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New Recruit
His plot to incapacitate Kagome hadn't worked, so Ares came up with a new one. He knew the best way to succeed would be through Kagome's own insecurities. With this thought in mind, he sought out the one person who could shred Kagome's heart and feed the anger that was starting to consume the Miko.
Ares fumed as he stormed around his temple. "How in Hades did she know I wasn't Hef? No one has ever been able to see through my illusions before" he muttered out loud. "I was so close…she almost took the potion." He slammed a fist into the stone wall next to him. "Still, those lips of hers tasted damn good, even if she wasn't a willing participant." His eyes sparkled at the memory of the anger he had felt radiating off the young Miko when he ravished her. "Now I know why Naraku wants her once she's broken". He chuckled. "And where in Hades did I come up with that baka 'you just passed the test' line? I can't believe she fell for that one." He chuckled again before turning his thoughts to the matter at hand. "Now, on to plan B. The Miko will take the potion one way or another, and I know just who to recruit to help." He snapped his fingers and disappeared in a flash of blue.
Kikyo stared into the moonlit sky as her soul collectors brought her new souls to replenish her dead clay body. "How will I ever get InuYasha back from that dreaded reincarnation" she thought as she settled beneath a large tree for the night. Her Miko senses tingled and she rose, swiftly notching an arrow on her bow. "Reveal yourself" she demanded. A flash of brilliant blue lightning lit up the area, revealing a large, masculine man with a head full of shoulder length curly black hair. His muscular body was clothed in tight fitting black leather decorated with spikes and chains. Though her dead body couldn't feel the same way as her live one had, she couldn't help but be drawn to the dark aura and smoldering dark brown eyes of the being before her.
"Who are you?" she asked harshly, masking her reaction with her words. "I am an ally." His sexy voice sent a shiver down her spine. "I need no allies" she defied his statement. "Perhaps not. However, you are in need of assistance whether you believe it or not, and I, Ares, can help you achieve your every desire" he stated cockily as he moved closer, flexing his powerful muscles and sending a shiver up Kikyo's spine. "Do not move any closer or I shall purify you" she threatened. Ares stopped. "Now explain why you are here" she demanded. "I know you desire to reclaim a certain hanyou from a certain Miko we both know and despise." Kikyo arched one eyebrow at him. He continued. "I have the power to make him yours for eternity, and rid the world of that pesky Miko with one blow." He examined his cuticles as he let her digest what he said. "How can you accomplish this when I have failed in the very same quest time and time again?" She lowered her bow slightly, her curiosity piqued by the stranger before her. He smoothed his mustache and ran a hand across his beard before responding. "Let's just say I have resources and powers even Naraku envies." She lowered her bow more as he continued. "I can give you a special potion that will have the hanyou trailing after you like a devoted puppy while causing the Miko to fall apart from her insecurities." A blue bottle shaped like a pyramid appeared in his hands. "Go on" she urged him, a slight glimmer of hope lighting her dead brown eyes. "One drop of this on your lips and a small kiss for your lover, and he is yours. A drop of the same potion on the Miko's lips and she goes slowly, irrevocably insane." The bottle glinted in the moonlight. "And what do you get from this arrangement?" She asked, eyeing the bottle with interest. "My two worst enemies out of my way" he responded. "I don't trust you" her eyes narrowed as she looked at him. His sensual laughter rumbled across the clearing, sending another shiver up her spine. "You are a lot smarter than you look priestess. You shouldn't trust me" he walked over to her and removed her bow from her numb fingers before leaning in so close she could feel his warm breath on her cold lips. "Will you let that stop you from claiming what is rightfully yours?" he whispered as he placed the bottle in her hands. "What is rightfully mine…" she repeated while staring at the bottle in her hands. He stepped away, and then turned to look at her. "Make your choice, Kikyo. Either way I will see the Hanyou and Miko removed from my path. If you choose to use the potion, at least you will have your love back. If not, let's just say he will be waiting in Hell for you when your clay body finally gives out." In a flash of brilliant blue, he was gone.
Kikyo sent her soul collectors out to search for InuYasha and his group. The sooner she could find them, the sooner he would be hers. She sat back against the tree again, looking at the small blue bottle in her cold hand as she pondered what the stranger had told her. "A drop transferred from my lips to his, and he will be mine forever." She looked up at the starry sky. "I wonder…If one drop will make that dreadful reincarnation slowly go insane. What will the whole bottle do?" A small, evil grin appeared as she closed her eyes and rested while she waited for her faithful soul collectors to return.