Torture Part Nine
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Author's Note: Ewoks RULE!!! "Luka luka luuukaaa!" (heh heh. I'm watching Star Wars) Thank you everyone!!
Special Thanks to: Miss Queen of the World I'm glad you enjoy when I thank you!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! (Special thanks because you like being thanked) ;-)
Banshee of Death Thank you very much. But..... um, don't use drugs. The story isn't THAT good. ::snuggles Gambit then sits him next to Inu::
STAY INSANE, BANSHEE, STAY INSANE!!
Sotamaru Gracias. I LOVE REVIEWS! ::Vein pops:: oww.... need a doctor....
Inuyasharulz Thanks, but I'm feeling much better now.
Sesshomaru639 Hey look, I'm thanking ya!
Xenia Your name reminds me of Xena: Warrior Princess. Which, in turn reminds me of Hercules, which in turn, reminds me of Iolaus! YAY!! I LOVE IOLAUS!!! I'd take him over my crush any day! YEEE!!! I'm in love!!! *ahem* sorry about that. I'm glad you liked that flashback!
midoriko Don't say sorry if you this is the best story you've read in FOREVER. Be happy!
Shadow Fox777
Item 1. Thank you.
Item 2. Thank you, I wasn't sure.
Item 3. It's not over yet. It's close, but not yet. It's not over 'til the fat lady sings!!
::opera singing in the background:: LAA! LAAA! LAAAA! (Hold on a sec.)
"That wasn't your cue, Minny! Not 'til it's OVER!!" (lol) (I don't know if anyone else found that funny, but I sure as hell did. Heh, heh.)
Angel Thank you. I don't know how long this is gonna be. I think this may be the last chapter or second to last chapter. ::Sobs:: I don't want it to be over!!
Inu's flashback was SO cute!
RyuuNeko Thank you. I like seeing other people's POV of Inuyasha's transformation into a human and back as well. I thought the flashback was cute too. My mommy said I captured the essence of a child perfectly. ::giggles:: (wait, GIGGLES? I don't giggle!!) ::yells as loony bin people carry her away:: "I DON'T GIGGLE!!!"
Monkeybratwon God, you're SO mean!! Why cant' you just be happy for me for once?! I swear, just because YOU don't like what I write, doesn't mean no one else does! (You spelled *can* wrong!) You are SO on my list..... J/K. But seriously, you gotta be nicer.
P.S. See you at school! :-)
fala1385 I'm glad you liked the flashback. And don't worry I'll come see you in your cardboard box! ;-) (P.S. I still have Inuyasha with me!!)
Out4Sesshomaru'sHead I didn't stop updating. I just had a HUGE case of writer's block.
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Torture
Part Nine
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Last time-
She nodded and went over to the rest of the group. Kagome shook them awake quietly. My ears caught her words, telling them to be silent and to get away from here A.S.A.P.
I wasn't quite sure what was gonna happen, but I knew there was going to be trouble.......
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There was gonna be trouble. I was sure of that. Maybe we had a while before anything happened, but I wanted everyone to be on watch.
Suddenly, Hiyaku's eyes were opened and the mood was instantly tense. Even Sango and Miroku, who weren't even a hundred percent sure what was going on, were wary.
I couldn't even look Hiyaku in the eye. Doing that already brought flashbacks. The memories were so vivid that reality blurred and I found myself reliving the events all over again. (A/N: FLASHBACK TIME!!! Except I didn't put this in the other chapters. This happened when I was being Kagome.)
~~* Flashback *~~
It felt like I was being burned alive. It was pure agony, to put it simply.
I was still tied to the whipping posts; my wrists were rubbed raw and bleeding. The lacerations were deep enough to the point where I thought the ropes would cut through the veins and I would bleed to death, mercifully. I wasn't being whipped anymore at least.
I was having hot tar trickled down my chest. It didn't just hurt physically anymore. It hurt mentally as well. One reason was the thought that I was probably never gonna see Kagome again drove me insane. Another was that in being human, I didn't have the stamina that I usually did. I was slowly being tortured to insanity.
The tar burned its way into my skin painfully slow. It seemed to dig in like worms in dirt. The burning agony was so slow. So..... slow..... and I couldn't do a thing. As much as I wanted to wipe it away, at the same time, I didn't want to move my hand anyway.
"You.....g-gotta let me go....." I ground out between clenched teeth.
Hiyaku looked up for a moment. Glaring at me in annoyance.
"What don't you understand? I.....can......NOT.....let.....you......GO!!" he said slowly
I bit back a cry of pain as a fresh rivulet of tar was let running down my shoulder.
"At least stop this then!" I yelled. I couldn't keep my voice at a quiet whisper anymore.
"I CAN'T!" he yelled right back in my face.
He was normally calm during this sort of thing, but I had finally worn him down a little, but not enough. I doubt I was even close to being free yet. A scream of pain tore past my lips a tar oozed down my back, intruding in on one of the whip – gashes. It seemed to tunnel into my flesh.
I couldn't believe I was going to give in and start begging in a moment.
"Please! You—"
~ End of Flashback ~
"Inuyasha? Are you all right?" Kagome's voice broke into my thoughts, I thought that she was still waking the others.
I shook my head to clear it of the thoughts.
"Feh, why wouldn't I be, wench?" I snapped, avoiding her eyes.
"Well, you had this haunted look on your face. I'm worried about you," her voice was shaky and soft, like she was gonna start crying.
I jerked my head up and stole a glance at her. Kagome's eyes glimmered with unshed tears. She stood up and started to walk away.
"Kagome, wait," I said, she didn't stop. "Kagome!"
The girl stopped and turned her head so that she could see me out of the corner of her eye. Even from where I was, I could still see her tears.
"What?"
"This is just hard," I said, looking down.
Kagome couldn't have heard me. I hardly heard what I said.
She retraced her steps back to me and sat down.
"What did you say?" she asked softly.
I was looking everywhere but at Kagome. I watched Sango and Miroku sitting at the base of a tree in each other's arms. Shippou and Kirara were playing in the trees, jumping from branch to branch. They switched from one to the other. They came to Hiyaku's tree next.
There wasn't time to shout a warning as Shippou lost his footing on the branch and went crashing straight into Hiyaku's lap.
His emerald eyes snapped open as he grabbed the Kitsune by the throat. Shippou's eyes rolled as he struggled for air.
I heaved my battered body to my feet with a groan of pain.
"Let him go!" I demanded, raising Tetsusaiga.
The blade transformed, adding extra weight to my strained shoulders. I would have collapsed if Shippou's life weren't in danger.
Hiyaku's eyes snapped open and he glared at me. His look sent a wave of terror washing over me. Instantly my blood seemed to freeze in my veins as an overwhelming fear surrounded me. I couldn't move. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't even think straight. Anyone who cared to look could see me trembling in fear.
He took a step forward, throwing the choking Kitsune to the ground. Instinctively I took a step back to match his.
"Inuyasha, you have been very, very disobedient," he snarled, still walking forward. "For that, you must be punished."
I kept his pace matched to mine. For every step he took forward, I took one back. His glare never wavered. I started breathing heavily. I wasn't able to get enough air in my lungs. Just looking at Hiyaku brought back the memories.
My back came into contact with a thick tree trunk. I couldn't think straight enough to remember to go around it.
Each whiplash made me cry out weakly. Every punch made me wince.
He proceeded to stroll closer and closer.
The raw skin on my back scraped painfully across the rough tree bark. My hands shook and felt like ice. The hilt of the Tetsusaiga slipped over my sweaty palms.
He was ten feet away and coming closer. He closed the gap quickly. My eyes widened as his pale face loomed above mine. I broke into a cold sweat as he stood there. I couldn't move.
Every turn of the stretching table made me falter. The hot tar made me scream.
"You WILL be punished!" Hiyaku hissed.
Everything around me faded. It was just he and I.
I flinched as he raised his fist. As he brought it down, pain exploded from the side of my head. I swear I saw stars in front of my eyes.
A yelp of surprised pain could be heard from me as Hiyaku's fist connected with a particular tender spot near my stomach. I fell to my knees gasping for air. Tetsusaiga escaped my grasp as I landed.
Every stab of the daggers made me weak. Every drop of my blood spilt brought new rage bubbling and seething to the surface.
Instinct took over as the next punch landed on my sore shoulder. As Hiyaku lifted his arm and brought it down, my arm snapped up and caught his fist.
I stood and caught his other hand while it zeroed in on my face. I let out a low, apocalyptic growl as I pulled his hands apart. The action brought his face closer to mine and I head butted him as hard as I could, drawing blood from us both.
Hiyaku leapt back, holding his forehead, but he didn't stay there for long. In the next moment, he was right in front of me again.
I blocked a blow aimed for my face and countered with an uppercut. He froze as the palm of my hand collided with his nose. Then he grabbed my hand and twisted it until something in it popped, making me hiss in sudden pain. I refused to let out a yell or anything of the sort.
I broke out of his hold and jumped back. As I did, Hiyaku drew his sword and charged. Quickly, I scanned the ground, looking for my own blade.
I spotted it while dodging an attack. I landed on the ground hard. Launching myself into a somersault, I grabbed the hilt of Tetsusaiga and brought it above my head just in time to block a killing slash to my neck. A second slower and I'd have been dead.
Then I saw it. Just as he was raising his blade again. A perfect opening for an attack. Right in the kill zone. I took a deep breath.
"IRON REAVER SOUL STEALER!!"
My claws sliced through the soft flesh of Hiyaku's stomach. His throat was cut as well. One of the slashes from my claws made bit into his shoulder, spraying me with a thick crimson wave of blood.
Hiyaku's body had surpassed its limits. As he blinked, the cold glint faded from his eyes. He was normal.
"T.....thank you..... for freeing me..... my friend....." he gasped.
His friend? That surprised me, but the surprises weren't over yet.
He raised his arm and took hold of my shoulder weakly. Hiyaku pulled me down next to him and placed a kiss on my forehead.
"I am sorry for the pain that I have caused you," he said. "I did not hate you at any time we were together. In fact, it was the complete opposite. I only wish we could have met under different circumstances."
He was fading fast. What was he trying to say?
"Take care of that girl. I believe her feelings for you go much deeper that you can see," he continued. "Good - bye, Inuyasha. I..... love you,"
Then he was gone. Leaving me in DEEP shock.
"Inuyasha!" someone yelled.
I watched silently as his body crumbled to ashes and float away on the wind. He said he LOVED me? I had to have heard wrong. No, he spoke and I heard, clear as a bell.
"Inuyasha!"
I turned around to see Kagome running to me. I stood up and caught her in my arms, ignoring Sango, Miroku, Shippou, and everything else.
"Are you all right? Are you hurt anymore than before? Inu-"
I silenced her by pressing my lips against. She deepened the kiss, closing her eyes. We separated when we both needed to breathe. This was it. I was gonna tell her. No turning back now. Right now. Here I go.
"Kagome, I don't know how you feel about me, but I love you." There, I said it. Now I just had to wait for rejection..... but it never came.
"You have no idea how long I've waited to hear you say that," she replied. "Inuyasha, I love you too."
"Wha—"But she silenced me with another kiss.
Things were never going to be the same.
~ THE END ~
Author's Note: Okay that's all. I think this is the last chapter. ( I don't want it to be over yet! I was having fun messing with all the reviewers! I like thanking people. (Not flamers, though)
::sobs:: I DON'T WANT IT TO BE OVER!!!!!
I know that was a sucky ending, but I was crying when I finished the story. I know I didn't pay enough attention to Sango, Miroku, Shippou and Kirara, but I didn't feel like messing with them too much.
If all you reviewers want an epilogue, just tell me and I'll see what I can do. Okay? I'm gonna try to start a new story to ease the pain of this one being over.
Bye! Please review!
~Jillian
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Author's Note: Ewoks RULE!!! "Luka luka luuukaaa!" (heh heh. I'm watching Star Wars) Thank you everyone!!
Special Thanks to: Miss Queen of the World I'm glad you enjoy when I thank you!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! (Special thanks because you like being thanked) ;-)
Banshee of Death Thank you very much. But..... um, don't use drugs. The story isn't THAT good. ::snuggles Gambit then sits him next to Inu::
STAY INSANE, BANSHEE, STAY INSANE!!
Sotamaru Gracias. I LOVE REVIEWS! ::Vein pops:: oww.... need a doctor....
Inuyasharulz Thanks, but I'm feeling much better now.
Sesshomaru639 Hey look, I'm thanking ya!
Xenia Your name reminds me of Xena: Warrior Princess. Which, in turn reminds me of Hercules, which in turn, reminds me of Iolaus! YAY!! I LOVE IOLAUS!!! I'd take him over my crush any day! YEEE!!! I'm in love!!! *ahem* sorry about that. I'm glad you liked that flashback!
midoriko Don't say sorry if you this is the best story you've read in FOREVER. Be happy!
Shadow Fox777
Item 1. Thank you.
Item 2. Thank you, I wasn't sure.
Item 3. It's not over yet. It's close, but not yet. It's not over 'til the fat lady sings!!
::opera singing in the background:: LAA! LAAA! LAAAA! (Hold on a sec.)
"That wasn't your cue, Minny! Not 'til it's OVER!!" (lol) (I don't know if anyone else found that funny, but I sure as hell did. Heh, heh.)
Angel Thank you. I don't know how long this is gonna be. I think this may be the last chapter or second to last chapter. ::Sobs:: I don't want it to be over!!
Inu's flashback was SO cute!
RyuuNeko Thank you. I like seeing other people's POV of Inuyasha's transformation into a human and back as well. I thought the flashback was cute too. My mommy said I captured the essence of a child perfectly. ::giggles:: (wait, GIGGLES? I don't giggle!!) ::yells as loony bin people carry her away:: "I DON'T GIGGLE!!!"
Monkeybratwon God, you're SO mean!! Why cant' you just be happy for me for once?! I swear, just because YOU don't like what I write, doesn't mean no one else does! (You spelled *can* wrong!) You are SO on my list..... J/K. But seriously, you gotta be nicer.
P.S. See you at school! :-)
fala1385 I'm glad you liked the flashback. And don't worry I'll come see you in your cardboard box! ;-) (P.S. I still have Inuyasha with me!!)
Out4Sesshomaru'sHead I didn't stop updating. I just had a HUGE case of writer's block.
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Torture
Part Nine
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Last time-
She nodded and went over to the rest of the group. Kagome shook them awake quietly. My ears caught her words, telling them to be silent and to get away from here A.S.A.P.
I wasn't quite sure what was gonna happen, but I knew there was going to be trouble.......
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There was gonna be trouble. I was sure of that. Maybe we had a while before anything happened, but I wanted everyone to be on watch.
Suddenly, Hiyaku's eyes were opened and the mood was instantly tense. Even Sango and Miroku, who weren't even a hundred percent sure what was going on, were wary.
I couldn't even look Hiyaku in the eye. Doing that already brought flashbacks. The memories were so vivid that reality blurred and I found myself reliving the events all over again. (A/N: FLASHBACK TIME!!! Except I didn't put this in the other chapters. This happened when I was being Kagome.)
~~* Flashback *~~
It felt like I was being burned alive. It was pure agony, to put it simply.
I was still tied to the whipping posts; my wrists were rubbed raw and bleeding. The lacerations were deep enough to the point where I thought the ropes would cut through the veins and I would bleed to death, mercifully. I wasn't being whipped anymore at least.
I was having hot tar trickled down my chest. It didn't just hurt physically anymore. It hurt mentally as well. One reason was the thought that I was probably never gonna see Kagome again drove me insane. Another was that in being human, I didn't have the stamina that I usually did. I was slowly being tortured to insanity.
The tar burned its way into my skin painfully slow. It seemed to dig in like worms in dirt. The burning agony was so slow. So..... slow..... and I couldn't do a thing. As much as I wanted to wipe it away, at the same time, I didn't want to move my hand anyway.
"You.....g-gotta let me go....." I ground out between clenched teeth.
Hiyaku looked up for a moment. Glaring at me in annoyance.
"What don't you understand? I.....can......NOT.....let.....you......GO!!" he said slowly
I bit back a cry of pain as a fresh rivulet of tar was let running down my shoulder.
"At least stop this then!" I yelled. I couldn't keep my voice at a quiet whisper anymore.
"I CAN'T!" he yelled right back in my face.
He was normally calm during this sort of thing, but I had finally worn him down a little, but not enough. I doubt I was even close to being free yet. A scream of pain tore past my lips a tar oozed down my back, intruding in on one of the whip – gashes. It seemed to tunnel into my flesh.
I couldn't believe I was going to give in and start begging in a moment.
"Please! You—"
~ End of Flashback ~
"Inuyasha? Are you all right?" Kagome's voice broke into my thoughts, I thought that she was still waking the others.
I shook my head to clear it of the thoughts.
"Feh, why wouldn't I be, wench?" I snapped, avoiding her eyes.
"Well, you had this haunted look on your face. I'm worried about you," her voice was shaky and soft, like she was gonna start crying.
I jerked my head up and stole a glance at her. Kagome's eyes glimmered with unshed tears. She stood up and started to walk away.
"Kagome, wait," I said, she didn't stop. "Kagome!"
The girl stopped and turned her head so that she could see me out of the corner of her eye. Even from where I was, I could still see her tears.
"What?"
"This is just hard," I said, looking down.
Kagome couldn't have heard me. I hardly heard what I said.
She retraced her steps back to me and sat down.
"What did you say?" she asked softly.
I was looking everywhere but at Kagome. I watched Sango and Miroku sitting at the base of a tree in each other's arms. Shippou and Kirara were playing in the trees, jumping from branch to branch. They switched from one to the other. They came to Hiyaku's tree next.
There wasn't time to shout a warning as Shippou lost his footing on the branch and went crashing straight into Hiyaku's lap.
His emerald eyes snapped open as he grabbed the Kitsune by the throat. Shippou's eyes rolled as he struggled for air.
I heaved my battered body to my feet with a groan of pain.
"Let him go!" I demanded, raising Tetsusaiga.
The blade transformed, adding extra weight to my strained shoulders. I would have collapsed if Shippou's life weren't in danger.
Hiyaku's eyes snapped open and he glared at me. His look sent a wave of terror washing over me. Instantly my blood seemed to freeze in my veins as an overwhelming fear surrounded me. I couldn't move. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't even think straight. Anyone who cared to look could see me trembling in fear.
He took a step forward, throwing the choking Kitsune to the ground. Instinctively I took a step back to match his.
"Inuyasha, you have been very, very disobedient," he snarled, still walking forward. "For that, you must be punished."
I kept his pace matched to mine. For every step he took forward, I took one back. His glare never wavered. I started breathing heavily. I wasn't able to get enough air in my lungs. Just looking at Hiyaku brought back the memories.
My back came into contact with a thick tree trunk. I couldn't think straight enough to remember to go around it.
Each whiplash made me cry out weakly. Every punch made me wince.
He proceeded to stroll closer and closer.
The raw skin on my back scraped painfully across the rough tree bark. My hands shook and felt like ice. The hilt of the Tetsusaiga slipped over my sweaty palms.
He was ten feet away and coming closer. He closed the gap quickly. My eyes widened as his pale face loomed above mine. I broke into a cold sweat as he stood there. I couldn't move.
Every turn of the stretching table made me falter. The hot tar made me scream.
"You WILL be punished!" Hiyaku hissed.
Everything around me faded. It was just he and I.
I flinched as he raised his fist. As he brought it down, pain exploded from the side of my head. I swear I saw stars in front of my eyes.
A yelp of surprised pain could be heard from me as Hiyaku's fist connected with a particular tender spot near my stomach. I fell to my knees gasping for air. Tetsusaiga escaped my grasp as I landed.
Every stab of the daggers made me weak. Every drop of my blood spilt brought new rage bubbling and seething to the surface.
Instinct took over as the next punch landed on my sore shoulder. As Hiyaku lifted his arm and brought it down, my arm snapped up and caught his fist.
I stood and caught his other hand while it zeroed in on my face. I let out a low, apocalyptic growl as I pulled his hands apart. The action brought his face closer to mine and I head butted him as hard as I could, drawing blood from us both.
Hiyaku leapt back, holding his forehead, but he didn't stay there for long. In the next moment, he was right in front of me again.
I blocked a blow aimed for my face and countered with an uppercut. He froze as the palm of my hand collided with his nose. Then he grabbed my hand and twisted it until something in it popped, making me hiss in sudden pain. I refused to let out a yell or anything of the sort.
I broke out of his hold and jumped back. As I did, Hiyaku drew his sword and charged. Quickly, I scanned the ground, looking for my own blade.
I spotted it while dodging an attack. I landed on the ground hard. Launching myself into a somersault, I grabbed the hilt of Tetsusaiga and brought it above my head just in time to block a killing slash to my neck. A second slower and I'd have been dead.
Then I saw it. Just as he was raising his blade again. A perfect opening for an attack. Right in the kill zone. I took a deep breath.
"IRON REAVER SOUL STEALER!!"
My claws sliced through the soft flesh of Hiyaku's stomach. His throat was cut as well. One of the slashes from my claws made bit into his shoulder, spraying me with a thick crimson wave of blood.
Hiyaku's body had surpassed its limits. As he blinked, the cold glint faded from his eyes. He was normal.
"T.....thank you..... for freeing me..... my friend....." he gasped.
His friend? That surprised me, but the surprises weren't over yet.
He raised his arm and took hold of my shoulder weakly. Hiyaku pulled me down next to him and placed a kiss on my forehead.
"I am sorry for the pain that I have caused you," he said. "I did not hate you at any time we were together. In fact, it was the complete opposite. I only wish we could have met under different circumstances."
He was fading fast. What was he trying to say?
"Take care of that girl. I believe her feelings for you go much deeper that you can see," he continued. "Good - bye, Inuyasha. I..... love you,"
Then he was gone. Leaving me in DEEP shock.
"Inuyasha!" someone yelled.
I watched silently as his body crumbled to ashes and float away on the wind. He said he LOVED me? I had to have heard wrong. No, he spoke and I heard, clear as a bell.
"Inuyasha!"
I turned around to see Kagome running to me. I stood up and caught her in my arms, ignoring Sango, Miroku, Shippou, and everything else.
"Are you all right? Are you hurt anymore than before? Inu-"
I silenced her by pressing my lips against. She deepened the kiss, closing her eyes. We separated when we both needed to breathe. This was it. I was gonna tell her. No turning back now. Right now. Here I go.
"Kagome, I don't know how you feel about me, but I love you." There, I said it. Now I just had to wait for rejection..... but it never came.
"You have no idea how long I've waited to hear you say that," she replied. "Inuyasha, I love you too."
"Wha—"But she silenced me with another kiss.
Things were never going to be the same.
~ THE END ~
Author's Note: Okay that's all. I think this is the last chapter. ( I don't want it to be over yet! I was having fun messing with all the reviewers! I like thanking people. (Not flamers, though)
::sobs:: I DON'T WANT IT TO BE OVER!!!!!
I know that was a sucky ending, but I was crying when I finished the story. I know I didn't pay enough attention to Sango, Miroku, Shippou and Kirara, but I didn't feel like messing with them too much.
If all you reviewers want an epilogue, just tell me and I'll see what I can do. Okay? I'm gonna try to start a new story to ease the pain of this one being over.
Bye! Please review!
~Jillian