Chapter 21

"I swear it. That slave is the real prince of Spytra."

"That impossible, what proof do you have?"

"I was the one to deliver the suppose prince to the king. One night he tried to escape…. And I caught and punished him. During this he bursted into tears and admitted he wasn't the real prince. He told me how he switched place with the prince. The slave that you have is the real Prince Naraku."

Sesshoumaru was shocked. He fell back into the chair. How could his adorable cat be the real prince. Now what was he going to do. He would have to hand him over to the king. The thought of how Naraku would suffer was almost too much. How would Inuyasha take such horrible news?

"There is more troubling news my lord. I managed to get more information from the imposter. He told me Naraku had managed to pull this off with help. That this person was trying to help him escape and return to his land."

"Who? The traitor will be killed."

Kouga stayed silent, his eyes lowered in sadness. "I'm sorry My lord but the one I speak of is Inuyasha."

Sesshoumaru felt like throwing up. It fit. Inuyasha was Naraku's past slave. He should have known the cat would still have control over him. He notice how sometimes Inuyasha would sometimes start prouncing his name wrong and quickly correct himself. It must have been the reason why the pup was so willing and eager to accept Naraku into their sex life. He loved the prince, even after all the abuses. Inuyasha had lied to him; he tricked him and made a fool of him.

For the first time in years Sesshoumaru cried. The tears ran down his face. He turned himself around so Kouga wouldn't see. He felt betrayed. Anger and sadness filled him. He wanted to hate Inuyasha but he couldn't, he loved the pup more than anything. It was scary how fast his heart forgave him. But the fresh wounds still stung. How could he ever trust the hanyou again.

Another horrible thought went through his mind. What if Inuyasha was planning on leaving with Naraku. Could it have all been a trick? Was he just using him as protection? It couldn't be true. The prince must be making him lie to him.

"My Lord, if this were to get out people would thing that you were a traitor for harboring them in your house. It wouldn't look good, not at all. They think you had something to do with it. You lose your title, your land, your honor and maybe your life. I couldn't let that happen. I pierced the imposter's vocal cord so he could never tell a soul. I told him that he was only alive because people though he was the prince. He will keep the secret to save his own life."

Sesshoumaru looked up. "Why would you do such a thing?"

"I owe you a lot Lord Sesshoumaru and I know you have no idea about any of this. I didn't want to see you stripped of everything."

"Thank you Kouga, I will not forget this."

Sesshoumaru rest his head on his hands.

"I do not know what to do now."

"That cat lied to you My lord. He used your lover against you. He tried to make you the fool, surly you won't stand for this. You must have a serious talk with your lover and then figure out what you are going to do about the prince. You can't let him out of your site. If he managed to get home the king will know he has been tricked. You should kill him now."

Sesshoumaru felt like a fool. He hadn't suspected anything. He must be an idiot not to see the signs. Naraku was always scheming, always lying. Well he wasn't going to fall for his lies any more.

…..

Naraku backed away from the door. They were going to kill him. He had to leave now. But the boat wasn't going to be there till summer, months away.

He didn't hear Inuyasha walk up behind him. He jumped when the hanyou placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Are you alright? You look a little pale." Inuyasha noticed the horse.

"Who here, Suzaku again?"

"Yea….. Come on let go to the barn. We can show him one of your bunnies." Naraku started leading him away.

In the barn while Inuyasha was picking one of his bunnies to bring inside Naraku found some rope he knew was stored in the barn. Taking the back end of a shove he did the unthinkable. He slammed it against the hanyou's head. The pup went down like a rock.

"Sorry Inuyasha but I have no choice." He tied him up. Grabbing the ax's he checked out side. The two Inu's were fallowing his foot steps to the barn. The muddy prints led them right to him.

Sesshoumaru was shocked to see Inuyasha on the ground. Naraku was standing above him holding an ax.

"What have you done Namiko?" he shouted.

"My name is not Namiko. My name is Naraku. I am the rightful prince of Spytra. Now unless you want your beloved hanyou dead I suggest you tie yourselves up." Naraku threw the rope at them.

"Sesshoumaru tie that bastard dog up than come here."

The general couldn't believe it. How could he have let this happen?

Having no choice he tied the other up. He was grateful Kouga didn't resist.

"Make sure it's tight." Naraku ordered.

Sesshoumaru slowly walked towards him. His hands were in the air, he didn't want to risk Naraku hurting Inuyasha.

The prince quickly tied him up. The ax was pressing against the hanyous throat. All he need to do was press his body down on it and he kill him.

Now that he had all three of them immobile Naraku started to laugh. How quickly things turned ugly. Just a few minutes ago he was thinking of spending the rest of his life with Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru. Now he had them tied up and was probably going to kill them.

Inuyasha had woken up. The first thing he saw was Sesshoumaru and Kouga tied up.

"Why?" he asked Naraku.

"Because I had no choice."

"You lied to us, we took you into our home. He cared for you, we protected you, we loved you." Sesshoumaru growled. "And the whole time you were just using us."

Naraku pressed the blade against the general's neck.

"Love? You were planning on killing me. I heard you."

Sesshoumaru looked away.

"Please Naraku, let us go. Things could go back to the way they were. Sesshoumaru won't hurt you. We were happy, we can still be happy. We can live in this house together like before."

Naraku smiled sadly.

"Poor gullible little Inuyasha. You can't even understand your own perverted feelings." Naraku walked up to him. Kneeling down he pressed his lips against the others.

"Why would you want me when you had Sesshoumaru? You had everything, freedom, love, wealth and your risked it all just to have me close to you. Maybe you do love me or you're just obsessed with me. Either way your greed will coast you."

Sesshoumaru's growel caught his attention.

"Thats right Lord Sesshoumaru." He used the title to mock him. "Inuyasha loves me to, maybe more than you. Poor fool was helping me escape just like Kouga said. He brought be tools and maps. Everything I asked he got. But then you started poisoning his mind. You let him think it was Ok to disobey me. The hanyou stopped helping me." Naraku looked back at the pup. "I know you really wanted me to stay, you stopped trying to help a long time ago. You even tried to steal back the maps but I hid them well."

Naraku slapped Inuyasha hard across the face.

"How dare you. How dare you not listen to me. How dare you try to keep me here. How dare you try to enter me!" Naraku kicked him in the gut.

"Stop it" Sesshoumaru begged.

Inuyasha looked up at him with tears. "I just wanted us all to be happy and together. I love both of you. Sesshoumaru loved you too. I saw it in the way he looked at you. Why can't you love us back?"

Naraku paused. He was breathing deeply. He couldn't take it anymore, he was almost crying too. He wishes things could have been different. He was going to leave this place today. He had to kill them all. If he didn't they go after him.

"I never and will never love either of you. Don't you get it, I was using you. You're just a toy to me. It pathetic how easily you fell for my kind words."

Inuyasha looked broken. He turned towards his lover.

"I'm so sorry Sesshoumaru. I thought I could change him but I see now he can never love anyone but himself."

"I forgive you Inuyasha, I know you didn't mean for this to happen." Sesshouaru was crying now too.

Naraku left Inuyasha and walked towards the general. He grabbed a fist full of silver hair and dragged his head up.

"You're a fool, a weak fool. He betrays you and you forgive him like that. Are you that desperate for love that you beg for it from a worthless hanyou?"

"He's not worthless; he has more love and kindness in him than anyone I have ever met. I feel pity for you Naraku, you will never know what real love it."

Naraku let him go. He did know what real love was, he had felt it from them.

"What a perfect pair you two are. A fool and his toy." He walked over towards Kouga. He be the easiest to kill.

"Looks like the tables have turned now." He stomped on the other head. Kouga groaned.

"Did Kouga ever tell you how he tried to rape me? How he made my cousin kiss me. The sick bastard molested us together."

Smiling he lifted the ax above his head. "I'll kill you first."

"No" a shovel hit the back of his head.

Now on the floor he looked up to see Inuyasha's crying angry face. Slowly he feel into the darkness, wishing more than anything to be in the light again with the Inu's.

"You should have paid more attention when Sesshoumaru was teaching us how to make a good knot." Inuyash quickly untied the other two.

He expected Sesshoumaru yell or hit him but instead he hugged him tightly.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." Inuyasha cried.

"I know, I forgive you." Sesshoumaru never wanted to let him go again. He had almost loss the person he loved the most.

Kouga was rubbing his wrist. "I hate to break up this beautiful moment but what are you going to do with him?" He pointed to the knocked out prince.

"Please Sesshoumaru I know he did a bad thing but please don't hurt him." The hanyou begged.

"Why do you continue to protect him?"

"I don't know, maybe I love him too. I can't help the way I feel, I wish I could love only you but I can't."

"Inuyasha…." Sesshoumaru could only stare at him.

"Tell me do you really want to kill him?"

Sesshoumaru looked at the prince. No he didn't want to kill him. But the man was dangerous. "He will never love us. We may love him but he will use that against us." It was true, Sesshoumaru honestly believed he loved the cat too but what he did was unforgivable.

"Well…. I'm not sure about love but you can get him to be dependent on you." Kouga interjected.

Both of them looked at him.

"How?"

"My brother works in the uglier side of the army. The side that tortures the captives for information."

"Project C.A.T" Sesshoumaru whispered. It was one of the king's worse ideas. They take Spytra soldiers and torture them till they squeezed out all knowledge. Some were brained washed and turned into spys for them. Sesshoumaru wasn't sure what they did to them but somehow they turned Spytra soldiers into loyal Inu lap dogs that would betray their own country.

"Yea, that the one. I visited him at work once. I was shocked when I saw he had a Spytra fallowing him around on its knees. The cat would rub against his legs and purr when he was petted. He happily obeyed every order my brother gave him. He even asked my brother if he could…. Um….. Pleasure the guess."

Kouga blushed. That event was what developed his kink for spytra people.

"Anyways he showed me how they brain washed the cats. It's a mixture of Stockholm syndrome, solitude, abuse, hypnotics, and kindness. They made the cats so desperate for affection they do anything for it. After all the abuse they were put through a few kind words could get them to do anything."

Sesshoumaru looked at Inuyasha, than at Naraku.

"How long does it usually take?" Inuyasha asked. Sesshoumaru looked at him surprised.

"It's different for each person but the longest was a year but it might be longer since the people who preformed these terrible acts were professionals."

"Please Kouga, show us what we need to do." The hanyou asked him.

Kouga smiled showing his white fangs.

"Of course Inuyasha, I will gladly help you."

"I hope this works. I really don't want to kill him." Sesshoumaru whispered.