A/N Hey! I just found the stats menu! 6 whole people have me on their favorites! YAY!!!

Dance of joy

So, to celebrate, I'm up late writing another chapter just for you guys! Enjoy!

Thanx to rsd and P.L.S. for reviewing.

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Chapter 23: Somethings Are Better Left Alone

Arius approached Naraku, who sat with Kanna. "Naraku, I belive I have a new plan to destroy our enemies."

Naraku looked at him, "Yeah, what would that be?"

Arius smiled. "I will need the help of one of your old freinds."

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Rachel looked stopped to take in the scenery. The stream she had been following slowly flowed into a river and had now formed a waterfall. Rachel looked at the long drop down the falls to the jagged rocks below. 'Dead end.'

Rachel felt a strong breeze. 'Man, that feels good. Wait a second, I sense something. Something strong, and, evil. I better check it out.'

Rachel turned and ran in the direction in which she had just came.

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Miroku saw it first. Then Sango and Shippou. Finally, Inuyasha, Kagome and Kouga caught sight of it.

"What is it?" Shippou asked as he went to get a closer look.

Inuyasha let Kagome down, but kept himself inbetween her and Kouga. "Its a panther demon, what does it look like?"

Kagome gulped and grabbed on to Inuyasha's kimono. "Is it dead?"

Inuyasha opened his mouth to quell her fears, when, again, Kouga spoke.

"Nope, its alive. Strange, though, panther-demons are very hostile. They just don't play dead eighter. Very strange."

Inuyasha growled but said nothing.

Miroku and Shippou went to get a closer look at the demon, "What's that?" The small fox asked, pointing to the ward on the cat's forehead.

Miroku looked closer at the sutra. "Interesting. It seems this demon has met our miko. This must be her spell. In all my years, I have never seen a spell this strong. It doesn't kill prey, but I'm sure our Miko has the power to kill it, she must have thought it not nessisary. It seems she only wanted to paralize the demon."

Miroku closed his eyes and nodded. "Yep, that's it. What else was there?"

Behind him, Shippou went to touch the spell scroll.

Miroku suddenly opened his eyes and clapped his hands. "That's right, you must never tou...SHIPPOU WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"

Just then, Shippou placed his hand on the scroll, which burst into flames and disapeared. "Um, nothing." He said, waving his burnt hand behind him.

Miroku grabbed the fox and took several steps away from the demon.

Suddenly, the demon's eyes opened and it stood up and stretched.

Miroku glared at the panther. "You must never touch a sealing scroll."

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Naraku walked up behind the black-haired girl.

The girl turned. "What do you want Naraku?"

Naraku stopped and smiled. "My dear Kikyo, what makes you think I want something?"

Ends Chapter 23

A/N Alright, I did this in record time! I know this was really short, but I wasn't even planning to update this again until Sunday.

Remember, REVIEW!!!

Look for the next chapter Sunday evening!

Till then! ~Sailor Saturn~