InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Bitter Sweet Tragedy ❯ Holding Back ( Chapter 7 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

The sun's light finally slowly began chasing away the dark shadows, lighting up the empty, dusty cells they were imprisoned in. His eyes watched the sun began to rise as it slowly illuminated everything in it's path. Kagome eyes began to flutter tiredly, so anxious to greet the day making herself believe she was still in her own bed and living with her family. Sadly, it would take her awhile to realize this wasn't a dream, she was living a nightmare out more than anything. Her mouth slowly began to open from a yawn stretching her arms back to her full extent. He sat there bored out of his mind after he saw the sun fully arise, and noticed her tossing and turning bit by bit slowly going back into a deep sleep. His shirt was grasped in her arms securely like a real blanket, with the sweetest smile he had seen on her face possible. For once in his life, she seemed peaceful and at ease when she was resting. He knew maybe because she was dreaming of her family and her friends still thinking it was all real to her. He had slowly risen to his feet with a graceful smile and wondering how she could sleep with a smile her face he knew he couldn't anymore. The happiness faded through when he had lost all hope, and it seemed like she refused to no matter what.

He slowly brought himself closer to her, seeing his t-shirt around her mid-drift and her calmly sleeping the day away. He didn't understand her sometimes, and how she promised him that she'd never lose hope and never let her life waste and rot to nothing. He could only laugh at her mere attempts and her last bit of hope, she was surely biting on. At one point he felt all alone, and it seemed like the first day repeated it's self and there was never an ending for him. He felt like he was already a failure and he didn't belong anywhere, but the look of things were slowly changing because of her. Finally she revealed her hazel eyes to the light of day, and he'd likely think she'd fly into the air in surprise seeing him leaning over her, or maybe a smack at least. But instead he saw a tired grin lazily laying on her face, with a soft whisper,

“Good Morning....”

She said tiredly, as he slowly backed away just in case she was about to question him with him staring over her. She noticed the black shirt grasped in her palms as she fixed her tangled black hair and smiled, “

You gave me this last night didn't you?” His knees were bent, as he grabbed it back from her hands and placed his nose high in the air, like he had nothing to do with her. “

Ya of course cause you were cold! Why do you gotta question everything?! You know I could of just wore it the whole time on my back and let you freeze to death!” He began to yell, as she shook her head like maybe it was pointless to ask him why he committed such a good act, which was something that wasn't in his nature.

He laid out his black muscle shirt, as dark as his eyes she gazed upon and threw it over his head covering his toned body. She wasn't going to sit there and let him get away with everything, she couldn't take it anymore with him. She finally got her breath, and grabbed him by the ear as he leaned towards her direction trying to teach the heartless guy a lesson. His eyes widened when he felt her ginger fingers grasping his ear with force throwing him to the ground as he began to moan slightly in pain.

“God, why do you always have to be such an ass!?” He began to snicker with his eyes shielding underneath his bangs only to see her scarlet red face, and her draped down towards her shoulders.

“Why do gotta be such a bitch? Eh Kagome? Once you answer my question I'll answer yours...” He made another jack ass comment to amusing watch her get frustrated, and herself she felt like a mother disobeying such a evil child than would get in trouble all the time. “He can be a god damn saint, and then he turns back to this!!

Gah, I've had it with you!” She screamed, as she whipped him down towards the hard cement hearing the light sound of his empty shell hitting down to the ground.

Kagome eyes drifted away from him staring out towards the window sadly like he had done last night. She felt like she had been imprisoned forever, only seeing rays of sunlight coming showing a huge shadow of bars that laid against the ground. Only they're hands could wrap around them, with the saddened pathetic look in they're eyes showing that they missed how they're life really was. One point, she didn't wanna go to high school, but she begged now that she was still there having fun with her friends as usual...She had lost touch with every one around her, and nothing was the same ever for her. “

Maybe, this is what he meant by life wasn't all great.” She thought, feeling the ground she felt safe on slowly give away, just like the strong hope she had long forgotten.

He was brutally honest with her, in the way that made her felt once the possible had become impossible and nothing was going to change. The day would repeat it's self one after another, and only night and day would be only difference to both of them. She felt like she was going to break down and cry, but he was just waiting for her to crumble to pieces and to make her feel so small and pathetic than she already was. She could see in her eyes he gave damn about wanted to be free again, but to him it was only just a dream that would never measure to anything. Her eyes slowly began to glisten of tears like the morning dew, and his eyes glanced at her watching the sadness and time in the hell hole slowly start taking his effect. Her head folded back in towards her knees, and embraced her knees tightly with every tear that rolled off her cheek. She didn't care if she cried anymore, she felt this was the only way to get herself sane, and not transform into the rest of them.

“He's right...It hopeless...I'm doomed as much as he is..My family dies in a car accident, I'm ripped away from the real world and my friends. Only to be some animal behind a cage...” She muttered between sobs, as she felt cold air pass her by and to her the deep voice of a guy beside her with a voice that filled her with surprised and stopped the last tear from proceeding down her cheek.

“Kagome, don't worry.” He softly whispered that made her felt cared about, and like she was a real human being to him and not some monster that was out to hurt her.

Kagome felt her heart beating faster than usual, and her tears had slowly disappeared when she felt like he cared, but she wasn't sure if she actually heard it or she wanted to believe she heard it. Her head flew up like a bird in flight, when she heard heavy footsteps pounding on the rusted color cement that made her heart continued to race more and more. She saw an out cast of a huge shadow flying through the “freedom door” and in other cases where new comers would become prisoners. She slowly her shadow disappeared revealing the hideous women that had left Kagome's leg damaged and sprained as well as himself bruised and bloody from head to toe. Her eyes narrowed stepping quietly down the hallway like she was searching for something particular swinging her keys in her massive manly hands. Her curly hair was all damp and wet from sweat, and seeing her made Kagome scared and terrified what else she was going endure from her. Her ivory eyes met with her like a animal ready to come in for a kill, and the way she stared at Kagome made her feel at ease like she was searching for her and only her.

His head rose when she saw the manly ogre with a gruesome smile from the corner of her beaten red lips when she made contact with Kagome, looking straight through her as though she appeared invisible to her. Her body was cut all over, and purple and black bruises were formed all over the mouth and it seemed she wanted to slotted Kagome for some of the marks she imprinted on her massive body. She stood with her eyes glaring into the young girl's who looked scared and she could see it in her eyes and she enjoyed every minute of it. Her hands slowly wandered to get the cell key out, and a gruesome grin that told Kagome a lot of what was about to happen to her. His dark eyes glared at her, expecting something vicious or horrible to happen when she made her appearance without an food to offer to either of them. Blood was rushing through her veins, and so was hate and she wasn't there for no little visit. She intended to get something straight, and the way she eyed Kagome she knew she'd be caught in the middle.

Her massive hands swung open the cell door, as neither dared to make a great escape. He knew he'd pay for it and run with a chicken with it's head off and he didn't plan to do anymore foolish mistakes. In his eyes he knew it would cost him even more than an arm and a leg when he had to deal with manly bitch he hated her guts inside and out. Everbody's voice slowly simmered down when they were in her presence that made Kagome's heart wanna scream and run out of her chest. Her stomach was twisted in knots when she glanced Kagome up and down without blinking, and could see she was plainly mocking her, laughing inside, taunting her any way she possibility could. “Look who's slowly healing...” She could only laugh, like she wanted it to heal so she could damage it once again for her fighting back against her. Kagome nervously began to back up until she hit the wall, as she stood tall rising over her that made him alert just in case she was going to try anything.

“Don't be scared I'm not gonna hurt you....that much...”

he whispered faintly in her ears that made her blood pulsing through her veins and brought fear into her fogged hazel eyes. Her massive hands grasped for her wrist, as screams began to come from her mouth dragging her off the floor, scarping her knees against the floor with pain out in to the hallway. She refused to go anywhere with her, not after the sprain leg she had received and how she had tormented and beaten him almost to death and blood head to toe. “

I'm not going anywhere!!!” She screamed, as her heels dug into the concrete floor as her right hand held on to the bars screaming and looking back at him with him alert and trying to grab her hand. He could already see the hidden tears forming around the corner of her eyes, as the heavy women continued to viciously pull her apart like a Barbie doll that made her cry in so much pain. She didn't understand where she was going, and she refused to she was scared she wanted to hurt her even more after the marks she left on her body.

“Please don't let go, please don't let go...” She whispered as she continued to sob heavily managing to get breaths, as her eyes stared at him like daggers.

“You disrespecting son of a bitch, let go of her now...!”

He stood there coldly, merely laughing at the wounds she had received from himself and Kagome that couldn't make him stop laughing. His hands pulled back his bangs that his chocolate eyes hid behind and began to mock her with a sneering smile that formed in the corner of his lips. “ Your not gonna lay another hand on her your fat bitch!” He yelled directly in her face, as her pale dead looking face glew with scarlet in her face setting her off immediately

Her fist connected with his stomach, in an outburst of rage as his fingers slipped away from hers quivering in pain, sliding down the wall feeling like his stomach was twisted in side out. Tears of pain flew down his cheek, and he groaned loudly trying to roll and help her, but he was useless he just couldn't. His hands grasped his stomach hoping it would relief the pain, as his head soon lowered to the ground and only short bursts of air came in and out of his mouth. He couldn't hard breathe, he literally had to gasp for air and tried to fight the pain but he couldn't.

“Ka-gome...”

He managed to say, as he fell down to the ground like animal that was just taken down. He held his stomach tighter, the pain was menace enough feeling like his insides were going to proceed through his mouth. His eyes could only watch helplessly, seeing the manly women prying her slender hands away from the bars that kept her from moving, and throwing her viciously over her shoulder, and her hands hitting against her flesh as hard as a whip enough to bring tears to your eyes. “Come on out now you bitch!! If I find you you'll want to be dead..”She screamed as Kagome limply tried to run away, as the cell she had closed behind so he wouldn't be able to save her not this time.

Her shadows ran with her on the wall, as she continued to run and run trying to keep her sobs in and not let out a single word. She passed by the motionless prisoners locked in the cell, as there saddened eyes watched the young girl bolting it as fast as she could with her sprained leg trying to get free and trying to find her way out of the hellhole. She felt like she was in those killer movies where she'd run as fast as she could, as the psycho would be traveling behind her it was exactly that. The tears streamed down her bloody red cheeks, as her feet began to burn with pain as the pain severed up her sprained leg.

“I've gotta get out of here...I can't stop.. I gotta keep running...” The lights continuously flickered over her head, feeling so scared and her very life threatened. Her hazel eyes were slowly fogging up with tears, as she bolted into a corner behind doors hoping and praying she wouldn't get caught.

She remained hidden by the darkened shadows, as she her arms embraced her knees rubbing the pain that felt like a burn to her skin. All she had on her mind, was hoping to run as fast as she could towards the freedom door and never return and live life the way it was meant to be. She could already imagine, the beautiful lush grass as tall as her ankles, and the trees dancing in the breeze and the sun shining it's brightest down on her. She knew the freedom door was way on the opposite end, and that lady was storming down the hallway looking for her.

“I've gotta get out of this hellhole...” She repeated insanely to herself, figuring out in her mind how she could become free and it all seemed impossible. The women's manly voice had suddenly disappeared, and that made her heart continued to beat and beat thinking she was waiting in the wings to grab her and deal with her whatever way she planned it. The dead silence killed her. Only the lights swinging and the water dripping against the concrete was the only thing that could possibly be heard.

Her hazel eyes slowly gazed down the hallway, only seeing darkness hovering around and beams of light silhouetting only the bars that keep all of them from being free and happy like they use to be. The women didn't even appear in the hallway at all, not her voice not even her shadow followed her on the wall. She took a deep breath, and managed to lift herself to her feet ready for the moment the ground underneath would fall beneath her.

“I've gotta get out...” She cried out, as her hand slowly appeared in the hallway as she stood stunned like a dear in headlights not knowing what the hell to do. Her knees were bent as she mentally thought it through, she only wanted to get out and be free and no body was going to stop her or get in her way any longer. Her legs leaned back and felt the wind upon her fast and the her foot splashing through small puddles as the freedom door was slowly coming closer to her reach. “ Almost there...” She thought as she stood in front with her hands relaxed on the bar knowing she'd be free and that's all she ever wanted.

Something was completely holding her back. Something she knew was important...

His eyes steadily watched her every move and her slender hands grasping the doors, wondering what possessed her to stop from running towards freedom. He knew he would have continued running and wouldn't let anything hold him back, and be back into the world he dearly missed. His saddened eyes glistened with a confused face laying in the corner of the cell, noticing her standing there with her head down pausing not understand why she was doing it.

“Kagome..why aren't you running away? Why is shedoing this?”

He thought to himself, she had the greatest chance and opportunity to leave her worries behind but instead she refused to step her foot out of the door. He could tell something was troubling her, more than he could believe and for one moment. He didn't understand why she was just standing there in front of the door at all. He thought maybe Kagome wasn't going to let herself believe there was the real world outside, or something else he couldn't see. Maybe she didn't know how to continue on with her life after everything was taken away from her. He knew her life was tragic enough losing her family, being ripped away from friends. Kagome's hands began to shake thinking whether or not she would run to freedom... Something was truly holding her back, and he didn't understand what could be so important that would stop her from freedom....

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