Hello! Again! OMG! I have 40 reviews! I can't believe it! Thank You so much guys! And there were all those people who said they were sorry about the 'incident' and there were others who told me about their mishaps as well. Thanks for the sympathy guys. It's really appreciated. I'm all better now! so I decided to write a chapter! Oh and I handed in my art assignment today and for my written work I got an A and for my actual piece I got an A! It was brilliant.

And now on to chapter 3!

P.S. by request at the end there is a little thing saying who is who and where they're from and what countries there are.

Lady In The Dog's Den

Disclaimer: Everybody wants something that seems too hard to get! So that's why I'm going to bribe everyone to get Inu!

Chapter 3

She lost all notion of time and distance, but the eastern sky was lightening when her captor reined his horse to a standstill.

The place to which they had been brought was a long, low building, dimly lit from within and Kagome could see the outlines of several smaller buildings close by.

The door swung open and two men emerged, calling greetings. InuYasha sprang easily from the saddle and lifted her down, giving one or two casual orders concerning the comfort of those Shikoneans he had brought from Nightingale, before gesturing Miroku to bring Kikyo.

Inside, Kagome glanced briefly rough the hall. It was a rough wooden building, with ill-worked hangings on the walls taking off a little of the starkness, and she guessed it had been hastily built when they fled from Nightingale. The floor was strewn with pallets, for the most part unslept on, but a few men raised themselves on their elbows to view their lord and pass comments on the success of his mission. A table laden with food and drinking horns stood against the wall, and at the far end were two curtained doorways, presumably leading through to kitchens and bedchambers.

She shot a nervous look at Kikyo and encountered in her eyes the fearful tension she felt within herself. They were entirely at the mercy of their captors and could only pray that InuYasha would consider it politic to ensure they came to no harm. She would have dearly liked to give way to tears pricking her eyes at the pain in her wrists, but condemned herself together, for she might yet need all her wits and strength to fight off the lusty Shikonean heathens. (heathens…such a strange word…)

But it seemed it would not come to that. She and Kikyo were taken through one curtained doorway and put into separate chambers, with a warning that to try to escape would be futile, as they would be guarded well. InuYasha lifted the torch from the wall-sconce (torch holder) in the room given to Kagome, remarked dryly that he would not have her set the place afire, and made to withdraw.

She started forward, wit a catch of desperation in her voice. "Please-" she had hoped he might at least free her hands once there was no chance of escape, for she did not know how much longer she could bear the burning pain caused be the rope Miroku had tied so cruelly tight. But she stopped abruptly. Would she weep at a little discomfort and she asked him to loose her bonds like any weak maid?

She fought the tears and squared her shoulder, lifting her chin. No, she was Kagome Higurashi, and she would show these Shikonean barbarians that the ladies of Miro were made of stronger stuff. "it's nothing," she said, and turned haughtily away.

"what?" he mocked, "are you afraid of the dark, proud one?"

she bit back the angry retort that came to her lips and said coldly, "if you would do me a kindness, Shikonean, pray relieve me of your presence!" (Ohhh how can she talk to my Inu like that?)

With an impatient sound, he put up the torch and strode across to her, pulling her arm to turn her towards him.

She could not help the cry that escaped her as the pain shot through the raw place on her wrist. She bit her lips together, and kept her eyes downcast lest the tears should spill, but he raised her chin and his hard amber eyes searched her face. Then he looked down at her hands. With an oath, he drew her to the light and raised her hands, and what he saw brought a scowl to his face. He cursed Miroku with words she did not understand, but with a force that sent a tremor through her.

"he did nothing but serve you," she said as she raised her head, and added scornfully, "had he bound me any looser, I should not now be here!"

At that he through his head back and laughed.

"bravely said, wench! But it does not serve me to have you bearing tales of ill-usage back with you."

It was on the tip of her tongue to demand what he termed being dragged from their beds in the middle of the night, tied up and carried off into the hills, if not ill-usage; but she wisely refrained and instead raised her brown eyes to his and asked coolly: "So you will let us go?"

He drew out his knife, toying with it thoughtfully for a moment before raising it slowly to her throat. He looked at her, his eyes glittering, and said caressively, "that would depend whether or not I get what I want, pretty one." (So from the "proud one" to the "pretty one" now…hmm…)

She did not shrink from him but smiled and shook her head. "No," she said with a calm she was far from feeling. "Save your threats. I will guess it's Nightingale you want, and your words a moment ago made it plain you will not touch us till at least you have an answer. And if it is not Nightingale, whatever the reason for this- this outrage, and whatever the outcome, my uncle will hunt you down and it will go ill with you if we have met with less than respect at your hands."

InuYasha chuckled. "it's a clever tongue you have, wench, and a brave one," he mocked. "but do not credit me with virtues I may not have." He lowered the knife and cut the rope that bound her wrists.

With a little gasp, she flexed her fingers gingerly, wincing as the blood flowed back into her hands and little darts of pain shot through the raw places. "my thanks," she murmured dryly. "your man does not know his strength, I think."

"He knows it well enough," InuYasha sheathed his knife and turned towards the door. "I will send someone with a salve."

He went out, taking the torch but leaving the door open to admit the light from outside. Suddenly feeling tired and drained, Kagome sat down on the bed, and in a few minutes Rin came in bearing a wooden box. She thrust her thought and fears away to be dealt with later and submitted silently as the girl gently applied the cool soothing salve. Rin kept her eyes averted, casting fleeting almost nervous glances at her, but Kagome felt disinclined to say anything kind to her and was glad when she was finished.

Alone in the darkness, she lay down on the bed, pulled the pelts over her and closed her eyes. Prisoners of InuYasha! The effrontery of the man! He had not denied it was Nightingale he wanted, and it seemed fairly obvious he intended to exchange them for the manor, but surely he was not fool enough to believe it would work? What did he hope to gain? During the King's absence in Miro unrest had flared in Shikon, which although it had been quelled for the most part, would surely not encourage Washoru to deal lightly with upstarts like InuYasha. And to demand Nightingale back, having abducted Lord Hiroshi's wife and niece…Was the man a fool? (I can't believe I just wrote that…)

She turned over on her side, and clenched her fist. Whatever the man wanted, it put her uncle in an impossible position. And Naraku…

Thoughts of Naraku were like balm to her troubled mind; fears and speculation, anger and indignation all faded under the image of hi dark handsome face. (EWWW!)

Eventually she slept, but only to dream that her uncle and Naraku and a score of men rode up on white horses, slew the rebels, put torches to the buildings and carried her and Kikyo to safety in the haven of their arms. She looked back over Naraku's shoulder and glimpsed for an instant the face of InuYasha at one of the windows, before the flames leapt up and consumed him.

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OK! Here is the info!

Country: Kingdom of Shikon.

Main setting: Mountain area, Nightingale

Time: Medieval

Main characters: Kagome and InuYasha

Main Sub-characters (so far): Lord Hiroshi (lord of Nightingale), Naraku (Sweet-heart of Kagome (disgusting)), Miroku (InuYasha's right hand man (no pun intended, the hole's in his right in hand, ok that's sad)), Kikyo (Wife of Lord Hiroshi)

Other characters: Washoru (king), Rin.

Main Characters

Kagome

Age: 17

Hair colour and eye colour the same as the TV show

Niece of Lord Hiroshi.

Moved from the kingdom of "Miro" to the kingdom of "Shikon" after her king conquered it. She is an orphan. She lives at Nightingale with her Uncle.

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InuYasha

Age: good question…uh… 25…maybe

Hair and eye colour the same as TV show

Ex-lord of Nightingale

After the war between Miro and Shikon, InuYasha did not want to pledge himself to his new king so his lands were stripped from him and he took some of his men and went into the hills.

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