(SO I feel like I got enough responses on my one shot to kind of do a bit of a continuation. Thank you for those who left encouraging reviews! :) You are all great.)

Sullied

"Damn Naraku. He tracks my every step. When will it be that I get to choose my own path?"

Kagura had made her way back to the castle of Naraku. At first, she had been careful of every step she made, so no one could hear her. But then when she thought how silly that was, she became heavier. Naraku would know where she was. There was no way around that.

"What did Naraku see? What does he know? Sesshomaru...Why did I ever let you get the best of me?"

Visions of the regal dog demon in his long white and red robed flashed through her mind. Her soul becoming weak with the very vivid memory of that nights events. They had become lustful creatures, and threw themselves at each other. Kagura did not regret it for a minute. To let herself go in such a way was nothing short of wonderful. But she did fear the repercussions of letting herself fall for the enemy.

"He will come for me..I hope. But first, I must live past this night."

She made her way down the dark dismal halls that were smoking with a light miasma. Kagura could never stand the smell of that stuff. She covered her nose with her fan and looked to both sides of her, nervous about returning here under these conditions.

Naraku was not a merciful being, he expected all of his incarnations to act only at his words. She had been struck down by him before when she came to the castle to confront him. A squeeze of her heart and she had been grounded in the most painful way. Kagura knew that there was a chance that he would choose to be rid of her this night, but she had to take a chance and appeal to him. There was no other way. If he wanted to kill her, he could have done it without summoning her back. So she hoped that he was going to at least let her explain herself.

"What will I even say?"

She found the room that adjoined Naraku's chambers and felt a shiver go down her spine as she made her way inside. There was nothing in this room but a curtain that separated her from her creator. He was nothing but a black shadow against the curtain. He was seated and very still, looking forward. Naraku saw the figure of Kagura, a curvy small body with bare feet enter his space. The curtain between them showing her silhouette.

Kagura did not say anything, but she knew what to do.

Kneeling on the floor, she placed her weapon neatly in front of her and slid it in his direction, disarming herself. This move was vital to show that she was not going to attempt to defend herself. She felt a cold air rush into the room, his red eyes watching her silently through the shade of the curtain. She did not want to do what came next, but she did not want to seem insincere. Staying on her knees, she bent forward, making a low bow. She breathed out onto the floor, biting her lip.

Naraku sat there unmoving as he watched Kagura move into a bow. He thought back to earlier that night when he had noticed that the wind demoness had not returned from the errand he had sent her on. He had thought perhaps she had run into some trouble, and fell victim to another demon. He then summoned his saimyosho and sent them out to find her.

"That one is troublesome." He said to himself.

"Kanna." He called out for the ghost of a girl who resided in his castle. The pale girl appeared before him almost immediately, her odd mirror in her little hands. She knelt before him, and looked down into her mirror, adjusting it. She already knew what to do. An image began to appear, and he saw the black skies and the moon as his saimyosho fled through the sky. After several minutes of this, he saw a forest come into view.

A clearing in the trees gave way to the saimyosho and Naraku could see two figures. He saw the naked back of the pale dog demon. He saw the thin legs of Kagura to either side of his waist, and he noticed they had been cut, and his teeth grinded. He cursed under his breath. Kanna looked on as Sesshomaru railed into the body of Kagura when she looked up to Naraku, obviously not sure exactly what she was seeing.

"It would appear that Sesshomaru has decided to take his revenge on me by attacking Kagura. A poor choice, indeed. I am not moved by it. Besides, he will not be able to kill her as I have her heart."

As the word "heart" rolled out of his mouth, he saw Kagura's hand reaching up to grab Sesshomaru and bringing him down onto her lips. He glared as her face finally came into view. She was not beaten or bleeding at all. Infact, she was smiling. The wind demoness had given herself willingly to the demon Lord.

"I see." He said calmly, looking away. "You can go now. Make sure she returns unaccompanied."

His tone had covered for his anger. But Kanna was no fool. Naraku was not at all pleased with what he had seen.

Naraku began to stand, glaring at the woman. He pulled the curtain aside, and stepped into the room. Kagura became increasingly nervous as he remained silent, his steps thudding lightly on the floor as he made his way around her. She stayed in her position, feeling his eyes burning into her. His left hand swooped down to retrieve her fan. She hoped that he would choose to show mercy for once in his miserable existence, but knew it was too much to hope for.

"I do not have patience for those who do not intend to show loyalty." He said, tapping his shoulder with her fan.

"My loyalty is to you. Forgive me." She said, a hint of desperation in her voice.

Naraku leaned over, and used her fan to lift her head. When her eyes met his, she almost wished for death. His dark red eyes bore deep into hers, making her feel hopeless. "So you admit being lovers with that dog demon?"

"I do not love him. He is nothing but a pompous dog." She blurted out the first thing that came to her mind. She wasn't telling the whole truth. Sure, he was very full of himself, but she was very fond of him. But she needed to lie to appease Naraku. "It was an act and nothing more."

He stood straight and brought his arm back. When it came forward, Kagura's fan connected with her face with a loud thud, making her fall to the side. Naraku was the type to get others to do his dirty work. He, however, did not hesitate to sully his hands upon those who could not fight back. This Kgaura already knew. Although his actions were violent, his voice remained calm and collected. "Kagura, you do not have the right to give your body to anyone. Your body is not yours. You belong to me. I thought I had made that perfectly clear. But it seems not."

Kagura felt an overwhelming sense of defeat as she held her inflamed face. He reached into his sleeve and slowly removed a glowing red orb.

"My heart." It was as if things slowed down in this moment, and she had accepted her untimely death gracefully. She thought of the dog demon in all his beauty. "Sesshomaru.."

Naraku dropped her heart onto the floor and she held onto her chest, beginning to cough from the abrupt leap in her chest. He looked directly into her eyes as he placed his barefoot on top of it. She stopped and looked up at him. He lifted his foot as if he were going to stomp on her heart, and she breathed heavily, but did not stop to flinch. She looked right at him, bravely accepting her fate. Naraku's teeth grinded and he put his foot down gently to the side of her heart, leaving it undamaged. It levitated off of the ground and slid back into his sleeve. Kagura sighed in relief that he had decided not to stomp her life away. A single tear fell down her cheek at the thought that maybe she might get to see Sesshomaru again.

"I allow you to continue living, but this act cannot go unpunished." Naraku said, his eyes slithering down to her.

Kagura nodded, not wanting to look back up at him. There were no more words to be had. She hardly had time to recoil as Naraku's large hand grabbed her up by the back of her hair. She showed little resistance as he dragged her out of the room and into the hall. In the hallway, the ghostly girl Kanna stood, looking at the scene before her. Naraku snapped at her, and Kanna looked to the rug below her feet. Without lifting a finger, she made the rug move out of the way and two cellar doors flung open. Naraku held Kagura over the open door and she saw the deep black pit of a room below her. She closed her eyes tightly and let out a small cry as she was tossed down like a rag doll to the room below. Her body landed on the floor and her head hit the ground. She laid very still on her back, and looked up at the opening where Naraku had been. Her vision became lame, and her head felt light as she watched the door close, enveloping her in darkness. Her head dropped back onto the ground as she slowly fell out of consciousness.

….

"My Lord!" Screeched Jaken. "Lord Sesshomaru! Do you hear me?!"

Sesshomaru sat serenely at the edge of a long river, silent as ever. He looked into the blue water as it ran hastily across the riverbed. He had of course heard Jaken speaking to him for the past couple of minutes, but was too deep in his own thoughts to listen to the imp. The dog demon thought of the night he had seduced the wind demoness, Kagura. How he said he would come for her.

"Why have I promised this? Why do I think of her even now when she is out of my way?.. Will I keep my promise?" He thought before an even darker thought entered his mind. "Is she even alive for me to keep this promise? Whether or not she is, Naraku will know true pain before he dies."

"Master Sesshomaru!" Jaken was even closer to the dog demon now, trying to get his attention. The imp cried out when Sesshomaru's hand grabbed him by his clothes and tossed him into the river. The imp angrily thrashed around in the water, swimming back to the edge as Sesshomaru watched. "My Lord, how could you?"

"Be silent for once, Jaken." Was all Sesshomaru said.

Rin was giggling as she approached the both of them. "Master Jaken, even I know better than to yell in our lord's ear like that. You're so silly."

Jaken glared at the girl and waved his staff. "Oh, I'll give you something to laugh about, young lady."

Rin covered her mouth, containing the laughs that had procured from Jaken's empty threats. She knew that Jaken was too afraid of Sesshomaru to punish her.

"I just don't understand what has got you so distracted, my Lord." Jaken commented, trying to dry himself off from his unwanted dip.

"I am the Lord of the West, how have I allowed myself to become involved with a tool of Naraku?" He scolded himself. "I cannot deny what I felt, but also I wish to uphold my promises as a man of honor. I will free her of Naraku.. if she lives. He will perish when I find him.."

"And then?" An interjecting thought chimed in. "This Sesshomaru cannot possibly lower myself so low as to make a slave my woman. Can I?.. Would I?"

"Let us travel on south." He said, "I seek information from my little brother."

"Inuyasha?" Jaken screeched. "What could that lowly half demon know that you do not, my Lord?"

"Be silent." Sesshomaru warned, beginning to stand. "And fetch Ah Un."

Rin ran to Sesshomaru's side, clinging to his knee. "My Lord, you will take me, won't you?"

He looked down into the eyes of the young human girl who loved him. It was unspoken, but it was a requited feeling. Sesshomaru did not fully understand what it was he felt for the young human girl, but he knew he wanted to keep her safe so she could maintain her childlike wonder and innocence. A luxury only few could afford. He knelt down and ran his fingers across her little cheek and nodded.

"Yes, Rin. You will accompany me this time."

The little girl squeaked in joy, letting him go. She danced happily, chasing Jaken who gently woke the sleeping two headed dragon. Ah Un pushed Jaken aside to allow Rin onto his back. The dragon loved the little girl who would have been food to him but a few months ago. Jaken growled at this.

"I don't know why he keeps you around, Rin." Jaken would often say. He didn't truly understand what made Sesshomaru want to keep Rin around, but he accepted it. "If he wanted a pet, he should have gotten a fish."

Sesshomaru climbed atop Ah Un and Jaken pulled himself on last. Ah Un stretched his wings and flew into the sky, like a giant bird. Sesshomarus hair flew with the wind and he became silent once again.

"I wish to find out more about this Naraku."

…

Blood. Kagura could feel the hot fluid crawling down her back. Looking down, she could see it pooling around her bare feet. Tilting her head upwards, she tried not to look down so she wouldn't have to look at it. She clenched her teeth as she looked at her bound hands. She pulled at them, but to no result. She had been stripped naked and bound by her wrists overhead with cold, digging chains. She bit her lip, bracing herself.

A loud sound rang in her ears and she could feel her back become overwhelmed with pain. A small grunt escaped her lips. She looked down at her bloody feet and breathed out.

"Kagura.." She could Naraku's voice. She looked up to see his face, emotionless.

"Stop this. I can't stand it any longer." She breathed heavily.

Naraku looked at Kagura and then down. In his hands was a large scaled whip, sullied with the wind sorceress' blood. Circling her, he looked to Kagura's abused back which was already trying to heal. He could see the broken skin repairing itself. But it was far from reaching its goal. Her skin was torn apart and he could hardly recognize the spider shaped scar on her back. The very mark he had repeatedly and unsuccessfully tried to cut off his own back would repair in time.

Making his way around her again, he let her see the instrument that was being used on her. "This weapon is made with the skin of a crocodile demon. He wasn't easy to take out."

When she did not respond, he continued."Did you think I would not find out about the dog demon? My Kagura, I know every step you make. You are mine, and you always will be. There is more than just your heart that holds you to me. No.. you are bound to me through much more than that. You will honor your Master from now on."

Kagura continued her silence, looking towards the ground. Naraku's hand grabbed her chin, making her look up. "You will learn to be faithful only to me."

He took a step back, never letting his eyes leave hers. Her red eyes looked back at his as he took a few steps to her side. The whip unrolled from his fingers and made a small clack when it hit the floor.

"You are not done yet." The words made Kagura breath out in exasperation. She had been tied here for the past hour. She managed to hold in a lot of her suffering in that time. Looking into Naraku's eyes, she saw no hint of sympathy. She threw her head back in anticipation of the first strike as Naraku flung it forward. When it connected, she could feel the scales of the crocodile skin slicing through her fair skin. She grunted loudly. The bored expression never shifted from Naraku's face as he watched her try to brace herself for the second strike. When it came, he saw her stifle her pain. Her naked legs trembled terribly.

"Sesshomaru.." She tried to move her thoughts away from the immense pain she was in. The third strike came down on her thighs, and blood splattered against the black wall. Kagura shouted, unable to hold back anymore. "Sesshomaru.." She could almost see his face..A couple tears came down her face as she threw her head back. The slash of the next hit brought forth another agonizing cry. A small smirk came over Naraku's face as the wind demoness screamed with each strike.

After a few minutes of this, Naraku could hear her half-shouting something unintelligible between strikes. The grin on his face fell, and he stopped. With a snap of his fingers, the chains that bound Kagura's wrists loosened. Her body fell forward and she landed on her hands, still in great pain. She could feel her back burning as it tried to repair itself. Her face but an inch away form a pool of her own blood. "Say it again.." He commanded.

Naraku took another step toward her, and she flinched, quickly making her way onto her knees. Kagura looked to the bloody floor of the cellar as her breathing slowed. A relief from the pain did not make her feel any better about his presence. She slowly lifted her head to meet his gaze. The look on his face made her body feel hollow, as if there was no more left of her to harm. She had been a very willful and wayward creature up until this point. "Please forgive me, Master Naraku."

"I will show forgiveness but this once. You have betrayed my trust, and therefore you will not be permitted to leave this castle until I say so. Every move you make will be because I have commanded it."

Kagura's choked back tears through her words. "I promise.."

"Promise? What good is your word?" Naraku hissed. "You may thank me for letting you live."

"Live?" She thought as she looked at her own hands, covered in blood. "If this is mercy, let me have death."

"Thank you.." The words had been forced from her lips. She cradled her face in her hands.

Naraku smirked at his work. It looked as if he had broken his wind sorceress. A feat in which he would not take for granted. He found enjoyment in it and would keep her alive if just to see her miserable.

When Kagura looked up again, he was gone. But the door that led out of this terribly cold and damp cellar was open and calling to her. She rose to her feet and stared up through the beam of purple light. What was the point of leaving the cellar? There was nothing but more degradation and loathing on the other side of the door. She closed her eyes as she walked toward it.

A long white arm extended to her. The very arm that had held her body so closely the night before. "Sesshomaru.." Kagura knew her mind was playing tricks on her, but she let herself believe it if only for just a moment. She reached out for it, and was pulled up out of her misery. But only for a moment.