~~Thank you to all my readers out there, I really appreciate the encouragement. If there is anything I can do to make my story better let me know. I do not own any Inuyasha characters, non-Inuyasha characters are mine unless stated otherwise.

The next day sprang on Inuyasha, he didn't even know the day had ended. 'What is going on with me? Why do I feel different?' Inuyasha thought to himself as he sat alone in the clearing by the river.

He brushed it off as him being foolish. He looked around himself, sniffed the air and even searched with is aura as far as he could, but he could not find Kikyo anywhere. He couldn't even catch her scent, he couldn't feel her presence. He was alone. He shrugged his shoulders leapt into a nearby tree to relax until Kikyo got back. He hoped she would be back.

Kikyo

Kikyo strolled into a cave that was miles from where Inuyasha was. "Finally, alone. Kami that half-breed mutt annoys the hell out of me. If I didn't need him for my plan I would kill him now. I should be grateful for having a body. I could still be searching for one, and this just so happens to be a Miko's body at that. This will be perfect, the well of power she has stored, I can use for myself. I can utilize my full power in this, after I contaminate her holy powers of course." She stated in a voice not her own. She sat in front of a cauldron full of a liquid mist unlike any other. She closed her eyes and inhaled as much of the mist as she could and felt the potion start to work. It was mixing with her holy energy, turning it from its normal blue to purple, turning from pure to evil and twisted. She was no longer Kikyo but someone else entirely.

Flashback

Kikyo was sitting under a tree, after Miroku and Sango left with Sesshomaru, absorbing the lost souls of little girls. Her soul stealers happen to find one that was possessed by a dark being.

Upon receiving that soul, the dark being was still possessing the little soul was also absorbed into her. Thus, her transformation into another being. This being forced back her holy powers and took control of her body, possessed her.

Outwardly she looked fine yet inside her was a soul so dark and powerful she could not fight it. Inuyasha, depressed at the loss of his friends, did not notice the change in her aura. He never caught the change in her scent. He did not see her eyes change color or her hair lengthen to unnatural lengths. He was oblivious to it all and she did not make a sound. It happened so quickly that she did not have time to prepare for it.

Inside Kikyo, her own soul was sealed away in a cage almost like youkai lock up their inner beast. She was trapped inside her own body. She could not speak, could not see, could not call upon her holy powers. She was lost and Inuyasha did not know it.

"Dead woman, thank you for giving me your body. I was searching for one for so long now." The entity spoke to her in a silky-smooth voice, "What are you going to do? What do you want?" she tried to voice, but the sound wouldn't come. It laughed, "I want the world dear Miko." "you can hear me?" she questioned "of course, I am the one holding you captive. It is my power that possess you." It laughed harder "Why me?" she cried in silent words "I did not choose you, you chose me. You absorbed that little girls' soul that belonged to me since birth. That girls mother gave her soul to me for fortune and power. I am the reason she died, she was not a good enough container for my power. I stayed with her soul to find another, yet your shikigami snatched it up before I could. Blame your unnatural existence. Blame yourself for all I care."

It laughed "Show yourself to me!" she demanded "Foolish woman who belongs with the dead, you want to see what I look like?" it reviled its eyes. Black, the blackest black she has ever saw. It showed her its teeth, razor sharp. Not like the youkai she normally encountered. Its teeth were sharper, whiter (if that was such a thing). Then its face, pure perfection. He looked as if he was carved from the finest marble slab ever created. Skin grey as ash yet it held a shine like no other. Its hair was long and thick and rich with curls. She could see the many different hues of blue that melded together in a battle for dominance. Dark blue leading to lighter tones until it ended in pure white. His body, slender yet muscular. He wore simple black hakamas with a matching black haori. His hands, home to sharp claws colored black.

"Who are you" she asked with a fear like no other. "Lamia." With the utterance of THAT name Kikyo screamed at the top of her lungs. She screamed a scream that would've shattered all the glass in the world, if the sound ever came out, but it was silent. That is how he left her, screaming that silent scream only he could hear. He closed his eyes and relished in the sound. 'My time has finally come. Amaterasu, how will you stop me now?' with that thought he looked out into the world from Kikyo's eyes. He touched the ground with her hands and spoke with her voice. He peered into her mind and accessed all the memories she had and used that knowledge to his advantage. If he was in a woman's body, might as well use it to its fullest. He looked to Inuyasha, 'hum a half breed. I shall corrupt his soul make him my slave.' With that he sent his aura into Inuyasha and started to change it without him knowing.

End Flashback

"I feel my strength coming to me." He spoke as he continued to inhale the mist from the potion he made. The potion was meant to fully subdue Kikyo's holy energy and replace it with his own unholy powers. He allowed his true appearance to take shape, contorting Kikyo's feminine form into one of muscle and manly tone. After he finished with the cauldron he stood and stretched out. How long has it been since he was able to move around on the earth, to smell the scents and taste the air in a physical form. He enjoyed himself for a while. 'I have to get back to that mutt soon. I should thank him, had it not been for him bringing this woman to this location I would have never found her.' He sneered and changed back into Kikyo's form and left to find Inuyasha. There was much work to be done and he knew he did not have much time.

He would use the time he had to manipulate Inuyasha and get him ready for the battle to come. Lamia had plans to take over the world, he would turn it into a hell where youkai and human alike would not be safe. He would annihilate the entire world and reshape it in his image. There would be no more humans or youkai. There would be no more life or laughter, only pain and blood. He smiled at that as he called Kikyo's shikigami to him. They wrapped themselves around who they thought was their master and carried "her" to Inuyasha as instructed.

In Heaven

Amaterasu watched sadly as Lamia captured Kikyo's body and sealed her soul in a cage. It was then that she entered purgatory to retrieve Toga. With Toga alive again, she hoped they could defeat Lamia and restore order to the chaos he would unleash. For as powerful as she was, she was bound to the afterlife not able to enter the realm of the living. Toga, Sesshomaru, Kagome and Mitsuki were the only ones strong enough to defeat him. She knew he would work at a moderate pace. Since time was different for them, 10 years on earth was the equivalent of 1 year.

With Toga

'10years, Toga. You have 10years.'

Toga was just starting to move his legs freely when a thought not his own pierced his mind. "10years Toga. You have 10years' He paused where he was to look around.

"10years. 10years for what? What will happen? I need to get to my son quickly.' He spoke to himself as he slowly lifted one leg then the next. He continued this slow motion until he was fully walking. When he tried to speed up, his muscles spasmed and he fell to the ground in an unpleasant thud. 'Damnit! I was so close' he pushed himself up and started again. He kept this up well into the night.

Being youkai, he didn't need sleep or food as humans did, so he just kept practicing. By dawn he was running at human speeds. 'Knowing my son, he will probably try to kill me before letting me speak. I should seek a weapon before going to him.' Luckily his senses were still in tip top shape. He sniffed the air and waited until a familiar scent drifted pass his nostrils, Totosai. He started to run to the North-East of where he was. He would get Totosai to craft him a fine sword. One to rival Souunga, without the evil spirits trying to take him over.

TBC…

Thank you so much for reading, let me know what you think about it. It took me all day to think this chapter up (I was at work). In the next chapter we will see how Sesshomaru is doing with more humans around.

Until next chapter, again I hope you enjoyed.

FYI: Lamia-demon of the pit

Amaterasu- Shining over Heaven