Ok. I didn't mean to.
I didn't.
I didn't!
I didn't!
So stop asking why.
The little tyke's name is Kaede or something.
Well, I don't have any use for her.
Ugh. The word 'use.
I'll return her to the village later.
But now that I think about it... I do have use for her.
Let's see what kind of information I can get out of her.
Chapter 2
"Come on! Speak up! I can barely hear you. And I'm the one with sensitive hearing." Inuyasha shouted.
The girl had no reply. Inuyasha was obviously annoyed with her. One wrong move, and it could mean death.
" Look here! If you don't speak up soon, you'll get what's coming to ya. So hurry! I ain't got all day!"
This only made the girl even more frighten. Inuyasha looked at her in anger. But then...
"Hey...hey. Look. I only want something. It can be anything. Just talk. You're making me uncomfortable." Inuyasha said softly.
Kaede looked up in surprise. No demon would be this gentle with a human. Or at least none that she knew of.
"Come downstairs if you'de like. Come on." Inuyasha gave her a little kick.
"W-why did you take me here?" Kaede asked in a small voice. Inuyasha looked at her in annoyance.
"Do ya think I took you here on purpose! Do you think I have any use for an annoying brat like you! Do you!" Inuyasha roared in flying rage.
"Inuyasha! Keep it down!" his mother called from downstairs.
"'Kay mom! So...? What'll it be?" he asked Kaede.
"What do you expect me to say?" she squeaked.
"First of all, who was that girl in the woods?"
"M-my older sister. Her name i-is... Kikyou..."
"Okay..."
"She is the intermediate priestest. She kills ordinary youkais and others such like that."
"Mm..."
"And..?"
"Where is her village?"
Kaede's eyes opened wide.
"Why do you need to know that?"
"Well, I have to return you. And you're not safe roaming in the forest on your own."
"Oh..."
"Oh yeah. One more thing."
"What?"
"What was that necklace Kikyo was wearing?"
Kaede didn't answer. She just looked at him like he threatend to take the whole village's life, and with her mouth shut tightly, she stood up. She only came up to Inuyasha's waist, and she was too young to control herself. She burst into tears.
"I- I not allowed to tell... just... don't kill me..."
Inuyasha was startled by her outburst. He had never experienced tears before. Even though he had cried, he hadn't seen someone else cry.
Unfortunatly, it caused him to fall down the stairs.
"Ow!"
Kaede looked down. Inuyasha was injured pretty badly. What could she do? He did say that he would take her back to the village...
"Ack! Come! Come!" she screamed. Inuyasha's mother heard her desperate calls and came to see what was wrong.
"Dear, what is wrong?" she asked. Kaede pointed down the stairs.
"Oh dear! Inuyasha! Are you okay?" she cried as she hurridly ran downstairs.
"Y-yes..."
"Come on. What in the world happened?"
Inuyasha shot a dirty look at Kaede and said: "I fell."
"Yes. Now come."
After Inuyasha wounds have been treated, he took Kaede by the hand and guided her back to the village. But after he stepped foot in the village.
"Ack! A demon! A demon!"
Inuyasha let go of Kaede and covered his ears. Man, was this sound unnerving.
"You! You're the..? Huh? Kaede, what are you doing with him?" Kikyo asked.
"He led me home."
"What?" she cried, looking at him.
"I-I..." Inuyasha stammered. Kikyo raised her bow. Kaede then blocked her.
"Kaede! What are you doing?" Kikyo shouted. Kaede gulped and said:
"He saved my life..."