Author's Note: Hello all, it has been quite some time since I have been able to write anything. To be honest I was not sure I would come back to writing FF but it called to me. So here I am with this new story. It is my first Inuyasha fic and I am not sure I will do it justice but I will try. Anyway I have three chapters written already and am working on number four now. Flash backs take up a lot of the first two chapters annoying I know but I felt they were needed.
I plan to post once a week no more than once every two weeks life permitting though. Thanks for reading and please leave a review if you want. Until next chapter.
Disclaimer: I own nothing in this story save for the situation.
Warning: There is language so this will be rated M. There may or may not be lemons or hints of lemons to come. I am not sure on that yet. There may be triggers so if you are easily offended please do not read. This is also not a Kagome friendly fic sorry for those that love her, she is not really my favorite character.
Enjoy
~Pearl
Chapter 1: Escape
On a moonless Summer night Violet eyes stared up at the sky. For too long he had been wishing to be free. Wishing to be who he was supposed to be. Not this thing he had become. He was no longer the brash young half demon he used to be. Gone were the days that he would speak his mind, and walk off temper flaring. No that person was gone. Left in his place was a subdued male that did what he could to keep from being punished. No one liked to be made into a slave, but once it happened how did you get out? These things weighed heavily on Inuyasha's mind as he stared into the blackness of the night sky, resembling that which was consuming his heart and soul.
Inuyasha looked around the small campsite at each person that slept. Once he would have called them friends. Maybe he had even loved them. But after the defeat of Naraku something about them had changed. It was almost as if they had been waiting for this to happen. Waiting for him to kill their mutual enemy, so that they could use him for their own purposes. Well not really their purpose but hers. She was the one that changed first, started asking him to help with simple things here and there. Sitting him once in awhile when he refused to help her. As time went on the sits became more frequent and violent. Inuyasha shuddered at the memories that plague him.
(Flashback)
"Inuyasha I need you to come and move these boulders" Kagome said as she walked up to the half demon. "I'm resting can't it wait for a bit" he had asked. In that moment he realized she had changed. Her dark eyes narrowed her mouth set in a thin line. Knowing that there was a round of sits about to come the dog demon leapt out of his tree to land in front of her. Foot tapping the Miko stares him down, "Who do you think you are to refuse my request half breed" she sneered. "You think that just because you defeated Naraku that you now are free to do whatever you wish" the question slithering from her mouth. Taken aback by her words golden eyes stared in disbelief. What was she saying? "Oi, what the hell are you talking about wench" Inuyasha asked. "I am free to do as I please just as I was before Naraku showed his ugly face" the half demon told his friend. Was she even still his friend after those poisonous words?
Those chocolate eyes narrowed further, "Free, you think that you are free?" laughter bubbled up from her "Oh poor stupid half breed, I will show you how free you actually are" she growled. Kagome took a step closer to Inuyasha as he took a step back. Only to be slammed into the ground as she yelled sit. The pain laced through his battered body as he was slammed further and further into the the ground the repeated sits spilling from Kagome's mouth. When they finally stopped the Miko stood above the hole she had made with his body, a sneer on her face. "I expect to see you moving those boulders when you are done lazing about in that hole. Don't even think about trying to get out of it or I will punish you" Kagome spat as she turned around leaving the injured half breed alone to recover and think. 'What is happening' he wondered as he slowly climbed out of his hole. Something had changed in the woman he loved, and not for the better.
It was not long after that incident that the situation started to get worse. If he did not do what was asked of him in what Kagome deemed a timely manner he was sat until he lost consciousness. If he said anything that she thought he should not the he was sat. Once InuYasha tried to jump away from the enraged woman when he had not done what she asked as quickly as she wanted him too. After the sits were done, and he was unable to resist due to being unconscious she had him dragged to his favorite tree, where she chained him and waited for the Inu to awaken.
Golden eyes fluttered open, his whole body hurt. Dazedly he looked around noting that he was no longer in the hole, but in the forest. The rough bark against his back told that he was against a tree, and looking around confirmed that he was in fact standing against his tree. Standing was not the right word though, strapped might have fit his situation better. "Finally awake are you InuYasha" the voice of his tormentor rang through his his ears. Head snapping in the direction it had come from the Inu took in a breath at the sight of the Miko. She stood about 15 feet from where he was bound to the tree. In her hands was what looked a lot like a whip although it was different. This whip like thing had jagged looking pieces sticking out from it at different angles and intervals. It was long and appeared to be made of more than just leather. From what he could see of it, the thing had metal strips woven into the braided leather.
As he eyed the whip Kagome started forward a smirk splayed across her face. "Did I not warn you InuYasha, that if you did not do what I wanted that I would punish you" she asked making her way over to the now struggling dog demon. InuYasha pulled at the restraints holding him to the tree, but it was little use, they would not give. He had used too much of his Yokai lately recovering from the brutal sittings. There was not enough left at the moment to allow him to pull free. Sinister laughter glided to his ears and as they were harshly tugged. "Poor stupid half breed, now it is time for you to truly learn your place" the words no more had left her mouth than the pain began. He tried not to scream, not to let her see how much it hurt him, but she was relentless. Soon pained howls left InuYasha's mouth as he screamed, tiny whimpers accompanying those when the whip was withdrawn from his body.
His torment went on for what seemed like hours as pieces of his flesh were ripped from his body with each crack of Kagome's whip. The last thing he remembered before slipping into the blessed darkness were the words spoken into one koinu ear. "You belong to me Inuyasha. No one can change that not even when I die." Kagome stood back from the bloodied half demon looking at her handy work. He had always looked good in red she thought as she walked away leaving the unconscious Inu Hanyou strapped to the tree. After that night he did not try to fight her so openly again. Having never really been able to recover left him meger amounts of yoki that did not allow him the power to just run.
At first the others tried to talk to the girl, but Kagome would not listen. "He is mine to do with as I please. After all he still wears my subjugation beads." she had said on more than one occasion."If you do not wish to see him suffer then you should help make sure he does as he is told or leave" Kagome laughed. Eventually the others stopped trying to get her to stop treating Inuyasha as a slave. He knew they had tried and failed to save him. Thought Sango and Miroku did not seem to relish in his pain as Kagome did they did little to nothing to stop it. How had it come to this? There had been no one to stop them, no one to help him escape. On the few occasions he had managed to get away, it was only for a short time. They always found him, and the pain he endured from his attempts soon stopped any thought of trying again.
(End Flashback)
Had this been planned from the beginning. From The moment the modern girl had spoken the first sit had Kagome known that this is where he would end up? Known that she would make him into her personal slave? Had all those times she claimed to love him been nothing but a ploy to lower his guard and allow her into his heart? How had it come to this?
Inuyasha knew that his Yokai had diminished. There were signs that it was fading, that he was beginning to die. Oh yes he knew, and he also knew the only way to save himself was to get away. A sigh escaped his lips "Why do I stay" he whispered. There was no answer save for the sounds of crickets chirping merrily to one another. There was no reason beyond the fear of being caught and not surviving the punishment for trying to leave. But, maybe he could if he timed it just right. There was a tiny bit of hope that he might be able to escape.
Inuyasha slowly stood, doing his best not to disturb those sleeping around him. Tip toeing around to the other side of the campfire and towards the forest. He knew It was extremely risky going into the forest alone in his human state. There were bound to be demons out looking for the perfect snack and he would seem to be just that. Yet, this was the only way. There was no other time it had to be now. He did not know if he would be able to survive another whipping, or beating, or round of sits. No there was no way he would be able to, not with the current state of his Yokai. He would be dead, and that was something he did not want to be. With that thought fueling him Inuyasha took off for the forest just before dawn. The pulsing of his returning Yokai indicating that he had judged the timing correctly.
The only ones to hear him sneak way were Shippo and Kirara. They were worried for their friend neither of them having been unable to help him when things started to deteriorate. It would not be long before the humans would wake up and realize that he had left. Then they would go after him Both demons knew that Inuyasha was not well. Knew that his ability to heal was compromised by the many punishments that he received at the hands of those he used to protect. They could not do much to help him, but giving him a little extra time to get as far away as he could was something that they could do. Shippo put a few sleep charms on the humans, they would disappear in a about 4 hours, but hopefully that would give the Inu Hanyou enough time to get to a place where he could hide. They both watched with sad eyes knowing they had done all they could for their friend. With one last longing look at the place Inuyasha had been the fire cat transformed into her larger form. Once the humans woke up it would no longer be safe for them with the humans. Shippo didn't know where Kirara was going to take him but it had to be better than staying here. So it was they too left the humans asleep in their bags near the fire.
As he ran his once Violet eyes returned to their normal burnished gold, his ebony locks bleed silvery white. His nails lengthened sharpening back into deadly claws. Curved human ears moved up forming into the triangular puppy ears that perched atop his head. Senses sharpening allowing him to scent the air around him for signs of danger and for those that he knew would soon be following his trail. Inuyasha needed to get as far away from them as he could, he was not worried about the humans but with the aid of the Fire Neko they could easily catch up with him if he were so slow to soon. With the state his yokai was in there was no telling how far he would be able to go before exhaustion claimed him. That thought fuling his actions the Inu Hanyou fled as quickly as he could. No real destination in mind, just the need to escape, to get far enough away that they would not find him this day.