I would like to apologize for taking so long to update. As stated before, this story wasn't supposed to be this long, and so I was really confused at to where I wanted this story to go.

She had gone off looking for something to eat. It was still dark and still as cold as ever, but Sesshomaru gave her his top shirt to keep her warm.

She had dozed off for a while but was woke up, by Rin's ear piercing scream. It scared Kagura so badly, that she ran away from her. As it turns out, Rin was dreaming about the horrible things Naraku had done to her and to make things worse, Kagura had witnessed it all.

Each time Naraku raped a woman, Kagura would grow detached from the whole situation, but Rin was different. She had never spoke to the girl before, other than to kidnap her, but she still felt bad.

Naraku was always rough with the women, but because this was Sesshomaru's companion, he was rougher than usual. He would get more pleasure, throwing it in Sesshomaru's face, then the rape itself. Kagura knew that, but it still hurt to hear the girl's screams and pleas for mercy.

When the deed was done, Naraku gave Rin to Kagura. Kagura didn't mean to, nor did she want to, but she was starving. Fortunately for her, Rin had passed out during the rape so she wouldn't have to see Kagura eat her.

As she was searching for food, she smelt none other than, the smell of humans. She only had a couple of bites out of Rin, so she was still hungry. She ran after the smell, the snow freezing her bare feet but she payed little attention to it. Her entire focus was on eating warm human flesh and filling up the ache inside her belly.

As she got closer, she heard manly voices. Good, she thought. She would hate to kill and eat a child, but would do so if necessary. She sprang out behind one of them, she didn't have her fan, so she had to improvise. Because of her demon strength and speed, she was able to get close to him before he even noticed, and snap his neck like a twig.

The man beside him, howled in rage and threw his spear at her. The spear would have went through her eye had Sesshomaru not rushed in and caught it. The man, realizing that his spear failed, rushed at the both of them, clearly overtaken by anger or else he would have run.

Sesshomaru easily reached out and snapped his neck as well. Kagura didn't see it, she was too busy tearing open her kill's stomach and lapping up the warm blood in her palms, but she did hear it. Even after it was completely silent, Kagura continued eating. If Sesshomaru killed her now, at least she would die partially full.

She heard him walk over to her, saw his black boots stop in front of her meal, and she raised her eyes, still not stopping her chewing and swallowing of human flesh. He looked down at her with disgust and pity, his face may have been neutral, but his eyes spoke volumes.

"What?" She asked, her voice having an annoyed tone to it. "I have to eat something, unless you prefer I take a bite out of Rin again.

He smacked her. It was an open palm that caused her to bite her tongue and make her nose bleed. Before she could say anything, his hand was around her throat.

"You won't touch her again." He whispered, deathly serious.

"I never wanted her in the first place. I never wanted any of this." He let go of her neck and she stood up, looking him dead in the eyes. "You caused this, I didn't want your child or you to force yourself on me." She was crying now, but even with tears falling down her face, she still had her strength.

She wasn't afraid to die, deep down in that dungeon, Naraku had showed her that there were things worse then death. In death, there was no pain, there was no hunger or rape, it was just blissfulness. Kagura would have killed herself, but she wasn't the only one who depended on her. Her child did, and for some reason, or because of some motherly instinct, she could not harm her child, no matter how hard life was to her.

"You may not have wanted this but you wanted to use me to get your freedom, you started it." He said, not backing down from her, nor admitting his wrongness.

"Is it so bad to want freedom?" Kagura asked, quietly. "Tell me, is it so wrong to want to live your life the way you want to, and not have to bend to another?" Her voice got louder then. "But what would you know, Lord Sesshomaru, you have never had to do a damn thing for yourself. You wasn't cursed to be born an incarnation of a cruel half breed." She was screaming now.

Sesshomaru was about to say something, until Rin's scream broke through the air. He immediately left Kagura there alone to check on her. Kagura didn't move an inch to see what was wrong, but got down to her knees to continue eating. The man's blood had nearly frozen due to the weather, but that didn't stop her fangs from piercing the tough skin.

As she finished her meal, she went back to where Sesshomaru had made camp. She expected the worse, but it turns out that Rin just had another nightmare. As she saw Sesshomaru gently holding Rin, a feeling of sadness washed over her.

Why couldn't she have that? Sesshomaru wasn't Rin's biological father, but he was a father to her still. Kagura had never known any parent except Naraku. She never had someone to protect her, to care for her, or to hold her when she was scared. She just had Naraku, the man who squeezed her heart and used her as a sacrificial lamb.

At that very instant, Kagura swore that if she lived long enough to have the child, she would be the best parent to it.

WindGale: Even though Naraku has Kagura's heart, she still can die if her body is destroyed. In episode 67, Inuyasha uses his Wind Scar on her, and it would have killed her, had Naraku's demons not jumped in front of it. Or how Hakudoshi died, even though his heart wasn't damaged.