A/N: Sorry for the long update! Hope you enjoy! (^^)
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Story Start
The green imp stood with his tiny arms folded across his chest standing in front of the tall dark haired man who seemed puzzled and a bit sympathetic as he watched the green demon think. Sahara stared uncontrollably at the thing. He called himself "Master Jaken" and was about chest high to the young girl. She had seen some weird looking demons in her lifetime, but this one just topped all the other ones off. He had two long, green bone-y fingers and a short one which she assumed was a thumb. He had tiny pointed ears on his big head and tiny feet that looked more like bird feet missing a toe. He even had a beak!
The little demon opened his eyes letting his hands fall to his sides in defeat. His long brown robe covering his ugly hands. "Very well. If you have no knowledge I must look elsewhere." He turned to leave the family that stood outside the little house watching him when his large yellow eyes stopped on Sahara.
He squinted at her a little bit making a faint "Hmm?" sound before his intense gaze was interrupted by Rima.
"Everything okay, Master Jaken?"
"Y-yes, yes. I am off!" With an embarrassed "Humph!" he scampered away.
Sahara looked into the faces of Gwen and Touya in confusion, but they held no answer so she turned to Rima and her father. "What was that about, Father?"
The muscular man turned his bright brown eyes on his daughter. His forehead had a few wrinkles and his eyes were starting to get a few, but he still looked younger than the forty years that he had been living. He stared at his daughter for a moment and then looked into the forest where the stranger had run off to. "He was looking for Kuto."
"Kuto? Why? Has something happened? Why would a demon seek him?" Gwen questioned letting go of her sister's hand to stand beside her father and look in the same direction.
"I do not know. He was from the Western palace that these lands are governed from. The lord most likely had some business with Kuto. Unfortunately, No one has seen him ever since he went hunting with that group a few days ago."
"Is the search party still searching for all those men?" Asked Rima.
"No they stopped searching this morning. They have come to the conclusion that he and the rest of the hunters must be dead so they will appoint a new head of the village."
Sahara stayed tuned to the conversation, but her blue eyes scanned the surrounding trees. She felt odd, like she was being watched, but nothing moved in the branches or the underbrush. Still, she couldn't shake the feeling and it made her uneasy. She turned cautiously to her family realizing they had all went inside and she hurried in after them.
Their daily routine started from there like the ceremony or master Jaken visiting had never happened. When Sahara went outside again to do some washing with Kindra and Rima her uneasiness had passed and there was still no sign of anyone in the forest. It was all forgotten and their lives moved on as normal. Until four years later right before Sahara turned sixteen.
"Hey, Rima, do me a favor and go with me to get water down at the river!" Touya called into the house.
"I can't right now, Touya! I'm busy cooking." Rima called back.
"I'll go with you." Sahara walked up from behind the house carrying some apples she picked from a near by tree.
Touya observed his younger sister. The last three years had been a blur for him and soon his beloved sister would be sixteen. Her body had already began its transformation into the young woman she would be in just a matter of days. Her hips had grown further apart almost as fast as her breasts had grown. Her childlike face had morphed itself into a more mature woman's face and now, probably more then ever, she looked less like her siblings. Her bright blue eyes sparkled brightly up at him and her long blonde hair hung loosely down to her waist. Touya nodded his approval standing to the side so she could put away the fruit.
She came out with a bucket of her own and followed her eldest sibling into the forest. They walked in comfortable silence for a while side-by-side. Sahara breathed in the fresh air deeply letting out a long sigh. She hadn't been in the forest for a while now. She never liked to go alone because she had heard too many scary stories about demons roaming inside. Looking up at her brother, who concentrated on following the well worn path the family always used for going down to the river, she smiled to herself. She knew she was always safe whenever he was with her.
They were almost to the river, deep in the woods, pretty far from the house, when Touya suddenly stopped walking. Sahara turned back to him confused. "What's wrong?"
His intense staring almost made her take a step back. It was almost like he was looking through her. She could see the emotions running through his green eyes, but couldn't tell what he was thinking. She took a step closer, snapping a twig in the process, which caused him to blink and fully look at her.
"Nothing is wrong." He finally said regaining his voice, "There is.. Just something I think you should know. But I don't know if I should be the one to tell you or if its even the right time to tell you." He paused looking at a tree to his right before turning back to his sister who stared back still confused. "I've been wanting to tell you since Rima's coming of age ceremony, but you were so young and I couldn't find the words. But I think now that you will be having your coming of age ceremony soon you should know who you really are."
"Who I… Touya? You aren't making any sense. I know who I am. I'm yours, Rima's, Gwen's, and Kindra's sister. Sahara." She took a step closer reaching out a hand to touch his shoulder. She had a weird frightened feeling inside her gut and it seemed like the once chirping birds and loud forest sounds had all died away.
"No." He shook his head stepping away from her, which caused her to take back her hand. "We aren't human. We really don't belong with Rima, Gwen, and Kindra."
"We? But why? Why don't we belong!?" She took a few steps ttowards him closing the small gap between them and grabbed him by his grey hoari dropping the bucket she was holding in the process. "Touya, you are acting weird. What are you trying to say?"
"You are not human, Sahara. Its time you knew. You are the last of the-" A loud crashing noise from deeper in the forest cut Touya off and he grabbed his sister and started running for the river.
Sahara struggled to keep up with her brother and dodge the falling debris around them at the same time. Her mind felt like it was running in circles around what her brother had just told her. What did he mean she is not human? If she isn't human then what was she? She bit her lip confused. Was she a demon? Who all knew about it if she was? Did all of her siblings know? Did her father know? Why didn't anyone say anything?
The two made it to the river and realized what was causing all the falling debris and crashing noises. There, on the opposite side of the winding river, were two young men in the middle of a wild battle with swords. They both had long silver hair, pale skin, and what looked like amber colored eyes. These were demons, she realized, by the markings on the face of the one who wore white hikama pants and a white hoari, that had weird red symbols on it, under armor. The other opponent with the huge sword wore a red kimono and had dog ears on the top of his head.
"Wind Scar!" Called out the dog eared man as he swung his sword at his opponent causing three rows of strong winds to come out of it, which scarred the ground it crossed.
Sahara's blue eyes went wide as she recognized the attack. A tall man with long silver hair tied up in a high pony tail flashed behind her eyes. She had witnessed this attack before, but she didn't know when or where or if it had been in a dream that she hadn't had in years. Whichever the case she couldn't get him out of her head.
The taller opponent with the markings on his face dodged the attack by jumping into the air and away from his opponent shouting "Dragon Strike" which caused lightning to come out of his raised sword and strike the surrounding area.
Touya grabbed Sahara's wrist, causing her to let out a tiny scream of surprise, pulling her to him in an attempt to save her from the lightning strikes surrounding them, "We have to get out of here." He muttered.
The two demons paused their upcoming attacks for a moment to look over at the two siblings huddled together on the opposite side of the running water. "What are you two doing? You are getting in the way!" The dog eared man called out.
"Inuyasha!" A small group of people to Sahara's far left called running towards them from the forest that Touya and Sahara had come out of, "They are from the village!"
Touya pulled Sahara behind him glaring at the approaching group having noticed the two demons and the strangely dressed girl with them while keeping an eye on Inuyasha and the other silver-haired demon across from them.
"Get them out of here, Kagome!" The man named Inuyasha ordered the strange woman pointing his sword at his opponent, "This has to end now, Sesshomaru!"
However, the one named, Sesshomaru's attention was no longer focused on Inuyasha. After seeing the young, blonde, blue-eyed girl he wasn't able to take his eyes off her. She was the one he had been searching for. Touya, realizing Sesshomaru was the lord of the west and also that he had his golden eyes trained on his younger sister, moved in between his gaze and the younger blonde. Sahara never took her eyes off of the strange group of mixed humans and demons still coming towards them trying to make sense of them. Were the humans friends with demons? She had never heard of such a thing.
Touya glared daggers at Sesshomaru who let slip a very attractive, dangerous smile. Was this half demon attempting to challenge him? The demon lord wondered.
"Sesshomaru, are you listening to me?" Inuyasha swung his sword and Sesshomaru merely glared at his half brother before dodging the attack and heading straight for Touya.
Inuyasha quickly caught on to his brother's movement, heading for the siblings, and moved to intervene, "Sesshomaru!"
Touya stepped back from the approaching half brothers, which caused Sahara to look up at him her eyes wide in horror seeing the ascending demons. "Run, Sahara, into the forest as fast as you can and don't come back no matter what." He quickly whispered making ready with the bucket still clutched in his hand.
Sahara never hesitated when her brother ordered her to do something so she turned quickly on her heel and dashed into the forest as fast as her legs would carry her. Her heart hammered in her chest as she heard her brother grunt as he hit the ground. She looked over her shoulder, never stopping, and spotted him laying on the river bank on his back, the bucket drifting in the water, and the demon with dog ears hovered over him with a confused look on his face. The group of people finally made it over to him and looked at her brother concerned. But what made Sahara's heart race even faster as she continued deeper into the woods was that the demon with the markings was no where to be seen.