Chapter 7

5 years later

Two small forms raced through the trees of the forest. Suddenly another form jumped down from the trees.

"IRON-REAVER SOUL STEALER!" The form screamed.

The two demons were shredded and a small girl stood over them.

"Damn!" The girl cursed, "The demons around here are so weak. They aren't even a challenge."

Suddenly, the bushes behind her rustled. She dug her claws into her palms and quickly turned around.

"BLADES OF BLOOD!"

"What the hell?!" A familiar voice shouted. "Watch it!"

"Oops, sorry dad..." Said the girl.

Inuyasha looked at his young daughter. She had inherited her mother's looks. Her long black hair was unique among all the dog demons he'd ever met. Even her dog ears, which matched her fathers in everything but the color, were black. The only things on her face that weren't exactly like her mother were her eyes and her fangs . She had his golden eyes and he liked that.

"You're getting good. You'll be killing big demons in no time." He told her, "Now let's get home before your mother kills me."

"I'll race you," Saiai, who preferred to be called Sai, challenged, "I bet I can beat you."

"Not on your life." Inuyasha replied smiling.

They set off at a superhuman pace. Sai was fast, even compared to him. It never failed to surprise him how powerful she was at such a young age. Nevertheless, he won the race, but not by much. However, he did allow her to go through the door first.

"Ah, you're back! How are you Sai?" Kagome asked.

"I'm alright. I was close to beating dad home this time." She beamed.

"Ohh. Good job. It seems your dad is getting old." Kagome said smiling at Inuyasha.

"Hey! What is that supposed to mean?!" Inuyasha retorted, "The girl is just fast..."

"Thanks dad!" She said sticking out her tongue.

"Alright, that's enough you two." Kagome said chuckling, "It's time for lunch."

They all sat down and began to eat. They were a happy family. No powerful demons had dared to attack the village ever since the day Saiai was born.

Kaede had died the year before of old age. Kagome was now the head priestess in the village. Neither she nor Inuyasha had aged a day. Inuyasha because of his demon blood and Kagome due to her immense spiritual powers. They far exceeded those of Kaede, Kikyo, and even the famous Midoriko. Those powers, not by any will of Kagome, were preserving her life and her body. She would live indefinitely. No one knew if she would ever die. Sai had inherited her mother's spiritual powers as well. She was a half-demon priestess. The first in history. It was clear that she would be immensely powerful when she grew up.

Inuyasha believed that she should start her training as a priestess early and so, the next night, told her that she would begin learning under her mother.

"Sai, you need get a hold on your spiritual powers before you can start enhancing your demonic ones." Inuyasha told her, "The two are inherently at odds and thus must be controlled. Training as a priestess is difficult and must be started at a young age."

"Your father is right." Kagome agreed with Inuyasha, "It will be incredibly difficult to balance the two sources of power, so if you can get a hold of one from a very early age, then training in the other will become so much easier."

"Okay, mom, just tell me what I have to do." Sai responded, surprising both of her parents.

Kagome smiled. She and Inuyasha had never been more proud of their daughter. She was so mature at such a young age.

"We'll start tomorrow, bright and early." Kagome said happily, "Get a good night's rest."

"Right!" She said excitedly and she hurried off to bed.

They allowed her to fall asleep and stood gazing over her lovingly.

"She's going to be one strong woman." Inuyasha said thoughtfully.

"Yes she will." Kagome agreed, "Well, we should follow her example. We're gonna need to sleep too. Knowing her, she'll train so hard, we'll end up being more tired than her."

Inuyasha laughed, but agreed with her and then followed Saiai into bed and into sleep.