Shards of Destiny

I do not own Inuyasha, yadda yadda yadda. Rumiko Takahashi does.

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Seresute reappeared at least 50 miles away from the village and began walking for a while. The cool night air was refreshing against her skin and she stopped when she noticed a hot spring.

"Oh! Sora, look! A hot spring. I haven't seen one of these for a while," she said excitedly.

She stripped of all her clothes and stepped in, relaxing at the feel of warm spring water.

"Ahhhhh, that hits the spot. Right Sora?" Seresute asked.

Sora was nibbling at some grass, but she stopped to address her mistress.

"Yes Mistress Seresute," she said.

Sora went back to nibbling on the grass and Seresute sank into the depths of the spring. She was blissfully unaware that three people were watching her.

"She's very pretty, isn't she, Master Jaken," the voice of a little girl said.

This person named Jaken didn't respond. He was too busy staring.

"Yeah, yeah. I'm pretty sure Lord Sesshomaru won't even acknowledge her," he said.

The dragon next to them, whose name was Ah-Un, snorted loudly. That caused Seresute to snap to attention. She scanned the surroundings, then got out and wrapped a towel around herself. (Did they have towels in that time period? Oh well!)

Seresute was at full attention after hearing a sound in the bushes. She cautiously got out and dressed quickly.

"Let's go Sora," she said.

The unicorn whinnied and followed her mistress.

"Master Jaken, is that really a unicorn? Those things are rare!" the girl said.

Suddenly Sora reared up in fright, whinnying to the high heavens and pawing the ground.

"Sora, calm down. Calm down," she said as she began to sing a song.

Sora calmed down a bit, but her huge black eyes were fixated on something in the sky. Seresute looked up and saw something horrifying. At least five hundred bloodthirsty demons hovered above them. Seresute gasped and drew her Ryukotsusei from its sheathe. The sword glowed a light blue as she faced the demons. Many came at her with full force, but she cut their heads off. Fifty came at her and wrapped themselves around her legs, arms and torso, binding her tightly. One of them drifted close to her face.

"Mmmmm, a goddess. We've never killed one before. This is our chance to," it cackled.

She gasped and struggled mightily against the demons, but they held fast.

'This is my only resort,' she thought as the blue diamond-shaped mark on her forehead flashed a bright blue. Her eyes turned bright red and she started to change. Pretty soon, the human form of Seresute had vanished. Now there was a bloodthirsty brown wolf with the marks on her face, looking at the demons hungrily. Her monstrous paw came up and swiped at them. They screeched as they died. Her head came around to gaze at the others, who quickly ran away. She huffed and changed back into her lovely human form. Walking again, she heard a sound behind her and looked back. Nothing.

'Get a hold of yourself Seresute. You can't jump at every single sound you hear.'

A huge fox demon came out of nowhere and gazed down at her.

"Finally, I have found a woman worthy enough to be my wife. Come and we'll be married as soon as possible," he cackled, picking her up with his teeth. She gasped and hit him with an arrow from her bow, hitting him square in the eye. He howled in pain, letting her go. She fell to the ground bleeding from where he had gotten her. He spit at her and attacked, slashing her body up until blood was pooled everywhere. Seresute lay on the ground twitching from the pain when she heard another loud crash and a huge dog demon appeared. (Guess!) It faced the fox demon and came at it, biting it with its fangs. The fox's neck began to lose its skin as the dog demon's acid saliva wore it away. Whimpering, it ran off, leaving the dog demon with Seresute. It turned its head and looked at her with predatory eyes. She just lay there, knowing that the demon was going to eat her. But surprisingly, it didn't. Instead, it picked her up gently in its teeth and placed her on its back. Slowly, he began walking, Sora following behind. Seresute grabbed fistfuls of its fur and fell unconscious.