Shattered Spirits
Chapter 1
Inu woke in a dark, and dingy prison like room, the air itself smelled think with dirt, and dust, and grime. He stood up, and looked about himself. "Nice to see you're finally awake.", a male, human voice said.
Inu turned around, "What do you want with me?", he asked.
"You'll see, in good time, you'll see.", the man stepped from the shadows.
He was taller than Inu- Yasha, and had sleek, black hair, and had his eyes hidden behind a pair of sunglasses. He wore a half- smirk on his lips, and the dark suit he wore showed his tastes in expensive clothing. Inu laughed, "You can never hold me, you ass.",
With that, Inu went to go attack the man, only a sudden sharp pain raced through his whole being like lighting. Inu fought against it, only to eventually fall to his knees panting for breath. "Bad dog.", the man sneered, "You should never attack your master like that.",
"I will never become your lowly servant.", Inu growled.
"You have no choice in the matter, Inu- Yasha, half breed pest.", the man laughed.
"How do you know who I am?", Inu wondered.
"I know a lot of things.", the man said, "You there, strip him, and put him into his cell.",
A larger man, apparently one of his thugs, picked Inu up, and started to force his clothing off, and forced Inu into rags. Then, he picked Inu up by the hair, and dragged him down the winding halls, and corridors. Whenever Inu defied him that same pain from earlier would return. Inu was soon thrown into another dirty room, only more so filthy. It had no window for any light to get into, and there was only a bed of straw in the corner. It smelled of death, and disease, Inu screamed in his frustration when he couldn't break the bars to his cell. "You won't get away with this you jerk!", Inu yelled.
....
It was a bright, and sunny day, and Kagome was trying to find Inu- Yasha so they could go into Feudal Japan. Only, he was no where to be seen. 'Must have headed home.', Kagome thought to herself.
So, she went back down the well, to see if she couldn't find Inu- Yasha. When she climbed out on the other side, she bumped right into Sessho- Maru. "What are you doing here?", Kagome huffed.
"What does it look like? I'm trying to find Inu-Yasha.", Sessho said, frustrated.
"What for?", Kagome asked.
"So I can give him this.", Sessho held up some trinket, "He asked me if I still had it a couple days ago.",
"What is it for?", Kagome asked.
"It's supposed to take you back to watch the shadows of your past", Sessho explained, "I think he wanted to watch his Mother, or something like that.",
"Let me guess he can't react with them.", Kagome guessed.
"True, but, for Inu, just getting to see her is enough, I think.", Sessho said.
That's when Shippo came running up, "Ka- gome!", he huffed.
"What is it, Shippo?", Kagome asked.
"Inu, I seen him..... He's been caught by humans in your time!", Shippo said, "They dragged him away...",
"Are you sure?", Kagome asked.
"I tried to stop them, but, if they caught Inu- Yasha, I was afraid they'd catch me, and then you'd never find out about them taking Inu.", Shippo said.
"Well, you did do the right thing then.", Sessho- Maru said, "If they took Inu- Yasha, then, those humans are up to something.",
"Do you think Inu- Yasha will be all right?", Kagome asked, hopefully.
Sessho sadly shook his head.
....
Inu- Yasha got up from the floor, when he saw that the thug from earlier had returned. "Here, this is your meal.", he said, throwing a rock hard piece of bread, and not even enough water to fill a thimble.
"What is this?", Inu huffed.
"You better be thankful, the other ones never even got half of what you have to eat.", the large human laughed.
Inu nibbled on the bread, and carefully drank his water. The man left, and Inu- Yasha sat back down on the hard, cold, stone floor. It was late in the evening, and even though it was freezing inside his small cell, Inu found hope in maybe Kagome, or even Shippo might be trying to find him right now.
When Inu awoke the next morning, that man was standing above him, looking quite happy with himself... Inu didn't like the looks of it either. "It's time to milk you, Inu.", he chuckled.
"What do you mean milk me?", Inu asked in a low growl.
"It's just a term I use for collecting sperm, you see, I am using you because you can blend in with the rest of the human race, but, you also contain abnormal strengths. So, I'm going to create more.", the man chuckled evilly, "Of course, I'll be needing you for some time to build up enough subjects to do what I plan on doing.",
"You're not going to get away with this, I'll see to it that you don't.", Inu vowed.
"Oh, I think I will. No one knows you're here, no one knows what I'm doing inside this building.... The whole world doesn't realize that I have the power to destroy it.", he said, "Take him to the extraction chamber.",
Inu was hauled off down one hallway before being put onto a white table. They came in then, and stripped him of his clothing. Inu felt his body shiver in the cold room, the smell of the sterile environment was strange to him. So, he waited for what would happen next.
....
Kagome, Sessho- Maru, and Shippo had all come back into the future to go take a look at the spot that Shippo had last seen Inu- Yasha. It was a while before Shippo stopped. "This is where I stopped following them.", Shippo explained.
"Where they normal humans?", Sessho asked.
"Uh- huh, and they used chains made out of a strange metal to bind him up.", Shippo answered.
"Is there anything else you can tell us?", Kagome asked.
"There was this one man, I think he was in charge, because of the way he controlled the other humans.", Shippo paused, "They put something around Inu's neck, and that caused him to pass out.",
"What direction were they heading?", Sessho- Maru wanted to know.
"That way.", Shippo pointed to the north.
"Did you hear any helicopters, or strange noises?", Kagome asked.
"Um.... I don't think so, but, they might of walked for a while before they got onto anything.", Shippo suggested.
"So, Sessho, do you think you could find them?", Kagome asked.
"I don't know, they covered their scent using something....", Sessho explained, "So, I can't follow that, no tracks, must have brushed them out of the dirt and grass as they headed to where ever they were taking Inu. All we have right now, is what Shippo told us.",
'Hold on Inu, we'll figure some way to save you.... Don't give up hope...', Kagome silently prayed to herself, before they all had to head back to the temple.
End Chapter