"Inuyasha, I sense a jewel shard," Kagome told him.

"Where?" Shippou asked jumping on Kagome's right shoulder.

"Over there," she claimed pointing at a small village, overlooking a hill.

Sango quickly went behind a tree and changed incase of demons. Kirara changed into her demon form. Miroku and Sango jumped on her back and took off. Inuyasha grabbed Kagome and jumped up. As they got close to the village, they got a little cautious, suspecting a demon. When they arrived at the village, they noticed all was peaceful.

"I don't smell a demon. I actually smell priestess," Inuyasha informed the gang, sniffing the air for demons.

Sango asked Inuyasha, "How can you smell priestess?"

"Priestess have a slight smell. Not strong but still detectable," Inuyasha commented.

"There!" Kagome stated pointing at a young woman with short jet black hair.

Before any of them could react Miroku went straight up to the woman.

Saruwatari's POV

A man about my age ran up to me.

"Will you bare my child?" the man, that I noticed to be a monk, asked.

I could feel a slight blush. A woman with dark brown hair hit him on the top of the head.

"Shut it, Miroku," the woman sneered.

Then a dog demon, that I know to be Inuyasha, a young woman with black hair, and a young fox demon ran up to me. I heard Inuyasha and his friends were searching for the shards. I didn't want to cause any trouble, so I took out my shard and handed it to the young woman with black hair.

"I suspect that this is what you are searching for," I smiled.

"Yes, thank you," the young woman bowed.

I bowed and asked, " For your trouble of coming out of your way to come to the village, would you like some tea?"

"Yes, thank you," they all bowed except Inuyasha.

I lead them to my hut. I heated up some tea and they sat around the fire.

"I am Saruwatari, but you can just call me Saru," I told them bowing my head and sitting down next to the monk.

"I am Miroku," the monk told me.

The woman with the dark brown hair introduced herself as Sango

"I am Kagome"The young woman introduced herself and also stated "This is Inuyasha".

The young fox demon grabbed my rob and said, "I'm Shippou,".

A cat like creature got on my lap, laid down, and fell asleep. As I pet it, it purred.

"That's Kirara, she never liked someone so quickly," Sango noted.

A little flea appeared and stood in front of me. He spoke, "Lady Saru, have you ever been told that you look a lot like the dead Priestess Midoriko?" Everyone gasped in agreement but Inuyasha, he just looked intrigued.

"My mother told me, my father and my mother suspected I was a reincarnation because of my scar," I answered.

"What scar?" the flea asked.

I opened my kimono just enough to show my scar. Miroku grabbed my kimono and pulled it further down to reveal my breasts.

"I can't see," Miroku stated still having a hold of my kimono.

I screamed and pulled my kimono away. I covered my breasts and my scar up and looked away.

"Miroku!" Everyone yelled.

Kagome and Sango slapped him and Inuyasha punched him.

"You idiot!" Inuyasha yelled.

Everyone went back to normal and looked at me.

"That's amazing that you have that scar" Kagome smiled.

"Before I forget, I purified the shard for you," I stated trying to forget what Miroku did.

"What? You purified the shard? We thought that was impossible," everyone yelled shocked.

"The reincarnation has the powers of the person they are reincarnated of. Like Kagome, who has the sacred arrows, Saru has the gift of purifying the shikon shards," the flea explained.

"It took me a week, but I figured out how to purify the shard," I smiled.

The pot whistled and I got up. I poured the tea and handed it out. They all took it and said thank you.

"I would be honored if you would all stay the night. I have spare beds, so you do not have to worry," I said with a smile.

"Thank you, we would love to," Kagome smiled.

"If you will excuse me, I need to go make the beds,"

I paused for a second to get some spare blankets and heard their conversation.

"You jerk, Miroku! You should be glad she's letting us stay the night!" Sango sneered.

"I am, very glad to be staying the night because I may be able to see her beautiful face once more," Miroku commented.

I heard a smack. I suspected Sango hit Miroku.

"Why can't you control your hormones around her? Pulling on her kimono was the most stupid and disgusting thing you have ever done!" Kagome sneered.

I grabbed the sheets and went to the bedrooms to change the sheets. I thought it was enough eaves-dropping. When I was done making all the beds I sat back down next to the monk. He had huge bruises on his head. A few seconds later we heard cheering.

"It is time for dinner. The villagers always have a huge dinner," I informed them.

We all got up and went to eat. When we were done I showed them to their beds. Inuyasha jumped on the roof and watched the forest. I went into my room and changed into my light armor and put my light kimono on over it. I put my two swords on my side and walked outside. I noticed Inuyasha watching me. I smiled slightly to myself.

'Maybe I can prove to Inuyasha that a priestess reincarnation can have great fighting skills. Inuyasha reminds me of my dead half-brother, Kazu, no he is not dead...maybe..no I must get that thought out of my head...I hate Naraku. I may have never seen him, but my brother supposedly said the man who attacked him was Naraku. When Inuyasha and his gang leave I will go on my own journey to search for Naraku and Kazu,' I thought.

I stopped and cried slightly. He was only fourteen and I was only ten when he ran away. 'Why did they say he died, when they know he didn't die? Why didn't he come back? Is he really dead?' I thought crying my eyes out. I wiped my eyes and kept walking.

Inuyasha POV:

'Why is she crying?' I thought looking at Saru.

She reminds me more of Kagome, then I thought. She's all alone, but why? Was it Naraku? She seems more of a sister then a girlfriend. Why do I feel this way? She's about Miroku's age but she doesn't talk about her family. Maybe I should get to know this Saruwatari, but I have to remember to not make a fool of myself, like I do with Kagome.

Saru's POV:

I looked at the trees and quickly pulled my kimono off. I took out my sword and started attacking the trees. After ten minutes, I pulled out my heavier sword and started to try and cut down trees with one swing. I managed to get a few, but then I put it back and started to battle the trees with my bare hands. After a bit, I heard a swoosh and I turned around and hit it. It was Inuyasha! We started to battle each other with out communication. He kicked me in the stomach and I fell to the ground. He watched me try to get up.

"You need to learn to take some attacks. You can't battle if you can't take some attacks," Inuyasha barked.

I got up and leaned against a tree. My stomach hurt, but I ignored it. I pushed against the tree and attacked him with my right fist. I took some kicks and a lot of punches. My body was hurting all over but I kept ignoring the pain and attacking him. Inuyasha was way to fast. He kept dodging all my attacks. I quickly did a drop kick. It surprised him and he fell to the ground. I quickly got on top of him and started to punch him. He punched me in the stomach, I took it and punched back. He grabbed my shoulders and threw me off. I hit my head against a tree. I sat unconscious against the tree. He walked over to me and shook me awake.

"Let's work on sword fighting. Take out your heavier sword," Inuyasha barked.

He is reminding me of my brother so much now. Pretending not to care, but knowing I was okay. I got up and took out my heavier sword. We battled for what seemed like hours and probably was. He some how managed to get my sword out of my hand and get me to the ground. I looked at him then quickly took out my lighter sword. We battled some more and it took him less time to get my sword out of my hands and me to the ground.

"What do I need to work on now?" I asked calmly.

"You wait to much for the attacks. You need to ignore the urges to defend and attack more. Get your heavier sword and let's battle," Inuyasha ordered.

I put my lighter sword away and took out my heavier sword. We battled for awhile. When the sun came up Inuyasha jumped away from my attack and put his sword away. I got the hint and also put my sword away also. When I looked at him, I noticed he was slightly smiling. I smiled back as I was huffing and puffing. That was more of a work out then I planned. I then fell to the ground from exhaustion.