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The rest of the morning had gone by in silence. Kagome couldn't think of anything to say in response to Inuyasha's last statement, and he sure wasn't going to start up another conversation. They just drifted off in their own thoughts, Kagome thinking about why the demon next to her hadn't tried to kill her yet and Inuyasha in thoughts not to far from hers.
It had been so long ago, even for him. Ten years had passed for him since the miko had pinned him to that tree. "I didn't know why then, but now I do." That was true. The priestess had had no reason to do what she had done, and it had baffled Inuyasha for some time. Until he realized that she had betrayed him.
She had been toying with him the whole time, just waiting for him to drop his guard so that she could kill him. But he had won; he was alive again. If he ever found out that she was still alive, he would find her and kill her himself.
Which brought him back to the girl sitting next to him. She looked much like the priestess from his past and was also a miko. Perhaps it had been such a long time that this girl was an ancestor of the priestess. He had actually mistaken her for the miko when he had first seen her. That would have been the time for him to take his revenge on her, but something had stopped him.
She had looked at him with pity and sympathy. The other miko had never done that. Oh, yes, she had told him that she loved him and wanted to be with him forever; but she had never really felt sympathy for him, even when she wanted it from him. She had wanted to use him to rid herself of her responsibility so that she could be normal.
But what about him? Didn't she ever even think about the fact that him becoming human could have had fatal consequences? During his life before her, he had made many enemies, including his own brother, who would have loved to find he was only a weak human. He wouldn't have been able to defend himself or her from them without his half-demon powers. Had she ever even cared?
No, she hadn't. The moment he had let down his guard and promised to become human, she had betrayed him. That was all any of it was for; she hadn't meant any of it. But he had trusted her.
The girl sitting next to him in the cell was just like her. She was trying to get him to drop his guard so that she could kill him, or worse. Help those other stupid humans with whatever they wanted to do. And yet he felt that there was something different about her. She seemed so innocent and sincere. She hadn't been lying, that much he knew. He would have smelled it if she had been. Why he had never realized that the miko from the past was lying, he would never know. He had sensed something wrong about her from the beginning and ignored it.
Even if Kagome was descended from the miko, there was a difference between them; she smelled different and had a different air about her. Maybe she really was a nice person that just wanted to be kind to him. For the moment, at least, he wouldn't do anything to harm her.
Their thoughts were interrupted when the food dishes were slid into the room. Getting up, Kagome picked up their food and brought it back to where Inuyasha was still sitting. Handing him his plate, she sat down in front of him and began to eat her own food.
"Thanks," he said quietly, eyeing her suspiciously before turning his attention to his plate and following her example. Kagome looked up and smiled before continuing to eat. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad in here; at least they got along alright.
Kagome ended up staying in the room with Inuyasha for the rest of the week before the guards came and took her away. Dr. Mochizuki had grown tired of watching the girl and demon sit in the cell every day and do nothing. One of them should have at least attacked the other by now; then they would have gotten some good data on the girl's power. But, they just sat there all day.
As soon as the guards had come in, Inuyasha had jumped into a ready position. Bending slightly in preparation for a lunge, he began growling at them. Two of the guards ran to take him on while the others went for Kagome. Gasping, she turned to get away from them. The room was incredibly small, however; and they caught her easily.
Inuyasha was a different story. The two guards were thrown back out of the room in seconds, landing and sliding across the hallway. Turning to the others, he saw them trying to drag Kagome towards the door. She, of course, was doing everything in her power to get loose but was having little effect. Soon, they would have her out of the cell and wherever it was that they were taking her.
His growl becoming deeper and his eyes narrowing into an icy glare, he lunged towards the guards holding Kagome. Flinging them off and away from her, he spun, putting her behind him. The hanyou flexed his claws, daring any of the guards to try again. They had, unfortunately, been expecting this.
Pulling out their guns, the guards fired, hitting the hanyou with darts filled with sedatives. As the drugs began to filter through his system, Inuyasha's balance faltered; but he wasn't going to give up just yet. Taking a step towards them, he made to swing for the guards. The drugs had their desired effect, however, as his moves became lethargic and his vision blurred. Finally, the room began to darken for the hanyou as he fell to the floor, unconcious.
Seeing that they had taken the demon down, the guards again moved in for the girl. Once they had her out of the room, a couple of the guards went back to finish their work with the hanyou, muzzling him and chaining him to the wall. Turning, they quickly left the room before he woke up and found himself back in that position. No one wanted to be near him when that happened.
Kagome was dragged kicking and screaming down the hall until they came to another cell door. Punching in the code, the men waited for the door to slide open before throwing her in and locking it back quickly. As soon as the door was shut, a thud resounded through the hall. The demon in this cell had been unchained and had apparently just missed the opening as the door shut. There they left the girl, unprotected from the demon caged inside with her except for her own powers, which she didn't yet know how to control.
Inuyasha woke and found things to be the way they were before Kagome had come. As he pulled against his chains, his eyes narrowed into slits. They had done it again, and they had taken the girl. She couldn't defend herself if they, or another demon, tried anything. What did he care about the girl, though? Why did the thought of them harming her cause anger to rise up in him? He didn't care at the moment; all he knew was that he wanted out of those chains and that girl back there. She was kind to him, and he could protect her.
Kagome, in the meantime, was thinking exactly the same thing. She wished she was back in that cell with Inuyasha, more than she had even wanted to go home before. This demon now was attacking her for all it was worth, and it was all she could do to keep it from being successful. Dodging and running around the room, she managed to stay away from the half-crazed youkai. It wasn't a human-looking one like Inuyasha; she didn't know how to describe it, but it certainly wanted nothing more than to slice her into little pieces at the moment.
Finally worn out from running around, the girl turned and raised her hands in front of her, praying that her miko powers would somehow find a way to protect her. Luckily for her, they did. Just as the demon was almost on top of her, a flash of light filled the room along with a scream from the youkai. Opening her tightly shut eyes, Kagome saw the demon fall to the floor, writhing in pain from the wound she had caused. Cautiously, she backed away into a corner and curled into herself there. It looked like this cell would be quite different from the last one.
And so things went for the next few months. Inuyasha and his guards fell back into their normal routine with him attacking them every chance he found and them "disciplining" him every opportunity he presented. Kagome fell into a rhythm herself.
The girl with the miko powers was dragged from cell to cell, always kicking and screaming in a vain effort to get away. Once at the new cell, she would square off against whatever demon was being kept in it. She would have liked to find another demon that didn't want to fight her, but it seemed that all of them had halfway lost their minds and couldn't tell who or what they were attacking anyway. After she had gotten the upper hand – meaning that she had managed not to get herself killed in the first hour – the demon would normally cower away from her on the other side of the room. This never pleased the doctors very much, and so they would move her again.
After a while, she had made her way through every cell containing an even semi-dangerous youkai and had managed to get her powers somewhat under her control. At least now she didn't have to close her eyes and hope that something would happen; she just didn't know how much power she would use. The doctors had managed to collect a bit of data on her strength and capabilities, even if it wasn't anywhere near what they were wanting. That was alright with them; she would be with them for a while.
"I want to see her full potential, Kumaki."
"I know, Doctor; but she won't use more of her power than is necessary to keep the demons from hurting her. The only way we'll get to see her at her maximum is if we put her back in with the inu youkai. We'll just have to find some way to make them cooperate."
The other man closed his eyes, resting his head in his hands. Looking back up at the man across the desk from him, he let out a long sigh. "Fine. Do what you have to, but I don't want them just sitting there this time. Got it?"
"Yes."
Kumaki walked out of the office, happy that he had gotten his way. However, he was also quite perplexed. How was he supposed to get those two to attack one another when all they wanted to do was sit and sleep? The demon should have attacked her, and she should have defended herself from it. That was what had happened in every other cell the girl had been put in, so why not that one? Maybe things would be different this time around.
Kagome looked up as the door swished open and a group of guards walked in. As was the normal routine, she struggled, the youkai attacked, and the guards knocked the youkai out and dragged her through the door as she proceeded to kick, yell, and scream. She stopped, though, as soon as she caught site of the doctor standing in the hallway, waiting for them.
"Dr. Kumaki," she hissed, sending a glare in his direction that nearly had him wanting to run and hide behind one of the guards. Swallowing, he gathered himself and began to speak to the girl.
"Higarashi-san, you will be going back to demon forty-seven's cell. You will not be allowed to behave as you did the last time you were in there, or else we will punish you and the demon as we see fit. Do you understand?"
The girl kicked at him in response. Jumping out of the way of her flailing limbs, the doctor cleared his throat and ordered the guards to take her away. They carried her down the hallways until they reached the cell holding Inuyasha. The door slid out of the way as they threw Kagome in.
AN: Hey! Spring Break is over, and it's back to school! Ahh, there's nothing like going home for a week and getting homecookin' and your laundry done :) I'm sorry that this is so late; I was hoppin' from event to event while I was home. I'm hoping to get the next chapter up in the next couple of days, if not later on today. I really hope that ya'll enjoyed this part, the next chapter will cause a change in scenery as well as introduce another character. I was meaning to do that with this chapter, but I had to get all this in first. Anyway, thanks for all the wonderful reviews! Please send me reviews for this chap, too! :)
PLEASE READ!!! I made a mistake earlier. I said that the guards had Tetsaiga, but that Inuyasha was still pinned to the tree when they found him. I must explain. For the plot of the story, some of the timeline is going to be different here. Sesshomaru and Inuyasha found the Tetsaiga a while before Inuyasha met Kikyo. So, they've had problems with each other because of the sword already, and Inuyasha had it when he was pinned to the tree. Hope that that clears things up a bit! Thanks, MiraiYume! If you or anyone else finds other plot problems, please tell me and I'll do my best to fix it!
MirWood – So glad you like the story! The next update will be soon, promise!
will – Your review was soo encouraging! I'm really glad that you read my story and that you like it so much :) Reviews make me so happy, and you sent me a great one! Thanks! You're idea is really great, and I'm gonna use a version of it. It won't quite the same, but Inuyasha will get slightly upset at the doctors ;) Thanks!
Silver Eyes Bright – Ahh, we can all relate to tests though LOL :) Glad you liked the last chapter; hope you liked this one, too! :)
Storm-Maker – I love your reviews! I look forward to them every chapter! I'm so glad that you are really enjoying reading this story :) Hope that you loved this one, too. I'm gonna try to update in the middle of the week so that I can make up for last week. Thanks!
Issa-chan – I'm glad that you read the updates! Sorry that I haven't been regular on my updating; I'm trying to be! Yes, Inuyasha talks now. I figured that he had to at some point :P I just wanted to build up some anticipation first :) It's wonderful to hear that you like this story! Thanks for reviewing!
purplepeopleeater – Thanks for understanding about the swearing! :) I'm still trying to figure out what I want to do about the Kagome-being-Kikyo's- reincarnation thing, 'cause I'm not sure that I want to deal with that problem in the plot. As soon as I get it completely worked out, it will be worked into the story! Thanks for reviewing and reading! Hope you liked this chapter!
The rest of the morning had gone by in silence. Kagome couldn't think of anything to say in response to Inuyasha's last statement, and he sure wasn't going to start up another conversation. They just drifted off in their own thoughts, Kagome thinking about why the demon next to her hadn't tried to kill her yet and Inuyasha in thoughts not to far from hers.
It had been so long ago, even for him. Ten years had passed for him since the miko had pinned him to that tree. "I didn't know why then, but now I do." That was true. The priestess had had no reason to do what she had done, and it had baffled Inuyasha for some time. Until he realized that she had betrayed him.
She had been toying with him the whole time, just waiting for him to drop his guard so that she could kill him. But he had won; he was alive again. If he ever found out that she was still alive, he would find her and kill her himself.
Which brought him back to the girl sitting next to him. She looked much like the priestess from his past and was also a miko. Perhaps it had been such a long time that this girl was an ancestor of the priestess. He had actually mistaken her for the miko when he had first seen her. That would have been the time for him to take his revenge on her, but something had stopped him.
She had looked at him with pity and sympathy. The other miko had never done that. Oh, yes, she had told him that she loved him and wanted to be with him forever; but she had never really felt sympathy for him, even when she wanted it from him. She had wanted to use him to rid herself of her responsibility so that she could be normal.
But what about him? Didn't she ever even think about the fact that him becoming human could have had fatal consequences? During his life before her, he had made many enemies, including his own brother, who would have loved to find he was only a weak human. He wouldn't have been able to defend himself or her from them without his half-demon powers. Had she ever even cared?
No, she hadn't. The moment he had let down his guard and promised to become human, she had betrayed him. That was all any of it was for; she hadn't meant any of it. But he had trusted her.
The girl sitting next to him in the cell was just like her. She was trying to get him to drop his guard so that she could kill him, or worse. Help those other stupid humans with whatever they wanted to do. And yet he felt that there was something different about her. She seemed so innocent and sincere. She hadn't been lying, that much he knew. He would have smelled it if she had been. Why he had never realized that the miko from the past was lying, he would never know. He had sensed something wrong about her from the beginning and ignored it.
Even if Kagome was descended from the miko, there was a difference between them; she smelled different and had a different air about her. Maybe she really was a nice person that just wanted to be kind to him. For the moment, at least, he wouldn't do anything to harm her.
Their thoughts were interrupted when the food dishes were slid into the room. Getting up, Kagome picked up their food and brought it back to where Inuyasha was still sitting. Handing him his plate, she sat down in front of him and began to eat her own food.
"Thanks," he said quietly, eyeing her suspiciously before turning his attention to his plate and following her example. Kagome looked up and smiled before continuing to eat. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad in here; at least they got along alright.
Kagome ended up staying in the room with Inuyasha for the rest of the week before the guards came and took her away. Dr. Mochizuki had grown tired of watching the girl and demon sit in the cell every day and do nothing. One of them should have at least attacked the other by now; then they would have gotten some good data on the girl's power. But, they just sat there all day.
As soon as the guards had come in, Inuyasha had jumped into a ready position. Bending slightly in preparation for a lunge, he began growling at them. Two of the guards ran to take him on while the others went for Kagome. Gasping, she turned to get away from them. The room was incredibly small, however; and they caught her easily.
Inuyasha was a different story. The two guards were thrown back out of the room in seconds, landing and sliding across the hallway. Turning to the others, he saw them trying to drag Kagome towards the door. She, of course, was doing everything in her power to get loose but was having little effect. Soon, they would have her out of the cell and wherever it was that they were taking her.
His growl becoming deeper and his eyes narrowing into an icy glare, he lunged towards the guards holding Kagome. Flinging them off and away from her, he spun, putting her behind him. The hanyou flexed his claws, daring any of the guards to try again. They had, unfortunately, been expecting this.
Pulling out their guns, the guards fired, hitting the hanyou with darts filled with sedatives. As the drugs began to filter through his system, Inuyasha's balance faltered; but he wasn't going to give up just yet. Taking a step towards them, he made to swing for the guards. The drugs had their desired effect, however, as his moves became lethargic and his vision blurred. Finally, the room began to darken for the hanyou as he fell to the floor, unconcious.
Seeing that they had taken the demon down, the guards again moved in for the girl. Once they had her out of the room, a couple of the guards went back to finish their work with the hanyou, muzzling him and chaining him to the wall. Turning, they quickly left the room before he woke up and found himself back in that position. No one wanted to be near him when that happened.
Kagome was dragged kicking and screaming down the hall until they came to another cell door. Punching in the code, the men waited for the door to slide open before throwing her in and locking it back quickly. As soon as the door was shut, a thud resounded through the hall. The demon in this cell had been unchained and had apparently just missed the opening as the door shut. There they left the girl, unprotected from the demon caged inside with her except for her own powers, which she didn't yet know how to control.
Inuyasha woke and found things to be the way they were before Kagome had come. As he pulled against his chains, his eyes narrowed into slits. They had done it again, and they had taken the girl. She couldn't defend herself if they, or another demon, tried anything. What did he care about the girl, though? Why did the thought of them harming her cause anger to rise up in him? He didn't care at the moment; all he knew was that he wanted out of those chains and that girl back there. She was kind to him, and he could protect her.
Kagome, in the meantime, was thinking exactly the same thing. She wished she was back in that cell with Inuyasha, more than she had even wanted to go home before. This demon now was attacking her for all it was worth, and it was all she could do to keep it from being successful. Dodging and running around the room, she managed to stay away from the half-crazed youkai. It wasn't a human-looking one like Inuyasha; she didn't know how to describe it, but it certainly wanted nothing more than to slice her into little pieces at the moment.
Finally worn out from running around, the girl turned and raised her hands in front of her, praying that her miko powers would somehow find a way to protect her. Luckily for her, they did. Just as the demon was almost on top of her, a flash of light filled the room along with a scream from the youkai. Opening her tightly shut eyes, Kagome saw the demon fall to the floor, writhing in pain from the wound she had caused. Cautiously, she backed away into a corner and curled into herself there. It looked like this cell would be quite different from the last one.
And so things went for the next few months. Inuyasha and his guards fell back into their normal routine with him attacking them every chance he found and them "disciplining" him every opportunity he presented. Kagome fell into a rhythm herself.
The girl with the miko powers was dragged from cell to cell, always kicking and screaming in a vain effort to get away. Once at the new cell, she would square off against whatever demon was being kept in it. She would have liked to find another demon that didn't want to fight her, but it seemed that all of them had halfway lost their minds and couldn't tell who or what they were attacking anyway. After she had gotten the upper hand – meaning that she had managed not to get herself killed in the first hour – the demon would normally cower away from her on the other side of the room. This never pleased the doctors very much, and so they would move her again.
After a while, she had made her way through every cell containing an even semi-dangerous youkai and had managed to get her powers somewhat under her control. At least now she didn't have to close her eyes and hope that something would happen; she just didn't know how much power she would use. The doctors had managed to collect a bit of data on her strength and capabilities, even if it wasn't anywhere near what they were wanting. That was alright with them; she would be with them for a while.
"I want to see her full potential, Kumaki."
"I know, Doctor; but she won't use more of her power than is necessary to keep the demons from hurting her. The only way we'll get to see her at her maximum is if we put her back in with the inu youkai. We'll just have to find some way to make them cooperate."
The other man closed his eyes, resting his head in his hands. Looking back up at the man across the desk from him, he let out a long sigh. "Fine. Do what you have to, but I don't want them just sitting there this time. Got it?"
"Yes."
Kumaki walked out of the office, happy that he had gotten his way. However, he was also quite perplexed. How was he supposed to get those two to attack one another when all they wanted to do was sit and sleep? The demon should have attacked her, and she should have defended herself from it. That was what had happened in every other cell the girl had been put in, so why not that one? Maybe things would be different this time around.
Kagome looked up as the door swished open and a group of guards walked in. As was the normal routine, she struggled, the youkai attacked, and the guards knocked the youkai out and dragged her through the door as she proceeded to kick, yell, and scream. She stopped, though, as soon as she caught site of the doctor standing in the hallway, waiting for them.
"Dr. Kumaki," she hissed, sending a glare in his direction that nearly had him wanting to run and hide behind one of the guards. Swallowing, he gathered himself and began to speak to the girl.
"Higarashi-san, you will be going back to demon forty-seven's cell. You will not be allowed to behave as you did the last time you were in there, or else we will punish you and the demon as we see fit. Do you understand?"
The girl kicked at him in response. Jumping out of the way of her flailing limbs, the doctor cleared his throat and ordered the guards to take her away. They carried her down the hallways until they reached the cell holding Inuyasha. The door slid out of the way as they threw Kagome in.
AN: Hey! Spring Break is over, and it's back to school! Ahh, there's nothing like going home for a week and getting homecookin' and your laundry done :) I'm sorry that this is so late; I was hoppin' from event to event while I was home. I'm hoping to get the next chapter up in the next couple of days, if not later on today. I really hope that ya'll enjoyed this part, the next chapter will cause a change in scenery as well as introduce another character. I was meaning to do that with this chapter, but I had to get all this in first. Anyway, thanks for all the wonderful reviews! Please send me reviews for this chap, too! :)
PLEASE READ!!! I made a mistake earlier. I said that the guards had Tetsaiga, but that Inuyasha was still pinned to the tree when they found him. I must explain. For the plot of the story, some of the timeline is going to be different here. Sesshomaru and Inuyasha found the Tetsaiga a while before Inuyasha met Kikyo. So, they've had problems with each other because of the sword already, and Inuyasha had it when he was pinned to the tree. Hope that that clears things up a bit! Thanks, MiraiYume! If you or anyone else finds other plot problems, please tell me and I'll do my best to fix it!
MirWood – So glad you like the story! The next update will be soon, promise!
will – Your review was soo encouraging! I'm really glad that you read my story and that you like it so much :) Reviews make me so happy, and you sent me a great one! Thanks! You're idea is really great, and I'm gonna use a version of it. It won't quite the same, but Inuyasha will get slightly upset at the doctors ;) Thanks!
Silver Eyes Bright – Ahh, we can all relate to tests though LOL :) Glad you liked the last chapter; hope you liked this one, too! :)
Storm-Maker – I love your reviews! I look forward to them every chapter! I'm so glad that you are really enjoying reading this story :) Hope that you loved this one, too. I'm gonna try to update in the middle of the week so that I can make up for last week. Thanks!
Issa-chan – I'm glad that you read the updates! Sorry that I haven't been regular on my updating; I'm trying to be! Yes, Inuyasha talks now. I figured that he had to at some point :P I just wanted to build up some anticipation first :) It's wonderful to hear that you like this story! Thanks for reviewing!
purplepeopleeater – Thanks for understanding about the swearing! :) I'm still trying to figure out what I want to do about the Kagome-being-Kikyo's- reincarnation thing, 'cause I'm not sure that I want to deal with that problem in the plot. As soon as I get it completely worked out, it will be worked into the story! Thanks for reviewing and reading! Hope you liked this chapter!