InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Slave to it All ❯ Lashing Fury ( Chapter 5 )

Hey everyone! How's life? How do you enjoy the story so far? This chapter is dedicated to Fireserpent16, because she wouldn't stop pestering me on who barged in on Kagome and Inuyasha. Hope this chapter answers you question.

Kagome may get pregnant latter in the story. What do you think? Vote by commenting (it makes me happy and the chapters may go out faster) or e-mail me at silverfyre11@yahoo.com. So far it's in favor of Kagome getting pregnant.

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(Inu PoV)

Blood dripped down my back. He thought it was over, until it came back. He groaned in pain, but it was inaudible. This was truly one worst days of my life. But how is it, that less than two hours ago I was enjoying himself so immensely …..

Roughly two hours ago…..

Inuyasha kissed Kagome and she kissed back. It felt wonderful. But as all good things do, they must come to an end.

A knock on the door and not waiting for a response barged in Daifu and Shinnyuusha along with about six body guards. (To Fireserpent16- Happy? You now know who barged in. now draw your own conclusions on what happens next.)

Inuyasha and Kagome stopped their make out session. They looked up then quickly jumped off each other. They stood up and straightened their clothes. Their cheeks where as read as Inuyasha's hakama. “Hey dad…. uh….. What's up?”Kagome stuttered.

Daifu looked at her with vengeance. Shinnyuusha looked at Inuyasha a small amused smile on his face.

“Kagome go to your mother's room, NOW!!!!” Daifu snapped. Kagome jumped. His voice was filled with cold fury. She glanced at Inuyasha then darted out the door.

“Well well well what do we have here? A rule breaker, who has broken one of the two rules for the slaves of the castle, well, boy, what do you have to say for yourself?” Daifu said his voice still overflowing with cold fury.

“Sir, she invited me into her room because the bright, young lord accidently cut me with a sword. She shot me with a sacred arrow, thinking I cut him, too. She took me here to treat the spirit burn.” Inuyasha said slightly cowering. “Right! Likely story! And I'm the King of France!” the king snapped. Inuyasha flinched.

“DAD!!! What he said was true. So can you please leave him alone?” Sota said. “BUT OUT OF THIS!” snapped the angry king.

Sota gave an apologetic look at Inuyasha then he scurried away. Inuyasha gulped any hope of going back vanished from his mind.

“Not only did you go into my daughter's room, you also tried to seduce her!!!” Daifu shouted growing even angrier.

“N-n-no, she-she tried to seduce me and we tripped and well……,” Inuyasha said, cold fear gripping him.

“ENOUGH!!!! YOU. SHALL. BE. HANGED!!!!” Daifu shouted. Shinnyuusha and Inuyasha flinched. “GUARDS! GRAB HIM AND ESCORT HIM TO THE GALLOWS!!!”

Shinnyuusha gave his nephew an apologetic look, and grabbed him and took him down the winding hallways to the gallows.

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(no the chapter isn't done yet)

Kagome ran through the hallways and barged into her mother's room. Kagome's mom looked up. She saw tears well up in her daughter's eyes. Kagome flung herself into her mother arms and started weeping.

“Honey what's wrong?” Annai said. (Annai is Kagome's mother. Annai means guidance)

“Mom…. I……,” she explained what had happened between her and Inuyasha.

Annai thought a moment then said, “Do you regret it?”

“I…I…..I…. no, I enjoyed it, more than my body's reaction. It felt…. It felt right. Like it was meant to be,” Kagome tried to explain.

Annai thought a moment then said, “Well then, we must stop his execution.”

“Why? And wait…WHAT!!” Kagome screeched.

“Your father is furious when peasants flirt with imagine how he'll react if a slave nearly took you?” Annai said calmly. “Now we have to save him so we can see if he should be your, as the demons say, mate.”

Kagome didn't have time to blush. “Let's go!” she said and she and Annai rushed out the door.

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Inuyasha was marched in chains through the hallways, his guards determined to not show empathy. Daifu had gone off to summon the executioner. He looked at Shinnyuusha wanting answers.

Shinnyuusha looked up and said, “Sorry, Inuyasha.”

“The time for forgiveness has passed along time ago, when you betrayed me father,” Inuyasha said coldly. “At least I'll be able to be with him again.”

Shinnyuusha winced, then trying to change the subject said, “Well, you sure? It looked like you where having fun in there, Inuyasha.”

Inuyasha blushed. “It's none of your business on what I was doing,” he said embarrassed.

Shinnyuusha laughed and said, “Could've fooled me. The scent of your arousal was pretty strong in there along with the princess's.”

Inuyasha reddened even further. “Well excuse me for having my moment of happiness,” snapped an embarrassed Inuyasha.

“Would you have done it? Would you have taken the princess?” laughed Shinnyuusha.

Inuyasha reddened even further, if it were possible. “I don't know…. maybe…. my instincts…… they said…..IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUISNESS!!!!” snapped a flustered Inuyasha.

Shinnyuusha laughed again, and they continued in silence.

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(again no it's not the end of the chapter)

Kagome and Annai ran down the ever twisting hallways.

“I *pant* didn't think *pant* I'd regret *pant* putting our rooms *pant* so far *pant* away from *pant* the gallows,” Annai said as they rounded a corner and ran straight into a couple. This couple turned out to be Sango and Miroku.

“Sango!” Kagome shouted.

Annai and Kagome stopped and caught their breathe.

“Sango I heard you got here, it's nice to see you,” Kagome panted. Kagome looked down at the slave, who was bowing low enough to lick the floor.

Annai and Kagome looked at each other and shrugged. “Rise,” they said in unison.

The slave rose and said, “My ladies, my name is Miroku.”

Sango cut him off, “He's my friend. Why are you running pell-mell through the hallways?”

Kagome explained what happened between Inuyasha and her then when Daifu had interrupted.

Sango smirked. “You sly fox, so how was it?” “SANGO!!” Kagome screeched.

The slave, Miroku, burst out laughing. Kagome glared at him, and said in a voice of authority, “Who are you to laugh at me, slave.”

Miroku said, “I was not laughing at you, my lady. My friend is Inuyasha and well it's been a while since he's had that kind of fun.”

Kagome blushed and looked away. “Well what are we waiting for we have a hanyou to save,” Miroku said. They all rushed forward to the gallows.

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(A/N: Miroku's PoV)

`Wow, Inuyasha, you've got yourself into the most appealing yet devastating mess yet,' I thought. We continued to rush through the endless passageways. `Just one hour ago I was having a good time, too,” Miroku thought……

(Flashback)

“Hey!!!!!! Sleepy head get up!” yelled a feminine voice. I grumbled and sat up. I raised my gaze and saw Sango, standing there.

I smirked, remembering our kiss last night. “Back for more eh?” I said. Sango blushed and sat down next me. “Maybe,” she said and pecked me on the cheek. I smiled, “So what are you doing here so early? If you wanted to do romantic activities, I'm more of a night person than a morning person.”

She reddened and smacked me, hard. I fell on to the hard, unforgiving earth. I picked myself of the ground and sat on the bed now weary of her reality-slap.

“No,” she said, “I came here to see if you wanted to walk around the castle grounds.”

“You came here for that!?” I said disbelievingly. Work didn't start for another half-an-hour.

Sango glared at me and I said hello to mother earth once again.

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We got up and had breakfast. It was nicer than normal. Instead of stale bread and metallic water I had eggs and bacon. The meal was divine and the company even better. After the meal we started walking through out the castle just talking.

`No work, no issues, great company what could be better?' I thought happily.

Suddenly a blur came racing down the hall. Actually it was two blurs. One of the blurs was shouting, “Sango!”

The blurs stopped and took the forms of Lady Kagome and Lady Annai. I panicked and bowed low enough to touch the floor with my tongue. Not a very appealing thought is it? I heard Sango and Kagome talking then I heard the magic word: Rise.

I introduced myself, but Sango interrupted me to ask why they were running like maniacs. Lady Kagome explained that she and Inuyasha (of all people I had to give him credit though) had a “romantic” event that was interrupted by Lord Daifu. And now he was going to be executed.

I burst out laughing and the young lady glared at me and asked, “Who are you to laugh at me, slave?”

I explained my friendship with Inuyasha. So we all set off to go save our hanyou friend….

(End of Flashback)

They ran down the hall way into the courtyard time to see Inuyasha standing on the platform with the noose hanging around his neck. Luckily he hadn't taken the plunge yet.

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(do you think it's the end of the chapter? If you guessed yes you're wrong!)

Inuyasha had to keep from whimpering as he walked onto the gallows. Ever since the raid on Takashi Palace, Inuyasha had been afraid of death. So he really had to have complete self control if he weren't to whimper during the proceedings.

Daifu signaled to Shinnyuusha to start the proceedings. The black masked executioner walked behind him and pulled the noose around his neck.

The executioner said in a low voice, “Hope it isn't too tight, don't want you to die before the plunge.”

Inuyasha flinched. He was so scared. He was terrified that he'd die he thought of his Father and of his mother, his sweet mother. The thought of her gave him courage. He looked up to the sky. Shinnyuusha began to read the charges brought up against him.

“And what do you say Inuyasha? Do you still plead innocent?” Shinnyuusha read from the scroll.

“Just get it over with quickly,” was all Inuyasha had to say.

Suddenly someone yelled, “STOP!!” All eyes turned to the voice and Inuyasha saw that it was Kagome and her mother, Miroku, and Lady Sango, Kagome's friend.

Daifu shouted, “Kagome, Annai, Lady Sango, and some slave, why do you insist on saving this slave?” He directed his next words to Kagome, “He nearly violated you, so why do you defend him?!?!”

Kagome buffed up her chest in defiance, “I wanted it, too, father, so if you hang him you'll have to hang me too.”

Inuyasha was surprised. Since when was he a major priority? Daifu seemed agree.

“NO! You shall not be hanged. And no he shall not be spared,” he raged.

Miroku looked panicked then he thought of something. He quickly turned to Sango, since he trusted her the most and whispered the words that would give a glimmer of hope of saving him…

 

(Inuyasha's PoV)

Suddenly Sango shouted, “Would you destroy your crown, Lord Daifu?”

Everyone raised an eyebrow up at this. Daifu looked the most confused. “And what, exactly, is the significance of this?” “This is Inuyasha Takashi, one of the two heirs to the Takashi lands. He is a trophy of the Takashi lands. Kill him and you lose one of the tokens of you biggest accomplishments. Do you really want to lose one of them?” replied Sango.

Daifu thought for a moment, he then looked at me as if I were some valuable treasure then he looked at his daughter and bride. Then he seemed to weigh the odds. Apparently he decided he couldn't just let me `almost take' his daughter, for he said, “Alright, Inuyasha, you shall not die, yet, but I cannot let you go unpunished now can? So I sentence you to 150 lashes.”

My ears perked slightly unconsciously, I was relived beyond measure, I was not going to die!!! But 150 lashes….That might still do me in. 200 lashes straight would put a full demon near death… the odds were not promising.

Suddenly the floor beneath my feet fell away and the noose around my neck tightened and I fell a little ways. I tried to use my claws to cut away at the rope that bound my neck but the chains that bound my hand and feet together prevented that. I was running out of air, and a red haze started to flow over my vision. I was going to die. I fell unconscious……

(end of Inu PoV)

“Keiri!!!!!!” snapped the king. (Keiri = executioner)

“Sorry, my Lord, I tripped on my way to set him free!!!” the executioner argued. “Likely story, now set him free before he dies…. And you along with him,” snapped back the king. “But my lord it's the truth!!!” lied the executioner. “I saw you!!!” yelled the king. They continued to bicker and did not do anything. Kagome grew tired of this as she saw Inuyasha getting more and more pale.

Kagome leapt into action. She stole a bow from one of the watching soldiers, took aim, and fired. The arrow whizzed through the air and cut the rope killing Inuyasha. He fell to the ground in a heap. Daifu and Keiri looked at the proceedings. Keiri had angry flames in his eyes, while Daifu looked slightly relieved.

Kagome however, was not in a cheering mood. She was tempted to shoot both of them with her bow. “Thank you, Kagome,” Daifu said flatly…………

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(*takes a deep breath* we're not done yet but we're close!!!)

(Inu PoV)

I awoke in a room with no windows. I thought this was hell. But then I realized I'd only passed out. I figured that out when Shinnyuusha came in telling me how the whipping would go down. I ignored him for the most part. I'd already seen how it's done. Thanks to Sesshoumaru. But that's a different story. He escorted me to the whipping post and tied my arms in front on one end. He gave me a dowel to bite on for the pain. I took it gratefully.

Once again, Shinnyuusha called out the charges and then I heard the whistling of the whip. Suddenly my back exploded with pain. The whip had landed. It felt like a knife cutting through my back. Blood started to drip… The next lash fell, and then the next, I fell into a sort of trance. Not letting any groan of pain escape my lips. I heard Shinnyuusha (he was whipping me, that no good traitorous bastard) call out 20. Blood dripped down my back. He thought it was over, until it came back. He groaned in pain, but it was inaudible. This was truly one worst days of my life. But how is it, that less than two hours ago I was enjoying himself so immensely ….. I heard Shinnyuusha call out, “30.” How could I endure 120 more? ....

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And we're done finally *sigh* it took a couple of days put hey I'm done. It's 7 MW pgs. Well read review all that jazz.