Here's chapter three. Enjoy!

Warning: Rated R for attempted rape, language and violence.

A slight note: Miroku, Sango, Shippo and Rin are all full-fledged adult demons. Miroku and Sango are tiger youkai while Shippo and Rin are kitsune youkai.

A Simple Dream

Ch. 3

Punishments and Plans

Lord Miroku and his mate left at the crack of dawn, apologizing for leaving so early, but they had urgent matters they needed to attend to immediately. Lord Shippo and Lady Rin decided that they would stay for the day before leaving after dinner. Lord Inutaisho had to go back to his palace, so he left his two sons at the castle and told them to come back in a week.

"SLAVE!" Kikyo bellowed. "Bring me my dress!"

Kagome hurried to Kikyo's enormous walk-in closet and swiftly unhooked a beautiful white dress adorned with white ribbons. In Kagome's opinion (though Kikyo did not know of it), her mistress would probably look better in a hideous orange dress.

Kikyo ordered Kagome to help her put it on. She was forced to neatly fold Kikyo's clothes after she took them off before securing the white dress to Kikyo's figure. Kikyo pulled on long white gloves that reached from the tips of her fingers to the ends of her elbows. Kagome put a glittering pearl necklace around her neck and styled her hair in an ornate bun.

"I am finished, Lady Kikyo," she said quietly, dipping her head low while Kikyo examined herself in the mirror.

"Hmph, you did a decent job on the hair, but you ought to be a little quicker next time," Kikyo said haughtily. She never was one for "compliments". What she said just now would be considered a praising accolade from her.

"I understand, Lady Kikyo," Kagome answered. Inwardly, she was thinking, I hope Prince Sesshomaru gives you an up close and personal view of the bottom of his shoe when it contacts your ugly face!

"Come along, we don't want our guests to wait," Kikyo said brusquely, sweeping past her personal servant in a rude manner and expecting her to follow. Kagome sighed, but trekked obediently after her mistress.

My dear Naraku, we shall rule the world together soon! Kikyo thought dreamily, loving the way his blood-red eyes gazed upon her figure hungrily. I shall seduce Prince Sesshomaru and he shall give us the Western Lands!

They soon came to the dining hall and Kikyo seated herself on the right of Naraku. Sesshomaru was already sitting in his seat, sipping wine. Shippo and Rin were sitting together in their respective seats and eating from each other's plates.

A wistful smile briefly ghosted over Kagome's face when she saw Shippo and Rin. How she longed to have her dream man hold her so tenderly in such an embrace and feed her food! But as long as she was played "abused servant" for Kikyo, she knew her life was shackled down.

"Slave, bring us more bread!" Kikyo ordered.

Kagome dipped in a bow and hurried from the room, unaware of the golden eyes that stared after her retreating back in contemplation. Sesshomaru leaned back in his chair, bringing the thin rim of the glass of wine he was drinking up to his lips and tipping it, so that the cool liquid slid down his throat in a rush.

I must free her.

Once again that thought echoed in his head. That one little sentence was annoying him, but he knew he must take action for it. It was an unspoken promise that he gave to her. And he would follow through with it upon his honor.

Kagome came back with two woven baskets filled with fresh loaves of soft bread. She set one down near Naraku and Kikyo and put the other one down near Shippo and Rin. Since Sesshomaru was in between, he could easily pick out a slice from either basket.

Kikyo whispered in Naraku's ear, "My dearest, I will seduce Sesshomaru into giving us his father's lands. He cannot refuse me."

Naraku smirked wickedly and cooed back to her, "As you wish, Kiki-chan. Make sure that servant girl of yours doesn't get in the way. I've seen him cast a couple of glances at her."

Kikyo frowned, but her tainted mind quickly thought up a solution, "I shall send her to the village square to shop for a new set of lotions and perfume for me. I will give her a very long list, to ensure that she does not return until sundown."

"You do know you will have to give her enough money in order to buy you what you need?" Naraku breathed. "And we don't want to lose our money, you know that…"

"You have a point, Naraku-koi. I shall give her a script from myself so that those cumbersome villagers know that she has been sent by the Lady of the Southern Lands," she said, her cold brown eyes glinting wickedly.

Naraku pulled her into a brief kiss. "That is why you are my wife," he purred. "You are so smart."

Kikyo smirked and began to stroke Naraku's cheek lovingly, "I will gladly remain your wife from now until forever."

Sesshomaru cast the scheming pair a disgusted glance. With his enhanced demonic hearing, he could hear just about everything they spoke of. Well, if Kikyo was going to send Kagome out all day just so she could seduce him, she had another thing coming. He would leave and stay at the village square with Kagome. He had to find out if she wanted to be free.

But then again, who in their right mind would even consider liking Kikyo? At least enough to love their abusing, freedom-less life. Naraku was an exception. He was filth.

Kikyo turned and yelled, "SLAVE!"

Kagome came running to her side in a jiffy and asked, "Yes, Lady Kikyo? What do you require of me?"

Kikyo sneered in disgust at her personal servant, but she said, "Get me a scroll, an inkwell, and a quill pen."

"Right away, Lady Kikyo," she said, heading back up to Kikyo's room, where she kept her items.

Crash!

Suddenly a loud voice came from upstairs, shouting, "OKAA-SAN! HAKUDOUSHI SPILLED THE LIVER JAR AGAIN!"

"I DID NOT, YOU CONNIVING BITCH OF A SISTER!!"

"OKAA-SAN!!"

Kikyo sighed in irritation before screaming a reply back to her insane children, "HAKUDOUSHI! KAGURA! GET DOWN HERE THIS INSTANT!"

The two squabbling siblings came tumbling down the staircase trading insults back and forth while trying to punch each other in the face. Hakudoushi hit Kagura under the chin with a right uppercut, but Kagura retaliated by landing a square kick into Hakudoushi's abdomen, dangerously close to his precious region.

Kikyo stormed over to them and took both of them by their ears. Kagura yelped and looked guiltily up at her furious mother. Hakudoushi glared at her for interrupting their fight.

"Now, Hakudoushi, did you spill my liver jar again?" Kikyo asked calmly, her eyes narrowing in barely concealed anger.

"No. Kagura tackled me into the bookshelf to escape the evil witch who asked her if you put your inkwell somewhere else and the jar fell down and shattered," Hakudoushi said crossly.

"Nuh-uh! You deliberately spilled Okaa-san's liver jar so that stupid servant wouldn't be able to make Okaa-san more ink!" Kagura argued.

"Lady Kikyo, I'm sorry to disturb your moment with your children, but I have the items you requested," a quiet voice came from behind her.

Hakudoushi started cackling evilly and pointing at Kagome, "IT WAS HER! OKAA-SAN, SHE SPILLED YOUR LIVER JAR!"

Kikyo turned a deadly death glare upon Kagome and whispered harshly, "So it was you who spilled my liver jar! I asked you to fetch me a script, an inkwell and a quill pen and this is the thanks I get?! Into Sir Kouga's room! NOW!"

Kagome dropped to her knees and clutched the hem of her mistress's robes, tears forming at the edges of her eyes. "No! Please don't send me to him!" she begged. "I didn't spill your liver jar! I found your inkwell next to the liver jar and I was about to take it, but then your children came running in and they pushed me into the shelf!"

"I don't believe you," Kikyo said in a deadpanned voice. "Shut up with the pathetic, groveling act and go to Sir Kouga's room now! Even if you can't stand up, you're going to the village square after this!"

Kagome stopped crying and walked defeatedly to the place that she was sure her life would come to an end at. Sesshomaru watched the entire scene with narrowed eyes. So Kikyo believed her children over her submissive servant, did she?

He was sorely tempted to boot Kikyo in the face, but refrained himself. After all, it would not do to get thrown out of the premises before he could rescue the girl.

Kagome entered Kouga's room miserably. A feral grin split the evil face of the sadistic wolf demon named Sir Kouga. The girl was finally sent to him again! He made a mental note to thank Kikyo for the opportunity later on. He went and locked his door so no one would disturb his punishment session.

Kagome's eyes widened in fear when he advanced on her. She scrambled backwards until her back hit the stone wall. Kouga's ice blue eyes were full of lust.

He roughly grabbed her left arm and hauled her on to the table he used for punishing people. It was stained with blood, but he didn't care. He threw her on to the table and raised a claw to shred her clothes off.

Kagome whimpered, "Lady Kikyo won't like it if you shred my clothes and rape me."

He sneered at her, "I don't care what Kikyo has to say about this because I'm going to take away your innocence whether she cares or not."

She began to struggle as he got on top of her, sliding his clothes off and preparing to have the time of his life. He forcefully crushed his coarse, dry lips against hers and thrust his tongue into her mouth.

With her free leg, she struck Sir Kouga square in the crotch. He howled in pain and fell off the table, clutching the precious region of his groin. Kagome tried to unlock the door and run, but the wolf demon pinned her to the wall, his eyes bleeding dangerously red.

He slapped her hard, sending her face to the side. "Submit to me, you bitch!" he growled.

Instantly Kagome knew that Sir Kouga's inner demon was in control. "No! Let me go!" she pleaded.

Sir Kouga's grip tightened. She began to whine in pain. He dragged her over to the table and threw her on it, this time strapping her down good. He fetched a whip from his collection of torture devices and forced Kagome's shirt up to the bottom of her breasts.

She screamed in pain as his whip went flying over her stomach, leaving a swollen red welt in its wake. He repeated this process forty times before he unlocked his door and abruptly flung her out, laughing maniacally as he slammed his door shut.

Kagome felt numb with pain. Her stomach was bleeding heavily and she was sapped of her strength to get up. Her head throbbed angrily, making her feel as though she had been clocked with a sledgehammer.

Black spots swam into her vision. She felt someone gently pick her up. The last thing she remembered before blacking out was the distinctly worried face of Sesshomaru.

The end! OMG, I'm so sorry for making Kagome suffer at both Kikyo and Kouga's hands! Please don't kill me! 'Cause if you do, I can't update anymore and you will be sad! Sorry, there was no Inuyasha in this chapter, but that's only because he was still asleep. He woke up from Kagura's argument bout with Hakudoushi, but didn't bother to come down.

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