Past Pain, Future Vengance

Yay! Chapter 10 is up! Anyway, here is the next chapter. I hope you all enjoy it, remember: Reviews are welcomed and encouraged. And a HUGE and heartfelt thank you goes to all of you who reviewed the last chapter!


Chapter 10

Waking


Pointed ears twitched, swiveling in their nest of silvery hair, picking up even the faintest sound. Water was dripping, dripping somewhere in the darkness, the sound echoing off dense walls. With his eyes to heavy to open, Inuyasha did a mental check over of his body, the dull aches and pains in his wrists being the most pronounced, uncomfortable yet bearable. He was standing but he wasn't, his muscles lax, the shackles were the only things keeping him up right. A creaking was heard somewhere to the left.


"And what a sight you are." A voice said suddenly causing Inuyasha to start.


Forcing his eyes open Inuyasha stared hard at the dark hanyou. "Naraku you bastard!" Baring his teeth Inuyasha growled. "Where am I? What did you do with my friends?!" His growls became more fierce as Naraku stepped towards him, eyeing his prone form. Inuyasha followed his line of sight, looking down at his body. Raising his eyebrows Inuyasha tried to stop the foolish blush from dusting his cheeks at the feeling of having his nude body scrutinized. He could almost feel the dark red eyes tracing over every inch and it made his skin crawl.


"The last time I saw your friends they were doing nothing to stop me, watching as I took you from them." He reached up to run his hand down Inuyasha's cheek" You've been here for awhile, and I haven't sensed any of them even near here. In fact the last time I checked they were moving away." Leaning close to Inuyasha's ear Naraku lowered his voice. "Almost as if they didn't care, betraying you, abandoning you."


Inuyasha turned his head to face Naraku. " Your a liar." He snarled quietly, plastering his ear to his skull in fury. " My friends would never betray or abandon me, ever! They are going to find you and when they do they're going to free me and I gonna tear you limb from limb!" Showing his canines Inuyasha spat the last part out, narrowing his eyes in a deadly glare.


"My, my, you do sound very sure of yourself don't you? But then again, haven't you felt that way before?" Chuckling Naraku backed away slowly, an inquiring look on his face as he left the room closing the door behind him and once again shrouding the room in darkness.

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Glaring at the ground passing rapidly below him Sesshomaru tried to sort out the many infuriating emotions coursing through him. He shouldn't be reacting so strongly to the distress of his brothers odd friends, Inuyasha's problems were his own and had nothing to do with him. If Inuyasha had been captured as they had said, it was through his own foolishness. He shouldn't care, he didn't care, but if that was true then why was his chest clenching painfully as horrifying images flashed through his mind. Some of himself along time ago, others born from his own mind, images of Inuyasha chained, filthy, alone, all in the hands of that sadistic half breed. He let out a low growl in spite of himself, this was starting to become far to complicated for his liking.


The quiet sound coming from the demon lord caused Miroku to look over from his spot on Kilala's back. He was still amazed that all of his friends heads were attached to their bodies after notifying the taiyoukai of his younger brothers imprisonment. On the outside Sesshomaru had looked only a little off from his usual self but the monk could easily sense the emotions that were barely suppressed under the surface. Then the tense moment was over when Sesshomaru curtly agreed to hunt the two hanyous' down, but only for the sake of Naraku gaining any sort of leverage. However the inu's hurried pace in leaving and his more obvious distress were a dead give away to the contradiction.


Looking down to the small fox kit in his arms Miroku cleared his throat trying to gain the attention of the demon slayer sitting in front of him.


"What is it?" Sango asked, looking over her shoulder.


Motioning to the slumped child he shrugged. " I think we should stop for the night-"


"No, we have to get Inuyasha!"


Everyone turned to look at the miko. " We have to find Inuyasha." She sobbed resting her head on Miroku's shoulder. " I mean, we can't just leave him." Sniffling she looked to Sesshomaru. Her eyes pleading for them to go on with the search.


Scanning the group Sesshomaru's eyes landed on Kagome. She was one of the strangest people he had ever met, in the many battles with his little brother the miko had always stayed by his side, whether it was a smart decision or not. She had even stood against him. No wonder the hanyou kept her so close. "We will continue." He stated, they couldn't wait around, there was no way to know what Naraku was already doing, they had to find him.

'Hold on Inuyasha.'

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Kikiyo.....that single name had been repeating it's self over and over in Inuyasha's head since yesterday. And with it the cold hallow feeling of doubt slowly crept it's way into the hanyou's mind and spread through out his entire being. Was it really happening again? Was history going to repeat it's self? Sitting in the dreary cell Inuyasha had nothing to do but to dwell on these thoughts. His mouth was dry and his throat was scratchy from his almost consistent growling that had only been subdued a few hours before. Licking his cracked lips Inuyasha tried to swallow, his head snapped up to the door when he heard the creaking sound again. He had not seen the dark 'lord' since he had woken up the first day, and he was thankful for that.


"Good afternoon Inuyasha." Naraku cooed, in a deceptively gentle tone. He moved to stand in front of his capture. He tisked when fangs tried to snap at his hand. " Now, now Inuyasha, do you want something to drink or not?"


Inuyasha stopped baring his teeth but kept the man before him fixed with an angry glare.


Holding up the cup Naraku watched as the inu took a cautious sniff of the contents, waiting for the half demon to calm before allowing the water to pour into his mouth, swallowing it. "Good, isn't that better?" Stroking Inuyasha's cheek with his free hand he let it fall across his neck, running the line of his collarbone before trailing it down his chest and to his stomach.


Inuyasha watched the offending hand with disgust evident on his face. His warning growls getting louder as the hand made it's way lower. He closed his eyes trying to imagine that it wasn't real. His breath hitched as fingers ghosted past his navel, his breath coming quicker. Then all movement stopped, he cracked open his eyes and looked down at the hand, poised just above the curling silver pubic hair. His gaze darted to the kumo's face, somewhat surprised to see the indecisive look there.


"No, no this will have to wait. We will see if your friends come for you." Sighing the spider walked to the open door, turning to Inuyasha he sighed again. "I really do wish I could finish this now, but I am ever so busy." Naraku chuckled as he walked out the door. "Soon."


Inuyasha took a deep breath. They were coming, he was sure of it. They had to.


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Finally another chapter! Holy crap this took a long time! I am sooooo sorry, and I can comfortably say that NEVER again will it take this long to update. Anyway, as always reviews as very much enjoyed and encouraged.

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