All For Nothing
Note: All characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi.
Prologue: Mitsuya and the Jewel
In the early hours of a spring morning, Inu Yasha and Kagome slept peacefully
together in their comfortable, ornate house. Orange sunlight filtered into their room as the
sun just began to peek above the horizon. The skidding white clouds overhead were
inflamed with pinks and yellows, oranges and soft purples that created a magnificent
pallet of color. In the forest surrounding their home, birds sang to one another, and every
now and then a squirrel could be seen skidding around on the bellies of old trees, its
cheeks fat with nuts. A breeze blew in from the south, rustling the leaves about. The
landscape was perfectly serene.
Mitsuya hated it.
The youkai slithered inbetween the trees and underbrush, staring at the house with
contempt. He had been watching them for so long…
He glanced down at his gray and violet hand, a spherical gem gleamed with self-
contained pearly light. Tiny glittering specks swirled like molten sand trapped within
transparent epoxy. The jewel blazed with inner brilliance, and Mitsuya grinned darkly.
Soon everything would be his…
He had waited for months, perhaps even years. The scaly, ugly youkai had
traveled to this village soon after the Shikon no Tama had been purified and vanished.
Mitsuya had come to see if the fears and rumors were true, and indeed they were: the
awesome powers of Midoriko and Kikyo had combined and become a new plague upon
youkai everywhere. The creature laughed, the sound ugly. He wasn't a strong youkai, but that didn't matter. Because of his wits and sinister schemes, Mitsuya had gotten hold of
this lovely gem, and this gem would soon rival the powers of the long lost Shikon no
Tama. There were only a last few arrangements to make…
Mitsuya looked back at the house as his long, scaly fingers closed over the small
glittering orb. He had waited this long.
He could wait a bit longer.
*Sorry that the first chapter is so short, but if I didn't get this uploaded, I'll never finish the story. Anyhoo, I've got big plans, big plans! So stay tuned! Reviews are nice and they let me know someone cares, so please review! Cheers!