Oh yeah! I am back and better than ever! My stories are gonna action packed to the point of bursting! Oh, and uhh... I converted to ninja's, so I can't be a pirate anymore, sorry guys. Kidding, god, what's with all the hostility? I'm always gonna be a pirate ninja.

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Chapter 7

Section 1

After quite a sizeable ammount of walking, the gang finally arrived at the village of which Miroku headed to. Zac looked to the others.

"Right, if we want success, we need to split up." they looked at him, eyebrows raised. "Well, I uhh..." after a quick pause, he turned and ran. Ia sighed.

"I guess he's right. I know Miroku the best here, so I'll probably find him first." she announced smugly. She then turned and headed off the the more heavily populated area of town. Chey turned to wander off aimlessly.Kagome and Inuyasha decided to go together. Cam stood deciding who to go with.

"Bugga..." making up his mind, he darted after Ia.

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Zac was navigating through a very elaborate path of alley ways, when he heard a whispered voice, followed by the response of a more panicked voice. He pressed up against the nearest wall, and peered around the corner. There stood a balding man up against a wall, hands raised. Another man, dressed in the garb of a bandit had a small knife pressed to the man's throat.

"I gave you many chances, Tsuri." the bandit said.

"I run an honest shop, I can't make the funds in time. All I beg of you is more time!" the bandit laughed.

"Honest? Sure you run a butcher shop, but do you not also sell weapons on the side?"

"I have no idea what your talking about!" the bandit laughed again.

"Liar." he brought the knife back, ready to push it into the man's flesh. Zac leaped out, grabbed the man's wrist, and punched upward hard on his elbow. With his arm breaking, the bandit dropped the weapon. Zac quickly wrapped his arm around his throat, kicked his legs out from behind and pulled his arm tightly aroun his windpipe. The bandit struggled and gasped before falling limp.

"Is he dead?" the clerk asked him.

"Not quite. Unconcious." the man placed his hands upon Zac's shoulders.

"I owe you my life! If there is anything you need, just ask!" remembering the conversation of the clerk and the bandit, he got an idea.

"Weapons, huh? Care to give some weapons to my friend and I?" the man hesitated. "We are on a dangerous journey, and we are unarmed, with the exception of two out of 6, so..." the man nodded slowly.

"Yes, yes. I see what you mean..." he walked to the door, hidden behind some wood piles. Zac didn't move. The clerk turned and beckoned to him. Zac shrugged and moved forward, entering the secret market.

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Olivia and Cameron were asking the residents around town about the monk, without any luck. They finally sat down on a nearby bench. Many people were walking to and fro on unsaid buisiness. The sun was shiing above upon the duo in the garden. Two women stopped by, and stopped to fill pails with water from the nearby stream. Ia couldn't help but eavesdrop... it's in her nature.

"Did you hear about the new girl at the demon slayer village?"

"No." said the other, obviously intrigued.

"Well, a demon slayer came to my husbands shop, and mentioned her. He said she had unlimited potential. I think her name was Skie. With another demon slayer, we will be more protected." Ia gasped. She nudged her boyfriend.

"Cam!" his head was back, eyes closed, arms closed, basking in the sun.

"Hmm." he grunted in response.

"Skie! She's here too!"

"Really?" he asked turning his head in her direction.

"Yeah! She's at a demon slayer village. Maybe Inuyasha will know where that is." Cameron nodded in agreement.

"Yep. That's a good idea." Hugging her closer. "I'm glad I picked a smart one." Ia blushed, and grinned happily.

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Kagome and Inuyasha were walking. Inuyasha was sniffing the air, trying to catch the scent of the monk.

"Anything yet?" Kagome asked hopefully. Inuyasha sighed.

"No. This monk is slippery. I can't identify one scent from another." Kagome fell to her knees. "This is hopeless."

"Strange." Inuyasha was sniffing the air again. "What is this aroma?" Kagome got up.

"I smell it too... it smells like body spray." the only person in immediate view was a blonde guy who walked by all 'nonchalant' glancing at this and that in an ADD fashion. Kagome shrugged.

"Oh well..." Inuyasha watched the person walk out of sight before speaking up.

"Don't you find it wierd that a blonde person is here in Japan?"

"You know, now that I think about it, he was wearing a hoodie and jeans." she paused. "Do you think that Zac may know him?"

"There is a good chance in that." Inuyasha replied as they stood up to continue searching.

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Zac exited the shop, arms laden with weapons of various sorts, each hand picked for his friends specific personalities. Cameron will be recieving the pleasent surprise of a black hilted Katana, Ia will be recieving the generous offer of a custom made obsidian Longsword, Zac, hoping she was able to carry it, brought it along, Chey will be getting something more like her personality, which of course was a Long bow, with blessed arrows... those won't last too long. Zac picked out his very own Duel Bladed Staff, and just because he felt generous, he also grabbed a great axe. With his weapons strapped to his back, he headed out. The other weapons were in a sack he was lugging behind him. The only noise was the clanking of metal on metal, so when a person leaped out of nowhere and screamed: "BOO!", you'd have to assume that there would be mild surprise. Zac dropped everything, and rounded on his attacker, only to find himself face-to-face with his blonde friend Sam.

"Blondey?!"

"Fatty?!" Zac raised an eyebrow angrily.

"Hey hey hey. Watch it, I"m not 'big' anymore."

"Don't worry Zac, You'll always be fat in my mind." Sam said giving him a reassuring pat on the back.

"Yeah thanks..."

"No problem, Zac." he said smiling in a drunken manner. Zac rolled his. Something caught his eye. Miroku was walking along, chatting to two female villagers. He pointed him out to Sam.

"I may need your help to take him out." Sam nodded.

"Pansy..." he muttered as he turned to take the monk on.

"Oy, monk!" Miroku turned and saw Zac. Without hesitating, he left the women standing as he kicked up dirt in his attempt to escape. "Crap..." Sam and Zac took off after the monk. Zac followed the main path, while sam branched off, jumping onto a pile of supplies, then grabbing the edge of the roof of the hut next to him. Hauling himself up, Sam began to leap, rooftop to rooftop. Zac was barely keeping up, until Sam jumped down, and rolled to a halt, gracefully, in front of the monk. Miroku turned the other, but Zac slowly walked towards him.

"If it's a battle you want, then you shall recieve one." He jumped at Sam, wielding his staff, with a very sharp top.

"Sam! Catch!" he tossed Sam Ia's Longsword. Sam caught it just in time to parry Miroku's assault. Zac charged at Miroku, spinning his duel staff above his head. Of course, being the nerd that he is, Zac modled his fighting style after repetative viewings of Darth Maul's fight scene from Star Wars episode one. Miroku dodged, looking at the two highly trained swordsmen. Zac grinned at the monk.

"Your move, holy man." Miroku grinned back.

"You asked for this." he ripped the beads off his hand, making his sleeve fall back, revealing a dark hole in his hand. Gravity itself seemed to warp around the monk. "WIND TUNNEL!" Sam dug his blade into the ground, Zac hid behind a large boulder.

"You can't go on forever!" Miroku yelled over the roar of the wind tunnel. An idea popped in Zac's head.

"And neither can you!" Zac dove towards Miroku, gathering speed. Last second, Zac pulled up, cathing Miroku on the chin. The monk stumbled backwards. Sam dove at his legs, not only tripping him, but also stopping him from running. Zac used the roping that held the sack closed, and tied miroku's hands.

"The Jewel shards. Hand them over." the monk smiled innocently.

"Fine." Sam untied the ropes. Miroku reached into his robes, pulling out the shards. Grinning the slyly the monk threw the jar. "Go get them." Sam and Zac scrambled to get them. While they were distracted, the monk got up and ran away laughing.

"Look what you did, ya let 'im get away." Zac told Sam.

"I did?! You were the one who was originally in charge of catching him, I just helped."

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The others met up and were walking around trying to find Zac, when the monk ran into sight. Inuyasha calmly stuck out his leg. Miroku fell onto his face. Inuyasha grabbed him, holding out his hand expectantly.

"Jewel shards." Miroku gasped.

"I-I don't have them!" Inuyasha raised an eyebrow.

"What did ya do with them?"

"I g-gave them to your comrades!" he managed to stammer out. They all looked at each other.

"We're all here except Zac... he said 'comrades' as in plural..." just then, Sam and Zac wandered into view. Zac was examining the jar of jewel shards.

"Zac? Who's that?" Ia asked pointing to Sam.

"Sup?" he asked nodding to them.

"Right... well this is Carl's brother Sam." the nodded. "Ah! before I forget!" he said, pulling the sack up. "I got you weapons." he switched around the order of which he handed them out. Sam got the longsword, Ia got the bow, Chey recieved the great axe, and Cameron got his Katana. Zac kept his duel bladed staff. "If your'e dissapointed, we'll get new ones later."

"Let's go." Inuyasha said.

"What about the monk?" Chey asked. Miroku looked up hopefully.

"From what Ia tells us, your trying to get the shards to defeat Naraku." Miroku nodded. "We are one in the same, monk. Your coming with." they set out for they're journey, with Miroku following behind. Ia lit up.

"Oh yeah! Hey Zac! Skie is here too! She is at a demon slayer village!" Zac froze.

"Uh oh."

There ya go. Like I said in dialogue, if your dissapointed with your weapon, Ia, Cam, and Chey, let me know. Now that Sam and I are together, expect alot of nerd humor, and D&D Jokes.