Chapter 2

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"I don't think you understand," Inuyasha said raising her claw, "I'm telling you to give me the jewel. I won't go easy on you if you don't because...you reek of the man that killed me!" Inuyasha said as she lunged towards Kagome leaving a gaping hole in the ground in front of her.

"So... you're really trying to hurt me aren't you?" Kagome said to the half demon girl.

"Lady Kaede methinks we'd have stood a better chanced with the centipede after all!" One of the villagers yelled "Somehow I knew that it would eventually come down to this," Kaede said as she held up a strange bead necklace.

"Give me the Jewel!" Inuyasha yelled as she chased Kagome "Forget it!" Kagome yelled back as Inuyasha cut a tree in half, blocking his escape.

"You're mine!" The half demon girl yelled as she lunged at Kagome again, when the strange necklace flew onto her neck.

"Kagome!" Kaede yelled, "Quickly child,utter a subduing spell"

"A sub...what?" Kagome yelled back.

"It matters not, any word which will subdue her!" Kaede yelled to Kagome.

"Hmmm…alright I got one" Kagome yelled.

"He believes you can subdue me!" Inuyasha yelled with a laugh.

"SIT GIRL!" Kagome yelled, and as he said that Inuyasha fell to the ground face first.

'What do you know…it worked, ' Kagome thought to himself.

"By saying sit, she was subdued!" The villagers asked puzzled, "Mmmhmm," Kaede responded.

"What is this?" Inuyasha said, trying to pull it off.

"Those are prayer beads Inuyasha," said Kaede, "If you misbehave, Kagome just has to utter the word sit and you will be subdued,even you lack the power to remove them".

"We'll see about that,I'd come over there and finish you off,if you didn't look half dead already!" Inuyasha yelled as she started walking towards Kagome.

"The word please" Kaede said to Kagome

"Sit Girl! Kagome said and like before the necklace glowed and Inuyasha was slammed into the ground.

"Okay I'll stop," said the girl, "Just please don't do that again, it hurts"

"Okay, let's all return to the village, the show is over!" Kaede yelled.

'That was easy' Kagome thought to himself as they made their way back to the village.

"Here let me see that wound," Kaede said to Kagome when they were back at Kaede's house, "Some healing herbs should take care of it." she said as she applied the herbs.

"Owww," Kagome said as he winced in pain.

"What a place we're left in though. Now that the Shikon jewel has appeared again in this world, The evil beings that seek it's power will soon be flocking here." Kaede said with a sigh of regret.

"You mean monsters like Mistress Centipede?" Kagome asked.

"Not just monsters , but also men who are sometimes worse...Because in this era of war and chaos, the jewel of four souls can make their ambition a reality." Kaede Responded.

"So what are you still doing here Inuyasha," Kagome asked.

"I'm waiting for the Jewel." She responded.

"Why do you want the Jewel anyway,it seems to be you're strong enough as it is,what power could the Jewel possibly give you?".Kagome asked.

"Ah but she is only a half demon..." Kaede said "Old hag, you've been acting awfully familiar to me ever since we met! Do you think you understand me or something!" Inuyasha yelled.

"Then ye haven't figured it out..." Kaede said, "I'm Kaede, Kikyo's younger sister. It's been fifty years since you were sealed Inuyasha"

"Kaede..." Inuyasha said with an apologetic sound in her voice, "I'm sorry for that outburst... but if you're this old, then where is Kikyo"

"Kikyo died the day he sealed you..." Kaede said.

"Oh...," Said Inuyasha, "I had some questions I wanted to ask him…"

"Well, let's be glad we have his reincarnation to protect the jewel... don't you agree, Kagome?" the priestess said. "It's no coincidence, your outward appearance, your mystical abilities, and the jewel was inside you. You are Kikyo's reincarnation"

'You gotta be kidding me,' Kagome thought as he looked at the jewel.

"He's the reincarnation of who?," said a male villager as Kagome walked down the road.

"Now that you mention it he does have something that makes him look otherworldly," said another villager, as they started looking at him.

"Kikyo-sama has returned just as he left" a villager said as the others started praying at Kagome

'They're praying to me?' Kagome thought confused.

"He died and I never knew…," Inuyasha said as she sat in a tree as a piece of food was thrown up to her and she catches it. "Eh, what's this?" she asked as she looked at it.

"It's food," Kagome said, "I have more, why don't you come down here so we can share"

"Okay, but you better not be planning on tricking me,where'd you get all that stuff anyway?" She said as she jumped down.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome said with a questioning voice.

"What?" The half demon girl responded "It's fair to say you don't like me,right?" Kagome asked the half demon.

"Waaay more than fair," The demon girl answered.

"But its not even me you dislike it's this Kikyo person" Kagome said annoyed. "Can't we just call a truce or something and forget about this?" The young boy asked Inuyasha.

"Ha! I knew it!" Inuyasha said as she jumped back to the tree.

"What you don't get is that I'm only after the Jewel,you're just trying lure me into a false sense of security"

"Well if you try to take it before you get the beads off I'll just tell you to sit," Kagome said jokingly as Inuyasha was forced into the ground face first. "Oh sorry, I forgot."

"It's been two days now that I've been here, I have to find a way home tomorrow," Kagome said as he laid on Kaede's floor, "I bet they're all worried by now. Gramps…Sota…Mom, I'll find a way home." Kagome said as he fell asleep not noticing a three eyed crow watching her. Until Inuyasha threw a rock at it, scaring it away.

"There's the first of them," Inuyasha said watching the bird fly away, "Sniffing out the jewel's scent. A crow demon... that'll mean trouble."

'The dry well in Inuyasha's forest, that's how I got here,' Kagome thought as he walked into the forest, 'So maybe that's the way home.'

"Kagome! Kagome!" Kaede yelled as she walked through the village.

"What's wrong?" Inuyasha asked jumping off a roof.

"Kagome's not in the village, I think he might have left on his own." Kaede replied.

"Don't worry I'll go get him," The young girl volunteered.

Kagome walked through Inuyasha's forest heading towards the well. He was stopped by a hand from behind covering his mouth and dragging her off. He was taken to a bandit's hideout in the forest where he was thrown on the floor.

"Hey! Boss! We caught the boy just as you wanted," one bandit said.

"His clothes are strange" one of them said while looking at Kagome's gakuran.

"I'll get you for this," Kagome said angrily.

"Hand over the Jewel,right now" the bandits leader said standing up.

"So that's why you captured me?" Kagome asked looking at the leader. 'There's no way I can take this guy on' Kagome thought to himself as he saw that the bandits leader towered over him.

"Kagome, where are you!" Inuyasha said as she ran through the forest. "Stupid boy,I don't care where he goes,but he took the jewel with him," the half demon girl said as she stopped to sniff the air.

"Hold him," the bandit leader said.

"Cut him down!" One of the bandits said in as he and his friend grabbed Kagome.

"Gonna kill him!" Said one Bandit "What a waste," said another bandit as the leader swung his sword down... and missed cutting one of his own men nearly in half, killing him instantly.

"Master!" All the bandits yelled "Oops, made a mistake heh, this time your neck," said the bandits leader 'He just killed one of his own men…' Kagome thought.

"You... Die!" the bandit leader said as he swung his sword.

"No way," Kagome said as he ran, causing him to chop off the heads of two of his men.

"Master, what are you doing?" a bandit said with fear and confusion.

"If it's the Jewel he wants then…" Kagome took the jewel off his neck and threw it outside.

"Step no closer," Kagome said picking up a spear, "A spear is longer! You'll never..." he said as the bandit leader cut the end of the spear off. 'Dammit,' Kagome thought as he held up the stick to block. Just before the bandit struck Inuyasha busted in and cut the sword in two with her claws. 'Inuyasha?,' Kagome thought with confusion.

"We're outta here!" One of the bandits said as he and the surviving bandits ran out through the hole Inuyasha made.

"Inuyasha, I'm surprised you came," Kagome said "Yeah, oh and the jewel as well, please don't tell me big and ugly has it," said Inuyasha "No I kinda lost it" Kagome said sheepishly.

"You what?!" said Inuyasha as Kagome laughed nervously."Well discuss this later" she said turning to the bandits leader. "I hate vile smelling things, especially half decayed corpses! Show yourself Crow Demon!" Inuyasha yelled as she cut open the bandits chest revealing a three eyed crow."So you've been eating that man's chest all night to make yourself a nice cozy nest"

"I thought he was acting a bit strange." said Kagome "That's so...Sick," Kagome said "To weak to fight your own battles, or even manipulate the living," Inuyasha said as the crow demon had the human corpse he was in pick up another sword and attack Inuyasha. However she was too quick and struck the hole first forcing the crow out of the corpse and it flew out of the bandits hideout.

"It's getting away shouldn't we go after it?" Kagome asked Inuyasha

"Maybe you haven't noticed but the world is full of monsters,should we go after all of them? The female half demon said sarcastically."In the meantime where's the Jew-" she stopped as she saw the crow pick up the Jewel that Kagome had thrown outside earlier. "That stupid crow is making off with the Jewel!" Inuyasha said as she watched it leave, Noticing the bow and arrow on the floor, she grabbed them and gave them to Kagome. "Kagome, ride on my back and use these when we get close enough"

"O.K?" Kagome said as he climbed onto Inuyasha's back, "But I've never used a bow before"

"Don't worry just give it your best shot," The dog demon said as they caught up to the bird, "Damn, it swallowed the Jewel, fire the bow already Kagome!"

"Okay," Kagome said as he shot the arrow, The arrow flew perfectly but fell short of the demon crow.

"Nothing like Kikyo," said Inuyasha, "I'll take it out." She said as the bird flew down and picked up a child, "Curses, It's changing too fast. Kagome get off!"

"Okay," Kagome said as he jumped off. He watched as Inuyasha lunged at the bird.

"Kagome," yelled the female dog demon, "Catch the child!" she said as she tore the bird apart with a single swipe and the kid fell down and landed in the river. "You got it!" he yelled as he took off and dived into the river swimming towards the little boy,bringing him back to land as the villagers were surprised at Kagome's swimming skills. He looked and noticed that the bird's talon was attached to the child's shoulder. "It's, ok, you're safe now." Kagome said to calm down the child as he removed the talon.

"Kagome, where's the jewel!" Inuyasha yelled down to Kagome as the bird started rebuilding itself.

"I see it. It's under its wing!" Kagome yelled up to Inuyasha, as she attempted to attack the bird.

"I missed!" Inuyasha said as she landed next to Kagome, 'I've gotta think of something quickly.' Kagome thought as he got an idea and tied the crows leg to an arrow.

"Of course the Demon Crow's Talon will fly straight to it," Inuyasha said with relief as Kagome fired the arrow. The arrow flew into the air and struck the crow right under its wing.

"He struck it from such a distance!" one of the villagers exclaimed as a bright light filled the arrow and the jewel shattered into hundreds of pieces and flew in many directions.

"That way Inuyasha," Kagome said climbing on the girls back, "I can sense the jewel that way"

"Okay," Inuyasha said as they ran towards the forest, as they ran the crow demons head flew straight towards them. "This retribution for all that you have done," Inuyasha yelled as she destroyed the demons head causing a small shard to fall out.

"Inuyasha we have a problem," Kagome said picking up the shard, "The jewel must have shattered into many pieces"

"WHAT!" Inuyasha yelled as she stared at the tiny jewel shard.

End Chapter 2