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Chocobo-girl--Thanks for reviewing, glad that you like it so much! I can't believe I came up with someone as evil as Kimi! She's too creepy for words.

Chapter 10

Inuyasha wiggled and struggled all the way upstairs, but Kimi held him too firmly for him to get away. They approached a door, and behind it, a regular bedroom with another door in the far wall. They went through that door, and into a room that made Inuyasha feel very fatigued and suddenly very sleepy. He sagged against Kimi and almost shut his eyes, but only his suspicions kept him awake. Something in the room was making his ears go nuts, it was if there was something whispering words that he couldn't quite hear.

"Where are we?" he asked, looking around as best he could.

"Oh, this is just where I bring my little ones to give them baths," she said sweetly. "Isn't it nice in here?"

Baths?! Oh, no way in all the nine hells was he going to let her give him a bath! First of all, he hated her and did not want her to see him bare, and he was old enough to wash himself, thanks! There was something rotten here. He started to wiggle again, desperate to get away from her this time.

"That's enough," she said. "Stop wiggling and let me hold you."

The collar did its work, and he stopped.

"That's better," she said. He was settled on a bench next to a tub and she began undressing him.

"I don't need a bath!" he squeaked once his shirt was off. "I really don't! If you want me to have one I'll take one, but I don't need help!"

"Nonsense," she said, filling the tub(he could only guess that it was by magic, one second the tub was empty and the next it was filling). "I'm here to help make you comfortable."

"I'm plenty comfortable, thanks!" he squeaked, still frantic.

She simply smiled and scooped him up, settling him on a stool where he received a thorough scrubbing. Once rinsed, he was placed in the tub where the water almost reached his chin.

"Lean back," she said, and he obeyed. "Let the water relax you."

How could he not? It had been a while since he'd been able to stretch out fully in a tub, and it felt pretty good. His brain was still screaming at him to get away from her, but his muscles wouldn't obey.

"What's in the water?" he asked, noticing how cloudy it was.

"Just some herbs and a few special salts. They're to help you relax."

Help relaxing? He didn't need help relaxing now, he was half asleep. He felt his mind drifting, and he was almost asleep when he heard something that brought him almost awake again.

Obey.

Kimi wasn't watching him, she'd brought out some needlework and was fiddling with it. He sat up the slightest bit and listened more carefully.

Obey. Don't fight. Obey.

He shivered in spite of the hot water. Had he lost his mind and was hearing things?

Don't worry. Don't fight. Obey Lady Kimi. Obey.

He twitched his ears and listened, trying to figure out where it was coming from. It sounded as if it were coming from everywhere, and it was a moment before he realized that it matched the feeling of sleepiness and abandon that permeated the room.

I have to get out of here or I'll go under the spell, he thought, very frightened all of a sudden.

"Lady Kimi," he said, pretending that he was having trouble staying awake. "I'm sleepy now."

She smiled and set her needlework aside, lifting him out of the tub and wrapping him in a towel. A few moments later he was dry, and she dressed him in some sleeping clothes. They left the room, and he let himself sag against her, relieved that he could no longer hear the spell. As she tucked him into bed, he closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, determined to fool her into thinking that her spell had worked.