GAH! My candle is going lopsided!
Chapter 23: Bondage
"So who are you guys anyway?" Shippou asked from his perch on Kagome's bicycle basket.
"I'm Woody," said the one walking on Sumiko's right. He was about as tall as she was with light brown hair, interesting eyes and a charming smile. He was very thin though, and had a large pair of ears on top of his head. "I'm a cat demon, from Kusuke I grew up there with nine brothers and six sisters." Then he smiled at Kagome's amazed face and added, "Born from a litter. My real name is Nibasha Akio, I'm eighteen years old." He patted Shippou on the head smiling. "I love kids. Girls like me because of my fatherly compassion and sense of humor."
"I'm Johnson," a much taller but not wider young man walked next to Woody, behind Sumiko. He had shiny black hair and a pointed chin. "I'm a human from a farm in Sagami. My dad wants me to be a rice farmer like he is someday. Everyone in our family was a rice farmer. My real name is Kyoushutsumai Ken'ichi and I'm seventeen years old but I turn eighteen next month. Girls like me because I can go long and fast." He grinned at Sango and she glared back.
"I am called Wang for my clients, but my real name is Jinken Shichiro." Said the man on the left of Sumiko. He was a little bit taller then Woody but not as tall as Johnson. He had soft, downy black hair that was left down on his shoulders and his eyes where a silky effect of green. "I am a enchanter from Kai and have entertained many a princesses and courtesans over the past three years. I am twenty years old and the ladies are fond of me because of my beauty and creativity." He showed his white toothed gorgeous grin and the next prostitute introduced himself.
"My name is Bananas." Said the one with short platinum blond hair and large blue eyes. He had a pleasant smile and tan skin. "I am human, fourteen years old and I am from Shimosa. I left home when I was twelve but I occasionally return to see my grandmother. She doesn't know what I do for a living and I don't plan to tell her." He gave a wink and said. "My real name is Suzushi Nori, and ladies like me because I am young and full of stamina."
"I am Pecan, from Hitachi," Said a tall, sleek, dark haired male with deep brown eyes so dark they almost looked black. He smiled almost innocently and wore dark colors. "I am also an enchanter and a great cook to bat. My real name is Hikiwata Susumu and ladies love me because of my charm and mystery."
"Last but not least, I am Snake." Said a man with hair that was a sandy color and had sharp eyes and very charming features. He went shirtless and wore a headband. "I am a serpant demon and I get very hungry. I am from Suruga and my real name is Karasuhebi Takumi. Ladies like me because I take no prisoners." He licked his lips in a seductive way with his long sharp tongue.
"They're my posse of prostitutes!" Sumiko said smiling.
"About that, we've never seen you with these guys!" Inu Yasha said. "And you're saying you've known them for a while??"
"There are a lot of things you don't know about me, Inu Yasha." Sumiko said calmly.
Inu Yasha folded his arms and with a "feh" went over to stand by Kagome. Shio walked staring at the ground with vague glassy eyes. He hadn't spoken in a while, much less told a dirty joke. His mind was clouded with lust, and the need to exercise his "mojo". His sexual drive was in need to be heard, and Shio tried his best to ignore it, but everyonce in a while, it became very hard not to hear it's calls. Like now, he was trying to suppress the urge and because he was trying so hard, he trembled somewhat and couldn't respond to most sounds or sights correctly.
Sumiko looked at him from around Woody and saw his pain. She smirked darkly and crossed the group to walk next to him just as they walked into a town. "Gee, it sure is hot out today, isn't it Shio." Sumiko said still smiling evilly.
"Huh??! WHA?!" He looked up at her surprised. He was no longer vague looking but the glassy look was still in his eyes. He came out of shock and just looked tired and hot like he had run a marathon that he could barely finish. He nodded to answer her question and looked down at the ground again.
"I mean, it must be at least 101 degrees out today. Just walking is a trial, wouldn't you say, Shio?" she asked.
He nodded and a few drops of sweat fell from his hair onto the ground.
"Yes. Walking in such hot weather is excruciating. What with the heat and humidity bearing down on you like a tremendous weight, the sun beating down on your neck as if you were a slave or a tortured animal. What is this world coming to when we must suffer through heat waves and drought? The sun itself seems closer today, don't you think so Shio?"
He nodded.
"The sun, the brightest hottest star in the sky. Burning gaseous flames for billions of years without pause. Our source of life and someday our death. Ironic ball of fire without feelings, why must it burn so bright?? Why must we be tortured so??"
All of a sudden, Shio fell to his knees and leaned over the grass gasping for air.
"Shio!" Inu Yasha, Shippou, and Kagome came running over.
"Is he okay?" Sango asked.
"He's burning up!" Kagome told them worriedly.
"Let's get him in the shade." Inu Yasha said. He helped Shio to stand up and put him under the nearest tree. "Ah, man! He's all sweaty!" Inu said whipping his hands off on the grass. Kagome came over and opened Shio's shirt for him, folded it, and placed it under his head for a pillow. "You know, it is rather hot out today." She said.
Shippou came over with a bowl of water. Dipped a rag in it and placed it on Shio's forehead. "Yeah, he must have collapsed from the heat!"
"Why don't we all wait until evening to continue." Miroku said sitting under the tree and whipping the sweat from his forehead.
The prostitutes sat down and started arguing about which one of them looked the sexiest when sweaty.
Sumiko came and sat next to Shio's head. She hugged her knees and smiled down at him. She tilted her head toward his wolf ear and whispered. "Shade. Shade is much better isn't it Shio?"
Shio said nothing.
"Ice is much cooler isn't it? Wouldn't you like some ice Shio?"
He nodded weakly.
"Ah, ice would be much much better! Don't you think, Kagome would like some ice, Shio?" Kagome was sitting a few feet away but apparently wasn't hearing their conversation.
Shio said nothing.
"Kagome would love ice. She looks really sweaty, doesn't she Shio?"
Shio said nothing but he watched Kagome.
"Kagome looks almost as sweaty as you do Shio. And apparently her clothes don't breath enough for this weather. The wetness and stick of her sweat is making her clothes stick to her, how funny, huh Shio? You can see every outline of her body. Isn't that funny, Shio?"
Shio watched Kagome and said nothing.
"Her hair looks a little wet too. Not as wet as her body though. But the sweat makes her look shiny doesn't it? Her skin is shiny, her hair is shiny, she looks kind of pretty, doesn't she look kind of pretty Shio?"
All of a sudden, Shio started to sit up and Sumiko watched him with a wider smile. The rag on his forehead fell into his lap and his wet hair fell into his face. He got onto his knees and crawled over toward Kagome.
The prostitutes stopped arguing and watched. "Uh-oh," Woody said, as the fox dog was right behind her yet she couldn't notice. Kagome sat looking through her bag. "Can't find those cards! If I knew where they were, we'd have something to take our minds off the heat!"
Then out of no where, a bare arm came and wrapped itself around her waist. She gasped and looked down at it. The arm's brother came with a hand and grabbed Kagome's wrist. She gripped the wrist of the arm around her waist and turned her head to look at the hand on her wrist. This hand belonged to Shio, and he brought her captured hand up to his mouth and stuck the tip of her fingers into his mouth. Kagome screamed and tried to pry his arm off of her, but to no avail. He started licking the webbing between her fingers when suddenly-
WHAM!!
Shio let go of Kagome and flew backwards. Inu Yasha stood protectively in front of Kagome. Looking at Shio as if he were a total idiot. "Are you okay, Kagome?" he asked in a stern voice.
She sat blushing and shivering with a freaked out expression on her face. She nodded dumbly, staring at the grass in shock.
"What the hell are you doing, Shio??" Inu Yasha asked.
Shio sat up with his hair in his face. Then a low but dangerous growl admitted from his throat. Shio got on all fours facing Inu Yasha and Kagome. "Get out of my way…" Shio growled, "Unless you feel like meeting your mother and father again."
Inu Yasha pushed Kagome back and she looked at him questioningly. "He's getting desperate, Kagome. Stay back." He kept his hand on the hilt of his sword as if he believed Shio was really that dangerous. "Shio, you won't kill me. Not for something as small as sex."
"You know what?" Shio said crouching into a stance. "Why don't you keep standing, right there where you are, and see if I kill you or not!!" he charged Inu like mad bullet. Inu Yasha pushed Kagome out of harms way just as Shio head butted Inu in the stomach with so much force he was lifted from the ground and sent into the trees. Then Shio turned to Kagome, grinned showing his fangs and grabbed her wrist forcefully. She screamed from fear and the pain of his grip until she heard a loud crack and the grip on her arm loosened.
Miroku stood over Shio's unconscious body with his staff raised. He looked down at Shio with his nostrils flared then did the one handed prayer thing.
Shippou jumped onto Kagome's shoulder. "Are you okay??" he asked her.
"Yeah, I think so." She said still a little shaken up.
"Miroku, you killed him!" Shippou cried.
"He's not dead, he's just out." Said Sango coming over to look down at the sleepy boy.
"We should probably bind him." Miroku said. "Inu Yasha, you still with us?"
"Shit," Inu Yasha muttered the curseword after he dropped out of the trees. He popped his back and came walking over.
"Help me lift him." Miroku said. He and Inu Yasha picked Shio up and started looking for a place in town to keep him.
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When Shio woke up again he saw the straw ceiling of a hut. He moaned and said, "Feels like I got hit by a truck."
He had a huge lump on the back of his head from Miroku's staff. He tried to move his hand to feel it, but it we tied down, as were his other arm and his legs, with very strong binding scrolls. He didn't know what was going on, he thought he was in danger so he struggled madly. "Help! I'm stuck!!"
"Calm down, Shio." Miroku said.
Shio tilted his head backwards to see Miroku standing right behind him. Then he turned his head from side to side and saw some of the other characters sitting around doing things. "Wow. This reminds me of my date with the Ying Ying sisters." Shio said grinning.
"You're going to stay here for a while Shio. So just sit back relax, and enjoy the month ahead of you." Miroku said walking away.
"Month?? I can't stay here for a month! I need sex! I can't even masturbate like this!" Shio shouted after him.
Miroku walked on over to Sango, Kirara, and Sumiko like he didn't even hear him.
"Dude, I know you can hear me! Preistman!!"
Miroku still ignored him.
"Man! This is NOT COOL!" Shio shouted and struggled violently again. "INU YASHA!! KAGOME!! SOMEONE SAVE ME FROM THESE INSANE PEOPLE!!!"
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"I don't understand it. Shio would never try to take a girl by force like that." Inu Yasha said. He sat outside with Kagome, Shippou and the prostitutes.
"It's sex build up, that's all." Banana's said like what Shio had was the common cold.
"I know, but it shouldn't bother him that much." Inu Yasha said as they listened to Shio's screams from inside the hut.
"Depends," Johnson said. "It's kinda like cocaine. You're used to taking it, then when you get pulled off of it all of a sudden you start shaking and sniffing all the time. Withdrawal affects, ya' know?"
The other prostitutes nodded in unison.
There was another shrill cry from inside the hut and Sango came out followed by Kirara. "My ears are ringing." She said and sat next to Kagome trying to massage her ears back into use.
Miroku came out next.
"And why are you out?" Inu Yasha asked.
"Because Sango came out." He said innocently.
Sango blushed.
"So you left Sumiko in there?? I don't want her alone with Shio while he's acting like that." Kagome said worriedly.
Inside the hut, Sumiko sat next to where Shio was tied down and tsked lightly, shaking her head. "Oh, poor Shio, those mean people bound you down, didn't they?"
He looked up at her with an anxious expression, breathing in hard heavy patterns through gritted fangs.
"Don't worry, Shio." Sumiko said with a mysterious little smile. "You're suffering will end soon."
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^_^ Climax coming! Yay! It won't be the end but it will be momentous…just ponder one question….Who IS Sumiko?