InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Locked Away ❯ Until Tomorrow ( Chapter 7 )

Yes, it has been a few months, but I've been busy with school and stuff, so deal with it. Thanks for all of the reviews, sorry I cannot answer them today, I have to study for an algebra test.

WARNING: Like all of the others.

DISCLAIMER: Like all of the others, oh and I do not own the song "Until Tomorrow" by Juliana Hatfield (she rocks).

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I had hoped that this was a joke. I had heard about whores from the men in the prison, they seemed to like to talk about them a lot, and I had nothing else to do but listen, so I did. They are women who sell their bodies, and I did not even want to appear to be one of those kind of people. My family taught me better, and I kept those teachings close to my heart as I waited to be freed.

I did not want to do this, but the hopeful look on Sango's face made me change my mind. Kikyou made all of these people suffer, and now they were counting on me to make it all right, and I owe them at least that.

"All right, what do I have to do?" I finally asked, I had been beat with one look into her eyes, they begged me to agree.

She seemed to smile at my acceptance, but it was a sad smile. She took Kagome's arm and walked with her to where Chiko was standing. The woman looked like a common whore, but Kagome did not want to judge her by her chosen profession, though it was hard not too.

"So this is her?" Chiko asked as she looked Kagome up and down.

Sango just nodded as she watched Chiko closely, just incase she decided to pull something, she did not trust many people.

"She needs a lot of work, but she should be able to handle it." Chiko finally said as she stepped back to stand beside Sango.

I was scared at first of what she might say, I do not know why, you would not think that I would care what someone like that thought, but the fact was that I did. Though I would like to think that I do not judge people by what they do or how they look, I cannot lie to myself. One day I would like to fix this, and maybe if I work hard enough I can make that dream real.

"First we have to get her some new clothes, that dress will not do." Chiko turned and spoke to Sango, but all she did was nod in return.

A few minutes later, Sango left to get my new clothes and some other things that Chiko said I would need. I was nervous to say the least, I have not had much human-interaction, so this was very overwhelming for me.

"While she does that, lets work on your walk,"

I nodded, not knowing how else to answer the older girl. She walked next to me and moved me into a starting stance.

"You need to learn to walk with a seductive wiggle,"

"Seductive wiggle?" I asked, embarrassed that I did not know what she was talking about.

"When you walk, you have to move your hips from side to side. This drives men wild, believe me," she said with a wink, I did not want to answer her for chance that I might offend her, or find out something that I did not want to know.

She seemed to take my silence as me understanding, because she went on to tell me of exactly how I should move my hips, not too much, but just enough to grab a man's attention. I was rather disgusted by this, just the thought of going to that much trouble to have a man look at me, it just was not right. Of course I followed her instructions anyway, at least only a few people would know of who I actually was, so I would not be as embarrassed as I could be, but this only brought a little bit of comfort.

"That's good, but still not good enough. Think of it as dancing, you have to let it flow like its the most natural thing in the world," she said, further frustrating me.

"But it is not the most natural thing in the world, at least to me it is not," I finally snapped, and I felt bad afterwards, of course that stopped when I heard her laughing.

"Wow, you are wound tight, just loosen up and give it another try." Chiko said, still laughing mind you, I guess people snapping does not bother her as much as you would think.

Needless to say, after another half an hour of wiggling my butt, I finally got it right.

"That's it! Just make sure you practice." Chiko said, smiling as if she were really a teacher that just taught her pupil the hardest thing in the world, and they got it right.

Practice, she wanted to me practice wiggling my butt while walking, I would have to do it when no one was around or I would never be able to look at another person ever again.

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Later that night, after my whore lessons, Sango had come back with some new clothes. I did not like them, and after I changed into them I did not let the guys see, Sango had to come into the room to see how it looked because I refused to come out. It was low cut and very tight, I did not feel right wearing such a dress, though it had a lot of fabric I felt naked in it. It just was not me, I would never wear anything that even resembled that, and now they're telling me that I have to wear it so that I will look like Kikyou.

"It will be okay Kagome, you'll see." Sango kept saying every time I refused to wear the dress outside of the room.

"How can it be okay when its so wrong?"

That questioned played through my mind for the rest of the night, I could barely close my eyes without seeing myself in that dress, walking with my newly acquired 'seductive wiggle', and laughing like I have no intelligent thought in my head. To say I was scared would be an understatement; I was terrified of what I might turn out to be when all of this was done. At least when I was locked away, I could be myself, true no one talked to me and I could not talk, I at least knew that I was a good person and I did not need to go through so much trouble to please so many people.

"I wish I was never freed, because then I would not know what I was missing and would not have the thought of me being the salvation of so many people," I whispered to myself as I laid in bed.

If I was not freed then I would not feel like the world's weight was on my shoulders, waiting to crush me if I messed up or failed. So many people would not be looking to me to fix all of their problems, to make their lives better. I would be in my cell right now, looking up at the stars from my little hole in the ceiling, wishing that I could touch one, just like I did every night since I was a little girl.

"No use feeling like this now, what's done is done and there is nothing that I can do about it now," I sighed.

I just wish, that they would have thought it through before they rescued me, that they would have thought about how this might affect me. I know it sounds very selfish, but once in a while people have to be selfish to be even a little bit happy, and I would really like to be happy. All of those years I wanted someone to come and take me away, how foolish I was, I never knew what it would truly be like to live in a world that I had not seen for almost half of my life.

"Nothing is like I remember it, like my life was back at the shrine. I miss it all so much,"

As I continued to pity myself, I began to hear talking from the other room, it was not very loud but I could still hear it. I stood up from my bed and walked to he door, the talking was louder but still not loud enough, so I opened the door a little bit, I was now able to hear what they were saying.

"So at the ball is when we make the switch?" it was Sango who asked that.

"Yeah, we make the switch and slowly we get Kagome, as Kikyou, to remake the laws." that was the man called Inuyasha.

"Then how will we eventually let the people know that Kagome is not Kikyou." Sango again.

"We don't. If someone that liked the old ruling found out, then they would free Kikyou and we would be in a world of trouble." I am starting to not like what Inuyasha has to say.

"But she is her own person, she cannot forever be known as the very person who locked her away in that mask. Eventually she will hate everyone and turn into the real Kikyou to get her own revenge." I also do not care for what Sango is saying.

There was silence after that, but I still waited by the door for more. I cannot believe how they were talking about me, and I also cannot believe that they did not plan this through more. They both have points, if someone that liked how Kikyou ruled found out then everything would have been for nothing, but I cannot be known as Kikyou for the rest of my life. Sango is wrong though, it is not my way to punish people who have wronged me while doing what is best for everyone, but that does not mean that I will not grow to hate them, but I shudder at the thought. I do not like to hate.

"We will talk about this tomorrow, for now lets rest. I will be teaching Kagome how to fight, just in case something happens while she is in the castle, but I pray that she will not need to use it." Sango finally spoke again, but what she said did not make me feel any better.

"Yeah, but we have to figure this out. Maybe we can tell a few CLOSE people in the castle who she really is, and we'll call her Kagome in the castle too, so she doesn't fully have to be Kikyou." for figuring it out tomorrow, Inuyasha sure likes to figure it out tonight.

"Maybe, but lets talk about it tomorrow." Sango sid once again, but this time she got a 'feh' from Inuyasha and the candlelight went out in the room they were in, meaning that they had went to bed.

What Sango said before about teaching me to fight, it did not give me the best feeling, or help me sleep for that matter. Something like that could actually go wrong, if I mess up, or if someone else messes up then we are going to have to fight our way pout of the castle. If we have to do that, then I will not have another chance to replace Kikyou, which would not be a bad thing, but then I would not be able to help these people have better lives with fair ruling, I do not think I could live with myself if that happened. Of course the other thing being that we could all die, that is also not high on my 'things I wanted to do' list.

"This is getting more and more complicated as the days go by,"

I laid back down on the bed and closed my eyes, hoping that I could finally get some sleep. I tried to clear my mind, but it is harder than it sounds. After a few minutes something came to mind, a song that I remember from a long time ago, though I am not sure where I heard it. So with nothing else to do, I sang it.

They've come to take you away

They've come to put me in my place

Angels are floating down the river

Today

It all happened too soon

On a muggy afternoon

I knew it would end but I'm not ready

To lose you

Heaven can

Wait until tomorrow

Give us this day

Just let me borrow some time

So we can say goodbye

I know that you've got to go

There are so many things I want you to know

But I don't have to say it

I don't have to explain because you know

And maybe you wouldn't even care

But I feel the need to be there

To thank you for understanding

When I was scared

Heaven can

Wait until tomorrow

Give us this day

Just let me borrow some time

So we can say goodbye

I'm walking away

And when I reach the next stage

I'll be with him

We'll be celebrating

Heaven can

Wait until tomorrow

Give us this day

Please let me borrow some time

So we can say goodbye

I barely got the last few words out before I fell asleep.

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Yeah, sorta short and boring, but I have to say that we do need these chapters even if they are sort of boring. I should have the next chapter out soon, but not too soon because of school and my other stories, so please do not bitch about how long it is taking me to update.