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Kagome's mouth was hanging open by now. The demon had spoken to her, told her its – his – name. Now he looked both shocked and annoyed and had asked her what she thought he was. What was that supposed to mean? With the look she was getting at the moment, it probably meant something along the lines of "Do you think I'm just some stupid animal that can't think on its own?" Of course, she did. But now she was beginning to change her mind about this demon, about all demons for that matter.
"I...I...I don't know. I didn't th...think demons could talk; the d...doctors said that you weren't capable of it," the girl managed to stutter out. The demon snorted and looked away. Of course the doctors hadn't told her that demons could talk; they didn't know themselves. Maybe they would have if they had experimented on that particular part of youkai behavior, but they had never really been interested and had too many pre- conceived notions about demons anyway.
"Feh. Most demons can talk. We're not just stupid beasts, you know," Inuyasha retorted, his glare sliding over to rest on the girl. She continued to stare blankly at him, trying to absorb what was happening at the moment. Finally, she got her wits back.
"Most demons talk? Why haven't I heard any of you talk before, especially you?" she asked, looking questioningly at the demon before her. He turned his head back to her, clearing his throat before speaking again.
"Because the ones that can talk are muzzled so that they can't." So saying, he pointed over to the muzzle still lying on the floor of the room. Malice had filled his voice as he spoke, his tone dropping dangerously low. The school girl could almost feel the anger radiating off of him; apparently, years in the facility had done nothing to his spirit but had added to his ferocity.
"Oh," was all Kagome could say. She had forgotten about that; the demon had worn a muzzle for the past ten years, making it impossible for him to speak. However... "But you haven't had that on since I've been in here, and you still didn't talk. Why not?"
"I didn't know if it was worth it," the demon responded, looking at the ground before fixing her with his gaze once more. "I wanted to see what kind of person you were first. You could have lied to me if you had known I'd understand."
Kagome couldn't hide her shock at his statement completely. This was a demon, a cold-blooded killer; and he wanted to take the time to figure her out instead of just concluding that she was like every other human on the compound and ripping her throat out? Wow. He hadn't judged her, even after everything they'd put him through; and yet she had judged him by what she had been taught every youkai was like. Ashamed, she looked down at the ground before speaking again.
"I didn't lie. It was all the truth. I really am sorry; none of this should have ever happened to you." She began to cry softly, realizing just how horrible the situation must have been for the demon, and every other demon in the facility. They were just like regular people, except that they were stronger and had more power. That's why they had been locked up, because humans that had known the truth about them like Dr. Mochizuki were scared. Now she was mad. The cowards had no right to be called humans; they were the monsters.
Even as the youkai sensed Kagome go from depressed to angered, he could still hear her crying. Not again, he thought. I can't take much more of this crying stuff. Its going to get really annoying, besides the fact that I hate to see girls cry.
"Come on, girl. Stop crying," he commanded, frustration clearly audible in his tone. He shrunk back when she looked back up at him, though, her anger coming off of her in waves. "Please?"
"I'm gonna get those stupid doctors! The idiotic, cowardly, two-faced...." There she went again. His ears were going to hurt in the morning. Sighing, Inuyasha flattened his ears against his head in an attempt to block the girl's ranting out. You had to admit, the girl had some powerful lungs.
A while later, Kagome's rampage finally came to a halt. She had called the doctors and everyone else working at the compound everything and anything under the sun and listed various threats, should she ever get free of her cell. Inuyasha decided that she was either like this all the time – boy, wouldn't that be great – or that everything had built up during the first few days she was there and had remained silent. Suddenly, her muffled crying didn't seem so bad anymore.
By the time she had finished, it had become quite late. Yawning, she laid down on the hard floor once again, her back against the wall. She closed her eyes and tried to go to sleep, succeeding after nearly an hour. The demon simply watched her as she tried to make herself comfortable, knowing that it was close to impossible to do. And he should know; after all, he'd tried everything himself already. Having clothing that used excess material helped; he had to admit that.
Inuyasha stood and slowly padded across the floor to the girl. Draping his hoari over her slight form once more, he sat down next to the girl with a sigh. Didn't he despise humans? Yes, of course he did! Since when did he care if they were cold or uncomfortable? Since...since she had been kind to him.
If it had been any of those other humans that she had been with that day, he could have cared less. Even in the shape he had been in when they had dragged him into the examination room, every one of those stupid humans had reached over to mess with his ears, many of them missing and hitting his head instead. If it had been one of them, they would have ended up shred to pieces within the first five minutes. But this girl was different.
He hadn't spoken for the first few days she had been there, and not just because his voice wasn't used to being used after so long; although, that did play a part. He had truly just wanted to see if she was really as kind as she seemed to be. The demon had thought that all such people had been eradicated from the world, but then she had come and shown him mercy when he had shown her none.
He had attacked her the first day, and yet she had tended to his wounds after she unwittingly attacked him. He had done nothing to persuade her to be kind to him in any way, and yet she had not only been kind but had apologized to him for things that other people had done. What was going on with this girl?
Maybe she was different from the other humans, not that he was going to let know that he thought so. He wasn't going to let his guard down anytime soon, not again. Not after what had happened the last time.
Walking back across the room to his spot, Inuyasha stretched out on the floor and attempted to go to sleep himself. It took him a bit longer than Kagome; he had too much on his mind. Trust was not something to be taken lightly, or something to hand out to everyone.
Kagome woke the next morning to find the red jacket covering her once again. Looking over at the sleeping youkai, she smiled. Everyone was so afraid of him; he was the most dangerous demon that was kept at the facility. Yet, he was actually very kind-hearted. He had given her his own warm covering so that she wouldn't be cold. She waited for him to wake up before wandering across the cell and handing it to him.
"Keep it," he said, pushing her hands, and the hoari along with them, back. "It doesn't get any warmer in here, and you bother me when you move around to get warm." Trying to glare to make it look as if he were truly annoyed, he stretched a bit before returning to his sitting position. Kagome, to his surprise, sat down next to him.
Looking at her curiously, he asked, rather roughly, "Oi, girl, what are you doing? Aren't you going to go back over there?" As he finished, he waved his hand in the direction of "her side" of the cell.
Kagome merely smiled and shook her head, quite content to be right where she was. "If we're going to be cell mates, there's no sense in us sitting across the room from each other like we don't like one another. Besides, I almost half to yell across the entire room to talk to you."
"No, you don't. I have 'dog-like' hearing, remember? I can hear you just fine."
Keeping her smile in place, the girl shook her head again, "But I can't hear you; you talk so quietly. Besides, if its cold, the best way to stay at least semi-warm is to sit next to someone."
The youkai stared at her for a moment, trying to keep his mouth from falling agape. Now she was wanting to sit by him? This girl really was crazy. Didn't she realize that he was a demon? That he had claws and fangs? And yet, she didn't act as if she was scared of him at all. Slowly, Inuyasha slowly got over his shock and relaxed against the wall, having stiffened when she sat down.
Just as he was about to drift off into his thoughts, Kagome started talking. "So, how did you end up in here? I mean you're really strong, so they obviously couldn't have caught you easily or anything," she said, looking hopefully at the demon.
Anger flickered across Inuyasha's features as he remembered how he had been caught and thrown in there like a regular dog, but it was gone as quickly as it came. It was there long enough for Kagome to notice, though, as well as the other emotions mixed in with it. She couldn't quite put her finger on what they all were, but along with the anger was pain.
"I was bound with a spell to a tree for who knows how long and then they found me. The person that they got to undo the spell kept me from moving or attacking until they knocked me out. Then I woke up here."
"You were bound with a spell? What kind of spell?" Kagome asked, now intrigued by his story.
"One that halts time around you; I was frozen in time." Inuyasha's voice had become quiet, but it had not lost its harshness. Anger burned in his eyes, but his expression was distant, as if he was looking into the past, into the time before he was bound to the tree.
"Someone did that to you? Why? Who would want to do that?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha contemplated not answering; she was being quite nosy today. But he had already started answering her questions. What were a couple more?
"A miko did it. I didn't know why then, but now I do." he stated, looking sideways at Kagome.
Kagome's eyes widened slightly. A miko had placed a curse of sorts on him, causing him to be sealed in time for years, maybe decades or even centuries. She was a miko herself. Now his actions towards her made a bit more sense, considering that he had stayed far away from her, although he should have wanted to kill her even more then. As he had finished his answer, hatred had mingled with the malice in his voice. Kagome was suddenly very happy that she wasn't the one that had put the spell on him.
AN: Sorry its a bit late in the evening (12:30 am for those who are wondering), but its been one crazy weekend! I've been doing Chemistry, Engineering, and Physics homework all day long. Who goes to a tutoring session that lasts 'til midnight?! Anyway :) Hope ya'll liked this chapter! Next Chp: Its gonna be a surprise, so I'm not gonna spoil it! ^_^ I'm so evil! My next update will be...I don't know when. Its spring break and I'm going home for the first time in two months (oh the excitement!!!) and might have to post it from there. But, no worries! It will be up around Sunday sometime! Please Review! They make my day really great and motivate better and faster writing! :)
Silver Eyes Bright – So glad that its so interesting :) I had at least read a couple of summaries about Inuyasha being part of an experiment of some sort, and thought I would put a different spin on it :) Its nice to know that there are people out there with tests and projects that weigh them down ;) I have 3 tests this week, not to mention the design project we just got in engineering. It'll be fun, though :) Hope you liked this chapter! The next one will be out soon! Thanks!
MiraiYume – I'm so happy that you stumbled across my story :) I thought hard about how to write my summary so that people would read it, too! Its great to hear that it works! I think every thing's gonna go pretty slow, that way its a bit longer and will give ya'll more to read ;) Hope you enjoyed this chapter, too! Thanks for reviewing!
Storm-Maker – Its so encouraging to hear that I had you on the edge of your seat with the last chapter; I was afraid it was gonna be a little draggy :) I'll be updating as soon as possible with the next chapter, so don't get too dizzy! We wouldn't want you to knock yourself out so you couldn't read anymore! ^_^ I hope you liked this chapter! Thanks!
purplepeopleeater – I hope that this chapter answered you questions and that you liked it! Inuyasha just hadn't talked for like ten years, so he wasn't used to being able to. The others still can't because of the muzzles and everything. About the cursing thing...I don't curse myself and won't write it. So you'll have to use your imagination on that one. But I'll make sure that he stays pretty much true to form everywhere else! Thanks for reviewing and for the questions! They're great :)
Kagome's mouth was hanging open by now. The demon had spoken to her, told her its – his – name. Now he looked both shocked and annoyed and had asked her what she thought he was. What was that supposed to mean? With the look she was getting at the moment, it probably meant something along the lines of "Do you think I'm just some stupid animal that can't think on its own?" Of course, she did. But now she was beginning to change her mind about this demon, about all demons for that matter.
"I...I...I don't know. I didn't th...think demons could talk; the d...doctors said that you weren't capable of it," the girl managed to stutter out. The demon snorted and looked away. Of course the doctors hadn't told her that demons could talk; they didn't know themselves. Maybe they would have if they had experimented on that particular part of youkai behavior, but they had never really been interested and had too many pre- conceived notions about demons anyway.
"Feh. Most demons can talk. We're not just stupid beasts, you know," Inuyasha retorted, his glare sliding over to rest on the girl. She continued to stare blankly at him, trying to absorb what was happening at the moment. Finally, she got her wits back.
"Most demons talk? Why haven't I heard any of you talk before, especially you?" she asked, looking questioningly at the demon before her. He turned his head back to her, clearing his throat before speaking again.
"Because the ones that can talk are muzzled so that they can't." So saying, he pointed over to the muzzle still lying on the floor of the room. Malice had filled his voice as he spoke, his tone dropping dangerously low. The school girl could almost feel the anger radiating off of him; apparently, years in the facility had done nothing to his spirit but had added to his ferocity.
"Oh," was all Kagome could say. She had forgotten about that; the demon had worn a muzzle for the past ten years, making it impossible for him to speak. However... "But you haven't had that on since I've been in here, and you still didn't talk. Why not?"
"I didn't know if it was worth it," the demon responded, looking at the ground before fixing her with his gaze once more. "I wanted to see what kind of person you were first. You could have lied to me if you had known I'd understand."
Kagome couldn't hide her shock at his statement completely. This was a demon, a cold-blooded killer; and he wanted to take the time to figure her out instead of just concluding that she was like every other human on the compound and ripping her throat out? Wow. He hadn't judged her, even after everything they'd put him through; and yet she had judged him by what she had been taught every youkai was like. Ashamed, she looked down at the ground before speaking again.
"I didn't lie. It was all the truth. I really am sorry; none of this should have ever happened to you." She began to cry softly, realizing just how horrible the situation must have been for the demon, and every other demon in the facility. They were just like regular people, except that they were stronger and had more power. That's why they had been locked up, because humans that had known the truth about them like Dr. Mochizuki were scared. Now she was mad. The cowards had no right to be called humans; they were the monsters.
Even as the youkai sensed Kagome go from depressed to angered, he could still hear her crying. Not again, he thought. I can't take much more of this crying stuff. Its going to get really annoying, besides the fact that I hate to see girls cry.
"Come on, girl. Stop crying," he commanded, frustration clearly audible in his tone. He shrunk back when she looked back up at him, though, her anger coming off of her in waves. "Please?"
"I'm gonna get those stupid doctors! The idiotic, cowardly, two-faced...." There she went again. His ears were going to hurt in the morning. Sighing, Inuyasha flattened his ears against his head in an attempt to block the girl's ranting out. You had to admit, the girl had some powerful lungs.
A while later, Kagome's rampage finally came to a halt. She had called the doctors and everyone else working at the compound everything and anything under the sun and listed various threats, should she ever get free of her cell. Inuyasha decided that she was either like this all the time – boy, wouldn't that be great – or that everything had built up during the first few days she was there and had remained silent. Suddenly, her muffled crying didn't seem so bad anymore.
By the time she had finished, it had become quite late. Yawning, she laid down on the hard floor once again, her back against the wall. She closed her eyes and tried to go to sleep, succeeding after nearly an hour. The demon simply watched her as she tried to make herself comfortable, knowing that it was close to impossible to do. And he should know; after all, he'd tried everything himself already. Having clothing that used excess material helped; he had to admit that.
Inuyasha stood and slowly padded across the floor to the girl. Draping his hoari over her slight form once more, he sat down next to the girl with a sigh. Didn't he despise humans? Yes, of course he did! Since when did he care if they were cold or uncomfortable? Since...since she had been kind to him.
If it had been any of those other humans that she had been with that day, he could have cared less. Even in the shape he had been in when they had dragged him into the examination room, every one of those stupid humans had reached over to mess with his ears, many of them missing and hitting his head instead. If it had been one of them, they would have ended up shred to pieces within the first five minutes. But this girl was different.
He hadn't spoken for the first few days she had been there, and not just because his voice wasn't used to being used after so long; although, that did play a part. He had truly just wanted to see if she was really as kind as she seemed to be. The demon had thought that all such people had been eradicated from the world, but then she had come and shown him mercy when he had shown her none.
He had attacked her the first day, and yet she had tended to his wounds after she unwittingly attacked him. He had done nothing to persuade her to be kind to him in any way, and yet she had not only been kind but had apologized to him for things that other people had done. What was going on with this girl?
Maybe she was different from the other humans, not that he was going to let know that he thought so. He wasn't going to let his guard down anytime soon, not again. Not after what had happened the last time.
Walking back across the room to his spot, Inuyasha stretched out on the floor and attempted to go to sleep himself. It took him a bit longer than Kagome; he had too much on his mind. Trust was not something to be taken lightly, or something to hand out to everyone.
Kagome woke the next morning to find the red jacket covering her once again. Looking over at the sleeping youkai, she smiled. Everyone was so afraid of him; he was the most dangerous demon that was kept at the facility. Yet, he was actually very kind-hearted. He had given her his own warm covering so that she wouldn't be cold. She waited for him to wake up before wandering across the cell and handing it to him.
"Keep it," he said, pushing her hands, and the hoari along with them, back. "It doesn't get any warmer in here, and you bother me when you move around to get warm." Trying to glare to make it look as if he were truly annoyed, he stretched a bit before returning to his sitting position. Kagome, to his surprise, sat down next to him.
Looking at her curiously, he asked, rather roughly, "Oi, girl, what are you doing? Aren't you going to go back over there?" As he finished, he waved his hand in the direction of "her side" of the cell.
Kagome merely smiled and shook her head, quite content to be right where she was. "If we're going to be cell mates, there's no sense in us sitting across the room from each other like we don't like one another. Besides, I almost half to yell across the entire room to talk to you."
"No, you don't. I have 'dog-like' hearing, remember? I can hear you just fine."
Keeping her smile in place, the girl shook her head again, "But I can't hear you; you talk so quietly. Besides, if its cold, the best way to stay at least semi-warm is to sit next to someone."
The youkai stared at her for a moment, trying to keep his mouth from falling agape. Now she was wanting to sit by him? This girl really was crazy. Didn't she realize that he was a demon? That he had claws and fangs? And yet, she didn't act as if she was scared of him at all. Slowly, Inuyasha slowly got over his shock and relaxed against the wall, having stiffened when she sat down.
Just as he was about to drift off into his thoughts, Kagome started talking. "So, how did you end up in here? I mean you're really strong, so they obviously couldn't have caught you easily or anything," she said, looking hopefully at the demon.
Anger flickered across Inuyasha's features as he remembered how he had been caught and thrown in there like a regular dog, but it was gone as quickly as it came. It was there long enough for Kagome to notice, though, as well as the other emotions mixed in with it. She couldn't quite put her finger on what they all were, but along with the anger was pain.
"I was bound with a spell to a tree for who knows how long and then they found me. The person that they got to undo the spell kept me from moving or attacking until they knocked me out. Then I woke up here."
"You were bound with a spell? What kind of spell?" Kagome asked, now intrigued by his story.
"One that halts time around you; I was frozen in time." Inuyasha's voice had become quiet, but it had not lost its harshness. Anger burned in his eyes, but his expression was distant, as if he was looking into the past, into the time before he was bound to the tree.
"Someone did that to you? Why? Who would want to do that?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha contemplated not answering; she was being quite nosy today. But he had already started answering her questions. What were a couple more?
"A miko did it. I didn't know why then, but now I do." he stated, looking sideways at Kagome.
Kagome's eyes widened slightly. A miko had placed a curse of sorts on him, causing him to be sealed in time for years, maybe decades or even centuries. She was a miko herself. Now his actions towards her made a bit more sense, considering that he had stayed far away from her, although he should have wanted to kill her even more then. As he had finished his answer, hatred had mingled with the malice in his voice. Kagome was suddenly very happy that she wasn't the one that had put the spell on him.
AN: Sorry its a bit late in the evening (12:30 am for those who are wondering), but its been one crazy weekend! I've been doing Chemistry, Engineering, and Physics homework all day long. Who goes to a tutoring session that lasts 'til midnight?! Anyway :) Hope ya'll liked this chapter! Next Chp: Its gonna be a surprise, so I'm not gonna spoil it! ^_^ I'm so evil! My next update will be...I don't know when. Its spring break and I'm going home for the first time in two months (oh the excitement!!!) and might have to post it from there. But, no worries! It will be up around Sunday sometime! Please Review! They make my day really great and motivate better and faster writing! :)
Silver Eyes Bright – So glad that its so interesting :) I had at least read a couple of summaries about Inuyasha being part of an experiment of some sort, and thought I would put a different spin on it :) Its nice to know that there are people out there with tests and projects that weigh them down ;) I have 3 tests this week, not to mention the design project we just got in engineering. It'll be fun, though :) Hope you liked this chapter! The next one will be out soon! Thanks!
MiraiYume – I'm so happy that you stumbled across my story :) I thought hard about how to write my summary so that people would read it, too! Its great to hear that it works! I think every thing's gonna go pretty slow, that way its a bit longer and will give ya'll more to read ;) Hope you enjoyed this chapter, too! Thanks for reviewing!
Storm-Maker – Its so encouraging to hear that I had you on the edge of your seat with the last chapter; I was afraid it was gonna be a little draggy :) I'll be updating as soon as possible with the next chapter, so don't get too dizzy! We wouldn't want you to knock yourself out so you couldn't read anymore! ^_^ I hope you liked this chapter! Thanks!
purplepeopleeater – I hope that this chapter answered you questions and that you liked it! Inuyasha just hadn't talked for like ten years, so he wasn't used to being able to. The others still can't because of the muzzles and everything. About the cursing thing...I don't curse myself and won't write it. So you'll have to use your imagination on that one. But I'll make sure that he stays pretty much true to form everywhere else! Thanks for reviewing and for the questions! They're great :)