InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Destinies Collide ❯ Answers? ( Chapter 8 )

I purposely made this chapter another cliffhanger. I've been making good progress on writing this story however. Yeah for me!! Oh, and Sesshomaru was put in here for a reason, but I'm not telling you why!! You'll have to read to find out!

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Destinies Collide

Chapter 8: Answers?

Silence. It was nothing new. She had come to know silence as a friend. Thus, she had come to love it. It was only when her silence was invaded did she get worried. Looking around her small enclosure again, she almost wished that stupid wolf would come back. At least he made her laugh with all those idiotic declarations of his. She would marry him? That was a good one.

She sighed and leaned back against the wall. The events of the past couple of days had been more than she could bear. One thing bugged her more than the rest. Where had she seen that silver haired, golden-eyed cutie before? Just the thought of him made her knees weak.

"Pull yourself together Kagome. The only reason he looks familiar is because I must have had a dream about him before. That's the only explanation. I'm pretty sure I've never seen him before. Then again, so much has happened to me that I doubt that I would remember if I had met him."

She sighed again. `Wait, his body felt so familiar. The power emanating from his heart and soul was so intense. I've felt that power before. I'm sure of it.'

She closed her eyes as she tried to remember when she had last felt that power. An image of her last master formed in her head. It wasn't something that she cared to see again, but if it would help explain things, then she would endure it.

She directed her attention back to her thoughts. She saw her last master standing on the right side of her. He was a fairly big lion demon. He stood about six foot five inches tall. His eyes were deep green and his hair was brown with white and black stripes. She chanced a look at her body and found that she was naked and bound to his bed. She looked back at him and watched as he shed the last of his clothes. The look on his face reminded her of the look a predator gives before it pounces on its prey. He crawled onto the bed and straddled her hips.

At that point, she noticed the small whip in his hand. She was afraid and he knew it. He began hitting her, all the while telling her how bad she had been by not letting him have his way with her. After a while, he dropped the whip onto the floor and took the opportunity to explore her body. That's when she felt it. A power entered her body and settled into her heart. She heard a voice in her head that told her to relax and let him take care of everything. She tensed up as her master's ministrations traveled down her stomach and between her legs. The voice came again.

`Relax. I've taken care of you before and I won't stop now. Let me handle this. He won't get away with it. You're mine, now and forever.'

She couldn't help but relax. He was demanding, yet gentle. She had heard his voice before and should know to trust him by now. He had taken care of her before. There was only one problem. Who was he and why was he taking care of her? She closed her eyes as she felt her master creep back up her body and position himself over her entrance. That's when everything went black. She could remember nothing after that.

She tore her eyes open and reclined her head against the back wall. What had happened after that? All she could remember was waking up and finding her master dead. Could that power have been what caused her master's death? She was no stranger to that power. She had been feeling it since her first master laid his hands on her. He had wound up dead also. So it was that mysterious voice that had been protecting her. Only two questions remained. Will she ever meet the man behind the voice? Or was the voice only a figment of her imagination?

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Silence. He loved silence. It gave him a chance to gather his thoughts and try to make sense of his life. The only thing he loved more than silence was darkness. Darkness hid everything from the world. Darkness gave him a chance to escape the realities of his existence. Together silence and darkness were his best friends.

He traveled down a long set of stairs covered in darkness and silence. He didn't mind. It was what he enjoyed. He made his way down the steps slowly. He had all day and really didn't care when he arrived at his destination. He would end up regretting this decision later anyway. He reached the bottom of the stairs, stopped, and took a deep breath. He contemplated heading back up the stairs and forgetting all about what had happened, but he wanted answers. He shook his head and turned his attention to the long hallway to the left of him. It was now or never.

He drifted down the hallway occasionally letting his gaze bounce around to each door as he past it. There were three doors on each side and one at the very end of the hall. He walked up to the third door on the right and stopped. Should he do this? Maybe he wouldn't have to tell the whole story. He doubted that and sighed again as he reached out and gently knocked on the door.

"Come in," came a male voice on the other side of the door.

InuYasha gave a deep breath and entered the room. As he stepped inside he took in the appearance of the room. It was a small cozy room. In the right hand corner sat a recliner and on the left side sat a twin size bed. There wasn't much in the room, but not all servants have such nice accommodations. InuYasha returned his attention to the middle of the room and gazed at the figure that was currently on his hands and knees.

"Get up baka!"

"But master, it's not right for me…."

"Shut up. What did I tell you about that non-sense?"

The figure sat up and stared at InuYasha. "You told me that it wasn't necessary."

"And why did I say that?"

"You said that we were friends."

"How long have I known you?"

"All your life."

InuYasha sighed. This conversation was a regular occurrence with this guy. He was so hard headed. Either that or he just liked pulling InuYasha's chains. "Stand up. I need to talk to you." InuYasha made his way over to the recliner and took a seat. He studied his friend for a moment. The man didn't look like he was going to move any time soon. "Miroku, plant yourself on that bed and listen to me. This is important. I don't have time to play games with you today," InuYasha growled.

Miroku stood up and quickly sat on the edge of his bed. Usually, he would have kept up the master bit for a little longer, but today InuYasha seemed in a bad mood. "What happened?"

"Uh…. Nothing. Just thought we should chat. I haven't talked to you in a while."

Miroku rolled his eyes and was thankful that the room was dark. Any other time, that would have earned him a bump on the head. "I know you better than that. Might it help if I start from what I know?"

"H…. How do you know what I'm talking about?" InuYasha held back his gasp. Miroku is a monk; he had to have felt that power last night. There's no two ways about it.

"I saw you go off into the woods with some woman. I then saw you come out about an hour or more later." Miroku slid back on his bed and rested his back on the wall. "Have a little fun?"

InuYasha didn't have to see Miroku's face to know the Hentai was giving him a lecherous stare. "Get your mind out of the gutter, will you."

"Oh, I get it. A little embarrassed, huh? Don't be. First times can be good depending on who you're with at the time."

InuYasha growled. "I didn't do anything like that." InuYasha turned his attention to the floor and dropped his voice a few notches. "At least…. I don't think…. I mean…. I can't remember…."

"Ah, did she drug you?"

"I didn't eat or drink anything, baka. How could she have drugged me?"

"She could have used her powers to drug you. It doesn't have to involve eating or drinking. Tell me what happened."

"Oh. Uh…. It's not all that exciting."

"Look, you came here for help. Did you not?"

"Yeah."

"Then tell me what happened. Obviously whatever happened scared you enough to come ask for my help. Stop skating around the issue and just tell me. I can't help, if I don't know what happened."

"Alright. I get your point." InuYasha then relayed the events that happened from the time he had met Kikyo to the time he woke up in his room.

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He sat alone in a darkened corner of his barely lit room. Thoughts danced around in his head, every one of them entertaining to a degree. He smirked as he remembered what his mate had divulged to him earlier that day. The hanyou had a powerful mate. He smirked again. That was just the news that he had been waiting two hundred years for. Now, only one problem remained. Who was this mysterious woman?

It shouldn't be too hard to dig up files and evidence from his sources. He had already sent out his best spy to work on tagging InuYasha's every move. He smirked again. He had to admit the kid he sent out to trail the hanyou was good, annoying, but an expert.

He leaned his head against the wall and took a deep breath. Everything had been set up already. There was nothing left to do but wait until the pieces slowly drifting into their correct places. That was when the fun would begin.