Chapter 2

"She says she's the sacred jewel."

"Is this true?"

"I am the Shikon no Tama." The woman spoke. She was a thin woman who had a very pale pink skin tone, that was almost unnoticeable, and light (almost white), chin-length, messy, lilac hair that complemented her large yet sharp magenta eyes. Her hair was slightly brushed behind her ears showing that her left ear was human and her right, pointed like a demon's. She wore a white kimono that had lilac and and fuchsia spirals donned on it and baggy white pants that fill into her dark purple ankle high boots. The kimono's left sleeve was full length while the right was torn short. On her left shoulder she has a shoulder plate that connects to the silver armor on her chest held down by a thick brown belt that had circle a slot filled only with the single shard that she came from as a buckle. Her right arm had three scars above the elbow and a dragon scaled meshed sleeve that began at the elbow and ended at the middle finger. "But, you can call me Jewel."

"That's impossible!"

"And how would you know that Inuyasha?"

"How do you know my name?"

"How do I know anything? I learn things. I listen. Not to mention that my favorite guardian priestess was Kikyo and she talked about you ALL of the time."

After being speechless for a solid 20 seconds he says "Don't take this the wrong way but, I ain't heard any talk about a woman coming from the jewel."

"Idiot." she says as she punches him over the head. "Its never happened before, the only ones to ever see me like this, are fighting in my shards as we speak."

"Then why now?" The girl, Kagome, asked.

"YOU BROKE ME! Stupid girl. Where do you find them, Inuyasha?"

"Technically it wasn't Kagome who broke it but the crow's foot she attached to her arrow that actually caused it." Kaede says a matter-of-factly. "As ye saw the jewel has now been shattered into many piece"

"I'm right here y'know!"

"Yes sorry, Jewel has been shattered into many pieces. 100. 1,000. Who knows? Yet however many shards there may be. All it would take is one in the wrong hands to bring disaster."

"I'm sorry. I had no idea."

"Kagome, Inuyasha, only by working together will the two of ye be able to recover Jewel's shards."

"You won't catch me complainin'. I'm those wrong hands you were talkin' about."

"Oh that I know all too well."

"Again. Right here."

But I wanna go back home. Kagome thinks to herself.

"Quit your yappin'."

"Listen here dog boy. Its your responsibility to find the rest of me and if you don't, I will personally put you down."

"Bring it on. I ain't afraid of a little girl like you."

"Little-? I'll have you know that I am centuries older than you!I don't even look like a little girl. I have BOOBS! Not flat! At all!"

"Did you say something, little girl?"

"Why I oughtta-!" The two bickered until they heard the swish of the bamboo curtain. They gave each other confused looks before they realized that Kagome had left the small home and followed after her. Kaede lets out a soft sigh before following after the three.

(-Jewel's PoV-)

Darkness. my sweet, sweet darkness. How I miss you so. Though it has been but a day with these people I still wish to return to you. I'm safer where you are. I'm not meant to see the light of day like other jewels. What is this warmth that I feel now? Its too warm. The cold darkness is all I need.

"SIT BOY!"

What was that?

"Huh? Wahh!"

"Whats Goin' on-.? Ahh!" I was having a pleasant dream one moment and then the next, there is a half demon falling face first into my back. "Get the hell off of me stupid!"

"Be ye alright Inuyasha?"

"Inuyasha?! What about me?" I yell as I struggle out from under him. He is actually a little heavier than he looks.

"Man I forgot about this stupid necklace of yours."

"It serves you right for spying on me you peeping tom."

"Heh! Shows what you know. The real reason I came was to-"

"Ye really came to steal this shard. Ye forget only yon girl can find those shards. While only ye, Inuyasha, have the strength to take them back once found."

"And YE also seem to forget that THAT YOU ARE SITTING ON ME!" I shout at the top of my lungs.

"Oh you're still here?" he asks still sitting on me.

"Yes and I'm that shard that you want to steal. So cut it out."

"Wait how can Kaede have the shard if you are right here?"

I push him off of me causing him to fall off of my body."It came from my belt. It holds all the pieces of my jewel form, or rather, held. Until your new human, my bad, the crow's foot broke me."

"Hey!"

"I told you to get off of me."

"Whatever. Anyway, in case you haven't noticed, I'm still here ain't I? I could put up with anything for the jewel. The stone not the person." He muttered that last part under his breath.

"You really do hate me don't you?" He did not answer Kagome's Question

"And what ales ye now, Inuyasha?"

'He's mad 'cause she looks like his dead girlfriend." I mumble under my breath, leaning back up against the small cliff side.

"Lady Kaede. It's my daughter" A village woman, who appeared out of nowhere by the way, said.

"I see. I will be checking on ye two later. Try not to fight." And then Kaede, along with the woman, went back to the village, leaving the three us here. Alone.

"Good luck with that ye two~. Ha! Yeah right." I mock.

"Shut up you dusty old rock!"

"What was that, Lap Dog?"

"You two fight more than me and Inuyasha."

"What?" We yelled in at her in unison.

"Nothing nothing." Then there was an awkward silence. I noticed that there are a lot of those.

"Hey."

"Now what do you want." I open on of my eyes to watch Inuyasha speak.

"Get undressed." His words earned him a bump on the head from a rock by Kagome. Idiot.

"That hurt! Why did you-"

"You're such a pig."

He pointed to her clothing that laid sprung over some makeshift drying rack. "I didn't say get naked stupid," He clarified, "I just can't stand seein' you in those clothes!"

"Why? Is it because I look like Kikyo?" That's exactly what it is. I mentally laugh to myself as I listen to the unfolding situation. Inuyasha really is stupid. That's not all though. Kagome really looked Just like Kikyo but, Kikyo was smarter, and nicer, and well...better? Is that the right word?

He was at a lost for words, proving that Kagome had been correct. It didn't help that he he finally spoke he sounded like a four year old kid. "Its got nothin' to do with it. Okay?"

"Look I don't want to do this either, okay? But, we gotta work together.

"I ain't gotta do nothin'. Its you who needs me."

"Oh I get it. So you don't care if I go back home?"

His ears perked up at the sound of her removing the clothes from the rack. "Hey where ya goin'?"

"What do you care? I'm going home. Good bye, Inuyasha. Are you coming, Jewel?"

"I guess." I shove my hands into my pockets and lift myself from the ground.

"You can't just leave. You-"

"My name isn't you. It's Kagome."

"Wait, Stupid!"

"It's not stupid either."

"Will you just wait and hear me out

"Why so you can convince me to stay

"No so you can give me your Jewel Shard

"What this?" She says as she holds up the small red bag with my shard in it "Sit Boy."

"Later, Lap Dog." I wave and give him a mocking grin. After a short-ish walk to the Bone-eater's Well, I speak up, saying "Hey Kagome I'm gonna go into my jewel form, Kay? wouldn't wanna freak out your family or anything." She nods to me and I convert my body to soul and go back into the little shard. I was waiting for some magical time travely lights but They never came.

"No way I can't go in there now. What then?" She probably saw the bones. They don't call it Bone-eater for nothin'. Suddenly, I heard a slicing sound outside the shard. What the hell was that? "That looks like hair"

"Oh me oh my. You can see it then, my net of hairs I mean. Pity because seeings not enough. How do you do? I'm Yura of the hair. Though you needn't bother to remember. Because you'll be dead soon." I hear the sound of the whipping hair out side. Kagome. "I'll be having the jewel If you don't mind." She uses a strand of her to pull the little bag to her and dumps the shard into her hand. "Oh." She says, surprised. "You naughty naughty girl. You shattered the jewel. Where is the rest or I shall be cross."

"You give that back!"

"Answer the question. Where is the rest of it?"

"I'm- I'm not really sure."

"Ah, In that case I may as well finish you right now."

"Kagome No!" I reappear from the little bag that held the shard to shield Kagome from the demon's sword. Instead of hitting her, my neck is almost sliced the lightly dressed woman. When I tried to dodge, I accidentally pushed Kagome into the well.

"Jewel!"

"So you're the jewel, huh? Oh me, oh my. What nice hair you have."

"Shut up! I'm not in the mood for you games."

"Oh but, it is not a game." As she speaks I feel a stand of hair wrap around me neck.

"What a dirty trick."

"Well If you just turn back into your jewel form, You won't have a neck for me to choke, now will you."

"Fine." I sigh and return to the little bag.

"Now then I have another game to play else where." I could feel her swinging through the air. The next thing I hear is Inuyasha's annoying voice struggling against the hair himself. Then it's the demon woman, Yura, complaining about how her hair started giving slack. "He's stubborn but he sure is fun. And I simply must have this pretty silver hair of his. Especially now that I have the jewel girl, nothing is in my way"

She didn't know how wrong she ACTUALLY was.