Naraku swept down the halls of his castle, furious with his spawn for having touched the miko, taking away her innocence. It didn't matter, not really; Nyoko was still useful to him. But now he would not have the pleasure of being the first to break her, stealing away something more precious to her than her life. Kagura would pay for this, of that he would make sure.

As he rounded the corner, approaching the room which he had ordered his spawn to take the miko, he caught bits and pieces of Kagura's thoughts. Could the wind witch possibly be...feeling something for their prisoner? Had what she done been out of...love, and not simply lust? Naraku would have thought that was impossible, and the mere thought disgusted him. He turned down a hidden passageway and spotted her, lurking in the doorway of Nyoko's room.

"Kagura," he said, approaching from behind her and placing his hand on her shoulder, digging his fingers into her skin harshly.

She whipped around, startled, her crimson eyes wide. "Naraku..." she whispered, trying to pull away from him. She didn't like the look in his eyes, not one bit.

"You should have known better," he said, glaring at her. "What was it that was so different about her, that you couldn't resist taking her for yourself? And do not bother to lie to me, I know what you are thinking."

The wind witch knew that he was reading her thoughts, but even she had no idea what she was thinking. Everything was confusing her; her feelings for this strangely powerful miko, her reasoning behind making love to her, none of it made any sense. So, in a desperate effort to save herself, she tried to lie. "I was simply trying to tame her for you. There is no way she will resist now, she's already been broken down." Kagura shot him a look of utter disdain. "You should be thanking me, not hurting me."

The hanyou smirked at her. "Why would I thank you, Kagura? You knew why I chose her, not only for her strength but for her purity. Yes, it is true she can still have my child, but she will not belong to me, not completely. You stole a piece of her, and that is something I cannot take from her, now." His hand slid down her arm and clamped down tightly on her wrist, his claws drawing blood.

She tried to jerk her arm away, but he tighten his hold and then grabbed her kimono with his other hand, lifting her several inches off the ground. "Let..let me go, Naraku!" she screamed, struggling against him.

"You will pay for what you have done, Kagura," he said, and sliced his claws across her chest. She scramed out in pain and closed her eyes, which only caused him to laugh. Then he half carried, half dragged her down the hallway until they stood outside of the room where Nyoko lay, helplessly waiting. Kagura struggled against his grip once again, desperately trying to stop him from touching her miko. Naraku simply laughed. "Do you truly think you can save her?"

Kagura opened her mouth to answer, but before she could speak the door flew open, and Naraku threw her inside. She landed hard on her stomach. Then she felt herself pulled up into the air, and heavy metal shackles appeared around her ankles and wrists. "Naraku! Stay the hell away from her!" she cried.

Naraku's fist swung out and caught her directly on the jaw, and a sickening crack rang out as her bones shattered. Tears began to stream down her face, blood pouring from her mouth as she watched him approach a seemingly sleeping Nyoko, helpless to prevent what she knew was coming.

Nyoko...I'm sorry...I tried my best...but...he is insistant...

Nyoko's eyes flew open, and she sat up, staring directly at Kagura. She gasped at the sight of the wind witch bloodied and broken.
"K...Kagura...what happened to you?" she stammered, getting quickly to her feet and beginning to rush towards the youkai woman. But before she took two steps, Naraku's hand closed around her throat.

Kagura screamed and the hanyou turned, glaring at her. He pulled a small, spherical object out of thin air, squeezing it between his fingers. Kagura's heart. "Silence," he said. The wind witch thrashed and then went still, hanging motionless, unable to close her eyes.

So this is my punishment. To watch as he tortures Nyoko to within inches of her life. He is so cold, so cruel. I would rather...I would rather die.

Naraku lifted Nyoko several inches off the ground, and the miko let out a strangled cry. His eyes shot towards Kagura. "You should learn to control your thoughts, wench. It would not take much to grant you your wish, and to send this pathetic miko with you!" Then he turned and threw Nyoko onto the bed, where she immediately curled into a tight ball and squeezed her eyes shut.

He leaned on the bed, his claws tracing over her cheeks. The miko bit back a scream, and did her best not to shy away from him. Nyoko knew that the more fear she showed, the more pain he would bring her. She stared at the youkai, trying very hard to look through him. She didn't want to think about what was coming, though she couldn't help it. Nyoko really didn't understand what she had done to be "chosen" by Naraku to bare his demon spawn, but it didn't matter. Here she was, about to be tortured beyond her worse nightmares, and there wasn't a damn thing she could do to stop it. She locked her eyes with his, forcing herself not to flinch. "I don't suppose there's anything I could say or do to dissuade you at this point, is there?" Nyoko asked coldly, her blood running like ice through her veins and her heart pounding.

Naraku's eyes pierced right through the miko, and she knew she had received her answer. She bit down on her lip, her hands clenched into fists, and turned her eyes toward Kagura. "Why me, Naraku? Could you at least tell me that, so I know why I'm going to have to endure your wrath? What did I ever do?"

The youkai who was once human eyed her dark, cunning-blood orbs. "You accomplish nothing but to simply exist," Naraku said simply as if without a care in the world but taking her for his personal use. No one would dissuade the youkai, not even his own spawn. Naraku regarded her every feature carefully. Brave…? How naïve for such a young fool. "You are on the brink of tears, and I will see you cry. Now is the time to take you and plant my spawn inside of you. Kindness is not a luxury for you, miko.." Swiftly, he appeared to hover above the miko with simple use of his skills, and dug his knees into her hips, straddling her waist abrasively.

His hands grazed over her body with rough caresses, groping one of her breasts between his fingers and fingered her nipple. Naraku did not care if he ripped her kimono to shreds in the least. Pain was pleasure, and pleasure was pain… what was the difference?

He smirked and tore down her miko's garb down her pale, petite figure. How innocent the miko looked, and yet so afraid…

"I will torture you to the very depths of your soul, miko, and break every guard you manipulate..."

With that, his tore her garb away completely and tossed it to the side and fingered her nipples asserively between his claws. Blood began to trickle down languidly down her chest, hot and warm.

Nyoko screamed as his claws tore at her chest, and began to feel sick as her own blood ran hotly down her body. She tried with every ounce of strength she had to keep her legs held tightly together, but she knew she was no match for him.

"I will never cry for you!" she screamed, turning her face away from him, refusing to let him see the pain that was written all over her face. "I don't care what you do to me, I will not shed one single tear!"

She knew her words were pointless, falling on deaf ears, speaking to a man who only knew evil, pain, and torture. She could already feel hot tears stinging at her eyes, but she used every bit of self control she had to hold them back. The miko was not going to give into him that easily.

"You will never break me!" she cried out, vainly trying to struggle out from underneath him. His weight held her still, and she felt as if she was about to lose it. The miko closed her eyes, unsure of how much longer she could maintain her facade of strength.

Naraku smirked down at her with amused orbs at her false show of bravery. "Hm…you will break, and the wind witch cannot save you." His tongue trailed between her breasts and down to taste the crimson liquid, and lapped it up, into his mouth. "Not this time, wench. You will taste true misery."

The deceptive youkai now reached for her hakama, and tore it away from her legs. Naraku glanced down with interest, to see her quivering…and shaking, afraid.

Instead of directly entering her, the youkai bit at her breasts, leaving circular teeth marks behind and nudging her legs apart with his knee. More blood began to trickle and fall, just as he anticipated. Tactfully, his legs grinded into her sides to hold Nyoko in place, and inflict further abuse upon her. She let out a soft cry, and swallowed hard to keep from getting sick.

"You will feel pain…" he said swiftly, bringing his claws up against to scratch the hell out of her stomach and legs, while continuing to bite and suck on each her nipples. One swelled and bled even more, giving the youkai SOME satisfaction. "Deep, immense pain…!"

With that, he lifted his face from between her breasts and inserted three fingers inside of her, roughly.

Nyoko laid still underneath him, determined to endure this torture with as much bravery as she could muster, until he bit down and tore her nipple open with his teeth. Then she screamed, and thrashed hard trying to get away from him. Fear was building up inside of her, and her only instinct was to run, but he had her pinned down and she could barely move, barely breathe.

The feeling of Naraku's tongue licking at her blood made her even more nauseas, and the miko squeezed her eyes shut, unable to watch as he tortured her body in ways she had never imagined possible.

"I hate you Naraku!" she yelled, and then screamed out in pain as he forced three fingers inside her channel, tearing her apart. She could feel the blood pouring from her wounds, and very slowly, tears began to fall down her face. She felt weak, and small, and she knew this was only the beginning.

As he thrust his fingers more deeply inside of her, her eyes flew open from the intense pain he was causing her. She cried out and screamed, desperately trying to pull away from him, then realized she needed to conserve her strength in order to survive what she knew was coming next. Nyoko began to sob uncontrollably, trying as hard as she could to force his fingers out of her and turning to look at Kagura, a look of helplessness in her eyes. The wind witch opened her mouth to speak, but no sound came out. All she could do was watch as her master inflicted immeasurable pain upon the innocent miko. Their eyes locked for a moment, and then Naraku grabbed ahold of Nyoko's face with his free hand, his claws digging into her cheeks. Bright red drops of blood began to flow down her neck, mixing with her sweat and tears. The youkai bent down to kiss her and she tried to turn away, his claws leaving long, deep scratches across her face.

"You would do better for yourself to stop trying to get away, foolish miko. There is nothing you can do to stop me, and if you are not careful perhaps I will forget that you are to carry my child and simply extinguish your life!" Naraku's lips curled into a sick and twisted smile, and he withdrew his fingers from inside of Nyoko, glaring down at her.

The miko tried once more to pull her legs together, using all of her strength to try and push the youkai off of her and escape from his grasp, but all she managed to do was frustrate herself. A loud cry escaped her lips as he bit down on her neck, licking and sucking at the wound he had created. The tears were flowing freely down her face now, and she glanced over at Kagura once again, silently apologizing for being weak. Naraku laughed, watching the two of them exchange glances, and then dragged his claws down Nyoko's chest once again. She screamed, shaking her head, her eyes wide. The world was starting to spin around her, and the miko's body was becoming weaker and weaker from loss of blood.

"Naraku..." she said quietly, her eyes rolling back in her head, "why?"

Her question seemed to anger him, and suddenly he forced her legs far apart and entered her, rough and hard. The miko screamed out in pain, her flesh tearing apart as he assaulted her, pushing deeply into her. The youkai smirked down at her, his claws tearing her shoulders to shreds and he held onto her tightly, using her upper body as leverage to rape her as painfully as possible. His pace increased, and her eyes fell closed, her breathing becoming labored. Kagura tried to turn away, but found she was frozen in place, unable to do anything but watch as the life drained from Nyoko's face. The miko went completely still, no longer struggling against Naraku, and then suddenly cried out, a shrill, painfilled scream and Naraku laughed, his body convulsing as he spilled his demon seed deep inside the miko's body. As soon as he was finished, he rolled off of her, and bent down to kiss her lips roughly. Nyoko was completely still, barely clinging to life. With a flick of his wrist, Naraku released the shackles which were binding Kagura, and she fell to the floor with a loud crash.

"Do not let me catch you trying to escape from me, Kagura. She is in your care now. My child is inside of her, it's life has already begun. Do not let anything happen to her, or you will pay dearly, with your life." Then Naraku turned and left the room without even looking back.