The New Girl In Town.

Chapter 24. Painfully Yours.

**INU POV**

I had no fucking clue on where I was headed. I just kept walking. My legs had a mind of their own. It was bitter cold outside and people were practically running down the sidewalks trying to get into someplace warm and heated. My bangs were covering my eyes so the people running past me couldn't see me, see them looking at me. They stared at me like I was some type of oozing smelly monster. Almost everyone I passed stared at me. They probably thought I was some gangster who would beat the living shit out of them if they even looked at me funny.

But I was just depressed.

I put my hoodie up higher over my twitching and antsy ears and shoved my hands deeper into my pockets for warmth. The huge wad of cash Sesshomaru gave me was still in my pocket and I head yet to decide what to do with it.

I raised my eyes off the pale sidewalk and saw a gas station that was open. It looked like a nice place to stop in a grab something to eat. I hadn't eaten since I had been discharged from the hospital and I was getting a little hungry. I ran inside and grabbed a bottle of water, a bag of chips and a pack of cigarettes.

What a great dinner, I thougt to myself sarcastically. After I paid for my junk food, I walked back out side and walked behind the gas station and climbed up on the roof. I sat down and ate my bag of chips and drank my water. When I was done, I leaned back and lit a cigarette and watched as the clouds rolled by.

I took a puff and blew it out my noes. I was so agitated that even my daily cigarette wasn't calming me down.

I didn't know what I was going to do.

How was I ever going to find Kagome?

XxX

**KAG POV**

You know how people always tell you 'if your going to be kidnaped you should run and scream and get away from the kidnapper as fast as you can?' Well what if your stuck in the Asshats house thats in the middle of whats seems to be a desert and your kidnapper/Asshat was a demon? Then what do you do? Yea, thats what I thought. I had no chance of running nor screaming. I would be a dead woman walking if I ever tried it.

It was day two of my imprisonment and I was getting tired and beat down. I tried keeping my head high but, I knew at some point (and god did I hate to admit this) but at some point I would need Naraku's help. So, after many, many, many discussions and conversations with..myself, Ifinally made my way downstairs because my stomach wouldn't shut up and wouldn't stop making gurgling sounds. I was starving.

I crept slowly through the living room and toward what looked like a dining room. The only sound that could be heard was a large master clock ticking somewhere and my feet hitting the marble on the floor. I was about to pass the huge dining room but stopped short when I saw Naraku sitting at the table reading a newspaper.

Where did he get that newspaper? I thought. I started to walk toward him with determination. I was going to demand new clothes, food and maybe a little more about where we were, but stopped in mid confidante stride when I saw what was placed on the table. The long dining room table that could seat thirty people (at least) was piled with a bunch of breakfast foods, drinks and deserts. I eyed the table and my mouth started to water.

"Wh-what is all this?" I asked a little shocked.

Naraku kept on reading his newspaper. "Well I figured you would be hungry by now, and I didn't know what kinds of foods you liked to eat so, I made a plethora for you."

My mouth twitched and I walked around the whole table and eyed the food suspiciously to which Naraku chuckled at, "If I wanted to drug you, I would have done so already. The food is perfectly fine." I looked at him in disbelief, but he still had his noes shoved in the newspaper. I stood staring at the food wondering if he was really telling the truth, when Naraku grew impatient of me and put down his newspaper and sighed irritably. "Just sit down. If I wanted to hurt or harm you by feeding you anything, I would have done it already!"

I rolled my eyes at him and walked over to the head of the table which was the farthest seat away from him, and sat down. I grabbed the napkin that was placed on a plate and put it on my lap. I then reached for all of the food that was in my sight and began to shove it into my mouth.

I was sipping some orange juice when Naraku chuckled at me and folded his hands and rested his chin on them. "Hungry I see."

I snorted and bit down into a roll. "Obviously. I haven't eaten in two days," I said with a mouthful of bread.

"Well I hope you enjoy it."

I shoved the last piece of my roll into my cheek and stared at him. "Why do you keep saying things like that?"

He raised one of his eyebrows. "What do you mean?"

I swallowed the lump of food in my throat and wiped my mouth. "You keep saying polite things," I cocked my head to the side. "Why?"

He unfolded his hands and sat back in his chair. "Why shouldn't I be polite to you?"

I shrugged and crossed my arms over my chest, "why should you?"

He stared at me blankly so I stared right back. I was wondering what had possibly happened to him to make him so…him. What happened to him that made him take me and lock me away like some sort of prisoner?

I finally squinted at him and licked my lips. They tasted like oranges and bread. "Who is she?" I asked.

His eyes widened slightly but he didn't flinch and inch. He took a breath and relaxed his practically pulsating eyes and remained staring at me. "What do you mean?

I smiled triumphantly knowing I had hit a nerve. "Who is she?" I asked again with more determination in my voice.

He scoffed and looked away from me. "I have no idea what your talking about."

I rolled my eyes. "Oh no, I think you do…" He turned back to me and had a look on his face that was a mix of concern and wonder. "Theres…someone else isn't there?" I asked confidently. "Someone who you love but…she…she doesn't love you back. Does she?" I said trying to figure out the situation. It was just a theory I had been playing around with. But I guess it was a pretty good theory because Naraku put his hands down on the table and stared at me with a threatening look.

"Kagome," he said in a threatening and warning tone.

"And now," I said going on and ignoring him,"your trying to get back at her…with me?"

"Kagome…." he said again.

I smiled softly. "So..why?" I said ignoring all of his warnings."Why me Naraku? Tell me. Tell me why." He stared at me so fiercely that it irritated me. It tickled at me funny. Everything about him was really starting to piss me off. The un-answered questions, the mystery, the pain I had to suffer through. It all made my stomach clench and unclench. And it finally made me push my chair back, forcefully slam my hands down on the wood surface of the table and shout, "TELL ME!"

My shout echoed off the walls and bounced back down to us. Naraku inhaled and exhaled like he was trying to calm himself down and my heart was racing and it made my chest ache. We stood there staring at each other before he finally sat down and glared at me.

"I know you don't want to be here-"

"Yea no shit." I said cutting him off.

"But," he said continuing his thought, "you are. So just face the fact that your mine, and you aren't going anywhere without me. Got it?"

I swallowed and sat down too. "No." I said confidently.

He raised an agitated eyebrow. "Excuse me?"

I nodded. "You heard me. I don't have to accept that bull shit fact. Because you wanna know a little secret? ITS NOT TRUE!"

He sighed and then growled slightly and stared at he table. "Go away from me."

I snorted. "Why? Is your dear little fiancé not acting like a good little fiancé?" I asked sarcastically.

He pushed back his chair and stood up fiercely. "GET AWAY FROM ME KAOME!"

I flinched back from his shouting and slowly pushed back my own chair and stood up. Naraku picked up his newspaper and bean to read it again as I glared at him. And then, knowing he wouldn't have anything more to do with me, I sulked out of the dining room. There was nothing else to do but go back to my bed room and sit there in my own self pity. I knew I had been pushing Naraku but I didn't care. The Asshat deserved it.

When I finally made it back to my room, I lay down on my bed and put my hands behind my head so I could stare up at the ceiling. The room was quiet but somehow the silence was defining. And I suddenly wished I had my mom with me. She would know what to do, she always did. I mean, don't mother's always know how to fix every single little problem you have?

Then wondered how everyone was doing back home. I wondered if they thought I was locked away somewhere against my will (which was true) or if they thought I had simply run away. Or maybe they just thought I was dead. Stone cold dead.

Maybe they thought I was raped, killed and dumped into a random corn field. A image of me, dead, lying in a empty field with maggots and small insects crawling all over me flashed into my brain.

That thought made me shudder and gag. I rolled over in bed and shook my head trying to shake the thought out of me thoughts.

When I had calmed myself, I thought maybe my family had called police and the FBI and everything and they were out there looking for me now. Or maybe they were to sad and upset they didn't even think about that.

Or perhaps they were just searching on their own. They could be driving around the city streets and urban areas trying to get me to come home. I had no idea what was going on in the outside world and it was driving me crazy.

Then I wondered about Koga. What was he doing? What was he thinking? Was he happy I was gone? Was he sad? Did he feel guilty? I really hope he didn't feel any type of guilt about kissing Ayame. Ayame was a better match for him, she had always been. And I had always known that, but I just didn't want to admit it.

Then a freakish and scary thought came to mind. Should I marry Naraku? I had nothing else really going for me and I bet that Naraku would actually be nicer if I just gave into him. But what was he really after? What did he truly want from me? And why? I had so many questions.

But the truth of the matter is, I was Naraku's. I practically belonged to him. He was a strong demon and I was nothing more then a pathetic human and he knew that fact.

I took a big inhale and I exhaled and I felt my lungs expand and relax. I bit my lower lip and I didn't know it until a small tear rolled down my cheek, that I was crying. I whipped it away frantically and stood up off of the bed.

I wasn't going to wallow In my own self pity. I was still alive and I was still breathing. My heart was beating and I could still think of escaping. Escaping could be an option. I knew that was all I needed.

I walked over to the window and stared outside again. There was only flat, continues brown land leading out into the horizon. Sand and more sand, with tussocks of small scrubby bushes standing up like surprises and the stupid cactus tree that stood at an odd angle.

I frowned and crossed my arm's.

Was this truly my new life?

xXx

It had been a few hours since the breakfast fiasco with Naraku. In that time I had paced around my room, stared outside at the sand dunes and weird looking cactus with the pretty red flower on it, cried a little, punched the hell out of my pillow, and counted ceiling tiles (as any good prisoner does) before Naraku knocked on my door.

I knew it was him because he had told me that it was just him and I in the house. I hadn't seen anyone else or some type of servant in the home so I figured he was telling the truth.

I also knew that he probably wasn't there to beat or hurt me anymore. My bruise over my eye had already started to heal and it had become a yellow and dark purple color. And the marks on my neck had faded a lot but they weren't completely gone. A small reminder.

I knew he was there to talk to me.

So I wasn't completely shocked when I opened the door to see him standing there waiting for had his hands classed behind his back and he look pleased.

"Come in?" I asked him cautiously.

He nodded and smiled which made me want to hurl. "Thank you." He breezed past me and walked into my prison cell that was in cognito.

I stood at the doorway with my eyes narrowed on him. "To what do I owe this un-wanted visit in my humble prison?" I said.

He chuckled and continued to stare out the window. "Actually my dear-"

"Don't call me that." I snapped.

He sighed and continued to keep his gaze off of me. "Im here to talk to you, about us going on a small trip." He said with a small about of pleasure in his voice. Like a proud father would if he was talking about going with his family to disney world or something.

I felt my face falter. "Wh-what? Well..where..where are we going?" I stuttered. "Wh-when?" I asked. There were so many possibilities and ideas blurring into my head it made me dizzy.

I could escape. I could run away. I could use Naraku as a way out of the home to which I had been imprisoned. I could finally figure out where I was.

I could see my mom and grandfather again. I could see my little brother that I didn't realize I would miss so much. I could see Sango and Miroku and Koga. I could even see my cat Buyo.

I could be free. Anything and everything, in my own mind, was suddenly possible.

But Naraku must have sensed what I was thinking or he had magically gained the gift of mind reading because he turned to me and said, "oh don't get excited. Were simply going on a small trip to be married."

I spluttered and made and scoffing sound. "Ma-married?"

He turned to me and gave me a smile that looked like a relative of the grinches smile. "Yes. You and I, are going to be married in three days."

I laughed softly. "We aren't getting married." I half whispered to myself and half whispered to my captive.

He turned to me and stared at me with amusement on his face. "Oh yeah?"

"We just…it… cant be possible." I whispered again.

Then he coughed and cleared his throat obnoxiously. "Kagome I think you need to face the truth. We are going to be married, you and I. And it would be a lot easier if you just accepted that."

I lifted my eyes off the floor and stared at him. He had this look on is face that I couldn't place. It was a look on his face that reminded me of the old Naraku Onigumo that I used to know. The Naraku that I had started to become friends with. It scared me.

"I don't want nor do I need to accept anything you sick bastard." I whispered fiercely.

He sighed and ran a hand through his sleek dark hair. "I was afraid of this.."

I raised a cautious eyebrow a him. "Of what?" I asked carefully.

Even before I could react, even before I could take a breath or blink my eyes, I knew I was going to regret asking that question.

And I did.

Because just as those words came out of my mouth, did Naraku use his demon powers to his advantage. He used his demon speed to run up behind my back and took my right and left arm up and around my back with one of his hands and put a forceful hand on my neck.

"What are you doing?" I shrieked in panic and anger. I was so fucking sick of this guy putting his hands on me.

"Doing what I have to do." He growled into my ear.

"And what would that be?" I asked in a tone on the line of anger and sarcasm.

He snorted. "Oh Kagome can you stop your pathetic little sarcasm? Its becoming a real pain."

He jerked my right arm backward as he said the word pain. I let out a small yelp of agony as he continued to jerk my appendage up and in the opposite direction of my arm socket.

"Stop it!" I howled.

He forced my arm backward again and I clenched my teeth together. "Oh Kagome I would love to do just that, but only you can make that happen."

I felt a small tear roll down my face. "How can I possibly do that?" I asked through my clenched teeth.

"Ive already told you."

I rolled my eyes as I realized what he wanted. "I have to marry you to get this to stop right?"

"Exactly."

"Why do you want me, me, so badly? What is it about me that you want?" I whined.

He growled low in his throat and I knew he was having trouble with his patience. Well tough shit, So was I.

"Because I need you thats why." HE whispered into my ear, and then he released his death hold on my arms. I rubbed my sore appendages and turned around to see him walking toward the door.

"Well..when are we leaving?" I asked.

He stopped at the door, looked me in the eyes and another one of his evil grins plastered itself on his face. "Tonight." And with that, he shut my door and left me alone in the silence.

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