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Chapter I: The Village, the Demon, and the Sword.

"Who is that?" one of the walking villagers asked to herself. The person she was referring to was a person that kept his or her appearence hidden. This person was covered in a large raggy peice of cloth that looked all torn, and looked as if multiple peices of cloth were sown together. The mysterious person continued walking through the village. But as he was walking he was stopped by a person in a suit of armor with four others following along.

"You're not from this village aren't you?" the man in armor asked. The person in rags said nothing. "This village has been under a demon watch ever since the previous night when a demon attempted to attack the village." the man in armor said. The mysterious person once again said nothing.

"The point is, I am requesting that you remove that hood of yours. We don't want anyone in the village hiding themselves or it might raise suspicion." Once again, the person said nothing, still standing in front of the man in armor. The armored man started to get impatient after the person in front of him wouldn't respond.

"Did you not hear me, I said remove your hood!" the armored man yelled in anger. He took the liberty of removing the persons hood for him, and let it drop to the back of the persons head as he looked into the face of the person in raggy clothing. The demon had very long red auburn colored hair that cover a lot of his face including his right eye. His other eye was clearly visable, his pupils were green. He did not show such a happy face either, quite the opposite. He had a cold glare as he was looking at the human in armor.

"D-demon!" the armored man said unsheathing his sword and pointing it straight at the demons face. The expression in the face of the demon did not change.

"Surround him men, do not let this demon escape!" he commanded. The other men in armor started around the demon and they stood their distance around the demon, also taking out their weapons and pointing then at the demon. As that happened, residents of the village started to gather to watch the commosion that was being made.

"What do we do with him boss, do we kill him?" one of the men asked.

"That would probably be the safest thing to do for all of our sakes." the general said.

"Supposivly because I am a demon is that true?" the demon in rags finally spoke making everyone force their eyes on the demon.

"So you speak after all demon." the general said.

"I thought it would be the right time to, since you're making a big mistake." the demon said.

"You're just saying that demon because we know you don't want to be killed." the general taunted.

The demon smirked, "Heh, don't make me laugh; demons fear nothing. I just find it stupid that you would kill a demon you've never seen before and just assume that this demon caused trouble with in a village just because he was passing through. Have you actually ever seen me commit any acts of destruction, I don't think so, since we just met moments ago."

"For all we know you could have hidden yourself and tryed to escape so no one would know it was you." the general remarked.

"Oh spare me, if I wanted to destroy this village, I could of very well of done so right now, and none of you would be able to stop me." The demon I am going to only warn you once right now, if you try to kill me, I am going to have to strike back. If you let me be, I will leave the village and you will never see me again."

The general didn't take very long to think about it and shouted, "This is just one of your demon tricks! Men, attack him!" After the command was given, the men surrounding the demon began to charge at the demon.

"Too ignorant for their own good." The demon said jumping easily all the soldiers and landing in front of the general.

"De-demon! Stand back!" the general said holding up his sword and swinging it at the demon. The demon simply put up his arm up and the end of the sword broke off.

"You're pathetic, did I not just tell you that I would leave in peace. Apparently you're stupidity knows no bounds and I'll have to put you in your place." The demon said holding back his fist ready to strike. The demon then threw his fist at the general and punched him directly above the generals stomach and sent him flying on his back. Once the general waas down the other soldiers begun running over to the demon that struck their general. When the demon heard their movements he simply waved his hand up and blue fire appeared between the demon and the soldiers forcing them to step back to avoid being burnt. After being knocked to the ground the general stood back up and instantly inspected his wound. He discovered that only his armor was the only part that took damage to the demons punch.

"Of course I could of done a lot more damage, but if you are willing to let me go I will leave without out a fight." the demon said walking closer to the general sitting on the ground.

"I fear that this demon isn't lying about his strength, as long as he's willing to go, It would probably be best otherwise there could be a fight where the villagers could be involved." the general got back up from the ground sheathing his sword, "All right demon, you may pass as long as you do no such harm to the other villagers."

"About time" the demon said finally proceeding his walk through the village, but stopped when he was side by side with the general.

"Not all demons are this forgiving, remember that human." the demon said and then continued his walk out of the village.

The general walked in the opposite direction of the demon, "Men withdraw, the demon is leaving the village with no harm to anyone." he said.

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The demon was out of the village and now walking in a large open field. The demon had no intention of stopping and continued walking forward.

"Well, that was quite a preformance back there Shippo." the demon heard a voice turning his head around to see who was speaking.

"Over here." the demon looked to his left then looked down at his shoulder to see a flee.

"My-Myoga? Is that you?" the demon asked.

"Do you know any other demon fleas?" Myoga asked jokingly.

"Well actually your to be bride of whom you just happened to run away from at the last second." the demon said.

"Well aren't we the smart one." Myoga joked once again.

"Whatever, what do you want?" Shippo questioned.

"Well I've been trying to track you down for a while ever since lady Kaede's passing." Myoga said.

"Why's that?" Shippo asked.

"Well no reason in particular, I just wanted to see what you were up to since, well, you know..." Myoga tried to explain.

"There's nothing to tell." Shippo said walking through the field.

"Well there has to be something, you couldn't of just spent all of these years alone doing nothing but pick fights with humans like I saw in the village." Myoga said.

"You're such a nuisence, I don't have to tell you anything." Shippo said flicking Myoga off his shoulder, "Besides that wasn't a fight, I was just speaking the truth. You better not plan on bothering me again if that's all you want to know." Myoga got up from where he was flicked, stood up and looked at the fox demon that was walking away.

"Has Shippo truly not gotten over the passing of his friends?" the flea thought to himself, "Then again I can't blame him really, they were like family to him. They took him in when he had no one else to go to and protected him with their lives."

Shippo stopped in his tracks looking around the field, "I can sense a demon nearby." he alerted himself and stood in the field waiting for the demon to show up. As moments passed by, the ground started to rumble like a miniature earthquake. Shippo stood his ground as a large snake like demon appeared.

"Fox demon, why have you trespassed on my territory?" the large snake demon asked.

"Your territory?" Shippo asked.

"Yes, any land beyond this point belongs to the Soshi-zoku. Anyone that dares passes this territory will be killed." the snake demon said.

"Soshi-zoku? Yeah well I really have no intrest in them, I'm just passing through." Shippo said.

"If you want to pass you will have to go through me." the snake demon said blowing fire from his mouth. Shippo jumped out of the way to avoid the fire. The demon then started spitting out multiple fireballs at Shippo as he continued to dodge them. Shippo started to charge at the demon at full speed, the snake demon continued to spit fireballs at Shippo but he was able to out run them. Shippo stuck out his hand with his fox fire beginning to surround it. Once he was up to the demon he struck him with his claws of fire. The demon screamed in pain and Shippo jumped back. The demon quickly looked down at Shippo and blew out a wave of fire in Shippo's direction. Shippo jumped back to avoid the fire, but the ragged cloak he was wearing got caught in the fire and started burning up quickly. Shippo quickly clawed the cloak to shreds before it could burn his clothing. His clothing consisted of just a plain dark blue kimono top and black pants to go with it. Myoga watching the battle from a far saw something very interesting about Shippo as he looked at the sword that was attached to his waist.

"Is that really what I think that is, is that really the Tessaiga!?" Myoga was very suprised to see that Shippo was now the one that now possesses Inuyasha's once treasured Tessaiga. The demon blew another wave of fire in Shippo's direction and this time Shippo was about to out run it as he charged for the snake demon once again. Shippo charged at the demon with all of his speed and lunged through the demon with his claws out right through his body that was just below his head nearly decapitating the snake demon. After Shippo landed back on the ground on the other side of the snake, he timbered to the ground in death and defeat.

"That was simple." Shippo said continuing his walk to the end of the field where there was a small forest.

"Shippo there is now something I want to ask you." Myoga said hoping once again on Shippo's left shoulder.

"I suppose you're wondering why I carry the Tessaiga, correct?" Shippo guessed correctly.

"Precisely." Myoga replied, "How is it possible that you have the Tessaiga in your possession?"

"Truthfully, I really don't have a clue." Shippo said, "I was able to retrieve it after the battle was over."

--- Flashback ---

Shippo was sobbing his heart out at the scene of the battle where his friends fought the sick and twisted half demon known as Naraku. They were able to defeat them but Naraku must of used his final powers to make sure that everyone suffered the consequences. A large portion of the ground was covered in complete darkness off what looked like an explosion.

Shippo was sitting by the large circled dark area of the ground with his hands to his teary eyes, "Why.. why did it.. have to end.. like this? None of them.. none of them deserved this.. They finally.. get rid of Naraku.. but they had.. to go with him.. to do so... It's just.. it's just not fair.." After the amount of crying Shippo did the sun was nearly setting. Shippo stood up with his legs wobbly from being on the ground for so long.

"I suppose I should go back to the village, I might have to stay with Kaede for the time being. It's not like I have anywhere else to go." even after all of the crying Shippo did he still could not stop the tears from forming in his eyes. Slowly, he began heading back torward the village once again. As he walked back to the village he stepped on something that felt different. He wiped away his tears and looked down to see what he stepped on.

"It's.. it's the.. Tessaiga.. it survived.." Shippo was sadly astonished. He bent down and picked up the handle of the sword and began to drag it with him.

"I should probably.. take this with me.. I'm pretty sure the sheath is around here too.. I will look for that and head back.

--- End Flashback ---

"They were the only things I could find at the battle sight. I couldn't even find Kagome's bow, or Miroku's staff, or Sango's Hirakotsu. I couldn't even find the Shikon Jewel; I figured that the Shikon Jewel must of been destroyed with Naraku. There was only one survivor of the battle and that is Sesshomaru. That's all I know about the battle."

"I am curious in why the barrier of Tessaiga doesn't affect you Shippo." Myoga said, "You were able to grab the Tessaiga by the hilt without being damaged."

"I thought it was because I was a weak kid and I couldn't do anything with the sword, but for some reason even now I am able to hold on to the Tessaiga, but I cannot access the power with in." Shippo said, "Anyway I guess I should continue onwards. I guess it's all right if you come along or not Myoga, it's up to you." he said as he began to step into the small forest and proceed forward on his own journey.

Chapter one everyone to my new story. I hope you enjoyed it, see yaz.