NVP

Chapter 6

Gor'lan awoke to the worst headache he'd ever had. Opening his eyes only made it worse but he had to know where he was. The last thing he could remember was battling that rather cunning and deceptive creature. Surely it had not simply left him after his defeat, had it?

Opening his eyes, he saw that he was lying on his back on a large stone table of some sort. The walls of the room were stone as well and there seemed to be only one exit. He tried to sit up for a clearer view but found that his arms and legs were bound in shackles and chains that were fixed to the table. He struggled against them but even his great strength couldn't budge them.

He thought of trying to shoot them off with his plasma caster but it was then that he realized it was no longer there. As he looked down he found that that was not the only thing missing. Most of his armor had been removed as well. The only things left were his mask and (thankfully) his loincloth. He felt a presence nearby as if it had appeared from nowhere, then heard the quiet shuffling of cloth rubbing against itself.

The door to his chamber opened with a loud creak to reveal Naraku, now changed out of the baboon pelt and into his usual clothing. Gor'lan felt a surge of rage build at the sight of his captor as he realized what had happened. He let out his frustration in a loud roar that seemed to shake the ground beneath him.

Naraku, unfazed by the outburst, approached calmly and walked around behind Gor'lan and out his range of view. Gor'lan heard him moving something around, and then heard a sound he knew all too well. The sound of a blade being drawn.

Naraku turned back and moved so that Gor'lan could see him. When he spoke Gor'lan couldn't understand a word of it, but got the general idea by how Naraku toyed with the knife. He turned it so the dim light of the chamber glinted off the surface.

"What are you, I wonder? You are obviously not human, but I can tell you are no demon either." Naraku said calmly.

Gor'lan remained silent, staring at Naraku defiantly behind his mask.

Naraku sighed seeming disappointed at first, until he smiled. "Very well then. I shall search for my answers within you, but first I would know the face of my prisoner.

Gor'lan thrashed his head in an attempt to avoid the blade as it came towards him, but a firm grasp from Naraku put a quick end to that. He cut through the tubes that his mask pressurized and jumped back as the pressure was released. When it stopped he stepped forward and took hold of the mask again. When he lifted it away Gor'lan locked eyes with Naraku for the first time. His pale eyes reflected the hatred that steadily built within him. He growled as Naraku leaned down for a better look.

"Ellosde pauk, lou'tde kalei!" Gor'lan screamed into his face.

Naraku frowned, "So you aren't from these lands are you?"

Gor'lan's gaze hardened even more for a split second, then he snapped his head forward as hard and fast as he could and met Naraku's forehead with his own. Naraku staggered back a few steps and glared down at him. Naraku's look of surprise as he had attacked would have made Inuyasha proud. Naraku laughed and came back, still twisting the blade in his hands.

"Whatever language it is that you speak, I promise you'll be using it to beg by the time I'm done with you." He sneered.

Kagura was sitting at the other end of the castle, looking up at the steadily rising sun. Her thoughts of freedom were broken though, when an inhuman scream erupted from deep within the castle. A scream that seemed to have no end. Kagura cringed.

'How long can this one last?' She wondered. 'How long until I suffer a similar fate?'

There was nothing she could do at this point even if she wanted to.

Naraku still had possession of her heart. He'd likely kill her if she interfered, so, she resigned herself to staring up at the clear sky, trying futily to block out the pain-filled screams rising from below.

Sorry this chapter is so short but it seemed like a good place to stop. I didn't like writing this one anyway. (Predfan to the core!)

Please review!