• Once I get to the lake I clean myself up. I also wash my clothes while I'm there. After I got out I started walking around town. I wasn't really thinking of anything. I was just walking to pass the time. That was when I remembered what Berry had told me about the demon that killed her family. I do vaguely remember that. I'll have to ask Kaede if she knows anything about it. Its already dark outside so I start heading back. Once I get to her hut I see that she was about to go to sleep. Berry was already passed out from lack of strength. "Kaede? Can I ask you something?" "What is it?" She asks while I sit down on a cot laid out for me. "Do you know anything about demons having the shape of a spider on their back?" "Yes, that means that they are a part of Naraku. Why do you ask?" "The demon that killed Berry's family and almost killed her had that symbol. I'll kill Naraku for it." "Do ye care so much for her that ye would risk your very life in order for her to get revenge?" "I do. She reminds me of my little sister I used to have. I also know how she feels. My family was also killed when I was smaller. Except that they were killed by.....humans, not demons." "I'm sorry." "Don't be sorry. I got my revenge." After I told her that I turned to face away from her and fell asleep.


    -Unknown by anyone though was the fact that Berry had woken up when Gift walked in. She had only acted like she was asleep. She had heard every word spoken and it made her cry for two reasons. The first was that she was sad because her and Gift's familys were both killed and they were both the only ones to survive. The second reason was that she felt so happy knowing that there was still someone in this world that truly cared for her. She knew that she had made the right choice in accepting to go with Gift. She fell asleep soon after the conversation ended, full of sadness and joy.-


    ~Morning~


    I wake up and go to watch the sun rise again. Then I take my bath and walk to the forest wandering around, looking for a good spot to practice my skills. I take out my blades and run towards a tree. I jump up and bring my blades down right in the middle of the tree. The tree splits right in half. I continue this all morning, practicing on trees and random demons that have the bad luck of coming upon me. I then see Kaede come in to the forest and see her look around at all the demons and trees. "Wow. Aren't ye tired?" "Not really." I say looking around at all the destruction I had caused and rubbing the back of my head sheepishly. "Hmmm. What type of weapon do you have there?" "I call them Blade Swords. I doubt you've ever seen them before. I made them myself. They weigh a ton but once I got used to them they felt as light as a feather. Want to see them?" "Sure, why not?" As she was reaching for them a silver haired dog demon, half demon as I can tell by the ears and smell, comes running at me with his sword. Of course I dodged it with my lighting speed and appeared in a tree as agile as the cat I am. "What were you doing to Kaede?!?!" "Nothing. I was showing her my swords." "Liar!" I wonder what his problem is. "Inuyasha?" A black haired girl stumbles out of the forest and goes up to this so called Inuyasha. She too is staring at me. "What's going on?" She asks. "Stay back Kagome! This demon was about to kill Kaede!" Oh. So this is Kagome. But what is she doing with a demon? And why is he protecting her? I'll never understand humans. "Oh, calm down Inuyasha! This is my friend Gift. She is telling you the truth." "How was I supposed to know that!" "Maybe you should have looked before you leaped." I told him. "What did you say to me!?!?!" "You also need to learn to pay attention and calm down." "And you need to learn to shut up!" Then a demon slayer, a monk, a fox demon, and a little cat walk out of the forest. The monk looks at me and takes my hands in his. "Will you bare my children?" Bad move. Very, bad move. What a stupid human. "No but I will tell you what you can do for me." "Anything." "Let go of my hands and go back to the demon slayer ,which is getting mad at you, before I kill you." I say with an emotionless voice. That made him run away. "That's what you get Miroku!" "Why are you so mean Sango? I almost got killed!" They continued to fight on like that for awhile. "Hey! Look at Kilala!" "Geez Shippo. Why are you so loud?" Asked Inuyasha. That was when I noticed something or rather someone. The little cat was looking up at me. "Hello there little fire neko. What is your name?"


    ~Please note that only Gift can understand her since she is a cat demon. To the others Kilala just sounds like meows!~


    "Kilala. Who are you?" "My name is gift. Don't worry I wont hurt you. You may ride on my shoulder if you would like." "Yay! Thank you! I haven't met a cat demon in such a long time! Its nice to meet you!" "Same to you." I reply as she jumps up on me. I pet her on the head and notice everyone was staring wide eyed except Kaede. I ignore them and I turn back to her. "Would you still like to see one of my blades?" "Yes. Of course." I start giving her one of my two blades to see now but I am still holding on to it. "Carefull, it's heavy. Do you have a grip on it?" "Yes." I let go but as soon as I do I see that Kaede was falling face first to the ground. I see Inuyasha start to move forward but he doesn't move quick enough. He would just drop my blade on the ground anyways. With my quick reflexes I catch my blade in one hand and catch Kaede before she falls. I help her stand up straight. "Thank you Gift. That was really heavy!" "Why didn't you let the blade fall? What if you couldn't catch her with one hand?" asked Kagome. "Well Kagome, I did not let it fall for two reasons. One, I'm stronger then most demons. I knew I could catch her with one hand. Two, I did not want to make a hole in the ground and make more work for Berry." "What do you mean about not wanting to make a hole, and who is Berry?" Asked the demon slayer Sango. "Berry is my friend. She is a bear demon. She has the power to heal. I'm going to make her train and put these trees back to normal with her powers." "But how would your blade make a hole?" I sighed. "What is it with people and demons asking so much questions? Fine, just watch. You guys might want to cover your ears if you hate loud noises though." I take a step towards Kagome and her friends so they will all be able to see what happens. Not to close though. I wouldn't want them to fall in to the hole in case they stumble. I laughed in my head as I thought of this. Maybe next time, I thought as I smirked. I let go of my blade and jump up quickly. As soon as it touched the ground it sounded like thunder, made a huge hole in the ground and shook the ground and the surrounding area making birds fly out of their trees. It always felt just like an earthquake. I saw the humans fall to the ground from the contact. As I'm coming down from my jump I land in the hole next to my blade. I pick it up one handedly as if it didn't weigh anything and put it on my belt next to the other one. Once I jump out of the hole I see everyone looking at me stunned with wide eyes. "Well once you get over your shock you can either follow me to Kaede's hut or you can all wait here. I doubt you can keep up though." I say. Inuyasha recovering from the shock was back to his normal cocky self. "We'll see about that." "Inuyasha...I would not do that if I were you!" Warned Kaede. "Quiet! I don't care what you think, you old lady!" "Would you mind Kagome? Someone has to start us off." I asked her. "What? Oh, sure! Ready, Set....Go!!!" She yelled. As we start off I match my pace to Inuyasha. Funny thing is he is already starting to sweat after a bit. "Is that all you have?" "What about you? Your still here aren't you? Kaede didn't know what she was talking about! I'll beat you with no problem!" "You should have listened to her Inuyasha!" I yell out as I run at full speed and leave him in my dust. I reach Kaede's hut in no time. I enter and just like I thought Berry was awake and standing looking much better. "Hello Berry." I smile very lightly at her. "Welcome back Gift!" She is always so full of energy....She is just like her! "Get on my back. We are going to the forest." "I'm all better, I can walk now!" "I know you can. You look a lot better then when I first found you. It will be faster this way though." "Okay!" She climbs on my back and holds on tight. I start running back to the forest and pass Inuyasha on the way back. I slow down a bit to talk to him. "Geez, can you go any slower?" I mock him. "Where are you going?" Inuyasha asks confused. "Back to the forest. Just to let you know, I won. You can go back now too." I inform him. I speed back up after that and reach the forest in ten seconds. I got back to the spot where everyone was waiting. "Wow. She's back already!" "Can you believe she beat Inuyasha?" "She's so fast!" "She might be as fast as Kouga!" "Speaking of Kouga...Kagome would you mind if I traveled with you?" "No way in He...!" Inuyasha started, finally reaching us. "Inuyasha, sit boy!" While watching Inuyasha I see him fall to the ground with a loud thump. What a hateful contraption. I would never let a human have control over me. I would rather die. "Sure, but why would hearing about Kouga remind you about asking that?" "I want to meet him. Also I heard that Naraku likes to target you guys for your jewels. I can help you collect them and if we come upon him, I'll kill him!" I say angrily all of a sudden.