Authoress' notes: EXTRA FEATURE!! I wrote this myself and wanted to show it off, since its in the middle of the story and I think it turned out cute...Can't you just see Miroku telling this?

Tashana Ambrosia: I just had to post this little thing...this is the story that Miroku tells to Tanaya as he's putting her to sleep...or sort of.

Miroku: I object to you putting this up.

Tashana Ambrosia: Why?

Miroku: Because, it portrays me in a foolish light.

Tashana Ambrosia: Did you read what I did to Inuyasha in the chapter before last?

Miroku: That is completely beside the point. I do not determine such factors by comparisons.

Tashana Ambrosia: Thinking Okay I know how to make you cooperate. Speaks Well okay if you say so, but...

Miroku: Looks interested But what?

Tashana Ambrosia: Girls really like guys that are good with kids.

Miroku: Then by all means post away!!!

Tashana Ambrosia: Thought that would get ya! Well I hope ya'll enjoy this!!

Miroku: Yes! enjoy the story a lot!! And my number is...

Tashana drags Miroku off with a threat: No playtime yet. I haven't finished torturing you.

Inuyasha, as told by Miroku to his 5yr old niece Tanaya

There was a very holy princess, who lived along time ago in the kingdom of the dead. She watched over Heaven with her gracious father, who was the king of that world.

One day a warrior prince and his evil brother were fighting and the evil brother was killed and sent to Hell. But the ruler of Hell had plans for the evil brother, for you see the ruler of Hell wanted the sacred Spirit stone for himself so that he could rule the kingdom of the dead. So the ruler of Hell concocted a spell that would bring the evil brother back to life and replace the arm that he lost in the battle with the warrior prince.

So the evil brother sought out the Spirit stone, which was in the care of the wife of the warrior prince. When the evil brother came upon his brother's wife he demanded she give him the stone. She knew that the evil brother could over power her so she split the Spirit stone into a hundred pieces and sent it flying across the earth. The evil brother was so angry that he killed her.

When the warrior prince returned from his latest battle, he was heartbroken to find his beautiful wife dead. He cried for three days and nights, than a spell came upon him and he lay sleeping on his wife's grave for fifty years.

The holy princess of the dead looked down from heaven and saw that the evil brother was very close to gathering all the pieces of the Spirit stone. So she decided that she would have to stop him, but she knew she couldn't do it on her own. Her father told her that the only way for her to travel to the earth to complete the task was to be born a human and grow up, but that would take far too long. The evil prince would have gathered all the pieces by that point. The only other way for her to go to the earth would be for her to find a willing soul in heaven to combine with hers, forever binding them together. The holy princess knew she could find someone willing, but explained that she would also need fighter to help her should the evil brother try to stop her. The king of the dead said that she would have to find someone on her own.

The holy princess came upon the warrior prince's wife among her subjects. She agreed to the merge and said that all she wanted in return was for the holy princess to revive her love from where he slept on her grave. The two became one and the holy princess descended to earth.

When at last she came upon the warrior prince she was amazed at how young he still looked, for in fifty years he had not changed at all. She leaned down to whisper to the warrior prince, but his eyes opened and he stared at her in shock. At first he thought that this was his wife, but than he realized that she wasn't and he got very angry about being awoken. 'Leave me be. I have no use for you.'

The holy priestess got just as angry with him and yelled that his evil brother was collecting the pieces of the Spirit stone and it was almost complete. She told him, 'your wife died protecting the stone. Don't you care?'

The warrior prince stood up and said that he would aid the holy princess in the quest, but wanted nothing from her. The two were off to a very poor start indeed.

Soon the two found themselves in a forest that had been burned to the ground and a child-like forest spirit mourning in its ashes. The little spirit was very sad for he had lost all his trees and friends to the fire, which had been caused by two evil sorcerers. The warrior prince wanted to leave the little spirit, for he had never dealt much with children, but the holy princess loved the little spirit and wouldn't abandon him. The warrior prince wasn't very happy about bringing along the spirit, but it made the holy princess happy, so he didn't say anything. They eventually came upon the two sorcerers and a great battle between the ensued between them and the warrior prince. The warrior prince eventually killed them, avenging the forest for the little spirit. The little spirit was so thankful that he decided to stay with the warrior prince and the holy princess until their mission was complete.

After they had been traveling together for a while they came upon a roguishly handsome thief, who immediately recognized the beauty of the holy princess. But the thief was trying to avenge his father's death and needed pieces of the Spirit stone to do this, so he stole the ones from the holy princess. The warrior prince was very angry and demanded the thief fight him for the pieces. The thief was a very good fighter and quite resourceful, in fact he was going to run the prince through, when the holy princess blocked his blade's path. The thief was very surprised at the holy princess' actions and asked why she had put herself in harm's way to save the warrior prince. She said that they were on a quest to collect the pieces of the Spirit stone and defeat the warrior prince's evil brother. The thief and the holy princess discovered that they were seeking the same man and agreed to work together. The warrior prince wasn't happy about having another traveling companion, but again the holy princess' wisdom about 'the more help we have the better off will be' won him over. The little spirit didn't know what to make of the thief, but he sure enjoyed the food that the thief got.

The four traveling companions got along very well together, except for the times that the thief would compliment the holy princess' beauty, for that would make the warrior prince very angry. Now the thief was very honorable in most senses, his only problem being that his fingers would occasionally slip and he would steal something.

Now one clear day the group was traveling through the mountains, when the warrior prince's evil brother attacked them. He separated them from each other and attempted to use his poison on the warrior prince. Now the thief didn't realize the power the evil brother possessed and tried to aid the warrior prince, unfortunately the evil brother poisoned the thief. The little spirit snuck under the evil brother and rescued the thief from the evil brother's clutches. The brothers clashed fiercely with sword and wicked whip both trying to gain an advantage over the other. The warrior prince's sword was knocked way by the evil brother's whip. The holy princess' reached her bow and arrows and attempted to stop the evil brother, but he struck her and knocked her away. The warrior prince didn't reach the holy princess in time to break her entire fall and she struck her head on the rocks. Now thankfully she was only knocked out, not really hurt but unable to run away.

The warrior prince called to the thief to come and take the holy princess away from the battle. The holy princess awoke and told the warrior prince that she needed to stay with him, but he shoved her away and told her to run and not return until the battle was over. The holy princess and little spirit helped get the thief to safety while the battle between the brothers raged on. After getting them to a cave the holy princess looked back to the battle and announced that she was going back to save the warrior prince. The thief warned her the warrior prince would be angry, the holy princess didn't care and went back anyway. The holy princess reached the battle just in time to save the warrior prince from his evil brother's final blow. The evil brother retreated and the holy princess rushed to the warrior prince. The two talked for a while and agreed that they would continue to travel to together until the evil brother and the lord of Hell were defeated for good and the Spirit stone was whole once again.