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'thoughts and inner voices'

"talking"

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The ritual to move the village had been successful. She picked up her equipments and started to place them back away. It was almost time for her to take her next step.

'Naraku, pay for your deed. Feel the pain you caused me…'

She would never forgive what that hanyou had done to her. How he had stolen everything from her. That day when she finally found out about the trap she had fallen in, that he had placed for her long ago, she had vowed that he would die by her hands.

A knock on the door.

"Kikyou-sama."

She whipped her head towards the sound of the voice. "Do not call me by that name, Kohaku," she whispered threateningly as she glared the boy down.

"I am sorry, Hijiri-sama." Quickly, the boy bowed his head.

"Kohaku," Kikyou ordered. "Go find Kouga and bring me his shards."

"Yes, Hijiri-sama," Kohaku replied obediently. He would do anything to make Naraku pay for controlling his mind, including working with this miko who wanted him dead. A shiver ran up his spine as he remembered what he had done to his own family.

He dared to peek at the woman before him and saw the sadness and anger radiating off of her in waves. He understood that he wasn't the only victim of Naraku. What had happened to Kikyou-sama that made her this bitter? And why did she want Naraku to have all the shards of the Shikon no Tama if she hated him so much? Was it part of her plan to defeat him? Another shiver went through his body. The shard embedded in his own body would be taken out by Kikyou. Then he would die.

Footsteps behind him alerted him of another being entering the room.

"Sesshoumaru," said Kikyou and she bowed to him.

"Miko, you know the boy cannot defeat the Wolf Prince by himself."

"I know," stated Kikyou. "That is why you shall accompany Kohaku. And in return, I shall give him to you. The Shikon shard in his body shall lead Naraku straight into your hands."

A small smirk crossed the features of the Lord of the Western Lands. "You think I want Naraku to die?" he questioned Kikyou. He threw the miko a knowing look, but left his question unanswered.

Kikyou narrowed her eyes at him giving him a suspicious glare. "Leave," she hissed.

Sesshoumaru nodded and turned around.

"Kohaku, we're going," he ordered.

"Yes, Seshoumaru-sama," Kohaku replied and he got up to his feet and left with the lord.

KOIMIZU'S VILLAGE:

"Thank you for your hospitality," Naraku said to the head of the village and he bowed his head. "Would you please leave us alone now? Koimizu and I have had a long day and we would like to rest now."

"Of course," the old man replied as he too bowed his head. "The futons are there," he stated as he pointed to a corner of the hut they were in.

Naraku and Koimizu bowed their heads and the old man left them by themselves.

As soon as he left the hut, Koimizu turned to give Naraku a suspicious look. "What's with all the lies?" he questioned.

"I knew you'd ask," Naraku said. He walked over to the futons and dropped down on one. "I do not trust these humans of your village."

"Why not?" asked Koimizu as he flopped down beside the hanyou.

"I am a murder," Naraku answered. "I killed thousands. It is only natural that I do not trust." He let himself lie down on the futon. "Let's rest," he said. "I want to leave by night."

"Leave?" asked Koimizu as he made himself comfortable next to Naraku. "Why?"

Naraku closed his eyes. "I need to see someone."

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