Backlash: The Story of the Island of Hell
By: Arthia Maxwell Chapter Two: Awakenings
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha! ~.~' So please don't sue me or anything. I have no money. Thank you! AN: I use arsenic in this fic.I truly do not know what it feels like or such so I'm making it up.
"Add five more." Came the dark command over the loud speaker. Sesshoumaru turned to stare at the one way mirror. Even thought he could just see himself he knew that Naraku was on the other side, watching. He had no choose other then to do as he was told. He looked at Rin's tear streaked face then injected the five ccs into the I.V. Kagome's body arched with pain and her screams had long ago turned silent. Suddenly everything went still, the only sound or movement was the heart monitor as it flat lined. Then it bleeped and the raged rise and fall of Kagome's chest resumed. Rin pulled away and held her hands as if they were burnt. Sesshoumaru stepped up to her and took her in his arms, muttering quietly in her ear.
"It's okay. Why don't you go back and start writing your report. I'll finish up here." Rin just nodded then slowly left stuffing her fist into her pockets to keep from punching Naraku as he pasted her. She was always a happy person but because she was an empath she felt others feelings and she really hated Naraku. Sesshoumaru looked up as Naraku entered the room. Naraku looked down at the sweat soaked Kagome as if she was a bug he must destroy.
"She did better then expected. A few more tests then we can inject her with our virus and see what effects it has. I don't want to rise an epidemic. She is the perfect test subject." "Is that why she's really here?" Sesshoumaru asked his eyes and voice cold. "You know very well that she's here for the Grendel Program. Once she gets the physic link and regains her powers, we can test her brainwaves and maybe clone her in that stage. Mindless killing clones, that just what country leaders will want for their armies. Could you imagine the price for such an army?" Naraku's eyes seemed crazed for a moment before his cold expression returned. He looked back down at the pallid girl. "Take her back. Make sure you record what the others do. This should be interesting." He turned to leave then stopped as if remembering something. "And Sesshoumaru, don't get to attached to Rin, she's just another subject." With that he was gone. Sesshoumaru growled deep in his throat.
A short time after Inuyasha entered the Sango came sneaking into the room. She looked at the two distraught males. Miroku stopped pacing when he noticed Sango in the doorway wrapped in her blanket. He walked over and wrapped an arm around her shoulders as he led her to his bed. He sat her down noticing the tears on her face. Kneeling in front of her he stared worriedly into her face. "What is it, Sango?" He asked placing his bound hand on her knee. At first she glared at him before realizing the gesture was suppose to be comforting. "I thought I'd try to see into her mind to see what they were doing and how she was." Her hands came up and held the sides of her head. "She was fine until they.they.I don't know what they were doing to her, but she was in so much pain." Sango sniffed. "Then she pushed my mind away. She has telepathic talents." She sounded surprised but then the thought of Kagome in pain came though again and her tears came anew. Miroku looked up at Inuyasha, who narrowed his eyes and slammed his fist against the wall. Miroku pushed Sango back against his pillows. "Rest Sango. We'll wake you up when they bring her back in." He said as soothingly as he could, running his thumb against the soft skin of her cheek. "Rest." He waited till she closed her eyes before standing up and walking over to Inuyasha. "I can't believe you didn't try to grope her, leach." "Hey! I'm not ecchi all the time." He looked back over at Sango. "Can you smell her anywhere near here or do they still have her in their scentless rooms?" "She's still.Wait!" He hunkered down and sniffed the air. Moving slowly he made his way to the door and looked out into the hall. "She's nearing with that bitch Kikyo." The door in the main common room opened wide to show Kikyo leading the way with Sesshoumaru following behind with Kagome in his arms. Inuyasha and Miroku both hid in the shadows as they past by. Sesshoumaru smelling them turned to looked right at his half brother. "Just throw her down and return as soon as you're done." Kikyo sneered turning and leaving in a huff. Sesshoumaru waited till she was gone before whispering, "Inuyasha, why don't you and Miroku come out, I know you're there." He stood from where he placed Kagome on the bed. Inuyasha with Miroku behind entered the room. "What are you still doing here?" "I don't take orders from that bitch." He answered coolly. His gaze then returned to Kagome. "Naraku ordered fifteen ccs of arsenic to be injected into her." "That much should have killed her!" Miroku exclaimed. "True but she has a highly adaptive immunity system." "Adaptation for what?" Inuyasha asked kneeling next to the sleeping Kagome. He pushed the blanket farther up her body. "Poisons." "What?!" Miroku looked shockingly over at Sesshoumaru then to Kagome. "Yah, now here." He handed the still wide-eyed Miroku a bottle that appeared to be full of herbs. "Take these and give them to her if she experiences any pain or fever give her some of this." He turned and without another word left them. "Why is he helping us?" Miroku asked kneeling next to Inuyasha. "Because he doesn't believe in the corporation anymore. It's that Rin woman. He's been trying to change it, but they're just to powerful." He looked at Miroku with reproachful eyes. "When she wake and is strong enough she'll need fresh air." "Don't worry I overheard them saying that the storm was over and they had almost finished cleaning up the island." Miroku grinned then stood. "I'll go wake Sango and well fix some of these herbs for when Kagome wakes up. I'll have Sango bring you some water for her fever." Miroku nodded to his friend then left the room. A few minutes later he heard the familiar sounds of slapping and a thud. He couldn't help but grin. He didn't think that was the way Sango wanted to be woken up. Hentai leach, he thought shaking his head. Kagome's world evolved around the pain and stiffness she felt. Blackness was all she could see and a loud humming was all she could hear. Something cool and wet seemed to be pushing through the pain and she readily welcomed it. Barely opening her eyes she was a blur of red and white. Inuyasha? She though mildly. When did they take me back? How long was I out? She couldn't think anymore as the darkness overcame her again. Inuyasha watched her carefully as she seemed to fight to open her eyes, only to close them again. Sango came raging into the room like a storm ready to rain down. She stopped, tea in hand, at the sight of Kagome. Inuyasha was now sitting on a chair next to her bed, wringing out a wet cloth and placing it to her forehead. "How is she?" Sango asked worriedly. "She tried waking up but she just not strong enough yet." He looked at the tea cup in her hand. "Is that for her?" "No, Miroku thought you could use this." She said with a wink and handed it to him. "He said that Rin came in and said that we'd be able to go outside tomorrow." She paused as he drank the tea his eyes suddenly going wide. "Yah, he said you'd like that a bit more then just tea. He also noted that Rin looked a little weary and as if she hadn't sleep in a while." "Rin was always so sensitive." Inuyasha remembered the time when she was in the room while they 'experimented' on him. Really it was more like torture but he didn't worry about it because he could heal abnormally fast. He remembered then the look on both her and Kikyo's faces. Rin looked ready to cry, again or so he thought, while Kikyo looked like she was overly enjoying it. He had always hated that woman. "You should eat something." Sango said startling him out of his remembrance. "When it's brought in I'll bring you some. OH, and Shippo will be waking up soon, so expect him in here soon." She grinned at the look he sported. "He just needs to see for himself that Kagome's alright. Once he's done that remind him of lunch and if that doesn't make him leave kill him out." With a parting smile she was gone. Shippo came wondering into the room a few hours later. Inuyasha looked up from his finished plate. Shippo quietly, as if Inuyasha couldn't hear him, made his way over to the bed. "Is she alright?" Asked a very concern fox boy. "She will be, but you are to stay out of her bed until she's well." Inuyasha growled at the child. Shippo stuck his tongue out at him. "Jealous? Is it because I can get into her bed and you can't?" Shippo asked innocently. Inuyasha growled warningly. Shippo took that as 'please tell me more'. "She's really warm and soft." He grinned at Inuyasha's red face, not noticing the narrowed eyes. "But she did mutter your name a few times." Shippo (also knew that even though Kagome never said anything that he would still be able to get a rise out of Inuyasha) was by that time rolling with laughter at the tomato faced dog boy. Inuyasha picked him up by the tail and threw him out the door.
Sesshoumaru fell out of his chair laughing at the brave or stupid, he couldn't figure out which, kitsune teasing Inuyasha. Rin came in just as the Shippo was done but it was apparent that she had heard the whole thing by the blush that stained her cheeks. His laughing turned to a large grin. In a flash he was up and had her in his arms. "Why are you blushing? You found your way into my bed, several times and I never complained." He chuckled as her blush deepened, leaning down to kiss her passionately.
Naraku sat in his office growling violently. The monitors in front of him showed him two very dangerous scenes. Kikyo stood behind silent as she too observed them.
A whimpering moan behind him alerted him to the waking figure. Kagome once again pushed through the darkness feeling for some reason that she needed to wake up. The pain was lessened but was still powerful. The first thing she heard was Shippo asking then everything went black again. She fought harder then she had ever fought to surface from the dark. When she did she saw a rather red Inuyasha standing at the door yelling down the hall. She moaned again, struggling to sit up. He was at her side in an instant. He pulled her up into a sitting position and held her there. Her eyes were still glazed but she was awake. Her look turned from confused to frightened. Kagome looked franticly around. "You're back in your room with the rest of us. Are you alright?" She was still very pale and she had begun to tremble. Not sure whether she was cold or scared he thought he'd solve both by sitting behind her and wrapping her with her blanket and his arms. Sango appeared in the door with a foul smelling tea in her hands. "What is that?!" Inuyasha exclaimed tightening his arms around Kagome. "It's the herbs you-know-who gave us. I had a feeling Kagome-chan could use them." At his face fault she continued. "If it will make you feel any better we already tested their effectiveness. On Miroku. Besides from what Miroku tells me she won't have to worry about it if it's poison." She sat on the edge of the bed and seeing that Kagome was in no state to hold the cup she held it to her lips for her. "Drink. It'll help the pain." Sango let her sip then sat there. "What did they do to you?" Kagome looked away, pressing her face into Inuyasha's shoulder. They all knew she wouldn't answer for she was mute but whether she would if she could was another question. "They poisoned her. Arsenic. It seems our Kagome here has an adaptive immunity system." Sango stayed quiet as she helped Kagome drink more of the tea. "I think that tomorrow we should all," he looked pointedly at Kagome, "go outside and get some fresh air." "I could pack a lunch, well I could ask for one." Sango looked distressed. Kagome reached out and patted Sango's arm. They move more freely then we did in Petlet Institution. She remembered the small locked rooms they were kept in. She was able to share a room with her brother only because she was able to 'lean' the leader into letting them share. "You could use the fresh air. Clear your system of that poison." Sango smiled leaving the room.
The next day they all went out into the fresh air; Inuyasha carrying the still weak Kagome, who closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "That's better isn't it!?" Miroku said enthusiastically. He walked up behind Sango and groped her butt. Sango's face contorted and she turned around smashing him on his head. "Stay there until you can keep your hands to yourself, leach!" She shouted and stormed off to find a place to picnic with Shippo laughing silently beside her. Inuyasha looked down at the dazed man. "You really do need to learn to leave Sango alone." He grunted. Kagome stifled laughter as Inuyasha carried her over to where Sango had picked and finished spreading the blanket. He sat down in one smooth motion then set Kagome beside him making sure she was able to lean up against him if needed. Sango ignored Miroku as he sat down opposite of her. She set out all the food noticing Shippo watching her intently. As he made to reach for the first sandwich she popped his hand. "You can wait." She looked at Kagome. "What would you like?" Kagome's slim hand reached out and hovered above a sandwich. At Sango's nod she picked it up drawing it back to her. Then without farther adieu the rest jumped for the food. The only one who hadn't moved was Inuyasha. Kagome looked up at him from her spot leaning against him. She lifted her sandwich, which had only a small bit out of it, up to him. He first looked at her then the sandwich. "Don't worry about me." He muttered gruffly to her. Sighing she lowered her hand and stared at the sandwich. She wanted to speak to them but found that as she opened her mouth that her voice was rough. So rough that when she tried Sango's name it sounded more like a groan then a name. Sango looked at her. "Are you feeling alright?" Sango asked concerned, her brows knitting in worry. Kagome nodded and looked down feeling discouraged. I guess even after a year and a half of not speaking that my voice would sound as it does. Inuyasha noticed her down attitude and wondered what was going on with her. The rest of the day passed peacefully with everyone talking and Shippo playing. Kagome enjoyed herself. She watched her new friends talking away from her spot propped up against Inuyasha. She was really growing to like them, but she was scared. If she did get close to them would she lose them too? She shook the very thought from her head. The presence of Inuyasha was always reassuring for her. She liked the way he smelled and his strong presence calmed her ravaged soul. Yawning she snuggled more comfortably against him before falling asleep. Inuyasha watched Kagome closely wondering what was going through her mind. Another of their numbers would soon be taken he could sense it. He just hopped that it wouldn't be Kagome again, or Sango, so she could take care of Kagome. Setting his arm more comfortably around Kagome he watched Miroku chasing Shippo around.
Sesshoumaru yawned watching the normal physic spikes that accompany the sleeping mind. So he turned his attention to the sleep waves on the screen next to it. They were peaking in an unusual pattern. "She's dreaming." He muttered and took notes of the peak pattern. He looked to the pallid woman who just entered the room. She reminded him of a ghost and he shivered unconsciously. She just looked over at him before taking a disk from the recording system. Most likely to hand them over to Naraku, he thought dryly. "She not just dreaming, she's having a nightmare." Came the cold almost unnatural voice. Sesshoumaru jumped and turned but she was already gone. Grumbling under his breath he returned to the monitors to stare at the one showing the group outside.
Inuyasha became aware of the sudden change in Kagome's sent. He looked down at her and watched as her face contorted. She let out a quiet whimper tossing her head to the side.
They were becoming afraid because the power that both she and Sota were displaying. Enough power that they were able to escape from their tiny cell and make their way outside. They had done so several times and each time they were punished. Something had to be done before they got out of control. It was the middle of the night when two men came and took her brother away. It wasn't that hard to figure out why they had taken him and not her. She was then dragged out and forced to watch as they tortured and killed him. They had placed a physic inhibitor on her to keep her from interfering. There was so much blood that it splattered against her skin and stained her clothes. The look in his eyes haunted Kagome, they screamed for help she could not give. Then they locked her in the dark small room.
Kagome woke with a stared scared and needing comfort. "Inuyasha." Kagome's roughened voice croaked saying the first name she could think of. Inuyasha surprised instantly reached out and steadied her. "Kagome?" Inuyasha asked quietly, unsure if he heard her right. He held her by the shoulders watching as silent tears rolled down her face. "Inuyasha." She cried hoarsely flinging herself into his arms. Inuyasha at first to surprised to move slowly wrapped his arms around her. He let her cry. Sango noticed the scene happening not ten feet from where she was sitting watching Miroku beat Shippo down on the ground. Concerned Sango moved to sit next to them. "What is it? Is she alright?" "She's had a nightmare, I think." Inuyasha gently rocked Kagome back and forth. Inuyasha? Don't let them lock me away again. A soft, velvet like voice pleaded in his mind. Inuyasha looked wide eyed at Sango. "Did you hear that?" "Hear what? I didn't hear anything." Sango replied giving him a funny look. Ignoring Sango he turned his attention back to Kagome. "Kagome its okay. I promise I won't let them take you." He whispered and again he heard the velvet like voice in his head. I don't want to be alone again.
Sesshoumaru's eyes popped out of his head as the physic waves on Kagome's monitor peaked several times. "Who's she talking to?" He asked himself, recognizing the peak pattern. Rin entered the room with his lunch and looked at the screen. At first her brows furrowed. "Can you tell who's she talking to?" He asked quietly. "I'm an." She stopped herself short. "She scared. I'm not sure from what, but she is." The tray she was carrying tipped dangerously. Sesshoumaru reached out and took it from her. "Can you tell who's she talking to?" Her eyes closed. "All I can tell is that it's male." How she knew that even she wasn't sure. There was something strange about the emotions that Kagome was producing. She then felt Sesshoumaru's arms wrap around her like a comforting ghost. "Hush, now. Thank you, rest now." He looked down at his lunch. His favorite, he couldn't help but grin. "My, my, it seems you fixed my favorite. You want to share with me?" He asked pulling her down into his lap. She smiled at him and nodded.
Several months passed and the group grew closer together. Kagome was learning to speak all over again. She would become quiet frustrated when she couldn't talk as fast as her mind thought and would retort to 'pathing what she wanted to say. She trusted them more and more with each passing day, and something deeper was growing for Inuyasha. She had experienced the worry accompanying the disappearance of one of her friends. Once they came in the middle of the night and took Inuyasha. When they brought him back he was under a steatite and wouldn't react to their voiced concerns, forcing Kagome to 'path him. Even his mind was groggy. When they checked his body for damage they found several healing cuts and bruises. Kagome sat on the edge of his bed, one hand on his head easing his sleeping mind, while she spoke to Sango and Miroku. "What do they do to him? To you all?" She asked her voice still rough. Sango looked at Miroku. "One of his special abilities is to quickly heal. When they take him they usually." lacking a better word she used the only that her mind could find, "torture him. With Miroku they make him absorb things, anything, to see what his limits are." She paused and didn't knock the arm Miroku placed lightly around her shoulders off. "Me they just add weights. Literally crushing me to see my strength. They're trying to find the perfect super soldier. What they will do when they find it, I don't want to know." Her voice grew soft until it faded. "He safe now." She looked at the two and using her leaning method, planted the suggestion that Sango share a comforting sleep with Miroku, then on a second thought she suggested that Miroku behave himself. It wasn't long before the two were yawning. "Why don't you two go to sleep." She looked over at Shippo. "Take him with you." When they left she closed the door softly and returned to Inuyasha's side and laid beside him. His mind was closed off but she would open it even if it took all her strength to do so. She rested her head over his heart and listened to its steady, sure rhythm. With that as her basis, she reached deep into his mind.
Images of scientist floated though his mind. They were all surrounding him as he lay strapped to a table. One face stood out amongst all the rest, Kikyo. At first Kagome closed her mind's eye as the first knife cut bit deep into his flesh, but then she forced herself to look. She saw everything as he did. Felt everything as he did. Again the knife bit deep into their flesh. The cuts from hours before already slowly healing. But they didn't just add new cuts, they cut across old ones reopening them. They screamed out in pain and disbelief. The cold metal of the table under them, their pride and modesty wounded by their nudity. Distant voices and beeping monitors the only sounds available. "Inuyasha, that's over now." Kagome's mind voice called to him. "But it isn't. They will come again, for me or you." His voice faded. "Inuyasha, I'm here for you. You're back in your room, and I'm with you." She walked over to Inuyasha who was still strapped to the table forcing the images of the scientist to dissipate. She unstraped him from the table and helped him to stand. "Kagome don't." He whined, his head turned away from her a deep blush staining it. A hand holding his chin forced him to look her in the face. "Inuyasha, I'm not going to hurt you. Please let me help you." She leaned against him. That was when he noticed that she too was just as naked as he was and his blush deepened, but his mind was soon turned from that as he felt his wounds healing. "Kagome." He muttered, holding her tighter against him. She melted into that hold, that embrace. "Inuyasha, I'm here for you now. Don't let your fears take over." She then opened her mind completely to him allowing him to see all she had been though and all she had felt. It felt as if his breath was crushed from his lungs as the images overwhelmed him. Then just as suddenly as they started they stopped. He looked down at her, surprised. "I'm sorry for all that you have suffered. I will not let that happen to you again." He promised while holding her tightly against him. "Then wake up." She grinned.
Kikyo watched the peaking pattern from Kagome's mind. Growling she turned to Naraku. "She has come out of her muteness. Not only does she speak but she has also returned to using her physic abilities. Granted it is not strong save for certain times, but still she could pose a threat." Kikyo growled moving to stand before Naraku. "It seems she's formed strong bonds with Inuyasha. Does her abilities leave you that jealous? In time she will show her true power and when she does, we will begin our work. So you will remain patent until that time." He replied coldly, taking only slight notice in the shadow that lurked just outside of his lamp.
Inuyasha awoke to find himself staring at his bedroom ceiling. He turned his head and there he melted into blue-gray eyes. "Kagome." He whispered, faintly aware that he could only feel her silky skin against his. When did that happen, he thought reaching up to cup her face. "Inuyasha," He noticed her voice was low, "I'll always be here for you." He caught the whiff of a sent he had smelt for three days and found himself drawn to it. That's when it hit him, Kagome was in heat and his inu instants where in overload. And, he admitted to himself, it's not all the dog's want. His hand slid from her cheek down her neck and shoulder to rest against her bare hip. "Kagome." He whispered huskily, leaning over to kiss her deeply.
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Okay, okay, so I'm evil, get used to it. I'm thinking of making the next part a lemon.du dun daH! I hope you all likie. Please R+R, tell me I can improve or flame me for ending so wonderfully. ::grins evilly:: oh yes I usually don't reread these things.. ~ The Evil Arthia ~
By: Arthia Maxwell Chapter Two: Awakenings
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha! ~.~' So please don't sue me or anything. I have no money. Thank you! AN: I use arsenic in this fic.I truly do not know what it feels like or such so I'm making it up.
"Add five more." Came the dark command over the loud speaker. Sesshoumaru turned to stare at the one way mirror. Even thought he could just see himself he knew that Naraku was on the other side, watching. He had no choose other then to do as he was told. He looked at Rin's tear streaked face then injected the five ccs into the I.V. Kagome's body arched with pain and her screams had long ago turned silent. Suddenly everything went still, the only sound or movement was the heart monitor as it flat lined. Then it bleeped and the raged rise and fall of Kagome's chest resumed. Rin pulled away and held her hands as if they were burnt. Sesshoumaru stepped up to her and took her in his arms, muttering quietly in her ear.
"It's okay. Why don't you go back and start writing your report. I'll finish up here." Rin just nodded then slowly left stuffing her fist into her pockets to keep from punching Naraku as he pasted her. She was always a happy person but because she was an empath she felt others feelings and she really hated Naraku. Sesshoumaru looked up as Naraku entered the room. Naraku looked down at the sweat soaked Kagome as if she was a bug he must destroy.
"She did better then expected. A few more tests then we can inject her with our virus and see what effects it has. I don't want to rise an epidemic. She is the perfect test subject." "Is that why she's really here?" Sesshoumaru asked his eyes and voice cold. "You know very well that she's here for the Grendel Program. Once she gets the physic link and regains her powers, we can test her brainwaves and maybe clone her in that stage. Mindless killing clones, that just what country leaders will want for their armies. Could you imagine the price for such an army?" Naraku's eyes seemed crazed for a moment before his cold expression returned. He looked back down at the pallid girl. "Take her back. Make sure you record what the others do. This should be interesting." He turned to leave then stopped as if remembering something. "And Sesshoumaru, don't get to attached to Rin, she's just another subject." With that he was gone. Sesshoumaru growled deep in his throat.
A short time after Inuyasha entered the Sango came sneaking into the room. She looked at the two distraught males. Miroku stopped pacing when he noticed Sango in the doorway wrapped in her blanket. He walked over and wrapped an arm around her shoulders as he led her to his bed. He sat her down noticing the tears on her face. Kneeling in front of her he stared worriedly into her face. "What is it, Sango?" He asked placing his bound hand on her knee. At first she glared at him before realizing the gesture was suppose to be comforting. "I thought I'd try to see into her mind to see what they were doing and how she was." Her hands came up and held the sides of her head. "She was fine until they.they.I don't know what they were doing to her, but she was in so much pain." Sango sniffed. "Then she pushed my mind away. She has telepathic talents." She sounded surprised but then the thought of Kagome in pain came though again and her tears came anew. Miroku looked up at Inuyasha, who narrowed his eyes and slammed his fist against the wall. Miroku pushed Sango back against his pillows. "Rest Sango. We'll wake you up when they bring her back in." He said as soothingly as he could, running his thumb against the soft skin of her cheek. "Rest." He waited till she closed her eyes before standing up and walking over to Inuyasha. "I can't believe you didn't try to grope her, leach." "Hey! I'm not ecchi all the time." He looked back over at Sango. "Can you smell her anywhere near here or do they still have her in their scentless rooms?" "She's still.Wait!" He hunkered down and sniffed the air. Moving slowly he made his way to the door and looked out into the hall. "She's nearing with that bitch Kikyo." The door in the main common room opened wide to show Kikyo leading the way with Sesshoumaru following behind with Kagome in his arms. Inuyasha and Miroku both hid in the shadows as they past by. Sesshoumaru smelling them turned to looked right at his half brother. "Just throw her down and return as soon as you're done." Kikyo sneered turning and leaving in a huff. Sesshoumaru waited till she was gone before whispering, "Inuyasha, why don't you and Miroku come out, I know you're there." He stood from where he placed Kagome on the bed. Inuyasha with Miroku behind entered the room. "What are you still doing here?" "I don't take orders from that bitch." He answered coolly. His gaze then returned to Kagome. "Naraku ordered fifteen ccs of arsenic to be injected into her." "That much should have killed her!" Miroku exclaimed. "True but she has a highly adaptive immunity system." "Adaptation for what?" Inuyasha asked kneeling next to the sleeping Kagome. He pushed the blanket farther up her body. "Poisons." "What?!" Miroku looked shockingly over at Sesshoumaru then to Kagome. "Yah, now here." He handed the still wide-eyed Miroku a bottle that appeared to be full of herbs. "Take these and give them to her if she experiences any pain or fever give her some of this." He turned and without another word left them. "Why is he helping us?" Miroku asked kneeling next to Inuyasha. "Because he doesn't believe in the corporation anymore. It's that Rin woman. He's been trying to change it, but they're just to powerful." He looked at Miroku with reproachful eyes. "When she wake and is strong enough she'll need fresh air." "Don't worry I overheard them saying that the storm was over and they had almost finished cleaning up the island." Miroku grinned then stood. "I'll go wake Sango and well fix some of these herbs for when Kagome wakes up. I'll have Sango bring you some water for her fever." Miroku nodded to his friend then left the room. A few minutes later he heard the familiar sounds of slapping and a thud. He couldn't help but grin. He didn't think that was the way Sango wanted to be woken up. Hentai leach, he thought shaking his head. Kagome's world evolved around the pain and stiffness she felt. Blackness was all she could see and a loud humming was all she could hear. Something cool and wet seemed to be pushing through the pain and she readily welcomed it. Barely opening her eyes she was a blur of red and white. Inuyasha? She though mildly. When did they take me back? How long was I out? She couldn't think anymore as the darkness overcame her again. Inuyasha watched her carefully as she seemed to fight to open her eyes, only to close them again. Sango came raging into the room like a storm ready to rain down. She stopped, tea in hand, at the sight of Kagome. Inuyasha was now sitting on a chair next to her bed, wringing out a wet cloth and placing it to her forehead. "How is she?" Sango asked worriedly. "She tried waking up but she just not strong enough yet." He looked at the tea cup in her hand. "Is that for her?" "No, Miroku thought you could use this." She said with a wink and handed it to him. "He said that Rin came in and said that we'd be able to go outside tomorrow." She paused as he drank the tea his eyes suddenly going wide. "Yah, he said you'd like that a bit more then just tea. He also noted that Rin looked a little weary and as if she hadn't sleep in a while." "Rin was always so sensitive." Inuyasha remembered the time when she was in the room while they 'experimented' on him. Really it was more like torture but he didn't worry about it because he could heal abnormally fast. He remembered then the look on both her and Kikyo's faces. Rin looked ready to cry, again or so he thought, while Kikyo looked like she was overly enjoying it. He had always hated that woman. "You should eat something." Sango said startling him out of his remembrance. "When it's brought in I'll bring you some. OH, and Shippo will be waking up soon, so expect him in here soon." She grinned at the look he sported. "He just needs to see for himself that Kagome's alright. Once he's done that remind him of lunch and if that doesn't make him leave kill him out." With a parting smile she was gone. Shippo came wondering into the room a few hours later. Inuyasha looked up from his finished plate. Shippo quietly, as if Inuyasha couldn't hear him, made his way over to the bed. "Is she alright?" Asked a very concern fox boy. "She will be, but you are to stay out of her bed until she's well." Inuyasha growled at the child. Shippo stuck his tongue out at him. "Jealous? Is it because I can get into her bed and you can't?" Shippo asked innocently. Inuyasha growled warningly. Shippo took that as 'please tell me more'. "She's really warm and soft." He grinned at Inuyasha's red face, not noticing the narrowed eyes. "But she did mutter your name a few times." Shippo (also knew that even though Kagome never said anything that he would still be able to get a rise out of Inuyasha) was by that time rolling with laughter at the tomato faced dog boy. Inuyasha picked him up by the tail and threw him out the door.
Sesshoumaru fell out of his chair laughing at the brave or stupid, he couldn't figure out which, kitsune teasing Inuyasha. Rin came in just as the Shippo was done but it was apparent that she had heard the whole thing by the blush that stained her cheeks. His laughing turned to a large grin. In a flash he was up and had her in his arms. "Why are you blushing? You found your way into my bed, several times and I never complained." He chuckled as her blush deepened, leaning down to kiss her passionately.
Naraku sat in his office growling violently. The monitors in front of him showed him two very dangerous scenes. Kikyo stood behind silent as she too observed them.
A whimpering moan behind him alerted him to the waking figure. Kagome once again pushed through the darkness feeling for some reason that she needed to wake up. The pain was lessened but was still powerful. The first thing she heard was Shippo asking then everything went black again. She fought harder then she had ever fought to surface from the dark. When she did she saw a rather red Inuyasha standing at the door yelling down the hall. She moaned again, struggling to sit up. He was at her side in an instant. He pulled her up into a sitting position and held her there. Her eyes were still glazed but she was awake. Her look turned from confused to frightened. Kagome looked franticly around. "You're back in your room with the rest of us. Are you alright?" She was still very pale and she had begun to tremble. Not sure whether she was cold or scared he thought he'd solve both by sitting behind her and wrapping her with her blanket and his arms. Sango appeared in the door with a foul smelling tea in her hands. "What is that?!" Inuyasha exclaimed tightening his arms around Kagome. "It's the herbs you-know-who gave us. I had a feeling Kagome-chan could use them." At his face fault she continued. "If it will make you feel any better we already tested their effectiveness. On Miroku. Besides from what Miroku tells me she won't have to worry about it if it's poison." She sat on the edge of the bed and seeing that Kagome was in no state to hold the cup she held it to her lips for her. "Drink. It'll help the pain." Sango let her sip then sat there. "What did they do to you?" Kagome looked away, pressing her face into Inuyasha's shoulder. They all knew she wouldn't answer for she was mute but whether she would if she could was another question. "They poisoned her. Arsenic. It seems our Kagome here has an adaptive immunity system." Sango stayed quiet as she helped Kagome drink more of the tea. "I think that tomorrow we should all," he looked pointedly at Kagome, "go outside and get some fresh air." "I could pack a lunch, well I could ask for one." Sango looked distressed. Kagome reached out and patted Sango's arm. They move more freely then we did in Petlet Institution. She remembered the small locked rooms they were kept in. She was able to share a room with her brother only because she was able to 'lean' the leader into letting them share. "You could use the fresh air. Clear your system of that poison." Sango smiled leaving the room.
The next day they all went out into the fresh air; Inuyasha carrying the still weak Kagome, who closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "That's better isn't it!?" Miroku said enthusiastically. He walked up behind Sango and groped her butt. Sango's face contorted and she turned around smashing him on his head. "Stay there until you can keep your hands to yourself, leach!" She shouted and stormed off to find a place to picnic with Shippo laughing silently beside her. Inuyasha looked down at the dazed man. "You really do need to learn to leave Sango alone." He grunted. Kagome stifled laughter as Inuyasha carried her over to where Sango had picked and finished spreading the blanket. He sat down in one smooth motion then set Kagome beside him making sure she was able to lean up against him if needed. Sango ignored Miroku as he sat down opposite of her. She set out all the food noticing Shippo watching her intently. As he made to reach for the first sandwich she popped his hand. "You can wait." She looked at Kagome. "What would you like?" Kagome's slim hand reached out and hovered above a sandwich. At Sango's nod she picked it up drawing it back to her. Then without farther adieu the rest jumped for the food. The only one who hadn't moved was Inuyasha. Kagome looked up at him from her spot leaning against him. She lifted her sandwich, which had only a small bit out of it, up to him. He first looked at her then the sandwich. "Don't worry about me." He muttered gruffly to her. Sighing she lowered her hand and stared at the sandwich. She wanted to speak to them but found that as she opened her mouth that her voice was rough. So rough that when she tried Sango's name it sounded more like a groan then a name. Sango looked at her. "Are you feeling alright?" Sango asked concerned, her brows knitting in worry. Kagome nodded and looked down feeling discouraged. I guess even after a year and a half of not speaking that my voice would sound as it does. Inuyasha noticed her down attitude and wondered what was going on with her. The rest of the day passed peacefully with everyone talking and Shippo playing. Kagome enjoyed herself. She watched her new friends talking away from her spot propped up against Inuyasha. She was really growing to like them, but she was scared. If she did get close to them would she lose them too? She shook the very thought from her head. The presence of Inuyasha was always reassuring for her. She liked the way he smelled and his strong presence calmed her ravaged soul. Yawning she snuggled more comfortably against him before falling asleep. Inuyasha watched Kagome closely wondering what was going through her mind. Another of their numbers would soon be taken he could sense it. He just hopped that it wouldn't be Kagome again, or Sango, so she could take care of Kagome. Setting his arm more comfortably around Kagome he watched Miroku chasing Shippo around.
Sesshoumaru yawned watching the normal physic spikes that accompany the sleeping mind. So he turned his attention to the sleep waves on the screen next to it. They were peaking in an unusual pattern. "She's dreaming." He muttered and took notes of the peak pattern. He looked to the pallid woman who just entered the room. She reminded him of a ghost and he shivered unconsciously. She just looked over at him before taking a disk from the recording system. Most likely to hand them over to Naraku, he thought dryly. "She not just dreaming, she's having a nightmare." Came the cold almost unnatural voice. Sesshoumaru jumped and turned but she was already gone. Grumbling under his breath he returned to the monitors to stare at the one showing the group outside.
Inuyasha became aware of the sudden change in Kagome's sent. He looked down at her and watched as her face contorted. She let out a quiet whimper tossing her head to the side.
They were becoming afraid because the power that both she and Sota were displaying. Enough power that they were able to escape from their tiny cell and make their way outside. They had done so several times and each time they were punished. Something had to be done before they got out of control. It was the middle of the night when two men came and took her brother away. It wasn't that hard to figure out why they had taken him and not her. She was then dragged out and forced to watch as they tortured and killed him. They had placed a physic inhibitor on her to keep her from interfering. There was so much blood that it splattered against her skin and stained her clothes. The look in his eyes haunted Kagome, they screamed for help she could not give. Then they locked her in the dark small room.
Kagome woke with a stared scared and needing comfort. "Inuyasha." Kagome's roughened voice croaked saying the first name she could think of. Inuyasha surprised instantly reached out and steadied her. "Kagome?" Inuyasha asked quietly, unsure if he heard her right. He held her by the shoulders watching as silent tears rolled down her face. "Inuyasha." She cried hoarsely flinging herself into his arms. Inuyasha at first to surprised to move slowly wrapped his arms around her. He let her cry. Sango noticed the scene happening not ten feet from where she was sitting watching Miroku beat Shippo down on the ground. Concerned Sango moved to sit next to them. "What is it? Is she alright?" "She's had a nightmare, I think." Inuyasha gently rocked Kagome back and forth. Inuyasha? Don't let them lock me away again. A soft, velvet like voice pleaded in his mind. Inuyasha looked wide eyed at Sango. "Did you hear that?" "Hear what? I didn't hear anything." Sango replied giving him a funny look. Ignoring Sango he turned his attention back to Kagome. "Kagome its okay. I promise I won't let them take you." He whispered and again he heard the velvet like voice in his head. I don't want to be alone again.
Sesshoumaru's eyes popped out of his head as the physic waves on Kagome's monitor peaked several times. "Who's she talking to?" He asked himself, recognizing the peak pattern. Rin entered the room with his lunch and looked at the screen. At first her brows furrowed. "Can you tell who's she talking to?" He asked quietly. "I'm an." She stopped herself short. "She scared. I'm not sure from what, but she is." The tray she was carrying tipped dangerously. Sesshoumaru reached out and took it from her. "Can you tell who's she talking to?" Her eyes closed. "All I can tell is that it's male." How she knew that even she wasn't sure. There was something strange about the emotions that Kagome was producing. She then felt Sesshoumaru's arms wrap around her like a comforting ghost. "Hush, now. Thank you, rest now." He looked down at his lunch. His favorite, he couldn't help but grin. "My, my, it seems you fixed my favorite. You want to share with me?" He asked pulling her down into his lap. She smiled at him and nodded.
Several months passed and the group grew closer together. Kagome was learning to speak all over again. She would become quiet frustrated when she couldn't talk as fast as her mind thought and would retort to 'pathing what she wanted to say. She trusted them more and more with each passing day, and something deeper was growing for Inuyasha. She had experienced the worry accompanying the disappearance of one of her friends. Once they came in the middle of the night and took Inuyasha. When they brought him back he was under a steatite and wouldn't react to their voiced concerns, forcing Kagome to 'path him. Even his mind was groggy. When they checked his body for damage they found several healing cuts and bruises. Kagome sat on the edge of his bed, one hand on his head easing his sleeping mind, while she spoke to Sango and Miroku. "What do they do to him? To you all?" She asked her voice still rough. Sango looked at Miroku. "One of his special abilities is to quickly heal. When they take him they usually." lacking a better word she used the only that her mind could find, "torture him. With Miroku they make him absorb things, anything, to see what his limits are." She paused and didn't knock the arm Miroku placed lightly around her shoulders off. "Me they just add weights. Literally crushing me to see my strength. They're trying to find the perfect super soldier. What they will do when they find it, I don't want to know." Her voice grew soft until it faded. "He safe now." She looked at the two and using her leaning method, planted the suggestion that Sango share a comforting sleep with Miroku, then on a second thought she suggested that Miroku behave himself. It wasn't long before the two were yawning. "Why don't you two go to sleep." She looked over at Shippo. "Take him with you." When they left she closed the door softly and returned to Inuyasha's side and laid beside him. His mind was closed off but she would open it even if it took all her strength to do so. She rested her head over his heart and listened to its steady, sure rhythm. With that as her basis, she reached deep into his mind.
Images of scientist floated though his mind. They were all surrounding him as he lay strapped to a table. One face stood out amongst all the rest, Kikyo. At first Kagome closed her mind's eye as the first knife cut bit deep into his flesh, but then she forced herself to look. She saw everything as he did. Felt everything as he did. Again the knife bit deep into their flesh. The cuts from hours before already slowly healing. But they didn't just add new cuts, they cut across old ones reopening them. They screamed out in pain and disbelief. The cold metal of the table under them, their pride and modesty wounded by their nudity. Distant voices and beeping monitors the only sounds available. "Inuyasha, that's over now." Kagome's mind voice called to him. "But it isn't. They will come again, for me or you." His voice faded. "Inuyasha, I'm here for you. You're back in your room, and I'm with you." She walked over to Inuyasha who was still strapped to the table forcing the images of the scientist to dissipate. She unstraped him from the table and helped him to stand. "Kagome don't." He whined, his head turned away from her a deep blush staining it. A hand holding his chin forced him to look her in the face. "Inuyasha, I'm not going to hurt you. Please let me help you." She leaned against him. That was when he noticed that she too was just as naked as he was and his blush deepened, but his mind was soon turned from that as he felt his wounds healing. "Kagome." He muttered, holding her tighter against him. She melted into that hold, that embrace. "Inuyasha, I'm here for you now. Don't let your fears take over." She then opened her mind completely to him allowing him to see all she had been though and all she had felt. It felt as if his breath was crushed from his lungs as the images overwhelmed him. Then just as suddenly as they started they stopped. He looked down at her, surprised. "I'm sorry for all that you have suffered. I will not let that happen to you again." He promised while holding her tightly against him. "Then wake up." She grinned.
Kikyo watched the peaking pattern from Kagome's mind. Growling she turned to Naraku. "She has come out of her muteness. Not only does she speak but she has also returned to using her physic abilities. Granted it is not strong save for certain times, but still she could pose a threat." Kikyo growled moving to stand before Naraku. "It seems she's formed strong bonds with Inuyasha. Does her abilities leave you that jealous? In time she will show her true power and when she does, we will begin our work. So you will remain patent until that time." He replied coldly, taking only slight notice in the shadow that lurked just outside of his lamp.
Inuyasha awoke to find himself staring at his bedroom ceiling. He turned his head and there he melted into blue-gray eyes. "Kagome." He whispered, faintly aware that he could only feel her silky skin against his. When did that happen, he thought reaching up to cup her face. "Inuyasha," He noticed her voice was low, "I'll always be here for you." He caught the whiff of a sent he had smelt for three days and found himself drawn to it. That's when it hit him, Kagome was in heat and his inu instants where in overload. And, he admitted to himself, it's not all the dog's want. His hand slid from her cheek down her neck and shoulder to rest against her bare hip. "Kagome." He whispered huskily, leaning over to kiss her deeply.
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Okay, okay, so I'm evil, get used to it. I'm thinking of making the next part a lemon.du dun daH! I hope you all likie. Please R+R, tell me I can improve or flame me for ending so wonderfully. ::grins evilly:: oh yes I usually don't reread these things.. ~ The Evil Arthia ~