Hey guys! I know it's been a long hiatus, and no amount of excuses is going to make up for it. I'm just glad to be back and hope you guys like this new installment. ^^ I'm going to keep up with this baby now. A plot bunny has been poking at me for quite some time to pick this up again, so here I am. And though some updates might take time, I am going to finish. Don't give up on me!

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or The Mummy. I just have some DVDs and time on my hands. And when the hell is the Final Act going to come out in English Dub? Seriously? I NEED IT!

Kagome and Miroku Higurashi couldn't have told you what they expected to appear from the door leading into the cell before them, but a swearing, silver-haired, dirty wad of youkai was most likely not it. The guards, two bulky red oni with one horn each, dragged him in by the armpits and flung him into the dirt. He rose slowly to his knees and spat, wiping his mouth with his forearm. Then he looked up at his guests, nothing but boredom and utter disinterest written across his face.

'Yellow', Kagome thought. 'I don't think I've ever seen yellow eyes before.'

"Who the fuck are you two?" he sneered, one fang poking out from beneath a dirty lip.

Miroku stepped up to the bars, dragging his sister along with him, and his patented Swindler Smile in place. "I am a missionary, good sir, a humble monk spreading peace and love to the poor and hurting souls in the world. And this," he said with an awkward side-hug, "is my sister, Kagome."

She brushed a sweaty lock of hair from her forehead and smiled tightly.

"How do you do, sir?"

The man looked her up and down slowly, one brow raised. Kagome blushed to the roots of her hair, completely unused to such attention.

"Keh," he scoffed, "I've seen better."

"I beg your pardon?" the Miko squeaked, holding a scandalized hand to her chest.

Something large crashed in the background and the siblings turned to glance at it. The toady prison warden yelled something at the men in that direction in Arabic. He muttered a hurried "Please excuse me," before scuttling off in that direction.

The youkai spat again before asking, "Why are you here, anyway?"

"Well, um… We found something of yours," Kagome said, "It was an odd little puzzle box, and we've come to ask you about it."

He looked at them sharply through the bars, for the first time seeming like he was more than a dirty vagabond. The sudden clarity in his eyes made them perfectly aware that he was no animal, but an intelligent and perceptive man.

"No you didn't," he replied. "You came to ask me about Hamunaptra."

Miroku leaned down into the bars.

"How do you know that?"

"Because that's where I found the damn thing, you crooked monk."

Said man's eyes narrowed at the insult and he leaned in closer.

"And how can we be certain you're not lying?"

The youkai's eyebrows drew down in the instant before he punched his fist through the bars and into Miroku's face.

"I ain't a liar. And you ain't no Monk. You're a damn pickpocket," he hissed.

Kagome's curiosity had been piqued, so she stepped over her brother lying in the dirt to approach the bars of the cell and the man within it.

"You mean, you were there? Actually at Hamunaptra? Really?"

Her eyes were shining and a nervous, excited smile was blooming across her lips. He knew what she was. This woman was a scholar, not a treasure-hunter. Come to think, she was kinda cute when she wasn't shivering like a mouse. He smiled slowly and stretched back.

"Yeah, I was there. City of the Dead, yada yada. The whole shebang."

"Could you tell me how to get there?" she asked, leaning in far enough for her hat to slide back against the rusty bars.

"You wanna know?" he asked, "You really wanna know?"

She leaned in even more, blue-gray eyes wide and gleaming with the thirst to know.

"Yes, of course," she whispered.

Without warning or pause, he took a firm hold of her chin and planted his lips against hers through the bars. His lips were dry and chapped, but firm against hers. The contact was brief, but enough for the sensation of a fang's outline to imprint itself upon her.

He pulled back sharply and snarled, "You want it? You get me the fuck out of here!"

After his breach in protocol, the Oni guards wasted no time in cuffing him across the head and dragging him away by his armpits.

"Get me out, wench!" he yelled again before the cell door was shut in his face.

Her brother stood at her side, rubbing at his sore jaw. The warden returned then, cackling with glee as the mysterious youkai was dragged back through the door.

"Where are they taking him?" Kagome asked, placing shaking fingertips over her mouth.

"To be hanged!" the creature laughed, "Apparently, he had a very good time!"

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Kagome's stomach was in knots as she sat between her brother and the warden in the stands. The gallows was set in the center of the prison yard and the rows of cells had prisoners chanting and yelling out of all of them. Right before her eyes the silver-haired man who held the secrets to what could be the greatest find in all of history was having a rope fitted about his neck.

Her hands fisted in her skirts as she turned to the toad. "I will give you fifty pounds to save this man's life."

He turned back to her with a chuckle. "Miss, I would pay fifty pounds to watch this half-breed die."

Half-breed? So he was a hanyou? Not a youkai?

"What about one-hundred pounds?"

"Proceed!" he commanded the underlings.

"Two hundred pounds?" she cried.

Meanwhile, below on the gallows, a stack of three toad youkai stood next to the man sentenced to death so the one at the top could fasten the noose.

"Any last requests, slime?" he sneered nasally.

"Yeah," he growled, "Loosen the knot and let me go."

The toad looked confused for a second and halted in his work to yell a question up at his boss in Arabic. Shock and disdain plastered its way across the Warden's face.

"Of course we don't let him go, you imbecile! Now hurry up and hang him already!" he screeched.

The hanyou shrugged. "Worth a try."

Kagome was growing desperate. The clock was ticking and she had no idea what to do.

"Five-hundred pounds?" she offered tentatively.

The warden seemed intrigued by this offer and stood up to lean into her face.

"And what else, Miss?" he leered while licking his lips with a long sticky tongue.

The Miko resisted the urge to vomit and instead slapped him across the face with her handbag. He fell back in an embarrassed heap and cried, "Hang the bastard!"

With a creak and pull, the floor was dropped out beneath the hanyou's feet. He dangled grossly from the rope like a morbid puppet and his face flushed almost purple as he sputtered for air. It would take more than that to break a hanyou's neck.

"Ha ha!" the toad giggled. "How much more satisfying! We can watch the beast strangle to death!"

At this point, Miroku tapped his sister on the shoulder and took her seat next to the warden. He should have never let her barter. Look at where it had gotten them!

"What is his name?" he asked.

"Inuyasha. Fitting, don't you think for a mutt?"

He settled his violet eyes firmly into the Warden's beady ones and said with conviction, "What if I told you that your friend Inuyasha there knows the location to Hamunaptra."

"You lie!" he spat.

"Why would I?" Miroku replied calmly. "It's true. And we'll give you a cut if you let him go."

"I want 50%," he demanded.

"Try 10."

"40."

"20."

"30."

"25 and I don't kill you for flirting with my sister," he countered, leaning into his face.

The toad shook at the murder in the man's eyes and squeaked out, "Cut him down…"

An Oni heard and quickly cut the rope that held Inuyasha swinging from the post and the hanyou plopped ungracefully into the dirt. He breathed deeply and looked up at the stands. That girl from earlier was eagerly hugging her brother and she smiled down at him. He didn't really care how they did it, but all that mattered to him was that he was free.

And he had a bargain to keep.

And that was Chapter 6! I hope you liked it. ^^ Some new characters are coming in next chapter, and I'll take guesses for who they are. Leave your guesses (or requests) in the reviews along with any critiques or comments!