Inuyasha and the choice
(Chapter 9)
Kagome woke up cold, scared, and alone.
Kagome didn't want to open her eyes from fear of seeing what was going on around her.
Kagome heard shuffling and then little paws running across the floor. Kagome's eyes snapped open, she saw that she was in a cage type thing. It was dark and cold, she felt like the walls were trying to close in on her. She ran up to the bars and tried look out them, there were others cages lining the walls, but she couldn't see anybody.
"Hello?" Kagome said as she heard more rustling, she heard a cough and then there was silence again. "Hello?" Kagome called again, "Who are you?" a voice said from the cage across from her, and Kagome recognized that voice. "Kohaku?" Kohaku stepped from the shadows of his cage to face Kagome.
"Why are you locked up down here?" Kagome was confused Kohaku was one of Naraku's best fighters and Sango's little brother. "Naraku is punishing me." Kohaku said flatly, Kagome's eyes widened "For what?" Kohaku gave another cough, "For not being able to kill my sister and capture you." Kagome's mouth dropped open, "So you remember Sango?"
Kohaku gave a smirk, "Of course I do Kagome" Kagome stared blankly at Kohaku not knowing what to say. "Then why did you hurt her?" even though Kagome's said it at a whisper, it echoed into Kohaku's heart, tearing started pooling at the corner of his eye.
"I can't let Naraku know that I remember everything and I'm not under his complete control. My body wanted to kill Sango, but I had just enough control just to hurt her." The tears at the corner of his eyes slowly started to seep from his eyes and roll down his cheeks.
"Kagome I don't want to hurt people anymore." Kohaku sobbed and Kagome made soothing noises, "I know you don't sweetie. When they come for us why don't you come back with us?" Kohaku was shaking his head from side to side, "I don't have complete control. I can't trust myself not to be taken over by Naraku and hurt or kill one of you guys."
Kagome knew that what he was saying was true and it was a bad idea to have him around, but this was Sango's brother he was part of their small family. No matter what they had to save him, and maybe him being with them and Kagome working with him, they could purify the jewel shard and stop him from being able to be taken over by Naraku's commands.
Kagome looked straight into his eyes and he lifted his gaze to meet hers.
"Kohaku I can help you break your connection with Naraku." Kagome knew that her words were true, sometime inside her knew that she could do it. Kohaku's eyes widened with shock. "Come back with us, I'll help you break your connections with Naraku, and you and your sister can be together as a family again." Kohaku's smiled a little thinking about being able to reunite with his sister.
His smile faded, "What if she doesn't want me…" Kagome leaned into the bars still weak from the lack of oxygen not too long ago. "She will always want you. You're her younger brother Kohaku. And she loves you very much."
Kohaku nodded and Kagome smiled. She knew that Sango would be ecstatic to have Kohaku by her side again.
Kagome and Kohaku heard a door open and shut. Kagome gave Kohaku a guarded look, as her and Kohaku retreated back into the darkness of their cages.
"Kagome" Someone said in a sing song voice, "Lunch time. You awake yet?" Kagome's eyes grew large, Kohana?! She mentally screamed, so that means Naraku is the one who captured her. What does he want with me? Why didn't he just kill me?
Kohana banged on the bars of her cage, Kagome emerged from the darkness glaring at Kohana. "Oh good you are awake." He smiles brightly and placed a tray into Kohaku's cage shoving it into the darkness, Kagome heard Kohaku stop the moving tray.
"Come and get it." Kohana smirked and Kagome let out a sigh of protest, "Fine. You're no fun." Kohana placed the tray inside Kagome's cage and started to walk off, "I don't see what Naraku sees in you." Kohana left the room and slammed the door behind him shaking the room.
Kohaku came out of the dark carrying his tray and plopped down on the ground by the cages door.
"Inuyasha and the others will find us." Kagome tried reassuring Kohaku; Kohaku looked over at Kagome "Will that be before or after they take one of us away." Kohaku started to eat his lunch and the room went silent, Kagome lowered herself to the ground trying not to upset her wounds and started to eat her lunch as well.
"Inuyasha! Koga! Slow down!" Miruko called hopping on to Kelala's back after not being able to keep up; he leaned over and helped Ginta and Hakkaku onto Kelala's back as well. "Kelala are you ok with all this weight?" Shippo asked from Sango shoulder, Kelala looked back and sighed flying faster to catch up with Inuyasha and Koga.
"Kagome scent is still strong we need to keep following it before it disappears." Inuyasha yelled over his shoulder but didn't slow down. We have to find Kagome before it's too late, Inuyasha thought to himself, that was Kohana's scent we found mixed with Kagome's.
Inuyasha increased his speed when he smelled Kagome's blood and saw little droplets on the ground. "Kagome's wounds must have opened when Kohana was carrying her." Koga said noticing the same thing Inuyasha did. "I'm hoping she's alright, but the blood scent is leading a trail right to them." Inuyasha said hoping that Kagome wasn't bleeding out.
Up ahead of them Inuyasha spotted a village and Kagome's scent was leading right to it. Everyone picked up speed hoping they weren't getting lead into a trap.
