A/N: I've edited this chapter slightly to make it less graphic so that I could post it on without getting told off - i dont think you can post sex here lol XD Least ya couldn't way back when i first made this account lol. If ya wanna see the untouched originals then please ask and I will Personal Message them to you, since proper sex scenes happen in chapter 6 and a bit later on too ^_^
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Innocence
Four
Kagome took in a deep breath of air as Inuyasha lead her out into the gardens. She noticed how closely he was watching her, as he sat down on the edge of the fountain, her sitting beside him, hands still in his. What am I going to do? She thought, he told me to go see him…and if I don't he'll do worse than kill me…and Inuyasha won't want me anymore… Her eyes turned glassy, he wouldn't even be able to bear to look at me…and I couldn't stand it!
"Kagome?" he asked, and she looked up at him.
"I'm fine, really I'm…fine." Looking about her she realised something, and met his gaze once more. "This is where I first spoke to you," he nodded and smiled. The sunlight shone down on the two and the gardens, occasional cherry-blossoms drifting down from the trees to the surface of the fountain's waters, following the ripples as Kagome watched them, not being able to meet Inuyasha's eyes.
"I know that there are things you aren't telling me…" Kagome looked up to him. "My Father's followers will rebel if I can't assure them you are not a threat to us…but I can't do that…if you don't tell me what happened." She said nothing, as good as he and his family had been to her, she couldn't have them look at her the way they would if they found out…or what Katsura would do to her if she told them. I can't, she thought, even if they send me away, even if they get rid of me or punish me for being a revolutionary, it's better than dealing with whatever Katsura will do, or what they'd think!
"But if I can't assure them…if they make you undergo the penalty for being a revolutionary, I'll help you…"
"What?"
"My Father won't be able to help us anymore; if I can't assure them you're not a threat…I'll have to protect you on my own."
"But, you're father will-"
"I'll take you away…if they rebel against us, they won't be able to blame my father that way, and you'll be safe."
"But you're family are here, you can't just-"
"I told you, if nothing else, you can trust me…the followers want to know everything that happened, I'm only asking one thing…" he looked at her a moment, holding her gaze, before he continued, "are you a revolutionary?" She bit her lip slightly, looking as if she may not answer.
"All I can tell you is that I'm the Priestess to a Demon Slayer's village, a reformed demon slayer's village…and I was sent here to warn your father about revolutionaries. That's why I killed those demons…they were a handful of the demons whose names I was given, they tried to kill me…and keep me away from you because of that…but I am not one of them…" Inuyasha nodded, with a slight smile.
"When you say 'handful' I take it that means that there were more, and they're still alive, and in our midst?" She said nothing, but he knew the answer. "And you won't tell me anymore because they told you not to…or you're afraid of what they'll do?" again, she remained silent. "I don't know how I can help you, or what exactly I can do for you, if I don't know what's wrong." She tightened hers fingers slightly round his, and he looked up to her.
"Can you…that is…will you kiss me?" she asked quietly.
"Huh?"
"That's what I want you to do for me…" for a moment he thought she was joking, and when he saw she was quite serious, he smiled slightly at her. She blushed as he ran his fingers over her cheek and into her hair, drawing her closer, pressing his lips against hers softly as she closed her eyes. At least I can remember…whatever Katsura does…my first kiss was perfect, she thought, that's the only thing he can never take away from me…
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She had barely been able to stand it later on, as the half-demon wished her sweet dreams as he drifted off beside her. Kagome had even kept Inuyasha awake as long as possible without causing suspicion, desperate to delay her meeting with Katsura as possible. Inuyasha still not feeling she'd let him hold her, was dozing off next to her, as she fiddled nervously with the trim on the white kimono they'd given her to sleep in. Maybe I should just say Inuyasha didn't go to sleep…no…he'll ask him, and he might even go as far as to come get me if I'm too late, no matter what she thought, she couldn't bear to get up off the bed, even though deep breathing of the half-demon told her he was already fast asleep. What if he tries to – no, I have to go…if I don't he'll…
Not able to finish thinking that, as she had already decided what she was going to do. Slowly she sat up, gazing at the sleeping half-demon's peaceful face. Careful so as not to wake him up, she crept over to the desk drawer across the room, pulling the parchment towards her, and scribbling across it quickly, what she had planned to. Still quietly, she tiptoed over to the bed once more, folding the parchment in half and leaving it on the pillow beside Inuyasha, placing a kiss on his cheek. Whatever happens…I love you… she thought, opening the door slowly, and closing it behind her, as she crept into the dark corridor.
Which way's the way out? She thought, looking about her in the dimness, going down the stairs slowly so as not to cause any noise. As soon as she got to the bottom of the flight of stairs, she realised this was the lower hall, where the servants and guards or anyone below Inuyasha's family had their accommodations and washrooms. Right, only one more floor to go, but I have no idea where the next staircase to go down is…
Suddenly she jumped a she felt a hand over her mouth, and she was dragged backwards. All within a split second she found herself on a cold stone floor, and heard a door being closed carefully behind her. Looking up from the ground she saw Katsura with a sinisterly calm look on his face as he stepped into the moonlight.
"Planning on taking a walk were we?" she said nothing, shying backwards away from him, but he followed her. "You didn't think I'd let you escape did you?" Kagome swallowed hard as she found herself backed against a wall, and he stopped directly in front of her. "Get up." She didn't move. "You remember our arrangement don't you?" she nodded slowly. "You have to behave yourself or else…now get up." Unenthusiastically, she slid up the wall to her feet, avoiding his eyes.
"Good girl..." he mumbled lustfully, pressing himself against her. "Undress…" he ordered quietly, "quickly!" Not being able to look at him, she avoided his eyes as she slowly stripped herself of the white kimono. She rested unsteadily against the wall, closing her eyes, trying to stop the tears of disgrace as the clothing fell to the ground and he smirked at the sight of her exposed flesh. She winced as his fingertips traced over her collarbone, fingers splaying slowly down her sternum. The girl flinched as his fingers travelling lower and lower. She didn't want this; this was something you were only supposed to have with the person you love. Inuyasha, she thought, tears trickling down her cheeks as the demon leant against her, his body heating rapidly....
"Oh so sweet nectar," he whispered into her ear, "I've never tasted anything like it."
"You bastard…"
"Really…? Some other factor tells me this innocent side is just an act…"
She cried out in pain as he shoved her roughly to the ground. Kagome felt his gaze weighing heavy on her as she sat up on her knees, and she looked nervously up at him, uneasy as she watched his mouth twist into a cruel smile, slowly untying the sash of his kimono. Kagome turned her head away as his clothing dropped to the floor, eyes widening as he spoke. She looked up at him, praying she had misheard him. "Touch me…" he repeated, her eyes widened on horror, and she turned away once more. "You can go afterwards…and I won't bother you for a few days…but do it now, or I'll have to tell Inuyasha what you've just done…" she bit into her lower lip, I'll leave afterwards, but I can't have Inuyasha remember me like that…I have to do it…
It felt like an eternity, a cruel, fiery, hell that had frozen over. She did as she was told, cringing with disgust...
He released her and she dropped down onto her hands and knees, coughing hard. He leant down with a wide grin. "If you vomit it up…I'll make you do it again," she winced, trying to hold down the puke. "I'll do it again and again until you keep it down." After a moment, in which he watched her carefully, she managed to hold off vomiting, though still choking and spluttering from the potency of the seed; she flinched as he got to his feet, dressing quickly. "I trust you can find your way back to Inuyasha without getting caught and that you'll keep silent?" she said nothing, choking on her tears, as she collapsed into a shivering heap on the floor. "Oh, and by the way," he added, looking carelessly over his shoulder to the quivering heap on the ground, "the guard has been doubled, so I wouldn't try to escape if I were you…it would only make you look like you were trying to escape punishment, and you'd be found guilty…" With that he left the dark washroom, closing the door behind him.
Kagome closed her eyes, letting the tears fall as she whimpered on the floor, he's gonna keep coming after me…I tried to escape…even if it meant leaving Inuyasha...I tried…I can't take it anymore…
"Just let me die…" she whimpered, getting back to her hands and knees, the tears falling onto the cold ground as she tried not to break down completely. The door opened once more, quietly, and she forced back the vomit as it crept up inside her, Katsura told her to hold it down, and if he saw her puke she'd have to endure it again. I'm disgusting, she thought, but even as she felt him approach her it became too much, and her throat wretched as she heaved. The tears continued to fall even after she'd puked up the revolting substance, she could still taste him in her mouth. The demon knelt down beside her, and she recoiled from him. "Please…no, I tried to…I tried to hold it but I couldn't…please don't make me do it again…"
"Kagome?" her eyes widened and she lifted her head weakly to see Inuyasha kneeling next to her, not Katsura.
Kagome shook her head violently as he tried to near her. "You scared the shit out of me," he scolded her with a hushed voice. "I woke up when my Dad came in my room, and you were gone, and I found this – " he held the letter out, " – this note, saying you were leaving, but when I ran down the stairs to stop you, I smelt your scent in here. What's going on?" She shook her head again. "Why are you sitting here naked, crying your eyes out?"
"I tried to leave…" she muttered between sobs, "but he stopped me…and I…I didn't want you to think I was…so I had to…" she broke off, her throat retching again. Inuyasha held her hair back out of her face, rubbing her back softly as she heaved once more.
His eyes widened as she threw herself into his arms afterwards, sobbing uncontrollably.
"Tell me what's wrong." She shook her head, continuing to cry. She wanted to tell him, but she felt so degraded that she couldn't force up the words. "Hey," he said softly, steadying the trembling girl in his arms, delicately stroking the stray hairs from her face and leaning down to her. Kagome recoiled, pushing him away, and he looked at her with confusion.
"No…don't...please don't…"
"What's wrong?"
"Don't kiss me…I don't want you to taste it…"
"What?"
"I can still taste it…it makes me feel sick…I'm sick…" Inuyasha pulled her against his chest, ignoring her struggling. Slowly she stopped fighting him, sobbing into his kimono. "I'm sick of fighting…I'm sick of this…just finish it…please, end it…" Inuyasha rested his head on top of hers, kissing her hair softly. Slowly he ran his fingers down her back, feeling her flinch, and he examined her skin closely.
"All these bruises, Mother told me you had lots of wounds, but some of these are new…" She bit back her tears, hiccupping slightly, as he swept her hair off her neck, finding the punctures in her flesh that Katsura had left there earlier. "Those are teeth marks!" Kagome pulled away, but he held her still. "Someone has been doing this to you…tell me who it is!" She shook her head.
"I can't…if you find out…"
"I'll make him pay! I'll make him stop!"
"If you knew what he'd done, you won't want me anymore…" Inuyasha's eyes widened, and he sat back slightly. She lifted her head to see his expression, her arms folded awkwardly over herself. "It's true isn't it?" For a moment it looked as though he may not answer, but then-
"Don't be so stupid…" a long silence fell, and then she spoke once more.
"I explained why I was here in the letter, I told you everything-"
"No, you didn't tell me everything, like the remaining revolutionaries' names, and what happened down in the prison…or what's been making you like this…" he ran his fingers over the punctures in her flesh, and he realised she was trembling still. She looked at him as he wrapped his kimono round her quivering, naked form, and she leant into his embrace.
"I'll tell you…please…in the morning…but I can't…now…" Inuyasha nodded, stroking her hair gently, surprised as she nuzzled into his embrace even further.
"In the letter…you wrote…did you mean it?"
"What?" she asked weakly, not moving.
"You said you loved me…" she closed her eyes, falling completely into his arms.
"I meant it…" she said softly.
Before he could react, the door swung open, and he looked up, seeing his father, mother and Sesshōmaru framed in the doorway.
"You found her?" asked Izayoi. Inuyasha nodded, noticing the strange looks Kagome was receiving off his family.
"Someone raped her…" he said, dangerously calmly, "and when I find out who it was…I'll rip him apart…" Inu-no-Taishou looked at him.
"She didn't tell you who it was?"
"She said she would, but…she's exhausted and…" he got to his feet, scooping the unconscious Kagome into his arms. "I think she's made herself ill, because of all this," he said as he passed his family. "I'll be in to see you in the morning…and then you can make some punishments for your revolutionary spies, and some apologies to Kagome…" With that he left their sight, and the three of them looked at each other.
"If he finds out who did this to her," mumbled Sesshōmaru, "Inuyasha will make them beg for death before the end…"
TBC
