I got another bad review, so I must say that this will be my last chapter of the story. I refuse to have my work ridiculed by people. Ok, ok, I'm lying. I don't really give a damn if people don't like my work. I write because I enjoy it. If you don't like it...*shrug* oh well. No skin off my nose. Now, please enjoy!

Oh, this chapter is dedicated to lara5170!

Moonlight Rose

Chapter 26: Into His Mind

Her head hurt like hell. That was the first thing she thought. Kagome groaned as she opened her eyes. She saw nothing as it was dark both inside and outside of her room. What had happened? Kagome tried like hell to remember what happened before she passed out on her bed, but was coming up blank.

Naraku entered her bedroom with a small candle. "Hello my sweet."

Kagome groaned and rolled over.

"What is the matter?"

"My head hurts." She whined.

Naraku walked to Kagome and sat on the side of her bed after setting the candle on her dresser. He drew her into his arms and rested her head against his chest. He sensed her uneasy, but didn't think that it was because of him. What Naraku didn't know was that Kagome wasn't feeling the comfort he was trying to give to her.

"Dinner will be ready soon my love. I will leave you alone to freshen up." Naraku kissed her gently on her forehead and released her from his embrace.

As soon as Kagome was alone, memories flooded her mind too quick for her to function. Her breathing became heavy as the colorful pictures from last night came back into her mind. Kagome opened her eyes and remembered the conversation with the blue eyed woman who claimed to be her sister. She remembered that her name had been Setsuki, and that she had said that Naraku was not what he seemed.

Kagome blinked a couple of times before also remembering that Setsuki had said that she could talk to her at any time if she only concentrated. She pictured the woman's face that closely resembled her own with her eyes closed. -Some on...this has to work!- Kagome closed her eyes tighter and THERE!

-Setsuki?- Kagome called frantically in her mind.

-Yeah, I'm here. What is it?-

Kagome hesitated before answering. -...tell me everything about Naraku and who I am...why does he want me? Who the hell am I? And...am I going to die?-

Naraku wasn't happy, not at all. He felt that his attempt of comforting wasn't working as well as he'd wanted it to. When did he begin to lose his grip on her mind? Better yet...when did he lose his? When did he become infatuated with a human...a human miko?

Flashback

Naraku watched from the trees as the young futuristic miko climbed out of the passage between this era and the one she was from. He'd found himself drawn to watching her, like he had some sort of obsession. He couldn't control it. It was like, he sometimes found himself watching her wherever she was without knowing when he'd left his dark home.

"Ouch." She whined as she tripped and scraped her knee on a rock.

He watched as red liquid oozed from the open would, and it brought fire to his loins. He wanted to lick the blood up, and every single inch of her body. Naraku closed his eyes and took a long sniff, inhaling the sweet smell of her blood.

"You are pathetic Naraku." That cold, calculating voice came from behind him. It was a voice he knew too well.

Naraku let a throaty chuckle out as he hopped out of the tree, facing the woman who he'd thought he had done away with on numerous occasions. "To whom do I owe the pleasure of this visit?"

"Cut the talk Naraku." Kikyo notched a bow in her arrow as she had done on many visits before.

Naraku smiled. "Kikyo, are we really going to do this again?"

"No. This time I am going to kill you." Kikyo said with finality.

His smile never faltered. "Oh really?"

"Why do you want my reincarnation?"

"What do you mean?" Naraku was curious at the sudden hostility in the elder miko's voice.

"I see the longing in your eyes for her. The longing that used to be for me."

It was then that Naraku had understood. He knew why Kikyo never killed him; he knew why she always wanted to kill Inuyasha. "You yearn for me. The darkness in your heart has finally taken over, and now it draws you to me."

"You lie!" Kikyo spat.

Naraku chuckled again. "It is interesting, really. Nothing would have led me to this assumption..."

"Shutup!" Kikyo was livid. She released the arrow, but it didn't have nearly enough power to even scratch Naraku's being.

Naraku reached his hand up and caught the arrow before it made its purchase. "You are becoming a dark miko, and because you thought your heart to be so pure in your past life, you are now losing your powers. Well, no, they are not being lost...just...transferred...into your reincarnation."

"She doesn't deserve that!"

"And not only do you yearn for me, you are also jealous of her. You don't see why she should have the happiness that you so desire."

"She transformed into an inuyoukai."

Naraku nodded. "Yes, I witnessed that."

"Yet you still yearn for her to be yours. Why?"

"This I do not know myself, but if I did, I would not tell you anyway. Your business in this life it over, so you will leave me be."

Kikyo snorted, she could read his mind. "You'll never have her." With those words, she walked off.

End Flashback

What Naraku had said was true. He had watched Kagome in the mirror, and noticed that she was different. He had watched on in Kanna's mirror as she explained it to that mutt of a DaiYoukai. He had also watched as Saseko entered the castle, and knew that she could be used to aid his quest in getting the miko, and killing that damned dog. He still didn't know why he wanted the miko, but he no longer questioned it. It had been two years since the obsession began, and while he fought it at first, he now learned to accept it, and did nothing but embrace it. The picture of perfection in his mind at her being of pure light and his tainted soul aroused him in ways unimaginable.

"Naraku, that bitch child is awake again. Why can't we just kill her?" A nasally voice that he hadn't known long came from the hallway behind him.

"No. You will not touch his ward." Naraku said to her.

"When will I get Lord Sesshomaru? You promised that he would be my mate as long as I brought you the girl and the miko bitch." Saseko whined.

"Silence!" Naraku barked. He walked towards her. "You will not question me. You will do as I say, or I will end your life." Naraku grabbed her throat. "And you will not call Kagome a bitch again." His grip tightened. "I seem to recall her killing you for that very reason."

Saseko clawed at Naraku's hand to no avail. She wouldn't get free unless Naraku released her, which she hoped he did soon, or she wouldn't live much longer. Naraku's grip finally loosened, then disappeared altogether. Saseko fell to the ground, struggling for breath. "F-fo-for-for-forgive m-m-me Nar-Naraku." She choked out.

Naraku narrowed his eyes at her. "Bring me the child."

Saseko got up as quickly as she could to go retrieve the ward of the man she wanted to be her mate. She ran down the halls and entered a dimly lit room. Though there was barely any light, she could see just fine. A cage was sitting in the middle of the room and inside of it, a small figure was curled up on her side. "Come on bitch, Naraku wants you." Saseko grabbed Rin roughly by the arm, but Rin didn't utter a single sound of pain.

Rin was more or less dragged down a hallway to Naraku, without making a sound. Saseko threw Rin to her knees in front of Naraku.

"Well, well, well, Rin...what do we have here?" Naraku's voice was sinister as he smirked evilly at the girl.

Rin remained quiet, as she had after the second day she had been brought to this dreaded place. She had demanded to see Kagome, and to release them both, but her screams went unheard.

"Aren't you going to say something bitch?" Saseko asked her, raising her hand to strike her.

Rin didn't even flinch. All she said was, "You're both going to regret it when my lord gets here, and when Kagome-mama gets better. They're gonna make you pay."

Saseko laughed. "You poor little human bitch. Your lord is mine. He will mate me, and you will be long gone."

It was Rin's turn to laugh then. It was humorless, but a laugh nonetheless. "You are a funny demon."

"Why you little...!" Saseko stormed over to the brown eyed girl, prepared to end her pathetic little life.

"You will not strike her." Naraku said.

"What? Why n-..." Saseko cut her question short, she didn't want to get strangled again. "Yes Naraku."

"Good. Now little Rin, why don't you tell me what your precious Lord Sesshomaru values even more than you?"

Rin didn't answer.

"You're back to that not talking thing, huh?" Naraku was teasing her, knowing that there was nothing she could do about it.

Rin just sat there. Sesshomaru had told her that if she were ever to get kidnapped, she wasn't supposed to say anything.

Naraku was beginning to get bored, and this was getting him nowhere. "Make sure she is fed and give her water...clean water this time. It will do no good to have her ill when I make her watch me kill her beloved Lord Sesshomaru."

Rin couldn't help the next words that left her mouth, "The day you kill my lord is the day that hell freezes over, the day that evil will reign supreme, and the kami will walk this earth to rid the world of you." Rin chuckled bitterly. "But that will never happen, because you will never win Naraku. Remember that." Saseko dragged her out of the room.

Naraku was shocked, to say the least. He'd never heard the young girl speak so evilly, and he couldn't say that it didn't please him. Mayhap he would keep her alive after evil did indeed reign supreme, she would make a great daughter. Her loyalty reminded him of the miko. And he was sure he could break her, just as he was swaying the miko to his ways.

Kagome gasped and opened her eyes, her mind a swirling mass. But it wasn't the same as it had been mere hours ago. This time, she understood everything that was going on in her head, and before, she only had questions. Now, though, her questions were answered and she knew everything. Her only question now was, how the hell was she going to get out of this without getting herself of Rin harmed?

Ok, so this is a little late...by a few days in fact. Ummm...this chapter was meant to answer the questions that other people had about Saseko and Rin. They weren't gonna be in the story for a while, butI like this chapter, and I'm gonna go a slightly different direction with this, not that you guys knew that lol. Sooooo...hope you enjoyed, and please review! I'm gonna watch Family Guy and type a chapter for Teacher's Pet.

~KM705.M-san