Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.
Out of the Snow
Kagome had not given up that night. Her hair had become frozen. She suspected that it would simply chip off if she dared to touch it.
"Who are you?" Kagome called out as she heard the voice in the distance getting closer to her. At first, the voice was a low whisper but now it seemed that it was a voice that she could talk to ... maybe that voice would help her.
A shadowy figure came into view further away from her. She could hardly make out the figure. "It is a human." The figure said, as Kagome stood still.
Another figure joined the first. A long shadow formed across the snowy floor. "What is the human doing here?"
Kagome heard the two walking closer to her. Their foot falls made a squashy sound in the snow. "Definitely, a human."
One of them waved her over to them. There was no where else she could go. No way for her to escape. "Come here, human."
Kagome had walked up to the demons even though she could feel her body shaking beneath her clothing. Sango's cat meowed softly but it was forced. They needed to get help or they would both freeze to death. "What do you want from me?"
The demons were clearly male from the sound of their voices. "You will come with us."
Defeated without even a fight she fallowed them. If they were going to kill her and her cat for food their would be little fight. The demons let her into a frozen castle structure. "You must be quite, we are not suppose to have guests."
They told her not to speak in the castle until the time was right for her to speak. She nodded not knowing what they wanted to do with her. To her surprise, they kept her warm.
In time, they asked her something they wanted her to know. They had given her a warm place to stay so they wanted something in return. "Our lord is very depressed. We would like you to help use make him well again."
"How?" Kagome knew that the demons must have wanted something from her. They had feed and clothed her. Kagome felt guilty in accepting comfort from them at all. Also, she wanted Sango to be happy that her cat was not out in the snow frozen to death.