Here's chapter four. A lot of you guys want Kikyo and Kouga to jump off a cliff and die, huh? Well, she gets ATTACKED in this chapter!

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. 4

Kikyo: Attacked!

Kagome let out a quiet groan as she stirred awake. Her head throbbed like crazy, almost as if she had been conked on the head with an iron slipper. Her vision was blurry and her whole body ached. Especially her stomach. That space felt stung like a thousand bee stings.

"Are you awake?"

She was startled to distinctly hear someone speaking to her. It sounded like…a male. But who? The voice…it sounded so familiar…

"Who…are you?" she asked feebly, her half-lidded eyes traveling in the direction the voice came from.

"You need to rest. You were hurt badly."

Kagome didn't feel like arguing because she knew he was absolutely right. She closed her eyes and breathed out a tired sigh before drifting back into the painless void of sleep.

Sesshomaru got up from his furnished velvet chair and walked to the bed. He was still in Naraku's and Kikyo's castle because he could not go home until his father called for him. He recalled flinching unnoticeably when his demonic hearing picked up the faint sound of tortured screaming, probably being wrenched from Kikyo's servant's throat. He had excused himself from the table to go back to his room, and hopefully, on the way there, find the source of the screaming.

He had been in the hallway when a door was whipped open on his right and she was flung out, bleeding heavily from the stomach. Her hair was a mess and she was shivering and whimpering. He picked her up, letting a brief expression of worry scroll across his face when he eyed Kagome's stomach.

She had looked at him once, very shortly, before falling unconscious. He took her back to his room to heal. She had been sleeping ever since. He took the opportunity to study her features. He had to know her well if he was going to strike up a plan to free her.

She had long ebony strands of hair that seemed to have seen better days. Her lips were parted slightly to allowed oxygen through. Although bruises and scratches marred her pale cheeks, she still actually looked…beautiful. For once, when she was not quiet and subdued in the presence of Kikyo, she looked very pretty.

He leaned over and pressed his lips to her forehead. "Get well soon…Kagome…"

To say Kikyo was mad was a total understatement. She was beyond pissed. Where the hell did her personal servant run off to?! That little bitch better not have run away, otherwise she was dead the moment Kikyo got her hands on her.

She hissed in fury and stormed down the hallway to her room, bellowing, "SLAVE!"

She paused for a moment, to listen for the quiet voice of Kagome. Nothing came but the faint murmur of the dining guests. Kikyo threw her hands up in frustration and decided to go "ask" Sesshomaru where the bitch went.

She stopped in front of his door and knocked smartly on the door. Footsteps came from inside and the door opened. His handsome, but stoic face came into view.

Kikyo smiled seductively at him and batted her eyelashes. "Sesshomaru," she said, trying to appear sexy (when in reality, she had the beauty of a troll). "You…wouldn't happen to know where my…servant went, would you?"

"Do you honestly expect me to know?" came the deadpanned reply. "Go find her on your own."

And Kikyo was very shocked indeed when a few seconds later her face almost made acquaintance with a door slammed shut. She was furious. How dare Sesshomaru refuse her, the most beautiful, sexiest woman alive?! (I think all of us know that that is the most untrue thing ever)

She spun on her heel and stormed away, still yelling for that slave of hers.

Sesshomaru was sorely tempted to show that bitch her place. She may be the Lady of the Southern Lands, but she was a slut, a whore, a bitch, an insane woman and a lying, cheating servant-abuser all rolled into one. Perhaps if he threw one of his shoes at her face, she would shut up and never bother him again.

There was yet another knock upon his door. "Oh, Sesshomaru…" came Kikyo's irritating singsong voice outside.

He wrenched his door open, picked up one of his bedroom slippers and promptly threw it at her face, the slipper striking her between the eyes and falling to the floor.

Kikyo gaped in shock. Sesshomaru growled at her, "NEVER bother me again with the disgusting likes of yourself, understand me, you bitch?!" He marched out of his room, took his slipper back and headed back into the room, but not before whacking her in nose with it. Serves her right.

Kikyo stared at the door that Sesshomaru slammed closed. He had refused, for the second time! She pressed her lips into a thin line and shouted, "This isn't over, Sesshomaru!" And then she left.

Sesshomaru heard her VERY clearly, but paid no attention to her empty threats. He sat in his chair beside the bed again, thinking of a way to free her.

He was interrupted from his thoughts when someone knocked on his door for the THIRD time. At first he thought it was Kikyo again, so he ignored it. But when Inuyasha's voice came sailing through the door, Sesshomaru sighed and got up to open the door for his half-brother.

"Jeez, Sesshomaru, why didn't you answer the door the first time?" Inuyasha grumbled, relieved when he saw the stoic face of his older brother appear in the doorway.

"Because I thought that loquacious, flirtatious, nauseating bitch who calls herself the Lady of the Southern Lands came back to practice her horrible seduction skills on me."

Inuyasha's face twisted into a very disgusted look. "Ugh, you thought I was her? If I was her, I'd jump off a cliff so that people wouldn't have to see my ugly face."

"Indeed."

"So, what're you doing stuck in your room for so long? I mean what the fuck has kept you – " he trailed off, noticing the sleeping girl laying on Sesshomaru's bed.

Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow when Inuyasha paused. "You were saying?" he said.

"Uh, never mind. I get it," Inuyasha said, more as if he was talking to himself than Sesshomaru.

"I hope you know that when someone talks to themselves, it's a sign of insanity."

Inuyasha's head snapped up in a second to glare at him. "Bastard, I stopped talking because I saw that girl on your bed!"

Sesshomaru cast a backwards glance at her. "She is none of your concern," he spoke monotonously.

Inuyasha shoved his way past his brother and approached the bed. His eyes widened. "Hey, isn't she Kikyo's servant?" he asked.

Sesshomaru hissed in dismay. "Idiotic half-breed! She is healing for her injuries! Do you want that thing to come and demand her to work when her stomach has practically been ripped open?!"

Inuyasha shut up immediately, and for that Sesshomaru was quite glad.

Three days later, Kikyo was ready to kill the first Kagome-look-alike person or thing she saw. An egoistical act for sure, but that damned slave of hers had been missing for THREE FUCKING DAYS! And for some odd reason, Sesshomaru REFUSED her and even had the bloody gall to go and throw a fucking bedroom slipper at her face!!

She stormed out of the castle and headed down to the village. She had the ultimate urge to torture someone for her anger.

And she wouldn't feel sorry for whoever had to deal with her wrath.

Kagome was sitting up in bed. Her complexion was now healthier and Sesshomaru was taking good care of her while she healed from her injuries. She knew she was a pain in the ass to deal with right now, but she was hurt. And that was all the reason Sesshomaru needed.

She quietly sipped her tea while Sesshomaru seated himself in his chair once more. "Kagome, are you feeling well enough to handle Kikyo on your own?" he asked.

She shook her head. "I can't," she said weakly. "Because I've been missing for three days, she'll probably rip my hair out or do something else grotesque because I've been gone. I need help dealing with her."

Sesshomaru nodded. "I will help you then," he said. "You want to be free, correct?"

She nodded. "Prince Sesshomaru – "

"Sesshomaru," he corrected her. "I prefer not be called that ridiculous title. My name alone is better suited to my tastes."

"Fine, then. Sesshomaru, how are you going to tell her that I've been in your bed healing my injuries for the past three days?" she asked, draining the rest of the cup and setting it down upon the little table by the side of the bed.

He stood up. "Stay here and don't move. I have no wish to run all over the castle looking for you to undo all the hard work I put into healing you," he said. When she bobbed her head to show that she understood and would follow orders, he opened the door and stepped out, closing it behind him.

Kikyo was not happy. She had flirted with a decent young man who did not recognize her as the Lady of the Southern Lands and taken him up to the castle. When he realized who she was, she had already turned from nice and sexy to maliciously ugly. She advanced on him, ready to take out her frustrations on him, her dark brown eyes glittering maliciously…

He, however, had been prepared just in case. In a flash, he had grabbed a set of iron claws from his pocket and secured them within his hands. She had gasped at the sight of the deadly weapon and tried to run, but he quickly caught up to her.

He had swiped at her with one of the claws, catching her on the back. Her beautiful kimono was ripped apart as his claws dug into her back, leaving four deep gashes. She screamed. He attacked again, catching her on the back again, but with his claws raking across in a diagonal cross. She had stumbled back to the castle, crying hysterically and screaming about a psychotic evil killer.

The man's name was Suikotsu. He shrugged and cleaned his claws off before tucking them back into his pocket and heading home to rejoin his six brothers. He had showed her that he wasn't someone to be easily fooled with. He honestly didn't care that she was the Lady of Southern Lands; for all he knew, she acted like a total bitch and he had showed her the consequences.

Kikyo collapsed in the hallway, loosing blood quickly. Naraku was alarmed and he rushed to her side, shaking her, "Kikyo! Who dares to attack you?!"

She did not stir. Lord Shippo came around the corner and offered Naraku some helpful advice (no, he is not on their side, but he knew that Kagome wanted to kill Kikyo herself, some she had to heal now or Kagome would never be truly free), "Lord Naraku, heal her wounds quickly or she will die of blood loss."

Naraku nodded and ran to their room, slamming the door shut behind him.

A loud cry rang through the entire castle, "Bad news! Lady Kikyo was attacked! Send the troops to look for her assailant!"

Kagome smiled. "Serves her right," she said. Sesshomaru allowed himself a smirk at her words and soundly agreed. He had scoured the castle for the ridiculous woman and she was nowhere, so he deduced that she was out of the castle somewhere. He returned to his room, and around ten minutes later, someone announced that Kikyo had been attacked.

Kagome swiveled her head towards him and saw him studying her with amused golden eyes. But it looked almost like…

She shook her head and thought, What am I thinking?! I've dreamt of marrying him half of my life and he's here now, taking care of me! But that look in his eyes…it's almost like…

Her eyes widened in realization when she recognized the look on his face.

It's almost like…he wants to kiss me…

OMG, I wrote this chapter so fast! But I almost lost it! The computer wasn't working for a while because the desktop icons wouldn't appear no matter how many times I logged on and it was scary! But I figured out to get the icons back, so my documents are saved! How'd you guys like Kikyo getting attacked? Both by Sesshomaru's bedroom slipper assault and Suikotsu's retaliation? Well, tell me what you think about this chapter!

Review responses:

yusukekuramagirl – This is just the beginning of Kikyo torture. There's more to come.

NeonAlchemist – Sure! These chapters aren't very hard to write, so I'll update in a few days or so.

Ichigo Mirai – I'm glad that this story is still really, really good despite how Kagome's being treated.

my name is paper YAH – I hope you're happy that I had Kikyo attacked in this chapter!

Raider's Pride – If Kikyo was real, I'd do more than simply boot her in the face.

PinkSlytherin – He might in the future, to be his mate. But that'll be much, much later.

shiori no yume – Well, she got attacked in this chapter! And I'll have to think of some way to torture Sir Kouga for his evil actions.

kagome032000 – Sorry about the Kagome-abuse, but Kikyo and Kouga will soon get what they deserve!

Music ADD – Maybe I should have Sesshomaru dangle him off a steep cliff with jagged rocks on the bottom the next time he tries to rape Kagome and let him fall.

Vampire Miko 159 – I love your enthusiasm! It's makes me feel like this story is loved!

Dark Darianna Minamino – Yeah, but I didn't want to always write that "mushy Kouga" theme, so I made him into a sadistic asshole who likes to torture people for Kikyo.

Demonic Cho – Thank God Kagome had the guts to kick Kouga where it hurts.

EternalLove495 – Yeah, it's good she didn't get raped.

Evil RULZ – Dumb Kinky-ho indeed. Even dumber Crow-ga (Kouga).

zoey tamagachi – I hope you're satisfied with the beginning of Kikyo torture. Attacked by a bedroom slipper and a set of iron claws. Unfortunately, my decision is that Kikyo will die by Kagome's hand.

Kawaii girl 4 life - Well, since she acted against him by kicking him in his most sensitive region, he needed to punish her, so he kind of went crazy and whipped her instead. Plus, his dick still hurt after she booted him in the crotch, so that's another reason why he didn't rape her the second time he had her.

Thanks everyone! I received 16 reviews for this chapter! Please continue to enjoy A Simple Dream!

MangaFreak15