The Demon Attack on The Village

Silver heaved herself up and out of the well and gazed around her in wonder. It was clear that she was no longer in the shed, or even in Tokyo anymore. She was surrounded by forest on all sides. She gulped and suddenly remembered an old movie she'd seen with Maxie once.

" Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore." She murmured.

She spied a small earthen path before her and got to her feet. It felt strange here, yet vaguely familiar, yet she was sure she'd never been here before.

The path eventually joined with a dirt road that appeared commonly traveled. She took a deep breath and started down it. She could see a small village a few hundred feet away and hoped she could find shelter there. As she got closer, she saw that several houses were in ruins and being rebuilt. As she entered the village, she passed several people who all gave her funny looks. One woman with her young son pulled the child closer to her and backed up. Silver blinked and turned to look in the other direction. The men working on constructing a cottage that seemed to have been ripped apart at the seams all glared at her.

" What do you think you're doing here, Demon?" one of them asked gruffly. Silver bristled. " I am not a demon!" she said. " My name is Silver! I'm a mutant!"

" What the heck is that?"

" I don't know! But it's what I am." She said. The men all exchanged glances and burst out laughing. " You know, for a demon you're pretty funny!" one of them said. Silver felt herself blush. " I wasn't trying to be." She mumbled.

" Now what's all the ruckus out here? You'll never get anything done with all these jokes." An old woman said from behind her. Silver jumped and whirled around. It was indeed an old woman with sandy gray hair and an eye patch over her right eye.

" Who are you?" Silver stammered.

" I am the priestess, Kaede. May I ask the same of ye, young demon?" she said kindly, but firmly. Silver frowned. " I'm not a demon!" she said again. Kaede smiled and shook her head. " I'm sorry, but ye are a demon, if not a half-demon. I can tell, trust me."

" But I'm not! I swear! I'm just trying to get away Banodyne!"

Kaede's brow lifted. " Banodyne? There's no such place."

Suddenly, her eyes went wide and she hummed and nodded. " Ah, yes. I understand now. Young one, what might your name be?"

" Silver."

" Come with me, Silver. I wish to speak with thee." She said, turning around and heading for a cottage far to the edge of the village. Silver felt that she had not much other choice in the matter.

" So ye fell down the well, eh? I understand quite clearly now. Ye have a destiny awaiting ye. Otherwise the well would never have permitted ye to enter." She said, pouring Silver some tea. Silver took the cup, but didn't drink it. " I'm sorry I intruded. I was being chased and got desperate."

" I know the feeling well. It has happened to me many a time. Now, tell me where ye are from."

" Banodyne Research Center in Tokyo. I'm adopted, my parents probably died in a car wreck."

" What's a car? And if ye are originally from this world, how could your parents have perished in that one?"

" So you know of that world? Then I didn't dream it." She said. Kaede nodded. " I have a young friend from that world. Her name is Kagome. A half-demon from these parts is visiting her at present. She has other friends, but they're busy with family matters."

" I see. Sick mother or something?"

" Nay. Children."

" Oh."

" Yes, it was disheartening when young Sango and Miroku left the village, and we all miss them, but it was for the best for Sango."

" But what about—" Silver started to say when some men in the village started to yell again. A loud crash like a building being smashed to bits resounded from outside.

" Lady Kaede! He's back!" someone screamed. Kaede leapt up. " Oh no. Not again. Silver, get down beneath the table and inhale this. Hurry!" she said, handing her a bottle of some foul-smelling liquid. Silver obeyed and inhaled as much as she could without becoming sick. She turned so she could see what was happening outside the door. Kaede ran out with a bow and quiver of arrows, having cocked one already. Silver could see a lot of what was happening, including the attacker. But he moved so fast, that she could barely see anything but white and a little black and red here and there.

" Out of my way, humans!" the attacker shouted angrily. Kaede aimed.

" Sesshomaru! Ye have no business here! You've already annihilated the place! Be gone with ye!"

" Not until I have found what I want."

" And what might that be?"

But before an answer could be heard, another voice arrived on the scene and Silver recognized it as InuYasha.

" Sesshomaru! What the hell do you think you're doing? Get out of here!"

" This is none of your concern, InuYasha!"

" It is now! Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!" (A/N: I apologize if I spelled that wrong.)

The demon attacking the village leapt out of the way and for the first time, Silver got a glimpse of him. His eyes were a deep red and he had long white hair, similar to hers. That's weird, she thought. InuYasha appeared and slashed viciously at him, but the demon leapt out of the way and onto a roof.

" I will be back, InuYasha. I won't rest until I've found what I'm searching for."

With that, he was suddenly surrounded in a bright glowing sphere, which rapidly rose into the sky and vanished. Silver crawled out from beneath the table and watched its progress until it disappeared. Kaede sighed and lowered her bow.

" That was far too close. Thank you for your help, InuYasha." She said.

" What the hell was he doing here anyway?" InuYasha demanded. " I hate him, but I've gotta admit, that wasn't like him."

" You know him?" Silver cried out. InuYasha turned and glowered at her.

" What are you doing here?"

" I fell here by mistake. Who was that demon?" she asked. But InuYasha shut his eyes and mouth and refused to answer. Kaede sighed.

" That was Sesshomaru, Dog Lord of the western lands."

" He's a bad ruler?"

" No, no, no. He's a Dog demon. Normally, he leaves us alone. But lately, he's been coming down here and killing our people and destroying our village, claiming to be searching for something. But he never tells us what it is he's searching for." Kaede said wonderingly, looking up at the sky where he had vanished. Silver frowned. " Well, why doesn't anybody do anything about him?"

" They can't." InuYasha snapped.

" Why?" she asked.

" I can explain a little." A new voice said. Silver whirled around. It was Kagome and, wonder of wonders, Maxie. Silver squealed and tried to run to Maxie, but she held up her hand. " No, you must stay put." She said. Kagome coughed. " I can explain a little bit. Sesshomaru is InuYasha's older brother."

" Do we have to go into this?" InuYasha yelled.

Kaede turned to them all. " Why don't we go into the cottage and tell Silver everything she should know if she's going to be here."

A/N: So Sess has gone a little nuts. He's attacking the village and freaking everyone out! Will Silver find out what he's looking for? Will she be able to locate the thing and return it to him before he completely destroys the place? Stay tuned in to find out!