Chapter 2

The Huts

Inuyasha searched the houses that were still standing first, though not many were.

"Hello! Can anybody hear me? Is anybody alive in here?", he would yell in each house he walked into. Most of the huts still standing were either ready to collapse or a part of some already had. But there was one hut still in what would be considered perfect shape. The hanyou felt uneasy about entering it, but he did so anyway. His motivation? People might be injured but alive in there. I can't just leave 'em...

Inuyasha opened the door slowly and slightly. He heard a little mope from inside and flew the door open. Inside was a family from the village. A mother with her two children in her arms and a man who he assumed was their father who a laceration on his left leg. The family tensed up.

"I'm here to help you guys. Is there anyone else alive that you know about here?" he asked with a we-need-to-get-out-of-here-right-now tone.

The mother said "No, to be honest I don't even know how we are alive." She was scared. Not of Inuyasha, but of the wondering of where the demon was.

"Well, we can talk about that later. Right now, we've got to get out of here. Can he walk?" Inuyasha asked the injured man.

"I can try..." the man slowly rose to his feet, but fell over in pain. "Sorry, guess not."

"Alright then. Get on my back and I'll carry you out."

Dust fell from the ceiling and it began to crack. Little pieces of wood fell down from the once stable roof.

"Alright, hurry up, we're getting out of here. Now!" Inuyasha commanded.

The hut was collapsing with everyone still inside. The mother and her children ran out first while Inuyasha lifted the man onto his back. The hut made one last loud crack. Inuyasha and the man escaped as the hut collapsed.

With a sigh of relief Inuyasha asked, "Everyone O.K.?"

He looked around for the mother and children. He found them staring, shocked, at the massacre that was their village. The mother snapped back to reality and shielded her children's eyes. This was not a sight for children to see. Friends and family bleeding. Staining the ground with blood. No one should have to see this.

"Thank you so much for saving us lad," the man said to Inuyasha.

Inuyasha began to say "I haven't saved you yet. We still have to defeat the de..."

The hanyou felt a sudden pain in his shoulders where the man had placed his hands to hold on. Inuyasha knelt down to the ground in pain with his yes closed and his jaw clenched.

"Hey, I don't know what you're doing there but..."

He opened his eyes and looked at his shoulders. He was being stabbed by two claw like hands and fingers. He felt the man getting heavier and stronger, pushing the claws in deeper and forcing Inuyasha to the ground. Inuyasha spoke with a pained, raspy voice.

"So... you were the demon all along, huh? I figured the scent that came from you was from your wound. I figured you got it from the demon and that's why you smelled like it... but you are the demon!"

The demon had transformed into it's natural form. An eight foot tall reptilian demon. Black and red with a hunch and broad shoulders. It stood over the hanyou, it's elongated claws still in Inuyasha's shoulders and crushing him by standing on him with one foot.

Inuyasha looked at the mother and yelled, "Run! Now!"

The woman ran as fast as she could with two small children.

Damn, what do I do? With the demon pinning me down, I can't reach my Tetsusaiga! Damn!

So... chapter 2. Again, I don't like long stories/chapters and any criticism, just be nice about it.