Wow, I mean, really, WOW! You all really like my twist on the whole story? And I've been reading all your works and would like to thank the following for actually putting up with my little plot squirrel!

 Em Starcatcher: LOVES!!! Best story, 'The Haunting of Higurashi Farm'

CrazyLady: Well… for just being crazy!

Kakira: Welcome to the world of FanFiction! NEWBIES UNITE!

Kikyou-sama:  UPDATE!!! *stares at screen willing to update*

Grandsabre of Hearts: One word, A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!

babyme838: There will be more…. *deranged chuckle* Oh, so much more!

Even if I offered endless Ramen, I still would not own Inuyasha, no matter the deranged ranting…..So I do not own the following:

Inuyasha: "This story is supposed to be about me! Why is Naraku getting a whole chapter and who the HELL is this Anzai guy???"

Kagome: "Do I even get to go to the past?"

Kaede: "I still like not the looks of this…"

Kikyou: "HOW CAN SHE BE MORE BEAUTIFUL THEN ME?!! I demand retribution!"

Shessomuru: "And where do I come into this?"

Shippo: "At least you aren't being hugged to death…"

Naraku: "I HAVE A BACKSTORY! Besides the whole Kikyou thing! *dances happily around*"

 Oh, and Kalatyi is property of a friend, so you steal, you be bitten and given rabies along with various nasty things!

With that on with the mayhem!

Chapter Four: Kukukukukuku!

The village was burning, people screaming in terror as demons swooped down upon them to feast, while a pale figure sat on the overlooking hilltop, chuckling with pleasure at the sounds of death and agony from within its white-baboon skin. While savoring the sights, sounds and smell, his entertainment was cut sort as a neko yokai kneeled before him, her fur matted with blood. "Lord Naraku, we have news…."

"Of what, my dear Kalatyi?" the baboon mask swiveled to the neko, as she straightened up hesitantly, her eyes hooded and to the ground. "The hanyou, Inuyasha, has been released by…a strange female human who appeared in the forest.  One of my scouts, George, attacked her, but was killed….. Lord Naraku?" Her voice trailed off as she glanced up, Naraku stood up, a low growl emitting from the white skin. "How was the stupid insect killed? Tell me now!" he grabbed Kalatyi by her collar, jerking her in the air.

"She… used some sort of magic! He had wounded her fatally and was closing in for the kill when she somehow engulfed him in flames!!" the neko yowled, as she was unceremoniously dropped to the ground as Naraku paced back and forth. Given the chance, the yokai scrambled away to some distance, to finish her meal while the figure started to whisper, then speak louder and louder until it was nearly a roar.

"How can that trice damned creature have survived?! I killed her with my own hands, casting her into the pits of Hell and yet still she has returned..." he growled, flying up into the sky and away from the battlefield, thinking of that last time he had fought with something that nearly destroyed him….

**~Tralalalala: We present a Naraku flashback! ~**

            He was hurt, badly. His wounds were numerous, and most were bleeding with ferocity only a thing like him could accomplish. Yet there she stood, no wound marring her perfection. Kikyou paled in comparison to the warrior that he was facing now, the fires of Heaven and Earth glowing within her eyes.

The Ancient One, older then the stars themselves but eternally young, perfect, yet imperfect.

Unlike the other Immortals, she knew remorse, hardships, terror, pain… Ah yes, she knew pain. Her face had shown that as he attacked Kikyo in the guise of the hanyou, to finally have claim to the Shikon No Tama. One other emotion she knew was unknown to the Immortal's, and that was love. It was inevitable after she tried to protect Inuyasha when he was a child before she was taken back, told not to meddle with mortal affairs. Still, she wept when Inuyasha was bound to the tree. But his plan was altered, no completely destroyed when Kikyo had the jewel burned with her body, the flames of her pyre giving the jewel to that bitch to protect. Now he wanted what was his back. This was proving to be harder then anticipated….

"Naraku, you have no right to the jewel, to gain its power you would have to know life, and all you stink of is death and demons." The woman whispered, her hair rippling in the wind like a dancing flame, her hand resting on the hilt of an ancient looking sword as Naraku laughed loudly, ending in a wheezing cough as more blood poured into his insides. "You talk of life, as if you control it. Well, my lady, I control death and your death is now!" he roared, jabbing his sword through her waist, a soft gasp of shock passing through her lips as her body fell to the earth, the winds howling with rage, battering him from every direction, the very ground heaving him away, while he laughed loudly with a maniacal glee. "Your Lady is dead! No flames to resurrect her, no waters to bless. She will never return!" He coughed, still laughing. "I've killed an Ancient… I killed THE Ancient…" he said hysterically his hands stretching out to the necklace her corpse wore. As the Shikon No Tama started to fade with his approach, the ground started to rumble, cracks appearing in the earth as fissures of steam and flames rose in the air, the ground started to collapse around the woman's body, air brushing her hair as rain began to fall.

"NO!" he screamed, grabbing at nothing as her body fell into the rip in the surface, dropping into nothingness, the Shikon No Tama disappearing with her deep into the earth. "Be cursed, Ancient! To never return, only be imprisoned in the bowels of Hell till eternities end!" he roared into the darkness with satisfaction as the silence confirmed his conclusion.

**~ Tralalalala: So ends this flashback! ~**

            A slender hand appeared out of the hide, as he counted off to himself. "Air, Water, Earth, Fire, Light, and Darkness….Then it's true. She had all that was needed to be reborn. But how did she escape my sight? How?!" He slashed through the air, slicing through a passing crow like butter. He had been circling the small manor for some time, the forest surrounding it moving with distrust. The man, beast, whatever he was, knew the answer, but Naraku felt repulsed to ask, knowing Anzai would just as soon lie to him as tell him the truth. He landed at the main gate, the great wooden and bronze wall swung open as he walked into the yard.

Seated on the steps leading with, playing Go was a child was the one known as Anzai, the Seer of men, gods, and demons. He was as strange as any creature Naraku had ever faced, the body of a man, yet at the same time the body of a white tiger, a pair of great ebony wings sprouting from his shoulders, a similar, if smaller set where his ears should be. Of course, this was only one of his many forms. Glancing up, Anzai's expression soured at the sight of the white hide, he sent the small boy into the manor, standing while Naraku approached him.

"What do you want?" he growled softly, fangs bared.

"A mere question, my dear Anzai, that I'm afraid must be answered. Or should I be called you Seer now?" Naraku's eyes gleamed with hatred from under the hide. "Or Beast of the Forest since you have chosen this form after such a time?"

The creature's tailed lashed as a shimmer in the air where he stood obscured him from sight for a moment, before revealing a man of his mid-twenties, deep green, almost black hair falling down his back, contrasting with his plain gray clothing. "Speak your questions, and then they may be answered." He folded his arms, a rather tired and annoyed look crossing his face.

"What I seek is this. Has she returned?" Naraku growled as Anzai narrowed his eyes thoughtfully for a moment. "Who is this 'she', demon?" he asked lazily, as another growl echoed from the hide.

"The one I destroyed 50 human years ago, you fool!"

"Ah, now, you have destroyed so many people, how should I know which one you're talking about?" Anzai smiled, but the smiled changed to a frown when Naraku grabbed his throat holding him in the air. "I've killed humans, demons, even gods, Seer. What makes you think you are any different?"

"I'm of the Six Elements. As long as they exist, then I am." The young man stated clearly even though it seemed Naraku was crushing his windpipe. "The Phoenix has risen again, yet she has not. She will find you, and destroy you after so long. She does not know of you, or this place, her memories erased like sand being smoothed by the wind. She will destroy you, Naraku. That is a fact." At that Naraku let out a roar, sending Anzai flying into the manor's wall, while he leapt back into the sky, the Seer's prediction echoing in his mind.

As the demon disappeared from sight, Anzai picked himself up, brushing bits of plaster, thatch and wood off as the child walked out of the building, aging as he stepped till he appeared the same as Anzai. He gazed thoughtfully after Naraku, and then turned to the other Anzai. "Eheiya, if that is true, you know that.." his voice trailed off as his twin changed shape once more to a being that seemed weightless, it's opalescent hair fanning gently from the breeze that seemed to surround it's body. "Yes. Go to her before her aura attracts more attention." It whispered as Anzai, the true Anzai started to run, then leaping into the trees, and jumping from branch to branch, the winds and tree's moaning in their mute knowledge of what was to happen.

            Meanwhile, a certain hanyou was pouting in the trees when a strange scent grabbed his attention, the sound of someone running among the tree tops, his tree tops! Muttering something about shoving a broom someplace, he set off after the intruder in his domain, a bit hungry for a fight after being asleep for so long.

            Anzai glanced behind him as the sound of Inuyasha's pursuit reached his ears. "This should get interesting…" he grinned, gaining speed until he was a blur among the leaves. The journey would take a few days if he kept Inuyasha busy till then, but if he was correct, she would be alright.

****** About a day later…******

"Out, out, OUT!"

 A few of the village men came racing out of Kaede's home as various things flew after them, a kettle, broom, live chicken…. Kaede laughed loudly, watching as Katie stormed out of the house, a large knife in her hand, and practically breathing fire as the men ran down the road towards their safe rice fields. "Of… All… The... NERVE!!!!" she screamed, slamming the knife into the lintel to the hilt. Hearing Kaede laughing, she glared at her. "Don't you have at least a real door? You know, something that keeps people OUT?!"

"Lady Katie… calm down. Your injuries..." the aged woman spoke plaintively as the younger, crossed her arms marching towards the edge of the forest. "I need to take a walk!" she shouted to Kaede, before disappearing into the foliage. Things were almost normal now, besides the fact she was still stuck in the equivalent of the Japanese Middle Ages, with giant bugs and guys who only would exist in a fairy tale. Or some strange magna.

She picked her way through the trees until she came to the clearing, Inuyasha's tree standing forlornly in the center without Inuyasha. She clambered up in the branches, hugging her knees to her chest. It just didn't seem possible that someone from her dreams, nightmares, whatever, had become flesh and blood. It was terrifying, yet comforting, the idea that someone, even if they were from a dream was still near. Her adopted parents just thought about how she acted and looked, like she was more of a doll to be dressed up to show what great parents they were. That dream always came, bringing her an odd comfort with its presence. Leaning back against the trunk, she watched the wind blow among the leaves and branches, shafts of sunlight being shifted as clouds raced overhead.

"I suppose you happen to want to break your neck?"

Katie sat up at the voice, as a young man dropped from the upper branches with grace, his bright white smile shining from tanned skin. "He looks so normal, just like one of the villagers…." She thought to herself, relaxing slightly as he studied her for a moment. "You haven't changed a bit! Well, your hair and eyes are completely different, but what can a person do, huh?" He lounged back as she realized he was floating in the air besides her perch.