Sold Chapter 4.
Sango walked through the store, and flipped her long dark-brown hair over her shoulder, wishing she had thought to tie it back before she had come here. She sighed, and knew there was no use worrying about it now.
'Besides,' She thought, 'It's not like I have to be totally dressed up just to buy a slave or anything.'
Right as she completed that thought, she caught sight of herself in a mirror, and groaned inwardly. She had dressed like she was going on a hot date, and she really hoped that it seemed casual enough to suggest that she dressed like that every day.
She was wearing a pair of tight dark blue jeans, and her brand new white Phat Farms. Not the girls kind, either, the guys kind, pure white, with the white strap across the top. Undone, of course. Her shirt was a dark red V necked T-shirt, and it clung tightly to her figure as she walked around. It stopped just an inch above her pants, and revealed a tiny bit of her soft flat belly.
She bent down and looked into a cage, grimacing and backing away at what she saw. The animals were mostly human shape, yet were living in conditions that the animal shelter would be ashamed of. She shook her head, her hair forgotten, and kept on walking as her long brown hair flowed around her, before coming to rest on both sides of her face. Sango gently brushed it away and hooked it behind one ear as she bent down to look in another cage. She saw a female tucked into a cage, and clucked her tongue at the sight that greeted her.
The girl was actually very beautiful, with a pretty face and nice body, but the only reason she was in this cage was because she had sharp claws, and her eyes were a beautiful black, with golden pupils. Sango sighed. So she was stuck in a cage because she had a different eye color than what people considered the norm, and because her claws were a bit sharp. It was disgusting.
Sango kept walking and peered into a few other cages, catching glimpse of a few other animals, male and female, and some that she couldn't tell. She was about to give up when she looked into another cage, and caught her breath.
Inside was the most beautiful girl Sango had ever seen. The girl had deep blue eyes, and long blonde hair. It was slightly tangled and dirty right now, but with a bit of work it would be flowing long and shiny. The girl was tucked in the back of the small cage, staring out at Sango warily. Sango smiled at the girl, and the girl slowly crept forward on her hands and knees, unable to stand, for the cage wasn't high enough. Once the girl reached the wire mesh, she slowly raised a clawed hand and placed it against the mesh, pushing slightly. Sango couldn't help but feel bad for the girl, and she raised her hand, pressing it against the girls hand, only the wire mesh separating them.
"You wanna buy her or cast loving looks at her until closing time?" The bored guard said, twirling his katana around lazily. Sango straightened up, and thought about it for a quick second.
"Um, yeah, I'll take her." She said.
The guard nodded, and dropped his katana, so that it landed point down, handle up in the dirt beside him. He grabbed a pair of keys and unlocked the cage, motioning for the girl to come out. When the girl didn't immediately come out, the guard reached in, and hooked a finger around a collar that was around her neck, pulling her roughly out.
"Hey, watch it!" Sango said angrily, bending down to help the girl up, for she had tumbled onto the floor. The guard shrugged, and picked up katana, swinging it around again.
"She's yours now, watch her or else." He said, bringing the katana dangerously close to the slaves face. Sango glared at him, and gently pulled the girl to the front desk, where she paid, and got a bagful of whatever had been in the girls possession at the time of the capture, but Sango was too pissed to look through it, and handed it to the girl without looking. Sango then took her hand, and led her out of that place, down the street, to the bus stop. Once there, Sango instructed her new slave to sit down beside her, and wait for the bus.
A few minutes later, the bus came, and they got on without incident. Then Sango chose a seat, and instructed her slave to sit beside her, in very clear terms, so she would understand.
Obviously the slave wasn't stupid.
"Hey, you can stop speaking to me like I'm retarded, or I know 4 words of english or something." The slave said, looking at Sango. Sango looked back, clearly surprised, and asked what she meant.
"Well," She said in a sultry voice, "I am almost pure human, and so I lasted a bit longer before I was noticed as having a bit of demon in me, so I was able to complete up to grade 8 education." She said.
Sango nodded, and looked her over.
"All I can see is your claws." She noted, and the girl nodded. "That's because the other part of me that's demon is hidden." She said. "This way, I can sometimes pass as human in the presence of very old or young humans, or humans who don't look at my nails." She said. Then she paused. "Or, I used to do that, until I got captured." She said.
Sango touched her arm sympathetically, and the girl turned to her. "Oh yes, I owe you my thanks, for freeing me." She said. "Thank you, ...?"
Sango realized that neither of them knew each others names. "Sango, and you are?"
The girl smirked.
"Well, before I was captured, I was called Aiko." She said. "You may call me that, or give me a new name, depending on what it is you wish for me." She said.
Sango shook her head.
"Do you like your old name?" She asked. Aiko nodded.
Sango smiled. "Then I shall continue to call you that." She said.
Aiko nodded. Suddenly, the bus lurched to a stop, and Sango looked around. She went wide eyed, and jumped up, grabbing Aiko's hand. "Come on, this is our stop!" She said, and they walked down the aisle, getting off the bus. Once off, they walked down the street for a few meters, before turning up another street. They walked up that street for a few seconds, before coming to a smooth black paved driveway that led to a beautiful two storey house.
Sango opened the door, and motioned for Aiko to go through the door. She did, and Sango followed behind her.
"Welcome to my place." She said.
Aiko, as if finally realizing for the first time that she was free, looked around with awe, admiring the spacious interior. She took a deep breath, and for once it wasn't tainted with the scent of waste, garbage, and dirt. Aiko stretched, arms out to either side, and stuck her chest out as she arched her back, tilting her head back, closing her eyes, purring deeply. Sango could only stare as this woman stretched, revealing what was a very beautiful figure. Sango shook it off, and noticed the girls dirty blonde hair.
Hey, you wanna take a bath, get cleaned up and stuff while I make us something to eat?" She asked, and Aiko relaxed, bringing her arms back down to her sides as she breathed out.
"Sure." She said. Then added quietly, "Thank you."
Sango pointed the way up the stairs to the bathroom, and then proceeded to the kitchen to make something for them to eat. A few minutes later, the sound of running water was heard, and it was only then that Sango realized that Aiko had nothing to change into. She quickly flicked off the stove, and hurried upstairs, to her room. She opened her door, and walked into her spacious room, with it's pure white walls, decorated with a few Gundam Seed posters. She loved that anime, and and had most of the mangas. She smiled to herself, planning to go buy the rest next week, and opened her closet. She grabbed a black sleeveless shirt and a pair of blue jeans, as well as a pair of socks. She had bought a few things in advance for the slave, but she wasn't sure if the slave would like them, so she wasn't going to take the price tags off unless the slave liked them, so she could return them if she didn't.
Sango walked out of her room, and down the hall, to where the bathroom lay. She knocked on the door, and a second later heard Aiko's sexy voice.
"Yes, Sango?"
Sango dropped the clothes on the floor, and raised her voice a bit to be heard over the running water.
"I'm leaving a change of clothes outside the door for you." She said. Aiko said her thanks, and Sango retreated down the hallway, back to the kitchen.
Kagome looked at InuYasha, and he looked back at her, blinking.
"What is it that you require, Kagome?" He asked. It had been three or four days, and he guessed the honeymoon was over. Kagome was tired of treating him good and showing him off to her friends. She was now going to put him to work. Not that he minded. He could do work forever, he didn't care what happened as long as he got to sleep in his bed every night and got to eat half-decent food.
Kagome laughed at his tone.
"Lighten up, InuYasha, it's not like I'm sentencing you to death." She said. "I just wanted to know if you wanted to help me and Ayumi, Eri, and Yuka move Ayumi's stuff to a different place, their moving." She said. InuYasha's ears flicked forward, and he nodded happily. It wasn't the floor-scrubbing work, but rather the work e enjoyed, lifting heavy boxes. He could do that all day. He agreed, and Kagome smiled, taking his hand. She led him to the car, and he got in. Kagome slid in right beside him, and Kagome's mother grinned at them in the rearview mirror.
"Everyone set?" She asked, and Kagome nodded. Kagome's mother engaged the reverse, and backed out of the driveway. Kagome hurriedly leaned over InuYasha and grabbed the seatbelt, putting it on him. He asked why she had done that, and Kagome gravely shook her head.
"She's crazy on the road." Kagome whispered. InuYasha shrugged.
"She can't be that bad." He whispered back, watching Kagome struggle with her own seat belt, drawing it as tightly across her as she could.
"You'll see." Was the worried reply.
InuYasha settled back, quite sure that Kagome was exaggerating, as Mrs. Higurashi slowly accelerated down the road, shifting to second.
InuYasha was just about to tell Kagome she was wrong, when he was deafened by a loud roar, as Kagome's mother slammed on the gas, cutting into the oncoming lane, to pass a slow car in front of her. InuYasha listened to the pitch of the engine, and just when he thought it couldn't possibly get any louder, it did. Mrs. Higurashi tapped the clutch, and floored the gas, maxing out the revs, before engaging third and popping the clutch. The scream settled down to a dull roar, and slowly worked it's way back up. Mrs. Higurashi pulled back into her lane as a car appeared around the corner up ahead, driving toward them. She took the left hand turn sharp, her car half over the yellow dividing line, in the middle of the road.
Kagome grabbed InuYasha's hand as a truck appeared around the corner, and InuYasha looked down for a second, to see that Kagome's knuckles were white. Mrs. Higurashi moved over a bit, but nearly enough to make InuYasha feel safe, and he held his breath as the truck tore by them, with inches to spare. Suddenly, the car was jerked to the right, and the car careened toward the ditch, before straightening out, back on the middle of the road.
"Pothole." Kagome's mother said, and swerved a few more times.
The rest of the drive proceeded in a similar fashion, until they reached their destination, where a moving truck had already been rented, and backed up to the house.
InuYasha got out, and vowed never to drive with Kagome's mother again. She was dangerous.
Eri, Yuka and Ayumi appeared out of the house as the car pulled up in the driveway, and they all surrounded the right side of the car, where InuYasha was. They were laughing and talking, and screaming Kagome's and InuYasha's names, and InuYasha thought that maybe he should stay in the car.
"I'll go and get us all something to drink!" Mrs. Higurashi said, getting ready to back out of the driveway, and InuYasha decided that he would risk the girls. He jumped out of the car, and was quickly followed by Kagome.
"Hey InuYasha!" Said Yuka, and InuYasha backed up against the car. Yuka smiled, and reached out for InuYasha's shirt, but was stopped by Kagome.
"Leave him alone, Yuka!" Kagome exclaimed.
Yumi sighed, and nodded. "Okay, fine, I'll leave him alone." She said unhappily. Eri and Ayumi started talking to him, and once again Kagome broke them up as she saw InuYasha's ears flatten against his skull.
"Stop crowding him you guys!" Kagome shouted, and InuYasha was able to get off the car as they backed up. With a honk and a wave, Kagome's mother took off, and InuYasha changed the subject.
"So where's all these boxes we have to move?" He asked.
Ayumi pointed in the house, and said that most of it was all in the living room, but there were still a few boxes in each of the rooms. InuYasha nodded, and walked into the house, grabbing the first box he saw. He walked out of the house, and raised an eyebrow at the four just standing in the driveway, watching him.
"Well, are you going to help, or just stand there and watch me work?" He asked.
"Well, you technically are the slave here, you know that, right?" Eri asked, and was immediately elbowed by Kagome, Yuka and Ayumi.
"She didn't mean that InuYasha, what we mean is, we're gonna wait until mom gets back with drinks before we start."
InuYasha said nothing, and walked up the steel ramp, into the back of the truck. He placed the box at the very back, and returned to the house to get another one.
Just another reminder that he was a hanyou, and humans, no matter how kind they appeared, would always take advantage of him if they could.
Best to keep his guard up, and not get too close to this Kagome.