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Kagome felt her breathing stop as she watched the terrifying demon approach. As it raised its hand in the air to strike, she turned her head away and brought her hands up in front of herself to block the attack. Her eyes closed tightly, she waited for the impact of the blow; but it never came. A crash was heard from the other side of the room, but she didn't feel anything.
Slowly, she opened her eyes and scanned the room, completely confused. Wasn't the youkai just right in front of her, about to kill her? Where was it now? A crumpled red figure on the other side of the cell caught her attention as it tried to push itself back to its feet. It failed as its arms gave out, and it hit the floor once again.
Kagome realized that the demon had been hurt, sent flying across the room even, but by whom? She looked around, trying to figure the situation out. She was the only one in the cell with the demon, so it must have been her that had hit it. Realizing that her hands were still in the air, she brought them closer to her face to inspect them. They were tingling slightly. Had she really attacked the youkai without knowing it? How on earth did she do that?!
When the demon tried to stand and fell once again, Kagome snapped back to reality. She had injured one of the research subjects. Even though it had attacked her and probably would have received quite a beating for it, she hadn't ever wanted to hurt it herself. Rushing over to it, she knelt down to inspect the damage.
Pulling on the demon's shoulder to turn it towards her, she winced as she noticed that it was actually bleeding from her unplanned attack. How could she do that? She never hurt anything, and here she had nearly knocked the youkai out with one hit that she had never intended to deliver.
Suddenly, the demon hissed, knocking her hand away. Growling and grimacing in pain, the youkai managed to pull itself up into a sitting position and curl up to be as far away from the human girl as possible. Kagome tried again, but was once again pushed away – this time a snarl accompanying the fierce growl.
Pausing for a moment to consider what to do, Kagome began to speak in a calm voice, even though she was almost quivering in fear from being in so close to the demon. "It's alright; I'm not going to hurt you. I know you can't understand me, but I want to help you." She reached up and undid the collar of her shirt. Sliding the sailor collar off and ripping it so that she could use it as bandages, she continued trying to calm the injured youkai.
"Shh, don't move. I just need to take care of your wound for you. It's OK," she said. The demon continued to growl and glare at her, but less intensely than before. It didn't even flinch when she applied pressure to the make-shift bandage to stop the bleeding, but she caught the pain that flickered in its eyes. Those eyes - they were so intense. She had never seen eyes like the youkai's. How could a creature such as a demon have such eyes?
When she was done tending to the demon's injuries, she backed away from it slowly and made her way to the other side of the room. She spoke in soothing tones the entire time, making sure not to make any sudden moves or loud noises; she didn't want to risk upsetting or startling the demon. It seemed to have calmed quite a bit by now, although it still watched her warily.
As soon as the door had shut behind them, the guards had all taken off running down the hallway. They had to find someone quick; they couldn't do anything for the girl unless the door was open, and that wouldn't happen unless someone with the security codes was there. When the timer had run out on the door, it had set the locks to high security so the guards could no longer get in. Whoever had thought that that was a smart idea should've thought again; the girl was probably dead by now, having been locked in a cell with the most fiercesome youkai on the compound.
Finally finding the man they were looking for, the guards burst into the room. "Sir, you must come, now! We have a serious problem; we'll explain on the way." As soon as this had left the guard's mouth, he turned and ran back down the hall, being followed by the other four guards and the doctor.
"What on earth happened?" Dr. Mochizuki yelled as he ran down the corridors. That, of course, wasn't a necessary question; he knew exactly what happened. Actually, he knew even more than the guards knew. He had been watching from the surveylance room and had seen the girl strike the demon. She was, in fact, a miko; but he didn't tell the guards that.
"The intern girl was with us in demon forty-seven's cell for its feeding. I slipped and it got loose. It attacked and we ran out the door. When I tried to pull the girl out with me, the demon knocked me out the door. The door closed and locked behind us, and then we ran to get you."
"So you don't know what happened after you ran out the door? You just left?!"
"Yes, sir. We couldn't do anything else, so we came to get you as quickly as possible."
"If anything has happened to her, you're all fired! Do you understand?"
The guards nodded wordlessly. They had already known that, but it was just sinking in now. They would probably all be out of work within the next ten minutes. And the girl – she would probably be dead.
Kagome and the demon heard approaching footsteps as the troop screeched to a halt outside the door. The doctor peered through the window to make sure that everything was the same as it was when he had been dragged out of the camera room. Smiling mentally when he noted that it was, he turned back to the anxious guards. Anger radiated off of the doctor as he began to speak. The man would have made a great actor; he was actually ecstatic about the whole thing.
"She's dead." The guards' eyes widened and their faces paled with those two words. Their hearts sunk; they had allowed someone to be killed by one of the demons and had lost their jobs all in under twenty minutes. The doctor snapped them out of their thoughts when he decided to continue.
"I don't ever want to see any of you here again. Do you understand?" he asked, his glare growing ever deadlier. The guards nodded and turned to walk back down the hallway, their heads hung low. They didn't even bother to argue or plead. They had disgraced themselves; they had failed.
An evil glint came to the doctor's eyes as he watched the guards leave. That was far too easy. Now he had a new subject, and no one could say anything. They were the only witnesses, and they thought that she was dead. All he had to do now was inform the family of their unfortunate loss, and she would be all his. He leaned against the door, waiting for Dr. Kumaki to make his way back to the cell.
When he finally came back a half-hour later, Dr. Kumaki looked extremely worried. He had heard that something had happened with the young intern after he had left. As much as he would have enjoyed studying the miko and her powers, he didn't think he could live with himself if something had really happened to her. He walked up to Dr. Mochizuki and inquired about the situation. The other doctor jerked his head towards the door behind him, and Kumaki walked over to look inside.
There was the girl, completely unharmed if not a little scared, sitting against the wall with her knees pulled up to her chest with her arms wrapped around them. What had happened? Scanning the rest of the room, his eyes fell on the demon on the other side. It was slumped against the wall with something wrapped partly around its midsection. It seemed to be injured. The demon was half glaring at the other occupant of the room, but was making no advances towards her nor did it seem to be planning to do so in the near future. Now the man was completely confused.
Dr. Mochizuki smirked at his co-worker's baffled expression as he turned back to face him. Knowing that he wanted an explanation, he pushed himself from his position against the wall.
"I was right; she is a miko," he said. Most of the confusion left Kumaki's face, but he still didn't fully understand the situation. Mochizuki continued.
"One of the guards slipped up and let the demon loose. They ran out the door, which shut behind them and locked her inside. When the youkai tried to attack her, her power came to the surface and she knocked him across the room. It took her a minute to realize what happened, but then she ran over and took care of the demon."
Kumaki nodded, understanding a bit more. He still had a question or two, though. "What happened to the guards?"
"I fired them. They ran off before anything happened and believed me when I told them she was dead."
Confusion once again passed over the other doctor's face, but it was gone quickly, replaced with a conspiratory expression. "So they think she's dead and no one knows any different, eh? This means that she gets to stay here with us, doesn't it?" he stated more than asked, a wicked smile curling his lips.
"Of course. We wouldn't want her to leave so soon, would we?" he smiled as well, even more cruelly. "I need you to inform her family of her death and the situation surrounding it. Can you handle that?" The other man nodded. "Good. Now, her powers seem to be brought out when attacked; so leave her here for the next couple of weeks. The longer she's in the presence of danger, the more her powers will come out."
Kumaki nodded again as Mochizuki left the hall. The doctor was left alone in front of the cell, deciding what to tell the girl. She wouldn't be happy with their decision, that was for sure; but she wasn't going to get a say in the matter.
Knocking on the window, the doctor slid it open. Even if the demon had been able to make it to the door fast enough, it wouldn't have been able to do anything through the window; it was barred. Kagome turned her head slowly to where the noise had originated from.
"Dr. Kumaki," she said, dazed slightly. She was still quite confused about the entire thing. What had she done earlier, anyway? And why wasn't the demon attacking her, or at least growling at her? She was brought out of her haziness with the doctor's next words, however.
"Higarashi-san. You forgot to tell us something when you came here." He waited until she cocked her head in bewilderment before he continued. "You're a miko, and now you've managed to injure one of our subjects. Not that we mind; it will be fine. We've decided that you'l be staying here with us for a while. For the next couple of weeks you'll be in this cell with that demon. I'd step carefully around it if I were you; it might just decide to attack you without warning. Once you've demonstrated your powers a bit more, we'll move you to another cell and start other tests. You're going to be one our favorite subjects, Higarashi-san. It's not often that we get to study a real live miko with enough power to harm a youkai as strong as that one. Enjoy your stay." Finished with his little speech, the man walked away and towards his office. He had a phone call to make.
AN: Here's chapter 5! Yea! There was a little I/K in this one, and, as I bet you can guess, there's more to come! Next Chapter: Kagome has a change of heart towards her cell mate and demons in general. Possible appearances: A certain full-demon might show up, but that might not be till the chapter after next. Hope ya'll enjoyed! I love all my readers!
To all reviewers: Thanks for all the reviews! I absolutely love you guys!
Issa-Chan – Glad you think its cool :) Yes, I have a heart! See? I didn't leave a cliff-hanger this time!
Storm Maker – Am I really that good at evil cliff-hangers? Wow :) That's quite a compliment! Yes, I totally agree. I completely love to hate the doctors, and I created them! I'm glad that the timing and plot is good. I'm getting a pretty good idea of where exactly all of this is going, so I'll try to keep it that way!
Silver Eyes Bright – Glad that you like the timing on the updates ^_^ Hope you liked this chapter!
Kagome felt her breathing stop as she watched the terrifying demon approach. As it raised its hand in the air to strike, she turned her head away and brought her hands up in front of herself to block the attack. Her eyes closed tightly, she waited for the impact of the blow; but it never came. A crash was heard from the other side of the room, but she didn't feel anything.
Slowly, she opened her eyes and scanned the room, completely confused. Wasn't the youkai just right in front of her, about to kill her? Where was it now? A crumpled red figure on the other side of the cell caught her attention as it tried to push itself back to its feet. It failed as its arms gave out, and it hit the floor once again.
Kagome realized that the demon had been hurt, sent flying across the room even, but by whom? She looked around, trying to figure the situation out. She was the only one in the cell with the demon, so it must have been her that had hit it. Realizing that her hands were still in the air, she brought them closer to her face to inspect them. They were tingling slightly. Had she really attacked the youkai without knowing it? How on earth did she do that?!
When the demon tried to stand and fell once again, Kagome snapped back to reality. She had injured one of the research subjects. Even though it had attacked her and probably would have received quite a beating for it, she hadn't ever wanted to hurt it herself. Rushing over to it, she knelt down to inspect the damage.
Pulling on the demon's shoulder to turn it towards her, she winced as she noticed that it was actually bleeding from her unplanned attack. How could she do that? She never hurt anything, and here she had nearly knocked the youkai out with one hit that she had never intended to deliver.
Suddenly, the demon hissed, knocking her hand away. Growling and grimacing in pain, the youkai managed to pull itself up into a sitting position and curl up to be as far away from the human girl as possible. Kagome tried again, but was once again pushed away – this time a snarl accompanying the fierce growl.
Pausing for a moment to consider what to do, Kagome began to speak in a calm voice, even though she was almost quivering in fear from being in so close to the demon. "It's alright; I'm not going to hurt you. I know you can't understand me, but I want to help you." She reached up and undid the collar of her shirt. Sliding the sailor collar off and ripping it so that she could use it as bandages, she continued trying to calm the injured youkai.
"Shh, don't move. I just need to take care of your wound for you. It's OK," she said. The demon continued to growl and glare at her, but less intensely than before. It didn't even flinch when she applied pressure to the make-shift bandage to stop the bleeding, but she caught the pain that flickered in its eyes. Those eyes - they were so intense. She had never seen eyes like the youkai's. How could a creature such as a demon have such eyes?
When she was done tending to the demon's injuries, she backed away from it slowly and made her way to the other side of the room. She spoke in soothing tones the entire time, making sure not to make any sudden moves or loud noises; she didn't want to risk upsetting or startling the demon. It seemed to have calmed quite a bit by now, although it still watched her warily.
As soon as the door had shut behind them, the guards had all taken off running down the hallway. They had to find someone quick; they couldn't do anything for the girl unless the door was open, and that wouldn't happen unless someone with the security codes was there. When the timer had run out on the door, it had set the locks to high security so the guards could no longer get in. Whoever had thought that that was a smart idea should've thought again; the girl was probably dead by now, having been locked in a cell with the most fiercesome youkai on the compound.
Finally finding the man they were looking for, the guards burst into the room. "Sir, you must come, now! We have a serious problem; we'll explain on the way." As soon as this had left the guard's mouth, he turned and ran back down the hall, being followed by the other four guards and the doctor.
"What on earth happened?" Dr. Mochizuki yelled as he ran down the corridors. That, of course, wasn't a necessary question; he knew exactly what happened. Actually, he knew even more than the guards knew. He had been watching from the surveylance room and had seen the girl strike the demon. She was, in fact, a miko; but he didn't tell the guards that.
"The intern girl was with us in demon forty-seven's cell for its feeding. I slipped and it got loose. It attacked and we ran out the door. When I tried to pull the girl out with me, the demon knocked me out the door. The door closed and locked behind us, and then we ran to get you."
"So you don't know what happened after you ran out the door? You just left?!"
"Yes, sir. We couldn't do anything else, so we came to get you as quickly as possible."
"If anything has happened to her, you're all fired! Do you understand?"
The guards nodded wordlessly. They had already known that, but it was just sinking in now. They would probably all be out of work within the next ten minutes. And the girl – she would probably be dead.
Kagome and the demon heard approaching footsteps as the troop screeched to a halt outside the door. The doctor peered through the window to make sure that everything was the same as it was when he had been dragged out of the camera room. Smiling mentally when he noted that it was, he turned back to the anxious guards. Anger radiated off of the doctor as he began to speak. The man would have made a great actor; he was actually ecstatic about the whole thing.
"She's dead." The guards' eyes widened and their faces paled with those two words. Their hearts sunk; they had allowed someone to be killed by one of the demons and had lost their jobs all in under twenty minutes. The doctor snapped them out of their thoughts when he decided to continue.
"I don't ever want to see any of you here again. Do you understand?" he asked, his glare growing ever deadlier. The guards nodded and turned to walk back down the hallway, their heads hung low. They didn't even bother to argue or plead. They had disgraced themselves; they had failed.
An evil glint came to the doctor's eyes as he watched the guards leave. That was far too easy. Now he had a new subject, and no one could say anything. They were the only witnesses, and they thought that she was dead. All he had to do now was inform the family of their unfortunate loss, and she would be all his. He leaned against the door, waiting for Dr. Kumaki to make his way back to the cell.
When he finally came back a half-hour later, Dr. Kumaki looked extremely worried. He had heard that something had happened with the young intern after he had left. As much as he would have enjoyed studying the miko and her powers, he didn't think he could live with himself if something had really happened to her. He walked up to Dr. Mochizuki and inquired about the situation. The other doctor jerked his head towards the door behind him, and Kumaki walked over to look inside.
There was the girl, completely unharmed if not a little scared, sitting against the wall with her knees pulled up to her chest with her arms wrapped around them. What had happened? Scanning the rest of the room, his eyes fell on the demon on the other side. It was slumped against the wall with something wrapped partly around its midsection. It seemed to be injured. The demon was half glaring at the other occupant of the room, but was making no advances towards her nor did it seem to be planning to do so in the near future. Now the man was completely confused.
Dr. Mochizuki smirked at his co-worker's baffled expression as he turned back to face him. Knowing that he wanted an explanation, he pushed himself from his position against the wall.
"I was right; she is a miko," he said. Most of the confusion left Kumaki's face, but he still didn't fully understand the situation. Mochizuki continued.
"One of the guards slipped up and let the demon loose. They ran out the door, which shut behind them and locked her inside. When the youkai tried to attack her, her power came to the surface and she knocked him across the room. It took her a minute to realize what happened, but then she ran over and took care of the demon."
Kumaki nodded, understanding a bit more. He still had a question or two, though. "What happened to the guards?"
"I fired them. They ran off before anything happened and believed me when I told them she was dead."
Confusion once again passed over the other doctor's face, but it was gone quickly, replaced with a conspiratory expression. "So they think she's dead and no one knows any different, eh? This means that she gets to stay here with us, doesn't it?" he stated more than asked, a wicked smile curling his lips.
"Of course. We wouldn't want her to leave so soon, would we?" he smiled as well, even more cruelly. "I need you to inform her family of her death and the situation surrounding it. Can you handle that?" The other man nodded. "Good. Now, her powers seem to be brought out when attacked; so leave her here for the next couple of weeks. The longer she's in the presence of danger, the more her powers will come out."
Kumaki nodded again as Mochizuki left the hall. The doctor was left alone in front of the cell, deciding what to tell the girl. She wouldn't be happy with their decision, that was for sure; but she wasn't going to get a say in the matter.
Knocking on the window, the doctor slid it open. Even if the demon had been able to make it to the door fast enough, it wouldn't have been able to do anything through the window; it was barred. Kagome turned her head slowly to where the noise had originated from.
"Dr. Kumaki," she said, dazed slightly. She was still quite confused about the entire thing. What had she done earlier, anyway? And why wasn't the demon attacking her, or at least growling at her? She was brought out of her haziness with the doctor's next words, however.
"Higarashi-san. You forgot to tell us something when you came here." He waited until she cocked her head in bewilderment before he continued. "You're a miko, and now you've managed to injure one of our subjects. Not that we mind; it will be fine. We've decided that you'l be staying here with us for a while. For the next couple of weeks you'll be in this cell with that demon. I'd step carefully around it if I were you; it might just decide to attack you without warning. Once you've demonstrated your powers a bit more, we'll move you to another cell and start other tests. You're going to be one our favorite subjects, Higarashi-san. It's not often that we get to study a real live miko with enough power to harm a youkai as strong as that one. Enjoy your stay." Finished with his little speech, the man walked away and towards his office. He had a phone call to make.
AN: Here's chapter 5! Yea! There was a little I/K in this one, and, as I bet you can guess, there's more to come! Next Chapter: Kagome has a change of heart towards her cell mate and demons in general. Possible appearances: A certain full-demon might show up, but that might not be till the chapter after next. Hope ya'll enjoyed! I love all my readers!
To all reviewers: Thanks for all the reviews! I absolutely love you guys!
Issa-Chan – Glad you think its cool :) Yes, I have a heart! See? I didn't leave a cliff-hanger this time!
Storm Maker – Am I really that good at evil cliff-hangers? Wow :) That's quite a compliment! Yes, I totally agree. I completely love to hate the doctors, and I created them! I'm glad that the timing and plot is good. I'm getting a pretty good idea of where exactly all of this is going, so I'll try to keep it that way!
Silver Eyes Bright – Glad that you like the timing on the updates ^_^ Hope you liked this chapter!