Chapter 3! Told you I'd update quicker this time!!! It's hard with school to get all of this up and running!

I don't own Inuyasha as we all know by now. And of course, I own Dosakusa and Aitou and Maiden of the Heavens owns Nicada-Yamie.


Naraku laughed along with Dosakusa. "Do you honestly believe that I am foolish enough to fall for such tricks?"

The child approached him gracefully, her feet brushing lightly against the floor. Nicada watched from behind the screen and shudder involuntarily. How could someone so little be so frightening?

"Trust me Naraku, we had Inuyasha on his knees in pure pain. I wouldn't think twice about inducing that kind of horror on someone like you…"

His face went serious and he glared at her. "Don't compare yourself to me, child. I can easily defeat you and you would never know what happened."

The girl squealed with delight and flipped her long hair out of her face. Aitou had an idea of what was going to happen next. Dosakusa reached out to Naraku's face, her tiny hands brushing along his cheekbones. Nicada's energy flared up and her golden-ember eyes flashed with something dangerous. Kagura glanced at the three quarter female dog demon and took a step to the side.

"Sleep Naraku," Dosakusa murmured gently, her voice sweet and angelic. Her hands were kind and soft against his face, trying to lure him into sleep.

Naraku grimaced and his hand suddenly shot up to her neck, closing his fingers around her pale, thin throat. Atiou's eyes shot wide open and he made to take a step toward his sister but Naraku glared viciously at him. He remained where he stood.

"You think you stupid little schemes will work on me?" His hand tightened and Dosakusa winced. Her hands were on either side of her body, hanging limp and doll-like. "I told you not to mess with me, girl."

Suddenly, everyone in the area watched as the demon child smiled despite the lack of oxygen. Naraku raised an eyebrow and cocked his head. "What in the seven hells could be so funny?"

"This," Dosakusa whispered before she turned into nothing but a flash of purple light and disappeared. Nicada almost didn't hold back her gasp of surprise when the light shot through the air, barely missing Naraku.

"So..." Naraku said thoughtfully. "You can turn into light? How interesting...this is how you enter people, no doubt. But of course, like I said, I will not be fooled by such immature techniques."

His hand shot out of the air and wrapped around something. Suddenly, the hem of Dosakusa's kimono appeared, attached to the rest of her. Her eyes were no longer purple but red and her teeth were beared at the demon. She was desperately trying to reach him, hissing and snarling.

Kagura's hand closed tightly around her fan and her pink eyes narrowed. This child was so evil, it even put her on edge. Something inside of her was saying that Naraku was pushing his luck with this girl. The boy...the boy was just staring at his sister, clearly in shock at what she was doing.

"Nee-chan, please," he whispered. "Let's not do this now."

The girl stopped and glared at him, her eyes still red and wild. "Why not, Aitou? Why not now?"

"We need him," he said calmly. "And soon, he may even need us. I can sense a lot of secrets here, a lot of others who are being kept. We can't cause problems so early into the mission. Remember Inuyasha?"

Dosakusa stared at her brother for a few long seconds before she began to calm down. Her eyes faded back to lavender and her face returned to its normal, beautiful self. Naraku set her on her feet with a look of disgust on his face and turned to another screen. Nicada knew instantly that he was aware of their presence.

"I wouldn't think of trying that again, Dosakusa," Naraku grumbled, not looking at her still. His eyes were fixed on the screen.

Dosakusa brushed off her kimono and snorted. "Like you can stop me from doing what I want. If I really wanted to, I could have killed you so easily, Naraku. I could right now if you'd like..."

"NO!"

Something in Nicada snapped at the child's words. Without much thought, she pushed back the screen and stood in the doorway, looking fiercely upon the twins.

"You will not harm, Naraku-sama!" she snarled visciously rushing over to her Lord's side. "Naraku-sama are you alright?" he voice was clear with worry as she glared at the demon twins. Her black velvet puppy ears twitched at the top of her head, showing clearly enough that she was not a youkai. Nicada wrapped her arms around Naraku's own and laid her head against his arm.

Dosakusa and Aitou stared at the dog demon, their heads both cocked to different sides. Standing beside one another like that, they really did look identical. "Who the hell are you?" Dosakusa asked.

Aitou merely stared at the girl, feeling her spiritual energy from where he stood, soaking it in. It was part of his power to absorb the energy of those around him, therefore getting a feel of how much of a threat they posed. This girl posed a much greater one than she let on.

He touched the hem of his sister's kimono. "Dosakusa-chan..." he whispered.

She looked up at him. "What, Aitou-kun?"

He shook his head. "Don't start anything with the dog," he ordered. "I don't know if we could take her."

"What are you talking about? We almost defeated Inuyasha! We almost killed them all!"

"I know," he said flatly, "but this girl, she has demonic and spiritual powers."

"Both, eh?" Dosakusa looked over at Nicada, who was gripping her lord fiercefully. "What can you see about her, Atitou-kun?"

Atiou shook his head. "Not too much, to be honest. I am sorry. It's difficult to get past her spiritual powers."

"Dammit," the girl swore, hiding her face behind her hair and glaring at Nicada. Their eyes locked. Across the room, both sets of eyes flashed red and lethal, a strange and powerful air overtaking the room and sending shivers up everyone's spines.

"That's enough," Naraku ordered sternly. "Dosakusa, will you please control that damn temper of yours. It's quite annoying, actually." He then looked up at Nicada. "Nicada, I am all right. I wouldn't be so weak as to let these children defeat me."

"Nicada, huh?" Dosakusa hissed. "That's your name?" Nicada shot her a look and her velvet puppy ears flicked back. "You don't seem like that much of a threat."

"I could tear both your bodies to shreds if I wanted too." she snarled baring fangs. she even went to such lenghts as to grip her blade's hilt. Her master shook his head at her.

"No, Yamie." he said sternly and gently released the grip one of her arms still had on his own. The dog demon female released the grip on the hilt of her sword and lowered her head, kneeling beside Naraku instead and taking the postion that a servent should. Silent until spoken too and taking orders without question.

Dosakusa gave Nicada one last look before locking her eyes back with Naraku's. "Fine," she huffed, flipping her glossy hair, "my brother and I will serve you."

"What? Dosakusa-chan..." Aitou began to protest. He didn't like being in this castle at all. It made the hair stand up on the back of his neck.

She shot her brother a deadly glance. "You are forgeting who kept you alive, onii-chan," she said darkly, curling her lip. "You will do as I say."

Aitou shot her an equally dark look and his eyes flashed red for a moment. Naraku almost smiled. He was finally starting to see the evil side of the boy. When he was angry, he looked just as threatening as his twin did.

Something in his glare made Dosakusa submit and look away. Despite the brash temper that she held, when Aitou was absolutely lethal when he was pissed off. She didn't want him to turn on her too.

"Please, Aitou-kun, let's just stay here for a little," she finally said, her voice softer.

Aitou's anger soothed out and he nodded once. "Just for a little..." He shot Naraku a nervous look. "I don't trust him very much."

Naraku laughed. "I can asure you, the feeling is mutal. So, what do you think should be your first order of business as my servants?"

Dosakusa and Aitou both made similar snorting noises. Nicada grimaced at how dishonorable they were being to their new lord. It was dispicable.

"Why don't I show you your new lodgings?" Naraku asked pleasantly. "Yamie will show you to your room, won't you?" he said, looking down at the female dog demon.

Nicada sighed but nodded. "Yes, Naraku-sama."

"Good. Be off." He waved them away.

"Great," Dosakusa hissed as Nicada stood up, "we have that thing taking us to our room..."

The three-quarter female dog demon looked back at him from over her shoulder, "I heard that." she growled before heading down the hallway, candles were lit on the hallway walls in order to illumate the darkned corridors, as shadows danced along the walls. Nicada stopped in front a door that was next to Kagura's room and horizantal to her own. She slid the door open, the room farely large, big enoug for two futons and two seperate closet.

"Here's your room." she said before leaving them to join Naraku's two incarnations farther down the hallway."

"You think I should of warned them about the beatings?" she asked the Wind Witch.

Kagura shook her head, "They can find out for themselves."

Nicada nodded and headed outside to the courtyard with the two sisters.

"Well," Dosakusa said, looking around the spacious room. "Welcome home."

Aitou merely rolled his eyes and leaned against the back wall, looking out the only window in the room. The sky was a violet color, causing silver shadows to appear on the clouds. Only a few black birds flew silently over the castle.

"Don't tell me you're still mad!" his sister cried, annoyed.

"I'm not mad," he said simply. "I just don't trust this Naraku of yours. What makes him so formidable?"

"I've heard many stories of him. It's true that he possess most of the Shikon no Tama."

Aitou quickly switched his gaze over to her at the mention of the jewel. "The Shikon no Tama?"

"Of course. We didn't sense its power because his aura was masking it. But it's here and I want it."

He smirked and looked over at the door. He didn't sense anyone close by listening to them. "Is that why you dragged me here?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Of course! Do you honestly think that I want that half demon training me? He's no better than Inuyasha."

"Half demon?" Aitou asked himself, grimacing. "Half demon or not, he seems to be much more powerful than Inuyasha and his little gang was."

"True, but that dog demon of his...I don't like her."

Aitou laughed. "I think we all saw that one. You two looked ready to kill each other. I've never, ever seen such hatred in your eyes before."

"I don't like that aura she gives off. It's too powerful for a demon like her. Did you see that? She's not even a full demon, merely three quarters."

"More demon than Naraku," Aitou replied. "And I don't trust her much either, that doesn't mean that we have go attack her. She may be of use yet."

"Yeah, how? By irritating me to death?"

"We can't die, nee-chan. But no. Perhaps if we play our cards right, we may be able get her to help us steal the Shikon no Tama. Of course, there is that tiny little detail that she is in love with Naraku..."

"Yuck," Dosakusa mumbled, sprawiling acorss the futon set up for her. Her hair lay like a fan around her head. "I don't see the attraction. Then again, I don't understand this love humans speak of."

"No, neither do I. I believe we felt it once as humans...all of those years ago, in the castle..."

"Don't speak of that," Dosakusa ordered, her eyes narrowing.

"You miss them as much as I do, Dosakusa. You think about them a lot, I can tell." He poked his forehead. (A/N: for any clarification, Aitou can't really read minds, but he can see into a person's memories, as you know from A Little's Enough and tell what they were thinking at certain points in time.)

"Shut up, baka," she grumbled, rolling over.

"Mamma and Father wouldn't want you to suffer this much, nee-chan. I'm sure they miss us too..."

"I said let it the hell go!" she cried suddenly sitting up. "I don't want to speak of this!"

"I know they would hate of we've become...what we've done to people."

"AITOU! Stop it!" she screamed, covering her ears. "I don't like this!"

He could see tears forming in the corner of his sister's eyes and sat down beside her on the futon. He brushed the hair out of her eyes and kissed her forehead. "I know. But you need to talk about it, Dosa-chan. You don't even remember your real name..."

"Do you?" she challenged with a glare. He shook his head sadly. It had been so many decades ago that he had been called by his past name. He had no recollection of it. Aitou was all that he could trace back.

"Forgive me, sister. I just worry that we're going to forget our parents soon..."

Dosakusa whipped her eyes and looked away. Me too, she thought.


chapter 3 done. ;) R&R PLEASE!