Alright well the first thing to say is that this chapter is a memory. So it will be first person and in italics. It might not be too long but because the memory is important I wanted it to have its own chapter dedicated to it. Sooooooo here we go.
I opened my eyes and looked around the white room my forehead crinkling in confusion. "Where…" I wondered aloud and stood on shaky legs. With a start I noticed I was wearing a hospital gown. "What the…" I wrapped my arms around my body in shock. I closed my eyes and plunged my hands into my hair to try to remember where I was and what I was doing there.
It wasn't really a hospital no matter what I was wearing. There was nothing in the room but a drain in the center of the floor and the door. No windows, no bed, no IVs no monitors, nothing but the door and drain. If someone expects me to pee and poop down that drain they are going to be in some serious trouble…I thought my temper starting to flair.
My eyes snapped open in shock as another thought raced through my head, though I knew that I shouldn't be here…I didn't know where I should be. I counted to ten slowly then began to filter through things I did remember. My name…it was…it was Kagome, Kagome something. Damn it! I didn't know my last name!! Umm okay I was…I don't know how old…oh my god…I don't know anything about me! I started to hyperventilate, my chest squeezing tightly and tears rushing to my eyes. I didn't know who I was, I didn't know where I was, and I was alone and terrified.
A scream from outside my room had me scrambling away from the wall behind me. I could feel something pressing into my mind as the scream went on and on. It was like I could feel pain from what was happening next to me. I could feel anger and a knife slicing through my arm though nothing was happening to me. I began to panic and the feeling faded but I could remember it though I didn't understand it.
After the screaming dissolved into heart wrenching sobs I was able to tune it out to try to think. Okay I don't know who I am or where I am. But I know my first name. Why would I remember that and only that? And why would I be here? Was I kidnapped?
Oh mygod! Aliens have kidnapped me for scientific experimentation! I gripped my hair tightly and shut my eyes. Kagome get a hold of yourself! Aliens have better people to nab than some student…I thought trying to ignore the statistics of random farmers being nabbed. More likely I am kidnapped by some psycho man who will want to rape, torture and murder me. Tears began to pour from my eyes as that thought finished and I gave a watery chuckle. Great thoughts Kagome! That will really buck you up.
The door opened across the way from me and my head jerked up to look at the man in the door way. He had wavy black hair pulled back in a pony tail and red eyes. He smiled at me and my heart clenched in fear. He closed the door and knelt and with an overwhelming sense of sickness I noticed the few droplets of blood on his sleeves. He gave me a small smile and reached out a hand.
"Kagome? Are you feeling better?" He asked quietly.
"Better?" I asked my throat harsh with fear. "Was…was I not feeling well?" I closed my eyes striving to remember…something before waking up in this place.
"You were very sick. You were picked up unconscious on the side of the road and brought here. You were suffering from delusions and had a terribly high fever." He laid the back of his hand on my forehead and I tried not to flinch back at his seemingly doctorish movements but there was something about him that creepd me out badly. "You don't remember?"
I slowly shook my head. "Is that common with people who have delusions and high fevers?" I asked uncertainly.
"Oh yes. When you have a high fever it is very common for a length of time to follow where memories are missing. How much do you remember?" The man asked and went about feeling my pulse and checking my eyes.
"Umm, I don't remember anything. Who are you?" I said and shivered at the smile that crossed his face.
"You can call me Naraku." He murmured and pressed my hands flat on the floor. I flinched away as he held me immobile. My knees were drawn up and the way he held my hands kept me from retreating though there was no where that I could go as far in the corner as I was already. He leaned forward and pressed his lips to mine. I screeched and tried to get away from his invading lips but he moved away and looked hurt. "You really don't remember me?" He murmured and looked away before I could name the emotion in his eyes.
"Remember you?" I gasped, his lips felt like acid on mine and I gazed around the room desperate to escape. "What about you should I remember?"
"We were lovers." Naraku murmured still refusing to look at me. "You were a runaway and moved in here, I know your room doesn't look like much but with your delusions I didn't want to have you hurt yourself on something. There are great chances of you repeating your delusions so I can't give you any of the furniture yet. I'll just wait for you to remember me." His voice came out long suffering.
I could feel something in me screaming as he moved away, a part of me wanted to believe him, wanted him to be what he said he was but that was because there was nothing else for me to look at, nothing else for me to say was mine. I wanted to cling to the one thing that was solid and real but I could feel a part of me thrusting me away from him. He didn't seem familiar to me, if he truly was my lover wouldn't I recognize him on some subconscious level? But he wasn't familiar in anyway shape or form. He was as much a stranger to me…as I was at the moment.
He reached into a pocket and pulled out a syringe. "Here Kagome. You need some nutrients and sleep. This is a vitamin relaxant." He took my arm though I struggled up until he put the needle in me. I knew I didn't want the liquid inside the needle to get in me.
I closed my eyes as the cool liquid spread from my arm into my body and when I opened my eyes again I smiled widely at the man in front of me. "Hello…" I purred and leaned to the side. He smiled back and wrapped straps around my hands and feet and attached them to rings in the floor that I hadn't noticed before to keep me from moving and I made no attempt to stop him. He was touching me and I was oddly happy with it.
"Alright Kagome. What I gave you was a vitamin relaxant, just much stronger than most others. It makes you pliable, I guess you could consider it similar to the date rape drug." He chuckled beneath his breath when I made no signs of alarm. "Perfect." He pulled out a knife and began to slice beneath my skin at my elbow. I flinched away from the knife but couldn't move enough to stop him. He took a small chip from another pocket and pushed it into the hole he'd made in me. Then he began to stitch it back up. "You see Kagome, I have discovered that there is a gene in specific people's blood. This gene gives them special powers, kind of like X-men. You know who the X-men are don't you?" He continued without even looking at me for acknowledgement. Once he'd finished stitching me back up he opened the door and a tall willowy black haired woman entered. I studied her and was faintly amused that she looked a lot like me. The two of them bent over me and began to examine the computer in her hand. "The chip I put inside of you will read your health and the gene. If the reading goes well, we can figure out what your powers are."
"How…" I murmured, the two of them looked at me shocked. I got the feeling that I wasn't supposed to be able to think let alone talk with the drugs in me. "How do you know who has the gene?"
Naraku tilted his head as if considering my question then shrugged as if it didn't matter if he told me. "We hacked into the national database that carries the blood and DNA information of everyone ever admitted into the hospital. From there we just…picked them up." He grinned and it wasn't a good smile. But…I couldn't find it in me to move away, I was drawn to the madness I saw in his eyes as much as I was repelled by it. The damn drugs…there was more than a relaxant in them.
He smiled as a bit of intelligence lit up in my eyes and leaned forward. "Yes…that's right Kagome. The drug makes you attracted to the first person you see. For the girls I am the one they see, for the boys, it is always Kikyo. The attraction changes eventually but Kikyo and I perfected it. You could call it…Love Potion # 11."
I closed my eyes and tried to ignore them as they muttered to each other and poked and prodded me. "Virgin." I heard Kikyo mutter almost low enough for me to miss it, "Apparently we got her before her and her boyfriend got around to having sex."
Boyfriend…Tears leaked slowly from my eyes. I had left a boyfriend behind. No matter what he told me or convinced me of later on, right now I knew he'd kidnapped me and I had to escape. My body jerked as a scream down the hall rang out again. The two of them hurriedly unhooked me and darted out the room slamming it behind them. I moved to lean against the wall beside me and heard a muffled voice, "142 days, 142 days." It muttered over and over as a soft thump hit the wall with each statement. I began to cry in earnest, there was no escape from here was there? I leaned my head against the wall as tears dropped onto my clenched hands; I would get out of here. I pulled away into my mind as the door opened again and I felt two pairs of hands pulling me back to the floor. My eyes stayed closed and I left my body behind. Kagome was out of their reach.
The next few weeks Kagome tried to remember everything but nothing came to mind and she could only feel the fear and pain that Naraku inflicted on her. But through the pain, affection began to blossom, she began to believe she loved him, the part of her mind that was free of the drugs and wanted to be home knew that she was suffering from severe Stockholm syndrome but there was nothing she could do. She could only wait while the drugs slowly began to be pushed out of her blood by the power in her that Naraku mentioned. He would never discover what her power was though because in that small part, that part that was still truly Kagome hid it from him as best as she could but she knew that the drugs he insisted on pumping into her, were hiding the true nature of her power. At times she wondered if he feared her and that was why he worked so hard to keep her immobile and incoherent.
The man was on day 1,210 when she finally managed to dissipate all the various drugs in her and she opened her eyes to the world around her without the haze. Naraku was smart, changing her drugs and doses to keep her from growing immune to them but not smart enough to realize every time he cut into her skin, whether for his experiments or for his sadistic pleasure, Kagome gave the blood that leaked out of her, almost all of the drugs so within minutes of injection, she was almost drug free. "Little girl so blond and beautiful," She murmured the words he sang every time he came to her. And suddenly she was free.
And there is the memory. There is still a lot missing from the time frame, she was captured for three years after all, but in truth it was mental and physical torture. Most of the coming memories will be other people sharing theirs since Naraku never figured out her power until the end he never took her other places but he did more...harsh things for the ones he figured out what they did. Next chapter Kagome remembers herself. Not everything but it will go back to first person lol cause I hate this third. Please review and let me know how you like it.