Once Naraku got back to the castle, he went straight into his study room. Naraku had the biggest grin on his face.

"What has you so happy your Lordship?" The little demon asked Naraku. The said demon gave an evil laugh as he sat at his desk.

"The jewel is finally mine! Soon I will rule the Western Lands!" Naraku gloated as he began to search for the jewel. He frowned and began to panic, 'What the...? Where is it!? I could have sworn I...' Naraku gasped as he remembered a certain little fox kit was on top of him. Naraku had thrown the little demon at Inuyasha as he was throwing insults at the half-breed. Naraku slammed a fist on his desk with an angered expression.

"Trouble sire?" The little demon asked Naraku.

"That half-breed will soon get what's coming to him once I get my hands on him! He will learn to NEVER mess with me!" Naraku growled as he entered his secret dungeon behind his bookshelf.

At the castle, Kagome was in her room with a sad expression and tears in her eyes. She couldn't believe that she would never get to see the hanyou ever again, no thanks to Naraku. Her father Hige had just walked up to her room with a worried expression. His daughter kept to herself as she cried.

"Kagome?" Hige asked. Kagome was on her bed petting Kirara. The two tailed demon was worried about her friend and laid her head on Kagome's lap.

"Oh Kagome, what ever could be wrong?" Hige asked as he walked up to his daughter. Kagome turned to her father with a tear stuck face.

"Naraku.. has.. done something.. terrible.." Kagome managed to get out as she whimpered silently. Hige wrapped an arm around his daughter as he sat down with her. Hige stoked his daughter's hair softly as he glared mentally. 'Naraku, I will deal with you personally for making my daughter cry!' He thought to himself.

"It's alright Kagome. Everything will be just fine." Hige began soothing his daughter with sweet words. He gently lifted his daughter's chin to look at him in the eyes.

"Now, tell me everything." He said as he held his daughter to him. Kagome looked up at her father with a hurt look and nodded. She would tell her father from the beginning of when she ran away from the castle and into the village where she met the most wonderful and most beautiful hanyou in the world.

Inuyasha was sitting on the ground with his Tetsusaiga still planted to the ground. He growled as he plunged his fist against the ground. Shippo watched as Inuyasha repeated this motion over and over again cursing himself.

"Inuyasha?" Shippo walked over to Inuyasha with a worried look. Inuyasha sighed as he ran his fingers through his hair.

"I'm fine Shippo." Inuyasha said as he ruffled the young kits hair. Inuyasha got up and took his sword from it's place. As it transformed into it's rusty state, Inuyasha sheathed his sword.

"I can't believe that I handed the Shikon No Tama over to Naraku." Inuyasha growled between clenched fangs. Shippo tugged on Inuyahsa's robe of the fire rat with a smirk on his face. Shippo held out the jewel to Inuyasha.

"Why Shippo, you tricky little fox." Inuyasha chuckled as he praised the fox kit. Inuyasha took the jewel from the young fox kit and looked at the jewel.

"I understand that the jewel is really powerful, but what could Naraku want with it?" Inuyasha asked aloud to himself.

"He wants the jewel for himself to rule the Western Lands Inuyasha." A woman's voice echoed. Inuyasha growled a little.

"Who's there!? Show yourself!" Inuyasha shouted. Soon the Shikon No Tama began to shine brightly and a spirit of a beautiful woman came from the jewel. The woman had beautiful long jet black hair and warm chocolate brown eyes. She wore clothes of a warrior and she was a Priestess.

"You're Midoriko, aren't you?" Inuyasha asked in a bit of shock. Midoriko nodded her head.

"I am only but a spirit Inuyasha." Midoriko answered. Inuyasha tilted his head wondering how she knew his name.

"If you're wondering how I knew your name, it's because in the Shikon No Tama, it can read the hearts of the ones who hold it. But the Shikon No Tama has seen a lot of war and famine and knows all. If Naraku got a hold of it, the Shikon No Tama will be tainted with evil and darkness." Midoriko explained. Inuyasha nodded his understanding.

"So what do I do?" Inuyasha asked. Midoriko smiled.

"I have a policy to my imprisonment here in this jewel. I shall grant you three wishes, nothing less and nothing more. Three is the limit, but you must be careful with the wishes that you make Inuyasha. There are limits on what I can and can't do. Number one, the jewels powers can't be used to kill anybody. Number two, the jewels power can't be used to bring people back from the dead. Number three, the jewels power can't be used to make someone fall in love with you. Number four, the jewels power can't be used to control another's life. Those are my polices, although I have seen people use this jewel just for those purposes. The jewel would become tainted and it would destroy them." Midoriko explained. Inuyasha nodded his understanding.

"So I can have any wish granted except the ones you told me to not wish for." Inuyasha said as a statement than a question. Midorkio nodded. Shippo hopped up onto Inuyasha's shoulder in wonderment.

"What are you going to wish for Inuyasha?" Shippo asked. Inuyasha had to think about it for a bit as he placed the jewel around his neck.

"I don't know to be honest." Inuyasha looks at Midoriko and remembered something that she said.

"You're a prisoner inside the jewel?" Inuyasha asked her. Midorkio looked at Inuyasha with a sad expression.

"Yes. I'm a prisoner fighting demons from my past from long ago that were after the jewel. Until the right wish is made, I've been trapped inside with no peace." Midorkio explained. Inuyasha placed his hand to his chin and thought.

"How about I use my third wish to set you free?" Inuyasha asked. Midorio gasped with shock.

"I couldn't ask you to do that Inuyasha. It's nearly impossible anyway. No one knows what the correct wish is, not even me. I think it will just come to the one who makes the wish." Midoriko explained. Inuyasha nodded.

"I'll do it, it's a promise." Inuyasha smiled. Midorkio gave a small smile. 'Maybe there's hope after all?' She questioned the hanyou in her mind.

Back at the castle, King Hige was scolding Naraku for giving out orders without his consult.

"Naraku, how dare you give out orders of beheading a prisoner without my consult! From now on, I EXPECT you to talk with me first BEFORE beheading! I swear, if it wasn't for your loyal service I would have you thrown out right about now." Hige growled as his spiritual powers emanated around him, showing just how angry he really was at Naraku. Naraku bowed before Hige with an apologetic expression.

"My apologies sire. I promise that it won't happen again." Naraku said. Hige nodded as he took his daughter's hand.

"Kagome, Naraku." Hige began to say. Naraku stood up with a smile playing across his lips as he stood next to King Hige.

"Let's put all of this messy business behind us." Hige suggested. Naraku walked up to Kagome and placed a hand on her shoulder. Kagome shuddered with the touch.

"I am so sorry for deeply upsetting you my dear." Naraku said in a soft tone. Kagome pulled away from Naraku's hand from her shoulder and turned around facing him with a glare.

"At least some good will come to my getting forced to marry. When I'm Queen I will have power to get RID of YOU!" Kagome growled and stormed off.

"Kagome.." Hige shook his head sadly and he began to go after her. Naraku glared at Hige and Kagome both. He was getting tired of serving under a pathetic fool and his stubborn brat of a daughter.

"If only I had the jewel, then I would've been King!" Naraku growled. The little demon was growling along with Naraku.

"I will have power to get rid of you." The little demon mocked Kagome. He was annoyed of that spoiled little brat of a Princess. He looked up to Naraku.

"I'm so tired of kissing up to that pain in the rear of a King and his daughter! We'll be listening to their little rants for the rest of our lives!" The little demon grumbled. Naraku walked up to the balcony and watched Hige try and talk to his daughter.

"No my little demon friend. Only until she finds a husband will she be able to give orders. She'll probably have us banished... or... beheaded." Naraku and the little demon had wide eyes and shuddered just thinking about it. Then the little demon had an idea.

"What if you were to marry Kagome?" The little demon suggested. Naraku flinched and glared at the little demon.

"What!?" Naraku growled. The little demon chuckled.

"Okay, hear me out. If you were to marry Princess Kagome, you would become the King." The little demon said with a smirk. Naraku thought about it for a minute and then grined from ear to ear. He walked back to the throne room and sat on the throne.

"A very intriguing idea my little demon friend." Naraku said with an evil glint in his eyes.

"And then we can teach them a lesson or two of how to really rule the Western Lands by making them slaves. If they don't follow orders or choose to not bow before you, then we can always kill them." The little demon suggested. Naraku chuckled evilly.

"I just love how evil your little mind works my demon friend." Naraku smirked evilly as he and the little demon began to laugh evilly.