A Slave is Still Just That—a Slave
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. I do own most of the graphic novels, but my older sister has them in her locker at school. AKITA INU!
Akita: Uh oh. She's getting out the perfume . . .
Chapter two: The Slave Market
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"Where did Kagome-chan go?"
"I thought she was with you"
"No, she went down to breakfast with master Higurashi and I haven't seen her since."
"Maybe she found herself a boyfriend and has been out all night having-"
"Pervert!" Sango hit Miroku over the head with the frying pan she was cleaning, instantly knocking him out cold.
Kagome is probably ok, but I'll look for her nonetheless. Some people hate the slave law, and since she's the governor's daughter…. Sango ended her thoughts before she got too worried and left the mansion to find Kagome.
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Kagome was in a part of town she didn't recognize. She had been thinking about her father the whole time she was running and didn't pay attention to where she was going. She found herself standing outside of what looked like a boxing ring. An announcer stepped up into it.
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Inuyasha couldn't believe his rotten luck. Here he was chained to other slaves in a truck ready to be auctioned. Kikyo had decided he should be gotten rid of in a hurry. An auction was perfect. That way he could never be returned.
"Unload them." A harsh voice grumbled and Inuyasha stepped in to the sun.
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Kagome watched as several youkai walked out of a van chained together. There were five of them, one of which was a little boy. He looked terrified, and he clung to his father's arm crying. The boy's father showed no emotion in his face, but his eyes showed pain. Kagome knew what would probably happen to the little boy and his father, and she hated it.
"Let the auction begin!" the announcer shouted and the crowd cheered. The boy's father was ripped away from the boy and pushed in to the ring.
"Poppa!" the boy shouted tears running down his face. He was pushed backwards in to the hanyou behind him. Kagome's heart wrenched.
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The little boy in front of Inuyasha was pushed in to him. Inuyasha looked down at him. The boy brought back memories of his own past. Pushing his past away, Inuyasha growled.
"Stop crying whelp. It won't help anything."
Shippo couldn't help but cry, but he turned back to his father.
"Fudo is sold for 2000 dollars! (A.N. sorry! I don't know yen! And I had to choose a name for Shippo's dad or I'd have to call him Shippo's dad all the time)
"The next is a pair of brothers. Bid starts at 2000 dollars."
"2500!"
"4000!"
"5500!"
"5500 going once, twice, sold! For 5500 dollars!"
"Now there is to be a fight between Fudo, and the thunder brothers!" The crowd started to cheer and chant.
"Fight, fight, fight!" Kagome watched in horror as they pushed the fox youkai back in to the ring.
"Begin!" the announcer shouted and struck a bell. Instantly two wheels took Hiten up in to the air, and a black cloud rose with Manten in the middle. Shippo watched in horror as Hiten lunged at Fudo. Fudo shouted,
"Divide and conquer!" Fudo after Fudo appeared and Hiten kept striking at them but none of them were real. Manten however was watching carefully not attacking. A glimmer of motion caught his eye. He readied his lightning attack and fired. Fudo was surprised and cried,
"Foxfire!" But he was too late. The attack enveloped Fudo. He fell dead to the ground.
"NOOOO! POPPA!" Shippo ran to his father but was pulled back. "Poppa!" Shippo began to cry harder. Kagome looked at Fudo's body. The foxfire had protected his pelt, but not his life. Hiten walked over to Fudo's body and skinned him in front of Shippo's eyes.
"Bastard!" Shippo lunged for Hiten, but Hiten easily swatted the kit away.
"What's the matter whelp, Daddy not here to save you?" Angry tears ran down Shippo's face, but he stayed silent.
"Bid for the fox kit starts at 500 dollars!"
"5000!"
Every one stared at Kagome.
"And he gets his father's pelt back!" Kagome added as an afterthought. The announcer blinked in surprise, but shouted,
"Sold to the governor's daughter for 5000!" all of the youkai bristled.
"The governor's daughter?" Hiten asked emotionlessly. Kagome nodded. Hiten lunged at Kagome with fury in his eyes closely followed by Manten. Kagome fell back and braced herself for the attack.
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Hope you liked it! Please review. Do you think things are happening too fast? Kirara is in the next chappie! Oh, and announcer person recognized Kagome (She is really well known). That's how he knew that she was the governor's daughter.
Sisu: Let's hope Akita won't write anything to scare away readers (I know you guys are out there somewhere) I have a serious problem with rushing stories (In my opinion) so whenever I'm rushing the plot along please tell me. (Kinda like having a big green thing stuck between your teeth and nobody telling you)
Akita: Scaring readers? Who says I scare readers? Okay, so there was that one incident with the cucumber and the weasel, but that was only once . . .