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Torture - Part Six Inuyasha's Point of View
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I woke up with a jolt of pain. My back, my arms, my shoulders, my legs, everywhere hurt. I was in a living hell. The only thing that kept me from going insane was the thought of Kagome's face.
Astoundingly, I had only been here for a few hours and I already wanted to die. I couldn't take much more of this. It was only a matter of time before I broke.
"I'm glad you are awake," a voice said.
A pair of hands ran across my back, making me groan. Even though the touch was gentle, almost lovingly, it still hurt like hell. The hands left behind a cool trail, easing the pain somewhat. It wasn't much, but it was some comfort. Even if I was still standing and tied to a couple of wooden posts. Anything would help at this point.
"I must tell you now, Inuyasha," it was Hiyaku. "I do not control what I do to you. Naraku has the power to control my every movement, IF he is not distracted."
"That's great, but what use is that information to me if I can't get out of here?" I grunted in tortured agony.
"THAT is where you are wrong," he said.
This caught my attention. I could get away? I could escape somehow and keep Kagome from harm.
"Then you'll let me go?" I asked. I sounded desperate.
"Soon, very soon. It will not be long now," Hiyaku replied.
The feeling on my back increased and the pain all but disappeared. It felt almost normal now.
"What are you doing anyway?"
"Numbing the pain. I cannot heal wounds, but I can take the discomfort away," Hiyaku answered.
"Thanks," was all I could get out.
"Hnn, I do not have much time before he takes me. Just remember: I am not your enemy. I have no control over what I do. I want to help. I am an ally. I just want to help you return to that girl. I know what it is to love another," he said.
"Feh, she doesn't love me. She loves someone else."
My hair was still over my shoulder, I noticed. And I realized with dismay that was it was still black.
Hiyaku walked around to the front of me, his piercing green eyes stared into mine. A warm glow could be seen in them.
"I do not mean to hurt you. There is just an hour or two until morning, then you turn into a demon again and you will make your escape," he said.
I looked as his cerulean hair fell into his eyes and across the red stripes under his eyes. He had almost a tender look to them. Something I'd seen in Kagome's eyes before.
Hiyaku's eyes suddenly became like ice and he was gone. He was an enemy once more. He stepped back and snapped his heels together. A pair of daggers slid out from the soles of his boots.
"THIS is my enemy, not Hiyaku," I reminded myself.
I tried once more to break free of the ropes holding me in place. They didn't even budge! How could I get free?
'It's only rope! Break through it!' I thought.
I strained against the ropes as hard as I could. It was no use. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get free. There was no way. I couldn't even loosen them.
"Let me live through this. Just long enough to tell Kagome how I feel about her," I prayed aloud.
I truly believed that I wouldn't live through this.
More pain hit me before I knew it was coming. A sharp pain in my upper thigh. My body would have crumpled had the ropes not supported it. I could feel blood flowing down my left leg.
"Let me live through this, just for a while," I prayed again, feeling another knife strike in my side. "Please let me live."
More blood gushed from me. This couldn't be happening. It couldn't end like this. I couldn't die. It wasn't supposed to end this way. At least, not yet.
"Stop!" a new voice came from behind me. It was a woman. I could tell by the sound. "You will kill him to quickly. The reincarnation will not come."
"Then what do you suppose I do?" Hiyaku demanded.
"Master Naraku said to bandage the new wounds, then continue with your fists." I knew the voice. I couldn't remember whom it belonged to.
I heard short footsteps coming closer to me, then felt a pressure on my back that made me cry out in pain.
"The mighty Inuyasha is now brought down. The once nearly invincible demon is now helpless. What an event," I recognized the voice now.
"K..Kagura!" I gasped; she pressed harder against my back. The pain Hiyaku had taken was now coming once more.
"Yes, and soon, you will be dead and all of us freed of Naraku's control."
Kagura dragged the rough edge of her fan across one of the deeper gashes in my back. It made me arch my back, trying get away from the object causing the torment. She laughed at my weak attempt.
"Naraku also says not to forget to inject the serum." Her fan left my back. "Can I do it, Hiyaku?"
"If you must," he replied. "Get some bandages while you are over there."
Kagura walked to a nearby cabinet in a corner and opened the doors. Strips of fluffy, white gauze flew through the air. Hiyaku had wrapped my new wounds before I realized what he was doing. Then there was a prick in my upper arm. I looked up and saw a glint of silver slipping into my arm. As Kagura jammed it into my arm, it felt like acid was running through my veins. Then she just...left. She was just gone.
"W..wha--" I panted.
"Anti-healing. It was made with herbs to delay your demon healing abilities," was the simple reply from possessed being. Hiyaku put the bandages away. He still had the look in his eyes. I knew what was coming when he got back. I braced myself for what he would do. But I can't say I was prepared for what happened next.
Hiyaku staggered passed me holding his head and crashed onto the stretching table. His eyes were closed tightly. Then I realized what was going on. He was FIGHTING Naraku, trying to get him out of his head!
He sat there for five minutes straight; his eyes were closed tightly. When his eyes opened, the icy look was still there. This wasn't good.
"He thinks he can fight me," Naraku was speaking through Hiyaku.
He walked up to me until he was about a foot away. Then he pulled his fist back.
"Fight it," I demanded, his fist slammed into my stomach, knocking the wind out of me.
I couldn't bend an elbow to try and breath. I was still stretched between the posts. I was completely immobile.
Another fist met the soft flesh of my stomach, but this time it was slightly higher. The force of the blow splintered two ribs and broke another entirely. I couldn't breathe now. Not without experiencing even more pain.
A punch connected solidly with my jaw next. I heard the bone crack and felt it slide out of place. A tooth sliced into my lip and I tasted blood.
"Dammit, Hiyaku! Fight it!" I yelled, spitting the crimson fluid out on the floor. "You wanna be free?! Then fight it!"
Another punch landed on my cheekbone before his eyes flickered. It disappeared almost as fast, I wasn't sure if I really saw it, or I was imagining it. One more blow struck my swollen shoulder, sending an unpleasant tingle through my arm.
I lost count of how many times I was hit. This was miserable. My thigh hurt, my arms, my legs, and to add insult to injury, my back had started to burn again. My vision clouded in and I kept coughing up mouthful after mouthful of blood. I tried to tune out Hiyaku, the pain and everything. I wanted to die. The only thing that kept me alive was the thought of Kagome. I promised that if I got out of here, I would tell her how I felt about her. I would just come clean with it. I swore I would tell her everything.
A particularly hard punch made me gasp. I just closed my eyes and tried my best to ignore the pain. I kept thinking about what would happen if Naraku succeeded in capturing Kagome. I was sure that after he raped her, he'd kill her. That couldn't happen.
I realized with a start that Hiyaku's assault had suddenly stopped. No knives, no fists, nothing. I opened one eye wearily to see what was going on. What I saw nearly made my heart stop in my chest.
Hiyaku was standing in front of me, his sword raised above his head. My mind may not have given up, but my body was through. I closed my eyes, waiting for doom to come. But...it didn't. I stood there with my eyes closed for about a full minute. Finally, curiosity got the better of me. Instead of feeling the cold steel biting into my flesh, I felt the sword slice through the ropes holding my feet. Now that I had some room to move, my weight sagged against the ropes holding my wrists. I couldn't even hold myself up. Then the ropes around my wrists were cut.
My arms fell uselessly to my sides and I stayed standing for a few seconds. Now that I was free, I could save Kagome. I took a step backward, towards the door behind me, swayed dangerously, then fell. I closed my eyes, waiting for the impact, but it didn't come. Hiyaku had dashed behind me and caught my useless body before it hit the ground.
He slung my arm around his shoulder and started to walk to the door. I forced my body to work, pain was pumping through my veins like the spider- head demons' venom from a few months before.
"I do not think you will make it if you wait until sunrise," said Hiyaku.
"So I..I get to... go now?" I asked.
"Yes. Naraku will not be watching for another half an hour or so. Then he will come into that room to check on you and I, so if you want out, we must go now."
He walked up the stairs while I staggered weakly behind him. The door opened and the cool early morning air hit my sweaty, feverish face.
Hiyaku let out an owl hoot. Almost immediately, a big, bird-like creature landed silently in front of us. He helped me on its back, then climbed on himself. It took off as quietly as it landed. There was a tug at my hair, so I turned around as much as my battered body would allow.
"What are you doing?" I panted, my broken rib made it hard to breathe.
"You cannot be comfortable with your hair sticking to your sweaty face, correct?" he asked.
Y..yeah,"
"Well, it's the very least I can do to make you a bit more comfortable."
I let a hiss of air escape through my teeth as his hands brushed against my back. The flesh was still tender where the whip had struck again and again. He muttered an apology and tied the end, then threw the thick braid over my shoulder. Away from my whip-lashed back.
I mumbled a 'thank you'
"You're welcome," he replied, "You have no idea how sorry I am for all of this. Master Naraku knows I hate hurting people. That's why he makes me do it."
"As long as I can get away from here I don't care." I was about to say something else when I saw a flash of white and and the faintest glint of gold through the trees.
"Stop!" I hissed and immediately felt the bird beast thing slow down.
It could have been anything and I was probably risking both our lives but I was so sure that it was Kagome's shirt or the rings on Miroku's staff.
We descended into the foliage and I saw it again. I tried to take a deep breath to call for her, but instead, I just coughed up a lot of blood.
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Author's Notes: That's it for this chapter. I hope you all liked it! The next one will be pretty good
too. I like writing this. I think I may have found my thing.
Anyway, see that button in the lower left-hand corner? Well, click it and tell me
what you think so far. I gotta go start on the next chapter! Bye!
Author's Note: Nothing much. Just wanna say thanks to the people who review!! Angel(), anon, thanks a bunch! You don't know how much it means to me!!
Torture - Part Six Inuyasha's Point of View
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I woke up with a jolt of pain. My back, my arms, my shoulders, my legs, everywhere hurt. I was in a living hell. The only thing that kept me from going insane was the thought of Kagome's face.
Astoundingly, I had only been here for a few hours and I already wanted to die. I couldn't take much more of this. It was only a matter of time before I broke.
"I'm glad you are awake," a voice said.
A pair of hands ran across my back, making me groan. Even though the touch was gentle, almost lovingly, it still hurt like hell. The hands left behind a cool trail, easing the pain somewhat. It wasn't much, but it was some comfort. Even if I was still standing and tied to a couple of wooden posts. Anything would help at this point.
"I must tell you now, Inuyasha," it was Hiyaku. "I do not control what I do to you. Naraku has the power to control my every movement, IF he is not distracted."
"That's great, but what use is that information to me if I can't get out of here?" I grunted in tortured agony.
"THAT is where you are wrong," he said.
This caught my attention. I could get away? I could escape somehow and keep Kagome from harm.
"Then you'll let me go?" I asked. I sounded desperate.
"Soon, very soon. It will not be long now," Hiyaku replied.
The feeling on my back increased and the pain all but disappeared. It felt almost normal now.
"What are you doing anyway?"
"Numbing the pain. I cannot heal wounds, but I can take the discomfort away," Hiyaku answered.
"Thanks," was all I could get out.
"Hnn, I do not have much time before he takes me. Just remember: I am not your enemy. I have no control over what I do. I want to help. I am an ally. I just want to help you return to that girl. I know what it is to love another," he said.
"Feh, she doesn't love me. She loves someone else."
My hair was still over my shoulder, I noticed. And I realized with dismay that was it was still black.
Hiyaku walked around to the front of me, his piercing green eyes stared into mine. A warm glow could be seen in them.
"I do not mean to hurt you. There is just an hour or two until morning, then you turn into a demon again and you will make your escape," he said.
I looked as his cerulean hair fell into his eyes and across the red stripes under his eyes. He had almost a tender look to them. Something I'd seen in Kagome's eyes before.
Hiyaku's eyes suddenly became like ice and he was gone. He was an enemy once more. He stepped back and snapped his heels together. A pair of daggers slid out from the soles of his boots.
"THIS is my enemy, not Hiyaku," I reminded myself.
I tried once more to break free of the ropes holding me in place. They didn't even budge! How could I get free?
'It's only rope! Break through it!' I thought.
I strained against the ropes as hard as I could. It was no use. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get free. There was no way. I couldn't even loosen them.
"Let me live through this. Just long enough to tell Kagome how I feel about her," I prayed aloud.
I truly believed that I wouldn't live through this.
More pain hit me before I knew it was coming. A sharp pain in my upper thigh. My body would have crumpled had the ropes not supported it. I could feel blood flowing down my left leg.
"Let me live through this, just for a while," I prayed again, feeling another knife strike in my side. "Please let me live."
More blood gushed from me. This couldn't be happening. It couldn't end like this. I couldn't die. It wasn't supposed to end this way. At least, not yet.
"Stop!" a new voice came from behind me. It was a woman. I could tell by the sound. "You will kill him to quickly. The reincarnation will not come."
"Then what do you suppose I do?" Hiyaku demanded.
"Master Naraku said to bandage the new wounds, then continue with your fists." I knew the voice. I couldn't remember whom it belonged to.
I heard short footsteps coming closer to me, then felt a pressure on my back that made me cry out in pain.
"The mighty Inuyasha is now brought down. The once nearly invincible demon is now helpless. What an event," I recognized the voice now.
"K..Kagura!" I gasped; she pressed harder against my back. The pain Hiyaku had taken was now coming once more.
"Yes, and soon, you will be dead and all of us freed of Naraku's control."
Kagura dragged the rough edge of her fan across one of the deeper gashes in my back. It made me arch my back, trying get away from the object causing the torment. She laughed at my weak attempt.
"Naraku also says not to forget to inject the serum." Her fan left my back. "Can I do it, Hiyaku?"
"If you must," he replied. "Get some bandages while you are over there."
Kagura walked to a nearby cabinet in a corner and opened the doors. Strips of fluffy, white gauze flew through the air. Hiyaku had wrapped my new wounds before I realized what he was doing. Then there was a prick in my upper arm. I looked up and saw a glint of silver slipping into my arm. As Kagura jammed it into my arm, it felt like acid was running through my veins. Then she just...left. She was just gone.
"W..wha--" I panted.
"Anti-healing. It was made with herbs to delay your demon healing abilities," was the simple reply from possessed being. Hiyaku put the bandages away. He still had the look in his eyes. I knew what was coming when he got back. I braced myself for what he would do. But I can't say I was prepared for what happened next.
Hiyaku staggered passed me holding his head and crashed onto the stretching table. His eyes were closed tightly. Then I realized what was going on. He was FIGHTING Naraku, trying to get him out of his head!
He sat there for five minutes straight; his eyes were closed tightly. When his eyes opened, the icy look was still there. This wasn't good.
"He thinks he can fight me," Naraku was speaking through Hiyaku.
He walked up to me until he was about a foot away. Then he pulled his fist back.
"Fight it," I demanded, his fist slammed into my stomach, knocking the wind out of me.
I couldn't bend an elbow to try and breath. I was still stretched between the posts. I was completely immobile.
Another fist met the soft flesh of my stomach, but this time it was slightly higher. The force of the blow splintered two ribs and broke another entirely. I couldn't breathe now. Not without experiencing even more pain.
A punch connected solidly with my jaw next. I heard the bone crack and felt it slide out of place. A tooth sliced into my lip and I tasted blood.
"Dammit, Hiyaku! Fight it!" I yelled, spitting the crimson fluid out on the floor. "You wanna be free?! Then fight it!"
Another punch landed on my cheekbone before his eyes flickered. It disappeared almost as fast, I wasn't sure if I really saw it, or I was imagining it. One more blow struck my swollen shoulder, sending an unpleasant tingle through my arm.
I lost count of how many times I was hit. This was miserable. My thigh hurt, my arms, my legs, and to add insult to injury, my back had started to burn again. My vision clouded in and I kept coughing up mouthful after mouthful of blood. I tried to tune out Hiyaku, the pain and everything. I wanted to die. The only thing that kept me alive was the thought of Kagome. I promised that if I got out of here, I would tell her how I felt about her. I would just come clean with it. I swore I would tell her everything.
A particularly hard punch made me gasp. I just closed my eyes and tried my best to ignore the pain. I kept thinking about what would happen if Naraku succeeded in capturing Kagome. I was sure that after he raped her, he'd kill her. That couldn't happen.
I realized with a start that Hiyaku's assault had suddenly stopped. No knives, no fists, nothing. I opened one eye wearily to see what was going on. What I saw nearly made my heart stop in my chest.
Hiyaku was standing in front of me, his sword raised above his head. My mind may not have given up, but my body was through. I closed my eyes, waiting for doom to come. But...it didn't. I stood there with my eyes closed for about a full minute. Finally, curiosity got the better of me. Instead of feeling the cold steel biting into my flesh, I felt the sword slice through the ropes holding my feet. Now that I had some room to move, my weight sagged against the ropes holding my wrists. I couldn't even hold myself up. Then the ropes around my wrists were cut.
My arms fell uselessly to my sides and I stayed standing for a few seconds. Now that I was free, I could save Kagome. I took a step backward, towards the door behind me, swayed dangerously, then fell. I closed my eyes, waiting for the impact, but it didn't come. Hiyaku had dashed behind me and caught my useless body before it hit the ground.
He slung my arm around his shoulder and started to walk to the door. I forced my body to work, pain was pumping through my veins like the spider- head demons' venom from a few months before.
"I do not think you will make it if you wait until sunrise," said Hiyaku.
"So I..I get to... go now?" I asked.
"Yes. Naraku will not be watching for another half an hour or so. Then he will come into that room to check on you and I, so if you want out, we must go now."
He walked up the stairs while I staggered weakly behind him. The door opened and the cool early morning air hit my sweaty, feverish face.
Hiyaku let out an owl hoot. Almost immediately, a big, bird-like creature landed silently in front of us. He helped me on its back, then climbed on himself. It took off as quietly as it landed. There was a tug at my hair, so I turned around as much as my battered body would allow.
"What are you doing?" I panted, my broken rib made it hard to breathe.
"You cannot be comfortable with your hair sticking to your sweaty face, correct?" he asked.
Y..yeah,"
"Well, it's the very least I can do to make you a bit more comfortable."
I let a hiss of air escape through my teeth as his hands brushed against my back. The flesh was still tender where the whip had struck again and again. He muttered an apology and tied the end, then threw the thick braid over my shoulder. Away from my whip-lashed back.
I mumbled a 'thank you'
"You're welcome," he replied, "You have no idea how sorry I am for all of this. Master Naraku knows I hate hurting people. That's why he makes me do it."
"As long as I can get away from here I don't care." I was about to say something else when I saw a flash of white and and the faintest glint of gold through the trees.
"Stop!" I hissed and immediately felt the bird beast thing slow down.
It could have been anything and I was probably risking both our lives but I was so sure that it was Kagome's shirt or the rings on Miroku's staff.
We descended into the foliage and I saw it again. I tried to take a deep breath to call for her, but instead, I just coughed up a lot of blood.
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Author's Notes: That's it for this chapter. I hope you all liked it! The next one will be pretty good
too. I like writing this. I think I may have found my thing.
Anyway, see that button in the lower left-hand corner? Well, click it and tell me
what you think so far. I gotta go start on the next chapter! Bye!