Before the war, Naraku sent Akira to a dark miko named Ichiko*, after he found that she was pregnant with his spawn. She really wasn't all that thrill to find that she having his spawn. She wanted to resent it, but she couldn't. It wasn't the spawn's fault that he/she existed. Besides, the spawn was hers. She just hoped that the spawn isn't as pathetic as its father, Naraku.

Ichiko was beautiful. She was tall and lean. She had doe-like brown eyes and long, wavy, black hair. She was also a black widow. She would go after rich man and then kill them after they consummated the marriage. She would poison them and leaving no trace of monetary means behind, even if the said unfortunate rich man had children. Hell, she would poison them, too. One time, she was trying to woo a rich man, who unfortunately had a grown son, who turned out to be a disguised Naraku as Kagewaki Hitomi. Naraku confronted her of her true intentions and he also revealed that he knew that she was really a dark miko. Naraku made a proposition, which Ichiko couldn't refused, that promised of wealth and power. The proposition was marriage to him, instead of his 'father'. Naraku wasn't foolish to think that she wouldn't kill him and fled. He made her vow in blood that she would serve him for as long as he lived. She promised and the rest was history.

Now that Naraku was dead, Ichiko was free from her vow to him. She took in Akira because of who she was and pregnant with Naraku's spawn.

Akira growled, "When will this thing come out?"

Ichiko looked at her stoically. "Soon. He'll be born soon, milady." She hated that she had to address the bitch as milady. After all, she was mated to the bastard before her, however, Naraku, wasn't really a prize to fight over. Yes, he was handsome and devilishly charming, but that's where it ends to her. Oh kami, their coupling was magnificent, too, but he wasn't the only male in the world, who was good in bed. So, she didn't really missed him at all. In fact, she had forgotten about him until Akira had shown up at her hut's entrance a few months ago.

"Milady, I am curious as for the reason he sent you to me. Do you know why?"

Akira thought for a moment. "No, he'd never said the reason why. All he did say was that he'd trust you to me and his offspring."

"What kind of relationship that you had with Naraku?"

Akira shrugged. "I was his mate... well, technically, his son's mate, Akuokaesu."

"Hn. What are you going to do now since that Naraku lost the war?"

Akira growled with malice. "I will bring down the west."

"Oh? How on earth are you going to do that?"

Akira smiled darkly. "I will kill the heart of the west. After the heart dies, the west will fall."

"The heart? What's the heart, milady?"

"Not what, but who," Ichiko gave her a look that she had no idea whats she's talking about. "Oh, don't play ignorant with me, Ichiko. I know that you know who the heart is."

"Would you care to enlighten me, then?"

Akira stared at her for a moment. "It's that bitch Kagome. Do you know Sesshomaru?"

"Yes, he's the lord of the west. Everyone should know who he is. Why?"

"Because Kagome is his mate. Once she's dead, Sesshomaru will loose himself to his beast and kill all those that are in his way. I could envision it, now. Her blood spilled and Sesshomaru becomes enraged and destroys himself. Have you ever heard of Kagome before?"

"No."

"Well, the bitch was the Shikon Miko and killed Naraku the first time around."

"Hmm. How are you going to go about this? It will take some well thought out plotting."

Akira smiled that actually sent chills down Ichiko's spine. "I know."

A few months later, Akira's pup had been born, which she felt relief from that simple fact. She'd named her son, Yamiko*. A fitting name for being the son of Naraku. The said pup had black hair like his father, but he had blood red highlights. He had emerald colored eyes like his mother.

Ichiko looked at Akira. "You shouldn't go and get your revenge."

Akira glared at her. "Why not?"

"Because you will die, that's why!"

"Why would you care?"

"I don't. It's just that... you have a pup, now, milady. You shouldn't go and be reckless. The pup needs his mother."

Ichiko may be an evil miko, but she has a soft spot for orphan children, unless of course, if said orphans were her late husbands' children, then well that was just unfortunate on their part. You know the saying, 'the wrong place at the wrong time.' Well, if you want to get technical about it, the wrong father at the wrong time or something similar to that anyways.

"Do you know how you want to go about your revenge? I mean, you can't just go to the Western Lands and assassinate Kagome or whomever!"

"Are you afraid, Ichiko? Do you fear that bastard lord of theirs?" The pup started crying. "Now, see what you did! You woke my son up!"

Ichiko glared at Akira. She thought about why the hell is she had to put up with her. She's no longer bound to that vile hanyou. "What do you want from me, Akira?"

Akira was breastfeeding her pup as she stared at Ichiko. She appeared to be thinking about her question. "I need to know some things, Ichiko."

"What kind of things?"

"My future and the future of my pup. Naraku told me that you could see the future and..."

Akira was interrupted by the dark miko. "I see. You want to know if you'll be successful, hmm?"

"Yes."

"I just told you, Akira, that you will die if you go through with this vengeance of yours."

"Naraku said that you had a grudge against Sesshomaru's sister. Is that true?"

"Tck," she thought. "Look Akira. That happened many years ago. It doesn't matter anymore."

"But it should, Ichiko," Akira paused for a bit. "You should get your revenge as well; not just me."

"Why?"

"Because it would feel great that you could deliver a fatal blow against your rival."

"Perhaps, but I want to live, Akira. That's the difference between you and I."

"So, you must be a coward, then."

Ichiko growled. "This one is no coward! I fear no one!"

"Then, prove it."

"Prove it? This one needs not to prove anything to you or anyone for that matter! I am Ichiko, the greatest sorceress of all Japan."

"Hn, that's what I'd been told. Just help me bring down the west."

"And what do I get in return?"

"You'll get anything you want. Just help this Akira to bring the west down to it's knees."

There was a moment of silence until Akira got impatient to hear her answer. "Well? Will you help me or not?"

"Fine, I will, but only on one condition."

"Yes."

"You will let me do all the planning."

"What?! You do all the planning!"

"I am doing you a favor, Akira. You have a newborn pup to take care of. As you could see, I don't have any servants, who you could order them around to take care of it."

"Hn, very well, then."

AN: If anyone doesn't remember Akira in my fanfiction, Sesshomaru and His Love, then I'll enlighten you. So, who was Akira? Akira was a daughter of the Minor Lord of the Southern District of the West, Kenryokuyoku. She's an obsessive red inuyoukai female that was after Sesshomaru for many years. She mated to Akuokaesu and Naraku. Now she has Naraku's son and wants revenge.

*Yamiko means dark child ('yami'=darkness + 'ko'=child) and *Ichiko means sorceress; medium; female fortuneteller.

Inuyasha (c) Rumiko Takahashi

Fanfiction & OCs (c) ladytari