InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Hanging by A Moment ❯ Chapter 19 Terror ( Chapter 19 )

Hanging by A Moment

 

by Lor

 

I kept postponing when I would have this chapter done. I got halfway done, then my friends distracted me. Then something happened that threw me for a loop. And then there's the fact I had to get blood work done… (completely wipes me out), and if you're wondering the blood work is to get different levels relating to fibromyalga or lupus (doc isn't sure yet what I have).

 

Random suggestion, if you can, download the song Coin-Operated Boy by The Dresden Dolls, the song is just fantastic. It has never failed to bring a smile to my face.

 

I went skimming through earlier chapters…no wonder it seem like few people read this fic… it was so badly done and didn't keep emotions for characters proper with previous events… so now I'm considering abandoning this story and work on a new one…

 

Remember to R&R!

 

' .... ' thoughts

" ..... " dialogue

~ ...... ~ flashback or dream sequence

 

Chapter 19

 

Terror

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(Re-cap)

 

“You can't think of a comeback, can you?” he smirked, enjoying seeing her in pain. “Just wait until later, then you'll learn the real meaning of being in pain.” Then he threw her arms back down onto the bed and went to the door, “Oh and just for that, no breakfast. And to think I actually had made you some toast.” With that, he left the room once again, closing the door and turning off the light, leaving Roru in total darkness.

 

With tears streaming down her face, Roru looked around the room, wondering how much time had passed. “Please find me soon,” she uttered before closing her eyes and curling back into a ball.

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“Are you sure this is the right place? There aren't any doors that I can see,” Miroku said peering out the window of the car.

 

“I'm positive, I have a strong feeling that somewhere in this building Roru is being held against her will,” Kagome replied sternly.

 

“Gotcha,” Miroku replied simply not wanting to start an argument.

 

Akio quickly got out of the car and began looking around the outside of the building, “Well, it's obvious someone is living here.” He knelt down to point at something lying beside a few trashcans, “What looks like pretty fresh pieces of toast,” he poked at them with his shoe, “Someone must've lost their appetite.”

 

With a sigh, Kagome went and stood beside Akio, “What's the next step? We need to get in there somehow.”

 

“Sango, call the police and let them know what's going on. Say that we found a piece of Roru's clothing out here or something and know that she must be in here,” Miroku said handing his girlfriend his cell phone.

 

“And where do you think you're going?” Sango replied as she saw the guys start heading for the alley that ran alongside the building.

 

“Searching for a way in, you two stay here. Get in the car and lock the doors,” Yash replied. “We'll bring her back don't worry, the police are just for the clean up,” he finished with a smile.

 

Sango and Kagome stood there in silence watching the young men disappear from view. “They'll be alright won't they?” Kagome asked turning to Sango.

 

“They better be…” she began, her voice trailing off. “Anyway, let's listen to Yash and get into the car.”

 

The silence in the car was broken by the pressing of buttons on the cell phone. Then with Sango's voice, “Hello? I want to report a missing person and also that I'm pretty sure where she is being held.” “Her name is Roru Higurashi. The building is at…”

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Unlike the previous times, Roru did not wake to a dank and gloomy room. Where she found herself now, scared her beyond anything she had ever seen before in her life. The only thing she could really surmise was that she was now tied up in a grimy, scary basement. The things thrown around were not the typical basement crap, old furniture and forgotten storage boxes, there were just painful looking objects along the walls among various knifes and daggers. She wasn't even in normal rope bindings, she was stuck to a concrete wall by metal wrist casings.

 

`What can Kyro be planning…' she thought to herself fearfully.

 

She know thought her acts of crying earlier were a waste, at least there she was semi-comfortable. But the surroundings she had now suggested painful torment. A wall lined with what looked like old-fashioned pain-inflicting devices, what looked like a welding station `Why on earth would that be down here…” and many other things she couldn't describe.

 

After nearly 10 minutes of looking around filled with fear and anxiety, Roru heard signs of someone descending the rickety looking staircase. And of course it was the one person in the entire world that she didn't want to see ever again, Kyro.

 

“Oh, there you are, sweetie,” his voice dripping with sarcasm, “Just like I left you, though this time it seems you are awake… what a pity for you.” He smirked, “though this way I'll get more enjoyment.”

 

Roru's eyes widened, “More enjoyment from what?” she whispered in fear.

 

Kyro flashed her one of his devilish smirks, “Your screams.”

 

That was when he began moving towards her and blindfolded her with a piece of dirty black cloth, “I've never enjoyed seeing someone's eyes bug out, plus this way you're bound to start screaming sooner.” He began chuckling to himself as he moved back away from her.

 

`I'm going to die…' Roru thought as silent tears began to roll down her cheeks, `I haven't even told Akio I love him…I've been so rude to Oba-san… and Kagome we're practically sisters….and everyone else…' she began to sob.

 

She was quickly jolted out of her thoughts when she heard a clunk from something metal hit the wall along side her. “Time for my fun,” Kyro whispered in her ear.

 

That was when she felt a knife slide up her leg, not only cutting her skirt off but also left a cut into her leg in its wake. Nearly instantly, Roru's screams began to resonate throughout the building.

 

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“RORU!” Akio yelled bursting into the building after hearing her screams. He, along with Yash and Miroku, frantically searched the room for a sign of where the screams were coming from.

 

“Fuck the figuring out, it's taking too long,” Yash said after ten seconds of searching and kicked down the door on the left side of the room, which oddly enough allowed Roru's screaming to be heard more clearly.

 

“No gloating,” Akio said quickly running passed Yash, to be instantly followed by Miroku.

 

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Even from where they were at outside the building, Kagome and Sango were able to hear the cries of pain. The sound induced Kagome and Sango to tears. The two starred intently on the building in front of them too afraid to say or do anything.

 

`How can someone stand doing that to another, especially to someone they had claimed to love…' Sango thought with a shiver.

 

What happened next caused the two young women to screech with fright. They quickly realized it was from the police officer knocking on the passenger window.

 

“Are you the girls that called in about…” the officer checked the notepad he was holding, “Roru Higurashi?”

 

The two girls nodded, tears still streaming down their cheeks.

 

“We have a good team here, she'll be with you in no time. I just need to ask you a few questions while our team is in there.” He turned to a new page in his notepad, “Do you know who took her?”

 

Kagome nodded, “Her ex-boyfriend, Kyro Jouni.”

 

 

Since I'm considering abandoning this story now, I'm going to end this chapter here and see if any of you review with a comment on my idea.

 

R&R please