Um… I'm going to bump this fic up to a PG-13, kay? Just cuz I wanna play it safe @_@. By the way, the clean up crew had already come, and that's why Inuyasha couldn't find much of a trace of Sesshou-maru. And trust me, trust me, trust me, Sesshou-maru will be undergoing his torture (*cries*). Be patient. Anyway, on with the chapter. Kay, review responses are at the bottom.
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Water and Blood
Bring Him Back to Me
Nothing at all had happened at first, and the scientists all stared out of the observation room with anticipation. But slowly it was dying down. It was becoming rather disappointing that nothing was happening. Did this mean that their experiment wasn't working on him? Because they had tried this on other animals. But it definitely didn't seem to work for him.
"…No changes or reaction after the shot was administered," Mukai muttered in dejection. This was rather anticlimactic. Another couple of given minutes passed.
"Wait…" Takana drawled. "Wait. Here, right here." He pointed to the screen. "Look at his blood pressure, it just went up a notch." He saw the blood pressure rise again, this time by two. Mukai looked over his shoulder and made a 'hmm' sound and crossed his arms. "It's taking a while longer, but everything is steadily rising."
"Mukai-san!" said one scientist. "His brainwaves are starting to go haywire. He might be regaining the use of his body."
"Yes…yes," Mukai said, almost sounding as if he was rubbing his hands together in a menacing tone. He fixed his glasses with a wide smile on his lips. "It's starting to work."
Sesshou-maru couldn't exactly feel anything yet, though, for the fact that he was still paralyzed. But still…there was with in…an inkling of something that he couldn't fight that was building up as heat within him. It was for sure after a while that he was regaining the feelings in his numb body. The first thing that told him so was the pain in his chest. It sored.
And it also took away a good deal of ability to breathe. It was hard for him to catch a breath without the pain in his chest stabbing him. It was a rather involuntary act, but he slowly brought his prickling hand (like when a hand is numb and then you start to regain feelings) to his neck limply, trying to catch his breath. His mouth opened to a thin slit.
Not a single logical thought could pass through his mind right now. It was inevitable—he was starting to panic. This Sesshou-maru never had a reason to panic. But it could be justified, right? He had no clue of what had just been injected into him like some sort of scorpion. And if something bad did happen, he didn't have Tensusaiga at his side (as much as a bother that sword was). It would prove useful at a time like this.
It was sudden, but when he felt something hot and wet dribbling from his lips, he clearly wondered if he was salivating. This Sesshou-maru never salivated. But…he knew it couldn't be any clear liquid. He could faintly taste the difference…
It brought him to bring his fingers tips to glide over his lips gently. He took a quick look at his fingers and paused. The sight of that dark, red liquid—it usually never came from his own body—sent his eyebrows in a spiral upward. If not a few seconds later, his eyebrows turned downward when he felt something dripping from his nose. More?
His legs were now had a prickling sensation in them, and he knew that meant that he was able to move them. That compelled him to sit up. It was a rather indescreet act, but he wiped his mouth and nose with his haori. What other choice did he have? It wasn't as if water was at his hand right now.
A wave of lightheadedness shrouded him and he nearly lost his balance from that alone. This thing that was inside of him…it was doing this, wasn't it?
A sudden rush from his throat caused him to cover his mouth rather quickly. He could feel the blood seeping from inbetween his fingers. Maybe it was just him, but the room had definitely gone higher in temperature.
"…Mukai-san," Asako started. "…His reading are getting too high."
"No, no; he's fine," Mukai stated as he waved his hand in dismissal. "Let's give it a couple more minutes."
"But, Mukai-san, his body, it's over—"
"Quiet," Mukai yelled.
The scientists shut their mouths and looked at the window, watching as 'Sesshou-maru' covered his mouth and blood seeped from between his fingers.
Was this supposed to be happening? This didn't even happen when Mukai had tested it on other animals. Mukai's eyebrow cocked upward and he made another 'hmm' sound before bringing his hand to his chin. "Fine. Give him the antidote," Mukai said. He didn't expect this to happen this fast. "And don't forget to get a sampling of his blood.
He handed one of the doctors a syringe and sent him off along with the the scientist that had the restraint.
Sesshou-maru turned to the opening door instantly, removing his hand. He opened his mouth to speak, but instead of words coming forth, blood bubbled from his mouth. Right now, he was free, and so were his powers. He could attack. Which is, of course, what he did, out of self defense.
It was rather strange how slow he had become. So slow, in fact, that the human was able to easily dogde his move—and clasp the restraint around his neck—again. His instant reaction was to put his hand between his neck and the restraint, but it tightened too quickly and he was once again left struggling for air to breathe. At this point, he lowered to his knees.
His hand then grasped around the restraint as his famished lungs pleaded to be fed air. A small gasp escaped his lips when the retstraint further tightned, causing his pupils to dilate. With a quick and simple twist of his wrist, the man had the youkai laying on his side. If not a few seconds later, a painful jolt within the youkai made him go still out of shock. His hand fell limply infront of his face and gave a small twitch.
His vision blurring, he blinked a few times. He couldn't feel anything—again. What sort of viscious cycle were these humans setting?
His vision darkened and he grew quite tired. And…he was asleep.
"Mukai-san…" Asako started. "We've not had a reaction like that from our other experiments before."
"You're right," Mukai stated.
"…Did you put something in that syringe?" she asked.
"…Possibly," he started. "But that isn't your business. You are to record everything you see."
"Radioactivity…" she muttered. Mukai pretended to not hear her words.
~*~
"Inuyasha?" Kagome started. The hanyou had still been staring at the spot with an illegible look on his face. "What's wrong…?" she finally asked.
"Nothing's wrong," he answered. "Because I don't care." But Sesshou-maru's scent, the blood, and the scent of these humans as well put a sort of uneasiness within him.
'Of course you don't,' Kagome thought.
It's just the scent of so many humans and the one scent of Sesshou-maru that bothered him. He shook off the feeling and turned to Kagome. "Come on," he started. "Let's go back to my time for now."
"But…but we just got here!" Kagome said. "At least give it another day, Inuyasha. We'll go back tomorrow night, but please just give it one more day."
"Fine," he muttered. "I'll bring you back home, then."
It was rather strange that he complied so easily, and Kagome took note of that. She turned over to look at him and stared at his profile for a while. His eyes were a bit sullied. He seemed slightly, slightly worried… 'Maybe because he knows what humans of this time are capable of doing…' she thought. "Alright." At that, she assumed the position on his back and the both of them took off.
~*~
"Aiii! Miroku-sama!!" Rin shrieked as she covered her head from Jaken's oncoming assults with the staff. All she had done earlier was sing a song about Sesshou-maru, but she didn't know what she had said to make Jaken react in such a way. The poor girl was crying right now.
"Rin no baka!! Shut up!" Jaken said, then pelted her on her head again. He would have given her a fifth if the staff hadn't been ripped from his hands. "Areh! Baka, who just—gah!!" And he now lay sprawled under someone's feet.
"Rin," Miroku started as he looked at the small girl. "Are you okay?" he asked. She was still sniffling and had now stuck onto the bottom of his clothes.
"Hai…" she drawled a bit.
"Get off me right now, you human!" Jaken said angrily, waving his hands about. "Rin is not yours for you to keep! She belongs to Sesshou-maru-sama!"
"You have no position to speak, youkai," Miroku said as he ground his foot into the disgusting youkai's head a bit. He swore he could feel the distinct crunching sound of scales, and he even had to supress a look of pure disgust. "Unless you would like to speak with my kazaana. You've seen what power it bestows upon me, no?"
"Areh!" Jaken pipped. What would happen to him here without his Sesshou-maru-sama to protect him?! "Get off!"
"Please let go of Jaken-sama, Miroku-sama…" Rin muttered after a few seconds. Her cheeks, now sticky, were still wet and rosy from her suppuration. She stared up at Miroku endearingly and the older teenager could do no less than comply with her words. "Arigatou…" she muttered.
Jaken scrambled to his feet and pointed a wary finger at her. "Why do you cry now?!" he asked. "I've hit you with the staff before and you have not reduced yourself to tears!"
"Because, Jaken-sama, you would never have hit me so hard so many times if Sesshou-maru-sama was here right now! You know he'd make you stop or hit you back. Just because Sesshou-maru-sama isn't here doesn't mean that you can do whatever you want!"
"Of course I can, you stupid, stupid child!" Jaken said, he would have waved his hand violently at her had Miroku not made a warning sound.
"No you can't!" she screamed back, a fresh stream of tears slowly undulating down her cheeks. "That means you don't care about what Sesshou-maru-sama says!"
And of course those words hit home. Jaken instantly lowered his arm and looked at her incredulously, as did Miroku. She was suprisingly smart for her youth in years. And so pure. The unsightly youkai instantly mumbled a few words before he stared at Rin again. He walked over to his staff and began to walk away.
"Ja—Jaken-sama! Where are you going?" Rin took a step towards him. "Gomen nasai! Rin didn't mean to yell at Jaken-sama!" she yelled back at him. She took another few light steps.
Pity welled within Miroku's stomache as he watched. That repulsive youkai didn't treat her well, did he? The girl had so much truth to her words and yet she had angered him? Absurd. "Rin," he started.
"No, no!" she said softly. "This is all wrong!" She turned to look at him. "Sesshou-maru-sama needs to come back so things will be the way they were before!"
"Rin-chan," he said softly, trying to quell the girl, "don't worry about Jerken—Jaken—" of course he'd messed up on purpose just to lighten the mood (and it didn't work well), "—doesn't care that much."
"No, no!" she said more forcefully. "Miroku-sama doesn't understand! Jaken-sama is afraid of losing Sesshou-maru-sama as Rin is. That's why Jaken-sama acts like this. You wouldn't understand!" She paused and put her hands to her mouth. At that, she took off in the opposite direction that the youkai had gone and went into the forest.
"Rin! Rin!" Miroku yelled. "Ugh…" he muttered. He went back to the hut, knowing that the girl would be careful in the forest.
And three hours later when the sun was settling and she wasn't back, Sango started to worry. "Houshi-sama," she started, "where's the little girl?"
"Miroku probably scared her off by asking her to bear his child," Shippou said, then looked at the monk warily.
"She ran off into the forest earlier after yelling at me," he answered. "I thought she only went to vent off her anger, but she's not back yet…" But now that he thought about, she wasn't angry, she was afraid, and he knew it.
"…I think we should go to find her," Sango said as she stood.
"Me too!" Shippou shouted.
"Come o—"
"Waaiii! Sesshou-maru-sama!!" they heard a high-pitched scream which could have only belonged to the girl. She had a voice on her.
"Let's go!"
They ran into the forest for some length of time, hearing the scream again after a while. Picking up their pace and following Kirara, it wasn't long until they had found her.
She was pressed against a rock and a small amount of youkai were closing in upon her. "Help me!" she screamed, but she couldn't see her help. When she saw a youkai just about to pounce on her, she fell on her behind and covered her eyes, shaking with tears. "Sesshou-maru-sama!" she yelled for the last time, as if yelling his name would bring him back.
And then she felt something splattering on her.
"Hiraikotsu!" and then: "Get the girl, go get her, houshi-sama! I'll handle the youkai!" and then: "Kitsune bi!" "I can't take them all, Miroku! There are too many! Waai!" "Ugh…Kazaana!"
She finally opened her eyes when she heard and felt the gusting winds flying about her. Feeling as if she was being pulled in a direction, she let out another wail. Why, when her Lord wasn't with her, did all of these youkai come for her? She turned her head in a certain direction and saw the houshi…with winds sucking everything that got in his hand's way. 'Nani…?' After everything was gone, every youkai, he closed it up and bound it with his prayer beads. She let out a frightened sound as he took a few quick steps toward her.
"Rin," Sango said. "Are you okay?"
The girl further shrank back as Miroku stood infront of her and bent down. "No, no, no…" she said softly as she once again covered her eyes. "Don't take me, too…"
Miroku drew back a little. "…It's okay, Rin-chan," he said softly. "As long as it's covered you won't be hurt. Besides, I wouldn't do that to you…" The poor girl was afraid of him? He held his hand out toward her and she visibly paled, drawing back.
"No, no, no…" She was reduced to tears this time.
"Houshi-sama…maybe we should take her instead…" Sango suggested.
"Sango, as long as she is with us, she'll have to trust us all. And that includes me as well," he said firmly, not even taking time to look back at her. To Rin: "You can trust me, Rin," he said in all seriousness.
"…You…won't hurt me?" Rin asked after a few seconds, looking up at him.
He gave her a short smile, and at that, she gave a shiver from the cold, taking his hand. With tears still in her eyes, she allowed the houshi to pick her up from the ground. Wrapping her arms slightly around his neck for support, they started walking.
The tears were still there.
"Please bring him back to me," she said. She dearly wanted her Lord back with her. As much as she liked these people, she loved her Lord. And she desperately needed him.
"We will," Sango said with a soft smile. She looked at the scene before her. They way Miroku had handled her was of seriousness and gentleness. She'd really not seen him this way before. The scene alone looked so right, as if Miroku was an older brother quelling his baby sister from her nightmares.
"So why did you leave in the first place?" Sango asked the girl. They were back in the hut now.
"Rin is sorry," she said softly. "Rin didn't mean to worry you…"
"It's fine, don't worry about it," Sango said.
"After Rin had yelled at Miroku-sama, Rin went into the forest to think about what Rin had said." She looked up at Miroku. "Gomen nasai, Miroku-sama," she said sadly, as if she was in big trouble. "And gomen nasai again, because after Rin thought about what Rin had said, Rin went to get Miroku-sama flowers so that Miroku-sama wouldn't be angry with Rin, but the youkai scared Rin…"
How endearing.
She was so very pure. So what exactly was she doing with Sesshou-maru? It wasn't as if she had the mental capacity to know how dangerous he was.
Or maybe that was it. Maybe she knew how dangerous he wasn't.
"I am fine, Rin," Miroku stated. "You didn't have to do that."
"Go to sleep, Rin," Sango said as she softly tucked in the girl.
"Hai…" she drawled, turning to her side so her back was to everyone.
The look of sadness in her eyes was too much for them to bear. That was when they noted it: it was necessary to retrieve Sesshou-maru for her.
~*~
Sesshou-maru's wake was practically sudden, a sick feeling welling from within his stomache. He gave a look around, only to see darkness in his wake. Oh yes. The humans…the future. He'd thought it was all a dream. Then again…he didn't sleep, nonetheless dream often.
With the sick feeling in his stomache came wariness. It took him a while to think about what had awakened him. Until he had realized that he could practically feel the danger…and fear.
That Rin was in. He let out a curse. Where was she? Where had she gone after he'd gone through the well and crossed over time? It actually urked him that he thought about her. For sure it didn't mean that he worried for her…
As the feeling slowly ebbed from the pit of his stomache, a few thoughts came to him. Hw would he escape from this place? How long, now, had he been here?
As hours had drawn by since he'd been caught thoughts of being able to leave were slowly diminishing. He knew he was caught, entrapped, with new surroundings. Surroundings that he didn't feel quite comfortable of. This continuous darkness was leaving him with too much time for contemplation. And these chains around his hand and feet were bothersome.
He hated this. Very much so.
And he most hated the fact that he had no control, none, over these humans at all. It was a disgusting feeling. And not only that, but they had managed to take his swords, among them being his healing sword. He felt even more disgusted that he needed the aid of Tensusaiga, because he didn't feel his body mending after these scientists would perform these…absurd actions against him.
Just the thought alone sent anger reeling through him. Before he knew what he was doing, he had tightened his hand to a fist, controlling with his might the acid that wanted to seep from his fingers.
The action sent a surge of electric energy through his arm, more severe and trailing farther than it had before, lasting longer. The light crackled around him, and he clenched his teeth. It was painful. Each time it happened, it was more painful than the last time. As if it was some sort of warning for him.
And he hated it. It hurt him.
~*~
Kagome turned on the t.v. after she'd taken her bath so that she could watch television. Inuyasha was in the eating room, feasting on some more ramen ravenously. Flipping through the channels in boredum she finally left the channel at the local news.
And then something caught her attention.
"We have very few reports on the attack the other day that left a total of 18 people dead. In this scene right here—" the person pointed behind him, "—there was a massacre of 17 people by one man in a matter of moments. Thought few people actually saw him, they said that he was, and I quote, 'too fast for our eyes to catch his tall figure'. The police were called moments after his violence had erupted, and now one of these good men is dead."
By now, Inuyasha had walked into the room and was closely staring at the television as he'd done when he had first seen the contraption.
"People say that after they'd fled the scene, they don't know what exactly happened to the man. And I quote, 'I heard many gunshots erupting, but I had turned the corner and was too afraid to look at what happened. And then all the sudden the man was in the air, I could see him from where I was, higher than the building that I stood next to! There was some blood on him where he'd been shot so many times, and even something in his neck. It wasn't long until he plummeted to the ground. After that, no one knows what happened.'"
Kagome stared at the television incredulously. She stared in horror, actually. If she'd heard right, then she knew what had happened.
"I don't understand…" Inuyasha said.
"Shh!" Kagome whispered angrily, staring back at the screen.
"That's all that we have found, though. As soon as more information is distilled, then we are left to wonder what happened. I suggest that we all lock our doors and windows for the time being. We don't know if he is still out there. Back to you, Takeda-san."
The t.v. was turned off.
"I don't understand," Inuyasha started again. "What are they saying? What are they coming to? Why was he bleeding?"
Inuyasha obviously didn't know what a gun or a gunshot was, and Kagome wasn't prepared to speak about it. "Inuyasha," Kagome started, "I think that what they are trying to say is that Sesshou-maru has been caught…"
"Nani?" he said as he stared ar her. The look on her face didn't bode well.
"Listen…for now, let's just go back to your time," she said. Because they already knew enough about what had happened to Sesshou-maru. But this was very bad.
"But I thought—" he started.
"Inuyasha…let's just go for now…We'll be back."
"Fine," he muttered.
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My, my; this story is taking a turn for the worst -_-;; Poor Sesshou-maru. *cries and hugs him* The pain I must inflicit on him…nuuu~~ Kay, I'd like you guys to know that even though this story is a torture story, my mind won't come up with all sorts of torture. So, if need be, e-mail me and give me some ideas. They're very welcome, and I've already incorporated one of your fellow reviewer's ideas into my story. Ideas are VERY welcome. Give them to me ~_~. Kay, review responses *screams at the number of reviews*:
Yun Fei: Gomen ne, Yun Fei. This story's centered around the scientific torture and there's no way to get around it while the plot is developing. But now that Kagome has an idea of what has happened to Sess, the plot will be moving a bit quicker. And I updated, see?
Crystal Jewel: What did they do? You read it. Scientists aren't that bad, though. It's just some of the things that they perform that are objectable. And trust me, I'm very happy that you've put me in your favourite list!
atlas-86: Waai~! *glomps you* Thank you for reading!! Don't worry for not reviewing, I haven't been updating that quickly for the same reason that you don't review. Life is hard, and my junior year is even harder T_T
StarryEyedChick: Yah…you read what they injected in him. *sighs* Poor Sess, people laugh at his torture…
Vorsith: Hehe. You're a psychic >_> Don't worry, that's and inside joke I have with my friend. And *sighs* how did you like the Jaken 'bashing'? I personally don't hate him, so I can't be so mean to him :\. So plea no longer, for we shall see the torture, the scientists get theirs, and what not. It may be slow, but it will come. Wahaha~
crystal singer: Actually, the clean up crew's already come. That and…Rin's actions are going to be quite sporadic… *writes down your review for an idea* Yaaay~~
Madame Arrow Foxfire: Am I really? Heh…wait till I start getting dark >_>
k: Thank you.
Infernale: Yah, poor Sess. I'm trying to keep everyone in character. It's actually very hard.
Lord Fluffy: I will finish it eventually. Hehe~You'll know exactly what happens, and thank you for telling me about my writing ^-^
holyfree: Really, you like his torture? *cries* WHY?! Haha~I didn't intend for the fluffy part to be that humourous.
Tsume Yamagata: Of course they'll get what's coming to them. All in time.
Darkfox: Thank you. Yes, the scientists ARE mean, and they will get what's coming to them.
marnika: I'm actually not going to reveal the answer to your questions. That's gonna be shown in later chapters. I'm glad you asked though, because the scientists ARE doing this for a reason. As for him becoming crazed…hmm…*writes that down* >:D
Kitsune Bi123: What an adorable name…@_@. Nihao! Hey…that's Chinese, no? Hehe~ You're reading another fiction of mine? Which one?
Crimson Yokai Angel: I'm updating right now. More torture for you. >:D
And that was all the reviews for now. Hehe~so many reviews. I feel so honoured @_@ Please feel free to gimme ideas, read my other stories, and most of all…review~~ ^-^v. Ja matta, minna.
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Bring Him Back to Me
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My, my; this story is taking a turn for the worst -_-;; Poor Sesshou-maru. *cries and hugs him* The pain I must inflicit on him…nuuu~~ Kay, I'd like you guys to know that even though this story is a torture story, my mind won't come up with all sorts of torture. So, if need be, e-mail me and give me some ideas. They're very welcome, and I've already incorporated one of your fellow reviewer's ideas into my story. Ideas are VERY welcome. Give them to me ~_~. Kay, review responses *screams at the number of reviews*:
Yun Fei: Gomen ne, Yun Fei. This story's centered around the scientific torture and there's no way to get around it while the plot is developing. But now that Kagome has an idea of what has happened to Sess, the plot will be moving a bit quicker. And I updated, see?
Crystal Jewel: What did they do? You read it. Scientists aren't that bad, though. It's just some of the things that they perform that are objectable. And trust me, I'm very happy that you've put me in your favourite list!
atlas-86: Waai~! *glomps you* Thank you for reading!! Don't worry for not reviewing, I haven't been updating that quickly for the same reason that you don't review. Life is hard, and my junior year is even harder T_T
StarryEyedChick: Yah…you read what they injected in him. *sighs* Poor Sess, people laugh at his torture…
Vorsith: Hehe. You're a psychic >_> Don't worry, that's and inside joke I have with my friend. And *sighs* how did you like the Jaken 'bashing'? I personally don't hate him, so I can't be so mean to him :\. So plea no longer, for we shall see the torture, the scientists get theirs, and what not. It may be slow, but it will come. Wahaha~
crystal singer: Actually, the clean up crew's already come. That and…Rin's actions are going to be quite sporadic… *writes down your review for an idea* Yaaay~~
Madame Arrow Foxfire: Am I really? Heh…wait till I start getting dark >_>
k: Thank you.
Infernale: Yah, poor Sess. I'm trying to keep everyone in character. It's actually very hard.
Lord Fluffy: I will finish it eventually. Hehe~You'll know exactly what happens, and thank you for telling me about my writing ^-^
holyfree: Really, you like his torture? *cries* WHY?! Haha~I didn't intend for the fluffy part to be that humourous.
Tsume Yamagata: Of course they'll get what's coming to them. All in time.
Darkfox: Thank you. Yes, the scientists ARE mean, and they will get what's coming to them.
marnika: I'm actually not going to reveal the answer to your questions. That's gonna be shown in later chapters. I'm glad you asked though, because the scientists ARE doing this for a reason. As for him becoming crazed…hmm…*writes that down* >:D
Kitsune Bi123: What an adorable name…@_@. Nihao! Hey…that's Chinese, no? Hehe~ You're reading another fiction of mine? Which one?
Crimson Yokai Angel: I'm updating right now. More torture for you. >:D
And that was all the reviews for now. Hehe~so many reviews. I feel so honoured @_@ Please feel free to gimme ideas, read my other stories, and most of all…review~~ ^-^v. Ja matta, minna.
