Author: Hey! I'm updating! Yep I am a good person! Well here is the next chapter! I might have made a mistake with auburn I thought it meant black but I think it's a word for red...gomen!

Ame was stumbling through the forest, nothing but sadness and anger filled her mind... she would make him pay. How dare he mark her after seeing her for only a couple of minutes! And what did he mean when she was ready? She was not one to be ready for such a person like that! She didn't care if she might be brought back to the cave; she was going to try to tell the soldiers in her village.

"They will destroy that devil!" she was mad not only at him, but at herself for falling asleep and enabling him to mark her in the first place. She stood near a water fall, deciding to cleanse her hands.

"...Naraku." She heard the sound of the beating of wings

"Did you say...Naraku?" she spun her head around quickly to see a large bird with blue feathers, sharp razor claws, two pairs of wings with black feathers on the tips, and a human head of a man.

"That bastard killed my brother!" the creature squawked and glared at Ame."Where is he?!?"

She was happy but frightened at the same time. She would tell this bird demon where Naraku was and it would kill him... on the other hand, if Naraku found out that she lead the demon to him then he would be furious and, mate or no, he would kill her!

"He went to destroy a village not far from here." She winced; the bird grabbed her by its claws so quickly that she didn't even have time to protect herself and the creature took flight.

"What are you doing?! I told you where he is! Let me go!" The bird was quiet and Ame took to kicking and screaming as her only resource.

It didn't take them long to get to the village, by then, the whole village was burned down and they saw Naraku standing there in the middle of many corpses' of men, women, and children. His hands and parts of his outfit were drenched in blood. The bird demon finally landed; Naraku turned to face them with a murderous look held deep within his face.

"Ah, Ame, it looks like you brought a friend with you." Although he could completely tell it wasn't a friend by the way the creature held her and the expression on Ame's face. Naraku glared at the demon.

"Naraku...you will pay for killing my brother!" the creature stepped closer to the Hanyou while Naraku chuckled in response.

"What's so funny?!"

"I find it amusing that a weak low class demon such as yourself dares to challenge me, and I find it even more amusing thinking about how you will make me pay."

"How dare you insult me, you pathetic excuse for a half breed! I will make you endure the same pain I did when you killed my brother by destroying your wench!" the demon squeezed Ame tightly making her admit ear shattering screams and Naraku... smirked.

"Do what you like with her." He said simply

"What?! " the creature was shocked; Ames eyes widened.

"BASTARD!!!" she screamed over her pain and the bird threw her aside thinking it wouldn't matter if Naraku didn't care.

"Fine, I will fight you one on one" the demon lunged at Naraku trying to claw at him but to his surprise Naraku grabbed a hold of his arm and with a quick slash, his arm was gone ... Naraku was holding it in his hands and the same evil smirk crossed his face. The demon roared with pain and lunged once more at the Hanyou in sheer madness and Naraku, in one quick motion, chopped off his head. Leaving the headless corpse oozing with blood and still as stone; Naraku dropped the arm.

"Fool".

-

Naraku carried Ame bridal style while she tried all her will power to get out of his grasp.

"No! Put me down! I don't want to be your mate!" she soon realized she couldn't get free and starts to cry silently. Her tears fell on Naraku's outfit, he himself, remained silent his bangs were covering his eyes; he had a serious look upon his face.

"Be quiet" he said sharply; she just looked up at him with hatred very visible in her eyes but then, she sighed. She had a while before she, as he would say, 'Be Ready' if she ever would be. What was that thing earlier? About Naraku being a half breed; so he was only half demon? She looked up at him his expression remained solemn. He sure doesn't act only half demon. If he was only a half breed, then it would be easier to find a way to get away from him... and she would find that way... somehow.

Later that evening, Naraku was out side of the cave leaning on a tree keeping watch for predators and such while Ame was inside watching the fire that had been made a couple of minutes ago; she seemed to be mesmerized by the flames. Getting bored of looking at the dull glow, she looked outside at Naraku. She liked the way the moon shone on his face, he seemed less menacing with the moon's light. His expression was now one of sheer boredom, but it still held a bit of seriousness.

His raven hair showed an uncanny rich texture that made it look soft and silky, his crimson eyes seemed a bit less frightening and evil but just a nice light shade of red, and his face just seemed so much kinder and he just looked so... beautiful. Ame never took a real good look at his face, but this was the very first moment that she didn't think unkindly of Naraku, but just was awe struck by his beauty ... She wanted to get a closer look, so she got up and stepped outside to stand by him. Naraku turned his head to see Ame standing next to him.

"Is something wrong?" his tone was neutral.

"No," she replied, "I just came out to look at the stars, there really visible tonight."

Naraku was silent; she made a small sigh, disappointed he didn't reply.

"Don't you think there pretty yet so mysterious, I mean, what are they made of?"

Naraku was quiet before answering, "You're quite a curious one aren't you?"

"Yes, well, if you would have known me better before making me your mate you would have known that." Naraku chuckled, Ame smiled, she wasn't going to try to escape for awhile for she was waiting for her moment of opportunity. Right now, she just stood there with Naraku, looking at the stars, forgetting her troubles.

-

The next day was a quiet one, no one really had anything to say, Ame was, of course, mad at Naraku still but didn't say anything about it and Naraku never really had anything important to say. Ame started to stand up and walked outside wiping the dirt off her kimono. Naraku looked at her and raised one of his eyebrows.

"And where do you think you're going?" She turned to him giving him an obvious fictitious smile. "I'm going to take a bath, do you mind?" Ame didn't even stick around long enough for the response and immediately left. Naraku looked blankly out in the direction she went and then... some thoughts came to mind.

Naraku this is the perfect time to see what she's made of.

No, I have my boundaries...we will see her soon enough.

There's no reason why we can't see her, we have a right after all, she does belong to us.

Fine, but only a quick glance.

How about joining her?

No, now go away...

After many minutes of thought, Naraku put on his baboon pelt and was off into the direction of the springs that he knew to be nearby. Walking for what only seemed like a minute, he soon picked up the scent of a hot spring and... Ame. He quickly took to the trees, jumped to each one, and stopped when he reached his destination. He wanted to get a better look so he moved to the bottom of the tree and peered out to the clotheless beauty.

He now could see her form ... it was a nice form. Her peach colored skin looked flushed from being in the hot spring for awhile, her hair covered part of her breasts while the remaining hair flowed gently in the water.

I would take the Shojo now, but I have to wait... She's not ready.

Then Naraku, out of all the times he could have done this, steps on a twig, which breaks and of course, makes a snapping sound. Ame jolts up and turns to face where the sound came from, covering herself as much as possible.

"Who's there?" Naraku steps out into the open smirking. Ame steps back covering herself even more.

"Naraku...?" Ame steps further back. Naraku just moves closer to her with a seductive smile on his face as his eyes roam her body.

"What are yo-" before she could finish, Naraku slammed her up against a large stone, slamming his body to hers. His face moved closer to hers she could feel his hot, steady breath on her lips.

"My Kawaii..."

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