Chapter 6: Punishment

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The strap then began to move as if it had a life of its own. It got long really fast and began to tie Kagome up. First it wrapped around her legs and tied them together very tightly. Then it tied her arms behind her back and made it so her wrists crossed over each other. Then it wrapped around half her face covering her cheeks, nose and mouth and gagged her. Kagome fell on her side trying to break free. 'What's happening!' She wondered. "This is punishment for not killing Sango". Naraku said as he came into the room. 'Punishment?' Kagome wondered in fear.

Kagome just stared at Naraku in fear. Bound up and gagged by her kimono, she was completely immobilized wondering what he was going to do with her. She hoped nothing. She then felt sharp pains all over her body. She screamed only to have it muffled by her gag. Then she felt her bonds tighten and constricted her even more then she already was.

'What's he doing to me?' she wondered. She then remembered what Kagura said before they got to the castle. 'You are now his prisoner so you better do what he asks or else suffer the consequences.' 'This is what Kagura probably meant by consequences.' Kagome thought to herself. 'I didn't think they'd be like this!'

Naraku began to walk around Kagome as he watched her writhe on the floor. "You didn't kill Sango like I asked you to, so this is your punishment for it. The sharp pains you feel are from the shards in your body. Apparently it doesn't matter how many shards you have in your body, you still manage not to kill. Are you Kikyou's reincarnation or something more?"

Kagome's eyes started to water from all the pain inside her body and she was sweating like crazy.

"The kimono is magically enhanced so I can give you these punishments". Naraku continued. "You will wear it as long you're here. I have others like it in case you get tired of that one, but you will wear those kinds of kimono."

After about ten minutes, Kagome began to feel the pains stop and her bounds loosen a little. She was still tied up and gagged though. It was over. The punishment was over.

"I will leave you for now". Naraku said. "You know if you kill Inuyasha, I might let wonder around the castle, but for now you must be confided to this room". And he left.

Kagome now lay on her back relaxing a little. 'What do I do?' She asked herself. 'If I don't kill Inuyasha and the others, Naraku will torture me like this for his own pleasure. But if I do kill Inuyasha, it will be like the time with Kikyou for one thing, and I will be all alone in the feudal era trapped in this hellhole. So what do I do?' She lay there wondering and then it hit her. 'What do I do, I stay strong for them. I stay strong for Inuyasha and the others' her hands clenched in a fist of confidence. I've got to. For the both of us. No matter how many times Naraku tortures me, I've got to keep my head high and not let him were him down'. And she turned to her head to the window. 'C mon Inuyasha. I 'm being strong for you and now you've got to be strong for me. So c'mon. Please. Save me'.

They were sitting around camp fire thinking about what happened. Kagome had attacked them. What were they going to do? How do they fight something like this? Sango and Kirara's wounds had been taken care of and everyone was just deep in thought.

"This is unbelievable". Miroku said breaking the silence.

"I know". Sango said laying against a log. "Kagome didn't even look like herself. She was wearing this purple and black suit similar to mine except no pads. And her face was covered so I didn't recognize her at first. Her movements were very fast. I could barley keep up with it. She even managed to get Kirara".

"Kagome…Kagome" Shippo cried as tears fell from his face.

"Shippo" Sango said and she tried to comfort him in her arms. 'I knew it. I just knew it'. Inuyasha thought. We've taken too long and now Naraku's taken control of Kagome. This is one of his worst schemes and I'm sure he's going to make Kagome attack us again'.

"Inuyasha". He heard the monk. Inuyasha looked up.

"Do you have anything to say about this?"

"Not really. I just can't believe this. When Kagome was cursed by Tsubaki the dark priestess, she was able to fight it. But this time Naraku has control of her and she can't seem to fight it off."

"Naraku must be using some powerful method to control her" Miroku said.

"Kagome did fight it". Sango said.

They both looked at her.

"If Naraku had complete control of her, she would've killed me. But she didn't. I could hear her faintly say help me before you guys showed up." Both convinced that Kagome is resisting Naraku's power, Inuyasha and Miroku went back to their own thoughts again.

'Believe me Kagome, we will help you. Inuyasha thought.

Kagome lay there still tied up. Her gag seemed to come off on its own. She tried to break free a couple times but to no avail. It had been hours since Naraku had tortured her and she was wondering what he were doing.

'He hasn't come down for a while now' she thought to herself. 'I wonder if he forgot about me'. It happened again. She began to pulsate and shake except it was harder and faster.

'No not again! Please not again'! she thought. She had no control again.

"Are we ready"? Naraku's voice echoed through her head.

"Yes" she said.

"Ready to kill some friends?"

"Yes".

The bonds loosened and the strap returned to its normal length. Kagome got up and began to suit up.