A/N Here's a new chapter for you!

Disclaimer: I think I forgot this in the first 2 chappies so here you are, I do not own Inuyasha! Thank you and good night! LOL j/p ok, so really here is chapter 2!

Chapter 2: Hanyous Aren't Real.

"Wow, I can't wait to taste palace food…" Kagome said as they approached the front gate to their new home.
"Yea, and I bet the beds are so warm and cushy." Sango said almost day dreaming as they rode down the cobble street to the main door of the palace.
"Cushy?" Kagome asked with a giggle.
"I couldn't think of any other way to describe it." Sango said, also thinking about what a funny word it was. Kagome and Sango were escorted from the wagon and into the palace, they were given robes that all the slave must wear and they were taken to the ladies living quarters to change.

Inuyasha was scrubbing the windows in Kagara's room when he heard the lunch bell ring. He sighed, knowing that he'd never have time to eat and continued to scrub.
In the living quarters they found that the beds weren't as comfy as they would have thought, actually they might as well have been stone.

Kagome saw a young girl in the corner; she was lying down and didn't look well. Kagome went over to her and sat down on the bed beside it.

"Um, excuse me, are you ok?" Kagome asked when she heard the girl moan slightly. She turned over to face Kagome and she was slightly pale but what caught Kagome's eye were the tears streaking her face.

"What's wrong?" Kagome asked soothingly.
"Th-Their replacing me." Nazuna said trying to hold back her tears.
"Oh, I'm so sorry…" Kagome said, thinking of how her and Sango must be the girls replacement, and Sango must have thought this to for she sat down next to Kagome.

"Well, I'm Sango, and this is Kagome…"
"I'm Nazuna." She said sitting up and they shook hands.
"I guess you guys are my replacement, right?" Sango and Kagome looked at each other and then back at Nazuna.
"Probably." They both said.
"Well, I wish you luck in here, I guess it's my own fault that they are sending me away, I guess I'm always sick…Oh! Could I ask you to do me a favor?" Nazuna asked changing the subject.
"Uh, Sure, what is it?" Kagome asked.
"Well, you see my master, Kagara, when ever I was sick, she made this boy do all my chores as well. I don't think I'll see him before I leave, so, will you give him something for me?" She asked.
"No problem, what do you want us to give him?" Sango asked. Nazuna got a note from under her pillow and handed it to Kagome. The guards came in and took Nazuna by the hand.
"Hey! What does he look like?" Kagome asked before they had taken her fully out of the room.
"He's the only Hanyou! You can't miss him!" Nazuna said and she was gone.
"Hanyou? What in the world? There's no such thing as a hanyou…is there?" Kagome asked looking at Sango for an answer. But all she had was a shrug.

Inuyasha was almost done with the windows when he heard the most familiar sound in his head…
"INU-YASHA!" He sighed and turned around.
"Hair Master?" He said with his head down.
"On you're knees half breed." Naraku hissed. Inuyasha did as he was told and soon found a sharp pain in is jaw and was sent tumbling into the wall behind him.
"That'll teach you not to bow to me, disgusting mutt." He said before turning around. Inuyasha growled to himself and Naraku turned around sharply, to see a glimpse of Inuyasha's fangs.
"I'm warning you half breed." Naraku said.
"Oh, and by the way, you are free from Kagara's slave duties, the replacements are in." Naraku said and left Inuyasha there.

"So they really did replace Nazuna…" Inuyasha said to himself before he got up and decided he could still make it to the mess hall if he hurried.

In the Mess hall…

"MIROKU!"
"SANGO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" Miroku ran over to Sango and hugged her…but his hands didn't seem to want to stay around her back…they just happened to drift down…
"You haven't changed at all! You're still as lecherous as ever." Sango said calmly after whacking Miroku across the head.
"I know, I know." He grinned massaging his now handprinted cheek.
"You, uh…now each other?" Kagome asked.
"Yea, used to have the same owner." Sango sighed.
"Good times." Miroku looked dazed.

Sango rolled her eyes but smiled in spite of herself.
"Wait! Did you guys come to replace Nazuna?" Miroku asked, both girls nodded.
"Hey, do you know who Inuyasha is?" Kagome asked.
"Yea why?"
"We have to give him something from her." Sango said.
"Well, Since you guys came he'll probably come to eat in a second… Wait! There he is now!" Miroku said and pointed at the boy who just came running into the cafeteria. Kagome was completely shocked by his appearance. But it wasn't the silver hair, or the claws, or the fangs, not even the golden eyes, she had seen youkai before, no, it was the little dog ears perched on top of his head that were swiveling around that caught her eye.

"Hanyou." Kagome said softly to herself.
"HEY! Inuyasha!" Miroku called him over.

Kagome saw his ears twitch from across he noisy hall and he looked over and waved at Miroku.
He started towards them but before he got to Miroku, he felt a pair a soft hands caressing his sore tender ears. Inuyasha's slumped down into a chair as she continued rubbing his white fluffy ears.

He closed his eyes, reveling in the wonder feeling he was getting from her stroking them.
He felt a rumble coming up from his throat and he couldn't hold it down for much longer, so before it escaped he hit stood up and got out of the hands reach and looked at the girl who had done it.
He cleared his throat and stared at her for a moment.

"Who are you and what do you think you're doing?" He asked her harshly.
"S-Sorry, I couldn't help it, I wanted to know if they were real." Kagome said making small imaginary circles with her foot.
"Of course, they're real, and attached thank you very much!" Inuyasha said crossing his arms over his chest.
Inuyasha then looked down at this new girl and his eyes widened.
"Uh, Uh, I Uh am so sorry lady Kikyo, I, um, didn't recognize you in those clothes." Inuyasha said getting down quickly in front of her and bowing at her feet. Miroku looked at Kagome and gasped, doing the exact same thing.

Sango didn't know what was going on so she decided to follow suit, as did the entire mess hall.
"I'm not Lady Kikyo! I'm Kagome!" Kagome yelled.
"Kagome, get down." Inuyasha hissed at her.
"What?"
"Young lady, you may not be but I am." Kikyo said, she had been standing behind her the entire time.
"O-Oh, I-I am so sorry." Kagome said and she hit the floor as soon as she possibly could, actually landing on top of Inuyasha.

"Stand up." She said to Kagome. Kagome did as told not looking into her eyes. "You to Inuyasha." Kikyo said much more lovingly. "Follow me."
They did and she led them to her room.

"Kagome, you're new here, correct?" Kikyo asked.
Kagome nodded.
"Fine, I will let you off the hook this time then. But from now on, heed my warning, no one, and I mean No one, except me is allowed to touch his ears, this is not a joke, do I make myself clear?" Kikyo asked.
"Hai Kikyo-san" Kagome said and bowed further down.
"Please leave, Inuyasha, you stay." Kikyo said.
"Hai." Kagome said and began walking out the door. When she got outside she could have sworn she heard someone yell out in pain, but she kept walking, it was none of her business.

Yet, it did make her wonder why would Kikyo be the only one allowed to touch his ears, and if it were because he was in love with him or something, wouldn't her husband, Naraku be mad? She had no idea, but she had to get to work and had no time to think about something like that.

That evening at suppertime, all the slaves filed out to the mess hall when they heard the bell ring.

Kagome had been assigned to Kagara and Sango to her younger sister Kana, so they had been together most of the day. They met up with Miroku, who was actually Hiten and Manten's slave, well one of them.

"Hey what did Kikyo want with you guys?" Sango asked. She had forgotten to ask.
"She just told me that no one was allowed to touch his ears but her and then made me leave and he stayed." Kagome shrugged.
"I hope it wasn't to bad this time." Miroku said, both girls were about to ask what he was talking about when Inuyasha walked into the mess hall.
"I'll tell you later." Miroku said in a hushed voice.
Inuyasha walked over to the group, but Kagome saw there was something different about him, in the way he moved and spoke, it eerie how different he seemed to be.

While they were eating dinner Kagome noticed something on Inuyasha's sleeve…
"Inuyasha, you're bleeding." Kagome said slowly she made to touch his arm but he scrunched away from her.
"Don't." Was all he said.
"You should get that checked out though, it looks like it's bleeding a lot, you could die." Kagome said about to take his shirt off and examine the wound, but Inuyasha stood up. He wobbled on his feet slightly before regaining balance.
"You, you can't touch it…or I'll…" Inuyasha started but he passed out on to the floor.
"DON'T TOUCH HIS WOUND!" Miroku yelled at Kagome before she could turn him over.
"Why, can't…"
"I CAN'T EXPLAIN RIGHT NOW, BUT IF ANYONE TOUCHES IT HE WILL BE EXECUTED!" This convinced Kagome to not even touch his body lying on the floor.

Two men came over to Inuyasha and picked him up being careful not to touch the wound and putting a protective plastic bag sort of thing over his whole body up to his chin and the hauled him away to the male sleeping quarters.

"Mind telling us what's going on Miroku?" Sango asked, Kagome was still kneeling on the ground, sort of in shock.

"Well, if you haven't figured it out yet, Inuyasha is a hanyou, actually he's the only one. And you see his blood is very valuable, it can heal humans quicker than usual, actually saving a lot of lives. If a normal person or a demon, were to touch his blood, it would be contaminated, so, only Lady Kikyo, a miko can handle his blood. That's also the reason no one is allowed to touch his ears. Because if he get an ear infection, then they can't take his blood till the infection is gone, which last time it took 3 months for him to fully get over it, because if they were to take his blood then, it would kill him.

"So, they stab him twice a week, and take almost all of his blood. But being half demon, his blood regenerates quickly and he heals fast as well. Sometimes they take more than other times, and this is one of those times they took just a little to much, because he didn't heal as fast as normal." Miroku finished.

"How awful." They both said.

"Yea, actually his brother is the one who told Naraku that his blood was valuable,because it was the only way to save Inuyasha's life, because of course Hanyou's are slaughtered the moment they are born."

"But if the blood of a hanyou is so valuavle, why do they kill Hanyou's on site?" Sango asked.

"Actually, most Hanyou blood isn't valuable at all, it's because Inuyasha's mother was a miko and his father an Inu-youkai, the most powerful of all youkai."

"So, Who's his brother?" Kagome asked curiously.
"Sesshomaru Warui, actually they're half brothers."
"General Sesshomaru Warui?" Kagome asked.
Miroku nodded.
"Wow… I can't believe it…" Sango said.
"What happens to the parents, if they have a hanyou son?" Kagome asked
"I'm not sure about the details, he hasn't actually told me everything, but I know that his parents were executed for having a hanyou son." Miroku said.

"Poor Inuyasha, I guess he's been through a lot." Kagome said.
"Yea, he's actually been Naraku's servant since he was ten, he hasn't been allowed to leave the out side gates since. I mean, we can, if our masters need something from the market, but they wont let him, they make sure that he stays inside at all costs." Miroku said with a sigh.

Kagome took this all in. and there was one thing she couldn't figure out…after all that…
He seemed sad when they had met, but when she was scratching his ears he seemed completely content, and he definitely had a lot of spirit…was he hiding something, or just has a strong will?

A/N Hey all! End of chappie 2! Wow…it's pretty long huh? 4 pages in 10 font! WAHOO! LOL ok, so here it is and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW!

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