To Do Or Die

Disclaimer: “InuYasha” and “Yu Yu Hakusho” are far too good to be owned or created by people like us. Let the honor and credit be given to Takahashi-san and Togashi-san. And we can’t forget the money. I’ll just take the credit I deserve for fooling around with their characters along with my own. Soon they will be introduced to you… but until then- enjoy.

A/N Sorry for the long wait I had wanted to get it out earlier but the thing was it's one of those times that you want to write it but you just want to get it over with.

Anyways thank you Kristin, and I would love to read some of your work, and another thing, at the moment I don't know everything that I'm going to do with Naraku. He's a real trooper for all the crap people put him through in our stories, he's actually one of my favorite males on the show. But rest assured I do have lots of things running in my head about what I am going to do with him. It should be fun and you finally get to see more of him in this chapter.

Thank you as well Anna, though I'm not sure if you meant you couldn't read the thrid chapter, because that was the one giving me problems. Not chapter 2 as you have said.
Oh also! Can anyone do a picture of my character Shinkirou? Please and thank you.

“talking”

mental/telepathic conversations *H*- Hiei *K* - Kurama *Y*- Youko

(thoughts to self)

inner beast speaking

Dictionary:

Shinkirou- Mirage

To Do Or Die


Chapter Four: Striking Deals


17th Century Japan
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The week has been drawing out to a close, and the sun would rise soon enough.
It would not be for another week till Kagome arrived back with Shippou in tow along with Sango returning back from her village with Kirara and InuYasha.
While he was on good terms with the other male of their rag tag group he didn't know how long that would last as of recently.

It was one thing that Lady Sango didn't want him her fiancé of all people to come along for the trip to visit her village.
She told him that she wanted to go by herself, though he was disappointed that she didn’t want him to come along, he was ok with that.
He knew that people need to overcome their problems by themselves in order to move on. But it was a completely different matter when she lied to him, and straight to his face too.

See it wasn’t until a few hours later that Miroku had calmed down enough to head back to the village. It also wasn't until morning that he had arrived, and when he had come back he realized that InuYasha was gone, after Sango had left. At first, the idea that InuYasha went to get food came to his mind, when he didn’t come back, he then thought that the hanyou was off getting into trouble and feared for the worst. It was not till later when he was searching for InuYasha did he come across Lady Kikyo. She had asked him what he was doing traveling by himself. In reply he stated that he was trying to find InuYasha.
Her eyes had a somber look to them, and she told him that he was with the slayer.

~Flashback~


"What do you mean he's with her?" Miroku looked at the dead priestess with suspicion, he knew of her tricks in the past and he didn't like it one bit. But that look in her eyes gave him doubt that she would be lying. Releasing a sigh she looked at him dead in the eye and told him what she had seen. Kikyo told him that she was resting while her shinigami were out collecting. But one came back without a soul and motioned for her to follow. Walking behind it, she was lead not too far from the Taijiya's village, there was InuYasha propped up against a tree being bandaged up from two horizontal stab wounds to the chest by the slayer.

Scanning the surrounding area, she spotted two bloodied tusks of a boar youkai. They were broken off while the boar only lay a few feet away from its tusks. Miroku told her that InuYasha gets injured all the time and most likely went by and was attacked and Sango was patching him up.

Kikyo's instant reply was, “Since when does InuYasha go twenty miles away from camp for any reason?" Cursing he thought that she had a point, and then asked her if that was it then he had nothing to worry about. She shook her head and said that she wasn't finished.

The miko then said that she had overheard them saying they shouldn't have taken that route to get to the village knowing it was mating grounds for the boar youkai. She then heard hardly anything later but then told him she did not need to know what they were saying to know what they were doing. She had eyes and they worked just fine the last time she checked, before her was the slayer dragged up onto InuYasha's lap her legs straddling him and lips locking. “It was a sight I would rather not see.” Kikyo looked like she was disgusted by this and turned to leave, she paused and looked over her shoulder.

"I'm tired Houshi-sama, tired of all of it, and I just want to rest.....Just to rest...."

Miroku looked at her with sympathy and moved to stand infront of her. Clasping her cold hands he looked into her brown eyes, they looked tired just like she had said. "Kikyo-sama do you really want to sleep?" She looked up at him with hope, something he had not seen on the clay miko, she whispered 'yes'. Hooking her arm into the crook of his arm he led her to the God tree. Stopping he started to speak. "I'm not sure of your reaction to this place but I thought that the God Tree would be a nice resting place for you. The tree has a soothing soul, I think."

Kikyo stared up at him and nodded in agreement. "I think so too." Gently grabbing her hand he moved her to sit down with her back laying against the tree, sitting inbetween the roots. He himself sat down as well and pulled out a blank ofuda. Biting his thumb he smeared the red 'ink' on to his index finger and began writting. When Miroku was finnished he looked at it and made sure he didn't leave anything out. Waiting for it to dry he turned his gaze to her and smiled.

She gave him one in return before she spoke up. "Houshi-sama before I sleep I need to tell you some things, along with giving you this." Raising her right hand she moved the colar of her haori and grabbed something from around her neck. When she pulled her hand back he saw it to be a purple and pink pouch with a few stars sprinkled on it. She tossed it to him and he caught it, he stared at it then her and back again. "Open it." He did as she commanded and inside was a small chunk of the Shikon No Tama. (It seems that we won't have to worry about the stray shards Kagome spoke of.)

Lifting it out of the pouch he examined it. It was pure black he looked at Kikyo asking a silent question. "I had tried to purify it and it did glow pink but only for a second, I didn't put much in it you see but for some reason I was so weak afterwards and hadn't noticed..." Her words became a blur to him, he had heard what she had said and it made him worry.

Glancing at the ofuda he noticed it to be dry. Grabbing it he crouched infront of her and told her to relax when she did, he told her she would get to have the eternal sleep she craved for. Charging the ofuda with some of his power he gently pressed it to where her heart was. Standing he surveyed his work, at the ground before him was the final form Kikyo would take. She was melded to the tree becoming one with it, Kikyo instead of clay became oak. Her hair was made of leaves and small ivy vines, her body oak. She had a serene smile on her face and Miroku was happy for her. She could never be revived like she was back when they had first encountered the witch that was held responsible. She had the God Tree's protection now, right after, a flash of blue flew out of her new form and went off like a comet in the sky. Glacing at the ofuda he re-read what he had put.

For the miko
That has been awaken from sleep
May she rest here under God's Tree
Protected from everything that wished to do harm
Never to awake from eternal slumber again
Never to wear away
Never to break
Never to Shatter
Sleep Miko
Just Sleep

Making a deep bow in her direction Miroku thanked her and left.

~End Flashback~


That had been a week ago, while he was glad that Lady Kikyo had been put to rest. The information about InuYasha she had given him had infuriated him beyond anything else, sure it shouldn't have bothered him (I mean I heard it from Kikyo for Buddha’s sake!) That was a bad source in its self, but now that he thought about it, Kikyo had shown him another side to him and was at peace giving the information freely and besides (I highly doubt she would lie about something that would hurt her herself.)

But alas he was starting to worry. From what he could tell the hanyou never had an interest in Lady Sango before. Any man would think InuYasha suicidal for trying to juggle two women but to bother himself with Sango as well? Her job was to exterminate demons! It was maddening, and the male must be denser then he had once calculated to believe or knew exactly what he was doing and was playing puppeteer as he pulled the three women’s heartstrings.

Thinking back on the day Kagome left, his lips twitched a little into a small smile. While he would take Kagome's words to heart he still wanted to salvage what apparently was a damaged relationship between Sango and himself. He loved the female warrior very much, but sadly was not sure where they stood with each other anymore. She shies away from him more often and he hasn’t touched her derrière in a long time. Months actually now that he thought about it.

It made him very unsettled that InuYasha was clawing his way into her heart from what he could see. Hell for all he knew their friendship was just getting better and becoming as close as a brother and sister could, and that he was just... paranoid…(Yeah right,…me? Paranoid? Ha!) But Lady Kikyo's words were not to be forgotten he would have to watch them from now on, and then there was that kiss... (How could I forget about that?) That was something that had not settled in quite yet and made his stomach churn, it was a piece of knowledge that Miroku hoped above all was not true. Shaking his head he tried to clear the image of Sango and InuYasha doing illicit acts that he should be doing with her.

Trying to focus on the other information she had given him, while cryptic at best was to be looked at later it didn't really make sense, our whole country is aware of the jewel in some way or another, well only the ones they had encountred but still, could it be possible that 500 years worth of information be false? Back to the time the jewel was created, by the lone miko that expelled her very soul out of her own body and caught the three youkai souls as well to create such a small but dangerous trinket? Miroku really didn't know anymore and it bothered him.

(Well so much for meditating.) Rising from his position he looked around to see if anyone was there seeing none he started to dispose of his robes. Soon black and purple material started to drift to the ground pooling at his feet. Leaving him bare as the day he was born except his beads covering his Kazana. Slamming his staff into the ground there was a ripple of power that surged down it and spread to the ground and going outward. Creating a barrier around the vicinity reaching about 100 feet of where he now stood by the lake.

Walking closer to the water he quickly walked into the cold water. Getting to about waist deep he took a large breathe of air and dove in. About a minute later his head broke the surface and took a large gulp of air. With a sigh all the lines of worry and exhaustion slowly slid off his face as he relaxed on his back as he floated along the waters surface.

Opening his eyes he stared out into the pinkish orange sky, while he disliked waking up at this time it was drilled into him since he started his training at the monastery, but he had always loved the sky at this time of the day. There was … just something about it. Just as he was closing his eyes they opened wide when he thought he say a pair of ruby red eyes. Shaking his head he took a real good look at the sky, to make sure he wasn't seeing things. When he saw nothing he felt satisfied and closed his eyes to try and relax. But the thing was, he felt as if he was being watched, and it wasn't that normal feeling of being watched either. It didn't feel normal, well their type of normal anyways.


Tarturus Feudal Era
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While there was fire and brimstone in her surrounding area, doesn’t mean there is nothing nice to look at. Reaching towards the farthest point of Tarturus was a vast desert of sand tumbling this way and that to reveal lost empires of the mortal plane in ruin. Quickly the changing sands revealed a skeleton with a crown a top his skinless head sitting on his throne, but just as the wind moves, the king becomes nothing but dust along with everything else in this part of the realm.

A familiar entity of purple wisps slithered and floated down to the throne forming the ruler of this domain. A playful smile on her lips and red eyes lazily looked around, observing her ‘kingdom’.

“Hmm…I don’t think I’m in the mood for a sandy ‘beach’, oohhh I know.” Quickly her surroundings changed from a once sandy place to one of darkness, soon lit up by the stars and planets that light up our sky. If one were to look some of the constellations were moving around. In the center of the room on the misty ground was a globe, that globe was a representation of earth looking just like it in every aspect.

“Ah… It’s a brand new day and the mortal world is at peace.” Sighing she looked at the green and blue sphere and saw a small lake in Japan not very far from a village in the west, and on that lake was a male, a very cute male too. Her eyes were eating him up, as she looked for as much as exposed flesh as possible,… and that was everything, she received a very nice eyeful that was for sure, a big eye full too.

Chuckling she looked him over again but saw him staring up at the sky. Shock seemed to cross his face and she smirked. It looks like he 'saw' her. Backing up a bit, she disappeared from his view and saw him shaking his head to clear his vision. She looked down at him and saw him look up at the sky again to see if his mind was playing tricks on him. Soothing his paranoia he closed his eyes and relaxed. But she could tell her soon to be play thing was still on his guard.

She must admit he was smart for a mortal. Pulling her eyes away from his floating form her eyes traveled a bit ways away about twenty miles away at the edge of a deserted village were two forms. They were both on a roof of one of the huts, one of them was clad in red and had a firm grip on the waist of the female that was with him while she slept in his arms. A grin formed on her face, and then a laugh came out of her mouth.

"Oh! This is just too good, a monk relaxing while his intended lies in the arms of another, poor thing.” Chuckling she turned her head to the side to look at the starry sky and saw one of her pets moving around. “Cetus” When she called him one of the constellations moved towards her. When he was with in her reach, she scratched his head lightly and heard a rumble coming from its throat somewhat close to a purr.

"Let’s have some fun with him hmm?" She suggested, releasing him she watched him dive into the sphere and began to grow smaller in size. Causing a huge 'ripple' to move through the water, but was more like a huge wave causing Miroku to upset from his position on his back. Ending up under the water to break the surface for air he was soon dragged under by something long and slimy and felt it tighten as he began to move. Looking at it he soon saw it to be a tentacle, thinking it to be Naraku he sent a purifying blast in its direction. Feeling it release its hold somewhat he broke free and started to head for the surface again. Breaking the surface he took a deep breath of air before he felt it grab for him once again.

Glaring at the thing he sent another blast of purifying energy and made a break for it; swimming as fast as he could he reached the shore and made a grab for his staff, grabbing it he turned back around to face the monster he saw it to be a sea creature of some sort, a type of squid perhaps? But looking at the creature actually looking at it and the size of it was amazing. It was just a bout as big as that turtle demon they had killed a while back that was supposedly one of the four gods of war. It was different shades of green and also hard a surprisingly hard under belly with legs like a lobster. Along with a long tail like a fish with a fantail.

The next thing he knew the creature's mouth opened up and what looked to be a tongue shot out of its mouth. Rolling over to side he looked at the appendage and tightened his hold on his staff, charged it with some holy ki and slammed it into the tongue tying the creature down to the ground. Miroku knew it wouldn't last long because the ground was made of sand unfortunately.

Grabbing onto it again he sent another charge to hurt the thing. Miroku knew he was growing tired and fast since he was using so much and was running out of options. It had been about another ten minutes after the creature had broken free and was dodging left and right. He was growing weak and he needs a way to stop the thing. Now he really wanted to skin the hanyou for leaving him alone. (Once he comes back I'm going to kick his ass!) But that was if he survives the whole ordeal with the stupid squid. (I'm never having calamari again!)

Going over the times that he did make a hit, it was small and in only certain spots. Like a tentacle or two along with it's tongue. If you could call it that. It had a hole that looked like it could shoot something out of it and around the hole had huge barbs as thick as his head and as long as his whole arm. (They look poisonous too...crap!)

Dodging another fatal blow he looked around to see what he could work with, and saw that the thing was still in the water. Then all of a sudden an idea popped into his head. (It just might work.) Running into the water he focused and pulled whatever power he had left and concentrated it into his hands. Expelling the power he saw the water quickly turn from blue to pink and the smell of smoke was in the air. Looking up he saw the creature give out a wail of pain and saw it sink into the water. He waited, tense and when it did not come back up he collapsed onto the ground and made a splash. Laying there he gave a sigh and finally relaxed.

"Thank Kami." But soon his thanks were short lived as he was pulled sharply into the water. He turned over to try and grab onto something, but all he got was sand, Miroku was trying to claw his way back but it was no use. The water was a lot deeper than he had thought, and as he was pulled farther out he began to look around he caught the eyes he thought he saw earlier and they only confirmed that he wasn't crazy and wasn't seeing things. Coming from the shadows the ruby red eyes soon became attached to a beautiful woman who was many times his size.

He guessed that if she stood she could be as tall as a cliff. She had hair as dark as night and those red eyes just seemed to glow. Smirking she got in close and as if to blow him a kiss she blew a bubble from her lips catching him inside it when the water disappeared from the bubble he was on all fours coughing up water.

When Miroku had time to catch his breath he stood up, he was shaking a bit out of exhaustion, but stood none the less ready for another fight with his right hand at ready to unwind the rosary around his hand to keep the kazana at bay. He turned his head left and right but Miroku didn't see her any where. (Where is she?) The next second later he heard a lovely voice it was not the usual high tone most women he had come across before, it was low and soft but still heard. For some reason it made a shiver go down his spine.

"The day began with such promise, and now my sea monster is dead, and my entertainment is cut short, all because of you Miroku." As she was talking she was dare he say moving around like smoke? It was the only word he could describe her movement with. The dark female came closer and she shifted to smoke again to form right in front of him. She was resting her chin on her hands, and smiled staring down at him with those eyes that just won't leave him alone. Miroku didn't know where this was going and he was not sure he liked it. She was still staring down at him and he felt like a peice of meat.

Looking down himself to see what was so interesting Miroku found himself to be completely naked. Looking into her eyes he saw that look she gave him. Miroku knew that look, he gave it all the time. It was the 'I like what I see and I think I'm going to appreciate your assests' look. But introductions were first and foremost. (But how did she know his name?) Giving her a bow he looked up.

"May I know what your name is fair maiden?" Glancing up at her he had a feeling she was not like Naraku's creations, he didn't know exactly what she was and that worried him a bit, the abilities she was displaying were far greater than any demon could possess.

Looking down at him she smirked.

"Eris, the goddess of discord." She said her name proudly and shifted into smoke once more.

"No doubt you've seen my likeness on the temple walls." Shifting her form, he soon saw her a bit smaller and had backed up from him. Her eyes glowed an erie yellow and Eris had extended her hands from her body, each hand grew bat like wings for hands. She was beautiful, a dark female but beautiful none the less.

"You know they don't do you justice." It was true too, he hasn't seen much of her in very many temples but if she was there the altar was small, barely any offerings and they had a picture just like that form she was in but it really didn't do her justice. The Greeks on the other hand did from what he has seen from the many books Kagome had on Greek myth and such. Shifting again she had her hand on her hip and gave him a look, she knew of his diversion.

"Uh-huh, flattery will get you no where, now about my sea monster." Extending her hand, her index finger poked him in the shoulder and got real close to him there was about a distance of ten feet.

"Right, right, listen I'm sorry about that I don't suppose a heart felt apology would?" She laughed and it made him shiver again, she smiled and gave a 'come on are you kidding me?' look. "Heart felt, from you? Miroku, you don't apologize about that sort of stuff. Nothing is heart felt about you. You con, cheat and steal for a living. Let’s not forget your perversion." Turning to a purple smoke again it swirled into a smaller form, to about his size. Swaying her hips as she walked she released a sigh as she walked closer. "Mmmmm...But that's what I like about you, espeasially the preversion part." Her voice was filled with lust and it shocked him a bit. Since when did he start attracting a goddess's attention?

"So I'm going to let you live." Cupping his left cheek in her hand he eyed her hand as her thumb started to trace the seam of his mouth but soon his eyes came onto her face again when she started talking. "But there's just one little thing you have to do. When you see the slayer and hanyou again come to me, I'll make things all better."

He looked at her and wondered what she wanted with him, it just didn't seem like a good idea but he loved Sango so if she could make things better he would see where it would go. "Do I have your word?"

"Miroku when a goddess makes a promise she is bound for all eternity." Eris made an X etch onto her skin right where her heart would be then the next second later it faded away. Miroku was completely consentrated on her fingers that were on his mouth and was not paying attention as her other hand slid down to his back and grabbed his ass. He let out a gasp and looked at Eris with wide eyes, he wasn't expecting that from her. She laughed at the look on his face, it was too cute.

"Did you honestly think I was going to let you leave without touching you? While you were right there for the taking? I think not, so where were we?" She chuckeled then in a seductive voice she continued "Oh yes, you were holding your breath." Eris whisphered the last part as the bubble burst, and saw him get caught in the current before he began to swim to the surface "He's so cute, and so gulible." At the corner of her eye to her right see saw her pet. "Cetus...well done. Now for another to play with, it's going to be fun." A moment later she was gone and off to her next destination.


Mt. Kobushi
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It was almost noon and the sun was a little ways away from midpoint of the sky. Looking around one could see nothing but a vast amount of land bare of any life for a mile or two. But soon a mountain range could be seen, sensing the one she was searching for Eris quickly moved up the mountain. Whisps of purple smoke traveled at a fast rate searching for a specific spot.

A little while later it was found, a cave was what she was looking for? Eris quickly turned into her normal form and moved closer to the entrance, surrounding it was a miasma mist and behind that at the mouth of the cave was a barrier. A scowl slithered onto her pretty face when she realised who was with the man she was searching for. Looking around her she saw three figures, two were on a large white feather, a male and a female. The other was a male sitting ontop of a huge horse much too big for a child to control.

Staring up at them she took another glance and saw the woman to be a pretty lil thing, she had a lighter red colored eyes than her own, peach colored skin and ruby lips, and a slender neck. She wore a white and red colored kimono and in her small hands was a fan of the same design. Next to her was a boy about 15 or so 16 at the most. He had brown hair and dull brown eyes and wore a garb like Sango; the female taijiya, he was most likely the girl's younger brother since they looked so similar. Kohaku if she heard right and the woman was Kagura. Glancing to her right was the boy he was a lot closer than the first time she looked at him but she knew that. It didn't really matter though all she could sense from him was curiosity, hostile, but curious none the less. He was an albino child that one, and he had lilac colored eyes.

She smirked at him and stepped closer to him, but the horse saw this and backed up a bit. Eris never broke eye contact as she continued to step foreward untill she was right infront of him. Looking closer she saw a purple barrier around him, she touched it with her finger and it shattered. That made the horse get riled up and made Hakudoshi stare at her wide eyed.

"Who are you?" the boy ground out. He didn't like this woman one bit, she wasn't human and no way in hell was she youkai, as far as he could tell but maybe he just can't read her. There are such things as masking thier aura and essence and that nonsense. Looking at her again he glared as she just smiled at him.

"Just here to pay a visit to your master is all. I think I can be of assistance to him, but I also had planned to visit the being who resides in this cave that is behind you. Who your master is conversing with as we speak, from the feel of it it doesn't bode well for you and your comrades. Good luck with that." Brushing past him she sauntered over to the entrance, pressing her hand to the barrier she felt her hand pass through.

Walking inside the cave she saw that the cave was large and covered in red crystals on the walls and ceiling. Sufficiently giving light to the room, not bright as it was outside but dark enough to give many shadows in the room making it eaiser to move around without being noticed. True she could not be detected even if she was standing infront of the male the ones outside distainfully called master, but it was so much more fun being in the shadows than anything else. It gave her a sense of where she was created or born, and that the was darkness, chaos, everything she stands for and is.

Quickly sliding up the walls she slithered and shifted from shadow to shadow moving closer to the heart of the cave. Once reaching her destination, she spotted her targets. The one with his back facing her she saw that he wore a purple styled jacket of this land, it was ran down to the back of his calfs, sleevless and no clasps. Under that was a dark blue haori and black hakama tucked into black boots. He wore no armor from what she could tell, the male had long wavy obsidion colored hair.

He was lean with broad shoulders she assumed from just looking at him. Eris then turned her sight onto the creature infront the the male she was looking for, and almost snarled. She disliked this woman very much, and if there wasn't something she needed from her and the male she would have never gone here. The woman had her brown hair bound by the very crystals surrounding her, small tendrals were lose from the intricate design to fall on the sides of her face.

Her face was oval shaped, a slender nose, and full lips. The female's eyes were pure black, no pupil or the white part of the eyes, they looked like a void. Her skin was tan but the light scattered on her skin every time she moved casting shadows here and there. The creature in question had a tiny frame and all she wore was a large length of cloth a golden peach color with gold trimming. It was wrapped around her in an interesting manner, one part tied onto her upper left arm then slidding across her front at a downward angle and wrapping around her torso and behind.

Leaving her back bare as it wrapped around her pelvis to come back to tie in a knot as it slipped into a hole that was made so as to knot it on her right hip. She wore no shoes leaving her small feet on the most likely cold ground. Not that it mattered Eris would hope she woulld suffer a bit, even just a little would be fine.

And you know who this female was that Eris disliked greatly?

.....Shinkirou

Man did she dislike that woman, serverely.

If it was anyone that ruffled her proverbial feathers more it was Shinkirou, that, that thing always ended up ruining her most ingenious plans. But a few seconds later Eris thought smugly about most of her plots that were not ruined by the Mother Oracle, Seer or whatever Shinkirou was called.

Yes Mother Oracle, she was the one who gave birth to all of the Oracles, like the Oracle of Delphi for example was her first daughter of sight and the eldest, she also had a son, and he was a very much help for one of Eris' creations, molding and perfecting them. She couldn't let Gaia's daughters have their own little pets without her own now could she.

But back to the main subject, hopefully Shinkirou didn't tell the spider everything, where would the fun in that be if she did, and if she did see what was to come. Which Eris knows Shinkirou does see Naraku's bleak, and short future. (Well that's my prediction anyways.) Smirking to herself she looked down at them. (Hmmm interesting...Something about purging, fire, a priest, a demon and the continent, huh.Well that was very imformative...Not. Maybe it would have been if she had not been stalled by the curious albino.) Shaking her head she waited for him to leave, when he did he told his group to meet him back at the Estate and dissapeared. Turning her head to look back down at the oracle she moved quickly to drift around her.

"Eris-san long time no see, it's been what a thousand or so since we have last seen eachother?"

"Perhaps 1236 or so, but whos counting?" She smiled one of those too cheerful smiles, looking at the female infront of her she asked. "Anything interesting or foreboding in my future this time Shinkirou-san?" Those two little black voids stared at her and she just kept smiling, while she would love to sock the bitch one she didn't resort to that sort of violence, that was left to her nephew Ares, along with his sons.

"Nothing at this point in time, but I do see you having more fun with that man for the next couple hundred years, along with getting a lesson in heart-strings for once. It should be fun, I'd advised not messing with the monk's mind the following event after it will not be what you had planned."

"I'll do whatever I want to the mortal as I please, and you realize who Naraku is don't you and what he plans for the mortal world?" Usually Shinkirou kept tight liped when it came to dark beings searching for answers. "I know what he is and what he will do, along with what you will do I see everything remember. Let us not forget that I answer your summoning, and you're not innocent at all, so I see no reason to judge, everything has it's place and when the time comes, falls into place."

"Now would be an opprotune time to leave Eris, or you might miss out on making your deal with that spider." She said smirking, turning her back she began to walk farther into the cave most likely to her chambers. Turning her head she looked over her shoulder. "Oh and Eris... It has been seen that he shall escape from your grasp, and then the chaos that not even you can control begins with the help of an enemy to us all." Facing forward again she began to walk till the shadows incased her in darkness, away from Eris' glaring eyes.

Eris almost growled, she had been dissmissed, and the woman even had the nerve to turn her back on her Goddess of Chaos and Destruction! Stopping herself she took in very slow, very deep breaths. (As much as I despise the bitch, she has a point, I need to go and get this little part of the plan out of the way. Then, say helllloooo to a good soak in the springs.) Sadly she had ignored the oracle's forewarning, a step in a direction that may cause everything to crumble.

Not even a second later she was gone, and in the next instant she was infront of Naraku. She saw surprise on his face before he smiled. It was one of those crooked ones she saw on him when she had first seen him. Liking it she quickly became fimilar with him, learned what he had done and for a lil hanyou it was alot. Now this would be the first encounter with him and she was going to enjoy it.

Taking her smoke form she began to move around his body till she was face to face. "Is the little hanyou disgruntled by the oracle's vision, most likely your most painfull and excruciating death perhaps?" He glared at her and she chuckled moving around him she got behind him and layed her forearms upon his shoulders letting her breasts press against his back, and placing most of her body weight against him. Letting a little smirk play across her lips she let her words drift into his ear.

"You are that hanyou spider, Naraku is it?" She felt him tense when she had called him hanyou, it was amusing and then she had heard him chuckle, making the vibrations go through her. "And you are....my dear?" His voice sounded deep and had a rich sound to it, she liked it. "Like you, one who enjoys making people run rampant in fear and chaos." A devilish smirk came onto his handsome face. "Ah yes that is something I enjoy most often."

Looking at her hands he grasped them and then turned him self to face her, just a hair away from her face his red eyes boring into her own. Breaking away from him she began to speak "I have a proposition for you, complete the Shikon No Tama and bring it to me." As she was saying the last part she moved her hands into a 'twoards me motion'. He started to chuckle and she pouted when he did, instead of growing angry with him.

"My dear I think you do not understand, I have been after this jewel for a very long time and to just give it up to albeit a pretty stranger a stranger none the less would be mad. There you see lies the problem I have my own designs for it, destroy my enemies, conquer Japan, you know me stuff."

Eris sighed. (Now where have I heard this before?) Moving around him she looked back at him and gave a sigh before moving closer again. "You're not thinking big enough Naraku, complete the jewel without bringing it to me you'll just have what you want. Complete the jewel and give it to me and you can defeat your enemies and you can conquer Japan and the world." "Now why would I want to give it to you when I can do it without you as I had originally thought?"

"Because my silly little spider, I can make it even more powerful beyond even your wildest dreams. Plus I would also like to play for your side, I have always gone by one thought, the bad always have more fun. It has never proven me wrong." "Hmmm...you become my ally, you give me an even more powerful Shikon no Tama, and I rule the world, so far I forsee no downside to this. Give me your name." "Who I am you say? Well that is very simple, I am called... Eris goddess of chaos and discord, being your patroness should be very amusing, to call just say my name. Ta for now Naraku."

In a blink of an eye she was gone, somewhere in the forest not to far from the base of the mountain Eris had discarded her clothing and slipped into the springs and gave a relaxed sigh.

"Ah now to relax for the rest of the day." Perhaps pay a visit to see the little newborn brats her kin had produced. (Hopefully they will be alot more attactive than Zeus' children Night knows he needs an aditude ajustment, thinks he's Mother's gift to women Ha! More like curse.) But anways time to relax. Closing her eyes she drifted off to a light sleep and unwind.


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Finally!!! Finished with the chapter, it would be really nice of you guys to review and all that stuff. Again if one of you are able, can you draw Shinkirou? and if you do send me the link. Also if anyone has any ideas on what to do with Naraku any future plan you would like to see happen to the i'm open for sugesstion, I have so much stuff going on in my head right now and I want to get everything right. Another thing do you think we should

A) go back to the future with the Yu Yu gang and see how their search is going
B) go back to the future to kagome then go back to the past
C) Spend time with Halima and her army along with Isis and Anubis
or
D) stay in the past and visit Mr. Sexy Taiyoukai Sesshoumaru
Your choice.

Again Thank you for reading and please review, Kristin feed back please. :) With much love Tomo-maru