Kagome arose from the deep sleep brought on by fainting.
"Where am I?" she questioned as she looked around her.
Everything was dark and dank and the smell of rotting corpses filled her nose. She gagged as she dropped to her knees, inhaling another whiff of the decaying stench.
"Oh God help me! I'm in the belly of the beast!"
She began to crawl around and slipped into a puddle of oozing slime.
"Ew," Kagome thought, "spit!"
She continued to crawl, not quite sure what she was looking for when she saw a crack of light.
"It must be where the mouth is!"
Moving closer she realized the light almost seemed to move as if the wolf demon was walking. She moved closer (even if it was awake, denying her the chance to escape, a breath of fresh air would be the epitome of heaven to her lungs). Her palms made a soft squish on the spit beneath her. She was close to the light now, so close she could…
"Ow!" Kagome screamed out as something squished her hand into the creature's solid tongue.
A hard tongue? She looked up and nearly passed out again.
"Ah, sweet Kagome, you've risen from you slumber. Good, I was starting to get worried." Said an oily voice from behind a simple lit lantern.
"You? Worried about me? I highly doubt that Naraku."
A mischievous glee sparkled in his eye to hear her say his name with such despise.
"Honestly, Kagome, if I didn't care wouldn't you be dead at this very moment?"
Kagome had no answer. The sharp coppery smell of blood hit her senses like a baseball bat. She looked at her hands and gasped. Blood, dark almost maroon blood, dripped from off her fingers. Her clothes and skin was covered in dry blood.
"Where the hell am I?" demanded Kagome standing up to face Naraku. (Though her heart was pounding in her throat)
He grasped her hand in his hand and examined the liquid dripping from it onto his palm.
"We are deep in the Japanese catacombs hidden in a undisclosed cave in the majestic Mt. Fuji. Welcome to where you'll be staying if you don't cooperate."
Kagome yanked her hand away as shivers crept down her spine. Naraku, ignoring her, raised the lantern high to illuminate the cavern.
Bodies hung from the ceiling and scattered across the ground. Pools of blood glittered on the floor and Kagome's palm prints were visible. Naraku's cold eyes turned on Kagome as she stared at the revulsion before her.
"Many years ago a great war took place here. The bloodshed was unbelievable. Screams echoed through the walls as each side fought against the other. Then one scream, so distinct from the others, made everything pause. The war parted to show the body of a crippled woman. Stabbed… Worried about her lover she ran into her doom."
Kagome was frozen in her spot. There, among the bodies, was that of a woman's skeleton. A long silver blue ponytail covered her decaying features and fox-like ear bones protruded out of her head. The image made her think of Inuyasha. Naraku grabbed the corpse and cradled it until it turned to dust.
"Her lover, in an act of rage, slaughtered everything in sight, but the pain of his lost love haunted him throughout the years. The cavern was closed off and memorialized into a burial chamber of the lost soldiers, and no one but the soldier knew of this place until now. The man became a bandit until he was crippled and taken care of by the young priestess Kikyo. He made a decision then that would change his life forever. "
Kagome searched around the cavern in the dimming light for her sacred arrows, which were unfortunately nowhere in sight.
"How do you know all this Naraku?"
Naraku swatted at the dirt on his clothes as he answered, "I was her lover."
Inuyasha, after finally getting dressed, (honestly, Sango must be slightly embarrassed after seeing him naked) raced to the lake bank.
"Come out kisama! Hand over Kagome!"
The very stench of the demon lingered but not a sign otherwise said he was there. He raced across the lake and reached the woods but not a thing moved. The stench grew slightly stronger, so Inuyasha decided to follow it.
"Inuyasha, wait! We're coming too!"
Inuyasha snapped around to glare at Sango, Miroku, and Shippo, who had followed him on Kirara.
"No! You'll just get in the way."
"But you'll need our help," Shippo protested, "you could barely handle it alone before!"
Inuyasha snorted. "Well if you focused less on me and more on Kagome she wouldn't be gone. But if you will continue to oppose then do as you wish."
Making them feel guilty, Inuyasha followed the scent, nearly wanting to gag.
That's it for this chapter. I should update in about a week because I want to focus on other ideas I have for other fan fics. Be sure to check those out too and tell your friends all about me. PLZ! Next chapter is called The Secret of Inuyasha's Dad. Anyway, arigatou for reading and tune in soon! Plz