InuYasha

Sango's Lost Sister

On My Way

Chapter One

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the character of InuYasha; only the character of Saika and any future characters I may add. I'm not sure how long this will be; it just may be a one-shot. Let me know your thoughts and suggestions.

Four shadowy figures alternated between running through the forest and meadows to jumping through the trees for a long stretches of time. After a while, the front, seemingly older figure slowed and landed on a tree branch, near the trunk. The other three landed on branches nearby, curious as to why their leader had stopped.

"Sensei, why have you stopped?" a smaller shadowed figure asked carefully. The figure could sense the tension their leader was emanating.

"We are approaching the demon slayer village that I was born in to and ...was so rudely forced to leave." the first figure answered in a low feminine voice.

She had not forgotten what had happened when she was a child. Nor did she forget the one who had given her the scar on the side of her face. Even though she still loved the person, what was done, was uncalled for. And that person would be punished before she would forgive them.

"The village is not that much farther." the leader replied briskly as she leapt towards the next tree, quickly followed by the three smaller and younger figures.

Within a few minutes, the small group landed on the ground, not far from a fifty food wooden wall that was badly damaged or missing sections. The last time the leader had been here, the wall had been whole and impenetrable. Running through a large opening, the female leader couldn't believe her eyes. Many of the huts were badly damaged, poles that held things in the air were broken and there were many graves to the side near a section of unbroken wall. Scanning the graves, she recognized the weapons on two of them. Seeing their sensei's reactions, the three other figures discretely stood off to the side.

"Seiko (force, truth), father, what happened here?" the sensei questioned, grief and anger flooding to the surface as she stood in front of the two graves that were next to each other. She had known since childhood that this had been one of the best demon slayer village around. They had always been called on for slaying jobs first.

"Saika (a flower full of color) my daughter, I'm glad to see that you have returned." a strong male voice spoke suddenly at the head of the grave the now known leader was kneeling in front of.

"Father? What happened here?" Saika replied, coming straight to the point. 'It looks like something completely wiped out the village."

"A hoard of demons did this. A lord had asked me to bring ten of my best demon slayers to his village to slay a demon. I didn't realize until it was too late, that we had been set up. I had made a grave error in judgement." the male ghost replied.

"You can say that again! Didn't you teach me to always think things out first father?! Needing ten demon slayers to slay one demon sounds rather suspicious to me." Saiko replied, trying hard to be not lash out at her father's stupidity, even though he was dead. She had more respect for others than to lash out thoughtlessly.

"You are right Saika but I can't take things back now." her father's spirit sighed. "Sango is still alive, and Kohaku only lives with a shard of the sacred jewel shard in his back."

"So my little sister is still alive. She will answer for what she did to me." Saiko growled, even though, deep down she was happy her siblings had survived the attack.

"Saika, I agree that what Sango did back then, was uncalled for. She has changed and is truly sorry for what she did. I'm surprised you don't have a husband by now, I don't know any man who wouldn't want you." her father replied.

"Would you want a woman who has a badly scarred face father. Men have rejected me because of this." Saika asked angrily as she pulled the side of her face cloth down, revealing a dark and vicious looking scar. She wasn't surprised at her father's reaction. She had run from the village when Sango had committed her jealous deed against her own sister.

"Well, I guess I can't really blame you for being angry with your sister then. Just don't kill her." Saika's father replied.

"I don't plan to father. I just plan to test her fighting skills. And I'm pretty sure that I will win. I have trained hard all these years, to be the best fighter I can be. I am now a shadow ninja warrior and hokage of the forest glen village in a village in the north mountains." Saika replied as she put the cloth back over her scar.

"I must go my Saiko; my time is up in this dimension. Just promise you will make up with you sister." the spirit replied as he started to fade.

"One more question father. Who was responsible for this slaughter?" Saiko asked quickly.

"It was the evil demon Naraku." the spirit replied as he faded.

"Naraku is it. Then he shall pay for this crime." Saiko asked quietly and then addressed her students. Genins, we will train for a while before we finish for the night. We are to all work on our speed of attacks and movement as well as combat. If it is true of what I heard about Naraku, he is not one to br taken lightly. Right now, I want to see how two of you can quickly gather firewood inside the village, while the other one and myself go to get the evening meal." Saiko instructed.

"Hai sensei." they answered. Two sped off around the village as the last one stepped forward and waited for instruction. The young girl knew that even if Saika was a tough teacher, she only wanted her students to be the best they could be. Laziness and arrogance was not tolerated.

"Good choice Keiko. You are doing well in stealth and aim. You just need to learn to be a bit more patient and still." Saika praised with a gentle smile.

Within two hours, training had been completed, game had been caught, prepared and was now roasting in front of the blazing campfire. Saika was pleased with her genin students training. While the students had taken baths in the nearby river, Saiken had taken Seiko's tessen (iron fan) and was presently sharpening the edges. She had wanted to honor her best friend in some small way, by putting the girl's weapon of choice back in to combat use; instead of just lying on the grave.

"It's time to head in to the hut for the night. We will leave soon after the sunrises in the morning. The soon we deliver our package to the Edo village near the sea, the soon we can return home." Saiko replied, as she picked up the special polish she had found in Seiko's old home, and started polishing the fan. She had found her old home in fairly descent condition and deemed it safe to use for the night.

AN: Yep, yet another new story that was constantly on my mind. I think this should do it for this chapter. I would love to hear any suggestions for the next few chapters. Next is planned to deal with InuYasha and his pack.