Inu Yasha stopped at the great village gates, he could hear the villagers rushing around inside calling to their elder about the newcomers. Once the gates had been opened, Kagome and Inu Yasha had met with an Elderly man with a hunch in his back. "Ah-ha, you must be the ones Kaede spoke of. I am Yoshi, I lead this village."
"Keh, where's this so called dragon old man,you don't look like you are in any danger."
Inu Yasha grunted. Kagome whacked him in his arm.
"Be respectful Inu Yasha, They invited us here! I am sorry for his rudeness. My Name is Kagome, and he is Inu Yasha. Kaede spoke with us briefly about a water dragon, you were having trouble with." The old man smiled at Kagome's kindness and waved his hand for them to follow.
"Ah yes, please follow me. A demon has been coming to out village for some time now. He comes at sundown and demands that we sacrifice a pure maiden to him, otherwise he will call a tsunami to wipe away our precious village."
"Any reason why old man? How long has he been terrorizing your village?" Inu Yasha asked gruffly. Yoshi turned toward the Half-breed, wrinkled face paling.
"It's Going on six months now-"
"Six months and you are only calling for help now?!"Inu Yasha growled, Kagome couldn't help but show surprise on her face as the old man bowed under Inu Yasha's words.
"Well, you see... I had hoped that once we had given him a maiden he would leave us be. However it just made him hungry for more." The Old man sighed and stopped in front of what looked like an old shrine. "It used to only be once a month, but slowly it turned into once a night and now, he is asking for our elders, saying that the wisdom they hold with grant him immense powers."
"Why hasn't he eaten you old man? Don't you realized your village is going to be reduced to ghosts and decrepit houses?"
"He won't take me because I am the only one who understands him, the others run in fear and chose to fight him, but I try to negotiate for the sake of my village." Yoshi wiped his sweaty brow now nervous of the hanyou's gaze. Kagome bit her lip feeling sorry for the old man. "I called on you two because I have heard of your great deeds of killing the foul beast Naraku and hoped you would save my people. I have come up with a plan that may work, if you are willing to try..."
"What exactly do you suggest old man? Bait the bastard?" The old man let out a long sigh and nodded his head.
"If we can find a pure maiden to give him, we can attack him without knowing." Suddenly Yoshi's eyes fell on Kagome. The two travellers looked back at him in awe finally InuYasha snapped.
"You wanna use Kagome as Bait! There's no way-" Kagome swallowing her surprise nodded in agreement.
"I will play the game Yoshi, I can be bait if it will help your village survive this horrible creature."
"Kagome You can't be serious!"
"Inu Yasha the demon has to be stopped. What if our village was next?" Kagome snapped. "Just tell me what I can do to prepare and we can begin." Yoshi smiled feeling a weight lift from him cshoulders.
"This way, inside the shrine there is an old woman by the name of Maeko, she will help you to the hidden purity spring underground. There you will bathe in the waters and come out to our hill that looks over the ocean. There I will call to the dragon and we will catch him." Kagome nodded following the elder inside the shrine. As he said there was an old woman in prayer at the alter, when he touched her shoulder she looked up abruptly.
"Oh Yoshi-san I wasn't expecting you to the shrine so soon. Are these the villagers Kaede spoke of?" Maeko asked hopeful. Kagome bowed politely and Inuyasha just grunted. Yoshi waved his hand at them and replied.
"Yes they have come to aid us in this disaster. The miko Kagome has agreed to our plan of attack against this beast."
"Oh lovely, I shall take her to the spring to prepare." the old woman linked arms with Kagome and led her down the hallway. Inu Yasha wasn't far behind until Yoshi touched his shoulder.
"Please this way, I need you to help me call the great beast."