Pain, hate, suffering

Chapter 4: The Evil of Men.



"ooohhhh" came the groaned out sound of pure misery, grated from the lips of the miko as she slowly came into being. Opening her eyes, Kagome first saw a blurry shape before her, but as her eyes focused, she saw Kohaku there, sitting on his knees, his hands pressing a damp cloth to her forehead.



"Whe....Where am I?" Kagome asked, her voice very dry and the sound coming out very choked. Her body hurt all over the place, although most of the pain resided in her head, her chest, and her groin area. She didn't remember what had happened, so tramautic the experience had been, and so suffered under a case of amnesia.



Kohaku could sympathize with her on that issue. When he had first started serving Naraku, the evil demon lord had erased the memories of him killing his father, brothers in arms, and of trying to kill his own sister as well. Now from time to time he still forgot about his past memories, but right now he recalled exactly what had happened on that fateful day, and now seeing how Kagome was affected by what had happened to her, Kohaku understood how Naraku was able to use his memories against him now.



"Lady Kagome, please don't try to move. Your hurt, rather badly at that. Let me tend to your injuries." said Kohaku. When he had first come into the cell and had seen her form lying there in the dungeon cell, his embarrasement at seeing her naked quickly faded into a strong sense of anger, and with a new determination, had gone to work helping her. Although somewhat hesitant at first, he had cleaned and bandaged her...nether regions, and now she laid protected by a soft blanket over her form. Kagome looked up at him, and he saw her eyes widen in recognition.



"Kohaku...what...how..." she stammered. Ok, now she was just as confused as she could be. Kagome looked around, and saw that she was inside of a cell, one that included merely chains on a wall, and a bunk, plus a place to relieve herself whenever she could. She glanced down and saw her body, obviously naked from the lack of a feeling of clothes, covered in a blanket. When she tried to sit up, a feeling of pain shot down her body, so she just settled for running her hands over her body to check for injuries. Any place that felt too tender had a bandage on it, and didn't seem to be infected. Suprised, she looked up to the boy with inquiring eyes.



"Lady Kagome. You were kidnapped by Naraku, and brought here to this cell. He just finished raping you a while ago, so you may feel sore over some parts of your body. But don't worry, you are safe with me. Despite what Naraku may feel, I have regained my lost memories, and will strike him down myself at the first opportunity." informed Kohaku, a fire lit behind his eyes as he finished his little speech. Kagome's eyes widened as she remember the day's events, and she began to shiver as she remembered Naraku's.....things violating her body.



Kohaku saw her shivering, and moved closer, bringing her into an embrace. She returned it, wrapping her arms around him and pulling him tightly into an embrace. He felt slight embarrasement running down his spine at being hugged by a naked woman with a blanket wrapped around her like this, but knew that right now Kagome would use all the comforting that she could get. Just then though, a thought entered his mind, and one not born of his own volition. 'Rape Kagome' said the voice as it entered his head. He shook his head and responded with a 'no', but then he could feel the power of the sacred jewel forcing away his memories again, as the visage of Naraku entered his mind.



"Kohaku, you will rape Kagome. Do it now." said Naraku. His normally life filled eyes faded to a dull brown as the power of the sacred jewel took over his mind, even as his heart fought it with his entire will. His body began to shake slightly, before claming down. With Naraku in posession of his body, the little boy now had no choice but to carry out his master's will. He tightened his hold on Kagome. Still in too much pain to notice what was going on, she whispered... "Kohaku, thank you...."



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Naraku looked satisfied as he set the blackened sacred jewel on the table before him. The stupid little boy had confessed the secret that he had been hiding, although Naraku had been aware that Kohaku had been plotting against him for some time. Now, having given false hope to Kagome, he would destroy her, and what was even more beautiful was the effect that it would have on him. And when the others arrived and found Kohaku's scent all over Kagome, Sango's reaction. Oh, it would all be so priceless.



But he had other buisness to attend to at the moment. It had been a while since he had battled with Sesshomaru, and although he normally delegated other people to fight for him, in this particular instance he wouldn't mind testing the strength of the demon lord. The last time he had fought with him, Sesshomaru was showing to be a powerful person, and this battle would show whether or not Naraku needed to absorb some more demons and become even stronger.....