Naraku's Underestimation

Michiru and his friends had arrived in Minamo Village. It was sundown, so Miroku's confession would have to wait until morning light. They decided they were going to get an inn room and some supper. They got a room at the inn and headed to the small chicken farm behind it. The head of the household recognized the group and was more than happy to fix them a good meal. He readily prepared a great big roast chicken and set it before the group. InuYasha tried to hog it all.

"InuYasha, behave yourself!" Kagome scolded. "Do you have any table manners at all?"

"You think this is bad Kagome?" Kaname asked. "I once went to a fancy restaurant with InuYasha and he made such a pig of himself!"

"What?" Kagome gasped. "InuYasha! Don't you know that you're supposed to be civil at those kind of places?"

"Shut up!" InuYasha scowled. "When I'm hungry, I get primal. It's as simple as that! So there!"

"That brings up another fault you have InuYasha," Kaname replied. "You're so immature!"

"Tell me about it." Kagome grumbled. Then she turned to see Michiru and Sango just picking at their portion. "Hey you two, what's wrong?"

Michiru looked up in surprise. "Oh, n-nothing!" he studdered.

Kagome wasn't buying it. "Uh-uh! I know something's troubling you two. What is it? Do you want to eat alone?"

"No, it's not that." Michiru answered. "It's just that, I was thinking about Sanru."

"What about her?" Miroku asked.

"Well, I'm starting to think that getting her back was too easy. Especially for a situation involving Naraku." Michiru replied. "I mean Myoga found out where she was, we went to that direction, Sango and I find her and Michigo, Kagura dies, and I recover Sanru. But it's never been this easy before. I mean sure it's been easier considering our skills keep growing and Naraku being dead for so long has provided us with more combat skills and enhanced old ones, but not even Naraku would give up two of his servants so easily unless..."

"Unless there's a catch!" Shippo finished.

"Exactly." Michiru nodded. "But the question is, 'What?'"

Meanwhile on the outskirts of Minamo, Michigo was recieving orders from her master.

"Michigo," Naraku began. "It's almost nightfall. When the hour is late, InuYasha and his friends will be sound asleep. At that hour, sneak into their room and kill then all in their sleep. Then fetch your sister and bring her to me." Naraku then laughed hysterically. "And make sure the deaths of your own parents are especially gruesome! Do you understand?"

"Yes, Master." Michigo replied monotonously. "Kill InuYasha and my own parents in their sleep. Bring sister back to you."

A few hours later, Michigo crept into Minamo Village. She found the inn where InuYasha and the others were staying and walked over to the sliding door leading to their room. She quietly slid it open and saw eight blankets with bulges underneath them. One of which was Sanru. Michigo then held a dagger in her hand and crept to the bundle where her mother Sango was sleeping under. She knelt down and pulled Sango to her back. She then positioned the dagger-blade right at Sango's chest and then jerked her hand in the air and thrusted it! But as soon as the daggar made contact, Sango burst into a cloud of smoke right before Michigo's eyes!

"What?" Naraku gasped watching the whole thing. "What just happened?"

Just then the other figures burst into smoke and the candles in the room lit up revealing InuYasha and the others gathered at the door looking at Michigo.

"Tsk! Tsk! Tsk!" Michiru sounded as he shook his head. "What? Did you think we were stupid Naraku?"

"Nope, not this time!" Shippo answered as his doppleganger spell finally disappeared altogether.

"Boy was that low!" Kagome sniffed. "Forcing Michigo to attempt to helplessly kill her own mother! But that's Naraku for you!"

"Curse you all!" Naraku spoke through Michigo's voice. "I should've known it wouldn't be this easy!"

"Indeed." Kaname answered. "You may be evil Naraku, but you usually are incredibly (and annoyingly) intelligent."

"You said it!" InuYasha agreed. "Heh! Even I give you that much credit Naraku! I guess being dead really wears away at your brain huh?"

Hearing this Naraku scowled. "You dare to mock me InuYasha? I am more intelligent than you all could ever hope to be! In fact, I did have a plan for if you caught Michigo as I sent her out to retrieve Sanru."

"What kind of plan?" Kaname asked. "We've got Michigo surrounded! There's nothing you can do to stop us from claiming her!"

"Oh, I beg to differ on that Descendant of Utsugi." Naraku replied. The others then looked in shock as Michigo pointed the dagger at her own throat!

"What?" Sango gasped. "No!"

Michiru looked in horror realizing what was running through Naraku's mind. "You can't do this Naraku! You need Michigo alive in order to stay alive!"

"Not necessarily." Naraku smirked. "After all, you've got Sanru and you're going to take care of her right? Well if Sanru is alive and safe..." Michigo then pulled the dagger closer to her throat. "Then Michigo is dispensable." Then Michigo thrust the blade in her throat and died.

"NO!" Sango screamed. She then ran to the corpse of her now dead daughter and held her and wept. The last of Naraku's presence in Michigo died as well with his horrible chortling fading into the distance.

Sango didn't even notice, she was too busy holding her daughter's bloody lifeless body and crying. Michiru then placed his hand on his wife's shoulder and looked at her sorrowfully. Then he placed the other hand on the hilt of his Shikiga. Knowing what was running through her husband's mind, Sango nodded and Michiru drew his blade and invoked the power of Tenseiga that Shikiga had copied. He then waved the sword over Michigo's lifeless body and almost instantly the wound healed, her eyes flitted, and she awoke. Then Michiru stripped off the collar around her neck that made her immune to his Dream Dust and sprinkled it in her face causing her to pass out instantly.

"It worked!" InuYasha gasped. "The power of Tenseiga! Guys it worked!"

"Yes, and what's more," Miroku replied. "Naraku has no idea that Michigo's back from the dead."

"Yes, but that probably won't last." Michiru replied. "We'd better hurry and get to Kaede's Village right after Miroku's made his confession in the morning."

"Wait!" Miroku began. "Kaname, did the witch say that the confession had to made during the day?" Miroku asked.

"Uh, no why?" Kaname asked.

"Because if I make the confession now, then Hachi can fly us there right now." Miroku replied.

"Awwww!" Shippo groaned. "And I was looking forward to seeing how the villagers were going to react to you!"

"Sorry Shippo." Miroku answered. "But we have to make haste!"

"Uh-huh." InuYasha groaned. "Why do I have the feeling this is more about you avoiding the villagers' wrath than about getting Michigo and Sanru to safety?"

"Now, now InuYasha." Miroku waved his hands in protest. "I would never take such a low road in this kind of situation." Then he grabbed his arm in pain as the ugly green vein grew a few more millimeters towards his shoulder.

"Really?" Kaname asked sarcastically. "Well your cursed arm says otherwise!"

Miroku grumbled and then went to the square and prepared to give his confession even though there was nobody there to witness it.

"Oh, you're not getting away that easily Miroku." Kaname smirked.

"People of Minamo Village," Miroku began. "I stand here to telly you all that I am a liar. All those times I told you I was exorcising your homes were lies for free room and board or to cheat you out of your money. All those fortune-tellings were just schemes for your money or to get beautiful women in bed with me."

He then went on and on with his confession. InuYasha grumbled. "Aw damn! Too bad no one's here to hear this."

"Don't be so sure of that InuYasha!" Kaname smirked. "I just used my magic to wake everyone up and hear Miroku broadcasting his confession live so-to-speak."

InuYasha then grinned as Miroku finished his confession.

"Well then shall we go?" He asked.

"Uh, Miroku?" Kaname asked.

"Yes Kaname?" Miroku answered.

"Behind you." Kaname laughed.

Miroku then turned pale with fear as slowly he turned to see an angry mob armed with rotten fruits, eggs, and vegetables slowly approaching him.

"Well Miroku." Kagome sighed. "Looks like things are about to get messy."