lostmoonchild: Okay, chapter six and we're still going somewhat strong. I'm actually in a good mood from yesterday since we were horseback riding and the horses we were riding weren't broke. When I went to get off of the more temperamental horse, my bra actually got caught and snapped right in half. As a result of that, everybody's laughing and even I couldn't get upset since it was so funny.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or YYH or anything else unless I say otherwise.
Chapter Six
He was back again and this time he had Naraku and Karasu with him. There was even a woman with him this time. Who was she? Why was she here with these evil men? Didn't she realize that they were going to hurt them and didn't care about her? "Momma?" Hana questioned when she caught the woman's familiar scent. "Momma, is that you?"
She moved closer to the bars as she kept her eyes focused on the people. Her entire body stiffened as the woman hesitantly approached. "You said that she wouldn't be locked up," whispered Misora as she held onto the man.
"Do you want to chance her escaping with those other kids? I don't think so. If they get to a Reikai official then you'll immediately be deported to the Makai," the man said calmly. "You don't want that, do you? Ningenkai is so much nicer than the Makai any day."
Misora shook her head. "No," she murmured.
"Momma, help us! Please, Momma, they're not good! They're going to kill us!" Hana screamed as tears began rolling down her face.
"Go on, dearest, we'll join you in a short while." The man told Misora as he kissed her cheek.
Hana moved back, her eyes wide in disbelief. While her memories of any affections her parents shared were faded away to the point of near nonexistence, she knew the look in the man's eyes. That was the same look that her biological father would make when he was doing something that contradicted what he really wanted to do. He may have kissed her mother but being romantic wasn't on this list of things to do at he moment.
The man calmly unlocked the door and roughly grabbed her by the arm, shoving the other children away. A scream of terror left her lips when Naraku grabbed her, his fingers digging into her soft flesh. "You'll remember to hold up your end of our bargain, correct?" Naraku questioned patiently.
"Of course." The man answered smoothly as he locked the cell door again. "But first we must send our message to those that will try first to destroy us all."
Karasu grinned, his eyes manic as he watched the man hold out the little girl's arm and held the tip of her index finger between his thumb and forefinger. "Be very careful, Karasu. We want them to be able to immediately recognize the finger and know whom it belongs to." The man smiled at Hana. "This is your fault, you know. If you had been a good little girl and kept your mouth quiet, then we wouldn't be doing this to you. We probably would have chosen one of your brothers or maybe your cousins."
Shippo watched in absolute horror as the man's finger touched just above Hana's knuckle. It didn't look like anything was going to happen but then a bloodcurdling scream tore itself from Hana's lips when there was a small explosion and warm blood spurted from the girl's hand and onto the floor as the man held the severed finger up, carefully inspecting it as if it were an expensive gem of some kind. He easily ignored Hana's pained screams and the collective sobs as if they were nothing more than simple background noise. "Put her back in with the others. We'll deliver the message right away."
The world spun rapidly as Hana was put back with the others, her mind refusing to acknowledge what had happened. As she heard the toddlers' echoing cries, everything faded to black and she knew no more.
"My Lords and Ladies, a message has just arrived by messenger."
Inuyasha thought that he was going to vomit when the scent of blood reached his nose, telling him that the present wasn't something that he'd care for. Reaching past the coppery scent, he could pick up the familiar scent of a half demon child.
When the box was opened, they stared in shock at the severed finger in disbelief before a choked sob left Kagome's lips. Yusuke's eyes darkened in dangerous anger as the air around him grew more dangerous. "It's still warm and judging by the coagulation of the blood, whoever is hiding the children is nearby." Kurama reported as he inspected the index finger carefully. He was going to kill whoever did this but he'd give Yusuke and Kagome first shots at the fiend since they were blood relations and it would give them a sense of closure. "Judging by the scorch marks, Karasu was the one that severed her finger and I doubt he made it as painless as possible. Probably put several small bombs in her finger before detonating them."
Kagome clung desperately to Inuyasha and buried her face in his shoulder as tears rolled down her face, soft sobs violently shaking her body. "Kags, we'll do what we can to help get the kids back and we will make them pay." Yusuke told her with barely constrained anger in his voice. "I swear that by the time we're done with the bastards, even Hell will feel their misery and won't have anything on it. Hell, it'll be screaming in agony at the mere thought of what we're going to do to the son of a bitch."
Sango held onto Miroku's robs and tried as hard as she could to keep from crying. What if their children were next? What would happen if Naraku and this Karasu guy started sending bodies to them? She didn't want anything else to happen to the children and she didn't want to see Yusuke or any of his friends angry. Something just told her that when that happened, it would be best to run and hide.
Holding tightly to his wife, Miroku looked at the group with determined eyes. "Is there anything that we can do or should know about?" Miroku questioned as he looked at Yusuke.
Yusuke sighed a bit before answering, "Yeah, don't wander around by yourselves. Inuyasha, I really hate this part but I'm going to need to ask you to make a small sacrifice. There's somebody that'll talk but only to a couple of people in this room at a price."
"What is it?" Inuyasha questioned.
Yusuke hesitated for a moment before answering, "You're gonna have to pretend not to be Kagom'es mate. The only way that they'll talk is if they think that Kagome and Kurama are an item again. If they see that they aren't then they'll keep their mouth shut and won't give us any information."
"Are you crazy?!" There was absolutely no way in hell that he was going to let his mate do something so damn stupid… so dangerous… with anybody!
"Inuyasha," said Kagome with tear-filled eyes. "Kurama and I used to have something, remember? It won't be hard to pretend that we still do."
Inuyasha tangled his fingers in the woman's hair as he touched his nose against hers. "You're absolutely positive?" Inuyasha asked softly. "You don't have to do this if you don't want to. We can probably find another way that won't make you do this."
Slowly Kagome nodded. "Yes," she breathed as she looked into his golden eyes. "I'm positive."
Their lips met for a moment before the inu-hanyou looked at Kurama with a threatening look in his eyes. "You take good care of my mate, fox." Inuyasha growled dangerously. While he knew better than to threaten Kurama, he couldn't help but do it just this once seeing as he was trusting the fox demon with his mate. "If I find even one scratch on her, then I'll kill you myself."
Kurama smiled lightly as if he had been told a joke instead of threatened. "Of course," said the red-head patiently. "I'm compelled, however, to remind you that I can't promise anything. Your mate is a big girl and she can take care of herself when the given situation calls for it. I trust that you've seen at least once how she handles herself."
Certainly not for the first time nor for the last, Kagome found herself grateful to be a woman. With little to no testosterone in her body, she wasn't prone to the leading cause of absolute stupidity and injury among the male species.
Testosterone poisoning.
lostmoonchild: Okay, I couldn't help but think of Obsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. Hamilton with the whole testosterone poisoning bit. I'm pretty sure that most guys don't let the testosterone do all the talking but it's still interesting to watch. Yeah, most of my friends are guys so I totally get the whole "you do A, I'll do B to you" concept. Anyway, read and review, I'll accept flames since I'm in a good mood. Funny how losing your bra while riding a couple of unbroken colts lifts up one's mood from the hilarity.
