Disclaimer: Don't own RK, but I do own Shiru, Rushi, and Meru

Shishio walked around hell, not really looking for anything, just walking. He came upon the what would be considered the 'Main enterance' to find the gates opening.

"Hmm?"

He said with a tone of curiosity in his voice. Who could they be bringing in now?

Two underworld guardians walked through the gates, holding suspended between the two of them, a small child of about six years old who was struggling to get out of their grasp. Hades walked over and stopped infront of the guardians, who bowed slightly before straightening up again.

"So, another arrival?"

Hades asked, glancing at the boy, who was still trying to get away from the guardians.

"Yes sir, only recently sir."

The taller of the guardians responded.

Hades nodded. Great, the next thing he wanted to do was have a small child running around hell. Oh well, there was nothing he could do about it. He supposed that it was too crowded for the boy 'upstairs,' so he would only be there temporarily. Hades looked at the guardians and told them to release the boy, which they did immediatly, but maybe that's also because he had just bitten their hands.

Shishio was now throughoutly interested. Could this be what he had been waiting for? Could his servent have finally come through for him? He peered closer as Hades explained to the boy what he could and could not do. The boy didn't seem to be listening, but it apparently didn't bother Hades, for he kept talking. It was the same old speech he gave to everybody who walked through those damned gates. The point of the speech was to supposedly stop them from having problems, but hell, it didn't appear to have worked on Shishio now did it?

Hades finished his speech and turned upon his heel and walked away, going to another section of his domain that needed his attention. The two guardians glared menacingly at the boy who just glared back, and they swiftly followed Hades. Shishio saw his window of oppertunity and he walked over to the boy, who looked up at him with his deep blue eyes, which were narrowed in quite a resemblence to the Battousai.

"So kid, what's your name?"

Shishio asked looking down at him with the usual look of superiority on his face.

"Shiru."

Shiru answered firmly, not taking his eyes off Shishio.

"Himura Shiru."

A smirk spread across Shishio's lips at hearing Shiru's full name. It was just as he suspected. His servent had finally come through after all.

"Well then Shiru, I'm Makoto Shishio. Tell me something, do you like being down here?"

Shishio asked him.

"Does anybody?"

Shiru retorted, turning his eyes away to look around.

"What if I told you that by joining me, you would have the chance to get out of here and live again?"

Shishio again questioned the young boy.

Shiru blinked and looked back at Shishio. He didn't seem to be lying.

"What do I have to do?"

Shiru suspiciously asked him.

"First off, would you do it?"

Shishio asked yet again.

"I'd do anything."

The young boy stated firmly with the confidence of an adult.

The smirk upon Shishio's face simply broadened when he heard these words come out of Shiru's mouth. This was exactly what he had been hoping for. With some time and training, he could turn this boy into his greatest and most powerful ally yet. Maybe even more powerful than Soujiro had been. For this boy, unlike Soujiro, had the Battousai's blood running through him. Plus that of Battousai's most skilled student.

"Allright then. As for what you have to do, you'll see soon enough."

Shishio whistled and Yumi walked out of the shadows, stopping when she reached Shishio's side.

"For now, follow her. Her name is Yumi Katagata. She'll look after you."

Shishio said, nodding twards her.

Yumi looked at Shiru and smiled. She was not dumb. She knew this child was essential to Lord Shishio's plan, and that it was extreamly important that they got close to him. Shiru looked at Yumi and decided that she wasn't bad. Yumi beckoned to him and he went to her, where she gently took his small hand in hers.

Shiru relaxed. There was something comforting about her gentle grip. It reminded him of his mother's. Yumi led him off into the shadows where he followed without protest. She led him off to a back portion of hell that seemed to be a kind of housing area. Taking him to the back of one, she stopped inside a small room that had a medium sized matress type thing against a wall, a small end table to serve as a desk, and a small lamp perched beside the end table.

"It may not look like much, but it's more comfortable than it looks. Take the bed for example."

Yumi said, turning her eyes back to the small child beside her.

Shiru walked over to the bed and layed down upon it, as though to see if she was lying, but sure enough it was a lot more comfortable than it looked. It was at that moment that he became more aware of his own exhaustion and his eyelids started to droop over his blue eyes.

Yumi went over and sat on the edge of his bed. Reaching out a hand, she softly stroked his hair, tucking it behind his ears. Shiru's eyelids drooped farther until they closed completly, and his soft breathing told her he was asleep. She smiled softly. Perhaps it was just her maternal instincts taking hold, but she wished that she and Lord Shishio could have a child if they ever got out of there.

Shishio smirked as he turned and walked back to a hidden area where they made all their master plans and schemes. Hoji came out, only to turn right back around as he followed Shishio back in.

"So Lord Shishio, are we still on track? Will we be out of here soon?"

He asked as Shishio sat down.

The smirk never left his face as he looked up at Hoji.

"All in good time Hoji, all in good time..."

And that's Chapter 3. ^.^ Just to say, the next chapter might skip ahead a few years, and it will probably continue in the sequence of: living world, hell, living world and so on. Again R&R and I'll update soon.