Title: Animal
Rating: M
Genre: Suspense/Romance
Characters: Inuyasha and Kagome
Description: Inuyasha has been an experimental creature for almost his whole life. He's sick of his cruel treatment and is now trying to find a way out, but when he does he finds it difficult to adjust. Or so he thinks, meeting her makes it so much easier.

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Prologue: Hate what you've become

Hell.

Some say it exists as a way to punish those who've done wrong. Some say that it is run by Satan, others by God. And some…well some don't believe in it at all.

From what I've seen of the world…

"Experiment number eight-thousand seventy-six point five…dead!"

…it is very much real.

"AHHH!"

Though, perhaps not in the way one might think. It is not the mythical place of legend, but it is a place that exists right here on this earth. It has a master and it is not the almighty…

The master does not punish those who misbehave, the master punishes everything, and that master is Satan.

For God? I've never seen him. Nor have I been to this place called Heaven. If Hell is real…then I have to believe Heaven is too. However, just like hell it is not what you think. After you die…that is the end of it…this I know for certain. Too many have died useless horrible deaths here. They never got to live to see heaven. In death there is peace, but the deceased aren't conscious to enjoy it…

…What a pity…

The things that have been done to me here, should never be seen nor spoken of, but I cannot be silenced forever, and the tortures shall never end. In my heart I feel as though I can still be free. Often times I lie on the cold, bloodied floor of this steel cage and imagine. I'd imagine light…bright light, I'd been in here so long I'd forgotten what the world was actually like. Whenever I tried to think back I got a horrible migraine.

That migraine would bring me back here. To Hell. Then I would think of the old tortures, and the ways they'd torture me next.

What I could remember was being a happy, healthy, normal, humanboy. I could remember the love of my parents as I grew…and then…here. I was no longer a boy, I would never receive any love again…being here I was transformed…into a beast.

That transformation often replayed over and over in my head like an old horror movie. They strapped me down…ten-inch needles in me. Those needles had the genetic material of a creature. They didn't tell me what, nor did they stop as I screamed in pain. Instead, they smiled and let me starve in this very cage. I shared it with at least five other men at the time…but they met their fate eventually. My hair turned from blue-black to a bright silver and white mix.

That was only the beginning…

They cut off my ears and sewed up the canals, so that I was completely deaf. During this cruel process they even threw some type of acid in my eyes, when they were done they left me in the cage again. The men were older and they pitied me. I didn't understand why they were mostly left alone. None of them were tested on. They seemed to just be starved, but even they got food and water at some points. After that my eyes turned bright amber and my ears had amazing sprouted on my head. My senses were far greater than I ever could've imagined, but they weren't done yet.

Lastly, they slowly and agonizingly pulled my nails out of my toes and fingers. My teeth were given the same treatment. All I could do was cry and scream at them to stop. Most of them were emotionless, but throughout all of my experiments there was one who would always smile at me. It was pure evil. This was him…the master...Satan…
Where human nails one existed, animalistic claws grew instead and where teeth once were there sharp fangs .For a time I was left alone. Eventually, I would be put to the test. They let me exercise to build up muscle, and they fed me strange meat, but plenty of it. So, I couldn't complain.

In fact they treated me like a king. I foolishly began to develop Stockholm Syndrome, of the worst kind. I was willing to do anything for them, as I grew up. I began to develop a relationship with the devil. I was his most loyal friend. However, they time I rebelled and didn't feel like following their coercive orders, I was punished. Thrust back in that wretched cage with those men. They looked like they had been experimented on as well. Animal creatures just like me. The men welcomed me back eagerly until hereturned.

His orders were simple: "You will all kill each other. The last man standing comes to serve me. Forever." Then he broke out into a loud laughter.

None of us wanted to do either, but the days of not eating began to take their toll on me. I had to do something to live. The men were being cowards…and his old adage wrung in my head. "The strong may kill the weak. There is nothing wrong with that…the weak have no place here. They deserve to be eliminated!"

Like the pet I was I killed and ate every single one of them…there was no going back. He came a few days later and warmly welcomed me back into his group. And I was more than happy to be back.

I maimed, raped, and did anything else that was desired of me. For years I was heartless and then I began to grow a conscience. It weighed me down everyday until I snapped. I'd planned to kill him…and I was so close to doing it too, but his helpers pushed me off him and beat me down.

They put me back in that cage and from then on I was left to wallow in my own blood and the blood of my friends…the friends I'd killed. I talked to myself and ripped chunks out of my body…I was to remain in that cage for the rest of my life.

"Look at you, you magnificent beast. You had it all, but you decided to give it up for friends you never had, friends you slaughtered like sheep. You don't desire comfort, friendship, or love, you desire life. You covet it more than anything and you would do anything to get it. You are my greatest success and failure. I should kill you…but that would be too easy. You have to suffer and enjoy the life that you have left, in this cage. Do you know why you did those things? You did those things because you are no longer a man. You are a beast, an animal."

Those words rung in my head, and remained there in steady repetition. "You are a beast, an animal."

"Experiment Codename: I.N.U.Y.A.S.H.A. failure."

Animal?

I'm not an animal. I'm a human being. I have thoughts and feelings. I wasn't meant to live and die in a cage.

I'm not an animal. I'm a human being. I have thoughts and feelings.

I'm not an animal. I'm a human being.

I'm not an animal.

Not an animal...

Not a.

Not.

Animal…

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That's…a pretty long prologue. Umm…Anyway…in case you haven't noticed…this story will be pretty dark in some areas. It's also only going to be 5-8 chapters long…so yes. Also I know the first prologue was pretty vague in some areas…it's supposed to be like that. I'm not exactly sure when the next update is gonna be, but if you like I guess you can keep this as an alert.

So…enjoy, stay beautiful, howl, and win all your races.

~WolfJockey