Chapter 8: "Setting The Plan: Part 1"
"WELL, DON'T JUST STAND THERE! HELP ME FIX THIS DAMN THING!" Manten shouted with frustration as he kept trying to connect some of the damaged wires that were hanging out from the control panels.
Kouga continued to ignore the other Demon as he stood in the center of the room with his back towards him, not bothering to respond to his childish outburst.
So far, it'd nearly been an hour and the two Demons were still in the Control Room trying to repair the damaged main control system that somebody destroyed. The entire room was a mess! Broken switches and other gadgets lay scattered on the floor across the room from where they were once installed. Shards of glass and metal pieces were all over the floor as well. It also looked like someone smashed their fist into the control board and literally ripped out all of the wires, thus making it impossible to reactivate the entire control system.
'Whoever did this made sure that no one could fix it again…' Kouga mentally stated as he once again surveyed the room. He then turned around and watched Manten curse under his breath as he continued messing with the wires. 'What a moron! He should know by now that he can't fix the damn thing!'
"PIECE OF SHIT!" Manten suddenly yelled as he kicked the bottom of the control board, making a huge indent in the metal. He looked over at the other Demon and glared. "YOU fix the damn thing!"
"I can't you idiot!" Kouga growled out as he glared back at the other Demon. "Everything's in pieces and besides, I'M NOT A DAMN ELECTRICION!"
Manten just growled and stubbornly crossed his arms over his chest. "So what the hell do we do now then, smart-ass!" He smartly exclaimed.
"How the hell should I know!" Kouga snapped back.
Both Demons remained silent for a moment.
"So, what did ya think of that 'heart-wrenching' scene earlier?" Manten suddenly asked, while chuckling a bit. "I thought it was hysterical! That's what that little bitch gets anyway!"
Kouga emitted a low, angry growl as he glared hatefully at the ignorant Demon.
"What?" Manten asked in a teasing, sarcastic manner. "You're not angry with me about that, are you?"
"You're fucked up just like Sesshoumaru!" Kouga angrily spat. "You both deserve to DIE and ROT IN HELL for all the shit you've done!"
"Is that so, pretty boy!" Manten angrily replied thru gritted teeth as he started striding over towards the other Demon. "I'd like to see you try and send me there!" With that last statement, he lunged at Kouga and managed to land a quick punch in his face, which sent him all the way across the room and right into a nearby wall.
Momentarily stunned, Kouga quickly composed himself and then sprinted back towards Manten. Upon nearing him, he jumped in the air and forcefully kicked the Demon right in the stomach, sending him flying back into the broken control board behind him.
Manten spat some blood from out of his mouth and growled. "YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT!" He loudly declared as he picked himself off of the floor and then immediately charged at Kouga again, who suddenly surprised him by doing a backflip, resulting with him being kicked right in the face. Although it was a powerful move, he somehow managed to stay on his feet though. "I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" He yelled in a rage-filled tone as he ran towards the Demon once again.
Kouga tried to jump out of the way in time, but the enraged Demon managed to grab a hold of his leg in mid-air and then threw him across the room into another wall. 'Damn it!' He mentally swore as he started to pick himself up off the floor, noticing that Manten was charging over towards him again. Reacting quickly, he managed to dodge out of the way though.
Manten snickered and started laughing like a crazed maniac. 'I'm going to enjoy ripping his limbs off, one by one!' He thought with a sick sense of humor as he turned around and started charging towards Kouga again.
Kouga readied himself in a defensive stance. 'How the hell can I bring this bastard down?' He mentally questioned himself. 'It seems like all the attacks I make aren't affecting him!' As Manten approached him, he quickly reacted by doing a powerful leg sweep, which sent the heavy Demon face-first down onto the ground. He then quickly jumped back a few feet away from his fallen comrade. "GET UP AND FIGHT ME!" He demanded loudly as he kept a steady glare upon Manten's unmoving body. "WHAT THE HELL'S WRONG WITH YOU! I SAID GET UP!" He waited for a couple of seconds before he cautiously marched his way over towards Manten. When he finally approached him, he curiously nudged the tip of his boot against the side of his ribs.
No movement whatsoever.
Growling in frustration and anger, Kouga used his foot and roughly pushed Manten's body over so that he was now lying on his back. He suddenly gasped in shock. "Holy shit...!" He mumbled in a surprised tone as he took a few shaky steps backwards away from the motionless Demon.
Sticking out of Manten's forehead was a large piece of a broken switch. Blood continued to pour out from the nasty wound, running down the front of his face, thus creating a large puddle of blood on the floor beside his body.
'…The bastard had it coming to him anyway.' Kouga mentally stated with a grossed-out expression plastered upon his face as he quickly crossed the room and headed towards the exit. The thought of killing someone made his stomach turn, but this incident was purely accidental. Manten brought down his own demise anyway.
Without sparing another glance, Kouga exited the Control Room.
After going up a couple of flights of stairs, Kouga finally found himself on the second level of the lab facilities. Even though he had been at the facilities before, the place was still huge and confusing as ever. He didn't really know where he was going at the moment exactly, but it was better than being stuck in a room with a dead body at least.
As he continued walking down different corridors, he couldn't help but to notice how quiet and empty the second level was. He thought he would've run into a couple of zombies by now, but to his luck, there were surprisingly none so far. 'Most likely everyone was up on the other levels when the accident happened…' He mentally noted. 'Besides, all that's on this level are rooms for supplies and storage stuff.'
Suddenly, the faint sound of someone groaning in the distance interrupted his thoughts. 'Guess I was wrong about this floor being deserted.' He thought as he made a disgusted face. 'There's NO WAY I'm going near any more zombies—EVER! Those things stink too damn much!' Just as he was about to turn around and walk back the way he came, he heard the groaning again, but this time it sounded a little… different.
Curiosity getting the better of him, Kouga decided that he'd better go check and see what it was. He cautiously started making his way down the hallway, getting closer towards the groaning. When he finally reached the end of that hallway, he slowly peered around the corner and to his horror, found his friend Kagura lying in a bloody heap on the floor, tightly clutching her fatally wounded and bloody stomach.
Kouga's eyes went wide with shock as he quickly made his way over towards the woman. "Kagura!" He exclaimed worriedly as he kneeled down beside her and then gently lifted her head up onto his lap to support her. "What happened?"
Kagura moved her head to the side and coughed a bit, spitting up some blood in the process. "S-sesshou… maru…" Was all she was able to reply with before she started coughing up more blood again. It was too painful for her to speak.
"Don't talk." Kouga quietly commanded as he shrugged out of his brown vest and quickly started wrapping it around Kagura's bloody abdomen. "I'm taking you to a medical room and fi—"
"It's t-too late… f-for me…" Kagura weakly stammered out, interrupting Kouga as she weakly pushed his hands away from her gushing wound that was seeping through the vest. She knew that her wound was too severe; she'd never make it in time to get the medical treatment that she needed. 'Besides, how can you help someone that has a large gaping hole in the middle of their stomach that goes all the way out thru their back?' She grimly thought to herself with a bit of sarcasm.
Kouga looked away from Kagura's pained expression. 'She's right. Her wound's too fatal and she's already lost a lot of blood. She'd never make it in time… and I'm not a doctor either…' He mentally stated, feeling angrily at knowing that his friend was dying and there was nothing he could do about it. 'DAMN YOU, SESSHOUMARU! YOU FUCKING HEARTLESS BASTARD!'
Suddenly, a wave of intense pain shot up throughout Kagura's entire body, causing her to tense up and cry out in pain. Kouga held her tightly with one arm and used his other hand and firmly placed it on top of her wounded stomach to try to help slow down the bleeding, even though he new it was pointless.
Kagura slowly looked up at Kouga with tear-filled eyes, reminiscing back to how at first, she disliked him for the fact that he always did everything he was ordered to do by Sesshoumaru, never asking any questions or putting up arguments… but then again, so did she. After awhile, they'd occasionally meet each other up on top of the Mansion's rooftop during their breaks. She'd just smoke her cigarettes while Kouga would ramble on about nothing in particular. Sometimes she'd add a thing or two to the conversation, but that was about it. Really, she just enjoyed being in his presence; for the fact that he was so nice and polite to her. The others were cold, heartless bastards—with the exception of Sesshoumaru's little half-brother, Inuyasha. She knew that he wasn't like the others either, but he always acted like a smart-ass around everyone and just kept to himself anyway.
Also, every time Kagura got pissed off over something that Sesshoumaru said to her, Kouga would always be there to listen to her vent out her frustration and hatred towards the evil spawn. Their friendship was strong and she trusted him with her life. And like herself, she knew that Kouga was also being forced to work for the Shikon Corporation. Their reasons were too personal of a matter and brought up bad memories, so they never shared that information with each other.
Slowly, Kagura reached down onto the floor beside her and grabbed the set of keys, and then handed them to Kouga. "S-start the main reactor… it will d-destroy… t-this evil p-place…" She quietly stuttered with an almost pleading expression upon her pain-stricken face.
Kouga gently grasped the hand in which his friend held the keys in. "I will." He declared in a determined tone. "I promise."
Kagura managed to grin slightly, for she knew that her loyal friend would complete the task. 'Goodbye… my friend…' She mentally spoke, too weak to even speak. Her eyes slowly closed and with one final exhaled breath, her life-force finally slipped out of the world of the living.
Kouga tightly held onto Kagura's body for a few silent minutes as tears of anguish rolled down his cheeks. Finally, he gently laid her body down onto the floor and said a silent prayer for her. He then stood up and put the set of keys into his left pants pocket. 'Don't worry Kagura; I'll destroy this place… AFTER I kill Sesshoumaru! He'll pay for what he did to you and Ayame!' He mentally stated, feeling a renewed sense of anger as he glanced down at his friend's lifeless body one last time before he angrily stomped away to hunt down Sesshoumaru.
The rain poured heavily down upon Inuyasha as he jogged along the muddy garden's cobblestone pathway, heading towards the fountain's supposed secret entrance. It was pitch dark outside now, with the exception of a few garden lamps that somewhat dully lit the way. Thankfully, he didn't encounter any more zombies along his journey to this point, but it wouldn't be long now until everything was roaming freely amongst the entire property. Plus, he had no idea what awaited him down in the lab facilities, but he guessed that it was probably filled with tons more of the undead and other 'things' that might've escaped after the accident.
A couple of months ago, he'd accidentally overheard a private conversation between his older half-brother and Jaken, discussing about the lab facilities and how they wanted to 'up' the security. That's when Jaken mentioned about changing the labs entrance location to a place where no one would suspect it. To make a long story short, they talked about constructing a large fountain at the end of the garden area and something about a 'medallion' being the only way to gain access to the entrance. Whether they followed through with the plan or not, Inuyasha didn't know. But right now, that was the only lead to where he could go next.
As Inuyasha continued making his way along the garden's pathway, he started thinking back to a conversation he'd had with Kouga—which was a rare thing—a few weeks ago. He found out that besides working on the "D-Virus"—also known as the "Demon Virus" or what Sesshoumaru liked to call it, the "Death Virus"—the scientists were starting to experiment on live animals and humans to see what the effects of injecting the virus directly into the bloodstream would be. Kouga didn't say anything more because Jaken suddenly made his usual appearance to tell them that 'Lord Sesshoumaru' called for him. But before Kouga had left, he mumbled something about, "If any of those things ever escapes, we're all screwed." Inuyasha didn't know what exactly 'those things' were, but he knew that it couldn't be good.
Finally, Inuyasha reached the fountain. He noticed that the fountain had been drained of its murky water and now exposed a set of stairs that led down to a nearby elevator shaft. Being careful as possible, he started making his way down the slick metal steps and then found himself standing on the platform, staring at the empty spot where the elevator lift should have been. 'Shit! How the hell am I gonna get down now?' He thought with frustration as he scratched the side of his head. He then spotted the elevator's thick cable that was attached to an overhead beam that was placed out about three feet away from the platform, which triggered an idea. 'I can use that cable and slide down!' He mentally exclaimed as he peered down into the black abyss until he could no longer see the elevator cable. 'Damn, how far down IS the lab anyway?'
Shaking his head from further thoughts, Inuyasha backed up a few steps to get a little running start. After taking a few deep breaths to calm his nerves down, he then ran and jumped out off the end of the platform as far as he could and miraculously grabbed a hold of the cable when he reached it. Because of his leather gloves being wet from the rain, he accidentally slipped down a couple of feet until he quickly wrapped both of his legs around the cable to stop himself, coming to a sudden halt. 'Christ! I thought I was a goner!' He mentally exclaimed, shaking slightly with fear as he cautiously started easing his way down the cable.
After what seemed like forever, Inuyasha finally reached the bottom of the endless pit—well, more like the top of the elevator lift. He then jumped off of the lift and landed down onto the solid ground. Taking a quick glance around, he noticed that there was only a tiny white fenced-in light giving off dim light and a solid steel door that was along the rugged stonewalls. Not wasting another minute of time, he quickly released the safety lock on his Magnum and then proceeded to the door.
Upon entering through the door, he found himself standing in a sort of waiting area, like that of a hospital's. There were a few gray leather lounge chairs spaced out along the walls and two matching sofa's that were facing each other. Medial magazines were sprawled out on top of the wooden coffee table that was situated in between the two sofas. Directly across the room was a large wooden receptionist's desk that had a computer and various office supplies and papers scattered upon its surface. Off to the right side of the desk was another door.
Seeing that there was nothing of importance in the room, Inuyasha quickly crossed the room and entered through the door. Now he found himself standing at the beginning of a long, dimly lit hallway. There were many closed doors on both the left and right sides of the walls, as well as bulletin boards spaced throughout. With the exception of a couple of scuffmarks upon the white tiled flooring, the hallway appeared to be pretty average looking, as well as abandoned.
Taking a hesitant step forward, Inuyasha started cautiously making his way down the hallway, trying to be as quiet as possible. An eerie feeling was starting to build up within his gut the further he walked. 'It's WAY too quiet…' He mentally stated as he used his free hand to rub the back of his goose-bumped neck nervously. Even the muffled clunking sounds from his boots connecting with the floor echoed within the hall, but it seemed to drown out in the immense silence.
Finally, he reached the end of the hallway and noticed a large directory board posted on the wall directly in front of him. The diagram displayed maps of each floor and there was a complete list of all the areas and floors of the entire lab facilities. After looking over the diagram for a few seconds, he found a "You are here" star symbol on the first floor map, indicating that he was on the first floor. 'Where the hell would they've taken Kagome?' He mentally questioned, feeling frustrated as he re-scanned the directory list. There were so many levels and areas to choose from, that it would be like trying to find a needle in a haystack!
'Let's see. Sesshoumaru's a twisted sick fuck, so he probably took her to one of those testing areas…' Inuyasha mentally trailed off. '…But which one?' There were only three testing areas to choose from: "Animal Behavior Testing", "Experimental Testing" and "Formula Testing". 'Hmm… I remember him saying that he had a 'surprise' for Kagome…' He then mentally stated, thinking back to what his half-brother had told him before he'd been taken down to the prison facilities. 'So, I'm guessing that they're on the… Experimental Testing Level.'
His decision made, Inuyasha did a quick check to see where the Experimental Testing Level was located, which was all the way up on the third floor. With a determined face, he then quickly made a right and started briskly walking down the hallway, heading for the main stairwell.
Within a matter of minutes, Inuyasha finally reached his destination. On his way up from the stairwell, he hadn't ran into anything and so far, he hadn't heard or seen anyone on the third floor as he continued wandering down several different hallways. 'I think I guessed the wrong floor. One of those idiots would've picked up on my scent by now if they were here.' He mentally concluded. 'Damn it! Now I have to go ALL the way back down to the first floor again to look at the map!' Sighing in frustration, he paused for a moment to think and then suddenly smacked himself upside his head upon realizing something. 'Shit! I don't even remember how to get back to the damn stairwell!'
Standing in the middle of the hallway for a moment to think for a moment, he suddenly heard a faint, weird noise coming from somewhere further down another hallway. It sounded like a wet squishing or crunching sound, along with a soft, animal-like growl of some sorts as well. 'What the hell…?' He mentally thought with a confused expression as he started quietly making his way towards the sound, keeping close to the left side of the wall and a steady finger on his Magnum's trigger.
The further he walked the louder and more disgusting the wet crunching sound became. His adrenaline was pumping at an alarming fast rate due to his nervousness and uncertainty at what possibly could be waiting for him down around the corner. It could be anyone or anything for all he knew.
Finally, Inuyasha reached the end of the hallway. He kept his back up against the wall, taking a moment to calm down and get his breathing back under control. After a few seconds, he then carefully peered around the corner of the wall… and almost had a heart attack and puked at the same time.
Blood was everywhere! Gruesome splatters of it were on both sides of the walls and a large puddle was on the floor, underneath the mangled and lifeless body of Yura—well, what was left of her at least. There were large, deep gashes across her shock-expressioned face and her right arm looked like it'd been ripped out of the socket, along with her left leg too. Her entire mid-section was completely ripped open, which exposed the intestines and other unidentified pieces of bloody innards as well.
But what really shocked Inuyasha the most was the incredibly large, red grotesque beast-thing that was hovering over the body, devouring it. 'Holy shit…!' He mentally exclaimed in shock as his eyes widened in fear. 'I better get the hell outta here—FAST!'
Yura had been a full-blooded Demon and for her to be taken down by that thing was just… insane! No human or animal could ever defeat a Demon, so that meant that this beast had to be twice as strong and even deadlier.
'There's no way in HELL I'm gonna mess with that thing!' Inuyasha mentally stated, swallowing hard. 'All I have to do is just quietly go back the way I came and pretend like I never even saw this whole incident…' But before he even had the chance to move, the creature suddenly halted its actions and started growling loudly. It moved its massive deformed head up in Inuyasha's direction and bared its large, blood-stained dagger-like teeth at him. Even though it didn't have any eyes, it seemed to sense his presence still.
For a moment, Inuyasha couldn't think or even breathe. All he could do was stare at the horrifying creature before him, not knowing what action to take. Should he run? Should he just remain still? He didn't know what the hell to do! There were so many thoughts running inside his head at the moment that he couldn't even think straight! But when the creature suddenly started stalking towards him, he quickly snapped out of his thoughts and came back into reality once again and did the only rational thing that he could do. Quickly raising his Magnum, he randomly aimed it at the creature and fired. The bullet imbedded itself into the creature's sick red flesh, causing it to screech loudly in pain or annoyance. But regardless of how it felt, the creature continued stalking forward.
Inuyasha gulped nervously and proceeded to fire shot after shot at the creature, trying to aim for its head and chest, but he was no skilled sharpshooter and therefore missed a couple of times, completely wasting the bullets. 'Shit! It's not dying!' He thought in panic as beads of sweat started forming on his forehead. 'The gun's almost out of bullets and I don't think I'll have time to reload!'
After firing three more rounds at the creature, Inuyasha suddenly heard the dreaded empty clicking sound of the gun, indicating that there were no more bullets in the gun's chamber. "FUCK!" He yelled with frustration as he quickly started jogging backwards back down the hallway, trying to distance himself with the creature even more as it continued to slowly pursue him. Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted a nearby metal door and without thinking, he quickly reached over with his left hand and tried turning the doorknob. Once it opened, he practically jumped inside the room, slamming the door shut behind him.
The room in which he'd just entered appeared to be a small storage room. There were large wooden crates and many sealed boxes of all sizes scattered around the room with unknown medical supplies or equipment inside. Other than that, there was nothing else of importance contained within the room.
Taking advantage of the hectic situation, Inuyasha quickly took out the half-empty box of bullets from within his pants pocket and started reloading the Magnum with shaky hands. His heart was beating wildly and he was breathing so hard that it felt like he was suffocating.
(BAM!)
At the sudden impacting sound of the creature ramming itself into the front of the outside door, Inuyasha became startled and accidentally dropped two of the bullets that he'd been holding. He watched in horror as the bullets landed down onto the floor and then rolled off in separate directions, disappearing behind some boxes and crates. 'Damn it!' He mentally exclaimed in frustration as he fumbled with trying to load the last of the remaining bullets into the gun. Meanwhile, the creature outside continued to ram itself against the door, causing a large indent to form in the very center. The hinges were squeaking as well, indicating that the door wouldn't hold much longer.
Inuyasha backed up as far as he could go until his back met up against a tall stack of boxes. He swallowed nervously and got into a defensive stance, aiming the gun out in front of him, preparing for the creature to break through. He didn't have to wait long though, because after a few more collisions, the door finally gave in and came flying backwards, landing a couple of feet away from him. The creature was too large to fit through the doorway, so it screeched in anger and started slashing its massive sharp claws at the sides of the doorframe, trying to make it larger so it could enter inside the room.
Not wasting any time, Inuyasha immediately started firing once again at the creature, causing it to growl and screech every time a bullet connected with its flesh. After firing a few more rounds, the creature suddenly collapsed down onto the floor. But within a matter of seconds though, it slowly got back up on all fours and continued growling and clawing at the doorway again, even though it appeared to be weakening.
"DIE ALREADY YOU PIECE OF SHIT!" Inuyasha shouted in anger as he fired two more shots, causing the creature to screech loudly again. It shook its head and swayed a bit as blood continued to pour out of its many wounds. It seemed dazed for a moment and therefore halted its actions.
Taking advantage of the short moment, Inuyasha quickly checked the gun's chamber and saw that there was just one bullet left. He suddenly felt sick inside, knowing that one bullet wouldn't be enough to kill the creature. 'I guess this is it then. I'm going to be dead in a few minutes.' He mentally stated with depression. 'I'm so sorry Kagome. I've failed you…' His face then suddenly contorted into an angry expression. 'NO! I'm NOT going to die! Not here, not NOW! Especially by that… THING!'
The creature finally regained its composer back and once again screeched at Inuyasha. In return, the angry half-Demon screamed right back at it and fired his last shot—and totally missed hitting his target.
Inuyasha's jaw dropped and his eyes widened in fear and shock. 'Shit! What the hell do I do now?' He thought with panic as he quickly glanced around the room for anything he could use to defend himself with. Suddenly, he felt something tightly wrap around his left ankle and before he could look, it forcefully pulled him down onto the floor. Dazed for a moment, he quickly glanced down at his leg and noticed that the creature had used its long red tongue to pull him down. Then before he had the chance to react, he felt himself being dragged quickly towards the creature's deadly, waiting mouth. Without thinking, he used his free hand and blindly grabbed a hold of a nearby large crate that was off to the side that had other heavy crates stacked on top of it. Now that he had something sturdy to hold on to, he used all of his strength and tried pulling away from the creature's grasp, but its hold on him was too strong.
As the half-Demon continued to struggle and kick out of the creatures' strong hold on him, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a shiny, metallic object that was nearby on the floor. When he turned to look, he instantly recognized it as one of the bullets he'd dropped just a few minutes ago. He still had a hold of the Magnum in his other hand, but unless he let go of the crate, he wouldn't be able to load the gun with it. 'What the hell is one bullet gonna do anyways?' He grimly thought to himself. 'Well, I'm dead no matter what so who the hell cares?'
The second Inuyasha let go of the box, he quickly reached out and grabbed the bullet as the creature resumed with dragging him closer to its salivating mouth. Remembering that he still had his survival knife with him, the half-Demon quickly grabbed the knife from off the side of his belt and then immediately started slashing at the creatures' tongue, causing it to screech loudly in agony. The creature instantly withdrew its tongue back and started growling and making some sort of whimpering sounds, momentarily forgetting all about its prey.
In the meantime, Inuyasha took the opportunity to quickly load the Magnum with the bullet. Just as he was about to pick himself up off of the floor, he felt the creatures' tongue once again latch onto his ankle. It growled in a threatening manner, apparently infuriated by its new injuries, and started dragging its prey even quicker this time.
When the creature finally dragged the half-Demon within just two feet it, it opened its mouth and screeched loudly in a victorious manner. That's when Inuyasha pointed his gun towards the creatures' open mouth, closed his eyes and pulled the trigger.
(BANG!)
As if in slow motion, the creatures' head involuntarily reared back, blood and brain matter splattering from out of the back of its massive skull. Because of its large body, the creature rocked forward and collapsed heavily down onto the ground, creating a loud thud sound. Its entire body started shaking in a seizure-like way and after a few short seconds, all movement totally ceased. Thick red blood started pouring out from the inside of its mouth at an alarming fast rate, causing an enormous puddle to form underneath and around its lifeless body.
Inuyasha slowly opened his eyes and stared skeptically at the creatures' lifeless state before him. Breathing heavily, he quickly unraveled its tongue from around his ankle and then quickly scrambled backwards a couple of feet away from the body. 'Is it really dead or is it just messing with me?' He mentally questioned himself as he continued to keep his nervous eyes on the motionless beast.
About a minute or so passed by and still the creature did not move. Finally deciding to take a chance, Inuyasha shakily stood up and cautiously approached the motionless beast. 'Damn! Its entire body's blocking the door. That means I'm gonna have to step on its back to get out…' He mentally concluded as he observed the situation before him.
Taking a moment to calm down his nerves, the half-Demon held his breath as he stepped up onto the creatures' back. In a blink of an eye, he quickly jumped forward off its body and then landed out into the hallway. Breathing heavily, he quickly spun around to see if the creature had moved at all, but noticed that it was still motionless. Thankful that it was really dead, he let out a huge sigh of relief as he used the backside of his hand to wipe the sweat from off the front of his forehead.
All of a sudden, a loud metal clanking sound erupted from somewhere down the hallway in which Yura's body laid. 'Shit, now what?' Inuyasha dreadfully thought to himself. 'All I have left now is an empty gun and a survival knife. There's NO way I can kill anything with just a stupid knife, especially if it's one of those damn beast-things again!' Standing there for a moment, he contemplated on what he should do. Although he was paranoid, he was still curious about what caused the noise. So finally making up his mind, he decided to check out the situation and started making his way down the hallway towards the direction from where the noise had erupted from.
When Inuyasha turned the corner, he carefully stepped around Yura's mangled body and managed not to slip in all the blood that surrounded it. He then proceeded on down the rest of the hallway, making sure to keep as quiet as possible, just in case something was around. When he finally reached the end of that hallway, he had two choices to pick from: either go left or go right. Glancing down the left hallway, he spotted nothing abnormal. But when he glanced down the right hallway, he saw something smeared on the floor in the distance.
Frowning, Inuyasha cautiously started making his way down the hallway in which the smeared substance was. When he finally reached it, he peered down closely at it and realized that it was blood. He also noticed that whatever had been bleeding, left a messy little blood trail.
Holding his survival knife protectively at his side, Inuyasha followed the trail of blood. After walking just a couple of feet, he noticed that the blood trail led him right to a door that was labeled "Janitor's Closet" posted on the front. Cautiously stepping back, he used his free hand to turn the bloodied knob as he readied himself for whatever might jump out and attack him. Taking a deep breath, he then quickly jerked the door open and jumped back upon seeing a body lying in a tangled heap down on the floor. It was too dark to fully see inside, but he did notice an empty metal bucket lying on its side with a few cleaning supplies sprawled out next to the body. He mentally guessed that that may have been the source of the loud noise he'd heard just minutes earlier.
'I wonder if that person's still alive or not?' Inuyasha mentally questioned as he approached closer to the body. To his somewhat relief, he could faintly hear the sound of the person breathing. Although it sounded ragged, it was still a sign of life.
All of a sudden, the person started softly mumbling something incoherently. It obviously sounded like a woman's tone. "Inu… yasha…" The woman then suddenly breathed out, followed by more incoherent mumbling.
Inuyasha's eyes widened with shock upon finally recognizing who the woman was. "Kagome…!" He blurted out in a surprised tone.