Okay, to be honest, I came up with this while listening to The Hunchback of Notre Dame soundtrack. Go Disney!

In this story, Naraku is nice. Cause I like nice people. But for some reason, I like Naraku. But he isn't nice. So I'm making him nice. 'Cause I can. And I like short sentences. ;)

Disclaimer: Me no own Inuyasha and co. If I did, Inuyasha and Kagome would have kissed a lot more, have babies, and Kagura wouldn't be dead. I do not own Count D either. But he said something about changing from the Pet Shop of Horrors to Pet Shop of Awesomeness. (~) represents Chris' thoughts.

On with the story!

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Prologue

Chris, T-chan, Pon-chan, and all the inhabitants of Count D's Pet Shop gathered around said Count. Today was Chris' birthday, and the Count had promised to tell a special story.

"Hey, Count!" shouted T-chan, "When are you gonna start this story of yours?" T-chan, as many knew, was not the most patient of creatures. And his patience wore thin when he was hungry, particularly when he was hungry for one of the Count's special birthday cakes.

"Calm down, T-chan," Count D soothed as he lit more incense. "We have to wait for the guest of honor's favorite family member."

At that moment, a very loud, arrogant, rude detective slammed the doors open.

Speak of the devil, Count D thought.

Leon Orcot, Chris' older brother, immediately got down to business, "All right! Are we gonna party, or what?" He flopped down onto the couch, causing the many cats who were perched there to hiss and scatter.

Chris could only shake his head at his older brother. While they shared the same blonde hair and baby blue eyes, they were nothing alike in personality. Despite the fact that, where as Leon was extremely loud and sometimes—how to put it gently?—overly passionate with his words, and Chris hadn't spoken for quite some time.

Yet, while in the Count's shop, Leon and the others could hear his thoughts perfectly. He didn't understand it, but—hey!—if he didn't have to talk, more power to them.

~Leon, Count D said he would tell a story today. About a very rare animal.~

"Yes," came the Count's soft voice, "It is even rarer than a totetsu."

T-chan looked up and swiveled his head from side to side. A question mark appeared over his head. Was someone talking to me? When he saw that no one was trying to get his attention, he went back to his mission: get some of that birthday cake!

Leon thought hard for a moment. Did he really want to sit through another one of the Count's stories? He glanced at Chris, who seemed anxious for Count D to start. Well, he thought, I suppose I can endure it. Since Chris seems so excited to hear it.

Honlon decided to speak up, "What animal is it, Count?"

"It is an Ochita Tenshi*," he said.

The animals gave a collective gasp. An Ochita Tenshi was certainly rarer than a totetsu. Not even Count D's ancestors had kept one in any of their shops. They were known by story alone.

Leon spoke, "All right, all right, we get it. A very rare animal. Would you just get on with the story already?" He was eyeing T-chan, who was still inching towards the cake and trying to be as discreet as possible. Like hell he would let that freaky goat get a hold of that cake.

"Of course, my dear detective," the Count's voice chimed. He dimmed the lights and the animals (he didn't know if he should include Leon among his precious creatures) settled down.

"There are only a few Ochita Tenshi recorded in history, and even fewer with a recorded past. So which one is it?" Ten-chan asked. He had left his long white hair down, instead of keeping it in its usual braid.

Count D only smiled. "This story, is about the Ochita Tenshi, Inuyasha." And Leon felt the incense in the air get thicker.

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So, whatcha think? Should I continue? Should I stop mentioning cake, for those of you who are hungry? Should I make the characters sing the actual songs from THoND? XD

All right, so my friend finally read Hoshi and gave me plot ideas. So for any readers waiting for me to post another chapter for it, I will hopefully have a new chapter within the next week or two. September is a busybusy month