Chapter Three
Company
"WHAT!!!" InuYasha screamed, turning on Myoga who quivered ever so slightly under his lord's gaze. Ok, all right. Forget the 'ever so slightly' crap. He was shaking like a leaf! It was obvious what word was going through his head that he had learned from InuYasha:
Crap…
"Uh, M'lord," Myoga choked out, trying to smile as best as the flee demon could. He looked up at a frantic InuYasha. "Kagome… she's disappeared. Her scent… it enters the portal, but doesn't enter our era…"
InuYasha shook his head and fell against the Goshinboku, thinking of how Kagome had freed him there. He looked up and towards the shimmering portal. What if…
Standing, he took a deep breath. "I'm going after her."
Kagome hung in chains. She eyed them. Bit much, really. She had only tried to kill ONE soldier, not to mention she hadn't even been able too (which was really kinda a shame, really…), and she'd been hung up in chains and not fed. She even heard the guards talking about an execution… didn't really sound like Sesshomaru. Kagome grimaced. More likely it was Kimiro. But after a few weeks of not eating, Kagome felt like she didn't care anymore. Let the executioner come.
That last thought shook her to the bone. Had she given up? Had she given in? 'I've changed so much since I've come here…' She even felt different… and it hadn't even been a year yet!
InuYasha pressed himself against the wall. He narrowed his eyes as his fluffy dog ears caught what the guards were saying. "Yeah. The wench tried to kill Kimiro. He was able to get her a date with the executioner, though how no one knows. Of course, Sesshomaru-sama doesn't know about it. He would agree that it was a bit over kill, but oh noooooooooooo! Kimiro wants that girl DEAD!"
The sound of a body hitting the wall echoed slightly as another guard leaned casually against the wall, a sharp harsh laugh coming from a new voice. "'course, the executioner's being paid a pretty yen to keep quiet."
InuYasha peaked his head around the corner and his amber eyes narrowed. Two guards stood there. In one's hand was clasped a black hood with eyeholes. He shifted uncomfortably but froze as the first guard began to speak again. "What was the servant's name again?"
A second servant laughed harshly; more of a bird-like squawk. "Kagome, I think."
InuYasha swallowed and his eyes widened. Kagome? Was SHE going to be…? 'Oh crap oh crap oh crap oh crap!!!!'
Rapid footsteps echoed eerily down the hallway and Kagome looked up. She saw, through the bars of her cell, a head. It was at that level, and sent shivers down Kagome's spine. So… this was it then?
An executioner's mask stared back at her. She was going to die… Many times before, Kagome had asked herself why she hadn't disappeared. She had always just thought that since she had gone back in time, it would be harder for her to disappear, even if InuYasha told Kikyo everything…
The door of the cell was flung open just as Kagome's head dropped, her body so weak it wasn't able to even hold her head up. Her body was already limp and she could hardly hold herself up. "Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!" What the? But… that was one of InuYasha's-
InuYasha cupped Kagome as she fell against him, her eyes closed and her body lean. Much leaner than it should've been. "Damn it Kagome, pull it together!" he cried, falling to his knees and holding her close to him. Pulling off the executioner's mask, he cuddled her. Giving a sad laugh, he breathed in her scent. "Come on. Please… say… SOMETHING!!!! Even tell me to 'sit'! Just… please, Kagome… for me…"
He slipped his arm under her legs and his other arm to support her back. Holding her close to him, he stood, looking around wildly. He needed… some way to get out…
Kagome could feel him and hear him. "Inu… Yasha…" she whispered and felt him halt.
"Kagome!" he cried, holding her close. She had spoken. Then, he suddenly stopped. Wait… he was getting… mushy… 'Miroku said that girls didn't like it when guys get mushy… and this is HARDLY the time!!!!' he mentally screamed. Not to mention it was wisest not to take advice on girls from a perverted monk who groped every moving female within arm's reach and asked each and every one of them to bare his child… Yeah, go to that guy for AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALL your woman troubles and hope to hell that you don't get DIVORCED!!!!
A growl escaped his lips as he darted through the maze of underground passages. Skidding slightly to a halt, dust slowly rising around his ankles. Narrowing his eyes at the ceiling, he just jumped up, curling his body into a ball to protect Kagome from the falling debris. I mean, it hardly felt like somebody was throwing paper at him! He could stand in front of a pissed off Sesshomaru with skulls flying at him and a whimpering Kagome behind him and hardly move. Of course, the fact of the matter was was that it HAD happened but…
Racing along a very stylish hallway, a scent drifted across his nose and he skidded to a stop. 'Don't tell me… not HIM damn it!!!'
Sesshomaru appeared, his eyes narrowed in distaste. "Ah, so I have found the intruder before the guards… Why do you wish to rescue a servant?" InuYasha growled and rolled his eyes.
"Why should I tell filth like you?"
Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed further; and InuYasha had thought that had been impossible. "Half-breed," came the whispered comeback, and it stung ever so slightly.
A deep growl rumbled in InuYasha's throat. "Listen, I'll just leave, and we can have this little chat a few hundred years from now. I need to make sure someone I care about doesn't die." He flinched at the last word. 'Kami, don't let her die!' he pleaded.
Turning, he made to run off, but rammed himself into somebody. "Goddamnit!!!" he cried. Who the hell was it this time?
Kagome shifted in InuYasha's arms. Looking up, she saw the world whirl past her, but in the wrong direction. Squealing, she clung on tighter, her eyes squeezed shut. She felt her body jolt and opened her eyes. InuYasha lay sprawled beneath her. Looking up, she saw Sesshomaru standing there, and turning, she saw Inu no Taisho and Kimiro.
InuYasha groaned and sat up, rubbing his head. The scent of fear filled his nostrils, but also the scent of pure and utter hate, mixed with Kagome's scent, and another's. Smelled like a snake yokai's scent…
Looking up, he saw Kagome watching a dog demon and a snake demon, her eyes trained on the snake demon with a look that rivaled his own whenever he came face to face with Naraku and the bastard started gloating about how he had killed Kikyo. Hell… it surpassed it, leaving InuYasha's look of hatred trembling like a little pup. Anybody, the gods themselves, would've wilted before that look.
It as just that scary…
Kagome stood, but felt her knees buckle under her. Two strong pair of arms caught her, but she hardly registered InuYasha, intent on Kimiro's death as she was. "You," she hissed, her voice shaking. Kimiro took a step back and to the side, attempting to cower behind Inu no Taisho, but the great inuyokai gave a little annoyed growl and stepped behind Kimiro, cutting of an escape.
Kimiro looked from side to side, his eyes wide in fear. Kagome took a step forward, or more tried to. InuYasha held her back. "Ka-Kagome… what did he do to you?" he asked, his voice quivering and his golden eyes pin pointed at Kimiro.
"He's the reason I was in that cell, and why I haven't eaten for a while."
WHAT!
Rage engulfed InuYasha and his amber eyes flashed angrily. So… this was why Kagome was so weak. The scent of death wasn't far off from her's, and it lingered on the edges. He let fly a string of swear words that not even The Kikyo Hater would dare write, as she tries desperately to stay under the PG13 rating… and that is REALLY kinda hard… take it from someone who knows…
It took a few minutes of threats, swearing, and cracking of knuckles for InuYasha to quiet down. It finally took a 'sit' for him to quiet down, when Kagome pointed out that she'd be dead by the time he'd finish.
The dog demon took a step forward, clearing his throat and taking a deep breath. InuYasha looked up, annoyed. He didn't understand who this demon was…
"Ah, Kagome, isn't that your name? Kagome? Well… The only thing I can say is that I'm-"
Kagome shook her head, a gentle smile slowly curving her lips. "You need not apologize. I only want Kimiro to get what he deserves." A small evil smile twisted dangerously on Inu no Taisho's lips.
"Oh, trust me, he will…"
InuYasha snorted and turned his head up. He had let Kagome go, and bent down to where she sat. "Better, or I'll-"
Inu no Taisho interrupted him. "Why, if you don't mind my asking… do you smell like me?"
InuYasha blinked. What the hell? "Smell like you? What are you-" He paused and blinked. The demon was right… He looked from Sesshomaru to the demon and felt the ground disappear below him.
"Your title isn't Inu no Taisho, is it?"
The demon's brows knitted together, unsure of what to think of this but… "Hai, it is."
What was it Myoga had been thinking a while back? Ah, yes…
Crap…