Characters
Inu-Yasha is the protagonist of our story. He is
the son of a demon and a human, and the brother of Sessho-maru. Fifty years ago,
Inu-Yasha was pinned to a tree and placed into a state of suspended animation by
Kikyo, a priestess he loved deeply.
Decades later, Inu-Yasha was freed by Kagome, a reincarnated version of his
former (and now deceased love) Kikyo. Harboring a deep feeling of betrayal from
what had happened he unwillingly aided Kagome in her search for the Shikon Jewel
shards.
During their quest Inu-Yasha has discovered that Kikyo has been brought back to
live, and the reason she attacked him... it was all set-up by the evil demon
Naraku who sought the power of the Shikon Jewel. Now Inu-Yasha must make ammends
with Kikyo, who blames him for her death and sort out his feelings for Kagome.
Also of interest, because of Inu-Yasha's mixed parentage, one night each month,
he becomes a normal human. Whoever plays this character must be active and on
everyday.
Kagome Higurashi led a normal life until she
fell into the Bone Eater's Well and was transported to the Sengoku Era of Japan
(1467 to about 1600). After she arrived she was attacked by a demon called
Mistress Centipede and while she was running away, she accidently freed the
yokai named Inu-Yasha, who had been under a spell for 50 years.
Soon after meeting, the village that Kagome landed in learns that she holds the
Shikon Jewel in her body. The jewel is soon extracted and split into dozens of
small shards. Inu-Yasha wants to reunite all the parts so that he can become a
full-blooded demon. Kagome goes along with him in order to help keep the shards
out of the hands of other more corrupt demons.
Kagome and Inu-Yasha's relationship gets off to a very rough start. Kagome
reminds Inu-Yasha of Kikyo, the woman that cast the spell on him, and with whom
he was in love. Later, much to Kagome's surprise, everyone learns that she is in
fact the reincarnation of Kikyo. Throughout their adventures, the two become
closer, but once Kikyo is resurrected by Urasue, their relationship gets put on
hold while Inu-Yasha tries to sort out his feelings for Kikyo.
Kagome's bravery and her (sometimes) excellent marksmanship with her bow and
arrow are a constant asset to the group of adventurers in their quest to reunite
all the shards of the Shikon Jewel.
We first see Sango the youkai exterminator fighting
a giant centipede with her huge boomerang, Hiraikotsu. After killing the
centipede she takes a Shikon shard from it and states that the Shikon Jewel was
created in her town.
Sango's town is later shown and we are introduced to her father, her pet named
Kirara, and her little brother Kohaku. Sango is collecting the Shikon pieces in
hopes of finding someone that will be able to purify them.
One night Sango, her father, and Kohaku are called to a castle to exterminate a
large spider demon, during the fight, it appears that the demon has been killed,
but a small spider jumps on Kohaku. Kohaku kills his father and attempts to kill
Sango, but not before the lord of the castle has them both killed. A young man
there on business realizes that the lord was possessed and kills him, but it
appears to be too late for Sango and Kohaku, so they are buried in the garden.
Sango (and unknown to her Kohaku) manages to survive. Naraku arrives shortly
there after and convinces Sango that Inu-Yasha has destroyed her town in his
quest for the Shikon Jewel.
After learning the truth, Sango decides to travel with the group in order to
avenge her fellow townsfolk. Kohaku now travels with Naraku under his
possession.
Miroku
He is a lustful monk and is quite skilled in combat. Miroku has been known to do some less than holy acts in order to get ahead, and most of his good deeds are preformed for the sake of women or money. Miroku's grandfather was cursed by Naraku. Naraku pierced his grandfather's hand and that is what brought about the curse. The hole is passed down though each generation, and it widens each year. It continues to do so until it has devoured it's victim. The only way to break the curse is to kill Naraku. Miroku is also the one that tells Inu-Yasha about Naraku killing a priestess fifty years ago. After hearing this, Inu-Yasha is able to piece together what happened to cause Kikyo to seal him away. Over the course of the story, Miroku and Inu-Yasha have begun to get along better, the void in Miroku's hand has proven to be a great asset, and his spiritual powers and quite helpful as well. Also of note, Miroku is sometimes seen running scams with a large Tanuki, the Tanuki turns itself into a scary looking demon and Miroku "exorcises" him. They then split the profits from the excorcism.
Kagome and Inu-Yasha first meet Shippo on a battle
field, where he has disguised himself as a spirit, in order to scare the two
into giving up their Shikon shards. The reason Shippo needs the jewel is so that
he can avenge the death of his father at the hands of Hiten and Manten, the
Thunder Brothers.
Shippo is a demon known as a kitsune, or fox demon. He has the power of
illusion, which he uses to deceive and confuse. Shippo's powers also include the
ability to change shape. He has used this power to become everything from a bow
to a skull and in dire situations, he can use his fox fire to keep his enemies
at bay.
Even though he comes across as a bit of a brat, Shippo is really a very kind
person, especially when it comes to Kagome. He feels very protective of her
because of all she did to help him after his father died. Shippo doesn't exactly
feel the same towards Inu-Yasha, as the two are constantly arguing or putting
down one another. Shippo gets nervous from time to time, but when the chips are
down, he can be really brave, and has risked his life on several occasions for
his companions.
Sessho-maru is the half-brother of Inu-Yasha. They
can best be described as "estranged", to put it lightly. Sessho-maru dislikes
humans, and knowing that his brother is half human seems to be one of the main
reasons Sessho-maru dislikes him.
Sessho-maru is often seen in the company of his loyal servant Jaken and a large
Oni that he is usually riding on.
Upon hearing that his half-brother had been freed from the spell he immediately
began searching for him in order to learn of the location of their father's
legendary sword, Tetsusaiga. After a long skirmish, Sessho-maru found out, much
to his disappointment that he is unable to wield the Tetsusaiga because of his
demon blood. On the other hand, because Inu-Yasha is half human, he can use the
powerful sword. After a long battle, Inu-Yasha was able to drive off Sessho-maru
and cut off one of his arms in the process.
Sessho-maru arrived on the scene again later, and with the help of Naraku was
able to temporarily use a human's arm in place of his old one to use the
Tetsusaiga.
He has recently gained a new traveling companion, a young girl named Rin whom he
seems to be taking care of. He has also gained the Tetsusaiga's companion blade-
the Tenseiga.
Koga is the somewhat dim-witted leader of a group
called the "Youkai-Wolf Tribe" Kouga is a youkai that has taken human form and
leads his pack of wolves.
After running into Inu-Yasha and the others, Koga realizes that Kagome can see
that he has Shikon shards in his one of his arms and both of his legs. Realizing
that she can see the shards, he decides to kidnap her in order to help him
destroy the Gokuraku-chou's leader. The Gokuraku-chou are youkai that are
basically a large head with wings and a human torso on top of their head. Koga
plans on making his tribe invincible by gathering all of the Shikon shards, and
he realizes he'll need Kagome to make this happen.
Later, Koga decides that he'll "make Kagome his woman" to which Kagome responds
with a slap. Kagome tells Koga that she and Inu-Yasha have feelings for one
another, so Koga explains that next time they meet, he'll kill Inu-Yasha.
After their second battle, Koga loses the Shikon shard in his arm, and Kagome
stops Inu-Yasha from fighting him while he's in such a weakened state. Inu-Yasha
takes this to mean that she is returning Koga's affections, although she doesn't
mean it in that way.
Bankotsu is the final member of the Shichinin-tai
to make his presence felt. He is the group's leader, and his first order of
business is retrieving Banryu, his halberd, that had been taken by the lords
that slew the Shichinin-tai 10 years prior.
The scent of bloodshed from that battle draws Inu-Yasha and the others to
Bankotsu, where they soon discover that the youngest of the Shichinin-tai is
also the most powerful. With Kyokotsu and Mukotsu already dead, their Shikon
fragments have been given to Bankotsu. He is an extremely powerful fighter and
is able to go toe-to-toe with Inu-Yasha without backing down. He soon realizes
that he is not powerful enough when his halbeard is nicked by Inu-Yasha's "Scar
of the Wind" technique. He discovers that Renkotsu has been keeping the Shikon
shards that he took from Kagome for himself, and with a little coercion uses the
shards to power-up his damaged blade. With this he is able to deflect the "Scar
of the Wind" as if it were nothing.
Bankotsu soon realizes just how deceptive Renkotsu has become. He felt a deep
empathy with Jakotsu for his loyalty, and Renkotsu killed him for his shard.
Because of this Bankotsu quickly avenges his fallen comrade and takes all of the
shards Renkotsu had so greedily kept for himself. Now with 7 fragments in his
body and two in his halberd Bankotsu heads off to destroy Inu-Yasha once and for
all. The two battle deep inside Mount Hakurei and Inu-Yasha slowly cuts the
Shikon shards out of his body as the battle progresses. Suddenly Inu-Yasha
manages to slice Bankotsu in two, and as one half turns to bones and dust his
other half is taken by Naraku, it's shards removed, and the last remnants of the
final member of the Shichinin-tai become extinct.
Naraku is one of the most powerful demons in the
series, and is the puppeteer pulling the strings behind the scenes. At first he
tracks Inu-Yasha and his companions from a distance, but after being detected by
Kagome, he is forced to face his foes for the first time.
At first Naraku appears to be cowardly by letting others do his dirty work for
him. He states that this is because he is between transformations, and he would
be unable to defeat Inu-Yasha in this state. His history with Inu-Yasha
stretches back over fifty years, to shortly before Kikyo's death.
At one time Kikyo took care of a badly burned criminal named Onigumo. Onigumo
had a twisted love for her, but the feeling was not mutual. As Kikyo's love for
Inu-Yasha grew, her powers began to weaken, until demons were able to close in
on Onigumo. Drawn there by his evil thoughts, the demons received Onigumo's soul
in a barging for great power. Before dying he asked that the demons "give him
the strength to steal the Shikon Jewel and make Kikyo mine...!"
The demons did this by eating Onigumo and becoming one, and thus Naraku was
born.
Kohaku is a demon exterminator in
training. His sister, Sango, and his father were sent to deal with a demon at a
lord's manor one night. That was when everything went terribly wrong...
A small spider demon landed on Khaki's back and he lost control of himself. He
started attacking his family. Killing his father and severely wounding his
sister. Sango was left for dead and Kohaku went to serve his new master, Naraku.
Kohaku has constantly proven to be a difficult opponent for his sister. She
knows that he does not know what he is doing, and Naraku has been able to use
Kohaku as leverage against Sango even going so far as to get her to betray the
group.
Hanaroshiby Katita (erin)
Hanaroshiby Katita is a character I made on my own. She travels with Inu-Yasha and occasionally battles to train with him. She wields the legendary demon sword that can since full-blooded demons. She was fighting Sessho-maru when Inu-Yasha and her met. She is a demon slayer that is very skilled. She is a big help to Inu-Yasha's traveling party. She is a half-demon and is like Inu-Yasha (a dog demon).
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