Village

Sesshomaru walked through the village with Jaken by his side. Most of the houses had been burned down and there were many dead bodies on the ground that night. There were men, women and children scattered everywhere. They looked like they had been killed very recently. As Sesshomaru stopped besides a man lying on the ground covered in blood he tried to smell how fresh the blood was. It didn't take long for him to figure out that they had been killed hours if not minutes ago.

Jaken glanced around not believing how many dead people there were.

"Looks like bandits killed all these villagers." Jaken murmured, covering his nose with the back of his hand. "They must have already left."

There were still people there. Sesshomaru knew that as he heard several horses coming towards them. But the people on the animals weren't the villagers. They were something else.

"Interesting." Sesshomaru said.

"Lord Sesshomaru. I was wondering couldn't you bring these dead people back to life with Tenseiga like you did with Rin that time?"

"This is not my problem."

"Of course. Whatever you wish my Lord." Jaken said, wondering how the sword worked.

"Lord Sesshomaru!" the little girl's voice yelled.

Jaken quickly turned to where the yell had come from. Running from out of the trees was Rin. It seemed like she had followed them.

"Rin! You idiot! We told you to stay with Ah-Un! What are you doing?" Jaken shouted.

Rin froze when she saw all the dead people. For a moment she couldn't move. Everything was so familiar. It was like the time her parents had been killed in front of her by robbers. Rin fell on her knees suddenly finding it very hard to breath.

"How horrible!" Rin cried, shaking badly.

That was when they appeared. A large group of men carrying weapons surrounded the three of them. They were all on horses and they all carried swords or spears. The clothes they were also covered a little in blood.

"What do you think boss? They look so strange." The man with an eye patch commented.

The man on another horse moved forward. Sesshomaru stared at them studying every move that they would make. They were not a threat.

"Did you kill the people of this village?" Sesshomaru questioned.

"What if we did? What are you going to do about it?"

"Nothing. I do not care who you kill. I was simply curious." Sesshomaru answered, closing his eyes.

Jaken had rushed up to Rin's side and was holding out the Staff of Heads. It looked like he was smart enough to protect the girl without being asked.

"You have interesting clothes and armor. We will take them!" The bandit leader laughed.

A stray arrow suddenly few forward and hit the ground besides Sesshomaru. It hadn't been fired by an expert since it had missed by so much.

"Do you think you can kill this Sesshomaru?" The dog demon answered, coldly.

"What the hell are you doing?" The leader answered, surprised that the man standing there showed no fear.

Sesshomaru reached to his side and pulled out his new sword which was called the Tokijin. The sword had been made for him by Kaijinbo. Just hours earlier Sesshomaru had used it to fight his foolish half brother Inuyasha. It had seemed like Tessaiga had been too heavy at the time. What was more interesting was that at the end of the fight Inuyasha had changed. The blood of his worthless brother had somehow become a full demon. Sesshomaru had let them go since the change had unsettled him. They would meet again and Sesshomaru was going to find out what was going on with Inuyasha.

While he held the sword in his right hand he remembered that he still need to practice with it. Sesshomaru looked at the group of men.

"Rin close you eyes." Sesshomaru said, still staring at his opponents.

Rin quickly did what Sesshomaru asked.

In a flash Sesshomaru had leapt into the air. With one swing the sword pressure from the weapon he held lashed out hitting all the bandits there. They all screamed as they were cut to pieces by the force of the sword. As the flesh from the bodies dropped to the ground Sesshomaru put Tokijin back to it's place besides Tenseiga. Sesshomaru turned around and picked up Rin. The little girl still had her eyes closed and had not seen him use the sword. Sesshomaru carried her under his right arm.

"Remarkable. Defeating them with one strike." Jaken smiled. "That's what they deserve for getting in Lord Sesshomaru's way. Now those foolish robbers will not be killing anymore people around this place."

"We shall leave. This is no place for a little girl." Sesshomaru said, walking away from the village.