Thawing Her Heart

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Chapter 20 Unexpected

His head fell back as he let loose the howl he felt in his heart, he knew that his love was feeling the same but had no voice for her pain. He stooped down and took Kagome into his arms feeling how icy cold she was at that moment, fearing that she had once again retreated into her pain wracked mind he was relieved to see the blue and green orbs rather than violet. He quickly carried her to the bench beneath the Sakura blossoms and turned to speak with his men. "Speak and tell this Sesshomaru what has happened and be truthful if you value your lives!" Akira stepped forward and fell to his knees,"It is my fault my lord, I had Yusuke check out a disturbance in the trees and was unprepared for the wind sorceress' attack. Through my negligence she was able to kidnap the children before I could regain my footing. I am truly sorry my lord and accept what ever punishment you deem fit." The rage that had started when he had first realized the children were gone did not abate after the young guard finished his tale, he raised his hand to strike the life from the inefficient guard when he felt a small hand grasp his forearm. Turning to face her he saw the tears running unabated down her cheeks, the sun had since set and the moonlight glittered in her eyes when she shook her head at him. "It will do no good, we must return to the others and form a plan." He gathered her in his arms then, wishing upon his father's soul that they would find both Rin and Shippo unharmed but knowing in his heart that they would suffer at Naraku's hands. The filthy hanyou had no qualms at hurting children to get what he wanted as he had proved with the taijiya's brother. She slipped from his embrace and brought the guard to his feet once more, "It is not your fault, do not let this eat at you. I will get my children back and Kami help Naraku if he has harmed one hair on either of them!" Though said in almost a whisper all three men were taken back at the venom in the woman's voice and none doubted she would have a problem making good on her threat.

Naraku was bored, he had had his fill of torturing the kit and the girl, and all he wanted now was to see the woman who haunted his dreams. Calling out for Kanna and Kagura he waited for them to join him in his chambers. "Kagura see that the children are given comfortable quarters," he said as sarcasm laced his tone. When she turned to the horrible sight he stopped her again with his words. "Once you have seen to them you will escort lord Kotaru to his room and see to His comfort as well. Do I make myself clear?" She could only nod her head not trusting her voice to not betray the rage she felt in his commands. Silently making her way to the two small piles in the corner she almost lost the contents of her stomach when she saw how badly they were hurt. how could anyone do this to children? But then Naraku wasn't just anyone; he was heartless, cold, and cruel. He was a monster! She gathered the small forms in her arms and took them to her rooms, knowing that Naraku would not care, as there was no escape from the castle he had claimed for himself. There was not even a single window in her sleeping quarters, and very little comfort to be had. Setting her small burdens upon her futon she began to clean them off, she used some of the healing abilities that her master was not aware of to close the wounds on the girl's back and to ease the kitsune's pain. Unfortunately she could not heal his bones but she could splint the legs so they would heal straight. Once this was done she bandaged every wound she found on the two and slipped them beneath her coverlet. When she was finished is when she let the tears of guilt flow, she should never have captured them! She should have let Naraku kill her, now the pain of more innocent lives weighed on her soul. For it was her fault that the two had suffered as surely as if it were she that had physically caused the injuries. She could only pray to the kamis that her death was swift.


Sighing she made her way back to the master chamber and bid lord Kotaru to follow her. What she had been commanded to do with this one was nauseating, she would do it if only to grant her sister freedom when Naraku was destroyed. Yes he knew the only reason she continued to follow him was because of Kanna, she could have cared less about her own life but Kanna had yet had the chance to live. Stopping before the door she slid it open and bade him to enter, following him she slid it back shut it behind her. When she turned she did not even have the chance to blink before he had advanced upon her and ground his mouth down on hers. She felt the skin of her lips split against his fangs and struggled to be free of his invading tongue. He growled at her to be still and picked her up, throwing her on the stately bed he stepped to the top and grabbed her wrists. "What are you doing?" she shivered at the look in his eye, "be quiet bitch! I am going to get all the enjoyment I can from your flesh, but I do not want to hear your voice." Her eyes went wide and fearful when once he had secured her arms he made his way to the foot of the bed making to grab her ankles, she kicked out in her fear trying desperately to keep from being completely immobilized. Once he had caught both her legs and secured them he made his way back up to her, climbing into the bed to lean over her he slapped her full force. "Do not think to defy me again whore! You were given to me for pleasure and I intend to get what I want!" She could taste the blood in her mouth, and felt the shameful tears as they slid down her face. When he removed her kimono and obi she tried going to the place in her mind she would retreat to when Naraku took her, but he was having none of it. He slapped her again and made her focus her eyes on his face, "Bitch you will enjoy my attentions, do not seek to hide in your head. You are not much of a replacement for the one I truly want but you will do." He then stripped his hakamas and haori and joined her in the bed. She flinched when she felt him cup her breast in his palm, she almost gagged when he shoved his tongue to the back of her throat. He then ran his hand down to the dark curls that covered her mound and slipped his clawed finger inside her. She almost screamed at the pain he caused when he rammed the sharp point of his claw into her flesh again and again. When he had done this for a while he pulled it back out and licked the blood that now covered his claw, " Oh you are sweet, but not as sweet as her..." He then ran the claw along her breasts from arm to arm and watched the thin line of blood appear, lowering his head he licked at it and returned to her mouth shoving his tongue back inside. She gagged at the taste of her blood on him, shuddered when he ran his hands along her body. He sat up seeing the fear and distaste in her eyes he laughed, he then positioned himself between her legs and thrust into her.

She cried out at the pain and he smiled pounding in and out harder and faster, when she begged him to stop he punched her and simply went faster, she was wracked with the piercing pain as he shoved his shaft into her over and over again. Suddenly he stiffened and she felt a warmth fill her as he called out Kagome's name. She turned her head to the side when he fell panting on top of her, why had he called out the name of the miko? She didn't have too much time to ponder this as she felt him untie her feet. She was thanking the kamis it was over when he surprised her again by simply flipping her to her stomach. He chuckled when he sensed her confusion, " I told you I would have my fill of you and that was not nearly enough to quench the desire that races through my veins." She shivered and thought that his voice had to be about as evil as Naraku's. When she felt his hands on her breasts once again she could not hold back the shudder of revulsion as it shook her form. "Oh you do not enjoy my touch do you? Well let me seek to rectify that." She felt him slip from the bed and waited, she heard him retrieve something before walking back to where she lay, " Now let's see if this doesn't help you to be more appreciative of my gentle touch." Turning her head just slightly she tried to see what it was he held but was unsuccessful. She didn't have to wait long to know however when he brought the whip down upon her bare back. She bit her lip to keep from crying out but after ten more lashes she couldn't stop the screams that were making her throat raw. When he had given her twenty more he seemed satisfied and dropped the whip once more joining her on the bed. The tears were pouring from her eyes when she felt his tongue upon her injured back, she jerked and cried out when he plunged that tongue into the open marks there. "Ah you do taste wonderful, I can not wait until it is Kagome in your place!" He then lifted her hips, she could feel him probing a claw around her backside and prayed he would finish quickly. Kotaru looked down at the bloody form below him and pictured Kagome in the whore's place, when he tongued the girl once again it was Kagome he imagined. When he saw the rosebud of her rear entrance his senses were drowned in the lust he could no longer contain, ignoring the girl's screams he pushed roughly into her untried entrance, kami she was tight as tight as Kagome when he took her in the springs. He closed his eyes as he continued to pound into the form beneath his mindless to the blood that was coating his member and running down his thighs. He imagined how it would have felt had not that bastard Sesshomaru interfered. In his minds eye he felt Kagome's tightness around him as he readied himself for release, and when he came it was Kagome he sank his fangs in not the whore who lay beneath him now.

She could fell him still shuddering inside her and silently prayed he was done. The pain lancing through her now was almost unbearable, when he pulled from her she winced at the movement. She felt the mattress move beneath his weight and then he was standing next to the bed. She saw him clean the blood from himself and watched in horror as his member began to grow and harden once more. He turned back around towards her and smiled coldly when he saw her look of fear and revulsion once again. "Open your mouth whore." She simply looked at him and clamped her lips down tighter. "Haven't learned your lesson yet? Well I'll fix that." He then punched her in the face, she could tell he was not holding back. Her mouth opened when she coughed on her own blood and he took the opportunity to shove his dick inside. " Now you will suck my dick and swallow my seed. If you so much as think of biting down, Naraku will not have the pleasure of squeezing the life from your heart I will do it myself." New tears forming she did as he commanded and began sucking at his member, the whole time she kept picturing Kanna's face and reminded herself why she was still with Naraku. When he came she almost spit his seed onto the floor but remembering his words she swallowed, she didn't think she could take another beating from this man. " That's a good bitch, now I am going to lie down for awhile but do not worry you will enjoy my attentions once I have rested." He laughed at the look of horror on her face and lay next to her in the bed. When he closed his eyes he pictured Kagome's face as he once again took her in his dreams.

Inuyasha looked up to where his brother and Kagome were beginning to descend to the ground. Something was not right; he could feel the anger radiating from Sesshomaru and smell the salt of Kagome's tears. Naraku had succeeded in taking the children then, he ground his teeth at the rage that seemed to come from nowhere, and focused on his brother's face to confirm his fears. "What happened?" His brother's eyes told him what he could not voice. Naraku had Shippo and Rin. "We will set out at dawn, I suggest everyone get some sleep for tomorrow we will not stop to rest.", Sesshomaru stated quietly. Kagome hung her head when the tears started to fall once more; Ayame and Sango felt her fear and sorrow. Together they moved to where she stood and led her down to the mound of furs they had set up. All three women lay down with Kagome in the middle, taking comfort from the feel of her sisters' strength. Sesshomaru motioned for the men to join him off to the side of their camp, "He has them, and I swear before all of you here I will kill him." Not one of them stepped back or was surprised at the red that had bled into his eyes. "I will take first watch, why don't the rest of you try to get some sleep." He jumped to the branch above and watched Koga and Miroku make there way to a separate set of furs set up off to the side of the women's. He was not surprised when Inuyasha leapt next to him on the branch, "What do you think Naraku intends to gain by taking them?" Sesshomaru looked at the moon in the sky as he answered, " I do believe he wants them as a bargaining chip, not for us per say but definitely to gain an advantage on Kagome." Shaking his head and slumping his shoulders he let out the sigh he had been holding before looking into eyes so similar to his own, "It's my fault, we should not have left them behind." Inuyasha was surprised to see tears once again glittering in his stoic brother golden orbs. "You cannot blame yourself, we had no way of knowing he would use them. If not for Kagura's warning we would not have known until we got there. What we do with the knowledge now is the important thing, after all we now know that Naraku has enemies closer to him than he knows." Sesshomaru pondered this for a while, what his brother said was true. Inuyasha had grown up in the last month, if this had happened sooner he would have rushed hell bent into the situation blindly. Now he was considering the options available, he turned his gaze back to the campsite to see Kagome making her way towards them. Jumping he landed next to her, "What is wrong koi?" She leaned into him and sighed, "I cannot sleep right now will you walk with me?" Nodding he took her hand in his as they strolled into the night.

Kagura did not know how long she lay there before her attacker began anew his abuse, she almost screamed in her joy when he released her to leave. Struggling to stand she drew on the inner strength she didn't know she had and strode proudly if albeit slowly from his rooms. Once inside her own quarters she let the pain and the tears of shame wash over her. Stripping down she washed the evidence of his cruelty from her body and bandaged what areas she could reach. She was surprised when she felt the small hand take the salve from her to rub it on her back. Turning she expected Kanna and was shocked when she saw Sesshomaru's young ward. How could the girl already be up? She had been beaten severely, the wounds on her back alone were debilitating. Suddenly she felt the warmth of a healing aura and watched as the young girl glowed a soft blue, a miko? Did Naraku know? She didn't think he did. When the girl was done Kagura smiled her thanks and turned Rin so she could check on her wounds as well. While she would have scars they were almost healed and Kagura could not keep her surprise to herself. When she walked towards the bed the little girl spoke, "Shippo will be okay, I fixed his legs but he needs to sleep." Kagura checked him and sure enough the kitsune's back was also almost healed. So there was another miko to contend with and Naraku had no clue. Smiling she led the little girl back to the futon and laid them both next to the young fox. She could not wait for his down fall, it was coming and soon. He just didn't know it yet!


Kagome stopped when they reached the clearing and sank to her knees waiting for him to do the same. "You know he intends to use them against me." It was a statement not a question and he waited for her to continue, " He will also try to find a way to use every single one who is close to me, and I will not let him succeed." She looked deep into his golden depths and caressed the stripes upon his cheek, "I lost you once to his treachery and I do not intend to repeat the pain that caused." He smiled softly at this woman he had come to love. No not just love, she had come to mean more to him than his own life. The fact that Naraku would threaten his family made him want to rip the filthy hanyou to shreds and the foul beast better hope that Rin and Shippo were unharmed or he would not make his death a quick one. He found himself once again lost in her blue-green depths when she wrapped her arms around his neck and leaned in to kiss him. When their lips met he felt the sparks that always seemed to fly, and when she granted him access to her mouth he delved his tongue in to taste the essence that was her. She pulled away gasping for breath before she spoke again, "We should get back the others will worry." He took in the flush to her cheeks and the scent of her arousal, pushing back his lustful thoughts he pulled her into his arms bridal style and made his way back to their campsite.

Naraku watched as the couple was making their way back to their friends. He did not like seeing them together, he would have to speed things up a bit. What to do......That's it! He would send Kotaru with a little reminder to his favorite miko she had better hurry up and surrender to him already. That is if she wanted them to live. Kanna saw the smile that split the beautiful face; she barely suppressed the shudder at how inherently evil the visage had shone at that moment. "Kanna you will prepare to leave with lord Kotaru, I want you to make sure the miko understands the gravity of the situation." She said nothing simply nodded and went to gather the lord for their new assignment. Walking towards his rooms she stopped to look in on Kagura, the sight that met her would have made her smile had she been able to. Her sister was curled protectively around the children that had been brought in just that evening. She shivered feeling something behind her and quickly shut the door, when she turned she came face to face with Kohaku. He really wasn't so bad he just creeped her out with the way he snuck up on a body. "Kanna what is Kagura doing? If Naraku sees her he will punish her for sure." Kanna nodded once but didn't answer, "You must get going now, don't worry about Kagura I will make sure she stays safe." With the sad smile she had come to know him for he slipped into the room and quietly closed the door. She continued on her way through the corridor praying that Kohaku really could shield her sister, kami knows she couldn't. Tapping lightly on the door she stepped through at the lord's summons, she almost gagged on the smell of her sister's blood that seemed to permeate the air. Naraku must have lent this man her sister's "special" functions tonight, she made no move to go further simply waited for him to address her once again. "Well what is it girl, I don't like to be kept waiting." Softly she answered so that even he with his youkai hearing had to strain to catch what she said. "Master wishes for us to persuade the miko Kagome to hasten her arrival. He sent me to fetch you and to be on our way." She watched as the same unholy gleam she had seen in her master's eyes lit the ice blue orbs of the lord as well. "Finally a chance at my intended! I will meet you outside in a few moments girl." She left then and made her way to the front courtyard, she could only hope her sister was right that the miko could destroy the monster they had lived with for the last three years. Time had really held no meaning for them but on nights like tonight it felt as if it had been centuries.


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