Well.... Chapter 23.... wow.... it would be more like 11 chapters if I had
made them longer! Oh well! There is always next story!
Disclaimer: I do not own Inu-Yasha....
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(Past)
Shippou heard the 'creak' and 'slam' of the door; the sound accompanied by the familiar smell of the cat youkai that usually came to give him hell.....
The cat came over to him, and pulled jangling keys out of his mess of clothes. After detaching Shippou from the wall, the cat grabbed his hair, rather painfully he might say.
Shippou gritted his teeth as the cat looked straight into his face, still holding onto his hair, he spoke harshly "you better behave or you might find yourself being used for a hat you little runt!" (Even though Shippou is almost full grown... ^__^") Using his hair the cat threw Shippou to the ground. "Now get up and follow me; you say one word and you'll know what true pain, and suffering is" Shippou would have laughed had he not been in the situation he was in; 'where'd he get THAT line? Sounds like a stupid cop movie I saw in Kagome's time...'
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(Past...Still)
Miroku's shirt was completely off now, and he was turned as far as his abused wrists would allow him. Sango was examining the wounds in shock, and compassion for him. She didn't have much to clean them with, and nothing to cover them; it was a wonder that they weren't any more infected then they were at present.
The three were all silent, the only noises heard were the slight dip of a cloth in stale water, and the empty echo of doors in the distance...
Miroku winced slightly every time Sango placed the cool cloth on his tender skin. 'Oh Sango... Why did you have to be brought here? This place will destroy someone like you....' his thoughts were interrupted as he heard slow footsteps down the corridor that led to their cell.
"Miroku? What's going to happen to us?" Sango asked timidly.
He turned to look her in the eye, "I don't know" he answered calmly, his voice brusque.
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(It will stay past for a while) Shippou moved rather slowly as he walked onto the rug covered floor. His eyes widened as he saw the pictures, the beautifully carved wood, and furniture that this room had in it. Of course he didn't have that much time to gawk, for the cat youkai pulled on the chains roughly, causing Shippou to lurch forward. 'You COULD be a little more GENTLE' Shippou thought with distaste as he looked down at the dark purple bruises on his wrists.
The cat led him through this hall and that hall, till they came to a door at the end of a long corridor. Here, a few others that Shippou didn't recognize joined them. They walked through it and Shippou saw that as quickly as they had left the other dungeon, into a palace; they left the palace to walk down damp, cold stairs into another dungeon like place.... 'Great'
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The door opened all too slowly for the occupants of the cell; their eyes were focused on the persons entering.
Kagome sensed something very familiar; a cat youkai, a crane youkai, some form of bug, and a.... a fox! "Shippou!"
"Kagome! Your safe!" The cat (who was holding the chains) wasn't expecting Shippou to start running head-long into the cell; the chains slipped right through his hands.
"Ok, enough dawdling! The master wants to see you." The bug smirked as he pulled Shippou and Kagome apart (they were hugging). The cat walked over to Miroku and unclamped him from the wall. Miroku sighed as he was hustled up, for he knew this routine... 'If they start hurting Sango and Kagome, I won't be able to stop them' He looked over to Sango, she was glaring at the crane youkai clamping the shackles to her hands. 'Sango if they... if they hurt you...'
Sango spat at the youkai suddenly; and the crane was quick to slap her to the ground forcefully for it.
"Sango!" Miroku tried to get to the fallen girl but the cat held him firm. He punched the cat as hard as he could in the face, surprisingly enough, he hit him, and ran to Sango's side. Shippou bit the bug youkai's hand, and Kagome stepped on his foot. Together they attempted to restrain the crane but he effectively threw them against the cell wall. And just as Miroku looked up in anger, he received a punch, on his right eye, knocking him out.
Kagome lay sprawled on the floor, bleeding profusely from the wound on her head; the kitsune lay unconscious, but seemingly unharmed and Miroku lay by Sango.
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(Present... ok... sooner then I thought)
"Sesshoumaru, thank you for inviting me." Kouga said curtly, with a smile.
Sesshoumaru didn't look amused, "I didn't...." he didn't sound amused either...
"Well... anyway," He said, moving past the grand, carpeted, spiral staircase that laid just beyond the doorway, and walked into the formal sitting room. "I have something important to talk to you about."
"Oh? Really now..." Sesshoumaru didn't look surprised. (Has he ever looked surprised?)
"Yes, really." Kouga paused to look around a bit... "You wouldn't happen to have some tea made would you?" He asked with a simple smile.
"Hmm...." is all Fluffy-Sama gave as an acknowledgement. Sure he did have tea, but this guy had called him 3 days earlier, said he was coming to talk to him this day, he barely knew the guy, and he was walking around his house like he owned it... NOW HE WAS ASKING FOR TEA?!
Putting aside all the reasons for killing him and using his remains as fertilizer for his beautiful garden, he walked into the kitchen to fetch the tea he had made for the after noon.
Upon re-entering the sitting room, he found Kouga admiring his old paintings that hung from the walls; admiring or plotting to steal, Sesshoumaru couldn't decide which.
"Ah the tea. Very good. Well, what I came here to talk about..." He sat, taking Fluffy's cup... that burned Sesshoumaru up... IT WAS HIS FAVORITE CUP! "Well it is about Kagome, and the past." This pulled Sesshy from flipping pages in his 'Killing 101' book that currently resided in his mind. One of these days he was going to HAVE to publish that....
"The past eh?"
"Yes, the past. You see, there are a lot of things that have come to mind lately. And I find it quite odd that I never really thought about it before. Some things that are quite vital and others... not so much, you know?"
"For someone who talks a lot, you aren't saying much" Sesshoumaru said stoically.
"Hmm, well what I mean to say is---"
"You were saying something?"
"Of course I was!" said Kouga, feeling quite put off by Sesshoumaru's attitude. "Oh, good to know..." he sipped his tea, "you where saying?" Sesshoumaru asked with a smile.
(Side Note: this had absolutely nothing to do with anything..... What kouga has to say is important... but he didn't say it 0_o)
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(Past)
Shippou was the first to awaken; upon looking around he saw that Kagome had a fresh bandage around part of her head. Sango and Miroku lay a bit off to the side. The group was surrounded by guards, and they appeared to be in some kind of throne room.
The throne was shrouded in darkness, and evil was thick in the air. Shippou recognized Inu-Yasha right away, standing by the throne. 'How could he do something like this? That jerk!'
Sango stirred and came to about the same findings as Shippou. She lightly shook Miroku to awaken him, and then hesitantly started to crawl over to Kagome to do the same.
"I would advise you stay right where you are Miss Sango" A commanding voice spoke, coming from everywhere and no where, you could hear a smirk in the sound. Sango looked around the room, scowl on her face... he was playing with them, it was all a game to him.
"Aww, now don't look like that! This really will be entertaining, but not only for me.... Right Inu-Yasha?"
Inu-Yasha's eyes flashed something that Sango had only seen once before... they were red...
"I-Inu-Yasha..." Kagome mumbled and sat up, holding her head groggily. "What's going on?" she whispered. Her eyes cleared a bit and she saw what everyone else had been starting at. "you're, you're... a full youkai?!"
Inu-Yasha smirked, killing these weaklings will be fun... blood, blood is good... He charged, claws extended at no one other than Kagome. She gasped in disbelief, Inu-Yasha! All she could do was watch in slow motion as he came steadily closer.
'Kagome!' She could hear Shippou yell, but he was blocked out, muted, all she could focus on was the danger coming at her. At the last second, the line of focus was obscured.
She shook her head, "no, No, NO!!!!!" Kagome hardly knew how to react, whether to scream, to run to him? All she could do was look from his bloody claws, to the lifeless, torn body......
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Author's Note: Well... I think this is a good place to stop... poor Kagome.... *sniff* poor dead person.... hehehehe... it will get worse....
Disclaimer: I do not own Inu-Yasha....
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(Past)
Shippou heard the 'creak' and 'slam' of the door; the sound accompanied by the familiar smell of the cat youkai that usually came to give him hell.....
The cat came over to him, and pulled jangling keys out of his mess of clothes. After detaching Shippou from the wall, the cat grabbed his hair, rather painfully he might say.
Shippou gritted his teeth as the cat looked straight into his face, still holding onto his hair, he spoke harshly "you better behave or you might find yourself being used for a hat you little runt!" (Even though Shippou is almost full grown... ^__^") Using his hair the cat threw Shippou to the ground. "Now get up and follow me; you say one word and you'll know what true pain, and suffering is" Shippou would have laughed had he not been in the situation he was in; 'where'd he get THAT line? Sounds like a stupid cop movie I saw in Kagome's time...'
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(Past...Still)
Miroku's shirt was completely off now, and he was turned as far as his abused wrists would allow him. Sango was examining the wounds in shock, and compassion for him. She didn't have much to clean them with, and nothing to cover them; it was a wonder that they weren't any more infected then they were at present.
The three were all silent, the only noises heard were the slight dip of a cloth in stale water, and the empty echo of doors in the distance...
Miroku winced slightly every time Sango placed the cool cloth on his tender skin. 'Oh Sango... Why did you have to be brought here? This place will destroy someone like you....' his thoughts were interrupted as he heard slow footsteps down the corridor that led to their cell.
"Miroku? What's going to happen to us?" Sango asked timidly.
He turned to look her in the eye, "I don't know" he answered calmly, his voice brusque.
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(It will stay past for a while) Shippou moved rather slowly as he walked onto the rug covered floor. His eyes widened as he saw the pictures, the beautifully carved wood, and furniture that this room had in it. Of course he didn't have that much time to gawk, for the cat youkai pulled on the chains roughly, causing Shippou to lurch forward. 'You COULD be a little more GENTLE' Shippou thought with distaste as he looked down at the dark purple bruises on his wrists.
The cat led him through this hall and that hall, till they came to a door at the end of a long corridor. Here, a few others that Shippou didn't recognize joined them. They walked through it and Shippou saw that as quickly as they had left the other dungeon, into a palace; they left the palace to walk down damp, cold stairs into another dungeon like place.... 'Great'
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The door opened all too slowly for the occupants of the cell; their eyes were focused on the persons entering.
Kagome sensed something very familiar; a cat youkai, a crane youkai, some form of bug, and a.... a fox! "Shippou!"
"Kagome! Your safe!" The cat (who was holding the chains) wasn't expecting Shippou to start running head-long into the cell; the chains slipped right through his hands.
"Ok, enough dawdling! The master wants to see you." The bug smirked as he pulled Shippou and Kagome apart (they were hugging). The cat walked over to Miroku and unclamped him from the wall. Miroku sighed as he was hustled up, for he knew this routine... 'If they start hurting Sango and Kagome, I won't be able to stop them' He looked over to Sango, she was glaring at the crane youkai clamping the shackles to her hands. 'Sango if they... if they hurt you...'
Sango spat at the youkai suddenly; and the crane was quick to slap her to the ground forcefully for it.
"Sango!" Miroku tried to get to the fallen girl but the cat held him firm. He punched the cat as hard as he could in the face, surprisingly enough, he hit him, and ran to Sango's side. Shippou bit the bug youkai's hand, and Kagome stepped on his foot. Together they attempted to restrain the crane but he effectively threw them against the cell wall. And just as Miroku looked up in anger, he received a punch, on his right eye, knocking him out.
Kagome lay sprawled on the floor, bleeding profusely from the wound on her head; the kitsune lay unconscious, but seemingly unharmed and Miroku lay by Sango.
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(Present... ok... sooner then I thought)
"Sesshoumaru, thank you for inviting me." Kouga said curtly, with a smile.
Sesshoumaru didn't look amused, "I didn't...." he didn't sound amused either...
"Well... anyway," He said, moving past the grand, carpeted, spiral staircase that laid just beyond the doorway, and walked into the formal sitting room. "I have something important to talk to you about."
"Oh? Really now..." Sesshoumaru didn't look surprised. (Has he ever looked surprised?)
"Yes, really." Kouga paused to look around a bit... "You wouldn't happen to have some tea made would you?" He asked with a simple smile.
"Hmm...." is all Fluffy-Sama gave as an acknowledgement. Sure he did have tea, but this guy had called him 3 days earlier, said he was coming to talk to him this day, he barely knew the guy, and he was walking around his house like he owned it... NOW HE WAS ASKING FOR TEA?!
Putting aside all the reasons for killing him and using his remains as fertilizer for his beautiful garden, he walked into the kitchen to fetch the tea he had made for the after noon.
Upon re-entering the sitting room, he found Kouga admiring his old paintings that hung from the walls; admiring or plotting to steal, Sesshoumaru couldn't decide which.
"Ah the tea. Very good. Well, what I came here to talk about..." He sat, taking Fluffy's cup... that burned Sesshoumaru up... IT WAS HIS FAVORITE CUP! "Well it is about Kagome, and the past." This pulled Sesshy from flipping pages in his 'Killing 101' book that currently resided in his mind. One of these days he was going to HAVE to publish that....
"The past eh?"
"Yes, the past. You see, there are a lot of things that have come to mind lately. And I find it quite odd that I never really thought about it before. Some things that are quite vital and others... not so much, you know?"
"For someone who talks a lot, you aren't saying much" Sesshoumaru said stoically.
"Hmm, well what I mean to say is---"
"You were saying something?"
"Of course I was!" said Kouga, feeling quite put off by Sesshoumaru's attitude. "Oh, good to know..." he sipped his tea, "you where saying?" Sesshoumaru asked with a smile.
(Side Note: this had absolutely nothing to do with anything..... What kouga has to say is important... but he didn't say it 0_o)
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(Past)
Shippou was the first to awaken; upon looking around he saw that Kagome had a fresh bandage around part of her head. Sango and Miroku lay a bit off to the side. The group was surrounded by guards, and they appeared to be in some kind of throne room.
The throne was shrouded in darkness, and evil was thick in the air. Shippou recognized Inu-Yasha right away, standing by the throne. 'How could he do something like this? That jerk!'
Sango stirred and came to about the same findings as Shippou. She lightly shook Miroku to awaken him, and then hesitantly started to crawl over to Kagome to do the same.
"I would advise you stay right where you are Miss Sango" A commanding voice spoke, coming from everywhere and no where, you could hear a smirk in the sound. Sango looked around the room, scowl on her face... he was playing with them, it was all a game to him.
"Aww, now don't look like that! This really will be entertaining, but not only for me.... Right Inu-Yasha?"
Inu-Yasha's eyes flashed something that Sango had only seen once before... they were red...
"I-Inu-Yasha..." Kagome mumbled and sat up, holding her head groggily. "What's going on?" she whispered. Her eyes cleared a bit and she saw what everyone else had been starting at. "you're, you're... a full youkai?!"
Inu-Yasha smirked, killing these weaklings will be fun... blood, blood is good... He charged, claws extended at no one other than Kagome. She gasped in disbelief, Inu-Yasha! All she could do was watch in slow motion as he came steadily closer.
'Kagome!' She could hear Shippou yell, but he was blocked out, muted, all she could focus on was the danger coming at her. At the last second, the line of focus was obscured.
She shook her head, "no, No, NO!!!!!" Kagome hardly knew how to react, whether to scream, to run to him? All she could do was look from his bloody claws, to the lifeless, torn body......
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Author's Note: Well... I think this is a good place to stop... poor Kagome.... *sniff* poor dead person.... hehehehe... it will get worse....