Well who is that strange woman?
Chapter 8, Explanations
The furnishing was very beautiful in the mansion. They were in a big room with a table and six chairs in the middle of the room. Bookcases covered the walls but between two bookcases were the door and a fireplace. There was a blue-golden carpet under the table and on the one of the chairs sat the same woman who had been on the gates.
She had long blond hair and white dress. A strange helmet covered her eyes and she had some kind of armor on her chest. She turned when she saw the four.
"Good that you came. I was thinking that maybe I should explain what's going on in my village." Said the woman with the same soporific tone than before.
"What do you mean by that?" Asked Kagome.
"Sit down, I will tell you everything." Said the woman and pointed the chairs. The friends sat down a bit hesitating.
"Some months ago my village was a happy place to live. But then some kind of demon attacked us and turned some villagers into wandering ghosts. That demon erased their own will and some of their memories. If I don't give the sapphire to him he turns my villagers one by one into his puppets. The rest of own-willed villagers have revolted against me but they don't understand that if I give the sapphire to the demon, the village would be destroyed." Told the woman.
"So... if you give the sapphire to the demon, your village will be destroyed. And if you don't give it to him, your villagers will turn into ghosts." Said Miroku and the woman nodded.
"And you want us to help you?" Guessed Inuyasha.
"I hoped you could help me... I can sense that you're good persons." Answered the woman.
"Well what do you think?" Asked Sango.
"I think we should help as much as we can." Said Kagome and the others agreed.
The woman smiled. "I'm thankful. My name is Tsuki."
"What can we do to help?" Asked Inuyasha.
"The demon is hiding somewhere in the island in the middle of the lake. If you can find it and figure out how to remove it's curse I would be thankful and maybe give you reward." Answered Tsuki.
"Okay... but at first, can we rest and eat something? I'm kinda hungry." Said Kagome.
Tsuki nodded. "Near my mansion is an abandoned hut. If it's good enough to you, you could put up there."
"It suits us well." Said Kagome, and so they four walked to the hut. It was kinda small and there were two bedrooms, a small living room and bathroom. In the middle of the living room was a fire so they had to cook on it. The other rooms were rather small too.
"This is good. Not too big nor too small." Said Sango.
"Yeah. Let's eat something. Do you think here's shop or anything?" Asked Inuyasha.
"Hard to say. If this is a ghost town I wouldn't be so sure." Refer Miroku.
Inuyasha grimaced. "Yeah, you're right... well let's search for something then."
"From where?" Asked Kagome.
"From the village. From everywhere. Do you want to starve?"
"No."
"Well let's go then."
They four walked out of the hut and headed into the direction of the village. The mansion and the hut were quite far away from the village.
"Look at all those people. It looks like they aren't seeing anything." Refer Sango when they walked by a man who just dragged forwards without a real direction to go.
"It's the doing of the demon. Look, the island is all black." Said Inuyasha, pointing at the small island in the middle of the lake.
"The demon is there. Maybe we should go there tomorrow." Suggested Miroku, and the others agreed. Then they returned to the hut, after collecting some fruits.
By the way, 'tsuki' means 'moon' in Japanese.
