InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Feud Of Love ❯ Words of Fire ( Chapter 6 )

AN: ^-^I am happy.

~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~

A rough giant of a human shoved in the demons and elf, "Shuddup, ya li'l freak," he said glaring at the sniveling Shippo. The older demons started growling and one even tried to run at the guard.

"Git away from me, ya filthy animal."

And the heavy oaken door was slammed on the demon's nose, leaving an obvious imprint. The other wolf demons glared at the guard's sneering face that was poked through a small slit in the door.

"Not very polite are they?" The demons turned their cold glares to the elf sitting in the corner. Kagome sweat dropped and focused her attention on a loose piece of ebony hair.

*Never knew I was this hated, maybe I should just throw myself at the mercy of the lord. Better than being stuck in this place with these demons. Too bad I can't get near that little demon kid, he's too cute!*

Kagome giggled slightly as the afore mentioned demon began to do somersaults and cartwheels, and fell each time onto his butt.

Again the female demon snatched the kid, turned him away from Kagome and sent a death glare her way. Kagome was getting tired of these actions and decided to play an old elfin game taught to her by none other than Kikyo.

It involved making a few rocks hover in the air using only her energy. The object of the game was to get the most rocks hovering before you got tired. This was a good learning tool for children and fun too. When Kagome had played with Kikyo she'd always get tired first or Kikyo was faster at getting rocks.

But as the elfin beauty played in the rather dark and musty cell she ran out of rocks before she got even a bit tired.

*So much for a distraction.*

There were still rocks over by the demons but if she tried to get them to her then the demons would probably get angry and try and kill her. In fact the female was purposely holding on to a handful of rocks just in case.

Shippo looked from his favorite demon friend, then to the pretty elf. He shook his head and grabbed a rock from the ground, ran to the elf and offered her the rock before any of the demons could stop him. Kagome looked down at the boy then concentrated on the rock in his hand, making it do a few fancy moves before letting it hover.

"Thanks…um…"

The boy put out his hand, "My name's Shippo. I'm a fox demon. You're an elf, huh? You don't look evil…" he poked her arm, "You don't act evil."

He turned to the shocked demons who were stiff and tensed, "I guess you were wrong, Sango. She's not evil and she's not ugly either. She looks as pretty as you."

Kagome smiled, after gently laying down the hovering rocks, she reached out to take the kid's hand, "My name is Kagome. Nice to meet you, Shippo."

Sango couldn't take it anymore and leapt across the room, gathered Shippo in her arms, growled at Kagome and nearly ran back to the safety of the other tribe members.

"Stay away from him, you dirty devil spawn!"

"You disgusting whore!"

"Repulsive child murderer!"

The last comment by one of the male's set Kagome's blood on fire. She rose to her feet and advanced on the insulting demons. Her energy flared dark around her; the cell seemed to hum with it.

"You want to see devil spawn? Look at yourselves! Insulting me when I did nothing, you're lucky I'm not like Kikyo. Or else I would have killed you the moment I saw your flea ridden carcasses. Now would you like to say that again?" Kagome's voice dangerously low and with an edge of malice in it.

Sango stood and spat at the elf's face, "Don't you dare insult us, especially after what your kind did. Soon your remains will be scattered across the fields and we gorge on the meat that is roasted over the fires that use your blood for fuel."

The elf's eyes turned dark and she pointed at Shippo, "Will he gorge on that meat? Will he be exposed to that kind of lunacy and devastation? Elf's have children too; will you burn their infant bodies?"

Sango became uneasy for a minute, thinking over this statement. One of the other demons stood and answered that question.

"We will use them for our needs, they will be slaves." He smirked to himself, satisfied with that answer.

Kagome turned away calmly, seemingly deflated.

"There's no hope left in this world."

She sank to the floor with her head in her arms. Her shoulders shook lightly, soon growing still. Shippo looked up at the demon who had said those words, then to the small figure.

"I'm not helping you."

He scampered to the elf and crawled into her lap, she didn't stir. Sango stopped a demon from ripping the elf to shreds, to get to Shippo.

"He's not in danger," she twisted to the demon, "Mauru, you are an idiot. You just insulted our tribe. What made you say that about their children becoming our slaves?"

He shrugged a semi guilty look in his eyes, a blush on his cheeks.

The slap from the cell could be heard from where Jaken stood waiting the details of what demons were captured.

~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~

*Stupid bat, getting sick when she could finally be of some use.*

Inuyasha stomped down the heavily decorated corridor, his hair put in a high pony tail to keep it out of his mouth. This had been becoming more frequent when he was yelling at something, then he looked like an idiot and he'd been hearing snickers behind his back the last week. He was dressed loosely, in only his red fire rat hakama and his white kimono.

A woman servant stepped in front of him, her brown hair held in an elegant bun.

"Master Yasha, General Jaken has an urgent message for you. He told me to repeat to you that it could mean the fate of the kingdom."

He stared at the servant, and then landed a hard blow on the back of her head.

"No sense for her to spread rumors."

~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~

The giant door was thrown open and a gust of food scented air blew in. Inuyasha hot on its heels. He nodded at a few lower class generals and took his seat at the head of a table.

"What is it Jaken?"

The said imp looked directly at the hanyou, "The five demons were carried here. Three males, a female and a child. Before you ask, we didn't get Kouga. But who we have instead of him is more valuable than Kouga could ever be."

Inuyasha tapped his nails impatiently on the wood. Distracted by a fly that seemed to be out to get him.

A general spoke out, "So who'd we get, General Jaken?"

Jaken cleared his throat, glanced toward Inuyasha nervously and, "We got an elf."

A dozen questions began pouring out of the few generals. Inuyasha was strangely quiet, staring at Jaken as if trying to figure out what the imp said.

"What?" his voice a low growl.

Jaken cleared his throat again and shook his head, "She isn't dressed richly, most likely a servant of some kind. I gave the order to send her up for interrogation."

The hanyou nearly jumped out of his chair and ran out the door, a few minutes later he popped his head back in, "Where will the questioning be?"

"This room in half an hour, Master Inu."

Inuyasha bobbed his head and ran towards the baths.

*Might as well not be considered a filthy animal.*

~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~

Kagome woke up to someone hauling her to her feet. Shippo falling off her lap in the process, the demons watching in silence.

"Where-."

A stern hand covered her mouth, smelling like rotten fish and wine. If she hadn't been so drowsy Kagome would have been disgusted. Another hand was placed on her arm and was pulling her out the door and down a narrow hallway. Her vision was still blurry from sleep but she could tell that this was a different guard than yesterday, or whenever she had last been awake.

This guard was small and less hairy, actually he looked rather bald. And green?

*I must be dreaming.*

They soon emerged from the dark hallway and Kagome was thrust into the dim lamplight outside. She squinted her eyes while trying to recognize where she was. The hand over her mouth was removed so it could grab a servant.

"Make sure that Master Yasha is ready. He should be in his room."

The servant acknowledged the man with a nod of the head and walked away.

"Where?" Her voice sounded distant and strange, "Am I dreaming?"

The man looked at her and broke out in laughter. "I'm sure this is anything but a dream. But please keep yourself quiet until we reach the room. I'll have to ask you a few questions."

"Mmhmm…"

~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~

Inuyasha had just finished pulling his hair back with a silver ribbon that was near invisible in his hair. He wore a floor length purple kimono. It was decorated with a crimson full moon over his chest and the faint outline of a new moon on his back. The bottom half was covered in a dark blue shimmering lake. The sleeves billowed out elegantly. The obi was a slightly darker purple than the kimono and the bow was small enough to not get in the way but large enough to get some attention. Inuyasha also wore feet tight black boots.

This was one of his more elegant and showy kimonos.

A knock was heard on the door of his bedroom.

"Alright!"

He straightened the kimono brushed his bangs and slipped the Tetsusaiga through the obi. Taking one last look at himself in the mirror he stormed down to the conference room.

*If that toad says anything…grrr…*

As he walked in Jaken looked up expectantly, "You really must want to look pretty. Eh, Master Inu?" The imp smiled, "I thought you already were involved."

Inuyasha's eye twitched, his hand turned to a fist, but he surprisingly stayed calm.

"I'd rather that I'm not thought of as an animal like most demons. Where is the elf?"

Jaken pointed to a figure laying on a futon nearby, "Shhhh!"

The hanyou rolled his eyes and went to sit in his usual chair, "Do you know anything about her yet?"

"Just that she got through to the demon child. They were sleeping in the cell, him on her lap. It was quite cute. And the other demons seemed to avoid her like they were ashamed."

Inuyasha's golden eyes were suddenly filled with curiosity, "Did the guard hear anything from outside?"

Jaken rubbed his chin in thought before shaking his head, "Never bothered to ask."

Again the hanyou rolled his eyes, "Well get him up here!"

The general backed out of the room, shut the door quietly, told a servant to get the guard who had watched the demons the night before, and then stayed by the door and waited for the fun to begin.

*Come on, wake up. Wake up…*

A yawn could be heard from inside.

~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~

Kagome stretched her arms out to the sides, yawning. She blinked her eyes until she could see clearly. Turning on the futon she saw a long table in the middle of a strange room, a few chairs spaced out next to it. And there seemed to be someone sitting in one of the chairs.

*Must be the guy who brought me here.*

She slowly swung her long legs over the side and…nearly fell. Her legs were wobbly and felt flimsy. She decided to call the boy over for help.

"Hello! Can you help me?"

He went stiff in the chair, his eyes frozen in place, looking at her face. It made the elf feel awkward and she tried to get him to pay attention, "Can you help me up?"

Inuyasha got up and cautiously walked to the elf.

*It can't be her can it?*

He reached out a clawed hand to her; she gratefully took it and hoisted herself up. She let go of his hand but he was too shocked to move.

She had on a skirt that nearly reached her knees; it was dark brown and had fringes at the bottom. At the top, it curved downward at the front then upward at the back where it connected with the dark brown shirt. The shirt also had fringes at the bottom, and it curved upward at the front and downward at the back where it connected with the skirt. It had a shallow v-neck and no sleeves. She had one arm length glove over her left hand; it was tied just below her shoulder with a dark green string that matched the green of the glove. The string went in and out of hoops that were cut in the glove. About an inch below her knees were like sleeves for her legs. They flowed out around her ankles and were a dark green like her glove. The leg sleeves were unattached to the skirt but were held up with permanently tied strings. And her feet her bare.

Her face was what caught Inuyasha's eyes; it was the elf who had kissed him on the night of the village burning.

He vividly remembered the fudge brown eyes and the small lips. Her hair was even the same as it had been then, pulled into high braid.

"Umm, is there something wrong?"

Inuyasha had been staring at her in a kind of serious amazement; it had been increasingly freaking Kagome out. Finally breaking out of his trance a bit he led her to a chair set aside from the table, shaking his head.

Once Kagome was seated Inuyasha turned on her and began to hammer her with questions, the kiss somewhat forgotten.

"Why was Tokitijan attacked?"

"I don't know too much, Kikyo hardly talks to me."

"What's your connection with Kikyo? Are you a servant?"

The elf fidgeted her hands, "I am a servant."

Inuyasha leaned closer to the girl, trying to catch a hint if she remembered him, "What's your connection with Kikyo?"

Kagome slid back in her chair a bit, "We're…related."

Golden eyes widened and his mouth hung open carelessly, "How?"

Kagome looked around the room, rubbed her hands together and bit her lip before she answered, "Our fathers were brothers."

Jaken, listening intently on the other side of the door, gasped silently.

Inuyasha was shocked enough to forget all about the kiss, "Oh crap."

~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~

"Yes I'd like to buy a few loaves of that kind."

A plump village man hurried to the little hut behind him to retrieve some loaves of bread. The demon waited patiently tapping his foot to a melody in his head.

Oi oi oi oi oi oi-ay

I am Tarzan from jungle, you can be my friend,

Oi oi oi oi oi oi-ay

I am Jane and I love to ride an elephant…

Soon the village man came back to find his customer humming some strange tune. But it was catching. He handed the demon the loaves and took the money.

The demon flew away on the purple mist around his feet while humming the tune some more.

*I'm almost to that elf's kingdom. I should stop to check on little brother first, I can just imagine his face when he sees me…Ahh…*

~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~

Kagome had been shown to her room so that Inuyasha and his generals could talk about her being there.

She'd been given the room so that she could at least say that she wasn't treated badly.

Kagome gazed at her immense room; it was a light blue with an overly stuffed bed that had light green covers. It had floor to ceiling windows with two glass doors leading to a quaint balcony covered in flowering vines. There were white-cream drapes made of a light material and tied back with buttercup yellow ribbons. The carpet was the same kind of buttercup yellow as the ties, and was pleasant on the feet.

"Wow…" the word coming out faint and breathed out.

A servant came in and busied himself with making sure everything was in order, finally he turned to Kagome and bowed his head respectfully.

"Is there something you wish, ladyship?"

Unused to the formality and title she shook her head, then as the servant was leaving called out, "Actually, is there somewhere I can eat?"

"Shall I bring it to you, ladyship?"

"Umm…Could I get it?"

The servant stood poised while he thought about it, "If that is what you wish, ladyship. Then I will take you to the kitchens."

*Yea!*

"I'll show myself down." The servant started to protest but Kagome cut him off, "I have been there before," the lie came out sounding earnest and the servant left to take care of other things.

"But first," The elf ran to the bed and leaped onto it, she laughed happily while Inuyasha's council was being held.

~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~

Inuyasha furrowed his brow in frustration and tried to think of what to do about the elf. He wasn't about to let her get away, not until he found out more about her. But if she stayed then Kikyo might use it as an excuse to attack the kingdom directly. More than one general thought that letting the girl go was the safest way out of the mess, Inuyasha had objected a little too fast and seemed suspicious.

Jaken had quickly agreed with Inuyasha's objection, "If the elf stays then she could be an important bargaining tool and Kikyo would have a harder time trying to get the force to attack the place where Kagome was. And she could prove fruitful for knowledge of the elves."

Inuyasha nodded his agreement and the matter was settled, no opinions asked of the other generals. Jaken was the only general he listened to, he didn't even know the names of the other generals. He had let Jaken pick them out.

The hanyou rubbed his eyes and looked out to see dawn's light piercing the cold gray clouds.

*Morning already?*

Once the others had left Jaken turned to Inuyasha, stared at him and an idea came.

"Was that the elf you were talking about in your sleep? The one who kissed you?"

Inuyasha's eye twitched and his fisted hand slammed on the imp's bald head, "Feh."

Jaken's eyes bugged out and his tongue stuck out, "Guess so…"

Inuyasha left the unconscious general on the floor, so he could check in on the elf and maybe ask some questions.

*I don't even know her name. Well, that's the first thing to find out.*

~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~

Confused? Clothes and etc. can be made clearer later. I think this is fairly long…There you go anyone who hates Jaken, not that I do. Wondering if Kagome knows who Inu is? Wondering who the heck the demon that was humming the song was? I think it's pretty obvious by now. But his identity will be revealed in a coming up chapter, I hope.