Her Turn
"This is a boy of fifteen. Perhaps a bit too young for a plaything, but he would still make a nice decoration around your home. He could even be tonight's dinner! We'll start the bid at 30,000 yen."
"35,000!" shouted a woman with bright green hair in the front row.
"42,000!" called a man towards the back. His eyes were eerily reptilian.
"50,000!"
"60,000!"
The bids went higher and higher until the same woman with green hair screamed, "200,000 yen!"
The crowd went quiet as the announcer looked around. "Nobody? Alright, going once, going twice, sold to the demoness in the front row." A buff guard grabbed the boy's arm and pulled him off the stage where his new owner was waiting.
Kagome tuned out as the next couple biddings went by in a flash. The next thing she knew, it was her turn next. The girl in front of her stood on the stage, doing her best to mask the tears that were threatening to spill. She was bought for 300,000 yen and was led away by a withered, corpse-like man with a tail.
