KuramasNumberOneGirl: I would like to thank Hirina, Kemiko3955, Shessha's Crazy, SoraKagome, DevilDucky1304, Fireflymaiden, and shadowyoukokitsune for reviewing.

Disclaimer: I wish I owned Yu Yu Hakusho or Inuyasha, but sadly I don't. I wonder how much I have to pay to own at least one?

Note: For the yyh gang, this takes place after the Dark Tournament. In the anime, Kuwabara lost his spirit powers at this point, but in my story he still has it. For the Inuyasha gang, this takes place after Naraku disappeared without a trace after his failure attempt of kidnapping Rin. NO Yayoi , however you spell it, and pairings are undecided.

(I am thinking of having no crossover pairings because I want to keep the couples exactly how they are in the anime, but I'm still not sure. That excludes the strange relationship between Genkai and Kagome's grandpa.)

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Spacing may be a little off

The Feudal Era Across the Street

Chapter 7: The Next Target

It was the fourth day of their travels and so far nothing bad had happened. It was a clear, sunny morning. It was just one of those days where nothing could go wrong.

"Today is the last stupid day in a lousy forest to get to that stinkin' village!" Yusuke exclaimed.

"My, what a large vocabulary," Miroku said sarcastically. Yusuke ignored him.

Shippo was riding on Kilala. They were going ahead to see if they could find Tsuzumi village soon to escape Yusuke's insistent complaining about trees and dirt and bugs and everything else about nature.

"What's that?" Shippo wondered out loud. Kilala also spotted it. It looked like a village that was destroyed a couple days ago. "Maybe we should go tell the others," Shippo said. Kilala turned around and flew back down to the others.

Kilala and Shippo landed in front of them. Shippo got off and said, "Guys! There's a destroyed village in front of us!"

"Do you think it could be Tsuzumi Village?" Sango asked.

"One way to find out," Inuyasha said and raced off toward it. Sango, Miroku, Kagome, and Shippo sat on Kilala and went after Inuyasha. The others ran. Hiei passed Inuyasha and reached the village first. The others caught up soon.

The village's destruction looked like it was caused by a tornado. The huts had the roofs torn off and others had only a piece of a wall standing.

"Do you think anyone was killed?" Kuwabara asked.

"I don't smell blood," Inuyasha replied.

"There is nothing here. The humans probably escaped," Hiei said. While Hiei was saying this, Kagome was looking through a pile of wood. She picked up a sign and quickly read it.

"Guys, I think this was Tsuzumi Village," Kagome said.

"What? That means we're too late!" Inuyasha exclaimed.

"We were already too late when the injured man came," Hiei said rudely.

"There's nothing else here that could lead us to Naraku. We should just move on to the next village," Miroku said. The others agreed.

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It was just before lunch and there was still no sign of a village.

"Hey, guys, do you know what I just realized?" Kuwabara said.

"Let me guess, you finally realized you're stupid," Hiei said.

"No, short-stack! I realized that the warning that guy gave us in Kaede's village didn't come true," Kuwabara said.

"Oh, yeah, I remember that," Kagome said.

"It didn't happen yet," Kurama said.

"What do you mean by that?" Inuyasha asked.

"He couldn't remember. He was probably suffering from a slight memory loss. It is kind of hard to forget the name of the demon that attacked yourself and your village without a little help to forget about it," Miroku answered.

"If the demon told him their name, that is," Sango said.

"If it is Naraku, I'm sure there will be some sort of clue that will lead us to him," Kagome said.

"He'll probably just leave clues that will lead us into a trap," Hiei said.

"A trap?" Yusuke asked.

"Yes, from what we've heard, he is smart and pshycotic. That's a very dangerous combination," Hiei answered.

"If it is Naraku, he has laid a trap already, but he doesn't know there will be more than he bargained for," Kurama said.

After Kurama finished speaking, a rustle was heard in the bushes. Hiei drew his sword, slowly. He quickly ran to the source and slashed whatever it was in half. It was an overgrown bug. He picked it up and brought it back.

"That's a Saimyosho. It's one of Naraku's poisonous insects," Sango said.

"Yeah, they do his spying," Shippo said.

"That's just great! He probably knows we're here now," Kuwabara exclaimed. (I think Kanna's mirror is better, but I don't think they know about that little bonus. All they know is the soul-sucking and reflecting attacks.)

"He may know we're here, but he doesn't know how strong we are," Kurama said.

"Or stupid in some cases," Hiei added.

"Hey!" Yusuke and Kuwabara shouted in unison.

"Oh, so you know you're stupid then," Hiei said. Yusuke and Kuwabara were really angry now. Kurama grabbed them by the backs of their collars to stop them from doing something foolish. The rest had sweat drops.

"You two walked right into that one," Kurama commented.

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Nightfall was drawing near. Shippo was riding on Kilala once again for a better view of their surroundings.

"Kilala, I think I see another destroyed village," Shippo said. Kilala went back to the others.

"Is it another destroyed village?" Kagome asked. Shippo nodded yes.

"Ugh, that's the third one!" Yusuke complained. Inuyasha sniffed the air.

"There's smoke. Something's burning," Inuyasha said. He pointed towards the mountains, which is away from the destroyed village Shippo saw.

The origin of the smoke was at the base of a mountain. A demon had appeared and had already burned a hut down at the outskirts of a village. The people that lived there were cowering in fear. They were the next target until Yusuke came. Yusuke cracked his knuckles and said, "I'll take him down."

"Yusuke, be careful. There could be other Saimyosho near here," Kurama warned him.

"Don't worry, this demon is too weak to use my Spirit Gun on anyway," Yusuke said.

The demon was a reddish color. He had long, sharp claws. His long, black hair had some blood encrusted in it. He had the eyes of a killer and his next target was Yusuke.

"Foolish, human, do you have a death wish for challenging me?" the demon asked.

"Me? You're the dead one," Yusuke replied.

Yusuke charged at him and sent a devastating blow to the demon's stomach. The demon was blown away into a tree. Miroku ran to the spot where the demon landed.

"Amazing. The demon died with one punch," Miroku exclaimed.

"Lucky hit," Inuyasha scoffed.

"You're just jealous," Shippo said.

"Why you pipsqueak!" Inuyasha shouted and hit Shippo on the head. A huge bump emerged from Shippo's head.

"Ow! Kagome, Inuyasha hit me!" Shippo tattled.

"Sit, boy," Kagome said. Inuyasha was surrounded by a glow and involuntary slammed into the ground and ate dirt

The villagers that saw the battle, ran away. "What cowards," Hiei muttered.

"Let's go, the village is up ahead," Sango said.

As soon as they stepped foot in the village, the villagers ran off into their huts. They carried children, animals, food, and whatever else they could carry. The villagers screamed something about a wind demon.

"I guess they think we're the wind demon," Kuwabara said.

"Let's just go to the village headman and see what we find out," Miroku suggested. (If no one knows, the headman is like a mayor.)

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The found the headman's house and called for someone to let them in.

"Maybe no one's home," Shippo said.

"They're home, but they're just afraid to let us in," Hiei said. He walked in and the rest followed. There were guards inside and they tried to seem brave.

"Please, we mean no harm. We just heard of a wind demon terrozing villages in the region and we wanted to help," Mirkou said. Someone came out of hiding. By his clothing, he seemed to be the headman and Miroku realized that before the others. Miroku introduced the others.

"Where is the demon, if you know?" Miroku asked.

"The last siting was at the top of our sacred mountain. The person that spotted the demon came back half dead, but was able to warn the others that our village was the next target," the headman replied, "It's awful, ever since Tsuzumi Village was destroyed first. They had the best defenses against demons. Now that it's gone, other villages have lost hope for survival."

"Why doesn't everyone leave?" Yusuke asked.

"It's almost impossible. There are demons waiting to kill us all if we left. And once a target has been decided, demons stay away from the village," the headman said.

"But we stopped a demon attacking the village a little while ago," Kagome said.

"It must have been a warning from the wind demon. The demons that dare come near the next target work for the wind demon," the headman replied.

"And you know all this, how?"Hiei asked suspiciously.

"Well, there are rumours about things like that happening. Since you all want to help us, why don't you stay here as long as you like," the headman said. He was a bit eager to change the subject. He clapped his hands and a servant came. "Show them to their rooms."

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KuramasNumberOneGirl: Alright, I finally finished this chapter. I know, it's kinda boring, but blame writer's block. I promised myself to finish this chapter before the end of June, but I kinda spaced out and hit major writer's block. Just so you know, there might be less updates. Please review and suggestions are welcome, but flames aren't.

Oh, yeah, last chapter when I advertised my friend's new story, it's not only Kuwabara-bashing, it bashes random anime characters from different anime. It's called Anime Torture.