Author's note: Hi! I'm back from vacation. Thank god! I love my family, but I can't stand them. Lol. I am so sorry! I went off the deep end. I admit it. I totally blew up at you people, and I'm sorry for that and scaring you. I was just sort of pissed because I have plenty of people that have my on author alert, but no one was reviewing. It was just frustrating. I hope you can forgive me. I give an extra kudos to the people who did review for chapter 8 instead of chapter 9 since technically that chapter is not a real chapter, but my mentally break down. I was going to delete my little rant and replace it with this chapter, but since you lovely people reviewed I cannot and will not delete you. I will be reviewing both chapter eight and nine next, so come read more apologizing.

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Reviewers:

Ryngrl5: I Love You too Ryn! I thank you for your compliment. I know your summer school completely ruins everything. I think next year I'm going to help you get at least B's in all your classes, so you won't have any chance of going next year.

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Pobbin: I'll forgive you if you forgive me. I'm sorry I know I shouldn't have yelled. It just seemed like everyone who loved the story left. I can relate to the computer issues. My internet drops me randomly, and sometimes I can't get on for more then 10 minutes. Thank god its problems have mostly gone away. Kouga's always a moron, and I think he will continue to be an idiot forever.

demonchik39: The suspense is killing me too. I have no clue when he's going to find her...well I have a clue. I just don't know. I'm pretty sure though it will be in this chapter. No promises though. Ya, the kidnapper does have a lot of issues which will probably be explained in this chapter, and if they aren't, I'll at least tell you some of them at the end of this chapter.

AlleyWings: No, I don't think it's how half-demons change either, but I thought it would be better this way. Inuyasha's less of a half-demon and more of a shape shifter. Kagome does need an escape plan, but she's slightly slow on coming up with it. Don't worry she'll have one. Oh as I said before the kidnapper's issues will be revealed.

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So many reviews geez I love you people. I only had to give you a little encouragement, and you give me so much in return. THANK YOU! Now on to the part of the chapter you really love the actual story.

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Kagome screamed at the sight in front of her. From her cage she saw He assailant was in the middle of passionately kissing Kikyou each on a high throne overlooking a ring. Their thrones sat right next to each other. Both were wearing a golden crown encrusted in jewels of every shade imaginable. She peered out of her cage down into the ring. Kouga and Inuyasha were matched against each other in a fight to the death. Both wore ancient clothes. Inuyasha was assembled in the garb he had worn on Halloween. He had on a red baggy sort of kimono with a white shirt under it. The only reason Kagome could tell he was wearing was because of the trace you saw along his collar and between the twin slits one on each arm. Curiously enough Kagome noticed a rosemary necklace on Inuyasha's neck. Kouga wore a grayish brown headband to hold back his hair, an armband on his left arm, a wrist band on his right arm, a blue sleeveless shirt with fuzzy pads on his shoulders, his lower half was wrapped in a cloth similar to the one used for his headband and furry grayish brown boots. Both had sword sheaths tethered to their left side. It was only then that Kagome noticed that both swords had been taken out by their owners and were held in a fighting stance. The two fighters started circling each other then ran full speed at each other swords clashing. Kikyou squealed happily at the scene of Kouga and Inuyasha's swords now deadlocked neither fighter budging. Kagome screamed again this time forming words. "INUYASHA KOUGA DON'T!" Her word bounced off the fighter never reaching their ears. At first the rusty sword Inuyasha held looked brittle enough to break at any second then it morphed into a brilliantly sharp and shiny sword. The fighters jumped away from each other breaking the lock then continued the deadly dance of circling. This time Kuga lunged at Inuyasha his sword level with Inuyasha's neck. Kagome suddenly screamed "INUYASHA!" not being able to watch the fight anymore closed her eyes. She heard a solid thud as something hit the floor and the maniacal laughter that followed the thud.

Kagome hadn't felt herself be violently shaken from the dream and pushed off the bed. She awoke sharply facing the kidnapper's boots. As her senses were slowly returning, she heard a harsh voice come from above her. "Stop screaming! Get up Wench! You are moving to new quarters." The rough voice ordered mercilessly. Kagome tried to get up quickly unfortunately the restraints did not help though she was no longer drowsy. He impatiently grabbed her wrist and held tightly as he jerked her to her feet. She felt his hand tighten even more as he half pulled half dragged her out of the warm room down the dangerous stairs to the main floor where a dull rag woven rug was lying on the hard wooden floor. He crudely kicked the rug away exposing a trap door. He opened the hidden door enough for Kagome to see the dark room.

'Oh my God he's going to kill me, and no one will ever find me.' Kagome thought panicky. 'If he puts me in there, I'll never be able to get out.'

With a rush of feelings and adrenaline she pushed him in the direction of the opened trap door and hopped to the door, hobbled by the handcuffs and chains, to the door of the wooden cabin. She reached the door pleading with it to be unlocked. She quickly grasped the doorknob and gave it a fast twist as she tried to pull it towards her. The door seemed to be sympathizing with her but wouldn't dislodge from its position. Kagome's thoughts raced. She couldn't reach the backdoor the kidnapper and the trapdoor were in that direction, and he would be able to grab her.

She turned herself in the direction of the harrowing stairs and started to hop up them. Kagome ducked into the bedroom the she had been sleeping in. Her memory reminded her of the window being right next to a tree. She raced as fast as her hobbles would allow to the window and fumbling with the latch opened it. She got her knees on the windowsill and was about to shimmy unto the thick branch when a hand grabbed her waist from behind and pulled her back into the building. Another hand enclosed upon her mouth as he dragged her back.

"Bitch! You are going to pay for that!" The kidnapper's hard cold voice whispered into her ear.

With his steely grip biting into her arm Kagome's hope dwindled. The long awaited slap came then impaling her flesh making it turn a nasty shade of red that would be replaced soon with purple and blue wrenching her jaw out of alignment. She knew then that she had blown her chance of escaping, and she would not be able to get away from him at least not anytime soon. He would watch her like a hawk with a rabbit. She needed to stop acting like that frightened rabbit thinking like prey was no help to her. Rabbits sometimes escaped the mighty winged predator, but more often then not they were caught and eaten. She needed to start thinking like a predator more like her assailant. If she could do that, she would be able to counter his moves and make a few of her own.

He dragged her out of the room then the kidnapper flung Kagome in front of himself twisting her arm around to have it hit against her back. A shot of pain consumed Kagome's arm, but defiantly she refused to let him hear her in pain that would only give him pleasure to know that he hurt her. He caused her to totter on the edge of the stairs fortunately she caught herself before she could truly fall. He continued to push her down the stairs making Kagome stumble several times. Each time her assailant would sharply pull her up then forced her to go forward down the steep steps. When she finally hit solid ground, she was filled with a small burst of relief. However Kagome quickly replaced that feeling with thought.

'What is he going to do with me? He might try to put me back in the cellar, or he could possibly place me in a different room. If he puts me into a room that most likely means I will be left alone, I could find out an escape route. If he puts me in the basement, I would either have to wait for him or find a way out possible digging out although it would take a long time. God my jaw hurts!' Kagome thought hurriedly.

He made her go towards the trapdoor. She stiffened at the sight of it but continued to purposefully bumble to the trapdoor. He forced Kagome to her knees then opened the door.

"Get in." Her kidnapper said throatily.

Kagome slowly lowered herself into the hole making the process take as long as possible dragging out the inevitable. When she finally cleared the trapdoor with the profuse prodding from her captor, the still-cloaked man slammed the above door closing Kagome off from the light enveloping her in darkness. She first popped her jaw back in to place. It hurt, but at least it was back where it should be. Kagome wouldn't scream though. The raven-haired girl refuse to make any noise or movement that would make her assailant think he had broken her in. She searched for the wall and finally felt something solid. Her hands started to fly over the flat vertical surface as she rose herself from her knees to chained feet. She quickly found for what she sought the light switch. She flipped the plastic lever up, and the light above her flickered off and on for a time then remained on illuminating the otherwise dark cellar.

Since she had all the time in the world, Kagome stayed in the light hoping a plan would come to her. Soon she heard the heavy footsteps from above go over to where she was sure the couch was. Her guess was confirmed by a creaking sound she moved towards the sound as quietly as she could given her clinking clanking restraints. When she was finally situated, a small click was heard, and her captor's slightly muffled voice assailed Kagome's ears.

"Hello, may I speak to Kikyou?" The words were vague, but Kagome had practiced so many times listening into her brother's phone calls that the distorted words were as clear as bottled spring water.

'What the hell? I thought he called me Kikyou? Though when he did, he was very kind and sweet in a twisted way. How could someone change in personality and perspective that drastically? It's like he two totally different people. Is he schizophrenic?' Kagome wondered as she listened intently. 'Maybe I can gleam some information on what he's going to do to me even if I can't hear what my dear cousin is saying.'

"Kikyou my darling how have you been?" The sickening tone in his obviously lovesick voice made Kagome want to gag. She held off on that urge only because of one thing. If she vomited, she wouldn't be able to get away from the smell.

"I know you said not to call you. I also know you don't want to be with me, but I have a gift for you. I want you to come back to me. I was wondering if you could come to my cabin. Obviously I'll give you the address."

'He knows she can't resist a gift, and when she comes, she'll be kidnapped too. Stupid Kikyou can't you see it's a trap? I'm sure you heard about my abduction by now. It will be all over the campus. Wait is this gift imaginary or real? If it's real, what can it be? Surely not... no that can't be.' At this point Kagome was stunned with sudden comprehension. 'The gift... is me.'

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Inuyasha ran racing the wind and winning. If it been under different situation, he would have enjoyed the pounding of his feet eating up the road in great strides. He of course wouldn't be running on the side of the road, but it couldn't be helped. He continued on his tracking though there was not much to since there was only one road to follow, and he hadn't seen any breaks in the grass since the continuous line of fence had stopped. While running Inuyasha heard a car approaching, he could tell it was Kouga.

'Damn it! Why won't he go away? I thought I had left him in the dust. Feh! I guess I should have known better that I couldn't out race a car, but still I wanted to. Why can't he just leave? Kagome doesn't love him. She loves me.' That thought surprised Inuyasha. 'Where did that come from? It's true though. Wait WHAT THE!'

The great white dog stopped dead in its tracks. The road had ended splitting off into two smaller roads each looking equally bleak in chances that Kagome went down that street. The general humming of the car's engine was increasing at an alarming rate. The dog turned his sleek white head towards the noise. The vehicle he had thought to be Kouga was actually a dirty white van zeroing in on him. The driver seemed pretty determined to be somewhere, for he was already about halved the distance between him and the white dog.

'I wonder what's his rush. He's driving fast. Damn I'll have to make my mind up now on which way to go. I can't still be here when that lunatic comes.'

Although Inuyasha knew he had to pick one, the choice didn't come easy or quickly. He was leaning towards the left road, but how could he be sure? Suddenly the treading of tires stopped, but the engine still hummed in delight. Inuyasha turned once again to face the mechanical beast this time turning his entire body to stare it down. A lithe man slowly moved within the van then he opened the door gradually as to not scare the white dog. He carefully stepped down off the step a long armed net in his hand.

"Here doggy doggy... here puppy come to me." The thirty-ish man said speaking softly almost kind if Inuyasha hadn't been in dog form he might have missed the slight undertone of distaste coming from either the man's dislike of dogs or his job or something else. Inuyasha couldn't tell which, but he was pretty sure on what the uniformed man's intentions were.

'Feh as if I'd come with you, especially when you called me when I am searching for Kagome. Fat chance I'll come with you quietly.' Inuyasha's voice sneered defiantly. 'I have a job to do. I must save Kagome. That bumbling twit Kouga can't save her. He doesn't have half the senses I have.'

Inuyasha's thoughts stopped as he noticed he had let the man come to close. The light blue uniformed man was closing in on the big white dog never realizing what danger that could cause an innocent girl.

'You have to make a decision now or else!' Wham the net slammed into the very spot Inuyasha had been standing, but by that time Inuyasha had already lunged to the left street and ran down it huge paws flying down the road. The great sleek dog heard the muffled curses and the "I knew that was going to happen." He also heard the van start up along with a couple of short excited barks.

'I swear if I ever get away from this guy and to Kagome I will adopt a dog from the pound.' Inuyasha thought as he raced the curve in the road then ducked into the bushes before the van had even gone five feet.

He heard the crunch of loose gravel getting moved along four black tires as the van slowly moved away. It was almost as if a great predator was tracking him down. Inuyasha imagined the valves of the engines as a heart beat and the exhaust to be a rattling breath let loose. He heard it move past him. He would have to do something though if the driver came back up the road he would inevitably stop at the bushes just to check, and then Inuyasha would be caught. He couldn't let that happen. He'd just go down the other road and take a chance it was the right one.

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Kouga started his loose search of the stalls looking into them without touching anything in case he got his hands dirty. After loosely searching the stalls Kouga climbed up to the loft the scour for Hanyou there. Kouga then descended the ancient wooden ladder and rechecked the stalls this time a lot more closer. He ripped apart any hay piles that could possibly cover a man. Besides the noises made from his self appointed mission the barn was silent as the grave. Kouga did pierce the foreboding silence with howls of "Hanyou! I know you are here, so you can come out right now! You are suppose to be looking for my love. Why are you screwing around with playing hide-and-go-seek?" and other more unpleasant name calling. Finally Kouga was in the last stall that contained Inuyasha's hidden clothing he was inches from the clothes. His search lead him closer and closer to the pile. He suddenly stopped and drew menacingly closer to the pile, and with one lightening motion the hay was thrown everywhere.

"Nothing." Kouga growled. "I was sure I'd find something here." If he had swiped for more inch to the right he would have seen a flash of red from Inuyasha's boxers.

"That Hanyou lead me to this ugly filthy barn and left me. How dare he! When I find him, I'm going to pound him!" Kouga muttered to himself after looking over the decrepit barn.

'but first I'll take care of that dog that keeps appearing.' Kouga thought.

Kouga returned to his car unlocking it slide into the driver's seat. He flipped out a small door of the between seat compartment and picked up the cell stashed there. He impatiently pressed the power button and punched in the numbers of information.

"How may I help you?" Said a cold mechanical voice.

"Animal control please." Kouga said icily a smile playing upon his lips.

"Please hold while you are being connected." The same voice answered. It was soon replaced with a human one.

"Hello this is Brink County Animal Control. How may I be of service?"

"Yes I would like to report a vicious stray dog." Kouga said his smile now spreading a cross his lips. "It's a huge white dog that sort of resembles a German Shepherd, and it's running around without a collar."

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"How bad is their condition Doctor?" A nurse asked looking at the still patients. The man only seemed to whimper when anyone would touch him, but he had no problems with touching other people. The woman was semi-conscious and would ask how her friend Kagome was and if she had been found.

'Poor woman to have such a travesty happen to her. I mean I know she's been through the blast and have her friend get kidnapped but to know a lecher like that. I think I would go nuts if I was in the same apartment building with him.' The nurse thought. She definitely had not been lucky enough to escape the dreaded duty of attending to the unconscious man. 'Thank god they have the male nurses taking care of him. They don't seem to have a problem with him.'

"The female patient is in better condition then the man, but the x-rays reveal the woman has a fractured right ankle and a broken right arm. The man, nicknamed Hentai, has suffered a broken leg, several fractured ribs, a sever bump on the back of his skull, and several nasty bruises on his cheeks though somehow I don't think he got the bruises from the accident."

Sango moved from her position and now faced the nurse and doctor. Her eyes fluttered open, and she gave a cough before she started to talk.

"Doctor I heard what you said to the nurse about our conditions. We are okay right? There's nothing truly wrong with either of us is there? I would hate to think Kagome got kidnapped without us being there to rescue her."

"There's some serious breaks in your arm and Miroku's leg, but you should be okay. You aren't allowed to walk for about a week then we'll see if you can attempt to walk."

"Doctor what about Kagome? She is still with him isn't she?" Sango said sadly.

"Yes I'm afraid she is, but I have complete faith in the police to find the perpetrator. Get some rest Sango. You'll need it if you want to help find your friend." The Doctor said quietly while coming across then room and gently pushing her down into her pillow.

"That's what everyone tells me..." Sango muttered softly as she fell asleep in time with Miroku's sound sleeping breathing.

The only noise that could be heard was the nurse's shrieking of "HENTAI!" as she bent over to try and fix the blankets on Sango's bed. Even that could not break either of the patients from their deep sleep.

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Kagome eventually began to wander through the dreary basement slowly observing everything that might aide in her escape. Although Kagome missed nothing in her search of her lighted area, there was not much that could help if she truly wanted to be free. She had found cobwebs, a couple of glass bottles whose contents remained unknown, the wooden box that the bottles were on, bundles of rope, and an assortment of other items. She did notice thing peculiar though in the darkest reaches there was a rectangular shape in the wall. She rushed as fast as she could to the rectangular shape.

'It has to be a window. I know it has to be.' These hopeful thoughts circled the darker thoughts of no escape like two marlins surrounding a school of doomed tuna.

She reached the rectangular cuts in the wall. Solid strong slight fingers reached for it, and sharp surprise drew them back. The rectangular shape in the wall was a cold metal door.

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Sorry about the yelling in chapter 9. I kind of got angry. I'll admit. I'm so sorry I didn't mean to come out so brutal. I hope the 9 pages I wrote for you guys is a sort of bonus apology. I hope you guys enjoyed and review this chapter. I am going to be on another vacation to Minnesota to see family. I'll be gone till the 17th, so I won't be writing the next chapter until I get back. Bye until next time! REVIEW!!!