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Note: I don't know if anyone noticed, but I had to change a few things in chapter 11 for the sake of plot. I made a little mistake there earlier that totally blocked me off. I know it's quite unprofessional, but I had to edit some things out. Thanks for your understanding!

Inuyasha sat closely by the fire, warming himself up. He cursed the cold air outside, and the shabby door to the hut he was in that let it all in. It was that time of month for him. The grumpy mood he was always in during the night of the new moon was worsened by the fact that it was forgotten by his friends. Sango, the first one to leave, still hadn't returned from her village since she left, and wasn't due back for another two days. Miroku, having his wind tunnel injured by some demon who transformed into a beautiful girl to trick him, had left to see his master with a scribbled note left behind. Kagome hastily left the night before to return to her time to do one of her dreaded 'tests.' Shippo, being the most useless of the bunch, was the only one to stay; probably only because he didn't have any place important to go. He lay deep asleep against a wall, snoring. Heaving a sigh, Inuyasha crossed his arms, staring into the flames. The silence was disturbed when there was a scream outside. Instantly getting to his feet, Inuyasha's hand instinctively reached for the Tetsusaiga. Cautiously, he walked towards the door, slowly sliding it open.

'Shit!'
He cursed, slamming the door shut. There was a large demon outside; it must have been fairly strong to get past Kaede's enchantments and charms. He grabbed the half-asleep Shippo, getting ready to make a break for it.

"Wha? What's going on Inuyasha?"
Shippo asked, rubbing his eyes.
"Just keep your mouth shut, runt!"
Inuyasha hissed, peeking out the door. It was a giant mantis-like demon. Without Kagome, he couldn't tell if it was using any shards, so he couldn't just run in and fight it recklessly.
He held his breath, hoping it would just pass, since he honestly didn't know if he could take it or not. Thankfully, it seemed that the scream came from a frightened villager who already ran away. He didn't see any blood, or corpses. Knowing that they were all cowering in their homes, Inuyasha knew he was probably the only one with a fighting chance against it. His knuckles were white, his fingers still curled around the handle of his sword. It was at once silent as it was before the demon arrived, the only sound being the crackling fire. In the span of a few seconds, the roof of the hut was blown away; the hut was nearly leveled. Grunting, Inuyasha grabbed Shippo by the collar, and ran out of the collapsing building through the now ruined door. Dropping the little demon once he was outside, instructed Shippo to run; a command the little fox reluctantly obeyed. He used his newly learned fox magic to get away safely.

Inuyasha could instantly tell that he was no match for the demon in his state from the first blow. He managed to get the Tetsusaiga in the way from a certain deathblow, but could feel his arms shaking from the strike. Backing off briefly, he made a run for it's head, sword raised high, only to be deflected by one of it's massive blades again. This time he could feel his arm about to give; the dull pain rang throughout his whole body.

'Shit, I can't do this after all!'
He thought, looking at the other huts, and the one he was in, which was completely destroyed now.

'I can't just let this thing take the whole village... damn it!'
He turned around and ran in an attempt to lure the demon away in an attempt to buy time for Kaede to think of something. Sure enough, he heard the loud thumps of the giant following behind.
'Damn it, I can't believe I'm running from this thing!'
He thought; were he in his regular form, he would have been able to dispatch the bastard easily with the Windscar. Looking up at the dark sky, he could tell that there was still a long way to go before the sun rose. It was the impeccable feeling in his gut that was never wrong. While he was looking, he stripped over a root sticking out of the ground, which made him stumble. Luckly, he caught himself, and regained his balance. Hissing at the pain in his toe He realized that the path he was on was nearly pitch black. All of a sudden, he felt something cold on his foot.

'Crap, it's a river!'
He thought, and spun around. Without any warning, he heard a tree falling next to him. His luck ran out in the next blow, when one if its blades found it's way into Inuyasha's thigh, causing him to cry out. He fell, crawling backwards.
'You've gotta be kidding me! This can't be how it ends! How the hell did it come to this?'
He felt another, deeper slice on his shoulder. He could hear another blade whipping up to finish the job...

The blow never came; he couldn't see a thing. He couldn't tell whether it was the darkness him losing consciousness, or both. There sounded to be a lot of commotion; there was noise everywhere. The thing he heard most clearly however was the voice of one of his friends.
"Hiraikotsu!"

"Hiraikotsu!"

Sheena's seal was suddenly stopped by something large. Wedged into the ground, it was large enough to completely block her target, Inuyasha from view. With no strength to continue, her legs gave out and she fell to her knees. Her eyes widened when she realized what the large object was. She looked up, and saw a large demon carrying a woman who resembled her old friend Sango, surrounded by Lloyd, Colette and Zelos. She fell forward, her face in the dirt.
'Heh, you've gotta be kidding me... I must be dreaming..."

She thought. Her body had finally given out, and she lost consciousness. Whatever this illusion was, she was too spent to care anymore...

Sango was still panicking, the blood just wouldn't stop! She didn't have time to go back to the village, so she crushed the herbs that she always kept in case of an emergency, and quickly dressed the wound on his leg over his clothes. His shoulder, however, was in considerably worse shape. Luckily, it wasn't deep enough to hit anything important, but the large gash was bleeding quite heavily. If she had arrived a moment later, he would have been in trouble. It was a good thing that she had spotted a frightened Shippo running away from something. Her heart was racing when she heard what happened from the little fox. Hoping she wasn't too late, she asked Kirara to find her scent, which she soon did.

Tearing a piece of cloth with her teeth, she wrapped it around his torso to at least slow the bleeding. She would have to take him to the village so he could be properly treated, but she hoped her efforts weren't in vain.

Inuyasha stood in his spot, dumbfounded. The weapon that blocked the deathblow aimed at him was instantly recognizable.
"S-Sango!"
He stuttered, looking up. Sure enough, the demon slayer was there. Looking at his arms and legs again, he noticed that the cards keeping him immobilized fell to the ground as he heard the girl covered by the Hiraikotsu fall. Kirara landed next to him, and Sango jumped off her back.
"Inuyasha, are you okay?"
She asked, checking him for any wounds.
"Y-yeah..."
He replied, slightly stunned. Sighing with relief, Sango dislodged her weapon from the ground.
"Sorry I'm late... I knew I should have come back earlier, but some things happened... I tried to get back before the new moon but... I'm sorry."
"Keh!"
Inuyasha snorted.
"No need to apologize. It's not like I needed you or anything..."
"Hmm, oh really? Well it looks like you really did need some help a few moments ago."
She said, smiling. She was used to this kind of response. Even in the dark, she could tell he slightly red.

"Sheena!"
The two were interrupted by Colette. She flew down to the fallen girl, flipping her over. Lloyd and Zelos also swooped down, landing softly next to her.
"Huh? Who are these people?"
Inuyasha asked Sango, but it fell on deaf ears. Looking down at Sheena, Sango began to recognize her.
"S-sheena?"
She kneeled next to her.
"Sheena, is that really you? Wake up! Sheena!"

"Alright my hunnies, stand aside and let me do my thing. It should be able to at least get her up."
Letting Sango and Colette make some room for him, he started chanting a spell to heal Sheena. A soft green glow appeared around him.
"I-is that magic?"
Sango asked,

"Yeah. This takes a little while, but it'll work."
Lloyd said.
"He may not look it, but he can be useful once in a while too."
Zelos had to use all his willpower to ignore Lloyd and continue the spell. All the while, Inuyasha was getting quite impatient.

"Uh hello? Who are you guys? And who is this crazy girl?"
He asked, pointing at Sheena. Looking around, Lloyd replied,
"Give me your name, and I'll give you mine."
"What?! Why you little..."
Inuyasha's temper flared up again. He looked slightly less menacing without his fangs, but his teeth were still barred fiercely. Sango stood up, getting in their way.
"Okay, okay, I'll explain everything to you later Inuyasha."
"Inuyasha? That's Inuyasha?"
Colette asked, looking slightly disappointed. Her index fingers poked each other.
"But I thought… He had… Cute… Doggy ears…"
She mumbled.
"He's Inuyasha? Wow, I thought he'd look kind of... Stronger..."
Lloyd also looked a bit disappointed. Naturally, Inuyasha was severely offended.
"You bastard, are you trying to pick a fight?!"
"Okay, okay. Cut it out, both of you. Inuyasha's not exactly himself today, since, like I told you, he loses his powers every new moon."
Sango explained.
"Keh... You know Sango, you're not really supposed to announce an ally's weakness to the world."
He snorted.
"Healing wind!"
Zelos had finished the spell, and a soft, green wind enveloped Sheena, healing most of her minor cuts and bruises. The large one on her stomach still didn't seem to be fully healed.
"Nnh..."
She groaned as her eyes slowly opened. Sango kneeled at her side again.

"Sheena! Sheena it's me, Sango. Do you recognize me?"
Sheena suddenly felt a lot better than she had been. Her injuries didn't hurt as much, and she felt a little more energetic. When her eyes adjusted to the dark again, she could see that her friends were watching over her. Hearing her voice, she looked over at Sango.
"S-sango?"
She asked tentatively. Sango replied,

"Yes Sheena, it's me! Sango!"
She rubbed her eyes, sitting up. This had to be some kind of illusion, right? She looked at the girl one more time. She could recognize the demon slayer suit that she wore... and the giant weapon she had on her back. But her face looked different. She had much softer features than she used to have, but looking closely, she finally recognized her old friend.

"S-Sango! It's you! It's really you!"

Her face brightened up, and she embraced Sango.
"You were safe!"

"Yes, yes. I'm fine. Sheena, what happened?"
Sango asked, a concerned look on her face.
"As tear jerking as this reunion is, can we do the talking a bit later? I'm exhausted... Because of the lack of mana, my magic's weakened... Not to mention it's more tiring and takes longer to do."
Zelos interrupted. Nodding, Sango asked,
"Inuyasha, where are the others? Have they set up camp somewhere?"
"Y-yeah. They're not too far off..."
He replied. All of this was quite confusing to him. The strange magic almost completely healing the crazy girl in a matter of minutes? Mana? Sango knowing this crazy girl? These strange people with wings? He began to wonder if he even wanted to know what was going on.
"Can you lead us there? We've been flying almost all day, and I'm guessing we could all use some food and rest."

Sango said as she helped Sheena get on Kirara's back.
"Alright."
He said, leading the way.

"Ugh…"
Inuyasha groaned, trying to sit up. He was in pain all over. Opening his eyes, and squinting because of the brightness, he realized that his head was resting on something soft and warm.
'Kagome? No... She left for her time... Then who...'
He then remembered the last thing he heard before he lost consciousness. Squinting, he realized that it was, in fact, Sango and that his head was resting on her lap. Surprised, he quickly tried to get up only to be harshly reminded that his wounds were still quite severe, and that he was still a human. Hissing, he fell back down. This woke Sango, who rubbed her eyes, yawning. When she realized that Inuyasha was awake, a faint smile appeared on her lips.

"Inuyasha, you're finally awake! I was pretty worried back there..."

From the circles under her eyes, Inuyasha could tell that she had been awake for some time before she fell asleep. He could also see that she was still in her suit, and that parts of it were torn and bloody.

"What, you couldn't kill that lowly demon without getting hurt?"
Laughing, she responded,
"Well, I did a lot better than you, didn't I? I managed to get a shard, too."
She pulled out a small pink sliver of the shikon jewel from a little pouch. Inuyasha looked to see how bad his wounds were, only to see that they were all neatly dressed with bandages and herbs.

"So why are you here Sango?"
Frowning slightly, Sango responded
"You know, that kind of hurts. Am I not supposed to be here?"
Inuyasha shook his head.
"Keh! You know full well what I mean. You said you'd be back in three days, and you only took one. That means you probably didn't even make it to your village. Did something happen?"
Still frowning, she replied.
"It's the night of the new moon. I only realized that when I almost reached the village, so I came back to stay with you just in case. Where are the others?"
"Kagome had to go back to her time, and Miroku had to go see his master."
He said. Shaking her head, Sango sounded slightly annoyed,
"Well that's pretty inconsiderate of them... None of them knew that tonight was the night?"
"No, only you came. I'm glad you did, though. I was in quite a pinch back there. T-thanks..."
Inuyasha said, closing his eyes. He missed Sango's deep blush.

The group had walked around five minutes, and they finally reached a small, dying fire with three people sleeping around it.
"Oi, wake up. Sango's back."
Inuyasha said, prodding Kagome and Miroku awake.
"And she's brought company..."

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