Sahara continued running deeper and deeper into the forest veering off the trail that led to her home. She could no longer hear or see her brother who was with the others, but she knew the other demon was out in the woods somewhere, probably following her. Her eyes spotted the clearing that was surrounded by thick trees, her destination where she always ran to meet Touya when they got into trouble. The young blonde stopped suddenly before going into her hide out, she looked around to be sure no one was following her before she squeezed herself inside. This had become a more difficult task the older she got because her breasts and hips were so much bigger and wider that they were hard to squeeze between the clustered trees that protected this one grassy place in the woods.
Finally, she popped herself through and stumbled inside, tripping over a root, and landed on her hands and knees Her blue eyes landed on a pair of black boots a few inches in front of her. She quickly looked up into the demon's face noticing his two magenta stripes on each of his cheeks, the magenta crescent moon on his forehead, and finally his large honey colored eyes. A scream of surprise escaped her lips as his hand reached out to her throat and she was immediately held up in the air pressed up against one of the surrounding trees struggling to breathe.
The demon's breath was hot on her face, "You are the whelp whose mother was involved with my father, are you not?"
Sahara grabbed at his wrists in an attempt to try and loosen his hold, "I don't know what you are talking about." She struggled to get out.
"Sesshomaru, leave the girl alone!" The red clothed half demon cried jumping into the clearing with the rest of his friends and Touya. Sahara's eyes grew wider at the sight of the light brown cat ears atop her brother's head.
"Or what, Half-breed? This does not concern you anymore." Sesshomaru turned his head around to briefly glance at his half brother.
Touya clenched his fists and stepped beside Inuyasha, "Sahara is my sister. Her business is my business."
Sesshomaru dropped his captive to the ground turning from her as she sucked in precious air. A dangerous smile crossed his lips as his cold eyes watched his brother ready his large sword motioning the half-cat demon to move back with his friends. "Her brother? You are not of the same breed as this demon. Tell me, you must know how a pure blood wound up with an annoying half-cat demon like you?"
Touya growled in response wanting to spring at this demon, but he knew that would be a horrible idea. The older dog demon was deadly and he knew he had no real chance against him, "And why should I give the likes of you that information? What does a demon lord want with my sister?"
Sahara stood up causing the demon lord to glance over at her in the corner of his eye and then turn his cold amber eyes back on Touya, "I don't need to explain myself to you. I have business with this demon, you are not needed here." He turned to look back at the young woman who now glared at him.
"Why does everybody keep saying I'm a demon? I am human! I have no claws, no markings, no weird ears, and certainly no fangs!" She motioned to her nails and head as she said this to make her point.
"Yeah!" A little fox demon piped up from atop the large twin-tailed cat demon who stood beside the three humans behind Inuyasha, "She has no demonic aura!"
"A jewel shard." The girl with the weird outfit whispered aloud looking almost like she was in a daze, causing her friends to turn to her.
"Where, Kagome?" Inuyasha demanded turning his head to her.
The young woman, who looked not much older than Sahara, Kagome, pointed at the blonde causing everyone to turn towards her. "Its inside her chest."
"What?" The demon slayer woman stood foreword clutching at her giant boomerang behind her back preparing herself to attack if she needed to, "How are we supposed to retrieve it?"
Sahara stepped against the tree watching now horrified at the demon lord before her, who raised his right hand in front of him. He used his demonic energy to cause his nails to grow slightly longer and, before anyone could stop it, he sunk them into her flesh whispering in her ear, "This will hurt."
Her eyes widened in complete shock locked to his honey colored eyes. Before she could utter a sound he had moved back with an object that looked like a tiny pink shard of some type of crystal in between his bloodied fingers. Her cry of agony and pain did escape her lips at this time, but not because of the deep cut the dog-demon left in her flesh. Her entire body was pulsing. Demonic energy that had been built up and dormant in her body swelled from her, overtaking almost every inch of her body. Her teeth grew fangs, much like those of Inuyasha, but slightly smaller. Pointed ears replaced her human ones, but the worst of the pain came from her back causing her to fall forward on her knees hugging herself tightly. The pain the demon lord had warned her about was an understatement. What she was feeling right now as giant wings tried to push their way from inside her flesh to sprout from her back was, in fact, complete torture.
"What have you done?" Touya whispered horrified. His green eyes were locked on his sister wanting to do something, but too stunned by her tears and her transformation to really do anything.
Something ripped and a few seconds passed and Sahara collapsed on her side from pure pain and exhaustion. Wet, leathery wings, about her height, extended out behind her back. Touya stepped closer examining his sister with worried pools. Her long blonde hair stuck to the side of her sweaty face, but beneath that on her forehead, he noticed a dark pink symbol, but from his angle he couldn't determine what it was. His eyes traveled down her slender body to her side where he noticed her beautifully colored wings that were folded against her back much like the damp wings of that of a butterfly who had just exited it's cocoon. They were every beautiful color of a rainbow with thin black outlines. The skin that had been torn from her back to produce this fragile masterpiece was healing already. Touya knew there wouldn't be a single scar on her smooth Milky back. Then, he noticed the source of the ripping sound. Her plain blue kimono had ripped down her back so the giant wings could form.
"A butterfly demon?" The young monk questioned stepping beside Sango. "I thought they had all been killed off and nothing more of legends now."
"They were, or at least, none of the people at my village had ever dreamed of seeing one." Sango shook her head in disbelief swaying her high ponytail.
"She is the last." Touya muttered in response, "There will be no other pure butterfly demons born after her." His eyes traveled back to the demon lord who still held the jewel shard in his bloodstained hand. He was still watching the young girl. "Is that gem what you came for?"
Sesshomaru turned to the young man whose eyes narrowed at him in pure hatred, "No." He flung the object at his brother who caught it easily, "I have no need for such objects that promise great power."
"Then why did you come here?" Kagome asked stepping closer to Inuyasha clutching her bow closer to her body.
"I came for the woman who was promised to me." The demon lord turned back to the young demoness, "I will take what is mine." Was the last thing the stunned group heard before Sesshomaru and the girl turned into a white orb and disappeared from the forest.