Screams and yells erupted around Hakisuma as hundreds of demons were destroying the village. Dead bodies lay askew all across the roads. "Okaa-san! Otou-san! Kii!" Hakisuma yelled out. 'I have to get my parents and myself out of the village! She thought. A huge demon with blood dripping from its mouth heard her yelling and lumbered towards her. "AHH!!!" She screamed and ran away from the beast. The hideous creature reached for Hakisuma and grabbed her from around the waist. "Now what am I going to do?" She said out loud. "I have to find Okaa-san and Otou-san!"

"Heh, heh, heh....they were deliciousssss......!" the monster growled.

"NO! You're lying!" Hakisuma felt her heart quicken its pace and felt something part the hair above her head. "Ha!!!" She thought to herself as she suddenly notice that she was being brought closer to his putrid smelling jaws by the second. "GAH!" Hakisuma screamed. She slashed at the demon's fist with her now razor-sharp claws. The demon hissed and dropped Hakisuma.

"Fool!" he growled. He swiped at Hakisuma with his claws. She jumped nimbly and dodged it easily.

"Haiya! She barely scratched his hand. "Uh-oh..." Hakisuma muttered as she backed away. She turned and ran as fast as she could. "Okaa-san! Otou-san! Kii!" Hakisuma felt the hair on her head go back into place. "I'm human again...." She murmured. Hakisuma suddenly spots Kii under a pile of boards. "Kii! Hakisuma quickly scoops the tiny fire cat demon up and slips her into her own pocket. "The injuries can wait...I have to find Okaa-san and Otou-san and get out of here first..." Hakisuma thought.

A villager spots her and hurries over. Without a word he grabbed Hakisuma's elbow and pulled her out of the village. "NO! I have to find my parents!" Hakisuma practically sobbed. He simply shook his head and kept dragging Hakisuma.

"Your parents last wishes..." he said softly as they stopped in a forest.

"WHAT!!! They're....." Her voice shook and trailed off.

"Yes..." He replied sadly. "The evil doings of Naraku." They both stood in silence for a few moments.

Hakisuma stared at the ground unable to believe what she was hearing. "No...no...I won't believe it!" she shouted.

The villager shook his head sadly and sighed. "I have to go round up the survivors" he said. "Stay here and be careful" He quickly walked away and paused by a tree. "I forgot...here."

He threw Hakisuma a katana. "To protect yourself." And with that he disappeared into the trees. Hakisuma stared and the weapon she had caught numbly in her hands.

"Protect yourself" she muttered to herself. She jumped up a tree and settled down. Soon she fell asleep in the tree. (an hour passes by)

"What have we here?" A soft voice suddenly spoke beside Hakisuma's ear.

Startled, she woke up from her fitful sleep.