Inuyasha allowed himself to fall asleep as well. He ignored the feeling of the train stopping. Then after the dead were taken out there was yelling and Inuyasha woke. They were getting out. "Here," said Mrs. Higurashi as she lifted her weak daughter off of Inuyasha. Kagome had survived the trip and Inuyasha was relieved to see her walking with her mother's help off of the train. Then his mind returned to reality as he saw guards ruthlessly yelling and pulling people out of the car. Souta had disappeared and Inuyasha was yanked out.
"Wait a minute," he yelled. He desperately searched his pockets for the one thing that would save them. He pulled out his work paper waving it in one of the guard's faces. It was a good thing he knew German. One guard said to the other "Take him to the work room." Inuyasha followed the guard along with a few other prisoners away from the commotion. He tried in vain to see where Kagome or Mrs. Higurashi went, or even Souta. They were gone…among the sea of Jews and the Nazis yelling at them.
Inuyasha was forced to strip off his clothes and had to turn in everything he owned. He didn't have any extra clothes or a suitcase. He lost it all ever since he was deported from Germany. He was given an ugly new set of clothes, but the patch on his sleeve identified him as a priority worker. After a long waiting period, Inuyasha was sent to work in the camp infirmary scrubbing the floors with the tiniest brushes. He had to clear the way for Germans who walked by and ruined his scrubbing work. Then he would have to start all over again.
He was surprised that the camp even had an infirmary. After the way all of the Jews were being treated, being brought to these concentration camps like cattle, Inuyasha began to think that Germany didn't care about whether or not any of the Jews lived at all. Then he remembered what his brother said about "slaughter". The realization began to dawn on him. This could be where it ends. All of the Jews were brought here to die. Inuyasha hated expressing emotions such as sadness and concern, but a lot of that has changed since the Higurashis allowed him into their lives. He was living alone before the Holocaust took him away. Sesshomaru wanted nothing to do with him after joining the Nazi party.
Being alone in the infirmary meant no Nazis to boss him around, but then he heard the door open. 'Oh great,' he thought. Instead of looking up on instinct, Inuyasha continued scrubbing the floors. He heard some mumbling and some rustling. After a few minutes he saw a figure walk away. Inuyasha was done scrubbing to his relief. He began to walk up to the door until a bed caught his eye. "Kagome!" he cried. She was lying in the infirmary bed in a new tattered uniform with a rag over her head.
"Hmm…Inuyasha," she looked up at him smiling. "They're letting me work after I get out." She felt calm and relieved to see him. Inuyasha did not know when he would be able to speak to Kagome again. This was his only chance to ask Kagome about something that had been troubling him.
"Kagome, why did you have that jewel in your stomach? Did you eat it?"
Kagome tried to sit, but Inuyasha would not let her. She coughed but this time no blood came out. "I'll tell you. It was grandpa's idea. He was afraid that the Nazis were gonna take everything away from us. He wanted me to hide the jewel in my stomach in case we needed it to eat."
"How was he gonna get it out? Make you throw it up?" Inuyasha asked in a sarcastic tone.
"I dunno. My stomach couldn't handle it. I haven't been able to eat anything without throwing it up."
"Well, it's out now. I'll make sure you get some good food during after my cleaning duties are done." Inuyasha heard the door open and quickly turned around and pretend to straighten the bed sheets in the empty bed next to Kagome. "You!" a guard called to Inuyasha. "We bringing in more patients, go clean the food stock room and then help the cooks prepare dinner." Inuyasha walked pass the guard while another pushed Inuyasha in the direction he had to go.
"Thank you," Kagome muttered before closing her eyes.
That night, Inuyasha returned serving food to the patients. It was only soup and bread but it was a far better amount than what was being given to the regular workers outside. When no one was around Inuyasha went over to Kagome's bed and hid some extra solid food in her sheets, a chunk of cheese, a block of tofu and some extra bread. "Eat it later tonight," he said.
Every time he was able to work in the infirmary he would sneak in a small amounts of food he took from food storage. Yes, they did keep track of how much food the privileged workers could have so Inuyasha was very careful, still he wasn't the type to follow the rules.
Kagome was only allowed to be in the infirmary for six days, but she was feeling a lot better by then. Unfortunately, Inuyasha was not able to meet her before she was kicked out. He didn't know where in this enormous camp she would be and he wasn't even sure if he was ever going to see her again.
Inuyasha worked in the infirmary for a few more weeks. While there, he had learned something awful. Had Kagome stayed in the infirmary longer, she would've been used as a science experiment. They were being done on most of the infirmary patients and most of them died in the process.
In the next chapter…
…one month has passed, the result of the Warsaw Ghetto uprisings
…how Rin has survived roaming the streets of Warsaw for months without capture
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!