InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ New Dawn ❯ The Lord and the Captive Past ( Chapter 10 )

Disclaimer: I do not own Sesshomaru or anyone from the hit anime/manga series “Inuyasha”. Rumiko Takahashi has that honor. I do own all OC’s in this story.

Chapter Ten: The Lord and the Captive Past

Katagai terminated the communication link with Augustus, leaned back in his chair and placed his hands behind his head. Despite his calm appearance to the young lord he was, in truth, disturbed by the latest development.

‘Yes, it would be an ironic end if Sesshomaru became the key to the demons’ destruction. However, this is a key that burns the ones that clutch it. Subduing him will be no easy task,’ he thought, narrowing his eyes at the ceiling. ‘It may even be impossible.’

He closed his black eyes and thought back fifty-five hundred years to the night he battled Sesshomaru. ‘He was arrogant, didn’t think twice about accepting my challenge. Then again, if I wasn’t what I am, there would be no way I could have survived that night. His arrogance was well earned; he was the only one able to scar me. Despite how one-sided that battle appeared it took everything I had just to overpower him. In the end I was only able to seal him away; I couldn’t kill him.’

“One day I’ll get out of this and then your head will be mine!”

He turned his head to the right and looked at the sword hanging on the wall. Tokijin glowed forbiddingly from the spikes it rested on. ‘I have Tokijin and I can wield it as well as he could, but I would be a fool to underestimate him. The only good news from Augustus was the fact that until the blackout they had been able to contain him. However, even I realize what a shock this world can be for someone like him. He simply wasn’t ready for it. The next time we meet he may be better prepared.’

Sitting up, Katagai sighed and stared at the computer console for a while. ‘I really doubt we will be able to contain him again.’ He snickered and thought, ‘Though, it shall be fun to watch Augustus try to capture that beast. Who knows, he may even succeed and what fun we’ll have once that happens!’

He felt the presence of another enter the room, though, the door never opened. He smiled to himself; he knew who had come. “You have been gone awhile, my dear, and now I know why,” he said then turned around. Rin just stared at him with cold-expressionless eyes.

He rested the side of his head on his fist as he looked her over. Her arms hung limp at her side and her unbound dark hair cascaded over her shoulders and along her back. He disliked the patch-colored kimono she wore; a beauty like her should be dressed in finer things but the woman was stubborn. He could only force her to do so much before he grew exhausted and his hold on her faltered. She knew it too. She eagerly awaited his commands in order to resist them. Only then did she have any hope of breaking free. He knew that forcing her to dress to his liking would only result in her escape.

“You went to help your former lover, didn’t you, my dear?” he asked, his voice soft. Again she only stared at him.

‘If I command her to answer, she will only fight and it has been too soon since our last struggle to do that,’ he thought, his dark eyes boring into her dead ones. ‘I’ll save the question for when I’m at full strength and in the mean time I’ll let her roam where she will. She can neither speak nor manipulate objects outside my quarters; she has no way to communicate with anyone. She will watch, she will hear, and then she will tell me everything!’

He got up and strode toward the young woman. He stopped before her and reached his hands out until they rested on her shoulders. Then he pushed the kimono down slightly, exposing the pale skin of her upper torso. Bending his head down, he bit the tender flesh causing the young woman to gasp. He felt her begin to tremble and her hands finally rose in a feeble attempt to push him away. They both knew it was pointless. While Rin could resist his commands, she could not fight him physically.

An idea entered his mind and he stepped away from her, smiling. Rin was quick to pull her kimono back into place, but she continued to stare at him. Her expressionless eyes were now filled with hate; she had long since moved beyond both fear and despair.

He took her chin into his hand and said, “I just got an idea. I know what I’m going to do to Sesshomaru now. It will be perfect. While it may be rather cliché and others will probably complain about a lack of imagination, I think it will be perfect. Then again, I have always been fond of the classics; classic stories, classic beauties, and… classic twists.” He breathed this last part into her face and she flinched back from him. She eyed him with suspicion as he turned around and walked back to the computer console.

Clicking a few buttons, the monitor hummed to life. There was only the briefest of pauses before it displayed the image of Katagai’s top scientist looking slightly flustered but ready to please. Even to Katagai the man seemed more pleased with himself than usual. Wondering about it, he asked, “How goes the project, Doctor?”

“Well, my lord, it goes smoothly. In fact I am pleased to say we have finally got a live product that is working perfectly; even, I dare say, better than we could have hoped. I was preparing the report to send you when you called,” said the scientist with a grin.

“This is most excellent news. How is the control chip functioning?” asked Katagai, his smile more malevolent than before.

“It seems to be functioning properly. I mean the latest one has yet to fail, but you can never be sure of these things. The will of humans and demons can still be considerable and they vary from person to person. In order to compensate for that potential problem I have made a device to compliment the chip that induces a state of sleep in the person whenever the chip is active. In essence they will be sleepwalking when controlled. My coworkers and I believe this will reduce the chance for resistance because the person will be in a dream like state,” explained the scientist. His expression told Katagai that he was now worried the less than definite answer would be ill received.

The lord gave a soft chuckle and said, “May I suggest a test subject with considerable will?”

“Who might that be?” asked the scientist, his expression eager. Katagai was pleased the scientist hadn’t asked him what the consequences would be should the test subject prove too strong for the chip. It meant the man probably had installed safeties that would insure any out of control experiments could be terminated within seconds.

“You shall find what you need in vault 39,” Katagai replied his face splitting in a wide malicious grin.

“My lord! That’s–!”

“I know! Be careful what you say, someone may be listening. Besides, if you are successful you will be handsomely rewarded. Oh, and take your time with it, I want you to do the job right the first time,” said Katagai, then he killed the link.

He looked back at Rin and saw her hands cupped over her mouth and her eyes wide with horror. He smiled and stood up again, approaching her with slow deliberate steps. When he towered over her, he leaned forward and whispered, “That’s right, my dear, I’m orchestrating a family reunion. Won’t it be grand?”

“You devil!” she shouted, slapping him then vanishing.

Katagai laughed and cried to the empty air knowing she would hear him through their link, “What do you think you can do about it, Rin? What could you ever do to save Sesshomaru? You can’t warn him and you can’t stop me!”

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Weren’t expecting that were you? Well, neither was I!

We finally get into the mind of Katagai, our oh so loathsome villain.

As to the pathetic sexual description which is causing me to up the rating for precaution’s sake, I have to say the good girl in me just loves to hinder my ability to write such scenes. I can watch them, I can read them, I can visualize them, but can I write them? Oh no…

My precaution is due to the fact that whiners might decide a T rating is too low for even something as descriptively tame as that and I don’t my story to get booted off the site. I don’t think you want that either. So the rating is going up.

To all those who are wondering whether or not Rin really died:
Yes, she is dead.
Yes, she is a ghost.
No, I am not going to tell you why she has physical body only in Katagai’s apartments. That will be explained along with what Katagai is in later chapters.

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I enjoy knowing my work is appreciated.
I enjoy having it confirmed that people are actually reading and liking what I do.
So all of you at MediaMiner who are reading, enjoying but not reviewing… Get a new keyboard and start showing me you actually want to see this all the way through or else I’m leaving!

To all (8) those who have graced me with at least one review, here is my humble thank you. (I would have done the same for the last entry to Forgotten except no one has reviewed. It is very hard to thank people for reviewing when no one reviews.)

Most of these were anonymous so I can only give the names they typed out.

Hengenjizai: Thank you for being my first reviewer for this story. I’m working on the beta thing.

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Megz: Thank you for not only reviewing but coming back to confirm you love the story by reviewing again when I updated. As for Inuyasha… Well that would be spoiling! :-P

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Kirie: My only signed review, I thank you. I think answered your question about why Kira was able to talk to Sesshomaru, though; he wasn’t able to communicate in the beginning with his tormentors. It was answered in one of the previous chapters and it was because they gave him a linguist chip so he now can speak the modern tongue like a native.

Silvercat: Thank you for pointing out the formatting error that was going on. The site is having issues with html uploads, but is all fixed now.

Anamelikemine: I thank you for your thoughts about the tragedy that occurred in earlier in the school year.

Now I hope to hear from you all again soon, because the lack of response to the latest chapter has caused me to doubt anyone is interested anymore. All I ask is one review in response to this chapter and I’ll stay put. A review a chapter isn’t so much to ask for, is it? Just one review for every new chapter I put up, that’s all I ask for!

By the way, “Forgotten” is a prequel Inuyasha fic that stars both Inuyasha and Sesshomaru in the time before Kagome will soon be getting its third chapter. Some lovely reviews would be so nice since it hasn’t gotten any.