Watching Me, Wanting Me
Summary: Nar/Kag pairing. Nar has been watching Kag through Kanna's mirror for a while now. When Inu runs off with Kik, Kag runs into the arms of her most hated enemy.
Author's Note: I am so sorry for the long update. I meant to have it out sometime in June 2005, but then I had a death in the family and I've only now finally been able to pick up all my stories where they left off. I had meant to get this story finished by September 2005, but then a lot of bad/weird things happened to me all at once and I was unable to. I then got very sick in Spring 2006. Sorry. Anyways, here's the long awaited second chapter!
Chapter 2 – Forbidden Thoughts…
Naraku stood there, his dark presence filling the entire doorway completely. His red eyes glared down at her angrily, seeming to glow in the darkness that suddenly surrounded them. Kagome stood there, gaping at him like a fish, stupefied.
After a few moments, Kagome snapped out of her shock, and she stumbled backwards, falling hard on her butt.
"N-N-N-Naraku!" Kagome stuttered, frantically trying to put as much distance between her and the angry half-demon standing in the doorway.
Naraku's eyes narrowed fractionally, but enough to send her into a panic as terror overcame her. Kagome turned around and scrambled to get away. She had barely stood up completely when he was there, his long-fingered hand wrapping itself around her throat. He held her up, his fingers threatening to crush her fragile neck, his deadly talons digging into the soft, tender flesh. She struggled uselessly, clawing at him, her fear overcoming her good sense. He ignored her pathetic struggling as he walked over to the bed and abruptly dropped her on it. She sat up immediately, furious, and glared at him, rubbing her neck where his fingers had been. A little blood came away from where his talons had dug into her, but nothing too serious. There would soon be bruises there, she was sure. He had not been gentle.
"Don't go wandering around the castle alone," he said, his voice as cold and merciless as his eyes.
"Call for myself or a servant, but do not wander alone."
His lips twisted into a wry, evil grin. A warning.
"It isn't safe."
She shuddered at his tone.
"Why do you care, Naraku?" she asked defiantly, even though she shook with fear.
Naraku took a few steps away from her before stopping. He turned, looking back over his shoulder, his eyes cold and his lips had a cruel edge to them.
"Because you aren't worth anything to me dead."
With that said, he turned and paused in the doorway.
"A servant will be by shortly with food and clothes. I suggest you take advantage of it now because you never know when you're next meal will be…"
He slid the door shut behind him, and Kagome shuddered at his lasts words, knowing he was right. She pushed aside her pride; it would only get her killed here. She had no control over the situation.
Kagome looked around and saw a mirror on the opposite wall. Curious, she went up to it and gasped at her appearance. The area around her eyes was now slightly red, inflamed and irritated from her tears. Her hair was now unkempt and tangled. But what drew her attention was the five bruises slowly appearing around her throat and the five pinpricks marring her pale skin.
What was truly more dangerous? The castle he had warned her about, or him?
Naraku
Naraku stood in the next room, seething and pacing. How many times did he have to tell that stupid girl to stay in her room! His castle was no place for a mortal girl. Especially one like her.
The innocent miko.
He could not watch out for her all the time. He had villages to annihilate, people to destroy, etc.
Why couldn't she understand and follow his simple instructions?
He didn't need her dead, not yet. That would ruin his grand plan for Inu-Yasha's demise.
He looked through his one-way mirror on the wall. On her side, it was just a simple, plain, ordinary old mirror. On his side, however, it was no ordinary looking glass. No, on his side it showed not his reflection, but hers. It was transparent, giving him a view into her thoughts.
He smirked as he saw her finger the marks on her neck.
He had to put her in her place: beneath him.
In more than one way… a voice whispered in his mind, but he ignored it.
What intrigued him so much about this girl, this Kagome? Was it because of her connection to Kikyou, the love of that wretched Onigumo, or was it something else?
Whatever it was, he would not allow it to interfere with his plans for her.
…Hunting you, I can smell you – alive…
"Naraku…" he heard her sigh as she slowly began to brush her hair with one of the brushes on the vanity beneath the mirror.
Naraku raised an eyebrow as she sighed his name, intrigued and amused.
Perhaps his plan would be easier to achieve than he thought…
His eyes lingered over the marks he'd made on her pale neck. He could easily destroy her if he had to. He'd seen that she had some trouble controlling her miko powers. Yet, he found himself reluctant to destroy her.
He shook his head slightly to clear his thoughts.
She was a tool, nothing more. A tool to be used for his dark purposes.
Nothing more.
Who are you trying to fool? that annoying voice scolded.
…
Kagome
Your heart pounding in my head…
Kagome's heart continued to pound as she tried desperately to relax and calm down after her nerve-wracking encounter with a certain evil hanyou, brushing her hair to ease the tension from her lethargic body.
What could he possibly want? Why her? Why not Kikyou?
She had so many questions, questions there were no answers to.
She closed her eyes, thinking about how her life had been turned upside down in such a short amount of time by one man, her enemy, the sensual man from her dark dreams…
"Naraku…" she sighed, as if merely whispering his name could release her thoughts from his seductive grip.
His arm around her, pressing there bodies together…She blushed scarlet at her thoughts and lightly smacked herself on the forehead for thinking such wicked thoughts. Such tempting thoughts. Forbidden thoughts...
He was the enemy! It was a trap!
He tried to kill her!
She wasn't stupid; she knew how he worked.
He was only after the jewel shards, and he probably planned on using her as bait for Inu-Yasha.
Inu-Yasha…
Kagome felt the instant ache in her thought, the depression settling itself back over her like an invisible net.
A spider's web…
I won't let him use me! I won't let him use me to kill Inu-Yasha! To kill my love!Ah… But… a cruel, wicked voice taunted softly in her mind.
But he isn't your love anymore… Remember? Your love prefers the company of a corpse over you…
Her heart clenched painfully at the memory, the unbearable memory. She felt so alone…
Betrayed…
Besides, aren't we being a bit presumptuous – assuming that he would come after you. Really… Can you even assume that he'd come to save you? After all, he betrayed you. He got what he truly wanted. Kikyou can find the rest of the jewel shards for him. You're just in the way. Maybe this new development will prove to be… beneficial…to him. Because, you mean nothing to him. Just a means to an end. It seems that's all you're good for. A Kikyou replacement and a tool, both expendable. Naraku too. Face it. Nobody can ever love someone like you…
Angry, frustrated tears made their way silently down her face at the thought of his betrayal, trying not to let the heartbreak get to her.
Inu-Yasha…
...Watching me, Wanting me…
She would not cry another tear for Inu-Yasha. She wouldn't, couldn't forgive him. Ever. Not this time. She would never cry for him again, she vowed.
Especially in front of her enemy.
Naraku.
You are nothing like Kikyou…Blinking back tears, she stared determinedly into the mirror, studying her face.
The face of a curious, weary girl.
You are must softer…Maybe…
Warmer…Maybe Naraku… Could be different?
Could he see her for who she truly was? Could he…
Care for her?
So, Kagome wonders if Naraku can be different. Can he? Well, you'll just have to wait and see :D As always no rough language or the favor shall be returned. No, I don't own Inu-Yasha or Evanescence. I only own Sesshomaru. Grabs and hugs Mine! R&R. Fay.