written by Christine
Chapter 19
Present day
“Visiting the old abandon clan dens was terrible," she continued. "It was much as I left it, scarred and in rubble. The burn marks from all the funeral pyres still showed upon the ground, like the grass was afraid to grow there. I couldn’t stand the barrenness so I gathered flower seeds from the nearby fields and caused them to grow and bloom in spectacular arrangements. It may seem like a small thing, but my life had changed there. It was all I could do to honor my family and friends.”
“I searched our den for clues as to who it was that also survived but all I found were a few of the paintings Botan had done. I rolled them up and took them with me, but I don't know what happened to them. I guess in hindsight, it would have been better if I had left them there."
“I left the den cave and turned toward the last place I could think to look, InuHaru’s den. It was there I found the letter.”
If you’re reading this, it means I’ve not yet returned. Sorry I’m not here to greet you properly. Master-Uncle InuHaru is dying and has asked me to take him to a sacred place high in the mountains to live his final days. I plan on staying with him until he passes and to bury him properly.
This is coming close to the time when you promised to return for me so I’m leaving this letter in case I don’t make it back before your arrival.
Father already had his fight with the dragon in the vision and he won, so hopefully that will be the end of that nightmare. I can’t wait to see you! Please wait for me!
Love, Akina
“I never went to InuHaru’s den that tragic day. This letter meant that Akina was almost certain to be the other survivor. I think the old demon Mage may have contrived to survive long enough to get her to safety before the tragedy struck.”
“Unfortunately, I couldn’t pursue my theory because a week had almost passed and I had to return to check on Izayoi. At least now I knew who I was looking for and where to start looking.”
“Sadly, I never got the chance. I was only gone a week but when I returned I only found only an empty house. I searched everywhere and I finally came upon Izayoi's grave. I never should have left her while she was so ill."
"I searched everywhere for InuYasha. I knew all his favorite hideouts but I couldn't find even one trace. I did discover that Tetsusaiga was missing, but I had no idea if InuYasha had taken it or someone else. I inquired the villagers in the vain hope that someone had taken him in. I found out Izayoi had died a mere two days after I left. No one had bothered with caring for InuYasha. He was left all alone for the last five days. That made me even more desperate to find him."
“When I asked what happened to InuYasha, no one seem to know, or to even care. I went to find Kikyo and her parents, but their house was just as empty as Izayoi’s. I finally sought out your mother. Young Nami was standing crying in the middle of a field. I suppose that should have looked suspicious, but it had been a long time since I was last hunted. I went up to her and asked why she was crying and where InuYasha was. She told me he left and she knew I would leave after him. She asked if I could appear to her in my true form one last time before I go. It seemed like such a harmless request."
"The leader laughed and then he assaulted me. When I still refused to change back, he had every man in his gang rape me, right there in front of your mother. When I still refused to change, he tied me up with the gold ropes and put me in a sack. I was carried over a horse's back for quite a distance. When it ended, I was unceremoniously dumped out of the sack and rolled right up against a woman."
"She was dressed all in blue and at least had the decency to look sick when she saw me, but fear was also in her eyes."
"'Here she is,' I heard the Leader said. 'Now bind her with a neck collar and chain. Make sure it can absorb or block magic as well as prevent her from escaping.'" I begged her not to, but it was as if my words fell on deaf ears."
"She asked what I was and that's when I realized that she was a Mage. The leader told her to do it or suffer the consequences. He said that he had demons holding her husband and son hostage and if she didn't do as he said they would die."
"She put this collar and chain on me but her mind begged my forgiveness while doing it. When the deed was done he did release her family but then, while they were embracing, the leader killed the mage by stabbing her from behind. He even stabbed her husband through her but his wound was such that he would live. I never even learned her name, only the boy's - Kyosomaru. I heard it when his father stopped him from trying to avenge his parents. The leader said I had chosen my fate and now I would never be free."
"I heard the gang talking about how they plundered and burned my home village, killing all the men except the very old and the youngest boys. I saw the women and the girls near mating age tied up in a separate area from me. Some were raped like I was, again and again until their spirit broke and then they were left behind. Others, the young ones, were forced to mate with whomever chose them. You know who chose your mother. Even though they betrayed me, I wouldn't have wished such a fate upon that village."
Isabo leaned back against his chest. She was exhausted, emotionally drained. Luka hugged her and gave her a gentle kiss. It was quite a story she had bottled up inside her.
“I promise, when I leave today I will bring back help and free everybody including you. Afterwards, we will find a way to contact that female mage. I bet she is Akina.”
Suddenly Isabo felt Luka lifted away from her.
“BETRAYER!! TRAITOR!! YOU'D FIGHT YOUR OWN BLOOD??”
Isabo swung around to see another nightmare unfold. Yutaka had a rope around Luka’s neck and was dragging him back away from her
“Insolent boy! Using my sex slave is one thing. But No! You had to fall in love with her. Now you plan on running away? To return with troops to capture your father, just so you can free her and your mother? I always knew you were weak but I never thought you would be foolish enough to betray me! Now you will see just how I reward betrayers.”
Yutaka laughed and continued to drag the young man to a hook in the ceiling near the opposite wall. There he hung his son so the boy's toes barely reached the ground. Then he grabbed and tied Luka’s hands behind his back. As long as Luka could balance and support his weight on his toes, he would stay alive, but when his strength ran out, he will choke slowly to death. He was hung facing Isabo who became Yutaka’s next target. Yutaka wanted him to watch what happened next.
"Let me educate you on the proper way to treat a sex slave!"
Yutaka grabbed the chain that held Isabo and dragged her closer to him. She, still dazed and weakened by her own energy blast, could offer no resistance .
“Not feeling too well are we?” he said lifting her chin as she choked against the collar.
Then he pulled his hand back and slapped her so hard on the face that if he hadn’t been holding the chain, she would have hit the wall five feet away. The side of her face turned bright red and blood trickled down the corner of her mouth.
"That was for trying to hurt me." The mad man said.
He ripped off the robe she wore and then kneed her in the belly. With Isabo doubled up in pain and dropped to the floor, Yutaka dropped the chain and walked to his wall of torture.
"NO! STOP! Please!!" Luka cried, pleading to his father.
“No Father,” Luka gasped. “Please, it’s my fault. Don’t hurt her any more.”
Yutaka’s only response was a smile. He grabbed off the rack, a bar, some rope and a whip. He returned to Isabo, retied her wrists to each end of the bar and tied the bar to the hook in the ceiling. He hoisted her off the ground until she was hanging helplessly. Her feet didn’t even touch the floor. The brutal man grabbed a multi-lash whip from the ground where he had dropped it and began to beat her. She did her best not to cry out in pain for she knew that's what he wanted. He whipped her until she was bleeding all over from the cuts and nearly unconscious.
Yutaka then lowered her just enough that her feet touched the floor, although they failed to support her. He tied her body up even more and suspended her mostly by her waist and hands. Then he grabbed a large phallus from the wall and forcefully shoved it in her anus with only her dripping blood as lubricant. Isabo cried out in pain. More blood dripped from her but this time from around the instrument. The blood dripped to the floor in a plop-plop rhythm.
“I’m so sorry,” Luka gasped to Isabo. Tears were streaming down his face. He tripped and lost his balance and then regained it but he wobbled with weakness. He was losing his strength. “I never should have gotten involved. I only made things worse. Now I won’t even be able to keep my promise to you. Always remember I loved you Isabo.” Then Luka collapsed, kicking and shaking for a minute.
Yutaka laughed and then shoved his cock into Isabo and started pumping her hard.
“Luka... LUKA!” Isabo sobbed as the boy's body grew stilled.
“He lasted longer than I thought he would,” he quipped.
Anger took control of her. Isabo swung around so fast that Yutaka experienced pain as his penis whipped out of her body. The phallus which he was using his pumping body to drive in even more painfully, tore a shallow gash in his belly as she swung away. She didn't slow her momentum as she continued to swing and use her body to slam the rod she was tied to hard into his face, cutting his cheek. She squeezed out the phallus and it went bouncing to the floor, as she braced for his attack.
"Help!" she cried. "Help Us! Down here!" Maybe there is still time to save him, she thought.
Yutaka swung and hit Isabo hard on the side of her head with both fists grasped together. It was meant to be a killing blow. Her head snapped away and the force if it sent her spinning into the air. Mid arc the rope that had suspended her, broke and unraveled from her body, twisting it around and around and wrapping the chain around her neck. She hit the end of the chain just before her body slammed into the wall. It twisted and pulled at her neck and made her hip contact the wall first then the collar slipped around so her back, shoulder, arm, and head followed a fraction of a second after. A sickening bone crunching sound reverberated around the room. Isabo dropped to the floor in a crumpled heap.
Yutaka growled "Die bitch!" as he grabbed up his sword.
Song: "Breath Of Life" - Featuring Sheila Chandra
