A.N. : Hello friends. I hope you will like this story. I know I have to finish my other Inuyasha story and I will finish it soon, probably this week or the next.

Disclaimer: Well as all of you know, I do not own Inuyasha.

It was a moonless night but the inky black sky clearly showed there were some good hours until sunshine. Midoriko woke up from her restless slumber with a start. She turned her head to her left and looked at her mate's peaceful face.

She left the bed slowly so that she won't wake up the demon lord next to her and gracefully made her way to the children's room. Pups, as her mate, Lord Katsuya, put it. Guji, their first born, heir of the Eastern Lands and Kya, his sister, were peacefully sleeping. Midoriko smiled gently at the picture of her son, a great and powerful demon, holding the lithe form of his sister, a mere ningen miko.

She closed the door and put a powerful barrier around the room and went back into hers and her mate's chamber. She bent over his form and nuzzled his cheek affectionately, trying to wake him up.

'Love, wake up. We must leave.'

'Mate, is something wrong?' a very sleepy Katsuya responded with a question of his own.

'We must hurry to Totosai. I have to talk to him.'

'You had another dream?'

'Hai, love. The last piece is in place now. I know of my destiny and we must go tonight.'

'What was this one about? Why Totosai?'

'He has to forge a weapon from your fangs and my blood. We must hurry for the war upon the West is approaching rapidly and we must do this before that.'

At her last words the demon lord gasped. Sure he knew about the war, after all he and the Lord of the Western Lands were allies and he was prepared to go to battle but he was not planning to take Midoriko with her, not when she had pups to protect.

'I did not tell you about that.'

'Did you think I would not know? My dreams have showed me of my destiny. And my destiny is to go to this war, for if I don't, the East and West will fall. We must do this before the battle.'

'Why not after? What is your destiny?'

'I will go with you in this war but you will come back alone. My destiny is to die. My body will die, but my soul will remain here with you.'

'Iie. You will not come with me. I forbid you. You must stay here with Guji and Kya.'

'You cannot forbid me to go. If I do not come, you and the Lord of the West will die, our pups, as his, will perish also and the Lands will remain to this great evil. Ningen and youkai will perish in the war to come against the South and North. They will lose. The entire Lands will be ruled by this great evil and everything will be destroyed, everything we worked for all these two centuries.'

'But, Midoriko, I can't lose you, do not ask this of me.'

'Katsuya, you must understand. Come, we have to depart. I will tell you everything on our way to the smith.' Katsuya nodded and finished dressing. They went to the gardens and took off.

'I will fight with you but I will die creating a very powerful and dangerous jewel. It will be called the Shikon no Tama. It will be created from my soul and three other souls, the ones that threaten our kinds. I will continue living, my soul will fight these souls inside the jewel for eternity and as long as a miko will hold it, the odds will be in my favor. But if a demon gets the jewel and uses it, there will be more destruction and dangers than now, for the jewel allows anyone to have immense powers. As soon as I create the Shikon no Tama, trapping my soul and the others inside it, you must take it and come to Kya. She is a miko and her simple touch will purify it and will keep it safe. But mate, you must be sure to protect our daughter, for the jewel's power will attract many youkai.'

'This means a cursed life to all of us, especially Kya.'

'Mate, it is not. If a selfless wish is asked from the jewel, it will become dormant for some time and will reappear in the body of another miko. You must trust me.'

'And why do you need the help of Totosai?'

'He must forge a weapon for the rightful Guardian of the Shikon no Tama. She will come in time, I do not know when but she will come. I know that when she will be born, you and Guji will be dead for a long time and all your clan will be vanished.'

At Katsuya's gasp, Midoriko continued:

'There will be a terrible war when all the black Inu youkai will be killed. I do not know more to tell you but I can say it will happen only in some centuries from now.' Midoriko turned her gaze from the face of her mate to the scenery below them. She lost herself in thoughts until she was shaken out by Katsuya's gentle voice:

'We are here love.'

As their feet touched the ground, Totosai was at the mouth of his cave.

'I was waiting for you, My Lord and Lady of the East.' Totosai said with a bow. He was slight young for what he did, but he was the best demon smith that ever existed in the four cardinal lands. Every demon sought him to forge them powerful weapons.

'You knew we were coming? Then you must know what we are here for.'

'I knew of your arrival but I do not know of the motif.'

'We have come to ask you to forge a weapon from my mate's fangs and my blood. A weapon that can channel both miko and demonic powers.'

'I understand My Lady.' At his words, Katsuya plucked two of his fangs and handed them to Totosai. 'And now for the blood, Lady Midoriko.' he said, giving her a flask.

Midoriko took the flask and kneeled on the floor. She put it down in front of her and uncorked its top. She took her trusted dagger and cut her left palm. As soon as the blood started pouring in the flask she started chanting:

From my bloodline a true Guardian shall rise,

A Guardian with a cursed life

For within her two shall reside.

Until 20 years of age

She a miko ningen shall be

But when the faithful night arrives

Her true heritage she shall claim

A black Inu youkai she will become.

But still the powers of the priestess she will have

For within her body the Shikon no Tama she will house.

Beast and holly within one shall leave.

Protect her, Houses of the Sun and Moon

And peace in your lands you will have.

Having said that she corked the flask and gave it to Totosai:

'You will forge the weapon and will not give it to anybody but to one person only. You will know her by the two markings she will have, though only one will be seen. She will have on her forehead a golden crescent sun and on her left inner thigh a magenta full moon.'

'Hai milady.'

'Remember my words. The weapon should be a katana or any other type of sword. Do not forge a bow, for that is not too helpful in body to body battle and she will need as much protection as she could.'

With that she went to her mate and asked him to go. They took off without any other words, both youkai and miko sure that Totosai will work as best as he could for the forge of the weapon.

A.N. : By the way, if you have any question reguarding the Prologue, feel free to ask.

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