensuga?" Dominic suggested again.

My ears twitched.

"That'll work."

I looked at Dominic, then Totosai.

"Shensuga it is." The old man announced. He heated the blade once more with his fire breath and continued hammering. Ryu yawned, showing all of his sharp K9-like teeth. Dominic's eyes widened as she saw his teeth. "That can rip a large animal to shreds.." He muttered.

"Yep."

I walked over to Ryu. He looked very bored and tired. I rubbed his neck looking in his eyes. "I know, boy.." I said quietly. I looked at Dominic. He was sitting near by. "Wanna see a trick?" I asked him. He shrugged and nodded. I looked back at Ryu. "Open your mouth wide, please." I said grinning. The dragon opened his mouth about as wide as when he yawned not too long ago.

I stuck my head between his jaws.

"Cool..." He said flatly.

I moved my head out of between Ryu's jaws and sighed looking up at the ceiling. I sat down next to Dominic and stared at the ground. "Man I'm starving." He muttered. "Join the club." I said lowly. "Hey, Totosai mind if we leave for a little while so we can find something to eat?" I asked the old man.

"Yeah, but be back by tomorrow."

"Come on, Ryu. Lets get out of here." I announced standing up. Ryu's eyes practically lit up as I said that. I got up on the dragon and looked at Dominic. "Are you coming?" I asked. He looked up at me with no emotion in his face.

"You go ahead."

"I need some help. Last time I tried getting food I fell off a cliff."

He thought for a minute and took in a deep breath as he stood up.

"Whatever." He grumbled.

I put out my hand, helping him get on. He had to straddle close behind me on Ryu. The dragon walked out of the home and spread out his long wings. Ryu did a quick sprint as we lifted off into the air. Dominic freaked and wrapped his arms around my torso. I laughed, "You are such a coward." "Shut up.." He grumbled. He supported his cheek on my shoulder and couldn't help but like the contact. It wasn't like we hadn't done that stuff before.

We were in the air for about ten minutes by the time we found some open fields and trees.

"Ryu, land down there."

I pointed at one piece of land.

"Dominic, do you have any idea how to hunt?"

"No.."

"Great..."

We landed in a patch of grassland.

Dominic and I spread out searched for any wild animals in different parts of the area. I was really hoping we would find something. He had taken Ryu with him, so I was all alone.

Maybe this time I won't have to tackle a dumb pig...

Dominic sighed in disappointment seeing nothing around. He looked at the dragon beside him and smiled weakly. "Funny. I've only seen you in drawings and here you are walking beside me." He stated. Ryu simply looked at the 5" 8 teenage boy for a brief second and looked around him. "Do you see anything?" He asked.

Ryu paused and sniffed the air. The dragon growled lowly in his throat and started to move off the trail.

"Hey, wait!"

Dominic followed after.

I spotted a shika deer eating grass a few meters away from me. I hid behind a big boulder and stared at it hungrily. Digging my claws into the soil beneath me I debated to myself how to get the deer and kill it. After some mental preparedness, I pounced, jumping high into the air and attacked with my acid whip.

The deer staggered and sprung off as my whip harshly smacked the ground, breaking up rocks and trees turning them into debris. I sprinted, arms back, chasing the animal. Suddenly, a burst of flames torched my prey!

Out of shock I tripped and fell on my face.

"Woh! That was cool Ryu!" Dominic cheered as I stood myself up.

The deer cried out some sort of wailing squealing sound and bucked wildly while it was on fire!

All three of us watched as its suffering stopped when it fell in a pond. It laid there still, dead.

"That was quicker than expected." I concluded.

Ryu quietly approached the dead animal and investigated, seeing if it was for sure dead. Dominic was on a small hill, below me. He started walking down the steep, rocky hill.

"Good thing we have Ryu. We'd probably starve to death without him." He said.

"Yeah.."

I had to agree. It'd take me hours to get that deer. Without warning, Dominic stumbled on wet mud and started falling off the hill! "Woah!!" He wailed as I caught him. I staggered, moving back as we stared at each other. We had our arms interlaced, and our bodies nearly pressed together.

He cleared his throat and looked away as we let go of each other. Ryu nudged me with his nose, holding the deer's head with his mouth and letting its body dangle. "Thanks. You're the best dragon, ever, you know that?" Ryu licked my face with his enormous tongue of his. I grinned as I held the dead weight.

"I take that as a yes."

By nightfall, Totosai had finally finished my Shensuga. He wiped his forehead with a small cloth. "Finally." He muttered. The old man lifted the sword and held it up, letting the moonlight shine on it. The metal almost resembled to have a mirror effect it was so smooth.

"A fine sword." He announced quietly.

"A fine sword indeed." A man said at the entrance of his lair. It was Sesshomaru.

"Oh, Sesshomaru! What are you doing here?" Totosai asked, fearing not knowing what was to happen next. Sesshomaru silently walked closer, studying my new sword.

"I'm here to observe the progress of Chilo's new sword. I expect it by now to have a name?"

The old man felt like he had a lump in his throat.

"Shensuga." He said dryly.

"Oh?" Sesshomaru asked curiously.

"What powers does Shensuga have, may I ask?"

Totosai put the sword in its sheath and drew it close to himself.

"Now wait just one minute here! This is Chilo's sword, and she alone will be able to unleash its powers. That means it has no use for you. It's none of your business." The old man protested.

"Give me the sword." The dog demon demanded.

Totosai stuttered, "I will do no such thing!"

Sesshomaru glared sharply at the growingly fearful senile demon.

"I will tell you one last time. Give me the sword." He said in a cross tone.

Totosai began to shake out of fear.

Sesshomaru cracked his nuckles as he clenched his fist, caving in on the man for the sword.

"Totosai said that we don't have to be back until tomorrow." Dominic mentioned as we cooked the deer under a fire. It was nearly sunset, and everyone was tired.

"Yeah.."

I poked the meat with a stick.

"This deer is called a Shika Deer. They're found in the mountains of Japan."

"How do you know?" My ex-boyfriend asked. I shrugged, looking at him.

"I looked it up on the internet for a writing assignment."

"About Japanese deer?"

"Yes"

Dominic yawned and laid on his back, dropping the subject. He stared at the night sky, looking for a constellation. "I bet you that old hag wouldn't mind having the rest of it. I swear that man never eats." I said, slicing meat and placing it in the middle of a large square cloth. We had finished eating our fill of deer meat until we were stuffed. You'd expect Ryu to have the last of deer meat, but he was in the mood for about 50 pounds of fish.

Dominic didn't say anything. He didn't say much after I caught him from nearly falling on his face when we caught the deer. I looked up at the stars and sighed. I spotted the big dipper and pointed at it. "Oh, look! There's the big dipper!" I pointed out. "Cool." Dominic said with no interest in his tone. I looked at him flatly.

"Oh come on. Cool? Is that all you have to say? We always used to see who could find the big dipper first. Remember when we went to that drive in every Friday night?"

"Yeah.. We'd be there watching a movie and not watch it. We just stared at the stars." He added. For once in this whole time being in this world, he laughed.

"I remember when Marissa accidentally hit your hand with a rock." Marissa is his 11 year old sister.

"Oh, yeah we were throwing rocks at cans. You always hit them since you're so good at targets."

I stood up and walked past the fire and sat next to him. He sat up and looked at me. "Yeah, and you kept on cheating by throwing a handful of rocks at the can." He said. I chuckled, "Yeah." Dominic looked at me as I looked back. It grew quiet, other than the crickets and other natural sounds around us.

"Angela.." Dominic said in a tone I knew too well. He used that tone if he was making moves on someone. Every time he made a move, the relationship grew more deep, and on the contrary it leads to more physical stuff. "Yeah?" I asked quietly. "Do you want to go back out with me again...?" He asked shyly. "I was hoping you'd say that." I smiled sheepishly. He moved himself in and kissed me. Not a short one, but a long one. But you don't really need to know all this now, wink wink!

And the plot thickens... Thats what my mom always says if there's some foreshaddowing going on in a movie or if we're watching Kyle XY. Ok I'm off for the next chapter. :-P