InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Simple Plan ❯ The Great (Sorta) Escape ( Chapter 2 )

It's Tenchu's Angel here again. Thanks so much to those of you who reviewed my first chapter. To those of you who read it but didn't review, you can't see it, but I'm making a really mean face at you. So please, please, pretty please after you finish the story take about 10 more seconds out of your life to review (even simple 1 word reviews like `good' are accepted with much gratitude). Thank you for you time and now on with the story.

 

Kagome stood frozen for a good two minutes before her brain resumed normal functions. When it did, though, she made the mistake of looking down and accidentally saw much more of the male anatomy than she thought was proper before marriage (Kagome's sort of a goody goody in this story. If you don't like it, sucks for you). She barely stifled a shriek and nearly dropped the unconscious boy, face flaming red.

 

She lowered the boy carefully to the floor, making certain not to look at him again. She removed her white lab coat and, still without looking at him, placed it over the boy for cover (being very careful to keep from actually touching him, in case she touched something inappropriate).

 

Finally looking down at him (now that it was safe), Kagome considered the problem at hand. She could always go find the Doctors working on the project and tell them what she had done, but recalling how scary Dr. Tanaka had sounded when he warned her away from this room told her that that probably wasn't a very good idea.

 

And besides, she needed to know much more. What were they doing to this boy? Human or not, it seemed cruel to keep him locked up in that chamber. And, if what he had said before he passed out was any indication, he was an intelligent creature capable of rational thoughts and feelings (he had expressed happiness at seeing this Kikyo person, whoever she was). The best way to get information, Kagome decided, was to ask the experiment himself.

 

Stooping down to kneel beside his prone form, Kagome hesitated for a moment. She had the distinct feeling of getting herself in way over her head

 

Oh well, she thought with a mental shrug, and shook his shoulder to wake him.

 

What she hadn't anticipated was the clawed hand that shot up to wrap tightly about her throat. Kagome gasped, hands flying up to try and pry his hand off. He was at least twenty times stronger than her, however, and the effort was futile.

 

The boy's golden eyes slid open and he blinked a few times before he seemed to really see her. He hurriedly released her throat and Kagome gasped in air gratefully. The boy sat up.

 

“Sorry Kikyo, but you think you would have known better than to hover over me before I'm really awake,” said Inuyasha a bit defensively, and then, more apologetic, “Sorry. Let me see.”

 

Kagome glared at him for a few moments, rubbing her sore throat.

 

“Whoever this Kikyo woman is, I'm not her,” she rasped.

 

Inuyasha gave her an incredulous look and said, “What are you talking about? Of course you're-” He paused, looking more closely at her face and sniffing the air.

 

“You…You're not Kikyo.”

 

“Did I not just say that?” Kagome snapped, thoroughly annoyed.

 

And the hand was right back around her throat. Kagome gasped, hands coming back up to claw at the one wrapped securely about her throat. Inuyasha merely tightened his grip.

 

His expression had gone feral, fangs bared menacingly and ears pinned back tightly against his skull. There was a low rumbling coming from him that Kagome interpreted as a none too friendly growl. She felt acutely the sharp tips of his claws as they dug lightly into her skin, drawing tiny drops of blood that she could feel sliding down her neck..

 

“Where's Kikyo?” he snarled.

 

Kagome, lacking the air necessary to speak, forgot her terror for a moment and glared at him, digging her own well-manicured nails more deeply into his skin. Inuyasha realized that if he wanted any answers she would have to be able to speak and loosened his grip enough to allow it.

 

Kagome inhaled deeply a few times before saying, “I have no clue where Kikyo is because I have no clue who she is. Now if you would be so kind as to release me-”

 

Inuyasha cut her off by tightening his grip once more.

 

“Then you must be one of the bastards who stuck me that fucking chamber. What, did you pull me out to do a few more experiments? Well, genius, you forgot to fucking drug me this time, so don't expect me to just lay down and take it!” His grip on her throat was almost crushing now.

 

Kagome tried to deny the accusation, but his grip prevented her from doing anything more than make a few pathetic gasping noises.

 

I'm going to die, she thought, tears streaming down her face as darkness began to seep into the edges of her vision. She could feel herself slipping quickly into unconsciousness.

 

Abruptly she was released. She slumped forward, choking and coughing and nearly crying in relief. Looking up through watery eyes from her doubled over position, she saw Inuyasha staring at his hands in what looked like disgust.

 

“I'm not one of them,” she said between pants, feeling somehow that she had to tell him.

 

He looked at her, expression hardening once more.

 

“I figured. None of them would have been dumb enough to let me out without drugging me first.”

 

Kagome scowled at the slight on her intelligence, but shook off her annoyance and focused on her original purpose. She figured she had better do it before he decided to start strangling her again.

 

“What is all this? What are you? What are they doing to you? What's the purpose of it?” she asked, questions tumbling from her in a rush.

 

“Slow down, bitch,” Inuyasha said irritably. Kagome could feel her left eye beginning to twitch in annoyance, but clenched her fists and fought it down.

 

“I…I'm not sure what they're planning to use me for,” he admitted. “I just know I'm supposed to be a sort of weapon. Like an `ultimate soldier', I guess. I don't know who I'm supposed to be working for, either.” He paused, running a hand through his hair in agitation.

 

“This is none of your business. I shouldn't be telling you any of this.”

 

“I think you owe me at least a few answers after nearly strangling me to death,” she said indignantly, and saw him wince at the reminder. After a moment's consideration she added, “Besides, I might- might being the key word- be willing to help you.”

 

His amber eyes widened in surprise. “Help me?” he echoed incredulously. “After I nearly killed you? You're stupider than I thought.”

 

“Yeah, yeah. I think we've established that I'm pretty darn stupid. But let's hear some answers anyway.” She stopped when she heard Inuyasha start chuckling, bringing a clawed hand up to muffle it. “What?!” she demanded.

 

“It's just...darn? No one's used that one since about the 1960's,” he said, snickering.

 

“Well excuse me for not feeling the need to swear to express myself,” she huffed, getting up and walking towards the door. She'd taken just about enough abuse from this guy to last her a lifetime, and she wasn't about to stick around for more.

 

“Hold up, wench. Don't get your panties all in a twist,” he said, and his hand shot out to grab Kagome's wrist and pull her back down. And pull her back down he did. Right into his barely covered lap.

 

Kagome felt her face flame and hurriedly scrambled about a good ten feet away from him, clutching her pounding heart.

 

You're 21, for goodness sake! Stop blushing like a 15 year old school girl with a crush, she chastised herself, willing the redness to fade. Seeing the red tingeing Inuyasha's cheeks made her feel a bit better.

 

She's…warm, was his involuntary thought on the matter. He quickly dismissed it, telling himself he'd only even thought it because he hadn't had any contact with people for a while.

 

“Sorry,” he muttered, not looking at her.

 

“S'alright,” she muttered in reply. There was awkward silence for a few moments.

 

Inuyasha broke it by clearing his throat and saying, “Well, do you still want those answers?” Kagome looked up at him and nodded.

 

“Alright, then. Let's see…What I am now, I don't really know. I'm not sure if there's even a name for it. I used to be human, but…” he paused for a moment, glaring down at the claws adorning his hands, “I guess I must look pretty much like a monster after all the genetic `enhancements' they've made to me.”

 

“You mean they made you like this? Why? How?” Kagome said, feeling horrified.

 

“I'm not sure on the details, being that I'm no scientist, but mostly they fucked around with my DNA. Enhanced it so that I'd be faster, stronger, all that crap. They lured people into the experiment by saying they were holding a competition and that the prize was a lot of money. It tested speed, agility, intelligence and strength. The real prize for the `winners' was to become lab rats in this fucking experiment. I think there were about thirty of us. Some prize.”

 

“That's horrible. They…they can't do that,” Kagome said quietly, feeling sick. They had taken people- real people with real lives and real families- and they had made them into guinea pigs for their sick experiments.

 

“Yeah, well that didn't seem to stop them from doing it anyway,” Inuyasha said bitterly. “I don't know what happened to the others, but most of the time I've been kept in that chamber. Every now in then they pull me out, drug me up, and do a few tests to see how I'm progressing. Then they'll make adjustments based on what they find before sticking me back in the chamber. I've heard them say they can't use me out on the field yet because of my `behavioral issues'.”

 

Kagome was silent for a few moments, considering what he'd said.

 

“If you stay here, they're just going to keep doing it to you, won't they? They'll just keep doing it until they break you,” she said quietly.

 

“Yeah,” said Inuyasha, equally quiet.

 

“Well, we'll just have to get you out of here then,” Kagome announced, suddenly resolved.

 

Inuyasha snorted in derision. “And how do you plan to do that exactly?” he asked.

 

Kagome deflated a bit. “I hadn't really thought about it,” she admitted sheepishly.

 

“You're useless,” Inuyasha groaned.

 

“Just give me minute to think, will you?” Kagome snapped, mind working furiously. How could she possibly sneak a naked half-dog boy out of a building swarming with biotechnologists? She scanned the room for anything that might be of use. Computer, test tubes, the cryogenic chamber, spare lab coats- ah hah!

 

Kagome scrambled up and over to the rack on which the spare lab coats hung, Inuyasha's eyes following her movements curiously. She began rifling through the coats, searching for one that was long enough…

 

“Ah-hah!” she exclaimed, holding one up triumphantly.

 

“It's a lab coat. Whoop-de-fricking-doo,” said Inuyasha, looking at her as if he questioned her mental stability.

 

Kagome cast him a disparaging look. “Turn around,” she commanded.

 

“Why should I-“

 

“Just do it!”

 

“Alright, alright!” Inuyasha grumbled, turning his back to her. He heard the rustling of fabric.

 

“What the hell are you doing wench?” A pair of baggy jeans- the wench's, he realized with a slight blush- was dropped into his lap.

 

“What the f-”

 

“You're lucky I always wear Souta's clothes on days when I know we'll be working with chemicals,” she cut him off, more rustling accompanying the sound of her voice. “That way I don't stain my own clothes. I don't think my jeans would fit you.”

 

“You want me to wear these? What, are you planning on walking around in your underwear?”

 

“No, stupid. Turn around.”

 

Inuyasha did so hesitantly and saw that Kagome had put on the lab coat she had dug out and buttoned it all the way up. It reached down to her calves, so to anyone who didn't know otherwise it looked as if she could be wearing shorts or a skirt underneath.

 

“Now you put on the jeans and my lab coat and button it up and it'll looked like you're fully clothed,” Kagome explained, looking quite pleased with herself.

 

“That covers part of it, but how do you plan to hide these?” Inuyasha asked, wiggling the dog ears back and forth.

 

So cute, Kagome squealed inwardly, hands twitching with the need to touch the furry appendages. She forced the urge back and thought, chewing her lower lip in concentration.

 

“Ah!” she said after a moment, and began digging through her the bag that she brought to carry her notebooks and various other items in. After a few minutes of rummaging she produced a hair tie and a brush (typical girly things that most girls carry around. Well I do, anyways. Don't hate me because I'm obsessive about grooming habits!).

 

Walking back over to Inuyasha she kneeled down beside him and reached towards his head with the brush. Inuyasha leaned away from her.

 

“What are you doing, wench?” he said, eying the brush distrustfully.

 

“Just pin your ears back and hold still,” Kagome commanded impatiently. Inuyasha hesitated a moment before complying.

 

Kagome went to work gently brushing back his hair so that it covered his flattened ears.

 

It really is nicer than mine, she thought with a mental pout, feeling how easily it slid through the brush. When she had covered both ears completely she gathered the hair together and pulled it into a pony tail at the base of his neck.

 

“There. All done,” she announced. Inuyasha looked a little disappointed at the loss of contact. “Now I'll turn around and you put on the clothes.” Inuyasha nodded and she turned her back to him.

 

There was an excessive amount of rustling and cursing. Then there was a dull thud and louder cursing.

 

“Are you alright?” Kagome asked over her shoulder.

 

“Yeah, it's just been awhile since I had to put on clothes,” Inuyasha grumbled in between curses.

 

“Well don't expect any help from me in that arena,” said Kagome, face tinged pink at the very thought of it. Though from what she had seen he did have a nice…she shook her head wildly to halt that train of thought.

 

“I'm done,” Inuyasha announced, and Kagome turned around.

 

She looked him over and decided it would have to do. All she could do now was hope that they didn't run into Dr. Tanaka or any of the other doctors who might be working on this experiment. Kagome paused for a moment, the enormity of what she was about to do finally dawning on her.

 

God help me, she thought, and then, taking a deep breath, “Come on, Inuyasha.”

 

She turned and walked toward the door, expecting him to follow. When he didn't she turned a questioning look on him over her shoulder. He was looking at her with what she could only describe as a kind of childishness in his face.

 

“What's the matter?”

 

“Nothing,” he said quickly, averting his eyes to the floor. His cheekbones were ridged with a slight pink blush.

 

“It's… It's just been a long time since anyone has called me anything other than #319, let alone actually using my name.”

 

“Oh,” said Kagome, not even realizing she'd done it. She smiled and said, “Well, get used to it. I like the sound of Inuyasha much better than #319.”

 

Inuyasha looked up and offered her a hesitant smile in return. Kagome turned back to the door.

 

“Oi, wench.”

 

“What?!?” Kagome huffed, wanting to get out of there as soon as possible.

 

“Since you know my name, I think it's only fair that I know yours.”

 

“Does that mean you'll actually use my name? No more wench or bitch?” Kagome retorted. Inuyasha shrugged and made a noncommittal noise.

 

“I'm not making any promises.”

 

Kagome sighed in exasperation, but said anyway, “It's Kagome. Higurashi Kagome.”

 

“Alright, let's go then, wench.” Kagome groaned. Inuyasha smirked. And together they crept out into the hall way.

 

 

 

 

It all went much more smoothly than Kagome could have hoped. They ran into very few people on the way out, and while a few of them did give Inuyasha's odd hair and eye color a second glance, no questions were asked. Dr. Tanaka was nowhere to be seen, for which Kagome could only thank all the powers of goodness. They didn't even run into Sango, as Kagome had half feared.

 

The car ride to her apartment on the edge of town was also uneventful (though Kagome was quite amused to learn that the seemingly macho Inuyasha got car sick very easily. She was considerably less amused when he actually threw up in her car.)

 

Now both sat at the kitchen table, eating a very healthy meal of ramen. The only noise came from Inuyasha's obnoxious slurping.

 

“Would you stop that?” Kagome griped. “You're really grossing me out.”

 

In response Inuyasha opened wide to reveal a half-chewed mouthful of ramen.

 

“Ewww!” Kagome squealed, looking away. “What are you, a bratty two year old?”

 

“I was twenty three when they put me in the chamber. I don't know how old I am now,” Inuyasha supplied around mouthful of noodles.

 

“Don't talk with your mouthful,” Kagome muttered half heartedly, lacking the energy to yell at him any more.

 

He was only a couple years older than me. Wonder how old he is now, Kagome thought absently, staring at the boy as he continued to positively inhale his meal. He looked content, and somehow it made Kagome happy.

 

The door bell rang, cutting through her thoughts. Inuyasha's ears perked up and he stopped stuffing his face for a moment.

 

“Who's that?” he asked. Kagome shrugged.

 

“Don't know. You just stay here. I'll get it.” She found her heart was beating much harder than it should have been. Had they found out? Were they here to take Inuyasha back? She took a deep breath and steeled herself, grasping the door knob. They would have to go through her to get at Inuyasha. She pulled open the door.

 

And was pulled into a crushing hug.

 

“Hey, baby. Long time no see. I've missed you.”

 

Kagome, for her part, had completely forgotten that she had a boyfriend, whose arms were now wrapped so firmly around her.

 

“I… I've missed you too, Hojo.” She lied feebly, thinking all the while, Oh, shit.

 

Wow, that was really long. Hope ya'll liked it. Read and review if you want me to continue.