When I awoke, I was on the floor of a moving terrain. However, what startled me the most was the fact that pure black eyes were boring into mine. I started and attempted to jump up, but I found my hands and feet to be in bolted chains. With all my strength, I pulled on the left one, to see if it would come loose. All I got in return was a broken left wrist.
"It's hopeless to attempt an escape. Those chains are made of the strongest metal." The eyes belonged to a teenage boy with brown hair and blonde highlights. It seemed unnatural for those eyes to belong to him.
"What do you want, you son of a bitch?" I snarled.
For a second, he looked outraged. Then, a smirk crossed his lips, and he put his pointer and middle finger to his left temple in deep concentration.
In seconds, deep scars appeared on my arms, face and legs. (As if Nakago the Seiryu warrior hadn't given me enough already.)
"What I want, in answer to your question, to pass judgment and serve justice. You defied the contract."
"What damn contract? I never signed a contract."
More scars appeared.
"Watch your language, bitch."
I growled at the word "bitch". Then I smirked. "You know, I'm not a female dog: I'm a female cat demon. Now, what is this contract you speak of?" I then growled fiercely, letting him know that if these chains came loose for one second, I would rip him apart. Then, forgetting for a second, I looked around. My attention was drawn to a lump on the floor: it was a black wolf.
"Ah, I see you've noticed my second guest. He has refused to speak his name, but I will find out soon enough. Now, the contract: apparently, you sent it in shortly after you arrived here."
Instantly, I thought of my mother, who had betrayed me once already. Could she have done it again?
"Hmm. I thought you were a blabbermouth: obviously not that much. Ah well."
A/N: … means talking to someone with your mind.
(to Akela only.) It's me, Nakago. He put chlorophorm on me too.
He put chlorophorm on me! Oooh, is he gonna pay!
More scars appeared.
"I wouldn't try mind talk, if I were you. I can read anyone's thoughts, even those adapted to one person's knowledge only. So, the wolf is Nakago. I've heard of him. The two of you used to hang out with some friends in the Black Forest. Yes, I put chlorophorm in your system, but it was for the greater good."
"Whose (gasp) greater good?" Nakago snarled. He attempted to sit up on his haunches and succeeded.
"Everyone's."
And then, the boy did something I'll never forget: he came forward and kissed me on the lips.
I thought 'YOU JERK, t akin' advantage of me when I'm chained up. I swear, if I ever get a chance, I'm gonna rip you limb from limb.'
Finally, he let go. I made a move to wipe my hand across my mouth but remembered that I was chained to the floor.
"Who the hell do you think you are? I'm married!"
The boy's eyes widened. "How can you be hitched? You're only 12!"
"Don't forget," I warned him, "I am a demon."
That's when I carried out the plan I had been forming in my mind. I began to transform. My nose lengthened; my sense of smell became sharper; my body stretched; my arms and legs shortened; my hearing became keener, my eyesight more intelligent. The chains fell loose from my feet. Instantly, I was reminded of my cousin, Sabor, whose feet were trapped in a pulley system twenty years before he was killed. How angry he must have been once free! Well now, I felt that anger.
I sprang into action, circling my opponent. He made no move to stop me. When I finally leapt up at him, chains appeared from the ceiling to keep me suspended in midair by my ankles.
"That's much better."
I growled ferociously at him, once again warning him that I meant business.
"Now, paragraph 17, section 47, clause 11 of the contract you sent in states that anyone attempting a revolt against Naraku's Domestica—"
"Wait a minute, wait, wait, wait! You're saying this is Naraku's idea?" Nakago stuttered.
The boy was silent.
"Don't you know who I am yet? You were told about me and you said, 'Screw him. I can take care of this little dick.' Remember now?"
Recalling this memory, my adamanitum claws came out between my leopard talons.
"Yes: I am Bradley Cain, and yes, this is Naraku's Domestication Camp. And my lord told me to kill anyone who discovered so."
I remained silent.
"But I think my feelings for you are pretty apparent, so I'll do this instead…."
He drew from his inner jacket a necklace with beads and a few fangs. Surprisingly, he froze my head, placed them around me, and then unfroze my head.
I looked down at my neck.
"DOWN!"
The chains broke from the ceiling and I fell to the floor.
I transformed and landed back on my feet and hands just in time. Now, when I transform, my clothes are torn to pieces unless I take them off beforehand. So, when I looked up, Cain's and Nakago's eyes widened and they looked away. Cain gave me his jacket to cover myself. When I took it, I noticed a demonic aura about it, which smelled similar, yet I couldn't quite place it.
"Why me?" I asked.
Cain turned and looked at me. Those piercing, soulless eyes reminded me of right before Perry tricked me into leaving.
"Why is that you chose me, a half demon, half mutant, out of all these pure demons, to fall in love with?" I pursued.
Silence fell for a moment.
"Tales from the Black Forest travel far. Do you recall the Seiryu warrior, Nakago, who so often attempted to kill you? You are probably the only person in history to survive that. Almost, you were by Naraku some time after that while he was posing as Lord Voldemort. Yet, you lived. You involve the most interesting people in your adventures. These, and many other things, encourage how I adore you."
"But how do you here of these things?" I inquired.
"That is beside the point, but I have my sources. Think of the exceptions, thus far, that I have made for you and your friends. I'm disobeying protocol, but I don't care. I normally would've killed you on the roof, along with your friends. You should be grateful."
"Why? We are attempting to make the world a safer place. Naraku is one of the obstructions in that. Why do you work for a son of a bitch who wants to slaughter children?"
"Now, you ask more than I can answer. I will drop you and Nakago off at the next stop. Do not attempt a violation such as this again. Otherwise, I fear I may be unable to help you. This is your final warning."
The moving terrain stilled. The door of the compartment opened, and Nakago and I were violently hoisted out. When I stood and turned, the others were standing there, all staring. Shahara covered Inu-Yasha and Miroku's eyes while Harry covered Larry, Cheui, and Toklata's eyes and Erutis covered Shippo's eyes. Someone threw a bundle of clothes at me and said, "Girl, we know you had to go through Cain, but please get some clothes on beside that jacket!"
