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Retribution
Five
Kagome whimpered as she came to, looking around her, her vision slightly hazy. She found herself lying in Inuyasha's bed once again, the sheets tucked round her. She found that Inuyasha was lying next to her, his elbow propped up on the pillow, head resting on his hand. He was watching her intently. He gave her a warm smile when she opened her eyes, and she tried to give one in return, far from managing it.
"You've been watching me this whole time?" he nodded in response, stroking the rebellious hairs back behind her ear. Slowly but surely, all memories of last night returned, and that sickened feeling returned with them, along with the foul taste of Katsura.
"Here," he said, handing her a glass of some strange coloured juice. She took it slowly.
"Thank you," was said before she downed the first mouthful. She was surprised at the sweet taste, and smiled at him. "What is it?"
"Mom said you should have something high in sugar after you puked like that. Do you like it?"
She nodded, the taste sweet and stronger than the foul, salty flavour of the lingering aftertaste of Katsura's essence.
Again that warm smile was rewarded her when she handed him back the empty glass. He cupped her cheek with his hand, and continued to smile. "Will you let me kiss you now?" he asked, and her eyes widened as she blushed, but she nodded without hesitation. The girl whimpered as he placed her with a chaste kiss, so soft was his touch that she trembled under it, and he pulled back a little, stroking her nose with his. "What's wrong?" she shook her head with a slight smile.
"Can you just…why won't you hold me?"
Inuyasha's eyes widened slightly.
"I didn't want to push…"
She looked away from him, and he saw why. Tears glistened as they ran down her cheeks. "What's wrong?"
"I know…I know I promised to tell you but I…I can't…"
Inuyasha sighed, pulling her against his chest, and she leant into his arms further.
"I can't help you anymore…I can't stop this pain if I don't know who's causing it."
"But I can't…"
He sat up and she looked at him in confusion.
"Last night you said you loved me."
She avoided his eyes before replying.
"I do…"
"And I love you too, Kagome, more than you can imagine, so tell me what happened." Still no answer, he tilted her head to look at him. "I want to see your smile…I want to watch you being happy, I want you to laugh…but I can't help you do that, if you won't help me…"
Suddenly the door opened, and Inu-no-Taishou, Sesshōmaru and Izayoi stepped in slowly.
"You're awake then, Miss Kagome," Inu-no-Taishou said as he walked towards them, stopping at the side of the bed. "I don't know what to say, except I'm sorry…I treated you like a murderer, like a criminal, when all this time you've suffered just to come here and warn me."
Kagome bowed her head slightly, and Inuyasha squeezed her hand softly, making her raise her eyes to Inu-no-Taishou. "I will make amends for my mistake, I swear…but I want you to be able to move past it…I want to be able to see you well. So can you please tell Inuyasha, and me, and Izayoi and Sesshōmaru, what happened, so we can get justice for what you've suffered, and so you can feel safe in this house."
A long silence fell, in which Inuyasha watched the tears stop falling from her eyes, they watched her closely, finally seeing her nod in response to Inu-no-Taishou's question.
"The reformed demon slayer village, the one where I belonged, they were invited to join an attack on Lord Inu-no-Taishou, on the night of the New Law gathering, but they refused, and sent me here to warn you about those who were known by name, who were spies amongst you. But…in the distance as I rode here, I watched the village go up in flames…the revolutionaries had decided to make sure we could not warn you, but they had not counted on my escape…" her eyes turned glassy once more, and Inuyasha stroked her hand with his thumbs reassuringly, before she continued.
"And when I arrived here, the gathering was already in full swing…I tried to make my way to you, but I got overwhelmed and overheated with all the things going on, and I went into the gardens, where Inuyasha followed me. Their first mistake was then. They'd seen me enter, and launched the attack so if I survived, I could be framed as one of their own. But I was with Inuyasha when it began. The demons of yours I killed, they were some of the spies, and they tried to kill me off in the battle, but Inuyasha stopped them, in turn, I killed them." Inu-no-Taishou and the others watched her carefully, and she took a breath before continuing. "Katsura told you I was a revolutionary to shut me up, to keep me away from you, so I couldn't warn you, he hadn't counted on Inuyasha's trust in a person he'd just met running so deep, and intended to keep me locked up where no one that mattered could ever speak to me."
Inuyasha watched her carefully, knowing it was coming to the reason she had been so strange when she had been brought to him, and he didn't want her to feel overwhelmed with having to explain this all to them. "They took me down, tied me up, and they…"
"Did they rape you?" asked Inuyasha softly.
"They hit me…took it in turns to molest me…make me do things that…" she paused for a moment, blinking away tears and not meeting Inuyasha's eyes. "After, I was stripped and…when he went to finish what he started, the guard came, and said I was to be taken to Inuyasha." She looked to Inu-no-Taishou. "I'm not the first, they treated every prisoner the way I was treated…some even it looked as if it had happened over and over to…your guards, the revolutionary ones…they beat and rape your prisoners, every day since I don't know when." Inu-no-Taishou looked quite shocked, but didn't interrupt her, and gave Inuyasha a look that made him hold back whatever he was going to say.
"The guard dragged me up the stairs, and threw me into Inuyasha's room…it was those very same revolutionaries that broke in that night to try and get me away from Inuyasha…" Inuyasha sat up slightly, pulling his hand out of hers.
"But who was it?" She pulled out the piece of parchment from under the pillow, handing it to Inu-no-Taishou.
"When I wrote the note to Inuyasha, I wrote a list of the revolutionaries' names, but he must have not noticed it, he must have let it slip under the sheets or something." Inu-no-Taishou took the parchment, reading the long list of names.
"Most of these demons - they're some of my most trusted men." She nodded.
"But which one?!" demanded Inuyasha suddenly, jumping to his feet. "What happened last night, and which one did it?" She looked distinctly away from him, and at the sheets.
"Katsura…" she mumbled, and everyone's eyes' widened. "When you and Lady Izayoi left to speak the other day…he advanced on me, and - touched me, reminding me that I shouldn't tell anyone anything, and he said that if I did he'd make good of his threat, and make me wish for death before he finished his torment on me. He said he couldn't get me away from Inuyasha before, but this way he'd have more fun…and he…" she covered herself absentmindedly, and insecurely, and Inuyasha' s eyes widened as he knew what she meant.
"He told me to meet him, later, which was last night, and to come when Inuyasha was asleep. So I decided to leave, so that he couldn't hurt me anymore, and so he couldn't tell anyone what he'd done to me…but he caught me. He dragged me into the washroom downstairs, where you found me…" she choked on her newly formed tears, and Inuyasha watched her closely, trying to hear her out before he went insane at Katsura. "He told me to behave myself, and he…told me to take my clothes off…I…I did what he told me to do…and he…" she swept her hair off her neck, and Inuyasha saw the teeth marks again.
"He did that to you?"
"Most of the injuries on me, were inflicted by him…"
Inu-no-Taishou watched his younger son's fists clench at his sides, trembling with anger.
"He touched me…and then told me to…" she stopped, the memory overwhelming her, and Inuyasha dropped to her side.
"When you said, 'the taste…that makes you feel sick' you mean he made you…? He made you use your mouth?"
She nodded frantically, burying her face in his arms.
"He held my head down, and made me swallow…and he…he told me if I vomited it up, he'd do it again, until I held it down…"
Inuyasha looked to his family as she continued, shaking. "He said I mustn't tell you, and then he left…when I vomited it up…you came and...I thought it was him again…and I just…" that was it, she broke down completely. Inuyasha rubbed her back softly, clenching his teeth with anger.
"It's okay," he said softly, "he's gonna pay for what he did." Kagome looked up at him as he released her, getting to his feet.
"Inuyasha?" she asked. Inuyasha made his way past his brother and mother.
"Inuyasha?!" shouted his father, but as his father's voice sounded, Inuyasha marched out of the room. Sesshōmaru and Inu-no-Taishou shared a look, before following Inuyasha out as fast as they could.
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Katsura grinned as his revolutionary co-spies looked up at him in awe.
"But if she tells Inuyasha-"
"Listen my comrades, if the little whore could bear that, she won't tell anyone, she isn't a threat anymore. I'll be surprised if she doesn't kill herself before the week is through, especially after a few extra visits from me…"
"But if she doesn't tell, she'll be sentenced to death for being a revolutionary in their midst, so she'll be gone anyway."
"Trust me; to a young girl like her, what I can do to her is oh so much more than death…" The walls of the guards' gathering room trembled suddenly, and the demons looked around them in confusion.
"Earthquake?"
Suddenly the doors swung open, falling off their hinges with the force of it. All in a split second, Inuyasha leapt at Katsura.
"YOU FUCKING BASTARD!" he screamed as he kicked the table aside and seized the taller demon by the throat. "How dare you…" he growled dangerously, "you filthy bastard…how dare you touch her…"
"My Lord?" choked Katsura.
"DON'T FUCKING 'MY LORD' ME YOU SNAKE IN THE GRASS! You dare hurt someone that I care about…You dare touch what's MINE!" He screamed, throwing the demon against the wall, making him slam into the stone. Leaping upon him again, Inuyasha sunk his claws into his throat. "You touched her with your filthy vile hands…you dare threaten her, make her do things with you that - "he broke off, slamming Katsura's head against the stone as he tried to struggle free. "You slithering worm, you won't wriggle your way out of this! My father trusted you, but that's all gone down the fucking creek you little bastard…" his eyes widened, and so did the eyes of his revolutionary companions. "Even if my father trusted you anymore, that wouldn't stop me…all these years it was you…every tear my mother cried…every drop of my father's and brother's blood that was spilled was YOUR doing! My childhood was a bitter memory, any happiness I ever felt smothered with death and misery - stained in blood and violence! Every day I wanted to never wake up again because of you! IT'S YOUR FAULT!"
Inuyasha threw him again the wall once more, making blood trickle out of the fresh wound. He let Katsura sink to the floor, holding his head, and turned on the others, who were trying to slink out the door. "Leaving so soon?" he asked, slinging the large table over, hitting them all like skittles, knocking them into an unconscious heap on the ground. Inuyasha winced as he felt Katsura kick him in the back. The half-demon spun on his heels, receiving a fist square in his jaw.
"You filthy mongrel, you - you and that disgusting mortal whore of a mother of yours - you destroyed Inu-no-Taishou! You turned him soft. I didn't betray my lord; I betrayed a mushy shell of what he used to be! I betrayed YOU!" he leapt forwards, slamming his fist into the wall as Inuyasha avoided the blow.
Katsura screamed as Inuyasha leapt up, elbowing him in the back of the head, where his new wound was. "You're just angry because I got to taste you're whore first!" hissed Katsura, and Inuyasha snarled, slashing at him with his claws, making him back into the wall, four new gashes across his chest. "She tasted sweet, Lord Dog-Ears…" Inuyasha smacked him across the jaw. "Your vestal virgin is no more; she's nothing more than a tainted demon's whore!"
"SHUT UP!" screamed Inuyasha, smacking him repeatedly in the face, "EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE MAKES MY STOMACH TURN!" he smacked him a final time. "You did this to drive us apart, no, not just that…a part of you wanted to be caught, so that you could be remembered as the demon who fooled Inu-no-Taishou, the demon who raped the only thing Inuyasha ever loved, the one that drove Inuyasha away from the only threat to the revolutionaries. But let me tell you something…" Katsura winced as Inuyasha sank his claws deeper into his throat. "When your body is nothing but ash, Kagome and I will be happy, together, and the memory of you, will be nothing…it won't even exist…" Katsura screamed as Inuyasha's claws sunk deeper. "And every ounce of pain you feel, during the slow death I'm about to exact on you, I want you to known it's because you're nothing…no one will mourn for you…and no one will help you!"
Suddenly Katsura head-butted Inuyasha, and Inuyasha released him. Katsura launched at him, pinning him up against the wall.
"Her skin was so soft Inuyasha," Inuyasha snarled at him, "it was like touching silk when I touched her insides…" He watched the hatred on Inuyasha's face. "It tasted like heaven when she came in my mouth - "
"You bastard…"
"Yes…and it felt indescribably good, like fire up my spine when she sucked me…remember that every time you kiss your precious innocent virgin priestess…" White-hot anger like an iron coursed through Inuyasha's veins, his demon rising rapidly to the surface, trying to take over, and Inuyasha let it. "You filthy half-demon, you have no idea who you're dealing with," snarled Katsura as Inuyasha choked, Katsura crushing his windpipe. His eyes widened as Inuyasha seized his arms, sinking his claws in.
"You always say that…everyone…but the truth is…you're all scared, because a half-demon isn't human…it isn't demon…it's both, it's different…and therefore it's unpredictable…I'm unpredictable. That means, that it's a lie when you and yours say you hate us, hate me because I'm a half-demon, and that means we're weak…you hate us because we're half-demons…and we're STRONG!" he screamed, his claws sinking through Katsura's chest blood pouring over them both.
Katsura screamed in agony, and looked to Inuyasha, eyes widening.
"What are you?" he asked, the whites of the half-demon's eyes now blood-red, fangs lengthened as were his claws, and purple marks like his father's either side of his face. "I'm unpredictable…" he growled, ripping through the demon's chest deeper, making him howl in pain. Inuyasha's fangs exposed as Inuyasha's face twisted into an evil smile, Sesshōmaru and Inu-no-Taishou framed in the doorway, watching Inuyasha with horror.
"Inuyasha, you-"
"Your precious boy is no more…Father…" Inuyasha growled, throwing Katsura away from him, only to pounce at him again.
"Inuyasha, INUYASHA!" shouted Sesshōmaru, as Inuyasha slashed at Katsura.
"Inuyasha gave over, he's demon now, and his demon will make Katsura pay in ways Inuyasha could never have imagined…" Sesshōmaru leapt at Inuyasha, knocking his brother aside.
"I have no problem with Katsura being ripped to shreds, but my brother will not take a life in such a way," he said calmly. Inuyasha snarled, leaping at Sesshōmaru, pinning him to the floor. As Inuyasha pounced on his brother, he crushed his windpipe, and Sesshōmaru winced as he struggled to breath. Inu-no-Taishou leapt forwards, smacking Inuyasha across the back of the head, sending him flying into the wall. His head crashed against the stone, and he fell to the floor, his eyes closed, marks faded fangs, and claws reduced to normal size, as he lay motionless on the cold stone ground.
TBC
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A/N: Okies, glad you're all still reading this story, and all still enjoying it. Sorry for the cliffy - what can I say, I live to torment you lol. Okay, seriously, I know that most (if not all) of you were looking forward to the stuff in this chapter, hope it pleased ya ^_^ Leave me a ncie review and I will update ASAP!
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