Chapter 4: Terror

by DeadlyFlameDemon & LoveMePrincessKagome

As she entered the club, she had to use all of her will power to keep down her stomachs contents. The entire place smelled worse than the air outside, she could tell the entire place was loaded with marijuana, to her it seemed that if the cops (who didn't exist in the North side territory) were to ambush this place, the entire building would have to be confiscated. She held her breath until they got to the back room, only to gag as she quickly found out that this room was the very source of the stench! Her companion's laughter brought her out of her coughing somewhat, "Do you," Cough, "Find something funny?" Kagura stopped and looked at her with a smirk etched on her face, "Hell yeah I do. If this is how you handle the mere smoke, it'd be hilarious to see how you act when you got it from the source." Kagome grimaced, "I'd rather not..." Kagura shrugged. "Whatever, you're not cut out for that sort of thing anyways." Kagome nodded in agreement. Kagome shifted nervously as the heated gazes of the occupants of the room roamed her body. She felt disgusted once again as a few of the men let out cat calls as she passed by, her and Kagura quickly reached a table in the back where they took a seat.

A woman in a very skimpy outfit came up to the table, chewing gum and holding a notepad, "Ok, what do ya'll want, and make it snappy, I have IMPORTANT customers to attend to." She looked over her shoulder at a few men sitting at a long table near the corner in the back of the room, they seemed to be in a quiet chat, except for one who was eyeing Kagome like a piece of meat. She shuddered and looked away from him and back at the waitress, "I'll take a Long Island Iced Tea." She heard Kagura mutter, "Me too." The woman wrote down the order and walked off in a slutty manner. Kagome scoffed, "That was rude." Kagura raised an eyebrow and looked at her, "Kagome...You should know that that is the way things are around here, compared to what some bitch on the street would do to you, that was nothing'." Kagome sighed, to her it was sad that people had to live this way, "Yeah...I know." A few minutes later, the waitress came back carrying a tray with their drinks, minus a bill. Kagura asked the woman, "Where's the bill?" The waitress sneered and replied, "These drinks are free of charge, compliments of the manager." She gestured to the man that had been eyeing Kagome earlier before leaving. Kagome smiled a bit at the man with long black hair and she held up her glass, he held up his own slightly and smiled a smile that sent chills up her spine. She set it down after taking a sip and returned to her conversation with Kagura.

After a long talk and a few more drinks, another girl came to the table.

She appeared to be an albino, clad in all white, except for the black voids that were her eyes, cold and emotionless. When she spoke it was just as cold and dead as she looked, Kagome couldn't even make out what she said due to it being so low. Kagura nodded and looked at Kagome, "Hey Kagome we're gonna go get a fix, you wanna come along?" Kagome shook her head and stood while looking at her watch, "No. It is too late...um..Early for me...I'll see you later?" Kagura sighed, "Well, ok...Do you want me to go with you to the border?" Kagome shook her head again, "No, I'll be fine, it's not that far from here." Kagura murmured an 'ok, see you later', but Kagome was already out the door. Kagura sighed and left with Kanna, not noticing the group of men that had followed her East-side friend.

Kagome stumbled a little bit as she followed the same path she had gone to get to the club. She now regretted turning down Kagura's offer of an escort home, the darkness was making her unusually nervous, and it felt like someone was watching her. She shook her head, why would someone follow her anyways? Kagome kept telling herself that, she turned into the last alleyway before the border, only to fall down as she ran into something, or should she say, someone. "Ow...Sorry." She stood back up and dusted herself off then looked at the person she'd run into. "Sorry, I should have been paying attention.", she heard him take a deep breath, testing her scent she was sure, until he growled out the words: "Damn right you should have been!" He grabbed her neck and picked her up by the neck, she cried out in pain and fear, "Ow! Hey, lemme go!" He just laughed darkly at her, "I don't think so you little Angel, you need to be taught a lesson." Kagome fought and clawed until she settled on using her miko powers to throw him through a chain link fence and hit a garbage can. As soon as her feet touched the ground she broke out into a full sprint towards the border. It was only a few blocks to the boundaries, she was going to make it out of this place alive, she still had to kill Sesshomaru! She was forced to skid to a halt when she saw a fairly large group of men, about 5 or 6, came out of a protruding alleyway. She stepped back in anxiety, only to bump into the man from earliar, her eyes widened and she jumped away from him, the other men and demons were surrounding her now. Many of them were taunting her as their obvious leader circled her like a predator stalking it's prey.

She spoke in a firm yet shaky tone, "W-What do you want?" The man circling her grinned maliciously, "First I want to repay you for that little jolt back there, and second...Having Angels in our territory ain't exactly a thing we are fond of, we just want to make sure you don't come back." She tried backing away from him slowly but was shoved back into the circled that had been formed around her by rough hands, "Th-This is against the law." She stammered, oh jesus what was she doing, that even sounded lame to her! They laughed at her and the leader spoke, "Well, there ain't nobody here to tell us we can't now is there?" He lunged at her and pinned her down, only to be thrown off by her legs. He twisted in the air and landed on his feet while she stood up quickly, "Pretty good woman, this should prove to be an amusing wench to break." He smirked smugly. Kagome growled almost inhumanely at the comment and yelled at him, "DON'T YOU DARE CALL ME A WENCH YOU DIRTY, INHUMAN, LOWLY, SON-OF-A-BITCH, NORTH SIDER!" His eyes flashed dangerously at her as the air grew silent, and before she knew it two of the men that had surrounded her had grabbed her arms and held her up as their boss quickly moved over to her. She lashed out at him with her entire being but was smacked across the face, hard. "You insolent little bitch, how dare you speak to ME in such a manner!" He punched her in the stomach and she bit back a cry of pain, "You (punch) have (punch) no right to (punch) call me low (punch) when you, Angel, are the (punch) ones who attacked (punch) the Fangs! (kick) (punch)" With the last punch the two men dropped her. She fell forward to the ground, she was bleeding in numerous places and she was sure she now had a few broken somethings. "Stupid whore, you're gonna be begging for me to kill you once I'm finished with you."

Kagome shivered at the tone in his voice and the comment itself, she attempted to push herself up from the ground but was kicked back down by the men who had been holding her up, "Know your place bitch!" Kagome didn't move, to tell the truth, she couldn't, it was as if her body wouldn't do what her brain was telling it to. All of a sudden she saw the world in front of her move and pain coursed through her body, she was being moved! She saw darkness when someone wrapped something around her face to make sure she could not see anything, the steps changed and she could tell they were moving up, 'Stairs!' She thought, 'They're taking me up stairs!' In an instant her body moved on it's own accord, trying to get out of her captors grasp, only to receive a stunning blow to her face. She heard a door open as the steps evened out again, only to be heard shutting behind her, then all she felt was the impact of the floor and herself colliding. After a few moments the blindfold was removed, revealing a dark room that smelled of a few things she could not identify, but it was disgusting. Judging by the looks of it, it was some sort of old hotel or a sleazy motel room. Her gaze landed on the poor excuse of a bed and her eyes widened, there were blood stained chains hanging from the head and foot board. Were there others who had been in her position? She gulped and tried to move backwards, hopefully towards the door. Her arms were grabbed and she was roughly tossed to the bed, she attempted to push herself away and off the bed but was pulled back down by her arms and legs, they were soon tightly chained. She shrieked in pain as they cut into her wrists, only to be slapped hard, the blindfold was then tied around her mouth to silence most of the sound coming from her.

Tears streamed down her face and her body shook with the muffled sobs. "Now, now, none of that." He raised his hand, as if to strike her and she flinched, his claws began to emit a green glow that smelled of poison as she whimpered in fear of what he intended to do with it. His hand didn't make any skin contact at first but merely held it barely away from her body, what was left of her clothes from the earlier beating was being burned from her body, at some points he touched her flesh, causing it to have burn marks on that spot when he moved on. She couldn't stop crying, who could in her position? In her mind she was screaming, 'Please! Somebody please help me!' No matter how much she prayed, they were not answered as her muffled screams filled the night.

Somewhere in Northern Territory

Inuyasha was making out with a woman that would appear to be Kikyo from afar, he had he pinned to an alley wall when she moaned to him, "Let us get a room, love...There is a motel not too far from here..." He nodded and drove them off to the motel with the flickering neon sign. He got them a room and he had to practically kick the door down to gain entry, he turned to the whore only to find her eyes wide in terror, he quickly shifted his senses to the room, only to see the walls, floor, and just about everything else covered in fresh blood, there was a bloody form on the mattress, naked and barely breathing, if breathing at all. He sucked in his breath, the scent was so familiar, the blood, it smelled so familiar...His eyes widened in horror as realization hit him full force, he ran over to the bed, cutting the chains with his claws easily, "Kikyo?" He moved the hair out of her face, "No...Kagome!" He gently shook her, trying to wake her. He looked frantically at the slut who had accompanied him there, the lust for her completely gone, in it's place was a great fear, not only for Kagome, but the bastard that did it to her when Sesshomaru found out.

"No! Kagome! Dear Kami...What the hell happened to you..." Inuyasha wrapped Kagome up in his sweater, and the blood stained sheets, and picked her up. "What are you doing, love?" asked the slut he'd brought with him. "Taking her back home with me..." He said sadly. "What about us Baby? You can't take that slut! She's already been fucked enough tonight don't you think!" she said trying to love up on him. He growled deeply at her, "First of all, if anyone's a slut, its YOU, not her, Second of all I--no, you know what, I can't do this right now. This is the girl my brother risked his life to be with. I can't let her die. I am leaving." With that Inuyasha took off, racing to the house him and his brother have been hiding out in. After the Fangs had somehow found out about Kagome, He and Sesshomaru had been hiding out in the South's territory, the Leader of the Wolves owed Sesshomaru a great deal of favors, mostly for Sesshomaru's aid during a few battles with the North. Koga had a hot temper and was easily angered, therefore, he was the cause of many unnecessary battles. Inuyasha was able to get past the Northern border easily, luckily without them checking his vehicle, after he was through, he hit the gas peddle a bit harder as he drove along the border line, if he was to get caught by either of the gangs in the East or West with Kagome in the car, he'd be in deep shit.

Suddenly he saw a car in the rear view mirror, a car, "Goddam it...", he muttered. When the car signaled for him to pull over he almost sped up, but that might have raised suspicion, he pulled out a gun from the glove compartment and held it to where someone approaching could not see it. Since it was dark, all he could see was a figure with long hair approaching his car, it knocked on his window, he rolled it all the way down and pointed his gun at the intruders face, "What do you--Kikyo!" He lowered his gun. Kikyo sighed, "Inuyasha...I need your help..." Inuyasha looked at her, "What is it?" She looked into his eyes, her own brown eyes filled with unshed tears, "It's Kagome...She snuck out earlier tonight, and I can't find her..." Inuyasha sighed, "Kikyo...Get in.." She walked around and got in the passenger side. "Kikyo...I found Kagome..." She smiled, "You did? Where?" He looked down sadly. She got a worried look on her face as the smile disappeared, "Inuyasha...What's wrong...Where is my sister!" He motioned with his head to the backseat, "I found her in Northern territory..." She looked into the back and a look of horror appeared on her face as she whispered, "Kagome..." Tears fell down her face as she looked at him, "INUYASHA! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY SISTER, YOU BASTARD?" She hit him as hard as she could, which was pretty damn hard. Inuyasha unhooked his seatbelt and turned to face her, he suddenly pulled her to him in a tight embrace, "Kikyo calm down. I was at this hotel to hang out with an old friend when I found your sister. I'm taking her back to the house my brother and I have been living in to get her wounds healed. Please this isn't the time for this Kikyo. Your sister needs medical attention!"

"What do you mean...you FOUND her...Who did this to her?" Kikyo sobbed as she clung on to Inuyasha. "I don't know...But I know it was North-Siders..." He said sadly. "North-siders...There was more than one?" She began to cry harder, "I'm afraid so..." He whispered. "We have to get her to Sesshomaru..." He added. Se looked up at him in disbelief, "What do you mean, 'take her to Sesshomaru' He's the reason she fuckin' ran away!" She yelled at him. He looked at her confused, "What? Why would she run away because of him?" He asked questioningly, "Because he attacked us two-weeks ago! He killed the people who raised us, the ones we called family!" She shoved away from him. "Kikyo...Two weeks ago, Sesshomaru was in the Southern territory all day with me, we were finding a place to stay while all the people that raised us were hunting us down!" She looked at him like he was lying, "Kagome and I both saw him slaughter our border." He sighed, "Kikyo.. Please belive me...Even if you can't, our hideout is closer than your club, and Kagome needs help as soon as possible..." Kikyo looked away from him, and nodded, "Alright...Let's go..." She didn't know whether or not this was a good idea, but she would go if it would save her sister. As they entered the Southern Lands, the gaurds didn't even check his vehicle, just smiled and waved, 'What whimps...' He thought as he scoffed inwardly. They finally pulled up in front of a house, it was a lovely victorian house.

Lucky thing Sesshomaru wasn't back yet because he didn't have time to explain anything at the moment. Inuyasha laid Kagome on Sesshomaru's bed, for one thing, it was the most comfortable, for another, he figured that Sesshomaru's scent might bring her back to consciousness. Not to mention with all Kagome's injuries a crappy bed was the last thing she needed. He unraveled her from his sweater and the bloody sheets, wounds covered her body, all of them had blood coming from them, or had dried blood around them. They were so bad Inuyasha knew that many of them had a high possibility of scarring her body. He grabbed some peroxide and bandage from the first aid kit, Kikyo cleaned the wounds with a wet rag and peroxide while Inuyasha bandaged them up. Kikyo then thought of something, 'I'm a miko...I can heal her!' she focused her powers on Kagome and began to try and heal her sister with her powers but to no avail. "Why can't I heal her...She's a miko too, she should at least be reacting to my powers..." Inuyasha sighed heavily, "Maybe she does not want to be saved..." They covered Kagome in Sesshomaru's bedding now that most of the blood was gone. Now all they could do was wait. A couple hours later Sesshomaru arrived and all hell broke loose. "INUYASHA WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT BRINGING THAT WENCH HERE? WE HAVE ENOUGH PROBLEMS AROUND HERE WITHOUT YOU DRAGGING THEM INTO IT!"

"Sesshomaru, Please calm down and let me explain why she is here!."

"Calm down? CALM DOWN! I GAVE YOU ORDERS NOT TO ALLOW ANYONE TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE YOU FOOL! WHAT IF SHE PLANS ON TELLING THE WEST-SIDERS ABOUT WHERE WE ARE?" Sesshomaru pointed at Kikyou.

"I would not do that Lord Sesshomaru, But please, listen to your brother's reasoning..." Kikyo said carefully. Sesshomaru shifted himself over to his desk. "Fine then, tell me your...Excuse." It was obvious he was trying not to yell anymore. "You know Kikyou and Kagome are sisters..." Inuyasha continued to tell his brother everything that had happened while he had been gone, leaving out the fact that Kagome was nearly dead. "Oh Kami-sama...Where's Kagome! I have to see her...she must know the truth..." He looked at his brother, only a bit of his emotions showing in his eyes. "She's here brother, in your bed." He looked down sadly. Sesshomaru thought to himself, 'What could be so wrong that my brother would be so upset?' " What's the matter, Inuyasha." He asked coldly. "It's Kagome...I'd tell you but I just can't. You need to see for yourself..." Sesshomaru went into his bedroom and crept over to his bed and uncovered Kagome. What he saw filled him with horror, but what killed him the most was the smell he got. The smell of rape, blood, peroxide, fear, and her natural scent in one plus a scent he wasn't expecting. "Those sons-of-bitches! I'm gonna kill those bastards! I'm gonna kill them, I'm gonna kill them!" Sesshomaru's eye's tinted red. " Inuyasha. Call Koga, we are going to put an end to every god-damned North-sider in that trashed dump!" He was shaking in anger. "No Brother! Kagome needs you now...We can handle them when she is conscious enough to tell us what happened and who did this!" Sesshomaru eyes softened as he glanced at the woman with an emotion no one had seen from him since their parents died. "You're right," he whispered.

All of the sudden Sesshomaru then thought of something. "Maybe Tenseiga could heal Kagome.." "No Brother, it won't...Kagome's a Miko! If her own Miko sister can't her, than a demon sword won't be able to do anything...Sesshomaru, the only thing we can do is wait." Sesshomaru fell into a chair that had been placed next to the bed, his head in his hands. This couldn't be happening not now, not when he needed her the most.. He couldn't live without her, and he felt so stupid, to just be realizing this now as he stared down at her wounded body. Since they had split up he'd been walking around like a zombie. A nothing. A no one. And he could become one permantly if he lost her now. Inuyasha and Kikyo chose now to leave and give Sesshomaru some time, they knew it was for the best. Sesshomaru leaned over the edge of there bed and took Kagome's hand in his own. He knew even if it meant his own demise, he wouldn't..No..Couldn't, live without her. It was 8:30 am when Sesshomaru saw Kagome was shivering so he slid in beside her in the bed and took the wounded woman in his arms and held her close to him, the shivering went downa little bit from his body heat. He whispered to her, "It'll be alright, Kagome...Just please don't leave me...Don't leave me alone in the darkness again..."

Something began to stir in Kagome's mind "that voice is familiar." For some reason she oculd not pin point who it was, she knew who it was, but she couldn't remember. Kagome tried to open her eyes but realized her eyes has been bandaged. She began to try to speak but realized she was locked in her own mind. She couldn't leave the prison walls of her mind, her body wouldn't respond to what she wanted it to do! Kikyo and Inuyasha returned with more medical supplies and groceries, Kikyo and him went into the bedroom quietly after they had put everything away, only to see Sesshoumaru asleep holding Kagome. She looked at Inuyasha sadly, "He really does love doesn't he?" Inuyasha sighed and nodded, "While they were apart for those two weeks, all he did was stand at the window looking out towards the East...He rarely, if ever, ate or slept.." Kikyo nodded, "Kagome was almost the same way...Except she never left her bed..." He nodded, "Should we wake him?" She shook her head, "No leave him, they need this, both of them..." They both turned and left the room, Inuyasha's arm around her shoulder.

The tortured existence had begun and it was killing Kagome. Her mind was alive but her body wouldn't respond. She walked narrow halls filled with darkness and locked doors, screaming. She wanted out, she needed out. She couldn't live like this in the darkness! She was all alone...She sat in a dark corner, not a shed of light in the entire depths of her mind, and yet, even in the darkness, she felt somehow safe, it was as if she knew she was being protected by someone who cared for her. She would try to get out again tomorrow, once she had her strength back, she would NOT live like this.