Captured: Chapter 4 "Kagome's Decision"
That night Kagome kept having nightmares about her past few tortuous days. She kept tossing and turning thinking about when he took her into the room and chained her to the wall and kept telling her how much she meant nothing to the world. A few times she was able to spit in his face making him scowl and she was able to retort back a few comments to the man like "I am not afraid of you" and "if you aren't afraid of me than why did you chain me?" He would slap her and punch her repeatedly without remorse. Luckily he hit her more where her clothing covered so Inuyasha wasn't able to see the bruises the man left.
"You are a disgusting girl who deserves nothing more than to die, definitely after hanging around a half breed." The man would tell her.
"There is nothing wrong with me, I am fine the way I am. There is nothing wrong with me hanging out with Inuyasha." She retorted.
"That half breed is lying to you and you can't even tell. I bet he says he will protect you but where is he now? I bet he runs away once and a while, I bet he makes you cry."
"Shut up." Kagome screamed. "Inuyasha would give his life to save me."
"I doubt that."
The dream than turned to her first night being there. The longing to want to sleep was destroyed each time her eyes got heavy by the man either letting off a loud sound in her ears, or he would continually punch her each time she started to nod off, and at one point he even allowed her to start sleeping before he came up to her and awoke her by him chocking her. The horrible grin on his face kept appearing the whole time.
Then the dream switched to the second day, the most wretched day of them all. She was tired, didn't feel good, and worse of all the man was still at it to make her feel like crap. Her ribs were hurting from getting punched so much over the night. Life sucked and she could only wish that he would hurt her enough to make her die. He walked up to her for what seemed like the fiftieth time and came to her face, his disgusting breath seeping out of his mouth and hitting her right in the nose. He smiled at her before saying, "I hope you have enjoyed your night here because in a few days you won't be here anymore. You are going to be sold to someone and you better do as they say. I won't let anyone come between me and my money. I will make sure that half demon of yours dies if I hear anything bad from those people." He whispered in her ears.
Kagome at that moment got sick to her stomach and threw up on him. He stood automatically to get away from her vomit but she still caught it all over him. He walked out ticked at her and she was left chained against the wall with the gross vomit dripping out of her mouth. Lucky for her she was able to project it in a way that she would not have a chance to sit in it and the man took the full brunt of it.
She started to smile when he left, 'Maybe I can get through this.' She thought once he was gone.
However when he returned he was more mad than ever. He looked down at her seeing her smile up at him and quickly punched her in the cheek again before punching her in the stomach which in return made her keel over in pain. "Found that funny did we?" he said before going into the other room and coming back with a sword. "Let's see how funny you think it is when I kill the half demon."
Kagome, as soon as she heard that, was no longer smiling and yelled, "Please don't hurt him. He did nothing wrong to anyone." Tears were forming in her eyes.
Than the man whispered "If you don't want me to hurt him than say I am not allowed to talk."
"Make me." Kagome yelled at him.
"Fine let me go see how that half demon will fair with a stab to the neck." The man said playing with his sword.
"No fine, I will say it. I am not allowed to talk." She said with a whine.
"Now repeat after me, I am not allowed to talk, if I do than someone will get hurt." He yelled at her.
Kagome stuttered out, "I am not allowed to talk, if I do than someone will get hurt"
"Now repeat it." He yelled to her while pacing back and forth.
"I am not allowed to talk, if I do than someone will get hurt." She whispered.
"Louder." He yelled.
"I am not allowed to talk, if I do than someone will get hurt." She said louder, a hint of fear in her voice.
"Repeat it now." He said coming up in her face.
"I am not allowed to talk, if I do than someone will get hurt." She said again closing her eyes so she wouldn't have to see his face.
"Again." He yelled but Kagome paused for a bit looking at him. "I told you say it again." He said smacking her across the cheek.
"I am not allowed to talk, if I do than someone will get hurt. I am not allowed to talk, if I do than someone will get hurt." She kept repeating herself as tears kept falling, 'If this keeps Inuyasha safe than so be it.' She told herself before repeating the same sentence again.
Then the second day switched to night where Kagome was now awake for twenty four hours and yet she was given no break from the abuse given. "I am not allowed to talk, if I do than someone will get hurt." Kagome kept repeating if she stopped, she would get punched by the man or he would threaten to go find Inuyasha and kill him. Kagome repeated it again as her eyes got really heavy; the problem was after repeating the same sentence for so long she started to believe it. She felt the need to want to be quiet in fear that Inuyasha truly would get hurt.
"You have been good. I will let you sleep for an hour." The man said walking out of the room, leaving her alone in the dark to fall asleep. Kagome instantly fell to sleep unfortunately just as she fell asleep; it felt like she awoke to the man again. "Alright hour is up, now what was the sentence I taught you?"
Kagome blinked up at him and yawned. Being so deprived from her sleep she couldn't think straight. She just stared at him. "I am not allowed to talk" Kagome let out a loud yawn "If I do than someone will get hurt." She said while yawning. The man had her repeat it all night long and into the next day where he finally had her stop.
"Alright, I am done with you." The man said taking a key out and undoing the chains around her wrists and neck. She quickly fell limp and slowly felt the blood return to the sore limbs. "Now get up and remember what I told you." The man said grabbing her by the hair and lifting her to her feet.
Kagome let out a small tear as she followed him out into the bright sun. Here was her chance to run, to be free but if she did that than she was afraid that this man would kill the one person she found to love the most. Of course she didn't tell Inuyasha this yet but it was true, Inuyasha had her heart and she could give no other man her love like she wanted to give to Inuyasha.
Than the man broke her out of her trance by slamming her to the ground, "Don't you ignore me when I am talking to you." The man yelled and punched her on the cheek. "I don't care if you were day dreaming or not, you will listen to me when I tell you something." He said punching her again. All Kagome could do was cry, she couldn't defend herself and she definitely couldn't run away. Both would end in Inuyasha's death and she refused to allow that to happen.
Kagome awoke abruptly late at night and looked over at Inuyasha who had his eyes closed. 'I won't be able to live without Inuyasha around and I can't go against the man if I want Inuyasha to live.' She told herself staring at Inuyasha. Then she looked around her cage and slowly stood up. "I am sorry Inuyasha." She whispered before walking to the back of the cage where she would normally drink from the puddle.
Alright well this is the next chapter!! Thank you those who keep reviewing every chapter!! It really helps me to want to get the next chapter out. Just to let you know most of this story is depressing, I didn't realize that until I was reading ahead of everything that I have written so far. But I just love the ending of this story and I hope you guys will too!! Please review and let me know what you think of it. Oh and the ducklings are doing fine and are turning into poop machines. Leaving little poops everywhere. And they follow me around!!
