InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Breaking of Dawn ❯ Traps ( Chapter 9 )

Chapter Nine - Traps

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Kagome was vaguely aware of someone moving to her left as she squinted against the sudden light. Her vision was blurred and her head was throbbing. Stiffeling a groan, she brought her hand up to her head in an attempt to massage the pain out.

"It's better if you don't move."

The sudden, but softly whispered words only resulted in Kagome yanking her head to her left, to find out who the voice came from.

Groaning again because of the added discomfort the move resulted in, Kagome rested her head back to the floor she was lying on.

"Where am I?" She finally managed to mumble when the room stopped spinning.

Turning her head slowly towards the strange person again, Kagome was surprised to see that it was some sort of female youkai. The pale blue hair she had and her ice-blue eyes were a dead giveaway to the fact that she wasn't a human. And even if that hadn't been enough to convince Kagome, the special aura the youkai had would've been enough.

The blue-haired youkai shook her head slowly as she prepared something out of Kagome's sightline.

"I'm not allowed to tell." The youkai finally said, not meeting Kagome's eyes.

Kagome kept silent for some minutes while she tried to remember what she had experienced lately. She had been with Inuyasha. Smiling to herself she recollected the latest moments she had spent with him. The heart-warming embrace wasn't something she was about to forget easily. She lived for brief moments like that.

Trying to prod further into her memory, she wasn't able to remember much more. She had gone to sleep and then…

Shaking her head carefully, Kagome sat up and looked towards the youkai again.

"What's your name? I'm Kagome."

Kagome smiled widely to the nervous female as she supported herself with a hand to the floor.

"Hamei," the youkai answered curtly.

"Nice to meet you Hamei. So, even if you can't tell me where I am, can you tell me how I got here?"

Kagome was beginning to get really curious and nervous as she continued to study the youkai. She seemed extremely nervous and agitated. When youkai were nervous it rarely resulted in anything good.

Blushing slightly, Hamei brought her head up to face Kagome.

"I… I made you fall into a hypnotic sleep and then another youkai brought you here."

Kagome's nervousness increased as Hamei talked. Of course she had realised that she'd been kidnapped, but she still didn't like what she was hearing. What had happened to the others? Where was Inuyasha?

"The others I was with, what did you do to them?" She inquired lightly, schooling her features to make her seem calm and collected.

The youkai shrugged.

"They're probably still sleeping. It was a very heavy sleep I put you under."

Kagome was immediately relieved when she heard that, but it still didn't do anything to help her own situation. She didn't loose her hope though, Inuyasha was alive and when he woke up he would probably come for her right away.

Sighing softly, Kagome relaxed into a more comfortable position on the floor and turned her attention to what Hamei was doing.

It seemed as if she was preparing a hot bath for someone.

After a long silence, Kagome couldn't take it anymore and broke it.

"So, do you have any idea why I was brought here?"

Hamei shrugged and took a kettle of boiling water and poured it into a larger contained with cold water.

"Not really, but it's probably something usual, like extortion, bait, bribing or simply an urge to piss everybody off."

Kagome stiffened and studied the female youkai closer. She only knew of one creature that enjoyed doing those things. Her insides froze at the thought. Of course she had to be captured by no other than Naraku.

Why would Naraku kidnap Kagome though? If he had been able to put everyone asleep, wouldn't it be easier to kill them all then and there? But then again that wasn't Naraku's thing. He always resorted to traps and cunningly hidden betrayals, gloating in the feeling he got from breaking allies apart.

Quelling the sudden urge to scream and flee, Kagome scooted closer to the youkai and looked at what she was doing again, this time in an attempt to distract her thoughts.

"Who's the bath for?"

Hamei, turned as the door opened softly and Kagome gasped at the sight that met her.

"Another guest." Hamei said, her voice filled with sorrow and regret.

`Kami-sama! Inuyasha, please come soon.'

Kagome could feel tears stinging her eyes.

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Inuyasha was making his way down to the village with the rest of his group behind him when he felt an odd feeling spread over him. It was like he walked through a wall of running water, but he couldn't see or smell anything to prove it. It was only the sensations fleeting across his skin that told him that something had happened or was happening.

As soon as the feeling begun it ended and he felt an odd urge to draw a deep breath.

Behind him, his friends had noticed the odd behaviour and they had stopped some feet away, keeping their eyes on him with worried expressions. Everyone was aware of the potential trap they were walking into.

"What's the matter Inuyasha?" Miroku asked as he climbed off Kirara, landing softly on the ground.

Sango and Shippo quickly followed.

Inuyasha stopped too and looked behind him to see if he could find an answer to the odd feeling he had felt. All he was met with was the worried looks of his fellow fighters.

"It's nothing, probably just my imagination." He said as he continued onward. Intent on the village he was entering.

Sango looked doubtful at Miroku, but finally shrugged and moved forwards, Miroku close behind her. They didn't notice anything out of place as they caught up with Inuyasha.

Shippo wasn't slow in following, but as he took one step forward, he too felt the odd feeling, the strange feeling of being doused slowly in water. It wasn't unpleasant. Actually it was kind of refreshing.

As he stepped through the invisible wall, he looked over to his right, to find Kirara shaking her fur as if she'd recently come out of water and was trying to shake it dry.

Shippo glanced back to the rest of the group, and then muttered some choice words about strange things happening all the time, but he couldn't help to think what it meant, or why Sango and Miroku hadn't seemed to feel it.

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Inuyasha abruptly stopped and looked around wildly.

"What the?" He exclaimed as he began to sniff the air furiously.

Sango and Miroku cast each other odd looks again as they witnessed his strange behaviour. It seemed as if their hanyou friend was getting more frustrated by the second.

"Inuyasha what's going on?"

Inuyasha ignored them as he took a deep whiff once again, hoping to find it again. It couldn't disappear like that. It was impossible. Letting out a colourful string of curses he turned quickly to the fox kit who, by the way, was looking just as confused as he felt.

"Hey, Shippo did you loose it too?"

At the curt nod from the kit, Inuyasha turned with a fierce growl, glaring at the fire cat.

"I guess it's too much to ask that you didn't loose it?"

Kirara just looked at him with a serene stare.

"Inuyasha what are you talking about? What did you loose?"

Sango was getting pretty irritated at their odd behaviour.

Inuyasha turned towards her with a fierce glower, waving his arms fiercely.

"Her scent. I lost her fucking scent!"

The worry and frustration he'd felt since he woke up was taking their toll on his nerves and he really wanted to rip something up. Rip it up and then destroy it.

Miroku glanced worriedly at Inuyasha and indicated the area behind them.

"Can't you just go back and find it again?" He asked calmly.

"No." He growled back.

"It's not here anymore. I'm telling you it disappeared. Naraku's fucking tricked us and we fell for it, hook, line and sinker."

"Oh…" There didn't seem to be any other response to give to the startling news.

Just then, the wind changed and Inuyasha picked up another scent that he loathed.

"I don't have fucking time for this…"

Grabbing a hold of the Tetsusaiga, Inuyasha glared in the direction the wind came from.

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A/n: Okay… hope you like. Personally I'm falling in love with the story :P