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Chapter 11
Isilindil walked over to Ember, her usually happy face shadowed with sorrow. "There're survivors, but most of the people will wiped out." She informed her friend.
Isilindil nodded, handing Ember the boy. "Go find his parents. I'll help finish here." Ember nodded, holding the boy close to her as she walked towards the few houses where she had the others had rounded up the surviving villagers.
Picking up a discarded shovel, Isilindil got to work, helping Miroku and Inuyasha finish burying the dead.
Finally, Inuyasha, Miroku, and Isilindil finished the gruesome task of burying the dead. Isilindil threw down her shovel, glancing around at the reemerging villagers. Kagome, Ember, and Sango had put flowers on the new graves and had just barely alerted the villagers that the task was done.
They came out hesitantly, as if afraid a Demon would shoot out of the ground and consume them. Isilindil noted with some relief that the small boy they had found was now attached to his mother.
An older man led the survivors of the destroyed village, coming to a halt in front of the six companions. "We are in your debt. We thank you for what you have done here…"
"Elder, could you answer a few questions?" Sango asked carefully.
The old man nodded. "Aye, but not out here. The air still chills my bones. Come inside my house. It's one of the only ones not destroyed." He led the six to his house, the people following after, though; they stayed a few feet behind the group.
The Elder sat down, motioning for the others to do the same. "What is it that you want to ask?"
"Do you know why you were attacked?" Kagome asked.
The man nodded gravely. "Aye, that I do. We had two shards of the sacred Shikon Jewel."
"Then the Demons were able to feel its presence." Sango noted, glancing at the others.
"Do you know if anyone sent them?" Inuyasha asked, nearly jumping to his feet.
The Elder nodded. "Aye. He said his name's Komi." The man shuddered. "He made sure that all of my people knew his name before he started to slaughter us. We would have given him the jewel shards had he just stopped to consider asking. But he seemed to revel in the blood he and his Demon horde spilt. He bathed my home in blood. When you six came, he left, taking the jewel shards and leaving his Demons to die."
"You don't have to speak any more of this incident, Old One. Rebuild your town. We will find this Komi." Isilindil promised the man, eyes filled with a distinct rage.
"You can stay here for as long as you like. You can take was provisions you need. We will supply them for you." The Elder told them, a small smile forming on his lined face.
"We'll stay but only for one day. Then we'll have to leave." Kagome told him. The man nodded.
"Alright."
Hm, who is this Komi guy? If you review, we might actually decide to let you know. Okay, so it's a short chapter, so sue us. Wait, on second thought, don't. R&R please! We need your reviews and you know you love us… right?