InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Personal Vendettas ❯ Kidnapped, again? ( Chapter 1 )

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

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, BUT I WILL ONE DAY! -runs from angery lawyers and giant fanmob-

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Kidnapped, again?

The soft pattering of water echoed throughout the dungeon. A loud bang jerked one of the cell's occupants awake. Rushed footsteps, muffled screaming, and the sound of someone struggling drifted into her ears as she awaited what was coming. Her cell door was opened by a bulky looking guard. Another guard, who held a young girl dressed in weird clothing, shoved said girl into the cell and slammed it shut behind her. The two guards sneered at the girl before turning and leaving.

The young girl slumped to the ground, her head resting against the iron bars of the door as silent sobs racked her small frame. The other person in the cell took the time to take in her appearance. The girl was wearing what had to be the weirdest looking kimono she had ever seen. It was a white and green and was immorally short. The girl also had ebony hair down to her mid back, though it was slightly disheveled and dirty. 'Must have put up a fight.' she thought. She had yet to see the face of her new cell mate, which she was planning on solving.

"So he got you too, ne?" The strange girl jumped at the voice and turned, noticing for the first time that there was someone else here.

"W-who are you?" came her frightened reply. A woman sat in the corner, her wrists shackled together. Her kimono had a few cuts on it, covered in random blotches of blood, dirt, and grime. Her face was slightly pale, sticking out against her dark chestnut hair, it too dirtied and bloodied, resting just above her knees.

"It isn't polite to answer a question with another you know." Dry amusement hung in her emerald eyes as she gazed back at the girl before her. He new cell mate snapped out of her fear-induced stupor and looked into the eyes of the woman before her.

"Gomen. Hai, he got me too. Now, would you please answer my question as to your name?"

"Only if you would supply me with yours."

"Hai."

"Then I am known as Mitsuki."

"I'm Kagome." Kagome laughed nervously. She sensed something else in the room, but couldn't quite place her finger on it. She traced the feeling to the chains that bound Mitsuki. "So, you've noticed them as well?" Kagome was scared out of her wits for the second time in a short while. Mitsuki chuckled at her once more, something she has not done for a while.

"There's some sort of spell...in the chains, isn't there?"

"Hai."

"What type of spell is it?"

"It's a spell to ensure she cannot touch me." The two shifted their gaze to the man that stood outside of their cell. "It seems that you two had gotten yourself acquainted. You saved me the trouble."

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"Inuyasha! Slow down!" called Sango from atop of the fire neko known as Kirara.

"Like hell! Naraku's got Kagome! We have to get her back!" called the hanyou over his shoulder, not once decreasing his breakneck speed.

"How can we help her if we can't even lift our weapons against him? We'll be to exhausted to even stand let alone fight." Miroku argued logically.

"Keh. Don't care. His scent's still here. It's not faint but not storng either! If we don't hurry, we'll lose the trail!" If possible, Inuyasha increased his speed even more.

"Whenever Kagom'es involved, he's as determined as a moneky trying to get his banana."

"Monkey trying to get his bannana? Miroku."

"Hai, my dear Sango?"

"I think I've hit you far too many times on the head."

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"Na raku." They both stated, distaste evident in their voices as the looked at the baboon-fur clad hanyou before them.

"Ah, like the sound of bells." He laughed at their looks of disgust, before the two guards who brought Kagome in came up behind him. "Place these on the other girl. We don't want her to purify us now do we?" The guards smiled evily before taking the set of cuffs from Naraku. "And don't hurt her....too badly." With that, he walked off, laughing manically.

"C'mere, girlie. We don't bite, unless ya want us to." laughed one of them.

"Kagome," Mitsuki said in a low voice, catching the girl's attention, "You're a miko, correct?" Kagome nodded. "All you have to do is purify them and get the keys. Can you do that?" Kagome gave a hesitant nod. "If you can just get the keys, we can get out of here." New fire burned in her eyes, determination poured off of her in waves as the guards got closer.

A blue light started to surround her as it slowly grew brighter with each passing second. The light shot out towards them, burning on contact with the guards' skin, reducing them into ash. The light subsided as Kagome swayed a bit on her feet.

"Good thing I had Kaede-ba-chan train me a little bit, ne?" Mitsuki gave a nod, amazed at the power Kagome held.

"Hurry and get the key. Most likely he felt your rise in power and would be here soon." Kagome found what she was looking for and unlocked the chains from from eachother. (they are no longer connected to eachther, but are still on her wrists. think of them as just plain metal cuffs)

"Is there anyway to remove the spell?"

"I'm not sure. But let's think of that later. Let's get out of here before we think of that. Escape is our first priority."

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"so, they think they can escape?" Naraku's voice echoed through the dim and dreery room as he looked into a mirror. He ushered the girl, known as Kanna, holding it to leave his pressence. He called Kagura, watching as she came in with a disinterested look.

"You called?"

Take care of our guests. Make sure to keep them alive. They will do me no good dead."

"As you wish."

"Cut the sarcasm, Kagura, for you forget I hold your life in my hands."

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Mi tsuki and Kagome were getting nowhere fast. Halls upon halls upon halls laid before them, leading them down dead ends., even back to where they started.

"This is getting old. All the halls look the same!" cried an exasperated Kagome.

"We have to figure something that will help us get out of here."

"Why don't I help? Dance of Blades!" came a cry behind them.

"Move!" Kagome shoved Mitsuki out of the line of fire. Wind rushed past her as she felt a pain rip through her side, A scream tore from Kagome's throat as she hit the cold floor.

Kagura walked up to the fallen form of a semi-conscious Kagome, pity evident in her eyes. Mitsuki rushed to Kagome's side, standing between her and Kagura, standing ready for a fight.

"I know you despise Naraku, so why do his dirtywork?!" She could die!" and angered Mitsuki cried.

"Why are you so willing to help a complete stranger?"

"Because that's how I am. You can't just leave someone for dead! It's inhuman!"

"Interesting. This coming from you, hmm?"

"Why do you even care?" Her reply was silence for a while, until Kagura answered.

If you want to get our, take every other left at the forks." Kagura turned and walked off. Mitsuki turned back to Kagome, only to see that she had fainted.

"Hold on Kagome. I'll get us out. Just you wait, I'll return that favor." Mitsuki murmured. 'The only way I can carry her is on my back. First, I must bandage her wound.' Tearing off one of her sleeve, Mitsuki set off to work to carfully bandage Kagome.

After making sure the bandages were fastened and Kagome was secure on her back, Mitsuki followed Kagura's instruction and found herself outside of the castle just inside the barrier. Taking a look at Kagome's now pale face, she set off in search of a village.

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T hey reached the village by morning, having escaped mid-morning. They had only stopped once which was to rebandage Kagome's wounds. Mitsuki slowly walked into the village, exhausted from the whole thing. She stopped one of the villagers and asked fro help.

"Could you please take me to your healer? My friend is in dire need of medical treatment." She said in a small voice. The man nodded, guiding her into a nearby hut.

"Miko-sama?" tha man called. An older woman, looking around 30 or 40, dressed in miko garb walked in from the back room.

"Hai?"

"This woman seeks help for her companion."

"Hai, bring her here." She pointed to a futon which Kagome was laid ipon. "Thank you, Kyo. You may leave now." She said to the man, who bowed and left. The woman started to gather her herbs and began working on treating Kagome. Mitsuki sat off to the side, propped up against the wall to stay out of the way.

"Arigato, miko-sama." Mitsuki whispered as she drifted off into slumber.

"Oyasumi." was her reply.

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A penitrating light shook mitsuki from her slumber. Gradually opening her eyes, she found she was moved onto the other futon. As she stared at the ceiling, her dream drifted into her destracted mind.

-DREAM-

"Maru-chan!" cried an exasperated teen. She wore royal garb, indigo with purple flowers on the left and shoulder, the ends of the sleeves, and at the bottom rising up halfwayt to her obi. She let out a huff, frustrated at her friend and sat below a tree, petting her lavender tail on her lap. The gentle wind played with her matching locks, calming her down as she surveyed the garden for her hiding friend.

A scent reached her nose, causing her to close her eyes and smile a fanged grin. The teen opened her eyes and stood, moving quietly and swiftly off to her left toward the pond, making sure to mask her scent as well. Her smile grew as she got closer, seeing a bit of white in the tree nest to the pond. Without warning, she lept up, shoving the figure out of the tree and into the pond, effectively surprising her companion.

A teenage boy surfaced from the water, looking like a drenched rat. His silver hair clinging to his face as he glared daggers at her with his golden eyes. His fine clothes no ruined, as well as the furry pelt on his shoulder. The girl on shore held her sides, unable to control her laughter as tears fell from her amethyst eyes.

"That was highly uncalled for!" said the frustrated boy as he got out of the water.

"You have to admit, Maru-chan, you did deserve it. You left me with Ryuu! You know how much I dislike him." she replied as she finally calmed down.

"Ah yes, Ryuu. As you say, he's 'too forward, cocky, and a pain in the arse'. How could I forget. Such vulgar language for a lady-to-be." She meerly stuck her tongue out at him, letting out a humph as well. "You should take that back, should you not wish to lose it." The girl let out a melodic laugh at the statement.

"Were you implying anything, by chance? Maybe that it is you who wish to take this one's tongue?" She said, imitating the teen before her.

"Are you mocking this one? How lady-like for you. You can interpret the sentence as you wish, for I don not wish to answer such a question." The girl's face turned from amused to hurt then to angered.

"So, you think that the question was too 'immature' for the great son of the west? I am so far below you that you cannot answer a simple question? I have known you for years yet you still wish to push me away everytime we get closer? I thought you were better than that, that I knew you better than that. I guess....I was wrong." She turned and began to walk off before she was stopped by a hand on her shoulder.

"I did not mean to hurt this one's feelings. I did not mean to make this one feel below me." She turned around and looked into his eyes, seeing no sign on lies.

"Why? Everytime we progress, you shut yourself off, making me start all my hardwork over again. Why do you continue to push me away?"

"I-...I do not wish to harm this one. I am...afraid to lose you." He looked away, in shame or embarassment she did not know. She brought her hands up to cup his face to make him look at her.

"You will never lose me. I am your friend and always will be, no matter who tells you otherwise. You're stuck with me so deal with it." she ended with a smile. She placed her right hand over her heart. "You will always be with me, right here, as I hope I will be with you always right here as well." she said, ending with her right hand over his heart.

"Hai, no one will take this one's place, no one. I as well hope that no one will take my place."

"Hai, hai. No one will."

"Good. For I shall kill whomever it is and whisk you away into the night to keep you to myself." he chuckled.

"Ooh, maybe I should fall for someone, if you are going to 'whisk me away'. I pity whomever it is you must kill though." They both had a good laugh, letting the earlier arguement fade away as if it never happened. They heard a call from the garden entrance, signalling the girl's departure time.

"Looks like it is time for your departure. I shall walk you to the gate." He held out his arm, for which she took with a smile on her face. "Shall we?"

"We shall."

-END DREAM-