InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Reign of Spiders ❯ Trapped by Allies ( Chapter 6 )

Authors note: wow I’m on a roll! Two chapters in one year! LoL one reviewer brought it to my attention that I do about a chapter on this a year and it’s sadly about right. Hehe. Anyways for those of you on Media Minor I’m confused about the formatting error that is occurring, I’m sorry that the format is a mess until I get a chance to play with it more fully the story is posted on and please feel free to read it there. For those of you who can’t stand my poor grammar and spelling, I most likely will be taking a grammar class in the fall so basically I’ll be breathing grammar very soon. I won’t promise when I’ll update next but I will say I’m in the mood to write and hope to get a few more chapters done this summer on this story as well as work a bit on a few of my Ruroni Kenshin ones. If you want me to work on a story please drop me a review or note I always start to work on said story even if only to write out a outline after I get “poked” about a story. I really do feel bad for leaving people hanging. Anyways enjoy Miroku, Sango, Naraku, Houjou and Kagome are in the next chapter. By the way Thank you to those who have read and A big thank you to those of you who reviewed!

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Trapped by Allies

RoS 6

Inuyasha had recognized the well when he saw it… it amazed him that these weak humans had made a home of such a place. It was actually ideal because the depth of the well helped deteriorate their scents, not to mention all the old youkai bones still sending the strong scent of fear and death up would be enough to convince any youkai that there was nothing of interest here.

He watched darkly as Kagome chatted with Hojou… he still didn’t like it but he said she could visit home and idiotic friends came with the package he supposed… However, if she didn’t stop soon, he’d just have to convince her. Besides she had begged him…

“Higurashi! You’re alive! I’m so glad I got to you in time before anything bad could be fall you.” Kagome finally managing to pull her hands up out of her subdued position started to return the hug when a rather loud growl made her pause. Turning her head to look at Inuyasha she saw his less than pleased look. Of course that was putting it nicely he was pissed as hell and ready to tear the oblivious human boy to shreds.

“Uh Houjou-kun… Ano…” she lightly pushed against his chest to try to pry the boy back a few feet so she could deal with Inuyasha.

However the name and the level of familiarity it indicated just caused Inuyasha to get even angrier. “Oi Get the Fuck away from her!” He was storming over to the pair. The rest of the well dwellers simply stared still trying to process what all was going on.

Turning around to see who had spoken Hojou’s eyes widened, he had forgotten about the youkai…

Kagome meanwhile was quickly trying to think of ways to defuse this situation before it started after all Inuyasha was a Hanyou and Houjou-kun was one of the strongest fighters in the well. “Inuyasha! “ she called before stepping in front of Houjou locking eyes with the irate half youkai.

“Out of the way Bitch!” he started to reach for her but Kagome back peddled quickly enough to avoid his hand.

“Inuyasha please! He’s my friend from my home town!”

Inuyasha was still growling even as he thought over her words. He didn’t like the puny human, and he sure as hell didn’t like him anywhere near Kagome!

“Higurashi is he bothering you?” Houjou demanded a dark look clouding over his dense features.

“No! he’s fine Houjou-kun really,” she rushed to reassure before trying again with Inuyasha, “Please Inuyasha! You said I could go home and these people including Houjou-kun are part of that.”

Yeah he definitely still didn’t like it but for now he’d allow it as long as the puny human kept his paws off of her! Besides now perhaps the Bitch could get some fucking clothes of her own so he could get his hori back from her. Not that she didn’t look nice in it, but… quickly shaking any thoughts that even slightly hinted to his pleasure in seeing her in something of his he continued onward.

As they continued to travel down the darkened underground passages Inuyasha started to see signs of life, tunnels covered by pieces of cloth, little eyes peeking out. curiously at them as they went. The sent of fear, rotten food, and illness flooded Inuyasha’s nose. What kind of a place was this anyways? He narrowed his eyes how could any of these pathetic humans survive in these conditions?

The guards stopped, “Kagome-sama,” The man paused before the horrific telling one and all exactly what he thought of her station in their little society. “The council has requested an immediate audience with you upon your return.”

She nodded her assent, “Thank you” she muttered her head bent in a submissive gesture. Inuyasha narrowed his eyes where was the fire that had burned in her the entire time he had known her? True it hadn’t been long but still to see her so utterly defeated it seemed wrong. He reached out and snatched her hand giving it a quick tug to get her out of Hobo’s reach when said idiot dared to try and pat her on the back. A warning growl resonating from his throat. She shot him a questioning look before moving to step forward. However, she started as she realized something warm and clawed still held her hand. Tossing him a slightly confused look she waited for him to tug her back or something of that sort.

“Keh. Let’s go bitch.” He looked off a small smile playing across his lips. She had been acting weird and now smelling the spike of anger in her scent he had just fixed it.

Her eyes narrowed, “My name once again is Kagome! Baka!” and with that she stormed forward towards the councils chambers right past the very astonished group of fighters, even in her anger she still had a hold of Inuyasha’s hand.

He allowed her to lead him to this councils chambers but when she went to enter he narrowed his eyes, he honestly didn’t want Kagome to go in there, true he had improved her demeanor greatly earlier but he had a bad feeling that if she walked through that door she’d loose that spark he enjoyed so, it was just so alive… “Wait.” He tugged on their still joined hands.

“The council wants to see me Inuyasha, I’ll be back in a min-“

“Heel.”

She glared at the floor as her body instantly fell into the very submissive position.

“Inu… Ya…sha!” she hissed “I need to go in.” her hands balling into fists at her sides so tightly that her knuckles were turning white.

“Keh! Too fuckin bad. You will heel here and wait like a good bitch.” He turned towards the curtain, “I’ll talk to them.”

“You can’t!” Houjou quickly stepped forward to block the entrance, “The elders have to talk to Higurashi.”

Inuyasha growled letting the sides of his mouth shift up enough to display his canines as he raised one of his clawed hands and cracked his knuckles in warning.

Houjou nervously backed up a step as sweat started to bead his forehead. “Y-you d-d-don’t s-s-scare m-m-me…” he audibly swallowed.

“Really?” Inuyasha asked dryly, “don’t fucking lie to me you reek of fear.”

Kagome looked at Houjou curiously what was wrong with him? He was the strongest fighter in the village why would he be frightened of Inuyasha? And as for Inuyasha she narrowed her eyes what she wouldn’t give to tell him to sit and think for a few moments. She started to open her mouth inorder to reason with the pair when a strong aged voice spoke up. She instantly shut her mouth to hear what the elder had to say.

“Enough.” The old man ordered as he stepped out from the rag covered doorway, “Houjou a word.” The old man’s tone left no room for argument. The sandy haired youth nodded as he stepped aside so the elder could address Inuyasha. “As for you youkai, if you wish to speck with the council so badly then enter.” That said he gave Houjou a slight push over to a waiting man before reentering the chamber.

Inuyasha looked at Kagome and flashed her a cocky smirk before he started to follow, “Oh Kagome heel.” He tossed back as the last wisp of hair disappeared behind the curtain. His ears easily picking up her growl of frustration. He was very glad to hear that he’d take her anger any day over that submissive attitude she displayed initially in the hall way.

Looking around him Inuyasha took in the view of the chamber. The place was still filthy but that was understandable being underground in what most likely was a construction project that had been rushed to completion in the interests of time and peoples lives. Inuyasha understood very well the idea behind survival, heck he had lived by it all his life. The rule was simple: move quick, think quick, be stronger or be smarter but whatever you do don’t die. However, for a quick construct under the ground the place was designed to intimidate whoever entered. Dirt had been pilled about waist high to form a crude semicircular table. There were several elderly people sitting around it. The ground was slanted upward so that the elders could be seated but still look down on the person(s) before them. Inuyasha smirked slightly for people who most likely hated youkai the semicircle of crowns gave him the feeling of the weak scavenger youkai circling around their prey using their numbers to try and account for their own individual weakness.

“So, youkai” a female elder on the left spoke out her voice old but strong for a baba, “why did you seek an audience with us?”

Inuyasha narrowed his eyes on the group in the fire light, they obviously were clueless he was a hanyou but like hell he’d tell them that! “Keh. I just didn’t want the wench in here.”

“Wench?” The baba questioned back. A hand raised to rest on her chin in puzzlement, “you mean the protected? Kagome?”

“Why do you care if she talks to us?” another male elder spoke up from the right side of the room this time. “You are a youkai aren’t you. What does it matter?”

He let out a low growl, “She’s mine now so it has everything to do with me.” He looked at the group hotly, “so what were you going to tell her?”

“That information is strictly human business and even if you enslaved her has nothing to do with you.” The baba spoke again.

Inuyasha folded his arms as he checked his temper for now, he wanted information from these people so he let his curiosity reign for the moment, however holding his temper was never one of his strong suits… so for their sakes he hoped they’d hurry up and answer him. “Until I know what you want with her, I won’t allow her to deal with you.”

“You are hardly in a position-“

“Keh” he snorted, “How many youkai are even willing to talk with you after they’ve taken a human as slave?” he shot back, instantly silencing the baba. “Tell me what you want with her.” He growled looking at the group. His fingers idly tapped in a show of impatience before he finally shook his hand in frustration and taking the long moments of silence as their answer he turned to go get his bitch and leave.

“Very well, we’ll tell you what you wish to know.” The head elder called out successfully stopping the retreating form. He had to buy time for Houjou to complete his mission and for his fighters to sneak up on this evil youkai and kill it. That decided he figured he’d tell the youkai everything and more, it was a long tale and would give them the time needed besides the idiot youkai would be dead soon anyways. The head elder closed his eyes as if recounting a fairy tale from long ago, searching his mind for the information that would be divulged. “After Naraku took over 500 years ago, humans were rounded up and were tested, no one knows exactly what he was looking for but Naraku would allow humans that failed the test to live and those that passed were immediately executed.”

Inuyasha tried to hide his surprise, he really didn’t think they’d be willing to tell everything, everything but here they were giving him a history lesson, good, he hated to admit it but he needed it!

“It then hit the living humans that those who passed this test were something Naraku feared. So those who were thought to have mysterious powers were sought out and protected in the hopes that these powerful individuals would tip the scales back into the human’s favor, however, many of the protected were killed in battle leaving everyone who had believed in them without hope and deeply depressed. So over the years it became apparent that each person with these abilities should leave an heir or two behind in order to succeed them should they fail so that the power would never truly be lost.”

Inuyasha narrowed his eyes the logic made since but the way they worded that left him with a bad taste in his mouth, it was almost like these ‘protected human’s’ were nothing more than tools, or animals to these humans….

“As far as Kagome is concerned she is of one of the protected lines.”

Inuyasha’s full attention was back on the story the old geezer was telling, he didn’t understand fully why his ‘slave’, he mentally cringed on the term, was so important to him but all he knew was that he wanted to know a bit more about her and her situation. Not to mention how he wanted to know why she’d roll over and practically play dead to this brain trust.
“However, I must say such a willful fiery child, we had hoped that she would out grow such tendencies but it did not appear to be something that would happen on its own. She would question us and our decisions far too often and she would act independently way too often.”

Inuyasha was about to snap at them for that comment, so what the bitch had a mind of her own and could hold her own in life what was so fucking bad about that? However the words died as the elder plowed on in the tale.

“We made sure that she was kept in the dark about a majority of the on goings out side the well in order to contain her at least down here. But Kagome had such a reckless adventurous spirit, we were afraid that she would try something like she unfortunately did the other day, like leave the well.” The elder narrowed his eyes at the reminder and pursed his lips in a visible manifestation of his rage. “So we had to punish her for her insolence. Realizing that girls are the ones who carry the power best the council decided that the spare was expendable if it would lend to a better control on Kagome.”

‘What the Fuck!’ Inuyasha let a low growl rumble from his chest he wasn’t liking what he was hearing at all.

“So we arranged for two of the guards to start talking of the beauty that lay just beyond the well how there were beautiful things called flowers, that had a sweet fragrance and a nice appearance. The men were specifically asked to comment on how these flowers would be well liked by the ladies down here. Now Souta was very close with his older sister and at that wonderful impressionable age where he was too reckless for his own good but it played nicely into our plans. The child did exactly as expected, for Kagome’s 12th birthday we called her to our chambers and on the way down we gifted her with the mutilated corpse of her brother.” The elders smile turned dark with a cruel delight.

Inuyasha snarled, the hell he was leaving her here with them!

“And of course the council was there to comfort her and help her through such a trying and impressionable time. Needless to say we are the only family the girl has left. As any good family should do we shall see that she is properly punished and then make sure she sees to her duties.” He paused, looked down at the youkai who looked very angry right now, good he’d be blinded by that anger! “She will produce an heir and after which she will be appropriately prepared and presented to Naraku himself with the hope she can destroy him if not then the cycle shall continue. The only obstacle standing in the way now is you… but we’ll have to take of that now won’t we after all by the time we finish with you I’m sure Houjou will have completed his task with Kagome and with any luck we’ll see that heir sooner rather than later.”

No sooner had the words left the elders mouth did the soldiers strike. Inuyasha narrowed his molten eyes into thin slights as he dodged the attacks and started to knock out the guards letting out a very colorful stream of cuss words as he went. The hell he’d let that Hobo do anything to her! He was going to get his bitch and get out. Her words from earlier that day playing in his head, the way she had looked at him angrily but desperately trying to convince him… “Haven’t you ever had a place that you lived at? Where people cared and worried about you?!” Those words had been what had convinced him to take her here. But these people only used her as a tool… They never cared about her, not as a person. But she had believed it! The thoughts mad him even more angry. These people’s betrayal of her trust echoed a not so distant memory of his own, Kikyou…

“Kagome and I are leaving NOW.” He growled out towards the empty room. They only people still in there were the soldiers he had knocked unconscious. All of the elders were gone… “Keh.” He huffed as he raced out to go stop that Hobo from doing anything to her…