The Inuyasha Gang were walking the roads of Feudal Japan in search of the jewel shards. It had been a boring couple of weeks for all of them and they hadn't had a good night's rest in a bed for a while. They happened to be passing a small town built next to a forest.

The forest was deep and green and mysterious. The town was cozy and lively and had lots of tiny crops planted next to homes.

"Oh, Inuyasha we have to stay over night in this cute village!" Kagome squealed.

Inuyasha sighed. Even he was becoming bored of the constant walking and lack of progress in their quest. Inuyasha shrugged. "Why not. We have nothing better to do," he grumbled.

"Perhapes an opportunity of prosperity or adventure will come our way if we wait here for it to catch up with us," Miroku encouraged.

The commoners in the town were welcoming enough but were hesitant to let them stay. Whenever Miroku asked for a nearby inn the people would change the subject or ignore him.

"Maybe….they aren't used to travelers," Kagome suggested.

"Or maybe there's somethin' going on that we don't know about…and maybe it needs some investigating," Inuyasha said hopefully.

"I doubt that very much," Sango said.

They found the head leader of the town to ask proper premission to stay in his town for a while. The man was a hearty looking fellow with a jolly smile and full fledged stomache. He was so happy looking he could represent the Buddah himself.

The man, Yuu he called himself, laughed. "Of course you can stay in this town. We welcome any visitors that happen to…." He took a breath of equivocation. "Well, no matter who or what happens to stop by in my lovley village, they are always welcome." Yuu seemed distressed.

Everyone got uncomfortable for the long pause then thanked Yuu for his hospitality so they could get the hell out of his small temple.

"Did it seem like he was trying to tell us something?" Miroku asked.

Kagome nodded. "We should ask somebody if anything weird has been going on in this village. But discreetly!" She said quickly. "I don't want people to get the wrong idea about us."

Sango tapped a woman on the shoulder. "Excuse me miss?"

The woman jumped up all startled like.

"Um, yes, I just wanted to ask you what was going on in this village," Sango said as calmly as she could.

The woman smiled. "You're wondering why we're so…. You know, jumpy?"

They nodded. The woman chuckled. "Well, you see, we get plenty of visitors from time to time. But the types of visitors we get are so unexpected."

Kagome and Sango were indeed interested in what the female was talking about. Inuyasha could care less.

The woman glanced back and forth to check if anyone was evesdropping. "You didn't hear it from me," she whispered; Kagome and Sango leaned in closer, "but we have demons, the strong dangerous kind, come and visit us every once in a while. They only stay for about a day or two…. A week at most but they wonder around here for God knows what. They don't cause trouble or nothing, but that's what makes it so strange!"

They stared at her for a second. Even that caught Inuyasha's attention.

The woman chuckled. "Best be on my way," she gestured goodbye.

Inuyasha stepped in front of them. "Finally something interesting!"

"Inuyasha, there's nothing interesting about this situation. We don't even know if a demon will just show up right at the time we're staying here!" Kagome whined.

Sango smiled. "I've noticed the villagers aren't uneasy about Inuyasha and his demon blood. This could actually be a good thing."

As Kagome had predicted, absolutly nothing out of the ordinary happened in the entire morning and afternoon. Afternoon passed by as slowly as the sun crept across Japan. Nightime folded over the village and the Inuyasha Gang was tired of boredom.

The Gang were looming in front shops and pacing around stores to see if there was anything worth taking. Inuyasha and Kagome were standing next to each other. "Say, Kagome, do you sense any type of spiritual powers anywhere?"

"No, this place feels so normal."

"Hm."

Because this story won't go anywhere if I don't make something interesting happen, Inuyasha smelt the stench of a small herd of demons. "There!" He picked up Kagome and jumped swiftly on the roofs toward the end of the village. The houses opened into crops of well-sowed gardens of vegetables and herbs. Beyond that was the deep forest where Inuyasha can smell and now see the demons.

He landed clumsily on the plants and dropped Kagome. "Inuyasha! You're ruining the plants!" Kagome yelled.

Inuyasha's mouth was partly open and his eyebrow was raised. Indeed the face of Inuyasha when he doesn't understand what's going on. He couldn't see much of the demons, it was too dark. But he and Kagome couldn't miss their tiny glowing eyes. They squirmed and rustled in the trees eager to get into the village but they were afraid of Inuyasha.

Kagome got very irritated. "Inuyasha just kill them already! They're getting on my nerves, can't you see they're afraid of you!"

"Yeah, but what the hell do you think they want?"

"Dunno."

In a few quick slashes with his claws, the demons were cut and killed. "How uneventful…" Inuyasha mumbled.

"Wow, Inuyasha….Such a big word you used. I had know idea you knew what that meant," Kagome teased.

"I'm not that dumb you know—"

"Gasp!" There was a gasp and a thud and the rustle of leaves. Kagome had tripped and fallen in the dark. "Shoot!" She said. What do you say when one has fallen on the ground?

"Did you fall?" Inuyasha asked stupidly.

No resopnse.

"….Kagome?"

"Is this what I think it is?" Kagome finally said.

"What? What is it?"

"No way, this can't be!" Kagome was talking to herself. "I have to check this out!" She squealed.

Back in the village where there was candle light Inuyasha wanted to see what Kagome was getting so worked up about. She walked over to where she left her backpack and took out a more effictient light source and a text book. Kagome also had a bundle of plant leaves in her hand.

After a moment of reading and compairing the plant to some pictures Kagome gasped again.

Inuyasha was bored of overexaggerating and didn't bother to ask what she had discovered. She should tell him out of her own free will.

"Inuyasha have you ever seen this type of plant before?"

He looked at the bundle of what he thought were herbs. "They look like herbs Miroku uses for wounds and stuff."

"It does doesn't it? But it's not." Kagome smiled myseriously. "I think I know why demons are coming back and forth through the village."

Inuyasha tensed. "Why…?" He asked slowly.

"This is marijuana," Kagome whispered.