Chapter 11

"Why'd you agree to go with her?" Inuyasha rumbled as he supported her, hearing the door to their little cell slam shut. Something whirred behind the thick metal, making the hairs on the back of his neck stand. "We could have done something."

Kagome shook her head and lifted her gaze to look around. She expected that she would suffer in a dank, dark, dungeon-esque space. Instead, it looked like a normal bedroom. White tiles made up the floor beneath her feet, with a giant black rug settled underneath a full-sized bed, the only piece of furniture provided. The walls were painted white, lit up from fluorescent bars installed in the ceiling with no light switch to be seen. There was a small bathroom to her right with a shower stall, toilet, and a sink providing a small counter where some essential toiletries were provided. However, there was no door.

Groaning, Kagome was caught by surprise when she stumbled barely catching herself from a nasty fall to the floor. She looked back to Inuyasha, stunned to find him fading from her eyes. "Inuyasha?!" Panic crept in her voice as she struggled to touch him, to keep him there with her. What was happening?

"Standard safety procedure," Kikyou's voice spoke on the intercom, "A special chemical we made is floating through the ventilation shafts. It weakens the ability we've given you to near nonexistent."

"No!" she gasped when he completely faded away, collapsing to her knees when he flickered like a dying light bulb. He knelt in front of her, trying to tell her something but she couldn't hear.

"I'm adjusting the measurements now... There we go."

Kagome cried when Inuyasha came back to her, hugging the life out of him. He embraced her just as fiercely, nuzzling her hair and giving her reassurances.

"Don't get too comfortable in here. Your new home is being modified based on your actions. For the next couple of weeks, you will be observed and tested on until we decide to release you. Your first round of testing comes tomorrow morning. See you then."

"Bitch..." Inuyasha rumbled as he glanced up at the intercom installed in the ceiling. A small, blinking red light sat next to it, taunting him.

"Are you okay?" Kagome murmured, pressing herself against him to assure herself that he wasn't fading. "How do you feel?"

"I'm fine," he replied, pressing his mouth against the crown of her head for a long moment before helping her to her feet. He settled her down on the bed, following her when she tugged him over. His arms wrapped around her body and they just laid there, finding peace in each other's presence.

Kagome silently breathed him in. Strangely, he always carried the scent of the forest after a moment's rain. It reminded her of home. She almost lost him and she couldn't do anything to stop it.

"Keh. Quit worrying. I'm fine now," Inuyasha scoffed, rubbing her back as she trembled with held in sobs.

"But she can take you away from me," she cried.

Shaking his head, he moved to create space between them, looking at her upset face. He sighed and brushed the back of his knuckle against her cheek."I don't want to see more of your tears for the rest of your life," he told her. "You can't cry over every little thing."

Kagome frowned at him, bringing a hand up to her face. "I'm not crying."

"But you were 'bout to," he smirked.

"No, I wasn't," she argued.

"Yes, you were."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

Inuyasha chuckled. "Feeling any better?"

Kagome shifted to her back, bringing a hand up to her head. "... Not really. We're still trapped." She noticed a small camera lens bulging out slightly from the ceiling and sighed. They really were observing her every move. "Do you think they can see you?"

He supported his head up with one arm, looking down at her. "If Kikyou can see me, that would be enough to track me. With all these cameras installed, anyway."

"Did you happen to notice any escape routes?" she asked him, looking at his face.

"There are plenty of escape routes outside this room. After we could get down the elevator, I could take you out of here easily. But I don't think it'd really be that easy." Inuyasha looked around the bare room in thought before saying, "Guess we have to wait and see."

Kagome nodded and sat up, looking at the handle-less door, then to the small metal vents near the ceiling. There were no windows or clocks, making it impossible to tell the time. It was mid-afternoon when Kikyou had ordered her to be blindfolded once she was forced into a vehicle with her but it felt like hours ago.

On cue, her stomach rumbled, making her frown as she laid her hand on her tummy. "They wouldn't let me starve, would they?"

"Dunno," Inuyasha rolled onto his belly, looking way more comfortable than he should be. "They wouldn't let you die. Not if they want to experiment on you."

A moment of silence past, not awkward or comfortable, just quiet. She didn't feel as if her life was in danger, most likely because Inuyasha was there to protect her. But she quickly realized that they were going to be insanely bored in here until something happened. Glancing back over her shoulder, her eyes narrowed on Inuyasha's back.

"Oof!" Inuyasha's breath left him in a whoosh when Kagome pounced on top of him. "Oi, what the hell are you doing?"

"You sounded like you were taking a nap," Kagome murmured, wrapping her arms around his neck.

"Am I not allowed to?" he grumbled.

"... I'm bored..."

Rolling his eyes, he rocked back and forth, shaking her off him. "Figures. You went from crying-scared out of your mind to bored in three minutes flat."

She smiled slightly. "If we were in immediate danger, I think I'd be more scared. But I don't really think that's their motive. Even if it is, Kikyou said she'd release us in a few weeks. So what's there to be scared of?"

"They'll torture you," Inuyasha intoned, sitting up to rise above her. "They want to pick your mind and examine your brain to see the activity of your ability work. They'd find out the pros and cons and experiment on you to your limits until you are at the edge of your life."

Kagome bit her lip. "That's really descriptive... scary..."

"Then... they'll steal your panties," Inuyasha smirked at his own cleverness as Kagome smacked him with a pillow that, of course, went straight through him.

"Nice to know where your mind goes," Kagome smiled wryly, "Pervert."

He shrugged. "Got you to smile, even in this place, didn't it?" Leaning over her, he bent down and whispered in her ear, "And I don't need to think about it when I've seen you in your panties before. The cute ones with the cartoon dog on your-"

"Pervert!" she shrieked, pushing him away as he laughed.

Both of them froze when the lights started dimming. The intercom beeped on and the whirring behind the door became louder, heard even to Kagome's ears.

"Sleep time," a robotic, feminine voice uttered as air sighed through the vents.

"They make you sleep?" Inuyasha muttered as he glanced to Kagome, watching her eyes slowly droop close. He caught her and laid her head down on the pillow. He scented the air, sneezing at the rush of miasma. It didn't affect him as much as it did Kagome, so he was able to protect her when the door beeped and swung open.

A/N: Not much happened in this chapter and I'll admit I'm at a bit of a loss to what can happen here, so I'll take some suggestions...?

Warm-Amber92: *Kikyou laughs maniacally in a corner somewhere*...

Deadman19: Well, she kinda had to be, you know :P

Dwarg91: I like Kikyou most as the villain in most situations (depending on how they portray her. She had her bitch moments in the anime) but it's relieving and refreshing to write her as the good guy as well.

Kagome's Blossom: * valiantly protects Kikyou while she ships Inuyasha and Kagome away* No! The story line needs it! xD

ForeverxWeird: Sorry, I'm at a loss here?

: And cowardly too.

Skaii: *steals Inuyasha's red Tetsusaiga while eyeing your strong barrier...*

Sahora: I can hear your sanity breaking~ I don't think anything's wrong with Kikyou, but that's just me, probably (according to everyone).

InuandKaglove4life: Couldn't deal with it, I suppose.

Opalbrat: Sadly, I cannot agree with you. I'm a Kikyou lover and an InuxKik shipper (I should start writing them once in a while)

alexischic: *nibbles on cookie* I do update every day, but that's only because this story is like an 'October special' for you guys, where I write one chapter for every day of October. So I really don't deserve that much praise (especially not enough to be called 'sama' ^/^)

vampireinu95: Wasn't much of a twist to me ^^;

xXxAddicted2Chocolate: I kinda wanted to see your rant. Is that weird of me?

letsxgetxrecklessx: I'm sorry I made you lose focus in class ^^ But thanks for the review!

Joyma Tello: As long as you don't bash her, I'm cool with you (I think this is the first time I wrote her as an actual villain.)

I like how I'm roleplaying with most of you o_O Should I start an RP blog?

Inuyasha saw Kagome in her underwear~

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