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6/10/03: Dragondiva88 here yet again! I have been updating this story non-stop as you can see, mostly because I have been trying to get it done. Well, it is also because of the fact that I have major writer's block on my other fics. In addition, for those of you who were patiently reading my other fic that is not posted anymore, The Thorn, I have taken it down for the simple fact that it needs revising and that I need to get back my train-of-thought on it. I will be posting it back up later on, trust me. For the mean time, just sit back, relax, and keep yourself updated on the stories.
I would also like to thank all of the people (all 4 of them) who reviewed my fic thus far. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be posting this fast. ^_^ OK- Well, on with the fic!
The Perfect Weapon
Experimentation Report: Day One
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'I will always be by your side, Inuyasha . . .'
She woke up crying.
'And I you, Kagome . . .'
Where was she?
'I will always love you . . .'
Cold sweat covered her body from where she laid, and the painful welt on her arm reminded her of the last memory she could recall. Hojo had betrayed her.
'And I you, Kagome . . .'
Her body received a sharp jolt of energy at the memory of Inuyasha, but she fell backwards again from the sheer force of the headache she had. She rubbed her head absent-mindedly as she went to explore her surroundings. Four walls surrounded her, two of which were glass, or something resembling it. The wall she was leaning on was white, as was the one on its left. The room had no doors, no windows to the outside world. She got up slowly, a wave of dizziness overpowering her in her weak state. She had her eyes trained on the glass in front of her, and she made slow, safe steps toward it.
Outside of her small room was the largest room she had ever seen, and it was anything but white. Men and women working on computers and other machines were working non-stop all around, and a large surveillance screen encompassed most of her view. The people who were not sitting, scuttled back and forth, sometimes papers in their hands. They all wore the same outfit, and had the same look in their eyes. Kagome was confused, but she wanted to see more; to figure out exactly where she was. She pressed her hands up against the glass, trying to get as close as possible to the people surrounding her. Then, her eyes settled on the human specimens.
There were hundreds of them, thousands even, all lined up behind several, what looked like, scientists. Each one contained a different person, mouths open, and a dead look in their eyes. There were men, women, and children, all preserved in some kind of translucent green solution and they had tubes running over the lengths of their throat and arms. Kagome covered her mouth in horror, and quickly rushed back to the farthest corner of the small room, for the bile had begun to rise up in her throat. She began to cry again. Hard. Those tubes were her future. That was where she was going to end up.
She had to get out.
The glass wall on her right shifted slightly, and she could feel her body tense. A groan was heard, and a rustling of fabric, but it still remained quiet as Kagome's heart began to race. Someone was in the room beside her, and she hadn't even thought to look. Now she was too scared to even breathe. The hair on the back of her neck stood on end, and her gaze shifted, slowly, to the glass beside her.
And she finally took a breath.
Beside her lay Inuyasha, a thick piece of glass their only barrier. She began to laugh softly, relieved, and the tears kept falling. Her heart was beating as fast as it had been, but she was happy- the happiest she had been since she had woken up in that dreadful place. He was there, with her. She was not alone.
But he was not moving. She had heard him groan earlier, she knew she had, but he was not moving now, and she was beginning to get frantic. She began tapping on the glass, her fingers trembling. Her tapping soon evolved into knocking, and then hard banging. She began to call his name, yell it, scream it. He still would not move. Kagome slumped down, letting her fingers curl and her tears hit the glass. He couldn't be dead, he just couldn't be.
"Inuyasha . . . please, you can't leave me. You promised! You said you would always stay by my side . . . you promised . . ." Her voice was dying now, replaced by deep sighs filled with pain. She did not notice the grunt issued by the hanyou. She did, however, hear her name whispered across the his lips. Her breath caught in her throat, and looked up quickly, both in fright and in anticipation. His eyes were open, and they were wearily focused on hers. The corners of his lips then tilted, ever so slightly, into a sleepy smile.
"Kagome . . . you're alright . . ." Kagome smiled, letting the tears of emotional exhaustion flow freely down her cheeks. She laughed again when she saw his eyes widen with fear from her tears. His presence brought her comfort, and that was all she needed at that moment. There was a small hatch at the bottom of the wall, only large enough for a small object to interchange between rooms. Kagome pushed her hand through the opening, and Inuyasha placed his hand in hers. They were together, and safe . . . for the moment.
"Oh, how sweet. The happy couple has woken up from their afternoon nap."
They both turned quickly from their touching scene, Inuyasha uttering a sharp growl at the sight. Hojo, their captor, was glaring at them beadily from the safety of the other side of the glass. Inuyasha tried to get up, but found that harder then it seemed.
"As you can see, dog- boy, your feet have been bound, and your claws have been filed. Try anything and I'll have to take it out on your pretty little mate." He laughed deviously at his own joke, grabbing a small object from the desk behind him. It was a card- key.
He ran it down the lock of the door to Kagome's quarters, and from the inside, the frame of a door suddenly made itself known. Hojo stepped inside the opening in the wall, and it abruptly closed behind him, the sound of gears turning accompanying its slam. Hojo turned to look at his point of entry in admiration.
"Nifty, isn't it? It was made that way to let people in, but not let what was inside out without someone on the other side helping them."
"Why are you holding us here? Why do you want us?" Kagome yelled, finally finding her tongue. Hojo looked at her as if the answer was obvious.
" Well, I would have figured that you would have already known by now, but I will explain anyway, I guess." He looked at Inuyasha before continuing. "You both are now involved in a secret operation run by a special branch of the government . . .a disbanded part of the government. Anyway, as you can see by the surroundings, the basis of operation is military, chemical and research development." He stopped to pick something off of his shoulder. As was mentioned earlier, the boy had the attention span of a potato. Inuyasha and Kagome both passed each other side glances before he continued.
"I am pretty sure you can understand what is in store for you . . ." Kagome's gaze shifted to the specimens behind him once again, and Hojo traced her gaze before snorting in disgust. "No, you won't end up like them, dear Kagome. We have much bigger plans for you . . ." He let his eyes drift to Inuyasha before the door appeared behind him, and he let himself out.
Kagome looked down, trying to let his words sink in.
'What will become of us?'
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Inuyasha's strength returned to him a few hours after the encounter, as did the length of his claws. Unbeknownst to any of the organization members,he began to try and cut through the glass. It was useless.
"Damn it all . . ." the hanyou muttered. Kagome had curled up in a corner on the opposite side of her small room, not wanting to cause Inuyasha any mental tension. She glanced over at him absent-mindedly as he began to bang on the glass in frustration. Then she looked at the floor.
"Oh hello in there!" a cheery voice from outside said. Inuyasha growled and his ears flattened back against his head. Hojo was standing outside Kagome's window, waving merrily with a clipboard in his hand. Inuyasha spat at his cheerfulness.
"Oh well that isn't nice, is it, Inuyasha? You should really treat your captors with a little more respect . . . after all; your mate is at risk . . ." He shot his eyes over at Kagome, smirking when he saw her cower at his gaze in the corner. Inuyasha banged his fists against the glass.
"Ah yes, I see you have gotten your claws back." Hojo continued. Inuyasha cursed himself for his own stupidity. "Not a lot of good they will do you . . . that glass is triple-thick bullet-proof glass. It is virtually unbreakable." Hojo smiled and looked back at Kagome before slipping his card-key into the slot on her door and stepping inside. Kagome slid farther back into the corner.
He held up the clipboard he had been carrying in front of him, flipping through the pages quickly. Then he glanced at Kagome with genuine smile or happiness on his face. She was almost hopeful . . .
"Don't worry, my little Kagome. Today is not your day . . ."
. . . Almost.
Bursting through Inuyasha's door suddenly were five gray-suited men, each armed with a rope, a chain, and a syringe. Inuyasha was battling them furiously, Kagome running and screaming to him from the other room. Hojo held her back. Although Inuyasha looked as if he was winning against his attackers, he could not handle them all on his own, and without his sword. One by one, the syringes pricked him, oozing a cloudy liquid into his skin, and slowly but surely, Inuyasha was losing his momentum. The men had drugged him heavily, and he could feel his body disobeying him.
Kagome screamed from her position on the other side of the glass, and began to cry, calling out his name. He could see her, and hear her, but he could not move or think. He felt like he was dying. He lay on the floor hopelessly, his breath coming out in shallow gasps. All but two of the gray-suited men left his side. The two that remained took time to use the chains and rope to tie his arms and bind his feet once more, so that now he was in a standing position. Kagome thought he looked like a corpse.
Hojo, still with his hand binding Kagome's wrists, glanced down at her and watched her cry. "It didn't have to be like this, Kagome. Had you only chosen me instead of this pompous buffoon, we wouldn't be in this mess." She looked up at him. "We won't kill him now, for all we need is his DNA to replicate." He shoved her to the ground haughtily, and then proceeded to step out of her room. She dried her eyes quickly, putting her attention back to Inuyasha, who looked as if the drug was wearing off.
Through half-lidded eyes, Inuyasha watched in agony as Hojo and three other gray-suited men stepped into his space, Hojo armed with a VERY large needle and a grin. Inuyasha raised his head slightly, panic coming in full force through his amber eyes. "You have no idea how badly I wanted to do this . . . when I first met you, Inuyasha." With that, Hojo jammed the needle into Inuyasha's neck, watching as the half-demon raised his head in a silent scream. Kagome's scream was enough to fill his voice as well as her own.
As quickly as the needle had penetrated, it was drawn back out again, but more slowly as Inuyasha began to feel the pain. Inuyasha's energy was spent, and his head dropped, limp as Hojo exited. He looked at Kagome, and mouthed the word 'tomorrow' and then left. The men in the gray suits remained however, and placed small wires onto Inuyasha's skin, designed to monitor his heartbeat and such. Inuyasha was becoming limper as time went on.
Kagome began screaming out his name, scratching at the glass, and trying to pry open, the small break in the wall until her hands bled. It was useless. She looked up at her demon lover once more, hating the way he looked. Pale, weak, and tired, Inuyasha raised his head up to Kagome, seeing her shaking and her hands bloodied, and his eyes widened. That was the best he could do then, but Kagome could feel his eyes on her, and she smiled a little through her tears.
"Kikyo . . ." he said. Then, Kagome lost it.
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Hey! I am SO sorry for not posting sooner . . . just recently, a friend of mine died. I apologize again, and I hope that the long length of the chapters makes up for it! ^_^