Chapter 16
Sorry for the delay. I've been having to do a lot of stuff around here since I'm moving in a little while. I'm trying to get these out as soon as they come to me. ::smiles:: I hope you enjoy the rest of the chappie!!! ::smiles more::
Thanks: Cheyo-Vera: You know why
Disclaimer: Haven't I done enough of these yet? No? ::Grumbles:: I don't own any part of Inu-Yasha or Yu Yu Hakusho! Happy? You had better be!
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I stared up at Naraku. Hatred was practically dancing in my eyes as I looked from him to the prone figures lying on the ground behind him. I still could not move, courtesy of the newly freed Kikyo. I watched as that vile evil demon waved a careless hand towards the others and myself. The seven of us were lifted somehow from the dying grass. The immense power that was used to lift all of us at once shot through my brain, and embarrassingly enough, I fainted.
I awoke chained to a wall and gagged. Some of the others were awake as well. Yusuke looked like he was trying to cuss out Naraku, but his gag was preventing him from doing anything more than steam. Grandpa Inu-Yasha just hung there from his chains, glowering angrily at the demon he had supposedly killed many years ago. The woman who looked immensely like Kikyo turned her head slightly towards me so that our eyes met. When that happened, I could no longer see any resemblance to the accursed woman. Kikyo was cold, dead, silent and empty. This woman, Kagome, My grandmother, had soft gray eyes that shone with a goodness that only someone with a pure heart could possible have. If I didn't already know that she was dead, I would have thought that she was as alive as I am. Kagome smiled as warmly as she could since she was still wearing her gag.
It took another half-hour for my mother, Kurama, and Hiei to wake up. Naraku didn't seem to be in any big hurry since we were left alone for a few hours. In fact, I think he was enjoying watching us begin to worry about what was going to happen to us. How evil could he get? Even with P.M.S. I never got THIS evil!!! I seriously wanted to just go find him and kick his scrawny ass to the next galaxy and back, then dismember him! Over board I'm sure, but right now, I didn't care. But to do what I wanted, I would have to be unchained first. And there were only three people in this room not chained. Naraku, and Kikyo of course, and Uncle Sesshomaru. Seeing him unchained and free, made my vision go red and my blood boil. 'How DARE he! How DARE he betray his own family! I though he was really in trouble back there! But it was only an act to get me to come here. Instead of being terrified of the person who had him chained above a lava pit, he was in league with him! It was infuriating! And from the look on Grandpa's face he was probably thinking along the same lines that I was! But what happened next was the real shocker. At least to me.
The demon Naraku whispered something to my uncle. I didn't know what it was, but a few seconds later, it was apparent what had been said. Uncle Sesshomaru walked over to an empty set of chains and held his hands out as Kikyo bound him and then gagged him. He became as much of a prisoner as the rest of us. When Kikyo stepped back up to Naraku's side, my uncle's face seemed to snap up. Where as there didn't seem to be any emotion there before, there was a turbulence swirling in his golden orbs now. Hatred, anger, shame, loathing, and many more. It made me slightly unsure of what was happening. Maybe he had been under a spell or something. It made a little sense. He was acting normal when I found him, but after he had that talk with Kikyo, he had seemed slightly different. And with the powers I've already seen her display, I could believe that. Buy what if this was another trick? There had been so many played on all of us since coming here that it was sickening! "Now that I have all of you" Naraku began. "The ritual can begin!" With those words, Naraku left the chamber that we were all in. Kikyo also followed him out. If we were going to try to escape, now would be the perfect time! Now, how to get out of these chains?
As it turned out, I wasn't the one to break the chains. Kurama used a plant seed to burst his chains open. He grabbed the keys from the far side of the wall and unlocked the rest of our chains. He paused for a few seconds when he was unlocking my chains. "I was worried about you" was all he said before going on to unchain the others. I felt really guilty. I didn't mean to make him worry about me. I wanted to blurt out that I was sorry, but it wouldn't be the proper time to say that. I stood there; rubbing my wrists where the chains had rubbed my skin raw while the others walked past me. Well, most of the others. My grandmother stopped next to me. She looked thoughtful. "He seems really nice. And definitely cute! And he seems to really care about you." The shock must have been written all over my face because she chuckled softly. "My dear granddaughter, it is by far easier to see that he loves you that it was to see that your grandfather loved me all those years ago. At least this guy doesn't seen as stubborn as Inu-Yasha!" I smiled at her while she patted my shoulder. "Let's get going. Your Grandfather will have a cow if we don't keep up!"
This place was like a maze. Every new intersection had three more pathways coming from it. Even going in a straight line wasn't doing any good. It was almost like going in a circle, but we were going straight. I wasn't the only one who was getting frustrated. Grandpa, Yusuke, Hiei, and my mother were on the verge of bashing right through the walls. How the hell were we going to get out of here and Kick Naraku's sorry ass if we couldn't even get anywhere?
~ Else where ~
"Are they still looking for a way out?"
"Yes"
"Heh Heh Heh... This could prove to be more fun than I thought! They'll be going crazy very soon since there is no way out."
"..."
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And here I stop. For now. So what do you think? Should I continue? I want at least TWO reviews this time, or I won't post a new chappie! NYAAAA!!!!
Signing out ~ DevilWench ~
Sorry for the delay. I've been having to do a lot of stuff around here since I'm moving in a little while. I'm trying to get these out as soon as they come to me. ::smiles:: I hope you enjoy the rest of the chappie!!! ::smiles more::
Thanks: Cheyo-Vera: You know why
Disclaimer: Haven't I done enough of these yet? No? ::Grumbles:: I don't own any part of Inu-Yasha or Yu Yu Hakusho! Happy? You had better be!
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I stared up at Naraku. Hatred was practically dancing in my eyes as I looked from him to the prone figures lying on the ground behind him. I still could not move, courtesy of the newly freed Kikyo. I watched as that vile evil demon waved a careless hand towards the others and myself. The seven of us were lifted somehow from the dying grass. The immense power that was used to lift all of us at once shot through my brain, and embarrassingly enough, I fainted.
I awoke chained to a wall and gagged. Some of the others were awake as well. Yusuke looked like he was trying to cuss out Naraku, but his gag was preventing him from doing anything more than steam. Grandpa Inu-Yasha just hung there from his chains, glowering angrily at the demon he had supposedly killed many years ago. The woman who looked immensely like Kikyo turned her head slightly towards me so that our eyes met. When that happened, I could no longer see any resemblance to the accursed woman. Kikyo was cold, dead, silent and empty. This woman, Kagome, My grandmother, had soft gray eyes that shone with a goodness that only someone with a pure heart could possible have. If I didn't already know that she was dead, I would have thought that she was as alive as I am. Kagome smiled as warmly as she could since she was still wearing her gag.
It took another half-hour for my mother, Kurama, and Hiei to wake up. Naraku didn't seem to be in any big hurry since we were left alone for a few hours. In fact, I think he was enjoying watching us begin to worry about what was going to happen to us. How evil could he get? Even with P.M.S. I never got THIS evil!!! I seriously wanted to just go find him and kick his scrawny ass to the next galaxy and back, then dismember him! Over board I'm sure, but right now, I didn't care. But to do what I wanted, I would have to be unchained first. And there were only three people in this room not chained. Naraku, and Kikyo of course, and Uncle Sesshomaru. Seeing him unchained and free, made my vision go red and my blood boil. 'How DARE he! How DARE he betray his own family! I though he was really in trouble back there! But it was only an act to get me to come here. Instead of being terrified of the person who had him chained above a lava pit, he was in league with him! It was infuriating! And from the look on Grandpa's face he was probably thinking along the same lines that I was! But what happened next was the real shocker. At least to me.
The demon Naraku whispered something to my uncle. I didn't know what it was, but a few seconds later, it was apparent what had been said. Uncle Sesshomaru walked over to an empty set of chains and held his hands out as Kikyo bound him and then gagged him. He became as much of a prisoner as the rest of us. When Kikyo stepped back up to Naraku's side, my uncle's face seemed to snap up. Where as there didn't seem to be any emotion there before, there was a turbulence swirling in his golden orbs now. Hatred, anger, shame, loathing, and many more. It made me slightly unsure of what was happening. Maybe he had been under a spell or something. It made a little sense. He was acting normal when I found him, but after he had that talk with Kikyo, he had seemed slightly different. And with the powers I've already seen her display, I could believe that. Buy what if this was another trick? There had been so many played on all of us since coming here that it was sickening! "Now that I have all of you" Naraku began. "The ritual can begin!" With those words, Naraku left the chamber that we were all in. Kikyo also followed him out. If we were going to try to escape, now would be the perfect time! Now, how to get out of these chains?
As it turned out, I wasn't the one to break the chains. Kurama used a plant seed to burst his chains open. He grabbed the keys from the far side of the wall and unlocked the rest of our chains. He paused for a few seconds when he was unlocking my chains. "I was worried about you" was all he said before going on to unchain the others. I felt really guilty. I didn't mean to make him worry about me. I wanted to blurt out that I was sorry, but it wouldn't be the proper time to say that. I stood there; rubbing my wrists where the chains had rubbed my skin raw while the others walked past me. Well, most of the others. My grandmother stopped next to me. She looked thoughtful. "He seems really nice. And definitely cute! And he seems to really care about you." The shock must have been written all over my face because she chuckled softly. "My dear granddaughter, it is by far easier to see that he loves you that it was to see that your grandfather loved me all those years ago. At least this guy doesn't seen as stubborn as Inu-Yasha!" I smiled at her while she patted my shoulder. "Let's get going. Your Grandfather will have a cow if we don't keep up!"
This place was like a maze. Every new intersection had three more pathways coming from it. Even going in a straight line wasn't doing any good. It was almost like going in a circle, but we were going straight. I wasn't the only one who was getting frustrated. Grandpa, Yusuke, Hiei, and my mother were on the verge of bashing right through the walls. How the hell were we going to get out of here and Kick Naraku's sorry ass if we couldn't even get anywhere?
~ Else where ~
"Are they still looking for a way out?"
"Yes"
"Heh Heh Heh... This could prove to be more fun than I thought! They'll be going crazy very soon since there is no way out."
"..."
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And here I stop. For now. So what do you think? Should I continue? I want at least TWO reviews this time, or I won't post a new chappie! NYAAAA!!!!
Signing out ~ DevilWench ~