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The Price to Pay
Prologue
Why does everything you ever care about have to die? Everything that you would ever learn to love disappear from existence. Is fate always so cruel as to make things appear and then have them destroyed right in front of your eyes? Why is being alive so unbearable? If life is so hard at times, why do people continue on living? I guess the thought of death is much more frightening then not knowing what's beyond tomorrow. At least that's what my mother use to say, when things seemed hopeless. No matter what happened, no matter what horrible thing lay before us. She always had a smile. A smile that will always be imprinted in my mind. That's how I want to remember her. Not like how she died... never like how she died...the horror...the blood...the memories...
The nightmare began again there, and the headaches began to surface. "Mother! Mother no..." The girl tossed and turned in her sleep. Her head turning to one side then the other. She withered in pain, clutching her chest as if to hold her heart from breaking. The nightmare began to repeat.
The youkai stood there laughing merciless, blood dripping from the savage fangs that protruded from his long black snout. His eyes shone blood red with savage hunger and venom shot through his deep cruel voice. "This is the price to pay when one loses place of who they are." The whip made a sickening crack as it laid it's self continuously upon the flesh of a woman who lay at the youkai's feet. Her mouth was gagged with cloth and her hands were bound with rope in front of her. Her feet however were still free and every time the whip made contact she slowly dragged her body slowly away. The youkai saw this and laughed as he found it amusing that she still tried to protect herself, even pulling her hands up every once in awhile to block the blows to her face.
In the corner of the room cowered two children. The older one no more then 6 and in her arms she cradled a baby. The baby screamed its cries. Wailing like it knew the distraught scene playing out in front of him. The small girl continuously tried to rock him to make him quiet until the lashing was over. The youkai however payed them no mind. He continuously cracked his whip upon the flesh of the woman her screams starting to become louder than her baby's. Blood poured from her open wounds and blood began to trickle through her gag from her mouth. The youkai smiled pleased at himself. He began to laugh.
"Are you ready to apologize for what u have done?" The woman looked up at him tears in her eyes, she mumbled through the cloth and then nodded her head when she knew her words would not be understood. The youkai bent down to her, putting his face extremely close to hers. He began to lick the wounds on her face. "I never want you leaving this house again do you understand me? You are mine, and mine alone. No one is to have you. Do you understand me?" The youkai grabbed the woman's hands and pulled them above her head. Stretching her body so she was unable to struggle or move. He stared at her, hunger showing intently in his eyes. He ran his hand down her face watching her shiver from his touch. He ripped the gag off her and began to lick her lips. "Now say how sorry you are. How sorry and how you know how upset you made me." The woman began to cry but said nothing. Only whimpers and gasps could be heard.
The youkai stretched out his claws as he ran his finger nails down her chest between her breasts. The woman screamed in pain. Tears and blood trailing down her face. The youkai pulled back his hand and licked his fingers now caked in blood he smiled cruelly admired his handiwork. The front of the woman's kimono was now ripped open till the waist, exposing the front of her chest in full glory. The throat till the stomach was trailing down blood with deep claw marks exposed right down her middle. The woman bit backs cries of agony. The youkai just continued to smile.
"Now will you say it, tell me I am your master. You can make the pain stop. Tell me I am the only one you will ever serve. Tell me your sorry. Beg for mercy. BEG FOR IT!" The last came out in an angry snarl. The youkai stared the woman in the face. She stared back unafraid. He began to growl becoming very impatient with the human woman he swung his mouth towards her chest licking down her middle, running his tongue over every inch of visible skin. He rolled her nipple in his mouth. The woman began to groan. She started to struggle again but the youkai kept a firm grip on her. He slammed her body to the floor as he leapt on top of her totally pinning her down. His mouth never left her breast as he began to suck on the little nub of flesh running his free hand up her thigh. When his hand reach the womans pleasure point he pierced her nipple with his fangs bitting down extremely hard.
The woman screamed again in incredible agony. Her eyes beginning to become dim from all the pain. The youkai drew himself back and laughed. "You can make the pain stop. Just tell me you will never disobey me again." The woman turned her head to look at her children. The oldest one seemed distraught and on the verge of going crazy. The woman smiled at her warmly despite all the pain. She began to move her mouth all though no sound came out. The girls eyes widened in shock and she nodded her head. Tears streaking down her face.
The youkai became even more impatient as he took his clawed foot and kicked the woman hard, jabbing her in the side and puncturing her skin with deep crimson holes. The woman looked at the youkai, her eyes glaring with anger and determination. Her voice rang out strong and in control. "Valduke, I shall never call you master again. You are a disgrace to all youkai, you will never have me, or any of my blood. I pity you." The youkai Valduke screamed in anger and kicked the woman repeatedly. "If I wont have you then neither will anyone else! I'll just take your daughter and use her as my new slave. I'm sure her virgin blood and body will be suffice to satisfy me." The woman threw her head back in a crazed determination. "Kagome! Now! Run! Do it now!" The woman screamed at the top of her lungs and as if on cue the small girl dashed toward the window clutching the baby to her body tightly. Unfortunately as soon as she reached the sill a hand shot out and grabbed her arm.
Valduke held her tightly crazed anger flaring in his eyes. "You are not going anywhere!" he screamed. Kagome scared out of her wits did the only thing she knew how to do. She bit hard. Valduke sprung his arm back screaming in pain and rage, and at that instant from the youkai letting go, Kagome lost her balance and fell backwards out the window. Valduke's other arm shot out in lightning speed to grab her but failed, the only thing he got a hold of was the baby. Kagome screamed as she fell but reached her arms out to the baby that was no longer in her grasp. "SOUTA!" She screamed as she plunged twenty feet and into the ocean below...
"SOUTA!" Kagome sat up quickly in her bed. Her hand still clutching her chest. Water pouring like a river down her forehead and down her body. Her long black hair was almost soaked from sweat and she gasped quickly trying to catch her breath. She looked down at herself and her bed and glanced slowly out the window to see a bright full moon. "A dream. Another dream." She sighed still exhausted and looked around the bare room. "Mother... mother I still remember what you told me. For every action there is a price to pay. Never give up searching for the price to pay for freedom." She looked back out at the full moon, and then slowly laid her head back on her pillow. "I promise I'll never give up my search" she whispered into the night before sleep once again claimed her.
To be continued...