Hola~! How's everyone doing? Good? good. Thanks for the reviews guys~ glad you're liking the story, and I can see a lot of people don't seem to like Sayuri, which is good. Because I intended to have a difficult character brought in that Kaname has to deal with! (Gyahahahaha~! I'm so EVIL!) And yes, I know there is already a character known as Kanna/Kana in the Inuyasha univers, I appreciate you pointing it out, but Kanna/Kana can be someone else's name. It was one of the popular name's back in the day (...I Think), Just like how both Takeshi was also a common first name, and yamamoto a common surname.

Anyway~ This chapter is where the cannon begins, but kagome and kanames reunion wont be for a while... Probably...Not too sure when i'll put that in.

Meh.

Enjoy~!

Because...Falling light's in the sky?

Month's had passed since sayuri became my apprentice, it was now the middle of the winter month's. Luckily for her, she did have a tiny bit of spiritual power, so I didn't have to awaken it or shove some of mine into her so she could gather some of her own...

Unluckily for her, since it was a tiny bit, I got to work her like a dog to get it to a decent level. There were also the weapon lessons she had to do as well- she chose archery- so, she had to build up muscle. And to build up muscle she had to work out so she could evade demons and have a better chance of survival. Then there was the meditating, she kept falling asleep a few minutes into it, because of that she accumulated a few bruises from me waking her up. She fainted the first time she came with me to deliver a baby from another village, thankfully the mother didn't get offended by it- she found it hilarious and that kept her calm through the whole thing- since she was holding the hot water which spilled everywhere when she fell down, so we still got a small reward. She so far can hold off a bear with her arrows, and she can keep up with the hunters, but I decided not to let her take on any demons unless I approve of them. And during the times when bandits had actually dared to try and ransack the village, I put her on guard duty as the villagers made their way towards the shrine.

And god did the girl complain. She thought she could take on a few bandits, she could use her arrows, she could drive off the filthy bandits she said.

Cocky little shit. Even when she kept complaining, I didn't relent and left her there as I killed bandit after bandit. Their leader was a very large and fat man who wielded an ax, I was fascinated on how the horse didn't collapse under the sheer weight of the man. The poor thing looked so tired, so I decided to save him, I didn't even need to draw my weapon as I kicked the man off the horse. When he was down I had quickly went up to him and stomped my foot onto his throat, collapsing it and securing his death. I was about to kill one of the other men, when I had heard the unmistakable cry of my stupid apprentice.

Sure enough, when I had looked, she had somehow gotten herself captured by one of the men. He held a dagger up to her throat, and started to threaten me, of all people, to not move or he would slit her throat open.

I had deadpan him.

Apparently, despite my orders, the little ungrateful shit had gone out and tried to prove herself...again. She was being stupid and didn't notice or even keep an eye on her surroundings, thus leading her to get caught and to now. She was crying and hiccuping, a bruise on her face and blood seeping through her shoulder, obviously she was expecting me to save her. She was wrong on that, I had informed the bandits that they were making a mistake, and that I would not care if they killed her. Both them and her seemed shocked at that statement, she looked at me like I betrayed her or something, making me stare at her coldly. So, I told her that she had disobeyed me – The fucking person who she has bothered and almost died to get as a teacher- and had gotten herself into this mess, if she wanted to live then she better figure out a way to save herself. Because I was going to attack regardless of whether she was in the way or not, these fools decided to target my loved ones, and also decided to take the wrong person hostage since I didn't necessarily think of her as a loved one.

I don't exactly remember how she had gotten free, I was focused on the sounds of the bandits pleading and agonizing yowls of pain, and making their last living moments hell on earth. After that I just dumped their bodies outside of the village, the demons could eat them instead of trying to get into the village this time.

Sayuri never disobeyed me again, knowing that if she did, that I would leave her for dead without a second thought.

At the moment it was night, sayuri was sleeping in her room, and lord Sesshomaru was visiting for once during winter. He wasn't in his usual tree, the leaves were dead and wouldn't be back until spring, so we moved our spot to the courtyard where the tree I had accidentally grew was located, the leaves never fell away because of the power coursing through it, because of that he had decided to take residents in it so I still couldn't see him. The last two years he has never tried to visit when it started to snow, it's not that it bothered him or anything, but he just found it annoying to travel in. I was pleasantly surprised when he started to answer some of my questions about him, he didn't say much, but I'm happy with his short clipped answers. He had told me about his kingdom, how different it was from human villages and culture. I had asked how old he was, and I found out he was over 200 years old. I had questioned him about that, because he sounded fairly young to be over 200 years old, but he said that demons age differently then humans. When I asked about family, he seemed to not want to talk about it, and I was about to ask something else before he answered. Sesshomaru did have a sibling, but he didn't seem to like his younger half-brother. I was told it was because of his little brother that his father had left his mother for another woman, and his father had also died for them.

"So, you are angry at him for taking your father away before you could defeat him?" I stated, just to make sure I had gotten all of that. He confirmed it with a hum, I didn't know how to feel about him wanting to defeat his father, but maybe it's a right that male demons go through? I thought with a pursed lip. Or, maybe a way of bonding? I decided to shrug it off, I would probably offend him if I assumed anything. "My lord?"

"Hn."

"Is that the only reason you dislike your half-brother?" I questioned, because that can't be the only reason for him to hate him...could it? Well, I could certainly hate any half sibling for causing my mother and father to split up, then also be the cause of my fathers death. I thought with a tilt of my head. In fact, I was sure I would have killed the other woman once I found out she had an interest in my father...not that father would have ever left my mother, but still, I'd have done it. He was quiet for a bit, I could see his eye's staring at the moon, deep in thought.

"Years ago, a Tribe of panther demon's and their leader tried to take over the west, my fathers domain, but failed and only had a decimated army, shattered pride and a slain king to show for it." He said, breaking the small silence, I could detect that small tone that said 'what else would have happened?' when he talked about their defeat. I notice his eye's harden slightly as he spoke, "About fifty years ago they had come back, replenished with soldiers, for revenge. Both for their leader and pride. They had gotten confident because of my fathers demise, believing that since he is no loner here, that they could take the western lands. I had waited for them at the border, some lower demons who had owed my father had also come to fight under me." he paused, irritation was radiating off of him, "Because this was a battle and an enemy of our father's, I had sent Jaken to go and fetch Inuyasha- the half-breed- since I had thought he had enough honor to fight for our sire...But, I had discovered that he had given his heart to a mortal woman, a miko, who had sealed him to a tree." he paused again as the memory seemed to replay in his mind, anger was radiating off of him before he calmed down. "I had taken care of the problem, the panthers were defeated again, and before I could slay them they ran away like cowards." he finished, his eyes were still glaring at the moon.

It was silent as I took in the information,. So, he is angry at him because- not only did this Inuyasha cause his father's death- but because he was not there to defend his fathers lands from an old enemy. I thought, but, I also caught the scorn in his voice when he mentioned him being a 'half-breed', along with being in a relationship/falling in love with a miko which caused him to be sealed. There was a pain in my heart when I thought about how he didn't seem to approve of relations between demons and humans. I'm not going to delude myself into thinking I don't know what that feeling was, that I don't know I what I feel towards the demon lord.

It's fairly obvious that I have developed feelings for lord Sesshomaru. Well, it's not like I have experience in love before this, I was too occupied with my family and my studies to ever take interest in any male. I have never actually seen him fully- only his eyes and the one arm- but I'm fairly certain spending time and conversing with him for two years will lead somewhere eventually. For me, at least, since he is obvious about his stand about humans.

Hm? I thought as I replayed that statement in my mind, Wait a minute? If he doesn't like humans, and seems to dislike the fact that inuyasha loved a miko, then why does he still come to speak to me each night? I wondered, glancing at him. Maybe it's because I am not as annoying as most humans? I reasoned, it...would make some sense. Human being were pretty annoying.

"...What is it?" his voice pulled me from my thoughts. I blinked and looked up to where he was, I saw his eye's trained on me. "You are deep in thought about something." he stated, I stared back for a moment, silently debating if I should tell him what I was thinking.

"Just wondering when I will be able to see what you look like my lord." I replied smoothly, a small little smile making it's way on my face. It was truthful, it was on my mind a few times throughout our time together, he kept staring at me, his eyes narrowed slightly. I shrugged my shoulder lightly, "Well, my lord, it has been two years since I have known you, and not once have I seen what you look like. The most I have seen was your arm and eye's, sometimes a glimpse of silver. Other then that, I have no idea as to what you look like...I believe we had a similar conversation a few nights after we had met." I pointed out, waiting for his response. I was expecting him to just avoid the question, or ignore it all together and ask about whatever had caught his attention from our last conversation.

So it was understandable when, all of a sudden, a handsome demon was suddenly standing in front of me. He had long silver/white hair, his bangs parted in the middle showing an indigo crescent moon on his forehead, two maroon stripes upon smooth alabaster skin and under familiar sharp amber eyes. He wore armor, an off shoulder guard with spike on it, and a yellow with blue sash around his waist with a sword at his side, a fluffy thing was thrown over his right shoulder, fluffy looking pants with metal boots. I couldn't really take my eyes off of him, and that familiar aura told me it was, in fact, lord Sesshomaru that I was seeing. Well then, he really was as attractive as he sounded. I thought in amazement, he barely looked a day past nineteen.

"...You are more attractive then I first thought, my lord." I said, very impressed with what I saw. His response was a quirked slender brow. I chuckled up at his expression, "Oh, come now my lord, I am not going to lie about how attractive you are."

"I did not expect you to say it so bluntly." he responded, deciding to take a seat a few feet away from myself. I hummed, looking at him from the corner of my eye, and trying to stop the fast beating of my heart. Well, not stop it, but slow it down. "You are taking this rather calmly."

"Oh? How do others react to yourself?"

"Females- demon females at that- would usually throw themselves at me, hoping to have me take them as my mate." he stated, his nose scrunching up slightly at the memories. I could just imagine that, thousands of different kinds of demons women, literally throwing themselves at him as he had to probably cut them down. "Human females-" he continued, cutting off my thoughts, "either become aroused, or fear me on instinct."

"...Oh...That seems to make sense, with your looks and all." I commented as I could see how that could happen most of the time. He was handsome- beautiful really, but I don't think he wants to be called that-, but even so, he had that deadly aura about him that told you he could kill you without a second thought. His eye's were also sharp, and the glare he sent towards me chilled my spine sometimes (Whether that was from fear or from my attraction towards him, I do not know), and if that sent chills down my spine, then what could it do to a lesser woman?

After that, we sat in comfortable silence, enjoying the night and the half moon. Something was bothering me, like the fact that he had suddenly decided to let me see what he looks like after all this time of my requesting and trying to get a peek at him. He took the time so I could only ever see his eye's, and he had started to come over for our talks less and less. He rarely comes over for our mid-noon time together. He had even started to talk and answer my questions about himself when he hadn't before, it all started ever since sayuki had come to the village. Why would he be doing this...? Oh... I thought with a mental sigh, I knew where this was going. This has happened once before, with a friend of mine who had done this exact same thing. "Lord Sesshomaru?"

"Hm?"

"You are leaving, are you not?" it was more of a statement then a question, his glance at me confirmed that he was. I sighed out loud this time, but what did I expect? He was a demon lord, he had a kingdom/domain to run, he had responsibility's that needed his attention. Kami-sama knows how much he has probably ignored when he was here most of the time. "Hn, I had wondered when this would happen."

"You expected this then?" he asked, he didn't really seem surprised that I had said this. He only kept staring until I nodded, "Hm."

"I guess, I should wish you a well journey then?" I mused as I yawned slightly. "But I don't think it is necessary, you seem to be able to hold your own. Then again, what else could you expect from the great lord Sesshomaru? He defeated the army of panther demons, so it's to be expected that nothing shall happen to our lord as he travels." I said in a teasing awed voice, dramatically putting my hand to my forehead in a fainting motion, he seemed to give me a look before giving a small sigh. I smiled, I love it when I could get away with a small bit of teasing with my demon companion, usually I would receive a glare for my effort's, but today he seemed quite accommodating.

"Onna..." he sighed out, one of his clawed hands twitching slightly, probably wanting to rub the bridge of his nose but was to proud to do it in front of me.

That's actually kinda adorable. I thought, "Kaname. I had thought I had requested to be called by my name, in exchange of me calling you by your rightful title." I corrected, watching as snow started to fall again and stick to the already snow covered ground. "Come now my lord, it is not a hard name."

"I do not appreciate being told what to do, onna." He said, not threatening, but more over repeating what he had said countless times before. "...'An elegant unknown summon'." he muttered, but I heard him and gave an impish grin. "Nani. It is what your name means, does it not?"

"Hm, yes, it does." I confirmed, "Ironic, is it not? Since I came out of nowhere into this time period as if I really was summoned." I clarified to him when he silently asked. "And your name, It is 'Killing perfection' is it not?...It oddly suits you. Dangerous name, for a dangerous demon that could kill you like that." I emphasized with a snap of my finger.

"Hmp." he huffed, he then stood up and I knew this would probably be the last I saw of him for a long while. He took a few step's before stopping, he turned his head just so, "The target would have been slain long before they could even finish the gesture." He stated before he was engulfed in a bright orb and left.

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"Pfft, he stopped because he wanted to correct how fast he could slay someone?" I questioned to no one, trying to smother my laughter on how ridiculous that was. He's just so cute sometimes.

"MY LADY KANAME!" A woman from the village yelled out as I made sure sayuri didn't lose her stance. Just because it's snowing and she's only wearing her hakama, does not mean I'll let her slack off. She had to learn to get rid of her modesty around me very quickly, or suffer the humiliation of me undressing her myself. I gave her wrapping to cover her chest for some of the exercises, like my own, because it become fairly hot after a while.

"Hm? What is it, Ayumi?" I asked while striking sayuri's back with the sheathed katana that was gifted to me by Kana last month to straighten her up, earning a yelp. "Did something happen to little Toma-kun?"

"Ah, no, my son is just fine thanks to you." She responded with a small frown. "I-It's just...uhm...well look, you can see it from here, my lady." She responded, grabbing me by the arm and leading me towards the front of the shrine.

"Sayuri, come!"

"H-HAI, MASTER!" she yelped, stumbling to grab her top half and following after me while putting it on. We moved quickly, and once we arrived at the front, she pointed towards the center of the village, once I looked my brow furrowed in confusion and slight annoyance. You could see a giant obnoxious plaque, the glint of spears and armor shone brightly. Sayuri looked awed by what she was seeing, "Master, W-Whats the lord doing here?" She gasped. I smacked the back of her head so her mouth would close.

"Close your mouth." I stated before looking at Ayumi, a raised eyebrow. "What is that obnoxious thing doing in the middle of the village?"

"Obnoxious?!"

I ignored sayuris incredulous cry at what I said about the lords party.

"Well, They came in through the main path that you had cleared out and warded for us, and started to demand for our lady miko...F-For you, Lady Kaname." Ayumi trailed off as she looked to the floor. I pursed my lips at this, I really didn't want to go down there and deal with some snot nosed nobleman, but I should at least see what the pig wants.

"Hn...I see." I muttered while gesturing for them to follow as I walked down the hill towards the village. Sayuri was still not use to walking up and down the hill like the rest of the villagers, her village was all flat land, and no where near some of the mountains that surrounded the area. But then, her villagers didn't need to go out and scavenge some items, her had been demon free for some time, thus allowing trade routes to flourish unlike our own. But, because of that, the villager here had an advantage to most bandits that lived on flat land, or demons who could not keep up while climbing hill sides for they were not use to it. "Tell me, did the lord tell you as to why they need my presence?" I asked, Ayumi only shrugged her shoulders.

"No, he did not. All he said was that he needed the lady miko immediately or..." she said, not wanting to finish what she was saying. But I stopped, I knew that tone of voice, my hands balled into fist's as a sneer made it's way onto my face as I whirled around to be face-to-face with her. She squeaked in fright and surprise.

"You did not tell me he had threaten the village!" I snapped, she bowed her head, ashamed for not telling me. I growled as I started to walk faster towards the center of the village, passing villagers who didn't deem it necessary to go and see the lord. They called out to me, but I ignored them, anger at this pompous ass who thought he could just walk into the village and threaten them!

"M-Master!" Sayuri called as she ran to keep up with my strides. "Master, please, you must not do anything rash towards a Lord! If we just cooperate then-"

"Silence, Sayuri!" I growled, seeing her flinch at my cold tone from the corner of my eye. "I do not care that he is a lord-" I spat out the title with distaste, seeing the crowd of villagers and the gleaming spears up ahead. "Anyone who threatens the safety of the village will be treated the same as no good scum. I will not hesitate to kill him and his men if he decides to try and harm anyone here." I stated just as I came to the edge of the crowd, stealing my face I took a small breath. "Please move aside, Shima." I told one of the local boy's.

"Ah, lady Kaname!" he said in relief before nodding and gesturing the people in front of him to make a path. "We are glad you are here, please send them away." he pleaded. I nodded my head as I made my way towards the center, it wasn't very surprising that the villager didn't like the local lord. After all, they had sought out the help of him and his army of men for aid, just like what was promised when they agreed to provide for his soldiers, when the ogre came. But, the lord had not helped them and when they had brought up their agreement the lord had play stupid and said that no such agreement was ever made. He had abandoned them to an ogre.

And now, here he was, the lord who had promised protection but didn't deliver, in the middle of the village with armed guards, threatening them if he didn't see me.

One of the many guards saw me approaching, looked at my clothing before resting his eyes to meet my own. I saw him shift uncomfortably, a common thing when people who first meet me and see my coal black eyes. Weakling. I thought with a small scoff as I stopped in front of him. "What is your business in this village?" I demanded. He bristled at my tone, to which I cocked a brow at.

"Watch your tone woman." He hissed as some of the other guards also frowned at me, I was unimpressed as he puffed out his chest and tried to threaten me with putting his hand on his katana. "Or you will find a blade in your gut."

I scoffed, "Your head would roll on the ground before you could even draw, now move aside weakling, so I may talk to your precious lord to see what he wants." I sneered and watched as the mans face started to turn an interesting shade of red. Feh, men. I thought as he grabbed the hilt of his katana.

"Why you wench-!" he started, making me shift my feet to lunge at him, before a voice stopped us.

"Sakuma! Stop!" the guards- who I now knew as Sakuma- froze up before whirling around along with the other guards and bowed in respect. I looked towards the plaque to find a man in fine robes, his mid-forty's with graying hair, old age spot dotting his face along with wrinkles, and finally the expression of a lecherous bug on his face. He looked at me, his eyes traveling along my body before landing on my face. If possible his face grew more lecherous then it already was, I scrunched up my nose. "Do pardon my men, Lady miko." he said, his voice was low and gravely, as he stepped out and walked confidently towards me. "I do not think they know what to do in the face of such a beautiful woman such as yourself."

"What is your business here?" I stated, ignoring the hollow complement. He seemed amused by that, and also intrigued.

"I have come to make you an offer." He stated, making some of the villagers shift and eye him warily. "An offer so delectable, I know that you will thank me once you accept it." He said, as if I should be grateful that he was even talking to me. He waited for something, a reaction of awe and joy from me probably, but when I said nothing and stared at him he cleared his throat. "Yes, well, when I had heard you have taken on an apprentice, I knew that I would be able to come through the forest without worry of being attacked to see you. After all, if a little girl was able to make it here and survive, then surely I could as well. For the past two years I have heard the tale of your slaying the ogre demon, a marginal feat, along with many other of your accomplishments. I had to come and see you for myself, see the face of the woman that has done so much for this once dying village-" He gestured around him, ignoring the glares sent his way, never taking his eyes off of me. "and how you made it prosperous and grow. And I must say, the tale of your beauty does not do you justice, for you are far more beautiful then told-" he then had the gall to cup my cheek, as if he had a right to touch me.

Glaring, I smack his hand away from my face. "Tell me your business then leave."

"Very well," he growled, narrowing his eyes down at me. He probably realized how difficult I would be for him, "I have come to make you the offer of being my wife, and bearing my children." he said so proudly, as if he had just offered me the thing I had wanted most. "I know it is a lot for you to take in, dear, but fear not. Once you are home I will make sure you are comfortable, and the ceremony is prepared for tomorrow, I will give you anything you desire-"

"Disgusting pig." I spat, shocking him and his guards. "What makes you think I would be your wife?" he looked at me like I was stupid. "I have no desire to bind myself to a disgusting being who abandoned a village in need! Do you think me daft? That just because you are a lord I would fall over my feet and be grateful that you want to marry me? That I would be so shallow, that I would abandon these people for coin?" I asked as I slid my katana out a bit, ready to decapitate this asshole.

He still seemed shocked that I said no to him, then as he came back from his still state, his face contorted in rage. His fists started to shake and he stared at me, "Y-YOU UNGRATEFUL WENCH! HOW DARE YOU TALK TO YOUR LORD AND FUTURE HUSBAND LIKE THAT!" he roared, signaling the guards to draw their weapons. The villagers who did not know how to fight left to get to the shrine, the hunters and village men who could wield a sword stayed behind and pointed them towards the lord and guards. "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?!"

"Hn. You seemed surprised that the villager are pointing their weapons at you," I mocked as he turned his attention back towards me. "What did you expect? For them to still be loyal to you when you had left this village- along with those around it- for dead?"

"Pah! What could mere farmers possibly do?" one of the soldiers scoffed, not at all seeming threatened by the arrow leveled at his face. "Look, there are even women who need to be taught their places!"

"How idiotic to underestimate your foes. And you call yourself a warrior?" I questioned, not giving him the chance to speak up as I continued talking. "Do you think I was only training my apprentice all these months?" I asked with a crooked grin, the soldiers seemed confused at that, some of them got the message and seemed to now look at the village men and women who surrounded them. "I am not so foolish to think I could always protect everyone in this village, especially with the increase of bandit attacks lately, so I had started to train both the men and women to defend themselves. They may be few, but seeing as you are in our village, then we have the home advantage. I could also obliterate half of you within seconds, it would not take much to slay men who can't even fight a demon. The hunters-" I nodded my head to the hunters on the roof tops, their bows trained on the group, with a proud smile. "have fought forest demons daily for food. The fisher men have more developed arms for spears from having to wrestle fish- that had to survive a demon infested forest- into submission. The farmers are sturdy from laboring in the sun and plowing hard dirt, making their swing of the sword more powerful and the woman have enough stamina to outlast you from their daily chores of having to keep up with their husbands/fathers/brothers/children and the speed to hit a vital spot." I stated, the mens face's getting more nervous as I went, they started to inch away from the villagers. "All they needed was a little training from me, they had the natural builds and strength from generations of working to live, their body's are ideal for fighting. Yes, they may not survive an invasion, but they can hold off long enough for the rest of the villager to leave safely."

I looked around, and I smiled at the pride radiating off of the villagers who decided to take up my offer of training anyone to fight. They had wanted to not be a burden to me, they wanted to share in the weight of protecting their home after seeing how hurt I got at one of the raids protecting everyone. It took rigorous training and time to get them decent at fighting, and even more time to hold their own against lesser demons without me interfering. There wasn't much bandits that attacked during winter, it was harder to move in a forest, so they hadn't fought in a while. I was glad to see that they at least carried a weapon with them at all times, with a hum I turned back to the sweating lord. I pursed my lips in thought, I couldn't let him live, he seemed like the type who would just come back with his whole army and destroy the village. So, with a nod I made the decision.

"Everyone!" I got everyone's full attention, I quickly unsheathed my katana and in a split second, the lords head thudded to the snowy ground. I stood up straight, swinging my sword to get the blood off, "Kill the soldiers!" I ordered before the soldiers could get over the shock of their lord being decapitated.

A roar of agreement sounded from the villagers, Shima releasing an arrow into the nearest guards throat, as everyone else followed suit and killed a good majority of the soldiers before they retaliated. I joined in to make sure non of my people died, I spotted sayuri behind a building, a look of fear in her eyes as we slaughter the men. I ignored her, shoving my sword through one mans stomach before ripping it out and and slashing another.

One year later

"Put your back into it, sayuri!" I yelled over my shoulder at my now twelve year old apprentice, almost a year since I last saw lord Sesshomaru and currently we were helping the farmers with preparation for the rice season. It had also been three day's since I had turned eighteen, but I had been feeling weird since that day, it was sudden, but a strange power had appeared somewhere, but I am not sure where. I had put the thought aside, thinking I was just being paranoid, because after the slaying of the lord, even more men had come to ask for my hand in marriage. I had rejected every single one of the. It gets really annoying. But, today, I had a bad feeling about today for some odd reason, and I had no idea as to what it could be.

"Master! I'm done with over here!" Sayuri said as she scrambled over, a giant weaved basket on her back filled with ripe vegetables. I nodded, then turned to my other two apprentice's I had gained over the year both were children who had taken an interest in protecting the village but could not use spiritual powers. They were the twin's of Ayumi from the village, her son Toma and his elder sister Toka. Toma looked like his mother, with her round face and soft features, big round hazel eyes. Toka looked more like her deceased father, the strong nose, her jawline more squared, and the smile (So I have been told). But both, were half demons, Toma had his fathers forest green hair and vine like marking near his eyes while Toka had her mother lovely brown hair and fathers acidic green eyes, both had tanned skin and pointed ears and fangs. I was surprised when I had learned that Ayumi- sweet, kind, and timid Ayumi- had married a demon of the forest.

She was not originally from here, she had come with the other villager who had migrated here for safety during my first year. At first, the villagers did not want her and her children here, but she had begged them to let her and her children stay, for her husband had perished when he protected them from a monk that had come to try and kill Toma and Toka. It wasn't resolved until one of the hunters had come and fetched me to deal with it, when I had arrived, I looked at her and the half-breed's.

'Hn. Here, put these on them so they may cross the barrier. Then follow me to the home you will be occupying.' I had stated, handing her two sutras that allowed demons to cross my barrier. Ayumi had broken down in tears of gratitude, for every village she had crossed had ran them out, and the twins seemed close to collapsing from hunger. The villagers had protested in my decision in letting demons live with them, 'If they mean harm, then I will get rid of them myself. If not, then they are free to live here as they wish.' I stated, after that I had given her the house closes to the shrine, fed her and helped her start a small garden. I didn't care if they were demons, they were only five years old, and the fear they had in their eyes should not have been there.

"Kaname-sama~!" Toma called out as he ran over with his sister, both wearing baskets on their back like me and sayuri. They were eight now, and both looked so happy to be training under me.

"Kaname-nee! Can we practice fighting today?" Toka asked as she and her brother both took one of my hands as we walked. I smiled down at them, making a show of thinking about it.

"Hmmmm..." I hummed aloud, closing my eye and tilting my head to the side. "Weeeell..." I cracked an eye open and looked down at them, they both looked up at me with eager eyes, making me chuckle and nod my head. "Well, Alright, lets see if Sayuri can beat at least one of you today." I chuckled as I saw the pout from mentioned girl.

"Hmp! How am I suppose to beat them when they have the strength of a demon?!" She huffed out while kicking a rock.

"By training, Sayuri. And by that, I mean actually training, not ogling the boys." I stated, amused that her face started to flush red, "Thats right, I saw you when you thought you were alone." she started to splutter out a denial about it, before Toma and Toka tugged my arms and pointed up at the sky.

"KANAMAE-NEE! LOOK!" they said in union, making me look up towards the sky and narrow my eyes at the lights falling across the sky. I admit that they were beautiful, but my foreboding feeling got stronger as a couple of these lights landed near the village.

Something urged me to go and collect those, quickly. So, I shrugged off my basket and started to make my way towards the nearest light, I order the children to finish the task and wait for me to come back. I took a few of the men and started to search for whatever those lights were about.

"...How strange..." I mumbled as I saw tiny glowing shards, despite how them being hidden in bushes and how dark the forest was, but shards of what? Glass? I'm fairly sure glass wasn't imported over here yet, maybe a jewel? I thought as I flicked my eyes around, they were like beacons of light. "Hm..." I hummed as I picked one up and examined it, it really was a shard, and from the looks of it a shard of a jewel.

"Lady Kaname?" One of the men asked as they came up from behind me, I turned and showed them the shard.

"I need you to find these, they are radiating immense power from them, I think they may be dangerous if a demon gets their hands on it." I said as they all got a good look at what was in my hand. They all nodded, determined to protect the village and preventing any demons in the immediate area from getting stronger. I pointed towards the areas I could see the glowing shards, since it seems that normal people couldn't see them. We walked around the whole village retrieving the shards that was near, and in the end we had gathered six shards in all. As we made our way back into the village, I stared at the shards in my hand, a nagging thought was at the back of my head. Why did these seem to familiar to me? Like someone had told me about these things before?

Well, whatever it was, it probably wasn't important. So I wrapped up the shards in a piece of cloth and put it away inside my kimono. I had to calm down the villagers about what the hell just happened in the sky.