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And lastly although you've yet to read this fic, I know your still on Demonic Priestess,

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Enough of my rambling, on with the Story………….I DON'T OWN NUTHIN!!!!!!

Chapter 13

Rescuing Rin, twisting fates Pt2

Torture, Sacrifice and Battles for Love

Kagura and Rin protested at Kagome's swift removal from the cells. She was grabbed roughly by the guards Roel and Reol, hissing at the force they were using, her wrists sore and red. Throwing her weight around, attempting to free herself, but was only rewarded with more hissing as more force was applied. A door in the distance was slammed open. Sesshoumaru attempted to struggle free, thrashing about as Toel and Teol, the other two twins to the prison guards, came for him. Sesshoumaru looked as though he were about to succeed in freeing himself, until Hakudoshi appeared with Kanna.

"Subdue him Kanna" Hakudoshi hissed, almost as brutally as Sesshoumaru himself.

"You honestly believe you can subdue a Taiyoukai such as myself with her mere parlour tricks?" Sesshoumaru seethed.

Kanna removed a small grey orb on a chain from her Haori, and held it in her hand, facing Sesshoumaru.

"Inu Youkai, son of the general

Stripped of your strength you shall be

For no longer than this orb can allow

Allowing emotions of pain to run free"

The grey orb levitated from Kanna's hand, shining brightly. Sesshoumaru's spirit Youki pulsed along with the orb, forcibly ripping it from his body. He clamped his eyes shut, at the jolt of agony the orb caused. He momentarily fell limp in Toel and Teol's arms.

"He is temporarily subdued, for long enough to drag him to the torture chambers. Once he is chained, his strength will return anew" Kanna announced, taking a seat on the cold stone. Hakudoshi left along with Toel and Teol.

"Kanna, you wretched bitch. I cannot believe you do his bidding" Kagura seethed.

"It is better to be on the right hand of the devil, than in his path. As long as I serve him, I am granted more power than I could ever dream of. And Kagura, I have my freedom" Kanna replied, a small smirk rising on her lips.

"When I am free, Kanna. I will see to your demise, that I promise you" Kagura yelled, sneering at her elder sister.

"you forget that I hold the mirror of fates and destiny, I can foresee all, and you will never kill me" Kanna admonished

"Do not underestimate me sister" Kagura seethed, her chains clattering.

(A/N: Sorry Missie-Yue I had to say that, seeing as you said it on the phone twice today!)

Kanna stood, brushed herself off, and followed Hakudoshi, slamming the door shut behind her.

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Sesshoumaru heard the chains as they were hauled towards him, his strength rising up. The coldness of one shackle gripping his wrist, followed by another. Then the same feeling as each of his ankles were shackled in the same manner. As Kanna had mentioned, with the shackles upon him, Sesshoumaru snapped his amber eyes open, baring his fangs, snarling at Hakudoshi. His strength flooded to him, as though the raging river coursed within his veins. He pulled and thrashed at his bounds, attempting freedom.

"Now, now Sesshoumaru. Your turn will come. But first, you can watch, as I break this girls spirit." Hakudoshi stood to one side. Kagome was being held by the first two twins Roel and Reol. They continued to hold her, as Hakudoshi drop kicked Kagome, her face smashing to the cold stone floor. The twins grip, holding her down. Hakudoshi gestured his hands to the shackles, his miasma pulling them towards Kagome; gripping at her ankles and wrists. She was chained so that she lay on her stomach, unable to move. Hakudoshi walked to the edge of the room, where many items lay upon a table, including Sesshoumaru's sword Tokijin.

Hakudoshi POV

So many items to chose, but what to use first? A mace, Si, Tokijin, I'm going to have a lot of fun with that little trinket. There's my Tomohawk, Katter, bokken and a few ninja elements. I think I shall start with the most traditional of things, my whip.

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Hakudoshi gripped his whip, allowing the thinner end to trail alongside him. He pulled his arm back, and struck Kagome forcefully. Sesshoumaru growled, Kagome turned her attention to Sesshoumaru, staring deep into his eyes, to use his strength, not to scream. She was lashed fifty times, not screaming once. Her back was whipped raw, blood flowing freely. The first ten, they heeled instantly, the next set, healed slower, the third slower still. The fourth took more time, and this fifth seemed to stay open. Hakudoshi was pleased with his efforts, except that she was not screaming.

"Why don't you scream?" He questioned, yanking Kagome's head up, by her hair.

"I wouldn't give you the satisfaction" She bit back, Sesshoumaru was proud of her restraint. But any longer and she wouldn't hold out, the tears were welling up, the pain wanting to escape, to vent, she wanted to scream, and he wanted to hold her.

Hakudoshi returned his whip to the table, lifting his bokken twirling them around in his hands, grinning evilly. Kagome's shackles released themselves, she pushed herself up, returning to her feet. The moment she stood, Hakudoshi swept his bokken against her legs, thrashing her to the stone floor once again. She hissed out, but returned to her feet. Again he struck, this time her arms, repeatedly, left above the elbow, right below the elbow, left on the elbow fracturing it. Sweeping low to the right kneecap, causing her to fall down once again. Another swift movement, brought both bokken down hard and fast onto her ribs.

He rejoiced, she hissed and gasped, Sesshoumaru growled angrily hearing and feeling her ribs break from the force.

"you have more restraint than I gave credit for, but can you withstand this?"

His evil black heart sped and jumped in joy, hearing and sensing her fear of him. Bringing his bokken down against her face, splitting her lip and heavily bruising her eyes. That was the breaking point, she screamed as the hard wooden bokken collided with her face, the blocked tears flowed in long relentless rivers down her face, she sobbed and shrieked, unable to hold in her pain any longer. Hakudoshi places a small controlling tick behind her neck, after she passes out.

"what are you doing?" Sesshoumaru growled, as he thrashed about in his restraints once again, Kagome was lifted by two of those burly prison gurads, and dragged back to the cells.

"Don't worry your next" Hakudoshi grinned maliciously.

"it took Kagome two hours before she started screaming, lets see how long it takes the mighty Taiyoukai"

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Kagura POV

We remained in the dungeons, the chill of fear dawning upon us, as we heard the cracks of a whip striking something. That something being either Sesshoumaru or Kagome. Whichever it was, they refused to yell out, refused to gratify Hakudoshi, he was one who revelled in causing pain to others. We realised it was Kagome when we heard him ask her;

"Why don't you scream?" He questioned

"I wouldn't give you the satisfaction" She bit back

She was strong, they must've been there for a long period of time, and yet she refused to give in. I could smell the blood as it drifted through on the chilly breeze that seeped into the cracks of the wood. Another wave of pain was ensued, I could only imagine it was the bokken, Hakudoshi had struck me many a time with those blunt wooden truncheon-like things, they were immensely painful, and could break bones. It was the piercing sound of broken ribs, that alerted me, she was faltering, she was about to scream out any moment. No demon was that restrained. A few more blows, then the screaming commenced. It was hoarse, loud and raw, after a few relentless minutes with her screaming her lungs out, she fell silent. That was when Toel and Teol brought her back in here, throwing her unceremoniously on the cold stone floor.

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"All you had to do was leave her alone. All you had to do was fight and sever the ties forever, then she would've been mine" Hakudoshi spat approaching Sesshoumaru with his Katter, a three bladed dagger, a malicious glint in his eyes.

"So sorry to disappoint you, she was never to be yours" Sesshoumaru mocked.

Hakudoshi began his slashing spree, painting the stone floor beneath a wash of bright red, the colour of Sesshoumaru's blood. After a few relentless hours of slashing Hakudoshi addressed Sesshoumaru.

"I see your restraint is stronger than that of Kagome's" Hakudoshi alleged walking to the table of weapons.

"Have you even started yet? I'm yet to feel anything" Sesshoumaru remarked

"Oh I have a feeling you'll feel this" Hakudoshi smiled evilly, twirling Tokijin around in his hand, before thrusting the blade into Sesshoumaru's flat toned stomach. Sesshoumaru winced, although he refused to yell in the pain that it caused, he suppressed it further down into his being. Hakudoshi knew what Sesshoumaru was like, he knew he was a Taiyoukai without emotions, and he wanted to be the one to unleash those emotions.

Removing the sword from his stomach, he thrust it into his left shoulder, he was faltering, the agony of his demon sword peirching his flesh, the raw demonic power surging through him, ripping apart his senses further than the blade itself. Such was the creation of the sword. If the blade did not kill you, the sheer magnitude of power would play a significant portion of pain. Hakudoshi saw the pain etched on his face, he knew he was close another thrust of Tokijin into his Right thigh was the breaking point, Sesshoumaru let out one loud roar of pain.

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Kagome awoke hours later, she was covered in purple and yellow bruises, her face ached in ways indescribable, it hurt to breathe with her cracked or broken ribs, she wasn't sure which, either way it hurt like hell. As she looked about her surroundings, she noticed she was back in her own cell, Rin crying in desperation.

"Kagura, Where's Sess-Sesshoumaru?" Kagome questioned, as she attempted to clamber to her feet.

"he's still not back yet" she replied.

Sesshoumaru's roar of pain took Kagura, Rin and Kagome by surprise, Hakudoshi had done the one thing no-one would live to dare try. He had caused the great Taiyoukai of the west so much overbearing pain, that he cried out.

Guilt and fear gripped at Kagome, it was her fault they were in this mess, it was then she suddenly realised that same feeling from earlier, with Ah-un and Jaken, even then she felt guilt, it was guilt of hurting the great Dragon-horse. She slumped back to the stone floor, the protests of her bruises ignored.

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Hakudoshi immensely satisfied with his efforts at creating the Western Lord to roar in complete agony, placed Tokijin back upon the table, dripping with the said lords blood. To return to his previous victim. He hauls her out of her cell, with Rin screaming after her, dragging her to Lord Sesshoumaru. He dumps her on the floor, opposite Sesshoumaru. They look at one another, Watery-blue clashing with pained-amber, Kagome breaks down, in fits of sobs. As Hakudoshi turns to leave, he tells her one thing, one thing to turn fates in his favour once again.

"you can end their suffering, all you have to do is stay with me and become my mate, then they can leave." He then leaves, slamming the door behind him.

"No Kagome, you cannot, you must not"

"This is all my fault, if I had not intervened with you and Kagura, you would never had known I was alive. Its because of me, that Kagura defied Hakudoshi and is suffering at his hand in those cells. My fault that the wild dogs were murdered, that Kikyo was dispatched to send me back to the grave. I killed Kikyo! I killed my incarnation! I'm an evil bitch! Because of me Rin was captured, and you the mighty Taiyoukai are being tortured. I will not allow this to continue, this is my mess, and I intend on fixing it." Kagome sobbed looking up at the bloodied form of Sesshoumaru. She stood tall, approaching him, slowly. Standing on tip toes, she placed a kiss on his lips, as a tear rolled down her cheek.

"No Kagome! No" Sesshoumaru whispered as she pulled away

Hakudoshi re-enters the room, having given her enough time to decide. Although he himself would never take her for a mate now. He knew that she would forever reject him. Which id the reason for placing the controlling tick behind her neck. There were always ways to make those bend to your every will and command.

"what's your decision?" He asked, looking between Sesshoumaru and Kagome

"will you release them unharmed?" Kagome questioned her voice quivering

"Yes, you have my word" Hakudoshi replied, he would release Sesshoumaru and the human child, but Kagura would remain.

"No!" Sesshoumaru attempted once again.

"Then I will remain here, of my own free will" Kagome dropped to the stone floor, her body racked with sobs.

"NO!!" Sesshoumaru yelled, thrashing about with a newly found energy.

"I'm sorry, but I will not allow your suffering to continue, forget me, I implore you" Kagome said between heart wrenching cries.

Roel, Reol grabbed Sesshoumaru, hauling him as he yelled departing the torture room. Kagome was gripped by her upper arms by the other twins Toel and Teol, being returned to her cell, along with Kagura.

Hakudoshi stood before a thrashing yelling Sesshoumaru, and his human child Rin. With a wave of a miasma infused hand Sesshoumaru and Rin were transported back to the western lands, coughing with the fumes. Jaken and Ah-un stood dumbfounded. They had never expected upon the hills of The West to see their liege shimmering before them along with the abducted Rin.

Ah-un was the first to approach the child, nuzzling her lovingly, pleased to have her back, whilst Jaken prostrated himself before Lord Sesshoumaru.

"Milord…Where is the woman?"

"she wasn't allowed to come back with us... She gave up her freedom, so we could have ours" Rin whispered, as tears began to fall gently, Rin covered her face within the folds of her hands, silently weeping into them. Sesshoumaru smelt the salt of her tears, he placed his fingertips to his lips.

"Milord you are wounded" Sesshoumaru's Head of guard appeared, he was concerned to say the very least when Sesshoumaru made no non-committal noise, that he usually did. He just seemed to stare off into nothingness, lost within his own thoughts, a watery countenance, in his usually non-expressive eyes.

"Milord, it is Shippo. Can you hear me Milord?" The young solider asked. He placed a careful arm around Sesshoumaru's shoulders guiding him towards the gates of the huge castle, never once removing his cold green eyes from the Lords sad Amber ones.

"Tamie, see to Milords wounds. I shall get some answers from the only ones who have been with him all this time" Shippo bounded off in long strides, towards Rin's room.

"Lady Rin, may I enter?"

"Hai Shippo-Chan, please enter" Rin replied, lowly and sad.

"what happened whilst you were away from the castle for so long? What has happened to Lord Sesshoumaru?" the older Kitsune Youkai listened intently to everything that Rin had said, his emerald eyes shining in awe, that his adoptive mother had returned from the grave, and a Youkai no less. That she had bargained the freedom of Sesshoumaru and Rin, thus locking herself away.

Sesshoumaru knocked on the door, his sadness turning into determination, the real and usual Sesshoumaru beginning to return to his normal senses.

"I'm going back for her, ready the troops. If it takes a war to bring her back - SO BE IT!" Sesshoumaru growled loud, his usual self shining through. Shippo smirked, bowed and left.

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Kagome stood silently after Sesshoumaru had left, her heart breaking all the more. She never had intended it to happen the way it did. She never intended to fall in Love with the very Demon Lord she first protected when she stumbled across him, in search for food. The only thing she could do, was to bargain for his freedom, he was a grand Taiyoukai, no-ones torture slave, and she loved him more than her own life and freedom.

The door to the dungeons opened, Hakudoshi glanced over his shoulder, a bored look upon his face.

"I was wondering when you were going to arrive"

"I got temporarily side tracked. What have you here? A new slave?" The figure in shadows questioned.

"That and entertainment" Hakudoshi replied

"come closer and take a look" the figure in shadows advanced closer to the bars of the cell, another tear slipping down Kagome's face as she slowly raised her head to look into angry amber eyes, as it began to register, her eyes flew open in shock.

"Inu…Inuyasha"

"You…you can't be, you're dead!" He hissed, brandishing his claws.

"All thanks to you, why Inuyasha?" Kagome's sadness faded as anger found its footholds.

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Sesshoumaru's army was ready within seconds, polished, armoured and weapons ready. He inspected the lines, with Shippo walking behind him.

"Sufficient" That in Sesshoumaru's terms meant perfect

"Lets go!" Sesshoumaru transformed into his huge Inuyoukai form, taking to the skies towards Hakudoshi's stronghold once more, to bring back the one left behind.

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"she's now nothing more than a puppet, and I the puppeteer" Hakudoshi gleamed, at his new 'toy' as she continued to glare at Inuyasha.

"Lord Hakudoshi…It appears the Son of Inu-no-Taishio will be arriving here, with his army…as we speak he is closing in fast upon the stronghold….he will succeed, if we do not leave immediately" Kanna remarked, her mirror of fate and Destiny shining ever brighter. Hakudoshi sighed long and deep, until an evil smirk rested upon his features.

"Inuyasha…brush aside your hair for a moment" Hakudoshi asked, wanting to see if Kikyo's controlling tick was subject to Hakudoshi's command, he smiled evilly, when he realised that it was.

"Kagome, it appears you, Inuyasha and Kagura will be having a little exercise. And I have a truly wicked plan in mind"

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Sesshoumaru landed gracefully upon the courtyard of the stronghold once again. The ghosts of screams of his own and Kagome's echoing around the walls, making it seem far more foreboding than before.

"Keep on your guard, and No weapons until I say!" Sesshoumaru commanded, all the troops nodded in silent agreement. It was deathly silent, not a single sound echoed from within the stronghold, the only thing heard were the heartbeats of the soldiers, along with the steady breathing, the wisps of eyelashes as they blinked, the light rustling of clothing and armour outside.

Then it was as though Kami himself had declared War. Hundreds of Hanyou's, Ningen's and Youkai descended upon the army. The Ningen's bore weapons, and began lunging at the soldiers, the Hanyou's used their claws, whilst the Youkai used whatever they had access to. Sesshoumaru and his army were caught slightly off guard, but relentlessly attacked the forces around them.

"do not kill any Youkai females!" Sesshoumaru shouted his orders, as the soldiers tore up the offending army of misfits. The Ningen's were no threat what so ever, they were eradicated immediately, the Hanyou's were fighting better, that their weak counterparts, but none the less were losing. Sesshoumaru dispatched another Hanyou with his poison claws, though something shining in the waning sunlight caught his attention. A soldier has unsheathed his sword, and was about to cut into a Youkai female, with short midnight blue-black hair.

"no weapons" Sesshoumaru reminded him, as he swiftly approached him, knocking it from his grasp

"but milord this army has no qualms about using theirs" A young Ookami demon relpied

"are you defying my orders? "

"no milord"

"He could've changed her appearance…no weapons"

Fighting against an army of Youkai and Hanyou's. Each under control, their eyes glazed, attacking Sesshoumaru's army. One of his men struggled against a female demon. Sesshoumaru noticed her; long wavy black hair, stripped to nothing but a mere rag covering her derriere. Sesshoumaru fights his way toward the woman, grips her wrist to stop the claws from slashing his soldier. Then yanks her back

"No Kagome!"

As he pulled her back, her long wavy hair pulled away from her face, she was fairer than before, through lack of sunlight. Green jade earrings jangled as they moved. She turned her eyes on him, deep red glaring heatedly into Gold. Her fangs exposed, hissing.

"Kagura"

Sesshoumaru threw Kagura into the clutches of Shippo, once he removed the offending controlling tick from the back of her neck. She swayed woozily in Shippo's arms, holding him for support.

"Now my army of mindless slaves, attack, kill, rampage. Go into demon rage and kill everything in sight until you burnout and die!" Hakudoshi laughs. Disappearing into the night upon Gora, Goro's opposite paradox falcon. Where Goro had a white head, Gora's was black, one wing was white the other black, both looking grey as they worked in unison. Kanna stood watching from the rooftop of the castle, hoping for her sister's demise.

"Milord, they will not stop, we cannot keep this up without killing them!" on eof the soldiers called out, currently fending off two rage crazed Youkai alone.

"No"

"Milord, it seems as though your traitorous half brother is among them" Shippo seethed, he refused to say the traitors name, the idea of it, making him sick.

"Please tell me I can kill him!" Shippo pleads.

"Milord" Shippo asks, when no answer came, not even a 'Hn'.

"Restrain him, only one Youkai has the right to kill him" Sesshoumaru replied

"Hai milord, though I myself will not touch him…Barrkine restrain the traitor!" A burly dragon Youkai grabbed Inuyasha, Shippo walked towards him, and thumped him forcefully over the head. Sesshoumaru stared at the captain of the guard

"I didn't kill him" Sesshoumaru smirked at the kitsune.

"Milord behind you!" Shippo shouted

Sesshoumaru turns to attack another demon, this time however was Kagome, lost to a mindless controlled blood rage, attacking him with his own sword Tokijin. Sesshoumaru unsheathes Tenseiga, and fends her off. She violently swings the sword, attempting to take his head off his shoulders, or skewer him on his own sword. They Fought for a solid hour, until her breathing becomes laboured, her body involuntarily shaking in fits, of internal shut down.

"Kagome stop!"

She continues to attack, blood flowing from her eyes, her nose and mouth. As she approaches for another strike, this one high.

"enough!"

She takes another step forward to attack, however she suddenly stops, shuddering, her eyelids closing. Tokijin slips from her fingers, falling to the ground clattering noisily. It was then her body chose to collapse, right into Sesshoumaru's arms. He rips the controlling tick from the back of her neck. cradling her in his arms he notices she is totally naked, he removes his Haori wrapping her within.

"I have what I came for, unsheathe your weapons and kill everything in sight" Sesshoumaru commanded. The soldiers rejoiced, unsheathing their weapons, killing all those that dared attack the Western troops. After all have been obliterated, only Kanna remains, still silently watching, holding her mirror in her hands.

"milord what of that one?" Barrkine gestures to Kanna

"she's mine!" Kagura voices weakly, stepping forward, snatching her fan from Shippo.

"When you have regained your strength, you may pursue her, today however is not the day" Sesshoumaru orders, looking at the still, barely breathing female in his arms.

"very well" she stumbles into Barrkine's arms, slipping out of the consciousness she once had.

"It is time to return to the Western keep, sheath your weapons, move out!" Shippo commanded, the troops did as they were ordered, as they fell into line and swiftly left the foreboding keep, for a keep filled with beauty, life and refinement. Shippo turned Inuyasha over to one of the guards, while Barrkine, had his hands full with Kanna. When all was done, he returned to Sesshoumaru's side bowing low.

"Milord, is she truly Kagome?" He questioned lowly.

Sesshoumaru looked at the young kitsune soldier, and nodded. "Hai"

"I'm glad she's alive, although I would like to know how. We searched for remains, but there was nothing when she was killed…nothing" Shippo replied, looking over her body, at her bruised arms, legs and face.

"She will be fine Kitsune, she will be just fine" Sesshoumaru replied, pulling her closer to himself, taking off into the sky upon his Youki cloud, a transformed Fox Youkai flying at his side, returning towards the Western castle.

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Whoa, another 9 Pages!!!!!!

Good thing I split this Chapter into two parts, it would've been new year by the time you would've finished reading one chapter….

Anyways another chapter down! And Shippo's made an appearance…..he's still the adorable Shippo we all know and love, but remember he's been living in the castle of Lord Sesshoumaru, taken in and raised as his own. He's older than he would usually appear. He remained a child for Kagome, but since her death, he allowed his age to appear naturally. (He's appearance of 17).

Well let me know what you think as always I love to know!!!