Pain, hate, suffering

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Chapter 1:

Naraku, in his human form, with long locks of brunette hair and a slightly muscular build, had an air of regelance about him as he moved into the dungeon cell. He was expecting the arrival of a fox demon, whose soul he had corrupted several nights ago when he had seeked it's help. He could feel the demon returning with the requested prey. With no scent blood, he knew that the fox had been successful in not harming her, or probably anyone else for that matter. But then again, interference from the others was not likely. Using his faithful bees to spy, he had waited patiently until Kagome and Inuyasha had another battle over Kikyo, the amusing way she used the beads of subjugation to get her way with him, and then for her to stalk off into the forest alone to think quietly to herself. It was then that he had signaled to the stalking fox that it was time. He had also supplied the quick acting sleeping powder that Kagome was now under the influence of. He had finished preparing her cell, and now awaited for the moment that she would arrive.

It wasn't a long wait. The fox demon appeared, cradling the human miko in his arms. Naraku quickly went over to inspect her features, and noticed that her shirt and skirt were slightly ruffled, and wondered if the fox demon had done a thorough inspection of his prey. None the less Kagome was here and that was all he wanted. He motioned for the fox demon to lay his prey on the rough stone bench against the side of the cell.

"Norax, now that you have finished one job, I have another for you to complete. This is only one of the humans that I want. There is another one, a smaller child." he said as he waited to guage the fox's reaction. The demon looked up at him and smiled.

"So long as I recieve additional payment, I will gladly do so." replied Norax.

"Good. Here is another vial of the sleeping powder needed. She is located in a castle in the western lands. I have Saimyosho scouting her out right now. One of them will transfer her image to you. I will leave the rest up to you." informed Naraku. The fox demon bowed just then, before departing to begin work on his next job.

Naraku watched him go, then silently let out a breath. He hated dealing with these demons of trickery and shadow magic, but they were really efficent at doing what they do. The fact that Kagome was here, unharmed, without him having to confront any of her powerful allies, attested to that. He would eliminate the fox demon himself now that his job as done, but he had yet to absorb the necessary demons to defeat his trickery, and he did not want any harm to befall his precious Kagome. Speaking of which, it was time to shackle her up and prepare for the first breaking session. Smiling evilly, he walked over torwards her limp form.

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Norax crept into the bedroom where the child lay sleeping. Using his extremley good stealthness, having hid his scent, he made his way to where the girl lay. She was young, of about eight or ten years he would guess. Uncorking the powder, he gently dabbled some into her nose. He was then suprised when the child started sneezing violently. She opened her eyes to look up at the giant ugly fox standing over here, and let out a loud scream, which was quickly muffled as he lay a hand on her mouth. She bit down on his fingers then, and he hissed before smacking the child across the face, sending her sailing across the room. Dazed but still consciouess, she sat up.

"LORD SESSHOMARU please HELP ME!" yelled Rin at the top of her lungs.

Moments later the bedroom door burst open as the tall dog demon known as Sesshomaru stepped into the room. Seeing the fox demon standing over the bed, his eyes flared as his right hand glowed green. He took a swipe at the fox demon and managed to knick him, drawing blood and pouring a scant amount of poision into his system. The rodent then took off, flying through the bed room window, tearing the curtains on his way out.

Sesshomaru followed, now withdrawing Tokijn from his sash. He landed on the forest floor outside the castle and looked around for his prey. He spotted a suspicious tree and annihilated it with an energy blast, but it was a decoy as the remains of a trickery device fell to the ground.

He then stopped and stood still, listening with his ears and smelling with his nose. He detected the fox demon then, burrowing through the ground beneath him, trying to escape by making a tunnel through the ground.

A blue aura surrounded Sesshomaru and his sword.

"Dragon Strike" stated Sesshomaru coldly as he plunged Tokijn into the ground. The blue energy transmitted into the ground and quickly found it's prey. The dog demon could hear the cries of pain and suffering from the fox demon before he expired. A length of ground besides him fell down as the tunnel collapsed. Withdrawing the sword from the ground, he smiled slightly. His servants wouldn't have to bother burying this vermin as he literally had dug his own grave.

Putting the sword back into his sash, he proceeded back upstairs to tend to Rin, who had a nasty welt on the side of her face and a slight concussion from hitting the ground. He spent the rest of the night with her as the child suddenly felt very vulnerable and afriad of her surroundings. In addition, she had inhaled a good portion of the sneezing powder that the fox demon had for some reason or another doused her with.

A lone bee had watched the series of events transpired, and went back to report to the master that his treachery was successful.

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Back at the castle, Naraku had finished securing Kagome, and it was just in time as the miko started to come to. He looked at her features as she awoke, her eyes opening slowly.

Kagome was startled to see Naraku standing before her in his human form, and tried to move. She noticed for the first time that her hands were bound above her, and that her legs were somewhat bound to the floor by chains. Realizing the predicament that she was in, cold fear and worry crept into her stomach. She was at his monster's mercy and she did not like it one bit. Naraku smiled evilly at her then, before closing in to gently lick her right cheek.

She spat at him as the fear was replaced by outrage and anger.

"How dare you touch me, you vile half breed demon." she yelled at his face as her spittle ran down his cheek.

"Now now," consoled Naraku in a cold voice, "No reason to be so mad. That lick will be the least of your worries once I am through with you. Poor little miko, you are here all alone, and your companions have no idea what happened to you either. They'll search, search some more, but it will all be in vain. You are mine, whether you like it or not."

Kagome looked more fearful than ever. She tried to remember what had happened exactly but it was all a blur to her. She didn't feel like she had been harmed, so maybe it was a drug or poison or something like that. She tried to be brave, and her defiance came out. She tilted her head upwards, stuck her chin out, and narrowed her eyes.

"So what, so what Naraku? What if my friends don't know that I'm missing? I'll never be yours. I would sooner subject myself to Sesshomaru than I would to you. You are a vile half breed, a pathetic mixture of a human bandit and the lowliest of demons. You are beneath a priestess such as myself. I would never lower myself to accept you." stated Kagome in a loud and defiant voice of fire.

Naraku grinned as she said this. He loved it when she was defiant, however, she had crossed a line when she described him. He would have to correct this and punish her, and try to blend a little bit of fear back into her emotions. Coming to stand less than a foot from her chained figure, he leaned in close until his mouth was next to her ear.

"Brave, brave little miko," he whispered, "you try to be strong, but you are weak. You are at my mercy, and yet you try to act like you aren't. You want to escape from this nightmare, but it will consume you in the end."

Then, with a sudden swiftness, he delivered his right fist into her stomach, drawing a pained cry as she tried to double over. He then raised her chin, and planted a soft and cold kiss on her lips. Leaving her quaking in pain and fear, he exited the cell. He would let her get hungry and cold and dirty before he returned for round two.....