What they saw was Shippo, but in a very gruesome state. He was balled up on the branch of a tree, in the trunk of the tree, on the shore of the pond, near the tip of a brown rock. Yes, all at once. As they stared in awe at the horrible site, InuYasha's ears perked up. He started to creep slowly towards the brown rock.

Kagome started, "InuYasha, what are you do-"

He quickly shushed her.

He continued to creep up to the brown rock and picked up a stick. He slowly approached the rock. A squirrel ran by. He crept up quietly behind the rock. Everyone was silent. He lifted the stick. The squirrel choked on a nut. He slowly poked the rock and…

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRR!

The rock roared at InuYasha. But it was no rock at all, it was a hungry panther. It had a piece of Shippo's head lodged in its teeth. It had blood trickling down its mouth. The squirrel was still choking. The panther jumped onto InuYasha's face and started scratching at it. InuYasha pushed the panther to the ground. He pulled out his Tetsaiga and sliced the panther in half. Just when he thought he had killed it, it came back together, almost like magic.

"That's no panther," said Miroku stunned. "It's a panther demon!"

"Well I can't let a little kitty keep me down, now can I? Here kitty, kitty, kitty!" said InuYasha.

The panther demon leaped at him and began to gnaw at his face. InuYasha took his sword and tried to slice the demon's head off. The panther moved so that InuYasha hit its arm instead. With a bloody arm, the panther demon swiped at InuYasha's torso.

"Rrr, I hate cats!" InuYasha yelled out.

Kirara quickly flew away. InuYasha was getting tired. He knew that he might not make it if he didn't think of something fast. Then, he noticed Shippo's right leg lying by his foot. He picked it up and waited until the panther demon growled at him again. When it did he threw the leg down its throat and caused it to start choking. The choking squirrel wandered into the scene and the panther and it started choking in unison.

Sango, feeling bad for the squirrel, carefully removed the nut making the squirrel very happy.

InuYasha, feeling bad from the panther, carefully removed its head making the panther very dead.

The panther's head fell off and rolled into the grass. Its body just fell. They all felt relieved, particularly the squirrel. As InuYasha put his sword back in its case, they all were silent. After a long time, Kagome broke the silence.

"Well, I think we should at least have a ceremony in honor of his death." she said.

"WHAT! After it tried to kill me? Are you mad?" InuYasha frantically asked.

"Not the demon you idiot, Shippo! You know, the little guy that used to travel around with us until you killed him over a trivial little incident?" Kagome replied.

"I sure will miss him," Sango said softly.

"Yes I will also miss him." said Miroku.

"Who are you guys talking about? Who are you gonna miss?" came a little voice from behind them.

They all turned around and saw something that shocked them.

So… that's my next chapter, yeah you guys probably know who it is, but read the next one n e way. Sorry it took so long to update, that laziness is an acute condition. Read and review, please and thank you!

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