By The Raven

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or it's characters…..but I really do wish I did….but I do own my own characters that I come up with in my little imagination…dreamy look

Inuyasha: Hey! Why haven't you updated the story yet? It has been forever!

The Raven: It's called exams, tests and finals….plus I have the high school exit exam!

Inuyasha: ok………yea..

The Raven: I am not going to survive these next 3 days…..I am already exhausted from practices and geometry tests

Inuyasha: feh!

The Raven: But at least I aced them with A's!

Inuyasha: oh whoopee..

The Raven: Shut up! Leave me alone and just listen to some music….

Inuyasha: Oh wow you have The Killers!

Sango's Demon Problems

Chapter 5……...Oh Kirara Where Have You Gone?

Sango and Kirara had made it back safely to the slayers village a bit after dawn. During their travel to the village, they had ran into a few moderate leveled demons but desposed of them fairly quick. Sango decided to stop for a few days at the village to rest and think where their next destination is located. The rest of the afternoon went by uneventful as Sango kept herself busy around the village doing chores and repairs to her weapons. Sango dropped her heavy load of tools and wiped her sweaty forehead and continued on her way to a storage building. Kirara who watched nearby suddenly stood and hissed venomously before transforming and taking off into the sky. Sango watched confusedly as her friend flew through the sky and disappeared so quickly.

' What the hell was that about?' Sango thought as she shook her head and rested under the shade of an old tree. She rested her head against the rough bark and closed her eyes to ponder what happened. 'I wonder why Kirara flow off so sudden?'

' What made her react like that? I can't not sense anything dangerous around here'. She opened her eyes and gazed into the blue sky 'Kirara what happened? Why did you leave?'

" Excuse me miss"

Sango was brought out of her thoughts to by a demoness who stood by the gate of the village. Sango stood and approached her cautiously do to her powerful aura that flowed around her. Sango also identified her as a tiger demoness by her black stripes that crossed her skin. The demoness smiled kindly and bowed to Sango to introduce herself. Her long light brown hair tumbled down her shoulders like a waterfall and for an instant reminded Sango of Sesshomaru's lengthy locks.

" My name is Zenrei and I was wondering if you had seen a small black neko demon pass by?" Zenrei asked worriedly as her light blue eyes shimmered with unshed tears.

" You're a demon, why don't you go find him" Sango snorted

" I can't pick up his scent or aura" said Zenrei as she tried hard to hold back her tears.

" He goes by the name Akira and he has blue eyes and has ice powers" Zenrei said as her lower lip quivered and a few silvery tears rolled down her cheek.

" He was my best friend and also my retainer. I ran away from home because I am to marry a lord from the south" she said as lifted her bangs to reveal a light blue star on her forehead.

'She's the princess from the north' thought Sango ' I should have noticed from her elegant clothing, armor and her sword'

" Don't cry Zenrei, I have also lost my friend Kirara except she is a has fire powers and has red eyes" Sango said as she tried hard to cheer up the crying demon girl.

Zenrei wiped away her tears and sniffled a bit before crushing Sango in a hug for comfort. Sango patted her back and soothed the worried girl.

" May I stay with you Miss…..?" Zenrei asked as pulled away and looked up towards Sango.

" Sango….My name is Sango" she smiled kindly.

" May I stay with you Sango-san? I have no where to go, Me and Akira were traveling around this area before he ran off' asked the demon girl meekly.

" Sure…as a matter of fact you can travel with me, seeing me and Kirara were just about to continue our journey" said Sango.

" Where do you think they might have flew off to?" Zenrei asked.

" I don't know but we most find them before…." Sango went silent.

" Before what Sango-san? " Zenrei asked blankly.

" Nothing….just nothing" said Sango quietly.

" Are you ok? You seem really sad" Zenrei said as she looked into Sango's pale face.

" I am fine but we should really start looking for our friends before the sun sets" said Sango as she stood up and collected her weapons.

Sango and Zenrei walked out of the slayers village and into the thick forest underbrush. Sango covered the ground while Zenrei jumped tree to tree and searching the tree tops and the thick branches. Sango and Zenrei had covered about 5 miles of the forest until they came upon a huge castle with a powerful evil aura around it.

" Sango-san do you feel that?" Zenrei asked coldly as she gripped the sword at her waist.

" Yes, the aura of the demon is very powerful….almost as powerful as…Sesshomaru" Sango said blankly

" Hmm…the lord of the western lands, I had ran into him a couple times during my travels" Zenrei smirked at Sango

" Let's go take care of this demon before it gets out of hand" said Sango as she begun to run towards the castle.

When Sango and Zenrei entered the castle gates, they were angry with the scene that lay before them. The castle guards and servants had been slayed and were littered around to rot. Zenrei gasped and looked to the right and spotted Akira and Kirara laying injured in the dirt. Sango heard the gasp and turned to where Zenrei was looking, she dropped her Hiraikotsu and ran to the injured neko demons and checked to see if they were still alive. Sango let out a relieved sigh, gingerly picking up Akira and Kirara she walked back to where Zenrei was standing.

" They are still alive…they were trying to protect these people from the demon" Sango said as her anger rose to a dangerous level. The she walked up to her weapons and slung them over her shoulder.

" Stay here while I dispose of the demon who did this to them" She hissed and ran off into the castle to the awaiting demon.

Sango traveled through the castle's many corridors and rooms while smashing through rice papered walls and slicing through doors with her sword. She raced into the lord's room where the demon aura was coming from, and came to a stop. Sango gripped her sword at her side and scanned the room waiting for the demon to attack her angry form. A dragon demon opened the closet door and stepped out into the room and bowed lowly in front of Sango. As he rose his long black hair tumbled down his back and he unfurled his black leathery wings. He looked at her with his blood red eyes and smirked at her jokingly.

" Nice of you to come little slayer" said the demon as he burst through the roof and took to the sky.

" I am Ling, the Dragon demon and your executor taijiya!" He said as he breathed flames on the castle below.

An: ok now I'm truly sorry! I had a hectic time trying to write this and balance my school work at the same time. I know it is short but it will be longer next chapter.I just had finals and I passed them with A's plus I just finished the California High School Exit Exam. It was so hard. But now I'm spring breaking people! Yippee! Now it's time to go back to writing this story and lay back and relax. I wish you a good spring break. Go to the beach and enjoy yourselves! I will continue this story throughout spring break….and update quick as possible. But for right now…..I'll leave you guys with a hanger! Toodles!