Chapter 6
"Uggg," I feel a little dizzy as I try to focus my eyes. I want to rub them but chains are holding my arms. That arrogant dog! The cold, hard ground is harsh on my body as is the wall. How dare he? He puts me in this dingy dungeon with skeletons and rats. No windows with only a door in front of me. It's so dark. Where is Shippo? I hope that he escaped. I have to get out of here. I hear the door opening.
The light stings my eyes and it makes me wonder how long I have out. Although it is comforting to now that there are touches outside the room, so that means that people come down her often.
"I see that you awake," a tiger demon stands at the door. He is tall, orange, with black stripes all over his face and arms. His yellow eyes with pitch-black pupils star right at me yet through me. He wears a guard uniform with the dog emblem on the left breast. A sword is his weapon on his left hip.
"………." I chose not to speak since I don't know what he'll do. He could seriously hurt me and no one will hear me or even see me.
"I have been ordered not to feed you but give you water twice a day."
He takes a step towards me and I watch his carefully. A wooden spoon is brought to my lips and I take small sips of water. The water is stale but it is better than the water on the streets. I'll be fine. The droplets of water are wonderful as it slides down my throat but all too soon is the water gone.
"Thank you," I say softly to him. Maybe if I befriend him then he will sneak me more rations and I'll survive long enough to think of an escape plan.
He starts to walk away back to the door but stops and takes one look at me and shakes his head.
"It's a shame that a beauty like you is trapped in here."
The door slams shut and a lock is set. Once again, I'm welcomed by darkness, but alright that's alright since I'm always alone.
Chapter 7
I suppose that I hit that woman too hard in the head, she is still unconscious. Not that this Sesshoumaru cares, but it puts a damper in my plans for her. Things around the palace are silent and still mundane. This Sesshoumaru wonders if that ningen will provide some entertainment, this Sesshoumaru should visit her soon. Yes, this Sesshoumaru shall do that tomorrow. So far, she has been a couple days without food, she should be getting weak.
"Milord," a voice calls from outside my chamber doors.
"Enter."
The tiger demon kneels before me until I tell him to rise.
"Tsume, report."
"The woman is awake and I gave her some water as desired."
"Did she say anything?"
"Nothing except for 'thank you' after I gave her water."
"Do not get attached to her," I warn.
"No, milord."
"Dismissed. Report to me tomorrow morn."
"Hai."
Tsume disappears from my sight and I turn my attention the window. She said, "thank you." Why? She disrespects me but respects a guard that she has never met. Ningens are a confusing breed; stupid and confusing. So why must I rule them?
This Sesshoumaru continues to wonder and think for the rest of the afternoon and well into the evening.
I wonder if I should feed the wench, she has been without food for a total of six or so days. She should be alright; after all, she has lived on the streets for a majority of her life. What a street rat she is! Actually, rats probably have it better than her and that's the way that it should be.
Most humans are afraid of the dark and that human female has been in the dark continuously for four days. Most humans would have gone insane without any daylight and certainly the intensity that she had in her eyes that day in the throne room would not have appeared. She will reject the day that she decided to insult this Sesshoumaru. She will pay after all I did promise that I would break her when I took her from the alley.
"SESSHOUMARU!"