And this began the story of Inuyasha the Inu no Hanyou.

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The group consisting of Kagome Higurashi, Sango the Demon Slayer, Miroku the perv– ahem, monk, Shippo the Fox Demon, Kilala the Cat Demon, and Inuyasha the Inu-Hanyou was travelling through the forest in search of the Sacred Jewel Shards. It was early morning and the group were acting as they always did: Miroku was groping Sango's ass, resulting in a hard smack across the face; Shippo was annoying Inuyasha, causing said male to give him a hit to the head which also set Kagome to say the accursed word to punish him; and Kilala was just walking beside the mix-match group.

The day was bright when Inuyasha caught a certain someone's scent on the wind. He growled which lead the group to question him.

"What is it, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked and readied her bow.

"Sesshomaru…" he growled and took off in the direction of his half brother.

"Matte, Inuyasha!" Kagome shouted after the quickly sprinting hanyou.

Said male ignored her and kept rushing through the forest and toward his older half-brother.

When he caught sight of a certain daiyoukai, he stopped and growled angrily.

"What the hell are you doing here, Sesshomaru," the white-haired hanyou demanded. The older Inu-youkai stood silent before unsheathing Tokijin.

"What I do is none of your concern, hanyou," he stated coldly. Said hanyou snarled and brandished Tetsusaiga as well.

"Teme!" He shouted and rushed at the silver-haired male. He went for an overhead slash which was easily dodged. Sesshomaru went for a diagonal swipe to the other's neck, but Inuyasha saw it and ducked out of the way. He jumped back to gain some distance from the first son of Inu no Taisho.

Inuyasha bent his knees in preparation to pounce but his brother was quicker and dashed toward him in one leap. Inuyasha brought up his sword to guard against his brother's. The sound of metal clashing rang through their sensitive ears, but neither stood down. Soon, Sesshomaru's strength triumphed his younger brother's and sent him stumbling back. When Inuyasha caught his footing, he growled at the other, but he was further caught off guard when the daiyoukai appeared in front of him. Sesshomaru swung his sword in an arch. The blade caught the hanyou's chest causing a small spurt of blood to escape but also a certain object.

"Gah!" Inuyasha flew back from the force. At that moment, Kagome and the others appeared to see him crash against a tree. They all brought out their weapons against the silver-haired man. Sesshomaru barely spared them a glance nor listened to their grating voices. What he was more interested in is the green object lying on the forest floor.

Inuyasha sat up with a hand over the wound and glared at his jackass of a brother. He noticed that the man was not looking at him but at something on the ground. He snarled when he thought the daiyoukai was ignoring him but was also curious as to what had caught Sesshomaru's attention.

When he did, blood drained from his face. It only got worse when the demon knelt upon the ground and reached to pick it up after returning his sword to its scabbard.

Sesshomaru was curious as to why a dirty hanyou would be in possession of something of great value, other than the Tetsusaiga.

Inuyasha ran to stop his half brother from touching the jewel. But he was too late.

As soon as the daiyoukai touched the item, a golden light exploded from it and blinded everyone within the vicinity.

Sesshomaru stumbled back with an arm covering his face from the light and the harsh wind. The three humans and two demons were pushed back by the force of the wind. Inuyasha fell on his back before sitting up and squinting to see through the brightness.

When the light and wind died down, there was silence. Everyone uncovered their eyes and stared in awe and shock.

There, standing tall with his eyes closed, was a certain blonde-haired man. The only thing that was different about him is that he has longer hair that reaches mid-back, he was wearing a dark red kimono top that was closed with a black sash that was orange at the ends and loose pants that slightly hugged his frame, and he has his black boots. On his muscular arms were tattoos that looked exotic but, to him, actually meant something. When he opened his eyes, they were now slits and a bit drowsy.

Naruto yawned as he covered his mouth with one hand and stretched the other upwards. He blinked at the stunned group before giving a fanged smile.

"Yo, minna."

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Inuyasha gaped at the man before him. He stumbled his way past his silent, straight-faced brother and up to the person he's been missing for some time. Naruto smiled down at him and made his many tails appear.

"You're here…" Inuyasha whispered. Naruto enveloped the young hanyou within his arms and added his tails for additional warmth. He rested his chin upon the white-haired teen's head.

"Yea. Sorry for the wait, Inuyasha." He replied.