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Chapter 4

Kagura huffed angrily, annoyed at having been forced to waste her time with this worthless pair of humans. Well, apparently, not worthless if Naraku had sent her and Kanna to keep an eye on them. Well, whoever they were, they were strong, absurdly so. This pair had, for five consecutive days, killed off the steady stream of demons and saimyosho sent by her master as if they were nothing. Now she would have to see what could kill more than a sum of one hundred ten demonic creatures without batting an eye.

~ xOx ~

Not far behind the pair of incarnations, but still too far to notice them, the group of friends drew closer and closer to their goal. It had been a relatively and suspiciously smooth journey, of which meant Naraku was more than a little hell bent on capturing, or worse, killing the people they sought.

Neither was the concentration of demons exaggerated in any shape or form. Everywhere they looked a demon could be spotted, and none were exactly weak. Though many were rather peaceful residents of the thick wood, a few did foolishly attack the group, inevitably meeting their end. It was exhausting, but it had to be done, and the frequent sleepless nights they were forced to endure did nothing to help. Wearily, they continued, the present day soon to mark the end to their ten day journey.

Suddenly, they stumbled onto a clearing where no demons could be found. The sudden lifting of the ever present demonic aura they had grown used to put them instantly on edge. Tense and wary, they braced for a battle, but no such thing ever came. They were instead greeted by that abrupt sense of safety that they had blundered into, free from the polluted forest soaked in demonic power.

"Why wouldn't there be any demons here?" asked Kagome. "It's kind of weird, don't you think?"

"Yes," agreed Miroku. "It's almost as if there was a barrier of some sort."

"But then how could Inuyasha, Kirara and Shippo enter?" questioned Sango. "Shouldn't they also be kept out if that was true?"

"Nope! But you're right about the barrier," replied a childish voice cheerily.

Startled, they all turned warily to the source of this new voice.

To their far, far left stood a small girl of about five years of age. Her skin was a light caramel hue, her eyes, a pale silvery green, warm and bright. Her wavy, curled hair was a light pastel purple that flowed messily down a few inches below her shoulders, her bangs falling just above her eyes. She wore a magenta kimono, the gold sash that held it together tied neatly into a butterfly shape in the back. In her hands she held a small batch of wild flowers, not a true bouquet, and a happy smile graced her rosy lips.

"So there is a barrier…hey," Kagome said, "who are you? Why are you here? It's dangerous."

"No it's not," the small girl replied with a giggle. "There's a barrier silly! Why should I worry? But you didn't come all the way here to visit Mama and Papa just to worry about me, right?"

"'Mama and Papa'?" Miroku repeated, confused.

"Yes! Mama and Papa are waiting for you!" she ran to him and pulled on his sleeve. "Come on, come on! Mama doesn't like to be kept waiting, even though Papa doesn't really mind. But, oh, Mama won't like it one bit!"

"Wait, you just expect us to go with you? We don't even know who the hell you are or who these parents of yours are" scoffed Inuyasha.

"Yes," replied the little girl, "I think you should come with me. And my name is Sana. Kobayashi Sana. Now, come on! Mama won't be happy if you make her wait for too long."

"But why would she get upset?" asked Sango. "It's not like-"

"They know you're already here? They knew the moment you entered this forest."

A/N: Aaaaand it reverts to short chapters. Sorry, sorry. But yay for dramatic endings to chapters :3 And now I have introduced one of three OCs, Kobayashi Sana. Her creation was like, a year and a half after her parents initial creation. How I love them so. She also has a little brother named Shiro, but he isn't born until she's nine since Sana's nine years older and she'd be ten when he's one. Oh, and a little clearing up. I HAVE read/watched the complete series. I just realized that I had made it look like I haven't in the first author note I wrote. Sorry about that ^-^;; And pardon grammar and such mistakes, I have no beta, just myself to correct my own writing and I tend to overlook some things.

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