AN: Intrigued yet? I'm glad that this story still gets plenty of attention, even though its very old. For some reason, you guys/girls seem to like the mystery behind Bane. Well, without further hesitation, here's chapter 2.

Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree.

Source: Ethiopian proverb

Chapter 2: The unwanted present.

Kagome climbed out of the Bone-Eaters Well and ran through the forest. She was disappointed that Inuyasha wasn't there waiting for here, as he normally is every weekend. The young girl finally made it to the village and asked Sango and Miroku where Inuyasha was. They could tell that something was afoot, so they pointed her in the direction where they last saw him. Inuyasha was in his favorite tree sound asleep.

"Inuyasha! Wake up!" shouted Kagome.

Inuyasha opened his eyes and looked down, he stretched and gave out a loud yawn. He jumped down from the tree and landed next to Kagome, "You're early" he said calmly.

"Inuyasha, you have to come back with me to my time." She said with great urgency.

"Why? What happened?" he asked.

Kagome grabbed him by the arm and dragged him through the village and explained to Miroku and Sango where they were going. Kagome and Inuyasha continued on their way, and as they ran through the forest Kagome explained everything to him. At first he thought that she was kidding, but it wasn't the first time a demon showed up in her time, he remembered the incident with the Noh mask and the trouble that caused.

They both stopped at the well, and Inuyasha pulled his arm, forcing Kagome to let him go, "Kagome, before we go to your time. Are you sure that this person was a demon?" he asked.

"I know what I saw, now come on." That demon could be at my house she yelled.

"Fine! Lets go." Inuyasha replied in a reluctant voice. The two of them jumped down the Well and traveled back to her time. Once they emerged, Inuyasha told Kagome to hop on his back, she wrapped her arms around him and he leapt out of the well. Kagome directed him in the direction where the demon had lured her.

So they both wouldn't be seen, Inuyasha jumped from rooftop to rooftop, until they were across the street from the small house. From their vantage point the house was swarming with police officers and men armed with shotguns and protected with bulletproof vests.

Kagome jumped off of Inuyasha's back and looked down from the roof they were on, "We're to late…" she muttered to herself.

"Who are all those guys down there?" Inuyasha asked. It was the very first time that he saw a police officer. Kagome had to explain to him that they protected the people and enforced the law.

"So, they serve some warlord or emperor? Who tells them what to do?" Inuyasha asked.

Kagome figured that there was nothing more they could do for the moment, She sat down on the ledge of the roof and explained the purpose of a law enforcement officer. She had to explain it to him three times before he could finally understand that the police helped the people and stopped criminals. They both remained on the roof of the building for two hours, patiently waiting for all the police to leave. After they had all left the small house, Kagome jumped on Inuyasha's back once more, he leapt off the roof and landed on top of the small house.

Kagome walked on the roof of the small house and found window that was partially open. There were traces of blood on the frame, "Inuyasha look." Kagome pointed at the blood and Inuyasha looked closely at it.

He sniffed the blood and remarked, "This blood is human, if the demon escaped through here. I sure don't smell him." Inuyasha grabbed the window and tore it off. He turned to Kagome and jumped inside.

Kagome showed Inuyasha the spot where the demon had dragged her. As they walked through the room Inuyasha asked what the white outlines on the floor were. There were five outlines on the floor, it seems that the four police had in fact been killed by the demon, and the fifth outline was that of the dead girl. Once she had gotten to the spot, Inuyasha dropped down on his knees and began sniffing the floor. He smelled a strange scent, but it was faint.

"Whatever that thing was, its scent is nearly impossible to find." Inuyasha stood back up and looked down at the five outlines, "Poor bastards didn't stand a chance. I doubt that thing is coming back, lets go."

"You're right, lets go rest at my house for a while, I'm still a bit on edge after that thing…" Kagome hesitated to finish.

Inuyasha looked at Kagome's bewildered look and knew that something had happened to her, "Did that demon do anything to you?" he asked.

She looked away and refused to answer him. He grabbed her gently by the arm and asked again, "Kagome, what happened."

"When it grabbed me, it seemed like it wanted to do more than kill me." She whimpered.

"You mean?" Inuyasha whispered. Kagome placed her head on Inuyasha's chest and began to weep. He looked down at her and noticed that her wrists were bruised, he wanted to say something, but knew that she had already been through a lot and remained quiet. The hanyou felt his blood boiling to a point where he wished he were there when the demon attacked her.

Kagome wiped the tears from her face and reassured him that she was okay, they both made their way back to her house. Inuyasha landed in front of her window, they both entered her room and rested a while, when someone knocked on Kagome's door.

"Sis, are you there?" asked Souta from behind the door. Kagome walked over to the door and opened it, "Kagome, mom was worried sick when you didn't get back from the store…" before Souta could finish he noticed Inuyasha sitting with his legs crossed on the floor. "What time did Inuyasha get here?" he asked in a giddy voice.

Before she could even reply Kagome's mother could be heard calling her downstairs. Kagome ran past her little brother and dashed down the stairs. Her mother was in the kitchen preparing lunch, since it was still early in the day.

"Kagome, where were you? I got worried when you I didn't hear you come back in, and to make it worse, the block was swarming with police. They were asking everyone if they had seen a strange looking man with yellow eyes." Kagome's mother was relieved that nothing bad had happened to Kagome and made her promise to never do it again. "Well, clean up, lunch will be ready in a few minutes. I don't want you going back to the warring states era on an empty stomach" she smiled.

Kagome nodded and walked towards the bathroom, as she walked through living room, she noticed that the television had been left on. The news was on again, and the reporter was talking about what happened at the small house.

The anchorman held a small stack of papers in his hands and began reading from them, "Earlier today, four police officers responded to a anonymous call, which lead them to a small house. Once inside the four officers stumbled upon the body of yet another victim of the serial killer, sadly though, they were killed. The police chief suspects the serial killer took their lives, details on how they died have not yet been released. We'll follow up on this story as soon as we receive more information, now back to our regularly scheduled programming…" Kagome turned off the television and sighed.

"We have to stop him." She thought to herself, "If only we knew where he was." Just as she walked towards the washroom the phone rang.

"Kagome, honey, can you get the phone?" asked Kagome's mother.

"Okay mom." Kagome picked up the phone, "Hello, who is it?" she asked.

"…." But, no one replied. There was a person on the other line, she knew that because she could hear them breathing.

"Can you hear me?" she asked.

"Kagome?" asked the voice on the other side.

"Yes, who is this?" she answered calmly.

"…You don't remember? We met earlier, unfortunately our meeting was abruptly interrupted by those sacks of shit that I had to kill!" laughed the voice.

"Its you!" Kagome could feel her heart pounding and her hands trembling.

"Now, you remember. Good, I just wanted to let you know that I can see you!" laughed the demon.

Kagome ran to the window and scanned the outside, she saw a few people walking past, but couldn't find the demon. "Where are you?" she asked, being careful not to shout.

"Nearby…I can see you brought that half breed with you. What was his name? Ah, now I remember. It was Inuyasha, I've waited countless years to find you, and now it seems that my patience has finally paid off." The demon began breathing louder into the phone, almost as if it was taking pleasure in watching her search for him, "If you really want to find me, I've left you a present on your door step. Get it! Inside you'll find something quite…unpleasant." The demon became silent and the steady dial tone followed shortly after.

Kagome hung up the phone, she wasn't sure if she should go to the door. For all she knew the demon could be waiting for her outside. She stopped short of the door and placed her hand on the brass doorknob and opened it. To her relief the demon wasn't there, but a few inches away from her toes was a medium sized box. Kagome looked around and picked it up carefully, as she closed the door she shook the box gently. There was something heavy inside, but what? Kagome ran up the stairs to her room, asked Souta to leave, and shut the door.

"What's in the box?" asked Inuyasha.

"I don't know? The demon called me, and told me that their was a box outside for me." She replied.

"What! The demon called you? Why didn't you tell me?" he asked.

Kagome didn't have an answer for that question she just sat down with the box on her lap and began removing the tape around it.