Ok so here's chapter two! For some reason the first chapter was never posted, on the other hand my one-shot did and people liked it. So I'm happy! This might be a little short but, as skilled as I am it takes me sometime to form everything in my head. -p

The InuYasha group woke up, with the usual routines. Despite the fact they lay in the heart of sengoku jidia, the world seemed quiet and at peace. Collecting their belongings at a leisurely place, the group prepared to head back to Edo; The village that lay close to the bone eater's well and the old miko, Kaede. The road was peaceful and calming yet, something seemed strangely amiss. The group walked in silence in the shadow of the ominous feeling that loomed over them. Kagome had been staring off into the distance watching the storm clouds shift ever closer, when she realized that the blackness she saw was not storm clouds, but instead plumes of smoke billowing from the village.

Running as fast as they could, they reached the hill that over looked the village. Below hem lay the burning huts of the village while what looked to be a pillar of fire tore through the small settlement. Not wasting a second more, the group rushed off to help as much as possible. Upon reaching the edge of the village, they were surprised to see all the villagers safe and unharmed. Kagome scanning the crowd found the person whom she had been searching for.

"Kaede!" Kagome shouted to the old woman as she struggled through the crowd. As she reached her mentor Kagome's eyes wandered back to the burning village. "What's going on?"

Kaede's eyes swept the young girls confused features, not knowing how to explain the events happening before them. She herself barely even knew. "Honestly child I'm not sure, a young youkai wandered into the village, she seemed to be fighting something but then she started screaming for us to get out of the village….. And what you see before ye is the effect of the young demoness….The pillar ye se is what she has come to be." Kaede fell into silence at a loss for anything else to say.

"Is there anything we can do?" Kagome knew there had to be something they could do. They couldn't just let the village to the mercy of this rampaging youkai. "Nay child, this is an elemental youkai, I don't think there is anything we can do." Just as Kaede had finished her sentence, a familiar aura caught her attention. It was coming strait for them and fast….but whose was it? As if to answer her question a silver blur ran past them into the village. InuYasha had a quizzical look upon his face confirming her guess as to what or rather who the silver blur had been. It was the demoness from the day before.

Gin

She had been running through the forests exerting much of her pent up energy and had once again settled into the canopy of the trees. The sky had just began to turn into hues of ocean blue and lavender, she had settled in and decided that a short period of rest would do her no harm. Sending out a wave of youki to ensure her a peaceful rest, she laid her head back and closed sterling eyes to the world. She had been roused from her nap not by a challenging youkai but by something else. The sent alone was enough for her to jump for joy but the sent that accompanied it, sent panic coursing through her body. Every nerve was set off with alarm. Taking off as if hell was at her heels, she set off on her mission. In the back of her mind she vaguely was aware that she was headed toward the shard hunting group. Pushing that little piece of information aside, focused on her goal, her friend was in pain.

The tree's had blurred by and so had the shikon group but all with little concern, her goal was now insight. Before her lay a seen of destruction that would make most anyone, youkai or ningen, stop in awe and horror. Though, whoever said she was anyone? Inside the pillar of fire was her friend. An elemental youkai with a fiery temper, she was a fun person to be around with a spirit that was kind and gentle. The only thing that had ever set her off like this was after her parents had died. Back then just as now she would be the one to put a stop to it.

The pillar that was her friend had stopped moving as she stood before her friend in a stand off, bursts of flame erupted around her. The flame licked at her skin without effect. Using her speed that was superior to that of the person now engulfed in flames, she knocked her out with a quick blow to the head. Gathering her friend in her arms she watched as the flames dissipated into smoke exposing the full extent of the damage. It would take months for the villages to re-build she mentally noted. With a final glance to the villagers and shard hunters she took disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Kagome had sat atop the hill with the other villager's in fascination and a bit of envy at the demoness's courage. She hadn't even stopped to survey the village engulfed in flames, it seemed as if she hadn't even cared about the village set aflame but only of what had set it ablaze. Kagome watched in fascination and horror as the pillar of fire and the strange demoness were at a standoff but for only seconds. It was an amazing picture that she was sure never to forget. The seemingly unnatural beings one wreathed in flame and appearing to only be so, and a beautiful demoness facing off in the midst of an earthly hell burning at their feet and surrounding their very being. In motions to quick for her eyes the youkai had knocked out her opponent with out so much as drop of blood spilled.

There had been a resounding gasp through out the villagers as well as her self as the flames immediately disappeared. Leaving only wisps of smoke and the darkened ash's of the village remnants. Where the pillar of destructive fire once stood now instead stood the regal demoness held what appeared to be yet another amazing youkai. As the only one of the two able to survey the area did so Kagome took the time to study the two youkai.

The first that had wreaked so much havoc upon the small village was in sharp contrast with the one holding her. She looked to be the perfect image of flame, hues of red and orange wove there way through her hair. The contrast's of her hair blended nicely with her creamy yet browned skin, she looked to be the same size as the one that held her if not a bit taller, but she held an innocent look of youth that the other seemed to of lost. Cradled in, what she could only guess to be her friends arms, she seemed as though she were but a child. Her clothes matching that of her hair in hues of red fit snuggly about her figure, the edges of her fighting top were somewhat burnt by her rampage; as well as her skirt that had a unique shape with it's cut and sewing seemed girlish while at the same time formal.

The demoness they had encountered earlier, reminded her of Sesshoumaru in her stance and attitude, yet you could feel an odd feeling of calm about her when in her presence. Her hair was unlike that of InuYasha or Sesshoumaru's, it was silver but it did not have the whitish look that the two siblings had. It looked to be made of ribbons of dark metallic steel. Her eyes were the color of liquid sterling silver, making her dark tanned skin look all the more so. Her figure was lithe like that of a warrior, yet feminine all at the same time. She also wore a fighting top much as her friends that had simpler cuts yet fit snuggly against her curves; however she wore hakamas unlike her friend. Still if a running color theme her clothes had been made to reflect the color of her eyes. The suns rays making her have a urethral glow about her. As she cast a glance at the group she was surrounded by she vaguely noticed a single pale silver color stripe adorn each cheek.

Kagome had been so lost in her study of the two she almost missed the prickling sense of the jewel shard that seemed to be emanating from the fire youkai's shoulder. The silver youkai glanced up at the group of villagers and herself on the hill with piercing eyes, as Kagome was about to call out to her companions, the silver youkai whisked herself and comrade away in the blink of an eye.

Night Fall

The Inu-Tachi sat around the fire, numerous other fires were also lit around them. The entire village had made camp on the hill and re-building would begin tomorrow. The entire group had been musing over the strange youkai and what to do next and the usual occurrences of the night life with the group were well under way.

"HENATAI!" With a loud resounding smack and the 'thud' of hirakotsu hitting the houshi's head the group resumed its normal functions. "Damn, perverted monks" Sango murmured darkly. Kagome and the other parties laughed lightly at their friend's misfortune, while the monk lay on the ground twitching ever so often. Kagome stopped laughing and turned serious. "We'll have to go after them." She said in all seriousness.

Catching her friend's sudden change of moods Sango answered in a puzzled tone "Huh? Why's that Kagome?"

"Yea! Why chase after them! We have shards to find!" InuYasha ever the impatient one interjected before Kagome could answer her friends questions. Kagome in no mood to put up with InuYasha's idiocies promptly 'oswaried' him and went into further detail.

"Well InuYasha" Kagome's voice strained over her companions name "The fire youkai has a shard embedded in her arm. So we will be shard hunting." Kagome was happy to find out more about the two but she didn't think that fighting was the best way to do it. 'I hope that we can just get the shard without having to fight them' her eyes cast to the heavens with her wish in mind. She prepared for bed.

Ok well it turns out this one was just a smidge longer than the other one. Yeah! For me sorry if I went into too much detail with the two characters but I felt it necessary. These two chapters were mostly introductory. Now we'll start getting into the story line a bit more. My next date to update by is the 25 February.  Yep only a week and a half. Hope you enjoyed the chapters. Please review and give me any advice you think might help. And maybe you could read my one-shot? Well ja for now!