Chapter 2 - A Grieving Widower

"Damn fat men and their fat clothing..." Bankotsu mumbled in frustration as he tried to keep the old man's pants on his hips, but they didn't seem to stay. Frustrated, Bankotsu stomped over to his old clothing and unwillingly tore a strip of black silk from his pants. While he tied the "obi" around his waist, he continued to curse under his breath.

Bankotsu glanced down at the body of the elderly man and sighed.

He grabbed the pale wrists and began to drag the heavy body towards a nearby river. With a heaving struggle, Bankotsu finally got the body into the river and he curiously watched the body float down the river.

When Bankotsu returned to the scene of the murder, which he had committed, he tore holes and strips into the clothing he was wearing just in case the hanyou asked questions of why he looked so untouched.

Bankotsu sighed and took in a deep breath. He made a frowning face and squeezed his eyes tightly together and then opened them quickly.

Nothing.

"WAA! OH NO! I AM SO SAD!" He cried out in a weeping voice, but still…

Nothing.

Bankotsu clenched his hands tightly together in rage, until he could feel pain in his hands from his nails.

Hmm…

His finger rose up to his face and then Bankotsu smirked with victory ringing in his ears. He took a deep breath and the jabbed he finger into the corner of his right eye.

Perfect!

Streams of tears fell from his crimson eyes and he crawled over and began to "sob" over the dead girl.

InuYasha abruptly awoke from his sleep and his nose immediately went into the air.

"I smell blood…"

He darted out of his bed and frantically looked around for his sword in the dark.

"InuYasha, what is it…?" Kagome sleepily mumbled as, she too, arose from her distant sleep. InuYasha looked at her with his amber eyes and frowned.

"There's a faint scent of blood in the air and it's human's blood."

Kagome let out a quiet gasp and even that was enough to wake the light sleeper, Sango.

"Did you say blood, InuYasha?" Sango mumbled as she rubbed her eyes, trying to get used to the darkness inside the small room.

"Yeah… Kagome you stay here with the others and Sango come with me, I made need some back-up."

Sango nodded and got up quickly to change.

The two fighters dashed through the thick, dark forest that laid just outside the village. Nothing moved as they ran, everything was quiet. Even green trees stood silent through the howling winds of the skies.

Odd…

"It's just up here!" InuYasha shouted to Sango and she nodded.

"Be prepared to die, demon!" InuYasha released his sword from it's binding sheath just they reached the end of trail. Sango held her Hiraikotsu in fighting position, until she glanced over and saw a man crying over the body of a young woman.

"Sir…?" Sango approached the man cautiously and he looked up at her with blood shot, teary eyes. Her gazed left the man's sobbing eyes to the body of the young girl.

Sango gasped. "This was the girl that welcomed us to the village!"

InuYasha came over and examined the pale body of the girl and noticed to bite marks on her neck.

"Those are odd marks…"

Sango brought her attention back to the man, who only stared at the ground now.

"What happened, sir? It's okay, you can tell us slowly." She said reassuringly. The man numbly nodded and took in a deep breath.

"This was Shina, my fiancé. She had been missing from her bed for several hours and then I decided to look for her in the forest, she would always be exploring in here. That's when I saw that monster… It's fangs shimmered with her blood and… and I tried to defend her, but it attacked me and ran off, leaving my with this pain." He spoke with a voice full of sorrow and his eyes were filled with fear, which was also reflected on his pale skin.

InuYasha stood in silence as Sango helped the man to his feet.

'What is with this guy? Why are his eyes red? And how can his skin get that pale? It's like he's already dead…'

InuYasha growled as the three reached the room they were staying in, after they brought the body to the village head man.

"InuYasha?" Sango questioned, but the hanyou already let out his anger and he booted the weeping man into the room with his foot.

"Fuck." He muttered as his head collided into something soft.

Kagome let out a shriek when an unfamiliar man landed on her knees. He quickly got up and bowed from the disrespect of landing on top of a woman.

"What the fuck was that for?!" The village man shouted as he spun around to face the hanyou.

"Why such a change in mood, bastard ?!" InuYasha demanded as he leaned closer to his opponent. The man gave a loud gasp, shocked by this demon's words.

"My fiancé was just murdered in front of my own eyes ! Can't you give me a little sympathy ?!!" He shouted, glaring at InuYasha, their noses almost touching. The on-lookers of the fight, Kagome, Miroku, Shippo and Kirara, had puzzled looks on their shadowed faces.

"Back off, InuYasha ! This man is in a great deal of pain !" Sango snarled, staring down the hanyou. He shot a look at her, but his face softened and he shoved past the man and sat in the corner of the room, mumbling things to himself.

"I'm so sorry for InuYasha." Sango spoke to the man in a softer tone. He nodded his thanks and saw the confused looks on the others faces. The taijiya and the village man exchanged glances and sat down to explain the dreadful story of Shina's death.

Hehe, silly Bankotsu. :P

Sorry for this chapter being so short, but I'm off to put another one up !!

PLEASE R&R

-Kitty (MEOW!)