If I Could Say What I Want To Say…
Chapter 6 - Prisoner
I'm not the owner of Inuyasha.
Gazing out of the window of a large black window, Kagome watched miserably as they pulled up alongside her new home. The large nondescript building was one of many identically designed buildings along an equally nondescript street in a nondescript neighbourhood. As the door was opened for her by the driver and Kagome climbed with grace brought about by years of practice Kagome thought, "if you didn't know any better, this would be the last sort of place you'd expect police officers to reside. I'd better be careful no to forget the address or I'd never find my way back." As the door closed behind her Kagome let her head drop as she thought, "oh yeah I forgot. I'll never have to worry about finding my way back here alone. Inuyasha'll be with me every second of every day."
Tilting her head back while the driver fetched her two suitcases Kagome assessed the building with a critical eye. The place was certainly no Ritz, that was for sure Kagome thought raising an eyebrow, the building looked like it would fall down at any second it was so old! No flowers decorated the front of the building, no toys lay scattered around like many of the other buildings, the only thing on the front lawn was a large tree that grew to what looked like the third floor.
"Would you like a hand with your bags miss?" the driver asked.
"No I'll be fine," Kagome assured the driver handing him a generous tip. "Thank you for the ride."
"My pleasure miss," the driver said giving a smile and a curt bow and returning to the limo which after a moment drove off leaving Kagome feeling even more alone than she had before. Picking her two suitcases up Kagome instantly regretted not accepting the man's help with them. Eventually she managed to make it into the building and down the hall to the reception desk.
"Hello?" Kagome called out uncertainly seeing no one at the front desk. "Is anyone there?" Upon hearing her voice a large man appeared from a back room. Gulping at the man's extraordinary size Kagome felt her knees go weak. She'd never seen a man as large as this one in her entire life and she'd seen a lot of large men, most of them body guards for her family at one point at one point or another. Giving herself a quick shake for her silliness Kagome flashed her brightest smile.
"Hello," she chirped. "How are you?" The man blinked apparently taken back by her reaction. He blushed unsure of what to say, so Kagome introduced herself. "Hi I'm Kagome, what's your name?"
"Jinenji," the man murmured lowering his eyes to the floor shyly and Kagome let out a small sigh of relief.
"See," she thought to herself. "You had nothing to fear the man's nothing but a huge softy."
"Nice to meet you Jinenji," Kagome replied pleasantly. "I'm sorry to bother you but I was wondering if you could phone Inuyasha for me and tell him I'm her?"
The large man nodded and pressed a button. After a moment Inuyasha voice was clearly audible. "What is it?" he demanded.
"A lady by the name of Kagome is here to see you," Jinenji said.
"Lady my ass," Inuyasha muttered almost inaudibly but Kagome's attentive ears caught it and scowled. "Damn it, what time is it anyways Jineji?"
"Nine o'clock," was the simple reply.
"Nine o'clock! NINE o'clock! As in nine in the morning nine? The least that wench could have done was let me get a few decent hours of sleep! Actually I can't believe she hauled her butt out of her fluffy bed this early," Inuyasha said. "Where's she waiting?"
"I'm right here you baka!" Kagome shouted unable to take the fact that he wasn't aware she was there any longer.
"Oh hey," Inuyasha said without so much as a smidgeon of embarrassment. "Just wait there and don't move. I'll be down in a second to collect you."
"Collect me!" Kagome exclaimed indignantly. "Collect me! What do you think I am a piece of luggage!"
"I'm sorry miss he can't here you any more," Jineji murmured.
Taking a deep breath through her nose to calm herself Kagome smiled at him. "No need to apologize Jineji, it's not your fault he's an ass."
"Yes miss," Jinenji replied blushing slightly.
"There's no need to keep calling me 'miss' either. You can call me Kagome."
Nodding the man turned and walked back into the room closing the door softly behind him.
Unaccustomed to being alone without something to do or someone to talk to Kagome looked around wishing someone – anyone – was there with her. Hell she'd even prefer Kouga to having to meet Inuyasha alone. But Kouga wouldn't be there until one o'clock and he was the only one she would be allowed contact with from her old life. Her throat tightened as she recalled the conversation with her father and the police chief explaining that until Naraku was caught she wouldn't be allowed contact with her father on any occasion until Naraku was captured. Hearing the elevator ding she turned around in time to see Inuyasha walk over.
"You're here early wench," was his greeting.
"Don't call me wench! And I didn't have much of a choice," Kagome grumbled.
Walking back over to the elevator Inuyasha pressed the up button and waited patiently for the doors to open. Kagome meanwhile struggled once more to lift her suitcases. Biting her lips she managed to make it ten steps before she tripped and went sprawling.
Picking herself up Kagome looked helplessly at her bags. If she could chose a time to cry now would be an opportune time, she had been forced to get up early, hadn't been allowed a shower, was being forced to go into hiding, wasn't going to be allowed contact with her only living family member until some psycho was locked up, was having what little freedom she actually possessed taken away, and was going to be forced to live with some arrogant pig whose best friend was a pervert (as if that said anything about his character) until possibly the day she died, oh and not to forget the reason for all of this, the psycho who everyone was trying to capture was out to kill her. But she'd ever been a cry-baby and now wasn't the time to start, she allowed herself a few sniffles and then took a deep breath. Hearing laughter Kagome looked up angrily at Inuyasha, "instead of just standing there laughing at me would you mind giving me a hand?"
"They're your bags," Inuyasha replied with a shrug of his shoulders. "Why should I carry them?"
"Because they're heavy and you should be a gentleman!" Kagome snapped.
"So what you're trying to say is that you're too weak, is that it?" Inuyasha asked impassively.
"Yes, fine. You can think whatever you want if you'll only help me carry them."
Rolling his eyes as the elevator doors opened Inuyasha walked over and deftly picked both bags up as if they weighed nothing muttering "weak human."
Picking herself off the ground Kagome shook her head thinking she could not have possibly heard him correctly.
Sighing heavily as the doors closed her in, Kagome looked up.
"No use sighing," Inuyasha grumbled. "I hate this arrangement just as much as you do so stop acting spoiled and accept it."
"Look I don't know where you come off buddy," Kagome said angrily poking him in the chest with a finger. "I have every right to be upset! You should be thankful I'm not bawling my eyes out!"
Inuyasha's eye twitched at that comment but as soon as he assessed that she wasn't about to burst into loud noisy tears he joked, "why? Because this isn't a five-star hotel?"
Stamping her foot angrily Kagome tried to articulate what she was feeling but stopped herself before she blurted everything out. "I may be from a rich family but that doesn't make me some spoiled princess! So I would appreciate it if you would stop thinking I am one!" she finally managed to spit out in a somewhat calm tone.
"Well I would appreciate," he said elongating her word, "if you would get the hell out of my life. But sometimes we don't always get what we want, so suck it up."
Relieved when the elevator doors opened Kagome stepped out into a fairly neat looking hallway. Sticking her tongue out as Inuyasha breezed past her, she followed him grudgingly to room 27 which was equipped with a pretty high-tech security system for such a run down building. Pressing his hand into a gel pad on the door Inuyasha said in a sharp clear voice, "Inuyasha, one two, three." The little light turned green and Inuyasha put his hand on the doorknob and pushed open. "The door's equipped with a security system that will only allow you and me in. We've got our security specialist coming over around one to hook up and let the computer recognize your voice and hand."
"You have access to my room!" Kagome yelled. "What! Don't I get any privacy!"
"Not a chance," Inuyasha said. "I need access to you at any time. There's also a door connecting our two rooms, I'm room 28 in case you're wondering." Hearing that Kagome shuddered and Inuyasha rolled his eyes yet again. "Don't worry I'm not going sneak into your room in the middle of the night or anything. for such a run down building. You want to go in first?"
"Sure," Kagome replied walking past him into what was her home for the present. The room was milk white and contained a twin bed with bland blue sheets and two pillows. A wooden desk sat propped up against the far wall and there was a small window that Kagome could see part of the tree through. A small room next to the doorway was to serve as her bathroom Kagome assumed because in it there was a toilet, a sink and a mirror.
Biting her lip Kagome had to force herself to keep from crying out in despair. Sure she hadn't been expecting the Ritz but she had expected something more human friendly than this room! As if she hadn't felt enough like a prisoner they gave her a room befitting it.
"What's wrong now," Inuyasha asked.
"It's just a surprise is all," Kagome stammered out and looked over at him.
"Well now that you've got your room I'm going to lay down a few rules. Number one," he said pulling a large black bracelet out grasped her wrist and roughly clicked it together. "You never use this unless you're in danger."
"Hey!" Kagome protested trying to rip her wrist free. "What are you doing! Get it off." Grinning Inuyasha let her wrist go and watched as she immediately tried to get it off and was shocked. "Ouch!" she screamed letting go of it immediately. "It shocked me! Just what is this thing?"
"Tracking device, and yes as you found out it will shock anyone who attempts to take it off you. Ayame and I are the only one's who know how to unlock it," Inuyasha grinned. "Now if you press the red button it means you're in danger. Don't press it unless you actually are in trouble got that?"
Kagome shot an evil look at the bracelet hoping that her eyes could burn through the ugly thing.
Going on Inuyasha said, "rule number two you never enter my room unless you knock and I tell you that you can enter got that?" Kagome nodded. "Number three, you're not allowed to leave my eye site with the exception of being in your room and I'm in mine. got that one?"
"What!" Kagome exclaimed. "Why not!"
"Because I said so and I'm in charge, that's why," Inuyasha snapped throwing open the door connecting their rooms storming into his own. "Now I'm going back to sleep. I'll see you in a couple of hours
"But- But- But that's not fair!" Kagome yelled walking after him.
"Look wench," Inuyasha said turning around and walking up to her and staring down at her with possibly the hardest set of eyes Kagome had ever seen. "I don't care what you think. I don't care if you think it's unfair. I don't care what you do as long as you follow these rules."
Kagome was so flabbergasted she found herself unable to say anything. This person in front of her was not the man who had high-jacked her car, the man that had at the risk of his own life shoved her to safety in the hospital. She had thought living with him was going to be horrible enough, she hadn't even thought that he might have only been acting nice. Her emotions flew through her while her heart fluttered like a caged bird in her chest. First came shock, then sadness, and sadness quickly turned to anger.
Trembling with anger she spat "I hate you!" in a voice so venomous that black widow's poison paled in comparison.
Clenching her jaw she stormed out of the room slamming the door behind her. Sinking to her knees in the middle of the floor Kagome looked despairingly around her room. Looking at the suitcases at the door Kagome noticed the door was reinforced with steal bars on the inside. Her room really was like that of a prisoner's, she thought miserably.
A small click came from the door behind her and Kagome knew that Inuyasha had locked the door.
"I'm nothing but a prisoner," she said softly. "Nothing but a prisoner."
To be continued…
Author's Note: Well there you go chapter 6. Hope you all liked it, I got more reviews last chapter so I decided to keep the story running. Here's the deal, how ever many reviews I get is how many pages you get so if you want nice long chapters update! Next chapter will be in Inuyasha's POV soooooo….REVIEW!
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