Chapter 2

Kiyomi the high priest's daughter

The maiden's kimono was deep lavender with blue on the sleeves, but there were rips and tares all over it. The maiden's hair was a mess and bits of dirt stained her face.

"Please! You must help me!! I beg you!" yelled the maiden in a scared and desperate voice as she quickly sat up from the rough impact with Inuyasha. "Wait wait! Save you from what?!" Inuyasha said in a frustrated and confused manner. Right at the same moment as those words escaped from Inuyasha's mouth a gigantic monstrous demon, which appeared to look a lot like a dragon came flying at the maiden. The demon opened its jaws to show numerous razor-sharp fangs. Then it sent out a huge emerald colored energy blast at the maiden. The maiden's eyes widen and she instinctively put up her arms to cover her face. Just as the blast was about to hit her it was deflected by the swing of Inuyasha's huge sword. Inuyasha had jumped in front of the maiden and blocked the attack with his sword. The demon roared with anger. Kagome then suddenly realized the presence of a sacred jewel shard. At first she was to preoccupied but now she was sensing it strongly. Looking in Inuyasha's direction kagome shouted out, "There is a jewel shard near by!"

Inuyasha heard Kagome and leaped into the air and on to the demon's back. He held up his sword and tried to stab the demon in the back but the demon shook him off. Then the demon opened his jaw and sent out another huge energy blast straight for Inuyasha. Inuyasha jumped to the right and quickly evaded the attack. Inuyasha smirked and said, "Is that all you got?! WIND SCAR!" Inuyasha's wind scar attack hit the demon head on and an immense amount of light illuminate the whole area. Every one there shielded their eyes as the light sliced through the forest. Then finally the light cleared and as it did the demon was gone ...the only thing left was a medium size indention in the ground. Inuyasha turned and stared at the maiden and said with powerful eyes, "You have a lot of explaining to do lady." The maiden looked at Inuyasha and said, "Kind sir you will have your explanation as soon as I change out of my stained and torn clothes." Kagome walked over the maiden and politely said, "You can refresh your self back at our camp and talk when you're ready. The maiden flashed a mysterious and mischievous grin at Kagome but then quickly smiled sweetly at her and said thank you. Kagome was a bit startled by the look she received but thought she was just imagining things. Miroku, Inuyasha, Sango, Kagome and Shippo all walked back to camp with the maiden walking next to Kagome holding a bag.

When she got back to the camp the maiden walked over to the lake and looked around to check if anyone was around before she undressed. She saw that no one was there and gently sat down upon the grass next to the water's edge. She looked at her refection in the water and took out a towel from her bag and dipped it into the water. Then she cleansed her self with the towel to wipe of all the dirt that was on her. Then she quickly changed into a new kimono. It looked the same as the one she was wearing before but it wasn't torn or covered in filth. She brushed her hair then picked up her belongings and walked back to camp. When she arrived at camp all eyes were on her. Now that all the dirt was washed out of her face it revealed a gorgeous fair skinned young maiden, with determined brown eyes and a sweet smile. She appeared to be about Kagome's size but she looked about a year older. As she walked towards a place to sit down, her flowing black hair, which cascaded down her back, would sway slightly back and forth.

Miroku took one look at her and the sat up and took hold of her hands. The maiden was confused as Mirkou looked into her eyes and said, " Would you bare my children?" The maiden was speechless and didn't know how to react or what to say so she uttered, "uhhh...." Sango then hit Miroku over the head with the tip of her boomerang and said in an annoyed voice, "Miroku leave her alone she has been through enough, she doesn't need you to add to it!" A huge bump formed on miroku's head where sango had hit him. Miroku rubbed his head and said, "Ow! Was that really necessary!" Kagome went over to the still confused maiden and said, "Oh, don't mind miroku he is always like that but he is really a good guy once you get to know him." Inuyasha in an irritated manner said, "Just hurry up and tell us about your self and why on earth that demon was after you already!" Kagome glared at Inyasha and said, "Inuyasha! Be nice!" The maiden smiled and said, "It is alright...and he is right I do owe you good people an explanation."

"First of all my name is Kiyomi, I am the daughter of a very powerful high priest. When I was young my father had given me a gift to make me feel better after my mother's death." Kiyomi then paused and reached into her bag. She pulled out a golden chain with a jewel shard dangling from the center. At the sight of the shard Inuyasha yelled, "So it was you who had it! Not the demon!" Kiyomi looked at Inuyasha and said, "Yes it was I and because I have this shard many demons go after me. I see that you are a demon but cause of your appearance I would say your only half am I correct? Well I guess you want this shard to don't you? My father put a great spell on this shard and only I can touch it. All other's who try will be burned by the jewel's power. Inuyasha snickered and said. "Let me see that thing, I won't get burned..." Kiyomi handed it over to him and said, "Don't say I didn't warn you" The moment the jewel was in contact with his hand Inuyasha felt an intense burning sensation. Inuyasha immediately let go of the shard and yelled, "Damn! That really does burn!" Kiyomi smiled and said, "I wasn't lying any ways on with my story. Sadly my father passed away when I was 13 years old, which was 3 years ago. He had been killed by a horrible demon named Naraku in a fierce battle for power. My father was only trying to protect me from Naraku but died in the process.

After my father died Naraku destroyed my whole village and I barely escaped the destruction. I left the ruins of my village and searched far and wide for Naraku. I must avenge my father's death. Before my father died he had trained me chants and spells to use also he taught me how to use the power of the jewel shard to my advantage." Kagome looked at Kiyomi and said, I'm so sorry about your father, but the good thing is you are not alone. All of us here are also looking for Naraku and we all wish to destroy him. You can come along with us to look for the remaining jewel shards if you wish." Sango smiled at Kiyomi and said in a kind voice, "I know how you feel, I too lost my family to Naraku and I too want to avenge their death's." Inuyasha looked at Kiyomi and said, "Look you can come along with us but don't expect me to be saving you all the time!" Kagome glared at Inuyasha again and said, "Inuyasha!!" Inuyasha looked at kagome and said, "What! I'm just being honest. If she comes along with us I don't want to have to be saving her all the time because you are already a handful I don't need any more work!" Kiyomi laughed and said, "I'm happy to hear that you want me to go with you. I promise I won't be a burden on you Inuyasha. I know how to take care of myself." Shippo walked over to Kiyomi, hugged her and said, "It will be fun! You will see!" Miroku smirked and whispered to himself, "fun indeed."

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