Every sound made my head hurt more painfully, and there was so much of it! The birds who were chirping their daily tune seemed to be doing it directly in my ear and even the small sound of the wind felt like a hurricane in my head. I faintly realized that my face was against something soft and furry but I refused to open my eyes to the onslaught of light that would surely make this headache worse.
It seemed that I didn't have much of a choice in the matter however because I soon found my face shoved unceremoniously deeper into the softness and a hard weight was sitting now on my back.
"If you do not wish to suffer immensely you will undo what you have done this past night." I heard him speak and yet the voice seemed to calm my headache. I sighed in relief and relaxed under him. It was like silk passing in one ear and out the other. I faintly recognized the words that he was saying and they did not chain together in my head to form a sentence.
I was then roughly brought to my feet by my hair and my face slammed into what I can only guess was the rock wall of a cave. I seen white tendrils of hair fan around me and it was then that I realized who was with me.
The memories flashed through my mind faster then they should have, making my once again pounding headache worse then before. I heard the echo of my head hitting the wall a hundred times louder then it should have been and the blood that now dripped from my head smelled like an ocean of it was sitting at my feet. I repressed the urge to vomit when my restraints on my head were gone and I fell unceremoniously onto the ground.
"Pathetic, you have made a immense mistake. A human will never be able to master the power of one as great as I" This was followed by a swift kick to my ribs "There is no use in trying to fight me; it appears that the transfer of powers is both ways. I could purify you before you moved"
I looked up in fear. I no longer had my sacred powers… The jewel I knew was now as dark as the night sky for the wish I made was the worst one I could have chose and now I could do nothing to purify it. I quickly stood up to face him. "This is all your fault" I said as something inside me grew dark and my body began to shake "If you would have helped in the final battle then none of this would have happened!"
"Woman get a hold of yourself. If you transform in here I will have no choice but to purify you!" I felt proud for a moment because it appeared that I was not the only one struggling with the emotions or lack there of in my new species. I began to calm down at the sound of his voice once more and I leisurely took a seat on the nearest thing I could find.
I finally had a chance to see him. This startled me more then the birds that were chirping in my ear which now seemed impossible for we were clearly inside and possibly far underground for there was no windows to look through. His hair was still as white as the moon however his markings on his face and hands were gone. His glare of hate was so evident in his new human body and it frightened me. I knew where we were and I prayed to whatever god that could hear me that I got out as soon as possible. He… Inuyasha… Told me once about the customary way that the Inu lord dealt with hostages and I refused to be one of those.
He watched me calculate him for only a moment. "This Sesshomaru will ask you one more time before I take matters into my own hands. How did you steal my powers?"
I looked at him blankly. Did he not know of the power of the jewel? Wasn't that what he sought when he found me so helplessly wandering the woods? I stood on my feet glaring up at him. "Let's just say that whatever it was is unable to return them to you at the moment"
"Then you are referring to this" my eyes widened in horror as he held up the tainted jewel. It was attached to a row of sacred beads and glowed with such animosity that it made my skin crawl. "It appears I was correct in assuming you did not have the power to do what you did." I could feel my own purification barrier snap and crackle at my skin and I winced.
"You could master my power about as easily as I mastered yours" I seen his eyebrow raise and I smirked. His damaged ego was all I could do to him at this moment.
"What was that word that you used on the half-demon?" I watched him tap his cheek in concentration and wondered why it mattered "Ah yes, I believe it was 'sit'" I felt my body be shoved down of its own accord onto the hard wooden chair. His eyes lit up with triumph and I shook with furry. The purple beads of subjugation were wrapped around my throat. "It seems I know more about this area then you woman." He looked at me curiously then decided on something "I wonder… Woman, stand and spin in a circle."
"Fuck you" I spat out at him, the beads were glowing angrily as I refused to submit to its will. I saw him smile for the first time and it frightened me more then his ability to purify me. "I would never listen to a human such as you" I saw these words hit him and noticed him tense ever so slightly.
His footsteps were still so light and soundless on the ground as he approached me even to my new youkai ears. In his hands was the tainted jewel. "Wait, don't come near me with that" I tried to back away from him however the beads held me in place. I started to panic "I don't know what damage I will inflict on it if it touches me! Please Sesshomaru-sama!" My words didn't faze him as he approached me with the dark object.
"My theory" He said as he picked up the beads around my neck, his touch lingering on my throat long enough to send a shiver down my spine. "is that this somehow increases power correct?" The jewel made contact with the beads and when they connected it appeared to have done nothing. Those golden eyes bore right into mine as he touched my cheek almost tenderly before raising his hand and slapping me hard.
It echoed so loudly across the room that it felt like the whole country could have heard but decided to leave me to my fate. "You are not allowed move or talk unless instructed to do so, do you understand what this Sesshomaru is telling you? Nod your head in response"
So many vile words were on the tip of my tongue but I couldn't respond. My head obediently nodded up and down in response to his words. I hated myself for being so weak. The jewel glowed menacingly above my breast and merged with my, or now his, sacred powers to keep me bonded.
"Very good, I think I like it better when you are silent." He said, his eyes roaming my body. "Do you know why I went to find you in the forest Miko? Answer me"
"Screw you" I smiled at my victory, it was an answer after all. I felt his hand hit my cheek hard enough to send me flying to the floor. I gasped in pain and looked up at him accusingly.
"Not the answer I was looking for Miko, however your words are almost accurate. Take off your shirt." My hands were slowly beginning to pull it up, bearing my now muscled stomach. No! I wasn't showing him my body. My hands stopped and I smiled in triumph. "Take of your shirt!" His voice echoed and boomed around me and my shirt was now in shreds at my feet.
He was behind me tracing his markings that were now at my hips. He growled in frustration as his nails dug in harshly. "You will suffer the humiliation you have brought upon me a hundred fold for what you have done." His eyes shone with such malice that the jewel shone a little darker in the small stone room.