I am so sorry about the wait. I know it's a little early in the story but I hit a writer's block. My friends Shanon, Charlie, and Kasumi had to dig me up out of this huge hole. Thanks guys. A thousand apologies to my readers (the few of them anyway)

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha...if I did I wouldn't have worry about forgetting to put these$#&! disclaimers in every chapter.

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Chapter 2: Kiyoshi and Chandra

A tall slender young boy stared down the hilltopat the small village rumored to be the home of the next Midoriko. He was a definately a strange-looking man. His azure hair was cut short and pointed out ignoring gravity. His electric blue eyes had two rings of silver framming the iris. They are slanted and cat-like as he sought the village priestess. The wind blew his bangs which he secured behind his pointed ear.

He tightened his grip on the large poleaxe he carried in his right hand. This was the place. A wide grin spread across his hansome face. He stepped forward to approach the village but a little girl's voice called for his attention.

"Kiyoshi, sir." She stammered as she ran up to man that stood twice as tall as her. She flashed the largest, most adorable fuchsia eyes at him. They shined with idolization. Kiyoshi came the young girl and half grin. "Kiyoshi sir, you walk too fast!" She said. Her russet hair was in frizzy pipe curls and bounced aroud emphanizing her every movement.

"Chandra, "He said affectionatly. He was fond of this child. "You need to speed up. You could outrun me if you tried." He added the last part with a bit of scorn to emphanize his message. Chandra stared him defiantly. If he was going to stubborn so could she! Kiyoshi placed a gloved hand with the fingertips exposed, on her wild hair.

Chandra shook her head in an attempt to dislodge it but Kiyoshi held it firmly. She sighed and waited until he gave up on this brotherly dispaly of affection. Chandra didn't have long to wait, Kiyoshi moved his hand to tighten the grip on his weapon. Chandra drew back feeling him in a battle stance. She stuck her nose into the air to sniff out the reason of her companion's heightened awareness.

"So she is here..." Kiyoshi said.

Kai jumped out of the Bone Eaters well and dropped her overstuffed bag on the ground. A seam split and the contents spilled into the grass. Kai drew a sharp intake of air and held it until she had her temper and check. Slowly she left out a deep sigh and bent down to collect her stuff. She was intent on her work and she didn't notice her friends standing nearby.

"No cussing today?" a man about Kai's age asked. He had givenher a broad smile as she roasted him an evil glare. His name was Kohaku, and he was the oldest son of Sango and Miroku. He was named after his deceased uncle.

His compainon was a short boy who appeared a year or two younger than Kohaku and Kai. His messy auburn hair veiled his mischeivous emerald eyes. He had a fluffy tail that proved he was a fox-demon. "Yeah, that's a first." Shippo commented.

Kai rolled her honey eyes. "And a cheery hello to you too." The three cracked up. "I need a little help." She said pointed to the ground. Her friends needed no further urging. They pitched in and helped her. They were walking to the village when Kirara and Sango greeted them.

"Hey Sango," Shippo said. The veteran demon-slayer looked up in surprise. She was sweaty and worn out.

"Are you okay?" Kai asked concerned. The older woman smiled and replied. "I'll be fine, but I am not as young as I used to be."

Kohaku looked his mother over. "Just don't overdue yourself, Mom." He warned sounding alot like his father.

"You three be careful. Inuyasha's pretty pissed."

"Feh. He doesn't scare me." Kai said dryly. Sango couldn't help but laugh at Kai using her father's trademark.

"You can't say I didn't warn you!" she called back to them as thet set out home.

Kai, Kohaku, and Shippo's arrival in the village was followed by an earth-shattering yell. "SIT!" A large crash was heard. Everyone groaned knowing exactually what happened. Kai rolled her eyes. Why couldn't her parents get along like normal people? The thought made her giggle as she remembered 'normal' people's fathers aren't half-demons.

"What he do this time?" Kai asked her mother when she walked into their house on the outskirts of the village. Kagome turned and smiled at her daughter. She gave her a brief hug.

"He was too impatient." She said simply.

"Wench," Inuyasha muttered. Kagome didn't hear but Kai did. "Hello, father." she said as Inuyasha lifted himself from the ground.

"I brought some Ramen," Kai said. Inuyasha instantly perked up. "But you have to share with me." She said in a stern voice.

"Why the hell are you telling me what to do?" Inuyasha asked but not angrily. "I'm the parent here."

"But your the one acting like a child." Kagome pointed out. Before Inuyasha could start to fume Kai whipped out a package of Ramen noddles and shoved it in his clawed hands. He felt his anger fade as his stomach made a loud noise.

"So that's settled." Shippo and Kohaku said. Kai just smiled.

Kiyoshi and Chandra walked in the village and questioned a random villager whose name happened to be Michi. "Where is the village priestess?" He asked. He wasn't very polite but at the same time he wasn't rude. Michi was spellbound by the precense of two undoubtly demons. "Well?" He pressured.

"D-d-de-mon!" she studdered. "DEMON!" She cried running in the opposite direction tripping over her baby blue kimono. Kiyoshi sighed in regret. He knew that someone would come out and challange them now. He tightened his grip on his weapon and looked down at Chandra.

She pulled out a hunter's bow and readied an arrow. She nodded at the older demon showing that she was ready for an attack.

They didn't have long to wait until some village men filed in with spears. Kiyoshi stood closer to Chandra and said to the men. "We don't want to start anything. We just need to see the village priestess." The men retorted with insults and snarls. They didn't seem to care what the young demon said.

"Leave this village now!" "We don't want your kind!" "Prepare to die." Kiyoshi set his jaw tighly as he listened to the tauntings of the villagers. They brought back horribel memories but he shook them off.

"Kiyoshi?" Chandra asked her voice quivering. He looked down to reassure her and an arrow flew through the air and bounced off the hard shell armor he wore on top of his blue and black kimono top. Chandra emitted a squeak. Kiyoshi looked up and snarled. Another arrow flew at Chandra's foot. She jumped out of the way and lost her balance. She felt to the ground and before the men could attack again Kiyoshi leaped into action.

Nobody really saw his movements; they were too fast. He twirled his sycthe and the men fell left and right. Blood was spilled all over the ground and Kiyoshi winced. He remembered Chandra was here, and felt guilty for making her witness this. Only one man remained and he was staring at his fallen comrades.

"You beast" He yelled and charged at Kiyoshi wildly. Fool, Kiyoshi thought and swiftly disarmed the man and threw him to his feet. Kiyoshi made no motion to kill the defenseles man but he was sure his life was about to end. A blue arrow was shot and Kiyoshi was knocked backwards.

He looked up and saw two women and three men standing with weapons ready. One of the women was older and held the bow that had shot him. The priestess? The other woman was more his age and held a demonic blade that glowed red. He found himself staring at her. There was something about this girl but he forced his gaze at the rest of the group. The oldest of the men held a large sword and was dressed in red. The other two were carrying either a sword or throwing knives.

"Who are you demon?" The oldest man demanded. Kiyoshi could tell he was a half-demon. He was about to yell back to him but he heard a groan. He turned and saw Chandra slowly get up. Kiyoshi gasped as he saw out of the corner of his eye the archer change her target to the girl.

"Wait!" The strange girl with the red sword said, holding out a hand to further express her command. "These men..." She said. Everyone stopped and looked around. There was blood all over but nobody was dead. "What's your name?" She asked Kiyoshi calmly.

He looked at her as she stepped forward. They both froze as they stared into each other's eyes. Kiyoshi was spellbounded by the swirling orbs of warm honey. "My name is Kiyoshi." He said once he realized he was staring. Looking back at his friend who crawled closer to him. "And this is Chandra."

"What's your business here?"

"I am looking for the priestess named Kaiaya."

ooh. Evil cliffhanger! Sorry guys but now that I have ideas I have to pace the story so it will last.

-SMR

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