A/N: I'm really liking how this story is turning out, so I'm going to update it more often. :)
Chapter Seven: Containment
Kagome, open your eyes.
Mm...What...? Who's that...?
Open your eyes.
No...I don't want to.
You have to wake up.
I'm...sleeping?
Yes. You have to wake up.
...Mama?
Kagome...
Mama! It is you!
Yes, it's me. Now you have to open your eyes.
No...! You'll leave me if I do! I don't want you to leave me...
I'm not going to leave you, Kagome. I'll be right here with you.
Promise?
I promise, Kagome.
Her eyes shot open at once. Darkness greeted her. She seemed to be chained to a wall or something. Her head was...spinning so much, and it hurt. "Ah, so you're awake?" A deep voice chuckled, and a man approached her.
"...Who are...you...?" Kagome asked wearily. He shook his head, a large grin on his face. "None of that matters. You belong to me." The girl started growling, something almost identical to Inuyasha's.
"I...don't belong...to anyone!" She snapped, raising her head to look at his defiantly. And she gasped at what she saw. Blood red eyes gazed back at her, black hair cascading down his back and stopping at his knees. His handsome face had a devilish aura and he had a threatening smirk for his mouth.
"You...you look just like..." Kagome's eyes widened as he grinned bigger, sharp teeth exposed. "Just like...?" He teased, bringing up a hand to stroke her cheek roughly, leaving a trail of blood behind.
Kagome didn't respond, only hung there limply and cried.
What...The hell?
Inuyasha pushed up from the floor where he had landed after he had fallen off the bed. "What was that?" He asked himself, throwing on some clothes and rushing outside. Kagome's side window was shattered, like someone had broken in.
He leaped in and sniffed. Fresh blood. Male. Inuyasha jumped when the phone rang. Growling, he picked it up.
"Kagome I--"
"Kikyou?!" There was silence on the other end. "Don't you fucking dare hang up on me!"
"I...Inuyasha? What are you doing at Kagome's house...?" He snorted.
"I really don't know. It looks like someone broke in--"
"Duh, YOU, dumbass!" He snarled in the phone, quieting her. "No, idiot, I came to check it out. Someone else-- NOT ME-- was in here. And he started to bleed, too."
"How do you know that he was a he?" Inuyasha rolled his eyes, apparently annoyed by her stupid questions.
"Because I can smell it in his blood." Kikyou hesitated before continuing. "So...where is Kagome...?" Inuyasha froze. Where was she? Still in the house? No...she would have been down here and yelling at him by now. Her scent was wavering away, too...
...She smelled so good, like lavender and vanilla. So...good... He cursed himself. "I've gotta go. I think she was kidnapped."
"Inuyasha, wait--!" He hung up on her. What did she expect? After she fucking called him a monster when he saved her life? Heh, not much. But Kagome was different...she had thanked him...even though he killed someone...and she smelled so good...
Wait a minute. Why did I even care? It's not like she means anything to me. Why should I care if she was kidnapped?
Inuyasha glanced out the broken window.
Well...I guess saving her ass wouldn't hurt. Heck, it's Saturday. It's not like I don't have anything better to do...
Suddenly, he froze. That...scent. That horrible scent that was left with the man's blood. It was...so familiar.
No, it couldn't be. It couldn't be. It couldn't...
But it was.
Naraku...You fucking, dirty bastard...You kidnapped Kagome? Why the hell her?
He once again leapt out of the window and raced throughout the neighborhood, following the wretched scent.
I thought I killed you. I guess not.
Inuyasha snarled as he ran past houses and other people who stared at him.
Naraku, you will die. I'll make sure of that.
His hand went down to her neck, leaving more bloody lines. Kagome still cried, and he laughed. "That's for leaving me, Ayamakita." He whispered, and she froze. "I'm not...my mother..." She said trembling, and his smirk faded. "I...I know that!" He snapped, whipping his head up to face Kagome. And then she saw it.
One tear rolled down his face. Kagome stared at him, both of them quiet. "You...loved her, didn't you?" Kagome asked quietly as he wiped it away. The man stopped moving, and everything was silent except for their breathing.
He turned and looked at her, his glare piercing through her. He walked away, not answering her, although she already knew the answer.
"Yes." He whispered softly, so softly she could barely hear it, but she did. Kagome heard it.
As the door shut behind him, Kagome's eyes began to flutter shut, and she drifted into a dreamless sleep.
I'm still with you, Kagome.
A/N: I don't think that was as much of a cliff hanger as it should've been...but it will keep you on the edge, for now.
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