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Lavender Valentine - Powerful treament? That's something in my opinion that happens to nonfiction writers by coincidence. I'm in a NonFiction writing class right now and god it sucks!

Sesshomaru13 - you're awesome, thanks, this story in fact is going to have a surprise ending

Kitten Kisses - I know, it's a major weakness and there's no end to it! I'll end up writing sentences like "The dog walked down the street" and it will come out "The dog down street." It's crazy. I need a boost of focus and concentration here! And don't be surprised if I'm missing a few words in this chapter as well. I need some sleep, man.

Solangel - I keep it up as much as I can. It's kinda hard since we're not studying the Holocaust anymore, so I'm gonna make this story move faster so we can get to the end sooner.

Chapter Eight

Auschwitz March 1944 - exactly 60 years ago

Kagome spent months collecting clothes and shoes from the people who went into the gas chamber. Now she understood Inuyasha's words regarding so much death. She wanted to cry, but she pulled herself together. The only way she would still be allowed to work was as long as she was able to remain strong. After her castration, she promised herself and Inuyasha that she would get out of this.

Of course she was more worried about Inuyasha and her family. She had seen none of her family members since her mother sometime last year. With new Jews coming into the camps Kagome was sent to sorting and collecting luggage from the new arrivals. Everytime she was outside, Kagome saw her own people, who've been there for so long getting thinner and thinner. She thought perhaps, it was a good thing to not know what happened to her family.

Inuyasha meanwhile, still kept his high privileged job as a translator, and a stats-keeper without being shot for random reasons. He was supposedly lucky like that. He would get some good food to Kagome every time he saw her (which was rare).

The months in Auschwitz dragged on and Kagome could feel herself fading away. She never understood how fate ended up on her side, how she was still able to keep it up this long without being sent to the chambers by means of death. Kagome felt that Inuyasha was much stronger than she was and that he was more likely to live longer.

By May, the amount of people being sent to the gas chambers increased with the number of new Jews arriving at the camp. At one point, Inuyasha was giving a gross job of picking out gold teeth from skeletal remains. He was the only one fit for the job since he was neither weak-hearted nor remorseful.

Warsaw June 1944

In the back of the morning paper, it said "Executions at Death Camps Rising: Jews to be wiped out in a matter of years". Sesshomaru sat at his kitchen table bringing his coffee cup closer. It struck one of the metals on his coat and made a ding noise. He put his coffee cup down and sighed. In only a year's time, he became a hero for his country in their way and now he was giving more paid vacations for his success in killing.

He had forgotten about Inuyasha. Sesshomaru snickered at the idea that there was no absolute way he could still be alive despite giving him a leg up. To Sesshomaru, Inuyasha was a wuss. That was why he felt he needed to get Inuyasha some survival help.

Later that day, he was in the attic sorting through the few things he owned. Sesshomaru found was he was looking for but it was unbearable to even look at it. It was a worn stuffed bear. His mother gave him that bear, and his father almost forced him to hand it over to Inuyasha. It was all that was left of Sesshomaru's good life, but there was no longer any point in keeping it.

He went back into Rin's room. She only ate a little bit of the food on her tray. Rin was busily absorbed in the books on the floor. They were only German novels or encyclopedias but maybe, just being a child, she was just sorting through the pictures. She looked up when Sesshomaru came in, very curious as to why he was holding a stuff bear. Sesshomaru, sick of the thoughts running through his head, threw the bear at Rin. She opened her arms just in time to catch it. He quietly walked out and locked the door.

Sesshomaru desperately needed a nap.

Back in Auschwitz July1944

Kagome and Inuyasha met up again in the worst of places. They were both working full time in the gas chambers, collecting clothes, disposing corpses and endless dusting. They were sweaty and dirty all of the time. It was already bad enough that it was summer but the number of Jews being brought in forced the two to pull in their weight.

Everyday she came to work Kagome was forced to stare at endless worried faces of the Jews and hear the loud calls of the Germans. With Inuyasha's help, she was able to hold back all the sadness and trauma but she couldn't forget those faint screams coming from the showers, not in a million years.

She was hearing them again as she carried their clothes away. It was a massive pile and no basket. A pair of pants fell to the ground and now the guards would be mad if those pants got dirty. From the back of her head she noticed that someone picked them up and put them on her pile again. "You should fold them. It would be much easier," said a male voice.

"There's no time for anything. Are you a Jew?"

"Yeah, my name's Hojo."

Kagome wanted to see the boy but there were too many clothes. She slowly walked on to finish her job. "I'm Kagome," she muffled.

Hojo and Kagome meet up again while they swept. "God must be good to you," said Hojo. "I hardly see any women working around here." "Luck I guess," Kagome kept her voice down so she wouldn't upset anyone.

"Do you know that all the Jews who work here have their own secret organization."

"Organization?" whispered Kagome.

"We're called the Sonderkommando, because we're slave laborers," said Hojo. "Once in a while a few of us find ways to escape. But of bunch of guys and I working in the gas chambers, we're gonna have a revolt. We still need time to find some weapons and we're still working out the battle plans."

Inuyasha was shoving coal into one of the heaters when his eye caught Kagome with a guy on the opposite end of the crematory. Of all the places and times for time to be jealous…

"We're trying to get as many workers as we can. We're stronger than the other Jews. If we can take these guys down, we can save everyone else."

"I dunno," said Kagome. "I only get to see you guys at work, and I don't think I'm that strong. My friend sneaks me food and the only time I get to sneak a bite to eat is during my latrine break."

"Heh, I steal food from the kitchen all the time. It takes skill to hide evidence. Now I've mastered it. So think about it, Kagome. Look at this in a good way and you'll see, we can defeat them."

After work, Kagome had a meal break outside and Inuyasha came over to her. "Kagome, who was that guy?" asked Inuyasha.

"Well he's a Jew just like the rest of us."

"Did he gave you that crazy Sonderkommando idea?"

"Yes," Kagome took a sip of her small nasty soup. "Look, I know what they're trying to do is suppose to be good but trust me, it's not. These guards are keeping watched over us constantly. They secure all of their weapons and they can kill us for stepping one inch out of line. Trust me, the only way out of here is patience."

Kagome looked down on the floor. "It did sounded like a good idea. I dunno how long how I can handle working in there. Everytime I see those people I'm too scared to see mom or Souta, and then I won't know what to do." Kagome wanted to cry but somehow she couldn't, she was changing as though her heart was no longer as soft as it was.

A guard walked by the two and Inuyasha quickly put his head to the ground and waited for him to pass. "Do you trust me, Kagome?" asked Inuyasha.

She got up and saw the other women heading back to their barracks. "It's hard not to."

Endless dullness in this chap, yeah I took forever, sorry. But that Sonderkommando thing I found was interesting and new so I used that here.

Next chap: You'll learn more about the sonderkommando and we're getting close to when the Allies come in to save our friends, YAY!

Disclaimer: Inuyasha and characters are owned by Rumiko Takahashi. Most of the events in this story are based on the real events of the Holocaust and are being told in chronological order. Information used to tell this story may not have been 100% accurate and might be coincidental. In other words, it's just a story. Don't sue and review!