Chapter 2: What's going on?

"What do you think happened, monk?" Sango asked in her curious voice as she, Miroku, Kagome, Shippo, and of course InuYasha sitting in the hut.

"I don't know," Miroku gave his honest answer. "But it didn't seem modest. Whoever did it doesn't respect nature."

"Who could be able to do that?" Kagome asked.

"Could it be the work of demons?" Shippo asked.

"It sounds like the only possible thing that could do that," Sango suggested.

"It's strange," InuYasha said softly. "I didn't and I don't now...sense any demons."

"What do you sense?" Sango asked.

The half-demon was silent for a moment, trying to think of the correct words. "I don't know. I can't recall anything familiar."

All of a sudden, a furry creature with black eyes, a pink nose, and a long pink tail appeared, causing everyone to gasp. "What is that thing?" Shippo nervous asked.

"It's an opossum!" Kagome cheered as she ran up to it and started petting.

"Careful Kagome," said Sango. "It could have rabies."

"No. It's very rare for a possum to have rabies."

"Doesn't look like anything I have seen," InuYasha admitted. "But your cat is cuter."

"Master InuYasha! Master InuYasha!"

InuYasha saw a tiny little insect jump into his hands. "Myoga. Thanks for showing up. I only talked to you like three weeks ago."

"Master InuYasha, something strange is going on!"

"You're telling me."

"People say something's wrong with the water."

"There is something wrong with the water." The half-breed stood up. "And I'll show you. You guys stay here." He ran out of the hut with the flea demon.

"I'm going out for some air," said Miroku as Sango followed.

"It's ok Shippo," said Kagome. "Go ahead and pet it. It won't hurt you"

The little fox-demon grinned, and reached his hand down to pet it. But before he could touch the possum, the creature hissed at him, which made him step back.

Kagome grew confused. "It's ok Shippo." She leaned down to the possum. "What's the matter, little fella?"

The possum looked at Shippo, who was scared, and hid behind Kagome. The possum hissed again and walked toward Shippo.

InuYasha ran back to where all the water designs were. He stood there and looked at them curiously as Myoga looked at them as well. He finally jumped off of InuYasha's shoulder, and ran down to get a closer look. "The only thing that could do this is the work of demons!"

"I don't sense any demons," said InuYasha. "I never did. There has to be some other possible way of this happening. It...wait a minuet." InuYasha started sniffing the ground. He stood up and gave a face of anger. "Sesshomeru's scent. He was here."

"Master InuYasha, why would your half brother do such a thing?"

InuYasha looked down and tried to think. "I don't know....but.....I'm sure he had the potential of doing it."

"Master InuYasha, if it was Sesshomerua, then maybe you should go find out more about it."

InuYasha's eyes widened.

"Master InuYasha?"

"I smell dead blood." The half breed hurried away from the lakes, and found the scent coming from where the hut was.

He grew curious when he found Kagome, Shippo, Miroku, Sango, and Kirala all together. Right in front of them, he saw the possum they found, laying down dead. He looked over at Sango's boomerange bone and saw blood at the end of it.

Kagome looked very sad as she started at the dead creature. She then looked up at InuYasha who was curious. "InuYasha..."

"Kagome," the half-demon kneeled down in front of Kagome and put a hand on her shoulder. "What happened, are you ok?"

"I'm fine." She looked down at the possum again. "I thought he was tame. But he didn't like Shippo for some reason. He tried to kill him."

InuYasha looked over at Shippo, who looked very scared. He looked back at Kagome. "I'm sorry, Kagome."

Kagome looked at InuYasha, and gave him a small grin, happy that he cared. "It's ok."

"Uhh...Master InuYasha," Myoga said as he jumped onto the half-demon's shoulder. "I'm sure that...everyone is scared about this whole water thing. But if its your brother, I suggest you go look for him. In the mean time....I'll probably go...and see what other people think."

"Yeah right, you're just trying run away."

"Don't be like that." the flea hopped away.

"What is it, InuYasha?" Miroku asked. "What did your brother do?"

InuYasha looked down. I don't know why Sesshomerua would do such a thing.