Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters.

I do own the charactersfrom the story Fending Souls and the land in which they wander.

Finally, an update! It's taken a few months to actually sit down and type up two chapters because everything has been so hectic lately, but now I'm going to be updating more often hopefully. Here is chapter four of my story (not including prologue and profiles) so I hope you enjoy! I'll also put up chapter five. Don't forget, reviews are a writer's best friend :P Read Sango0808's stories too, she likes reviews on her stories as much as I do :P So read and review our stories please :D -waves-

Michael

As the shouts of "He's back!" and "It's the demon trainer and his servant!" rang in the air, along with the sound of the alarm bells crashing through the air, everybody was seen rushing into their homes as the Elemental Guardians ran into battle. With the Elemental Guardians were Inuyasha and his friends, along with Kyogue and Tagishie. Koraq was still resting after the burst of energy he had shown earlier however, oblivious to the chaos that was around him. The healer had only been told to heal Koraq's wound, but despite the madness around him he continued his healing spells in an attempt to assist Koraq in the regeneration of the massive power loss. Outside the front gates the Elemental Guardians and the small crew of hanyou and human were preparing themselves for the attack of the powerful demon before them.

"It can't be… Oh no, please not him!" Lamisa was saying as she backed up slowly. Kiome was in the same state of horror as her friend as she saw the face of the person riding upon the back of the massive spider demon approaching. Nobody noticed the look of horror on their faces, and wanting to keep the image that they had of never backing down, the two remained in the group of participants for the battle. Tagishie noticed that Koraq still wasn't anywhere nearby, so he grinned to himself and said under his breath, "I get to be the hero this time!" and rushed forward. Behind him ran Kyogue with her Crystallized Water Blade gleaming in the sunlight as she rushed towards her foe. Tagishie chose to use his Shadow Daggers in this fight, and though the sun was out no light gleamed from them, instead dark energy radiated from the blades, poisoning the daggers. Behind the two of them, Inuyasha rushed up to the large creature with Kagome on his back. He drew his sword, the Tetsusaiga, and let it transform into its much larger and more powerful form. Finally, behind Inuyasha were Sango and Miroku riding upon Kirara. The first of them all to reach the great demon was Tagishie using his incredible speed. He leapt into the air in an attempt to gouge out two of the spider demons eyes, but before he came down on the creature's head a burst of green energy flew from the riders hand sending Tagishie to the ground in a blast of toxic smoke. Tagishie wasn't immune to the poison, but it wasn't strong enough to kill him or cripple him, yet. He got up and jumped to the left as the demon's large leg came down exactly where he had just been a split second before. He decided to attack the underbelly of the large spider, and his thoughts were the same as Kyogue's and Inuyasha's who had seen Tagishie's failed attempt at assaulting it head on. The three rolled underneath the creature and readied their weapons. Tagishie swapped out his Howling Wolf as its blade was longer, and seeing as the demon was of poison element his Shadow Daggers would probably heal the demon. The three leapt straight up simultaneously and pierced the demons underbelly, causing a horrifying screech to shatter the ears of everyone in a five-mile radius of the demon who was howling in pain. The next ones to be howling in pain were Tagishie, Kyogue, and Inuyasha however, because the blood that oozed from the spiders wounds was acidic. They let go of their weapons in a cry of pain as the blood oozed down the handles of their weapons causing extreme pain to anyone who attempted to retrieve them. The three cursed at losing their weapons and ran from underneath the creature as the forecast had suddenly changed to acid rain. By this time the Elemental Guardians had reached the demon and were now pounding on its diamond hard exoskeleton. The master was heard laughing as he and his pet threw guardians left and right like a child throwing pebbles.

"You're attempts are futile! This battle is a loss for you, before nightfall the village shall be up in flames and my pet shall be feasting on your corpses!" Bellowed the demon trainer. "You shall not live long enough to remember, but know that your killer was Gorujimo!"

With the sound of his name being said, Lamisa and Kiome froze. The timing couldn't be worse as most of the guardians had been thrown aside, leaving only them left.

"You are the little cowards that escaped death after I slaughtered your village, do not expect a repeat of that mistake. Instead of leaving you to die I shall have my pet drain your bodies of all fluids until your are nothing but a shriveled heap of skin and bone!" Gorujimo yelled as he remembered the faces of the two little girls from so many years ago.

True terror seized the girls and froze them on the ground upon which they stood. As they stood there they didn't realize what was happening until they had been hit with a sack of sticky web that immobilized them. They were now at the mercy of Gorujimo and his pet, and the fate of the two was not looking bright. Then, a bright emerald green bolt of energy slammed into the spider causing it to stumble and almost topple over. When Gorujimo looked at the attacker he saw a woman standing there. Her hair was pink, but that was all the detail he could find before he too was hit by an emerald blast. He was knocked from the back of his pet and immediately attacked by Tageshi. As he stood up again two dark daggers, both of which had been aimed at the spine, punctured his back. The spinal cord was sliced into three pieces, and after that blow Gorujimo was no more. The large demon that he had been riding went haywire seeing its master killed. It turned on the girl that had knocked Gorujimo from its back and screeched. It rushed towards her with furious speed in a rage-fueled stampede not minding as the woman put her hand up and aimed it directly at the demon's face. She began charging another blast, this one she charged for a longer period of time while waiting for the demon to get close enough that her chances of missing were reduced. As the demon closed in she let the blast of energy loose and it tore through the demon's massive body. The new wind hole through the demon was enough to kill it, as you would be able to fit a small house inside of the hole. She walked slowly past the demon's body towards the crowd of warriors. As someone leapt off of the wall she looked up, and a man with blazing red eyes landed with ease within the crowd.

After landing with a dull thud as his weakened legs hit the ground, Koraq forced his heavily fatigued body to stand. He didn't realize the battle was over until he looked in the direction of everybody else. He saw a young woman with bright pink hair held up in a ponytail, which reached her thighs. Her pink outfit was similar to Sango's, but still different. The loose sleeves went slightly past her elbows, but gloves that were the same as Sango's covered her forearms so no skin was visible other than her fingers. She had a black belt around her waist, which kept her shirt from flapping around wildly. The shirt split into two flaps at the waist that went down to her knees. Pink leggings that cut off at the knees, leaving her lower legs exposed, covered her thighs. A small hole in the back of her leggings let a pink foxtail come through as well. Koraq walked over to the woman that had knelt down to cut Lamisa and Kiome free. He picked up Lamisa after she lifted up Kiome before turning to walk back to the crowd with her. "Thank you for saving Lamisa and Kiome. Had you not arrived, by the time I got out to fight the demon I would have been too late. Though even if I had gotten out sooner, I would still be too weak from using a forbidden technique earlier to fight this demon."

The young lady looked into Koraq's eyes and told him "It was nothing really. I was just going to drop by to see if I could rest here for the night when I saw the demon. I couldn't just leave the demon to its bidding so I helped out."

"It is much appreciated. My name is Koraq, may I ask yours?" Koraq inquired the young lady.

"My name is Sazuka, but I prefer Saz. For now that is all I will say though, pardon me for being rude."

"I understand if you wish to keep your past secret for now, I will ask nothing of it. Until you give me reason otherwise, you have my trust Saz."

"Thank you." Was the last thing that was said between them before they wrapped themselves in their own thoughts.