Chapter 4: "Prisoner"
(Dream Sequence)
There was nothing but darkness all around her. This unknown black void in which Kagome was trapped in was soundless, empty and cold. There was nothing to touch, not even solid ground.
"Can anybody hear me!" Kagome called out, her voice echoing throughout the nothingness that surrounded her. "Please... someone... I'm scared!" She then curled up into a fetal position, feeling lost and afraid.
All of a sudden, the faint sound of a woman softly humming filled Kagome's ears. It sounded far away, but it seemed to be getting louder and louder. She looked all around her to try and find the source of the humming, but found no one. Suddenly, there was bright flash of light which engulfed her. The light was so bright that she had to shield her eyes.
When Kagome opened her eyes again, she found herself standing next to a large three-tiered water fountain, which was in the center of what appeared to be some sort of a large garden. Beautiful flowers of all different kinds and colors were flourished all around her. Birds were cheerfully singing in nearby trees and the sunshine above was bright and warm.
Kagome stood in awe as she looked at the scenery all around her. Suddenly, she heard the humming again. "Hello? Is someone there?" She called out, while following the gray cobblestone path towards where she thought the humming was coming from. As she rounded a corner on the path, she suddenly saw a figure of a woman up ahead standing a couple of yards away. The woman's back was facing towards her as she continued to hum her soothing, tuneless melody.
"Um, excuse me ma'am," Kagome sheepishly asked, feeling curious. "But where am I?"
Suddenly, the woman stopped her humming and slowly turned around and smiled warmly. She looked no older than thirty and had short wavy black hair and lovely brown eyes. She was wearing a long, plain yellow sundress and white sandals.
Kagome gasped. 'She looks just like mama, only younger!' She thought to herself, feeling shocked. "Mom? Is that... you?" She then quietly asked, feeling unsure.
Without saying a word, the woman just kept smiling as she suddenly turned back around and started walking away.
"Wait! Where are you going?" Kagome called out to the woman as she started to jog after her. As she kept following the woman, the weather started to drastically change. The sunny sky above was now covered with dark gray clouds and it was starting to rain. The once beautiful flowers were now dead and wilted, leaving only dry brown roots sticking out of the ground. Strong gusts of wind were wildly blowing Kagome's hair all around her face as she still tried to catch up to the woman, who seemed to be far ahead of her.
Finally, the woman stopped walking and stood in front of a very large round pond fountain that was surrounded by a gray thick-cemented railing. A large, weird looking statue of a serpent was connected to the railing as well, which was directly in front of her. The woman then turned around and faced Kagome with a sad expression on her face.
Kagome stopped within just a few feet away from the woman and just looked at her with a puzzled look upon her face. "What's the matter? Why are we here?" She asked, feeling confused.
The woman said nothing as she slowly bowed her head down and slumped her shoulders a bit. Some of her hair was covering her face, making it difficult to see her face. The woman then started to quietly sob to herself.
Kagome felt sorry for the woman. She then slowly started to extend her right hand out towards the woman's left shoulder, to try to comfort her.
Suddenly, the woman looked up at Kagome with a blank stare. Her eyes were no longer brown, instead they were blank white and unfocused. Her exposed skin had changed from a healthy peach color to a now deathly pale tint. Pieces of rotten flesh started peeling off from her face and some of her hair was falling off as well.
Kagome's eyes widened in fear and she quickly withdrew her hand back. She was so frightened at the scene before her, that she was unable to move from her spot.
Without warning, the zombified woman moaned and then quickly lunged straight for Kagome.
(End of Dream Sequence)
Kagome's eyes suddenly shot open and she started breathing heavily. 'It... it was just a dream!' She thought, while letting out a sigh of relief. She then slowly sat up from where she was lying and brought her knees to her chest, wrapping her arms around her legs. She then rested her head on the tops of her knees, thinking about the dream she just had. 'Was that really mom?' She mentally questioned herself. 'Was she... trying to tell me something?'
Shaking her head slightly to clear her mind, Kagome then looked up and finally took notice of her surroundings. "Huh? Where am I!" She asked out loud to herself as her face then contorted into a disgusted expression. The room in which she was in was very small-roughly estimated about 7' by 10'. The entire room was made up of thick, gray concrete, including the ceiling which had a small dim light in the center. The walls and floor were especially dirty; stained with streaks of dirt, grease and what appeared to be splotches of old, dried blood in certain places. In the right corner of the room was an old rusted porcelain sink that had water continuously dripping out of its broken faucet. Next to the sink was also a rusted porcelain toilet that had disgusting, unknown stains all over the lid and seat, as well as inside the bowl. The only other piece of furniture in the room was a single, dirt encrusted mattress-which Kagome was currently sitting on-that was placed against the wall across from the toilet and sink. Lastly, a thick metallic door, that had a tiny barred window in the center at eye level, was the only way that led out of the horrifying room.
Taking in her new surroundings, Kagome immediately came to the conclusion of where she was-a prison cell. At first, she was confused and scared as to why she would be in such a place, but then memories from what happened earlier started making their way back into her mind again. "Those bastards!" She angrily hissed under her breath, feeling outraged. She then became aware of a slight stinging sensation on the back of her left shoulder. Moving that shoulder forward a bit, she then curiously craned her neck to the left side to see what was causing the pain, but the only thing that she found was just a tiny speck of dried blood on the sore spot. 'What did they do to me?' She wondered to herself as she lightly placed her right hand onto the stinging spot of her shoulder. The last thing that she could remember before she passed out, was that she had been pinned to the ground by that Inuyasha guy. After that, she didn't know-which sort of freaked her out.
Trying to keep calm, Kagome started to inhale deeply, but suddenly started coughing and gagging. 'Man, this place stinks!' She thought to herself as she quickly covered both of her hands over her nose and mouth. The overall stench in the cell was horrendous: it smelled damp and musty, with a hint of an unknown foul scent that lingered in the air as well.
A thought suddenly crossed Kagome's mind as she continued to observe her surroundings. 'Someone probably died in here...' With that thought, she instantly jumped up from off of the bed and started to furiously wipe at her clothing. 'Eww! This is just too sick! I have to get out of here!' She then practically ran to the door and searched for the handle, but suddenly realized that it was missing. "What the!" She mumbled out loud, feeling dumbfounded. The metallic door was just plain and solid, with no indication that there was ever a handle in the first place.
Kagome just shrugged. 'Oh well. Guess I'll just have to break it down then!' She thought to herself as she backed up a couple of feet and then quickly rushed at the door, ramming her right shoulder into it.
(BAM!)
Kagome stumbled back from the impact and then frowned. She had caused no damage whatsoever to the door: not even a dent had been made. Shaking her head, Kagome backed up once more and then rushed at the door again, this time with much more force.
(BAM!)
Again, no damage. As a last attempt to free herself of the disgusting prison cell, Kagome grabbed a hold of the barred window and started pulling with all her might. "Grrr, OPEN YOU STUPID DOOR!" She yelled with frustration as she continued to pull with all her strength, which caused her face to turn really red from her attempt.
After a few minutes of trying to pry open the door, Kagome finally gave up and then rested her forehead against the cold, metallic door while breathing heavily. "Damn it!" She quietly said to herself, feeling completely drained of her energy. She then weakly punched the door out of frustration as tears started to well up in her eyes. 'I'll never get out of here now...' She depressingly thought as she slowly slumped down onto the cemented floor and curled up into a fetal position, quietly sobbing herself to an uncomfortable sleep.
About an hour later...
Upon hearing some muffled voices off in the distance, Kagome slowly opened her tired eyes and sat up. She couldn't exactly understand what the voices were saying, but could tell that they were getting closer. Curious, she then stood up and peered out of the barred window to take a look around outside of her cell.
It appeared to be some sort of small hallway. There were three other metallic cell doors that were across from her, all marked with a different number above the door. She noticed that she was directly across from the second cell, so therefore assumed that she was in the middle cell on her side. She also noticed that beside each of the cells' door, was a little keypad with a card slot next to it. Also, the only way to access the dead-end hallway was through a large set of double steel doors at the one end.
The voices now sounded like they were just outside of the large double steel doors. Kagome started to feel nervous and scared inside as she heard the loud screeching sound of the doors being opened. Her eyes frantically scanned the tiny cell for a place she could hide, but knew there was nothing. As the sound of boots loudly made their way towards her cell, Kagome quickly moved away from the barred window and stood off to the left side in the corner, nervously waiting for the person to arrive.
A few minutes earlier...
After receiving his orders a couple of hours ago, Kouga assumed that the half-demon girl was probably awake by now, so he was currently making his way down to the prison. To be more specific, he was heading towards the specialized holding cell area, which was where all the 'hostile' prisoners would be securely placed.
Oddly, the prison facilities were located underneath the foundation of the Mansion. The only way to gain access to the prison was through a set of locked iron doors that were located behind the grand staircase in the main foyer of the Mansion. From there, you then had to walk down a long flight of steep stairs just to reach another set of doors-which required a key card and pass code-and then you were there.
Along the way through the prison, Kouga had met up with a large, chunky demon named Manten, who was in charge of guarding the underground prison facilities. He was completely bald and had green eyes, and he also wore a similar green outfit like Kouga and Inuyasha.
After Kouga had explained his orders, Manten led him to the area where the girl was being held, then left to attend other matters.
Kouga opened the double set of steel doors and started making his way down the short hallway. He then came to an abrupt stop once he reached the door to cell 3. He peered through the tiny barred window and noticed that the half-demon girl was nowhere in sight. A quick scent check assured him that she was still in there; probably off to the side of the door he guessed. He cleared his throat and then began to speak. "Excuse me Miss, but I'd like you to answer a few questions for me." He politely stated as he stood there and waited for a response.
After a moment of silence, Kagome finally spoke up. "What do you want?" She replied harshly as she slowly stepped out of her hiding place and stood in front of the door, glaring at Kouga.
"First off," Kouga replied casually, trying to ignore the look that Kagome was giving him. "Can you please tell me your name?"
"No." Kagome stated coldly. "Now let me out of here."
"I'm sorry, I can't do that." Kouga stated with an apologetic look on his face. After a silenced moment, he then resumed with asking another question. "Why were you out in the forest? Citizens were strictly told not to even enter the mountains."
Kagome chose to ignore Kouga's question. Instead, she turned around and walked towards the middle of her cell and then sat down onto the floor with her back facing him, continuing to not respond to any more of his questions.
Midnight, Somewhere on the 2nd floor in the Mansion…
A few hours had gone by and Inuyasha had just been recently relieved of his watch duty. He was now currently in the shower, washing away all the dried blood and dirt from his hair and body, from which he acquired earlier in the day.
Speaking of earlier, Inuyasha's thoughts kept going back to that half-demon girl. Was she really telling the truth about trying to find her mother? Or was she really a spy or something working for another company?
About ten minutes later, Inuyasha stepped out of the shower and quickly dried himself off with a towel. He then walked over to his room, which was connected to the small bathroom, and went over to his dresser and got out some new clothes to wear. He put on a pair of black boxers, white boot-length socks, another pair of dark green cargo pants and a tight black muscle shirt. Lastly, he put his hair back into a low ponytail at the base of his neck.
Inuyasha's room was located down a deserted hallway on the second floor of the mansion, which was just fine for him because he didn't like associating with the others, unless he had to. His room wasn't very big, but there was just enough room for his single bed (complete with a plain tan comforter and a white pillow), a small walk-in closet with some empty hangers, a wooden dresser that had a few articles of clothing inside and an oak desk that had a computer, an ordinary desk lamp and his black hand-held radio on the surface. There were also a few music cd's and computer games as well.
Inuyasha walked over to his bed and plopped down onto his back, staring at the ceiling. 'I've got to get out of here!' He declared mentally. 'This is NOT how I want to spend the rest of my life-guarding some twisted Mansion that has walking corpses stinking up the place... it's not normal! I feel like a damn prisoner!'
In a way, the few people who resided in the mansion-who were still alive of course-were sort of like prisoners. Each person, including Inuyasha, had their own reasons as to why they were forced to work for the Shikon Corporation.
Inuyasha rolled over onto his left side and stared at the wall in front of him. 'Sesshoumaru said I could leave whenever I wanted to, but then he'd-' He was unable to even finish that thought. Instead, he tightly clenched his right hand out of anger, which caused his sharp nails to puncture the inside of his palm, thus causing droplets of blood to form. 'I hate that bastard!' Clearing his head immediately of everything at that moment, Inuyasha sighed and closed his tired eyes. He felt exhausted and was relieved that he now could finally get some rest...
(BEEP! BEEP!)
Inuyasha groaned in frustration as he rolled off of his bed and slowly started making his way over towards the desk. He then hastily grabbed the radio and responded. "What is it now?" He grumpily replied while rubbing his tired eyes with the back of his hand.
"I need you to interrogate the girl for me." Sesshoumaru stated with annoyance through the radio. "Now."
Inuyasha suddenly didn't feel all that tired anymore. "Can't it wait 'till morning? Besides, I thought it was Kouga's job to interrogate her." Inuyasha replied, trying to sound like he was still annoyed.
"The girl won't answer any of his questions and I'm starting to loose my patience!" Sesshoumaru declared with a hint of anger in his tone.
"Fine, I'm going now. I'll report back if I find out anything."Inuyasha stated, ending the conversation. He then tucked the radio onto the right side of his belt and walked over to retrieve his combat boots and then started to lace them up. 'Now I can finally talk to that girl and find out what's going on!' He thought to himself as he finally exited his room.
About ten minutes later, Inuyasha had finally made it down to the prison. He really hated going down there, but he knew that that's where the girl was being held-as well as a bunch of zombies. He didn't know why the zombies were kept locked up, but if it were up to him though, he would've destroyed all of them and burned their bodies-including the Mansion and everything else as well.
As Inuyasha ventured down a narrow, damp corridor of the prison, he suddenly gagged. The air down in the prison reeked so heavily with the stench of the undead, that he had to quickly cover his hand over his mouth and nose in order to prevent from throwing up. After he composed himself, he continued walking.
About a minute later, Inuyasha reached the double steel doors that led to the holding cells area. Just as he was about to open the double doors, a voice suddenly erupted from down the hall.
"Well, if it isn't the little half-breed!" Manten, the older, bald-headed demon sneered. "What brings your worthless hide down here?"
Inuyasha turned and angrily glared at Manten. "Why do you care, fat-ass!" He smartly replied. "Why don't you go back and play with your stupid little pets!"
Manten shook with anger and stomped over towards Inuyasha. "I'm ordered to guard this area and it's MY job to find out what little PRICKS like you are doing down here!" He spat angrily in the younger half-demon's face. "And what I do with the zombies is none of your damn business!" He then roughly shoved Inuyasha backwards so hard that he slammed into the nearby wall.
Inuyasha angrily growled and quickly stomped back over to Manten and then tightly grabbed him by the front of his shirt. "Don't mess with me, asshole-I'm not in the mood!" He angrily yelled as he roughly let go of him. "Sesshoumaru sent me, so fuck off!"
Manten just glared back at Inuyasha and said nothing. Instead, he turned around and quickly strode back down the long hallway in which he came from, all the while mumbling curses under his breath.
Once Manten was finally out of sight, Inuyasha turned back to the double steel doors and opened them. He then closed the doors behind him and slowly started walking down the empty, cold hallway. When he finally reached Cell 3, he halted and just stood there for a moment. Although it sounded faint and muffled, it seemed like the girl was sniffling, as if she had been crying. Inuyasha curiously peered through the barred window and found that the girl was sitting on the floor in the middle of the tiny cell with her knees up to her chest. Her arms were wrapped around her legs and she had her forehead resting on the tops of her knees.
Inuyasha just continued to stand there, feeling awkward as to what he should do, all the while inhaling the girls' wonderful, calming scent which seemed to over-power the stale stench of death that was in that area. But then he suddenly caught a whiff of another scent that seemed to linger in that area as well.
But before Inuyasha even had the chance to start growling, the girl suddenly became aware of his presence and quickly turned around and looked up at him with wide, frightened eyes.
(Kagome's POV) A few minutes earlier...
I was glad that the demon named Kouga had finally left. Even though he was being very polite to me, I still refused to answer any of his questions. After all, why should I? Those guys basically kidnapped me and threw me into a prison cell for no reason at all! I didn't do anything wrong! There was no "Private Property" or other signs indicating that I was trespassing or whatever, so what right do these assholes have into treating me like I'm a criminal!
"They should be the ones answering MY questions..." I mumbled angrily, not realizing that I had said that out loud while I crossed both of my arms in front of my chest. Suddenly, I heard the screeching sound of the large doors being opened and then the sounds of heavy footsteps making their way towards my cell. 'It's probably Kouga again, wanting to ask me more questions…' I thought to myself as I patiently waited while still sitting in the same position on the floor from earlier.
Suddenly, the footsteps stopped right outside my cell door. "My, my, look what we have here!" An unknown male's voice mocked playfully. "What's a pretty, young half-demon doing all by herself in a place like this?"
I quickly whipped my head around to see who was talking to me. When I looked up, I saw some guy's ugly face looking at me through the barred window, with a lustful look in his blue eyes. He also stunk badly, like he hadn't bathed in a long time. I instantly felt panicked, but tried to calm down so that guy wouldn't sense that I was afraid of him. Instead, I just glared at him with pure hatred in my eyes.
"Why don't I come in there and keep you company?" The hefty demon offered as he licked his thin lips. "You look like you're cold… and I know just how to warm you up!"
"Leave me alone, you disgusting pig!" I venomously spat as I continued to glare at him.
"Ooh, a feisty little vixen, aren't you?" The guy replied with a smirk on his face. He then reached over to his left and started punching in a few digits on the key pad.
Now I really started to panic. "What are you doing!" I demanded as I quickly stood up and started backing away from the door. "If you open that door, I'll kill you!"
The guy just chuckled to himself. "You'll be mine in a few seconds, my dear! And there's nothing you can do about it!" He stated victoriously as he searched his pants pockets for his key card.
Suddenly, we both heard the faint sound of footsteps off in the distance somewhere. The demon guy paused and he displayed an annoyed expression on his face as he started cursing under his breath. He then looked over at me once more. "Don't worry, I'll return for you later, my pet!" He stated in a low, husky tone and then quickly headed down the small hall towards the double steel doors.
Once I heard the guy exit through the large doors, I took in a quick, deep breath to try to calm my nerves down. 'Thank God for small miracles!' I thought gratefully to myself as I sat back down onto the floor again. I was so scared at the moment that my entire body was shaking and I could actually feel how wildly my heart was beating. I then brought my shaky knees up to my chest and wrapped my arms protectively around my legs. 'What am I going to do now! I can't get out of this cell and that PERVERT is going to…' I couldn't and didn't even want to finish that thought. Tears started quickly trailing down my cheeks before I even became aware of the fact that I was actually crying.
As I sat on the floor and continued to cry silently to myself, I could faintly hear the sound of people starting to argue from the opposite side of the large double steel doors. Suddenly, the arguing stopped and I could hear the sound of somebody walking away. After a few seconds, I heard the large doors being opened and then closed, followed by the sound of footsteps slowly heading back towards my cell.
'Oh God, PLEASE don't let that disgusting pervert near me!' I silently started to pray as I leaned my head down onto the tops of my knees and quickly shut my tear-filled eyes. I felt as helpless and scared as a child-it was pathetic.
I was so caught up in my thoughts to realize that the footsteps had already stopped outside of my cell a few seconds ago. Suddenly, I sensed a familiar scent, which smelled a little spicy mixed with the scent of the outdoors. Quickly, I looked up and turned around and saw that Inuyasha guy staring at me through the barred window with a zoned-out look on his face. Even though I was surprised, I unknowingly let out a small sigh of relief. At that moment, I felt like suddenly hugging him because I was so relieved that it wasn't that fat pervert.
(End of Kagome's POV)
For a moment, neither teen said anything. They just continued to stare at each other, both of them wondering what they should say to the other.
Finally, Inuyasha was the first to speak. "What happened here?" He sternly asked, portraying an irritated/angry expression on his face. He had caught the frightened and relieved look in Kagome's eyes when she had first looked up at him, and what concerned him the most was that he could smell Manten's scent heavily lingering in that area.
Kagome wiped her tear stained cheeks with the back of her hands. "Some pervert came here a few minutes ago and was about to come into my cell, but then left after he heard someone coming." She said in a quiet tone as she looked down to the ground in front of her and nervously fiddled with her hands.
From the way that Kagome was acting, Inuyasha could tell that she was holding something back. "What did he say to you?" He then sternly asked as he watched her fidget uncomfortably on the ground.
Kagome hesitated for a moment, feeling slightly embarrassed as she continued to stare down at the ground. "He basically implied that he was going to come in here and… and…" She trailed off shaking her head, unable to finish her sentence. Her face then contorted with a worried/angry expression as she continued. "Before that sick bastard left, he told me that he would just return later on."
Inuyasha instantly felt anger boiling inside of him, which was expressed on his face as well. He knew what kind of a nasty, sick demon Manten was-everyone at the Mansion knew. The guy had some kind of fetish with messing with the prisoners, whether they were alive or the undead. For the living prisoners, (which there are none now, except for Kagome) he would torture them endlessly-both physically and mentally-until they eventually died or were killed by him. As for the undead prisoners… only one could guess as to what he does with them.
Again, there was an awkward silence between both of the teens. 'I'll take care of that fat-ass later,' Inuyasha mentally declared, trying his best to calm down. 'Right now, I've got to interrogate the girl before I get bitched at.' He then looked back down at Kagome, who was still looking down at the floor in silence, and crossed his arms in annoyance. "Listen girl, I'm supposed to ask you a bunch of questions," Inuyasha stated in his normal, gruff tone. "So, let's just get this over with so I can go back to sleep." For some reason, he really liked getting on everyone's nerves-especially with this girl. She seemed to be as quick-tempered as he was.
Kagome looked up and glared at Inuyasha. "I'm not answering anything until someone lets me out of here!" She loudly stated as she crossed her arms in front of her chest as well. "And my name is 'Kagome'-not 'girl'!"
Inuyasha smirked slightly. 'Ha! She told me her name! Pshh, shows how much Kouga and Sesshoumaru know about interrogations!' He thought smugly and then glared at Kagome with an annoyed expression. "You know something? You're really starting to piss me off." He stated in an annoyed tone.
Kagome snorted. "Oh well. Deal with it." She smartly replied back as she turned her head to look away from Inuyasha and then lifted her chin up in a snobbish way.
Inuyasha smirked with amusement. "You sure act lady-like, don't ya?" He replied in a teasing manner.
Kagome decided to just ignore Inuyasha's smart remark and then looked back over at him. "Why did you capture me!" She suddenly demanded, raising her voice a bit. "And don't tell me that it's 'classified' either! I have a right to know, damn it!" She looked straight into Inuyasha's eyes, with a demanding and almost pleading look.
Inuyasha hesitated for a moment and then replied. "I... really don't know why. I was just ordered to." He replied honestly with a frown upon his face.
Kagome sighed and lowered her head down slightly. "So, I assume I won't be getting out of here anytime soon, right?" She sarcastically asked in a quiet, defeated tone.
Inuyasha didn't respond. He knew that she probably would never leave this place again-well, alive at least. He truly did feel sorry for Kagome, for the fact that she was an innocent person and didn't deserve to be in such an awful place to begin with.
Taking Inuyasha's silence as a 'yes', Kagome sighed again. "That's what I thought." She mumbled depressingly to herself.
About a minute of silence passed by until Inuyasha finally spoke again. "You told me earlier that you were trying to find your mother," He started to ask in an unusually quiet tone. "Did she work for the Shikon Corporation?"
Kagome looked up at Inuyasha with an unreadable expression. "Yes, but I'm not sure what she does exactly… she never told me. Anyway, she left my brother and me about four years ago and I haven't talked to her since yest-what do you mean 'did'?" She suddenly cut herself off in mid-sentence, sounding confused.
Inuyasha suddenly looked away from Kagome, not wanting to see her reaction after what he was about to tell her. After a hesitant moment, he spoke. "I hate to be the one to tell you this," He said in a soft, low voice. "But I think your mother is dead."
Kagome's eyes widened in shock and she was speechless. It felt like someone had just stabbed her in the heart, with all the pain that she was suddenly feeling. She shook her head in denial; not wanting to believe what Inuyasha had said was true. 'Mom CAN'T be dead! I just talked to her the other day!' She thought, feeling upset with mixed emotions. "YOU'RE LYING!" She then hollered angrily as she quickly stood up and glared hatefully at the other half-demon.
"Look, all of the humans here at the facility are all DEAD!" Inuyasha rudely stated rather loudly, but then instantly regretted saying what he said-even though it was too late. He didn't mean to sound so cruel-it's just that his emotions got the better of him.
Just as Inuyasha was about to apologize for his actions, Kagome quickly intervened. "What do you mean! What happened!" She angrily demanded as she desperately tried to prevent herself from crying over the harsh outburst from Inuyasha.
Inuyasha looked straight into Kagome's teary, emotional eyes and could tell that she wanted to cry and kill someone at the same time-most likely him. Yet for some reason deep down, he knew that she would never hurt him (with the exception of their little brawl earlier that day) and felt like he could trust her with anything-even with his life-but he knew that if he were to tell her what happened, he'd be in major shit and would probably be killed. 'Screw it. Sesshoumaru will probably kill me eventually anyway so to hell with it!' He thought to himself and then sighed out loud. "All right, I'll tell you. There was an accident a couple of days ago somewhere in the Corporation's laboratory. A virus, which only affects humans through physical contact, leaked throughout the entire lab facilities." Inuyasha stated in a low, informative tone as he paused for a second. "I don't know exactly how everyone died or how they even got infected with the virus in the first place, but once a human is infected, they'll get flu-like symptoms which they think is just ordinary, but it really isn't. Anyway, within a few days the infected person will die, but their bodies will then reanimate and they'll start feeding on anything and everything that's ali-ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME!" He suddenly yelled as he noticed that Kagome seemed to have zoned out and wasn't listening to him anymore. "I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING IMPOR-"
"It's really true..." Kagome quietly mumbled to herself, interrupting Inuyasha. She was staring at nothing in particular with a distant look on her face.
"What?" Inuyasha asked feeling puzzled. "How'd you find out! No one knows about the accident except for us-"
"My mother... she called me the other day and told me that there had been an accident in the labs and that I was supposed to take my brother and leave the city." Kagome interrupted as she looked over at Inuyasha once again with an unreadable expression.
Inuyasha looked at Kagome with a shocked expression. "She called you!" He asked in a disbelieving voice. "But that's impossible! No one's permitted to make any phone calls outside of the Corporation!"
"Well SHE did!" Kagome argued smartly, feeling her temper starting to rise. "I wouldn't lie about something like this-especially when it involves my mother!"
"I never said I didn't believe you, so just calm the hell down will ya!" Inuyasha argued back, feeling irritated. 'How the hell did her mom get access to a phone! I've never heard of anyone ever making any calls to the outside before!' He wondered to himself. 'Hell, I don't even know WHERE they keep the damn phones-if they even have any at all!'
Kagome sat down onto the floor again. "How can you work for such a… evil company, knowing about all of the horrible things they've done?" She asked, looking up at him with a frown. "Don't you even care that all of those people died?"
Inuyasha growled and glared at her. "Of course I do! It's not like I wanted to be here in the first place anyway! They're-" He angrily shouted, abruptly ending his sentence and quickly turning his back to Kagome. "Look, it's none of your damn business!"
"Well, excuse me!" Kagome smartly yelled. "I didn't do anything to you, so don't you yell at me, asshole!"
Inuyasha turned back around to face Kagome again. "Oh you didn't, did you!" Inuyasha replied smartly. "Well then who's the one who ripped open my back earlier, huh!" He yelled. "That fucking hurt, you bitch!"
Kagome growled. "Look, I already apologized for that and besides, YOU'RE the one who attacked ME first! I was only trying to protect myself, thank you very much!" She angrily yelled as she stood up and went over to the door again. "And I'm NOT A BITCH either!"
Both of the half-demon teens continued to glare and growl at each other from either side of the cell door. After a few minutes, Inuyasha suddenly turned away and started quickly walking away. "Forget this shit! I'm out of here!" He loudly declared as he continued to walk briskly down the hall towards the exit.
Kagome quickly grasped the bars of the cell's little window and tried to peer out to look down the hallway at Inuyasha. "WAIT!" She called out desperately. "DON'T GO!"
Inuyasha suddenly halted just a couple of steps in front of the double steel doors and just stood there, saying nothing.
Kagome waited in anticipation, wondering what Inuyasha was going to say and hoped that he would stay. Even though he was a total jerk, she'd rather have his company than stand being left alone in the horrible place.
Without turning around, Inuyasha finally spoke. "I'll be back tomorrow." He plainly stated. Without another word, he then exited through the double steel doors, leaving Kagome all by herself in her cell.
"NO!" Kagome hollered, even though Inuyasha had already left. She then walked over to the left side of the room near the door and sat down on the floor in the corner. 'Damn it! I shouldn't have argued with him! Now that disgusting pervert will come back and try to…' She thought with worry, feeling even more panicked than she was earlier. Tears started flowing freely down her cheeks as she started to cry silently to herself, wondering if she'd even survive 'till morning.
After exiting the holding cell area, Inuyasha turned left and made his way down the hallway in which Manten had followed earlier. Once he reached the end of that hallway, he then opened a plain metal door that led into the larger part of the prison, where some of the zombies were being contained in jail-type cells that were lined up on both sides of the long, maze-like hallway.
As Inuyasha ventured down that hallway, the zombies instantly noticed him and all started moaning at once, creating a loud, echoing chorus of annoyance. Some of them even tried reaching their decayed arms out through the metal bars to try to grab a hold of Inuyasha, but he was far enough away from them, so he didn't even worry. He just ignored the zombies and kept his attention straight ahead of him, not wanting to look at their ugly, rotten faces.
Once he made it to the end of the hallway, Inuyasha made a left at the corner, where he finally spotted Manten, who was a couple of feet away sitting in a rusted metal chair sharpening an old dagger with a dirty cloth. Inuyasha instantly became angry and disgusted by just looking at him, which therefore caused him to pick his pace up without even realizing.
Hearing the sound of boots heading his way, Manten suddenly looked up from his work and scowled once he saw who it was. "What the hell do yo-" Before he could even finish his sentence, Inuyasha suddenly shoved him forcefully out of his chair and onto the floor.
Before Manten could react, Inuyasha immediately grabbed him by the front of his shirt and yanked him off of the dirty floor. As soon as he got the older demon standing, he then forcefully punched him in his gut and then quickly performed an uppercut punch to his face, which instantly broke his jawbone.
Manten grunted in pain as he stumbled backwards and then landed roughly onto the floor again. He then looked up at the younger half-demon with a shocked and fearful look as he held onto the bottom of his broken jaw.
Inuyasha just glared menacingly down at the fallen demon and for a moment, his eyes flashed red with warning. "Stay away from the girl," He threatened in a dangerously low tone while growling slightly. "Or I'll fucking kill you."
Without saying another word, Inuyasha then turned around and started walking away from the terrified demon, satisfied at knowing that he got his point across.