Chapter 3: The weak point
Kagomae awoke on a futon. She was in a bare room with no windows and only one door. Her side hurt like hell and she found that it was loosely wrapped. The door opened and in came the baboon covered Naraku. He sat down. "I see you have awoken, miko. I trust you a comfortable." he said slyly. "Please.leave me alone." Kagomae said. Her voice was dry and raspy. "Why would I do that, miko?" Naraku asked. Kagomae shook her head. This is all a dream. She would wake up in her bed and realize it was all a bad dream. She tried to get up but she fell down again. The pain in her side was flashing and burning as if she were on fire. "That will do you no good, miko." Naraku said as he watched her pathetic attempt to leave. Naraku stood up. "I suggest you rest and heal. You cannot leave here. There is a barrier upon the room. Only I'm allowed in or out." Naraku explained. "Food will be provided for you later...If I feel like it" He said and left the room slamming the door. Kagomae lied back down on her futon and breathed deeply to control her tears. Though it was useless. No matter what she did she couldn't wake up. ----------------------------------------: ---------------- ------------------------------
"I MISS KAGOMAE!" Shippo complained the next day. "We all do but we must respect her decision and wait until she feels ready to return to us." Sango said for at least the tenth time. They were walking towards the village and had stopped in a field, deciding to relax for a while. It wasn't long until Inuyasha stopped by. "We searched all night but couldn't find a damn thing" he said referring to the beast that killed the livestock. Miroku who had been quiet all along now spoke. "Are you aware, Inuyasha that Kagomae has returned home?" "What do I care?" He growled back. "I was just wondering. Do you by any chance know if she had been hurt in anyway?" he asked again calmly. Inuyasha grabbed Miroku by his robes and pulled him up. His feet dangled off the ground "Are you accusing me of something, bozu?" Inuyasha growled. "No." Miroku said calmly. (Damn how does he keep his cool?) Inuyasha dropped him and started running. "I am so outta here." He yelled back. As Sango watched him leave she frowned. "That must've been some argument." She said petting Kirara. "Kagomae.was badly hurt." Miroku said sitting down Indian style and meditating. "Who wouldn't be hurt if someone you cared about picked another over you?" Sango asked hypothetically. "No not that way. Her cheek was black and blue." He said giving his regular smirk. Of course Sango had hit him hard for trying to feel upon her. "HENTAI!" she yelled. "EVEN WHEN OTHERS ARE DOWN YOU STILL CAN'T CUT IT OUT!" she screamed at him. "Your impossible." Shippo agreed. Miroku felt his newly made bump on his head. 'Bump number 6,432' he thought. ---------------------------------------------:------------------------------ ---------
Kagomae awoke. She must've cried herself to sleep. Her pain was slightly reducing and the wound had closed. On her side and on her cheek. She found a bowl of something that looked like paste next to her. She dipped her finger in it. 'It's cold. Typical.' She thought. She slowly tasted it and spat it out. "NOT EVEN STARVING RATS WOULD EAT THIS SHIT!" she yelled in frustration. Hoping Naraku would hear her. "Kukukukuku.I'm sorry but you don't realize you're not a princess." His voice echoed into the room although he was nowhere to seen. Kagome clenched her teeth. 'God what I've give for a burger and fries' she thought. She was getting hungrier by the minute. In anger she threw the bowl against the wall but never heard it sound of it breaking. She looked at where she threw it and saw it go right through the wall. "What the?" she said getting up and limping over to inspect it. Putting her hand upon the wall and pushing hard she fell right through and landed on the forest floor with a loud thump. "It was all an illusion. Just so I would give up and not try to escape." She said. She looked to her left and saw the bowl and it's contents spilled over. She smiled and started running no matter how much it hurt. ------------------------------------------:--------------------------------- --------
She didn't know where she was but it didn't matter. Kagomae ran as fast as she would go. She tripped over something and started rolling down a steep hill. Hitting rocks and twigs along the way. One sharp rock jabbed her making her wound reopen. When she finally reached the bottom of the hill everywhere hurt. Her wound was bleeding badly; her face had had bruises, her clothes and hair was messed up. " I have to get to the nearest village." She said trying to walk. Her side was killing her literally. She managed to limp to a fallen tree trunk and sat down. She lifted her shirt so she could see how bad the wound was. It looked like a hold on the lower part of her lift rib. Blood was flowing like the Niagara Falls. If you looked closely enough you could point out bone. Kagomae tore off one off her sleeves and tore that into a long strip. She then tried her best to rewrap the wound. If she didn't get help soon it would bleed through. She stood up again but did t too quickly. Everything started to spin and she found herself dizzy. "No.I can't faint. Not now." She whispered to herself limping along a few steps. She knew that her blood would make an easy trail for Naraku to follow. She tried limping along in the shadows of the trees instead of in the bright sunlight. She stopped and threw up bile. Her stomach was completely empty. She heard something. Like a huge bird screeching. Kagomae looked up and sure enough a thing was flying over her. It looked like the carrier crow she once killed on her second day in Feudal Japan. Though how could it be? There were no jewel shards for it to transform like that. The bird swooped down upon her and grabbed her in its sharp claws. She saw something white riding the top of it. It looked like.baboon skin. As it carried her away the claws only pricked her wound. Making her scream so loud that birds flew from the trees. The scream echoed all over the forest even to a village that was currently the home to a particular hanyo.
Kagomae awoke on a futon. She was in a bare room with no windows and only one door. Her side hurt like hell and she found that it was loosely wrapped. The door opened and in came the baboon covered Naraku. He sat down. "I see you have awoken, miko. I trust you a comfortable." he said slyly. "Please.leave me alone." Kagomae said. Her voice was dry and raspy. "Why would I do that, miko?" Naraku asked. Kagomae shook her head. This is all a dream. She would wake up in her bed and realize it was all a bad dream. She tried to get up but she fell down again. The pain in her side was flashing and burning as if she were on fire. "That will do you no good, miko." Naraku said as he watched her pathetic attempt to leave. Naraku stood up. "I suggest you rest and heal. You cannot leave here. There is a barrier upon the room. Only I'm allowed in or out." Naraku explained. "Food will be provided for you later...If I feel like it" He said and left the room slamming the door. Kagomae lied back down on her futon and breathed deeply to control her tears. Though it was useless. No matter what she did she couldn't wake up. ----------------------------------------: ---------------- ------------------------------
"I MISS KAGOMAE!" Shippo complained the next day. "We all do but we must respect her decision and wait until she feels ready to return to us." Sango said for at least the tenth time. They were walking towards the village and had stopped in a field, deciding to relax for a while. It wasn't long until Inuyasha stopped by. "We searched all night but couldn't find a damn thing" he said referring to the beast that killed the livestock. Miroku who had been quiet all along now spoke. "Are you aware, Inuyasha that Kagomae has returned home?" "What do I care?" He growled back. "I was just wondering. Do you by any chance know if she had been hurt in anyway?" he asked again calmly. Inuyasha grabbed Miroku by his robes and pulled him up. His feet dangled off the ground "Are you accusing me of something, bozu?" Inuyasha growled. "No." Miroku said calmly. (Damn how does he keep his cool?) Inuyasha dropped him and started running. "I am so outta here." He yelled back. As Sango watched him leave she frowned. "That must've been some argument." She said petting Kirara. "Kagomae.was badly hurt." Miroku said sitting down Indian style and meditating. "Who wouldn't be hurt if someone you cared about picked another over you?" Sango asked hypothetically. "No not that way. Her cheek was black and blue." He said giving his regular smirk. Of course Sango had hit him hard for trying to feel upon her. "HENTAI!" she yelled. "EVEN WHEN OTHERS ARE DOWN YOU STILL CAN'T CUT IT OUT!" she screamed at him. "Your impossible." Shippo agreed. Miroku felt his newly made bump on his head. 'Bump number 6,432' he thought. ---------------------------------------------:------------------------------ ---------
Kagomae awoke. She must've cried herself to sleep. Her pain was slightly reducing and the wound had closed. On her side and on her cheek. She found a bowl of something that looked like paste next to her. She dipped her finger in it. 'It's cold. Typical.' She thought. She slowly tasted it and spat it out. "NOT EVEN STARVING RATS WOULD EAT THIS SHIT!" she yelled in frustration. Hoping Naraku would hear her. "Kukukukuku.I'm sorry but you don't realize you're not a princess." His voice echoed into the room although he was nowhere to seen. Kagome clenched her teeth. 'God what I've give for a burger and fries' she thought. She was getting hungrier by the minute. In anger she threw the bowl against the wall but never heard it sound of it breaking. She looked at where she threw it and saw it go right through the wall. "What the?" she said getting up and limping over to inspect it. Putting her hand upon the wall and pushing hard she fell right through and landed on the forest floor with a loud thump. "It was all an illusion. Just so I would give up and not try to escape." She said. She looked to her left and saw the bowl and it's contents spilled over. She smiled and started running no matter how much it hurt. ------------------------------------------:--------------------------------- --------
She didn't know where she was but it didn't matter. Kagomae ran as fast as she would go. She tripped over something and started rolling down a steep hill. Hitting rocks and twigs along the way. One sharp rock jabbed her making her wound reopen. When she finally reached the bottom of the hill everywhere hurt. Her wound was bleeding badly; her face had had bruises, her clothes and hair was messed up. " I have to get to the nearest village." She said trying to walk. Her side was killing her literally. She managed to limp to a fallen tree trunk and sat down. She lifted her shirt so she could see how bad the wound was. It looked like a hold on the lower part of her lift rib. Blood was flowing like the Niagara Falls. If you looked closely enough you could point out bone. Kagomae tore off one off her sleeves and tore that into a long strip. She then tried her best to rewrap the wound. If she didn't get help soon it would bleed through. She stood up again but did t too quickly. Everything started to spin and she found herself dizzy. "No.I can't faint. Not now." She whispered to herself limping along a few steps. She knew that her blood would make an easy trail for Naraku to follow. She tried limping along in the shadows of the trees instead of in the bright sunlight. She stopped and threw up bile. Her stomach was completely empty. She heard something. Like a huge bird screeching. Kagomae looked up and sure enough a thing was flying over her. It looked like the carrier crow she once killed on her second day in Feudal Japan. Though how could it be? There were no jewel shards for it to transform like that. The bird swooped down upon her and grabbed her in its sharp claws. She saw something white riding the top of it. It looked like.baboon skin. As it carried her away the claws only pricked her wound. Making her scream so loud that birds flew from the trees. The scream echoed all over the forest even to a village that was currently the home to a particular hanyo.