Else where, an innocent and cute voice could be heard in another inconvenient area. "This place gives me the creeps..." Shippo was just looking at the debris around him in the darkness. The tiny fox demon was trembling with fear. "Miroku come on lets go."

The monk clutched his staff and looked about but he was cool as always. "I know what you mean Shippo, the demonic aura here is almost suffocating."

"What are we doing here anyway?"

"You heard the villagers back there, they saw Inuyasha and Kagome come this way."

Shippo sunk and sighed. His ears dropped "Ohh... I told you we should stay together."

Miroku smiled. "Don't worry Shippo, this place cant possibly be that bad. We've been running into the kind of presences for a while now. We were never in that much trouble." Miroku continued forward

Shippo shrugged it off as he looked in the crevices and behind rubble. "Your right. C'mon Shippo, you have to be strong, your going to be the biggest strongest demon one day." He made a fist and willed himself. "You got to be brave." He began walking forward and realized Miroku was ahead of him. He then heard a cat meow behind him. Without turning he instantly panicked "Wah! Miroku wait for me!!!" He ran after him as fast as he could whining

Just then a swarm a purple bats appear before Miroku and Shippo and transform into Nevan she turns around and looks At Miroku

"Welcome sir is this your fist time here?"

Shippo and Miroku stop in their tracks. At first the bats coming was surprising. Miroku raised his staff while Shippo got behind him. However when she turned into a woman, they dropped their guard but only slightly.

"Wow... she pretty." Shippo said.

Miroku was not an idiot; he wasn't ready to flirt especially with demons. Well not now anyway. "Why yes this is our first time? Tell me where are we." He looked unguarded but he was keeping his sense sharp.

Nevan moved in closer but stopped as a bullet was fired into her back

"Back off I don't think he's desperate enough to get his soul sucked out"

"Oh you never let me have any fun Dante!"

"Just turn back into a devil arm before I get pissed"

Nevan turned into a guitar and Dante picks it up and puts it into his pack

"Miroku not hitting on a women now I know the everything's going to hell" Inuyasha said with a smirk

Inuyasha!" Shippo was glad to see him. It felt like a while he wasn't bonked on the head for catching Inuyasha when he screws up.

"No need to worry about me, I knew what I was doing."

"Yeah right, you knew that demon would have tried to seduce that demon sooner or later." Shippo looks at him with suspicion.

"Not now Shippo..." He knew he was caught. He looked back to his comrade. "Anyway, might I ask who is your friend there." He eyed Dante, he wore clothes he hasn't seen before but they seemed to be designed very much like Kagome's.

Shippo immediately ran towards Kagome with a big smile on his face. His fox ears in the air and his tail bouncing. "Kagome!" He went to her and hugged her leg. "I was so worried."

Kagome smiled. "Its great to see you again Shippo!" She picked him up and hugged him.

"Damnit Dante can't you leave me one demon to kill?"

Lady put her Handgun and SMG back in their hoisters

Miroku turns to see another woman. "Now thats what I'm talking about. Good evening Miss." The monk approaches her with a friendly smile on his face.

Lady puts her Bazooka the Kalina Ann up to his face

"Make one more move and you say goodbye to your head"

Miroku stops, one can see the sweat go down his brow. "Well if you put it that way." He held his hands up and decided against getting close to her... for now he probably shouldn't make any attempts at the other two women ether.

"….Miroku.."

"Err yes Sango?"

Miroku gets his had bashed by Sango's Hiraikotsu

Shippo crawls onto Kagome's shoulder. "Hey Kagome who are these people..." he gets a look at Dante. "They're kind of scary."

"Oh just a couple of devil hunters from your friend Kagome's time name's Dante and the girl you pimp of a monk is hitting is Lady, the blond is Trish, the red heads Lucia and the dude in the blue is my older twin brother Vergil"

Shippo jumped down to the ground. "Well hello." He said hesitantly to Dante. "My names Shippo." he said in a cheery voice. He pointed to the monk with the gun in his face. "Thats Miroku, he's always like that but he's alright when you get to know em."

"Yeah I can tell he likes big butts and he cannot lie"

Lady, Kagome, Trish and Lucia burst out laughing as the only ones who got it that thought it was funny unlike Vergil who could give a rat's ass

Jesters laughter fills the entire forest making it impossible to tell where it is coming from

"Looks like I lost the race so heres the prize don't be modest just take it were friends after all right HAHAHAHA!"

A gigapeide bursts in on the group form out of the forest

Dante lets out a sigh, goes Devil Trigger and kills the gigapeide then turns back to his human form with a few slashes of his sword hear and their

Miroku prepared himself before the demon was dispatched as quickly as it arrived. "Wow... not bad."

Shippo was amazed to. "He's just as good as Inuyasha."

What you just saw was a special power then only certain demons and half-demons have called Devil Trigger and believe it or not Shippo you've got that power in you too I can tell"

Dante pulls out a red orb from his pocket

"And by using this you can be trained to unlock the power"

Shippo looked at him with big eyes. He looked left then right before pointing at himself. "Who me?" He stared at the glowing object in Dante's hand. "Wow pretty."

"If you don't mind me asking Dante, what manner of demon are you?" Miroku asked curiously. "I've never seen such an attack before."

"Uhhhhh….I think Dragon half demon"

"Hold on you can't be serious about using that orb on Shippo he's not like Inuyasha and Kouga!" Kagome said franticly

"That's why were skipping the last 2 tests the 1st should be enough but its still your choice"

"…I'll do my best"

"Ok good luck kiddo your going to need it"

With that Dante threw the red orb and Shippo who was instantly absorbed into it and transported to the orbs area for the 1st test a cavern made of ice

"Shippo!" Miroku yelled as he vanished. "What happened, where did he go?" He asked with some anxiousness and concern.

Dante points to the red orb

"He's in there"

Shippo appeared in the cavern of ice on his head. "Dope...Uhh... owww." He held his head and looked around. His fox ears were up in the air. "Kagome... Inuyasha... Miroku?" He began to tear a bit as he looked around. All he saw was ice, and things encased in ice. "Ohh... I'm scared..."

Cerberus breaks out of one of the ice block and looks down at Shippo

"Leave now weakling the likes of your kind are forbidden in this land leave this place at once!"

Shippo stood there for a moment, staring at the large three-headed dog before screaming. "WAAHHH!!! I'm getting out of here now!" With tears in his eyes he turned around and then slid on a piece of ice. "Hey how do I get out of here?" He looked around but saw nothing but rock and ice. Shippo turned back when he heard a snarl. The beast had one of its heads on the ground with its mouth open, out of it shot icicles that flew through the air. Shippo screamed and scampered away to the left as the icicles shattered on the wall behind him. He found an out cropping on the side where he thought he could be safe. He jumped in narrowly escaping the icicle that embedded itself in the wall. It was a hovel he could hide in but there was no way out. The Cerberus tried to get to him but the chains in the wall held him fast. He could not reach the hole. Shippo in the meantime sobbed to himself, holding his eyes. "How do I get out of here? I'm gonna die. Why did Dante put me in here, no way I can fight that thing. Inuyasha... Kago...sniffle me." He began to cry silently to himself a while before he took a stand.

"No, I refuse to die. Ill have to do my best to win. I have to try." He jumped out of his spot and charge the massive creature on all fours. He got close enough when the thing took a swipe. Shippo jumped over it and while in air cast his magic. "Fox fire!" his voice echoed. Blue flame came forth from his paws and struck the creature. However the sheer frigidness of the beast stopped the spell cold. Shippo's confidence faded once again. He screamed and yelled as he hit the ground and then scampered back to his hole in the wall. Cerberus attacked again by pounding the ground with his paw. The whole room shacked as icicles fell from the ceiling, embedding or shattering as they hit the ground. Shippo some how, even with the slippery floor managed to avoid them all. Back in his safe hole Shippo breathed to get his strength back. "Now what do I do, my illusions wont be any help." Suddenly a small icicle hit him on the head. "Owch." He rubbed his head then got an idea.

He smiled but was still sweating. "If this doesn't work I'm doomed." He peered out towards the ceiling and saw what he was after. "Ah ha... here it goes." Shippo reached into his cloths and began throwing out a near endless supply of acorns all over the room. The Cerberus only looked at them and scoffed before trying to figure out a way to get Shippo. Shippo in the meantime, his items spent, prayed. "Now!" All of a sudden the room became filled with smoke. Using his illusion powers, every single acorn thrown took the likeness of a real life Shippo, all of them muttering, laughing, playing, and chattering which made a very confusing scene.

The Cerberus was surprised at all the tiny fox demons running around but only growled before one by one attacking them. Each one struck only became smoke once more. He became so frustrated that he did not notice the real Shippo above him in his large ball form, allowing him to float above the chaos. He reached his destination then turned back into the real Shippo. He clung on to a large icicle as he looked down as his doubles running around and confusing the massive demon just below him. He sighed deeply as he got to work, using his fox fire to melt the large icicle little by little. "Come on... melt..." he muttered to himself.

Finally the last clone was reduced to smoke as the Cerberus looked around, bits of water fell on his head as he finally noticed Shippo. He roared as Shippo, finished melting it. It broke off and he jumped to another one on the ceiling. The giant icicle fell right in the Cerberus's mouth and out his lower jaw, pinning it to the floor. It thrashed about a bleed a lot before finally scumbing to the wound.

Shippo let himself down and looked over his victory. "Hurray! Yes I did it!" He celebrated to himself by singing and dancing, just as the demon stirred again. His heads picked themselves up and then rotated. One head was dead but the other two were still alive and kicking. Shippo fell to the ground. "You got to be kidding me!" The Cerberus raised his paw and then brought down on the tiny fox. Feeling the situation hopeless he just looked on as his life was about to end.

"This is it..." he whispered...

"Do not give up my son..." A voice beckoned him.

"Father...?" Shippo replied. Then his world went black.

The Cerberus pounded the ground, thinking the fight was over. He drew his hand back but noticed there was no blood. Suddenly a sharp pain came to his arm as it bled with numerous scratches on it. While whining in pain, something quick, wizzed across the room, one of the Cerberus head's neck split open, pouring blood upon the ice. The last head rotated and got into position. He growled looking upon his opponent. There was something new staring at him. A large yellow white fox with 9 fiery tales... standing in the middle of the room. He eyed the Cerberus with its red eyes. The Cerberus opened his mouth and shot a wall of freezing cold air at the fox. He glowed brighter and suddenly all the ice in the room melted and the air of cold was stopped. The fox's fire went blue as he charge forward through the cold and lashed out with its claws. Digging its talons into the Cerberus eye. After the long battle, the Cerberus howled and then fell to the ground dead.

Shippo, in his devil trigger form stood back in the middle of the room and reverted back to himself in a flash of fire. Shippo, the small fox demon fell to the ground exhausted.

"You are no ordinary demon are you"

Cerberus looks up over to a fox demon made of fire

"You have raised a fine son old friend"

Cerberus turns into a ball of blue light and diapers then the fox demon made of fire transforms into a dagger and branded with the name Kistune Otou-San

Shippo opened his eyes to see a blade before him. It was small enough to fit in his hands. Only a dagger to a human. He reads the name on the hilt. "Father..." he smiled. "I knew you were watching over me." He takes it in his hands, its perfect for him. He waves it around before losing his balance. "I guess I need some practice first."

The red orb shattered and Shippo materialized were it once stood

"That was quicker then I expected"

Shippo looked around and finally saw some familiar faces. "Hey guys look what I got!" he held out the dagger. He laughed as he cheered before he began telling the story of what happened to everyone who cared to listen.

Miroku joined his companion. "I'm impressed Shippo now maybe you'll start becoming useful to our team."

Shippo moaned. "You don't have to be so cold about it."

"I ment that in a good way. You're starting to become a man."

Shippo perked up. "I'm gonna be the strongest demon ever." He looked to Dante. "I think I did what you said, that Devil... thing... but I'm not sure how I did it."

"Devil trigger once you do it one time it becomes instinct on how you do it again basically its releasing all your demon energy put you need have enough demon energy to do it and eventually your demon energy will one out until you gather more by killing battling demons. You guys should probably get some sleep me and Lady will come up with a battle plan for tomorrow"

"Indeed you mortals do need you rest"

"Well put brother"

Dante pulls out two swords from his pack and smacks them together

"How many times do I have to tell you no talking!"

Meanwhile under Naraku's castle the rift gate begins to activate