I don't own Inuyasha. There, I said it! You happy now? Can I please go now? Come on, just unlock the jacket. . . please! Or give me the key, and I'll figure out a way to do it. Please! Well, while I try to get out of this, read on.

Chapter 9

Kagome walked around her musty prison, searching for any sign of hope. She had blindly located the door, as it was still almost completely dark in her cell. She had already tried to break it open, but as I wouldn't even budge she had given up after her left side felt like it was one big bruise. Now, she just sat and cried every now and then, while facing the door, half hoping it would open, half scared of what would be in the doorway if it did.

Suddenly, as if her thoughts had been answered, the door opened. She looked up, scared of what was there, but she saw nothing. She peered out, and as she only saw a long hallway outside of the doorway, she crawled towards the door and looked around. There was no one there, so she decided to walk out the door. 'Maybe this is a mistake. Maybe the door wasn't supposed to open! Maybe. . . maybe I can escape and find Inuyasha!' Kagome thought. However, even as she thought this, there was something in the back of her mind saying that this was no coincidence. 'Sesshomaru's not stupid. He captured me for a reason, and if I'm still alive, that must mean that he's up to something. He wouldn't let me escape.'

Even though she knew this, she still cautiously walked out into the open hallway. She looked around, but saw nobody in the wide, stone hallway. She passed many doors, and she wondered where all of them could possibly go. However, she didn't dare open them, for fear that Sesshomaru was behind one of them. She continued forward, starting to walk faster. She was pretty sure she smelled the outdoors somewhere close, so she started a light jog. The corridor turned, so as she went around the corner, she saw two large double doors. The carvings on them were too intricate for them to be regular doors, so she ran to them. As she reached them she started to think that maybe she was wrong; maybe Sesshomaru didn't know that the door had opened and that she was running away. . . maybe she really could escape. . .

As she pulled the doors open by their gargoyle handles, she saw a flash of white robe and hair and immediately knew that she had thought wrong.

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Inuyasha felt that something was wrong. Something had just gotten worse for Kagome. . . she had to of done something wrong. He sped up, if that was possible, feeling that he had to find her before. . . before anything bad happened to her. Sesshomaru was not to be trusted. His bad feeling kept increasing, and he began to feel like throwing up.

'Inuyasha, please, slow down,' Sango yelled after Inuyasha, 'Even Kirara's becoming tired.'

'If your stupid cat can't keep up, then maybe you guys should stay behind,' Inuyasha yelled quickly, not wanting to waste any breath on talking.

'You know we can't do that, we want to rescue Kagome as much as you do!' Shippo yelled back.

'Well, then stop complaining, because I'm not stopping!'

'Lady Sango, maybe Inuyasha is correct,' Miroku intervened, 'We can not keep this pace for much longer, and Inuyasha, I fear, will not stop until we have Lady Kagome back.'

Sango sighed heavily, but knew in her heart that Miroku was right. She wanted so much to rescue Kagome, and wasn't entirely sure that Inuyasha could handle Sesshomaru by himself. Sure, he had the Wind Scar, but Sesshomaru knew about that. . . he might of set something up so that Inuyasha couldn't use his most powerful weapon.

'Inuyasha, will you at least slow down so we can keep up with you?' Sango yelled after him.

Inuyasha didn't answer aloud, but Sango could tell that he wasn't going to slow down anytime soon, let alone stop. They had been traveling for over 4 hours now, and they had traveled over a great distance. However, they hadn't stopped once, and even though Kirara didn't complain, Sango could tell that she was getting tired with carrying 3 people and a small Youki on her back at such a pace.

'I guess we must stop for now,' Sango said solemnly. She noticed Inuyasha nod his head in recognition. 'Please, Inuyasha, be careful. And leave clues every now and then so we can follow behind you; who knows, you might end up needing our help.' She gave Kirara a knowing pat and Kirara purred gratefully, as she slowed down and headed towards the ground. They touched down at the ground, Miroku, Sango, Akako and Shippo all looking after Inuyasha as he quickly disappeared into the quickly falling sun.

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'What shall we do with this annoying trouble maker?' Sesshomaru placidly asked Jaken.

'I thought the plan was to kill her my lord,' Jaken answered.

'The plan has change you imbecile. Couldn't you tell?'

'Y-y-yes my lord. Of course. What shall I do with her body?'

'Bring it to the blue chamber in the left, north corridor.'

'Yes my lord,' Jaken agreed as he dragged Kagome's unconscious body towards the destination.

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A/N: Hahaha! Well, I must say, after tracing many an Inuyasha picture and reading some Ranma's, I have gotten over my writers block quite well. Thanx for all the reviews! They make me feel SOOOO good. I'll write more soon. Hehe, cliff hangers are fun :-P. Bye!