Time of Heaven and Hell

Chapter Three

Sesshomaru woke up to the foul stench of the room. His arms ached from being held up in chains so long. His eyesight was blurry from the loss of blood and his body felt sluggish. Lines of blood were traced along the wall and there was a large puddle on the ground. The wounds had stopped bleeding a few hours before but his body had barely begun to heal.

Sesshomaru continued to hang there trying to regain some of his strength, until the door opened and a guard stepped through and shut the door behind him.

He looked at the blood on the floor and laughed.

"That's it? We should have beaten you harder." He unlocked the chains and let Sesshomaru fall to his knees; he chained his hands and ankles.

"You look so lovely in that position." The guard said and kneeled down so he was eye level with Sesshomaru. "You're very beautiful you know that?" He ran his hand down the side of Sesshomaru's face and going down his body, petting and stroking him. "You like that? I do. I can't wait to hear you scream when I come into. . . . . "

The door suddenly slammed open and the old woman stepped through.

"What do you think your doing?" She asked.

"I was just . . . uh . . . telling him some of the rules of the place, you know, so you wouldn't have to do it all." The guard stuttered before stepping aside and bowing his head.

Sesshomaru wondered if it was out of respect or just plain fear for the ugly broad.

"Get up." The old woman said. And Sesshomaru slowly stood. "Let's go." She said and led the way the guard following close at his heels. Sesshomaru could feel his eyes on his back and didn't want to think about what the guard was thinking at that moment.

The old women stopped and turned toward a girl. She was about 16, with black hair and black eyes; she was wearing a green and white kimono. She had fair features.

"This is my granddaughter, Kagome, you will also treat her with total respect, and you will bow when you see her." The old woman looked at Sesshomaru as if to expect something from him, "Bow when you see her." The old woman repeated.

"O I'm sure we can ignore it this time," Kagome said and ran her hand up Sesshomaru's chest, "You're so strong, I'll have so much fun with you." She addressed her grandmother, "Good day grandmother." Kagome said before bowing and walking away.

The old woman sighed and turned toward Sesshomaru.

"Now, as for your job," she looked Sesshomaru up and down with disgust. "This will not do, let's go."

They arrived at a small pool.

"You will clean up here once every other day. You will change at the same time as well. You have ten minutes to get cleaned and get dressed, I will be back then." She said and walked away.

After she had left Sesshomaru asked "Aren't you going to follow her?"

"Why would I want to do that? Get undressed." The guard said and slowly unhitched the whip from his side, trying to intimidate Sesshomaru.

"Not with you watching me I won't."

"How dare you, I gave you an order and you will obey me," The guard snapped the whip against Sesshomaru's chest, cutting through the cloth and leaving a red mark. When Sesshomaru made no move to do as he was told the guard struck again, but this time Sesshomaru grabbed the whip before it made contact, he pulled it roughly and brought the guard up to his face. Sesshomaru's fist made contact with the guard's stomach sending him to his knees. Sesshomaru tossed the whip aside. He then took the man's face in his hands and twisted it 180 degrees in one direction until he heard a satisfying crack from the man's neck. He fell limply to the ground with his head turned almost completely around.

The old woman came outside, and seeing the guard lying dead at Sesshomaru's feet, she screamed bloody murder. Kagome came running out of the house followed by two guards who started prodding at Sesshomaru with metal bars. The old woman had calmed down and stopped screaming.

"No leave him be, I don't want him dead to soon." Kagome told the guards and they stopped, she then addressed Sesshomaru, "Get in the water and take your clothes off." She ordered him.

Sesshomaru growled low, but stepped into the water and undressed when he was fully immersed in the water. He cleaned himself, under 8 watchful and probing eyes. Sesshomaru got out and quickly got dressed not bothering to dry off.

"Very good, now let's go." She told one of the guards to burn the body and cloths before she and Kagome walked away, Sesshomaru trailing silently behind them.

The master showed him certain rooms that were completely dirty, junk had been piled up and dirt was almost two inches thick. Sesshomaru wondered if the woman had made someone make everything very dirty just so he would have to clean it. "I'm touched, she actually thought of me." Sesshomaru thought grimly.

A bucket filled with water and small cloths were placed in the middle of the room.

"Those are your tools; you will pile the junk outside where you will burn it all. If you leave these designated areas you will be punished severely. Now get to work and don't stop, there are no breaks." The old woman told the guards to watch the door and make sure he did exactly as he was told. With that she walked out and left, leaving Sesshomaru with Kagome.

"Well don't let me stop you." She said and gestured toward the bucket of water while taking up a seat that the guards had provided for her.

After two hours Sesshomaru got tired of polishing floors and lifting heavy objects, so he sat down not caring that his "Master" was still watching him.

"Tired sweetheart?"

Sesshomaru kept silent, and gave her a cold expression. She smiled at him and came over and kneeled before him, coming within five inches of his face.

"What do you think about when you look at me?"

"I think you're a slut." Sesshomaru responded coldly.

She smiled at him and in a low heated voice, "Do you like me as a slut?" She slowly undid the knot on her kimono, loosing it so it came down past her shoulders, exposing pale white flesh. She took Sesshomaru's hand and made it run down her exposed skin. Sesshomaru wrenched his hand away and slapped her, sending her head jerking toward one side. The bands on Sesshomaru's arms glowed blue once again, sending shocks of pain through his body.

Kagome pushed Sesshomaru down on his back straddling him and breathing heavily.

"So you want to do this rough? That's perfectly fine with me." She said giving him a smile.

The wounds on his body, the continues labor of lifting heavy objects and the pain that was still going through Sesshomaru, left him completely drained of energy. The guards noticed that not a lot of sound was coming from any of the rooms so they went to check it out. Kagome was almost completely undressed when they burst in.

"My lady, has he hurt you?" One asked while the other pulled her off of Sesshomaru.

"Get up, slave and explain yourself."

Sesshomaru made no move to comply. So the guard started to kick him in several places on his body. After two more kicks Sesshomaru got tired of it so he grabbed the mans ankle with all the strength he could muster, and pulled the man down. The guard's body hit the ground with a loud thump. Sesshomaru managed to smirk at the man before blacking out.