Hey! I've decided to update again...lol. Well, I really don't have nothing to say, so enjoy!

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Chapter 5: Confused

Sango awoke on a cold, hard ground. She opened her eyes, but saw only darkness. Her clothes were torn and dirty, and she felt greasy. Her head hurt her a lot, also. She tried to get up, but found out she was bound to the floor. Her arms and legs were chained up, but gave her enough room to at least sit up. She sat up and squinted her eyes, trying to get her eyes used to the dark. After a few minutes, her eyes regained sight, and from what she saw, she was sitting in a small dungeon room. There were chains on the walls around her, and it was made of cold dirt and stone. She started to panic.

She tried to break free from the chains, but with no avail. They were clung tight to the wall. She climbed over to the wall, and saw that the chain was cemented into the wall. If she had her katana, she could probably get the chains off of her, but she didn't, so she couldn't. She held her head in her hands.

She closed her eyes, and tried to pretendthat thiswas alljust a dream. She didn't want to believe that she was stuck in a dungeon. Just then, a door to her right opened, but there was no light omitting through it.

A figure walked into the room, and from what Sango could tell, the figure was looking at her. She felt weak. She couldn't defend herself against this figure even if she tried to.She started screaming.

"Who are you? Where am I? Why did you bring me here? What do you-" Sango was cut off by a sharp pain to her cheek. The figure had slapped her. She growled in anger, showing all of her teeth. The figure started talking, and from the voice, she could tell it was a man.

"You are here, in my dungeon. I have taken you prisoner. You will do what I say, when I say it. You will become my pet." The man ended his sentence, and walked back out of the room, slamming the door in the process. He made a quick entry, and a quick leave.

His remark made Sango very angry. She started screaming again, but this time she didn't make an attempt to yell anything in particular. She was pulling on her chains so hard, that it put red marks on her wrists, that started to bleed. She was very, very pissed off.

Nobody told her that she was anybody's pet! No, she wouldn't let that happen. It couldn't happen, it wouldn't happen.

She had started to calm back down again a few minutes later, and sat back down on the cold floor. She held her wrist, and tried to pry the chains away from her cuts, but it didn't work as well as she hoped it would. She gave up, and put her hands in her lap.

She lay her head against the wall behind her, and closed her eyes halfway. Her headache still ceased to go away. It was driving her up the wall now, she was stuck in a dungeon, with no way out, with a major headache. Everything has seemed to irk her lately.

She heard a sound come from the door, then a click. The door swung open, and the man stood in the place of the door. She sneered at him.

"Now, now, my little pet, there will be no sneering when I am around." This pissed Sango off once again.

"I AM NOT YOUR PET! YOU WON'T TELL ME WHAT TO-"

The man had slapped her on the cheek again, making the stung cheek burn even more. But, the slap had shut her up.

"You will listen to me, and you will listen fine. You will do as I say, or you will face consequences. And from what I have only done to you so far, you do not want to face these consequences. Now, did you understand that well, my little pet?"

Sango did not answer. She had hoped that if she just ignored him, he would leave her. Her plan did not work too well. He had slapped her again, on the same cheek that he previously slapped her on. She whimpered from the pain. Her cheeks were starting to burn a lot.

"You will answer me, or I will continue to hurt you, and I do not want to do that."

Sango nodded her head, but saw his hand raise again, and she spoke.

"Yes, I understand."

Tears started to burn in Sango's eyes. She was trapped. She was trapped here, chained to a wall, and now she was this mans pet. She felt like a reject.

"Good. Now, are you hungry? Do so remember that if you say no, you will have to wait quite a bit for another chance to eat. Choose your decision wisely."

Sango thought for a minute. "Yes, I am hungry."

"Good. I will be back soon, with some food for you. Don't do anything stupid, anything that will make me hurt you, until I get back."

Sango nodded her head, and bowed it. Her tears were flowing freely now, she felt so weak. She hated feeling weak. But, she really didn't have a choice. She was stuck, with no hope.

The man had left Sango sitting in the room. She was leaning up against a wall now, with her knees to her chest, and her arms wrapped around her knees. She was stuck here. She couldn't get that thought out of her head. How could she let this happen? How did this happen?

She leaned her head back against the wall and started to think. It had started from Inuyasha and Miroku. They had pissed her off, and she ran into the forest, just like Kagome had. Was Kagome stuck in a hell like this too? Was she being slapped around everywhere, being forced to be somebody's 'pet'? She probably was. Until she found out the answers to all of her questions, she put her head into her knees, and started crying, quietly to herself.

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"Oh my god!" Kagome was breathless. They had finally landed on Sesshoumaru's lands, and she was staring in awe at his castle. The castle that stood before her was beautiful. It was made of slate and stone, marking a one-of-a-kind castle. Of course it was a one of a kind castle, it was made for the Western Lords, Sesshoumaru, and his past forefathers. It was a pale-ish gray, that gave away a glint of yellow if you looked at it on the right angle. It had huge castle doors, made of marble and granite, and looked like they were impenetrable. It had many, many windows, for the many, many rooms that she knew this castle held. There were large, beautiful trees surrounding the castle, one of every kind, oak, willow, maple, pine...every kind that you could think of. In the back was a large garden, with tons of beautiful flowers, one of every kind, just like the trees were. 'Probably for Rin...' Kagome thought, and smiled. Who knew the great demon lord had a soft spot. And obviously, it was for poor, young human girls. She giggled at the thought.

Sesshoumaru noticed her giggle, and got curious.

"Is my castle amusing to you, miko?"

Kagome shook her head, still smiling.

"No...I just had a funny thought...nothing important."

Sesshoumaru nodded, and looked up his own castle. 'The girl seems to like it...good. That means she will stay, she will not be scared to live in my castle.' Sesshoumaru's thought phase was ruined, but because of his young ward, Rin.

"LORD SESSHOUMARU! YOU ARE BACK!"

The young girl ran up into the arms of her adopted father, and squeezed him as hard as her tiny form could. He hugged her for a bit, but had to pry her off of him to place her on the ground.

"Rin, this is...Kagome. She will be your teacher from here on out, as well as your playmate. You will not need to bother Jaken any longer."

Rin squealed from this, and looked at Kagome. "We can play together! We can have so much fun! When can we start, when can we start?"

Kagome smiled, andkneed down to the young girl. "We can play as soon as we can, Rin. Your lord has to approve of it first, though." Both of the girls looked up to Sesshoumaru.

Sesshoumaru sighed, and shook his head. They were hard to say no to. He couldn't say no even if he wanted to anyway, all he had to do was show the miko around his castle so she knew her bearings.

"You two can play as soon as I show our new guest around the castle. We do not want her lost."

Kagome smiled and nodded. She looked at Rin. "We will play soon, Rin. Now, go run off and bother Jaken a little bit more, until your lord shows me around this huge castle, ok?" She spoke in her calming voice. Rin nodded rapidly, and ran off to torture Jaken for the last time.

Sesshoumaru looked at Kagome when she stood up.

"So, it seems Rin already likes you. Thats not surprising. And, you like her also?"

"Yes, of course! She is a sweet little girl, and so smart too! How old is she?" Kagome questioned, looking at the demon lord who stood beside her.

"She tells me she is 6 years old, human years. That was a few months ago, though, so you might want to ask her again." Kagome nodded, and looked ahead to the castle. "Its so beautiful..." Kagome said breathlessly, and smiled. "I will enjoy living here."

Sesshoumaru smiled at her last statement. He was happy that she would enjoy living in his castle, it made him feel alot more better about this whole ordeal. At least she wouldn't be in fear, while trying to play with Rin.

Kagome looked over to Sesshoumaru, who seemed to be thinking, and gasped. He was so beautiful. She had never noticed, until now. His hair was long and flowing in the calming breeze, giving him an angelic look. His eyes glistened over, while he looked at his castle. He stood so relaxed, it looked like he could fall asleep while standing.He had such a calm expression on his face. And, he was smiling! One would never know of how much destruction this man consisted of.

She pried her eyes off of the handsome youkai, and looked back to the castle.

"Well, are we going to stand here all day, or are we going to get this show on the road!" Kagome excitedly said.

Sesshoumaru looked at her with a confused expression, and she laughed and shook her head. She waved her hand at him. "Nothing, just terms you would never understand..." Sesshoumaru shrugged, and walked to his castle. Kagome followed his lead, and started walking behind him. What kinds of beauty awaited her inside? She couldn't wait to see.

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Kagome walked into the castle, and gasped. It was more beautiful from the inside. They were apparantly in the main hall, concluding from the fact that dozens of different hallways were attatched to this main one. There were pictures of youkai everywhere. 'Probably Sesshoumaru's forefathers...' Kagome thought.

Sesshoumaru waved her over to a hallway on the left, leading to a study, or so what it seemed, there were alot of books there covering the chairs, and too many papers covering the desk.

"This is one of the studys in the castle, you will see me here most of the time, or in another one of the studys."

Kagome nodded, and continued to follow Sesshoumaru around the castle. He showed her the dining room, that stretched from one end of the castle to the other. The kitchen was attatched to it also. He showed her the difference in the dorrs to the guest rooms and the actual rooms, so she wouldn't accidently enter the wrong one by accident.

He eventually showed her the entire castle, outside and in, and she was unable to speak after all of it. It was all too beautiful for words. Sesshoumaru eventually spoke up.

"And this...is your room."

Kagome followed Sesshoumaru to one of the doors, and followed him inside. It was a huge room. Four times the size of her regular room, to be exact. The bed was about the size of a queen bed, with a beautiful pink canopy. There were four windows, enough so that omits alot of sunlight into the room. There was a huge dresser, and a closet next to that, full of kimotos of every color and design. There was also her own private bathroom next to her bed, that had a rather quite large bath in it, with warm water for her to bathe in. It was the most beautiful room she saw in her life.

She looked up to Sesshoumaru, who was staring out the window.

"Thank you."

Sesshoumaru snapped out of thoughts, and looked at the girl.

"For what?"

"For letting me stay here, in the beautiful room. I really do appreciate it." Kagome smiled, and walked into the closet. She decided that she was going to take a bath before anything. "Do you mind if I take a bath...and get some decent clothing on?" Kagome giggled, while asking him.

Sesshoumaru nodded, and turned to leave. "Just call me if you need anything."

Kagome nodded, and watched him walk out. He was being so nice to her. Who knew he could be such a nice guy? She surely didn't. She shrugged off the thoughts. Now was not a time for thinking, she needed a bath too badly!

She finally looked into the closet, and saw tons of kimotos. She instantly loved them all. She picked out onethat was light blue, with adark blue dragon running down the sleeve. She walked into the bathroom, and saw just how big the bath was exactly. It was huge. She smiled, and walked up to it. She stripped her embarassing clothingoff, and looked at the bath. It looked so refreshing. 'Oh...I think I'm going to like it here...' she thought, while stepping into the water.

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Miroku was panting. He couldn't keep up with Inuyasha anymore longer. They had searched the forest for hours. They still hadn't found any trace of Kagome, or Sango. Inuyasha was beginning to get pissed off.

"WHERE IN THE HELL ARE THEY?"

Everything that Inuyasha said, he yelled. Miroku was starting to get angry from the pestering hanyou also, and was debating whether or not to run into the forest, leaving Inuyasha as well. He would loose his headache, at least.He debated against it, though. He didn't want to get lost in these woods.

"Inuyasha, calm down. Who knows, they could be at the village, probably waiting for us. Lets go back, and see. The sun is starting to go down, anyway. Come on, lets head back."

Miroku stopped and turned his back, showing Inuyasha to follow him to head the other way. Inuyasha turned around, and faced Miroku.

"You go back. I'll keep searching. Get Kagome or Sango to scream if they are there, so I will come back." Inuyasha looked ahead of the path, and growled. Where could have Kagome have gone? She wasn't in her own time, he had gone back to check. All he left there was a very worried mother. Now, he was worried also. He didn't mean to make Kagome so angry. Why, he actually didn't know what he did in the first place to make her so angry.

'Feh. Women. They're all the same...'

With that, Inuyasha took off in the opposite direction Miroku wanted to go, and Miroku sighed in annoyance. He had no idea how Kagome put up with him. It was a no wonder both of the girls had taken off, it was because of that pest, Inuyasha. It of course wasn't because of him. He was too nice of a man.

He headed back to the village. He thankfully remembered the path that him and Inuyasha had taken, and followed it back. He made it to the village eventually, making no crosses with any youkai at all. He saw Shippo and Kirara sitting on a random log, waiting for the two to come back, hopefully with Kagome and Sango.Shippo saw Miroku, and ran up to him.

"Miroku, where's Inuyasha? Have you found Kagome or Sango yet?" The young kitsune asked. Miroku sighed when he heard that Kagome nor Sango had come back.

"Shippo, Inuyasha went off to find Kagome and Sango on his own, I came back to see if they came back here." Shippo frowned at this and it made Miroku feel bad. He had to cheer him back up."But don't worry, though, I'm sure they will come back soon, they just left because they were angry at the time. When they cool off, they will be back. I promise."

Shippo smiled, and nodded. He hopped off back to Kirara, to tell her the news. Miroku stood, and faced the forest. He felt tears gather in his eyes, and shook his head. Why had Sango rushed off like that, with him unconcious? He was so worried for her safety...

"Sango...please come back. I fear for you...I feel something wrong...please be all right..."

Miroku sighed in defeat from the days activities, wiped his eyes of the tears that almostfell,and walked back to his hut.

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Well, there you have it! I almost have 3 different stories running at the same time in this! Lol...not quite though. This chapter may seem short, but thats only because its divided into 3 smaller sections...this is my longest chapter yet! Hope you guys liked it, I will update again soon! Please remember to read and review also! Thanks!