Authors Note: Don't own it, sadly.
Close Encounters of the Curious Kind
The memory of his victory spurring him on to new heights of sexual desire, Naraku thrust into his demon pet with abandonment. Never before had he felt so invisible, so in control, than when he had first dragged Sesshomaru down to his castle dungeons.
A surge of carnal agitation erupted from his loins as he remembered the look of pure hatred of Sesshomaru's beautiful face. He recalled that face now and with one final powerful thrust that sent them both spiraling, Naraku threw back his head as his orgasm rocked through his body, his seed erupting violently into the waiting demon beneath him.
The half demons release then triggered Sesshomaru's and with a breathy moan the silver haired demon tensed all over, his orgasm bursting inside his throbbing penis and exploding in a sticky mess all over his chiseled stomach. A few labored breaths were the only indication of the powerful orgasm coursing throughout his body.
Transfixed, Naraku found himself unable to turn away from the beautiful scene before him. Sesshomaru's face was glowing with his release and his labored breathing was lessening. His parted lips were full and moist, his eyes, drawn together in a strangely exotic pout.
Naraku recorded every detail to memory, knowing all too well that very soon the powerful demon would awaken from the spells in a fury. Despite that irritating notion, Naraku continued to watch, intrigued at how the dull light of the dungeon did little to dampen his demonic beauty.
A subtle twitch in that beautiful face had Naraku signing.
"So it has begun," whispered the half demon sourly, mentally he tallied off the seconds between orgasm and recovery and noted that his time with the demon was lessening.
Mentally Naraku slapped away his weakness. How in the nine hells was he to break the damn stubborn wretch if his own emotions grew to be too much ?
That same useless desire he held for Kikyo resurfaced then and it was all Naraku could do to keep the despairing chuckle from escaping through his lips.
Slowly the half demon pulled out of his pet and rose on shaky knees. He allowed himself one more second to stare at Sesshomaru, all of Sesshomaru, before heading for the large cell door. He had no sooner slid the barred gate in place when the wild demon tore at his shackles.
"Naraku!" seethed Sesshomaru as he sprung from his position on the dirty floor. There was a curious pause in which Sesshomaru cautiously lowered his gaze to his thighs. Naraku raised an eyebrow and lowered his gaze to match that of Sesshomaru's. He couldn't help but snicker at the silver haired demons outraged countenance as he watch the sticky trail of white ooze down the inside of his thighs. And then there was the smell…His entire body reeked of Naraku's stench.
Raising his gaze in a deadly calm matter, his eyes blazing with indignation and fury, Sesshomaru spoke through gritted teeth, "You are dead."
A shudder coursed down Naraku's spine, a combination of dread and desire intermixed. His beauty at that moment was simply breathtaking, the fire around him practically scorching.
"Do you know how simply breathtaking you are right now, my dear Sesshomaru?"
The volatile demon yanked violently at his chains, not that it would have made a difference, fumed Sesshomaru. The shackles and cuffs were magically empowered with mighty spells of containment. There would be no way of breaking the bonds through physical means.
Absently Sesshomaru wiped at something snaking down the corner of his mouth. Bringing back his hand, Sesshomaru blanched at the white stick substance.
He sought Naraku's deadly gaze in an accusatory glare but the half demon was gone. In his place was a young woman who smelled strongly of Naraku and was holding what appeared to be a towel of some kind.
Sesshomaru hid his shame at being seen in such a manner behind a mask of impenetrable stone.
"If you are one of Naraku's lackeys than I suggest you leave now. I have no desire to suffer his twisted charity."
The woman made a strange face, something between disgust and confusion, and produced a key from one of her long sleeves. Placing and turning the key in its lock, the door swung inwards without a sound. In stepped the strange woman.
"I was watching you two," Sesshomaru's spine stiffened but other than that he showed no apparent signs of interest.
Kagura stepped forward as far as she dared, "He desires you."
Sesshomaru gave her a warning glare, "If that is all you wish to tell me than I recommend you get out of my sight."
Kagura lifted her shoulder in acceptance of his statement and tossed him a wash cloth. Without any explanation she retreated beyond the cell down and picked up a small water barrel. Carrying the container on her hip, she placed it on the floor a few feet from the demon.
Impatiently Sesshomaru waited for an explanation but received none as she walked through the cell door, locking it with a wave of her hand.
"What is your name." It was more of a demand than a question.
The beautiful woman turned around but said nothing, just continued to stare into Sesshomaru's eyes with eerie understanding. The silver haired demon got the distinct impression that she new more about his situation than she was going to let on.
When she spoke her voice was self assured and defiant, her tone indifferent.
"Kagura," and with that she turned and padded up the stairs as quiet and soft footed as if she were the wind.
Sesshomaru, not really expecting the answer, lowered his gaze to the bucket of water and wash cloth in his hands. Where these delivered on Naraku's orders? Sesshomaru doubted that.
The imprisoned demon decided then that it really didn't matter why they were sent just that now he had something to wash away the filthy essence of Naraku from his soiled body.
Crouching into a kneeling position, Sesshomaru did his best to cleanse his body of his weakness. As he looked into the water and saw his reflection, Sesshomaru wondered about Jaken and Rin.
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Down winding corridors and past traps designed to ensnare a heated argument ensued.
"Rin pipe down!" barked Jaken as he took note of every nook and cranny in the old cell.
"But Jaken! Can't you find a way to get us out of here?" worried the small child in the corner of the cell.
"If you would shut that mouth of yours for one minute Rin I might be able to think of something!"
Rin quieted and sat down in her corner, knowing in her heart that Sesshomaru would come and save them.
"He'll come, I know he will." whispered Rin to herself in determined tones.
Soundlessly the door to their cell opened and in walked a young boy with two small trays of food. .Jaken quieted in his pacing and glanced over his shoulder, trying to form a plan in his mind. If he didn't get Rin out of here soon who knew what Sesshomaru would do! Jaken wondered where his Master might have run off to… it had been weeks since their capture and still no word from him!
The boy's uniform labeled him a demon slayer, and a young one at that. With stealth that defined his profession the young boy set the food on a small table near to the door.
Curiously he looked to the girl in the corner, "I couldn't help overhearing you Rin," he smiled then at her curious look, "yes I know who you are." Looking over to toad demon he continued, "and you too Jaken."
The small demon gave the boy a pointed look but said nothing. Rin however, leapt to her feet, an urgent question dancing in her eyes.
"If you know are names than surely you know about our Master, Sesshomaru!" The girl stopped a few feet from the peculiar boy with her heart in her throat.
The young demon slayer tilted his head to the side, Sesshomaru? Hadn't he secretly heard Kagura say a name similar to that?
Picking his words carefully he started slowly, "I do not know of this Sesshomaru person."
Jaken was about to interrupt him with a scolding but thought better of it and let the boy continue.
"I was only assigned to look after your cell…" the boy's words trailed off as Rin, a fire of hope in her eyes, hung her head and sighed despairingly.
Kohaku lowered himself to one knee and lifted her chin with his forefinger, "But if it means that much to you I think I know of someone who might know this Sesshomaru of yours."
His smile was genuine as Rin threw her arms around him in a grateful hug, "Thank you sir-"
The boy interrupted her with a smile, "Call me Kohaku."
The small child nodded her head with renewed vigor and threw herself into his arms once more.
Jaken watched the scene before him with hooded eyes, his heart quietly lifting at the information. Hopefully some good news would come out of this Kohaku person's informant.
The gods knew they needed some good news.
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The tortuously slow hours turned into days, all blurring together in one orgy of confusion and hatred.
For suspicious reasons that Sesshomaru could only imagine to understand, the half demon was biding his time, only visiting him sporadically.
Naraku was such a bastard.
If it wasn't boredom consuming his conscious thoughts then it was the hatred. If his hatred was spent then the hours were entertained with the idea of escape.
So far nothing new had come to mind.
Maybe he would be trapped down here forever as Naraku's little sex pet. The frustrated demon almost chuckled at the thought. Never.
Maybe he would crack under that stress and finally fall into a web of insanity.
Again Sesshomaru laughed at the ridiculous notion.
No, he would find his way out of this one man harem and kill that bastard with a smile on his lips and an evil little tune dancing in his heart.
Just then the demons keen sense alerted Sesshomaru that a new presence now accompanied him in the decrepit cell. Had she been there for long? Sesshomaru decided then that he didn't really care.
She stood back in the shadows, as if waiting for permission to step across the threshold. How odd that he didn't sense her before. Maybe he was losing it.
The demon shrugged away the thought and stated aloud, "What news from Naraku, Kagura?"
He had only seen this woman once before and was only mildly surprised to see her now, standing in the darkness as if unsure of herself.
The wind demon hesitated for just a second and then decided that if Sesshomaru already new of her arrival than there was no point hiding in the dark. Slowly she stepped into the light, her eyes taking on a strange glint as they traveled down the demons clothed form.
A silence ensued in which both parties sized up the other.
Both seemed surprised with what they found there.
"I think it was you who left me these robes," pondered the demon as he looked into her exotic eyes. Kagura merely lifted a delicate shoulder. Secretly she was pleased to find that Sesshomaru now wore the garment she had placed in his cell after one of Naraku's 'sessions,' as he liked to call them.
Despite her silence, the demon pressed on undaunted, "Why are you here Kagura?"
The self assured wind sorceress bit her bottom lip, as if unsure herself.
Sesshomaru quietly repositioned his back against the wall, confident that whatever Kagura's reason was for being here would soon show itself.
"Well," Kagura paused, what was she doing here? She had come down the stairs that led to the dungeon as a result of foolish impulsive thoughts. It was only on the sly that she had been keeping tabs of Sesshomaru's health. If it became public that she had taken any interest in Naraku's little pet….
Only now did she feel like a complete idiot. Well, sighed Kagura, no need for him to see that. Straightening her shoulders and stiffening her spine, Kagura peered into Sesshomaru's pale face.
"I came down to see how you were faring." Kagura's top lip twitched as Sesshomaru's unremitting stare continued to bore into her. His eyes were so intense, his features, set in stone. If he were to ever break free of this dungeon prison Kagura knew without a doubt that she would be sorely outclassed.
And that image didn't sit well with her.
"What?" snapped the wind sorceress after a few tics of silence, "don't just stare at me like some fish out of water, say something!"
Sesshomaru cocked his head to the side, amused and slightly grateful for the reprieve from the boredom.
"I have been imprisoned and am being kept as a sex slave, how should I be 'fairing'?" There was a touch of dark humor in Sesshomaru's tone that put Kagura on her toes. His situation was anything but funny, maddening almost in its entirety, and yet there remained this flare to Sesshomaru…or maybe he was going crazy and his demeanor was only reflecting that. Kagura couldn't be certain.
She signed then and the huff of indignation caught his attention, "I don't even know why I'm down here! If Naraku was ever to find out…" She trailed off as she turned to leave.
Sesshomaru still refused to say anything and Kagura paused before fleeing up the flight of stairs. Turning her head over a high arched shoulder she forewarned, "During our next meeting I might have some news for you…news about a certain human child and a toad imp."
That got Sesshomaru's attention, though he hardly moved. She would tell him in her own time, figured Sesshomaru. If she had come down here to see him under her own circumstances than Sesshomaru was quite certain she would divulge the needed information the next time she came around.
Sesshomaru could only guess when that next time might be.
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Another week had passed before Kohaku had the chance to meet up with Kagura in the winding tunnels that surrounded the castle.
It had been a nerve racking seven days for the young demon slayer, who had to continually face Rin's disappointed face at every mealtime.
But not today! No, today Kagura would tell him all she knew about this Sesshomaru demon. Well, hopefully more than he had already learned from the small girl.
As he approached their designated conference area, Kohaku allowed his nerves to settle. Kagura was already waiting for him, and by the looks of it she was as nervous as he.
Taking a deep breath Kohaku edged his way along the narrow cliff, trying his best not to look at the fifty foot drop should he lose his footing. Farther up the trail rested a rotted out wooden fence that barricaded the drop to the cavern floor. Kagura was sitting, looking quite comfortable, on top of the decrepit looking barrier.
"I hear you have something of importance to discuss with me." Started Kagura as Kohaku inched his way along the dirt path.
The wind sorceress idly watched as the young boy settled himself into a nook across from her, her thoughts focusing on the detail that this child was as much a prisoner as she herself was.
Kagura tucked that little piece of information away in her mind.
Safely hidden inside the depression of the wall Kohaku tried to word his sentences carefully. He was almost certain that he could trust this woman but it was always safer to be sure.
"I've heard that you know of a demon by the name of Sesshomaru?" Kohaku took relief in the subtle stiffening of the demons spine.
"And who, pray tell, wishes to know this information?" Kagura arched a delicate brow, her outward appearance that of sheer indifference. Inside her emotions where a whirlwind of chaos. Had Naraku discovered her secret? If so why would Naraku create such an obvious trap to ensnare her?
The wind demon almost rolled her eyes. With Naraku everything was about the final trap within a trap.
But just then Kagura remembered another rumor going about the castle. Something she had planned on investigating in the near future. Wasn't it alleged that Naraku kept a child pet somewhere below the castle?
The wind demon decided her best course was to be blunt; if this runt couldn't be trusted than she would simply dispose of the body in the ravine below, "Kohaku, is Naraku instructing you to ask me this question?"
The young boy gave a strange look and shook his head that he had not, "I ask only on the wish of a small child."
Kagura gave Kohaku a once over and decided this human would no sooner double cross her that she would him.
"Is this human child a girl that goes by the name of Rin?" Kohaku smiled, he knew Kagura wouldn't let him down! He could trust her.
"They are nothing but rumors circulation about the castle; that is why I know her name," continued Kagura quickly, unsettled by his open face and honest eyes.
Kohaku's face fell and the wind demon decided it wasn't her place to scold Kohaku for such open emotions.
Maybe she shouldn't be placing some of her trust in this stupid boy. He was far too trusting.
"You see, Rin asked me to find Sesshomaru for her and I said I would look into it."
Kagura thanked her good fortune at meeting with Kohaku. This little rendezvous had given her more information than she would have found in weeks.
"And are you the one charged with caring for the girl?" wondered Kagura as she worked out the scenario in her mind.
The boy shook his head vigorously, "She's being kept in the dungeons below the castle."
Kagura didn't trust her surroundings enough to confirm or deny the question so she merely lifted her shoulder in a curious gesture and decided a neutral answer would appease the boy's questions.
"I've heard rumors that a Sesshomaru is residing inside the castle walls," her eyes darted around the darkened cavern, searching.
Kohaku nearly stomped his foot in frustration…he didn't want to give Rin his news if the information was based on rumors!
But if it was all he had to go on…
"Oh, and Kohaku, one more thing before I go," as she said this her body started to float off the wood fence, "next time you go to someone for information I hope you take to heart what I am about to say."
She waited for the boy's full attention before continuing, "Be a little less trusting, you never know when or where Naraku's ears might be listening."
And with that she was gone, disappearing into the darkness.
Kohaku considered her words and decided that by revealing that little warning she was telling him to be careful in her own way.
The boy only hoped that by meeting with Kagura he didn't somehow jeopardize the life of Rin or Jaken.
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Far above the caverns ceiling, Naraku listened with interest.
From what he could discern of the conversation Kagura either had no interest in Kohaku's tale or she was playing it very safe.
There was no way for Naraku to know of Kagura's true knowledge until she tripped herself within the lies she wove.
No, he could be patient with Kagura. He was sure the little information she could find about Sesshomaru would wet her appetite enough for future ideas of treachery but until then he would sit back and enjoy the show.
But Kohaku would have to be moved, maybe. After all, whatever Kohaku revealed to the human or the toad would have little consequence.
There was no where for them to flee.
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Br0keback: maybe a little boring but I have to set the ground work! Anyway, feedback of any kind is appreciated…smiles