InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Unexpeced Allies Part III: Trial of the Century ❯ Imprisoned! ( Chapter 12 )

{Disclaimer: Anyone who's read this from chapter one of part one knows this already, so…}

SF: Tee hee! Did you guys miss me?

Inu-chan: Hell no!

Shippou: {::hugs SF::} Ignore Dog-Doo over there. I missed you!

Inu-chan: Dog-Doo! Who are you talking about?

Sesshou: {::from the couch, drinking a Vanilla Pepsi::} Obviously you.

Inu-chan: Why you-{::charges at Shippou::}

{::Shippou jumps on top of SF's hair::}

>Zap!<

SF: Stop that right now Inu-chan! Good grief, my first day back and I already have to zap you! Shame on you, by the way. Oh, the story's below!

Chapter Twelve:

Imprisoned!

Shorin stepped to the front of the group, with Kagome after her and Mira between her and Keni'Chi. The guard at the gate recognized them immediately and opened the gates for them. He lead them down the same tunnel to the arena, then left them at the arena floor to assemble the council. The members filed into the arena a few minutes later, leaving the Elder's chair and one chair on the left empty. Kagome remembered the female kitsune that occupied that space as Shorin and Mira moved to her left, with Keni'Chi on her right. Kenirous came out last and stood before them.

"Hello, Lady Miko. It is good to see you well," he replied as Kagome and her group bowed in respect. "I take it you defeated the hanyou."

Kagome nodded. "Yes, he is destroyed as arranged."

Kenirous nodded, then turned to Mira. "Who is she?"

Kagome smiled. "She helped defeat Naraku."

Mira bowed again, keeping her eyes on Kenirous as a strange feeling of déjà vu overcame her. Kenirous nodded in recognition. "Welcome. You are a part of Kagome's group, yes?"

Mira nodded, then started to say something when she looked at him. Her voice fled as she stared at familiar blue hair and lilac eyes.

"Have you no tongue?" Kenirous asked. "Or are you really so disrespectful as to not speak to your Elder."

Mira froze as Kagome explained. Kagome's voice drowned in her ears as Mira remembered the events before she was sealed in the diamond 205 years ago.

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"Do not do this Kenirous!" Mira shouted as she backhanded another youkai. She was alone in the mountains, answering a summons from Junior Elder Kenirous. When she arrived, Kenirous and his army attacked her.

"But I have to. You see you're in the way." He raked his claws against her stomach, laughing as she doubled over in agony.

"There goes the next heir to the west," he purred. "And now to remove the lady!"

Kenirous stood before her, his sword raised and ready to finish her when a flash of blue in front of her knocked him down. Kenirous hissed as the figure in miko garments turned to Mira.

"Are you alright, my lady?" the creature asked as Mira stared at her in amazement. It was a female Immortal, with the Shikon no Tama around her throat. Her white gossamer wings shone in the late afternoon sun, and her onyx and silver streaked hair glistened with a majestic light. She was nearly angelic in her beauty, and Mira felt safe for the first time since her fight with the evil inuyoukai began.

"Yes, I'm fine," Mira said as she tried to stand. The Immortal gently nudged her back down. "You're injured. Stay here." She turned to fight, but Mira grabbed her arm.

"Wait!"

The Immortal turned to her, a small smile on her face. "Yes?"

"Why are you doing this?"

The youkai's wings twitched experimentally, the Shikon no Tama glistening around her neck as she smiled and said

"Because you need me."

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Mira glanced at Kagome in shock. 'How could I have forgotten?' she asked herself as Kagome and Kenirous argued. 'That Immortal died trying to save me. How could I not remember what Kenirous did?'

Kagome, forgetting that Kenirous was youkai the more her temper rose, stared Kenirous down in contempt. "What do you mean my pup, the houshi and the exterminator left?"

"Just as I said, human!" Kenirous snarled as the others and the Council looked on. "Do you call me a liar!"

"I call you an oath breaker!" Kagome shouted. "You swore to protect them! How could you let them leave?"

"How DARE you question me, human! You are lucky you still live!"

Keni'Chi growled in warning at Kenirous. Kenirous glared at him in contempt. "Do you want to try it, kitten? You will die where you stand!"

"You cannot threaten my general in such a manner!" Kagome exclaimed, regaining his attention. "Where are Lords Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha? We will find the others ourselves."

"You have no proof that Naraku is dead! I said bring proof!"

"The Shikon no Tama is proof! So is the houshi's hand, if he were still here! Bring them out!"

"Show me the Shikon!" Kenirous demanded. Kagome reached inside her kimono and held out the completed Shikon no Tama, attached to a chain around her neck. She instantly dropped it back into her kimono.

"You have seen it, now bring them out," Kagome said, her voice calm and steady. Keni'Chi glanced at her, watching as her hand went to the bump in her kimono where the hairspray was hidden.

"No."

The members of the council stared at Kenirous in confusion as anger lit up in Kagome's eyes. "What do you mean no?"

Kenirous shrugged and sat down in his golden chair. "Just as I said. No."

"You promised the human Lord Sesshoumaru's release!" One member of the council exclaimed. "You cannot go back on the word of the Council without a vote."

"I need no vote," Kenirous said flippantly. "You are not Elder."

"Neither are you," Mira said as she ripped off the mask. "You do not belong in that chair."

The members of the council gasped and whispered as Kenirous smiled. "Elder Mira, how lovely to see you."

Kagome blinked, thoroughly confused. "Elder Mira?"

Mira nodded. "I will explain later." She turned to Kenirous. "I want what the miko wants. Release my son."

Kenirous shook his head. "I do not take orders from you anymore. As a matter of fact, I no longer need this council. Guards!"

The guards poured from the gates around them as the other members of the council stood up.

"What's the meaning of this?" a bear youkai cried as the army surrounded them.

"oh crap" Kagome moaned as she hid the hairspray and the lighter in her kimono sleeves. Kenirous shrugged.

"I tire of this charade. Guards, arrest them" pointing to Kagome and the others "and the youkai council. Kill any member of the council that struggles."

The council members gasped as Kagome whipped out the hairspray and the lighter. "Get behind me!"

Shorin and the others did as she commanded. Flicking the lighter to life and spraying the hairspray into the flame, she sprayed the makeshift flamethrower at the youkai in front of them until the can was empty, then dropped it and reached for the Reiosegia.

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SF: Can't you guys imagine some scientist 5 centuries from then digging up an empty can of Pert Plus?

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The group split up, Keni'Chi, Mira and Shorin defending various members of the council as Kagome went straight for Kenirous. The blade of her sword clashed with his, the white ki of the sword swirling around them.

"Do you really think you can defeat me?" Kenirous sneered as he bared down on Kagome's sword.

"I can try."

Kenirous jerked backward, catching Kagome off guard. "Then this should be fun."

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Sesshoumaru and Shippou were watching Inuyasha dry heave in the corner again when a shout resounded from the arena above them. Shippou looked up, shielding his eyes as dust fell from the ceiling.

"What's going on?" Sango asked as a thud and the clanging of metal against metal came from above. The fighting above them continued for a good couple of minutes before scuffling could be heard coming from the prison entrance.

The gates clanged open and two guards walked past Inuyasha's and Sesshoumaru's cell, holding a male inuyoukai. Another pair of guards passed with a bear youkai, then another pair with male kitsune. Next came at least six guards, trying to restrain a snarling Shorin as she struggled against them. She broke free momentarily, turning to fight them as soon as her arms were free. She was quickly recaptured, but not without some bumps and bruises to the struggling guards. Inuyasha smirked after them.

"I hope she beats the shit out of them," he said as another pair of guards 'escorted' Keni'Chi to his cell. He winked at Shippou as he passed, giving a dip of the head in respect to Sesshoumaru. Five cell doors opened and closed, with the youkai council members in the cells on Inuyasha's side. Keni'Chi ended up in the cell between Shorin and Sesshoumaru. The only cell left empty was the cell in front of Sango and Miroku's. Another pair of guards walked past with a struggling Mira. A bruise was slowly healing on her right cheek. Sesshoumaru growled viciously as the guards passed.

"I'm fine, Sesshoumaru," Mira said as a guard yanked her along. "but I don't think Kagome is very happy at the moment."

An instant later a zap and Kenirous' howl came from the prison entrance.

"Stop that! I am not the hanyou you destroyed!"

>ZAP!<

>SLAP!<

"I said stop!"

>ZAP!<

Moments later Kagome landed on her back in front of Sesshoumaru's cell. Shippou squeaked in surprise.

"Kagome! Are you ok?"

Kagome groaned as she struggled to sit up. "Oh man. I'm fine Shippou. Don't worr-"

Kenirous landed beside her and slapped her, knocking her back to the floor. Kagome glowed purple, but it faded when Kenirous kicked her in the side. His left eye was a mangled mess, and Sesshoumaru could only guess who did that as Kenirous jerked Kagome up by her ponytail.

"You little bitch!" he snarled, his hot breath pounding in her face. He ignored Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru's growled threats as he pressed his lips to hers in a violent kiss. His head instantly shot back in a burst of purple light. He slapped Kagome again, then dragged her by her ponytail to Sango and Miroku's cell. He tossed her in like a ball, with her landing on her side on the futon against the back wall. Kenirous slammed the door shut with a bang and smiled at her from the other side of the bars.

"I thought about just killing the youkai and letting you all go afterward, but after your display of power in the arena earlier I think I'll keep you. The surviving members of the council will die, one by one, until I reach Lady Mira and Lord Sesshoumaru. They will die together." He watched her face flicker between fury and horror and back again. "Then, just because you've angered me, I will kill every human woman and child in Japan. I will take any land I please, and rule with an iron fist. The humans will be exterminated, except for you and the exterminator. She will make a perfect plaything for the guards."

"What are you planning to do with Kagome?" Miroku demanded, wishing for the Wind Tunnel for the first time in his life.

"Kagome shall be my pet," Kenirous answered simply, earning at least four growls from the youkai around him. He turned to Kagome, reached inside and grabbed her by the front of her kimono. He dragged her closer to the bars and whispered.

"If you had only been smarter, faster, more powerful or a better swordsman, you may have saved your taiyoukai. I will destroy everyone in his service, including the little human girl under his care. Everything must die."

Kagome shuddered against the bars, taking his words to heart. Kenirous smiled, the sight gruesome without his left eye, and released her. Kagome slunk back to the futon and curled up, tears streaming from her eyes as she replayed everything Kenirous said in her mind.

'Its my fault,' Kagome thought over and over as Kenirous left the cells. 'He's going to kill Rin, Jaken and every defenseless human in Japan and I can't stop him.' Kagome started to cry, her sobs rebounding through the prison to the guard standing on the outside.

'Its all my fault.'

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