Chapter 4~Captive or
Captee?
Kagome sensed her captor pacing
through the room, his eyes hungry. She could practically feel his
eyes on her back, boaring into her.
"Are you awake, wench?"
He snarled.
She slowly sat. "Hai..."
She glanced over to her clothes and moved to them. She bent down
to lift them and felt two hands caressing her hips, then she was roughly
pulled back against Inuyasha's.
"You are my prisoner, you know
that, ne?" He smirked, moving her hair aside and running his claw
down her soft skin. "I can do whatever I want to you at anytime..."
She closed her eyes pulling
away from him. "Don't, please..." She silently toweled her
hair and pulled a long t-shirt over the swim suit before stripping from
that and pulling on panties and blue-jeans. She didn't bother with
a bra and sat down on the ground.
Two hands wrapped around her
neck and she closed her eyes. "You are powerless against me, bitch..."
He snarled, tightening his grasp slightly.
Kagome glanced back at him.
"Only against this you..." She said, touching one of his hands gently.
"I sometimes wonder who controls your other form..." She felt his
hand move towards the hem of her shirt and turned to him. "Stop that..."
He smirked. "You want
this, bitch..." He snarled, before watching tears pierce her eyes.
His heart began thumping madly and he threw her away from him, his face
suddenly uncertain.
"Inuyasha...?" She whispered,
her face worried.
"Angh..." He grabbed his
head, trying to block out the pain that suddenly consumed him.
She took a quick step towards
him and wrapped her arms around him. "Daijoubu?" She whispered,
touching his hair lightly.
He stared at her, his face confused.
"Who are you..." He whispered, staring into her deep blue eyes.
She silenced him with a gentle
finger against his lips before pushing him back to the ground and brushing
his bangs from his face. "I'm Kagome." She said, caressing
his face gently. "It's alright, just rest..."
He stared at her, shocked, until
she leaned towards him and kissed his cheek gently. He blinked, his
eyes widening. When she pulled back and smiled, he felt his heart
thundering in his check.
"Sleep well, Inuyasha..."
She said, curling up not far away from him and slowly drifting into deep
sleep.
Inuyasha breathed in deeply,
staring down at her prone form. It would be so easy to kill this
small girl, so simple. He could kill her now and no one would hear
her. He could rip her heart out. If he wanted to. But
he didn't. He swallowed hard, staring at the small girl who lay prone
on the ground, her face dirty, but her smell was not.
He hesitantely touched her face,
and lightning went through his fingers. He started, wondering about
that reaction. His fingers moved to her hair, and he was surprised
at it's smoothness. It felt like fine silk and her skin equally as
smooth and soft. The armor she wore was flimsy and would barely protect
her from any form of attack.
She wimpered in her sleep and
tears began rolling down her face. "Inuyasha..." She whispered,
her voice pained. "I...still love...you..." She bolted upright
and screamed as she woke from her nightmare. "NOOOOO!"
He stared at her, surprised.
She looked over at him, tears
still rolling down her face and she glommed onto him, hugging him tightly.
She tightened her grasp on him when he tried to pry her off of him and
leaned back slightly, staring up in his face, tears falling down her.
"Please..." She whispered. "May I hold you just a while..."
She looked up him, her eyes filled with pain and grief.
He couldn't respond. He
felt her pressed against him and swallowed hard. "K-k..." He
forced the name out of his mouth. "Kagome..." Unfamiliar, yet
oddly familiar, feelings flooded him and finally, he threw her away from
him, swallowing hard.
She felt her body quiver.
"Inuyasha..." She cried, then, ran from the cave, tears blinding
her. *OH, GODS, WHY CAN'T HE REMEMBER...I love you, Inuyasha...*
She felt something hit the back of her head and fell under the blow, staring
up at the face of the assailant.
"Where's the shikon no tama?"
The faceless voice snarled.
She gasped, recognizing the
voice as Naraku's. "Kisama!" She scrambled back, fear in her
eyes.
There was a joliel laugh and
she felt a hand at her throat. "Give me the jewel and I'll return
the Tetsusaiga."