AC: once again julie-dono here! hey ho little bo! (okay...that was gay) sry i just comsumed soda and chocolate bars! ugh...haven't you noticed that a lot of the authors on fanfiction sometimes write "im hyper because i just ate some sugar" before they start their chapters or something like that. well i've turned into them. and i don't mind! so...YEAH BRING ON THE CHAPTER!

i don't own inu damnit!

"Arigatou for doing this. This village will be most pleased,"Ryuzo said shaking Kagome's hand pleasingly

"Ehehe,"Kagome laughed nervously.

"When can you defeat the demon?"Ryuzo asked.

"Well tomorrow night when it's not raining,"Kagome replied looking out the shoji door listening to the harsh wind from the storm.

Ryuzo smiled.

"Thank you so much. You have no idea what this means to us,"Ryuzo continud. Kagome smiled nervously.

"Uh...yeah. Uhh well i'll see you tomorrow then,"Kagome said as she opened the shoji door and stepped out walking to her room.

Kagome just layed there on the futon curled up facing the door listening to the sounds of the falling rain, the wind blowing, and the loud booms of thunder.

Kagome sighed as she closed her eyes, but her eye lids wouldn't stay shut as they opened back up. She just couldn't sleep...her mind was on InuYasha.

"InuYasha...,"Kagome whispered to herself.

Just then, a flash of lightening struck the clouds and Kagome's eyes widened as she saw a shadow at her door. It looked to be like InuYasha.

She stood up and quickly and ran to the door sliding it violently.

"InuYasha!"Kagome said loudly, but no one was there. Was it just her eyes playing tricks on her? Or did she really see him?

If that was him then he couldn't of been far...Kagome thought.

"SIT!"Kagome yelled over the pouring rain. Kagome stuck her ears out listening for a thud, but she didn't here anything.

Kagome frowned as she sat down infront of her shoji door to her room watching the rain fall.

"It's so peaceful...,"Kagome said as her eye lids began to get heavy. Kagome slumped against the shoji door and fell asleep.

"AAHHH!" came a screeching voice. Kagome awoke from her sleep noticing that the rain had stopped, but it was still dark out.

Kagome stood up quickly and grabbed her bow and arrows from her pack.

"Somebody! HELP!"the voice screamed once more. Kagome ran down the front steps and followed the voice to a small house.

Kagome stopped in her tracks as she could barely see the figure of a giant demon fly back into the dark woods.

"Was that the demon I'm supposed to destroy?"Kagome asked herself, but she ran inside the broken up house finding parts of the roof on the ground.

Kagome looked around hoping to find someone and she did. She spotted what seemed to be a young girl who looked to be in her late teens.

"Are you okay?"Kagome asked running over to the motionless girl. She knelt down next to her and noticed that her face and her body seemed to look like an old lady. You could literally see that her skin was sucked up showing most of her bones.

There was no answer from the lady. Kagome checked her pulse and felt nothing.

The girl was dead.

So this was what Ryuzo meant by sucking the life out of other humans. She looks like nothing, but skin and bones, Kagome thought.

Just then, several men came running into the hut.

"What happened?"one man asked.

"That demon came back and killed this girl,"Kagome replied noticing that the sun had just begun to pop out of the horizon.

The men frowned as they carried the dead girl out of the hut as Kagome watched, frightened.

Could...that happen to...me?

Kagome looked around the damaged house and broke out crying. That scene was just too much for her.

Here she was frightened of the demon that she had to face and no one was by her side.

No Sango. No Miroku. No Shippo...No InuYasha...to help her out.

She didn't even want to do this. The only reason why she came back to the fuedal era was to see InuYasha and settle their emotions. If Kagome knew that all of this would happen, then she probably wouldn't have returned, but she couldn't even hold that guilt that she had with InuYasha.

Kagome dried her tears as she walked out of the house and went back to her room.

When the sun finally shined the morning sky there was a sudden knock on the door. Kagome got up and opened the door seeing the maid standing there with her uniform.

"Here,"the maid said politely. Kagome smiled back and gently took her clothes.

Kagome dressed back into her usual outfit and walked out of the room as she saw some villagers work on the house that the demon invaded.

The sudden look of the young girl appeared back in Kagome's mind. Kagome shook the image out and took a deep breath, walking over to master Ryuzo.

She was going to tell Ryuzo that she just couldn't do it. She couldn't possinly destroy that demon.

"Ohayou, Lady Kagome,"Ryuzo said. Kagome smiled a bit uneasy from what he called her.

"Ohayou,"Kagome responded back as she sat down next to him.

"Did you hear about the death of a young girl?"Ryuzo asked. Kagome nodded.

"Hai. I saw the girl,"Kagome said. Ryuzo placed his tea down and lowered his head.

"Now you understand the pain we've gone through. We've lost many of our villagers, including my grandson...,"Ryuzo said sadly. Kagome tilted her head sideways as she glanced at the expression on his face. He really did seem to care for his village, but his heart must of been heartbroken when his grandson was killed.

This of course made Kagome go on a guilt trip. She couldn't just say no. Because of the demon many people died.

"Don't worry. I'll try my best to defeat this demon,"Kagome said.

What did I just say? Ohh...I just had to blurt that out! Kagome mentally kicked herself.

She turned to Ryuzo who was smiling at her. Kagome smiled nervously.

Night came by quickly, and Kagome gathered her bow and arrows and stepped outside with Ryuzo.

"The demon should be here any minute now,"Ryuzo said. Kagome looked around her surroundings noticing that no one was there.

"Where is everyone?"Kagome asked.

"They're all hiding. Far away enough so that they won't get in your way,"Ryuzo replied."Well I must go. Good luck, Lady Kagome,"Ryuzo said as he walked away.

Kagome stood there for a few minutes nervous about the encounter of the demon.

Suddenly, Kagome heard large footsteps coming from the woods. She grabbed an arrow and prepared herself.

The noise made the ground shake making Kagome even more nervous.

Kagome looked up and found the demon walking through the village when it suddenly found her.

The demon licked it's lips as it moved closer to Kagome.

I...can't move my legs...My body is frozen...Kagome panicked as she watched the demon move closer to her.

This isn't good...

To be continued...

AC: ha ha ha! i have a cliffy! ha ha ha! okay im done laughing. umm yes it was boring and there was no action, but there will be in th next two chapters! ooh yay...isn't that fun?...yeah sure for YOU it is! i have to write it! okay well please review!