Title: As Smooth as Silk
Author: landofthekwt
Rating: PG-13
Prompt: Silk ( Inuyasha Themes Week 4)
Word Count:745
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Warning: None
Summary: Miroku prepares to steal the Jewel.
He gazed at the jewel shard. All this work for such a trinket. It was not something he could use. His only hope was that it would lead him to Naraku.
His modus operandi had worked perfectly. Find the richest house in the neighborhood. In this case, the lord's daughter was actually possessed. Announce that he had ability to exorcize the demon. Once the lord agreed to his terms the rest had been easy.
The demon with the jewel shard had been exorcized without any difficulty. The lord's daughter had been romanced on principle and the house had been rifled. He had taken everything of value leaving the lord with his daughter. free of possession.
His fences were sure to take a hefty cut of his haul. With his expensive tastes the loot would not last very long. He would have to find another lord's house to loot in the near future.
He sighed. Somehow, his need for worldly pleasures had produced an endless cycle of looting the rich and spending it on himself. He had lost his way and was trapped by his own greed, lust and self indulgence.
His spiritual powers were used to create the appearance of evil. His glib tongue was used to con rich people out of their worldly goods. His handsome face and convincing lines made the ladies easy conquest for his sexual needs. Maybe one of them would bear his child and carrying on his curse and his pursuit of Naraku.
Something was missing. He had been trained to follow Buddha not ravish and pillage. When he set out from Mushin's temple. ,he had high ideals. He had a goal, killing Naraku before his wind tunnel killed him as it had his father and grandfather.
Where were all those high ideals? Had he abandoned the high ideals which Mushin had taught to pursue the vices of his family heritage. What did he need to do to rededicate himself?Would the search for the jewel shards really bring out Naraku? How many were there and how long would it take before the Jewel was whole once again?
The more shards he found the more youkai would come for them forcing him to use his wind tunnel to fight. It was a never-ending cycle. It was a race to see if he could collect the jewel before he died or produced an heir whichever came first.
He heard a sound on the other side of the boulder that he was leaning against in the hot spring. Peeking around the corner, he almost gasped. There stood a beautiful naked young woman yelling at her companions no to peek at her.
His gaze did not remain on her for long. The largest jewel shard he had ever seen graced the neck of this water nymph. Two of the things he loved most in the world: beautiful naked young women and huge jewel shards were within her grasp.
Just the girl saw a monkey and screamed. Here companions came running to her rescue only to have her bonk the large man with dog ears on his head. Miroku slipped away in the confusion.
A plan began to form. Hachi would distract the man while he abducted the woman and her jewel shard. It could not miss. He would steal the jewel right off the woman's chest without her even noticing.
He sat back and sighed. His plan could not fail. He would take the woman's vehicle and make his getaway. He just had to keep talking to here while his hands relieved her of her precious cargo. He had plenty of experience distracting women while removing their clothes.
Unfortunately, she would have to be discarded. It was too bad. In the world of geisha houses he frequented she put all of the women to shame. He would have to sacrifice her to keep the jewel shards. Women could be replaced. Jewel shards could not.
The one flaw in his plan was Hachi. The racoon dog was inveterate coward. He would only have a minute before the man shoved aside Hachi. If that happened, he would have to use the wind tunnel to dissuade the man from following him.
He was very pleased with himself. Once he summoned Hachi the plan could be started. It was one of his better ideas. There was no possibility of failure. The theft of the jewel would be carried off as smooth as silk.
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