Different Sides of the Track
Chapter 14: A New Yet Old Addition
Their week of leisure was up. And, as usual, InuYasha had everyone training, again. But Naraku was ever watchful of his high-ranking employees.
"Damn you InuYasha. You and your annoying friends are becoming a nuisance. I'm willing to be my entire company that they are the ones responsible for this little challenge… But I have a surprise for you."
Naraku was sitting at his desk, head resting on his hands, deep in thought. A knock was heard from the front of his office as Ayama entered the room.
"Naraku-sama, the man you ordered to be sent here has arrived. Should I send him in?"
That caught his interest. He gave a curt nod and readied himself for this visit.
A man in all black walked threw Naraku's main office building. The girl with the blue hair had told him to wait in the guest room. Well, he was never one to take orders.
The man followed the girl's trail. He was a Youkai, with the power of bringing people back from the dead. Naraku hired him to bring back an old employee of his.
He came to a room. Insides voices could be heard. The door started to open and the girl looked up at him in surprise. Indignation passed over her face.
"I thought I told you to wait in the visitors chambers."
"I don't take orders."
"Why you-"
"Ayama let him in."
Ayama huffed, but stepped aside. The man entered the room. Naraku motioned to one of the two chairs in front of his desk.
"Nichiren, I am glad you decided to accept my offer."
Nichiren smirked. Naraku's 'offer' had been the choice between losing his wife or performing this task for him. Nichiren nodded at Naraku.
"So who do you wish for me to bring back Naraku?"
Now it was Naraku's turn to smile. There was only one person who would be able to defeat InuYasha, Kagome, Miroku, Kouga, Ayame and Sango in battle. But sadly, he had killed her. So that was where Nichiren came in.
"Kikyo. I wish for you to bring back Kikyo."
Nichiren sighed. He had a feeling she would be the one he had to summon. Kikyo was famous in the world of villainy. Any one with even decent miko powers tried to become as great as her. For that was what employers looked for.
"Alright. When do you need her back by?"
"Why, tomorrow of course. I must restart her training."
Nichiren nodded. Naraku stood and motioned for him to follow him into another room. The room was dark, but it was well equipped with everything Nichiren would need for Kikyo's revival. Guessing at what Naraku wanted, Nichiren started to gather all of the herbs and powders he would need.
Naraku watched him for a few moments, before leaving to do what was needed to make the necessary introduction. He would have to plan this just right if he wanted to create unease between InuYasha and his friends.
Smirking, Naraku picked up the phone and dialed InuYasha's private cell. All of his employees carried one, and they only gave out the number to other employees. He waited for 3 rings before a huffing InuYasha picked up the phone.
"H-hello?"
"InuYasha, glad to see I caught you."
"T-that's great Naraku. What do you need?"
"I have a new employee. She needs to be trained, and I thought that you would drop by and give her an example of my… requirements."
InuYasha smirked into his phone.
"Just me?"
"Yes just you."
"If you want it I guess I don't have a choice."
"Good, drop by my training facilities around 3 tomorrow."
"Whatever."
InuYasha hung up his phone and went back to training Miroku. Sango and Kagome were looking at him funny, Kagome knew what the cell phone meant. And she had obviously told Sango. Both were wondering what Naraku could possibly want. They hadn't done anything out of the ordinary to get his attention. InuYasha just shrugged and went back to giving his full attention to Miroku. He was getting good and almost landed a few hits.
After the training session, everyone was too tired to really do anything, so everyone just went home. Sango seemed to have forgotten the phone call, but Kagome didn't.
"InuYasha, does Naraku know?"
"Huh?"
"Is that why he called you? Because he knows about us?"
"No. He's just got a new employee and he wants me to show her how well I fight, and what Naraku expects of an employee."
"Her?"
InuYasha sighed. Why was it that with any conversation, a girl could pick out a little thing like that?
"Yeah her. Why?"
Kagome frowned. InuYasha seeing a girl because of Naraku? Why did that not sound like a good idea?
"I want to go with you."
"Naraku told me to go alone."
"Screw Naraku. I want to go with you to… to see you in action."
"Sure Kagome. But can't you trust me? You hang out with Kouga and Miroku all the time. Plus Sango even introduced you to some of her guy friends and I don't have to be there every time."
"No, just most of them. Fine, but I want you to promise me that all this will be is the example thing. K?"
"Yes dear."
"Don't give me that."
InuYasha just chuckled and turned back to his driving. Naraku was tomorrow, and today was still going.
Nichiren stirred the pot of green liquid. Kikyo's body lay not twenty feet away from him. When she died, the monk who buried her placed a seal on the body so it would not decompose. Her body looked as if it had been preserved. There was no sign of mold or festering at all.
Adding the last ingredient, Nichiren placed one of his own hairs into the mixture. Chanting an ancient spell, he waved his hand over the bowl four times, and with a flash of smoke and a blinding white light, Nichiren was able to find Kikyo's soul. He captured it in his own mind, and walked over to the body.
Opening her mouth slightly, Nichiren forced the soul out of his mind. The soul took shelter in the first vacant spot it found, in this case, the corpse of Kikyo. The body shuddered and started to twitch. The soul was taking over the lifeless body. With a breath, the body opened it's eyes, lifeless and cold.
"Welcome back, Kikyo."
The body only glared at him. Before he could think, she placed her hands n his forehead and pushed a wave of energy threw him. He collapsed on the ground. Kikyo smirked before turning to the now open door.
"Good morning Kikyo. Are you ready to meet InuYasha?"
"Naraku, why have you brought me back? Do you wish for me to serve you again?"
"Of course I do. Would I bring you back if I did not have a purpose for you?"
"No. You wish for me to kill InuYasha?"
"Yes. But not today. Today you will just strike fear and uncertainty into the heart of a certain miko…"
Kikyo smirked and stood up from the table She followed Naraku out of the room, into her old training hall. Yes, she had had her own private hall, and it came in great use to InuYasha and herself.
The training hall was empty except for one very mad hanyou. He turned to meet them, anger written all over his face.
"Naraku, what the hell were you thinking have me meet-"
His eyes widened as Kikyo stepped forward. She smiled.
"InuYasha, you don't look happy to see me."
"K-Kikyo?"