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the original characters: Mayumi, Shouta, Momoko, Daisuke, Kenta, and
Nanami. Using my original characters in your own stories is not permitted,
unless with my consent. Thank you.
Chapter 5
Turmoil in Town
Meanwhile, in the village, people were gathered around to see what was going on. Lady Kaede had been killed. Her body was lying peacefully on the floor, as if she was asleep. Inuyasha and Shippo were just awoken by the ruckus. They and Kagome had spent the night at the village. They slept in a vacant house suggested by Lady Kaede.
"What's going on?" Shippo peered outside with drowsy eyes. "Oh!"
Shippo noticed all of the people talking and gathering at Lady Kaede's abode. Inuyasha heard all of the noise and pushed Shippo out of the way to see what was going on.
"Hey!" Shippo screamed.
"What's all the fuss?" Inuyasha asked.
"Don't know. Looks like everybody's at Lady Kaede's."
"Hm."
Inuyasha walked out to see what was going on. Shippo followed quickly.
"Hey, wait!"
They walked up to the crowd gathering at Lady Kaede's.
"How could this have happened?" a woman wondered.
"And that Kagome girl's gone. I bet she had something to do with it!" a suspicious man said.
"Hey, what's going on?" Inuyasha intervened.
"Uh! It's that dog demon!" a shocked man yelped. "He must be the one responsible!"
"What are you talking about?" Inuyasha yelled.
"For this," the man said, and stood aside to reveal a dead Lady Kaede.
"What's wrong?" Shippo asked. "She won't wake up?"
Lady Kaede appeared to be sleeping soundly.
"No, you squirrel demon!" the man screamed. "She's dead!"
Inuyasha was shocked. He then leapt over to where Lady Kaede's corpse lied, and sniffed the ground with his nose.
"What?!?" everybody wondered. "What is he doing?"
Inuyasha sniffed the air, and then looked up at the confused crowd.
"The smell of blood," he said. "Nothing like it."
"Well, of course!" the man said. "She was murdered!"
"What?" Inuyasha asked.
"She was killed by someone or something!"
The man then proceeded to turn over Lady Kaede's body. When he did, the people's eyes opened. There were bloody claw marks all over her backside.
"Something like you!" the man finished.
"No!" a tiny young voice said, from the back of the crowd. "He didn't do it!"
The whole crowd of people turned to the back. A young boy was running toward them.
"He didn't do it," he said, panting, as he stood beside the crowd. "He didn't!"
"Huh?" they wondered.
Inuyasha then recognized the boy.
"I remember him from somewhere," Inuyasha thought aloud.
"What?" Shippo wondered.
The boy, catching his breath finally, began to speak again.
"He didn't do it. He didn't kill Lady Kaede."
The man that was accusing Inuyasha before appeared out of the crowd.
"Shouta, what are you talking about?" he asked the boy.
"Dad, he didn't do it. I remember him. His name is Inuyasha."
"What?"
"Dad, he's a half-demon," the boy began. "Remember the time when there was a lot of those worm demons running all over the place? Well, remember the time I was playing outside the village, when one of those things attacked me? I ran for it, but it was way faster and it almost caught up to me, right? It would've eaten me! But luckily, someone saved me and destroyed the thing. And that person was Inuyasha!"
"He's the one that saved you?" the man asked his son.
"Yeah, dad."
"Are you sure it was him?"
"Yeah, it was him, dad. But he took off after he got a jewel shard from the back of the worm demon."
"There, you see! It was him that killed Lady Kaede! He was only after that jewel shard in the demon's back!" the man yelled. "He's going after the jewel shards to become more powerful! Just like all those other evil demons!"
"No, dad! He saved me! Him and this girl, the one that stayed here last night with them," the boy said, pointing to Inuyasha and Shippo.
"Kagome," Inuyasha said.
"Yeah, that was her name. I remember her too. She asked me if I was okay, after that worm thing attacked me. She gave me a band-aid for my cut."
"Oh, yeah, now I remember that," Inuyasha exclaimed.
"Yes, Kagome is the one that is supposedly, the reincarnation of Lady Kikyo," a woman called from the back.
"Yes, I think so," a man said.
The crowd began talking loudly and questioning.
"Hey, where is Kagome, anyway?" Inuyasha wondered, looking around.
"She said she was staying at Lady Kaede's last night because she wanted to talk to her," Shippo said.
"Yes, I heard them," a lady called from the midst of the crowd.
The crowd settled down, quieted, and dispersed to let the woman talk. She was the village's gossiper, always spreading rumors and finding people's personal information out.
"I heard Lady Kaede talk to this Kagome girl late last night," the woman began. "I was taking the clothes down from the clothesline, when I overheard their conversation from inside the house. They were talking about the jewel shards and Inuyasha, who appears to be this dog demon here."
Inuyasha made an angry grunt.
"Well, I heard them talk about finding the jewel shards, and Inuyasha finally admitting that he wanted to protect Kagome."
"The dog demon protects Kagome?" Shouta's dad asked.
"Hmph," Inuyasha grunted. "I only do it because she's the only one who can sense the jewel shards."
"What? She can sense them?"
"Yeah," Inuyasha explained. "That's why I protect her."
"Where is Kagome now though?" Shouta asked.
"We don't know."
"Has anyone seen her?" Shippo wondered. "Hey, Kagome!"
"Kagome must have something to do with Lady Kaede's death then!" Shouta's dad said. "She was with her last night."
"No, I don't believe she did it," the gossip lady said. "She was simply talking to her, and I saw them go to sleep. I don't believe it!"
"It must have been Inuyasha then!" Shouta's dad exclaimed.
"No, dad! He didn't do it!" Shouta screamed.
The crowd began talking loudly to each other again. Meanwhile, Inuyasha was sniffing around for Kagome, and Shippo was panicking.
"Hey, Kagome!"
As Inuyasha was sniffing the ground, a bug leapt up on his nose and began sucking the blood from it. Inuyasha smashed it.
"Well, if it isn't Myoga the flea!" Inuyasha said, with the squashed bug in his palm.
The flea stood up.
"Good morning, Lord Inuyasha!" he said. "Just catching a bite to eat!"
"Where've you been, Myoga?" Shippo asked. "Kagome's gone missing, and Lady Kaede has been murdered!"
"What?" Myoga wondered. "What happened?"
"Everyone's talking about it. They think we killed Lady Kaede!" Shippo explained.
"What?!?"
Shouta appeared from the crowd and walked over to Inuyasha.
"They're going to bring in a healer," Shouta told them. "And he's going to figure out what exactly left those marks on Lady Kaede's back."
"Okay," Inuyasha said. "Doesn't matter to me because I didn't kill the old lady, and you know that too, kid."
"Yeah, I do. You didn't kill her! But, no one believes me. Not even dad. But that gossip lady believes me, and she's trying to convince them now that you didn't do it."
Chapter 5
Turmoil in Town
Meanwhile, in the village, people were gathered around to see what was going on. Lady Kaede had been killed. Her body was lying peacefully on the floor, as if she was asleep. Inuyasha and Shippo were just awoken by the ruckus. They and Kagome had spent the night at the village. They slept in a vacant house suggested by Lady Kaede.
"What's going on?" Shippo peered outside with drowsy eyes. "Oh!"
Shippo noticed all of the people talking and gathering at Lady Kaede's abode. Inuyasha heard all of the noise and pushed Shippo out of the way to see what was going on.
"Hey!" Shippo screamed.
"What's all the fuss?" Inuyasha asked.
"Don't know. Looks like everybody's at Lady Kaede's."
"Hm."
Inuyasha walked out to see what was going on. Shippo followed quickly.
"Hey, wait!"
They walked up to the crowd gathering at Lady Kaede's.
"How could this have happened?" a woman wondered.
"And that Kagome girl's gone. I bet she had something to do with it!" a suspicious man said.
"Hey, what's going on?" Inuyasha intervened.
"Uh! It's that dog demon!" a shocked man yelped. "He must be the one responsible!"
"What are you talking about?" Inuyasha yelled.
"For this," the man said, and stood aside to reveal a dead Lady Kaede.
"What's wrong?" Shippo asked. "She won't wake up?"
Lady Kaede appeared to be sleeping soundly.
"No, you squirrel demon!" the man screamed. "She's dead!"
Inuyasha was shocked. He then leapt over to where Lady Kaede's corpse lied, and sniffed the ground with his nose.
"What?!?" everybody wondered. "What is he doing?"
Inuyasha sniffed the air, and then looked up at the confused crowd.
"The smell of blood," he said. "Nothing like it."
"Well, of course!" the man said. "She was murdered!"
"What?" Inuyasha asked.
"She was killed by someone or something!"
The man then proceeded to turn over Lady Kaede's body. When he did, the people's eyes opened. There were bloody claw marks all over her backside.
"Something like you!" the man finished.
"No!" a tiny young voice said, from the back of the crowd. "He didn't do it!"
The whole crowd of people turned to the back. A young boy was running toward them.
"He didn't do it," he said, panting, as he stood beside the crowd. "He didn't!"
"Huh?" they wondered.
Inuyasha then recognized the boy.
"I remember him from somewhere," Inuyasha thought aloud.
"What?" Shippo wondered.
The boy, catching his breath finally, began to speak again.
"He didn't do it. He didn't kill Lady Kaede."
The man that was accusing Inuyasha before appeared out of the crowd.
"Shouta, what are you talking about?" he asked the boy.
"Dad, he didn't do it. I remember him. His name is Inuyasha."
"What?"
"Dad, he's a half-demon," the boy began. "Remember the time when there was a lot of those worm demons running all over the place? Well, remember the time I was playing outside the village, when one of those things attacked me? I ran for it, but it was way faster and it almost caught up to me, right? It would've eaten me! But luckily, someone saved me and destroyed the thing. And that person was Inuyasha!"
"He's the one that saved you?" the man asked his son.
"Yeah, dad."
"Are you sure it was him?"
"Yeah, it was him, dad. But he took off after he got a jewel shard from the back of the worm demon."
"There, you see! It was him that killed Lady Kaede! He was only after that jewel shard in the demon's back!" the man yelled. "He's going after the jewel shards to become more powerful! Just like all those other evil demons!"
"No, dad! He saved me! Him and this girl, the one that stayed here last night with them," the boy said, pointing to Inuyasha and Shippo.
"Kagome," Inuyasha said.
"Yeah, that was her name. I remember her too. She asked me if I was okay, after that worm thing attacked me. She gave me a band-aid for my cut."
"Oh, yeah, now I remember that," Inuyasha exclaimed.
"Yes, Kagome is the one that is supposedly, the reincarnation of Lady Kikyo," a woman called from the back.
"Yes, I think so," a man said.
The crowd began talking loudly and questioning.
"Hey, where is Kagome, anyway?" Inuyasha wondered, looking around.
"She said she was staying at Lady Kaede's last night because she wanted to talk to her," Shippo said.
"Yes, I heard them," a lady called from the midst of the crowd.
The crowd settled down, quieted, and dispersed to let the woman talk. She was the village's gossiper, always spreading rumors and finding people's personal information out.
"I heard Lady Kaede talk to this Kagome girl late last night," the woman began. "I was taking the clothes down from the clothesline, when I overheard their conversation from inside the house. They were talking about the jewel shards and Inuyasha, who appears to be this dog demon here."
Inuyasha made an angry grunt.
"Well, I heard them talk about finding the jewel shards, and Inuyasha finally admitting that he wanted to protect Kagome."
"The dog demon protects Kagome?" Shouta's dad asked.
"Hmph," Inuyasha grunted. "I only do it because she's the only one who can sense the jewel shards."
"What? She can sense them?"
"Yeah," Inuyasha explained. "That's why I protect her."
"Where is Kagome now though?" Shouta asked.
"We don't know."
"Has anyone seen her?" Shippo wondered. "Hey, Kagome!"
"Kagome must have something to do with Lady Kaede's death then!" Shouta's dad said. "She was with her last night."
"No, I don't believe she did it," the gossip lady said. "She was simply talking to her, and I saw them go to sleep. I don't believe it!"
"It must have been Inuyasha then!" Shouta's dad exclaimed.
"No, dad! He didn't do it!" Shouta screamed.
The crowd began talking loudly to each other again. Meanwhile, Inuyasha was sniffing around for Kagome, and Shippo was panicking.
"Hey, Kagome!"
As Inuyasha was sniffing the ground, a bug leapt up on his nose and began sucking the blood from it. Inuyasha smashed it.
"Well, if it isn't Myoga the flea!" Inuyasha said, with the squashed bug in his palm.
The flea stood up.
"Good morning, Lord Inuyasha!" he said. "Just catching a bite to eat!"
"Where've you been, Myoga?" Shippo asked. "Kagome's gone missing, and Lady Kaede has been murdered!"
"What?" Myoga wondered. "What happened?"
"Everyone's talking about it. They think we killed Lady Kaede!" Shippo explained.
"What?!?"
Shouta appeared from the crowd and walked over to Inuyasha.
"They're going to bring in a healer," Shouta told them. "And he's going to figure out what exactly left those marks on Lady Kaede's back."
"Okay," Inuyasha said. "Doesn't matter to me because I didn't kill the old lady, and you know that too, kid."
"Yeah, I do. You didn't kill her! But, no one believes me. Not even dad. But that gossip lady believes me, and she's trying to convince them now that you didn't do it."