InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Adoption ❯ Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

It was a futile attempt at best on her father's part the much larger and younger male easily dodged the punch and in a move so fast it was barely seen he grabbed the man around the neck lifting him several inches off the floor.

A normal girl would waste no time in running to her father's defense and be very upset with the being that was handling their parent in such a manner. However in this case she cared about her father about as much as he cared about her which wasn't at all.

Naraku looked at the man with scorn written all over his face. "Now shall we try this again?" He questioned as he held him up in front of him like a rag doll.

Gin clawed at the wrist attached to the hand around his neck.

"Answer me!" Naraku growled in a deadly manner and gave him a small shake to get his attention.

The man nodded his head the best he could wile being held off the ground by his neck.

"Good" Naraku hissed as he forced the man into the chair.

Kagome looked from Naraku to her father and back again wondering just what exactly was going on.

"You will create a temporary document giving me guardianship of the girl. In four days time you will officially sign her over to me permanently." He leaned down into the man's face. "You will also forward all support payments to me so that I will be able to provide for her properly."

"You can have the girl but I will not hand over my money." Gin hissed as he slammed his fist down onto the table.

Naraku cocked an eyebrow. "Is that so? Well then shall we see what Taishou-sama has to say about that?" He walked over to Kagome, placed his hand on her shoulder, and pushed her towards the door. "Be at Tokyo towers top floor tomorrow at nine a.m." He followed the girl towards the door. "Lest you wish to see what they do to sniveling little cowards like you in prison I strongly suggest you arrive promptly. Taishou-sama doesn't approve of tardiness." With that he walked out the door leaving a pale stunned little coward staring blankly at him.

"Taishou-sama?" Gin whispered in fear. He knew who the man was and when your path crossed with Taishou-sama's you prayed to every Kami you could think of that you walked away still in possession of all you owned or at the very least walked away with your life still in your body. Perhaps he wouldn't go to the meeting and avoid the whole thing altogether. Then maybe if he was really lucky, this whole thing would just blow over.

Then again it may not be all that bad seeing as how HIS daughter was friends with Taishou's youngest son, therefore she could stand in his defense. Yes, that's how he would deal with this through the girl. She would stand by his side seeing as how he had taken care of her her whole life it was the least she could do.

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"Taishou-sama?" She looked up at him in wide eyed shock. "Inuyasha" She whispered in horror.

Naraku narrowed his eyes at her. "You know his son?" He already had an idea as to the connection between the girl and his best friend's worthless sibling based on how pale she suddenly became.

Kagome nodded her head solemnly. "Hai"

He didn't question her further the answer was written all over her face. He grabbed his cell and punched the speed dial to Toga's office. "It's me." He stated angrily into the phone although the answering service wouldn't notice. "9 a.m. tomorrow morning I have a meeting and some very important matters to discuss with you. Both will occur in your office." He then flipped the phone shut knowing that before the end of the day Toga would call back to find out what exactly was going on.

They both climbed into the car and pulled away heading back for Tokyo. Naraku looked at the girl from the corner of his eye and the full weight of what he had just done settled in. She was now his responsibility and for nothing more than the fact that he too had a worthless father who treated him the same as the girl's father did. Well it was too late now and he would hold himself to the responsibility of taking care of her properly.

"Girl"

"Kagome" She responded without looking away from her lap.

His eyes narrowed slightly. "Kagome" He started. "You are now my responsibility and as such there are several rules you will live by." She still didn't look at him nor did he notice as he was paying more attention to the road ahead.

"For starters those indecent things you call clothes are no longer allowed to be worn." He looked over at her to assess her reaction and got what he expected.

"What?" Kagome questioned in shock. "They are so NOT indecent." She snapped at him.

Naraku turned back to the road. "It matters not what you think. Once we arrive at home you will be getting rid of them and I will hear no arguments saying otherwise."

Kagome crossed her arms over her chest defiantly. "I will not. Besides if I get rid of these then I will have nothing to wear."

He ignored her and continued. "Secondly; you will have a curfew of 9 p.m. and I will not tolerate any excuses if you are not home when you are expected."

Again her eyes went wide and she stared at him in shock. "WHAT? I am NOT a child! I will do as I please."

He glanced over at her for a brief second. "You are and will not do as you please." He responded. "I now control everything about you and you will obey me." He looked over at her and narrowed his eyes at her just daring her to dispute him. When she opened her mouth to do just that he put a quick halt to any protests. "One word and you will be punished."

Kagome snapped her mouth shut not wanting to find out how exactly he would punish her. She was more than certain however that it involved her being put over his knee and being spanked like a little child.

Seeing that she was going to maintain her silence he continued. "Those creatures you call friends..." He sneered. "you are no longer to have any association with. Should I find that you have been hanging around with them the consequences will not be pleasant."

"After what they did to me I don't ever want to see them again." She hissed deadly.

He glanced over at her and gave a curt nod then continued as he turned his eyes back to the road. "I will be acquiring your school records and if your grades are as bad as I'm sure they are you will be going to summer school and will be grounded until your grades are up to my standards."

Blue eyes widened to ridiculous proportions. 'Summer school? Was he serious?' She questioned herself silently and upon staring at his profile for a few seconds she realized that he was very serious.

"When your grades are up" Naraku started. "you will be on probation and once you prove to me you can be trusted to behave properly then perhaps I will allow you an hour longer curfew."

Kagome looked at him for a moment. "Why?"

Naraku sighed lightly he knew what she was asking. "Because I know the life you live. I was saved from a bleak future due to the stern hand of a man who believes that only through strong parental control can a being become anything they dream themselves to be." He glanced over at her so that he could see her face. "You have the same potential that I did and like me you need a strong hand to lead the way."

Kagome dropped her eyes down to her lap. "Oh" She stated in slight confusion. "but why do you care about me? I am nothing but a whore." She sneered just under a whisper.

That caused Naraku to pull the car over to the side of the road. He turned towards her and when she wouldn't look at him he grabbed her chin lightly and turned her to face him. "I will admit that upon our very first meeting I was less than impressed with you. Yet due to the fact that you stood up for yourself where your friend did not I suspected that there was more to you than what I initially saw." He brushed the tear that rolled down her cheek away. "Then when I saw you sitting on the step in front of your apartment knowing that your father moved my suspicions of what kind of life you lived were confirmed."

He stared into her sad blue eyes and could easily see every ounce of pain within her soul. "When I took you to your father I didn't really expect to leave with you but based on your father's words and actions I could not in good conscious leave you there." He turned to face forward and leaned back in his seat like he was exhausted and let off a sigh that said as much. "Kagome I am willing to give you the chance to have a better life you just have to want it bad enough to do the work to get there. If you want to continue on the path to self destruction..." He again turned to look at her. "I will return you to your father and never look back."

Kagome stared at him for several long moments rolling his words over in her mind. She knew he was right as much as she hated to admit it she was on a path of self destruction and this was most likely her only chance to save herself. "I don't want to go back."

"Very well." He answered then put the car into drive and continued onto Tokyo.

The remainder of the trip was silent until he pulled into the mall parking lot. "What are we doing here?" She questioned with furrowed brows.

He turned and looked her up and down. "You need clothing." He stated then got out of the car.

xx

Kagome sat on the chair by the dressing room like he told her to and watched all the women moving from rack to rack until Naraku came back with a female. She was tall, had blakish-brown hair pulled up into a high pony tail and her brows were drawn together as Naraku spoke to her in a low voice.

As they came up to her the female smiled hugely at her. "Kagome" She said her name like they were best friends and they hadn't seen each other for awhile. "Um hi?"

"Kagome this is Sango." Naraku said as he gave her a look that told her to stand up. "She will be helping you shop for new clothes."

Sango held her hand out to her. "Nice to meet you Kagome." She said as she shook the other girl's hand.

"You too." Kagome responded shyly.

"Well then." Sango stated as she eyed the shy looking girl assessing her size. She circled Kagome like a hawk before she clapped her hands together. "I've got it." She said with a pat on Kagome's shoulder before she began to walk away. "Oh!" She looked at Naraku over her shoulder. "How much?"

Naraku sat down in the chair and raised his eyebrow. "Same as mine."

She gave a nod and continued on her way into the maze of clothing racks.

Kagome took a seat in the chair next to Naraku and watched as the Sango girl moved about all the clothes plucking things from the racks. "Um..." She started nervously.

Naraku looked over at her. "Do not concern yourself with the cost."

She had to wonder how he knew that that was what she was concerned with. As she stared at him she came to the conclusion that Naraku was a rather strange man who could be five hundred kinds of scary one moment and very concerned and caring the next. "You're weird." She stated with a nod of agreement with herself.

He leaned back in the chair and stretched his legs out in front of him. "Perhaps; however I suggest you get used to it." He turned his head and stared pointedly at her. "From this day forward everything you do will be done so under my watchful eye."

Kagome sighed and sat back. "Why do I get the feeling that I just joined the military and have the most domineering drill sergeant ever?"

Naraku snorted. "I'm only a little less controlling than that."

Before Kagome could respond Sango returned with her arms piled with clothes. Looking over the mountain in her arms she smiled at Kagome. "Come on."

Kagome rose and followed the older girl into the dressing room. She was actually kind of excited to try on new clothes. Once inside the room Sango piled the clothes on the bench and smiled at her. "Okay; now whatever you try on you have to go out and show him."

"What? Why?" Kagome asked feeling very put out.

Sango shook her head. "If he doesn't approve of the clothes you can't get them. Plus it will just be easier to give in and do what he says rather than fight him." She leaned in towards the younger girl and whispered like he was standing on the other side of the door which wouldn't surprise her if he was. "Believe me when I tell you that Naraku is a man who doesn't take well to people denying him especially when it's a direct order. Besides when you do what he says it makes him happy and he's a hell of a lot more fun to be around when he's happy."

"I wouldn't know." Kagome sighed. "Since I first met him he's been nothing but a bastard."

"Don't I know it." Sango chuckled. "I thought the same when I first met him but my boyfriend convinced me that he's really not all that bad and as it turned out he was right." She put together an outfit and handed it to her. "Here we'll start with this one."

xx

Naraku sat in the chair talking very intensely on his cell phone when Kagome came walking out of the dressing room. He continued to talk as he eyed her up and down then made the finger gesture for her to turn around.

Kagome did as he motioned her to do then turned back around to face him. He cocked an eyebrow at her and somehow she knew he was asking her what she thought of it. She looked down at herself analyzing the ensemble. She liked the baby-blue tank top and the sparkly little pink flowers that trailed up from the bottom left to her right shoulder. However the jean shorts she did not like in the least they were much too modest for her tastes. They sat far too high on her hips and the small cuffs stopped just above her knees. "I don't like the shorts." She said with a nod of agreement with herself.

Naraku smirked and placed his hand over the phone. "You will keep the shorts." With that he went back to his conversation on the phone ignoring her look of discontent.

She opened her mouth to dispute him but his eyes narrowed dangerously and she thought better of it. "Fine I'll get them but that doesn't mean I have to wear them." She hissed to herself.

Sango tried to hide the smile at the face Kagome was making as she came back into the dressing room. "Well?"

Kagome huffed. "I have to get the shorts." She hissed.

"Ha!" Sango said knowingly. "You owe me a dollar."

Kagome looked at the girl with her nose wrinkled. "Oh hush." She really liked Sango she was fun and everything she wanted to be. She knew that if Sango was her age they'd be best friends and do everything together. However even with their age differences she knew that they'd still be good friends anyway.

"Okay here's this one."

Kagome took the next outfit and began the process of changing and dropping the tank top and shorts into the 'passed the inspection pile'. Once changed she walked out to see if these passed approval which she highly doubted. Well the shorts would pass as they were similar to the ones she just tried on but the shirt she was sure he wouldn't allow.

Boy was she right. When she stood in front of him his eyes once again narrowed on her.

"Can you hold on a sec?" He asked to whomever he was talking to on the phone and upon their consent his hard eyes pinned her down. "Was that your choice or did Sango bring it to you?"

Kagome dropped her eyes to the floor. "I chose it."

Naraku ground his teeth together. "Do not attempt to lie to me girl. You will go and tell Sango that clothes such as that are not allowed. Should I see another item like that I will be forced to choose the clothing myself." He sat back in his chair. "Now go and get rid of that indecent shirt." He ordered then returned to his phone conversation.

She walked back into the dressing room and glared at Sango. "I told you he wouldn't like this shirt and do you want to know how I knew he wouldn't like it?" She crossed her arms over her chest and stared at the elder female condescendingly.

"How?" Sango smiled she was rather interested in knowing how this girl knew so much about her friend when they barely knew each other.

"Because this shirt..." She waved her hand over the spaghetti strapped, green, low cut, mid drift shirt. "Is something I would get. He hates my clothes that's why we're here and if it's something I would choose then it's something he wouldn't like." She huffed as she pulled the shirt off. "He's such a jerk." She threw it to the floor starting the 'not a chance hell' pile and began pulling off her shorts. "Oh but he likes the shorts." She hissed as she tossed them to the other pile.

Sango laughed and pulled another outfit together. "Well now we know for sure how short and revealing you clothes are allowed to be."

Kagome took the clothes she handed her and began dressing. "I didn't need to wear them in front of him to know that he wouldn't approve." She stated knowingly. "And I definitely don't want to do it again. If I did he'd probably ground me until I managed graduate from college."

"You're probably right." Sango agreed with a nod of her head. "I guess we will just have to make sure we please him then."

Kagome snorted causing Sango to laugh. "You must have picked that up from him." She said ignoring the dirty look the girl was giving her.

"Humph" Kagome huffed as she pulled on the third outfit.

Several hours later Kagome was exhausted, very hungry, and well beyond her patience. All the clothes she liked he wouldn't allow her to have and everything he liked she hated. Then there was the whole bathing suit issue. What a nightmare that turned out to be and one she never wanted to repeat again.

It was the only time she really fought against him for what she wanted and the end result was that she was grounded for a week with the threat of being grounded for the whole summer if she continued to argue with him, and forced to get the most modest bathing suit he could find; which was a deep blue shorts and long tank top set. Oh how she hated it and him at the moment and informed him as much. "You are such a bastard! I don't see what the problem was with the suit I picked out."

Naraku threw the bags into the trunk of the car. "First off you will watch your mouth lest you wish me to wash it out with soap and a brillo pad. Secondly…" He leveled her with a death glare. "I told you that you will no longer dress like a whore and that bathing suit you desired was worse than the one you were wearing when we first met." He unlocked the car and climbed in and once she was seated in the passenger seat he continued. "You will wear the one I bought you and I will hear no arguments saying otherwise."

Kagome huffed and crossed her arms over her chest. Oh how badly she wanted to tell him off but the thought of being grounded for the whole summer kept her tongue in check. "Can we get something to eat? I haven't eaten since yesterday and I'm starving."

He looked over at her and the growling of her stomach hit his ears. "Very well." He started the car and away they went.

They stopped at the ramen bar and to her surprise they were meeting up with one of his friends. He was the same one that was sitting on the couch that morning before Naraku took her home.

Sesshoumaru looked at Naraku then moved his eyes over to the girl following behind him. "Thought you were taking her home." He stated as they took their seats across from him with Kagome on the inside of the booth.

Naraku snorted as he waved the waiter over. "I did."

Sesshoumaru cocked an eyebrow at him waiting for him to explain why he still had her with him.

As Naraku was telling Sesshoumaru of the occurrences of the day so far Kagome eyed the male sitting across from her and was hard tempted not to openly drool over him. His eyes were a strange amber color that seemed very unnatural and his hair was a white silver color. Along with his sharp features and obviously well built body which seemed to strain against his white dress shirt; he was gorgeous. Then there was the fact that he seemed so familiar to her beyond only seeing him that first time that morning. He looked like a being that was like Naraku very frightening when he desired to be but could be compassionate should the need arise.

Sesshoumaru looked over at the girl that was staring openly at him and smirked when her cheeks flushed pink and she hurriedly cast her eyes down suddenly finding the place mat on the table to be extremely interesting. He wasn't all that shocked at the effect he had upon her being generally women stared at him all the time what he found interesting was that she was trying to hide the fact she was staring at him now that rarely ever happened. "So tell me girl…" He started only to be interrupted by her.

"Kagome" She stated as she looked up and locked her eyes with his.

He ignored her and continued like she hadn't said anything. "What do you plan on doing with this opportunity that has been granted to you."

Kagome stared at him wondering how he can state a question but at the same time make it sound like a demand. "Well…" She gnawed on her bottom lip for a moment in thought. "I guess I will just be happy to make it though high school and graduate."

He cocked an eyebrow at her and Naraku turned to stare hard at her. "I suspected as much." Naraku practically growled.

Before Naraku could say anything more Sesshoumaru again questioned the girl or made a statement it all depended on how you looked at it. "Am I to assume that you were planning on not finishing."

Kagome chanced a look at Naraku and knew he wasn't going to like her answer in the least. "Hai. I would have been shocked to make it past the first semester. I only barely made it past my first year." She sighed and almost cringed in ready for Naraku to go off on her again.

"Well it seems that you have your work cut out for you then." Sesshoumaru stated then turned back to Naraku with an eyebrow raised in question.

"She will be grounded…" Naraku responded to Sesshoumaru's silent question. "Until her grades are up and apparently summer school is in her future."

"But I don't want to go to summer school." Kagome whined out. "It's not fair." She hissed with a small slam of her fist on the table.

Naraku rubbed the bridge of his nose with his thumb and forefinger. "You have no say in the matter." He then turned to look at her with a look that told her she was about to cross that proverbial line of too far. "The matter is closed and you will not speak of it again." Then with that he turned back to Sesshoumaru and resumed their conversation.

Kagome dropped her eyes and stuck her bottom lip out into a small pout; all the while cursing Naraku to the deepest level of hell several times over in her head.

Occasionally Sesshoumaru would chance a glance over at the girl and was hard pressed not to chuckle at the face she was making. Actually it was kind of cute the way she was pouting silently however every now and again she would throw Naraku a death glare that would make the lord of the underworld cringe in fear. "I believe it would be wise for you to sleep with one eye open." He said with a smirk cast to Naraku.

Naraku looked over at the girl sitting next to him just in time to catch one of her death glares and narrowed his eyes. He leaned down and whispered in her ear. "You have tried my patience one too many times. You will be punished severely when we arrive at home."

Kagome's eyes went wide at the implications behind the word punished. "No" She gasped in fear.

"Be gentle with her." Sesshoumaru said seemingly in her defense. "You are a cocky bastard and were I in her shoes I would do more than glare daggers at you." He smirked cockily. "Actually you'd be lucky to still be alive by morning the next day." He shot a knowing glance towards Kagome and almost chuckled at how her cheeks burned a deep crimson.

Naraku actually looked affronted at the fact that his friend was standing up for the mouthy child sitting next to him. "She is not your concern." He bit out trying to keep his dignity and control in tact. "I will care for her however I see fit. She will be punished when she steps out of line; and the punishment will fit the crime." He finished with a glare around the table letting them both know that the topic was closed.

"Very well." Sesshoumaru stated boredly. "Let us eat and get out of here. I am finding your attitude to be wearing on my nerves."

Naraku shot him a death glare of his own but kept silent. He was tired and more than ready to get home so that he could sprawl out on the sofa, watch TV, and pretend that this day went over smoothly. Although he knew it wouldn't work out that way. He still had to get the girl situated into her new room and punish her for her snappy mouth then an argument would follow which will cause him to have to punish her again. He was going to break that stubborn spirit of hers even if it killed him. As he looked over at her he knew without a doubt that he was going to have to recruit Hiten and Sesshoumaru in bringing this girl under control. It wasn't that he didn't think he could handle her it had more to do with the fact that if he didn't get a break from her occasionally he just might be more than tempted to strangle her with his own bare hands.

xx

Naraku and Kagome walked well more like he dragged her into the apartment and Naraku was in none too good of a mood. Kagome had embarrassed, disrespected, and made him look like a fool in front of his friend and any other being that happened to be around during her little childish display not once but twice her behavior rubbed him clean the wrong way. Who knew that a simple request would become such an issue? He still couldn't for the life of him figure out why she wouldn't give up her mother's phone number not only that but made such a scene about it it drew everyone's attention their way. Then to make matters worse when Sesshoumaru tried to smooth things over and explain to her why she needed to give him her mother's number she told him to shut the hell up and to mind his own damn business.

Then to bring it all to a close with a huge bang when he tried to silence her she told him to fuck off and to leave her alone. It was at that moment he had reached his breaking point and all the stress of the day had caught up to him. He grabbed her by the arm, jerked her out of the booth, made for the car, threw her in the passenger seat, and headed for home.

When they arrived at home he thought for sure she would obey knowing how much trouble she was in… but no she just had to lock the car doors once he got out. It didn't bother him too much seeing as how he had the key to the car in his hand. However, every time he would unlock the door she would hit the switch locking it back up again before he could get the door open.

He had never in his entire life felt such rage and it was taking everything he had not to put his fist through the window, yank her out by her neck, then give her a thorough thrashing. Actually he was about to do that when Sesshoumaru pulled up and proceeded to give him that look that said he was being laughed at by his stoic friend.

This just served to anger him further and with a glare at his friend he turned back to the girl locked inside the car. "Get out!" His voice held such a deadly edge it should have melted the car around her. Her response was to shake her head vigorously and maintain her stubborn disposition.

It was about that time when Sesshoumaru tapped his finger on the roof of the car on the driver's side and when he looked up he saw his spare key dangling from his finger. A silent agreement passed from the two of them and a plan made to get the girl out of the car.

For the hundredth time Naraku slipped his key into the lock and unlocked the door only to have her hit the switch locking the door again however as much as she knew Sesshoumaru was there she didn't know he had a spare key to the car and the drivers side door was open in a flash.

He unlocked the door and with a smirk at the girl, watched as Naraku pulled her door open and yanked her out of the car. He proceeded to drag her into the apartment fighting him all the way. Where the hell was all this stubborn behavior coming from all of a sudden? He just couldn't fathom what in the world made the girl just suddenly snap and over such a ridiculous reason.

Once he got them both upstairs to the spare bedroom which would now be her room, he sat down on the bed placed her in front of him between his knees, and leveled her with his 'I've had about all I can take' glare. "Now Kagome, you have tried my patience one too many times and I have given more than enough warnings to cease this behavior." He tried oh how he tried to sound calm and rational but it was lost on the edge in his voice.

Kagome looked at him defiantly. All this ordering her about and talking to her like she was an infant had finally worn on her last nerve and she did what she always did when she was at her wits end… she lashed out. "Well maybe if you didn't treat me like some spoiled child then I would be more than happy to work with you." She hissed.

Naraku cocked a dark eyebrow. "Well maybe if you didn't act like a spoiled child I wouldn't treat you like one." He responded and tightened his grip on her wrist when she tried to pull away. "Now you will explain to me why you felt it necessary to behave in such a manner when all I did was ask you a simple question." He ordered darkly as he jerked her back to stand between his legs.

Kagome narrowed her eyes at him. "Because of the way you talk to me." Again she tried to jerk herself free only to fail as he gripped her even tighter. She thought for sure he was going to squeeze her hand right off. "I'm not stupid and I do not appreciate being talked down to like I don't know anything." She hissed as she used her other hand to attempt to break free of his hold.

Naraku grabbed both her hands and held them in his left much larger and stronger hand. "Girl all I asked you was for your mother's phone number and you insulted me, my friend, and made an unnecessary scene. You behaved like a child by locking yourself in the car. Now tell me why I shouldn't treat you like the child you are being?"

Kagome opened her mouth then closed it again. She really couldn't argue with that logic and no reasonable explanation was forthcoming… well nothing adult anyway. "But…"

His deep brown eyes became hard and deadly. "If that is the best answer you can come up with then perhaps I am not so wrong in treating you like a child." He moved her out from between his legs then jerked her down over them.

Immediately she began struggling knowing full well what was about to happen. "NO!" She cried and kicked her legs as hard as she could. "Please don't do this!" She pleaded fearfully.

He readjusted his hold on her hands putting them both behind her back and locking them into his left hand freeing up his right hand to dish out his discipline. "Now I'm more than certain that you have never once in your life been punished properly and I'm sure that explains your insolent behavior. So from this day on when you step out of line this is what you have to look forward too."

"No" Kagome began sobbing. "I'm sorry."

Naraku shook his head. "Iie, it is too late for that. The only way you will learn is through proper discipline and know this the more you struggle the worse it will hurt." With that he brought his right hand down upon her backside harshly.

Kagome cried out when his hand made contact with her backside and caused her to struggle against him as hard as she could. This only made him bring his hand down upon her harder until her rear was burning and stinging fiercely. Then suddenly from out of no where she had a thought and considering what was happening to her at the moment she was shocked she could have any rational thoughts at all but she was actually grateful to him for making her change her clothes. She could only imagine how bad his hand would feel on her butt had she still been wearing her mini skirt. Bent over his knees as such in a mini skirt it would have been his hand on her practically bared flesh but with the denim shorts she at least had a small buffer, albeit not much of one.

After that thought passed a new one emerged and it was one that gave her much pleasure. She was going to gut Sesshoumaru like a fish once she got out of this mess. It was his fault that she was here now had it not been for him she'd still be safe granted she would have had to spend the rest of her life locked in the car but hey that was a hell of a lot more appealing than what she was currently suffering through at the moment.

While she was having these odd thoughts she continued to cry and struggle against him only to find that he would strike her even harder until it felt like he was hitting bare skin. Deciding that the pain was too much she ceased her struggles and went limp, sobbing.

Naraku halted his hand when she went limp against him. "Have you learned or should we continue?" She shook her head in response and he assumed that she was saying no that she did not want him to continue. "Very well." He stated as he stood her up before him.

Her head was dropped and heavy tears rolled down her cheeks and part of him felt sorry for her but the other half felt that he had reacted to her properly. He stood up before her, placed a finger under her chin, and tilted her head up so that he could look into her eyes. "Now Kagome, this has not been a pleasant day for either of us and I do not wish to go through this with you again." He brushed her tears away and gave her an understanding look. "As near as I can tell you have never had any proper parental supervision nor have had any consequences to your actions and that is something I plan on remedying." He placed his hand on her shoulder and walked her to the bathroom to wash her face.

"You will come downstairs when you have pulled yourself together and we will discuss the rules of this house and what your boundaries are." Again her grabbed her chin and turned her to look up at him. "I do not do this because I am a cruel man nor do I do it because I find pleasure in causing pain and suffering. I am doing this for you and only you can make this pleasant for both of us. Do not waste this opportunity that I am giving you lest you wish to find yourself living in a gutter somewhere."

She looked into his eyes and was shocked to see that they weren't the hard cold brown they normally were they were soft and inviting. She could see the care and concern he was offering her all she had to do was put forth the effort and he would grant her the one thing she hadn't had since her grandfather died loving support. "I will try." She whispered with a small choke.

Naraku smiled a small smile down at her. "That's a start." He then turned and left the bathroom and headed downstairs.