Chapter 6
The Jewel of Inutaisho
As Inuyasha and Serena walked over to the Bone Eaters Well, she asked, "What's the Feudal Era?"
"That's where I come from." He said as he opened the doors "It's about 500 years before your time. That's where we're going too."
"And I suspect we get there through the well." She asked as they walked inside.
"Yep." Without warning, he grabbed her around the waste, jumped from the top of the stairs and into the well. As Serena thought that they were going nowhere, a burst of swirling blue light surrounded them. The light surrounded them for a few seconds before they gently landed at the bottom of a vain covered well. Inuyasha jumped hard and they flew out of the well and landing next to it where he released her.
The shrine was gone and there were nothing but trees all around. As Inuyasha watched her, she recognized the sacred tree in the distance.
"Is this…?" She said in awe.
"Yep. This is the Feudal Era." He walked over to her and took her arm and said, "Now come on. We'll wait for Kagome at Keade's place."
"Um…sure." Serena let Inuyasha drag her a long until she was able to check up with his speed. She followed him to a village that wasn't to far from the well.
They walked passed a rice field and then into the village itself. There were small houses everywhere. Everyone in the village that they walked passed stared at her. She could hear them whispering about how she and Inuyasha looked like twins. Except for the fact that she was wearing modern black pants and black leather boots.
They walked down the row of houses to a house near a staircase that lead to a small shrine. Standing in front of the house was a old women with a patch over her right eye.
As they approached her, the old woman asked, "Be it me, or is there two of ye Inuyasha?"
"There's only one of me you old hug!" Inuyasha said angrily. "This is Kagome's older sister, Serena."
The ole woman, that Serena believed to be Keade, looked at her and said, "Ye are Kagome's sister?"
"Yes, I am." Serena said looking slightly nervous.
"But why do ye look like InuYasha?" Keade said, noticing her Tetsusaiga.
Serena explained to Keade about the small box and the jewel around her neck. As Kagome came up to them on her bike, Serena asked, "We were hoping that you knew something about it."
"I'm sorry Miss. Serena. I know nothing about this jewel."
As Kagome got off her bike, she said, "Hi Keade!"
"Miss Kagome! Is this girl truly your sister?" Keade asked as Kagome took off the big yellow backpack she was carrying.
"Yes she is." She set the bag down and said, "I completely forgot I had a sister until last night."
Keade invited them all inside the house. As they entered, Serena saw that there were a few others inside. There was a girl with long brown hair and brown eyes and a two tail cat sitting on her lap. Next to her was a man wearing blue robes and some sort of blue beaded necklace on his right arm. On the floor, drawing pictures with crayons was a small boy with a fluffy tail.
"Lady Kagome! You're back already?" asked the girl.
"We thought you weren't coming back until tomorrow?" asked the man.
"Well something unexpected happened that caused me to come back." Kagome sat down and Serena sat next to her. Inuyasha sat on the other side of Kagome.
"Hey, why are there two InuYashas?" asked the small boy, as he jumped onto Kagome's shoulder.
"I'M INUYASHA! THAT'S KAGOME'S SISTER!" Everyone could tell that Inuyasha seemed annoyed that Serena looked like him.
"This is my older sister, Serena." Kagome introduced her to everyone.
"Hi! I'm Sango and this is Kilala." Said Sango. Kilala mewed cheerfully at Serena.
The man in blue robes came over to her, took her hand, and said, "I'm Miroku. Would you mind bearing my children."
Serena was completely put off by this and, judging from the evil look Sango was giving him, guessed that he's been asking this question numerous times. She quickly took her hand back from him and punched him hard in the face. And because she was now a demon, Miroku went flying across the room. When he landed on the floor she said, "Not a chance sicko!"
"I'll take that as a no." Miroku was lying on his back with a large black eye.
Sango seemed impressed by the fact that Serena injured Miroku pretty good. Serena crossed her arms and asked Kagome who the little guy was.
"Oh! This is Shippo. He's a fox demon." Said Kagome as the little fox demon sighed at Miroku.
"He's never going to learn." Said Shippo, as he rolled off of Kagome's shoulder and into her lap.
Kagome further explained that Sango was demon slayer and Miroku was a perverted monk with a cursed right hand that had a black hole in his palm.
"You mentioned someone named Myoga before we came here. Who's that?"
A mysterious voice said, "That would be me, Lady Serena."
Suddenly she felt that something was crawling on her nose and quickly squashed it with both hands. She opened her hands and saw a flea no bigger then the jewel she had.
"You're Myoga?" She asked as the flea stood in the palm of her right hand.
"That is correct, Lady Serena." Said Myoga
"Hi Myoga." Said Kagome. "How long have you been here?"
"I just arrived when I saw Inuyasha come out of the well with a double." Myoga sat down on Serena's hand and continued. "Now I know that to be you, Lady Serena."
As he looked at her he saw the jewel and gasped, "I can't believe my eyes!"
"What is it Myoga?" asked Miroku as he sat finally sat up.
"Serena! Where did you find that necklace?"
"I found it in a small box that was rolled up in this kimono. Why?"
Jumping up and down, he said, "That is the Jewel of Inutaisho! InuYasha's father's jewel!"
"What!" InuYasha was shocked by this. "You mean that jewel belonged to my old man!"
Myoga stopped jumping and said, "Exactly! Toutousai and I found it among his burned remains the day you were born."
"Can you tell us about it?" asked Sango.
Myoga sat down and said, "After Toutousai and I hid Sounga in the Bone Eaters Well, we went back to the burned down temple. We wanted to see if there was anything else there that the master left behind."
He took out a small fan and continued. "All we found was that necklace. As I recall, Master Inutaisho had a small amount of his and Sesshomaru's blood forged into a jewel. Lord Sesshomaru had no idea that the master had taken some of his blood at the time and I believe he still doesn't know about. Anyway, after it was finished, the master wanted to give it to InuYasha's mother, Izaiuwai, the da InuYasha was born. But as you all well know, he never got the chance."
"So what does the jewel do?" Serena asked as she watched the tiny fan open and close.
"Master Inutaisho said that it would give Izaiuwai a share of his powers so she would be protected from harm."
"But why did my hair and eyes change color?"
"A side effect I suppose." Myoga said crossing his arms. "Anyway, after we found the necklace, Toutousai found a priestess who knew Master Inutaisho very well before he passed away. She put a spell on the small box that would open when someone with a pure heart and demon spirit came around."
"What about swords? The spell I read said something about having 'the legendary swords of the fang?'"
"Hmm…it must be talking about Tetsusaiga and Tensaiga. But I don't see how you could have them both considering Tensaiga is with Lord Sesshomaru and Master InuYasha has the Tetsusaiga."
"She has both of them Myoga." InuYasha said sitting up right. "She told me she found both swords in a box with my kimono wrapping my sword and Sesshomaru's sword with his kimono."
Myoga thought for a while, and then said, "Maybe something happened to you and Sesshomaru that caused the swords to be buried together."
"Keh, whatever." Inuyasha leaned back and laid down on the wood floor.
"What surprises me the most is how much you look like Master Inuyasha."
"I'M NOT INUYASHA!" Now it was Serena's turn to be annoyed. "That's why I braided my hair so that people could tell us apart!"
She threw the flea at the wall and then went outside with everyone staring at her as she left.
