Chapter 3-Save me
Kagome lifted her head off of the cold hard floor. She had no clue where she was or where anyone else was. The last thing she remembered was hitting InuYasha by the river. And Kikyo. She groaned. Her arm was throbbing and so was her head. It was cold. Too cold to be wearing a skirt. She wrapped her arms around herself. The room was dark. The only light was moon light coming from a small window. With that light she could make out a door. Her footsteps echoed in the small room as she made her way to the door. She pulled the handle but the door didn't move. She pulled harder. Still, nothing. She pounded her fists into the door as tears flowed from her eyes. Where was she? How did she get here? These questions raced her mind as she sat on the floor. 'The window.' She thought. Kagome got up and walked over to the small window. 'Yea right.' She thought. 'I could never fit through that in a million years.' There was noting that could possibly get her out of there. Alone. She was all alone. This was Kagome's biggest fear. Even though she distances herself from everyone Kagome never really thought about being all alone. There was always someone there to find her. Always someone there to comfort her. Whether it was her mom, Sango, or even InuYasha at times. That's what she wanted now more than ever. InuYasha. She didn't know what to do. All she could do is wait.
"InuYasha, slow down." Sango told him.
"I have to find Kagome." He said to her.
"We'll find her InuYasha, but when we do you'll probably need our help." Miroku stated.
"I don't need any help. I'll find Naraku and when I do he'll pay." InuYasha said. He picked up speed. He was determined to save Kagome no matter what. Even if it meant doing it alone. He had to find her. 'What if she's cutting herself again? What if Naraku has hurt her? How could I let this happen?' InuYasha's mind race with these questions and many more as he ran toward Naraku's scent.
Kagome had been locked up in that room for hours. The pain was getting to be too much. Being all alone in that cold room with no food or water for hours was getting to her. She had the urge to cut but had noting to do it with. She had left her blade on the river bank; she remembered that. She searched the floor for something; anything. She ran her hand along the wall and felt a small crack. She dug into it and a small piece of stone fell into her hand.
She pressed the edge of it to her other arm as hard as she could. She breathed in deeply as she pulled it the length of her arm. The warm blood dripped from her arm. She could not see it, but she felt it. She dipped her finger into the pool of blood that formed on the floor. It was thick. She lifted her finger to the wall and wrote the word 'help' in her own blood. She didn't know what she had meant. Help. Help her get out of there? Or help? Just help. She needed help. How could she get help? She knew cutting herself was not the answer to her problems but she couldn't stop.
Just then the door opened. A rush of light filled the room. Naraku. He was holding a lit candle in his hand. Kagome back up into a wall as he walked toward her. He smelled the blood coming from Kagome. He pulled her up off of the floor causing her to drop the stone. Kagome closed her eyes for fear of what was to come. But nothing happened. She opened her eyes and peered into the face of her enemy. He looked at her and smiled. He lifted her arm that she had just cut. He brought it to his lips and slowly licked the remaining blood from her arm. Kagome whimpered as he did this. Feeling his hot breath on her body chilled her spine. Naraku chuckled. He could almost feel fear emanating from her body. He only did that to scare her. Kagome saw another figure in the light behind Naraku. The figure walked toward them and placed a hand on Naraku's shoulder. Her face moved into the light and Kagome let out a sharp gasp. "Kikyo . . ." Kagome whispered.
"That's right my dear, Kagome." Kikyo said. Naraku moved out of the way to let Kikyo talk.
"Wh-why am I here?" Kagome asked "What do you want?"
"You see. Naraku wants the jewel shards. And I want my soul." Kikyo said blankly. Kagome tried to move but Kikyo pinned her shoulder to the wall. "It's no use. Once InuYasha comes to save you, Naraku will take care of him, and I . . ." She pressed her shoulder harder. "I will take care of you." Kagome winced. She pushed Kikyo off of her and rubbed her aching shoulder. Naraku moved in on Kagome.
"Don't worry." Kikyo said before he could do anything. "We'll be back." Kikyo left the room and Naraku followed behind her. He closed the door leaving Kagome in the dark.
'I can smell blood. Kagome's blood.' InuYasha thought. 'I swear if Naraku lays a hand on her I'll rip him to bits.' InuYasha gritted his teeth and clenched his fists as he ran toward the familiar scent. InuYasha's pace slowed. 'Kagome should be right around here.' He looked around but didn't see anything. 'That's it!' He thought as he unsheathed the Tetsaiga. 'If I can break through this barrier Naraku's castle should be right here.' InuYasha raised the sword over his head and ran toward the barrier and swung the sword full force. Naraku's castle seemed to appear out of thin air. InuYasha walked into the castle and looked around.
When Sango and Miroku caught up to InuYasha, the barrier had reappeared. They couldn't get to him or Kagome. They kept walking because they could not smell them as InuYasha could so they didn't know
InuYasha made his way into Naraku's castle searching for Kagome. He looked in every room he came upon. The door he arrived at next held a very big surprise.
Kagome found the stone she had dropped. She sat under the moonlit window rocking back and forth. 'Please, InuYasha, save me.' She thought. 'InuYasha can defeat Naraku; I know he can.' "Save me . . .' she whispered to herself. "Save me . . . save me . . . save me . . . " Kagome made another cut. Blood was rushing from her arm. "Save me . . . " Cut after cut. It was as if she couldn't stop. She became weak. She curled herself up into a ball. "Save me . . . " she repeated over and over again. Tears stung her eyes and flowed freely cross her face. "Help me . . . " Was the last thing she said and everything went dark.