InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Vampire Prince ❯ Chapter Twenty-Two ( Chapter 22 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Chapter Twenty-Two:

Kagome couldn't help but sigh and stare down at the floor in defeat "I'm never going to get out of here." All of a sudden the door glew green and a man with a blue wizard hat and robe stepped into the room. He had a long wooden cane with a green circular gem on the end. When he saw me he gave a sympathetic smile.

"You must be Kagome... right?" I got up from the floor glaring at him.

"And who might you be?" I asked in a firm voice.

He smiled warmly at me and said "My name's Hojo, Kagome and I want to help you get Inuyasha back."

I felt a sting of hope in my heart for an instant then it quickly went away. I raised an eyebrow and said "Oh really, and I suppose you're going to make hell freeze over and make pigs fly while you're at it." I stated in a sarcastic tone.

He couldn't help but stifle a laugh at my sarcasm but then he looked serious. "It's the truth Kagome, I want to help you. You've been safe for 40 years untouched by the king of evil… but everyone in this time wasn't so lucky."

"What do you mean?" I asked even though I feared the answerer "Your friends have all changed became almost as evil as he is… It's been nothing but a blood war since you left. They kill innocent people without hesitation or pity. If they come across a woman heavy with child they cut her open and pull the unborn child out of her… so they may both die in pain." Kagome flitch at the thought of it "And every time Inuyasha did kill someone he would always mumble If she stayed there wouldn't be as much pain." Hojo said in a low hollow voice as Kagome felt a lump form in her throat.

"What are you saying… your sounding like this is my entire fault? The man's a psychopath and a lunatic if I didn't leave him I would ha..."

Hojo put up a hand to stop her "That is not what I mean and I am glad you were able to run away… if you didn't you probably would have became just as evil as Inuyasha and your friends. I have been Inuyasha prisoner for 40 years he only keeps me alive because I can put up good barriers."

Kagome nodded and could feel tears forming in her eyes "But what happened to my friends?"

Hojo put his eyes to the ground, his head hung low. Kagome walked closer towards him "Hojo... what happened to my friends… I need to know." Kagome pleaded.

"Koga obediently took leadership of Inuyasha's Army and runs it for him… even though Koga hates him with a passion… he once threaten Inuyasha by saying if he was the one who found you again he would make damn sure that Inuyasha would not find you."

Inuyasha did not take to kindly to that and used one of his claws and took out one of Koga's eyes and said to him that if he did that or talked like that to him again he would kill him without hesitation. Koga's eye has since been replaced with an eye patch."

Kagome nodded and shivered "I am glad that Koga's alright… he must have gone through so much pain." Kagome eyes went wide and said "But what about my other friends are they all right? Are they still a…" Kagome stopped because Hojo's eyes told all.

Hojo took a deep breath and said "When you left even though Miroku and Sango were both under his control they attempted to kill Inuyasha after they pulled the poker from his heart…they figured he would be weak enough to kill." He took a shaky breath "He wasn't and to make sure they did not retaliate against him again he pulled out both of their hearts and they turned to ash."

Kagome felt blood tears fall down her cheeks again and she screamed "DAMN YOU TO FUCKING HELL INUYASHA YOU FUCKING PSYCHOPATH! I AM SORRY MY FRIENDS I WAS NOT HERE TO SAVE YOU… TO HELP YOU… ALL THE INNOCENT PEOPLE THAT LOST THEIR LIVES… I AM SO SORRY TO YOU ALL! WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN TO ME, EVERYONE I LOVE AND CARE FOR ALWAYS GETS HURT… BECAUSE OF ME!" Kagome screamed with pain and anguish as loud as she could.

The look on Kagome face must have been terrifying because Hojo went pale "Oh boy, it's a good thing a put a sound barrier on that door or I would be dead and Kagome would be screwed." Hojo said to himself and then said aloud "Kagome If Inuyasha turns back to himself again everything will go back to the way it was 40 years ago."

Kagome looked at him as if what she just heard was crazy. "What? Are you serious?" Kagome said with hope in her voice "Yes it is… it will be like nothing happened."

Kagome dried her tears and smiled "Ok, how do we do it?"

Then Kagome heard a VOICE that was so FAMILER to her the voice that now haunts her nightmares.

"This is why wizards should be locked up tight; I don't want you giving my wife any ideas"

We both turned quickly around and saw Inuyasha standing there with the door open and seal broken eyes glowing red.