Well that didn't take as long as the last chapter… but this is also around half the length of the last chapter. Sorry about that. I had a hard time coming up with a title for this one. Yes I finished this chapter at midnight haha. It's only like 1,750 words, but I'm sure you don't mind THAT much, ne? Umm, I need inspiration so I can write more chapters. Please send me a box full of inspiration!

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in this chapter except for Kyt and Orion (who you will find out who he is). I do not claim to won any other than them and I prolly never will.


Chapter 2: A New Enemy

Sesshomaru wandered back to his room. He saw a man standing by the doorway with a smug look on his face. Sesshomaru instantly didn't like him. He noticed that the man was eyeing him-trying to figure him out in some way. He walked by him and back to where Rin and Jaken were waiting for him.

Rin ran up to him immediately and pointed at the table. She was obviously overwhelmed by the mounds of food that were brought to their room. Sesshomaru wondered why it was there since no one had ordered it. He asked Jaken to test it first before they sat down to eat the free meal.

Afterwards, Rin lied down and instantly fell deeply asleep. She had an exciting day; staying in a hotel and eating a large meal was not a usual thing for her. Sesshomaru figured that he should rest as well-while he was actually sheltered. He was glad that they were not sleeping out in the rain storm. Though, he usually seemed to not mind the weather, he actually despised the rain. He would never tell anyone why, for he always told himself it was in the past.


InuYasha and the rest of the group sat patiently, waiting for Kyt to arrive so that they could leave. As usual, InuYasha was beginning to become aggravated with sitting still and suggested that they leave without her. Kagome was worried about her and suggested they look for her.

"We should have let her stay with us here," Kagome said, looking over at InuYasha. He just snorted and continued glaring at the door. Kagome stood up abruptly and stomped her foot. "InuYasha we have to go get her, NOW!"

InuYasha looked at Kagome and raised an eyebrow. He was trying not to laugh at the angry look on her face. It wasn't everyday that she got this angry. He turned his head away from her and waved a hand at her.

"Fine. I'll wait here for you to get back with her."

Miroku stood up and looked between the two of them. He had a feeling that something bad was going to happen this morning and figured they should leave as soon as possible.

"I'll go get her so that we can leave," he said gallantly. Sango looked at him suspiciously and saw that there was nothing lecherous in his expression and nodded.

"That's a good idea. Please hurry though so that these two don't explode," Sango said and Shippou giggled quietly.

Miroku walked out of the room and headed for the front office where they had left Kyt that night. We walked inside and noticed there was some blood drops on the ground. His eyes widened, but then realized that the innkeeper had been stabbed the night before. He continued to the bedroom behind the office to find that it was partially open. He opened it the rest of the way and shuffled quickly to the blood covered bed.

He pulled away the sheets to find brown hair covering a face. He pulled back the hair and saw that it was Kyt with blood stains on her cheeks, but a peaceful expression on her face. As he pulled back away the rest of the sheets he found that the rest of her was also blood-stained. He grabbed her wrist and felt a pulse. Her eyes opened slowly and looked up at Miroku questioningly.

"What happened?" She asked but then realized it herself. She apologized for not showing up as she was supposed to. Kyt got up and looked down at herself.

"Maybe you should change?" Miroku offered as he walked over to a chest and opened it. It was full of clothes that were meant for the performers to wear. He pulled out a long pink dress and handed it to her. She asked him to turn around as she changed into it. It fit almost perfectly. She slid on her dark brown boots and ran her fingers through her thick brown hair.

"Is there anything else you need?" Miroku asked her. She shook her head and followed him back to the room, where everyone else was waiting.

They slid open the door after hearing some 'loud' talking. There was InuYasha with his hand ready on the hilt of his sword glaring at the man that had grabbed Kyt the night before. She took a step away when he looked away but did not run.

"You're still alive? Why don't you people die…?" he said as he looked past InuYasha to the stunned Kyt. She stood her ground and glared at him. He pulled out two daggers and whipped them her way; slashing her arms. She looked up at him stunned by his sudden action to find him standing in front of her. She wondered how a man could move so quickly.

She tried to back away from him so he couldn't grab onto her again, but was too slow. He flipped her so that her back was to him and pulled her against him with his hand gripping her throat. InuYasha growled at the man who was causing a delay in their travelling.

"I knew we shouldn't have stopped here…" he said matter of factly. He drew his Tetsusaiga and pointed it at the man who had a wicked grin on his face. "What do you want? And what are you?"

"I am nothing more than a mere demon hunter. I tracked a demon here but also found the rest of you," he said looking at InuYasha and Shippou. He looked over at Sango and recognized her as one of the great demon slayers. "I am surprised you demons are still living while in the presence of this demon slayer."

"Stop talking and fight!" InuYasha yelled angrily. He was becoming furious, evidently. His eyes narrowed on the man as he recognized who this man must be. "So, you're Orion the demon hunter that's never been beaten. Well, I'm sorry that your title won't last much longer."

Orion nodded and tightened his grip on Kyt's throat. Her vision began to blur and darken, and she found that the breath wasn't coming as easily as it should have been. Her knees became wobbly as she sank farther to the ground; making it harder for Orion to keep a hold on her. InuYasha saw his chance and ran Tetsusaiga through Orion's right shoulder, causing him to curse.

Kyt fell to her knees, but picked herself up quickly. She looked down at the man who was crouched close to the ground and stepped away. InuYasha looked down at him with his sword lingering close to Orion's head. Orion looked up at InuYasha angrily and suddenly disappeared. InuYasha looked around angrily and let out a snarl of frustration.

"So much for that… Is everyone ready to go?" InuYasha asked. He was obviously mad that he had let the man get away. Kagome nodded her head but then realization dawned upon her face. She rushed over to Kyt's side and examined her arms.

"I thought those daggers had hit your arms," Kagome said, relieved. There were no marks where the daggers had appeared to have sliced open her arms.

"I guess they missed…" Kyt said. She thought she had felt them glide through her flesh, leaving an open wound.

"Well you have all this blood on you… What happened?" Kagome asked, and looked at Miroku quizzically; who just shrugged at her.

"It was that guy… I guess he tried to kill me but it didn't work?" She made the statement seem almost like a question as she tried to remember everything that had happened. Some spots were blurry in her memory, but she did know for sure that he had tried to kill her.

"If she's not dying I suggest we move on. We don't know when that guy is coming back with some buddies," InuYasha said impatiently. He left the room, leaving the others to do the only thing they could; follow him.


Sesshomaru looked over at the door. He had heard a sound from behind it that only his sensitive demon ears could hear. He got up noiselessly and approached the door without making a sound. He slid it open to find the man from the night before leaning against the wall beside the door.

"I'm sorry, did I disturb you?" the man said. He didn't seem very sincere has he looked up at Sesshomaru. He was a good head or more shorter than him, had dark, emotionless eyes, and soot black hair. Sesshomaru just looked at him before closing the door on him. He had no use for socializing with that man.

He went over to where his servant and traveling companion were waking up. Rin looked up at him with glowing eyes, obviously energized from her sleep in a proper shelter. Jaken sneered at the exuberant human girl and stood up beside his master.

Sesshomaru headed for their door and opened it to find that the man was gone. He stepped out and saw that his younger brother was leaving his room with an angry face. Following was the human girl in the strange kimono, the fox child, the monk, the demon slayer and the singer girl. It was an odd group, but they had proved that they were a capable group.

Sesshomaru did not despise his brother as he had always let on, but was always trying to teach him to become stronger like their father had to him. He stayed where he was until they had disappeared through the front of the inn and then he continued the same way.

Once outside they continued on the way that they had been going before Rin had become distracted by the inn and fallen off the dragon. He was glad to be moving again. He did not know exactly where he was going at the moment, except that he was looking for the prediction's "angel of demons" that would cause his downfall.

He looked back at the inn one more time with an emotionless face, remembering never to go back there again. The rooms had been filled with anger as soon as he had returned from checking outside the inn. He knew it would not be a safe place for demon nor human for much longer.

He turned away and continued the trek through the forest, along a worn down trail with only one thought; that was a long night.


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Reviewer (s) Response:

Dianna- Thanks for the review! You inspired me to write this chapter faster.

Lorta- Thank-you also for the review. I'm glad you didn't find it confusing. I swear I thought someone would; but I'm glad that didn't happen. Thanks for the reassurance. I hope you like this chapter as well.