Yeah, hi, I'm back. Does anyone know where to find a really accurate Inuyasha character selector quiz? It's odd, I've taken four of them, and gotten different results for each one. Anyways...............

Disclaimer:

Kitsunehime: *still in mental institute* Waaaaaahh! I'm not insane! Let me out!!!!!

Mental institution people: *have torture weapons* Not until you admit you don't own!

Kitsunehime: *sticks tongue out* Nyaaah! Bite me!

Mental institution people: *begin tickle torture*

Kitsunehime: Waaaaaahh! Stop! Fine, I admit it! I do not own Inuyasha or the Black Jewels Trilogy!!!! Now Let me go! *dying from extreme tickle torture*

Mental institution people: Fine, but remember, if you claim to own either of those, you will be back! *disappear along with the mental institute*

Kitsunehime: Not fair! *sniff*






To Rule The Darkness

ch. 7 Search begins


Inuyasha was up a tree. Again. To Kagome, it seemed he practically lived up there.

"Hey, Inuyasha! Are you going to come down or not?"

"Feh."

Kagome frowned up at him, but he just sat there. She gave up and went back to sweeping the shrine steps.

'He doesn't even sleep in his bed half the time! Are trees that comfortable?'

Inuyasha watched Kagome sweep the shrine steps.

'Feh. Why am I still here?'

A puff of wind blew her scent towards him. He took a deep breath, inhaling it. Inuyasha closed his eyes, enjoying it.

'Feh...........the wench.....Kagome.....smells good.........Wait a minute! Where the hell did that come from?! I do NOT like her!' Inuyasha proceeded to shake his head hard, trying to get that thought out of his head. In doing so, he lost his balance and fell off the branch. His hair got caught on another branch, not to mention the sleeves of his haori. So now he's dangling almost sideways from the tree.

Kagome heard Inuyasha swearing. 'Huh, is swearing all he knows how to do?' She marched right up to the tree and started yelling.

"Will you stop swearing?! I'll help you down!"

"I don't need your help wench!"

Kagome raised her broom threateningly. "If you don't stop calling me wench, I'll slap you senseless! I have a name, use it!"

"Feh." Inuyasha let her help him down. "I didn't need your help, wen......." He winced as Kagome raised the broom again. ".....Kagome. I could've gotten down by myself."

"Can't you say anything nice?"

"Feh. Of course I can."

"Then do it."

"Don't want to."

"You have to."

"Do not."

"Do too."

"Do not."

"Do too."

"Do not."

"Do too."

"Do not."

"Do too."

"Do not."

"Do not."

"Do too."

Kagome smirked. "You said it, not me."

Inuyasha was mentally smacking himself.

"Say it."

'Grrrrrrr...........She tricked me!' "Feh. You smell good."

Kagome blinked. "Really? Arigato."

"Feh." Inuyasha started to walk off to another tree when Kagome grabbed his sleeve. "What do you want wen.....Kagome?"

"Inuyasha, could you help me clean off the roof? It's hard for me to get up there."

"Feh." Inuyasha grabbed another broom, jumped onto the roof, and began to clean it.

Kagome watched him for a while, then went back to her own chores. 'He's not so bad after all.'

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Miroku was going back to the house with firewood when he bumped into Sango, who had just gone hunting with Kirara. She stayed on the opposite side of the path from him, but they still walked together.

Miroku broke the silence. "Why do you edge away from me, Sango?"

She glared at him. "Because you're a pervert who can't keep your hands to yourself."

"........Am I that bad?"

"Yes."

Miroku gave up. She really thought he was an incurable hentai. 'But I try not to grope her! I just can't help it! She's just so..........'

Then his conscience made an appearance. 'What about all the other times you've groped women?'

He had no answer to that.

Sango was lost in thought as they approached the house. 'Ok, so he's not all bad, he'd be a very nice person to be around.........if he stopped being perverted!' She looked at him out of the corner of her eye. 'But he's pretty good-looking!.........What am I thinking?! He's a pervert!'

Miroku began to stack the firewood at the side of the house while thinking. 'Ok, that's it! I am going to try and behave from now on! Then she'll like me!.........Wait, since when was this so important to me?'

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

"High Lord."

Inutaishou looked up. "Come in. It's open." A grim-faced demon-dead Healer Queen walked in. "Sakuya? And what have you got to say this time? Sit down."

Sakuya sat in front of his desk. "I'm not sure how bad this is, but one of the demon-dead Black Widows saw that if the future members of Rin's Dark Court don't gather soon, they never will."

"..........that's very bad." Inutaishou put his head in his hands.

Sakuya touched one of his hands. "What should we do?"

".........I don't know. Where's Rin?"

"In the library."

:Rin.:

:Inutaishou?:

:Come to the study. There's something important. Bring Sesshoumaru.:

:Ok, but he's not here right now.:

:I'll find him.:

"I've contacted Rin. You wouldn't happen to know where my son is, would you Sakuya?"

"He might be in the garden with Shippou."

:Sesshoumaru.:

:What?:

:You need to come to the study. Now.:

:Why?:

:It's important. It involves Witch.:

:Coming.:

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Kagura climbed the steps to Naraku's room and knocked on the door. "I've found out where those bastards are."

Naraku opened the door and pulled her in. "Tell."

"The older one, Sesshoumaru, is in the western Lands, with the Witch and the High Lord........."

Naraku slammed his fist into the wall. Kagura flinched. "Continue."

"The younger half-breed, Inuyasha, is in the Dog Forest with the High Priestess of the Shikon no Tama."

"Go. And send Kanna up here." 'Dammit! Both are unreachable! And without the Rings of Obedience, they can't be controlled! Damn it all! I'll get my revenge..........!'

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Inutaishou and Sakuya were already there when Sesshoumaru and Rin came in. Shippou was with them.

Inutaishou gestured to the chairs. "Sit." They did. "This is very important. Rin, one of the demon-dead Black Widows has seen that if your Dark Court doesn't gather soon, it never will."

There was a shocked silence until Rin broke it. "Do I have to become Queen now, then?"

Sakuya shook her head. "No, you only need to gather its members. Soon."

Inutaishou spoke up again. "What do you want to do about it, Rin?"

".........I can go look for all of them now........"

"No."

Everyone looked at Sesshoumaru. Rin frowned. "No?"

"No. You are Witch. This is too risky. I'll go."

"No! They're MY Court members!"

"And you are too important to the Realm to wander! Naraku's still out there! What if he captures you?!"

"I wear the Black! Only you and Inutaishou wear the same Jewel!"

"You aren't at full strength yet! You........."

Inutaishou broke into the argument. "Sesshoumaru's right, Rin. As Witch, you are too important to risk. Let Sesshoumaru go." Sakuya nodded in agreement.

"But.......I.......fine. But how will he know who will serve?"

Sakuya stood up. "With this." She held out a small, glowing black web that fit in the palm of her hand. "Every time you find one, a strand will go dark."

Inutaishou also stood up. "And take this." He gave Sesshoumaru a pouch that clinked. His son looked at him questioningly. "There's money in there for supplies, bribes, whatever you need it for. Contact me if you need more."

"This is all I need? Well then, I'll go now." He turned to go.

Sakuya stopped him. "One more thing. The Black Widow said you brother is to be included..........And find Kanoe as well."

"...............I see. I'll be back as soon as I can." With that, Sesshoumaru caught the Black Wind and began his search.

O~oh, the beginning of a plot! .........I think.............Does this still confuse anyone? I hope not........

Tinkerbelle_87: The Black Jewels Trilogy is a series of three books by Anne Bishop. In fact, there is another book called The Invisible Ring by the same author that's set in the same world. They're all really good.

Again, I will not update until I get at least 5 more reviews.