InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Prologue - A Test of Memory (The Coming of Rinkatsu) ❯ The Village by the Dam ( Chapter 28 )

"Whah?! How could this happen!" screamed Inuyasha. "Dammit! I let her out of my sight for five seconds and she disappears!"

Sango was aware of Kagome's disappearance, but she was more worried about the blood red sky... she could only expect that Rinkatsu was behind it...

I snowflake fell on her nose. She had just become aware of the snow...

"Wha... it shouldn't be snowing now..." said Sango.

"What?" said Inuyasha from the shed. "Kagome's missing and all's you can do is stare at the sky and play with the damn snow!"

Sango was oblivious to Inuyasha's 'insults.' "Why is it snowing now... it's the hottest time of the year yet somehow it snows... and the air, it's cold..."

"It's not friendly..." said Inuyasha.

"You sense it too... the aura..." said Sango. "It's depressing. That's what he's doing... Rinkatsu - he's draining the happiness out of the world," stated Sango. "The red sky is not only meant to change the patterns of weather, but it very presence is ominous and unhappy... it's fear-striking..."

"I don't want to see where Rinkatsu is trying to get with this," said Inuyasha as he picked up the sleeping Shippo from the shed, meanwhile, Sango still stood outside. "Let's find Kagome."

Sango turned to Inuyasha and nodded. But then, something struck her. Kirara had never returned with Hiraikotsu.

"Kirara..." gasped Sango.

"What?" asked Inuyasha.

"Kirara!" she yelled. "Kirara never came back! Your brother didn't throw my boomerang that far!" Sango began to run in the direction she remembered sending Kirara off to.

"But Sango! We need to find Kagome!" yelled Inuyasha.

Still, Sango kept running. She had a feeling that Rinkatsu's doing was involved in Kirara's disappearance.

Annoyed, Inuyasha began to follow Sango with Shippo in his arms. Inuyasha quickly caught up with Sango and allowed her to ride his back. Inuyasha jumped high above the trees, every now and then shouting 'Kirara!' and 'Kagome!' Nearly and hour later, there was no luck. Eventually, Inuyasha and Sango stumbled upon a small village which rested not far from a sturdy dam. They decided to stop there and look for their missing friends.

Strangely, the village was empty... no one was there. And even stranger, the presence of sadness was heavy in this lonely village.

"Inuyasha... this isn't right. Something's wrong..." said Sango.

"damn this aura! If it wasn't so confusing, I would be able to detect Rinkatsu but the feeling is everywhere!" yelled Inuyasha. "He's lucky I didn't familiarize his when I damn near killed him, otherwise, he'd be dead by now!"

"But Inuyasha... the feeling is heavy here," said Sango.

Suddenly, there was a noise. By now, the snow had fallen enough that there was a blanket of snow on the ground. The noise they heard was the sound of snow crunching.... like a footstep. Immediately, Inuyasha sprung to the direction of the the noise. "Inuyasha be careful!" said Sango as she followed him.

Inuyasha jumped over a house in the village to discover tiny footprints in the snow. He land on the ground and began running to follow them. Sango followed.

The footprints led all the way to the nearby dam. It was quite a tall dam... the entire valley would be flooded if the massive structure wasn't there. At the foot of the dam there was a small tree... it's leaves were still on it but were nearing their departure from the tree. Inuyasha heard a laugh... it sounded like that of a child's. He ran around the tree and saw a small girl making a snow angel and laughing.

"Hey, I'm looking for someone-" Inuyasha stopped in his tracks. He recognized the girl. It was Rin.

Sango caught up. "Inuyasha, what is it?" she asked, looking at the child... and then she realized who the girl was as well.

"Rin..." said Inuyasha.

From behind them, they heard a laugh. Inuyasha and Sango turned around to find that they were face to face with Rinkatsu.

Shippo awoke, one of the worst moments to wake up, saw the evil face and began to scream.