InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Ninja ❯ Following The Connection ( Chapter 19 )

Warning! Torture!

 

CHAPTER 19: Following the Connection

 

Naraku finally had what he wanted. He looked in at the great demon Sesshoumaru who was tied up, his arm above him, facing forward on a stout pole in his dungeon room. His pants were on but his kimono top and haori were gone, ripped from him when he arrived at the castle. Naraku was waiting for Sesshoumaru to awaken from his drug stupor so he could play.

 

Sesshoumaru woke slowly and groggily, trying to think of where he could be and why his arm hurt. He tried to move it with a groan and then realized he could not. He looked up in a fog and saw he was tied and tried weakly to break free. That was when he heard the evil laugh coming from behind him.

 

“Hello” said the wicked voice. Naraku was having an amazing time watching Sesshoumaru try to get free. Even though he was only tied with rope, the drug running through him was making him incredibly weak, not much stronger than a human. Naraku grinned wickedly and stroked the long barbed whip in his hand. He came up behind Sesshoumaru and gave him a small shot of the drug on the end of the sharp quill he had dipped into the vial. Just in case, it wouldn't do for him to get free. He stepped back a few paces and, gritting his teeth, swung the cruel whip back letting it fly forward onto Sesshoumaru's back.

 

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Inuyasha and his group were at Kouga's caves deciding to stock up on their diminishing supplies. The wolf tribe were more than happy to help after hearing what had happened.

 

Kai could no longer sense the jewel and Inuyasha knew that Naraku must have put up a very strong barrier. They were all pretty discouraged and demoralized as they sat in the large meeting room in Kouga's personal cave trying to come up with a plan to find Naraku and Sesshoumaru. It was then that Kai and Miroku simultaneously yelped and fell to the floor of the cave; angry red marks appearing on Kai's back beneath her top. Both felt amazing pain and realized that it must be from Sesshoumaru.

 

“What is it? What's going on!” cried out Inuyasha watching in helplessness as his two friends writhed on the floor.

 

“Something is happening to Sesshoumaru”, gasped Miroku.

 

“How do you know that?” questioned Inuyasha as he dropped to the floor beside the monk.

 

Miroku felt flash after flash of pain, “Ungh, we have some kind of bond. Damn that hurts. We can feel…Fuck! What Sesshoumaru is feeling”, he groaned out.

What he was saying wasn't making much sense to Inuyasha but he could see it must be true.

 

Sango and Kouga were trying to help Kai as she cried out in pain, not knowing what to do. “It hurts” she whimpered, tears streaking down her cheeks. Our auras; this feeling is coming from that, when they were entwined. I have to gain control of myself.

 

The pain suddenly stopped after about an hour. Kai and Miroku gave a shaky breath of relief and carefully got to their feet. Kai sat back down on the chair she had occupied previously and tried to explain what she thought was going on, being careful not to put her back against the chair. “When we were in the cave at the hill, Miroku's and my auras sort of became one. We couldn't really control what was happening and I think we grabbed onto Sesshoumaru's. He, as you know, stopped it but we can now sense each others emotions and I think he was being beaten.” She finished her explanation grimacing at the remembered pain.

 

“So why aren't you feeing anything now?” Kouga asked.

 

“I'm not sure about this but I think he's passed out” replied Miroku.

 

“You can feel Sesshoumaru through the barrier Naraku has erected?” queried Sango.

 

“I guess so, there's something blocking my ability to sense the jewel but I think we can still track Naraku through Sesshoumaru.”

 

“Do you think you can control your chakra enough to do that” Inuyasha asked hoping against hope. The others seemed dubious. They didn't want a repeat of that blue light and maybe one of them becoming caught in it. They remembered the way Sesshoumaru had fought through it to pull the other two apart and he had had a hard time.

 

“I believe we can” Miroku said confidently. “We know what to expect now, I think we can use our energies and not get caught up in the sensations of it.” The others wondered what he meant by that but did not ask.

 

“Just in case, I suggest you guys stay back from us, ok”, recommended Kai.

 

They all agreed to try because there was nothing else they could do. Inuyasha made Jaken stay at the wolves den with Shippo and Rin. He had had to bop him on the head quite a few times as the imp was stubborn in wanting to go to be with his lord. Sango had finally gotten him to acquiesce by telling him that she would be sure to let Lord Sesshoumaru know how he had stayed to protect Rin from further harm. That seemed to satisfy him and he had sulkily agreed.

 

Kai and Miroku went off by themselves leaving the others behind to wait. They sat down in a meadow within shouting distance of the caves and taking a deep breath they closed their eyes and reached out to each other with their auras. They felt the familiar tingling and floating sensations almost instantly. They let their auras touch each other slowly, controlling the ebb and flow until they were gently intertwined again. They opened their eyes and looked at each other, their faces flushed and their hearts keeping time together. “Ok”, Kai said to Miroku “Let's see if we can find Sesshoumaru.” Miroku nodded and then closed his eyes, Kai following suit. They reached out to strengthen the bond to the demon lord's strong aura.

 

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Naraku was in an ugly mood. He had hit Sesshoumaru harder and harder watching the blood pool at the base of the pole and he would not cry out. His pride is still intact, I'll have to be more forceful and change that.

 

Sesshoumaru had passed out from the pain. The whole time he had been beaten he had gritted his teeth together, not willing to give the evil demon any satisfaction. Even though he was drugged all that had happened he remembered. He had at first thought Naraku wanted to absorb him to gain his power and he was having a hard time figuring out why he had not done so already. Whatever the reason he was still in his own body, he didn't care. He was going to get free and rip Naraku to shreds.

 

He was now coming back to consciousness finding himself chained to a wall on his knees in a small dank room. There was nothing in the room but some straw and a window high up in the wall above him that let in a small amount of light. He tried his strength against the chains and found he still could not break free. He felt totally weak and drained. The wounds on his back he knew had healed but he could still feel a slight stinging sensation. It's that drug. I've got to fight against it. He tried again struggling firmer with no success, sweat beginning to pop out on his skin.

 

Naraku was just outside the door with a large knife. He had come up with some wicked ideas about how to break this demon. He put the dagger in his kimono and opened the door surprised to see how forcefully Sesshoumaru was fighting against the chains. He pulled out a small dart, aiming carefully and it struck its mark, the demon lord weakened further his pupils going large and glassy.

 

“There now, that's better” smiled Naraku. He walked over to where Sesshoumaru knelt on the hard floor slowly taking out the knife from his kimono. He roughly grabbed Sesshoumaru's long white hair and holding the knife close to the base of his head, he sliced through those long white locks.

 

Sesshoumaru was shocked. He cut my hair, he thought incredulously. Sesshoumaru's eyes closed to slits in fury and as Naraku dragged the knife around his neck to place it against his adam's apple he snapped out with his teeth trying to bite his hand.

 

Naraku just laughed holding up Sesshoumaru's hair in his other hand. “You're such a disgrace trying to bite me like a dog. But then what was I expecting?” He then looked at that long fluffy tail trailing on the floor behind Sesshoumaru, making sure that the demon lord knew where he was looking. He was gratified to see the first hint of fear in the now short haired demon's eyes. Naraku grabbed Sesshoumaru and roughly threw him to the ground putting his knee into his back to hold him down. He grabbed that soft tail with one hand and brought the knife down in a huge swinging arc with the other.

 

This time, Sesshoumaru screamed.

 

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Kai and Miroku had finally latched on strongly to Sesshoumaru's aura, they began to follow the connection, using their auras together to reach where he was. They could sense that Sesshoumaru was weak and that he was somewhere cold and wet. They were still following the small trace of the aura trying to let him know they were there when the pain hit them, both opened their eyes wide in shock. Kai leaned over and vomited everything in her stomach. Miroku held on a bit longer before he collapsed on the ground with a scream of his own.

 

Kouga, Inuyasha and Sango hearing the scream ran to their friends' aid. Kouga put his arms around the sobbing and shaking Kai while Sango and Inuyasha went to Miroku.

 

“What's wrong? Did you find him?” Inuyasha asked his voice high with fear for what was happening.

 

“I know the direction he is in but not the exact location” Miroku said gently his eyes still slightly shocky from what he had felt. He did not want to tell the others anymore than that. “We should leave now” he added looking at Inuyasha.

 

Inuyasha's heart dropped into his stomach, “something bad is happening” was the look he had received from Miroku.

 

The group was walking in the direction that Miroku had indicated each in their own thoughts. Kouga still grieving the loss of his friend was beside Miroku, Sango and Kai. Inuyasha was at the rear of the group steaming mad. Miroku knew more of what had happened than he was saying he was sure of it. It must be bad if Miroku doesn't want to talk about it. Hang on Sesshoumaru, we're coming, and we're coming for you too Naraku.