AN: You there! I can see you smirking! *evil glare* Wendyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!! I know you - you're laughing aren't you? *whacks telephone over Windy's head* Okay.... Um.... Hello there... Stop laughing! *bashes wendy again* Anyway.. do read... and review please... *pokes wendy* Not you.... Ignore this... Yup....XD Just please be nice; no flames, and uh.. yeh.. "nice" critique please^^ Danke.

Prologue:

Kouga blinked from his position, hidden well within the tree's branches. He stared at down at the gathered group; the cursed hanyou was handling his over-sized sword as if preparing for battle. It was not hard to sense Naraku's essence and so there was reason to feel wary - they had found him at last. Kouga noticed more movements towards the east and chuckled silently to himself. It seemed as if everyone had turned up for the supposedly grand finale, meaning Ayame and her gang had arrived if not rather late.

"Carelessness," he thought to himself; with that much noise, Ayame might as well have run on straight to Naraku and warned him of their coming. In that same instant, Kouga narrowed his eyes slightly in surprise.

Kagura... What the hell was she doing here? Oh geez, and dog turd's brother too...

It was actually rather ironic; everyone was hidden from each other and still probably knew where everyone was - yet the stupid dog's gang was standing like easy game in the middle of the forest clearing.

Still, Kouga wondered what Kagura was up to; especially arriving with Sesshomaru. He almost hissed in contempt for the Wind Youkai but caught himself.

The party had only just begun.....