A/N: MAJOR PLOT CHANGING CROSSOVER WITH SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED.

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Return to Me

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Hours had passed since they'd managed to escape the hospital. Hours had passed since that lizard appeared out of thin air and began ransacking the city. Hours. In less than a day, they had been reunited with their old friends, with each other, gained back memories from a thousand lifetimes, and somehow were no better for it. The night sky before them held a menacing orange glow as various alarms and screams drifted upwards from the streets below. A giant lizard was currently stomping on buildings and humans alike as it fought off powerful demons who had no chance. Once again, the world was under attack from a seemingly undefeatable foe. For one man, however, his eyes were currently focused elsewhere.

"We always find each other," Miroku murmured quietly to himself as a soft smile graced his lips and his eyes traced the face of the woman sitting a short distance away, "I would've never thought. Hundreds of lifetimes. All of them end and truly begin with you."

"And you're always the same," Sango commented as she sent him a warm, playful smile, "Well, for the most part. When you've been a woman it seems like you do a better job keeping your hands to yourself."

"I am always a perfect gentleman," Miroku scoffed in mock offense, "Have I ever mistreated you?"

"That's not what I mean and you know it," Sango chided softly as she sighed heavily and her eyes traced the destruction below, "We always find each other but there always seems to be some kind of major struggle. Always some villain to beat."

"That much is true," Miroku acknowledged with a bitter chuckle as he pulled his knees up to his chest and rested his chin upon them, "This doesn't seem to the be the worst battle we've ever fought though. I died in World War I from inhaling mustard gas, remember? That by far was the worst."

"I remember," Sango commented sadly as she gave him a forlorn side-eyed glance, "I remember everything."

"Right now, though, it seems like our feudal era selves are in the most control. Probably because of those two who can't stay out of trouble to save their lives," Miroku reminded her softly before sighing heavily when the monster gave another menacing roar, "It was never boring with them around. That was for sure."

"I wonder why that is," Sango murmured thoughtfully as she moved to sit closer to her quite literal soulmate and rested her head atop his shoulder, "I mean, don't you find it odd that we remember anything at all? Why that particular lifetime?"

"I'm sure in that life we were involved when Inuyasha did something to piss someone off," Miroku laughed softly as his lips twitched upward, "I believe Kagome said something once about that skill being…"

"His super power," Kikyo suddenly cut in from behind them with a soft laugh – making both the former monk and slayer jump comically from the surprise and shock at her being so close, both eyeing her wearily as she gracefully sat down on the ground behind them, "It was always his super power. To make people angry, I mean. Undoubtedly, this opponent believes that those who knew him then are to blame for some perceived wrong."

"None of us can place him though," Sango pointed out with a soft sigh as she glanced towards the menacing beast, "We never fought anything so large. Well, no lizard quite that large."

"That may be his true form," Kikyo pointed out quietly as she narrowed her eyes and followed Sango's line of vision, "Perhaps when Inuyasha engaged him he looked quite different."

"Well his revenge will be bittersweet since we have no idea who he is," Miroku snorted lightly as he rolled his eyes and glanced over his shoulder at the pale looking humanoid hanyou who had just returned from his scouting mission, "But I hope for all our sakes that…."

"GET DOWN!" Inuyasha suddenly screamed – cutting out any further comment the former monk turned millionaire playboy might have made.

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"No one is even here!" a rugged, anxious looking young man huffed exasperatedly as he gawked at the front of the now very abandoned hospital – completely ignoring the rampage going on in the distance, "I paid a pretty penny to have Ryo committed and it was all a stupid scam. I should've known better."

"So, you're the little brat," a strange high pitched voice sudden chuckled in his ear – startling the young man and causing him to involuntarily stumble backwards – his eyes frantically searching for someone or something that would've made such a sound.

"Show yourself!" the young man bellowed hoarsely as he whipped his head in every direction in search of the unseen specter, "I'm…I'm…"

"A fool? A traitor? A coward?" the high-pitched voice taunted cruelly from everywhere and yet nowhere, "Tell me honestly. What did you expect to happen? Why would we go through all the trouble, all the risk just for someone like you?"

"I…I paid you. More than enough and…and you'll get more later!" the young man clipped back in a hollow sounding voice, "You were supposed to keep him. Declare him insane so I could take control of the company! I'll make more payments! You'll…you'll get millions!"

"You have no idea who he is, do you?" the high-pitched voice crooned, "No idea who he knows. What he's done. Where his true value lies."

"What the hell are you talking about?!" the young man breathed incredulously, "He's…he's my cousin!"

"Ah, so that makes your betrayal justified? That is why you humans are so inferior," the high-pitched voice hissed cruelly, "Blood means nothing to you. Nothing at all. You are all so selfish. So single minded."

"What are you?" the young man whispered shakily as he took an involuntarily step backwards, "Stay away! I'm warning you! People…people will come looking for me!"

"It's a new age child," the voice crooned as a figure began materializing from thin air before him, "Thank you for leading us to him. Saved us quite a bit of time and energy if I do say so myself. We've been looking for him for centuries."

Before the young man could fully comprehend what he was seeing or make sense of what he was hearing, the figure rushed forward and cleaved his head cleanly off his neck.

"Was your greed worth your life?" the figure taunted eerily as she kicked idly at the broken body sprawled atop the tarmac, "I imagine not. Humans are such disgusting creatures."

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It had been a day filled with shock, rage and disappointment for Kosei. His partner had been institutionalized at the same place her very not dead brother had been for the past ten years. The police department was completely compromised. The city was under attack. And lastly?

"And so anyway, I says to him," the police chief chuckled merrily as he poured himself yet another glass of sake – dust cascading down from the ceiling as the monster rampaged outside, "I says 'I can give you all his information and the girl.' All they wanted was for me to burn the files once it was done."

"So let me get this straight? At some complete stranger's bequest, you just turned over some civilian's information, had Chiyo institutionalized, ignored the fact that some random group was holding a minor hostage and are going to do nothing to stop the gigantic monster currently attacking our city?" Kosei Takashi commented dryly as he gave the police chief a withering glare, "In exchange for what exactly?"

"Protection," the police chief answered with a light chuckle, "And I'm damn glad I did too. They've destroyed half the city!"

"Have you even looked at the news?" Kosei hissed as he pointed to the silent television currently broadcasting similar attacks all across the globe, "It's not just here. They've hit every single major city! Paris. New York. Moscow. New Delhi. You can't tell me this is acceptable! That you can just sit by and let this happen!"

"They said once they get this Inuyasha fellow they'll back off," the police chief huffed dismissively, "Besides, we have our place in the new world order. So, a few people get hurt. That's to be expected."

"So why did they want Chiyo?" Kosei asked with gritted teeth – his heart racing a mile a minute, "If it was about this Inuyasha bastard, why did she get involved?"

"Something about her and that odd rich kid having some kinda connection to him. I don't know. Asking questions is what gets you killed," the chief snorted before he turned his attention back to his sake, "And to be honest, these guys have basically owned our asses for decades looking for that guy. If Chiyo and her brother somehow got involved, well, that's on them. Not our problem."

"You don't want to know why they even want this Inuyasha guy? You aren't the least bit curious? It could all just be lies," Kosei scoffed as he gaped at his fellow officers, "They're destroying the world and you don't even care!"

"If you care so much, why don't you go out there?" the chief snorted as he arched a brow and raised his cup to his lips, "You want to fight a giant lizard by yourself. Go ahead. Make my day son."