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Chapter 02:The Sacred Jewel

Caliwone's eyes shifted between Kagome and Inuyasha as the girl screamed at the sight of him and dove behind the white haired man, letting her modern pink bicycle to fall with a clatter. Without hesitation, Inuyasha withdrew his sword as the girl clung onto the back of his fire red kimono. It transformed before Caliwone's eyes, turning from a battered and chipped katana into a sword of both exquisite size and beauty.

Caliwone eyed the blade, his senses tickled by something he'd never before felt from an inanimate object. It was almost as if it was alive in its own right. His eyes tore away from the blade reluctantly as Inuyasha's nose sniffed hard for his scent.

"Alright, who the hell are you?" he asked. "You don't smell human or demon."

"He's not," Kagome said, sending a defiant glare from out behind Inuyasha's back. "He's an alien." She withdrew her head back behind the half demon as Caliwone shifted his attention to her.

"A what?" Inuyasha asked, sounding as if he had never heard of such a thing before in his life.

"Someone not of this Earth," Kaede said, looking at Caliwone with new interest. "That does explain much about you."

"He's killed so many people in my time," Kagome squeaked. "Millions."

"So what's the big deal?" Inuyasha asked. "I mean, yeah it's tragic and all of that but that's no worse than the Band of Seven or even Sesshomaru."

"It is where I come from," Kagome answered hotly. "If I didn't know he was an alien I would say he was a demon from this era."

From over the hill top, two more people accompanied by two demons came into view. One was a man with black hair and blue robes similar to the monk that had confronted Caliwone not too long ago and carrying a staff. The other human was a woman with black hair as well but her hair fell far down her back and under the enormous boomerang that she carried; its size nearly the full length of the woman herself.

Both demons were surprisingly small. One was merely a cat with large eyes and twin tails. The other, although humanoid in general shape and the size of a small child, had a decidedly fox like resemblance with his fluffy red tail and paws. That one walked on his rear two feet and was dressed in blue pants and shirt with a light red vest.

All came to a sudden stop as they caught sight of the confrontation unfolding before them. The sight of Inuyasha's Tessaiga seemed to alert them to the potential danger of the situation and the woman reached up to take hold of her Hiraikotsu. The monk, however, looked over the situation more carefully.

"Miroku," the woman said, alarmed as the monk walked down casually between the two would be fighters, his eyes looking Caliwone up and down.

"Be at ease, Sango," Miroku said calmly and tilted his head over to Inuyasha. "What seems to be the trouble?"

"Kagome seems to think this guy is a killer," Inuyasha said.

"Not a killer," Kagome shouted. "Mass murderer; the 'Golden Warrior'."

"A killer?" Shippo, the fox demon child, asked, his voice frightened.

"Stop being so overly dramatic," Inuyasha said disdainfully. "Your scaring Shippo. And besides, the guy looks big and all but not all that tough. Have you been reading Sota's scary books again?"

"Inuyasha," Kagome said sharply.

Inuyasha looked back hurriedly, a look of fear crossing his demonic edged face. "Now wait a sec, Kagome-"

"SIT BOY!"

Caliwone watched in some astonishment as the purple beads that hung around the half demon's neck seemed to pull Inuyasha down to the ground by the throat with enough force to crack the ground beneath him. Quietly, Caliwone eased slightly away from this girl, less she use whatever strange powers she had against him. He had no wish to be party to such indignity.

"Kagome," Inuyasha growled as he tried to push himself up out of the hole he had created. "You've lost your mind. There isn't even anything gold about this guy."

"Sit boy," Kagome said once more, probably just for good measure as the ground cracked further under the onslaught.

Caliwone smirked. "I will show what she is so afraid of." With a crouch of his knees and a raising of his fists, the ground began to tremble and with dramatic flare, Caliwone released his full strength. Nothing happened. Caliwone looked down at his hands in shock. All of his power was gone! He clenched his fists in frustration. Now it made sense. That demon or whatever it had been that Caliwone had killed before entering this village had left him feeling drained, as if he had used a higher percentage of energy.

"In either case," Miroku said, apparently unconcerned with the behavior of the other two, "it doesn't appear to me that our friend here has shown any violent tendencies." Kaede nodded her agreement.

"So," Miroku said cheerily, clapping his hands together and looking all around. "Kaede, may we stay the night?"

"Of course, Miroku," Kaede said, smiling behind her wrinkles. "You are always welcome. As are you, Inuyasha," she added with only the slightest bit of hesitation Caliwone's ears detect.

"I don't know, Miroku," Sango said, her right hand still gripping her boomerang and eyeing Caliwone darkly. "I still have a bad feeling about this. I mean, I've never seen Kagome shake like that before. Not even when she was kidnapped by Koga and fighting the Birds of Paradise."

"My dear Sango," Miroku said, lowering his left hand and stroking her bottom soothingly. "Trust me."

One end of Sango's boomerang swung around and crashed into the back of Miroku's head. "How can I trust a lecherous monk like you!" Sango shouted.

"There is an anomaly, Naraku," Hakudoshi said, kneeling down in the darkness. He looked like a young boy with bleach white hair that stretched down to just beyond his shoulders. His eyes were eternally cool with all of the confidence in this world but trying hard not to let that show to the man that walked out of the darkest shadows before him. This man could have almost been mistaken for a human until one's eyes saw the demonic tentacles that arced outward from his back and the single eye that peered out from the center of his chest.

"There is another player," Hakudoshi finished.

"Interesting," Naraku said, his smooth voice not displaying any surprise whatsoever. "Describe him to me."

Hakudoshi frowned slightly. Him? By that simple sentence, Hakudoshi could tell that Naraku already knew all about him. "It is hard to say whether he is human or demon, or if either applies but he is not from this time."

"Much like our young reincarnated priestess, Kagome," Naraku said. "Yes indeed."

Hakudoshi nodded slightly. "In which case, he would be searching for a way back as quickly as possible."

"Yes, he is," Naraku said. Turning slightly, a young girl who looked no older than ten appeared next to Naraku holding a mirror. Like Hakudoshi, her hair was as bleach white as her clothing with wide, blank eyes. Also, like Hakudoshi, she was a incarnation of Naraku's very flesh along with the wind sorceress Kagura and the infant child that contain Naraku's actual heart.

"Unfortunately for him, he seems to have left that time in somewhat of a crisis and Kagome does not seem all that willing to help him." In Kanna's mirror, an image appeared, growing ever more clear as time elapsed. Soon, it showed the new arrival sitting with Inuyasha, Kagome, and the others. All seemed on edge and giving this new arrival plenty of space. Kagome, for her part, was out from hiding completely behind Inuyasha to practically sitting in his lap for all the space that separated the two.

"You are of course familiar with my Saimyosho," Naraku said, referring to his poisonous insects that relayed information to him via Kanna's mirror. "I would say matters have not improved much for his circumstances," Naraku commented. His eyes were on Hakudoshi, not on the mirror as if waiting for a reaction.

"What are my orders?" Hakudoshi asked.

"Patience," Naraku said. "Kagura, I think will be the one to convince him that Inuyasha and his friends are plotting against him and are holding out on how to get back home. With a little luck, he might be able to destroy Inuyasha on his own."

Hakudoshi nodded. "I understand. In the meantime-"

"In the meantime, you will accompany Kanna and myself to visit an old demon that may be willing to help me locate the remaining Sacred Jewel shards."

Hakudoshi grimaced. It would seem that his personal plans would have to wait a little while longer. "Of course, Naraku," he said, trying hard not to allow his frustrations to enter his voice. One day, he promised himself, he would see the end of Naraku for good.

Kagome shifted slightly, her knee banging against Inuyasha's lightly for the umpteenth time. He looked down at her again in slight annoyance; also for the umpteenth time and moved his Tessaiga more comfortably between his arms as it rested against his shoulder. Shippo, the tiny young fox demon was now sitting terrified on Inuyasha's other shoulder.

Next to them, Sango and Miroku remained calm but ready for trouble should Caliwone try something and perhaps sitting a little closer than absolutely necessary together around the camp fire that bathed all of their faces with an orange glow. Kaede sat closest to the Saiyan, looking rather affronted at being positioned so close to this supposed threat.

Caliwone, for his own, sat glowering at the fire pit, refusing to look any of them in the face as he contemplated the predicament he now found himself. Stranded in the past with no idea how to return to the home to the Justice League. He frowned harder suddenly as his mind paused with that last thought. Since when did he start considering the Justice League his home?

"So," Miroku said, breaking the long silence. "I know this must be disorienting being thrown back in time. Tell me, what is the last thing you remember before arriving here?" He broke off as he saw Caliwone was paying no attention to him at all but simply staring intently at the flames in apparent deep thought.

"Hey," Inuyasha snapped. "We're talking to you here. The least you could do is pay attention." Caliwone didn't even twitch. "Hmph," Inuyasha grunted.

Caliwone looked up, apparently for the first time noticing all of the eyes trained on him. "What?"

"'What' he asks," Inuyasha snorted.

Caliwone's eyes focused on him. "You have a problem?"

"We are just trying figure you out," Miroku said diplomatically.

"We have many enemies out there," Sango said seriously. "We need to know if you are one of them."

Caliwone raised an eyebrow fractionally. "You? An enemy of mine?"

"He doesn't smell like Naraku," Inuyasha said. "I am actually having a hard time understanding his scent."

"I already told you he's not from this planet," Kagome said.

"Yes, we know," Kaede said diplomatically. She turned her attention to Caliwone.

"I don't know," Caliwone said reluctantly. "Ever since I have been here, I seem to have been losing my memory. I remember going to a place called Gotham City with Batman and Batgirl, but I feel like that was many days ago. What's happened between then and now-" He shrugged.

"It was," Kagome confirmed tentatively. "I heard about your visit to Gotham but that was a couple of months ago."

Inuyasha and Miroku exchanged a concerned glance.

"What do you think?" Sango asked quietly. "Do you think he is being manipulated by a sacred jewel shard?"

"A what?" Caliwone asked, looking back and forth between the group.

"I don't think so," Kagome said as she looked at him as if scanning to see something in his heart. "I don't sense one, anyway."

"And I do not sense any evil intent from him," Miroku said, studying Caliwone intently. "Or anything resembling Naraku, anyway."

"Enough," Caliwone snarled, drawing a stark silence from the rest of group. "Sacred Jewel. Explain. Now."

Kagome and Sango exchanged a look even as Miroku took in a deep breath and opened his mouth. "The Shikon Jewel, or the jewel of Four Souls, was originally created by Midoriko, an exceptionally gifted and powerful priestess a long time ago. When Midoriko was about to die fighting a demon, she joined her soul inside her heart, with the soul of the demon to make it good and pure. By doing that, she killed herself and the demon. This created the Shikon jewel. Inside it, Midoriko and the demon souls still fight each other.

"The Shikon Jewel is a powerful spiritual item, that, depending on its owner, may become pure or tainted depending on the owners purpose," Miroku continued, deciding to pass over the fact that even a small shard of the jewel can grant incredible power to even the weakest of humans or demons; including the ability to keep someone alive at the brink of death or, as seen on several occasions such as the Band of Seven, brought back from the grave all together. "As of now, the Shikon jewel has been shattered and span across the continent and both humans and demons seek it greedily. We, on the other hand, seek merely to restore it to its full form."

Caliwone remained silent, considering. Despite his careful avoidance, Miroku had deftly implied significant power to be had. The question was, how much power? He had seen what humans had called 'significant' power that he had blown away with ease. This was probably just more of the same. His right hand flexed slightly as he remembered how much power it had taken to blow up that demon earlier and his inability to transform into a Super Saiyan...

Inuyasha watched Caliwone closely, seeing his mind working through the possibilities. He glanced briefly over at Sango and saw her looking at him with the same knowing expression. Out of anybody else in the group, Sango, an experienced Demon Slayer raised in a clan of Demon Slayers, was perhaps the second best warrior Inuyasha had ever seen. In fact, despite her constant distraction with Miroku, she had one of the sharpest minds.

Caliwone looked back up at the watching group, his left eyebrow, almost constantly raised in irritation with this group, was beginning to twitch. "Yes?" he asked, slowly and clearly at the brim of his patience. "If you do not stop staring at me," he continued, "I will be forced to remove your eyes from your sockets."

In her lap, Shippo quivered in fear. "This guy is scary."

"That's right," Caliwone said, glad to encourage Shippo's attitude. "I am."

The feline cat, Kirara, growled at him from next to Sango. Caliwone looked at her and the growling subsided.

"So where does that leave us?" Miroku asked.

"Leave us?" Caliwone asked. "All of this leaves us nowhere. I must return to my own time immediately and leave this wretched place where it belongs; in the past."

"I see," Miroku said, carefully avoiding looking at Kagome. She could return to her time and back to the Feudal Era whenever she chose but the fact the Kagome seemed to fear this visitor greatly and that she herself had not mentioned her ability to do so told Miroku that she was considering leaving him here in this era. If that was the case, Miroku did not want to tip her hand. Unfortunately, none of the others seemed to have thought that through. There were minor shuffling all around as they all shot Kagome furtive glances.

Luckily, Caliwone was not paying enough attention to either notice this or care enough to understand the meanings.

"In any case," Miroku said with a slight nod at Kaede. "I suggest we all get some sleep and tackle this problem in the morning."

"I agree," Kaede said with a short nod. "We will all benefit from rest and our minds sharper for it."

Miroku stood and followed the girls and Shippo as Sango slid the door to the small building open.

"What are you doing, monk?" Sango asked as she caught sight of Miroku trying to follow them in.

"I am just doing my duty as a man to make sure that you ladies are completely safe in these dangerous times," he answered with a failing attempt at seriousness. "And I can serve that duty best from inside."

"Right," Sango said dryly. "I think we will be fine by ourselves, thanks."

"But Sango, you know as well as I that I could never forgive myself if something happened to any of you. I wouldn't be able to live in this world." Casually, his hands reached out and took hold of both of their bottoms.

Two loud slapping sounds cracked like whips through the area and past the nearby woods. Caliwone shook his head in amazement at these humans.

"You can start by learning to live without touching my butt, Miroku!" Sango shouted, her face bright red. "You stay out here or so help me if I find you in here while we are sleeping. Kirara, you stay out here and keep an eye on things. Especially the monk." Kirara gave a muted 'mew' and abruptly transformed into her full demon Saber tooth form in a blaze of fire.

Miroku raised his hands in silent acknowledgement from his prone position on the ground where two hand shaped welts now throbbed on either cheek as the door slammed shut. Kirara came closer and licked Miroku's cheek in sympathy.

"You should get some ice on that," Inuyasha said. "Otherwise it's going to swell up like a balloon."

"It was worth it," Miroku said a blissful look coming across his face as he sat up.

"Right," Inuyasha said, just as dryly as Sango's voice had been.

Caliwone snorted as he leaned back against his chosen tree and closed his eyes. Perhaps with dawn, he would find a way away from these crazy people and back to his home with the Justice League. He frowned as that thought passed. Since when did he start considering the Justice League his home?

He shook that thought from his head. Defeating Kal-El was his only concern. He had promised Kal-El that. Once he made it back, he would make good on that promise.

To be continued...

Number two down. First, forgive me for taking this chapter to familiarize those who are not familiar with the Inuyasha Fandom with that story. For those of you that are more familiar, this is tentatively taking place between Inuyasha and Inuyasha: Final Act.

Second, thank you Kobez2.0 as always for your great help.

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