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Chapter 2: Captured
People ran screaming out of their houses trying to escape the pirates rath.
The pirates stormed the city, setting fire to houses and shops as they ran up and down the streets.
Kagome ran inside her house to get her family. "MOM! GRAMPA! SOUTA!"
"Kagome!" her mother ran out of her room, still in her dresssing gown, Souta and Grampa behind her. "We need to get out of here." she grabbed her hand and ran outside.
Screams and smoke filled the air. Kagome could no longer see the stars. Her family ran up the street blending in with the crowd that was running toward the forest.
"Barlum!" Kagome screamed as he ran past an axe in his hand.
"You and your family get out of here Kagome!" he yelled back. "Me and the boys are defending our town!"
"Yeah!" Souta cried running after him.
"Souta! NO!" Midori screamed reaching helplessly after her baby boy.
"I'll go after him, mom. You and Gramps run, we'll catch up!"
Midori nodded and allowed herself to be dragged off by her father.
Kagome turned and ran after her brother. Her feet throbed each time they hit the cobblestone street as she had on no shoes.
"Souta! Souta!!" she yelled. Men ran by her intent on fighting off the pirate invaders.
Kagome ran down man street and saw her first pirate throwing a bomb inside the butcher's shop. He had short cropped black hair that blended in with his nice chocolate skin.
"Hey pretty lady. Why are you running?" He asked with a terrible grin not even flinching when the shop exploded.
"Get out of my way! I have no time for you!" Kagome yelled back braver than she felt.
"You got guts pretty lady. But what happens when their spilt all over the floor?" he grabed hid shortsword and charged her down.
Kagome jumped out of his way and continued runing yelling out her brother's name.
"Souta!" she yelled and then she saw him. He had a large stick in his hands and was fighting off one of the pirates.
"No!" She screamed as he tore the stick out of her brother's hands and raised his hand to hit him.
"STOP!" She grabbed his wrist before he could bring it down. The pirate turned to her. He had long red feathers in place of his hair and big black eyes with no whites.
A bird demon.
"Leave him alone!" Kagome yelled releasing his wrist and standing between her and her brother.
"Souta, run!" She said not looking at him.
"But I want to fight!" he cried back still too young to understand the danger.
"Souta RUN!" Kagome said ducking a punvh from the bird demon.
Souta started breathing hard and looking around.
"GO!" she said grabbing his wrist as he made another try to hit her.
Souta turned and ran off toward the forest not looking back.
The demon smiled evily as she forced her to her knees. "Your a brave little wench aren't you?" He asked. With a flick of his wrist he threw her aside.
Kagome landed in a heap and before she could get up he was back grabbing her throat and pulling her off the ground.
"I like it when they struggle." he said fiercly.
Suddenly his face contorted with pain as he gasped. Kagome looked down and saw a sword sticking out of his chest.
"What have I told you about wemon and children, Dibious?" A cold icy voice asked.
Dibious coughed up a little blood as he let go of Kagome. She fell at his feet and grabbed her sore throat.
The long piece of steal withdrew from his chest and he fell beside Kagome his black eyes blank.
Kagome gasped and turned her eyes away to the boots of the man who had...saved her?
She drew her gaze upwards seeing black pants and boots, a red shirt, long silver hair, cold emotionless golden eyes.
She gasped again as she recognized who had 'saved' her.
"Silver." she whispered in shock.
"Aw you've heard of me. I'm honored." he smiled coldly and grabbed her by her upper arm and forced her up.
"Now be honost," He said pointing his sword at her heart. "I'm looking for something. Maybe you've heard of it? It's called the Shikon no Tama. Or Heart of the sea."
Kagome gasped and her eyes widened.
"Ah so you do know of it." He said his eyes sparkling. "Tell me."
"I...I know nothing." Kagome lied quickly.
But Silver caught her lie. "I said, be honest." His grip tightened. "Tell me"
Kagome cried out in pain. Of course she knew what it was. Every Singer knew what the Shikon no Tama was. The sacred Heart of the Sea. It had the powers to control the water, like any Singer. Or, in the hands of a real Singer, control the entire ocean and everything in it. It was a dangerous and powerful artifact. But only Singers knew what it was. If he knew she was a Singer...
"I don't know anything!" Kagome lied again.
Silver growled in frustraition. "Miroku!" He called out.
Immediatly a black haired man with violet dancing eyes came forward. "Yes, Captain?"
"Take her to the ship!" He ordered throwing Kagome at Miroku. "She knows something. I want to know what!"
The man named Miroku nodded and threw her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.
Silver grabbed her head and forced her to look at him. "I will find out what you know." He promised. Then he brought the butt of his sword down on her head.
She lost consiousness.
Kagome coughed and woke up slowly, her head throbbing painfully.
She groaned and opened her eyes.
She was in a prison of some sort laying on a wooden cot.
She put a hand to her head. It must have been because of the blow to her head but it felt like the very earth was moving back and forth.
Kagome sat up and looked around her. Where ever she was, it was made entirely of wood. The whole place was dark and damp.
Spying a window, she got up slowly and hobbled over to it. One look outisde made her back up quickly into the heavy wooden bars of her cell.
Water, blue crystal clear water. The moving of the earth was actually the rocking of a ship. She was on the ocean.
"Oh your up." A tiny childlike voice said.
Kagome turned with a gasp to see a small orange hair child sitting up from his position on top of a barrel. He was rubbing his eyes as if he had just woken up.
Kagome watched him with open eyes.
"The Captain said to fetch him when you woke up. I'll be back later, 'k?" and he leapt from his barrel and up a flight of stairs. He threw open a door and Kagome saw a flash of the endless blue sky before it shut again.
She stumbled to her cot and sat down trying to slow her breathing.
"I've...I've been captured...by pirates. And I'm on...I'm on the..." Her voice trailed off before she ran back to the window as the full force of where she was sank in. "I'm on the ocean!"
"Yes you are." A chilling voice from behind her said. She turned quickly and saw Silver walking towards her cell. "And you can get off the ocean and back on land if you just answer one, simple question."
Kagome tensed as she waited for it. "Where is...the Shikon...no Tama?" he said it slowly as if he knew her head wasn't working right.
"I know nothing." Kagome answered immediatly.
"Your a bad liar." he said.
And she was but she couldn't tell him. Every Singer knew a clue to the Shikon no Tama. It was a riddle that they would sing. However, if he knew she was a Singer...
"I know nothing." she repeated.
Silver growled menicingly. "You will tell me."
"I don't know what your talking about!" Kagome answered.
"Oh but you do." he snarled ripping open the door of her cage. "What do you know?"
"Nothing!"
"Tell me!" He grabbed her arms in a tight grip digging his claws deep into her skin.
"I don't know!" she said knowing her punishment would be worse if he knew the truth.
He snarled right in her face.
"Uh, Captain?" A quiet and calm voice said from behind.
"What?" He said turning his anger on the man Kagome remembered as Miroku.
"If I might make a suggestion?" Silver snarled his response.
Miroku smiled and walked into the suddenly cramped cell.
"What is your name, my lady?" He asked taking her hands while Silver backed off.
Kagome looked quickly between the two men and their totally different demeaners and answered shakily, "K...Kagome."
"Ah what a beautiful name. Kagome." he said it slowly with his eyes closed as if tasting a fine wine. "A perfect name for one such as yourself. Now, Kagome," he smiled at her as if sharing a secret, "The Captain is, believe or not, a very good man." Kagome tried not to snort. "Now all he wants to know, is what you know. You tell him, your off the ship at the next port and your stay until then will be pleasent."
"I don't know anything." Kagome repeated.
"Now Kagome, the Captain doesn't like being lied to." He growled at the end of Miroku's statement. "But if you tell the truth, nothing will happen."
"There is nothing to tell." Kagome responded immediatly.
The Captain snarled immpatiently and grabbed her by the arm again. Kagome squealed in protest as he dragged her roughly upstairs and out on deck.
He threw her to the ground next to a bucket and hand scrubber.
"If you know nothing, than you are now a slave upon my ship. Let's see if hard work jogs your memory." and he stopped off leaving Kagome alone.
She looked at the surounding pirates, they barely glanced at her, most didn't even act like they noticed her.
"Get to cleaning, wench!" the captain yelled from his seat overlooking the ship.
Kagome reached over and grabbed the scrubber.
Cleaning the deck was much better than being torutered and flogged. She dipped it into the soap and water and started working, if not gladly, than relieved that she wouldn't suffer the Singer's curse.
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