Demon Zoo

By Fantasy Cat

Disc: I am a nut but I don't own Inuyasha.

Chapter Two

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Kagome went out onto the exhibition stage. "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. I give you: the demons of the Shikon Zoo!" The curtain behind her opened and the audience went wild.

Shippou came in on his tricycle. Kirara and Hatchi were walking on large balls. Jinenji, was doing tricks at the center of the stage since he was the largest. He was balancing Inuyasha on his head. Inuyasha was now dressed in a performer's red-sequence vest and ruby pants. 'This gets more embarrassing everytime,'' Inuyasha thought to himself.

The audience was constantly applauding. "I give you…the transformation of Kirara." Sango had Kirara on a leash as much as she hated to do so. She took the leash off of Kirara and in a blast of fire she suddenly transformed from a cute small kitten into a large saber-tooth. The audience gasped and cheered. They went crazy when Kirara started flying around the tent and then returned to the stage. Then, Hatchi and Shippou transformed themselves into bubbles and began floating in the air. "More! More!" cried the audience.

"We have a big finale for you," announced Miroku. "Our number one hanyou Inuyasha will slash this pole with his own claws. The pole weighs about 300 pounds and is made of steel."

"Ooh!" The audience was excited.

Inuyasha was now the only creature on stage. He leapt into the air and aimed his claws at the pole. The collision with his claws brought sparks into the airs that amazed the audience. The hanyou slashed that pole and it fell into three parts onto the floor. Everyone got up from their seats and cheered.

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Naraku did not come to see them after, so the show must've been a success! "They loved you out there!" said Kagome cheerfully. "You think so?" asked Jinenji shyly. "Yes, that was a really psyched out audience," said Sango.

When all of the performing youkai and hanyou were fed and returned to their cages it was now near closing time. "I suspect we're gonna get really huge paychecks."

"Speaking of paychecks," said Miroku. "Can we still have that date?"

"Fine," said Sango and then she gasped. "Oh can you wait ten minutes? I still have to do to do my checking rounds in the domestic exhibit."

"Oh don't worry about that, Sango. I can do it for you," said Kagome.

"Oh really? Are you sure?" said Sango. "Because I was gonna ask you to come with us so Miroku here doesn't embarrass me again."

"It's alright," said Kagome. "I was planning on staying home and taking it easy. I'll just get in the way of your date. So you guys have fun ok?" Sango moaned. Once again she would risk dating the pervert. She just wished that Miroku wasn't so cute.

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It was dark and the zoo was closed. Kagome had only fifteen minutes to do both her's and Sango's checking rounds, but she was working real fast. Before her last cage, she went to see Inuyasha. She knew he would be out of his cave since no patrons were around. "Hi Inuyasha. You did great tonight."

"Of course I did. I'm the number one hanyou in this zoo. They come to see me!" Inuyasha was full of pride.

"Well here, since you weren't acting rude to anyone else beside me, I got you some sweet potato chips."

"YES!" Inuyasha grabbed for the chips through the bars and began stuffing himself. Kagome walk away. She just had to check on his youkai brother Sesshomaru, and then she could go home.

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Sesshomaru was in his human leaning against a rock looking at the stars near the bars when Kagome saw him. The employees knew that Sesshomaru was only in his true form during zoo hours. He had no food so Kagome had to toss him a cooked steak. He caught it. Then he stood up, took his meat and his water dish and climbed up the rocks towards his cave. "I guess all domestic demons are weird like him," she said to herself. Now she could wash up, clock out and go home.

Sesshomaru's cave was built deep into the rock. In the dark corner he placed the steak and the water dish on the ground by a small form covered in a small blanket. It didn't move, so he assumed that she wasn't hungry. She, being the girl he had to take last night. Sesshomaru lied down on the ground snuggled next to her in the darkness.

She felt uncomfortable and shaken by his presence there. But she could not speak. A large scar was seen across her throat; she could not call for help. Her legs were broken; she could not escape. No one knew of her existence in that cave except for Sesshomaru. Despite her fears, she didn't move. It was a chilly night and it was best to keep her warm.

Eventually she fell asleep while he spent the entire night pondering why, that he himself, could not kill this girl as he was suppose to have done last night.