Chapter 25: The Great Escape

Previous: Deep within the forest Inutaishou runs as fast as he can to get to the secret bunker. 'How could you be so stupid, Inuyasha?' He growls and keeps on running. He haults for a moment to pinpoint where he is exactly. Looking down to the GPS system Myoga gave him when he left, He sees that's a few miles from the bunker. "I just hope I'm not too late to save them." He proclaims and resumes running.

Inuyasha and Kagome loved each other's company, despite for their so call destiny is that they have to go the next level of this unusual relationship. As for the timer thing. There's only 12 hours left before the bunker's alarm goes off and the worse to fall upon them.

"They'd be proud of me despite of me being a half-demon. I didn't want my only brother to think I was a monster." Kagome closes her eyes tightly. She didn't want her tears to expose how scared she was. Inuyasha looks to see her, but noticed that her bangs covered her eyes. He sighs and sniffs out the salty scent of her tears that she forbiddened them from leaving her. "That's why I had a hard time to have friends while at school. My grandpa was able hold on to the charm that my dad left me when he passed. He didn't want me to be left out from anything." Kagome explains to him in a drowsy manner.

Somewhere deep in the forest, Inutaishou somehow managed to get a hold of his son's scent and Kagome's scent a bit more fresher. Like what Myoga told him earlier, Inuyasha left the house when he went home from Kagome's Birthday Party. And then two days later Kagome came to mansion to ask him where Inuyasha went to. That explains why Kagome's scent to be more fresh than Inuyasha's. He looks down to the GPS and finds out that he isn't too far from the bunker. He goes in the final direction and finds its entrance in plain sight. "Finally." He said proudly and then tucks the GPS in his pocket.

Inside the bunker, Inuyasha cleans up the living room while Kagome slept. He puts the albums back on the bookshelf, he sniffs out his father's scent coming from outside. "Oh shit." He groans and goes outside. Right on sight he sees his old man coming up to with a disappointed expression. "Hello, father." Inuyasha tried to greet him with a polite manner. Inutaishou doesn't change his expression as he passes Inuyasha and goes into the bunker. "Dad, the least you can do is greet back." Inuyasha said to him calmly. Inutaishou growls, "What exactly were you thinking?" He shouts to his son. Inuyasha points to the bedroom with his thump. "Dad, Kagome's sleeping. It's best we use our library voice not to wake her up. She hasn't slept since yesterday when she found me." He tells his father seriously.

Inutaishou nods. "Alright, now answer me this. Do you have any idea what this place is capable of?" He asks him extremely quiet. Inuyasha returns the expression. "In fact father, I do. I told Kagome about it as well. We have 4 hours left until the bunker's security system goes off. And you know exactly what that means." Inutaishou shows a threatening look. "This place has a clean swipe to make sure its visitors leave." He explains to him as he looks at the timer on the high wall by the clock in the kitchen. "How long has Kagome slept?" Inutaishou changes the topic as he sits on a bar stool. Inuyasha goes into the fridge to get his dad a glass of water. "She's been sleeping for about 20 minutes now. But she needs to restore her energy for another 4 hours. At the least." Inuyasha answers as he gives his dad the drink. Inutaishou sighs, "Seriously Inuyasha, when Myoga told me what happened while I was on my business trip with you mother and brother. For all the places to run away to, you had to pick this one. You do know that running away doesn't solve anything." He lectures him.

Inuyasha fourrows his eyes, "Kagome told me that as well, but I had a reason behind this useless idea. It gives me time to think about what happened and what to do about it. That's the least it can do for anyone." He answers his dad. Inutaishou was about to say next, but thinks about his son's reason. Not only is a reason, it does have a good point behind it all. To think to tell your kids to know about their so called destiney, they had a lot to think about. First off is why they had to wait unexpectedly until the moment is revealed. Second is to make sure they must understand why they had to know about it. Lastly they needed their space and time to think about it and to see what they'll do about it.

Inutaishou breaks the awkward silence. "I just wanted you to know what was best for you two." He tells Inuyasha. Inuyasha shows how angry he still is, but he didn't wanted Kagome to see it at all while she was around. "You wanted to know what was best for me and Kagome. What about what she and I want? Do you honestly think that you have this so call right to tell your own family about this destiny that we shouldn't really have? As far as I'm concerned dad, you and Kagome's father shouldn't have done that in the first place. How could do such a thing?" He said in a quiet anger, making sure that Kagome doesn't wake up.

Seeing how upset his son really is and has every right to be that way, Inutaishou feels so ashame for what he and Hige Higurashi did to their kids. "Hige and I thought that we were doing the right thing for you." He sighs in more shame and now guilt. Inuyasha shows a sour look. "Dad, did you honestly think that Kagome and I were to accept this from the both of you? All I was to know about is the secret engagement and it happened to be Kagome, who I had a hunch about her. When she told Sango about this arranged marriage, she was scared from the inside because she didn't want her friends to be worrying about it. But it appears she's scared all this time. Do you call that dioing the right thing." He crossed his arms.

Inutaishou nods, "Yes, and to be frank about it, I find it absolutely wrong all this time. But it was the only way to keep this behind your backs until she turned 16. She had no idea about the other piece of the family crest that her father kept all those years. But when he passed away, he made sure that his father in-law kept the secret until that particular point." He explains part of Kagome's past, which is a surprising thing to know. Inuyasha could hardly find out how his father managed to pull it off, but decides to push that thought aside.

Inuyasha decides to go check on Kagome. "Make sure she's okay. I don't think she'll be fullu rested until the alarm's security kicks into gear." Inutaishou tells his son. Inuyasha nods and heads to the bedroom.

Inside the bedroom, Kagome tosses and turns in her sleep. "No, go away." She mumbles as she continues on.

Dream:

Kagome runs through the forest in the middle of the night. She doesn't know why she's running, but she doesn't want to stop to know why. "I'm going to make sure you never make it to the other side." A dark voice echoes through the woods. "No, go away." Kagome manages to shout to anywhere the voice is coming from. "There's nowhere to run for your own safety. Not even Inuyasha knows where you are." The voice taunts her. Despite of keep on running, Kagome can't help but to feel but being force to believe the voice. 'Inuyasha where are you.' Kagome cries in thought. She runs towards someone and bumps into it. "Now you're mine to be my mate." The person embraces her too tightly, not to let her go. "Please, you have to let me go." Kagome begs as she tries to get out of the grasp. "You're mine and that's that." The person pops out of tentacles of some sort to trap her. Making sure she's not moving, the person leans forward to bite onto her point where the shoulder and neck meet. "NOOOO!" Kagome screams from the top of her lungs.

"Kagome, you have to wake." Inuyasha shakes her to make sure she does wakes. Kagome quickly opens her eyes and see Inuyasha with a worried look. "Kagome what happened?" He asks her as he cups her cheek. Kagome spills out her tears. "Oh Inuyasha, I was so scared. Someone was after me, claiming me to be his mate. He somehow trapped me with some weird looking tentacles to prevent me from escaping." She cries onto his chest. Little did Kagome know, Inuyasha widens his eyes. He needs to inform his dad about the one person that neither of them want to speak of. For now he needs to comfort her. "Shh, it's alright, it was just a nightmare. You're safe now." He embraces her protectively. Inutaishou senses the distress coming from the bedroom and decides to see what's going one. Inuyasha's eyes pretty much gave away. "It's him." He mouths to his dad.

Inutaishou widens his eyes. "It's best we leave right now." He tells them in a dead serious tone. Inuyasha doesn't want to argue with him and gets Kagome onto his back. Kagome instinctively wraps her arms around his neck. "Where are we going? Why are we leaving already?" She asks him. Inuyasha calms himself. "I'll tell you when we get home." Kagome nods.