Collars are bad, Pink ones are worse.

            Once again, we don't own InuYasha and company. Athena, Hades, and Charon are apart of Greek Mythology… (Kracken: Obviously.) (The Goddess: ::shrugs::), Enma is another name for King Yemma. Enjoy as 'Fluffy' is tortured…

            So 'Fluffy' stayed… though not…willing.

            Kracken looked at the squirming demon for a minute, then told him: "Just give it up. It's no use. You're not getting away from me."

            Kracken looked at Inutaisho for a minute then gave Athena the most disgusted look she'd ever seen. "He has no soul! How am I supposed to eat him if he has no soul?"

            Athena looked at the father of the feuding brothers. "You're right. What the hell? This means I have to go deal with King Enma and my uncle Hades. Damn you, Kracken," she said disappearing.

            Kracken just rolled her eyes and went back to watching Sesshoumaru trying desperately to escape. He'd gotten to the cliffs and was trying to climb them out of the valley but every time he got close, she knocked him down again and finally grabbed his tail so that he couldn't move at all. He yelped in pain and tried to change to his dog form to try and escape that way… to no avail. Kracken laughed and said: "Heh, I know how to deal with that."

            And promptly slapped, much to his horror, a neon pink collar and leash with the inscription 'Fluffy' on it in thousands of shiny little rhinestones.

            "NOOO!!!" he howled changing back and trying his best to rip the collar off. Unfortunately, it had shrunk to fit his neck.

            Kracken looped the leash around her wrist before she fell over laughing and proceeded to ignore the vicious curses being thrown her way by the irate dog demon.

            She wasn't the only one laughing. For the just then, Inuyasha and his peanut gallery arrived in time to witness Sesshoumaru's ultimate disgrace as he was put through obedience school.

            "Sit, stay! Heel dammit heel!!!" Kracken said yanking on the leash. "Now…" she said with an evil smirk. "Roll over boy. And then play dead for a minute while I talk to these nice people."

            'Fluffy', growled but did as told.

                                    In Hell….

            "I don't understand," said King Enma, a great, purple demon in an equally horrible suit.

            "Neither do I," said the soft voice of her uncle.

            Athena sighed. Really, how hard was it? "I need the Inutaisho's soul for his body."

            "So he can get eaten?"

            "Yes, Enma-daioh," she said. If anyone ever wondered why she said that, well, different hells…different rulers. It shouldn't be that hard to figure out.

            "But why?"

            "Yes, Athena, why?"

            "I claim vengeance, upon his son, but Kracken has prior claim being that he was in her valley. So I brought back his body, which has no soul. I claim vengeance and I'll have my vengeance even if it means I must barge into the hells to find him!" Athena raged.

            Enma sighed and looked at Hades. Hades looked at his niece. It was truly Hades call being the overlord. "Very well. I DON"T need you barging through the hells!" He produced a bottle and handed it to her.

            "I think you'll find him at the shores of Styx."

            "Eh?"

            "He likes to fish. And that's what he's doing…again. Go to Styx, he's in his half form. You can't miss him." A cave mouth appeared and Athena stepped through to re-emerge at the shores of Styx. Now the fun began.

                                                            Back to the Valley…

            "Oh there you are. Took you long enough. How'd you like the show? He's not quite competition class, but I'll get him there eventually."

            "That was great! Can you get him there again?" Inuyasha asked.

            "Give me a second to do so," she said. She turned to Sesshoumaru and smiled evilly. "Now boy…"

                                    In Hell…again…

            Athena walked along the shores of Styx. It was weird being on the 'wrong' side. She was on the side that would ultimately lead to her Uncle's Palace of the Damned. She walked over to the barge of Charon, as he rested on this side until called back to the other side. She stepped into the barge.

            "Charon, I need to find Inutaisho. Do you know where he is?"

            Charon rolled his eyes. "That ONE! Who doesn't know where he is? Every time I go by, he yells at me for me scaring away the fish. Dead fish that is. How do you scare dead fish? You don't! I could hit them with my paddle and it wouldn't matter!! But enough, I'll take you to the mental mutt."

            Charon pushed off into the middle of the river with the goddess standing in the back. She heard him mutter: "What does a DOG having any business doing with a fishing pole anyways?"

            Athena shook her head and leaned back as the ferry sailed through the water.

                                    In the Valley…

            " He's not competition quality yet, but he's getting there. Let's see, he now knows sit, stay, heel, roll over, and play dead, what else can we teach this bad mannered mutt? Oh yes, now Fluffy, this shouldn't be too hard, seeing as it's just and elaboration on the sit command. Pay close attention little priestess, you may want to use this one sometime in the future. No pun intended. Now fluffy, sit. Good dog. Now, lie down, you heard me, down. Now." He whined a bit but lay down put his head on is paws, and wandered privately what indignity she would subject him to next. He didn't have to long to wait. " Now that wasn't to hard was it fur ball? Now for a really fun command!" His ears flattened in utter terror and he whined piteously, would it never end? " Now mutt, beg." "WHAAAT!!" He changed forms so fast that all anyone could see was blur. " You heard me, beg, now." This hurt; he was NEVER going to live this one down. Especially with his worthless little brother snickering on the sidelines. "NOW, Fluffy, not next year, not next millennium, Now." He wished he could just die and get this over with. He sank to his knees, clasped his hands front of him, and begged. After all, he'd seen others do it often enough. " Nice technique, you must have done this before." He started to say that he'd done no such thing, but she snapped the leash again, forcing him to change form, and all that came out was a strangled yelp. " Now try it this way. Beg."  WHY couldn't he just expire, from sheer mortification if nothing else! Nothing for it, he sat up and begged.

                                    Back in hell…

            They went all the way to a small pool where a half-canid demon sat fishing, his tail wagging in contentment. Athena exited the barge and went behind the demon. "I'm sorry, Inutaisho, but you need to come get eaten."

            She held the bottle to the demon soul, and it sucked him in. She stepped into the barge again and was propelled back to the shore where she was. Another cave mouth appeared and as she stepped through, she heard Charon mutter: "No more listening to I'm scaring the fish."

.           "Don't worry Charon, he'll be back."

            "DAMN!!!!" could be heard echoing throught Hades.

            She shrugged and disappeared into the valley again… to the weirdest sight she'd ever seen. Sesshoumaru had a collar, and was begging…  

            At Coldstone …

            "Good dog, right on the first try. You're a natural." Inuyasha appeared to have some trouble breathing, he was laughing so hard. Kagome began to pound his back while Sango and Miroku tried valiantly to stifle their own gales of laughter. To see the proud demon reduced to the status of a common mutt was hilarious. Kracken ignored them, and the arrival of Athena and an unamused Inutaisho, in favour of teaching Fluffy his next command. She pulled a large stick out of thin air, and proceeded to give such an evil smile that every one stopped laughing. She threw it over Sesshoumaru' s shoulder. "Fetch." Oh, no. What next? He was considering going to get it when he looked over and saw the goddess staring at him in utter delight. And his father, staring at him in utter disgust.  No, not now, not ever again. The crazy sorceress, priestess, whatever she was, could choke him to death for all he cared. He would not be humiliated in front of his father. "FETCH Fluffy, or do I have to make you?" Damn her, damn her to the deepest, darkest pits of hell. He wasn't doing it. Until an invisible whip of sheer heat lashed across his hind end, sending him scurrying after the stick. Damn her….

            Back to Athena's POV…

            Athena's eyes went wide as she watched Sesshoumaru chase after the stick. "Kracken!!!! How wonderful! You saved me the trouble!!"

            Sesshoumaru looked at her. He didn't want to know…

            "Yes, well, I KNEW you'd fuck it up if you tried to train him."

            Athena smiled knowingly taking no offense; she was always like that. Maybe she should get Apollo here…

            While Athena and Kracken were busy bantering back and forth, Inutaisho resumed dog form and trotted over to his eldest son. "YOU, Sesshoumaru, are a disgrace to the family name! Look at you! Begging! Coming when called! Fetching!!!! Just like some common mortal mutt! Have you no pride? And I though your brother was bad with his SIT commands! This is just too embarrassing!"

            Sesshoumaru ducked his head and whined; in abject humiliation, this had to be the worst day of his LONG life.