A slave's story

Inuyasha watched the girl sleep....despite the fact that the girl had his haiori on and was covered with a blanket, the girl still shivered. Inuyasha couldn't tear himself away from the sleeping girl. Inuyasha had done the worst thing a hanyou in his position could possibly do: he had interfered with the personal life of a ningen, and he had stuck his nose where it didn't belong. Not to mention, he took something that belonged to someone else.....that's right.....Kagome belonged legally to Ryu......something that, for some reson unknown to Inuyasha, pissed him off to no end.

See, as mentioned, Inuyasha could not handle seeing a human female suffering. It brought Inuyasha's mind back to his childhood......memories he did not want to remember. Inuyasha's mother was called a "Whore" and a "Demon's harlot" consistantly after she became the mate of Inuyasha's father. She was seen as a traitior to the human race who feared and hated the demons that they lived with, and she was treated as such. Inuyasha's father wished to say with his family, but was unable...he was cinstantly defending his lands. Inuyasha honestly didn't remember his father. He died before his wife, so...Inuyasha never knew him. So, his mother was abused physically. One day, Inuyasha's mother had been brutally beaten and raped while Inuyasha looked on. He was so young, what could he do? Inuyasha saw the pain his mother endured, although she tried so desparately to hide it from her son. One day, they went too far....and Inuyasha was left without a mother. Inuyasha shook his head to rid the thoughts that were pouring fourth. He thought he'd buried those thoughts....and he needed his head clear to think of what to do now.

The only thing he could think of was Kaede....Kaede would know what to do.....that old woman always knew what to do.....yeah, he would go find Kaede.

Inuyasha took one last look at the sleeping girl and took off to find his two only friends, Miroku and Sango. Inuyasha invited them to live with him. They were his two friends, and...well.....they needed somewhere to stay. Miroku was a monk, and had little to no money. Sango was a taijiya, however, she was the only surviving member after the village was attacked by countless demons. Actually, the girl just barely survived. Sango was 16 and Miroku was 19. They had both been in need, and Inuyasha decided why not?

At last, in a large room used for partys and large gatherings, there sat Sango and Miroku. They were sitting by the fire, relaxing, as it was getting late. "Oi, Sango!" Inuyasha called. Sango turned her head to look at the hanyou. "Hmm?" "I need your help." That had gotten Sango's attention....Inuyasha was a proud person....never would he ever ask a person for help...he'd be damned to hell a thousand times before he asked for help......especially a human's help. Sango stood up and silently followed Inuyasha, casting a glance at the perverted monk Miroku. He shrugged as a reply. "Inuyasha, anything I can help with, my friend?" Miroku called. Inuyasha's ears twitched, and he snorted in reply. "Feh, no thanks, letch. Stay here." Well, at least he was still himself enough to call Miroku by his infamous nickname that Inuyasha had given him. Sango followed down the hallway until Inuyasha finally stopped at a random door that Sango recognized to be an extra bedroom for guests. After Inuyasha entered the small room, Sango took a breath to steel herself for whatever it was that lay beyond that door. Upon entering, she found a young girl sleeping in the bed, apparantly in a fitful sleep. She was wearing Inuyasha's haiori and despite the blankets was shivering, and every once in a while would thrash and whimper. Sango looked from the sleeping girl to Inuyasha, her eyes questioning. "Who is she?" Sango asked simply. "Her name is Kagome. She was a slave, but her master hurt her and I took her." Inuyasha responded. "Took her?? Inuyasha, she belongs to someone! You are going to be in such trouble for this! Do you have any idea what you did?" Sango asked, incredulous. At this, Kagome began to stir, but then fell back asleep. Inuyasha gave Sango a warning look. "Look, are you gonna watch her or not? I have better things to do than answer questions." he answered irritably. Sango sighed. "Fine. Be careful." "Feh." With that, Inuyasha left the girls. Sango was deep in thought. Something was different about this sleeping girl. Inuyasha would never bother to interfere with the lives of humans, and something about this girl must have gotten his attention.....why else would he have done the unexplainable and out-of-character things that he had done? Sango shrugged. She'd find out what was so special about this girl when she woke. In the meantime, Inuyasha left Miroku to watch the house until he returned.

Inuyasha walked to Kaede's home, which was not far from the business she owned by herself. He knocked on the door, and saw the old woman appear at the door. Her eyes widened in shock. "Inuyasha? Come in, come in." Inuyasha silently walked in. "What is it, Inuyasha? What's wrong?" Kaede asked. "Kaede, I need your help......see, there's this servant girl who I saved.....she was hurt, and I need you to look at her." Inuyasha explained. Kaede was shocked. "Servant girl? Inuyasha, the girl belongs to somebody, do you mean to tell me that you just took her? Inuyasha, do you know what you did?" Kaede began. "Old hag, I've been lectured enough. I didn't come to ask your opinion, I came to ask if you'll help me." Inuyasha responded, irritated. Kaede sighed. "All right. Where is the girl?" Inuyasha was pleased. "My house." Kaede nodded, and together they walked to Inuyasha's house.

When Miroku saw Kaede, he was astonished, and he bowed in respect. Silently, Kaede followed Inuyasha to the room where he kept Kagome. When he entered, he noticed the girl was still asleep, and Sango stood and bowed to Kaede. "Sango, leave us." Inuyasha said. Sango did as she was told, reluctantly. Kaede felt the girl's head. She felt the girl's breathing, and looked at Inuyasha, shaking her head. "The girl's not well. Will you call me when she wakes?" Inuyasha nodded, and showed Kaede to a large guest room to rest. MEantime, he returned to Kagome and continued to watch her while she slept. A couple times, the girl would whimper or cry out in her sleep, and that did not go unnoticed by Inuyasha.

The next morning, the girl's stirring began to increase, until the girl's eyes fluttered open. All the girl could think about was how cold and hungry she was, and how much her lower area hurt. She fought hard to focous on the world around her, but Kagome was weak from cold and lack of food, and the world blurred around her, until, finally when she focused, she saw a figure sitting there......she recognized that figure.....as the figure got clearer, she saw the one who rescued her. She moved away from his figure. He held out a piece of food, Kagome couldn't make out what it was, but she knew it was food, offered from a tray that he was holding. "So you're awake. Here, eat." the man said. Kagome eyed the food warily. She was hungry, but not hunry enough to take food from this man. She shook her head, and moved farther away. With that, Inuyasha moved his hand with the food closer to her mouth. Like a stubborn child, Kagome pursed her lips and shook her head. "N...no...." she finally managed to choke out. "Keh, wench, you gatta eat." he said. She knew she would probably be beaten for her definace, but she didn't care. She wasn't going to trust him. "N...no." she repeated. "Wench don't make me make you eat it." he said, growing irritated. At that, the girl's eyes windened, and she started to shake, unknown to her. "Oh, no.....here it comes....." Kagome tried to steel herself for the inevitable beating. Inuyasha's eyes softened, and he put the food on a table near her bed. "Here, when you're ready. I'm going to grab Kaede." With that, Inuyasha left the room. Kagome blinked.....what? Why hadn't he beaten her? Before Kagome had been a sex slave, she was given to a few people for a while as a house slave. She had been beaten almost to the point of unconsciousness by the horrible man......but this man hadn't beaten her.....Naraku had consistantly beaten her, too.....maybe this guy wasn't so bad.......maybe.........