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I left the cellar with a slight headache banging in me. It was like a damned builder was trying to nail wood planks onto the inner-side of my forehead; I can't describe it any other way, that's the only thing I can relate it to. There was something about that girl that I hated, but I couldn't quite place it; I guess it was her eyes; cold, calculating, precise, like mine, yet possessed by a female wench. I was intrigued by them, actually, I wanted to know the story behind her, and create an ending far worse then what she was destined for. What was more interesting though, was that she had not admitted her crime, at least, not yet. The rest all kept on screaming "Forgive me," or "Please spare me." Those words disgusted me to the extreme, how could one let one's pride falter so much as to beg for life? Even if I were hanging off a cliff and one enemy of mine were to come and stomp on my hand, I would rather soon die, then have to ask him for his kindness.

"Inu-yasha-sama," I heard someone calling from behind me, I knew immediately that it was Miroku, after all, who's voice could have that mixture of apathy and smugness besides that bastard?

"The ceremony is ready. I have your cloak and staff here."

The man bowed to me as he left my vicinity, and what was more, was that he had never dared looked me in the eye after that incident. I assume it is because of his fear of me, but what I see now in the way he walks away, is a sympathy far greater than that of which I have felt. Too bad that I hated sympathy and the likes, a man does not need to be pitied for, nor does he need to be cared for, has always been my motto, and nothing at all can ever change it.

Well, I had probably better get on to the ceremony, there would probably be vast rebellion if the leader himself came late to it. So I decided to put on my cloak and take up my staff, not bothering to wear my mask anymore. For the past 6 years, I had decided to wear a mask to the 'ceremony,' so any new members that had decided to join would not be able to tell who I am from a massive crowd. Since it was already the 10th anniversary of "Horizon Six" I had decided to give them a little shock. Things get a little boring if nobody brings on something different once in a while. I'd consider it as a treat for them, for those lowly assholes to see the holiness of me is something quite out of the ordinary.

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The ceremonial tribute towards the culmination of '7 months' starts out with the killing of a pig, preferably, a sow. This killing symbolized the extinction of gluttony within ourselves. Afterwards, the pig would be carved out and its insides thrown out into the sea; it's empty carcass will be displayed for a week in the garden area, where it will rot to the ground. For some it is a gruesome process, but to us it is merely another ritual to conduct. After all, if we could not stand the killing of an animal, there is no way that any of us could stand the murder of a human. I myself, could not wait until the rituals had finished, for the next part would be the most fun.

"Yo, Inu-yasha."

I turned around to see who was speaking to me, it was probably Sango, but might have also been Kagura. My suspiscions were confirmed afterwards, the woman was Sango.

"Meet me at watch tower B," she whispered in my ear, her fingers trailed around the inner ridges of my trousers. I shuddered at her touch...sickened at it, for sure, but lusting for her too.

"And Miroku?"

"I don't care about him, come on, you know we both need it."

"I told you, you were a one time thing, get over it."

"Hmph!" I heard her snort arrogantly. She was probably pissed off by either me saying 'one time' or 'thing,' stupid woman couldn't understand the difference between one-night stand and real relationship. Unfortunately for her though, I was nowhere near interested in the second option. Maybe the same woman for 3 or 4 times was alright for me, but when it turned into this hectic chaos of "when will you come home," and "honey, I love you"s, I'd rather skip, thank you very much.

"Inu-yasha, we're ready," I looked up to see Miroku's face on the upstairs balcony. Damnit! He was always in places where shouldn't be. I wondered if he'd watched the scene with Sango…by the look on his face, he probably did, but it's not like it was my problem anyway…oh well, no time to think about anything like that, the ceremony would start in quite a few minutes.

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An excited feeling fluttered in my stomach as I carried out the monotonous procedure. I don't know why, but every time I conducted it, there would always be this message clicking into my brain to make me feel as though I was in a race. Maybe it was because I was imagining the 'award' I would get in 7 months time, or it was because it was one of the only times I would get to really carry out a proper procedure, but what was there, was there, and ironically I appreciated it being there. Did it mean I was human? Possibly, because it was an emotion, but probably a different kind of human then the rest. For those who are asking, yes, I still consider myself as a person, I'm breathing, I'm living, and I'm doing all those other crap that 'normal' people do but just with that extra tune to it. Anyway, after the ceremony was finished, there wasn't really anything interesting that happened, to my disappointment, my little minions didn't exactly gasp or gape at my face unhidden behind a mask. It's quite stupid though, that they would gasp at watching a dog piss on their boot, which tells you how idiotic they really are.

I was just about to go down to stairs towards the main room when a guard suddenly heaved himself in front of me. What was this man thinking he was doing? How dare he block my path like that! I nearly strangled him to death when he spluttered out the words "The prisoner," to me. Slowly, I released my grip and tried to calm myself down.

"Inu-yasha-sama, the prisoner! She's escaped!"

"WHAT?" I roared at him, a sound that brought the attention of quite a few people around me. Whispers started going around about what was happening, unfortunately, though, I couldn't force my ears to pick up what they were saying.

"The prisoner's escaped."

"And who's guard was she under?" If there was one guard that I wanted to execute for this, it would probably be Manten. I hated that messed up asshole nearly as much as I hated my own father, which is quite a lot, I must say.

"Kouga, Sir…"

"KOUGA?"

"Well, apparently he---…"

I did not wait for the man to finish` there were more important things to take care of. Like Kouga, for one. How the hell did a weak woman manage to get past Kouga, of all people? He was one of the best I got. And if one single girl could get past him, then everyone would find a way to get past him. Goddamnit, it's time for the shit hole for that bastard.

I brushed past quite a few people when I was walking and threw my cloak onto the ground, the damned thing was getting in the way of my walking.

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"Kouga!" I screamed out, wondering if I could somehow spot his figure somewhere in the darkness of the cellar. I knew he was in there somewhere, I sensed his presence, that disgusting smell of combined sweat and deodorant hung in the air. When I got no response, I simply shifted the light switch on and found him huddling behind Prisoner C's cellar. I quickly strode over towards him, while cracking my knuckles every once in w hile. I could see he was scared, which made me smirk, but all in all, the only thing I wanted to do was kill him.

"Inu-yasha, I'm sorry! The girl---…"

"First, tell me the story. Then, I'll decide whether you live or die."

"She-she tried to seduce me, Inu-yasha! She was pointing her finger at me and I just sort of sauntered over there…the next thing I knew she already grabbed the keys to unlock the cellar and she ran away…"

"You just happened to 'sort of saunter' over there? Haven't I told you! Women are poison! Do you remember the first rule of  Horizon Six? YOU DO NOT LET OTHERS TEMPT YOU! Do you know what your 'little' mistake will cost us?! DO YOU?!"

"N-no, Inu-yasha…"

"The best scenario is that she escapes from this place and she reports us to the damned police, navy, army, whatever this crappy city's got! And do you know what'll happen after that? Even we won't be able to defend against them! They've got guns, barettas, bombs, for Christ's sake!" By then I had the guy damn scared, and I could see it in the way he shook and the way his eyes widened. His pupils had turned into tiny grapes while the white in his eyes continued to expand. I didn't have time, though, to enjoy this scene, because the consequences of his actions involved me too, and when I'm involved, it's never time to toy around.

"Inu-yasha?"

"What?!" I barked.

"I'll catch her for you."

"Oh, to release her again you mean?"

"N-no…I swear, I won't screw up this time!"

"GUARDS!"

"NO! Please don't do this Inu-yasha!"

"Seize this man and put him in cellar A8!"

"Inu-yasha!"

"There are consequences, Kouga, of not doing your job properly. Here, it is simply death."

"You said you'd think about it!"

"Oh, I have thought, and I've made my descision."

I watched in delirium as the guards seized him.
"YOU BASTARD INU-YASHA!"

"Say your prayers, your execution is in 2 months."

I walked out of the cellar alone and reminicised for a while; where would I go, what would I do? Did I have to run away from here before the army or anything like that found out? Then I decided to best not answer that question. For now, there was still one little game to play.

"You want to play hide and seek, Higurashi? Then let the games begin."

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AN: hehe, I'll probably post up another chapter tomorrow, don't worry about that! Anyway, please review and tell me what you think!