Past Pain, Future Vengance

Hey everyone! Uhh, there seemed to be some confusion about something that was said in the last chapter. I had said that there was only one chapter left, what I meant was only one more chapter before it starts to actually move. Don't worry people, I plan to make this a long story.


Enjoy!


Chapter 6

The Escape


Red-lined eyelids fluttered open painfully to reveal bright golden eyes. Sesshomaru groaned, every muscle ached, his head felt like it was splitting in two. Glancing around the room he tried to move his stiff fingers. How long had he been asleep? Taking a deep breath he slowly propped himself up on his elbows, grimacing at the pain that shot through his body at the smallest movement.


Sniffling he brought a hand to his burning eyes and rubbed them. They felt so dry from crying. Frustrated, he wiped away the hot tears that came to his eyes as memories of the past night came flooding back. He shivered as he felt the ghost touches of the Keeper. He looked towards the door. Was it still locked?


Shifting, he attempted to sit up, trying to ignore the embarrassing pain that spread through his lower half. Hesitantly he stood on shaky legs only to fall back onto the bed with a pained thud as his head became light and his eyes lost focus. He had lost a lot of blood through the coarse of the night. Sighing he reclined on his arms and closed his eyes.


Sesshomaru wasn't exactly sure how long he had been sitting like that, drifting in and out of the waking world, before he sat as bolt upright as he could at the sound of the door being unlocked. He watched as the Keeper strode into the room, he was wearing a dark purple haori and black hakama. Warily Sesshomaru watched as the tall man made his way to the bed.


Taking a seat next to the half-sitting half-laying child the Keeper began to stroke the boys hair softly, smirking as Sesshomaru flinched away from his touch.


" Good morning golden-eyes." He whispered, leaning close, chuckling when he heard a small warning growl.


" Get your hands off me."


The Keeper laughed outright before grabbing Sesshomaru's chin and kissing him roughly. Sesshomaru growled and tried to pull away but he was held in place, out of instinct he brought his small claws across the Keepers face. That got him. The Keeper pulled back his eyes tinted red, grabbing Sesshomaru by the throat he lifted him into the air.


" You little shit!" He hissed, wiping at the thin lines of blood streaking his cheek with his free hand and shaking Sesshomaru in the other. " I guess I didn't explain your place here good enough."


Sesshomaru's eyes widened as he gripped at the arm suspending him. He clawed at the mans older demons hand kicked his legs, but nothing seemed to be working. His vision was starting to blur and his breath was coming in short gasps. The last thing he saw was the Keeper smiling darkly, before his world went black.


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Some time later Sesshomaru awoke in a dark room. After letting his eyes adjust to the minimal light he realized that he was back in the first room. His head was still pounding from lack of oxygen, and his whole body felt like it was on fire. Gritting his teeth he moved from his half-sitting position tell he was kneeling, relived to find that he was no longer chained to the wall by his neck. Instead he was cuffed around his ankle. Scooting forward he peered into the dark corner where he had last seen the girl, Shongi. He heard a rustling sound and looked closer. He saw the forms of only two.


Clearing his dry throat he called out to them. " Excuse me, there was another girl with you, where is she?"


One of the girls moved into the light. She had shoulder length dark green hair and tear filled copper eyes. " After the Keeper brought you back he took Shongi." She sniffled.


For some strange reason Sesshomaru's chest tightened when he heard that the inquisitive little girl was taken by the sadistic 'lord'.


oOo


Sesshomaru knelt on the floor conversing with the two girls. He had learned that the green haired girls name was Kari and the second, older, purple haired girl was named Miya. he had also found out that they had been being held captive for about a month. Miya said there had been others but they either were killed or they just gave up and let themselves die.


Kari was telling Sesshomaru about her village when the door opened. Sesshomaru squinted his eyes against the bright light. Just as quickly as the door opened, it was shut.


Sesshomaru looked up to see Shongi laying on the floor crying quietly. As quickly as Sesshomaru could manage he went over to her.


" Are you alright?"


Shongi looked up at him and a small smile formed on her lips. " Yes, it's not like I'm not used to it." She gave a sad laugh.


Sesshomaru growled. This was not fair, nobody should be treated like this. From what he had been told, all three of the girls had just been snatched up from their homes. This had been his choice to protect Inuyasha, but the three girls had nothing. It was then that he vowed to escape. He would take Shongi and the others back to their villages. He would see his family again.


oOo


The next two and a half months were spent devising plans, throwing them away, then devising more plans. But keeping his plans secret from the girls was proving to be the most difficult, he didn't want to let them down if he should fail. Everyday the Keeper would come get Sesshomaru and take him to the back room, everyday he could feel himself slipping into a dark, cold and lonely place with in himself, he was slowly falling into the tortured confines of his mind. Every time was the same, pain, agonized screams, blood, tears,and more pain. The hope that it would get easier was crushed and Sesshomaru realized that the only way to lessen the pain was to get out.


Today was the day, today was the day that they would be free.


Sesshomaru sat with his legs folded under him as usual, to lessen the 'embarrassing pain'. He was talking quietly to Shongi about nothing particularly important while the other girls slept, over the time they had become good friends. Sesshomaru was currently telling Shongi about the time he had played a practical joke on one of the visiting lords.


" When word got to father, his face was so red, I never thought that I would live to tell the tale, he was so angry." He said in a light tone, though there was an obvious sadness in his young voice. Talking about home always helped him forget where he was, yet at the same time it made him colder, feel an empty hole inside him somewhere.


Shongi giggled and she smiled. If it wasn't for Sesshomaru, she was sure she would have given up on life.


It was getting dark outside and Sesshomaru was becoming edgy with a nervous excitement. It was almost time, just a few more hours.


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Looking through the high window Sesshomaru figured that it was around midnight. Quietly he turned towards the wall and pulled out a long sharp piece of stone, that he had slowly dug from the wall with his claws then had fitted back into it's crevice to conceal it, and palmed it.


He pulled his small cup of filthy water over to him and poured it all over his chained ankle. The water mixed with the film of mud that covered almost his entire being made a gross slippery sludge. Slowly he worked the iron cuff over his ankle-bone, then over his heel ,and finally off his foot.


He stood painfully, leaning against the wall he made his way to the door. Lately the Keeper had started acting a fool and showing his arrogance by not locking the door, he had taunted the children before saying that they were so weak they couldn't even make it to the door, and even if they did, they would never find their way through the labyrinth that was his castle.


Sesshomaru inched the door open and carefully walked through the different hallways fallowing the Keepers scent. He stopped where the scent was strongest and looked around. He was standing in front a a large dark blue stone door carved with intricate patterns with two dragons winding their ways upwards a long the edges.


He opened the door and slipped in quietly. With inhuman stealth he made his way over to the overly large bed. He looked with sudden disgust at the Keeper laying atop the bed.He climbed onto the bed trying to keep himself as light as possible he crawled up the youkai until he was at his side next to his shoulders. He hoped that he was right in assuming that the Keeper would be sleeping heavily tonight, he had taken all four of them that day so he should be exhausted. Sesshomaru looked down at the Keepers face before leaning close.


" Wakeup, I want you to know who it is that's killed you." Sesshomaru said in a deadly voice, gripping the thin stone in his hand and bringing it up to rest on the Keeper's chest.


The Keeper woke up with a jerk.


Sesshomaru smirked at the surprised look that riddled the Keepers features.


" Learn your place." Sesshomaru hissed, driving the stone down hard into the Keepers vile heart. He twisted the make-shift knife in the wound, drawing agonized gurgles from the demon beneath him.


Sesshomaru got off the Keeper, leaving him gasping for breath, to walk calmly to a desk on which the Keepers sword lay. Sesshomaru hefted the large sword up, steadying the heavy weapon in his hands.


The Keeper looked at the small inu-youkai as he approached him once again.


" Die." Sesshomaru stated in a cold voice as he made his first kill, bringing the sharp steel down on the Keepers throat, beheading him with his own sword.


Sesshomaru watched in a sick demonic pleasure as the Keepers blood seeped into the fine sheets covering the bed, not minding as the blood ran onto the floor and covered his feet. He went to the bed and search the Keepers blood soaked sleeping robes for the keys to the girls shackles. It was time to go home....


TBC


There you go! I am so sorry for how long this is taking, only one more chapter until moving on, I PROMISE!

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