Childhood Remix

Disclaimer: This is an "Inuyasha" fanfiction. I have not stolen the idea and I have not taken claim to the show. It has not now nor has it ever been mine. Enjoy!

Chapter 10: A damned jewel and monk…

Inuyasha stared at the little black orb in front of him through his good eye. "What in the-?"

"What the hell is this?" the demon asked staring at the object in front of him curiously before picking it up and biting down on it with one massive fang. A deep violet light came shining out from the object in question as it zapped the demon with white-hot intensity. Letting out a feral scream, the demon dropped the marble and stepped back swatting at the bolts of electricity swirling around him.

Inuyasha growled dangerously at the object. "Hey! I can handle myself, dammit!" he shouted as the marble just sat there innocently. Inuyasha huffed before turning back to the scared-shitless demon. "Despite this…thing-" Inuyasha glared at the marble "-our battle is not done yet," he finished as the demon stood.

"Damn straight," he said back in a panting, gruff voice. Seems he's more hurt than I thought, Inuyasha thought as he went bolting toward the demon.

***

Sesshomaru continued his tread as he thought.

"Ha! You thought you could kill me with a sword of healing!?"

What could he mean? Sesshomaru asked himself as he came to a clan of imps. "Riff-raff-" he scoffed "-You're in my way," he finished expecting them to move instantly. However, even with his mighty power towering over them, they stayed focused on whatever they had in front of them. Sighing, Sesshomaru forced his way through, killing whatever was in his path. Soon, he came to a strange youkai, the one they all seemed to be preoccupied with. Growling, he killed it right off the bat as another insignificant imp fell to the ground with a clatter. Then, he walked away.

Oh my, what a beautiful creature, I must know who he is so I can thank him, the imp thought as he turned to his clan. "You're all on your own now!" he called before running after the Taiyoukai. "Stop! Please! I must know your name!" the little green creature called as the chauvinistic demon didn't even slow.

I must find the other sword. Always seeing, yet never seen, protected, but never known to its protector. Sesshomaru thought as he came to a waterfall. Reaching inside, he pulled out a brown staff with two heads on it. This should help me with my search. Yet, it will not allow me to use it. Sesshomaru looked at the imp beside him. Perhaps he could- "You there," Sesshomaru spoke.

"Uh…yes?"

"Here-" he threw the staff at the little thing "-if you can use this, I will allow you to come with me," he finished.

"I will, but first. I must know your name!" he shouted.

"Name? My name is Sesshomaru," he stated as the imp bowed.

"Then it is a pleasure that I, Jaken, serve you, Lord Sesshomaru."

***

Kagome looked up from where she was crying. She could see something, something black, so impure it hurt. It was glowing far off somewhere. Somewhere far off…

Inuyasha crashed to the ground time after time as he tried to fight the incredibly strong demon. What the fuck!? He should not be this strong! Inuyasha thought as the demon once again threw him to the ground. Standing up again, the hanyou charged before a mighty fist batted him aside.

"Blades of Blood!" Inuyasha called as his crimson-coated claws slashed out.

"You think that pathetic trick will work on me?" the demon taunted as he dodged almost all of the blades. Only one had done a single inkling of damage. That was all it took.

The demon shrieked as his shoulder bloodied and throttled his cocky attitude. The demon seemed to be getting weaker by the second, but Inuyasha focused all is attention on one thing, a black jewel that seemed to be glowing with hatred.

"Does every demon have a small, black marble inside them?" Inuyasha asked eyeing the one that came from his eye.

"Oh no! The Shikon no Tama!" the demon cried making a scramble for the glowing object.

"The…what?"

"Yes!" he heard a feminine voice call in victory. The two demons turned toward the source just in time to see a centipede demon charge out and take the jewel in its mouth.

"Oh no you don't!" Inuyasha shouted and he quickly slashed down the demon. "I don't know what that thing is, but there's no way I can let a demon have it if it's the reason mongo gigantic over there is weaker," Inuyasha said as he picked up the "Shikon no Tama."

"Return that to me!" the demon called as the centipede slowly started to piece together.

"No way in hell!" Inuyasha yelled as he looked at the peculiar object. He turned toward the centipede as it came back fully. She charged toward the hanyou and bit hard into his hand causing the jewel to fall from his grasp. "Shit," he muttered as he went diving for the thing half-blind… literally. He missed as Mistress Centipede snatched up the jewel. She swallowed, and before Inuyasha knew what was happening, she was shedding her skin and turned a somewhat glowing purple.

The hanyou nearly gagged on the sudden increase of demonic power the bug had. It still was pretty weak; however, it took Inuyasha by surprise. What the fuck is this thing!? He thought in his mind as he locked glares with Mistress Centipede. He went charging forward as the bug youkai followed suit. He was about to crash head first into the thing when a sutra had flown out from behind. It hit the centipede in the middle of its forehead and zapped her fiercely.

"Now! Attack!" Inuyasha heard a man behind him shout. The hanyou stared at the demon in front of him blankly for a moment before clenching his claws and slicing her through at her weakened state.

"Good, now you might want to find the sacred jewel," Inuyasha heard the man say as he walked past. He looked around the same age, maybe a year or so older. He had violet eyes and dark hair. He was dressed in a black robe and carried a sacred aura around him.

He watched in amazement as the man walked over to the demon carcass and pull out the shining black jewel. Then he watched in even more amazement as it started to fade into a dull purple color.

"Dammit, I can't purify it completely…" the man muttered under his breath. Then, he turned to Inuyasha. "Hello, I'm Miyatsu* and I'm sorry to have taken so long to take action. It took me a moment to decipher the evil presence as opposed to the good presence. And you are?"

Inuyasha looked him up and down before answering, "Inuyasha."

"Nice to meet you then," Miyatsu said with a warm smile as he held out his hand. Inuyasha shook it warily before glancing down where the black jewel from his eye fell to. He walked over to it and picked it up.

"Strange lookin' thing…" he muttered before turning to Miyatsu. "So what is this Sikon no Tom- thingy?"

"Shikon no Tama, and it's a jewel that can increase the powers of any being that use it correctly. Also, it is rumored to give its owner one wish,"

"Like a genie?"

Miyatsu laughed lightly. "I guess you could think of it that way," he said. "Do you know anyone that would be able to purify this?"

"…Maybe…but I need to find her first. She's kinda mad at me at this moment…"

"Is she a miko?"

"Well, she's still in training, after all she's still only eleven… but I'd say she's a pretty good priestess. Her sister is too…"

"Oh, well then, we should be on our way to find her, shouldn't we?"

"We?"

"Yes, if a demon, good or bad, touches this jewel, it will become tainted. And that would be bad. Therefore, I, a monk, should come," he finished as he started walking toward a direction. "Well then, lead the way Inuyasha!" he cried happily. I wonder what this lass looks like, he thought as he followed the hanyou.

"So um… you're a monk?" Inuyasha asked trying to break the awkward silence that had fallen between them after a few minutes of walking.

"Yup." Miyatsu said back. And they twiddle their thumbs again… "So… you're a hanyou?" he asked back just as awkward as Inuyasha previous statement.

"Yup." Well this was getting them nowhere.

"So… um… do you live around here?"

"Well… kinda… you?"

"I travel."

"Oh."

"Yup."

Well clearly this is working. Why the hell did he say that he was going to come along anyway. I feel as though he's following me because he doesn't trust me with that Shikon no Tom- thingy. Then again, I am demonic and I am half-blind… okay, so he has a point.

Inuyasha was about to start another bout of awkward talking when he lifted his nose to the air and inhaled deeply. I know that scent! he shouted in his mind. Kagome! He bolted forward and left Miyatsu in the dust.

"Kagome!" he shouted, however, he got no response. Inuyasha sighed. Oh course she wasn't going to answer him. I mean, she thought he cheated on her! …Wait… how come he wasn't mad!? I mean, why would she even think that!? I've never done anything to betray her trust! …Except for that one time… and the time after that… well shit.

He sniffed the air again and smelt the salty-sweet scent tears. He followed the trail and it lead deep into the woods. Finally, he felt the basest of the scent. "Kagome?" he whispered.

Silence.

"Kagome, please, it's not what you think at all. See, your sister was attacked earlier before you came, and-"

"Don't lie."

"…What do you mean, I wasn-"

"Shut up. I don't want to hear it. I saw it. I saw what was going on in that cave, you two all alone and stuff like that. There were rumors going around the village that you two had been seen together. Alone."

"I don't know where those rumors came from, but-"

"Well, obviously they were true! I saw you two with each other! And she didn't even have a shirt on!"

"Look, I know that looked bad, but if you'd actually listen-"

"Why should I!? You were obviously lying when you said that you love me-" Inuyasha's ire was starting to rise quickly. "-Because clearly you love my slut of a sister too! Or maybe you're just too horny to be faithful!"

Inuyasha growled lowly. He knew she was talking out of sadness and he could see that she was still crying through her anger. He was trying to keep his temper in check, but that was proving more difficult than he first thought. "Kagome, listen!" he barked.

"Humph." she snorted before crossing her arms and turning her head away from him.

"I don't know what is going through your head, but it wasn't like that. There was this guy that had been lusting her, and he had gotten her shirt off. I got rid of him, and when I got back, she was trying to make herself decent when I came back. I was about to give her my kosode, but that's when you walked in. I swear on my mother's grave that's what happened," Inuyasha explained quickly as his ears pressed against his skull.

Kagome's gasp was sharp and her eyes snapped open as her head whipped around. He… he never even told me his mother died it hurts so much to talk about her. He loved her so much; if he's swearing on her grave… then he must be telling the truth. "I'm sorry," she whispered so lightly that if he hadn't twitched his ears lightly, she would have thought he hadn't heard her.

"So… you believe me?" he asked hope shining in his amber pools.

"Yeah…I mean…I know how hard it is for you to speak about her," Kagome spoke softly still.

They locked eyes, and Inuyasha leaned in as Kagome's heart rate sped up and her eyes fluttered close. They were a mere breath apart and-

"You in here!?" Miyatsu shouted into the thicket.

Inuyasha and Kagome sighed in unison. "…Wait a minute. Who was-?" Kagome started.

"Long story."

"Oh, there you are. Oh, why hello there sexy," Miyatsu said wiggling his eyebrows at Kagome.

"Who is-?" Inuyasha's growl at the monk cut off the miko's question.

"This is the miko," Inuyasha answered in a monotone.

"Oh, then hello," he said as he took her hand and kissed it. "Well, would you be up to the task of purifying an object for me? It is very important…"

"I…guess…" Kagome dragged as she pulled her hand back to her side.

"Excellent! Then I'll explain things attaining to Shikon no Tama. Follow me if you will…" Miyatsu continued talking as Inuyasha heard a rustling in the trees. He looked around for a moment before shrugging and following after them.

I'll get those two, Inuyasha, you're as good as dead. KuKuKu…

*If you didn't know, Miyatsu is the name of Miroku's grandfather. He was introduced in volume 6 of the manga and in the second season of the anime.

**Okay! My word! I finally updated! Wow…okay, I know that it's pretty obvious who the guy at the end was, so I am not even going to ask you to guess who you think it was. Anyway, I really hope that I will update sooner next time… Yeah… well, 'til next time!**