Chapter Five
It had been nearly a month since Inuyasha had been brought to the cave, is so called prison, he wasn't allowed to leave the room and he had been left alone for the most part with no one to talk to save for himself. His capture had told him that he would be executed for murder in a year. He wasn't sure how long he had been in the prisoned he only knew that he was starting to hear voices.
Sesshomaru, for his part, had left the foolish half-demon to stew in his own doubts. He was pleased when it seemed that Inuyasha's sanity was starting to slip it was part of his plan. He need to start the next part of his plan. The boy, as he called him in captor disguise, was going to learn to control his demonic side even if it broke his mind to do it. First he had put up a sign saying that there was a cave full of riches that one only need defeat the demon that lay with in. There were many that where ready to try their chances and this would set up the next stage of Inuyasha's punishment.
The next day Inuyasha was awoken rudely by something be shoved into his face. No words were spoken but he go the hit rather quickly. He opened his mouth and was rewarded with something sticky and smooth that flooded his mouth with a foul taste. He start to gag on the substance but still managed to swallow most of it.
"Good now you can begin your first stage trial of your execution. I will remove your blindfold but you are not to look at me," spoke a disguised Sesshomaru.
Inuyasha knew the voice and nodded his understanding. After he had nodded the blindfold was removed from his eyes and he was momentarily blinded by the sudden subtle light of the cave. He stayed in his seated position and waited for his orders. He would normally have reacted on his baser instincts to fight back but he was not sure if he had truly murdered Kagome he deserved nothing less than death for his crime.
The first few days he had been in captivity he had become very depressed over the fact he had been accused of murder and was going to die. He hated himself and ended up having to be restrained so that he didn't harm himself. He had even been force fed in order for him to have any kind of food or liquid. He was content with punishment. Finally his captor had told him if he was not more corporative he would be given a far worse punishment than death.
At first this didn't scare Inuyasha because he really didn't care. All he did was drink water. Finally he was shown his punishments could be far worse. He was branded with hot iron on his left inner thigh, then he was clawed across his face, unknown to him just like Kagome had received at his hand. Needless to say he had decided that he would rather be killed through execution than by slow painful torture. He was thankful when the captor had allowed him food once again.
After his punishment he had settled into a normal routine of food and having to stand in one place for five hours, which may sound easy if it wasn't for the fact that sharp rocks were under his feet and he had to hold a heavy boulder over his head, all the while water slowly dripped on him for long hours. Then he was allowed a five minute break before he would start all over again. He did this three times a day with no more than five minutes between sets.
He was only feed once a day and nothing more than some moldy bread and filthy water. When he was given a reprieve, or so he thought, where he was whipped repeatedly by a whip with nine long whips that had sharp thorns embedded into them. This would scratch him severally and leave a lot of painful cuts on his back, legs, and chest.
Many times he was not allowed sleep for days. He felt his body starting to show the signs of breaking from the torture when he was told that he would be killed the next day. In his mind all he could think was 'its about time I thought my death would never come.'
Sesshomaru feed the poor half-demon an herbal mixture that would bring out his demon side even more. Finally, Inuyasha was ready for his final torture. The death of the innocents would make him want to try even harder to keep control or merger with the demon inside him. He knew this was cruel and he was only hoping deep down that Inuyasha would understand why he was being punished in such a way.
The next morning Inuyasha awoke and was surprised to have no binds on and his eyes completely uncovered. He would be able to see unrestricted for the first time since he was imprisoned. He could feel a strange feeling welling up in him but at first he wasn't sure he understood what it was that he was feeling. Then suddenly he knew, it was his demon side. He side that hide all the time. 'NO!' he thought frantically. 'No, this can't happen.'
He then could tell that someone was coming, it was human not demon. This scared him more. "No," he practically snarled, but it was too late. He felt his control was slipping.
~~~I do hope I have not offended anyone with the small amount of information about torture. I tried to keep it brief. Also sorry for so little talking in this chapter. I hope to have more written later I will be adding new details in the next chapter but will be skipping some of the demon transformations so please keep reviewing I am working hard to finish this story.~~~
