InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Plan Gone Astray ❯ Things Are Not As They Appeared ( Chapter 2 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

A/N: Ok, Ok. After careful consideration and many requests, I have decided to add another installment to this story. I hope you like, please review if you do.

Disclaimer: Never will own it!

Chapter 2: Things Are Not As They Appeared

"Oh, my head," Kagome complained aloud.

Pushing up with her hands, she tried to look around, "Where am I?"

She blinked a few times attempting to gather her wits.

"Let's see, the last thing I remember is Sesshoumaru taking off with me."

A deep crimson enveloped her cheeks as she remembered the words he spoke to her.

Finally, her sight returning to her, she looked around and was confused at what she saw. She was in what appeared to be a cell of some type. There were several other women there with her.

'Wait a minute, I was naked?' Then she looked down at her body and her fear was realized. She was still completely naked in a room full of strangers. She tried to cover herself but it was hopeless.

"Here, put this on," came a voice from the corner.

Kagome reached out and caught what looked like an old potato sack with a hole for her head and arms to go through.

"Umm, Thank you," Kagome replied, 'I think,' she quietly thought to herself.

Now standing and able to visually look around at her surroundings, again she questioned, "Where am I?"

Again a voice came from the corner, "You are in the concubine chamber. This is where the Master keeps his concubines until one is called upon."

Kagome's heart sank. "Concubine?" She questioned aloud, even though she knew very well what this meant. He had taken her with the intention of adding her to his fold.

She thought things were going to be different than they were with Inu- Yasha. Instead they appeared much worse. 'Why could he not have just killed me?'

A small knock at the door brought Kagome out of her depressing thoughts.

What appeared to be servants, entered with several carts filled with breakfast foods. The other women horded around, grabbing everything they could get. Even though Kagome was very hungry, her mind continued to think of the depressing thoughts that were now non-stop plaguing her.

'How could this have happened? I'd rather him to have killed and eaten me rather than be his whore. He said I was his. I thought that meant really his, as in me and him, together, forever.'

Silent tears fell from her swelling, red eyes. She found an empty, quiet corner and curled up into a ball on the floor. It was damp and cold. Matching her emotional state completely.

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Sesshoumaru berated himself. How could he have been so careless, with a human no less. And now, now she was in his castle, part of his concubine staff.

He snorted, "No doubt she will expect me to call on her after that poor display of restraint. How could I have been so careless."

He paced back and forth in his chambers. Trying to think of a way out of this precarious situation.

'I could have her brought here, then allow things to get a little out of hand, causing her *accidental* death.'

But the thought of 'having' her, brought memories of their encounter back to the demon lord's head.

Remembering to the most minute detail, Sesshoumaru winced, when once again he found himself hungry for the human. He had never had a human nor ever wanted to for that matter.

'But the taste of her blood was like no others I have had before,' he thought, his tongue gliding from corner to corner of his lips, moistening them in anticipation.

Again his loins burned with desire, the need to have flesh against flesh. Hers, his.

The more he tried not to think of Kagome, the more inadvertently he did. Upon his last thought, it was decided. He would have to kill her or she would most definitely consume him.

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Several days had passed and Kagome had still not eaten. She was becoming ill. Her color was taking on a pale gray. She had not considered the fact that Sesshoumaru had drained her of a lot of her blood. By her not eating, her body was having difficulties restoring and repairing itself. In her minds eye, it was exactly as she wanted. To die off and be rid of all of these hurtful feelings. But her plan would not go as she would hope, not if a certain Lord had anything to say about it.

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After a weeks time had passed, Sesshoumaru sent for his most recently acquired concubine.

His faced dropped at the sight that was laid before him. Before the servant could leave, the Great Lord questioned him.

"What is wrong with her?"

"My Lord, since the time she was acquired, she has not eaten."

Sesshoumaru growled in disgust. It was not his plan to allow her to kill herself. Where was the fun in that? That was his sole duty, how dare she try to deny him of that.

"Go and bring me a tray of fruits. Also bring me a set of clothing for her." He sniffed the air, Gods she smelled. "First, ready the bathing chamber and then bring what I have asked for there, understand?"

"Yes, my Lord."

The servant bowed, backing slowly out of the man's chambers. Then proceeded to do as he had been told.

Sesshoumaru looked at the frail being that laid on the rug at his feet. Normally, not a compassionate man, he felt a twinge at his soul. He knelt down beside Kagome and brushed the few strands of hair back that lay across her face. Upon feeling the warmth of his hand, Kagome, in her sleep, reached up with her hand and grabbed his. Whispering his name, faintly, but loud enough for him to hear. Again, another tug at his darkened soul.

Ridding himself of this creature would most certainly prove to be a challenge.

A/N: I know this chapter is kinda short, but if I stick to shorter chapters, I hope to be able to update more quickly. So things are not as they appeared. Next chapter will be a little fluffy. I will try not to make it like the other bath scenes. If you like what you've read so far, please update. It makes my day to see those. Until next time: TTFN!! "_"