"Good morning Inuyasha! I suppose you didn't sleep very well." Maieku smiled chillingly as she entered her obsidian kimono swirling around her feet.
Inuyasha snarled. "Let me go right now and I'll think about letting you die painlessly."
Maieku laughed. "Has my training taught you nothing? Very well." She snapped and the bars of his cell reappeared and the line on the ground vanished. "You may move." She walked towards the center of the camber as Inuyasha crouched down watching her warily. He was stiff and tired but he certainly wasn't going to let HER know it.
Maieku walked to a long column then stretched from ceiling to floor. She circled it once then nodded and spread her hands and a coil of rope appeared there. She smiled at him and her glared back with open hatred. "Oh come now Inuyasha. You should be a little happy. I brought you a present."
"A whip I'm guessing. You'll have to kill me Maieku. Sooner or later because you won't break me."
She smiled grimly. "We'll definatly see about that." She turned. "Bring The Gift."
Inuyasha's blood ran cold then and his eyes widened terror and shock registering in them as he watched. A tall, thick boned man dragged a struggling Kagome out. Inuyasha's heart shattered. He growled in fear and anger. "KAGOME!!!! KAGOME!!!!"
Kagome gave him a terrified glance, her eyes wide and lost. The pieces of Inuyasha's heart shattered again. Maieku laughed. "We found her close by." She smirked. "Trying to save you. Isn't it ironic that that your little hero will die long before you do Inuyasha?"
"LET HER GO MAIEKU! LET HER GO!" Maieku ignored him and she tied Kagome tightly to the column then gagged her with a blue silk scarf. "What are you going to do!? Release her! Your vengeance is with me."
"Oh Inuyasha." She twirled out a sword. "It's with ALL you hold dear. And who hold you dear." She flicked the weapon across Kagome's cheek. The blade flashed menacingly and blood dribbled down Kagome's chin. "What will you do to keep my from spilling her life blood?"
"ANYTHING!? NAME IT!" Inuyasha was frantic now. He was helpless. He'd never felt that before. Helpless. And it scared him, almost as much as Kagome's scared look. Anything to protect you Kagome. Anything to save you.
"You'll be my slave?" Maieku asked and smirked lifting an eyebrow. "My little pet?"
Inuyasha nodded. "I swear!"
"You'll obey my every last command? To the letter?" She asked tapping the sword patiently against her side. "Even if it's to slaughter whole villages."
"I WILL!"
"That's perfect." She smiled then in one slick movement, spun sharply and drove the sword to the hilt into Kagome's gut.
"NO KAGOME!!!!!!" Inuyasha's scream echoed all through the cavern. "YOU PROMISED MAIEKU!! WE HAD A DEAL!"
Maieku shrugged. "I lied."
Kagome's mouth opened in a silent scream as blood poured from the wound in her belly. Maieku smirked and jerked the blade free then cut Kagome's binds at the same time she let the bars on Inuyasha's cage disappear.
Inuyasha shot forward to Kagome's side to lift her into his arms. "No......no. Kagome! Kagome!" She stared up at him. Her eyes were so lovely. So soft. And even now they brimmed with hope and warmth. For him. He'd brought her death and yet she still cared for him. "Kagome don't! Kagome! Kagome!" She lifted her hand slightly, then it fell lightly as a stream of blood dribbled from her mouth and the light left her dark eyes.
Inuyasha let out a scream of pure anguish then turned to attack Maieku his eyes turning fiery red. At the same time the collar's control kicked in. He managed to move a step or to before he crumpled. Tears of pain and loss and rage falling. Maieku bent over him.
"Almost. Maybe now you'll learn to behave." She straightened as he was carried backwards by the same man who had brought in Kagome. Maieku twisted her hand and the bars of his cage appeared again. "I'll return later." She gestured and the burly man lifted Kagome's limp body over his shoulder and walked out of the chamber.
Inuyasha sank to his knees and covered his face. Tears still ran and fell fast and free. The collars pain was gone but now the pain of losing Kagome ate at his heart. The scene of her death played over and over and over again in his mind. And Inuyasha wept his heart out.........for a mortal girl.
Inuyasha snarled. "Let me go right now and I'll think about letting you die painlessly."
Maieku laughed. "Has my training taught you nothing? Very well." She snapped and the bars of his cell reappeared and the line on the ground vanished. "You may move." She walked towards the center of the camber as Inuyasha crouched down watching her warily. He was stiff and tired but he certainly wasn't going to let HER know it.
Maieku walked to a long column then stretched from ceiling to floor. She circled it once then nodded and spread her hands and a coil of rope appeared there. She smiled at him and her glared back with open hatred. "Oh come now Inuyasha. You should be a little happy. I brought you a present."
"A whip I'm guessing. You'll have to kill me Maieku. Sooner or later because you won't break me."
She smiled grimly. "We'll definatly see about that." She turned. "Bring The Gift."
Inuyasha's blood ran cold then and his eyes widened terror and shock registering in them as he watched. A tall, thick boned man dragged a struggling Kagome out. Inuyasha's heart shattered. He growled in fear and anger. "KAGOME!!!! KAGOME!!!!"
Kagome gave him a terrified glance, her eyes wide and lost. The pieces of Inuyasha's heart shattered again. Maieku laughed. "We found her close by." She smirked. "Trying to save you. Isn't it ironic that that your little hero will die long before you do Inuyasha?"
"LET HER GO MAIEKU! LET HER GO!" Maieku ignored him and she tied Kagome tightly to the column then gagged her with a blue silk scarf. "What are you going to do!? Release her! Your vengeance is with me."
"Oh Inuyasha." She twirled out a sword. "It's with ALL you hold dear. And who hold you dear." She flicked the weapon across Kagome's cheek. The blade flashed menacingly and blood dribbled down Kagome's chin. "What will you do to keep my from spilling her life blood?"
"ANYTHING!? NAME IT!" Inuyasha was frantic now. He was helpless. He'd never felt that before. Helpless. And it scared him, almost as much as Kagome's scared look. Anything to protect you Kagome. Anything to save you.
"You'll be my slave?" Maieku asked and smirked lifting an eyebrow. "My little pet?"
Inuyasha nodded. "I swear!"
"You'll obey my every last command? To the letter?" She asked tapping the sword patiently against her side. "Even if it's to slaughter whole villages."
"I WILL!"
"That's perfect." She smiled then in one slick movement, spun sharply and drove the sword to the hilt into Kagome's gut.
"NO KAGOME!!!!!!" Inuyasha's scream echoed all through the cavern. "YOU PROMISED MAIEKU!! WE HAD A DEAL!"
Maieku shrugged. "I lied."
Kagome's mouth opened in a silent scream as blood poured from the wound in her belly. Maieku smirked and jerked the blade free then cut Kagome's binds at the same time she let the bars on Inuyasha's cage disappear.
Inuyasha shot forward to Kagome's side to lift her into his arms. "No......no. Kagome! Kagome!" She stared up at him. Her eyes were so lovely. So soft. And even now they brimmed with hope and warmth. For him. He'd brought her death and yet she still cared for him. "Kagome don't! Kagome! Kagome!" She lifted her hand slightly, then it fell lightly as a stream of blood dribbled from her mouth and the light left her dark eyes.
Inuyasha let out a scream of pure anguish then turned to attack Maieku his eyes turning fiery red. At the same time the collar's control kicked in. He managed to move a step or to before he crumpled. Tears of pain and loss and rage falling. Maieku bent over him.
"Almost. Maybe now you'll learn to behave." She straightened as he was carried backwards by the same man who had brought in Kagome. Maieku twisted her hand and the bars of his cage appeared again. "I'll return later." She gestured and the burly man lifted Kagome's limp body over his shoulder and walked out of the chamber.
Inuyasha sank to his knees and covered his face. Tears still ran and fell fast and free. The collars pain was gone but now the pain of losing Kagome ate at his heart. The scene of her death played over and over and over again in his mind. And Inuyasha wept his heart out.........for a mortal girl.