Shiori (InuYasha)

Shiori is a hanyou like InuYasha. Her father was a bat youkai and her mother was a human. For some years before her birth the bat youkai had continuosly attacked the neighboring village. After her birth her father, Tsukuyoumaru, approached his father and demanded that the attacks stop. The bat clan possessed an orb that controlled an unbreakable barrier that protected the whole clan. This orb was passed down from generation to generation of the bat chiefs. Tsukyoumaru threatened not to bear the barrier if the attacks did not stop. But his father, Taigokumaru, became angry and killed his own son. With Tsukuyoumaru dead Shiroi was next in line to bear the orb. Taigokumaru made a pact with the villagers, he would stop attacking the village if Shiori was handed over to him. To Shiori's mother's dismay the villagers agreed and Taigokumaru took Shiori into his custody but the attacks continued.

It was about this time that InuYasha's crew showed up. Unable to break the barrier around Naraku's castle, Totosai informed them that InuYasha must use the Tessaiga to break the bat clan's barrier. If he succeeded the Tessaiga would absorb its power and have the ability to break Naraku's barrier.

During the battle Taigokumaru revealed that he had indeed killed his own son. Hearing this, Shiori rebeled against her grandfather. Taigokumaru tried to kill both Shiori and her mother but a barrier erected around them, courtesy of the spirt of Tsukuyoumaru(this can be compared to how Kagome and Shippo were protected by his father's spirit). InuYasha was able to break the orb and kill Taigokumaru and therefore gained the Red Tessaiga.

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