Disclaimer: Sry I never told you that I do not own Inuyasha, unfortunately… (sighs deeply and tear falls down her cheek)…neither to I own the songs that may or may not show up in this story. Thx for reading… (smiles cheerfully)…I hope you like it and remember….REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW!!!! Now on with the story… (throws her hand forward making it appear like she has super power)…I'm such a baka……..don't answer to that! ;P

A/N /?: the shirt that Inuyasha wears (the fire-rate kimono-thing) is it traditionally called a haori or something like that? Because I called it that in this chapter; I wanted to know so if it wasn't like that I could change it and just stick with calling it a kimono, thx…NOW ON WITH THE STORY!!! (smiles awkwardly)…AGAIN…;P

Chapter 7-Tears of the Cursed

Kagura lead Kagome to the bath house it seemed to be fairly large. As Kagome looked at it Kagura came to a stop at the bass of the steps.

She stood there annoyed and with an air of importance and superiority about her and it only pissed Kagome off but kept any comments to herself. "I'll be back in two hours with cloths, be ready then or suffer the consequence" and the youkai of the wind turned on her heel and left Kagome standing there in shock.

Kagome shook her head and stepped slowly to the smooth wooden steps and slide open the screen door to find a steaming, pure, clear hot spring. "Ahh" she gasped for she half expected it to be filled with poison polluted waters, but that wasn't so. Slipping her sore body from her clothing she stepped into the hot spring and let out a sigh of comfort, because the hot spring was easing away all her physical pains but not the ones she held on to in her heart.

She felt the tears swell in her eyes as her vision began to blurred, she tried to blink them away but they wouldn't be denied. They over flowed and slowly ran tracks down Kagome's cheeks to land softly in the water marring the surface with gorgeous ripples.

After locking up her tears deep down inside her Kagome quickly washed herself then turned to the red fabric that lay on a near by rock; it was dirty but no blood was on it, not yet. "My blood will stain it soon enough" said Kagome out load and was shocked to hear her voice bounce off the walls and in a mournful way that mimicked her own pain. "I sound like Kikyo" she thought then shook such a notion out of her head. Gracefully taking hold of the cloth Kagome washed it with delicate strong hands then hung it to dry. Looking at her watch Kagome found that she still had an hour left so she tried to relax, but it never came. Kagome's thoughts always went back to Inuyasha's sad hanyou face. Stopping her tears before they came Kagome climbed out of the spring, looking to find no towels to dry off with Kagome eyed the newly washed white robe kimono and Inuyasha's haori (sp?); sliding her arms into the cotton sleeves of the white robe then into Inuyasha's fire-rat cloth.

Kagome had long since finished combing through her hair with her fingers when Kagura entered with a whoosh of wind blowing open the door. Kagome looked at the female youkai from where she was starring at nothing.

"Fallow me" she snapped throwing a bundle of something at Kagome who caught it with slight shock to find a kimono in her hands was made of a finer silk then she had ever seen before. Looking up at the wind witch she asked her silent question. Kagura sneered but answered. "Youkai silk." And she turned to close the door she had come in and swiftly walked to another pair of sliding screen doors that were painted on with cranes and hills.

Kagome fallowed the so silently that Kagura had to look over her shoulder to make sure that the girl was fallowing. "Naraku better have a good reason for keeping you alive in one piece and not throwing you into chains or feeding you to the lower youkai".

"That will be he's downfall" answered Kagome strong and true clutching the red cloth closer around her.

Kagura narrowed her eyes while she looked over her shoulder at the girl. "She shows so little fear of Naraku, but that will soon change" thought wind sorceress as she stopped at a pair of double sliding doors and whipped them open letting her eyes wonder over the lecherous furniture that lay in the room. "This is to be your room miko, don't come out of it unless Kanna or I come to fetch you; I don't think you'd like being a meal for the other youkai here."

Kagome entered the room and let her eyes trail over all the objects that lay there, they all were built for a lord or lady. Kagome nodded her answer to the sorceress but that didn't mean that she would fallow those rules.

"Get dressed, he's going to want to see you" and she snapped the doors shut making Kagome flinch but she was finally able to relax to a point now.

"Ahh" sighed Kagome as she laid on the platform bed the bundle of clothing still in her arms. Rising once again Kagome slipped on the kimono then wore Inuyasha's haori (sp?) over that and looked down at herself. "Doesn't look to bad, but its not like I'm trying to impress him that damn power-hungry hanyou" snapped Kagome under her breath. Then laying back onto the bed Kagome let Inuyasha's comforting scent fill her head as it granted her some strength knowing in a small way he was still there.

"Inuyasha……"she said as it came out as a sigh.

Time seemed to flash by as Kagome just laid there starring at nothing, and letting her eyes glaze over with the memories of her friends as they fill her head. She grew tired and looked at her watch with a cracked glass face that still worked; it was 1:03 in the morning, Kagome sighed again.

The door slammed open and Kagura and Kanna stood there looking at her while she started from her daze. "Naraku, as taken up the liberty of feeding you" Kagura spat out. "Humans are so pathetically weak" and she strode away but not before Kagome gave her a glare that would have killed her if looks could kill.

Kagome's gaze turned to the demon child of void as she stared at the miko with soulless black eyes. "I don't have much of a choice do I" Kagome said sharply; the glares and snappy words were getting on her nerves.

"If the miko would fallow me" said Kanna as she turned away with her silver mirror in her hands.

Kagome who was a little more awake now threw out her senses to detect all the youkai that were in the area of the castle grounds. She was shocked to find so few, but Naraku's aura may have been overpowering the others so that may have been the problem. "But then why do I feel so worried, like something about to happen? Could Inuyasha and the others be in danger?" thought Kagome as she fallowed the white figure before her, but was shoved from her thoughts as the child stopped.

They stood before a pair of sliding doors that were fair more exotically painted upon then any of the others, but having Naraku's chambers so close to her own made Kagome uneasy. As Kanna opened the door Naraku's youki swarmed over her making her powers flare to life but an attack didn't happen and the youki reseeded as well as the white child disappeared.

A chuckle was heard making Kagome's skin crawl. "Enter miko" came the evil voice from the shadows of the room; Kagome didn't move. "I recommend that you enter, my guard dogs aren't friendly to little powerless mikos" mocked Naraku's voice.

Kagome growled and strode into the room on sturdy feet. The door slammed shut and a sudden in take of breath came from Kagome as she looked at the closed doors. "There's nowhere to go but forward" she thought and did just that as she composed her self. She slipped through the hangings and found the evil hanyou gazing through the window where there was nothing to see. Kagome saw the deep thought he was in and could tell in involved herself and her friends, but on his cheek there were still the claws marks that had yet to heal. "My miko powers must slow down the healing process" she thought still looking at the hanyou.

"I didn't know cracked dirt and poisonous miasma were so interesting to watch" she said leering at him.

He looked at her from the corner of his eye then looked away uninterested at the display. "Show some respect and you may last longer miko".

Kagome laughed amused while still glaring at him. "You're one to talk to about respect! You're the one pushing your weight around like a tai-youkai when you're nothing but a power hungry, disgusting, evil hanyou who knows nothing of true respect or loyalty!!"

Naraku snorted at her sudden defiant attitude. "She indeed a spit-fire…and it is only going to get worse with her…" trailed the hanyou deep in thought. He stared at the fuming furious girl before him and turned his head away acting not intrigued. "Eat, before I poison it and stuff it down that fragile throat of yours."

Kagome was about to snap back when Naraku rouse and slowly strode toward her. She stood strong and tall not fearing him, not crying before him, but glared at him with the holy fire in her soul. He stood above her looking down at her with his bloody evil eyes that seemed to pierce right through her; that look seemed to go on forever.

"Take a picture, it lasts longer!!"

"Hmph" came his amused smirk and then grabbed the miko around the neck and watched her struggle against his iron grasp. And with a steady hand he flung her over his shoulder where he had human food fetched none poisoned and fresh.

"Ehh" groaned Kagome as she landed and pushed herself to her hands and knees and looked up to see food there. "That evil monster really is feeding me!" But Kagome ignored the food before her and looked over her shoulder to find Naraku and in his hand Inuyasha's blazing haori (sp?) leering at it with unleashed rage. "Ahh" she gasped and leapt to her feet in a flurry as rage ran through her veins.

"So this is what gives you so much strength miko?"

"You…" growled Kagome to angry to finish; Kagome leapt at the hanyou reaching for the burning red cloth. "GIVE IT BACK, BEFORE I PURIFY YOUR HANDS OFF!!!" screamed Kagome her anger shacking the walls.

Naraku grinned and snorted in amusement at her display of rage. "I find that highly unlikely".

"Wanna make a bet on that!!?" And Kagome who was sick of jumping for Inuyasha's fire-rat robe drew her dagger quickly that she had found at the temple hat day and unsheathing it swiftly stabbed it into Naraku's side and while he was in shock of the turn of events Kagome grasped the cloth and clung to the woven fur inhaling the sweet scent of the ancient forest.

Naraku withdrew the dagger from his side with an angry sneer on his face and looked at the miko standing nearby that held the red haori so close. "Defying wench!" he barked.

Kagome looked up just in time to see Naraku's back hand coming down on her. She felt herself being flung back from the force of the attack and land in a heap still holding her hanyou's haori (sp?) close. "Ehh" she groaned but did not cry, she wouldn't let him see her cry, but the head splitting pain throbbed through out her head.

"Interesting that a human girl would fight me even knowing that she would never win…interesting indeed."

Kagome found the strength to rise to her knees and held her cheek but never let go of the bright red treasure in her hands. Kagome saw the dagger in the monster's hands dripping blood as a red blossom of blood showed on his clothing.

"Damn you…" she trailed; then a thought came to her that would certain to piss off the hanyou before her. "Onigumo."

Naraku's red eyes widened in shock of the name coming from her mouth; a name he had long since discarded in the past. And here now was the reincarnation of the bitch that had started it all; his anger at that name grew to be too much.

Kagome was struck again on the other cheek and this time she was unable to move for the pain was too much; the taste of blood filled her mouth and feel of tears on her face told her of the lose of this battle, but she found the strength to talk through swollen lips.

"What…do you want…with me?"

He raised an eye brow at the miko's soft almost unheard question then walked to her as she tried to move and crawl away but the pain in her head had become too much to move. Naraku grabbed the back neck of he silk kimono she wore and tugged. The sound of ripping cloth filled the room and the sound of Kagome's soft squeal of surprise and fear and the touch of cold air on her back made Kagome clutch the cloth in her hands harder and closer to her chest. Feeling a painful grip on her arm Kagome was hauled to her feet, as she grew even more rigid with fear.

"Look in the mirror" he whispered in her ear softly with cruelty that drove shivers up her spine. Kagome looked over her shoulder to see herself in the mirror, Naraku by her side glaring at her.

"Ahh" gasped Kagome as her sapphire eyes set their sights upon her back.

There in a tattoo form was a spider intertwined with a bright pink star with a circle surrounding it then swirling around it all were the poisonous vapors of purple and black colors of miasma. "Oh my god" whispered Kagome barely finding her voice.

Naraku smirked as he looked down at the raven haired miko. "You bare my mark and Kaguya's as well" he said then lined in a sadistic look in his eyes. "You belong to me" he whispered in her ear and Kagome's eyes grew wide in shock as her face shot forward no longer starring at the mirror.

Naraku narrowed his eyes in concentration and a pulsing sound filled the room and Kagome's mark wavered like it was alive; then the pain came, crashing down on her relentlessly.

"Ahhhhhhh" she screamed out as she collapsed to her knees still clutching the cloth in her hands that smelled like the forest that she had long ago found the owner sealed in; her hanyou, her Inuyasha. "Ahh" she groaned as the pain slowly slipped away and she fell to her side exhausted.

"As long as you bare my mark, you will never escape me" he said starring down at the miko at his feet taking in the pale porcelain skin against the dark waves of poisons clouds of miasma and the bright pink of the star where the black spider with red markings seemed to crawl on her back gleefully taking pleasure in the girl's pain.

He smelled the salt tears that the miko cried into that degusting, half-dog runt's haori. "Food will be taken to your room" he sad roughly and disposed himself of the miko's presence.

"Inuaysha" moaned Kagome unable to stop the tears of sadness that she shed, the knowledge that she could never leave alive. "Inuyasha!!"

A/N: Ohhhh…(she smirks evilly)…how interesting is it now? I'm not all sure on what to say for this chapter other then as I was typing it I changed quit a bit, but that's why you write it on paper first then type…you get more out of it like that, my opinion. But isn't the end of Kagome's pain she'll indore a lot more trust me, but pain makes us stronger I think…so remember to review I can always us more reviews!!!!

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