Chapter 4
His right brow rose up into the hair line. 'Why must they have a fortress?' Instead of voicing the question he chose to voice another instead. "Can no one else take over for her; I doubt you would want your priestess to die."
"We can show you where she is at," said the villager that decided they would be the speaker of the group said.
Another villager interrupted and spoke to the other villager. "We should just wait until Inuyasha arrives. Lady Kagome is like a sister to him and his older half-brother. I don't think we should trust this demon by the demon slayer and the monk; he could be a threat to them and the child. If she dies then I'm certain Lord Sesshomaru would take mercy and bring her back to life, he did it for the young girl Rin and also for the demon slayer's younger brother."
"That isn't even certain. I still say we take her to the fortress where Inuyasha and Miroku could keep guard; the jewel is safer with them. Plus Kaede and her apprentice are up there. If Sango comes out of this labor to find Kagome dead then there will be hell to pay and I don't want all of them upset, they would no doubt abandon us once Lady Kaede passes on. Inuyasha would go berserk and with or without his sword he could lose to his demon blood. He may have good intentions but he is a half demon and Kagome is the only one that could save us from a demon Inuyasha and bring back his senses. We don't need any repeats." The whispers died down as the first villager signaled for the mysterious demon to follow him.
'Here I am, holding their priestess, dying in my arms and they're afraid I will kill the demon slayer as she goes through labor and afraid of Inuyasha's demon blood overpowering him. I will just see how things turn out, I can sense Inuyasha racing my way, and no doubt that it is to the girl.' Seeing the streaks of red getting closer.
"Inuyasha is not going to like another demon holding Lady Kagome. We should have tried to get rid of the demon after he saved her. What purpose does a demon have saving a priestess, he does resemble the inu brothers but it could be a trap. Maybe he is a detachment of Naraku perhaps?" They thought he couldn't hear them.
"Naraku is dead, everyone knows that and so are his offspring. The vile half demon will never return; our protectors had made sure of that. We shouldn't question his motives, as we all experienced, not all demons are bad. A human had started that whole charade with Naraku, stop being rude and just be thankful that he had saved her in time," said one of the women as she scolded what he guessed to be her husband.
Inuyasha finally landed in front of him, sizing him up as he narrowed his eyes. Before his mouth could offend him the main speaker beat him to it. "Inuyasha, this demon saved Lady Kagome before the building could collapse on her. Can you lead him to Lady Kaede, she isn't in good shape and is approaching death's door." He held his breath, hoping the half demon would just question the demon later and take care of Kagome now.
His fists tightened momentarily before he looked at her pale form, remembering when he would have been late had it not been for Myouga. His eyes hardened and he turned back around, looking over his shoulder at the demon. "Keh, whatever. Just keep up and I'm warning you, don't try anything or I won't hesitate to draw tetsusaiga to blast you to pieces." He then left at top speed, never seeing the amusement on the other demon as he smirked at the younger male.