Kiryasha

(b. 1400)

She obviously is the main character. As I explained earlier, Kiryasha has lived an awfully bitter life, which, as she grew older, turned her bitter as well. In 1486, Kiryasha met monk Tikyo, and in short time, she fell in love with him. Back then, she truly wanted to be a decent, charming, feminine woman so Tikyo would see the sweetness she possessed from her mother and that was still alive in her, so she used make-up, wore beautiful kimonos, and behaved kindly to show him.

She even asked him if it was possible for her to turn into a human woman with the power of the Shikon Paper, planning to spend her life as a mortal, just like the man she loved, and live happily with him for the rest of their human lives. That is, until Maraku appeared. Days after that, Tikyo told Kiryasha to wait in the Sacred Tree, for he'd bring the scroll to her. For some reason, Tikyo ended up betraying her, and in her rage, she destroyed the Light Village, the village where Tikyo lived.

Suddenly, Tikyo appeared, screaming Kiryasha's name and shooting an enchanted arrow that hit her chest, sealing her into an eternal sleep that lasted 50 years. Nowadays, Kiryasha says she wants the sacred scroll to become a youkai, (whole demon) so people that didn't respect her for what she was can learn a lesson, and so she can be as strong as the father she never met. But now that several things have happened to her, she has begun to doubt her purposes with the Shikon Paper. Kiryasha now dresses with the battle kimono made from the robe Lord Inuyasha wore; the Robe of the Fire Rat.

She covers her chest tightly by wrapping it in bandages, acts extremely tough, hides her womanly feelings and sensibility. This is because by the time Tikyo betrayed and attacked her, she swore to herself that she would never 'show her weakling points' ever again. However, every so often she asks herself if she's a woman as beautiful as her mother was, or if she'll ever get to be so, and, throughout the story, she tries to show Ketsat her feelings for him, but grows weary of all the chaotic mess and decides to keep her feelings to herself as much as possible after a long line of interrupters, suitors, live rivals, several attacks of her Bipolarity, Ketsat's endless cluelesness, and receiving "Sit girl!"s. She suffers of Bipolarity, (which I use pretty much for comic mischief in the story) and it's very good sometimes because every time she Ketsat are about to do something romantic, her mood always swaps, most of the time in a mentally sulky way, which causes a funny argument between them that almost always ends up with a "Sit girl!" ^ ^

Going back to story summaries, after a whole lot goes on in the story, Maraku manages to obtain the whole Shikon Paper. She uses its power to turn Kiryasha's Tetsusaiga completely powerless and then is injured in her left shoulder, slashed down, and left to die under critical conditions. Not being given any time to react, Maraku throws her down the deep, seemingly-endless cliff they were standing over so she'd fall to her death. Inuyagome, her brother, dove into the cliff, determined to save her.

He took a very long time, which made everyone think Kiryasha had indeed died. After a long while, he managed to climb up the cliff where her sister Izari was waiting anxiously, carrying an agonizing Kiryasha on his arms. Though she was bleeding seriously, Izari managed to save her. She healed her injuries perfectly, though that didn't save her from being too weak to show up before Maraku or any action any time soon.

Her enemy had already extreme power, and if she showed up before her being so frail, she'd die for sure. So she was forced to wait three long years before she revealed she was alive. These years she spent them yearning to reunite with her friends once more, especially Ketsat, whom she missed like no one else, and tried to get over her mood swings that often caused her serious depressions.