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Miroku looked over the Miko in front of him her hair was curly and brown with golden streaks in it. He watched it cascade down her back ending at her bottom. Her skin was a pale white as was typical of shrine Miko's as they spent years in the shrine studying. They typically never left the shrine unless there was a great evil that needed to be taken care of. Miroku admired her form she had a shapely body. He was lost in thought until he heard screams, and yells of the villager's about a demon. Naomi looked at Miroku saying, "Come on monk quit admiring my form, and help me rid that village of the demon attacking it."

He watched in disbelief as she charged forward directly into the village. Miroku followed after her wishing to help her save as many villagers as he could. He watched her battle noticing she was poetry in motion she moved so gracefully, and each blow appeared to be calculated. He watched her use a sword, and as the demon backed away, he watched her switch to a bow, and arrow. He noticed her holy energy cover the arrow and turned some of the lesser demons to dust on contact. Miroku ran around the village helping villagers out of burning huts and rushing them to a safe area away from the battle. He assisted where he could in the battle, and it didn't take long before the last demon had been killed. He came across an injured woman looking up he said, "Naomi can you heal her?"

Naomi came over and moved the woman into a hut nearby. She then turned to the monk asking, "Do you know healing herbs?" When he nodded his head, she added, "Go get them while I assess, and heal what I can." She waited for the monk to leave before she looked down at the woman saying, "He's a monk but he's a hentai, so I didn't want him to see you I will need to remove your clothing to heal your injuries, but I will have you covered before he returns."

Naomi worked hard to save the woman, and true to her word by the time Miroku had returned to the hut she was covered. Miroku handed Naomi the healing herbs and left the hut she was a little surprised that he had allowed the woman privacy. Naomi put the healing herbs on her injuries wrapping the injuries up before helping the woman back into her clothes. She helped the woman to a sitting position asking, "What is your name?"

She replied, "I am Sango, a demon slayer of this village. In this village, everyone is a slayer or helps those who take up the skill." Naomi asked, "Would you like to travel with the monk and I there aren't enough people left to rebuild this village it's better if they join another village."

Sango thought a moment before saying, "This last demon attack killed my whole family I am the only one left. I have no reason to stay here, so I will travel with you." Naomi held her hand up saying, "There is something you should know Sango" she tucked her hair behind her ears, and smiled at Sango. She was shocked she hadn't expected the Miko to have demon features all she could do was ask, "How?"

Naomi covered her ears replying, "I am a rare breed of demon Miko, in fact, I am the last of my kind. You see the demons hunt my kind for being able to kill them with holy power, and the Miko's also hunted us down simply because we were a demon. Neither group would accept us, so we had to go into hiding and learn how to hide our demonic features. I just didn't want to start a journey on a lie. You may join us, or you may not it's your choice."

Sango replied, "You saved my life when you didn't have to I owe you a debt. But first I want to know what the purpose of our travel." Naomi smiled softly saying, "I am searching for Naraku he is an evil Hanyu he placed a curse on the monk putting a wind tunnel in his hand. I believe he was behind the attack on your village."

Sango glared out the hut, and she could see the look of shock on the monks face before asking, "Is what she says, true monk?" Miroku replied, "My name is Miroku my dear, and it is true about my wind tunnel although I am unsure how she knew about it. But it was placed on my ancestor by a demon named Naraku, and it's been passed down every generation to the first male born. It grows as the child ages until it grows so large that it consumes you."

Sango then decided, "I will go with you two, and rid the lands of this evil Hanyu named Naraku. Once he is gone from the lands, I will decide what I want to do from there. Did you know she was a demon Miroku?" He looked confused replying, "I sensed that she was a Miko, but no I didn't know she was a demon."

Naomi looked at them saying, "The monk didn't need to know when we met you, however, did as you are a demon slayer. I wouldn't want you going against your vows without being made aware that you were. Miroku would have followed me anyway as he is such a hentai he was watching my backside all the way here."

Sango laughed as a false hurt look crossed Miroku's face as he said, "You wound me, dear lady, I was only taking in the scenery." Naomi helped Sango up asking, "Would you know which way the closest village is as we have some dislocated people needing the protection a village has to offer."

Sango smiled saying, "Follow me I will lead you to a village that I know will accept them. It's not the closest one but they will have room for them and will allow them to stay." Naomi allowed Sango to take the lead as Miroku showed her the place where he had asked the villagers to hide until it was safe.