InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Slave to No One ❯ Chapter 5 ( Chapter 5 )

Chapter 5

 

The next morning Kagome slowly started to open her eyes. She was warm and she could hear a gentle heart beat. She felt an arm going down her back as it wrapped itself around her waist. When her eyes were finally focused her eyebrow knitted together as she was wondering why she was asleep in the living room.

 

She started to remember the night before when she was brushing Inuyasha hair and he had fallen asleep once she was done. She had laid him down on some soft pillows and was about to go to bed when he started to whimper the way he did the other night.

 

She remembered rubbing his ears and that sometime in the middle of the night she had woken up and had heard a gentle purr that lulled her back to sleep. Now she had the hanyou's arm wrapped around her waist and her head was resting upon his chest as she blushed deeply.

 

`I have to get up, I promised Sango that I would meet her to go shopping for a dress for the upcoming formal dinner that my parents are hosting at their house.' Kagome shuttered at the thought.

 

Kagome hated such functions and she didn't want to go but she had no choice in the matter, her presence was required for this dinner. She didn't know why her presence was required all she knew was that they wanted her to be there.

 

Her parents were never ones to keep a secret from her but this time they were and that's what scared her to death. She didn't know what they had planned but if she had to guess it wouldn't be anything good.

 

She started to move and she felt Inuyasha's arm tighten around her waist as he held her closer to him and then she heard his gentle purr. It was starting to lull her back to sleep when her eyes snapped open, `Oh no, he's not going to put me to sleep again like he did last night.' She thought as she remembered the feeling of having slept in his arms. It actually felt good like she belonged there next to him but she really did have to get up.

 

Kagome moved again and Inuyasha groaned as he opened his eyes and said in a sleepy voice, “Kagome where are you going? Why don't you stay here and sleep some more?”

 

Kagome looked up into his sleepy eyes and said, “I have to get ready to go. I've promised a friend of mine that I will help her buy a dress for the upcoming formal dinner that my parents are having and I can't go back on my word.”

 

Inuyasha just laid there and listened to her words. Then his eyes napped open as he quickly sat up, bringing Kagome along with him and said, “Your parents are holding a formal dinner?”

 

Kagome looked at him with concern in her eyes as she said, “Yes they are, why?”

 

Inuyasha was deep in thought, `Only people of high ranking hold formal dinners, does this means that Kagome's parents are of high rank?' Thought Inuyasha as he said, “Kagome, I thought only people of high rank held formal dinner parties? Are your parents of high rank?”

 

His question took her completely by surprise, she wasn't ready to answer that question yet but she knew that she would have to answer it sooner rather than later. She sighed as she said, “Inuyasha, I really don't want to answer that question right now. All I want to do is get up and get dressed so I can meet my friend and fore fill my obligation to her. I will answer your question later alright.”

 

Inuyasha let go of Kagome as she quickly stood up and left the room. `This must be part of the stuff we need to talk about.' Thought Inuyasha as he too stood up and went back to his room to change. He was going to go with her he wasn't about to let her go anywhere by herself.

 

Kagome came out of her house to find that Inuyasha was waiting for her outside. When he stood to greet her he had on a pair of black jeans, red muscle shirt and a red button up shirt over it. Her cheeks redden just a little when she saw him, `Why is it that every time I see him in normal clothes I get hot and bothered?' she thought as she approached him.

 

Kagome looked up and then said, “Inuyasha, where do you think your going?”

 

Inuyasha looked at her, then raised his eyebrow and said, “I'm coming with you. I'm not about to let you go anywhere unprotected.”

 

Kagome got an irritated look in her eyes as she said, “Inuyasha, I don't need to be protected. I'm going to be in a crowded mall with my friend. I don't need a baby sitter.”

 

Inuyasha was getting angry as he said, “I don't care! I'm coming with you.” As he crossed his arms over his puffed out chest to prove his point.

 

“No Inuyasha, you're not coming with me. You are to stay here, when I come back then we can talk.” Kagome then turned and headed for her car as Inuyasha stepped in front of her to block her from reaching it.

 

“Kagome what's wrong? You have never told me before that I couldn't come with you. Now it seems like you don't want to be seen with me,” said and exasperated hanyou.

 

Kagome lowered her head as he said this. She didn't want to be seen with him. She had spoken out so much on having slaves that she just couldn't go out in public with one. She looked up and saw the hurt in his eyes as he turned away from her and started to walk into the forest.

 

Kagome saw this and said, “Inuyasha wait! Where are you going?”

 

Inuyasha stopped and then turned slightly in order to look at her as he said, “I thought that you were different. I thought that you didn't care that I was a hanyou but I see that I was wrong. You are no different than the rest of the humans I have met here.” He said this in such a hurt voice that Kagome was starting to panic.

 

“Inuyasha wait! We can talk about this!” Kagome tried to get him to come back but he had turned and started to walk into the forest. She wasn't about to let him walk out of her life as she said, “Heal boy!”

 

Inuyasha was picked up and then dragged back to where Kagome was standing. He was struggling to get loose so he could leave, but he couldn't get free of the spell, not even with his demonic powers.

 

Kagome turned to him and said, “We need to talk. I'm not like the other humans and for you to say that its wrong. I care for all living things be it human, animal, or demons, which include hanyou's.

 

It's just that I have protested so loudly that to have a companion is wrong that I can't let anyone see that you're with me. I'm not ashamed of you Inuyasha, I just don't want everything that I have built up to this point to come crashing down around me. I want to free all of the demons and I can't, I just can't be seen with you.”

 

Inuyasha stopped his struggling with the subduing spell as he heard her words. The spell finally released him and he was free to move. He looked at her but said nothing as he turned and walked into the forest leaving a distraught girl behind.

 

Kagome hung her head in shame. She knew that she had hurt him deeply by refusing to let him come with her. She sometimes hated her life. She always had to keep things a secret and she hated it. She wanted to be normal but she couldn't, she can never be a normal girl.

 

Kagome then turned and got into her car as she drove away to find her friend at the mall.

 

~oOo~

 

Inuyasha walked deep into the forest until he found a tall tree and then he leaped into its tall branches. He wanted to think and he did his best thinking when he was in a tree.

 

This girl was so confusing to him, he didn't know if he was coming or going when it came to her.

 

He sat in the tree and thought about everything the girl had said. He shouldn't get mad at her for not wanting to take him somewhere where people could see him. She was different, she wanted to free all demons and she wanted them to be treated equally.

 

But there was something nagging at him at the back of his mind. Something was going to happen, that's why he wanted to go with her. He felt that she was going to be in danger and he needed to be there to protect her.

 

She had been so adamant about him not going with her that he had gotten mad and forgot about the nagging feeling at the back of his mind. He growled as he stood up in the branch and then took off after her. He would follow her scent into this mall she was going to and watch from a distance, making sure that she wouldn't be harmed.

 

~oOo~

 

Kagome arrived at the mall and she saw Sango waiting for her in the atrium, she approached her friend as she said, “Hi Sango! Sorry I'm late but I had to take care of some business before I could come here.”

 

Sango smiled at her friend and said, “that's alright I wasn't waiting here for very long. As a matter of fact I just got here about five minutes ago.”

 

Both girls laughed as they started to look around the mall for the store that would have what they wanted.

 

~oOo~

 

Off in the near distance there was a pair of eyes that were watching the girls as they started their shopping. The figure followed them as he looked for the perfect opportunity to do his job.

 

His job was to get rid of the girl. That's what his employer paid him to do. They needed the girl out of the way before they could get what they wanted. So they had hired him to do the job. He was very good at it as he followed them throughout the entire mall unnoticed by even the best security guards.

 

She was unprotected so that meant that she was an easy target. All he had to do was wait for his perfect opportunity, which should present itself shortly he had to be patient.

 

~oOo~

 

Inuyasha had arrived at the mall by following Kagome scent there. He had found her car and then entered the building, which held all different kinds of scents. His senses went wild as he tried to pick up the girls scent but it was difficult. There were so many that it was hard just to pinpoint hers out of hundreds.

 

The humans were starting to stare at him as he walked through the mall. They knew that he shouldn't be out here without an owner so he stepped up behind this one human that didn't even notice he was there and followed her.

 

Once all eyes were off him he slipped away and went up. He climbed to the highest point in the mall and sat there looking for Kagome. He spotted her with a dark haired girl as they were going towards the food court. He followed making sure he stayed up high so he wouldn't be noticed.

 

He saw as the girls got something to eat and then went to sit down. He scanned the area for intruders who wished to do the girl harm and he spotted someone that looked out of place. He was well hidden behind a big bush that was in the middle of the mall. He reached down and pulled out a gun and pointed it at the girl as he took aim.

 

Inuyasha saw what was about to happen and leaped towards Kagome in hopes of getting to her before the intruder fired his shot.

 

~oOo~

 

Kagome and Sango found what they were looking for. They had to visit several stores before they found the perfect dress to wear for the formal dinner that her parents were hosting.

 

Sango had found a blue silk Kimono with beautiful white cranes and Japanese pines all long the bottom with gold detail that set it off just right. She got a gold obi to go along with. When Kagome saw her in it she knew in an instant that it was perfect for her.

 

Kagome found a white silk Kimono with red roses all along the bottom of it. It had hints of gold thread sewn in at the bottom to give it an accent. She got a red obi to go along with hers and that finished off her ensemble.

 

Kagome had wanted to get Inuyasha some new formal wear because she knew he would be going to the dinner party. So when she entered a men's store Sango looked at her strangely and asked, “Kagome, why are we in a men's store? What are you going to buy in here?”

 

Kagome flinched at her question but then she sighed and said, “Inuyasha is going to need something formal to wear when we go to the dinner so I thought I would pick up something that he would like.” Said Kagome as she turned around to look at her friend.

 

Sango had a shocked look on her face as she stared at her friend and said, “Alright Kagome your going to have to tell me everything about this Inuyasha guy.”

 

Kagome nodded her head in agreement but first she wanted to get this black silk Haorihakama with a white Juban. It looked very formal and she thought he would look handsome in it.

 

When the girls were done shopping they went for a bite to eat. They got some hamburgers, fries and a coke and found an empty table in which they could have their conversation.

 

Sango looked at her friend with wide eyes as she waited patiently for her to start her story on this person named Inuyasha. Sango grew tired of waiting for her friend to say something so she started for her. “Kagome, are you going to tell me about this guy named Inuyasha?”

 

Kagome sighed as she started to tell Sango everything that had happened in the last couple of days up to the fight she had with him for not letting him come along to the mall with her. Of course she had left out the part when she turned into a miko, she didn't have to know that.

 

Sango looked at her friend and said, “Well, Kagome, he is your slave whether you like it or not. He must comply with your wishes that's why they have the subduing necklaces around their necks to make them obey.”

 

Kagome eyes grew big as she said, “You knew about the necklace around their necks? Why didn't you ever tell me about it?”

 

Sango looked down at her hands suddenly finding them very interesting as her friend was staring at her. She swallowed hard and then said in a low voice, “If I would've told you about the necklace it would've given you something else to fight for. There are so many people that are angry at you for what you're doing that I don't want you to get hurt.”

 

Kagome eyes narrowed as she said, “What else haven't you told me that I should know?”

 

Sango sighed as she said, “not much, only that as long as you're live the slavers will never be able to subdue him because the necklace is now under your control. No matter what they do, even if they through another necklace around his neck, they can never control him or subdue him in that manner anymore.”

 

Kagome heard her comment and now knew two more things. One, that they will never be able to subdue Inuyasha as long as she lived and two, that another necklace wouldn't work as long as the original one was still in place.

 

Kagome heard a shot being fired as a figure dressed in red jumped in front of her, grabbed her, and got hit by the bullet that was meant for her.

 

Screams were heard as people started to get out of the line of fire as another shot rang out and Inuyasha pushed Kagome to the ground protecting her.

 

Sango had landed next to her friend as Kagome looked at Inuyasha with a dazed look on her face. She had no idea what was going on; when she finally got her focus back she saw that he was bleeding on his right shoulder.

 

“Inuyasha are you all right?” Inuyasha just grunted as he tried to sit up and another shot was fired. He looked at the table in front of him and quickly turned it over to offer them some protection from the bullets being fired. He collapsed back on top of Kagome trying to protect her. He was suppose to be a weak demon so he couldn't just pick her up and leave the area.

 

The police came; they were slowly approaching the position where the lone gunman was firing his gun. When they rushed in all they found were the spent cartridges from the gun but no gunman.

 

Inuyasha was now free to get off Kagome as he sat on the floor panting in pain. He looked at Kagome with concern and asked, “Have you been hurt?”

 

“No, I haven't been hurt but your bleeding from your shoulder. Lets go home so I can tend to your wounds.” Kagome said as she got up off the floor and helped him to stand.

 

Sango was pretty shaken up by the whole ordeal, she had never been shot at before and she was pale from the incident. Kagome leaned down and said, “Sango are you all right? You didn't get hit did you?”

 

Sango shook her head no as she got up from the ground and looked at her friend. Kagome was used to this stuff but she wasn't. Then she saw the silver haired man with dog-ears on top of his head standing right behind Kagome holding his shoulder.

 

Sango looked at Kagome and said, “Is that Inuyasha?”

 

Kagome nodded her head yes and said, “Yes, that's him and he just saved my life. Do you still think that all demons are bad?”

 

Kagome eyed her friend as Sango looked at the hanyou and said, “No, not all of them are bad, just a select few.”

 

Kagome said her good bye's to Sango as she helped Inuyasha who was wavering a little and then started to head towards her car.

 

They were stopped by a police officer that was checking out the area and he asked, “Excuse me Miss can I ask you a few questions?”

 

Kagome was irritated she wanted to get Inuyasha out of there so she could go tend to his wounds and she was being stopped every few feet to be asked questions. She had enough as she said; “I have already given my statement to the officer standing over there. I want to leave so I can go and tend to his wounds.”

 

The officer looked at her with an inexpressive look on his face as if to say `so what' and said, “He's only a demon he will heal in a short period of time. I really need to ask you some more questions on what happened here.”

 

That was the wrong thing to say to Kagome. Inuyasha just risked his life to save hers and this fool just said that he was just a demon.

 

Oh no, he wasn't going to get away with that comment, not this time, “Excuse me, he isn't just a demon. He just saved my life so that makes him a hero. I didn't see any of you trying to protect me but he did, now if you will get out of my way I'm leaving. If you need anymore information on what happened here today then I suggest you go and speak to that officer over there. He already got my statement.”

 

Kagome pushed by the officer as she started to leave and the officer made the mistake of grabbing her by the arm as he stopped her from leaving and she yelped in pain. This was all that it took for Inuyasha to lash out with his claws at the officer for touching his mistress.

 

Kagome didn't even see when Inuyasha attacked he moved so fast that he was just a blur and then she saw the officer hit the ground. The officer had four deep claw marks on his chest as Inuyasha was in front of Kagome protecting her. The rest of the officers in the area pulled out their guns and aimed them at him.

 

Kagome reached out with her hand and gently touched his ear and Inuyasha instantly submitted to her kneeling at her feet as she said, “put your weapons down. He won't attack any of you unless you mean to do me harm.”

 

All of the officers lowered their weapons as Kagome looked at the officer on the ground and said, “Touch me again and I will not stop him from killing you. Your superiors will hear about this and I'm sure my father will be in contact with the chief of police.”

 

The officers face just paled at her statement as Kagome turned to Inuyasha and whispered in his ear, “Inuyasha, please come with me.”

 

Inuyasha got up off the ground and followed Kagome out of the mall as all of the officers stared that her retreating form.

 

The officer on the ground with the four claw marks on his chest said, “Who in the hell was that?”

 

The officer closet to him said, “You don't know who she is? She is the daughter of King Higurashi and you just pissed off the wrong person.”

 

The officer paled even more he had no idea that she was Princess Kagome heir to the thrown of the Southern Lands.

 

~oOo~

 

Kagome had gotten Inuyasha to her car as she sat him down in it so she could look at his shoulder. It was still bleeding which meant that the bullet was lodged inside preventing his demonic powers from healing the wound. There was something else there too. The wound looked red and swollen for some reason but she couldn't figure out what it was.

 

She got the first aid kit out of the trunk of the car and quickly put a bandage on the wound to prevent the flow of blood until she could get him home.

 

Inuyasha was breathing hard and he was starting to turn pale as Kagome got in the car and drove off. She kept looking at Inuyasha with concern in her eyes as she started to do a mental check of everything she knew about his injury.

 

They arrived at her house about 20 minutes later and she helped Inuyasha into the house. She took him to another room that he had never seen before. It looked like a doctors office complete with examining table and cabinets that held all manner of drugs in it.

 

Kagome sat Inuyasha on the examining table and helped him take off his shirt. The bandage she had put on was soaked with blood as she stared at the skin around the wound. It seemed that the bullet was laced with something else and now it was in Inuyasha blood stream.

 

Kagome went over to one of the cabinets and pulled out some gauze and antiseptic to clean his wound. Inuyasha flinched away from her in pain as she tried to clean the wound. She knew that she would have to remove the bullet in order to allow his body to heal properly.

 

She walked around to the front of the table and said, “Inuyasha I have to remove the bullet in order for your body to heal. I'm going to give you something to sleep so I can do this or else you will be in a great deal of pain.”

 

Inuyasha looked at her through half lidded eyes as he agreed with what she had to do.

 

Kagome got busy as she got some instruments ready for what she needed to do. She put them all on a rolling tray table and put it next to the examining table he was on. She opened another cabinet and got a bottle of chloroform and some gauze as she readied herself to remove the bullet.

 

“Inuyasha, I'm going to put something over your nose, I want you to breath in deeply all right?” Inuyasha grunted that he understood but it didn't mean he wasn't going to fight when he smelled the stench of the medicine she but over his nose.

 

Kagome had to fight with Inuyasha to keep the chloroform over his nose until he fell asleep in her arms, as she laid him on his stomach on the table. She wiped away the sweat from her forehead that had gathered there as she set to work to remove the bullet.

 

About an hour later she had succeeded in removing the bullet from his shoulder. Inuyasha was still asleep on the table and Kagome noticed that his wound was still red and swollen. She didn't have time to find out through normal methods what the bullet was laced with so she used her healing powers to purge the poison from his body.

 

It took everything she had to purge the poison out of his system and allow his body to heal normally. Whatever it was she was sure that it was meant to kill her the moment the bullet hit her.

 

`Thank Kami that he's a hanyou or he surely would've died.' That thought sent a shiver up her spine. `I could've lost him today because he wanted to protect me. I don't think that I could ever live with myself if anything ever happened to him because of me.'

 

Everything that she had pinned up inside her from the day's events finally hit her. She started to cry as she lost control over her emotions. She had never lost control the way she did today. She looked into his sleeping face and ran her fingers across his cheek.

 

Inuyasha moaned as if in pain and she gently rubbed his ear to relax him. She stayed by his side the whole night to make sure that he would be all right. Never before had she felt this way about anybody.

 

Then it finally hit her she was in love with him and for the first time in her life she felt that she had found her soul mate. This thought made her happy. She only hoped that he felt the same way about her.

 

Kagome continued to massage his ear as he started to purr. His purr made her eyes grow tired as she laid her head down next to him and fell asleep with her arm draped over his waist.

 

~oOo~

 

All right everyone that's the end to another chapter. As you can see Sango is now in the picture. The next chapter will be Miroku's chapter. It will start from the time he left his lords office until they uncover a big plot.

 

What can that plot be you say!! Ha, ha, you have to wait to find out.

 

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Until the next chapter!!

 

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