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Ch. 2
Kagome held her breath as someone walked out…
But as the imaginary light faded out of her mind to let her eyes function properly, she realized that there were actually a couple of other people with it. But as her vision landed on the youkai- the hanyou- before her, her mouth went dry and she completely ignored the other two men beside it.
There, standing before her, had to be the most gorgeous man she had ever seen.
The first thing that had come to mind when anybody mentioned the word 'youkai' was a great hairy beast with excessive limbs and possibly three or four eyes. But, despite that fact, she was still eager to obtain one. To be able to experiment and explore to the absolute fullest and possibly even discovered which Fugitive had callously murdered her family was her greatest goal. She planned to be completely ruthless against her youkai, like the Fugitive had been against her family. But now… the hanyou- her youkai looked so…
Human.
The hanyou had a mostly humanoid body. Stunning silver locks adorned his head to trail down his back and end slightly below his hips. Chains and shackles bound his claw-like hands tightly. Fetters closed around his ankles, attached to chains, which in turn attached to the chains leading from his hands. Sharp fangs poked out from his upper lip in an angry snarl. Canine ears perched delicately above his head, twitching every so often in the direction of noises. But what caught her most were his eyes.
They were a beautiful amber in color, but that wasn't all. Such emotions reflected in those depths. But hatred was the most prominent of all. He absolutely hated to be there. He hated to be shackled by those thick chains. He hated to be used as a possession, a mere thing that people experimented on. Such hatred overwhelmed Kagome and she was forced to look away from the hanyou's dark gaze.
And with such emotions, how could she believe he were anything but human?
How could she forced herself to experiment on such a being?
Would she actually be willing to do such a thing?
Looks like this was going to be tougher than she thought…
"Miss Higurashi?" Naraku spoke.
Kagome shook herself out of her thoughts and looked up, "Yes?"
"Now that you have a youkai, you will be receiving a room to stay in, located in this building. It will have its own lab and room for you to experiment on your youkai. The room number is 244. Here are your keys." Naraku handed her a set of golden keys and she took them.
"Thank you," she mumbled.
"Oh, and be careful with this one, it has quite a temper and I wouldn't want you to injure yourself," he said with a smile that once again did not reach his cold, cold eyes.
"Yes, sir," she bowed respectfully.
The men beside the hanyou gave her the chains they held and another set of keys that would unlock them. She took them awkwardly and tried to get the youkai to move without having to tug on the already tightly bound manacles.
The hanyou didn't move.
She tried to jerk lightly on the chains, once again trying not to hurt it.
The hanyou still didn't move.
One of the men gave a rough kick to his rump, shoving him forward to almost collide with Kagome. Only then, did it move. With hard eyes full of loathing, it walked forward, past the open door to the hallway, in a completely mechanical motion. Kagome quickened her pace to catch up with him and directed it to the elevator.
She pressed the down button to call up the elevator. According to the key from Naraku, room 244 was on level 24. That was 20 levels below this one. As she entered the small room, she looked at her new youkai. She didn't know if it could understand her or not, but she made the attempt.
"Hey, my name is Kagome. Can you understand me?" She asked.
The hanyou turned to look at her with those hate-filled eyes, but did nothing else to show that it had heard or understood her. Kagome gave up with a sigh. But a thin, chain necklace around the hanyou's neck caught her eye. She leaned in close to him to read the plate attached to it. It said:
Inuyasha
No. 11701
Higurashi, Kagome
"So your name is, Inuyasha," she commented to herself.
The hanyou's nose scrunched in a scowl, and, sensing the hostility, Kagome backed slightly away from him. Inuyasha turned his head to scowl at the wall.
With a small ring, the elevator came to a stop and the metal doors slid open. Kagome stepped out yanking the chain she held lightly, her eyes roving over the hallway of door, until they landed on the one marked 244. Her youkai followed her to the door with reluctant obedience. Kagome slid the gold key into the keyhole before flicking her wrist to turn the knob. As the door swung open, her eyes took in the sight before her.
To her left and taking up the majority of the visible space was the living room. A small sofa that could only seat two people comfortably stood before a coffee table and a TV along with a VCR and a DVD player. The door to the left of the living room led to the small porch where she could see the rest of the city. To her right, she saw a small dining room and a simple sort of chandelier hanging above it. The kitchen was hidden behind a wall directly to her right. Beyond those rooms, she glimpsed a bedroom and a bathroom. She noted with a frown that it seemed as if the entire apartment was made for only one inhabitant. But then again, youkai weren't exactly considered inhabitants were they?
Kagome turned around and beckoned Inuyasha to come closer and close the door. After some hesitation, he complied. Taking out the keys the men had given her, she fit them to the shackles and without preamble, deftly unlocked all of them. The heavy, metal chains fell away from the hanyou leaving him with a bewildered expression on his face.
She gave him a soft, reassuring smile and took his wrist gently, aware of the nasty cuts and bruises around them. She led him around the small apartment haphazardly, not really knowing where to go. When she reached the bedroom, she was dismayed to see there was only one bed, and only big enough for her.
"Well, maybe they have a spare futon," she said to herself. She moved to the closet on her right and slid open the mirror-door. Apparently the maids hadn't been doing a very good job on cleaning up the place because everything she could have imagined was stuffing in that little closet, oh, and the futon was there too… and with a loud groan, the contents of the closet began to lean and crash over her. She gave a small gasp and couldn't make herself move to get out of the way, her body was frozen in place. She closed her eyes tightly and braced herself for the crash.
A minute passed.
And then another…
And nothing happened.
Carefully, she opened one eye and then the other. Her youkai was in front of her, bracing the huge weight with his body. His left hand and hip was supporting the plain, white futon while his head was holding up a box of what looked like Scrabble. The rest of the objects behind continued to make small creaking noises, telling her that the hanyou wouldn't be able to hold out for much longer.
She reached for the door and looked into the hanyou's eyes. A flicker of understanding sparked between the two. She nodded her head once and slammed the door close as fast as she could as the hanyou moved away with inhuman speed. The load of closet junk didn't even have a chance to break free.
Kagome gave a relieved sigh and looked at her youkai. She smiled at him, "Thank you," she said genuinely.
He gave a small 'humph' and looked away.
Kagome put a hand to her mouth and yawned. "Whew! One life or death situation a day is enough for me, thank you very much! I think I'm going to go to sleep." She frowned, "But then, where are you going to sleep? We can't get the futon out and the couch is definitely too small…" She mused.
The hanyou solved the problem by plopping down beside the bed, sitting Indian style, and closing his eyes. A smile touched her lips and too tired from the events of the day to change and clean up, she flopped down on her pillow and fell asleep.
Kagome moaned softly as she slowly woke up. There was a bright golden light close to her face and she was in no mood to fight the sun at that particular moment. But wait, that light was too golden to be the sun. Her eyes flew open and she nearly yelped when she found herself nose to nose to a certain dog youkai.
The hanyou cocked his head to the side and she could have sworn a smirk graced his lips before they pulled back into an emotionless line. Kagome put a hand to her heart and took in a deep breath.
"Don't do that to me!" She glared at him. She gave a small primly sniff and flung back the bed covers. Kagome pushed pass her youkai and made her way to the bathroom.
Not knowing what she was doing and what he was to do, Inuyasha followed her.
The girl had closed the door sharply in front of him and without hesitation, he inched open the door to see what she was up to. He was watching her disrobe with interest until she noticed him. Her shrill scream shattered the peace and he instinctively clenched his eyes shut and flattened his sensitive ears against the noise. Slowly, Inuyasha opened an eye to be greeted with an angry, red-faced Kagome clutching a towel to her naked chest.
"Why you…" She fumed.
Inuyasha gasped as he rushed out of the bathroom, various shampoos, soaps, and whatnot flying out after him. What'd I do? He thought grumpily.
Nevertheless, he turned his head to look at the bathroom door. That girl was different from any other human he had ever met. For once in his life, he was treated as something other than an abomination and a slave.
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Kagome sighed. What to do now? She thought. She just couldn't bring herself to experiment on Inuyasha. It would be too cruel. She wasn't like that. Along with her hanyou came a job. Her specific job was to investigate the mental state of youkai. She felt she should connect with her youkai first before any experimentation.
What to do?
Lost in her ponderings, she failed to see Inuyasha in front of her until she had collided head on into him. He just barely pulled himself up from falling to the ground. Eyes flashing, he turned on her and growled.
"What where you're going, bitch!"
Kagome froze. She did not just hear that. It was impossible! Youkai weren't capable of talking! I'm not going crazy. I'm not going crazy. She chanted to herself.
"Didn't you hear what I said?" He snarled.
Well, scratch that theory, she thought before she fell to the ground in a dead faint.
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Sorry for such a short chapter! That barely had 2000 words! I'm ashamed of myself…-_- LOL. Well I hope you liked it anyway. I wasn't aware the first chapter was so short! It was only 1500 words long! No more no less. Don't listen to ff.net they cut off about 200 words. It was 1500 god damnit! ::Ahem:: And even though I had such little you all gave me such nice reviews! I hope you give just as nice reviews for this chapter!
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