A/N - Yes, everyone who actually reads this fic, I am back, and I even changed my penname! Anyways, school is in progress, but I will try and make frequent updates because I know what it feels like when a story you like is abandoned for oh-so-long.. Anyways, here you go, a new chapter.. Hope it's long enough!

Chapter Seven...

"Lady Kaede?"

"Where is she?"

"Not sure.. she said she was going for a walk, she never returned though.."

"How long ago?"

"About two or three hours..."

"Oh no.. this is bad.."

"She was carrying some kind of red liquid with her.. do you think she..?"

"Suicide.. No! It can't be!"

A group of villagers gazed at the hut where Kaede stayed, worry evident on their expressions. It was morning, and it was a nice sunny day with a light, cool breeze that just seemed to make the day oh-so-wonderful, nice, and calming.. Except it wasn't, atleast for those who knew Kaede.

"That's all she said is that she's going for a walk?"

"Yeah.."

The two men exchanged worried glances and sighed, silently giving each their loved one or their children a look that meant to reassure them that it'd all be alright. A few children were crying, believing in the worst.

"Let's form a search, we have to find her!" One man said, looking at the others who nodded.

"Mommy! Look, the meanie!" Suddenly a little girl cried out, tugging on her mother sleeve.

"Ssh, sweetie, the big people are busy.."

Jin smiled sinisterly, shaking his head a little, silently laughing at how the mother wouldn't pay attention to the child. It'd be the downfall of that mother, and the child. He licked his lips, tilting his head a little to the side as he silently approached the woman and child, who had by then were walking home.

The woman opened her mouth in a silent scream just as a loud crack was issued from her neck, which was now bent at a very strange angle. The little girl's face went white, and she opened her mouth to scream, but nothing came out from her mouth, no sounds at all, before another snap was heard and both mother and daughter fell to the ground, landing on each other in a protective sort of way that almost made Jin feel remorse. Almost.

He looked at the villagers, not bothering to sneak now. They had almost instantly spotted Jin, and fear was now clearly visible on their faces. Some gasped, and some started to try and run away and get weapons, or just hide.

"A demon!"

"Hide! Run!"

Were just a few of the words he heard from their mouths as he suddenly grabbed onto a male, roughly yanking him over. The man looked as if he could faint, as they had all witnessed the slaughter Jin had committed and what he had done to their village only a week before. The memory was all too fresh in their human minds, especially in the children's who sometimes woke up in the middle of the night, crying and screaming in fear because some were now left alone forever in the world, never to know what 'love' was again.

"Hello, sir, I was wondering where Kae' is?" Jin asked, calmly, a sick kind of look seen in his eyes.

"Sh-she's gone! She left three or two hours ago!" The villager cried out, not daring to struggle.

"Thankyou, sir, and goodbye." The fire demon roughly shoved the man onto the ground before stomping on his head, watching in glee as the skull was crushed and he was able to see the man's brains. He was grinning as he did so, and listened to the screams of the villagers, before happily going on his way to find Kaede.

Miroku and Sango...

"Hoshi-sama!" The taijiya gazed worriedly in the directions where the screams were coming from. "Come on! Hurry!" She urged him as they ran tword the village, Kirara beating both of them.

"Look!"

As they reached the area where the died mother and child were, and where the dead man was, there was also a few others died, dying in some of the most horrible ways, and most likely painfullest. The worst was a young boy, no older than four, was pinned to a hut wall by a sword through the head, and his body was burning, and the flames had spread to the hut. The boy's organs were lying on the ground below him, obviously ripped out. Written in the boy's blood on another hut were the words 'WHERE WERE YOU KAEDE?'.

Miroku looked sickened and Sango shook her head in disgust. "It must have been that Jin man.." Miroku muttered, shaking his head as well before they started to run forward, getting closer and closer to Jin.. and Kaede, who were talking and arguing. And just as they had reached where they were, a scream was heard.

"Oh shit.."

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A cliffhanger. Woo. I feel so evil. Anyways, sorry about all the gore stuff, I guess I'm just in a sadistic mood right now. Anyways, hope it's long enough, and hope it's satisfying. My birthday is coming up, so review so I can have early birthday presents!

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