Dawn finally arrived on the horizon and with his enhanced hearing he could hear the villagers getting ready for another day of work and labor. The smells the wind brought to him were both pleasant and not, the smell of the earth and water mixed with the smell of humans. It made him flinch back away until he got used to it.

Now, all that was left was to wait and prepare to get his plan going. Kikyo had described Inuyasha enough to give Naraku a very good idea and image in his head of what he looked like. Once he had it he did his magic. He worked till noon making himself look like the infamous Inuyasha that Onigumo so desperately wanted to meet. He wasn't sure what Inuyasha's face looked like so he decided to not let the priestess look at his face or she would not be tricked.

Though, Onigumo said it was because of jealousy that he planned their demise Naraku thought of it as a test to see how clever he was. He was not going to kill them separately, he decided, but turn them against each other and let them betray each other. That should give him a couple extra points.

The first part of his plan was an almost definite success. He would get to the field early and attack Kikyo from behind as Inuyasha, let her see him and then steal the jewel from her. Now, how to get Inuyasha to think Kikyo betrayed him so he could steal the stone. He could attack him as well but then that would get suspicious when neither had injured each other. How, how to get Inuyasha to take the jewel?

Why not disguise us as Kikyo and tell him you won't give him the jewel? You could make us look like Kikyo after you see her, easily Onigumo supplied. He was very useful, Naraku was sure. So he would disguise himself as Kikyo and tell Inuyasha that it was all a lie, that he would not be receiving the jewel. He could put it back in the temple for Inuyasha to steal and watch what happens from there.

At the moment, Naraku was excited and quite proud with his strategy. It wouldn't be long now. He could meet Inuyasha before he got to the field. That would work.

With everything set, Naraku leaned back and began to think of the world after he had gone through it. The twisted, burning trees, the dead, decayed corpses scattered across the countryside, and all of the villages burned down to a crisp. He smiled and continued to think of what he would do as a demon, the sun slowly moving into position, coming closer to a wish made for humanity and the betrayal that would stop it before it happened.

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Review Responses:

Pointy-Eared Archer: Why, thank you! I have all of the chapters done (or rather, my split presonality does wink wink) so I should be able to post farely soon after I get some reviews. Now, I'm waiting to see what witty coment you have for me. It has sparked my interest.

InuMaru: lol, then see away. How did you know?! Was it that obvious? I guess so, huh, with Onigumo's thoughts. Oh well, a cookie for you. Glad I could help give ideas out, I sure have been catching them lately but I don't want to start yet another fic so I just write them down and I'll go back later when I'm bored out of my mind. Tell me when you post something!...if you do!

ingra-of-mordor: Sorry, it wasn't really, really soon but the next ones will be after you people review so I can put the review responses on them. I already have the story done so proud of myself!! Review!!!

blackcats of the moon: Hm....they are sorta like summaries, huh? Well, that will change and they won't be like that in the sequel.