Sango

It turned out that Naraku was behind all this. While the five strongest exterminators were away from their home village, Naraku ordered scores of demons to attack the village and in turn gain possession of the 5 pieces of the Shikon Jewel the exterminators had.

Sango, who miraculously survived, digs her way out of the grave, only to be found by the young lord Kagewaki who briefly tends her wounds. Naraku comes to the young lord and tells him about how Sango's village was raided by a demon named InuYasha while they were here fighting the false demon. Sango overhears this "news" and is heart-broken. She demands her weapon and swears to kill InuYasha at all costs. Naraku appears to be kind and "lends" her a piece of the Shikon Jewel to suppress the pain from her wounds.

Sango meets InuYasha and the group not long after she left the castle. Immediately she engages in a battle that InuYasha does not want to fight in. Naraku was watching closely with a remote-controlled puppet and sends the Saimy&#333;sho wasps to deter Miroku from using his Wind Tunnel. Sango is soon subdued due to her severe wounds and she is puzzled as to why InuYasha, Kagome and Miroku did not seem very hostile, contrasting to what Naraku had described.

Naraku's wasps escape with the Shard of the Jewel he lent Sango and she loses consciousness due to blood loss. When she wakes up, they make it back to her village, where Sango finds out that they had already paid proper respects to all the villagers, who died defending the village without their strongest warriors from the onslaught of demons.

The group learns from Sango that the Shikon Jewel has close ties with her village, and Sango in turn realized the true nature of Naraku and joins the group.

She is a valiant warrior in battle as she is the best demon exterminator from the village, and with her Hiraikotsu she is not an opponent to be taken lightly. She hopes to defeat Naraku and be reunited with Kohaku, who was resurrected by Naraku with a Shikon Shard to do his biddings.

She developes deep feelings towards Miroku and accepts his proposal that they should get married if they ever defeat Naraku, even though his lecherous behavior is not likely to change and therefore, she might eventually dump him.