HI GUYS!! I updated!! OMG!!

I'm sorry it took so long to update!!! I am in fact extremely sick. So be nice

!!! oh and there is a lot of Kags' thoughts in this chapter. Any way might as well get on with the update. So here it is Chapter 7 of…

Lady In The Dog's Den (sniff)

Disclaimer: The men in white told me I couldn't have him, but I don't believe them…

Chapter 7

What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

A warmth began to steal slowly through her; she seemed unable to control her senses and her will was not her own. She found herself responding to the gentle, insistent persuasion of his kiss…

An agonised cry came out strangled and desperate as she suddenly twisted her head aside and wrenched herself free of his grasp, sinking weak-kneed and shaking, on to the bed. (A/n: got ya all didn't I?)

Unconsciously, she tensed herself for the sound of his mocking laughter, but it did not come and when she looked up to meet his molten gold gaze, there was no gleaming amusement in his eyes.

"You had best learn to have respect for me, I think," he said softly, moving to the door, "for I'm beginning to enjoy these little punishments…"

for once, no retort sprang readily to her lips and she sat silently, eyes downcast and fists clenched, trying to gather he scattered senses. But when she heard him open the door, she looked up quickly: "Rin-?" she whispered tentatively. (Insert coughing fit here)

He shook his head a little, marvelling. "Do you never give in, wench?" A smile lit his eyes. "She was grateful to you for frequently saving her from the wrath of the Lady Kikyo. I had no intention of punishing her for that, merely to warn her what will happen if she is foolish enough to try to aid you again. That I will still do. As for this-" he tapped the hilt of the knife in his belt, "I was well aware that you had it still. I am not a complete fool."

A rush of uncontrollable fury suddenly overwhelmed her and with a cry she threw herself at him, arms raised and fists clenched, but she forgot the rope around her ankles and would have fallen to the floor but for the strong arms that reached out and caught her.

"Let me go! I hate you!" she screamed, beating uselessly at his chest. "Nameless bastard! How dare you trick me like that? You barbarian! You- you-" there was no word within her vocabulary descriptive enough. "You- hanyou!" she spat the word out as though she despised everything it stood for.

He pushed her away and held her fro him until the tempest in her had spent itself. She did not notice the gravity that had replaced the amusement in his golden eyes.

"No, wench," he said quietly, "do not hate me yet. You will have cause enough for that before this is long done." (Insert 2nd coughing fit here)

Now what did that mean? The words seemed to linger even after he had released her and left the room, and she had moved wearily back to her bed and lay upon it, feeling sick with the turmoil of emotions going through her. She hated him for his arrogant, brutal treatment of her, for making such a fool of her and humiliating her in front of so many people out in the hall. And all the while he had no intention of punishing Rin!

Had she really felt like kissing him back? Perhaps she had imagined it? But she knew she had not. Shame brought a warm blush to her cheeks and she turned over to bury her face in the soft pelts.

Oh, if only Lord Hiroshi would hurry and get them out of this mess! Oh, for Naraku's safe, undemanding arms about her. He had kissed her once, a gentle, tender kiss stolen one day when the gallery at Nightingale was deserted, which now seemed so chaste and loving compared to the ravaging of her mouth that InuYasha's had been. (I do believe I'm going to be sick…Naraku –twitch- tender -twitch-)

Confused and disturbed, and angry both with herself and with InuYasha, she barely noticed the food she ate and when, later, she settled down to sleep, she passed a restless, dream-filled night.

Ok guys I'm going to leave it there cause I feel like sh--. So yeah. Um…that was extremely disgusting? About Naraku… ok I'm going to go curl up on the couch and…well…die!

Love Alexius

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