It had been seven years since Naraku's defeat.
Kagome and Inuyasha had married, Miroku was running around constantly with three kids, while Sango continued her career as a demon slayer. Shippo was training to be a great fox demon, even asking help from Inuyasha. Kohaku had become a brilliant demon slayer, fighting with Kirara by his side.
It seemed great, the happy ending. Yet the world was not yet quite done with The Sacred Jewel, unknown to the group of friends who had destroyed it and the demon who possessed it.
Rin awoke to her life in the village, as she always had, not expecting any changes.
She'd never know how wrong she was.
Rin changed her clothing, avoiding footwear at all costs, grabbing her sword and walking out the door.
She gently combed her hair as she walked through the village, tying up a small portion of it at the top of her head as she always had.
Yawning, Rin stumbled upon one of Sango and Miroku's daughters, "Morning." she said politely.
"Good morning, Rin!" She exclaims, waving and running off to her twin.
Rin skipped along the pathway, humming a tune.
Unfortunately, moments of peace are quickly interrupted.
A scream rang out, and Rin quickly rushed to see what was wrong, shortly followed by Kagome, Sango and Inuyasha.
Rin gasped, startled. On the outskirts of the village, a man was dead.
She glanced, unsure of what the cause was.
There was deep wounds, the man looked no more than human. Curious, Rin stepped to take a closer look.
"Hm.." She acknowledged them, unsure of the cause. Any demon, human or half-demon could do this if they were strong enough.
Though, looking at them, she supposed it wasn't done by a human..
"This is quite some damage.." Sango observed, examining the corpse.
Rin walked carefully around the body, and inspected a trail of blood.
Stepping around it as to not get blood on her feet, she gripped her sword as she heard a 'roar'.
Gasping, she stayed quiet and listened, drawing near to the forest where her 'uncle' once resided.
A demon pops up, and she can't make out what kind it is as it immediately attacks her.
Drawing her sword and dodging quickly, Rin runs up to it and slashes it.
The demon, which Rin recognised as an ogre demon, quickly attacks Rin with unusual speed, hitting her with its fist and sending her flying backwards.
Rin cried out, hitting a tree.
'Why is this demon so strong? I never get hit..'
She panicked, looking around for a solution, hoping that she wasn't going to die here.
It drew closer to her, about to strike again, or pick her up and eat her, or.. She really didn't know, but she was prepared for worst.
Luckily for her, however, a lighting bolt hit the ogre from the side, doing a fair bit of damage.
Soten fell into view, firing another lighting bolt, instantly finishing the demon.
Breathing heavily, the thunder demon wiped sweat from her forehead as she approached the dead demon, which fell apart.
Rin noticed something shiny on the ground, and went to pick it up. It was small, and looked either white or light pink.
"Thank you, Soten." She said politely, examining the item.
"No problem, Rin." Soten said, rushing to hug Rin.
Rin smiled as she was pulled into a hug by the thunder girl, a faint blush on her cheeks.
"What's that?" Soten asked, looking at the shard.
"I'm not sure.."
Normally, she would've thought it a jewel shard, but she knew very well that the sacred jewel had been destroyed..
So what was this, then?