The Herald of Heaven and Earth

Chapter 9: His Intentions

Kagome was dizzy and disoriented. Wondering what had caused her momentary blackout she looked around and saw that she was being carried. Her body froze with fear as her eyes traveled up to the one who held her tightly, clutched to his chest.

“So, you’re finally awake,” he said smugly.

Kagome fought back the urge to scream as Naraku continued to stare at her and ran a finger down her cheek.

“Let go of me you bastard,” she shrieked.

The purple barrier that had surrounded her and Kikyo suddenly flared to life and Naraku dropped her to the ground unceremoniously. Angrily she stood as she rubbed her backside and watched with a self-satisfied smile as he held up his smoking hands and studied them.

“What the hell do you want with me?”

Naraku smirked at her slyly as he took in her outraged beauty. The barrier had subsided a bit but he could see that it still outlined her body. “Is this how you show gratitude, to the one who saved your life?”

“What are you talking about,” she seethed.

She turned her back on him and had begun to walk away when Naraku caught her from behind and wrapped a hand around her throat. Kagome began to panic having thought that he wouldn’t touch her again after being burned before, she had let her guard down. A wind blew and she could see the smoke that was coming from Naraku’s body but, he continued to increase his hold on her, making her gag with pain.

“I would suggest you calm yourself my dear, and know that your struggles are futile. If you continue to harm me I won’t hesitate to show you the same amount of courtesy,” he whispered silkily in her ear.

Kagome froze with fear when she felt his lips begin to lightly kiss and nip at her exposed neck. When he began to increase the pressure around her throat she immediately forced the barrier to fall away. Naraku smiled as he saw the aura lift but continued to hold her against him.

“Good girl,” he said in a low seductive voice sending unwanted chills down Kagome’s spine. “So tell me, how does it feel to be in the arms of your savior? You know I could have let Kikyo destroy you and let her acquire your soul, but instead I sent her back to hell.”

Kagome shivered as he began lazily caress her hair, taking a handful and inhaling the sweet scent, and sighing lustfully.

“Why not kill me, you have always desired Kikyo,” she asked, desperately trying to keep her voice from quivering.

“Well my dear, quite simply, you are much more interesting to me alive than dead.” He continued to stroke her hair, reveling in her trembling body. “Besides I am a curious creature by nature, and you’ve sparked my curiosity."

“You still haven’t told me what you intend to do with me,” she asked defiantly.

Naraku took in her rebelliousness and smirked as he released her. As she staggered away from him, he smiled as he watched her wrap her arms around herself and shiver. “I am only curious as to what makes you so attractive to demons such as myself and Sesshoumaru.”

Kagome gasped as she felt the vile demon’s blood red eyes stare through her and seem to draw the warmness from her body. She began to tremble ever more violently when he began to stalk around her. Eyeing her from every angle.

“Why would a Great Demon Lord who is widely known to despise humans, risk life and limb for a mortal woman? I puzzled about that for awhile thinking that perhaps his motives were to just rankle Inuyasha enough to get to the Tetsusaiga, but when I witnessed your power last night I understood.”

Roughly he yanked her from behind into his arms, and pressed his body into hers once more. She began to tremble violently as he swept her hair to one side and lightly ran his tongue along her neck, forcing a moan from her. Horrified she tried to wrestle away from his unwelcome hands and tongue but he tightened his grip and began to chuckle at her attempt.

“Do you think you can escape me Kagome? Why would you want to when I have the power to make you fully realize your talents.” He stated as he continued to caress her hair, lifting and sniffing several strands.

“What are you going to do with me,” Kagome asked fearfully.

She felt him pause and then gasped in surprise when he whirled her around to face him. His cold red eyes seemed to petrify her and she was helpless to defend herself when he drew her into a fierce kiss. As he began to snake hands down her body she felt a surge of power, and she let a pulse of the barely controlled spiritual energy erupt and it threw Naraku away from her. She watched in horror as he slowly arose from the ground. She could feel his anger and when he lifted his head to stare at her, she could see the lust, desire, and hate in his eyes. Kagome began to quickly back away, knowing that he could harm her in the most hurtful ways if he got his hands on her once more. “Where are you Inuyasha?” She thought as she looked around in panic, seeking a way to escape the maddened Naraku.

“He won’t get here in time.” Naraku watched as the color drained from her face. “You and I have a destiny my dear. It was fate that brought you here to me in this form, that I should be the one to transform you. You were created for me but, our joining was (delayed).”

He quickly closed the distance between them and forced her up against a tree. He could smell the fear radiate from her like a heady perfume. Drunk in her scent of innocence and fear he basked in the warmness of her soft body.

“Just being near you empowers me,” he whispered softly sending tremors down her spine.

Kagome bit back the urge to scream in his face and struggled to get some of her courage back. “Explain what you mean by that or else I will purify your ass in a heartbeat.” She hissed venomously.

Her captor seemed to be taken aback by her change in moods and strangely he backed away from her. Thinking she had gained some small victory Kagome smiled.

“That’s better, now tell me,” she demanded.

Naraku eyed her and smirked at her false confidence. “Just because you are destined to be mine, does not give you the authority to make demands of me.”

Kagome’s smile melted away when she saw three spiderlike appendages from behind Naraku’s back shoot toward her, and before she could gather her wits to run, two pinned her against the tree. She screamed painfully as the third pierced her side and she could feel her blouse beginning to soak with blood.

“You will learn your place, mate, or I will have to teach you a lesson every time. And believe me, it will hurt you more that it will hurt me.” Naraku smiled as he looked upon the limp bloody form of Kagome, and with a shriek from her and a painful sucking noise, the spiderlike limb that impaled her flew back into his body.

“So you tell me all this just to kill me,” she asked weakly. “If I am truly destined to be yours then you’ve just done me a favor.”

Furious at her blatant defiance Naraku retracted the other appendages that held her and let her fall to the ground. “Little fool, do you think that I would kill you?” He knelt down next to her then ripped her shirt open. Ignoring her scream of protest and pain he roughly placed his hand down upon her wound, and a green glow came from his palm.

Kagome felt her body grow hot and the deep gash in her side began to burn as if shards of ice were digging deeper into it. She began to scream and writhe on the ground, her nails clawing the earth. The pain seemed to be endless and when it finally began to subside and she gave a sob of relief.

“I would never kill such a precious creature like you, and since you are the one to bear me powerful demon sons who will help me to conquer this earth, you must be in perfect health in this weak form.”

Kagome sat up in alarm and covered her breasts with her hands. “You’re insane,” she hissed as she backed away from him. “You’re disgusting, I would never be with you willingly, nor would ever allow you to procreate.”

The patience Naraku was forcing to have with her had reached a breaking point. Not only was her scent driving him mad, but her spirit was showing no signs of breaking. Losing control he strode up to her retreating frame and pulled her to her feet by her hair. Her screams seemed to feed a primal desire inside of him and he listened to them momentarily before he silenced her voice by closing his hand around her neck.

“Well now my dear we’re back at square one.” He removed the hand from her neck and pulled both of her arms over her head making her gasp from the stretching, then secured her hands in one of his own. “I don’t care if you find me unappealing, but you will get used to the idea of me,” he said as he noticed the still wet blood on his hand, and licked it off his fingers one by one.

Hot tears began to fall from her eyes as she watched him take her blood into himself and she tried to struggle when he unmercifully grasped her breast.

“No!!!”