Chapter 14

Blue Tigeress: Well, now that Inuyasha has learned his lesson about getting into my sugar stash and Miroku has been successfully embarrassed, what do you want to do now?

Sesshomaru: I want to read the story.

Koga: Me to!

Inuyasha: Me three!

Blue Tigeress: Ok, ok! On with the fic!

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Kagome awoke sometime later, very cramped. Her head was killing her to. She blinked a few times to clear her blurry vision, not that there was much to see. She shifted her sore wrists, only to find them tied behind her. As her head cleared and her senses returned, she discovered that she was tied hand and foot, and trapped in what seemed to be a small cellar or basement. It was very dark, and very stuffy. She was starting to find it hard to breathe, especially because she was gagged with something rather unpleasant tasting.

A sudden light blinded her. Squinting and blinking, she looked up. When her eyes had adjusted, she saw a dark figure standing in the doorway. Whomever it was looked to be about 9 feet tall from Kagome's position on the floor, but she soon realized that there were a set of concrete steps leading out of her prison. The figure descended slowly, until he reached the bottom step. Walking to her, he knelt and spoke.

"I will remove your gag if you promise not to scream."

Kagome nodded. The voice sounded familiar, but her dazed mind couldn't place where she remembered it from. The person, she now knew he was male from the voice, reached behind her and untied the knot holding the gag in place. Kagome gratefully spit it out, breathing a little heavily. The unpleasant taste was still in her mouth, but it faded quickly once the source was removed. He spoke again.

"Would you like something to eat?"

Kagome blinked at the man. "Didn't you kidnap me? Why are you treating me like a guest, minus the fact that I'm tied up in the basement?"

The man sighed. "No. I was not I who took you. I am simply charged with your care and told to make you as comfortable as possible without letting you escape."

Kagome thought about that. "If I promise not to run away will you untie me?" The ropes used to bound her ankles and wrists were hurting rather badly, and one of her feet was asleep.

"I don't know, I'll have to ask." He stood up from his kneeling position beside Kagome and moved back out the door, leaving her in darkness once again.  She sighed.

"He could have at least left a light on."

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Inuyasha was pacing back and forth in his living room, muttering curses and wringing his hands. Sango and Miroku watched him from there place on the couch, one at each end because of Miroku's wandering hands. Sesshomaru sat in his favorite leather armchair on the far end of the room, his mask of indifference as cold as always.

"Inuyasha, will you please stop pacing. We've done all we can." Miroku said tentatively. It had been roughly 12 hours since Kagome was kidnapped, and the police were doing all they could.

"WE'VE DONE ALL WE CAN!?!?!?! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!? WE'RE ALL SITTING HERE WHILE THE STUPID POLICE ARE OUR SERCHING FOR HER! WE SHOULD HAVE OUR OWN SERCHING PARTY GOING, NOT JUST SITTING AROUND DOING NOTHING!!" Inuyasha stopped to take a breath, and that's when Sango interjected.

"Inuyasha." She said slowly. The irate hanyou turned and looked at her, clenching his fists so tight that his knuckles were becoming white. "I agree that we should be looking for her. However," she continued, interrupting Inuyasha, who had opened his mouth for another outburst. He shut his mouth again and glared at her. "However, the gas left behind covered all traces of whoever kidnapped her. Therefore, we will wait until the police have something to tell us, then we will start our own search."

Inuyasha flopped down on the second couch and fumed silently. He hadn't told them that he had seen Koga take her, and they hadn't seen his face. He doubted they'd believe him anyway.  Probably just say he was trying to pick fights. So he kept his mouth shut. As soon as they left him alone he'd go find that sinking wolf and his Kagome. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

A little while later the door to Kagome's prison was opened again. She looked up expectantly, and the same darkened figure came down the steps.

"So, can you remove my bonds?" By now both her feet were asleep and her wrists felt as though they were bleeding.

"No, but I can get you something to eat." She sill couldn't place the voice, but it rang a bell. She also wasn't hungry, but dieing of thirst.

"So water would be nice. And could you leave a light on or something? It is rather unpleasant to sit in the dark."

"I suppose."

He walked away again, but left a small light on before he shut the door. As soon as he was gone, Kagome began to try to cut the ropes some more against the rough corner of cement.

'Got to get out of here…'

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Inuyasha watched Miroku and Sango carefully. He had to be sure they were sleeping before he left. Sesshomaru had gone off somewhere, so he didn't need to worry about him, but he did know that the two would try to stop him. So far all the police had were some interesting marks from the grass outside the restaurant and a hair identified as Kagome's. Not that any of that was helping there searches. However, his nose could lead him right to Koga, and Kagome.

After sneaking out of the house by way of a window, Inuyasha took off for the restaurant so he could start tracking from there. As he darted from tree to roof to roof to tree, he thought about what he was going to do to the wolf who had dared to take his future mate.  He couldn't wait to feel Koga's throat between his claws.

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Blue Tigeress: I'm sorry its taken me so long, I haven't had time to write much since school ended. But, I have many plans for this story, so the chapters should get written rather fast now.

Inuyasha: So long as I get to kill the wolf and save Kagome.

Blue Tigeress: Um……. sure you do.

Inuyasha: WHAT!?!?!

::Blue Tigeress runs away::

Inuyasha: Come back here!! ::chases after her::

Miroku: Um, review please!! ::chases Inuyasha::