Chapter Three

Warsaw, January 21, 1943

Rin was taken by gunpoint down the back stairs to a back alley of the hotel. Sesshomaru did not want to make a bloody mess in his hotel room. This stupid Jew thought she could escape hiding in his bag and now she would have to pay the price…

A massive explosion went off. Sesshomaru could see the uprisings from the alley. Those Jews actually took out a German convoy with a measly shell. He left to see the damage being done. He couldn't believe these Jews were actually fighting back and that they were actually killing people. He docked when a firing rifle came into view. Another shot came out of nowhere and wounded an SS Officer. A sniper was hiding in a building near the ghetto entrance.

Soon Sesshomaru joined the other SS Chiefs in rounding up the soldiers for action.

Rin had been forgotten again. She wandered off alone in the strange and dangerous town.

Krakow, March 14, 1943

Inuyasha sat alone in the kitchen dividing the last share of food he smuggled from the storage room. He had lost his job giving out food to the residents a week ago, which meant that the Ghetto would be cleared out soon. But he still wasn't sure when.

Late in the afternoon there was a massive amount of noise. "Kagome!" a male voice called out from upstairs. It was Kagome's grandpa. "I want to talk to you in private!" he demanded. Souta was running around the house as Inuyasha and Mrs. Higurashi were collecting food and clothing that lied all over the house. It was a filthy mess. "What's going on?" Souta asked. "Are we leaving?"

"Yes," said Mrs. Higurashi sadly. "They are going to come here very soon, Souta. Go upstairs and get your sister and grandpa." Souta did what he was told although he was still very confused. The whole house was in an uproar. Mrs. Higurashi went upstairs to her bedroom to collect anything valuable she had left. Anything that could be worth a scrap of food, she grabbed and stuffed in her bags.

After what seemed like a long worried hour, Inuyasha was finally relieved when Kagome and her grandpa finally came downstairs with their things. The entire family was now in the back kitchen waiting for their time. The noises outside became louder and gunshots were so loud it was as if they were already inside…

The train ride would be the most nauseating experience of Inuyasha's life. His sensitive nose caught nothing but the scent of nausea, sickness and filth. The boxcar was dark with only a few cracks of sunlight. No one could move. The only way to fit everyone in the boxcar was for everyone to stand. In two days the stench of death came. There was no food and no water for the dreary Jewish passengers. The dead made some room but very little. More people would have to die so that others could finally sit down. Fear was on everyone's minds, except for Inuyasha. He wanted to damn his brother. He knew that Sesshomaru wouldn't be this merciful. He promised Inuyasha work once the train arrived in Auschwitz but he doubt it was true. Inuyasha would be suffering with the rest of the Jews.

More Jews died in the car and were disposed of at the next job. Inuyasha found a corner to sit in and let Souta sit on his lap. It was painful but he had to sit down sometime on the trip. "Am I too heavy for you, Inuyasha?" Souta asked weakly. "I have a strong stomach," said the half-Jew. He looked up at the dreaded Jews who could only stand and nothing more. Kagome was feeling weaker every minute. Her mother tried in vain to support her. Grandpa was no where in sight. He had been separated from the group and put in a different boxcar.

Once in a while Inuyasha would look up, and his blurry vision would see a standing person vanished. Drop to the ground dead. Some of the dead leaned onto the live Jews still standing.

"Kagome!" Mrs. Higurashi screamed. She was slipping and her knees were giving up. There was no place on the ground to drop. But Souta rolled off of Inuyasha's lap and stood up. Inuyasha's mind finally woke up and he reached his arms weakly to catch Kagome. But Kagome fell in a different direction pushing a standing group of Jews back with full force squishing them for a mere second. It was painful. Mrs. Higurashi reached for her daughter with her one good arm and tried to swing her over to Inuyasha. He grabbed her and settled her form on his lap.

"Kagome?" She was very pale, but what shocked Inuyasha more was that she felt like a sheet of old newspaper on his stomach. Souta weighed less than Kagome and he was still very strong. So why was Kagome so weak? He sat her up with her butt on his lap. His arm held her back to keep from falling. Since the day he saw Kagome collapsed in her room, Inuyasha became suspicious. She had been eating no more than everyone else, no more than her younger brother. Souta looked like less than 50 almost 40 pounds. Kagome didn't look like she weighed even 100 pounds. It wasn't malnutrition.

Suddenly she began to cough endlessly as if choking. Inuyasha unconsciously bend her down and soon the coughing turned into blood. Kagome threw up over Inuyasha, a bit of blood that seemed thick as a rock. Some of the Jews standing near them backed away. Mrs. Higurashi tried to reach over to covert her son's eyes but it was no use. Souta felt something keeping him unbalanced as he was trying to stand. Then he realized he was standing on top of a dead arm. Carefully, he pushed the arm away with his foot.

Kagome stopped coughing and was trying to breathe. Inuyasha pull her closer to her. It wasn't the best position for Kagome to be in, but she could finally somewhat lie down and get some rest. He tilted Kagome's head onto his shoulder. Some of her saliva, or perhaps blood, began to tingle onto Inuyasha's neck. But he never moved.

His arm reached out to the strange rock that Kagome threw up and his fingers picked the gory substance up. He rubbed the blood away. It was just a small jewel, a small blue jewel. "Hey, what's going on Kagome?" Inuyasha asked in her softly in a smirk-like tone. He knew she was sleeping and wouldn't be answering his question.

DAMN! This scene was so long that I had to stop there. I hope I aint confusing anyone. But I am using the most accurate dates and events of the Holocaust as possible. I want to stay in chronological order with what goes on. Some dates are made up like when Sesshomaru arrived in Warsaw. Time flies in this story, folks. But any advice for my fic is welcomed. R/R!

In the next chapter…

…Inuyasha and the Higurashis arrived at the ghetto

…why Kagome had that jewel in her stomach

Disclaimer: Inuyasha and characters are owned by Rumiko Takahashi. Most of the events in this story are based on the real events of the Holocaust and are being told in chronological order. Information used to tell this story may not have been 100% accurate and might be coincidental. In other words, it's just a story. Don't sue and review!