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Turtlequeen2: Hey sorry for the wait. I was so busy with my other fanfics that I had any time to do poetry. Thanks for your patience.

Inuyasha: Keh! Now what will you be torturing me with now!

Turtlequeen2: Glad you asked…the Shikon-no-Tama of course!

Inuyasha: NANI!

Turtlequeen2: It's your perception of it and why you think the jewel is yours.

Inuyasha: Why do I not like the sound of this?

Turtlequeen2: Shut it! I do not own Inuyasha, Rumiko Takahashi does. I do own these poems though. These are in Inuyasha's POV. Hope you enjoy!

The Shikon-no-Tama

The Shikon-no-Tama

A powerful jewel

Something I longed to have

For so long

Many lives have been destroyed by this jewel

Many sacrifices made for it

Enemies have come for it

To gain power

Like I have

I wished to be a full-fledged demon

I wanted to be strong

To show no weakness

To protect those I care for

To be feared and respected

It was a powerful jewel created with the four souls

It came forth from Midoriko's soul

She trapped herself and the youkai she was fighting, within it

She is still fighting them even today

That's why it can become tainted by evil aura

The youkai makes it easily able to become tainted

Midoriko makes it able to be purified again

Many evils have lusted for the jewel's powers

I may have selfish reasons for the jewel

But it is for the benefit of my friends

Or is it?

Will my selfish wish make things worse

Or better?

If I make the wish, will it disappear

Or become tainted with youkai blood and greed?

Long ago I wanted to become the opposite

Kikyo wished for me to become human

I wanted to also

Just to be with her

I would have done anything just to be with her

She was a pure angel who wanted to be with me:

A shameful hanyou

She believed that in order for us to life a normal life

We had to rid ourselves of the jewel so we wouldn't have to protect it

So we could live normal lives

She said for it to be purified

There was to be a selfless wish made on it

For me to become human was the decided wish

It was all ruined by Naraku

Because of him all of my friends suffer

Because of him, Kikyo and I betrayed each other

Because of him,most of theshards are tainted

Because of him, countless people died

That bastard Naraku and his greed for the Shikon-no-Tama

Am I any different?

I want it for my own needs

I'll kill whoever who stands in my way

Would I taint the jewel with my wish to become demon?

When I first saw the jewel from Kagome

I was ecstatic and shocked

It came from her body

Meaning that it was destroyed somehow before then

I could've killed her if it had not been for her sit command

How mindless could I be?

I almost killed the girl I was going to protect

Just because of my wish and greed

How much more am I willing to risk for this jewel?

Because of this jewel

It gave strength to the Thunder Brothers

They killed Shippo's father

Leaving him orphaned

But Kagome took him in

It enabled Naraku to live

The monster that gave Miroku the cursed wind tunnel

He caused the deaths of Sango's kin

He brought Kohaku back to life, only to make him his mindless slave

The greed for the Shikon Jewel caused Urasue to recreate Kikyo

Being the fool I was, I called out her name

When she clearly meant for me not to

I failed her again

I was mad and deeply in shock when Kagome shattered it

How could she do so when I survived those 50 years!

Why were the gods so cruel to me?

I didn't even know that it was possible

But, OH, did I find out that it was!

But some part of me is now glad

If it was not shattered,

I would have not met all of the friends I now have

Miroku, Sango, Kirara, and hell, even Shippo

And most of all I would've never gotten to know Kagome

She helped me in a lot of ways

Her kind spirit, healed me

She likes me for me and only me

She is my best friend and possibly more

Maybe I do love her?

All thanks to the Jewel she shattered

It may have caused a lot of damage

But in the end it's always worth it

I got much more in return than I would've ever hoped for

Love, friendship, and perhaps hope

After all of that, do I really need the jewel?

I got all I wished for and more just from being myself

All we need to do is lay the Shikon-no-Tama to rest;

The misunderstood soul of Midoriko

A/N: I hope that wasn't too deep for some of you fans out there…hehe. Anyways, please review!