AC: hello! ergh! sry that it took so long to update this chapter! i had the worst writers block! okay anyways hope you enjoy it!

i don't own inu

Kagome ventured from out of the forest as she now walked down a dirt path.

No sign of InuYasha at all. Where could he have gone? Kagome thought to herself.

She remembered when InuYasha just ran away after calling his name several times, twice!

Does he hate me? I wouldn't be surprised...after all those terrible things I said to him, buut...

Kagome thought of the horrible words that InuYasha had said to her, but...did he really mean it?

Suddenly, a loud boom was heard from the clouds. Kagome paused and glanced up at the sky.

"It's going to rain soon. I should find some shelter before it starts-" Kagome was interrupted as rain began falling from the sky."Too late...,"she said annoyingly.

Kagome ran down the dirt path which sooned turned into a wet, muddy, path.

Running too fast, Kagome slipped and fell. "Ohh, my clothes are all dirty now. This is just great! Things can't get any better!"Kagome yelled in disatisfaction.

As Kagome stood up she noticed a presence near her. She turned around quickly looking around to see who it was, but she could barely see anything as the rain began to pour.

"Grrrr..."Came a frightning sound from behind her. Kagome turned around and there stood infront of her was a demon.

It stood about 20 feet with large arms and legs, but Kagome noticed wings that grew from behind it's back. "Food...,"the demon said in its awkwardly rough voice.

The demon stuck its head out and attacked Kagome with it's mouth, but Kagome jumped out of the way landing on her stomach.

She dropped her pack and grabbed out her bow and arrows. Kagome turned around and noticed that the demon attacked again head first.

Kagome ran the other way not knowing where she was going because of the rain. She faced the demon who thrusted it's head in so fast that it went into the ground.

She prepared her arrow and shot it at the demon, but it failed miserably as the arrow jumped back from the scaly skin.

"It's body must be like armor. It's so hard,"Kagome said, shocked. The demon had enough strength to pull it's head out and faced to Kagome.

"Hold still,"It said once more as it banged it's fists to the ground making it shake like a small earthquake.

Kagome fell to her knees, who couldn't hold her balance from the rough shaking.

I...can't beat it. It's too strong...

Kagome stood up once more and shot the arrow at the demon, but sadly missed as she couldn't see anything from the rain.

The demon simply laughed at the miko's aim.

"Your dead,"it said. Kagome pulled out another arrow and waited for the right time.

The demon, again, thrusted it's head to the ground at Kagome, but Kagome got out of the way.

She turned around and saw the demon hit it's head against the boulder that Kagome stood infront of, that is until she moved.

The demon screamed in pain as it shook it's head from side to side. Kagome smiled as she saw a big cut on the demon's forehead.

His body maybe armor, but his face isn't! Kagome smirked as she prepared her bow and arrow.

The demon looked around and suddenly found Kagome. The demon once again thrusted it's head toward's Kagome.

Through the rain, Kagome could see the demon's face and knew that it was the perfect aim.

She shot her arrow right in the demon's face and this time it went through causing the demon to fall to the side as blood shot out everywhere.

Kagome ran to her pack and put away her bow and arrow. She zipped her pack up and rested it onto her back as the rain still continued to fall.

Kagome looked at herself and noticed that she was wet to the bone. She sighed tiredly wanting to find some shelter.

"That was amazing,"said a voice from a far. Kagome turned around and saw an old man with a straw hat that protected it's head and face from the rain.

"Uhh...thank you,"Kagome said nervously. The man walked over to Kagome and simply smiled.

"You look very tired and of course wet."The man chuckled."Would you like to stay at our village, miss?" Kagome sighed in satisfaction.

"Yes, yes. Thank you,"Kagome smiled. The man smiled back and turned his back to her.

"Alright then, follow me."

Kagome followed the man to a small village not far. They walked into a small room and there in the room was a table filled with food with maids around.

"Welcome home, master Ryuzo,"the maids said in unison. Kagome was a bit startled. Master?

"Yumi, please see to it that our guest has a room for the night and an extra change of clothes,"the old man said.

"Yes, master Ryuzo,"said one maid who led Kagome to another room.

"So is that old man the one you call master Ryuzo?"Kagome asked. The maid nodded.

"He is the ruler of this village. He has been for many years,"the maid replied. Kagome's eyes widened, but stayed quiet.

The maid opened a shoji door and turned to Kagome. "Here you are. Your extra change of clothing is inside. I'm afraid that it's a yukata. We don't have anymore kimono's,"the maid said sweetly.

"Oh, that's okay. I don't mind,"Kagome said as she walked in.

"I'll come back in a few minutes to bring you back to our master. He'd like to speak with you,"the maid said.

Kagome nodded back as the door slid to a close. Kagome rested her pack on the floor and bent down next to the change of clothes she had recieved.

It was like a priestess outfit, like Kikyo's, but the top was purple and the bottom's were black.

When Kagome had finished changing she folded her wet clothes as a knock on the door was heard.

She walked over to the door and opened it finding the same maid she had met earlier, infront of her.

"Master Ryuzo is ready,"the maid said as she went inside and gently grabbed Kagome's clothes."I'll wash this for you,"she implied.

"Arigatou, ma'am,"Kagome said as she followed the maid to the dining room.

"Why have you asked to talk with me?"Kagome asked Ryuzo as they settled down at the table and began to eat.

"About that demon I saw you destory earlier,"Ryuzo replied. Suddenly a loud thunder struck out of the clouds."You have the power's of a priestess, do you not?"he implied.

Kagome nodded, although she wouldn't actually call herself a priestess, she did have the powers of one."There has been a demon who has invaded our village many times and cannot be stopped,"Ryuzo began."It comes into our village late at night looking for humans. When it finds a human it sucks the life out of the human, making it stronger. We have tried everything to destroy the demon, but we have not succeded,"Ryuzo finished.

Kagome layed down her bowl and looked up at the old man.

"And you want me to defeat this demon?"Kagome asked. Ryuzo didn't say anything, but Kagome knew that it was a yes. She became nervous. She wasn't sure if she could defeat a demon.

She was lucky that she defeated the one earlier. Could she destroy another one?

Kagome just sighed."I...I-"

"Please your our only hope. I shall give you money and or clothing in return for defeating the demon,"Ryuzo begged. Kagome waved her hand's defensivly.

"No, no. I don't need that,"Kagome said.

"So are you saying you will do it?"Ryuzo asked. Kagome gave it some thought.

"I'll...try."

To be continued...

AC:ack!...this took forever. plz review and tell me what you think! ja ne!