INUYASHA: SEALED FATES UNLEASHED

By: Lady JenDragon

Disclaimer: Not mine…

Author Notes: And just when you think you know everything.

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Slighted Hand

Asaia, tall and elegant, arrived at the cliff above the ocean, her silver-blue kimono swaying in the strong breezes coming off the water. Her hair stretched out behind her facing the winds blowing around her. The skies were gray and thick clouds hung low over the crashing waves. An old woman sat on a stone bench carved in place wrapped in rags and hidden from view.

"Well played." Asaia sat down. "Atokiyada."

Atokiyada removed her headdress and smiled as she leaned back against the bench. Her silver kimono shimmered in the moonlight. Her hair, long and white like Asaia, hung down towards the ground but never quite touching. She appeared amused rather than defeated.

"Certainly better than the last crew you congregated to defeat me. Demons and humans working together!" She was insulted. "Really, your psychosis knows no bounds, Asaia." She paused. "I swore I had you this time."

Asaia smiled at the thought. "It took me years to locate all the right characters. To find each one with just the right amount of talent that when brought together would cause us more harm than good. However, bringing them together was the major issue." She smirked. "That was more luck than finesse under the agreed game conditions."

"Using the Bone Eaters Well against me." Atokiyada thought about the match. "Kept your miko hidden and Inuyasha focused until the end. I thought I had him. Well played, sister."

"Inuyasha was certainly a character." Asaia smiled sweetly. "Humans and demons could do much together. The world will be a better place for them being friends." She paused then asked. "So what did you do to Sesshomaru exactly?" Asaia looked at Atokiyada. "He will never forgive you for bringing him to his knees."

Atokiyada shrugged. "Does it really matter?" She leaned her head back and looked over at Asaia.

"I'm serious." Asaia had to know. "I need to know."

Atokiyada let a small smile touch her lips. "Let's just say he won't forget me anytime soon."

Asaia smiled connivingly. "You found his button?"

"More than that." Then Atokiyada lost her smile. "Though he'd want me dead. It was just a humiliation to have him bound in such a manner." Then she waved him off. "Sesshomaru takes things far too seriously."

"Sesshomaru certainly kept your minions busy." Asaia pointed out. "He was one of the more powerful demons."

"Considering who his father was, yes." Atokiyada shrugged. "I expected nothing less."

Silence hung between them for several moments.

"They will forget in a few days anyway." Atokiyada sighed. "Probably for the best they forget this particular nightmare."

Asaia appeared mildly amused. "We should not be too hard on these lesser beings. They endured so much at our hands."

"It will be interesting to see how their future unfolds." Atokiyada got to her feet and said with a smile. "I believe I will visit Sesshomaru after he forgets me. That is one demon I would not mind getting to know better."

There was a twinkle from a star in the sky.

Asaia nodded and got to her feet as well. "Come. Father is expecting us."

Atokiyada paused to look at Asaia. "So…in about ten thousand years then?"

"Make it twenty thousand years." Asaia shrugged. "We will have more time to become legends again."

Atokiyada thought for a moment then nodded she agreed at the concept.

Together Asaia and Atokiyada disappeared from Earth.

At least for now…

ALAS WE COME TO

THE END

OF THE STORY

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Story By:

Lady JenDragon

Original Inuyasha Characters By:

Rumiko Takahashi

Supporting new characters by:

Lady JenDragon

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