The Shikigami user & the Gorgeous Goddesses

by Uruz 11

Michiru is forced to stay at a relative's house which is occupied by heavenly goddesses, will romance bloom admist the humour and chaos during his stay? Will all of them visit Japan's Feudal era as well? Chapter 4 is rewritten. Michiru/Peorth as the main pairing, but two alternate endings well also be included as a bonus with a different pairing for each: Michiru/Urd, Michiru/Lind.

8. Michiru versus Mara and Toshiyuki

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, Oh My Goddess, or anything associated with either of them. This story is being written just for fun and enjoyment.

Chapter #8: Michiru versus Mara and Toshiyuki

Keiichi was driving his motorcycle home with Belldandy asleep in the side passenger car beside him, the first class goddess had suddenly shown up at the Auto club after travelling instantaneously through a side mirror of Mrs. Higurashi's parked car at Kagome's house and then emerging from the side mirror of Keiichi's motorcycle just parked outside of the small building where everyone was working inside. Although no one was around to witness Belldandy's inexplicable arrival except for Keiichi who deduced how she had showed up so suddenly thanks to her powers as a goddess, her sudden appearance had given everyone a surprise, forcing Keiichi to tell a white lie and say that she had gone for a walk after he and driven here with her. Unfortunately, Belldandy's energy supply had been cut off because of the Yggdrasil's malfunctioning problems which were still undergoing repairs up in heaven and due to the fact that she had offered her divine blessings to the Bone Eater's well to allow Michiru's Feudal era friends to use it and travel back and forth from place to place twice through mirrors, the gorgeous goddess had exhausted her powers and was in need of some rest which forced Keiichi to leave early in order to drive her back home.

"Well you be alright Belldandy?" Keiichi asked worried while keeping his eyes on the road ahead of him, having noticed Belldandy had split off from herself in order to conserve energy which allowed the goddess to shrink her body down to the size of a tiny doll or figurine.

"Oh yes Keiichi, now that I've split off from myself to conserve energy, I'll be able to recover that much faster." Belldandy answered with a soft smile, she looked so cute due to her tiny form, tucked inside the front of teenager's jacket which was left slightly unzipped below the collar so she could remain hidden from view with just her head poking out in order to watch and talk with Keiichi as they drove home together. "I used a lot of energy travelling back and forth like I did and when I offered my divine blessings to the Bone Eater's well, since Yggdrasil is still undergoing repairs, its no surprise that I exhausted my powers. But perhaps it's a good thing that this happened because now we can go home to relax for a while; Michiru's friends will be arriving soon so we must be ready to give them a warm welcome when they arrive."

"That sounds like a good idea, I just hope that you'll be able to recover in time, it might be awkward for you to have to introduce yourself if you're still split off from yourself like you are now." Keiichi replied, moments before a ringing noise came from his jacket pocket which told him and Belldandy that someone was calling him on his cellular phone. "My cell phone is ringing Belldandy, we'd better pull over so I can answer it."

"Of course Keiichi." Belldandy said with a nod while Keiichi pulled off to the side of the road to park his motorcycle, he then pulled out the small device from the side pocket of his jacket, a ray of brilliant light shone forth from the screen of the cell phone as Peorth emerged from it just as she had done when Michiru had summoned her accidentally by calling the Goddess Help Centre. "P-Peorth? What are you doing here all of a sudden? Why aren't you back at the house?"

"I came to warn you that the house has been broken into, Lind found Mr. Koshian laying unconscious at the front gate of the property, and he was struck from behind and knocked out by who ever wanted to sneak inside." Peorth explained, causing both Belldandy and Keiichi to wear worried expressions on their faces. "Michiru asked Lind and I to warn both you and Michiru's friends before all of you return to the house so you'd be aware of the danger, he was going to warn Skuld and Urd before dealing with who ever intruded.

"Oh no, that's terrible, this couldn't have happened at a worse time while Belldandy and the rest of you are vulnerable due to having your energy supplies cut off from heaven what with Yggdrasil under repairs." Keiichi commented, revving up the motorcycle in order to leave.

"Could you try returning to the house through someone's cell phone the way you came here Peorth?" Belldandy asked pleadingly. "Mr. Michiru can't face danger by himself despite possessing his Shikigami powers, he may need your help until all of us return to the house."

"Of course Belldandy, that was already part of my plan." Peorth stated as she prepared to leave the same way she a had traveled here. "Oh wait, Michiru can use his Shikigami powers to restore most of our energy so you can ask him to do the same for you once you return, then you'll be recharged and ready for dealing with whoever's broken into the house."

"That's good to hear, thank you again Peorth, good luck." Belldandy said gratefully while waving goodbye.

"See you in a little while Peorth, oh and try not to destroy the house if you find yourself in a fight with the bad guy or bad guys." Keiichi said sheepishly.

"Don't worry Keiichi, I won't, good bye for now." Peorth replied with an innocent smile before disappearing back into the cell phone screen.

Meanwhile, Kagome along with Inuyasha and the others had just stepped off from the train and were making their way over to the station's exit where they could then call for a taxi to drive them the rest of the way to meet Michiru at his Uncle's house along with Keiichi and the five goddesses who were living there as well. Kagome was relieved now that the train ride was finally over and done with, for her mind was set on edge throughout the entire train ride as all other passengers were giving her and her friends curious looks and murmuring quietly amongst themselves which was no surprise given that all of her Feudal era friends stuck out from everyone else. Not that there was anything wrong or out of the ordinary with wearing traditional Japanese kimonos since modern era people wore them during festivals or for what ever reasons, but that was only one of the reasons why Kagome's group of friends had received so many strange looks.

Shippo was bombarding Kagome with endless questions and while that wasn't a bad thing, his excited tone of voice only helped to draw people's attention since the majority of the other passengers were keeping quiet or talking softly enough to avoid disturbances. Inuyasha was holding all of Sango's arsenal of weapons along with Kohaku's which had been carefully concealed and bundled together inside a thick blanket to avoid being seen, except of course for Sango's Hiraikotsu which stuck out like a sore thumb, then there was his Tetsusaiga which was sheathed and strapped to his side as well. Luckily when ever anyone curious enough to approach Inuyasha in order to ask him about the giant boomerang weapon or his sword, the half demon cleverly explained that he had them made for sparring and recreational purposes which earned him a rewarding smile from both Kagome and Sango for thinking of such believable answers.

Sango was sitting quietly with her young brother Kohaku and whispering words of encouragement to him as well as Kagome who both felt uneasy and worried with so many strangers taking curious glances at them, out of everyone, she and Inuyasha were the only ones able to remain calm and keep their cool. Miroku appeared to be doing well, but in actuality, he was struggling to resist flirting around with the numerous young Japanese school girls whom he saw in the train car. Needless to say, the perverted monk was being turned on by all of the young beauties who were dressed in high school uniforms with short skirts just like Kagome, but Inuyasha and Kagome had verbally warned Miroku not to cause trouble or else he might be charged with harassment and locked up in prison for ages and ages. So Kagome's warning had the desired result, Miroku didn't want to be locked up in prison and he especially didn't want to pass up the chance of meeting five heavenly goddesses face to face once he and the others arrived.

"Glad we're finally off that train, I couldn't take another minute of it." Kagome stated with a sigh of relief, pulling out her cell phone so she could call a taxi. "I'll call for a taxi to drive us the rest of the way there so everyone stay together and just relax, we're on the last lap of our trip now."

"Sango? Did you really have to bring your Hiraikotsu with you?" Inuyasha asked, with the Hiraikotsu slung over his shoulder in one hand with the bundled blanket containing both Kohaku's and Sango's other weapons held in the other. "Not that its too heavy for me to carry, but we won't be fighting any dangerous battles like how we usually do everyday in the Feudal era, we're supposed to be on a relaxing vacation which is why we're going to visit Michiru at his Uncle's house."

"Sorry Inuyasha, but its almost like a part of my body now so I can't help but take my Hiraikotsu with me everywhere that I go whether I'm taking a day off to relax or fighting dangerous battles." Sango answered apologetically, holding out a hand while holding her other arm around Kohaku's shoulder to keep him close. "I can carry it now that we're out in the open, thank you for holding on to it for me while we were on the train."

"No problem, but I don't think we'll be able to carry this inside of the taxi when it arrives, there won't be enough room." Inuyasha commented as he handed over Sango's giant boomerang weapon, he then noticed Lind wandering over from a short distance away, she must have been waiting here for them after somehow figuring out that they would be getting off from a train at this station so he walked over to greet her. "Hello Lind, what are you doing here?"

"Someone's broken into the house, Michiru wanted me to warn all of you before your arrival so you'd be prepared, and I'm going back now to see if he needs help facing the culprit." Lind answered before she prepared to leave.

"Give me a moment to drop these off and I'll follow you, I don't want Michiru to have all the fun of fighting without me." Inuyasha replied, leaping back beside the others and dumping the bundled blanket of demon slayer weapons in Miroku's hands. "Here, hold these for Miroku, thank you."

"What? Hey!" Miroku replied abruptly, just barely catching the heavy bundle of weapons, dropping his staff in the process and nearly losing balance as Inuyasha tossed them at him with nothing more than a verbal warning. "Inuyasha, I can't carry all of these by myself."

"Sango? I'll carry your Hirakotsu for you, I'm going on ahead with Lind to help Michiru beat up some intruders who've broken into his Uncle's house so I'll save you the trouble of trying to fit it inside of the taxi when it arrives, see all of you when you get there." Inuyasha stated, grabbing the giant boomerang weapon from Sango before darting off after Lind in a flash.

"Huh?" Kagome asked after clicking off her cell phone now that the taxi cab was on its way, only just noticing Inuyasha's sudden absence from the rest of the group. "Where did Inuyasha go?"

"He was talking with a lady dressed in white just a short distance away, he came back to dump Sango's weapons in Miroku's hands and then he took her Hiraikotsu and darted off just like that, I guess he couldn't wait to get to the house so he left without us." Shippo said.

"That lady you mentioned must have been Lind, Inuyasha said he was going on ahead with her to fight some intruders who broken into the house Michiru is staying at with all of the goddesses, he took my Hiraikotsu with him just before he left." Sango explained.

"What?" Kagome and Miroku said in unison, both of them with eyes and mouths wide open in dismay.

"You mean one of the heavenly goddesses was just here and I missed the chance of seeing her in person with my own eyes?" Miroku asked in surprise before he sighed in disappointment, making everyone else wear a sweat drop on their heads in response. "Oh…"

"That's Inuyasha for you, he always loves to fight and when there's a fight, he can't stand to stay out of it." Shippo remarked with a grin.

"The taxi will be here in a couple of minutes so we shouldn't have long to wait, soon we'll be at the house and we'll see Michiru again." Kagome stated excitedly, making everyone excited as well, especially Miroku since he couldn't wait to meet all of the heavenly goddesses.

Meanwhile at the house, Michiru at last regained consciousness and slowly opened his eyes, he was surprised to find himself in the same place he had been before when he had entered the living room and found Toshiyuki in the middle of a struggle with Skuld just moments before he had been knocked unconscious. The bigger surprise however was that Skuld was taller and older than she normally was which told Michiru that her energy levels had been depleted, recalling an earlier conversation about how Urd and her younger sisters governed different time domains and the consequences that affected each of them differently should their energy supply from heaven be temporarily severed.

"Wake at last I see, good, time for the fun to begin." Toshiyuki said wickedly with a grin, holding Skuld's lower arm with one hand to keep her from running away even though her arms and hands were bound behind her back, he held his sliver cane in the other hand. "Don't keep our guest on the floor Mara, help him to his feet so he can stand and address us properly, we have much to talk about after all."

"Don't forget about me kid, I'm here to settle a score with you too." Mara said, surprising the Kururugi boy from behind were she had been standing, grabbing hold of Michiru from behind and pulling him to his feet since he found he couldn't move himself, for his hands and arms were bound behind his back just like Skuld, only he was allowed to talk were as Skuld wasn't given that Toshiyuki had put tape over her mouth.

Damn it! Bad enough that Toshiyuki's here, but Mara's here with him too, I don't know if I can out of this one unharmed.

"We didn't have time to introduce ourselves earlier this morning so let's start over, its only fair that each of us knows the name of our adversary, especially if we're going to fight each other." Toshiyuki declared with a grin, acting without a care in the world for his actions or for Skuld whom he held hostage.

"Hello Mara, I'm Michiru, and I already know who you are Toshiyuki so there's no need for you to make an introduction. I'll give you a fight if you want one that badly, but only if you let Skuld go, she has nothing to do what happened between us earlier this morning." Michiru replied with a serious tone of voice, thinking carefully in his head about what to do to get Skuld out of danger which was his first priority.

"You're absolutely right…Michiru, however…there's a bit of a problem with your request because she and I have unfinished business to settle." Toshiyuki begun, tightening his grip on Skuld's arm and making the poor girl moan in pain which angered Michiru in the process. "I invited this fine female specimen out to tea many months ago and when she wanted some ice cream, I generously took her to a shop and said she could have as much ice cream as she could eat, I was astonished to find that a slender young woman like her completely cleaned out all the ice cream in stock. I generously paid the whole cost of the bill for her, all I expected in return was a little…compensation, but she didn't want to pay up, and now here we are together again after all these months at last."

"You're a very cruel and sick person Toshiyuki, but I suppose you already know that even if you won't admit it openly." Michiru commented, although he could use his Shikigami powers, he was reluctant to escalate the situation while Skuld was a hostage and so he hoped he could converse with Toshiyuki at least long enough for Belldandy and the goddesses to return home and help. Even though he could use his powers, he and Skuld were still tied up so Toshiyuki and Mara still had most of the advantages over the two of them at least for now, this forced the Kururugi boy to bide his time until the opportune moment when he could turn the tables against his enemies without endangering himself or Skuld in the process.

"Well, since you're in a hurry to get down to business, let me ask you this before we decide what to do next." Toshiyuki asked, adjusting his glasses briefly. "Where is that gorgeous young female who according to Mara goes by the name of Peorth?"

"She's out, I don't know when she'll be back." Michiru answered truthfully, leaving out the fact that Peorth was a goddess even though Mara may have already told Toshiyuki all about the goddesses and so on, but he highly doubted it.

"Well that's too bad, I would have enjoyed exacting my revenge on her, looks like you and this lovely lady are the only ones left to have fun with." Toshiyuki replied, tightening his grip around Skuld's arm and twisting it just enough to make the poor girl moan in pain again.

"Hey dude, we came here to exact our revenge on this kid here, not on Skuld." Mara pointed out as she begun to get frustrated with Toshiyuki's attitude, having seconds about teaming up with the rich playboy. "Peorth's not here so this kid's our only victim today."

"I'm not content with leaving this lovely lady unpunished Mara, you'd feel the same as I were you in my shoes during our last encounter." Toshiyuki argued, pulling out his cell phone from his pocket as a means to intimidate the female demon. "Do you feel like dancing yourself to exhaustion like you did during your first encounter with Michiru here? Because that's what will happen if you interfere with me Mara."

"No I don't." Mara answered angrily, reluctantly giving in since she didn't want to spoil her chance at revenge and also because she knew fighting with Toshiyuki would only benefit Michiru and Skuld even though they were both held captive so she let Toshiyuki's threat slide.

"Good, I'd hate it if the two of us blew this chance for revenge just because of a you growing a conscience." Toshiyuki said, putting his cell phone away, Michiru made a mental note to go easy on Mara for her objections against harming Skuld should he somehow managed to free himself and defeat both her and Toshiyuki in a short while.

"If you and Mara are here to settle old scores or unfinished business, then start with me instead, let Skuld go or you're both going to be in for a world of hurt and irreversible consequences should you try to hurt her while I'm here." Michiru declared angrily, hoping Toshiyuki would take the bait before adding. "Don't forget how our last encounter ended, I gave you my word and fair warning that you could walk away without any problems or troubles, you're the one who rejected them both and yet here you are ready to make the same mistakes once again."

"Ah! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!" Mara laughed out in disbelief, she was getting very entertained by Michiru's boldness given his hopeless predicament, she eagerly awaited for when the young man's spirit were broken once she and Toshiyuki were both done with him.

"That maybe so, but the circumstances are a little different from the last time, I have a hostage and you can't do anything except try to talk me out of harming this girl…seeing as how you're a prisoner yourself." Toshiyuki argued with an evil smirk, glaring sarcastically at the Kururugi boy in response. "All talk and no fight hmm?"

"You want a fight? You got a fight, but only after you let Skuld go free and unharmed, only a coward hides behind a helpless hostage." Michiru stated, losing patience, but trying his utmost to keep his ire under control for Skuld's sake in order to avoid setting off Toshiyuki's temper. As Michiru waited for Toshiyuki's reply, he spotted Urd laying asleep with headphones covering her ears, something was definitely wrong because surely she would be awake at a time like this with Skuld in danger unless she had been knocked unconscious like his Uncle had been.

"Well Mara, it appears as though we have to teach this young boy a lesson so he'll respect us from now on, you can finish him off after I'm done with him first." Toshiyuki declared, shoving Skuld down on the floor so the poor girl couldn't run away, stepping forward to close the distance between himself and Michiru who still stood defiantly even though he was being held from behind by Mara. "You punched me in the face during our last encounter, so I owe you a punch in the face as well…"

Toshiyuki then delivered a swift punch into Michiru's face, causing the Shikigami user to immediately feel pain from the blow, it was obvious that Toshiyuki wanted to exact his vengeance on him now while he had the chance before anyone came to the rescue which would be a lot sooner than he and Mara expected.

"Actually, if you consider all the damage you're other mysterious friend in that red kimono did to my car…" Toshiyuki remarked, flexing his fingers and forming a fist before punching the restrained Shikigami user in the stomach really hard. "…I owe you a hell of a good beating. You having any seconds thoughts about being my first victim yet?"

"Never, I've faced worst than you and Mara put together, you're the last person I'll ever beg for mercy from." Michiru declared defiantly, glaring into Toshiyuki's eyes with his own and causing the rich boy's temper to increase tenfold. "Before you continue, tell me which of you attacked my Uncle."

"I'm the culprit, guilty as charged, I struck him on the back of the head with this silver cane here." Toshiyuki boasted, holding the device in front of Michiru, making the young boy's anger boil within him for assaulting a member of his family. "Its made of pure silver. Do you like it?"

"Did you happen to knock Urd unconscious with that as well?" Michiru asked, gritting his teeth while trying to bear the pain in his stomach.

"No, you see, she's has a weakness for music just like Mara does." Toshiyuki explained, causing Michiru's expression to change to a look of disbelief. "Mara will dance continuously until she's exhausted if she hears hard rock music, but Urd on the other hand simply falls asleep if she listens to enka music, funny that they both have similar weaknesses even though they react differently to different kinds of music."

What? Urd falls asleep if she listens to enka music? But then that would mean she's…half goddess and half demon!

"If you're done asking questions Michiru…" Toshiyuki stated, delivering another sudden punch to Michiru's stomach, making the Kururugi boy groan in response to the painful blow. "…let's continue, if you're still up for it."

Mara restrained Michiru while Toshiyuki continued delivering punches over and over again to the teenage boy, adding more and more pain with each blow as he went on, poor Skuld could only lay on the floor struggling to free her hands from their bonds while watching helplessly in silence. However, even though he was enjoying exacting revenge on the Kururugi boy, this was still not enough for Toshiyuki and he wanted more than just revenge. By now, Michiru's stomach was so sore that his posture forced him to lean forwards to bear with the pain as best as he could, his arms and legs begun to tire since he couldn't move, let alone free himself from Mara's iron grip or from the ropes binding his hands and arms. But no matter how painful his injuries were, Michiru knew it was worth enduring so long as Toshiyuki was wasting precious time beating him up and more importantly, ensuring that Skuld wasn't Toshiyuki's revenge victim instead.

"You can let him go now Mara, I'll take it from here, and you'd better steal anything you might want now before we leave in a short while." Toshiyuki stated, enjoying how weakened his young adversary looked after taking so many hits and punches to the stomach.

"I already have, but before we both finish him off, let's have a drink to celebrate our success." Mara replied, releasing her hold on Michiru's arms and letting the injured boy drop to the floor before opening up a full bottle of saki she had brought along for her and Toshiyuki to share. Drinking half of the full bottle before handing it over to Toshiyuki who accepted it from her, she then kicked Michiru in the stomach before stepping behind and pulling him to his feet in order to restrain him again.

"D-Don't be afraid Skuld, it'll be alright, you'll see." Michiru whispered weakly with a soft smile, trying to give Skuld some comfort despite how hopeless their predicament appeared to be.

"Oh will it now? I think not!" Toshiyuki cut in after drinking what remained of the saki and emptying the other half of the bottle, kicking Michiru in the stomach with his foot before turning around and grabbing Skuld with his hands in order to pull the young goddess to her feet. "Since you're in such a hurry to die, I want you to die knowing that you were unable to protect your other friend here, we're going to have so much fun together after we leave your dead corpse behind."

No…stay back…don't touch me! Big sis…Urd…Michiru…someone please help me!

Skuld's eyes pleaded in vain for mercy as Toshiyuki grabbed hold of her arms and slammed her body into the kitchen counter, the poor young goddess continuously struggled with every ounce of strength despite the fact that her hands were still bound together, repeatedly kicking Toshiyuki's legs with her feet in an effort to fight back against her attacker. Michiru clenched his fists together as his rage begun to boil over, he knew Toshiyuki was only trying to provoke him since this wasn't the time and place to take his anger out on Skuld, but the Shikigami warrior was down right pissed off that the playboy would harm one of his friends, especially a young girl.

"Mara? Toshiyuki, I'm asking both of you one last time to let Skuld go free, you can settle your scores with me afterwards, this is your last chance." Michiru warned firmly, deciding that it was now or never to turn the tables with his Shikigami powers. "Shikigami, please help."

"You've got a lot of guts for a kid, but it takes more than that to intimidate someone like me, actions speak louder than words after…ahh!" Mara replied, only to notice that Michiru had lit the ropes binding his hands on fire with a small ball of fire he had summoned, giving the female demon a brief scare. "How did you do that? Do you have a lighter on you or something? Let me see your hands."

"So be it Mara, Oh flame burning bright, turn into a sword of wrath!" Michiru called out as he grabbed Mara's hands to keep her from getting away despite the fact that his own hands were still tied together behind his back with ropes, using his Shikigami powers to cast his Raging flame attack spell, giving the full fledge female demon an even greater scare than before since she hadn't known that he possessed magic.

Mara was so taken by surprise by the fact that this human boy could use magic, she didn't realize the danger she was now in, the glowing red star shaped pentagram spun beneath Michiru's feet as well as hers given she was standing just behind him. The Shikigami familiar of a lion appeared momentarily only to transform into a bright giant ball of red and orange fire which descended upon the unsuspecting female foe, hot flames engulfing her completely and burning the ropes binding Michiru's hands and arms in the process as was his intention, allowing the Kururugi boy to break free of his bonds despite being lightly burned himself.

"AHH!" Mara screamed in agony, struggling to yank her hands free from Michiru's as the flames scorched her body, causing her to feel a lot of pain from the attack despite the fact that she was a full fledge demon. "H-How in the world could a mere m-mortal possess m-magic powers?"

Toshiyuki had his attention focused on Skuld since he decided to take her with him as a hostage should anyone try to follow him and Mara after they both finished off Michiru and left the house, he didn't see the Kururugi boy's display of Shikigami magic and nor was he aware that his young adversary possessed magic, but he turned around just in time to see Mara engulfed in flames while Michiru broke free of his bonds after Mara's scream caught his attention. As soon as he was free, Michiru turned around and raised his fist in the air as though he was going to punch Mara in the face, but the glowing red star shaped pentagram which spun around on the floor beneath his feet confirmed he was about to unleash another attack spell on her.

"Mara? Leave now and we can settle your score another time, otherwise I'm using my magic again on you and this time, the attack spell will be more powerful than the first one was." Michiru warned, looking Mara in the eyes with a dead serious expression on his face, hoping that he could finally convince the female foe of leaving quietly so he could focus on Toshiyuki alone. "I'm giving you an easy way out Mara, take it or leave it, the choice is yours to make."

Mara froze in fear as her mind processed everything that had happened in the last minute, the tables had certainly turned against her right now and although she still had Toshiyuki on her side, she didn't think that the rich playboy would be enough to help her now.

"I-I'll leave." Mara mumbled quietly, her eyes never leaving Michiru's for a moment since she was still mentally trying to process the fact that this human boy before her possessed magic. However, Michiru's angry expression softened after hearing her answer.

"Thank you Mara, if it makes you feel any better, you're a far better adversary than Toshiyuki is." Michiru stated softly, lowering his hand.

Toshiyuki who had seen the sight before him suddenly felt a chill crawl up his spine when he realized his young adversary had powers similar to Urd and Belldandy, the playboy grabbed his cane and pressed a switch, allowing him to draw out a thin straight sword which revealed that his device was actually a sword cane. Not wanting to fall prey to a magic attack spell as Mara had, Toshiyuki darted towards Michiru from behind in an attempt to stab him in the back before the teenager turned around to focus his attention on him next, sword cane in hand.

"MMFF!" Skuld cried loudly even though her mouth was taped shut, alerting Michiru in the process and causing the young man to turn around and see Toshiyuki's attack, dodging to the side to avoid it.

"Ahh!" Michiru cried out as the sharp thin blade sliced the side of his waist, wounding him as opposed to killing him as Toshiyuki had intended.

Michiru took advantage of Toshiyuki's close proximity and momentum to elbow the vile villain in the mouth and send him staggering into Mara before he could recover, the Shikigami user also used his right hand to grab hold of the empty sword cane sheath and rip it from Toshiyuki's other hand so he could use is as a weapon. Despite the fact that his waist was now injured and bleeding, Michiru's ire and adrenalin were both up which negated any of the pain from all of his injuries at the present time while he faced both of his opponents, he could forgive Mara for wanting to settle a score given that he was her only target and how demons had their reputations and such, but he had no mercy for Toshiyuki this day.

Thanks Sango, looks like all those days of combat training with you have paid off.

Michiru quickly pulled out his cell phone from his pocket and held it up with his left hand, it was hardly a weapon and neither was the sword cane sheath, but he could still use one of them to block and deflect attacks since it was made of metal and it was also the same length as the sword cane was. Now that he was standing between Skuld and his opponents, Michiru had finally achieved his first priority and now he could go on the offensive and drive both Toshiyuki and Mara out of the house for good, and it was only a matter of minutes until all of his friends returned to the house as well which was also a good thing.

"Mara? You haven't left yet, since you're forcing me to make you leave, I apologize in advance for this." Michiru stated, activating his cell phone, worrying Mara that he was about to use his magic again even though he was about to play hard rock music really loud instead.

"NO! NO! MAKE IT STOP! M-MAKE I-IT S-STOP!" Mara begged, losing control over her body as she found herself dancing against her will to the hard rock music now playing and echoing from Michiru's cellular phone. "DON'T JUST STAND THERE YOU IDIOT! HELP ME!"

"You want a fight, you got a fight, but now we're fighting on equal terms." Michiru declared before using the sheath to attack first, forcing Toshiyuki to instinctively block it with his sword cane even though he had nothing to fear from the sheath itself, giving Michiru the chance to kick the guy in the balls really hard.

"AHH!" Toshiyuki cried out, his eyes widening from the pain in the process as his legs wobbled uncontrollably.

"That one's for my Uncle!" Michiru yelled, repeating the same attack pattern over and over again so he could freely kick Toshiyuki in his groin area again to get even for the harm done to each of his friends and family. "That one's for Peorth! That one's for Urd!"

With his cellular phone in one hand and the sword cane sheath in the other, Michiru was able to successfully drive both Mara and Toshiyuki back one step at a time, he had learned the art of swordsmanship from Sango during the days when they had practiced combat training together so that made up for the fact that the weapon he was using wasn't dangerous or lethal like the razor sharp sword cane Toshiyuki was wielding. Michiru moved forward with the fighting stance of a fencer, holding his arm up in the air for balance with his cell phone in hand while using the sword cane sheath to fight Toshiyuki and drive Mara back with him since the hard rock music served as his other weapon. Just after he had driven them outside on to the porch however, the volume from Michiru's cell phone started to die out, the power supply from the internal batteries were running low which forced Michiru to turn it off even though Mara was nearly exhausted.

"God forgive me, but I really wish this had lasted longer." Michiru remarked angrily, venting out the last of his rage by punching Toshiyuki in the stomach and face with both fists after dropping the sword cane sheath and putting his cell phone back in his pocket, breaking the man's nose and sending him flying off the porch deck until he crashed on the ground with a thud. "Those were for what you did to Skuld!"

Since both of his foes were too exhausted or beaten up to fight anymore, Michiru turned around to go back inside the house, but Toshiyuki was waiting for that to happen. The vengeful playboy stood up and raced back towards the house with the sword cane in hand, he had just reached the porch and was sure of success, for no one would be able to warn Michiru of an attack from behind as Skuld had done the first time.

Suddenly without warning, a halberd flew passed between the two young men, striking the outside wall of the house and pinning Toshiyuki's hand and wrist against it which were lodged between the spike and the topmost part of the halberd's curved blade. The throw had taken the three people by surprise and it had impacted the wall with such force and speed, that it even gave Mara a good scare.

"AHH! OUCH!" Toshiyuki cried in agony as he tried to withdraw his hand which was tightly pinned in place, his fingers had gone limp which forced him to drop his sword cane, he then looked around to find out who had thrown the weapon at him. "WHO THREW THAT?"

"I DID!" Lind answered in a loud and angry tone of voice as she marched over with Peorth at her side, causing Mara's eyes to widen.

"A-A V-VALKYRIE!" Mara shouted in a frightful tone, racing to make a getaway while she could, leaving Toshiyuki to face his fate alone.

"Thank you Lind, I'm glad you and Peorth are both back, your timing was perfect." Michiru stated with an expression of gratitude.

"You're welcome Michiru." Lind replied with a friendly smile, yanking her halberd from the wall with ease and releasing Toshiyuki's hand in the process, relieved that Michiru was unharmed and that she and Peorth had arrived in time to save the Kururugi boy's life.

"Where do you think you two are going? Stay put, we're not finished with you guys yet." Peorth stated as she summoned her green vines to entangle both Mara and Toshiyuki by their legs and drag them back along the ground to prevent them from escaping, she then bound their arms and legs together tightly which ensured that they were now held captive and helpless. Mara was too worn out from dancing to struggle any further so she stayed quiet and still, but since Toshiyuki kept trying to break free of his bonds, Peorth then used her magic to cause tiny sharp thorns to grow out of the vines which ensured that the rich playboy remained still to avoid any pain by struggling. "It'll only hurt if you struggle and move, you're better off staying still, that's better."

"I'll be right back Lind, Skuld and Urd need my help, thanks again for your help." Michiru said before entering the side door of the house.

After retracing his footsteps, the Shikigami user wandered down the hallway until he arrived back at the kitchen where he found Skuld was struggling to break free of her bonds, Urd was still fast asleep sitting in the chair over in the living room a short distance away.

"Everything's going to be fine now Skuld, Lind and Peorth have both returned so Belldandy and Keiichi should be back shortly as well." Michiru said reassuringly as he walked over to where Skuld was standing, he then yanked the tape from her mouth and proceeded to untie the ropes from her arms and hands. "I'm sorry I didn't use my magic right away, but I couldn't risk putting you in more danger than you were in already until I had a chance to turn everything around in our favour, I hope you can forgive me."

As soon as Skuld's arms and hands were free again, the young goddess turned around and buried her face against Michiru's chest, crying softly from the physiological pain of being forced to endure such a traumatizing experience. The young teenager could only hug her in response and rub his hands on her back to show he was there and that no one and nothing would harm her ever again, but sadly, he couldn't undo or erase the painful memories of being scared and helpless while she had been held captive as Toshiyuki's hostage.

"Would you like me to restore your energy so you'll turn back into your true self?" Michiru asked, hoping that would make Skuld feel better.

"Uh huh, thank you Michiru." Skuld replied, managing a weak smile as she raised her head up to look into Michiru's eyes with her own.

"Your going to turn a lot of heads when you grow up Skuld, you're also the only girl I know who can build cool inventions with advanced equipment and do all sorts of complicated calculations all at once, you're one of a kind and that makes you special even if you don't yet see that for yourself." Michiru remarked, paying Skuld a few compliments in the hopes of cheering her up after what she had been through.

Skuld's cheeks suddenly flushed pink at hearing Michiru's compliments, what a pity Urd wasn't awake to hear them as well, the young goddess would totally love to rub them in Urd's face after all the times her eldest sister had teased her for not having big breasts or what ever. This moment reminded Skuld of the first time she had been turned into an adult and when she had spent time with Keiichi after being saved from Toshiyuki as well, thankfully, Michiru had been here to safe her this time, otherwise things could have taken a turn for the worse. Before Skuld could utter a reply to the Kururugi boy's words, Belldandy appeared on the scene after entering the house through the front door, she wore a relieved expression on her face once she saw Michiru and Skuld were both safe and sound. Michiru had a surprised look on his face once he saw Belldandy's small form floating around the house, but he correctly deduced that it was because she had lost most of her energy even though she had split off from herself to conserve what little energy she had left, so he decided to restore both goddesses at the same time.

"Here we go then, oh flowing mighty river, ring with the sound of blessing." Michiru stated, calling on his Shikigami powers to cast the necessary spell.

The glowing red star shaped pentagram appeared and began to spin on the floor beneath Michiru and Skuld since they were standing so close together, blue light radiated from Michiru which rose up and transformed into the familiar red fish which then hovered above both of them. Both Belldandy and Skuld started to feel their strength and energy fully recover as the spell did its work, the bright colours of red and blue illuminated all around the three friends and was a awe inspiring sight, even for the two goddesses who had seen and experienced plenty acts of magic performed in their days living on earth with Keiichi and Urd. Michiru felt the inner pain of his stomach from all those hits going away and the pain from the slash to his left side was gone too, healing up the majority of his injuries all at once including the burns he had sustained when he had freed himself, but he focussed most of the healing spell's magic on the two goddess in front of him in order to restore their energy levels and so he wasn't able to heal himself completely.

Belldandy was just behind Skuld when she had floated over and Michiru, eyes were glued to the first class goddess as he watched her transform from her tiny self into her full form as he remembered her to be, the effects from his Shikigami spell working perfectly. Skuld had her back towards Belldandy and wasn't yet aware of her sister's presence, for throughout the entire time Michiru had cast his Shikigami spell, Skuld's eyes never left his for a moment and she felt an unexplainable feeling take hold of her which caused the young goddess to suddenly close her eyes and inch her lips closer to the young boy before her. However, before Skuld's lips could make contact, the transformation was complete and the young goddess found herself back in her younger body which had a shorter height then before. Unaware of what had almost happened, Michiru then lowered his eyes to look down at Skuld whom he still held in his arms, managing a friendly smile to show that the two of them were alright again and that his Shikigami spell had successfully done its task.

"I'm glad to see that you're both alright." Belldandy stated with a soft smile now that she was fully recovered as she broke the silence, the sound of her voice bringing Skuld out of her trance which made the young goddess turn around and embrace the first class goddess.

"Big sis!" Skuld cried out loud, her watery eyes tearing up again as she sought as much comfort as she could from her older sister just as she had from Michiru a brief moment ago.

"There, there Skuld, I'm here now, no need to cry." Belldandy said soothingly while hugging her younger sister tenderly in a gentle hug, rubbing Skuld's back just as Michiru had done to provide additional comfort, she then looked Michiru in the eyes and gave him a soft smile.

Thank you Michiru, I owe you everything for all that you did to keep Skuld safe.

The Shikigami user could only look back at Belldandy and smile weakly in response, no words had to be spoken, for he knew what she was saying even though no words passed between them and she knew what he was thinking given that she could read his thoughts with her powers as a first class goddess. Now that Skuld was in good hands, Michiru wandered over to the living room where he found Urd still asleep with the enka music playing in her ears from the headphones resting on her head, he felt he'd better wake up the second class goddess from sleep so she could find out what she had missed during the duration of her unconsciousness.

Urd is half demon just like Inuyasha, but that doesn't change anything, she's still a good person just like Inuyasha is. I don't understand or know why that is yet, but…maybe one day I'll tell her privately about my finding out about her being half goddess and half demon so she knows I won't think of her any differently than I do now. Alright, time to turn off this enka music so that Urd can wake up.

Michiru was surprised to find that he couldn't remove the headphones so he simply pressed the power switch on one of the ear phones which turned off the enka music, however, he didn't realize Urd would awaken violently after having been subjected to enka music by Toshiyuki who had planted the electronic device on her from the very start. Urd's eyes opened slowly until her mind suddenly rebooted itself from the last moment when she had been awake, recalling her struggle with Toshiyuki as she tried to remove the headphones he had placed in her, causing her to lash out suddenly without warning.

"YOU FILTHY PERV!" Urd screamed out loud, her leg shooting up and striking an unprepared Michiru between the legs below the belt which caused the poor boy an immense amount of pain.

"URD!" Skuld yelled angrily in a fit of rage after turning around at the sudden commotion which had caught her attention, racing over to Michiru's side see if the teenage boy was okay after having been kicked by her sister even though it had happened entirely by accident. "What did you do that for huh?"

"Huh? Michiru? Did I just…oh god!" Urd replied apologetically with a guilty look on her face, raising both of her hands to her mouth after she realized what she had done. "I'm so sorry Michiru! I thought you were…"

"Its fine U-Urd, I-I understand that it wasn't your fault." Michiru murmured while managing a weak smile, holding his hands between his legs just before he lost balance and fell to the floor with a thud. "Y-You'd make a good kicker if you ever played soccer or football. Ever thought of trying out for a team?"

Urd couldn't help but smile at the poor boy's sarcasm, she knew he wasn't angry with her for accidentally kicking him in the balls, but she had to give him credit for trying to cheer her up as well as some help since he obviously couldn't pick himself up off of the floor.

"Here, let's get you off the floor so you can lie down somewhere comfortable, trying to tough out the pain even though it must really hurt makes you more of a grown man than you actually are." Urd stated with a flirtatious grin while holding out her hand for Michiru to grab hold of and helping Skuld to pull the teenage boy to his feet so they could lead him over to the living room couch, it was then that the second class goddess noticed the blood on the lower left side of Michiru's T-shirt. "What in heaven's name happened to you Michiru? Your left side is bleeding!"

"Huh?" Michiru responded until he suddenly remembered his swordfight with Toshiyuki and being injured at the start of it. "Oh that, it's a bit of a long story and it all happened while you were asleep Urd, I'll try using my Shikigami powers again to see if it'll fully heal this time."

"Again?" Urd burst out in surprise, unaware that Michiru had just used most of his magic from his healing spell to restore the energy of her two sisters just a minute ago before he came over to wake her up. "You mean it didn't fully heal the first time you used your magic?"

"N-Not exactly no." Michiru answered, though most of the pain was gone and some of the bleeding was stopped, most of the healing effects that he received had gone to his stomach since he had taken so many hits from Toshiyuki's assault so that's another reason why the cut on his left side wasn't fully healed. "But I can…"

"But nothing, I'll look after you myself if that's what it takes for you to recover, no buts about it." Urd declared in a serious tone which meant her word was final, supporting Michiru while helping him to walk towards the couch so he could lay down. "Skuld? Watch him!"

"Right." Skuld replied, smiling at Michiru and giving him the hint that he couldn't argue his way out of this situation now that Urd had made up her mind on what needed to be done.

"Urd, I'm alright and besides, I-I have to go see if my Uncle's alright." Michiru protested, trying to lean up. "Toshiyuki's done more than enough harm to everyone here today and I want to call the police to ensure he doesn't set foot within ten miles of this house or any of you for that matter ever again."

"And that's what we'll do Michiru, you've already done more than enough for today so you just relax and leave everything to us." Belldandy reassured him as she ordered the Kururugi boy to stay put, her gentle smile and lovely face always worked wonders at changing people's minds when ever they found themselves unable to do what needed to be done in certain situations. "Besides, your friends should be arriving here any moment."

Meanwhile, outside of the house, Lind and Peorth stood guard over Mara Toshiyuki who were forced to stay still to avoid bringing the wrath of the Valkyrie warrior down upon each of them. Inuyasha suddenly entered through the gate after leaving Kagome and his other friends to arrive on their own since he was dying for a fight, but it appeared as though he had arrived too late to take part in it.

"Aww man, I missed the fight didn't I?" Inuyasha asked out loud, turning to Peorth who nodded in return, Inuyasha then slammed one end of Sango's Hiraikotsu into the ground as he turned his attention towards Toshiyuki who was even more frightened than before now that the half demon had mysteriously shown up again. "Let me guess, you caused a lot of trouble and that's why you're being held under guard to answer for your evil deeds, sounds like Michiru whooped your ass again. Ha! Ha! Ha!"

Now that Skuld was safe and all of her fears were gone, she suddenly felt her own boiling anger emerge within her upon seeing Michiru laying injured on the couch even though he was fine all around and there was so much of it, she wanted to teach Toshiyuki a lesson he would never forget so he wouldn't come within ten miles of her ever again. But she might need help from someone else so she decided to ask Michiru since she knew he wouldn't mind even though he was still injured.

"Urd? I'll watch over Michiru if you want to go get the first aid kit from the washroom, we should clean his injury before we patch it up." Skuld suggested out of concern for the Shikigami user who had saved her this afternoon.

"Are you sure you can keep him in one place by yourself Skuld?" Urd asked curiously in response, only to receive a glare from her youngest sister which forced the second class goddess to change her mind. "Alright, you two wait right here, I'll be gone for just a minute."

Yes!

"Michiru? Are you well enough to move? I know you're injured and all, but…I really need your help with something." Skuld asked pleadingly, grasping her hands together while praying that the Shikigami user would offer his help for what she was planning to do.

"Well, what do you need help with Skuld?" Michiru asked curiously, only to have the young goddess lean over suddenly and whisper quietly in his ear for a moment, trying not to laugh as he listened to Skuld's words until she then leaned back to await his answer. "Okay, I'm up for it, but we have to play along and off of what each of us say and do in order to make Toshiyuki as scared as you want him to be."

"Sounds simple enough, follow me then, I have to go grab something from my lab." Skuld stated, helping Michiru stand before racing off to her bedroom while the Kururugi boy followed as fast as he could, holding the side of his waist to keep the pressure on the cut which was still partially bleeding.

A minute later, Skuld came rushing out of the house, wielding a huge chainsaw with a yellow motor and light blue handle. After all that Toshiyuki had done to her, the young goddess wanted to exact her revenge by giving him the scare of his life so he wouldn't dare come near her ever again. Although Skuld was back to her younger self, Toshiyuki still recognized her anyway and boy, was he ever scared to see her wielding a chainsaw of all weapons. Michiru followed the young goddess outside and stood behind Toshiyuki in order to that he made sure Skuld was safe, should the playboy try to escape, the goddesses were all here and Inuyasha had arrived on the scene as well so things were entirely in their favour.

"Say your prayers, for I'm going to send you to your grave with my beloved TEXAS MURDER!" Skuld warned with scary eyes and a creepy expression written all over her face, swinging the device once and severing the vines round Toshiyuki's legs to demonstrate the cutting power of her Texas Murder chainsaw which she had designed and built by herself, Inuyasha was now watching with amusement now that Skuld's behaviour reminded him of Shippo trying to act all high mighty.

"NO! NO!" Toshiyuki begged pleadingly for mercy even though he wasn't going to receive any after all he had done today. "HELP ME!"

"Don't worry, I promise to make this as quick and painless as possible if you stay perfectly still." Skuld replied sarcastically with a sweet and innocent tone of voice even though the creepy and excited look on her face said otherwise, but unfortunately for Skuld, her Texas Murder chainsaw was shorting out for some reason and the rotating blades begun to slow down and speed up uncontrollably. "Darn it! I'm having power problems! I guess I'll have to chop you up now while my beloved Texas Murder still has enough power! Hold still now, it'll only hurt for a moment!"

"NO! NO! NO! I DON'T WANT TO DIE!" Toshiyuki cried out loud, struggling in vain to free himself from Peorth's vines which bound his hands and arms together as Skuld raised her chainsaw up in the air in order to bring it down on the young play boy's body. "AAHHH!"

"Darn it! All I needed was one minute of power!" Skuld cussed angrily after swinging down her weapon and just missing her target when Toshiyuki leaned backwards and fell flat on his back, the tip of the rotating blades slicing through Peorth's vines which bound his arms together, but leaving his body and clothes completely unharmed since the device had now shorted out and stopped working. "DARN IT!"

"Turn it off and try activating the power again." Michiru suggested, wearing a smile on his face as Toshiyuki was completely unaware that the two of them were pulling his leg from the start, eagerly awaiting the guy's frightened response after his unforgivable actions today.

"AH! HA! Now I've got FULL POWER!" Skuld stated in excitement, the sound of the chainsaw's reactivation causing Toshiyuki's to panic.

"I'M SORRY!" Toshiyuki blurted out loud as he scrambled to his feet to make a break for it in the off chance that he could flee for his life.

"What's wrong pal?" Michiru asked sarcastically, grabbing hold of Toshiyuki by his hands and arms to restrain him and forcing him to walk back towards Skuld who was walking towards him. "You don't WANT to PLAY with Skuld? Why not? She's just DYING to play with YOU!"

"N-NO! NO! I DON'T WANT TO P-PLAY WITH HER!" Toshiyuki cried out as he struggled to free himself. "NOT NOW! NOT EVER! NO! NO! NO! NO!"

"YOU!" Urd shouted angrily in a fit of rage once she saw Toshiyuki after stepping out of the house, she came out to find Skuld and Michiru who had given her the slip, but now the second class goddess was in the mood to dish out some punishment against the perverted playboy who had subdued her with enka music. "I GUESS YOU REALLY ENJOY BEING PUNISHED, SEEING AS HOW YOU KEEP DOING EVIL DEEDS WITHOUT ANY SECOND THOUGHTS!"

"N-NO! W-WAIT! P-PLEASE! I CAN EXPLA…AAHH!" Toshiyuki cried out as he was suddenly struck by a massive lightning bolt which had descended from the sky as a result of Urd's power, Michiru let go of the rich boy and backed up just in time to avoid being hit by it, more of them followed which continued to strike the helpless human being one after the other and cause him more additional agony.

Since Michiru had released the panicked playboy, letting Toshiyuki make a run for it just in time before Skuld could take a swing at him with her chainsaw, Skuld unfortunately couldn't run as fast as her fleeing prey since her legs were shorter given how young she was. Nevertheless, the young goddess wasn't going to give up just yet, she chased after Toshiyuki until he arrived at his car. The retreating rich boy quickly got into the Ferrari and started the engine, flooring the gas pedal in order to get away before Skuld or more of Urd's lightning bolts could strike him, Michiru hurried after Skuld in pursuit along with Inuyasha who wanted to see Toshiyuki flee for his life.

"Darn it! He's getting away!" Skuld pouted in disappointment while shutting off and lowering her Texas Murder chainsaw, watching the Ferrari drive away down the road as Inuyasha and Michiru arrived at her side.

"Not for long," Inuyasha replied, digging his razor sharp nails into the palms of his hands, drawing fresh demon blood from the cuts he had made in them before hurling them at the Ferrari as he made one of his attacking moves like he usually did in combat. "Blades of Blood!"

The blood red blades spun through the air like small boomerangs, as they drew closer and closer to the back of the Ferrari, Inuyasha, Michiru and Skuld waited with excited anticipation for what was about to happen next. The Ferrari's license plate was cut clean off and the rear tires were punctured, pieces of rubber flew off of them as the air inside rapidly bled out in seconds, causing the speeding car to spin out of control on the road where it nearly collided with a police car which sounded its alarm and chased Toshiyuki down until his precious vehicle came to a dead stop.

"YEAH!" Skuld/Inuyasha/Michiru shouted triumphantly in response after witnessing what had happened to their fleeing enemy. Belldandy who had now come outside wandered over with Urd to watch what the three of them were cheering about, Urd wore an annoyed expression on her face since neither Skuld nor Michiru had stayed in one place as she had wanted them too, storming over to where they were just outside the gate with the first aid kit in hand.

"Skuld!" Urd shouted angrily with her free hand clenched into a fist, drawing the attention of the three friends out had now stopped cheering aloud. "I told you to make sure Michiru stays on the couch and what do I find? The two of you outside jumping around like a wild bunch of troublemakers, honestly, you can be so unreliable sometimes!"

"But Urd…" Skuld whined, knowing she was now in trouble and that she had gotten Michiru in trouble with her eldest sister as well.

"I don't want to hear it Skuld, Michiru, come inside so I can get you patched up." Urd ordered with a commanding tone of voice.

Everyone then withdrew inside of the gate where they couldn't be seen from outside and while Michiru went inside with Urd, Toshiyuki was ranting and raving aloud about his life being threatened even though he totally deserved everything that had befallen him after Michiru had driven him out of the house, one of the police officers was now standing beside the Ferrari with a pen and notepad in hand to record all of what he had witnessed as he interrogated the playboy who had just finished being forced to take a breathalyser test. Although the Ferrari and police car were both parked a good distance from the front gate of the property where she now stood, Belldandy could easily deduce what was going on, the first class goddess then decided to take matters into her own hands now that there was an opportunity of ensuring everyone's safety as Michiru had wanted for all of Toshiyuki's evil deeds which had been committed today.

"B-But officer, that girl tried to kill me!" Toshiyuki protested while the police officer was writing up all sorts of charges for his report before he prepared to arrest the rich playboy for dangerous driving among other breaches of the law.

"Speeding, dangerous driving, driving under the influence of alcohol." The police officer said, writing down everything word for word, each offence he added to the charge made Toshiyuki's eyes twitch uncontrollably in response and utter disbelief. "Driving with unsafe and punctured rear tires, driving without any license plate, let me see your driver's license please."

"Please sir, this is all just a big misunderstanding, I was trying to get away from a little girl who chased after me with a chainsaw!" Toshiyuki rambled on, interrupting the officer from his paperwork and making the grown man raise an eyebrow which indicated that he didn't believe a word of what was said. "S-She's just over there and she lives in that house where that Shrine and Temple are located!"

"Hmm, Toshiyuki Aoshima eh? One moment." The officer replied, talking into his hand radio. "I have a Mr. Toshiyuki Aoshima here in custody, do a background check please and report back with a reply."

As the police officer waited for a response from his coworkers back at the police station, Belldandy had travelled there herself through the side mirror from Keiichi's motorcycle and out another one at the police station, she then used her divine powers to create a file inside the database which gave precise details on Toshiyuki's inexcusable crimes. Both of his assaults on Skuld, this recent one along with the first one which was many months ago, his assault on Peorth along with the crime of breaking into the house and for attempting to kill Michiru, etc. Not only were the exact details and dates of his crimes included in the file, but also the details and conditions of his sentencing and so on. As soon as the officer was informed of this, Toshiyuki would be placed under arrest and taken to the police station where he would await the sentence given to him. Once Belldandy had completed her task, she returned without being caught, now everything was left in the hands of the police.

"Toshiyuki Aoshima, wanted for several acts of sexual assault, breaking and entering and attempted murder. A restraining order has been issued forbidding him to come within ten miles of Mr. Koshian's residence along with all persons currently residing at said address, should Toshiyuki ignore these conditions following his release, his prison sentence will be extended without bail or parole."

"WHAT?" Toshiyuki burst out as he was immediately thrown against the side of his Ferrari and searched by the police officer before he was handcuffed and escorted over to the police car which would take him to prison where he would be spending a long time behind bars.

"Well, looks like you're in a lot of trouble son, let's go quietly then and we'll get through this unscathed." The officer advised politely.

"WAIT! You don't understand! I'm being framed!" Toshiyuki protested, shaking his head as the reality of his predicament took hold of him.

Once Toshyuki was placed inside the backseat of the police car, the officer strode up to the front gate of the house where Belldandy had now arrived, the first class goddess had also used her powers while she had briefly been at the police station so that the personnel were aware of the situation and received a phone call from the house just minutes ago in order to leave nothing unexplained or out of place. Since all the details of the incidents this morning and this afternoon were documented and recorded online, leaving out everything regarding Michiru's Shikigami magic along with the fact that Peorth and Skuld were goddesses, all that needed to be done was to briefly summarize what had happened prior to Toshiyuki's arrest and wish everyone the best before driving back to the police station.

"Please rest assured that Mr. Aoshima will be locked up for a very long time and that upon his release in the far future, he won't be coming within ten miles of this house or any of you for that matter ever again either, have yourselves a good evening Miss Belldandy." The police officer said reassuringly. "A tow truck will arrive shortly to take Mr. Aoshima's Ferrari away where it will be held in our custody, the mess on the road will also be tidied up as well so it'll be clean and made safe to drive on should anyone drive by using this road again."

"Thank you again officer, have yourself a pleasant evening as well and a safe drive back to the station." Belldandy replied politely as she bowed respectively to show her gratitude now that Toshiyuki was being arrested and taken to prison where he would be locked up in jail.

As the police officer wandered to the cop car and Belldandy returned to the house where everyone including Mara had gone inside just to be extra safe, Michiru was now flat on his back resting on the couch with several goddesses crowded around him, Inuyasha and Keiich couldn't help but laugh in amusement at Michiru's predicament since the Kururugi boy wasn't used to so much female attention from the goddesses who were now tending to his injured waist. Peorth stood at one end of the couch where she used one hand to hold Michiru's hands and arms above his head together by the wrists and her other hand was on his left shoulder to hold him down on the couch, Skuld sat on Michiru's legs to keep him still as well while she held the open first aid in her hands, leaving Urd to patch up and bandage the injured teen's waist with ease since he couldn't move at all other than to breath and talk. Lind stood guard over Mara who was knelt nearby on the living room floor, still tied up and unable to move anyway if she wasn't due to her exhaustion from dancing to the rock music Michiru had played on his cell phone.

While Urd was treating Michiru's injury, Skuld and Peorth took turns recounting their experiences when the Shikigami warrior had each rescued them from Toshiyuki's assault, entertaining everyone presently in the living room including Lind, though Mara wasn't pleased since she had been defeated yet again due to her weakness for rock music. Michiru's Uncle had awoken from his long unconscious slumber now that he had recovered from the hit on his head and proceeded to wander back to the house to join everyone else, however, he then caught sight of Kagome and more of Michiru's friends whom he remembered were coming over for a visit.

"This looks like a nice house to live in, everyone must be inside." Sango commented as she, Miroku, Shippo and Kohaku followed Kagome through the front gate leading into the huge property which was where they would all be staying the night during their visit.

"Oh, there's Michiru's Uncle, hello Mr. Koshian." Kagome pointed out, waving her hand to say hello as she rushed over to the old man.

"Good evening Kagome, I'm glad all of you made it here on time, Michiru is inside the house with everyone else so please follow me inside." Mr. Koshian stated, greeting Kagome and her companions with a warm welcome. "My nephew will be so glad that you're all here."

After Michiru was bandaged up and released so he could sit comfortably and relax, Urd then turned her attention to Mara who was still bound by Peorth's vines and under the watchful eyes of Lind as well as Inuyasha who both stood guard over her. Keiichi went to return the first aid kit to the washroom and Belldandy decided that it was time to prepare supper for everyone, knowing that Kagome and the others would be here any minute.

"You have some nerve Mara, helping that perverted playboy break into this house like that, why I outta…" Urd stated angrily while preparing to cast a lightning bolt on the helpless demon, not caring that such an action would blast a hole through the roof of the house.

"Wait Urd!" Michiru stated, standing between Urd and Mara in protest which forced the second class goddess to halt her attack. "Mara may have helped Toshiyuki break into the house, but I was the only person she was after, Mara had nothing to do with what Toshiyuki did or would have done to Skuld. Please Urd, there's been enough fighting and violence for one afternoon, let's leave it at that for tonight."

Mara was taken aback with Michiru defended her from Urd's assault, but then she recalled the Kururugi boy's words when he said she was a far better adversary than Toshiyuki was which meant she had earned a little of respect along with this act of mercy as well. Urd on the other hand wasn't willing to forget or forgive just yet however, but upon hearing Mr. Koshian enter the house with Michiru's other friends, the second class goddess reluctantly decided to stand down just this once.

"Fine, just this once…but only if Mara removes these blasted headphones from me and leaves afterwards." Urd demanded, trying in vain to remove the headphones again. "You can untie her Peorth, with all of us present, even Mara won't be foolish enough to try anything in her exhausted state."

"Alright then." Peorth replied, snapping her fingers and making the green vines vanish, releasing Mara and allowing her to move freely. The female demon took a brief glance at Michiru before she stood up and used what ever trick or power was necessary to remove the headphones from Urd's head, she then exchanged looks with the second class goddess for a moment before walking out of the living room to leave the house through the side door at the end of the hallway. Once Mara was outside the house, she paused and gritted her teeth angrily since she had been defeated yet again by the same human being whom she now found out possessed Shikigami powers and her anger outweighed her gratitude towards the boy for showing her mercy even though she didn't want to acknowledge or admit it.

"I thought I told you to leave Mara." Urd stated, suddenly appearing right behind Mara without warning and giving the full demon a good scare. "Let this be a lesson to you, don't ever take sides with that perverted playboy ever again or else…"

"Ahh! That's not fair Urd! Ahh! Alright, I'm leaving, knock it off already! Ahh!" Mara shouted as she was blasted with multiple lightning bolts until she had run all the way to the front gate of the property and on to the road outside, making Urd halt her attacks now that she had left.

Urd then re-entered the house and walked down the hallway leading into the living room where she arrived just as Mr. Koshian had lead Kagome and the others from the front door entrance as well, all eyes then turned to Michiru who was flat on the couch surrounded by all of the goddesses and although they could deduce that the Kururugi boy was being treated for his injured waist, Miroku's mind went into overdrive upon seeing the goddesses as the monk's hormones took over. The expression on Miroku's face looked like it had been taken from a manga drawing since his eyes looked as though they had turned to hearts and although no steam could be seen coming out of his nose or ears, one could easily imagine it along with the high pitched whistling noise like a boiling tea kettle or a train whistle going off.

WOW! TOTALLY MY TYPE OF WOMEN! AND MICHIRU'S STAYING WITH ALL OF THEM IN THIS HOUSE FOR TWO FULL WEEKS!

"What happened to you Michiru?" Shippo asked out of concern upon seeing his Kururugi friend injured and bedridden on the couch.

"I'm alright Shippo, no need to worry, I just got involved in a tough fight this afternoon and as you can see…" Michiru answered reassuringly, glancing around at each of the goddesses around him. "…I'm being well looked after and I should recover quickly with ease."

"That's good to hear Michiru, you had me worried there when I came inside and saw you on the couch like this." Mr. Koshian responded, deciding that he needed to give his nephew some space and free time to catch up with all of his friends now that they had arrived. "Miss Belldandy, would you mind helping me out in the kitchen please, I wish to prepare a delicious supper for everyone here tonight."

"I can help you in the kitchen Uncle Koshian, it would be bad manners if I didn't since we're family and besides, Belldandy's been busy doing all of the cooking and cleaning all by herself up until now." Michiru offered, only to be held down by Skuld, Urd and Peorth.

"You've done more than enough for today Michiru, let the rest of us help Belldandy out, you can help by taking it easy and relaxing because that's all we can expect." Urd stated with a commanding tone of voice even though she gave the teenage boy a gorgeous smile.

"I agree with Urd Michiru and I'm sure everyone here in this house will want you to recover quickly as well so relax and stay put, there's a good nephew." Mr. Koshian added in agreement, grinning humorously after ending his sentence with a goofy remark as he went to the kitchen.

"I'd be happy too Mr. Koshian, I'll be with you in the kitchen in just a moment after I've introduced myself to our new guests." Belldandy replied sweetly, turning her attention to welcome Sango and all of the demon slayer's companions who had now been invited inside. "Welcome everyone, I am Belldandy and I'm very pleased to have this opportunity of meeting all of you after having heard Michiru tell of his Feudal era adventures with you and so on, please enjoy your stay and make yourselves comfortable until Mr. Koshian and I have dinner prepared. Allow me to introduce Peorth and Lind, they're both very good friends of mine and these are my two dear sisters, Urd and Skuld, this young man here is Keiichi and most of us have been living under this roof together for many months.

"Good evening, I'm Sango and this is my younger brother Kohaku, its nice meeting all of you." Sango replied politely with a quick bow.

"Hey, my name's Shippo, nice to meet you." Shippo said hoping over to introduce himself to Skuld who looked to be about his age.

As everyone took turns saying hello to each other, Miroku was interrupted from making his own introduction to each of the gorgeous goddesses whom he had found immensely attractive, especially Peorth and Urd given how they were both dressed which helped to show of their attractive female figures to everyone around them. But given how crowded it was in the living room and all, the young monk decided to introduce himself to each of the other goddesses first so that he could at least make a good first impression before making a move on any of the divine beauties from heaven.

"Good evening my lady, my name is Miroku, it's a pleasure and a privilege to meet you." Miroku stated politely, reaching for Lind's hand.

"Touch me..." Lind stated, summoning her halberd out of nowhere in seconds, alarming Miroku and making him back away. "...and your hand won't touch anything ever again."

Inuyasha grinned with amusement as he watched Miroku's attempts at making a good first impression on each of the goddesses, sadly for Miroku however, all of them had already learned his true nature so none of them had the slightest interest in treating him with the same kindness and respect that they had shown Michiru or all of the other Kururugi boy's friends. Inuyasha quickly wandered over to Kagome who was busy chit chatting with Michiru who had sat up on the couch in order to talk properly with all of his friends whom he had missed so much, the half demon then whispered something in the reborn priestess's ear which made Kagome jump with excitement.

"Oh that's right! Thank you Inuyasha!" Kagome replied back, digging into her yellow backpack to pull out the gift she had made especially for Michiru since now was as good a time as any for everyone to present each of their gifts to their Kururugi friend. "Everyone get your gifts out!"

Sango, Miroku sorted through their belongings to pull out their gifts while Shippo now leapt up and dived inside of Kagome's open schoolbag since the high school girl had been carrying his gift too, making Inuyasha and Michiru smile at the hilarious looking scene. Lind, Peorth, Urd and Skuld all waited patiently as they watched since they knew this would be a very special occasion for the young Shikigami warrior whom they all cared for and respected so much. Since Shippo had clawed his way into Kagome's backpack, he naturally pulled his gift out first which made him the first person to present Michiru with a gift, the young fox demon then held out the package in both hands.

"Happy…get together Michiru, I worked really hard to make this just for you, I hope you like it." Shippo said with an excited look written all over his face as he handed over the wrapped present to his Kururugi friend, Michiru carefully unwrapped the package and found what looked like a large colouring book inside, he then flipped through the pages and found that Shippo had made a picture book featuring his Feudal era adventures with drawings of people and places all in chronological order using drawing materials probably given to the young fox demon by Kagome. Michiru then flipped to the last few pages and found a drawing of himself and his friends defeating Naraku followed by a drawing of Utsugi's passing and finally, a drawing of everyone saying their farewells to Michiru where Utsugi was buried with Kakuju in the Kururugi Cemetery before the Shikigami user was summoned home to his own time in Japan's Modern era.

"This must have taken forever for you to make, great job on all of the drawings and you even drew everything out in chronological order too from the first day I arrived to the last day I spent in the Feudal era, thanks so much for such a great gift Shippo." Michiru stated thankfully, looking up from the picture book to reward his young fox demon friend with a warm smile. "I'll keep it with me always."

Upon hearing Michiru's kind words and acceptance for his gift, Shippo's smile grew even wider and for the first time, he truly felt as though he had done an incredible achievement which was worthy of all the words and remarks he had received from his human friend. Now that his turn was one, the young fox demon stepped aside to allow Kagome the opportunity of presenting her gift to Michiru, Kagome pulled out her package only to pause for a moment since the anticipation and excitement of the moment was killing her on the inside.

"Here you are Michiru, its very delicate so please open it carefully." Kagome said with a warm and tender smile on her pretty face as she passed the parcel to the young teenager sitting on the couch before her, trying her best stay calm and wait patiently for Michiru to open it.

The Kururugi boy did as Kagome had instructed, holding the parcel level the way the reborn priestess had handed it to him, removing the wrapping paper from it ever so slowly since he wanted to be extra careful to avoid damaging what ever the present was inside. Once the paper was all torn away, Michiru found a small thin box beautifully carved out of wood with hinges at the top which meant that the cover was a lid, the teenager's mouth grasped upon opening it. Resting on the inside of the thin wooden box which was cushioned with soft dark red fabric, there were two slabs of clear rectangular plastic held and secured tightly together by tiny metal screws at each of the corners. Each slab was a quarter of an inch thick with a length of eleven inches and a width of eight inches, preserved inside for display was a large leaf, the very same leaf named paper leaf for its resemblance to paper which the painter Kukuryusai had sketched painted a beautiful black and white drawing of Michiru and all of his Feudal era friends together during one of his visits to the mysterious fields in Kaede's village. The likeness and detail of everyone in the drawing was so exact that each person looked lifelike, this was a very memorable keepsake which Michiru would treat with special care, one which he would treasure always until his life was over.

"I-I had forgotten all about this drawing, I must have misplaced it during one of our stops to relax from our search for Naraku and such!" Michiru stated, he had no idea how or when he had lost it, but Kagome had obviously found it after her Kururugi friend had already been summoned back home to Modern day Japan. As a result, she had taken the opportunity to gather up the materials and the wooden box so that this precious memento could be preserved and displayed inside the clear plastic slabs protecting it from harm. "Thank you so very much Kagome, I don't know how or where you found this, but I'm so happy that you did and that you made it into a display for me."

"Your welcome Michiru, that's what friends are for! He he he…" Kagome replied with a few giggles before she leaned over to give the Shikigami user a brief hug for support since Michiru looked as though his eyes were going to start watering even though he was happy.

Miroku decided to wander over and present his gift to Michiru, for Sango was still busy reorganizing and arranging her arsenal of weapons and belongings once she had undid the blanket containing all of them to pull out her gift, so the monk naturally stepped in to hand his gift over and also buy the female demon slayer some time.

"Hello Michiru, nice to see you're doing well after so many days, it looks like you're in good hands." Miroku said with a handsome smile while glancing briefly at each of the goddesses who stood nearby Michiru who was sitting on the couch, not wanting to ruin his first impression in front of the lovely ladies, the monk quickly returned to the subject at hand and presented a small bag to the Kururugi boy. "Here you are, please accept this gift from a friend who is both an exorcist and an honourable monk, I hope you like it Michiru."

"Thank you Miroku, I'm glad your wind tunnel curse is finally gone, you must feel so much better knowing that you'll no longer be swallowed up by it." Michiru replied as he accepted the young monk's gift, undoing the knot which tied the opening of the bag together so that the contents inside could be taken out. Michiru then opened up the bag and found a packet of Buddhist sutras which he remembered Miroku using many times in battle on more than one occasion, there were also a couple of sacred scrolls, a few talismans and an assortment of tiny jars containing precious powders and special paints for exorcisms and powerful enchantments, etc.

"Pity he won't stop using it as a means to make young women have pity on him even though its gone so that they'll bear his children." Inuyasha commented out loud, causing Miroku to turn around at the half demon's remark only to have Shippo and Inuyasha laugh their heads off at him in response, causing the goddesses to exchange glances with each other during this humorous moment. "Ha! Ha! Ha!"

"Thank you very much Miroku, I'm sure all of these will come in very handy if I ever revisit the Feudal era again, there won't be any shortage of deadly opponents to fight during our travels throughout the land now that Naraku's dead and gone." Michiru said gratefully.

"Your very welcome Michiru, I'm glad you like them and I hope that all those items will be of use to you no matter which world or era you're combating dangerous foes in." Miroku replied politely, glad that the Kururugi boy had accepted his collection of gifts. "Ready yet Sango?"

"Yes Miroku, thank you, come on Kohaku." Sango replied, wandering over with her young brother Kohaku to present her gift to the young Japanese boy whom she had befriended during the many months Michiru had been in the Feudal era with Inuyasha and the others. "I remembered how hard you tried when ever we sparred or trained together in combat during our days off Michiru, s-so I thought you'd like to have some of these, Kohaku and I both made them especially for you, I'm pretty sure that they're the right size and that they'll all fit."

The female demon slayer handed Michiru a thick blanket rolled up together which was tied with a strap, the Kururugi boy untied the knot and carefully unfolded the blanket, revealing a set of armoured pads for his legs, knees, arms and elbows. There were also two armoured glove like gauntlets for each of his hands, solid enough to protect his hands and fingers from a blow, yet flexible enough to allow freedom of movement. All of them were coloured grey, yet they were brand new and shiny that they almost looked like they were made of silver. Lastly, there was a pair of hakama or feudal era style pants dark blue in colour together with a light blue kimono, both of which were put on and worn underneath all of the armoured pads.

"I-I'm afraid we didn't have enough time to make your chest armour though, Kohaku and I were planning to make it for you starting tomorrow, but we couldn't wait once Inuyasha and Kagome wanted to take us to your world so that we could visit…" Sango stammered.

"I love them, they're beautifully made, you and Kohaku must have worked really hard to make all of these." Michiru stand, placing the blanket with all of its items beside him so he could stand up from the couch, rewarding Sango with a tender hug to show how much he appreciates the special gift. "You both put a lot of effort into making all of these for me, I-I only wish I had something to give each and every one of you in exchange for so many wonderful gifts."

"What are you talking about Michiru?" Sango responded as she released herself from the embrace in order to look Michiru in the face, smiling with a few tears of happiness in each of her eyes. "You helped me and the others to save Kohaku, you helped defeat Naraku, you kept us going and gave all of us a chance to move forward with our lives. That's the greatest gift anyone could ever give us, you're a great person Michiru, that's why all of us wanted to repay you for all that you've done during the brief time that you were with us before you were summoned back home."

"Thanks Sango, I'll try and remember that, thank you all…and I hope you enjoy your stay so that all of us can have fun just like we used too." Michiru stated, causing Shippo, Kagome and Inuyasha to cheer out loud while Miroku smiled quietly along with all of the goddesses. "Keiichi, Belldandy and all of the goddesses have been very kind to me so I expect you treat all of them with the same respect and kindness that you've shown me, this is also my Uncle's house so please respect it and him since we'll be staying here during your visit."

"But before we all get to that Michiru…" Inuyasha said in response, drawing everyone's attention as he gave Michiru a friendly grin, tossing over a long thin object concealed in wrapping paper which Sango caught and then handed over to the Shikigami user. "…you have one last gift to open up, mine!"

"Better open it up Michiru, Inuyasha went through a lot of trouble to get that for you, he still has a few bumps on the head. He he he." Kagome remarked, letting out a few giggles afterwards which only added to the Kururugi boy's curiosity and excitement.

The Japanese boy unfolded the wrapping paper so he could unravel it until the item inside was at last revealed, Michiru's eyes widened with awe and disbelief, a flashback in his memory from his days in the Feudal era suddenly occurred. Inuyasha had given him a sword, and not just any sword, for this was the Flower Bloomer sword made by none other than Totosai which the demon blacksmith had also dubbed as Tensiega's little brother. It was the same design, length and shape as any traditional Japanese Katana of the Feudal era, one might even mistake it for Inuyasha's Tetsusaiga at a glance given that they looked nearly identical. However, has Michiru remembered from that day, this sword possessed an entirely different set of powers and abilities from the half demon's special sword.

"Is this what I think it is Inuyasha?" Michiru asked out of uncertainty even though he had already guessed what the gift was just by looking.

"Of course it is!" Inuyasha answered, still wearing a grin on his face. "I had one heck of a time trying to track down old man Totosai so I could get that sword from him, I remembered him saying that no bloodthirsty idiot could use the sword since it only makes flowers bloom when ever its wielded, but than I thought what if someone like you ever used it in battle?"

"Well…I don't know…" Michiru mumbled, making Inuyasha, Shippo and all of the girls and goddesses present in the living room giggle.

"Well then, I guess you'll just have to try using it in order to find out then won't you." Inuyasha replied sarcastically as his grin widened.

"What about Totosai?" Michiru asked curiously. "Did he have anything to say about you giving me the Flower Bloomer sword he made?"

"Yeah, I had to argue with him about handing it over to me and that's when he took a couple of swings at me with his long hammer, the old man can be so slow in the head sometimes." Inuyasha answered, scratching his head to feel if the bumps were still there even though they probably healed up and vanished. "But after a short brawl, he eventually figured out that you're the person I wanted to give it too and then he finally agreed to let me have it, that's the whole story."

"Well, if Totosai is fine with me having this sword, then I guess I'll try it and see if I can figure out how it works." Michiru said, drawing the sword from its sheath to look at the blade, it was then that the Shikigami user noticed that there were letters inscribed on both sides of the blade, one side read "The Flower Bloomer" and the other side read "Tenseiga's little brother." "Thanks very much Inuyasha, I'll promise to take good care of it and I'll only use it for sparring practice or for combat should anyone threaten us with hostile intentions in either era."

"Pity you didn't have that sword earlier Michiru, you could have tried it out when you were fighting Toshiyuki and Mara." Skuld commented.

"Its okay Skuld, I'm sure I'll figure out how to use it eventually one way or another, thanks for your concern though." Michiru replied, sliding the one of a kind weapon back into its sheath. "Now perhaps we should help Belldandy and my Uncle in the kitchen, I'm sure they can use all the help they can get since they're trying to prepare supper for all of us."

"Oh no you don't Michiru, you're supposed to stay on the couch and relax, you let the rest of us help Belldandy and your Uncle make supper." Peorth ordered, grabbing Michiru's shoulders after stepping behind the couch and pushing him in order to force the boy to sit.

"If there's really a lot of work, Kagome and I can help out with the cooking as well, please stay with Michiru and Inuyasha Kohaku." Sango responded as she offered her assistance, making sure to mention Kagome given how talented Kagome was at cooking meals as well.

"Yes Sango." Kohaku replied, sitting on the couch with Michiru along with Shippo and Skuld who both sat down as well, the lot of them taking turns to examine and look at all of the gifts that the Shikigami user had received from all of his Feudal era friends here tonight.

"Pardon me, your name is Urd is it not?" Miroku asked out of the blue, trying to start a conversation with the gorgeous second class goddess standing before him who was currently looking at all of the gifts as Michiru allowed Kohaku, Shippo and Skuld to look at them.

"Yes, it is." Urd replied, keeping her answer short and to the point since she had a bad feeling where this conversation was going.

"Good evening Urd, my name is Miroku and I couldn't help but notice your flawless beauty, you truly deserve to be called a goddess." Miroku stated, putting on the most handsome smile he could possibly come up with as he took Urd's hand in his own. "I apologize if I sound overly forward but um…"

"But what Miroku?" Urd asked, trying to keep her guard under control since she could easily fry this mortal monk with a bolt of lightning.

"Would you ever consider bearing my children?" Miroku asked with a polite tone of voice, everyone suddenly paused upon hearing his words, they all had an idea of what was coming and Michiru was especially worried even though Miroku had just crossed a line.

"YOU DIRTY DISHONOURABLE PERV!" Urd shouted, kicking Miroku in the balls with even force that she lifted him off the floor.

"AAHHH!" Miroku yelled out loud, grasping his balls with both hands which were buried between his legs only to feel Urd's wrath a second time when she retracted her leg in mid air and delivered an equally powerful horizontal kick to the same vulnerable place a moment later, sending the perverted monk flying down the hallway, through the sliding porch door and out of the house into the open yard.

"Woooah!" Inuyasha/Shippo/Skuld all exclaimed at once, totally in awe of the power behind both kicks Urd had given Miroku, the three of them put the gifts in their hands back on the couch and raced down the hallway to see if the lecherous monk was even still alive.

"I apologize for Miroku's misbehaviour Urd, please don't feel bad or ashamed for how you reacted, we all know he had it coming." Michiru stated in an effort to reassure Urd she wouldn't be in trouble for her actions, the teenage boy then rushed down the hall to go see if Miroku had managed survived and if he had, then the Kururugi boy would have a few words of his own for the monk's misbehaviour towards Urd.

"What was that high pitched cry just now?" Keiichi asked after running out of the kitchen to investigate what had occurred. "Where are all of the others Lind? Did they run off somewhere?"

"That so called monk named Miroku had the gall to ask Urd to bear his children, she reacted as any goddess would have done for being offended in such a way, Miroku's outside in the yard and everyone ran off to see if he survived getting kicked." Lind answered briefly on Urd's behave after clearly seeing the level of discomfort the second class goddess was currently in. "We'd better adjust the seating arrangements at the table so that this doesn't happen again tonight, the guys will have to sit at one end of the table and the girls on the other or something along those lines."

"What?" Peorth whined in response. "But I wanted to side next to Michiru! You can't do that Lind! Tonight's a special reunion with friends!"

"All the more reason, but as I said, we'll have to adjust the seating arrangements…just a little though if that will put you at ease." Lind replied, wandering over to the couch so she could have a closer look at the Flower Bloomer sword Inuyasha had given to Michiru.

Outside of the house, Michiru and those who had ran off after Miroku found the lecherous monk still alive, screaming his lungs out as he lay flat with his back on the ground in agony. However, despite the tremendous amount of pain that he undoubtedly now felt from receiving two powerful kicks in the balls from the second class goddess whom he had foolishly flirted with, Miroku wasn't screaming his lungs out because of the agony.

"AAHHH!" Miroku cried out, his body shaking and twitching over and over again, making everyone curious enough to walk up to take a closer look at the monk even though there was really nothing unusual to see since anyone would be in serious pain after surviving this.

"He just never learns does he Inuyasha." Shippo commented while shaking his head from side to side as everyone looked at the monk.

"Apparently not, and at this rate, its likely that he'll never learn either." Inuyasha added until his dog ears twitched, suddenly hearing a faint voice echoing a short distance away from where all of them were standing around Miroku. "There's someone else here Michiru, someone we don't know or recognize, this may be a good time for you to test out that sword of yours after all if we're in for fight before bedtime."

"What makes you say that Inuyasha?" Michiru asked, only just noticing that Miroku's body was covered from head to toe with giant scaly insects that were crawling all over him, this only confirmed Inuyasha's warning about someone or something else lurking nearby outside.

"EEW!" Skuld said with disgust, backing away and standing behind Michiru where she knew she'd be safe even though she wasn't in any kind of danger. "What's with all of those disgusting bugs crawling all over Miroku? Look how many of them there are! That's so gross!"

"B-But where did all of them come from?" Shippo asked in confusion as everyone looked in all directions around them from where they stood, Inuyasha started sniffing the air with his nose in the hopes of picking up any scent of who's voice he could hear somewhere nearby.

Author's Note: My apologies, I needed to take the extra time to include everything else after Michiru's fight with Mara and Toshiyuki and a lot of the scenes required fine tuning and adjustments, I hope it all turned out for the best. I admit I felt bad for putting Skuld and Michiru into that helpless situation, but I really hate Toshiyuki and felt that he seriously needed to end up behind bars for his offences, those in this story and especially for his first encounter with Skuld.

Getting struck by a bolt of lightning from Urd however painful it might be is too quick and nothing close to a punishment for his actions in my book, therefore, I took it upon myself to punish him properly and having all those additional offences on his record would guarantee his place in jail where he rightfully belongs. He won't be appearing in this story ever again so everyone can rest assured that there won't be a repeat of what went on when he broke into the house with Mara, just so that's clear and everyone understands.

Moving on to the comedy, now that ALL of Michiru's feudal era friends have arrived at the house for a friendly reunion, all of you can look forward to the hell that I have planned for Miroku. I hope all of you laughed your heads off when Miroku felt Urd's wrath after asking to bear his children, if anyone caught the cliff hanger I left at the very end after the lecherous monk landed flat on his back outside, good for you and I hope that everyone can look forward to what will happen next.

Greymon Leader Batx flashpoint: I wanted to end the last chapter with a cliff hanger since there wasn't enough room in it to include the fight which followed, anyway, I hope you enjoyed all the scenes in this one.

Raidentensho: Now that Michiru has received his gifts, specifically those from Inuyasha, Miroku, Sango and Kohaku, he'll eventually begin different kinds of training for different purposes, swordsmanship and combat training along with learning out to use the Buddhist sutras with his Shikigami powers as well. There's more in store for Michiru, the goddesses and everyone else besides a relaxing vacation over the summer, but I'll reveal additional hints as the story goes on.

Hotelkatz: I hope the chapter was to your liking, especially the first half with Michiru fighting against Mara and Toshiyuki, I wanted Toshiyuki to end up in jail and this was a satisfactory way of making that happen as well as Skuld and Urd getting to have their shots at Toshiyuki and Mara too. This will be Toshiyuki's last appearance, now that he's behind bars, he's where he belongs and that's final.

Trace Carter: I also hate Toshiyuki, I hope you liked that he got was he deserved and more after reading this chapter, he won't be appearing ever again now that he's locked up in jail where he belongs for his offences and so on. Sorry I didn't have everybody take a crack at him, but Skuld deserved the lion's share of getting even with him and Urd deserved getting even with Mara at the end as well.

Orionpax09: Yes, I'm happy that all of Michiru's friends are finally able to visit the modern era too, now the real comedy can begin as I'm sure you noticed after reading about Miroku's latest big mistake! Its natural for Peorth to mention that she and the other goddesses will have Michiru to protect them, he saved her from Toshiyuki after all and used his powers to restore the energy of any goddesses who have need of such assistance, Michiru also cares and looks out for all of his friends whether they be a goddess or otherwise.

I do have plans for everyone to revisit the Feudal era with the goddesses after spending a relaxing vacation together at the house while Michiru is still tasked with watching over, but that is a long way off now that the comedy is only just beginning. Sayoko played upon Keiichi's feelings since he had a crush on her long before he ever met Belldandy so I thought it would work…despite how underhanded the trick might have been which is why she left afterwards to avoid more trouble, she has more brains than Toshiyuki and Mara that's for sure.

The scene with Peorth and Michiru was used as filler, given how flirtatious Peorth is, I honestly thought she would try something given all her advances and experiences with Keiichi in the past. I seriously wanted Toshiyuki to pay in full for what he had done and what he was going to do, after his first encounter with Skuld, its natural that the lecherous creep tries to get even when he's presented with an unexpected opportunity. As badly as I felt for putting Skuld through that whole experience, it was necessary to ensure Toshiyuki gets sentenced to rot in jail where he belongs, he's much worse than Miroku in my opinion even though they're both nearly identical in their lecherous desires and lack of morals and such.

Lastly, Michiru deserved a shot at taking both Mara and Toshiyuki down by himself before anyone else arrived and Skuld deserved having her chance at getting even for Toshiyuki's offences as well as for what he tried to do during his first encounter with her. Also, Michiru has now learned that Urd has a weakness to enka music just like Mara has to hard rock which makes him draw the conclusion that Urd is in fact half goddess and half demon even though he doesn't yet know why or how that is possible. Despite this, that revelation doesn't change how he sees her what he thinks of her as you've already found out, I'm taking the matter slowly so that Michiru and Urd have time to develop a deeper bond with one another before Urd eventually discovers this and also before Michiru eventually learns the whole story behind Urd's half demon heritage.