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Ruling Youkai
Chapter 6: Things To Remember
Sesshomaru stepped out of his room with a smirk. 'So she remembers me....'
He noticed a servant walking down the hall; when she stopped to bow low to him, he quickly looked her over. After all she was one of his better human servants... with short brown hair, and gray eyes. She appeared to be about the same age as the Miko,
"There is a woman in my room; unchain her, clothe her, give her a room, and some food if she so wishes." He dropped the keys in front of the girl and walked off.
The servant looked down at the keys, picked them up, and went into his room to do as he bid.
Sesshomaru went outside and headed towards the forest surrounding his home. By the time he reached the edge he had transformed into his true form, a giant, white dog that had similar markings on his fur. The large canine leapt off into the forest in search of a good hunt.
He had been running for over an hour, taking out a few small, insignificant youkai that thought they had a chance of defeating him in a fight.
Yet, he the moonlit night still held much to offer him from the adrenaline coursing through his veins . . . He would need to get some sleep tonight, though at the rate he was going he wouldn't get much, if any this night.
Suddenly a large, male bear youkai stepped out of the bushes a short distance in front of him. Sesshomaru pulled up to a halt in front of the bear.
Looking at the bear, as if judging him; Sesshomaru decided that if this youkai didn't want to kill him and take over his position, and if he could hold his own in a fight long enough, he might be useful.
After all, it was rare to find a full-blooded youkai that not only could morph into their true form, but still pose a considerable threat to the 'TRY' government; at this line of thought, Sesshoumaru recalled a particular youkai...a black stalllion...Ryo.
He shook his head briefly, now was not the time.
Changing back into his humanoid form, Sesshoumaru inclined for the bear to do so as well.
The bear youkai followed suit, also transforming into his human form. Though he was a bit shorter than Sesshomaru, he surely had more muscle mass to his body; shoulder length brown hair with flaxen streaks graced his strong features, and his eyes were quite unusual, even for a youkai; white irises and pupils while the rest of his eyes were black.
The bear youkai noticed who he had stopped and bowed slightly out of respect. But he still wanted a good fight. He wasn't going to back down, even if that fight was with the emperor of the world.
Sesshomaru inclined his head slightly, acknowledging the courtesy that was given him. "What is your business?" he asked the youkai calmly, although he could guess why he had been stopped.
"I am out looking for a good fight," he replied good-naturedly.
Sesshomaru was little shocked, even if the occurence was quite unusual; most of the others had flat out said they were taking over, this one just wanted a fight, or so he claimed.
The bow meant he knew who he was challenging.
"You know who I am?" he inquired.
The youkai nodded.
"And you still wish to fight?"
Once again he nodded.
"Tell me your name." he commanded.
"My name is Buraun Kuma, sir." the bear youkai said, bowing again.
Sesshomaru acknowledged this with a slight nod of his head just before he attacked; his claws readied for attack.
Kuma stood there, waiting for it. At the last possible second he stepped out of the way with incredible speed and made an attack of his own; striking Sesshomaru in the back, but no blood was drawn.
He wished not to injure the emperor.
Sesshomaru was startled at that idea; everyone wanted to kill him and take over his position . . . That got him thinking. 'He may be useful to me after all . . . I can use him. At least he can defend himself properly, and his speed is little faster than weak youkai . . .' Sesshomaru went over that idea while blocking attacks made by Kuma.
Sesshomaru made up his mind and went on the offensive once again; he struck Kuma in the stomach with a fist, so as to not do much damage, then he punched Kuma in the jaw, knocking him over onto the flat of his back.
"I suggest you stay there for a while." Sesshomaru told him coolly, while still thinking over his previous thoughts.
Then he nodded, as if coming to a decision. "I find myself in need of a loyal ally and you seem to be what I am looking for." Sesshomaru told him. "Interested?"
Kuma looked at him, curiosity showing plainly in his eyes. "And what would this ally of yours do?" Kuma asked, considering the offer.
"If you accept, you will find out." Sesshomaru told him quite plainly.
Kuma seemed to think this information over for a while. He had already heard of the humans attack that occurred earlier that day. He'd also heard rumors that the leader of the humans, a miko, he thought, had gone straight to the dais, to attack the leaders, including Sesshomaru; vaguely remembering something about the miko being auctioned off, but all that wasn't his concern, things like that never were.
"I suggest you decide quickly. I am not in a waiting mood." Sesshomaru growled out at him, not in anger, but more to have him hurry, he had other things to do besides standing idly before the pale moon.
Kuma looked up at him, seeming to make his decision in that glance. He then stood up rather gracefully, bowed low to Sesshomaru, and then spoke to him while he was still bent over. "I am highly honored by the privilege that you give me, Sesshomaru-sama." he said in an extremely reverent tone.
"Good. Then follow me and try to keep up." Sesshomaru ordered, breaking into a run, transforming into his true form in graceful, fluid strides; taking off towards his home.
Meanwhile, back at the castle, Kagome had been unchained and clothed.
It had taken a while to get her something that she liked, nearly an hour; now she was dressed, still in Sesshomaru's room, waiting for the servant, who had introduced herself as Koshimoto, to return with some food.
She was dressed in tight but stretchy, black pants with a wrap around skirt over them. She also had on a tank top with wide shoulder straps made of the same material. She had chosen many outfits similar to the one she wore and also a few elegant kimonos; despite their out-of-date fashion, they reminded Kagome of happier times...despite how dangerous they had been...
She was standing over by the window turning her back upon the wondrous hills of untouched green and wood; she heard the shoji door slide open.
Turning around, expecting to see Koshimoto there with a tray off food; what she saw, surprised her greatly.
There in the doorway stood the demon that had killed Ryo, and somehow he had managed to get the arm back that she had purified, or in other terms...disintergrated.
"Can I help you with something?" Kagome asked him tightly.
He said nothing, but continued to lean against the doorway and stare at her with a look that she didn't particularly like; assuming he was looking for Sesshomaru, or at least hoping he was, she spoke to him again, "If you are looking for the Emperor, then he isn't here. I don't know where he went, and I don't know when he'll be back." she explained.
"Good, then we won't be interrupted." He said with a sneer clouding over his otherwise, handsome face.
'What is he talking...' Kagome thought and then trailed off, suddenly realizing what he meant, not liking it at all.
She held her ground, not wanting to show fear.
Youkai somehow found twisted enjoyment in others fear, especially human fear... Besides, she was still furious at him for murdering Ryo.
He stood then, no longer leaning on the doorway, he started walking slowly towards her, coming closer, she realized what that look was, or at least what it looked like to her. The closest thing she could think of was lust to describe it and that realization wasn't comforting to her.
Kagome decided to try and distract him.
"Would you like some tea?" she asked, keeping all emotion out of her voice, but she was sure he could smell some of the fear she felt radiating off of her.
"There isn't any tea in here." He replied, while still advancing on her, the lust and desire in his eyes becoming more and more evident with each step.
"Well of course there isn't. The servant went to get some, she'll be back in a minute. Then there will be tea here to drink." She explained. 'Great, Kag. Sound like a rambling idiot, why don't you.' she mentally berated herself.
"Why should I wait to have something later, when I can have something much more interesting now." He said, leaping at her hoping to catch her and be able to have some fun before Sesshomaru showed up.
Just as he lunged for her, Kagome sidestepped him, clear out of the way, just barely being missed by his claws, which he had extended some when he realized she was going to get away. Kagome tried to hit him, but he dodged her attack just as easily while again swiping out with his claws, hoping to catch her with one and slow her down some.
No such luck.
Kagome back flipped out of the way while still keeping an eye on her adversary as best she could.
She noticed he was doing something strange, it seemed to her that he was casting some kind of spell.
While she was distracted, thinking about what this youkai could be casting a spell for, he made a lunge for her and grabbed both her hands in his just as he finished the spell.
She tried to use her Miko powers to get him to let go only to realize that she couldn't access them. Kagome looked up at the demon named Naraku with a quizzical look in her eyes for two reasons; the first reason was she was wondering who he was, it could be possible that this was the same Naraku that she fought for the Shikon no Tama; the other reason was she was worried as to why she couldn't use her purifying powers.
Then it hit to her like a semi-truck going eighty.... That's what the spell was for, he had been playing with her until it was safe for him to touch her and have her be practically defenseless against him.
"What have you done to me?" she hissed.
"Do you like it? I have sealed your powers away so that you can not use them against me... Unfortunately, the spell is only temporary, but it will last long enough for me to do what I wish." He told her, pulling a length of rope out of a pocket somewhere on his being.
He tied her hands together and then tied them to the bed so that she was standing up with her hands stretched over her head; she struggled uselessly, her mounting fear doing nothing but further distracting her.
"This will be fun. Your struggling will only make it better." he spoke then as an afterthought, he added,"For me, anyway."
She braced herself on the rope and then raised one leg to kick at him, which he batted away like a fly.
This wasn't good, her fighting skills...all of them...every single training session she'd ever been put through, all the times of blood and sweat she'd endured to fight bastards like him, was now useless...why...? Simply because of a dirty trick and her fear!
Damnit! She wasn't supposed to go down like this! Not like this! Never like this!
"I am really going to enjoy this wench." Naraku said, and then with a swipe of his claws, the front of her shirt was reduced to tatters. Taking a step towards her and she tried to kick him again.
'Maybe I can keep him away long enough for Sesshomaru to get back.... He'll help me... I hope.' She thought while still kicking at him fiercely.
He got right up close to her and kissed her fully on the lips, forcing his tongue in her mouth; trapping her legs with his to block her kicks, her hands were bound, her powers subdued for the time being, and Naraku thought the human in front of him was defenseless.
He was wrong, horribly wrong.
Almost as soon as his tongue forced its way into her mouth, she bit down, hard and refused to let go; she drew blood and at least caused him a small measure of pain; and possibly death; she'd read it somewhere...of biting the tongue...and you'd bleed to death.
Upon releasing his tongue, he backed away, out of the range of her legs as well, swearing profusely at her. "You stupid bitch! What the hell! You'll regret such insolence!." He yelled at her.
Striding up to her, he backhanded Kagome across the face. "You insolent bitch! You will not get the opportunity to even try that again!" He growled.
She smirked at him. "Does that mean you'll let me go?" She said in a haughty voice.
"No, not at all. It means just the opposite." he sneered at her.
He then bent down and took one of her nipples in his mouth and started to suck. Just when it when it was starting to get to her, he bit down, drawing blood. He did not stop with that just once, Naraku moved to a different spot and repeated the process over and over again.
Each time she just bit her lip, not wanting to give him the satisfaction of hearing her scream, although he could almost smell the pain that he knew he had inflicted upon her. He knew it had to be painful, she was a human after all and the bite marks were rather vicious looking. He could also smell the salt tears forming in her eyes and trailing down her cheek. He smirked at that, but decided that he should probably continue before Sesshomaru decided to come back.
'No!!' Kagome screamed at herself wildly; she couldn't let him see her cry! Never! Never, never, never! She couldn't cry! She couldn't!
Sesshomaru and Kuma were almost back to the castle, he was little grateful to be so near his home, more or less concerned with leaving Naraku alone...and unsupervised... Finally tired enough that he felt he could sleep once again. And with that idea still floating in his mind, he sped up a bit so he could reach his home all the faster.
As they walked through the door, Sesshomaru told Kuma that one of the human servants would give him a room, bath, and food; and then they continued towards Sesshomaru's room.
As they made their way through the halls and got closer to Sesshomaru's room, he caught scent of Naraku nearby, but thought nothing of it.
They were close to Naraku's rooms anyway; But as they drew closer, Sesshomaru realized Naraku's scent was coming from his own room, not the room Naraku was supposed to inhabit.
He could also tell that Kagome was still in the close vicinity of his rooms and was probably, in fact, still in his room. Then another scent came to his nose that slightly disturbed him; blood, his brother's wench's blood.
Quickening his pace to reach them before anything happened in his room, Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed in fury; it was bad enough he was going to have to try and sleep with her blood scent filling the room... he didn't want THAT scent in there as well.
Especially if it was from Naraku and that human.
Sesshomaru had broke into a run sometime during his thinking. Coming to a stop before his front door to his bedchamber, he slid open the shoji door and was very displeased at the sight that greeted him.
The bitch was tied so that her arms were stretched above her head, the front of her shirt was in shreds, and Naraku stood in front of her with his mouth on one of her breast's, biting hard and drawing blood.
For a second he was impressed that she hadn't screamed yet, but instantly shook that feeling off to deal with Naraku.
He motioned for Kuma to follow him and stay quiet, which he complied easily enough despite the clear look of disapproval and disguist upon his face. Stepping into the room he was remotely surprised to find that Naraku still had not sensed him.
He also saw that the girl had her eyes shut and was biting her lip to keep from screaming. 'Odd,' he thought. 'With her abilities she should have sensed me by now.' He didn't think on it for very long, because he had arrived within an arms reach of Naraku and the miko.
"Naraku, I never thought you would stoop so low as to rape a human, let alone someone ELSE'S human." Sesshomaru said in a reproachful tone.
That got his attention, silently cursing himself for being too distracted to notice Sesshomaru enter the vicinity; he turned around to face the emperor.
"Gomennasai, my lord." Naraku said as he bowed down low with one knee on the floor.
It had also caught Kagome's attention, she glanced at him for barely a second to confirm that it was indeed Sesshomaru there and then she turned her head away from him. She was embarrassed that he had found her in such a weak position.
She should have been able to keep him away. She should have tried to use her abilities sooner, but he had not really given her a need to; next time, she would not be so slow.
Sesshomaru let a barely audible snort loose at Naraku's actions and words; he didn't believe Naraku for a second, but said nothing. Instead, he reached over his clawed hand and with a flick of his wrist, cut the rope that was holding Kagome's hands.
Kagome fell towards the ground, swiftly regaining her balance and senses, she then wrapped her arms protectively around her chest, shielding her breasts from the three men's gazes.
Kagome did a double take. 'Wait... three. There isn't supposed to be three...' But when she looked at them to gauge them, there stood another male youkai flanking Sesshomaru's right, 'I wonder who he is....' Kagome thought, while she studied the new youkai briefly.
Sesshomaru was content to let Naraku kneel before him for a time, but finally he got sick of his scent. "Get up and leave my room now." Sesshomaru ordered.
Naraku looked up at him with false humility and gratification on his face. "As you wish, my lord." With that he stood up, bowed from the waist, and left for his room to nurse his pride.
"What are you doing still in my room, wench?" Sesshomaru inquired none too happily.
"Gomennasai," Kagome spoke through clenched teeth; 'I had neerly been raped and he has the gall to be an ass!', "I was waiting for Koshimoto to come back with some food. She was going to take the food, clothes, and myself there all at once, instead of taking several trips." Kagome explained, with a slight bow at the waist, unintentionally giving both of the males an eyeful of cleavage if they wished to look.
That was when Kuma decided to speak up. "Quite a pretty little bed warmer you have there, my lord." He commented, stepping closer to her; when he got within an arms length, he reached out his arm and tried to grab her arm away from its protective position over her chest.
Through all that she stayed quiet still until he succeeded in removing one of her arms from its place. She jerked away from him, but stayed within reach, and replaced the arm to its spot. Then she surprised them both by jumping up and doing a perfect roundhouse kick, hitting Kuma in the back of the head.
She landed in a crouch and somehow managed to keep her arms protectively wrapped around her chest. After she stood back up she looked him defiantly in the eye and glared at him.
"I am NOT a bed warmer." The young miko ground out at him with an ice cold edge to her voice.
"Do you understand that?" Her temper flared and so did her power. 'I guess the spell wore off... Good, now I can protect myself....' she thought with an internal smirk.
He growled at her, sounding very much like a bear, before lunging at her, looking rather...mad.
Sesshomaru stepped between the two, smirking mentally.
His intervention got Kuma to halt his attack.
"Please do not injure my property, Kuma." Sesshomaru spoke. And even though he said please, they all knew it was a mere formality and held no real meaning.
What Sesshomaru had spoke was more of a command than a request.
Kuma looked about to protest, but then remembered who he was talking to and submitted. "Yes, my lord. But may I ask why you allowed such a blatantly disrespectful act to take place, by a ningen?" Kuma inquired respectfully, but still curious as to why the emperor had not disciplined the human for her actions himself.
"No, you may not. Just know that my reason's are my own." Sesshomaru told him.
He then turned to the still glaring miko and quirked an eyebrow at the fact that she had not changed shirts yet.
Kagome saw where his line of view was and spared herself a glance, she then had the decency to blush a little. Walking over to the pile of clothes she shed the shredded tank top, then grabbed a shirt off the top of the pile and noticed it to be a black spaghetti strap, tank top.
She blushed a little more, but decided it was better than what she had on right now. She had picked it out to sleep in but it would do until she got shown to her new room. So with a sigh, she put the garment on.
After she pulled the shirt on, there was a light knock at the door. Kagome decided to at least act the part of a servant for now since Sesshomaru had stopped Naraku. Walking over to the door; mulling a few things over in her mind, she shuddered just from the thought of what he had wanted to do and decided that it was most likely the same Naraku that had coveted the Shikon no Tama so greatly in the past...but if that were true...then wouldn't he be...?
When she got to the shoji door, she slid it open to reveal Koshimoto loaded down with a large tray and much food.
"Why did you bring so much?" Kagome questioned while taking the tray from her and walking over towards the low table to set it down.
Koshimoto walked into the room and noticed that Sesshomaru was standing there along with another youkai, she stopped in her path, to bow to Sesshomaru.
He nodded his head and she got up and finished following Kagome.
"I brought so much because it is almost breakfast time and I figured my lord, the emperor, would be hungry as well." She said with a quick glance at Sesshomaru.
Kagome looked at all the food and then at Sesshomaru. "Hungry?" She asked with a small smile gracing her lips.
Sesshomaru said nothing, but made his way over to where the food was and sat down, waiting to be served. When Koshimoto moved to serve him, he stopped her. "No. Kagome will do it, you may leave." Sesshoumaru spoke to the servant, properly disimissing her; turning to Kuma he then spoke, "Kuma, come, sit and eat breakfast."
Sesshomaru gave orders to everyone in the room in less than two minutes and no one argued.
Koshimoto left after a quick bow, Kuma joined them at the low table, and Kagome glared at Sesshomaru. When Sesshomaru looked back at her, she could see, for just a moment, a glimmer of mirth dancing in his eyes.
She sighed and reluctantly served them all breakfast. After all three had been served, they settled down to their individual meals and thoughts.
-What do you guys think? Me, i liked it. :) Sorry that I didn't send you the revised version crash, I was to tired to toss the chapter back and forth ya'know? later-
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Ruling Youkai
Chapter 6: Things To Remember
Sesshomaru stepped out of his room with a smirk. 'So she remembers me....'
He noticed a servant walking down the hall; when she stopped to bow low to him, he quickly looked her over. After all she was one of his better human servants... with short brown hair, and gray eyes. She appeared to be about the same age as the Miko,
"There is a woman in my room; unchain her, clothe her, give her a room, and some food if she so wishes." He dropped the keys in front of the girl and walked off.
The servant looked down at the keys, picked them up, and went into his room to do as he bid.
Sesshomaru went outside and headed towards the forest surrounding his home. By the time he reached the edge he had transformed into his true form, a giant, white dog that had similar markings on his fur. The large canine leapt off into the forest in search of a good hunt.
He had been running for over an hour, taking out a few small, insignificant youkai that thought they had a chance of defeating him in a fight.
Yet, he the moonlit night still held much to offer him from the adrenaline coursing through his veins . . . He would need to get some sleep tonight, though at the rate he was going he wouldn't get much, if any this night.
Suddenly a large, male bear youkai stepped out of the bushes a short distance in front of him. Sesshomaru pulled up to a halt in front of the bear.
Looking at the bear, as if judging him; Sesshomaru decided that if this youkai didn't want to kill him and take over his position, and if he could hold his own in a fight long enough, he might be useful.
After all, it was rare to find a full-blooded youkai that not only could morph into their true form, but still pose a considerable threat to the 'TRY' government; at this line of thought, Sesshoumaru recalled a particular youkai...a black stalllion...Ryo.
He shook his head briefly, now was not the time.
Changing back into his humanoid form, Sesshoumaru inclined for the bear to do so as well.
The bear youkai followed suit, also transforming into his human form. Though he was a bit shorter than Sesshomaru, he surely had more muscle mass to his body; shoulder length brown hair with flaxen streaks graced his strong features, and his eyes were quite unusual, even for a youkai; white irises and pupils while the rest of his eyes were black.
The bear youkai noticed who he had stopped and bowed slightly out of respect. But he still wanted a good fight. He wasn't going to back down, even if that fight was with the emperor of the world.
Sesshomaru inclined his head slightly, acknowledging the courtesy that was given him. "What is your business?" he asked the youkai calmly, although he could guess why he had been stopped.
"I am out looking for a good fight," he replied good-naturedly.
Sesshomaru was little shocked, even if the occurence was quite unusual; most of the others had flat out said they were taking over, this one just wanted a fight, or so he claimed.
The bow meant he knew who he was challenging.
"You know who I am?" he inquired.
The youkai nodded.
"And you still wish to fight?"
Once again he nodded.
"Tell me your name." he commanded.
"My name is Buraun Kuma, sir." the bear youkai said, bowing again.
Sesshomaru acknowledged this with a slight nod of his head just before he attacked; his claws readied for attack.
Kuma stood there, waiting for it. At the last possible second he stepped out of the way with incredible speed and made an attack of his own; striking Sesshomaru in the back, but no blood was drawn.
He wished not to injure the emperor.
Sesshomaru was startled at that idea; everyone wanted to kill him and take over his position . . . That got him thinking. 'He may be useful to me after all . . . I can use him. At least he can defend himself properly, and his speed is little faster than weak youkai . . .' Sesshomaru went over that idea while blocking attacks made by Kuma.
Sesshomaru made up his mind and went on the offensive once again; he struck Kuma in the stomach with a fist, so as to not do much damage, then he punched Kuma in the jaw, knocking him over onto the flat of his back.
"I suggest you stay there for a while." Sesshomaru told him coolly, while still thinking over his previous thoughts.
Then he nodded, as if coming to a decision. "I find myself in need of a loyal ally and you seem to be what I am looking for." Sesshomaru told him. "Interested?"
Kuma looked at him, curiosity showing plainly in his eyes. "And what would this ally of yours do?" Kuma asked, considering the offer.
"If you accept, you will find out." Sesshomaru told him quite plainly.
Kuma seemed to think this information over for a while. He had already heard of the humans attack that occurred earlier that day. He'd also heard rumors that the leader of the humans, a miko, he thought, had gone straight to the dais, to attack the leaders, including Sesshomaru; vaguely remembering something about the miko being auctioned off, but all that wasn't his concern, things like that never were.
"I suggest you decide quickly. I am not in a waiting mood." Sesshomaru growled out at him, not in anger, but more to have him hurry, he had other things to do besides standing idly before the pale moon.
Kuma looked up at him, seeming to make his decision in that glance. He then stood up rather gracefully, bowed low to Sesshomaru, and then spoke to him while he was still bent over. "I am highly honored by the privilege that you give me, Sesshomaru-sama." he said in an extremely reverent tone.
"Good. Then follow me and try to keep up." Sesshomaru ordered, breaking into a run, transforming into his true form in graceful, fluid strides; taking off towards his home.
Meanwhile, back at the castle, Kagome had been unchained and clothed.
It had taken a while to get her something that she liked, nearly an hour; now she was dressed, still in Sesshomaru's room, waiting for the servant, who had introduced herself as Koshimoto, to return with some food.
She was dressed in tight but stretchy, black pants with a wrap around skirt over them. She also had on a tank top with wide shoulder straps made of the same material. She had chosen many outfits similar to the one she wore and also a few elegant kimonos; despite their out-of-date fashion, they reminded Kagome of happier times...despite how dangerous they had been...
She was standing over by the window turning her back upon the wondrous hills of untouched green and wood; she heard the shoji door slide open.
Turning around, expecting to see Koshimoto there with a tray off food; what she saw, surprised her greatly.
There in the doorway stood the demon that had killed Ryo, and somehow he had managed to get the arm back that she had purified, or in other terms...disintergrated.
"Can I help you with something?" Kagome asked him tightly.
He said nothing, but continued to lean against the doorway and stare at her with a look that she didn't particularly like; assuming he was looking for Sesshomaru, or at least hoping he was, she spoke to him again, "If you are looking for the Emperor, then he isn't here. I don't know where he went, and I don't know when he'll be back." she explained.
"Good, then we won't be interrupted." He said with a sneer clouding over his otherwise, handsome face.
'What is he talking...' Kagome thought and then trailed off, suddenly realizing what he meant, not liking it at all.
She held her ground, not wanting to show fear.
Youkai somehow found twisted enjoyment in others fear, especially human fear... Besides, she was still furious at him for murdering Ryo.
He stood then, no longer leaning on the doorway, he started walking slowly towards her, coming closer, she realized what that look was, or at least what it looked like to her. The closest thing she could think of was lust to describe it and that realization wasn't comforting to her.
Kagome decided to try and distract him.
"Would you like some tea?" she asked, keeping all emotion out of her voice, but she was sure he could smell some of the fear she felt radiating off of her.
"There isn't any tea in here." He replied, while still advancing on her, the lust and desire in his eyes becoming more and more evident with each step.
"Well of course there isn't. The servant went to get some, she'll be back in a minute. Then there will be tea here to drink." She explained. 'Great, Kag. Sound like a rambling idiot, why don't you.' she mentally berated herself.
"Why should I wait to have something later, when I can have something much more interesting now." He said, leaping at her hoping to catch her and be able to have some fun before Sesshomaru showed up.
Just as he lunged for her, Kagome sidestepped him, clear out of the way, just barely being missed by his claws, which he had extended some when he realized she was going to get away. Kagome tried to hit him, but he dodged her attack just as easily while again swiping out with his claws, hoping to catch her with one and slow her down some.
No such luck.
Kagome back flipped out of the way while still keeping an eye on her adversary as best she could.
She noticed he was doing something strange, it seemed to her that he was casting some kind of spell.
While she was distracted, thinking about what this youkai could be casting a spell for, he made a lunge for her and grabbed both her hands in his just as he finished the spell.
She tried to use her Miko powers to get him to let go only to realize that she couldn't access them. Kagome looked up at the demon named Naraku with a quizzical look in her eyes for two reasons; the first reason was she was wondering who he was, it could be possible that this was the same Naraku that she fought for the Shikon no Tama; the other reason was she was worried as to why she couldn't use her purifying powers.
Then it hit to her like a semi-truck going eighty.... That's what the spell was for, he had been playing with her until it was safe for him to touch her and have her be practically defenseless against him.
"What have you done to me?" she hissed.
"Do you like it? I have sealed your powers away so that you can not use them against me... Unfortunately, the spell is only temporary, but it will last long enough for me to do what I wish." He told her, pulling a length of rope out of a pocket somewhere on his being.
He tied her hands together and then tied them to the bed so that she was standing up with her hands stretched over her head; she struggled uselessly, her mounting fear doing nothing but further distracting her.
"This will be fun. Your struggling will only make it better." he spoke then as an afterthought, he added,"For me, anyway."
She braced herself on the rope and then raised one leg to kick at him, which he batted away like a fly.
This wasn't good, her fighting skills...all of them...every single training session she'd ever been put through, all the times of blood and sweat she'd endured to fight bastards like him, was now useless...why...? Simply because of a dirty trick and her fear!
Damnit! She wasn't supposed to go down like this! Not like this! Never like this!
"I am really going to enjoy this wench." Naraku said, and then with a swipe of his claws, the front of her shirt was reduced to tatters. Taking a step towards her and she tried to kick him again.
'Maybe I can keep him away long enough for Sesshomaru to get back.... He'll help me... I hope.' She thought while still kicking at him fiercely.
He got right up close to her and kissed her fully on the lips, forcing his tongue in her mouth; trapping her legs with his to block her kicks, her hands were bound, her powers subdued for the time being, and Naraku thought the human in front of him was defenseless.
He was wrong, horribly wrong.
Almost as soon as his tongue forced its way into her mouth, she bit down, hard and refused to let go; she drew blood and at least caused him a small measure of pain; and possibly death; she'd read it somewhere...of biting the tongue...and you'd bleed to death.
Upon releasing his tongue, he backed away, out of the range of her legs as well, swearing profusely at her. "You stupid bitch! What the hell! You'll regret such insolence!." He yelled at her.
Striding up to her, he backhanded Kagome across the face. "You insolent bitch! You will not get the opportunity to even try that again!" He growled.
She smirked at him. "Does that mean you'll let me go?" She said in a haughty voice.
"No, not at all. It means just the opposite." he sneered at her.
He then bent down and took one of her nipples in his mouth and started to suck. Just when it when it was starting to get to her, he bit down, drawing blood. He did not stop with that just once, Naraku moved to a different spot and repeated the process over and over again.
Each time she just bit her lip, not wanting to give him the satisfaction of hearing her scream, although he could almost smell the pain that he knew he had inflicted upon her. He knew it had to be painful, she was a human after all and the bite marks were rather vicious looking. He could also smell the salt tears forming in her eyes and trailing down her cheek. He smirked at that, but decided that he should probably continue before Sesshomaru decided to come back.
'No!!' Kagome screamed at herself wildly; she couldn't let him see her cry! Never! Never, never, never! She couldn't cry! She couldn't!
Sesshomaru and Kuma were almost back to the castle, he was little grateful to be so near his home, more or less concerned with leaving Naraku alone...and unsupervised... Finally tired enough that he felt he could sleep once again. And with that idea still floating in his mind, he sped up a bit so he could reach his home all the faster.
As they walked through the door, Sesshomaru told Kuma that one of the human servants would give him a room, bath, and food; and then they continued towards Sesshomaru's room.
As they made their way through the halls and got closer to Sesshomaru's room, he caught scent of Naraku nearby, but thought nothing of it.
They were close to Naraku's rooms anyway; But as they drew closer, Sesshomaru realized Naraku's scent was coming from his own room, not the room Naraku was supposed to inhabit.
He could also tell that Kagome was still in the close vicinity of his rooms and was probably, in fact, still in his room. Then another scent came to his nose that slightly disturbed him; blood, his brother's wench's blood.
Quickening his pace to reach them before anything happened in his room, Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed in fury; it was bad enough he was going to have to try and sleep with her blood scent filling the room... he didn't want THAT scent in there as well.
Especially if it was from Naraku and that human.
Sesshomaru had broke into a run sometime during his thinking. Coming to a stop before his front door to his bedchamber, he slid open the shoji door and was very displeased at the sight that greeted him.
The bitch was tied so that her arms were stretched above her head, the front of her shirt was in shreds, and Naraku stood in front of her with his mouth on one of her breast's, biting hard and drawing blood.
For a second he was impressed that she hadn't screamed yet, but instantly shook that feeling off to deal with Naraku.
He motioned for Kuma to follow him and stay quiet, which he complied easily enough despite the clear look of disapproval and disguist upon his face. Stepping into the room he was remotely surprised to find that Naraku still had not sensed him.
He also saw that the girl had her eyes shut and was biting her lip to keep from screaming. 'Odd,' he thought. 'With her abilities she should have sensed me by now.' He didn't think on it for very long, because he had arrived within an arms reach of Naraku and the miko.
"Naraku, I never thought you would stoop so low as to rape a human, let alone someone ELSE'S human." Sesshomaru said in a reproachful tone.
That got his attention, silently cursing himself for being too distracted to notice Sesshomaru enter the vicinity; he turned around to face the emperor.
"Gomennasai, my lord." Naraku said as he bowed down low with one knee on the floor.
It had also caught Kagome's attention, she glanced at him for barely a second to confirm that it was indeed Sesshomaru there and then she turned her head away from him. She was embarrassed that he had found her in such a weak position.
She should have been able to keep him away. She should have tried to use her abilities sooner, but he had not really given her a need to; next time, she would not be so slow.
Sesshomaru let a barely audible snort loose at Naraku's actions and words; he didn't believe Naraku for a second, but said nothing. Instead, he reached over his clawed hand and with a flick of his wrist, cut the rope that was holding Kagome's hands.
Kagome fell towards the ground, swiftly regaining her balance and senses, she then wrapped her arms protectively around her chest, shielding her breasts from the three men's gazes.
Kagome did a double take. 'Wait... three. There isn't supposed to be three...' But when she looked at them to gauge them, there stood another male youkai flanking Sesshomaru's right, 'I wonder who he is....' Kagome thought, while she studied the new youkai briefly.
Sesshomaru was content to let Naraku kneel before him for a time, but finally he got sick of his scent. "Get up and leave my room now." Sesshomaru ordered.
Naraku looked up at him with false humility and gratification on his face. "As you wish, my lord." With that he stood up, bowed from the waist, and left for his room to nurse his pride.
"What are you doing still in my room, wench?" Sesshomaru inquired none too happily.
"Gomennasai," Kagome spoke through clenched teeth; 'I had neerly been raped and he has the gall to be an ass!', "I was waiting for Koshimoto to come back with some food. She was going to take the food, clothes, and myself there all at once, instead of taking several trips." Kagome explained, with a slight bow at the waist, unintentionally giving both of the males an eyeful of cleavage if they wished to look.
That was when Kuma decided to speak up. "Quite a pretty little bed warmer you have there, my lord." He commented, stepping closer to her; when he got within an arms length, he reached out his arm and tried to grab her arm away from its protective position over her chest.
Through all that she stayed quiet still until he succeeded in removing one of her arms from its place. She jerked away from him, but stayed within reach, and replaced the arm to its spot. Then she surprised them both by jumping up and doing a perfect roundhouse kick, hitting Kuma in the back of the head.
She landed in a crouch and somehow managed to keep her arms protectively wrapped around her chest. After she stood back up she looked him defiantly in the eye and glared at him.
"I am NOT a bed warmer." The young miko ground out at him with an ice cold edge to her voice.
"Do you understand that?" Her temper flared and so did her power. 'I guess the spell wore off... Good, now I can protect myself....' she thought with an internal smirk.
He growled at her, sounding very much like a bear, before lunging at her, looking rather...mad.
Sesshomaru stepped between the two, smirking mentally.
His intervention got Kuma to halt his attack.
"Please do not injure my property, Kuma." Sesshomaru spoke. And even though he said please, they all knew it was a mere formality and held no real meaning.
What Sesshomaru had spoke was more of a command than a request.
Kuma looked about to protest, but then remembered who he was talking to and submitted. "Yes, my lord. But may I ask why you allowed such a blatantly disrespectful act to take place, by a ningen?" Kuma inquired respectfully, but still curious as to why the emperor had not disciplined the human for her actions himself.
"No, you may not. Just know that my reason's are my own." Sesshomaru told him.
He then turned to the still glaring miko and quirked an eyebrow at the fact that she had not changed shirts yet.
Kagome saw where his line of view was and spared herself a glance, she then had the decency to blush a little. Walking over to the pile of clothes she shed the shredded tank top, then grabbed a shirt off the top of the pile and noticed it to be a black spaghetti strap, tank top.
She blushed a little more, but decided it was better than what she had on right now. She had picked it out to sleep in but it would do until she got shown to her new room. So with a sigh, she put the garment on.
After she pulled the shirt on, there was a light knock at the door. Kagome decided to at least act the part of a servant for now since Sesshomaru had stopped Naraku. Walking over to the door; mulling a few things over in her mind, she shuddered just from the thought of what he had wanted to do and decided that it was most likely the same Naraku that had coveted the Shikon no Tama so greatly in the past...but if that were true...then wouldn't he be...?
When she got to the shoji door, she slid it open to reveal Koshimoto loaded down with a large tray and much food.
"Why did you bring so much?" Kagome questioned while taking the tray from her and walking over towards the low table to set it down.
Koshimoto walked into the room and noticed that Sesshomaru was standing there along with another youkai, she stopped in her path, to bow to Sesshomaru.
He nodded his head and she got up and finished following Kagome.
"I brought so much because it is almost breakfast time and I figured my lord, the emperor, would be hungry as well." She said with a quick glance at Sesshomaru.
Kagome looked at all the food and then at Sesshomaru. "Hungry?" She asked with a small smile gracing her lips.
Sesshomaru said nothing, but made his way over to where the food was and sat down, waiting to be served. When Koshimoto moved to serve him, he stopped her. "No. Kagome will do it, you may leave." Sesshoumaru spoke to the servant, properly disimissing her; turning to Kuma he then spoke, "Kuma, come, sit and eat breakfast."
Sesshomaru gave orders to everyone in the room in less than two minutes and no one argued.
Koshimoto left after a quick bow, Kuma joined them at the low table, and Kagome glared at Sesshomaru. When Sesshomaru looked back at her, she could see, for just a moment, a glimmer of mirth dancing in his eyes.
She sighed and reluctantly served them all breakfast. After all three had been served, they settled down to their individual meals and thoughts.
-What do you guys think? Me, i liked it. :) Sorry that I didn't send you the revised version crash, I was to tired to toss the chapter back and forth ya'know? later-
