Prologue
Naraku sat on the floor near the window of his mansion. Out in the garden stood a woman in priestess attire. The wind blew threw her long black hair. She picked a long red rose from the garden. Her brown eyes gentle, but hardened from the many things she'd seen over the years.
Naraku smiled as she brought the rose to her nose. He watched her as she picked flowers from the garden. A smile on her face, she walked into the darkened mansion. "Kikyo, enjoyed the garden did you?" Naraku asked as he rose to his feet. "Yes, Naraku. I did. The garden is lovely. You even remembered the herbs too." Kikyo said as she walked over to the shelf to grab a vase. "I am so glad that you enjoyed the garden." He smiled at her. Watching her every move that she made. Kikyo placed the vase on the table before she turned to the door to leave the mansion once again.
Kikyo walked down the rocky path towards the medium sized well at the bottom of the hill. "How did I end up in this place and in the big mess?" She murmured as she rose the bucket to carry the water back to the mansion.
She took the water from the bucket and poured it into a large urn from the ground and began to make the trek back to the mansion. The sign on the way to the mansion read: Onigumu. Her heart beat rapidly as the name clicked. "So long since I have heard that name. A long time."