A thin sheet of sweat began to break out on her brow as she fought like mad to stay up on her toes; but her legs were growing weak and wouldn't hold up much longer. She felt her legs begin to shake against the strain of being flexed for so long until she couldn't stay up any longer and dropped down to stand flat on her feet.

A whimper of pain tore from her lips when the sharp pain of her sensitive flesh was smashed against the curve of the wood for the tenth time; in who knew how long, forcing her to hike back up on her toes. How long was he going to make her do this and suffer such pain over and over again? She locked her watery eyes with his hard black and asked silently for mercy.

Naraku smirked at her plea and dismissed it like lint on his shoulder. He would take her off when he was ready and not a moment sooner. He eyed her sore little clit through her thatch of black hair; something he was going to have waxed off, and noted it to be slightly swollen and red. By his guess it would take a few more rides on the wooden horse before her clit was bruised and overly tender to the touch. Which is just what he wanted.

He reveled in watching her suffer the pain of sitting on the length of wood; each time a little longer than the last, then trying desperately to lift back up on her toes. It was a very beautiful sight; this suffering of hers.

xx

Kagome couldn't do it any more and could have fallen down on her knees and kissed his feet when he lifted her off that damnable piece of wood. She winced slightly when he removed her handcuff and her arms fell to her sides. However that was quickly forgotten as was the pain between her legs when a bout of nausea pulled her stomach inwardly.

Naraku stared down at her flushed sweaty face and narrowed his eyes when she suddenly turned a pasty pale white. He grabbed her by the shoulders and stared hard into her eyes. "When did you eat last?"

Kagome just stared up at him trying to fight off the upheaval. "Yesterday"

"When?" He growled in annoyance.

"Right after I left the café." She stated then took a slow deep breath in an attempt to ease her rolling stomach.

He ground his teeth together as he picked her up. "Why did you not tell me?" He bit out as he made his way up the stairs to the kitchen.

"It never came up." She whispered as she laid her swirling head against his shoulder.

A small grunt passed his lips as he set her down in the kitchen chair. He pulled the door to the fridge open and grabbed the leftovers from his dinner the night before which was a bowl of rice and garlic beef. He popped it into the microwave and while it was heating up he set a cup and a jug of orange juice before her.

Kagome lifted her shaky hands and slowly poured herself a cup of the juice; slowly sipping on it until the tension in her stomach abided. Just as she took the last drink a bowl and some chopsticks were set before her. "Thank you." She whispered and slowly began to eat.

Naraku didn't say a word as he left the kitchen to gather a few things he needed for the session at the parlor that night and to make a phone call to Bankotsu and his sister.

xx

Kagome walked over to the sink and began cleaning her dishes when powerful hands caught her tightly around the wrists.

"What do you think you are doing?"

"Cleaning my dishes?" She questioned in a small voice.

"Iie" He growled then pulled her from the kitchen.

She practically had to run to keep up with his long strides until they came back to the room she had woken up in.

"Finish readying yourself and as soon as you are done we will be leaving." He ordered then left the room and shut the door behind him.

Kagome looked around the room then down at her naked body. She blushed as she realized she had been virtually naked since yesterday when he had her strip for her tattoo. She walked into the bathroom and turned her back to the mirror so that she could once again look at the black oblong circle. "What is it supposed to be?" She questioned with a furrow of her brows.

She shook her head as she realized that whatever it was Naraku knew and wasn't going to tell her. So with a sigh she turned, plucked the black brush from the counter, and began dragging it through her damp hair.

Fifteen minutes later after she took care of all her business she sat on the bed wrapped in a sheet to hide her nudity and waiting. Was he going to bring her clothes to wear or was he just going to keep her naked all the time? More importantly when was he going to let her go home? She was more than certain that she was now going to have to find a new job. She was positive that Kenshi-san had fired her when she didn't show up to work or even bother calling him to let him know she wasn't going to be there.

She looked over at the door when Naraku entered with a tall skinny female behind him.

Naraku stared at the girl sitting on the bed wrapped in the black sheet and snorted. "You have one hour." He ordered then turned to face the female behind him fully. "Kagura you will do as I have instructed you to do and there will be no conversing about anything." His eyes narrowed to deadly little slits. "Do you understand me?"

Kagura nodded her head in full understanding; not wanting to bring his wrath down upon her head. She watched him go and cast the closed door a death glare before turning to the small female still sitting on the bed. "My name is Kagura."

Kagome gave her a small nod of her head. "Kagome" She stated just above a whisper; wondering just what the threat Naraku had given her was all about and just what the hell was going on around here.

Kagura walked towards the bathroom then looked over at the girl on the bed. "Come on then and lets get this over with so I can get out of here."

Kagome slowly slid off the bed; taking the sheet with her, and followed after the woman.

"Leave the sheet."

Kagome looked at the open door to the bathroom and did as she was told. She was never one that was really all that modest; she knew she had a decent enough body and that any man or woman already knew what a female's body looked like.

"Sit on the toilet." Kagura ordered without looking at the girl as she dug through her red tote.

Kagome again did as the woman told her to do and silently waited for whatever it was she was supposed to do. Part of her wondered why she wasn't as afraid as she thought she should be with Naraku doing the things he had done to her in the last day. Shouldn't she be feeling like a victim? No; she put her trust into the dark man and that is where it would stay. Maybe she was far too trusting; no that wasn't it.

Most of her life she was nothing but a shell of a girl; avoiding others as much as possible and staying away from large crowds because she didn't trust people. Yet with Naraku; something inside her was demanding that she trusts him with her very life and she wasn't one to shy away from her instincts. Besides this has been the most excitement she had ever had in her whole life. Granted it has also been extremely painful but still it was rather thrilling.

Kagura turned to the wide eyed girl and walked towards her with the wax strips in one hand and baby powder in the other. "Okay I will need you to slide as far to the edge of the toilet as you can get without falling off and spread your legs apart as far as you can."

"Um… What are you going to do?" Kagome questioned nervously and timidly did as she was told.

"Following orders." She stated flatly as she kneeled down between her wide spread legs.

Kagome watched the woman between her legs and furrowed inwardly and outwardly when the woman began touching her by sprinkling the power down around her center. She gripped tightly onto the toilet seat when she felt a waxy strip being pressed against the base of her lower lips. She knew what having something waxed was but she never in a million years thought that women actually had down there waxed.

A cry of pain tore from her lips when the woman quickly yanked the strip away; pulling all her hair out. "Oww.. that hurts." She whimpered causing tears to spring to her eyes.

Kagura didn't respond and placed another strip; pressing it firmly to make sure it grabbed all the hair. She waited a few seconds then with a quick yank of the strip ripped another section of hair from the girl's body. She didn't stop to check and see if she was okay or needed anything; she had a job to do and was going to do it as quickly as possible.

Kagome dropped her head back and whimpered each time a waxy strip ripped the hair from her body. She had so much pain inflicted upon her poor little vagina today she was sure that she wasn't ever going to have feeling in it again.

"Girl" Naraku bit out.

Kagome snapped her head up and locked stares with hard onyx eyes.

"You will stop acting like you are made of porcelain. A little pain never killed anyone."

His voice bit harshly upon her skin and all she could do was nod her understanding at him and bite her lip when Kagura ripped another waxy strip filled with her little black pubic hairs from her body. She kept her eyes locked with his with each and ever rip of the wax strips.

After what seemed to be an eternity the woman between her legs was finally done and she could have kissed her in relief. However little did she know that her ordeal wasn't over as Kagura once again came to stand in front of her again.

"Stick out your tongue."

Kagome stared up at her for a second before cutting her eyes over to Naraku who in turn narrowed his dark eyes upon her. The message was received loud and clear. 'Do as you are told or suffer.' With a quick lick of her suddenly very dry lips she turned to the woman in front of her and did as she was told.

Her eyes crossed as she tried to look down at her outstretched tongue when Kagura grabbed it with a pair of tongs then widened immensely when the woman produced a large thick needle. Before she could move or attempt to say anything the large needle was jabbed sharply through her tongue.

Tears spilled from the corner of her eyes and a gurgled whimper tore from her throat at the sharp stinging pain of her tongue being pierced. Yet before she knew it Kagura stepped away from her with needle in one hand and tongs in the other, packed her bag up and silently left the bathroom.

Kagome sat on the toilet dumbstruck and in pain seemingly from head to toe. She looked up at Naraku when he came to stand in front of her and tried to reel in the pain that could clearly be seen on her face and in her eyes.

Naraku smirked at her pathetic attempt at looking brave and strong before he pulled her to her feet. "Come Bankotsu is waiting for us." He stated as he dropped a black silk robe over her shoulders.

Kagome slipped the robe on and tied it tightly around her waist as she struggled with the barbell through her tongue. It was still painful but she just couldn't help swirling her tongue around trying to rid it of the foreign object or trying to swallow it. Not only was she taking issue with that but she could feel her tongue swelling taking up every inch of space within her mouth. It was a rather strange thing; this tongue piercing.