InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ All Hallow's Evening ❯ Watch Me ( Chapter 4 )

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Aamalie: Hum... if Nov 1 is All Saint's day then why is Oct 31 All Hallow's Evening? u_u In my country Nov 3 is … er, Dead people day? Lol, I don't know how you say it in English and Nov 1 is All Saint's day… but I thought Saint and Hallow was almost the same thing? Anyway… weird, lol. Miroku, I think he is going to be here somewhere lol, maybe even this chapter, I just got an idea lol (that is the creative process u_u).

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All Hallow's Evening

Chapter 4: Watch me

"I'm… stuck here?" Kagome asked, she still couldn't believe it…

"Yes… the portal only opens in All Hallow's Evening… that's why demons go to your world and… well, take advantage of the situation. Sometimes some demons are stuck in the other side, but it rarely ever happens…" Kagome was looking down at her hands, Sango's words barely registered in her brain. This explained so much… but at the same time it left Kagome more confused than before.

"Why?… Why? How?" she said in a worried tone.

"I… don't know… people say it is because the souls of the dead seal the portal but they leave and wander the earth in All Hallow's Evening, to go visit their living relatives… I find that explanation really weird, though…." The girl said and gave Kagome a small smile. "And before you ask: No, I don't know how or why this dimension connects with the Human World, it just is…"

"How long have you been here?" Kagome asked after a long silence, she had been sure she wouldn't see another human in a long time.

"Since I was ten… so that would be 8 years." Sango noticed Kagome's eyes moist again so she continued. "My father, mother and brother were killed by youkai, I had no one."

"How awful! And you were forced to live here with your family's murderers?" Kagome spat, eyes quickly getting back their lively glint.

"Oh, no… The Inu Youkai were not the ones that killed my family, it was the Wolf Clan." The younger girl was surprised to see the blind anger in the young woman's eyes. "They killed them without pity… they were going to take my mother but she defended herself and was killed at the fight… my family were demons exterminator and even they couldn't fight against Wolves. My brother was only 5 years old…" Her voice became softer and softer with every word, so Kagome could hardly hear the last thing she said. "The Inu Youkai, the demons that live in this kingdom, were the ones who found me and brought me here, I was crying so much they took me to the Queen, she pitied me, I guess.. She took me as her servant." She smiled at the memory and Kagome felt her heart get heavier. This girl, whose parents had been murderer by demons lived with them like they were her family… she didn't hate them…

"Well... I want to tell you what I came to tell you." Sango said, changing the subject. Kagome looked at her suspiciously.

"You knew I was here? I thought you said you didn't know the demon had company..."

Sango sighed. "All Hallow's Evening just passed, of course I knew someone was here." Kagome looked at her hands in her lap, wondering...

"He... How many women?" She asked, dreading the answer... if he had had more women like her... what happened to them after...?

"Every year... he picks one." Sango whispered.

"What happens to them?" Kagome could hear her own voice quiver, but she didn't care, she had to know.

"That is what I came to tell you" Sango said looking at her eyes. "I have told this to every woman Inuyasha keeps since I live here, to warn them... He... he keeps them here, rarely letting them out, no one really knows what happens, what he does... but I know they don't come out of here virgins. Not one of them lasts more than a month." Kagome gasped. "He gets tired of them, I guess... and every one of them is out of this room exactly a month from now... December 1st." When Sango finished speaking Kagome took a moment to assimilate the information. The girl said every woman had been freed of this demon after a month, but she wasn't saying it like it was a good thing.

"What happens to them after that?" Kagome asked, feeling confused.

"They go to the Harem… none of them lasts more than 3 months there." Kagome was in shock after hearing the information, mouth forming mute answers… it couldn't be! She couldn't end up like that!

"Are you telling me I only have 4 months or so to live?!" she asked angrily, Sango looked surprised for a minute, the usual response of the girls once they heard that was to cry, weep, moan… The older girl's face turned to pity again.

"No, I'm giving you the heads up. Maybe there is something you can do." The younger girl sighed and hung her head, shoulders relaxing a little... she needed her rest, she was exhausted.

"What can I do...?"

"Leash him... Allure him..." The girl looked at Sango with a shocked expression again, so she continued. "If he thinks you are indispensable... he wont give you away, I know he wont."

Kagome looked thoughtful for a second before asking irritably. "And how do I do that?"

"I don't know" Sango answered honestly. "Get to know him talk to him, crawl under his skin."

"You say it like it's easy, talking is the last thing I want to do with him..." Kagome buried her face in her arms. They kept silent again. She was lost... she was losing all hopes now, she didn't want to be here, who would?! But she was stuck here for a year... that if she got to escape, or if she lived more than 4 moths to be able to escape.

She replayed the King and Inuyasha's conversation in her mind again. They had treated her like a... well, a dog or something like that... especially his brother... Seshomaru, he had paralyzed her with one look, he had TOUCHED her and she hadn't done anything about it! She felt herself shiver at the memory.

But the demon who had capturer her was not better, at first he seemed well enough, even harmless, but once they got to the castle, he had changed completely. He even screamed at his brother he would get his share when he was done with her! What a jerk!.. And then the King had say...

"What is a Miko Army?" she asked making Sango jump.

"What... how... did you know about that?" The older girl asked nervously.

"The King said I had to go to the Miko Army, whatever that is, tomorrow." Kagome looked at Sango, expecting an answer, she had jumped at the question… like this was some big secret no one was suppose to know about.

Sango's mouth fell open. "You are a Miko?" Kagome nodded. "Well... that is... unusual. That changes everything…" She whispered, Kagome felt herself grow even more scared, the sound of her voice… it was so hopeless. Kagome asked why, why did it changed everything?

"Once Inuyasha is done with you, you'll probably go to Seshomaru's room" Well, I had already figured that out, Kagome thought. "And once Seshomaru is done with you, you'll go to the Harem… but they won't let you die."

What does she mean?, Kagome thought, they won't let me die?

"Mikos are useful for the kingdom… they couldn't afford you dying." Sango had a distant look in her face, like she was trying to remember something.

"So they'd extend my life, my torture? Keep me in the stupid Harem for everyone to enjoy without the single hope that one fine day I'll be death?" Sango didn't answer, she just kept looking at the floor, the distant look still on her face.

"Inuyasha hasn't kept a Miko in his room in 50 years. Maybe you do have a chance." She said just before the door opened again. It was the demon.

"Sango!" he screamed, walking angrily to the two women, Sango got up immediately, Kagome took some more time. "Do you have to do this every fucking time?!" he then took her by the arm and conduced her to the door. Kagome noted, slightly surprised, that the demon didn't put enough force in his grip to harm the girl, he was actually being gentle.

"It's my duty." She older girl replied, Inuyasha sighed.

"Keep your nose out of this. Stop trying to help, you won't 'save' anyone." He hissed.

Sango stayed silent for a while, her back to Inuyasha, she was starting to leave but before she closed the door behind her, she whispered to him so low that Kagome didn't hear. "Watch me."

Sango had retired so fast Kagome barely had the chance to register every bit of their conversation. Did she said this demon hadn't had a Miko in his room in 50 years? 50 years? FIFTY?

Inuyasha turned around and faced the young miko, they stared at each other, one pair of angry eyes against a pair of hopeless eyes.

"How old are you really?" she asked. He lifted an eyebrow. "And don't tell me you can't socialize with the prey… for what I'd heard, you have done way more than socialize with the 'prey' before." He chuckled at her boldness.

"Close to a 100 now." She gasped, it didn't make sense, he looked her age, maybe a couple of years older. "Demons age different than human." He explained.

They stood like that, half a room apart, staring at each other's eyes, daring the other to move.

Is this the only option?, Kagome thought. She wanted to live… she really did, but the price she'd have to pay, being her play toy… it wasn't worth it.

So she decided he would never touch her. She didn't care if she was put in the Harem, if it came to that she'll make sure to end her misery herself.

"My name is Kagome." She said, finally moving and walking slowly to the door at the side of the room, were her new room was. His eyes never left her form.

"My name is Inuyasha." He answered. She turned around to face him for a few seconds.

"I know." Was all she said before disappearing inside her room.

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Ok… no Miroku, but he'll be in the next chapter! This was just getting too long…. So much dialogue, arg… Well, I HAD to explain a few things and Sango is good at doing that… next chapter will have some more action, I promise!!!

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