Chapter Thirteen "Captured"
"Show us your face, coward!" taunted Lord Hojo. Inuyasha's fists were clenched as he fought the urge to strike him. "You don't need to know who he is." Kagome said. Hojo sneered at her. "Whats wrong, Angel? Don't you want to introduce your lover to the Heavens? Or are you ashamed of him?"
"Of course I'm not ashamed! You're the one who should be ashamed, Lord Hojo. You're instigating a fight in my palace, and I won't have it! You will leave us alone or I'll-"
"Kagome, don't waste your breath. It's clear this fool needs to learn the hard way when to shut his mouth, and I would be more than happy to teach him." InuYasha cracked his knuckles. Hojo laughed. "You? Order me around? Listen well Kagome, because I won't say it again: You don't tell me what to do. You are a woman. It doesn't matter what rank you are. You're told what to do. Got it? And as for you," he looked at Inuyasha, "you can't teach me anything. I'm not the fool here, you are." He spit at Inuyasha's feet. That was it. There was no way he could control himself. He punched Hojo right in the face, earning shreiks from the Ladies and shouts from the Lords. Soldiers ran towards the fight, shouting and cheering, and Inuyasha was about to go again when a booming voice inturrupted him.
"What is going on here?" demanded Hiro. The room was instantly silenced. Hojo covered his face in his hands, but the blood dripped through his fingers and onto the floor. Inuyasha must have broken his nose. Kagome's eyes were glued to the floor. Inuyasha stopped breathing.
"Well? Is anyone going to tell me what's going on here?" He looked at Hojo and helped him to his feet. "Hojo, are you alright? What happened?" Hojo pionted a bloody finger at the masked man. "Ask him! That masked lunatic attacked me! The one in the cloak, your daughter's secret lover!"
"Secret lover? What are you talking about?" "That man right there! No one knowes who he is, and he refuses to reveal himself! I saw him kiss the Angel Kagome! I saw it!" Hiro approached Inuyasha. He peered into his face. "Who are you?" Suddenly, Hiro's eyes opened wide. He caught a scent, dark and twisted. Demon.
"You!" Before he could do anything to stop him, Hiro riped off Inuyasha's mask, scratching his face with his ring.The crowed gasped. Ladies shreiked and fainted. Lords swore angrily. A thin line of blood appeared like magic on the scratch on Inuyasha's face. "You! How dare you come here! Guards! Seize him! Don't let him escape this time!" Inuyasha ripped off his gloves and cloak and fought off the guards. Soldiers shot at him, but he dodged the bullets. He slashed the shoulder of one with his claws and knocked out another. A older guard went to kick him in the face and Inuyasha caught his foot and threw him over his shoulder. Another guard shot him in the theigh and Inuyasha fell to his knees, yelling in pain. There were too many of them.
A soldier returned with chains and chained up the demon. Kagome broke her promise to herself and began to cry. "Stop it! Don't hurt him! Please!" An old, bitter soldier smirked at her tears and replied, "Welcome to war, Missy. People get hurt, and people die." Hiro looked into Inuyasha's eyes and smirked. "Just how I like to see you monsters-in chains. Take him away!"