****Inuyasha does not belong to me.****



Chapter IV.



Nioka paced back and forth across the floor in her bed chambers within the castle walls highly upset and irritated. Her mind kept wondering back to what Sesshomaru had growled to her under his breath when she had prepared to attack that half witted fifthly human. Nioka's mind flashbacked to Sesshomaru's words.

"If you take one more step, I WILL strike you down," he said calmly to her under a growl while he was safely holding that fifty Rin!

"UUGGGGG!!" Screamed Nioka frustrated.

Nioka had followed that Rin when the foolish girl left the safety of the castle and had headed to the village. Nioka had tried to sneak up on her and take her by surprise and ambush her but the girl had felt her before she had even gotten the chance. Nioka remembered seeing her walking through the woods that lead back to the castle carefree and smiling as if she didn't have a care in the world. Nioka had gotten closer to knock her unconscious and take her away to another demon's den but by then Rin had stopped as if she had sensed something and then flipped up into a tree. Nioka had given up then because she was so stunned that Rin had been able to detect her.

"Damn her!" Said Nioka under her breath.

She had to find a way to get rid of her. Nioka paced back and forth some more and that's when she came up with the perfect ideal. This ideal was so perfect that she knew that it was guaranteed to work. Nioka transformed herself into her demon light form and quickly floated out of her bed chamber, through the castle walls and through the forests that surrounded the castle to the haven of the witch Ursula. Ursula was the sister of the witch Urasue who had brought the miko Kikiyo's soul back to her clay body. Ursula was just as strong and Nioka knew that the old hag could help her.

Nioka arrived at the Witch's haven which was located inside a cave by a river. Nioka entered and then transformed back to her human form. The old hag was stirring something in a pot that smelled like human remains. Nioka placed her hand over her sensitive nose and frowned. She would never understand why so many demons preferred human food. Humans were gross and beneath them.

Ursula looked up from her steaming pot that was placed over a fire pit and smiled evilly. She had long stringy gray hair and a face that held so many wrinkles that it looked as though it would crack if she smiled. Her eyes were large and monstrous and were black and devoid of emotion.

"Well, well," she said in a cracked strenuous voice.

"I knew that it would not be long before you sought after me. Tell me, do you wish a spell that will take away your troubles?"

Nioka glared at the old hag and continued to keep her distance. Ursula grossed her out and she smelled awful.

"When was the last time you took a bath old woman?" Asked Nioka in disgust.

Ursula looked up towards the roof of the cave as if she were pondering when *was* the last time that she had taken a bath.

"If you need to think about it, never mind," said Ursula disgusted.

"I need a love potion. Something strong," she stated to the demon witch.

"You want someone to fall in love with you eh?" Ursula asked smiling. "I can't make love potions but I can make that person lust after you. I can make a person lust after you so much that anything that you wish for them to do, they will do it," she said.

Nioka smiled. "Anything?"

"Anything," stated Ursula.

"I need the strongest you have, no matter the price," said Nioka.

Ursula smiled. "You're in luck. I have one batch already made up. All you have to do is slip it in their drink," said Ursula as she picked up a vial of liquid and handled it to Nioka.

Before Nioka could take the vial the witch snatched it away.

"Be warned. You must be the only person in the room when the concoction is taken because the first person the drinker sees is the one that he or she shall fall in love with," Ursula stated.

Nioka snatched the vial from the witch's wrinkly long fingers and laughed.

"That won't be a problem.