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Chapter 20
The Plan
Kagome's eyes slowly opened to see a bright moon lit sky. Her eyes squinted at the full moon that seemed close enough to touch. She was relieved to find that she was still in the position she was in when she fell asleep, happy that no one had touched her. Kagome turned away from the window, and looked around the room. The moon cast shadows upon everything it's light touched. She than noticed something shiny in front of the door. She slowly got up and went to see what it was.
When she was close enough, she saw that it was a large plate with a bowl of soup, a small plate of bread, a few napkins wrapped in twine, a bowl of fresh water, and two chopsticks. The soup was cold, the bread was hard, and the bowl of water was nearly gone. Kagome stared at all of the items in front of her.
"I don't want anything to eat," she sighed. She turned around, but stopped in her tracks as an idea popped into her head.
She grabbed the plate of food and hurried to the corner of the room. She grabbed the hard piece of bread and dipped it in the bowl of water.
'When bread becomes wet, it turns into a type of spongy material,' Kagome thought with a smile. She squeezed the bread and water spilled out onto the floor. She scrubbed the floor roughly, hoping to puncture the wood. She decided it would be faster to just pour the entire bowl of water onto the floor, so she did so. She grabbed the empty bowl and threw it at the window, making an attempt to brake the bowl and the window. The bowl broke into large pieces of glass to Kagome's happiness, but the window didn't even budge.
'Oh well. With this plan I should be out of here in a week or two.'
Kagome grabbed the largest piece of glass and began to hit the wet wooden ground roughly with it.
'Maybe I can make a hole large enough for me to crawl through,' Kagome thought hopefully.
She kept scratching at the ground until she heard voices outside the door.
"Did you hear that noise too?" came a voice from outside her room.
"Yeah. It came from in here. Let's check it out."
Kagome's eyes widened.
'Oh no! If they catch me, they'll put me in a dungeon or some place I won't be able to escape from!' Kagome thought frantically. She looked around the large room nervously until she noticed a small table that was only about two inches above the ground that sat next to the bed. Something she hadn't noticed before.
She ran over to it with speed she didn't know she had and picked up the table, running back over to the corner. She slammed the table down over the stuff she was using just as the door creaked open.
"Lady Kagome..." said a shaky voice from the door.
Kagome smiled as an idea popped in her head.
"What do you want?!" she asked gruffly.
"We heard some noises coming from this room. Are you alright?"
"Grrr. I was kidnapped! Of course I'm not all right! I've been throwing all of this nasty food at the wall. It's cold and hard and that small portion of water did not quench my thirst! Bring me more! Are you trying to kill me!? Just wait until Ukaran hears about this! He'll have your heads!" Kagome screamed.
"We apologize Lady Kagome!" One squeaked.
"Yes, we will bring more water right away!" the other one said, nearly about to wet his pants.
Kagome giggled as the door closed.
"That was fun. I'm not a bad actor if I do say so myself. I should go out for a play when this is all over," she laughed.
Kagome turned around and stuck her head under the table, continuing on her escape plan. She didn't work in fear of one of Ukaran's guards opening the door and seeing what she was up to. They were so scared, they wouldn't dare enter her room without knocking.
Four Days Later
Inuyasha and the others continued their search for Kagome. They searched everyday and night, unable to rest because of Inuyasha's stubbornness.
"Inuyasha," Miroku sighed. "We're all anxious to find Kagome, but may we please stop and rest at Kaede's village?"
"Yeah Inuyasha. I'm so tired. We haven't slept in days!" Shippo whined.
"Or eaten," Miroku added.
Inuyasha rolled his eyes and glared at the two.
"What about you Sango? Does the powerful demon slayer want to take a break too?" Inuyasha asked angrily.
Sango glared at Inuyasha.
"I am a strong demon slayer! I will not complain or give up on something over tiredness or hunger!"
A growling noise came from Sango and Miroku, Shippo and Inuyasha did an anime fall. Sango blushed.
"Maybe we could stop for some food," she laughed, scratching the back of her head.
Inuyasha stood outside of Kaede's hut while everyone else sat inside eating like animals. His hands were inside the sleeves of his haori and his eyes were shut.
'Those humans are just slowing me down,' he growled to himself. 'If it wasn't for them, I would still be out searching for Kagome right now.'
Inuyasha's ears twitched as he heard a noise from behind him. Inuyasha growled slightly.
"Shouldn't you be in there stuffing your face with food, Miroku?" Inuyasha muttered.
"Well Inuyasha, my face is completely stuffed so there. Go get something to eat. It's your favorite," Miroku said cheerfully.
Inuyasha turned around and looked at Miroku. Miroku gasped as he saw Inuyasha's eyes. They were blood red and they didn't look like they were about to change back anytime soon.
"Inuyasha.... Your eyes...."
Inuyasha rolled his eyes and jumped into a tree that was far away from everybody else.
"Kagome," Inuyasha whispered. He pulled out a small doll from the inside of his haori and pushed his face into it. He inhaled the scent and smiled warmly. It was a doll he had found in Kagome's room. He rubbed his nose against it one last time before putting it back in his haori. That doll was the only thing that helped him to keep control of himself.
Three Days Later
Kagome wiped away beads of sweat that formed on her forehead.
"Almost there..." she whispered.
"Um... Lady Kagome..."
Kagome's head shot up, hitting her head on the bottom of the table.
"Ow..." Kagome whimpered. She grasped her head and crawled out from under the table and jumped in her bed. "Ah hem, what do you want?!"
"We uh... brought you some dinner," whispered Chi, which was the name of the first guard.
"May we come in," asked Kuto, the name of the second guard.
"Fine, come in if you must!" Kagome growled, trying hard to hold back a giggle.
The two entered, one with a plate of food, the other with a bag.
"Thanks," Kagome said as Chi set down the plate of food. Chi took a step back and Kuto stepped forward.
"I have your supplies Lady Kagome."
Kagome took the bag from Kuto and looked inside of it. There was a smooth wooden stick in it, two large rocks and a large amount of grass wrapped in twine inside of it.
"Thanks you two. You've been a big help," Kagome said cheerfully.
"Really?" Chi asked anxiously.
"Anything else?" Kuto asked, happy that Kagome wasn't yelling at them for once.
"Nope, that's all I need. That will be all."
They bowed, turned around and left the room. As soon as the door was closed, Kagome ran to the door to lock it, but before she could, it swung open.
"Ukaran," Kagome growled. In the eleven days Kagome had been there, she had learned how to be the meanest person in the world. In the eleven days that she had been there, she had learned how to lie without giving it a second thought. In the eleven days that she had been there, Kagome learned that she had a few powers she never knew she had, and she had learned how to use them.
"What do you want?" Kagome hissed.
"Temper temper dear Kagome. You know I like to check up on you every night before your meal," Ukaran said as if he was innocent.
Kagome's eyes glowed a bright blue and than went back to their brownish color.
"No need to get angry my dear. Just wanted to make sure everything was to your liking."
Kagome glared at Naraku once more, but froze as she realized something she hadn't noticed before. Out of all the nights he had gone in and out of her room, she had never noticed that he had had the Shikon no Tama around his neck. It was tucked under his navy blue haori. Ukaran looked at her for a moment, than decided to leave before she got angry. He turned and walked out of Kagome's room. Before he did, Kagome's hand went up and something flew to her. She closed her hand just as Ukaran turned around and looked at her.
"What are you doing you wench?" he asked suspiciously.
Kagome's eyes began to glow a bright blue and her hands began to glow as well. Ukaran glanced at her one more time before stomping down the hall. Kagome closed the door and made sure it was locked one more time before going back to the corner of the room to finish her escape. Just before crawling under the table she opened her hand and smiled.
"Now I have the Sacred Jewel of Four Souls."
Ukaran sat in a large blue chair in his resting chambers, thinking thoroughly with his hand under his chin.
'How can she be my woman if I can't even touch her?! I tried once again to try to get closer to her, but her eyes began to glow and this time her fist began to as well. I was going to get closer to her with the Shikon no Tama but...'
Ukaran stopped his thoughts as he felt around in his haori for the jewel.
"Where is it?!" he yelled angrily. He paused as he remembered Kagome reaching out for him, and than how she had had something in her hand. "Kagome has the jewel!"
Kagome grabbed the extra sheets she had been asking for earlier that day, which she had finally gotten and balled them up and threw them under her blanket so that it looked like a person was under them. She put both of the rocks she had gotten from Kuto into the bag she had also gotten from him and lay the bag just above the blanket so that it appeared to be a head. She put the grass she had also gotten from Kuto and put it on top of the bag so it looked like someone's hair.
"I better hurry. It won't be long before her realizes that I have the jewel."
Kagome pulled the table out from over the hole she had been digging for a week, to see what her hard work at digging had done. After getting enough bowls of water, she had softened the wood enough to be detached from the ground. Than she had used the bowls like shovels and dug through the night. Tonight was the night she would escape.
Chapter 20
The Plan
Kagome's eyes slowly opened to see a bright moon lit sky. Her eyes squinted at the full moon that seemed close enough to touch. She was relieved to find that she was still in the position she was in when she fell asleep, happy that no one had touched her. Kagome turned away from the window, and looked around the room. The moon cast shadows upon everything it's light touched. She than noticed something shiny in front of the door. She slowly got up and went to see what it was.
When she was close enough, she saw that it was a large plate with a bowl of soup, a small plate of bread, a few napkins wrapped in twine, a bowl of fresh water, and two chopsticks. The soup was cold, the bread was hard, and the bowl of water was nearly gone. Kagome stared at all of the items in front of her.
"I don't want anything to eat," she sighed. She turned around, but stopped in her tracks as an idea popped into her head.
She grabbed the plate of food and hurried to the corner of the room. She grabbed the hard piece of bread and dipped it in the bowl of water.
'When bread becomes wet, it turns into a type of spongy material,' Kagome thought with a smile. She squeezed the bread and water spilled out onto the floor. She scrubbed the floor roughly, hoping to puncture the wood. She decided it would be faster to just pour the entire bowl of water onto the floor, so she did so. She grabbed the empty bowl and threw it at the window, making an attempt to brake the bowl and the window. The bowl broke into large pieces of glass to Kagome's happiness, but the window didn't even budge.
'Oh well. With this plan I should be out of here in a week or two.'
Kagome grabbed the largest piece of glass and began to hit the wet wooden ground roughly with it.
'Maybe I can make a hole large enough for me to crawl through,' Kagome thought hopefully.
She kept scratching at the ground until she heard voices outside the door.
"Did you hear that noise too?" came a voice from outside her room.
"Yeah. It came from in here. Let's check it out."
Kagome's eyes widened.
'Oh no! If they catch me, they'll put me in a dungeon or some place I won't be able to escape from!' Kagome thought frantically. She looked around the large room nervously until she noticed a small table that was only about two inches above the ground that sat next to the bed. Something she hadn't noticed before.
She ran over to it with speed she didn't know she had and picked up the table, running back over to the corner. She slammed the table down over the stuff she was using just as the door creaked open.
"Lady Kagome..." said a shaky voice from the door.
Kagome smiled as an idea popped in her head.
"What do you want?!" she asked gruffly.
"We heard some noises coming from this room. Are you alright?"
"Grrr. I was kidnapped! Of course I'm not all right! I've been throwing all of this nasty food at the wall. It's cold and hard and that small portion of water did not quench my thirst! Bring me more! Are you trying to kill me!? Just wait until Ukaran hears about this! He'll have your heads!" Kagome screamed.
"We apologize Lady Kagome!" One squeaked.
"Yes, we will bring more water right away!" the other one said, nearly about to wet his pants.
Kagome giggled as the door closed.
"That was fun. I'm not a bad actor if I do say so myself. I should go out for a play when this is all over," she laughed.
Kagome turned around and stuck her head under the table, continuing on her escape plan. She didn't work in fear of one of Ukaran's guards opening the door and seeing what she was up to. They were so scared, they wouldn't dare enter her room without knocking.
Four Days Later
Inuyasha and the others continued their search for Kagome. They searched everyday and night, unable to rest because of Inuyasha's stubbornness.
"Inuyasha," Miroku sighed. "We're all anxious to find Kagome, but may we please stop and rest at Kaede's village?"
"Yeah Inuyasha. I'm so tired. We haven't slept in days!" Shippo whined.
"Or eaten," Miroku added.
Inuyasha rolled his eyes and glared at the two.
"What about you Sango? Does the powerful demon slayer want to take a break too?" Inuyasha asked angrily.
Sango glared at Inuyasha.
"I am a strong demon slayer! I will not complain or give up on something over tiredness or hunger!"
A growling noise came from Sango and Miroku, Shippo and Inuyasha did an anime fall. Sango blushed.
"Maybe we could stop for some food," she laughed, scratching the back of her head.
Inuyasha stood outside of Kaede's hut while everyone else sat inside eating like animals. His hands were inside the sleeves of his haori and his eyes were shut.
'Those humans are just slowing me down,' he growled to himself. 'If it wasn't for them, I would still be out searching for Kagome right now.'
Inuyasha's ears twitched as he heard a noise from behind him. Inuyasha growled slightly.
"Shouldn't you be in there stuffing your face with food, Miroku?" Inuyasha muttered.
"Well Inuyasha, my face is completely stuffed so there. Go get something to eat. It's your favorite," Miroku said cheerfully.
Inuyasha turned around and looked at Miroku. Miroku gasped as he saw Inuyasha's eyes. They were blood red and they didn't look like they were about to change back anytime soon.
"Inuyasha.... Your eyes...."
Inuyasha rolled his eyes and jumped into a tree that was far away from everybody else.
"Kagome," Inuyasha whispered. He pulled out a small doll from the inside of his haori and pushed his face into it. He inhaled the scent and smiled warmly. It was a doll he had found in Kagome's room. He rubbed his nose against it one last time before putting it back in his haori. That doll was the only thing that helped him to keep control of himself.
Three Days Later
Kagome wiped away beads of sweat that formed on her forehead.
"Almost there..." she whispered.
"Um... Lady Kagome..."
Kagome's head shot up, hitting her head on the bottom of the table.
"Ow..." Kagome whimpered. She grasped her head and crawled out from under the table and jumped in her bed. "Ah hem, what do you want?!"
"We uh... brought you some dinner," whispered Chi, which was the name of the first guard.
"May we come in," asked Kuto, the name of the second guard.
"Fine, come in if you must!" Kagome growled, trying hard to hold back a giggle.
The two entered, one with a plate of food, the other with a bag.
"Thanks," Kagome said as Chi set down the plate of food. Chi took a step back and Kuto stepped forward.
"I have your supplies Lady Kagome."
Kagome took the bag from Kuto and looked inside of it. There was a smooth wooden stick in it, two large rocks and a large amount of grass wrapped in twine inside of it.
"Thanks you two. You've been a big help," Kagome said cheerfully.
"Really?" Chi asked anxiously.
"Anything else?" Kuto asked, happy that Kagome wasn't yelling at them for once.
"Nope, that's all I need. That will be all."
They bowed, turned around and left the room. As soon as the door was closed, Kagome ran to the door to lock it, but before she could, it swung open.
"Ukaran," Kagome growled. In the eleven days Kagome had been there, she had learned how to be the meanest person in the world. In the eleven days that she had been there, she had learned how to lie without giving it a second thought. In the eleven days that she had been there, Kagome learned that she had a few powers she never knew she had, and she had learned how to use them.
"What do you want?" Kagome hissed.
"Temper temper dear Kagome. You know I like to check up on you every night before your meal," Ukaran said as if he was innocent.
Kagome's eyes glowed a bright blue and than went back to their brownish color.
"No need to get angry my dear. Just wanted to make sure everything was to your liking."
Kagome glared at Naraku once more, but froze as she realized something she hadn't noticed before. Out of all the nights he had gone in and out of her room, she had never noticed that he had had the Shikon no Tama around his neck. It was tucked under his navy blue haori. Ukaran looked at her for a moment, than decided to leave before she got angry. He turned and walked out of Kagome's room. Before he did, Kagome's hand went up and something flew to her. She closed her hand just as Ukaran turned around and looked at her.
"What are you doing you wench?" he asked suspiciously.
Kagome's eyes began to glow a bright blue and her hands began to glow as well. Ukaran glanced at her one more time before stomping down the hall. Kagome closed the door and made sure it was locked one more time before going back to the corner of the room to finish her escape. Just before crawling under the table she opened her hand and smiled.
"Now I have the Sacred Jewel of Four Souls."
Ukaran sat in a large blue chair in his resting chambers, thinking thoroughly with his hand under his chin.
'How can she be my woman if I can't even touch her?! I tried once again to try to get closer to her, but her eyes began to glow and this time her fist began to as well. I was going to get closer to her with the Shikon no Tama but...'
Ukaran stopped his thoughts as he felt around in his haori for the jewel.
"Where is it?!" he yelled angrily. He paused as he remembered Kagome reaching out for him, and than how she had had something in her hand. "Kagome has the jewel!"
Kagome grabbed the extra sheets she had been asking for earlier that day, which she had finally gotten and balled them up and threw them under her blanket so that it looked like a person was under them. She put both of the rocks she had gotten from Kuto into the bag she had also gotten from him and lay the bag just above the blanket so that it appeared to be a head. She put the grass she had also gotten from Kuto and put it on top of the bag so it looked like someone's hair.
"I better hurry. It won't be long before her realizes that I have the jewel."
Kagome pulled the table out from over the hole she had been digging for a week, to see what her hard work at digging had done. After getting enough bowls of water, she had softened the wood enough to be detached from the ground. Than she had used the bowls like shovels and dug through the night. Tonight was the night she would escape.