Disclaimer: Nope, don't own Inuyasha…

Sorry it's taking me a while to update! I have school & writers block! (Not a good combination…)

"Speaking"

'Thoughts'

¸,ø¤º°°º¤ø,¸¸¸,ø¤º°°º¤ø,¸¸¸,ø¤º°°º¤ø,¸¸¸,ø¤º°°º¤ø,¸¸¸,ø¤º°°º¤ø,¸¸¸,ø¤º°°º¤ø,¸

Slavery

Chapter 3: Hostage

Kagome sighed. 'What happened last night?' she thought rubbing her eyes, awake from her slumber.

Flashback

He smiled. "Thanks."

"For what?" She questioned.

"For caring." He pulled her into a hug. She was shocked, but hugged back. This was so new to her, but… it felt so right.

End of Flashback

After that he had told her goodnight and she had gone to bed. Nothing else. Wait, did she want something more to happen? No, she couldn't. She knew she could never be with him. She lay in her bed for a while, thinking. A soft knocking came to the door. "Yes?" Kagome asked, sitting up. The door opened. Her dad stood in the doorway.

"Still asleep at this hour?" He asked. Kagome got up and opened her curtains. It looked like late morning or early afternoon. "Breakfast is ready when you are." He closed her door and left. She dressed in an orange plaid mini skirt and an orange shirt. She pulled her hair up in a ponytail. It was pretty hot today. She walked out of her room, down the hall, down the stairs, across the living room, and into the dining room. She sat down at one end of the dining table, across from her dad.

"Good morning Ms. Higurashi," a maid said as she put her tray in front of her.

"Again, please call me Kagome," she smiled up at the maid. "I have known you for a long time, Sango."

"Yes, my mother served your family way before I did," Sango smiled.

"That's right," Kagome smiled. As Sango turned away and went to her work, Kagome ate her breakfast. After she finished, Kagome stood up and stretched. 'What should I do today?' she thought. She knew Inuyasha would be working for most of the day. Sango took her tray into the kitchen. Kagome's dad stood up as well.

"Kagome, would you mind going into town and getting some things for me?" He asked.

"Sure Dad," she replied. He handed her a list and she turned to leave.

"Kagome?" Her dad started. Kagome stopped and slightly turned her head so she could see her dad. "Please be careful," he smiled.

"Alright Dad," she smiled back and walked out the door. She waked along their gate outside of their house, which was along the fields. She looked at the barn and stopped. Inuyasha was cleaning the horses, but he was missing something. Kagome blushed. He didn't have a shirt on, just shorts. 'He has a nice body…' Kagome shook her head. 'I can't think like that!' She faced ahead and left for town.

¸,ø¤º°°º¤ø,¸¸¸,ø¤º°°º¤ø,¸¸¸,ø¤º°°º¤ø,¸¸¸,ø¤º°°º¤ø,¸¸¸,ø¤º°°º¤ø,¸¸¸,ø¤º°°º¤ø,¸

Kagome looked down at her list. She had everything. She took them up to the counter and put her items down. She then heard a familiar voice, too familiar.

"Hey, Higurashi!" Kagome turned around.

"Oh, hi Hojo," she faked a smile. He had liked her for a while, even though she only thought of him as a friend.

"Hey, maybe we could hang out sometime?" He asked with a smile on his face.

"Uh… sure, but it has to be another time. I'm running some errands for my dad," she said.

"Ok, well, I'll see you around!" He waved and left. Kagome sighed out of relief. He could get annoying. Kagome turned back to the cashier.

"Are you ready miss?" he asked. She nodded. He rang up her items and she paid for them. As he was counting the money, Kagome casually tilted her head to the side and looked outside. She began to turn her head back when something caught her eye. He turned and saw a man with a mask on, headed her way. She had a bad feeling about this guy. His right hand was behind his back. He walked in and pulled a gun out, grabbed Kagome, and pointed it to her head. Kagome screamed, but he put his hand over her mouth.

"Give me all of your money," he said coldly to the cashier, who was obviously afraid. He just nodded and put the money in a bag. He pushed a button under the cabinet that silently called the police. 'I have to stall for as long as I can, without putting this young girl's life at risk,' he thought.

"Would y…you like anything else… sir?" the cashier asked slowly.

"No," the masked man jerked the money away from the cashier and headed for the door with Kagome.

"Wait!" the cashier yelled. "Leave the girl!"

The man stopped for a second, back turned away from the cashier. He laughed evilly "Sorry no can do." He picked the girl up on his shoulder; she was faced towards the front (like when Koga was kidnapping Kagome in the series) and ran out the door and down the road. He was pretty fast. He slowed down when he came up to a big house.

"Ha, that was too easy," he said.

"Let me go!" Kagome yelled. She struggled, but couldn't get free of his tight grip.

"Heh, nope. You're my hostage," he smirked evilly.

"Put her down now!" a voice bravely said behind them.

The man turned and looked at the teenaged boy. "What are you gonna do about it?" he snapped.

"Put her down! Don't make me hurt you!" He yelled.

Kagome had been to busy thrashing around to notice the boy. She stopped when she looked up and saw the boy. Her mouth fell open. "Uh… Hojo?"

"Don't worry Kagome! I'll save you!" He said bravely.

'Oh crap, he's definitely going to be killed. He's way too weak…' Kagome thought. (Sorry, not fond of Hojo! )

"Go away, boy before I shoot the girl in front of you," the man put the barrel of the gun to Kagome's head. She didn't move. She was scared.

Then, there was a red blur and the next thing she knew, the man was on the ground, Hojo's eyes were huge, & she was in the arms of non other than Inuyasha. "Inu…yasha,"

"That's me," he said. He looked down at her. "Are you ok?"

"Yea," she nodded. She looked up. The man had gotten off the ground and was way down the road. Hojo looked at Inuyasha's ears.

"Um… Kagome, who is this?" Hojo asked.

"Well, this is my…" she paused briefly. "My friend Inuyasha." She smiled. Inuyasha put her down on her feet and she let go of his neck that she had been holding. He smiled at her.

"Well, we have to go now! Bye!" Inuyasha pulled Kagome's hand into the gate. (The house they were in front of was Kagome's)

"Bye Kagome! Nice to meet you Inuyasha!" Hojo said merrily as he walked off. Inuyasha sighed.

"Who was that?" he asked when they got into Inuyasha's barn.

"Oh, him? That's my friend Hojo," Kagome said. "Why?"

"Uh… well, he just seemed… weird," Inuyasha said. Kagome smiled. 'Oh, he's jealous…' She smirked to herself.

¸,ø¤º°°º¤ø,¸¸¸,ø¤º°°º¤ø,¸¸¸,ø¤º°°º¤ø,¸¸¸,ø¤º°°º¤ø,¸¸¸,ø¤º°°º¤ø,¸¸¸,ø¤º°°º¤ø,¸

A/N: Whew! I got this chappy done! (well, duh, you just read it, unless for some reason you read this bottom note first) I'll try to get the next chappy out soon. Spring break is next week, so I'll try to get it out before then! Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please… review! Love ya! Ja ne!