Kagura turned to Nyoko and smirked. "Hmm..seems as if I'm to be your babysitter until my master has regained his strength. No matter. It will give us time to get to know each other. Follow me, miko."
Nyoko walked along behind Kagura, terror boiling in her veins. She wanted to scream, to turn and run, but she knew she had no where to go. The miko resigned herself to her fate, and followed the wind witch with a very heavy heart. They walked up several long flights of stairs, and entered a lavish bedroom. Nyoko had never seen such luxury before, and she almost forgot that she was to be a prisoner here.
Kagura laughed. "Starting to forget about your imprisonment, aren't you miko? Yes...I can feel it in your energy. You will survive what many other young women before you have perished under. Naraku is right, you are truly stronger than you seem."
The wind witch's voice snapped Nyoko back to reality, and panic began to fill her heart once more. "What do you mean, Kagura? I am not the first one whom Naraku has ordered you to capture, in order to carry on his bloodline?"
"Ha, you are truly a fool. No, you are not the first, and I doubt you will be the last." Her blood red eyes gleamed. "However...you are the first one who has ever...caught my interest." Kagura led Nyoko to a tiled room, with a large bath in the middle of it. "Take off your clothes, and get in. You will want to be relaxed when Naraku comes for you."
Nyoko's eyes dropped to the ground. "And I suppose you are just going to stand there and watch?" she snapped.
Kagura sneered at her, and lost her patience, grabbing the silver tie to the miko's kimono and slipping it off her, then gently nudging the light blue silk, letting it fall to the ground. Nyoko shivered, and tried to cover herself with her hands and failing miserably.
"How dare you!" she snapped, scowling at the youkai woman, her heart filled with anger and rage. She quickly moved up the stairs and slipped into the warm water, not wanting Kagura to get any more of a look at her than she already had. "You can leave now. I'm not so desperate to get away that I would take my own life."
"You would like that, wouldn't you?" said Kagura, laughing and sitting down at the edge of the tub. "However, you and I have much to discuss. I intend to use your presence here to my advantage."
Nyoko sighed, tears running down her face again. "The torture I will receive from your master just isn't enough for you, is it?" she hissed. "I don't understand what I did to cause every demon in the country to want to take advantage of me, but I suppose I won't fight it. What's the point, anyway?"
"I did not say I was going to take advantage of you," answered the wind witch, eyeing Nyoko lustfully. "However, a small taste might just satiate my desires." Kagura smirked, her blood red eyes glowing. "But right now, we have more important things to discuss. I need you to save my life, just as you need me to get you away from here once Naraku has had his way. It will be an even trade, miko, I assure you."
"What is it that you think I can do?"
"You can gain his trust, and get close to him. Befriend him, and get back my heart. Then, and only then, will I help you to escape from this place." Kagura let out a sigh. "If you don't, we will both die here."
Nyoko caught Kagura's gaze, and their eyes locked. "I suppose I have no choice. But just how do you expect me to gain his trust? All he wants me for is sexual pleasure. There is no trust in that."
"Endure his torture, and he will come to respect you. Do not crumble beneath his power, as so many have done before you. You have it in you, Nyoko, to survive this, and save both of our lives. If I didn't believe it, I wouldn't be wasting my time." Kagura stood, and slipped out of her kimono, sliding into the bath with Nyoko. "I will lend you my strength as well, but believe me, miko, if you ever cross me, I will kill you with my bare hands."
Nyoko pulled her legs up to her chest, and wrapped her arms around them tightly. None of this made any sense. Part of her wanted nothing more than for Kagura to just go away and leave her alone, and yet...the more she thought about being alone in this place, the more she almost wanted to beg the wind witch to stay. Instead, she simply closed her eyes, and tried to figure out how she was supposed to get through the next few minutes, hours, and days.
"K...Kagura?"
The wind witch narrowed her crimson eyes, and nodded. "Yes, Nyoko?" She moved closer, and wrapped her arm tightly around the miko's shoulders.
"If I...if I live through this...I will never be the same. Perhaps..." She paused, not sure what to say next. "Maybe...it would be better if I were to just...die now. What do I have to live for?"
"You wish for me to give you a reason to live, miko?" Kagura leaned in, and gently kissed Nyoko on the cheek. "Live for yourself. Live to be free. Live because you are too strong to simply give up and die. Other than that..." The wind witch paused, and turned Nyoko's face to hers. "I can think of no other reason."
The miko felt her face flush. No one, not even Senichi, had ever made her feel this way. There was something about Kagura that made her drop her guard, and yet...
"Why should I trust you? You brought me here...you could have just left me in my village. I would have gladly just perished there...Now, I will die here, after Naraku has..."
Nyoko's words were cut off as the wind witch leaned in and kissed her, hard and deep, with a passion the miko was not expecting. Her first instinct was to pull away, but Kagura's lips were so warm, so soft, so inviting...Nyoko allowed herself to lean into the kiss, blushing profusely the whole time, her eyes first going wide and then closing, letting herself be carried away by the feelings that were rising in her stomach. After a few moments, Kagura pulled away, and Nyoko remembered to breathe. The miko found herself suddenly light headed, and very unsure of what was going on.
The wind witch smirked, and snaked an arm tightly around Nyoko's waist. "I didn't expect you to kiss me back, Nyoko, but it was a pleasant surprise." Kagura's blood red eyes were almost glowing, and she moved her hands knowingly over the miko's back, feeling her muscles tense under her touch. "A bit nervous, hm, Nyoko? I'm not going to hurt you..."
Nyoko tried to speak, but the words caught in her throat and her heart was pounding. She knew that she should be terrified; this woman, this youkai, was working for Naraku, was completely controlled by him, as far as she knew; but there was something about the wind witch that the miko found strangely comforting. Against her better judgement, she brought her hands up and gently caressed Kagura's cheek. "Then set me free," she whispered, her eyes pleading.
The youkai woman slid her hands up Nyoko's back, and around to her chest, her fingers finding the miko's breasts and brushing them lightly. "I intend to, but perhaps not in the way you are asking me to," she said, then leaned in and captured Nyoko's lips in her own once again, her tongue sliding into the miko's mouth.
Nyoko allowed her tongue to dance over Kagura's, enjoying the soft warmth of it in her mouth, and blushing profusely. She had never even kissed Senichi this way, let alone another woman, a youkai at that, but she couldn't contain herself. She longed for freedom, in every sense of the word, and this might be the last opportunity she had to enjoy herself before Naraku tortured her. The miko was not planning to live much longer, so what would be the harm in giving in to Kagura's advances? Tentatively, not quite sure of what she was doing, Nyoko laid her hands on Kagura's shoulders, and slowly slid them down to caress the youkai woman's ample breasts. She let herself get lost in the moment, no longer caring how strange this seemed. She needed comfort, and the wind witch was more than willing to provide it.
Kagura broke their kiss, almost as if she could read Nyoko's thoughts, and gently pushed the miko back so that she was lying in the wind witch's arms, floating in the water. One of Kagura's hands remained at Nyoko's breast, gently pinching her nipple between her thumb and forefinger, her other hand caressing its way down the miko's body, a smile spreading across her lips as Nyoko's body tensed under her touch. "Relax, miko. I will make you feel things you have never felt before." Her hand slid between Nyoko's legs, and she let her fingers trace up and down the outer edges of her slit, causing the miko to cry out. The wind witch laughed, and kissed the miko's neck, biting down on her pulse gently and then drawing back. "Does this excite you, miko?"
At first Nyoko could only moan in response, her hips involuntarily bucking up to meet Kagura's caresses. Beads of sweat were already forming on her brow, and she wanted more. She drew in a breath, and wrapped her fingers up in the youkai's hair. "Why...why are you doing this?" she murmured. "What is it that you hope to gain?"
Kagura slipped her fingers inside the miko, tracing a circle around her opening gently and grinning. "I have nothing to gain, Nyoko, I only wish to amuse myself. And perhaps," she paused, smirking and letting her fingers slide into the miko, "perhaps, if I can ease your mind, you will survive my master's torment and be able to help me get my freedom." The youkai began to push her fingers deeply into Nyoko, and brought her thumb up to play idly with the miko's clitoris.
A sharp hiss escaped from Nyoko's lips, and her hips pushed into Kagura's hand, her eyes rolling back as her body experienced feelings she had never imagined possible. Before this, the miko had been a virgin, and had expected to stay that way until the day she was married to Senichi. But her entire world had changed in the blink of an eye, and now here she was, naked and helpless in the arms of a youkai woman, her body begging for more. She closed her eyes briefly, half ashamed of the way she was reacting, and then let them open once again, locking with the wind witch's. "K..Kagura...please...don't stop!" she cried, her body convulsing and thrusting her hips up to meet the youkai's hand.
The wind witch smirked, and withdrew her fingers, bringing them up to her lips to get a taste of her newfound playmate. Nyoko cried out and wimpered slightly, her eyes begging Kagura to return to what she had been doing. The youkai woman leaned in and kissed the miko, sliding her tongue between her lips and slipping her fingers back inside Nyoko's warm, wet folds, pushing deep into her opening. "There is no need to beg, Nyoko," she said, moving her fingers in and out quick and hard, "I want this just as much as you do."
Nyoko brought her legs up and wrapped them around Kagura's shoulders, pulling the wind witch down into her while pressing her hips up to meet her thrusts. The world was starting to spin as the first orgasm of the miko's life took over all of her senses, causing her to scream out at the top of her lungs while her body shook and her walls clenched down around Kagura's fingers. The youkai's eyes flashed bright, quite pleased with herself as she kept up her pace, not wanting to give Nyoko a chance to come down from this natural high. "Let yourself go, miko. This is true freedom, enjoy it while you can!"
Gasping for air, sweat pouring down her forehead and matting her hair against her cheeks, Nyoko ran her fingers down Kagura's back, leaving thin red lines where her nails dug into the youkai's skin. "I...I can't...I can't take much more," she managed to whisper before another climax claimed her, a deep, primal scream escaping her lungs. As the wave of pleasure passed, the miko's legs fell from around Kagura's shoulders and she went limp, completely spent. Kagura slipped her fingers out slowly, and leaned in to kiss Nyoko deeply. "Was that to your satisfaction, Nyoko?" she whispered seductively, suckling on the miko's earlobe absently. Nyoko managed to nod weakly, unable to speak or move. There were tears streaming down her face, both from shame and pleasure, happiness and sorrow. The wind witch brought her hand up to wipe the miko's tears away, not understanding this reaction at all. "Why are you crying? Have I hurt you?"
"No," Nyoko whispered, shaking her head and curling her body into a tight ball, wanting nothing more than to hide away somewhere. "I just...cannot believe I let that happen. That I let you..."
Kagura placed a finger over Nyoko's lips, quieting her midsentence. "I only wanted to show you pleasure, so that you could survive the pain of mating with Naraku. It meant nothing, simply a way to pass the time." The wind witch's eyes flashed cold and dark, and Nyoko began to sob. For some strange reason, it bothered Kagura to see Nyoko reacting this way...but it couldn't have meant anything, could it? No...Kagura had no heart, no soul. She couldn't feel love or affection for anyone, could she? She stood up, out of the bath, and pulled her kimono back on. She needed to get out of there before she became even more confused. Suddenly, she felt Naraku probing at the edges of her mind, and he was angry. Shit, he knows what I've done. Now not only will Nyoko pay for it, but I will too! Quickly, she offered her hand to Nyoko, motioning for the miko to stand and get out of the bath as well.
"Naraku is coming," she said shortly. "He knows what I have done, and he is angry. I never should have let myself give in to my pointless, useless desires."
Nyoko took her hand hesitantly, and gasped at her words. "What...what do you mean he knows? Kagura...now what is going to happen?"
The wind witch pulled Nyoko to her feet, and shook her head. "Nothing that wasn't already going to happen, miko. I only fear that perhaps now he will be even more intent on breaking you down..." Kagura shook her head, and lead Nyoko over to the large bed at the center of the room. "Just remember what I have told you. Do not cry. Do not let him know that you are in pain, because he will feed off of that and destroy you. You must be brave, miko. You are my only hope." With that said, the youkai turned and started to walk away. What have I done?
Nyoko panicked, and threw herself off of the bed at Kagura's feet. "You cannot leave me here! He is going to kill me!" she screamed, unable to contain her fears any longer. "Please, Kagura...I know you don't care about me, I am simply a way for you to gain your freedom, but you cannot let him do this to me! Just...just kill me now, take my life while I still have some sanity left!"
Kagura knelt down and grabbed Nyoko firmly by her shoulders, shaking her back into reality. "Think of what you are asking me, miko! If I harm you in any way, Naraku will kill me too! Does it really matter whether I care about you or not? Do you not care about yourself?" Roughly, the wind witch pulled Nyoko to her feet and shoved her onto the bed. "Just lie back, and relax. Do not think about what is going to happen, that will only make things worse. I must leave you now, my master is approaching quickly. Simply remember what I have said, and perhaps we will both make it out of this alive."
Nyoko slumped back, defeated, and watched Kagura walk away. As soon as she was out of sight, the miko stood up and retrieved her clothing, pulling it onto her frame hastily. She was not going to make this easy for Naraku, no matter what. Then she crawled into the bed, and pulled the covers up over her head, sobbing uncontrollably.
The youkai woman slipped out the door as quickly as possible, not wanting the miko to see the confusion on her face. I can't care about her...can I? I am simply using her. But then why do I feel so badly, leaving her there for Naraku's pleasure? Why do her tears affect me so? She shook her head and stopped dead in her tracks, deciding against leaving the chambers completely. She had brought Nyoko to this fate, the least she could do was be there for her once Naraku was finished. Closing the door almost completely, Kagura stood and waited, her eyes locked on the miko's sobbing form.
Nyoko's sobs became quieter, and then ceased completely. The more she thought about it, the more she realized that she was no longer sure she wished to die. Kagura could deny it all she wanted, but something had happened between the two of them, and there was no turning back. All she had to do was endure Naraku, and perhaps she and Kagura could make it out of this, could find a way to live freely once again. She closed her eyes and drew in a deep breath, straining her ears so that she would hear Naraku approaching.