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OK, I know you guys are ready to kill me... but please don't! I got grounded, so I am taking a HUGE risk by being on the comp right now. Be happy that I updated! DX. Just don't kill me. ;~;.
Anyways, I finally updated, so yeah. W/O AU's, fic is 1,525 words by FF's count. 8P. Be happy, damn it. My current in the making char, a guy who's gonna be a war vet, will do disclaimer for me.
Johnathan: Hey, if I do, what do I get in return, girl? ..
Me: I'll work on your character some more to make you less of a sexist pig.
Jonathan: ... Right. Whatever. DISCLAIMER: Cassie does not own even remotely, no matter how much she wants to, any part of Inuyasha. She only owns the plot and OC's.
Chapter Seven
Kagome awoke to find herself in a cage. "W-where am I?" she asked. Her mouth felt dry and tasted funny. She looked around. There was only one other thing in the cage apart from Kagome – a simple blue cotton blanket that had been carelessly draped over her. The cage was rather short, high enough to where she could sit up, but not stand, and long enough for her to lay down and have room leftover. The area outside the cage, from what she could see, looked like some kind of empty, old warehouse. "Hello?" she called out.
She heard someone laughing and jumped when she heard the voice come from behind her. "I see you're finally awake… About time…. Now, where is the Shikon No Tama?" The voice was relatively deep and Kagome turned around to see him.
He was somewhat tall and human looking, but he had razor sharp claws and fangs. "Who are you?" Kagome asked.
The demon laughed. "Since you asked, I suppose I'll tell you… I am Daniel," he said. He had light brown skin and short, spiky blue hair. Kagome could barely spot a long matching blue tail behind him. She glared up at him ruefully.
She chose to lie. "I don't know what you're talking about," she said.
Daniel narrowed his eyes and watched her shrink under his gaze. "You know full well what I'm talking about, miko. Tell me where the Shikon Jewel is!"
Kagome's jaw clenched. "It's gone. When a wish was made on it, the jewel disappeared."
"Rubbish." Daniel snapped. He crossed his arms and his tail flicked side to side angrily. "You have the scent of very powerful magic around you… The kind of magic that could only come from the Shikon No Tama!"
Kagome glared. "How dare you contradict me! I'm the one who made the wish, and right after that, the jewel disappeared!" she said furiously. Daniel seethed with anger.
"You're jumping on my last nerve, miko… I'll give you one more chance in this interrogation… Tell me where the jewel is."
Kagome glared at him. "There is no jewel," she replied.
The next thing she knew, he had opened the cage and struck her across the cheek. She felt the sting and placed a hand to her cheek, feeling the now red skin. Her mouth was open in an 'o' shape, and Daniel sneered at her. "I warned you," he said as he closed it again, so she didn't try to escape. He took a piece of cloth out of his pocket as well as a bottle, opening the bottle and quickly wetting the cloth. Kagome backed away from him as far as she could in the cage and squirmed as his arm easily reached in through the bars, pressing the cloth against her nose and mouth. Kagome's body went limp and she fell unconscious again.
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Kouga snarled in anger. "Kagome's missing!" he said. Shippou groaned as Hakkaku and Ginta looked scared. The one woman Kouga felt anything for was missing – they'd likely be suffering his wrath if he didn't find her alive, if at all.
"I'm sorry, Kouga… It's my fault. I never got the chance to warn her like you'd wanted me to. If she'd known, she might have not gotten kidnapped… After all, that's the only way she'd have gone missing, if she was kidnapped."
"No, even if she had known, she'd probably still have gotten snatched. It's just the way Kagome is." Kouga said, shaking his head. They were in an alleyway, the only other life near them being some mice feeding off the garbage. Having their current conversation in front of humans would be unwise, after all.
Ginta dared to speak up. "We know Kagome works at that café… If she actually went to work last night, we might be able to follow her scent to where she's being held, since it should still be fresh enough to follow…" He sounded somewhat hopeful that his plan would be acceptable.
Kouga looked at Ginta for a moment. "You know, Ginta… That might actually work… Come on, guys! Let's go!"
"Wait!" Shippou said. "You guys, how on Earth are we going to follow her scent without attracting unwanted attention? I mean, come on! Crawling around on all fours and sniffing the ground will seem pretty weird!"
Kouga stopped in his tracks, already having started to head out the alleyway. "You're right… We'll need an illusion to make one of us look like a dog to the humans," he admitted. "And I will be the one with the illusion."
Shippou nodded. "I figured you'd say that. Now come on, we need to set the illusion up. Let's go to my house – I'm allowed to have pets, so if anyone asks about you, I can just say I decided to get a dog."
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Kouga growled. "I'm barely picking up her scent." To any humans, he looked like a simple bloodhound, a perfect breed for tracking. Anything he spoke seemed like a bark or growl to any outsiders, too. Only Ginta, Hakkaku, and Shippou could understand him.
"We figured that would happen, it's been awhile since she disappeared." Shippou said quietly.
Kouga nodded and started walking forward, carefully keeping his nose to the ground so he didn't lose the scent. "Come on… this way."
Outside of their group, quite a few people were wondering why the boy had a hunting dog in the middle of the city, sniffing at the ground.
I mean, how often do you see that?
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Kagome woke up to find herself chained to the wall, her arms raised above her head. She could barely sit on the ground without having to stretch her arms or anything. She noticed that there were much shorter chains keeping her bound on her legs.
Daniel appeared in front of her again, holding a pocket knife. "You humans have such fragile, delicate skin, especially you women. I could simply press this blade against your wrist, and it would probably start to bleed." He sounded almost… fascinated with how the human body was, how fragile and breakable compared to demons – like it was a toy to him.
Kagome stood up and looked at him defiantly. "Go ahead and dare – you won't get away with trying to murder me, I can promise you that," she said. Her voice quivered the tiniest bit – she was scared, oh yes, she was. Who wouldn't be? But she had to have faith that Kouga and the others would be able to track her scent to here in time. But then again… Who knows if it's rained since I've been locked up? What if my scent is gone, or he went through a river at some point taking me here and the scent was lost because of the water? She stopped herself before the thoughts got out of hand. At the rate she was going, she'd give up before the boys had a chance to save her.
Daniel laughed. "Oh, dear me… Now who said anything about killing you, hm?" Daniel walked up close to her and put one sharp, clawed finger under her chin, a maniacal grin on his face. "I only want one thing…. And we've been over this, miko. You know full well what I want."
Kagome sighed. "And you don't listen too well, do you? The Shikon No Tama disappeared back in the Feudal Era when the wish to keep the humans and demons from fighting each other was made," she told him, explaining as one would to a child that Santa Claus, or the Easter Bunny, isn't real.
Daniel's eyes narrowed and he pressed the blade of the knife gently in the palm of her hand. Any more pressure on it, and it would start slicing though her skin. "Stop lying, miko! You have the aura of something that could only belong to someone with the Jewel! I'll give you one more chance before I start slicing your body into pieces," he hissed at her.
"I'm not lying. Whatever aura you sense is obviously whacky, because the Shikon No Tama disa—ah!" Kagome cried out at the end. She saw the blood coming from her hand and struggled to keep from crying out anymore. If she showed weakness, she just might break.
Daniel smiled sadistically at her and walked away. "I suggest you get ready to spill the truth, miko. Otherwise, that pretty little face of yours is going to get sliced up." His voice was dangerously soft as he left.
Kagome gave a hiss of pain and screwed her eyes shut – she refused to let him get to her. She had to trust that they would find her. Kouga and the others. She had to believe it. If her hunch was right, she was going to need that hope to survive for long.
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