InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Village of demons ❯ Chapter Six: Sai ( Chapter 6 )

Disclaimer: The Inuyasha story does not belong to me but to Rumiko Takahashi and I thank her for bringing it to us.

Chapter Six: Sai

As Inuyasha and the others reached the edge of the village they caught sight of a young man who appeared to be building a small hut. When they got closer they could see that he was an inu hanyou like Inuyasha. He looked a little younger and had a scar going from his nose to his cheek and a burn on his right shoulder, but the fuzzy ears and long silver hair was the same. He wore handmade fur clothing similar to Kouga’s. His ears twitched as they approached and he turned to them, relaxing when he realized who it was.

“Hello, my name is Sai and I wanted to thank you for letting us stay here. It has been a long time since I had a place to call home.” He said with a genuine smile.

“We are glad we could help Sai. I know it must have been hard on you and the others, traveling in fear for so long. How did you meet all of the others anyway?” Kagome asked curiously.

Sai paused for a second, his features serious and he had a look of someone remembering something painful. The same look that Inuyasha got from time to time, especially when thinking about his mother.

“I was a small boy then, not much older than the kit.” He said, pointing to Shippou. “I was with my parents helping them plant a small garden outside our home. After a while something caught my attention and I wandered off into the forest. A snake demon found me and cornered me against a tree, intent on making me its next meal. My father found me and killed the snake before it could attack.” He paused and sighed before continuing. “Unfortunately the snake had a mate that had found my mother while father was looking for me. By the time we made it back she was dead. Father was so enraged that he attacked the larger demon without hesitation, severing its head, but not before it sank two poison fangs into him. I couldn’t stand to see my parents like that so I turned and ran. I ran until I couldn’t anymore and collapsed in the woods. I knew enough about the wilderness to survive and did for several years, until I met Kazu and the others and they asked me to join them.”

When Sai finished with his story the group was astonished. Like Inuyasha, he had survived for several years of his childhood alone in the wilderness. Inuyasha had a look of understanding as he nodded while Sai talked. He liked this new guy…

As they made their way through the village to Kaede’s they saw that many of the new comers had started work on building their own homes. All of them smiled and waved when they saw the village protectors walking past. Kazu and Ryouta spent most of their time helping the women and children of the group who could not build a shelter on their own.

They were all relieved when they entered Kaede’s hut and the sweet aroma of freshly brewed tea filled their noses. They were all ready to settle in and get some rest. Kaede handed each of them a cup of tea and settled down beside them.

“I have news that ye all may find interesting. While all of you were away we have had six more families of demons come to take refuge in the village.”

That’s very interesting Kaede, why did all of them come here?” Miroku asked after he sipped his tea.

“Well it seems that word has spread quickly about this village being a haven for demons and hanyous. Now many are coming here to finally have a place to belong.”

“Hmm… A larger population will come in handy with what is to come.” Sango said, rubbing her aching shoulders.

“What is to come? What do ye mean by that?” Kaede asked, raising the eyebrow over her good eye.

“There is a war headed this way. An army led by the demon lord of the eastern lands, Tousoku, is going to try and march straight through this village to take the western lands.” Kagome said, as she relaxed Inuyasha by rubbing his ears.

He would never admit it to anyone, but he almost felt like purring when she did that just right. The strange thing is dogs don’t purr, but darn it if he didn’t want to when he got little attentions like that from Kagome.

“This is troubling indeed. I must go inform the headmen of this. All of ye should get some rest, there is much work to be done tomorrow.” Kaede said as she walked out to find the headmen.

A/N: This isn’t a new or revised chapter, I only reposted it because for some reason there was a glitch on media miner and the formatting for this chapter was incorrect. I’m hoping reposting this will fix the problem.