Demon Zoo

By Fantasy Cat

Disc: Still no own

Chapter Six

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Inuyasha sniffed the earth and walked through the park behind the zoo. On the other side was the busiest street he ever saw. Thank goodness he knew about cars and traffic from traveling on the road. He walked into the street…

SCREECH!

He nearly got killed by a - SCREECH! Another one! Inuyasha didn't know that cars moved that fast on the outside, and that they came out of many unexpected directions. When he wasn't in the streets the hanyou would sniff the sidewalks to find Kagome's trail.

"Girl Scout Cookies! Support your local Girl Scout Troop!" A trio of girls set up a stand at an intersection. Inuyasha came by and smelled the cookies. Then he grabbed a box of Tagalongs and walked away…ignoring the $3 a box sign.

Once again he arrived at another street crossing and the car chaos started over again. 'What's with these little colored lights?' he asked himself. He scarfed down the rest of his cookies and threw the box behind him. Then he licked his fingers clean. He was not aware of a woman sitting in a nearby café table looking at him. She sniffed the air, then went back to her latte.

Inuyasha was relieved when he came upon a quiet area, but there were too many kids…like the ones that came to his zoo. And they were all hanging around a play park. Then he came upon a string of tiny buildings, not as tall as fancy as the ones near the zoo. "Eugh, I can't believe Kagome is living in a dump," he said. He bent down and sniffed the grass while the kids nearby were laughing and pointing.

With his nose to the ground he crawled down the sidewalk tracking Kagome's scent. He was very close…and closer…and closer…and then… "OW!" Inuyasha sat up and rubbed his nose. Who the hell would step on it?

The girl dropped the book she was reading and looked down. "Oh I'm sorry. I didn't see you - INUYASHA!"

"Hey, Kagome."

"What the? I mean? How'd you?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" Kagome was screaming at him. "How did you know it was me?" asked Inuyasha. Then he noticed his cap on the ground and quickly put it on his head again. "That, plus I doubt anyone would in their right minds walk across town barefoot."

Kagome prepared a big bowl of Ramen and it was no surprise to her that Inuyasha was making a big mess out of his eating matters. Soup was sprayed all over as he slurped every noodle.

"So, is this about that woman who's gonna buy you?"

"Somewhat. I thought about this all last night and I figured that I practically am a human. So why should I spend my life as some woman's dog or a zoo animal when I can be a man? You, know I can take my skills out on the road and be in the circus."

"Inuyasha, what they do in the circus is pretty much the same thing. And you can't last very long traveling."

"Feh, what do you know. You'll be spending the rest of your life cleaning Kirara's crap up for a living!"

"NO I WON'T!"

"Then why are you living in a dump when you could be in those big and tall shiny buildings?"

"Inuyasha, those are skyscrapers. They have businesses in their and they're not for homes. And besides, my family does really well. My mom helped me raised enough money to have my own house and car."

The hanyou drank the rest of his soup. "Oh I just remembered something," he said. "Sesshomaru's been keeping a human in his cave for the past few days."

"What? Oh my god, that's terrible! How come they haven't called for help or anything?"

"I was the first to find out about it last night. He showed her to me himself, and to makes matter insane, he got her pregnant."

Kagome let out a face of disgust. "Oh, that's immoral!"

"Not in the demon world, I mean my mom was a human too."

"Well, in most cultures, sex with an animal is as gross as you can get."

"Hey, look it's what Naraku does ok?"

"What do you mean it's what Naraku does? Inuyasha, is there something more you know that we don't?"

Inuyasha wiped his mouth and look straight into Kagome's eyes. "Okay, look. I'll tell you everything, but if Naraku finds out what you know he could fire you or slice you up or something." Kagome nodded and Inuyasha gulped a glass of milk.

"It's just this thing he does to save money. He wants to keep as many purebred demons as he could and they haven't found a way to control the demon's…natural urges. So he and Kagura would go out at night and grab any woman they could find on the street. Prostitutes, homeless, runaways, even any woman walking alone at night. They knock the woman unconscious and throw her into a demon's cage when they're in heat. And then the demon is given strict directions to kill he woman after they're done doing their…business. Then all of the clothes and possessions are burned to hide the evidence."

Kagome's faced change. "That's so horrible. You were right when you said something was up with your brother. I found this in the furnace." She pulled out a damaged ID card. Kagome had cleaned the card enough so it now showed a picture.

"That's her!" pointed Inuyasha. "That's the girl with Sesshomaru."

"We have to get her out of there."

"Excuse me?" said Inuyasha. "Inuyasha, none of the employees have ever been allowed inside Sesshomaru's cage because he's too dangerous. If you're his brother, maybe you can handle him, right?" Inuyasha scratched his head. "I guess so."

"Well, we have to get her out tonight. The zoo is empty between Midnight and 4am so that will be our chance."

"Okay," said Inuyasha. "But just because he's my brother, doesn't mean he'll be happy to see me."

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