Chapter 4: No matter the cost
Those eyes, that were exactly like mine. I heard the door shut behind me. The other man must have been ordered to stay out.
"Come, sit."
His baritone voice was not at all intimidating. His voice was strong, yet there was a gentleness to it. I did as told and made my way over to his desk. Sitting in the chair opposite of him. He just continued to smile at me.
"Are you the one who bought me?" I asked.
"Indeed I am."
"I want to why you bought me, and what you intend to do with me. We must be related right? Our eyes are the same."
His eyes softened. "You look so much like your mother." He said ignoring my questions.
I clenched my fist, my nails digging into my palms. I lowered my head, my bangs cascading over my eyes. "Why does everyone know more about me than I do?! Why am I here? Who am I?!"
"I will any questions you have. If you offer me the same courtesy."
I nodded in compliance.
His lips pressed together, forming a tight line. "What did they do to you while you were in that place?"
"I was kept separate from the rest of the girls. The man who ran that place said I was a premium grade product. That I shouldn't be mixed with those lesser than me. He was my teacher the entire time I was in there. He said he was preparing me for the world. That the real world was much crueler than the place I was raised. I was fed the only the best food, wore the best clothes. I was never touched, it was against the rules is what he'd said. Anyone who attempted to touch me in that way disappeared not too long after that. I wasn't allowed to say my name only my number. He would tell me the things he wanted to do to me but he never acted on them. I was not allowed to leave my room unless I was told to do so. I had never been brought outside. Anything I needed was always brought to me... I was his favorite little pet. He groomed me for years, till it was time for me to be shipped off like cattle."
The look on his face was a pained one. He clenched his jaw. The rims of his eyes were red. His eyes began to get glossy. I could tell he wanted to cry. He reached across his desk, taking hold of my hands. He sniffled, letting a single tear roll down his cheek. Such beautiful eyes, and yet they held so much sorrow.
"I am so very sorry." He whispered. "I have failed as your father."
My heart almost stopped. This man was my father. The man with the same eyes as mine. I laid my head on his hands. I could feel my eyes brimming with tears. They threatened to pill with each passing second. I squeezed his hands. Looking back up at him, my tears flowing freely now.
"Why did you let him take me!?" Why didn't you come and get me?! I bawled. I felt like a child but I didn't care. I'd been holding this in for all of my life.
"I didn't let him take you Kagome. He stole you! Right from under me. It happened fifteen years ago. The day that I lost my family. We had just come back from dinner. You, your mother, your sister, and I. They came in the night, Naraku's men. They were quiet and swift. I didn't know what had happened until it was too late. I heard your sister scream, I ran to her bedroom as fast as I could, but I was too late. I found her laying there in a pool of her own blood. Your mother yelled for me. She was standing in the doorway of your room. She told that they had taken you. It as though someone had ripped my heart out. Both of my daughters taken from me on the same night. If taking both of you was enough. As a parting gift, they shot your mother. The bullet came from the same window they had dragged you out of. Everything in that moment was moving in slow motion. I caught her in my arms before she could hit the floor. She had been shot right in the heart. I had no choice but to just hold her as she faded away in my arms. That night he took everything from me, and I vowed t get you back. No matter how long it took. I had never stopped searching for you. Now that I've gotten you back. I'm going to protect you the right way this time. Naraku will pay for what he has done to our family. Even if it costs me my life."