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"Ow! That was a little too hard Sakora." says Saraja as her friend was helping her train.
"It has to be. How else are going to learn?" she counters back.
"It didn't have to be that hard." she says, rubbing the black and blue mark that was now spreading up her arm.
"You're not focusing. Concentrate Saraja."
"I am." she complains. She tosses her midnight back hair away from her eyes. Her hair, eyes, and tail are black. Her ears however are white. Sakora has tiger striped hair, ears, and tail. Her eyes are of an amber color. She watches Saraja.
"Do you want to go again?"
"Of course." They both get into attack stances and parry each other some more. Saraja starts to get better and every time she disarms Sakora, Sakora praises her. Finally, they both decide to stop and have lunch. They both walk across the field and find a stream nearby. They sit down and Saraja unpacks some food. She hand some over to Sakora who takes a bite of fish.
"Hey Saraja?" asks Sakora after a while. "When we find and destroy the bandits, what are you going to do?"
"Find some more and get rid of them I guess." she says, shrugging. "What about you?"
"Me? I guess finding a village then find someone who loves me the way I am and marry and provide for a family."
"Good luck. Nobody likes half demons."
"What about Korano?"
"He was special." she agrees (The lord's son in their village. All I'm going to say right now). Saraja looks at her.
"Whatever paths we choose or whatever happens along the way, know you are like a sister to me." She smiles.
"And you are like a sister to me too." Saraja smiles and finishes with her lunch. They both get up and start to head to the village rumored to be attacked by the same bandits they were both looking for.
It's about mid afternoon when Saraja and Sakora decide that they're lost.
"Hmmm. I don't think we shouldn't have gone this way." says Saraja as they both hit a dead end.
"Wait, Saraja. Do you sense anything?"
"Yes." She sniffs the air. "A human and at least two demons."
"Maybe they will help us."
"Or not." mutters Saraja but they head back down the path as fast as they both could go. They reach it and come into contact with the travelers. They see a human girl no older than seven or eight riding on a demon, an imp and from what they could tell a full blooded demon. He has long, silver hair, cold, hard eyes, and a stern look. He looks at both Saraja and Sakora. Right away, Saraja knew he didn't like her or Sakora.
"Excuse me. My friend and I are lost. Can you tell us were the village of Kaja is?" He looks at them coldly.
"I don't waist time on half breeds like yourselves." he practically spits out. He pushes past with the imp hurrying after him.
"But my Lord Sesshomaru. We must help." cries out the girl.
"Do whatever you want. Don't fall behind." She looks at Saraja.
"Keep on following the path. The village is not far off."
"Thank you." she says, surprised the girl knew. Saraja looks at the demon named Sesshomaru. "Like the others." she says. "He hates us."
"His brother is like you." Saraja and Sakora look at her in surprise.
"Brother?" asks Sakroa.
"What is his name?" asks Saraja.
"Inuyasha I believe." She looks ahead and sees that they are almost at the end of the path.
"I've got to go." She urges her steed and they go off. Saraja watch them go.
"Come on Saraja. I want to get there before nightfall." prompts Sakora.
"Right." Saraja tears her eyes away and follow the path that she was instructed to take. After a little while, they come across the village and stand there in shock. There are bodies strewn everywhere and most of the huts are burned down. They can smell the odor of the bandits and of the human's blood. After a while of staring, Sakora suggests that they should get to work burying the bodies. Saraja agrees and start to work. Sakora digs the graves as Saraja gathers the bodies. After a while, they take a break.
"There goes a chance to be able to talk to someone." says Saraja, wiping away drips of sweat that were rolling down her face. They then hear a commotion not far from where they are. Saraja smells humans, demons, and to her surprise, a half demon. They hear a girl cry out.
"Inuyasha!" Saraja runs forward, Sakora behind. They then see the scene ahead. A half demon dressed in red, a kitsune, a two tailed, a monk, and a demon slayer. Saraja then sees the girl. She's dressed weird but she could feel spiritual powers emanating from the girl.
"She's a priestess?" Saraja wonders. They were all attacking a demon. It sees Saraja and Sakora and starts to head their way. The group also spots Saraja and Sakora.
"Get out of the way." yells the monk.
"What do you think Sakora? I could get rid of this demon."
"I know you can." she says. Saraja nods and take out the sword. It charges at her.
"You think you can defeat me?" it hisses.
"It can talk?" Saraja smirks. "Trust me. I can." She runs at it.
"She's crazy." says the monk. Saraja leaps and plunges her sword at its back. It goes in. The demon shrieks and falls over. Saraja lands gracefully and stabs at it again. She sees something fall out. She picks it up. It's a piece of a jewel shard.
"Saraja." She looks and sees Sakora run up along with the travelers. Saraja puts her sword away.
"The piece of the jewel shard." says the girl. "Can we have it?"
"Don't bother Kagome." said the half demon. "They're half demons and are probably looking for the shards as well." Saraja laughs.
"You've got it all wrong. Sure we're half demons but the jewel shards are not our goal. In fact, we don't even want them." They look at her with stunned looks.
"Half demons who don't want the shikon no tama? How interesting." said the monk. Saraja hands the shard over to the girl.
"Here. I don't want it." Saraja turns to Sakora. "Come on. We've still got a lot to do." She nods.
"Wait" says the girl. They both look at her.
"What do you need to do? Maybe we can help."
"There is a village that was rumored to be attacked by bandits, the ones my friend and I are tracking. Turns out that they left no one alive so we are burying the bodies."
"Why are you tracking them?" asks the demon slayer.
"Because..." Saraja falters. "They attacked my friend's and my village as well and left everyone but us dead. We are tracking them and plan on killing them in avenge for our village."
"All by yourselves?" asks the monk in disbelief.
"Trust us. We have more than what meets the eye." she says. "Your help will be very thankful." She smiles." I'm Saraja and my friend is Sakora."
"I'm Kagome." says the girl. "This is Sango, Miroku, Shippo, Inuyasha, and Kirara." Saraja looks at Inuyasha
"So, you're Inuyasha. We heard so much from your demon brother." she says, getting a little sarcastic.
"Sesshomaru? When did you meet him?" he asks.
"Not too long ago." says Sakora.
"Nice brother you have."
"Are you serious?" asks Kagome.
"No." Saraja looks up in the sky and sees that it's starting to get dark.
"Come on. This will probably take a lot of time." She turns and leads Sakora and the group of travelers to the village.
