Summary: Kagome moved from Japan to America when she was in seventh grade. She stopped talking in eighth grade, and no one knows why. Now, in eleventh grade, Kagome will undergo a series of events that will dramatically change her...Kagome's POV.
Rated M. Why? Because my mind has many bad things in it and I don't know what I might use...
Dates Written:
June 11th, 2006
June 12th, 2006
Don't forget about the blood and brain fluid thing. Okay?
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The Games We Play
Entry Twenty-Nine: The Steedless Knight
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The phone rang and Souta glared at it. He didn't feel in the best of moods and that made for some bad phone conversations. He picked up the cell phone angrily and looked at the caller. It was Sesshoumaru. His anger soon vanished and he picked up the phone.
"Hello?" He greeted.
"Why did you call me?" He could hear a trace of fear in the demon's voice.
"Kagome... She's... Kagome was kidnapped. She got the strength to go outside. She didn't have her memories. We couldn't find her anywhere. Since... Come to my house and I can talk to you about it. Are you going to be in America soon?" Souta was hopeful.
"I am in America now." Sesshoumaru's icy tone replied.
"Good. Come by now and we'll get things started." Souta sounded urgent as he began to search for the phone number of Kagome's friends.
"Things? What are you talking about?" Sesshoumaru sounded pretty pissed off and Souta knew it.
"I'll tell you when you're here. Bye!" Souta hung up and started calling people as fast as his fingers could possibly dial.
- - -
Sesshoumaru growled at the phone then hung up. As he walked to his car in the parking lot, he sighed. It had been over a year since he had been home. He missed America so much during the period of business. More than that, he missed Kagome. He knew, by Souta's tone of voice, that things were not well with Kagome. That only brought back memories of his dream. Kagome had been in such agony in the dream.
Worst of all, she kept calling out to him for help. There was nothing he could do to help his Kagome. She was in his dream.
Wait. His Kagome? He would have questioned it, but he didn't have time. He knew that he felt something for the girl. He knew that he liked her, possibly even loved her. That was a possibly, not a definite thing. So... Did he love her? If he did, was it his dark side that claimed her as his?
Sesshoumaru knew that his dark side didn't claim things easily. His dark side was often the source of any possessiveness.
Sesshoumaru pushed the thought away as he raced to Kagome's house. He had to see what was going on. When he got there, he saw Miroku's car, Sango's car, and his little brother's motorcycle. Apparently, Inuyasha had passed the test to get his permit to drive the bike. Sesshoumaru shook the thought off as well and walked to the door. He knocked then just came in.
Souta ushered him up to a bedroom. Sesshoumaru was placed on the bed and told to stay seated. The same was done with Inuyasha. Sesshoumaru despised his little brother for what he had done to him. He had sent Sesshoumaru away from his Kagome. Yes, his Kagome. He wasn't going to argue that anymore.
"Tell me what is going on." Inuyasha snapped. Sesshoumaru was silently thankful that his brother had no patience. At the moment, Sesshoumaru didn't have any, either. But, being Sesshoumaru, he would never tell you that.
"Sango and Miroku are already aware of this... But have you two heard of the Shikon No Tama?" Souta paused and looked at them. Inuyasha nodded.
"It is a mere myth, is it not?" Sesshoumaru inquired.
"No. It's real." Souta paused for a moment, forming his thoughts into words. "My sister was given the duty of protecting the Shikon No Tama. Her powers created a barrier, a powerful one. It is undetectable, and it conceals the hiding place of the jewel completely. Only Kagome can see where the jewel is, too. She can see the glow of it from miles away and through buildings. Anyway, that's not the point.
"The point is that the Shikon No Tama is bringing her pain. Andrew developed an obsession with her, but he started tormenting her because he learned about the Shikon No Tama. At first it was Kagome's safety and comfort at stake, because he raped her multiple times. But that's not the case anymore. The stakes are rising and now Kagome's very life is at stake." Souta paused as Inuyasha slipped onto the floor. His body was limp, as if the life had been sucked from him.
"And, yesterday... Kagome was kidnapped. She was unable to walk far on her own, and her memory was completely blank." Souta finished. Sesshoumaru felt his heart come to a screeching halt, which caused it to go up into his throat. Kagome? Kidnapped? Could that have been her condition that he saw in his dream?
"We need you demons to find her. Sango will get Kilala and her weapon. Miroku will start gathering the things for spells and subduing spells. If either of you find her scent, let us know before you pursueit." Souta said. Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha both nodded. As they walked out, Sesshoumaru expressed his rage to Inuyasha.
"You do know, little brother, that this is your fault?" Sesshoumaru asked in a harsh, icy tone. Inuyasha unintentionally shivered at the hate lacing Sesshoumaru's voice.
"How is it my fault?" Inuaysha snapped back.
"You volunteered me to go help father. I am going to assume you knew he wished it to be for over a year. Because I was gone, I could not help Kagome revive her memory." Sesshoumaru replied coldly. Inuyasha stopped walking near the God tree and glared hard at Sesshoumaru.
"You act like Kagome is your wife or something, Sesshoumaru! She's not! She won't let any man touch her! She wouldn't even let people hear her voice for a long time! What the fuck makes you think that you could haev healed her any faster!" Inuyasha roared. Sesshoumaru stopped walking and turned around to face his enraged little brother. If you looked at them from the side, you could see the God tree between them (but in the background), as if it were dividing them apart.
"Do you not realize the truth, little brother? She was capable of getting her voice back when she was around me. That is what caused her to talk in the first place. When she was in the hospital, she was able to speak to me, but no one else. That rabbit that was given to her was the same rabbit you saw me making for Rin!" Sesshoumaru yelled. As his rage flared, his eyes grew a red outline.
"Just because you can preform magic tricks doesn't make you the ruler, Sesshoumaru! It does nothing for you other than make you special! Kagome doesn't remember you! She doesn't remember you any more than me! She doesn't crave your touch any more than she craves mine!" Inuyasha snapped. Sesshoumaru shook his head and smiled.
"On the contrary, Inuyasha. She loathes the idea of having a man touch her. However, if I touch her, she will not gag or tense up." He replied cooly. Inuyasha growled once more and lunged at his brother.
"This is exactly why Kagome's current condition is your fault. You find reason to fight over Kagome when her life is at risk." Sesshoumaru turned on his heel and walked away.
"You started it." Inuyasha childishly replied.
"Nah-ah. I merely stated a fact, that this was your fault. You persisted in arguing." Sesshoumaru replied. "And, if you are so desperate to prove me wrong, then find her first." Sesshoumaru added. Inuyasha's angry face vanished and a worried one replaced it.He nodded and then started running off in the direction of Kagome's scent.
Sesshomaru casually followed a tumbling scent down the steps. At the bottom, he could smell her scent, mixed with something else. He was about to find out, when it started to rain. Why would the Gods be so cruel as to send down one of the only things that would erease Kagome's scent?
Sesshoumaru tried to sniff harder and pick up her scent, but he couldn't. It was gone due to the rain. He looked up with intentions of cursing whatever Gods sent the rain down. Right as he looked up, a rain drop fell in his eye. His head snapped down in surprise and he blinked the water away.
Sesshoumaru casually began walking along. Inuyasha was across the street, sniffing as much as he could. He would be lucky if he could find any scent, let alone Kagome's. Sesshoumaru looked at the spot where Inuyasha was standing. Blood. He rushed forward and gently moved his brother out of the way.
"Inuyasha, go get Sango, Miroku, and Souta." Sesshoumaru demanded.
"Why do I have to go? Why can't you go?" Inuyasha asked. Sesshoumaru looked at him in frustration. Kagome was being harmed this moment and all Inuyasha cared about was who got the glory?
"I can run towards Kagome faster. She's bleeding a lot, Inuyasha. If you want her to live, then go!" Sesshoumaru snapped. Inuyasha nodded then ran in the direction of Kagome's house. Sesshoumaru looked at the trail of blood that stained the sidewalk. Perhaps the Gods were on his side.
Sesshoumaru used all the demon speed he had to run towards Kagome. He wanted her to live. He wanted his Kagome to live! Who cared if he was being overly possessive? He didn't, and he would decapitate anyone who did. It wasn't their business. It was between he and his Kagome.
Kagome... Please be alright...
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The darkness had woken her up. She had been sleeping for, what she guessed, was a few hours. An image of a plane and a silver-haired man flashed through her mind. When the plane touched the ground, her mind jerked to attention and pulled her from the darkness.
Kagome felt the pain start eating her once more. She couldn't handle it. It hurt so badly. She tried to slip back into sleep, but her mind wouldn't allow it. Why did she have to stay awake? She fought against the barrier that kept her from the sleep, but she lost. It was no use, trying to get sleep when her mind clearly didn't want her to sleep.
Kagome looked at her wrists. The black things were still there. There were lines around the black things, red lines to be exact. She figured that she would dedicate time to figuring out what these lines were. She had them when she woke up two times ago, she could remember that much. But...
Were the lines there before? That was the part that threw her off. She had no memory of what happened before she woke up here. She couldn't remember anything. Tears started forming in her eyes as she tried desperately to figure out her past. Why had it vanished from her, anyway?
The tears threatened to spill over. Kagome let them fall down the sides of her face and go past her ears. She didn't want to fight the tears any more than she wanted to not figure out what her life was like. The tears carelessly rolled down her face.
"What are you crying for?" A harsh voice whispered to her. She tried to see who it was, but her eyes couldn't see anything through the darkness. There was a light above her, a light far off in the right, and a light far off in the left. Using the three lights, she was able to make out the figure of the person who had spoken to her.
Kagome didn't try to reply to the person. She knew she couldn't speak. She knew that, each time she tried, her voice would fail her and she would feel like a horrible person. She knew this from her memory. Unfortunately, her memory didn't care to serve her any longer. She slowly rested her head against the hard stuff behind her and focused on the pain.
Why was it there? She had constantly been waking up with pain. It never went away unless she was asleep. She couldn't sleep because she saw images of mangled human bodies. It horrified her to no end. She felt as though the people were a part of her. Like she was connected to them somehow.
Kagome heard a string of profanities in a deeper voice. She then heard a different language being spoken, and somehow was able to understand what they were saying. She didn't know what caused her to understand, but she wouldn't question the knowledge now.
"Shit! They've already found us!" The figure from before exclaimed.
"Calm down. We'll leave before they get here. Make sure they know it's us, though. We want them to fear us."
"Got it." Then things grew quiet.
Kagome heard the sound of something breaking, followed by the sound of water. More specifically, it sounded like rain. A dog growled and something approached her. She heard it take footsteps with several sloshes. She closed her eyes as pain once again filled her being. She had strained her body from trying to figure things out, she figured.
"Kagome..." She heard a man's voice whisper. At the very mention of, what she assumed was, her name, she shivered. A chill had gone down her spine and warmed her entire body.
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Sesshoumaru was now tired of running. Whoever had Kagome was not intending for her to be rescued. They put a lot of time into how far she was being taken and how hard it would be to find her. That alone was enough to say that this kidnapping had been a delibarate one, not just something that is misunderstood because a man wanted to help out. No, these people targeted her.
Sesshoumaru's legs protested and asked him to walk. Or perhaps, they suggested, sit down and let him relax. He ignored the plea that his legs sent out. Kagome was in danger. How could he think of slowing down or resting while she was in danger? She could be dying and Sesshoumaru wouldn't know it...
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Inuyasha barged into the house, drenched with the pouring rain. He slowly walked in, taking little notice of the water marks he was making all over the carpet. Right now, he didn't care. He looked at Sango, Miroku, Souta, and Kyoko. They were all sitting on the couch and awaiting the news from one of the brothers.
Fuck, Inuyasha thought. He hated being the bearer of bad news.
"We lost Kagome's scent. The rain washed it out. But we did find her blood. Sesshoumaru picked up a faint amount of her scent on the concrete after that and is chasing after her right now." Inuyasha said. Everyone nodded and Kyoko rushed out of the room to make herself busy.
Sango grabbed a giant boomerang that had been her weapon. She wanted to slay demons, just as her entire family had done for generations. This weapon was made for that. Kilala was at her side. Upon the notion of battling, Kilala changed into her larger form without burning any of the furniture.
Miroku grabbed an old-fashioned monk's staff and as many sutras as his robe could hold. Inuyasha cracked his knuckles and headed out. On the way, he grabbed the umbrellas that had been left by the door. He gave one to Sango and one to Miroku. Then he put one back.
"Sesshoumaru is chasing after what he found. We're going to follow his scent. It's fresher, and since it was placed during this rainstorm, I can still smell it." Inuyasha said. Sango nodded and Miroku said nothing. They all headed out and began going towards Sesshoumaru as fast as they could.
Why wouldn't they? The life of their best friend was at stake. They didn't want to allow harm to come to her. Not after all she had gone through already, at least.
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Sesshoumaru gladly came to a hault and looked around. His eyes rested on a door as the rain began to beat against him harder. He didn't care. He could be the lightning rod in a thunderstorm and he wouldn't notice. He just wanted Kagome safe. He attempted to open the door, but it was locked tight. He shoved his shoulder into it, but that failed. The door was strong, and now Sesshoumaru's arm hurt.
Sesshoumaru backed up and tried to kick the door down. His foot clashed with the door, but the door remained firm. They always made this look so easy in the movies. Sesshoumaru held his hand out in front of him. His fingers began to glow green and his poison whip emerged. He attacked the door four times, then he saw the barrier on it shatter.
Sesshoumaru backed up and, once again, tried kicking down the door. This time, the door came down easily and he went inside. The people who had taken Kagome appeared to be gone. He walked in, his demon eyes easily adjusting to the lack of light. He could smell the oil that had once fueled the flame in these old-fashioned lights. He walked forward, careful not to hit anything that his demon senses didn't pick up.
Then he saw it. The form that he could faintly see in the darkness. It moved. A part of it dropped below where it had been. Sesshoumaru's mind filled with panic, rage, and worry all at the same time. He spun around and summoned his poison claws again. This time, he used them to strike the light switch that was on the other side of the very large room.
He turned around and was greeted with a horrifying sight. Kagome was strapped to a solid concrete floor. The black cloth around her wrists was tied too tight. It had even began to dig into her flesh and cause her more pain.
There were lines all along Kagome's body. She was wearing undergarments, nothing more. Sesshoumaru could tell that claw marks had run along her body. He knew that the seemingly faint scratches actually went an inch or so deep. He could only imagine the pain Kagome was in.
He looked at the ground around her. Blood was directly around her body. Semen was a few yards away. Someone had been fantasizing about his Kagome. He looked near Kagome's head and saw blood and a clear liquid. For a fleeting moment, he feared that it was semen as well. But, as he stepped closer, he could tell it wasn't. It was a fluid that the brain floated in.
Fluid? Did that mean... ?
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Inuyasha went through the already-banged-down door and stopped at the sight that presented him. Kagome was taken out pretty badly. He tried to focus on her face, which was just as gruesome as the rest of her body. He looked past that and saw the blood around her body. There was clear fluid around her head.
"The fluid around her head is a fluid that the brain floats in." Sesshoumaru said calmly. He knew that the humans and the demon cat were behind him. He didn't want them to hear what he had to say. It would only scare them more.
"Brain fluid? Does that mean?" Inuyasha paused. Sesshoumaru nodded and looked at Kagome once more.
"I want to take her to our home. The human doctors can do nothing for her. I want our doctors that are much smarter to heal her." Sesshoumaru said. Inuyasha didn't argue. Inuyasha even turned around to explain this to the others. Sesshoumaru walked up to the cloth that bound Kagome's wrists and ankles. He cut it evenly with his claws.
Kagome's arms fell a few inches. Sesshoumaru gently slitheredh is hands under Kagome's body. He then picked her up and was shocked at how limp her body was. Dead bodies had capabilities of being more sturdy that hers currently was being. He looked at Kagome's friends and at his brother.
"Tell Ms. Higurashi what I told you about Kagome being with us. Make sure you give her the address, phone number, everything so she can contact us. I do not want her feeling like we've kidnapped her again." Sesshoumaru said. Inuyasha nodded and Sango stepped forward.
"You're tired, Sesshoumaru. Let Kilala carry her and you." Sango said. Sesshoumaru was about to protest, but he decided against it. He was tired, and he knew better than to deny that fact to a woman who spent her entire life studying demons. He got on top of the giant demon cat and held Kagome's limp body to himself.
The demon cat started running to Sesshoumaru's mansion after he told her of its location. Sesshoumaru leaned down to Kagome's ear. He knew she was asleep, but he felt that he owed her something. An apology.
"I'm sorry, Kagome... I'm a lowly knight who doesn't even have a steed to rescue you properly on..." He whispered. He hugged her cold body to his and let out a single tear. He felt horrible for abandoning Kagome when she needed it. Then, even worse, she was just about dead right now because he had been a knight without a steed.
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Kagome's mind was plagued with images of people. She didn't know who they were, but they were all smiling and hugging each other. She kept seeing the same silver-haired man appear, too. She was even able to recognize some of the people as people she had seen in her nightmares. The people who had been so mangled up she wanted to vomit.
I'm sorry, Kagome... I'm a lowly knight who doesn't even have a steed to rescue you properly on... Kagome recognized Sesshoumaru's voice. Her brain fell into ease, but it was only momentarily. It caused pain to course through her body once more, and she felt the agony of her situation rush through her.
I don't need a steed, Sesshoumaru... I just... I just need you... She felt her mind give out even more. Her dreams were gone, and the black abyss embraced her tightly. She didn't fight it. Because she didn't fight it, the pain slowly faded away. It wasn't able to find her through the blackness.
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I used to be someone, but now I am a nobody. I used to make people happy, but now I can barely remember what the term 'happy' means. I can't remember what happened, which is only more devistating to me. The worst of it all is my voice. It has failed me on so many occasions. Each time it fails me, I feel worse and worse. What is going on?
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Review Replies:
Vila Viscious- How could you! You told me that Carrie Underwood sang that song! Why didn't you tell me tha you looked it up? Oh well, I'll get over the initial shock and frustration any moment now... NOW! I don't care about it, of course not! And, about the dreams helping her remember. No, they aren't helping her remember. Sorry for the confusion. The bleeding from her ear has more to do with her new ability to retain information and all.
Black Juju- I'm sorry for giving you nightmares. Here, let me add some nice fluff in the next few chapters to help you have nice, pleasant dreams once again! Or were you having nightmares before you read this? Oh well, whatever.
Shake Dog Shake- Your username reminds me of the Jell-O commercial with the dancing cow... And yes, as you can see, Sesshoumaru has saved the day. You didn't really think I would make Kagome fight her way out or have someone else break her free, now did you?
InterwovenEmotions- Sure, that would be good. Someone to fill the spot I don't want to make up! Send me a thorough description of what you want yourself to look like, and I'll make up the rest. You're going to be the cop. P I'm far too lazy to make my own character.
prisimscollide- You had the second-person view of what happened with your friend being raped. I think it's much better than what I have... My sister and I were both raped... Thankfully, my other sister wasn't harmed like that.
Hariboette- You looked it up to! Oh well, I'm over the shock from finding out that Vila Viscious did it. And what do you mean by the out-of-body experience? Did I do that? I hate it when I write stuff and don't remember it! Stupid me!
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