The Guardian – Chapter 3: Reborn

"Everybody here?" Kenji asked as the group stepped out onto a grassy area surrounded by trees.

"Looks like it," Sammy said as she brushed herself off. She now had on a dark blue sleeveless shirt and light blue jeans and she had put her hair back in a pony tail. She also wore a light blue handkerchief around her neck cowboy-style. "By the way, Kuro, you might want to go to Human Mode so that the people here don't mistake you for a demon or anything."

"Yeah, yeah," Kuro said as he flipped open the screen and put in a few commands before pushing it back down and having his body change. All of his wolf features disappeared and changed to normal human ones. His clothes also changed from the standard black and sliver to now wearing a black t-shirt and jeans. His katana also moved from his side holster to one on his back.

"I better do that to," Chris said as he followed suit. His dog features disappeared and his clothes changed to a gold t-shirt with a light blue unzipped hoodie over top and a pair of jeans. He also now had on a backward blue hat with a Konoha metal ninja plate over the brim. "To hot for this," he said as

"Oh, have you already been to Konohagura?" Sammy asked as she spotted Chris's hat.

"What do you mean 'been there?'" Chris asked as looked at Sammy like she was crazy.

"Um…guys!" Kuro and Kenji yelled as the two looked over to him. "I think we have a problem." Chris and Sammy then noticed that the group had been surrounded by archers in village kimonos.

"What are they?" One villager asked.

"They could be demons," another suggested.

"But their clothes are of the same style as the girl, Kagome," The first one said again.

"Did he just say 'Kagome?'" Chris questioned Sammy with their hands up.

"Well, apparently someone forgot to tell you why The Guardians exist," Sammy said as she glared at Kenji.

"Okay, you three will be taken to our village," The head archer said as he came up to the group. "If you wish to live them you will not run, understood?"

"Yes," the four replied as they were lead toward the village.

"So, tell me, what's going on?" Chris asked Sammy in a whisper.

"The Guardians were protected to make sure that the worlds that are created through Story, Video and Fanbase are protected to their extent. You see when a person thinks up a new story, or movie, or game, if enough people believe in that story a world or even universe will develop due to those people and it's our job to protect these worlds from harm." Sammy explained. "You were chosen as a Guardian because of you extensive knowledge of these worlds."

"So, we're like the MIB," Chris tried to rationalize.

"They're actually a sub-division under our jurisdiction," Sammy said with a smile.

'Oh…" Chris trailed off. The forest was now beginning to thin out allowing the group to get a better view of the area. Chris was marveled at the site. Sitting in the middle of the valley was a peaceful village. It had plenty of agricultural farms and was lively with people. "Woah."

"Here we are," the head archer said as he stopped in front of a shack.

"What's goin' on here?" A voice shouted out as a tall teenage boy wearing a red kimono with long sliver hair and two dog ears on top of his head came out of the home.

"Ah, Inuyasha, where is Lady Kaede?" The villager asked in a bit of a worried tone.

"Out," Inuyasha said as he look over at the group of four. "Who the Hell are they?"

"That's why we need Lady Kaede," the head archer said again in a more demanding tone.

"For what? To tell you bums that you captured a bunch of people from Kagome's era?" Inuyasha said as he then looked back at the group and thought about what he said. "Wait a minute?" He then moved over to Chris and looked him over. This seemed fairly easy to as Chris was only six foot, a full five inches shorter than Inuyasha.

"Okay, how did you people get through the well?" Inuyasha asked directly to Chris.

"Hey don't look at me this is my first day on the Job," Chris replied.

"What's going on out here?" A raven haired girl in a green school uniform asked as she came out of the home with a purple and black robed monk, a black haired girl in a white, purple and green kimono, a boy in a yellow short kimono, and what appeared to be a young boy in a blue colored kimono with pointed ears, red hair, and a bushy fox tail.

"These people are from your era, aren't they, Kagome?" Inuyasha asked as the girl named Kagome moved forward.

"Yeah, I recognized the styles," Kagome said as she looked over the three people before staring down Kenji on Kuro's shoulder. "I'm not so sure what that is though."

"Good, then it must be a demon," Inuyasha said as he unsheathed the blade at his side. Immediately, the blade transformed into a giant katana that reminded Chris of Cloud's sword from Final Fantasy VII.

"Um…I don't think that telling you we're all Guardians changes anything, does it?" Sammy said as the four backed up from Inuyasha.

"Of course it does," an old woman said as she approached the area.

"What do you want hag?" Inuyasha spat.

"Kagome…" Kaede said without blinking an eye.

"Sit boy," Kagome said as the necklace that Inuyasha wore glowed white before he face planted into the ground.

"Please, excuse the villagers, and Inuyasha," Kaede said as she dismissed the archers and lifted up the blinds to the shack. "Please come inside for some nourishment."

"And that's why we're here," Chris said as he finished his bowl of hot stew.

"So you're look for you teammate?" Kohaku, the boy in the short yellow kimono asked.

"Correct," Kenji said as he also finished his bowl.

"Well, who's the person?" Inuyasha asked impatiently.

"A girl named Midoriko," Kenji said and was not long after stared down by the Feudal Group and Chris. "What's the matter?"

"Midoriko is dead," Kagome said as she looked down at her empty bowl. "Her spirit was released from the Shikon Jewel as it was destroyed a few weeks ago."

"Hm…this is a problem," Kenji said as the emerald on his back glowed and an electronic tablet appeared in his paws. "Luckily, I know exactly what to do."

"What's that exactly?" Kuro asked as Kenji jumped onto Chris's head.

"I'll show you when we get there." Kenji replied.

"Well, if you guys are going to try this then we might as well go along," Kagome said as she stood up.

"Wait? What!" Inuyasha screamed as he stood up as well.

'It'll be just like old times," Shippo, the fox demon, said as he jumped on Kagome's shoulder.

"I agree," Mikoru, the monk, said as he moved his hand toward Sango. He was quickly met with a large red mark on his face from Sango's hand though.

"And, you can't blame that on the Wind Tunnel," Sango said as she pointed to where the cursed hole used to be.

Yep, just like old times," Inuyasha said sarcastically.

The group set off on their adventure fairly quickly. Inuyasha was carrying Kagome while Sango, Kohaku, Miroku and Shippo were currently riding the Demon-Cat Kirara. Kenji had also activated a few vehicles for his team that they were currently riding. Chris was riding a metallic blue hover-board that was controlled by a remote that was connected by a cable to the motor on the back of the board. Sammy, on the other hand, was riding a purple motorbike that ran on sunlight instead of gas. Finally, Kuro was skating using a pair of black hover-shoes that allowed him to slide across the ground with all most no fiction allowing him to go super fast.

"There it is!" Kagome shouted as the team slowed down. In front of them laid a cave that seemed to have a very nasty aura surrounding it. "This is the place of Midoriko's body."

"Yeah, great place for a summer home," Chris said sarcastically as the team made their way into the cave.

"This place reeks of demons," Sango said as she and her brother had changed into their demon-slayer uniforms.

"Tell me about it," Sammy said as she Chris and Kuro were surprised at their Gauntlets glowing.

"What just happened?" Chris asked to Kenji.

"I think a form just became unlocked," Kenji said as he opened up Chris's Gauntlet and began to tinker with the layout. "Yep, a new form activated thanks to you guys having spent a good amount of time in this world. This kinda thing is natural so don't be alarmed."

"Sweet," Chris said as he selected the new form and slammed down the Gauntlet Screen. "Activate!" When the light had died down from the transformation, Chris was now wearing a Kimono like that of Inuyasha except that it was blue and the sleeves were missing. He also now had sliver streaks in his hair and had the same dog features as the Spirit Form making him a half demon.

"Look Inuyasha, you have a friend," Miroku jeered as Inuyasha shot him a death glare. Two more lights then appeared and disappeared as Kuro and Sammy transformed. Kuro was like Chris except his kimono had sleeves and was black. Kuro also had his wolf features making him a half demon as well. Sammy now had on a white and blue priestess kimono with her hair let loose behind her.

"Now that everyone is ready, can we please continue?" Inuyasha half asked, half demanded.

"Yeah , yeah," Sammy replied.

"The cave then opened up into a large room filled with petrified demons and a lone warrior priestess in the center.

"Well, at least it's mostly in one piece," Kenji stated as he stared at the wound in Midoriko's side that was the birth place of the Shikon no Tama or Jewel of Four Souls. He then pulled his tablet back out and looked over a file before a blue marble appeared on its electronic face. "All we have to do is place this marble on her and she should regain her life and body."

"Alrightly, then," Chris said as Kenji jumped off his shoulder and began to move toward the stone priestess. Then, Chris felt something. It was like his body was resonating from some sort of power. He could tell the others could feel it to. "What's going on?"

"Look out!" Miroku yelled as a large hole appeared in his right hand causing a vortex like suction to appear from it. Miroku was quick to react though as he threw a purple cloth over it and bound it with a rosary.

"The wind tunnel?" Kagome questioned as a black cloud appeared. "But that means…"

"Yes…" a voice called out from the cloud as everyone drew their weapons. Chris and Kuro both pulled out their katanas and found them being a bit oversized but still light.

The cloud then formed into a body that covered itself in a white cloak and baboon mask. "I have returned."

"Naraku!" Inuyasha said as he stared down his eternal enemy. "How are you still breathing?"

"Well Inuyasha," Naraku said with a grin. "I have many forms and many other offspring. But as they say, since I told you…" He then pulled away the cloak and mask revealing a human torso, arms and head attached to a gelatinous blob of tentacles and moving skin. "I'll have to kill you!"

Naraku then started to throw around his tentacles trying to smash the dodging group.

"I'm gonna send you back to the hole you crawled out of! Wind Scar!" Inuyasha yelled as he swung the Tetsusaiga letting loose a torrent to golden wind slicing Naraku body. He quickly began to regenerate though as Kagome let loose one of her purifying arrows disintegrating a part of Naraku's body. Kenji was then flung from the tussle as Chris grabbed him.

'You okay?" Chris asked.

"I'm fine," Kenji said as he looked back to the battle and saw the blue marble on the ground next to Naraku. "Chris! The Marble!"

"Crap!" Chris yelled as he took off into the fray.

"What's this? Another puppy to play with?" Naraku questioned as he flung a tentacle toward Chris.

"Better watch yourself. This puppy's got bite!" Chris yelled as he swung his katana. He then felt energy building up as he swung so he released it through the sword. "Blaze Slash!" Chris yelled as a fiery arc of energy hit Naraku's tentacle disintegrating it. Chris then grabbed the marble, rolled and leapt for Midoriko's body.

"No!" Naraku yelled as he attacked Chris from behind.

"Let this work!" Chris yelled as he slammed the blue marble into Midoriko's body. Suddenly, a white light shown over the entire area. Naraku screamed as the light fried his body. He quickly turned into a black miasma cloud and flew out of the cave as the light died down revealing a teenage girl about Sammy's height wearing priestess battle armor.

"Ugh, what's happening," the priestess said in a perfect modern voice. She then began to look at all the faces around her as they all stared back dumbfounded. Because, instead of a hardened warrior, they now had a teenage girl in front of them.

'What did you do?" Kenji asked Chris as he jumped onto Chris' shoulder.

"So what's going on?" Sammy asked as Kenji flipped through his electronic tablet looking for answers to the teenage girl in the corner that was slurping down her ramen loudly.

"The only thing that I can think of is that as Chris hit Midoriko's body, he imprinted some his own soul onto hers giving her modern wants and needs." Kenji finished as the put the tablet away onto his back.

"Great…" Chris said as he looked over at Midoriko. "So…um…Midoriko…"

"Please, call me Miya," Midoriko said as the Chris could feel the stares of the group all over his back.

"Okay, Miya, we were wondering if you would want to join our team," Chris said as she stood up.

"Sure," She said as walked over to him as squatted down. "You know, you're sort of cute."

"Um…Thanks?" Chris questioned as he again felt their stares down his back.

"Are you sure you guys will be okay?" Sammy asked Kagome as the group prepared for travel.

"Sure," Kagome replied. "The jewel is still gone so we'll take on Naraku and beat him."

"Alrighty then," Kenji said as he got the attention of both groups. "Time to go team."

"We'll see you later," Chris and Kuro said to Inuyasha.

"Feh," Inuyasha said as he held out his hand to the two. "Good luck."

"Thanks," they both said as they shook Inuyasha's hand and ran over to the two girls and Kenji.

"Let's go," Kenji said as the group jumped through. "See you soon!" He yelled as he jumped through the portal.

"Well," Inuyasha said as the group walked up to him. "I think it's time we hunt down Naraku and show him whose boss."

"Agreed," Kagome said as the group nodded their heads. "Then let's go!"