Chapter 25

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The Southern Lord (Osamu) was a proud demon. Before Sesshomaru was born, Osamu and Inu no Taisho were close allies. Osamu leaned on Inu no Taisho when his mate took a lover. While not uncommon for males to have them, a female to take another was not acceptable and dishonored the alpha male. To make it worse, his ungrateful mate took a human lover.

Inu no Taisho helped cover for him so he could kill the human male for touching what was his. His mate was so upset with him she left. The South and West kept it hidden so no one would think the South weak. His mate came back decades later to do one thing and one thing only. She owed him a child. Once she went into heat they were given Kikoko. Osamu was so happy to have a beautiful pup. Most want males but he didn't care. He wanted a pup to carry on his title, he'd make whatever needed to be done happen so no one challenged her. The West and South agreed Sesshomaru and Kikoko would be mated.

When Kikoko was about 100 years her Mother took her away. Back to where she hid when she left the first time. Osamu was enraged. Seeking help from his trusted friend, he called upon Inu no Taisho to find his loyal friend refused to help. He was having problems with the North so Osamu understood and continued without him.

It took another century for the West and North to agree to a truce. It basically ended with they leave each other alone and no fighting would occur. With no leads Osamu again turned to his old friend to get help to find his daughter. Once again, he was told no. This time for another reason. Inu no Taisho couldn't come help due to his human lover. He claimed to be in love with the human and she was expecting his child. He wouldn't leave for something that "was Osamu's own fault."

Osamu couldn't do anything but seethe. If he attacked it would cause a war, the dragons were already causing trouble and he couldn't lose the West's support. After Inu no Taisho's death Osamu found his daughter after his mate came back when she ran out of financial support. Osamu made her take a life oath to never leave the lands for as long as he ruled them before he'd take her back. Wasting no time, Osamu planned to bring his daughter to the West to meet Sesshomaru.

Kikoko came back saying she thought he'd offer her a gift to court her but then he pushed her away. Osamu figured they were just young and would keep trying as they aged. When news of his mating ceremony to a miko came, he snapped. The west had disrespected the South for the last time.

His spies told him of the half-bread Naraku that wanted the Miko. He sent word to Naraku's last known location for him to meet to take down the miko and the West. Naraku freaked Osamu out. He was very creepy and something seemed off about him. He offered him a better deal then he would have hoped for. He'd help the South take down the West and all he asked for was the jewel and miko. He claimed he would play with the human before killing her while the South could rule both areas alone.

Osamu didn't understand that Naraku never played fair. Once the agreement was set Naraku took possession over Osamu. The whole possession took about a week. Slowly he took over his mind more and more until Osamu himself was stuck inside his own mind with no hope to get out. His beast was livid that they were both crammed into a small cage while Naraku was pulling the strings.

Getting the message from his daughter, hearing that she was about to die was enough to put the fight back in him. While he was pissed at Naraku, once again the West was to blame. Osamu would kill Sesshomaru, take the miko as a toy and make her suffer for everything. Naraku would be dealt with as planned and he'd make his bitch of a mate give him another pup. Either way, everything would end as soon as he saw the pair again.

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Kagome woke to the sound of dripping water. Not sure what to expect she pretended to be asleep still. She was cold and her head hurt, she could feel thick liquid over her face and in her hair. She figured it was her own blood, it would explain why her head hurt so much. She tried to call upon her powers to find them not there.

'What the hell' she thought in a panic.

Laughing Naraku saw the miko who made it her mission to foil his dreams finally wake up again.

"Aren't power drain chains amazing? No matter how strong the individual is the chains won't break. The only way to get them off is with the key." Naraku smirked when he saw her eyes open with fear.

She quickly sat up, regretting it as soon as she did when the room started to spin. She heard his disgusting voice laugh at her before it started to fade out.

The last thing she heard him say was "you're all alone now" before her head hit the rock floor hard.

The next time she woke up she could see a bit better. She was alone, in a small cell. She guessed she was in a dungeon of some sort with how cold and wet it was. There was a mat next to her stained black with things Kagome didn't want to think about. She heard movement to her left and quickly got ready to defend herself when a rat ran past her.

Screaming on the inside Kagome was terrified. She had no idea where she was or how she got her. Looking down at herself her kimono was torn to shreds, blood was tangled in her hair that she could see and her legs had bruises on them.

Hearing a door open she looked up and waited for Naraku to arrive. She was shocked when she came face to face with the Southern Lord.

"Hello pet, you're the one who killed my only daughter. Don't worry, the last thing I want to do is kill you. In fact, I bet you beg me to kill you by the time I'm done with you."

As he came closer Kagome felt her heart rate speed up, she was fighting the chains as hard as she could to get her powers to help her. She knew if he got ahold of her his threat would become reality.

Using her blood bond with Shippo, she sent him a message "I love you baby, I'm so sorry." Then she cut off their bond in order to keep him from hearing what was about to happen.