Chapter 2: Seducing Whispers
Title: A Spider's Poison
Author: LightningRose
Red eyes peered out from behind a giant white baboon pelt...watching as the young woman walked out from the forest, and into a small clearing...steam lifting up from the hot spring floating around the bank and her legs. It gave off a look of fog traveling through the area giving it a sense of mystery. His eyes never left her form even after she came to a halt, not after she slowly undressed and moved into the water either. He felt like a preditor watching his prey with such sick passion before pouncing...
Swimming around under the steamy water unknown to the possible danger she was in, Kagome felt free of her depressive emotions. All thoughts of the earlier encounter with Inuyasha and Kikyo leaving her mind for just a few moments, giving her a sense of peace. She swam up towards the surface of the water gasping for breath, her wet hair sticking to her neck and back.
"It would seem you left your bow and arrows here on the bank...not a good place for them." Kagome spun around from her position in the spring, arms flying over her chest to hide anything that the intruder might be able to see. Looking into the eyes of the stranger her's widened in shock...but notin fear.
She saw him standing there in his black and purple robes, his baboon pelt on the ground around his feet. Was he the real Naraku or just another one of his puppets to gain her shikon shards?
"Naraku! What do you want!" Trying to find some way to get out of the water without him seeing her naked she searched the area, but found nothing. And all her belongings were back on the bank...along with her arrows.franticly looking around the spring for some kind of escape...but She froze as the sound of moving water was heard behind her. Knowing what it was behind her, She could feel her face heat up and she didn't think it was because of the steam. She couldn't move, her body was stiff and frozen in place, her heart was racing so fast she could feel it thumping against her rib cage.
"What is the matter little miko? Are you afraid to look at me? I am sure you have seen your precious Inuyasha in such a way as this plenty of times, does another man scare you? Would you rather have that pathetic dog?" His voice was sadistic and mocking, harsh yet seductive. Why was he in the water with her? Hell why was he here in the first place? Suddenly without even knowing what came over herself she spun around to look at the evil hanyou in the eyes, her own filled with unshed tears. She had left to forget about Inuyasha and here in front of her...in the nude no less! Was the one who caused all her problems! If it weren't for him, Kikyo and Inuyasha would of been together all those years ago. She wouldn't of needed to come here and experience such pain, SHE HATED HIM !
"Do not speak to me of Inuyasha, I don't want to hear his name! If you are here to mock me then you have wasted your time Naraku. I will not let you enjoy my pain this time. And if you are here for the shards you aren't getting them. I will fight you until my death if I must. But I won't let you get your evil hands on them." Those unshed tears she was trying to desperately to hold in began to fall as she let all her hatred for the evil that stood in front of her out. But it didn't last long before her resolve broke and she just broke down in tears.
"Miko I do not know of what you speak. Mock you? Enjoy your pain? The shards yes I understand that one...but why such hatred for the hanyou?" He tried concealing his curiousity, the miko had shocked him with her outburst. Spinning around so quickly, He hadn't expected such a move from her.
"Oh yea right...like you didn't know. Inuyasha and Kikyo are together, She will probably take him with her to hell now. Which is fine with me ! I don't need him...I can find the shards on my own. I'm not as weak as you all think me to be. I've grown in power over the years and can handle my powers with more control. So don't think for one minute you bastard, that I'll let you get my shards!" She shot a finger out to point at him, forgetting all about hiding her chest from his view...and obviously that he to...was naked.
"Hmm...yes, I can very much see that. All grown up now." Smirking down at her, she noticed his eyes travelling lower on her body. Looking down to see what exactly it was he was staring at she nearly fainted. Here she was standing no more than ten feet away from her enemy and very naked. And he wasn't any more clothed than she was.
"AHH! YOU PERVERT!" Before she could stop herself, her arm shot out and her hand connected hard with his cheek. There was a silence, his head was still slanted to the side, she was frightened now. Her heart raced faster, her face frozen in shock. The silence after a short time was broken from his laughing...she couldn't tell if it was an angry laugh, but it didn't sound like his usual cruel laugh.
"I need to get my clothes..." But he wouldn't move, just stood there laughing...had he lost it?
"Are you the real Naraku or just another one of his stupid puppets, because if you are I'll just get rid of your right now!" The laughter stopped, he held a more serious look on his face now as he turned to look at her.
"Worry not my little miko, I am the true Naraku and no puppet. And why do you hide yourself from me, such a beauty you have filled out to become over the years...you shouldn't be shy." He stopped her from backing up and putting her arms over her chest again. If this was the real Naraku...what the hell was going on?
He moved in closer, the water rippling around their bodies, steam surrounding them making it appear all dream like.
"Such a sad thing...to have the one you love leave you for another. I would imagine you are in a great deal of heartache...but you see I have never experienced such a silly emotion as...love." He said it almost in a disgusting manner, and yet he almost sounded sincere. Turning away from him so he couldn't see her tears, so he couldn't mock her pain any longer than he already has. Except no matter how strong she thought she was, she still told him her feelings, she had to let them out even if it was Naraku she told them to.
"I gave him up...He couldn't choose between us...still after all these years. So I left." She broke down in her enemy's arms right then, sobbing uncontrollably while he held her. He had only meant to catch her from sinking under the water and ended up holding her. He didn't understand this woman, she had given up the man she loved more than anything to a woman she despised, only because of this...love. But why? He didn't understand love, he knew only lust, and power. But he had never known this love. As he held the crying girl in his arms he found he didn't like seeing her cry and in pain as much as he wished he did.
"Stop...STOP THAT!" gripping her shoulders he shook her small body, trying to gain her attention. "No more crying. Now...you will come with me and forget about Inuyasha. Tears do not belong on one with such power as yourself. You are not meant to love, can't you see? You are like me...you have no one in this world, Come...If Inuyasha does not claim you then I will."
Pulling her close he leaned down to softly brush his cheek against her wet one. Lips teasing her ear with light kisses as he began to whisper darkly to her.
"I claim you as mine, and you will be mine...miko."