Shikigami

Shikigami are demons that appears frequently in the story InuYasha

Point in Story
The Shikigami first appearance is in Kikyo's second appearance after she was ressurrected. The Shikigami goal is to collects souls and bring them to Kikyo. They seems to be really loyal, as they tried to save Kikyo numerous times.

Creation and power
It is unknown did Kikyo created these demon or that she just merely controlling them, however, they're not serve for fighting as they were never seen fighting. Despite this, they seems to be strong as 5 of them can lift a person up and fly away with the person.

Naraku created another Shikigami, however, that 1 was large and Orange-Red in colour and absorbs every soul it finds.