Kagome internally groaned in pain as the vile tentacles tightened around her. Her blue eyes were narrowed in hatred at the half demon who had caused so much havoc and pain. Many say Kagome does not posses the capability to hate someone, but when it came to this person, they were wrong.

His evil laughed echoed around them, and she refused to even flinch in pain as she was squeezed even farther. She wouldn't give this monster the satisfaction. His red eyes stared her down and she could see him becoming angry. She knew he got off on hurting others, but luckily Sesshomaru's training was coming in handy.

"Naraku." Kagome drawled, almost sounding bored. He scowled, brining the miko closer to him. She wished her feet were on the ground, but they weren't. They instead dangled and were useless. She refused to look down and see just how high they were.

Naraku had surprised them. Normally he would send his spies, and that would be how they knew when he was around, but instead he attacked straight on, with two others. Immediately one of his new reincarnations went for Kikyou, and InuYasha went after them. He had to protect Kikyou until his child was born.

The other reincarnation had went after Sango and Miroku. His strong suit was his speed and the duo were forced to climb om Kirara in an attempt to have a chance at battle. That left Kagome and Sesshomaru on their own. Naraku had been hiding all this time and the moment she raised her bow to attack the demon going after her sister, she was grabbed from behind and yanked away before any of the others could react. The last thing she saw was Sesshomaru tearing through the forest, chasing after them. And soon enough, she didn't even see that.

"Tell me, Miko," he started, his breath inches from her, making her fight the urge to gag. His smell was far worse than InuYasha's on a bad day. Just another reason to hate spiders. "How does it feel to see Kikyou and InuYasha everyday?"

Kagome said nothing. She knew he was fishing, wanting to see how badly she was broken over InuYasha's choice. He had no idea she was over him, and falling for the other brother. The tentacles wrapped tighter around her thighs, the other around her shoulders. She was unable to move at all. Her arms were bent and up trapped beneath the top tentacle and held there in a vice grip. To Naraku, she was defenseless. And if she weren't a miko, she would be.

However, she was a miko, and could escape at any time. She just didn't want to. She wanted to play her cards right. Sesshomaru explained that manipulation was a fighting tactic just as much as a sword was, and that was Kagome's plan. She wanted to see if she could figure out Naraku's thoughts, his own plan. If she did, she would have the upper hand.

"There is something different about you, woman." Naraku acknowledged, and Kagome smirked. She could see that the evil hanyou wasn't sure what to think of the way she was acting and it was throwing him off.

"What do you want?" she asked calmly. Her eyes never left him, but her ears did. She was listening for any sounds of her friends or any other enemies that may be about. She wouldn't let Naraku get the best of her. Not this time.

"What do I want?" he asked, his tone curious as he regarded her. "There are many things I crave."

At this he leaned forward, licking from her jaw to the bottom of her ear. She turned her face away, cutting her eyes towards him in a glare. She had no desire for this fool to touch her, let alone lick her. He chuckled at her reaction, glad he could get something from her. For a minute there, she reminded him of the lord of the west. That was an unsettling feeling.

"Why are you doing this? Why do you want the jewel so badly?" she asked, turning towards him once again as he backed away from her. Many theory's had been thrown around about his desire for the jewel, the most common being him wanting to be a full demon, but that's all they were. Theories

"The shikon no tama." He whispered, his eyes going far away for a moment. He turned back to her then, a wicked gleam in his eye. "It is a means to an end."

"And what is your end game?" she questioned. He was toying with her. She expected this. Sesshomaru had started teaching her ways to manipulate people, but they hadn't gotten very far. She wasn't doing very well at the moment and that was beginning to frustrate her.

"Tell me…" he paused, letting his finger run the same path his tongue had moments before. This time she didn't turn away. "If you had the jewel, what would you wish for?"

"Depends."

"On?" he asked, and shivered in disgust at just how close he was to her.

"The status of your life." She replied instantly and Naraku cocked his head to the side, a smile on his face.

"That smart mouth does things to me, ka-go-me." He breathed. In the next moment his lips were on hers, his tongue forcing her mouth open. She immediately bit down and hard, her mouth filling with blood as he let out a scream and pulled away from her. In his moment of shocked pain he loosened his grip on Kagome, allowing her to slip through his grasp and plummet to the earth below.

She landed with a thud that caused every part of her to hurt, but she stood on her feet, backing away from the now very angry demon. She didn't get far before she was slammed against a tree, a hand to her throat. She couldn't breathe. And she knew the demon before her knew that.

"You asked what I wanted?" he started, blood dripping from his mouth. "It's you Kagome. By time I am done, I will be the king of the world, and you will be my queen. The jewel will just bring you to my side that much sooner."

"Kagome!" InuYasha shouted and Naraku released her, letting her fall to the ground and gasping for air as the rest of her group gathered in front of her, putting a barrier between her and the retreating Naraku.

Inuyasha immediately noticed the blood on Kagome's mouth, and the smell it carried. The others could tell as well just what had happened between the evil hanyou and their Kagome, and none were too pleased.

"You bastard!" InuYasha yelled raising his sword and attacking immediately. Naraku waited until the last second to jump out of the way and disappearing into the shadows. His ghostly chuckle all that could be heard.

Kagome used an irate Sesshomaru to stand, his fur her only support. Her knees were weak and she knew she would have a bruise on her neck for awhile.

"Are you okay, Kagome?" Titan asked and she nodded, clearing her throat.

"I'm okay." Her voice was raspy and bruised and she wince at the pain as she spoke. One hand rested against her throat.

"What the hell happened wench. One minute you were there, the next you were gone!" InuYasha yelled and Kagome glared at him.

"He planed it that way. He distracted everyone else so he could get me alone." She explained, standing up straighter and groaning out as her muscles ached. She was really going to be hurting tomorrow. "And before you ask, I'm not sure why?"

"He kissed you." Sango stated, pointing to her own lip. Titan growled lowly as Kagome reached up and wiped the blood from her mouth.

"yea, but he wont do it again. I know why he wants the jewel, I'm just not sure how he'll use it." She admitted and all eyes looked towards her, waiting on her to finally answer one question they had all had. "He wants me. In his words, he will one day be king and I will be his queen."

…CBCH…

"SIT!" Kagome yelled, watching as InuYasha fell into his own crater. She sighed before kneeling down next to her friend. "I am just going home for a few days InuYasha. Titan is going to escort me to the well so I wont be unprotected."

"What the hell is that dog going to do?" InuYasha shouted, jumping up from his hole and Kagome just looked at him in exasperation.

"You ain't fuckin going!" InuYasha ordered and Kagome stood. She looked to Sango and Miroku saying her silent goodbyes and asking for help restraining the hanyou once she left. She understood his worry, but Naraku wouldn't attack yet so soon. It had only been a week. So she would be safe going to the well.

"Sit boy!" She stated with authority and immediately he slammed to the ground. As soon as she could she turned and left, leaving behind nothing but an assurance that she would be back in a few days.

Once far enough, her and Titan stopped running, her chuckling and his eyes holding amusement.

"He will be angry." Sesshomaru reminded and Kagome shrugged her shoulders.

"He's always angry. He'll probably follow me." She explained. Silence fell between them then. It was comfortable, nothing needed to be said. They were used to each others presence and its times like these Kagome realized just how much she was falling for the daiyouki.

Soon enough the well came into view and Kagome swallowed, hoping this went decently. She had no idea how Sesshomaru would react once she told him.

"This is my secret." She said, sitting on the edge of the well and patting it. He simply looked at her confused. "It would be easier for me to show you."

She took one last swallow before leaning backwards. She would slip through time. Then come back to explain what just happened. At least then Sesshomaru wouldn't think she was crazy. She had it all planned out. But sometimes plans don't work the way we want them to.

The moment she fell backwards into the well, three things happened that wasn't supposed to. Sesshomaru grabbed ahold of her hand, his teeth digging into flesh. It was his only way to protect her, to keep her from falling into the well. Next was the momentum that pulled Sesshomaru right into the well with her, causing them both to fall into its depths, and third was both Kagome and Sesshomaru entering into the time slip and disappearing from sight.

…CBCH…

Sorry it has taken so long. Life has pretty much gotten in the way. I hope you still enjoy.

Poll question: What color eyes do you have? I have brown, unless I have my contacts in. Then they are blue.