Pet Spider

Summary: Inuyasha has the ultimate leash to control his tantrums, so why not collar Naraku, who has an even greater temper? What will the consequences be in subjugating such a volatile being? Kagome will find out soon enough. (Humor/romance/angst in that order. Lemon and Character death near end of story.)

Beginning is comedy ending gets more angsty, a mismatch of ideas thrown together just for the fun of it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. There is a lemon and character death near the end of the story.

Chapter 6

Jumping out of the well in the feudal era, Naraku kept his arm wrapped around Kagome's waist as he counted backwards in his head, '3, 2, 1…'

"Get your hands off her, you bastard," Inuyasha came screaming into the clearing. He may have been upset at Kagome, but he was even angrier with Naraku for his obvious manipulations, making it seem like Inuyasha was the bad guy to her family.

"Why should I?" Naraku goaded back. Kagome didn't fight his hold, but was a little wary of where this was going. "She belongs to me, even said so herself."

"Kagome? What the hell is he going on about now?" Inuyasha turned his attention to her instead.

"Um, well, you see," she was poking her fingers together nervously.

"Let me make it perfectly clear to you, Inuyasha," Naraku smirked then turned Kagome towards him and crashed his lips to hers. She tensed for a second at the suddenness but then relaxed and easily complied to his touch. This is the scene Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Kaede walked into as Inuyasha began throwing every curse under the sun. His vision clouded with rage, he forgot about Naraku's rosary and slashed his claws at the spider. The hard to forget pain surged through him as it brought him to the ground with substantially more force than a 'sit' would. 'Sit' was a simple slap on the wrist in comparison to this intense agony. And on top of that, his most hated enemy had his tongue in Kagome's mouth, his woman's mouth, and she wasn't even fighting it.

"Since when did this happen?" Kaede commented to the other bystanders about Naraku and Kagome.

"I had a feeling this was the direction their relationship was heading," Miroku commented, not sure how to feel about it. On one hand, Naraku had cursed his family and caused the deaths of his father, grandfather, and eventually himself, but he'd also never seen Kagome look so happy.

"I'll kill him," Sango growled under her breathe.

"I understand your feelings Sango," Miroku began, "but look at how happy Kagome looks."

"Fine," Sango grunted out very unladylike, "I'll kill him if he hurts her."

Inuyasha's screams pulled Kagome's attention and Naraku released her as she went to her friend's aid, thoroughly enjoying the dog's pain, physical and emotional. Pulling himself from the ground, he howled out, "What the hell, Kagome?"

"What?" she asked confused. "You didn't forget about his rosary already, did you?"

"That's not what I'm talking about!" his voice was beyond angry, betrayal resonating in its depths. "How could you? With him?"

"Oh," she blushed, "because I, well, you see, I like him."

"No, no, no," he exclaimed, "you can't. You are mine!"

She stood, bottled up anger threatening to spill, "No. I'm. Not."

"Yes, you are!" he barked back. "You've always been mine!"

"Is that so?" her eyes were practically burning now. "You've always thought of me as yours?" He nodded determinedly, thinking he won. "Idiot! How stupid do you think I am! As if I would believe that when you spent every chance you got to run off after, run off after… a memory! Do you not remember the positions I found you in? Now how could you possibly do that with her if you thought I was yours?"

Feeling the shame of his actions and mistakes of the past, Inuyasha flattened his ears to his head, "Kagome, I was only-"

"No," she interrupted, "I don't want to hear your excuses. They won't make a difference. I'm sorry, but I don't feel that way about you anymore, Inuyasha."

He hung his head, "I suppose I deserved that, huh?" His response shocked those present, expecting him to lash out. "I'm still not leaving your side though. You may not think you need it, but I have to protect you from him. I don't trust him for a second." Kagome just smiled, overjoyed that she hadn't lost her best friend.

When the destination was revealed, it upped the tension once again. Trying to sooth tempers, Kagome told the others they didn't have to come. Inuyasha was having none of that, not about to leave the two of them together alone and they all ended up at the castle together. It looked bleak, dead, and abandoned, as if his miasma had ravaged it at one point or another but had since cleared out. It was creepy.

"Kagura, Kanna," Naraku called as he entered the building, both appeared immediately. "Kagura, show them to the prepared rooms." He had ordered her to clean the place up, remove skeletons, and blow all of the miasma away before they arrived. She had never expected the reason was for his enemies to stay. "Kanna." He didn't need to say anymore, she knew by a single look that he was fatigued, even though he never outwardly showed it.

"Yes, Master Naraku," her soft, monotone voice echoed and the two turned down a hallway and vanished into thin air.

'Kagura, do as Kagome instructs you, as long as it does not go against my wishes,' Naraku ordered Kagura telepathically. She only scoffed in response to his strange quirks. She would never understand him.

"They disappeared," Kagome spoke aloud, even though she could still sense his presence from an indeterminate location.

"Follow me," Kagura ordered and began walking off the opposite direction.

Once settled, or as settled as could be in Naraku's abandoned castle, Kagome's stomach growled loudly. Kagura had already wandered off so she decided to go look and see if there was a kitchen or something. It took awhile, but she found one. Unfortunately, it looked just as abandoned as the rest of the castle. There wasn't a scrap of edible food. 'Maybe there is food stored in the cellar,' she saw the stairs leading down and followed them, checking in barrels, on shelves, and examining jars. While stumbling around in the dark, she walked right into a spider web. Becoming an instant ninja in an attempt to get free of it, she stumbled over something on the ground. "Ouch. What was that?" she asked herself, crawling over to figure it out. "Another door? Isn't a cellar supposedly the deepest room? What could be down there?" She reached for the handle, feeling cold metal against her skin.

"Girl," Kagura snapped, making Kagome jump as if she was caught doing something she wasn't supposed to. In a way, she was. Naraku summoned Kagura in a hurry instructing her to keep an eye on them. Kagura still feared for her life, not having been informed that he was unable to harm anyone. "What are you doing down here?"

"Oh, I was just looking for something to eat," Kagome responded timidly, "but I can't find anything."

'Kagura,' Naraku spoke into her mind, 'attend to her.'

"Seriously, he has me doing something as menial as this?" Kagura spoke just barely above a disgruntled whisper. "Return to your room. I shall retrieve you once I have found something suitable."

It was hard to tell time in this place with a constant gloom permeating the 'sky.' The group was eager to leave already even though it had barely been a day; it felt like a prison. Kagome was lounging on the bed in 'her' room trying to be productive and catch up on her studying when a very hard body suddenly embraced her from behind. She struggled for a second until she recognized his laugh.

"You scared me," she pouted, pinned on her stomach beneath him.

"That is the typical reaction one should have to myself," he teased into her ear. She started squirming, trying to turn over to look at him, but froze when she felt her writhing excite him. A very prominent erection was now pressing into her backside, and it also felt like her skirt had hiked itself up, based on the feel of silk against her skin. "Do you feel what you do to me, Kagome?" She swallowed hard before nodding minutely. He trailed his clawed fingers down her side, tracing her curves and nibbling on her neck. She wasn't sure if she should make him get off of her or beg him for more. It felt so good, but was also moving much too fast. Or was it? Did it really matter how fast they took it, as long as she was comfortable? She pressed her backside harder against him, drawing a low growl. "Little vixen, you torture me with temptations towards an action I can not perform in such a state."

"Huh, can't? Why?" she asked, bewildered even though she wasn't meaning to go that far.

"The act of obliterating your innocence would cause you unavoidable pain, which would trigger the detestable spell you have placed on me," he explained huskily, still lavishing attention to her neck and stealthily working her skirt over her backside.

"Oh, well I guess I could just deactiv-" Kagome began, twisting her arm around, reaching for the gems strung around his neck.

"Kagome, can we get out of here yet?" Inuyasha hollered before he even got through the door, barging in thoughtlessly. As soon as he saw Naraku covering Kagome, a snarl formed on his face, showing his fangs. "Naraku, get off of her right now!"

"That, depends on her," Naraku spoke lowly. "Kagome, do you want me to continue?"

Becoming the center of attention and caught in such an embarrassing situation had her blushing beet red. She buried her face in the bed to try and escape having to answer that question. Yes, she wanted him to continue, but the mood was kind of dead now. "We'd best continue collecting the shards if you are done with whatever you needed to return here for," she mumbled through the silk sheets, the demons barely caught her words.

Progressing around the lands of feudal japan, there was still one important demon that had not been informed about the illogical situation with the shard hunters. The demon lord Sesshomaru stood on the opposite side of a meadow, staring down the unusual composition of his half-brother's pack, 'Since when has Naraku been amongst them? It matters not, his life still belongs to me.'

Unable to hide his anticipation at seeing Sesshomaru's arrogance brought down a notch, Inuyasha was thinking the same thing as Naraku, for once, and probably the only instance in time. He knew Sesshomaru had claimed Naraku's life as his to take, so he declared, "He's all yours, Sesshomaru." Stepping back out of the way and waiting for the show to begin.

"It seems you will have no interruption if you should desire to attack me, Sesshomaru," Naraku smirked, but it faltered slightly as Kagome ran forward.

"Wait, Sesshomaru," she pleaded, "trust me, you don't want to attack him." She was terrified that if the rosary struck him, he'd be furious at her, since she was the one who placed it.

"What does a mere human know about what I do and do not want?" he declared, jumping forward and drawing Tokijin, readying the blade to slice Naraku into bits. A fraction of a second before the strike was loosed, a prickling energy danced across his skin, emanating from the necklace Naraku wore, but definitely not of demonic origin. At the last possible moment, he changed direction, leaping away and avoiding the holy strike that he detected a forewarning of. "Hn, I see." He stated knowingly, sheathing Tokijin and relaxing his stance. "Miko, explain."

Both Inuyasha and Naraku were disappointed that he detected the power soon enough to avoid it, but Kagome was only relieved that one worry was dismissed. "Well, you see Sesshomaru, after we had seen how powerful he had become, I found a subjugation spell to nullify his threat. The only one strong enough I could find, however, not only prevents him from harming others, but also protects him from attacks as well. It was the only way I could find to eliminate the immense danger he posed." She was proud of herself for speaking so clearly and without stuttering once before someone as deadly as Sesshomaru.

"You flatter me, my dear," Naraku whispered into Kagome's ear as she stood next to him. He was taking every opportunity he could find to elicit a positive response in her. "Kagome, allow me to return the favor tonight; I could 'kill you softly.'" Naraku's honeyed words however gave off an opposing scent, Sesshomaru noted that Naraku smelled of deception and bitter hatred. The priestess was in turn, giving off that sickeningly sweet smell of being completely smitten with the vile hanyou. In time, she would succumb to his fraudulence, and very likely release him, resulting in their deaths.

"You are a fool if you think him sincere, Miko," Sesshomaru stated, recognizing the spider's current ploy. "Naraku's inclination for deceit has not changed, only his tactics have been altered." This insight infuriated Naraku, not liking that his intentions were being spoken so plainly and putting his entire charade at risk, even though he kept a straight face so as not to give himself away completely.

"You're wrong, Sesshomaru," Kagome challenged right back. "What do you know anyways? You're not around us long enough to really see how things are." Kagome didn't believe a word Sesshomaru said, didn't want to believe that the man she's falling for is still the same evil half-demon he's always been. People can change, she's seen it over and over again and was determined to have it happen once more.

"I shall return when you have become a viable target once again, Naraku," Sesshomaru recognizes its only a matter of time until the foolish girl wrongly trusts Naraku. For the time being, however; Naraku's life was beyond his reach. There was no point in sticking around.

"Aww, I wanted to see Sesshomaru get brought to his knees," Inuyasha whined as his brother left without so much as the slightest holy burn.