InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Betrayal's Gift ❯ Chapter 27
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By: ldymoon 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Hentai / Romance / Angst | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 11.04.2006 | Pages: 7 | Words: 8.3K | Visits: 272 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Hentai / Romance / Angst | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 11.04.2006 | Pages: 7 | Words: 8.3K | Visits: 272 | Status: Completed
27
Hotaru had woke up from what started off as a beautiful dream that turned into a nightmare. Waking up and remembering what Inuyasha had told her she began crying again and realized that it was her fault if her grandmother was truly in the after world. Soon after that thought she had made herself stop crying feeling that to do that was to believe that her dear grandmother was in fact dead. Taking the comb from off the dresser she ran it through her raven head looking at herself in the mirror. Using the water that was made available to her she had given herself a sponge bath and cleaned her tear stricken face. Now looking in the mirror she decided to think on something else when the door opened.
A beautiful and seductive looking panda youkai entered the room holding some clean linens and towels. She Looked around and then stopping to stare at Hotaru with her sky blue eyes she spoke through the silence.
“So…you're the mortal priestess whose been staying in our lords room. There is a lot of talk about you in the castle. A strong priestess who has taken the lords eye away from his concubines.”
Hotaru stammered.
“No…no…it's not like that tell them it's wrong.”
The woman raised her brow questioningly.
“Wrong? You are in his room and being heavily guarded at that, you're wearing his robes and sleeping in his bed and being kept comfortable. I hope you know that Inuyasha never falls in love with his concubines or his slaves. Once he tires of you…well…you'll be sent packing out of his room so don't get used to it. The last one that he favored got sold into the market the very next day.”
Out of curiosity Hotaru couldn't' help but to ask…
“Why if she was his favorite?”
“Because he has the power to do that, he is a very powerful youkai lord. His brother Sesshomaru is the most powerful youkai in all of Japan. I used to be his favorite, Sesshomaru's that is but when lord Inuyasha was leaving his castle to come here, I was a gift. That is how easily you have no rights, you are now property.”
The woman walked up to her and sniffed her. Hotaru stepped back a little disturbed about this youkai sniffing on her and mistrustful at this youkai's intentions.
“Well well, it seems that our lord hasn't taken you yet.”
“Look, I don't know what everyone is talking about, but no he wouldn't want to sleep with me…he doesn't even like me, you see I'm his prisoner here until I can prove my innocence.”
Kuma smiled her plan was working out beautifully. She turned innocent wide blue eyes on Hotaru and pushed her tawny brown/black hair over her shoulder.
“My dear don't you know than that you hold no value in our lords eye. I see no one here as tried to educate you…tsk…you poor mortal. Listen and listen well.”
She set the things down and moved to change the sheets on the bed and take the old one into a basket, along with the towels as she set up the new ones. As she busied herself she continued to work with Hotaru's help.
“This is how it goes. All the male youkai slaves serve a purpose here, either as extra soldiers, or hard laborers. The men have a higher price than female workers. Now for the female class the concubines are considered a high rank slave, the only thing that they do is please the master of the house sexually along with making sure that he has his bath, meals and whatever other duties he might require of them, you can say that they are like his wives, though, the down side to that is, when he tires of you he can sell you off, gift you to another but what most of the concubines are looking for is freedom, however, with our lord that will never happen. Than you have your female slaves who do the labor task around the house like myself. A slave as myself can also be called to his bed whenever the mood may strike him, we are considered the mistresses to the concubines. However we share the same fate to be sold off, but, if a slave displeases his/her master we can also be sentenced to death, but now a prisoner…well… they have no right or social standing at all, they are beneath the slave. He can do whatever he wants to you and if he is in a benevolent mood, you may be lucky to be sold off for practically little to nothing, so you see….you my dear have no value. Our lord can do what ever he wants to you and no one will care.”
Hotaru shocked was loosing the strength in her legs. Holding her hands up to her mouth she whispered.
“This is barbaric! Why…why do you tell me this? What is in it for you?”
Kuma turned around and smiled wickedly. `Good the bitch is scared, she should be and when he finally does come to her I want her to displease him, let him show no mercy on her.'
“I thought I should warn you that our lord has a sadistic appetite. Being that you are free of his touch for now, maybe you want to do something to keep it that way.”
Hotaru trying not to sound scared huffed.
“I just want to go home, as I said he doesn't like me, he wouldn't touch me. He had his opportunity…”
However, Hotaru was shocked further when Kuma pulled her cheap robes down to her waist. Hotaru looked at the youkai's scarred back and with bated breath she asked.
“What happened?”
Kuma turned around and sadly looked into the violet eyes of the priestess.
“This is how our lord has sex…he causes pain…you see…
She took a long pause here and looked around the room as if she were scared of something and then she spoke softly.
he hates women. He distrust us, all of us. It is rumored that a woman broke his heart. He collects us all from different backgrounds and…well…you understand what I am saying now don't you. But being that we are youkai born the pain he inflicts can be tolerated and healed with our own powers. But I believe someone like you cannot withstand the way he has sex, though you may fight you are only mortal. And if you fight you would only egg on his beast, his inner youkai and well…like a wild animal he'll destroy you”
Hotaru blanched, she was right. Those cuts down her back would kill her. She began to panic. Kuma firmly grabbed Hotaru by the shoulders and shook her gently.
“Look, there might be a way to keep him away from you.”
“Really?” Hotaru said tears of fear springing to her eyes.
“Look, his sense of smell is very strong…maybe…if you keep yourself dirty he'll leave you alone, in fact he might want you out of his room entirely.”
“But if I have no worth…then won't he punish me anyway, wouldn't he kill me?”
“Look, the choice is yours, either way you will die by his hand. More than youkai women… he hates mortal women. I thought I'd give you a heads up.”
Kuma collected the dirty linens and walked to the door looking back at the now panicked mortal only to turn and smile as she walked through the door. Once the female youkai was out of the room Hotaru began to rock back and forth holding onto her knees. She jumped at every sound she heard. Her nerves were so rattled that she began biting her nails, her hair became unkempt and she kept tapping her fingers as she watched the sun set.
When one of the female slaves opened the door and pushed food in Hotaru screamed out in fear only to have the other look at her as if she were mad.
`What kind of place did I fall into? I wanted to get away and find peace and acceptance and I find my death at every corner. I'd give my soul right now to have some of my mother's drugs, I could leave here mentally and I wouldn't know what was happening to me.'
She looked at the food and was too nervous to eat it. Her stomach was tide up in knots. Soon she found that her eyes couldn't stay open any longer and she finally met the peacefulness that she sought of in sleep.
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Inuyasha came back through the well and growled out his frustration. He had them both right there in his sight, he was so angry when he saw them holding each other like that. He wanted to snap Miroku's neck right there and then and tear Kagome apart. But instead he planted a seed in their head, he slept with their daughter, it was enough to see Miroku's ashen face fall off into a thin powder on to the floor. Pulling into his robes he grabbed the letter and opened it. As he read it questions started to form in his mind about Hotaru.
He frowned and rolled it up and put a thin red ribbon around it. He thought about what he witnessed there in the temple. Miroku prostrated himself to beg for his daughters' safety also the look in Kagome's eyes when she asked about Hotaru.
It was obvious to him that they cared about her a great deal so why was she trying to escape them? Why was this girl so sad and lonely? He truly hated to be curious but he couldn't escape it. Figuring out this girl's mystery was going to amuse him and challenge him.
`Why did she cut her wrist? Why did she seek her death?'
Then he thought about what she had said about the guy she liked tricking her. He decided to go to the village where she stayed to ask about her. Once he arrived there he was stopped by two of the village men with spears.
“Move out of my way.”
“Be gone youkai we want no trouble.”
Inuyasha pulled out his red whip from his fingertips and began to slash it around warning them to stay away from him. They took the silent threat and ran off to the village.
`Stupid mortal men let them try and stop me.'
He calmly walked into the village to see the head master awaiting him.
“Oh, it is you master Inuyasha what can I do for you?”
Inuyasha looked around and saw the rest of the pathetic army standing ready to take him on.
“Keh, you think your men could stop me? They didn't stop me sixty eight years ago they can't stop me now.”
The village head master looked at the silver haired youkai and decided to tell his men to put their weapons down.
“Smart choice for a mortal. Now, I have some questions about Hotaru.”
One of the men who was standing besides the headmaster voiced out in a tone that noted hostility.
“We don't say her name here.”
Inuyasha just looked at the man with cold eyes and the man cowered behind his village head master. The head master looked at his vassal with embarrassment and turned his vision again toward Inuyasha.
“If you wish to know about the girl you must seek out Naoko, for she is the one who had spent most of her time with that girl.”
Naoko came out of her modest hut and waved Inuyasha inside her home. Some men went to go and stand guard but she shoed them away. Once Inuyasha was inside she smiled. Inuyasha figured this woman was in her middle years. She reminded him of Kaede in a way except her youthfulness.
“Oh I am honored to have you in my home. I had such a crush on you when I was but a little girl.”
Inuyasha surprised looked at the woman.
“You remember then?”
“Yes, I always wished that I could go with you and your companions on your travels to fight the evil Naraku. Kaede would tell me all the time stories about you.”
Inuyasha smiled briefly, but then set to motion the reason for his visit.
“I'm sorry to have to break up your travels down memory lane here but, I have to ask some questions, it's about Hotaru.”
The woman made him some tea and sat down across from him. He took a sip to be polite.
“Tell me what did she do when she was here?”
“Oh, that child was so happy here, I miss her. She was eager to learn all she can of herbs and healing. Why she went and brought extra heavy blankets from her time so that the women and children would be warmer this winter season.”
“So, she was kind hearted you would say?”
“Oh yes, very much.”
“Tell me about the guy she killed, why did she kill him?”
The woman sighed and smoothed out her hair.
“Yuy had an obsession for the girl, he constantly followed her around the village seeking her hand in marriage, she refused him one too many times. See Yuy always got what he desired.”
The woman stood up and checked the matted screen and the matted windows to make sure that no one was around than she whispered so very quietly.
“If you ask me, Hotaru did our village a favor. Yuy was nothing like his father. That young man was a bully and a tyrant.”
“I don't care about your political standpoints I just want to know why she killed him.”
“The girl wanted to be left alone…from what I understand she was hurt badly by a young man from where she comes from, In fact, he impregnated her. At first she was shocked, she left here almost as soon as she had come. I wish I had kept my mouth shut at that time. It was the girl that I trained who went and told Yuy of Hotaru's condition hoping that he would sway in her favor. He plotted to attack her and she fought back.”
“But she used powers on humans that priestesses can't use.”
“I don't know how to explain that_but I like the girl nonetheless, she was so sad when she first come but she felt at peace here and said she'd like to call it home. Please master Inuyasha, since you seek information about her, please when you go back to her tell I said hello and that I bare no ill will towards her.”
Inuyasha had a nice talk with the woman and even though he found small pieces of information about Hotaru he was still left with questions. How can a priestess possess powers that could harm and kill humans as well as youkai? Getting closer to the forest another girl stopped him by prostrating herself before him.
“Please…my lord…I have some information on the priestess Hotaru.”
“Do you really?”
“I am Saori and I have tended to that witch.”
“Ah I see, you're the jealous girl Naoko told me about, the wench that got an innocent life destroyed.”
Saori picked up her head and looked defiantly at Inuyasha.
“Do you wish to know more about the lady Hotaru or what my lord, do you wish to know how a priestess can destroy a human as well?”
“I'm listening.”
“The first night she arrived she was attacked by a filthy youkai…well, you know, that night when she bathed I went to go get her more towels but she was acting strange, she was sitting there but, she froze me and she spoke to me…her hair was flying and she had a deep purple light cast about her body. She was eerie. I think she's a hanyou or at least she has youkai blood running through her veins. I told lady Naoko, but she wouldn't hear it from me and commanded me not to speak a word of it. There were times whenever she was by herself she would speak out loud almost yelling but no one was there. Then she would run off into the woods.”
“Did you see what she did once she ran into the woods?”
“No, I would not, she'd give me a creepy feeling. I believed that if she was to find me she would kill me.”
He went home thinking about all that and trying to figure it all up. Yet he couldn't' wait to go to his room and lay down in his soft and cozy bed, but then he remembered that Hotaru was in the room with him and he still had the note that Kagome had written her.
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Hotaru was beside herself now; she jumped at every noise that passed through her ears. Sitting in the corner on the floor in the dark let her mind run wild with all sorts of images. Than the images of Kentaru jumping from the tower flashed through her mind. She wondered too how Fuu was faring. Why she should care she had no idea, it was the both of them that led her to her captivity now.
Soon she heard the door open slowly. She held her breath and laid down flat on her back with the carpet over her hoping that she can hide in the darkness. She noticed his silver hair gleaming in the moonlight.
“Why the hell is there no fire in here, it's cold!”
One of the large bull guards stepped into the room and whispered something in a very hushed tone of voice. Hotaru strained her ears to hear what he was saying.
“What? Why?”
Again the guard said something and Inuyasha frowned. He scanned the room and Hotaru willed her heart to stop beating because it seemed to her that he looked right at her.
`Can he hear it beat? Can he hear my thoughts… my breathing?'
Inuyasha sighed and folded his arms together.
“Look Hotaru, there is no way in hell I'm going to freeze my ass off in my own bedroom. You can come out. I'm sending in the help to put a fire in here and set you up a bath, cause your stinking up my room.”
With that he turned royally and left the room. The guard shutting the door tightly behind him.
`Oh no…a bath…I can't….what do I do?'
Hotaru thought to herself, however that double ego of hers laughed. She squeezed her head with her palms and tried a mantra to quiet the laughter that echoed inside. Finally someone came in and just as he said lit the fire in the fire place. Someone else brought in a tub, towels, soap, a little stool, a pitcher, a small basin and a robe and just as quietly they left. She came out of her spot in the corner and looked at all the refreshments that were left at her disposal. She picked up the soap and it was lightly scented. It smelled of sweet honey and oatmeal. She fingered the towel and it was extremely soft and fluffy. Looking at the stool she wondered why they brought that in for.
“No I will not be tempted do you hear me?! I am not his slave or his concubines you tell him that, you tell him I am not going to have sex with that sadistic creep! Do you hear me out there you big mindless twits!”
Inuyasha was by the door and looked questioningly at the guards.
“Big mindless twits huh? Are you going to take that abuse from a mortal?” he laughed. The big red bull blew steam from his nostrils and smiled back.
“So, tell me what happened while I was gone.”
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Inuyasha was now sitting in his great room on cushions that was fashioned up on the highest steps. Two guards brought in the panda youkai who he slept with not so long ago.
“Kuma…tell me why did you speak ill of me to my prisoner?”
Kuma gritted her teeth.
“My lord…I meant no harm…I was just trying to get her to understand her position here in your home my lord.”
“Is that right? Why were you trying to get her to understand her position here?”
Golden eyes stared into her blue ones. His face was inscrutable it unnerved her for she hated when Sesshomaru would look that way and that was all the time.
“She was ordering me about my lord, she is after all a mortal priestess in the realm of the youkai, though I am but a humble slave, I felt I needed to assure her of her place lest she make you cross my lord.”
“Come here Kuma.”
Nervous sweat started to pool in her palms. He said her name with such a caress in his voice, that it actually scared her. In fact, Inuyasha scared her more than his older brother. At least with Sesshomaru she always knew his mood. It was dark and not at all free, yet Inuyasha had a sense of freedom with his expressions at times. She was able to tell if he was mad, happy or upset, but when he was unreadable he seemed the most dangerous to her. She hesitantly walked up the stairs while the guards stood below her.
She made it up to the final step and prostrated herself before him. He however, lifted her arms and drew her to him and had her sitting on his lap. He nibbled her jaw line and trailed down her neck.
“Tell me why are you lying to me Kuma.”
“My my lord?”
“I know everything you said to my prisoner, why would you make me look so animalistic to a mere mortal, I don't understand.”
He glided his clawed fingers up her thigh between her legs and began to rub it tenderly. She froze in his touch.
“Do you wish for me to be more tender with you Kuma? Were you upset with me for the other night? It was my belief that you enjoy rough sex.”
He growled the last part out harshly into her ear and she shuddered immediately the fingers that were wedged between her folds were now flowing with warm liquid. She moaned in delight.
“Ah, just as I thought, you are a naughty wench you know that. You can't stand to be touched gently, you were as dry as a bone…but when I do this…”
He grabbed her roughly by her hair and pulled her head back to where he can suck hard on her neck. He was able to slide his fingers all the way up her vaginal walls with plenty of lubrication. Her legs parted as she lifted her hips up to get him to thrust his fingers within her.
He pulled up from her neck and let her drop. He wiped the blood from his lips and looked at her flushed face and snarled.
“You are no different from any other damn wench, be it mortal or youkai. You are a lying whore as well.”
“You're a bastard!”
Inuyasha took the back of his hand and landed it against the side of her jaw and she rolled a few steps down. She got her footing and stood up in a challenging stance. She took her own claws and ripped her robes away from her flesh.
“You say all women are lying whores, well I say all men are sadistic bastards who use their bodies and their strengths to over power women.”
Inuyasha stood up to her challenging stance and began to descend the marbled stairs threatningly.
“You must be asking for a death wish or something wench.” He said while he stretched out his clawed hands.
“It is no death wish…I will avenge myself…I am a Kuma chieftainess of the northern panda tribe…I was reduced to slavery when my clan was…”
“Blah blah blah, I don't fucking care who the hell you were wench, however, I do care about you speaking ill of me in my fucking castle! And now you sit there and further disrespect me. You need to be taught a lesson.”
“IRON REAVER SOUL STEALER!”
With that blades cut across the female youkai's tender flesh and immediately even though in pain, the scent of spiked pleasure swept across Inuyasha's nose. She ran up to him and began to strike.
“BAMBOO CLAW SMASH!”
She hit the marbled steps since Inuyasha jumped back dodging her blow. She stood up again to attack when she was pulled up into the air. The next thing she knew her back hit hard against the marbled floor knocking the breath from her lungs. She couldn't breath. Opening her mouth trying to suck in some air Inuyasha grabbed her tongue and with his clawed finger cut it in half. She screamed in real pain this time tears smarted her eyes as she tried to fight him off her.
“This should keep you from disrespecting me and speaking ill of me in my own home.”
He said shaking the piece of flesh before her astonished eyes. He stood up and dropped the muscle on her and walked away his boa and robes flowing behind him.
“Take her from my sight, take her out of my damn castle and put her out there in the fields.”
“My lord…the youkai men work in the fields, not the…”
“Are you questioning me?”
Immediately the guard bowed respectfully and did what he was told.
“Let her set an example of what will happen if anyone else speaks ill of me in my own damn home. I don't give a shit about your past…you all belong to me and I feel that I treat you all decently.”
Ino who was quietly sitting in the room witnessing the entire scene approached the angered Inu youkai quietly and sent out a soothing aura to relax him.
“My lord, you do treat us decently. In fact, you are the only youkai that we've known to ever show compassion to the lesser youkai in a very long time. You try your very best to make sure all is happy here.”
“Then why in the hell did she….damn it all I only gave her what she likes.”
Ino looked down in thought. Then she looked up again at the angered youkai.
“My lord you did nothing wrong, we think it is her problem. We think it may be shame that brought her to act so carelessly.”
Inuyasha walked back up to his cushions and laid down on them. Closing his eyes he pinched the top point of his forehead with his fingers and sighed. He took care of one problem but now he had another and it was sitting in his bedroom filled with nasty images of himself. He still needed to give her the note from her mother. After some hours he made it to his room and opened the door only to find that Hotaru was standing there looking half crazy with fear.
“Did you not like your bath?” He said rather dryly.
“I am not taking a bath, no, I am just your prisoner. You have plenty of…”
“I know what Kuma told you and you have it all wrong. She likes that kind of sex. That is the only way she can come to terms with her pleasure.”
“What are you saying that she likes to be beaten and raped?”
Inuyasha snarled at her choice of words.
“I've never raped a soul in my damn life. What I am saying is she likes to have rough sex. It's the only way I can bring her pleasure. If I was all touchy feeling she'll be as dry as sand.”
Hotaru blushed for she knew that people have their own fetishes; why even people in her time were heavily into bondage sex and false rape and obviously the youkai were no different. Now she couldn't understand why the woman was trying to make her fear Inuyasha.
“I don't understand why she told me…”
“I really don't understand that part either. Ino believes…damn it all…it doesn't matter what she believes. Kuma has been punished for her crime of slander against me and..”
Hotaru paled and leaned on the dresser.
“You killed her.” She said as a statement. Inuyasha gave her an incredulous look and then responded.
“No…I just gave her a punishment to fit the crime. Now…”
However, he was interrupted again.
“But those wounds on her back?”
Inuyasha sighed. He needed to get her not to fear him if he was going to seduce her into having his bastard child so that his revenge could work.
“Look, I am not going to sit here and justify my actions with Kuma with you. Just know that I give pleasure as well as take. None of my concubines or female slaves here have a problem with what I give them. Why Kuma went out of her way to slander me I don't know why or give you a reason so forget about it. Now, I went through a lot of trouble to get you that bath and its supplies. For a prisoner here I am not treating you half bad. Most would lock you in the furthest, dampest, darkest pit or some cold and drafty place.”
Hotaru looked down uncomfortable. He made his case and the point was taken, she was treated nicely, too nicely in fact, but why what were his motives. Inuyasha had gotten up and went to the door. He barked out a couple of orders and then added some more wood to the fire place.
“I also heard you haven't eaten in the time I've been gone.”
Hotaru looked up at him and then remembered about her grandmother.
“Of coarse I haven't eaten, not with that lie you told me.” Hotaru folded her arms across her chest and turned away from him.
Inuyasha pulled into his robe and pulled out the note. Hotaru seeing him wondered at the object. He set it up on a chest and sat next to it on a cushion.
“What…is that?”
Inuyasha raised a thick brow toward her.
“I am not going to let you see it until you bathe and eat.”
“Is it about my grandmother?”
Inuyasha looked at her reflectively then nodded.
“You'll let me have it if I take a bath?”
“That is the idea wench, now hurry up I ain't got all night I've been through a lot today.”
She looked at him quizzically than waited for him to leave. They both sat there looking at each other until Inuyasha couldn't take it anymore.
“Well, what the hell are you waiting for?”
“You mean you aren't leaving so that I can have my privacy?”
“You had your chance. Since your set on being a stubborn wench I am going to sit here and watch you bathe. I want to make sure you actually do as your told before I give up my end of the deal.”
Hotaru blushed as she gasped in shock.
“You can't possibly be for real?”
“Do you want the letter or what?”
Hotaru scowled at him and he actually chuckled.
“You're a pervert you know that?!”
“I never said I wasn't and I don't know why your playing the shy virtuous one, I know your not a virgin so what's the big deal. Someone who looks like you…well…you can't tell me…”
However he was cut off as something went flying over his head and crashed into the wall.
“Keh, you keep that up you'll be getting naked for the guards too.”
Again he smiled when her heard her shocked gasped and than her silent cursing under her breath. She began to disrobe in front of him and he looked at her as if nothing was out of the ordinary. Hotaru became enraged as he sat there looking at her in a bored manner.
`Oh, he wants to play games at my expense huh, well pal ever heard of fire playing with fire?'
Hotaru began to step into the tub and to her dismay the water was cold. It seemed ice cold. Immediately bumps started to rise along her flesh and she shivered.
“Wish you'd taken a bath while it was hot huh, next time don't delay.”
He smirked again while she threw him a eat shit and die look.
She took the scented soap and dunked it into the water. Using a smaller towel she rubbed it against the soap and began to bathe her body with it. Even though the water was cold she felt better and so dismissed the youkai who was sitting in the room. She washed her face, her neck and then traveled down to her breast where she cleaned each ripe full sized breast. She heard some shifting and she opened her eyes to see the youkai staring at her with a fire dancing in his eyes.
Her mind began to smile. As she made the towel travel her body ever so slowly. She made sure that every inch of her body was covered in a thick lather of soap. Taking the little stool she sat on it and spread her legs wide and rubbed some more soap onto her hands this time. She began to rub it in circles around her pubic bone area then she began to slice into her folds cleaning them meticulously. All the while she kept staring into the golden eyes of her captor.
She began to feel a sudden burst of power and she liked it. Her mind was being filled with dark sensual thoughts, images that wouldn't shake from her minds eye. She threw her head back slightly and moaned. She saw the embers in his eyes flare up into a thick blaze. Something inside her began to bubble and she felt heat travel up her body. Her face now flushed she continued to hold eye contact with him. Daring him to do something, she didn't know what but it was sinnfully dark and sensual.
Inuyasha stared at her he didn't understand what she was trying to do, but, whatever it was it was working. He's never felt a pull in his body like the one he was experiencing now. Her scent had changed slightly to a darker more sinister sensual smell. He licked his lips and immediately he realized that the organ on his body was tenting his pants and there was no hiding it. Looking at her face he knew she knew what she was doing to him, he looked into her eyes and something was different about them, he couldn't put his finger on it, but he saw it, however, he couldn't be the first one to break eye contact with her. No.
`Damn it all, she's doing it to me again just like in the cave. What the hell is this wench doing to me?'
She gasped and let a soft moan escape her lips. If it weren't for his sensitive hearing, he would never have heard her. Then with his sensitive nose he smelt it, her release. With frustration he got up and left the room slamming the door behind him as he raked his fingers through his silver hair. Than a bit of anger welled up within him as he realized he broke eye contact.
`Damn it all to hell, why that little wench…that's alright though, she'll get her just deserts.'
Back in the room Hotaru sat there shaking. She didn't quite understand what had happened but she felt like she let something go. She saw the rise in his pants and she continued to manipulate the situation. It was a very risky game she played and she couldn't for the life of her understand why she played such a game. It was like someone took control of her body like a marionette puppet and she watched the episode and enjoyed it. But, when she kept looking at the lust and desire in his eyes for her…well, she couldn't help it. Her body involuntarily gave way to an orgasm.
Blushing profusely and shaking she hurried and washed the soap off and cleaned her body from it's filth again. She dried up and put on a set of clean silken robes. She sat there contemplating on what had happened.
`Have I been ruined now? Has the incident with Ken altered me? Am I impure in thought. I never did anything like that before…what would Inuyasha think of me now? What have I done?'
In a nervous panic she began to pace the room images of her and Ken that night in the car popped in her head. She must've deserved it for didn't she just act like a whore in front of a man who is keeping her hostage? Was she asking for rough sex from her captor? She thought maybe she was no different from Kuma.
“I know what Kuma told you and you have it all wrong. She likes that kind of sex. That is the only way she can come to terms with her pleasure.”
“What are you saying that she likes to be beaten and raped?”
`Am I no different than Kuma? Do I like that kind of sex? Has Ken ruined me forever?'
Soon the door opened again and she jumped out of her skin with a small cry of fear.
“It's alright it's just me.”
Inuyasha said nonchalantly. With him he had a tray of food. Two bowls of steamed noodles, some steamed rice and some stir fried vegetables.
“Look, about before…I…I…” Hotaru stuttered, she couldn't form the words that she wanted to say.
Inuyasha smirked and with a very so what attitude he responded.
“I have that affect on many women, you're not the first girl that I made think naughty thoughts.”
Hotaru then looked up at him with anger in her eyes, here she was feeling dirty, foolish and embarrassed and that was how he was going to comfort her? By throwing how filthy she was in her face.
“Look, it's not like me to do something like that…if you hadn't insisted on watching me bathe well…I would have behaved decently.”
“So, you're pinning it all on me huh? Well, it's not the first time a youkai gets blamed for human flaws.”
“What is that supposed to mean? Are you implying that…”
“Shut up already and eat this wench.”
He put the tray down and sat on the cushion. He didn't really want to talk about him breaking eye contact with a mere mortal. Hotaru sat down quietly and began to eat. She was feeling hungry. They were quiet for awhile when Hotaru began to talk again.
“Uh…really about before…well earlier…I'm not like Kuma, I don't like sex in a rough manner….I wasn't trying to…well…I wasn't trying to get you to have sex with me. I don't want anyone that way. It's a vulgar and brutal act and I wish to never experience it again.”
She exhaled after saying what she said, but she was really worried that she had put a rotten seed in his head with that stunt she played earlier. Inuyasha continued to chew his food and look at her.
`Where is she getting at, what does she mean by that?'
“What do you mean by vulgar and brutal act?”
“Well, exactly what I said. Why anyone likes to have sex well, it's beyond my comprehension. I didn't particularly like it when it happened to me. It was nothing like they show in movies or write about in love stories.”
Inuyasha leaned back against the cushions and bent one leg up and rested his arm across his knee.
“You've had sex before and you didn't like it? He must've done something wrong.”
“No, everything he did was right…”
Blushing now she thought to continue, she had to make sure that he understood that she didn't like sex.
“I mean really, there is only one way to do it if you know what I mean. It goes in and it comes out and then…well…you know.”
Inuyasha furrowed his eyebrows. “So, you mean to tell me you didn't appreciate the way your boyfriend back home made love to you?”
With that said she cut her eyes. Thinking about how he made a joke out of her in front of the entire school she knew that he never intended on making love.
“Making love and just having sex are one in the same. It hurts; it's dirty and it only brings pleasure to men and women who have some kind of sexual perversion so since I am neither I did not find any pleasure in what he gave me. I never intend on having sex again, so, it doesn't matter now does it whether or not I appreciated the way he had me.”
“Is that why you didn't want to marry that Yuy guy?”
“How…how do you know about him?”
“I went to the village you stayed in and asked about you.”
On the defensive Hotaru balled her fist on her upper thighs and looked into her lap.
“I don't need a man in my life, they are all the same. They are all swine.”
“Hey, I am not a damn pig, don't compare me to that asshole. Besides, all women lie and cheat to get what they want from a man.”
“Well, I guess we have something in common Inuyasha. I don't trust men and you don't trust women, so, where do we go from here?”
“Keh, you got that wrong wench, see, you didn't have a real man that can bring you pleasure. He just gave you pain, I had both.”
“Whatever.”
Inuyasha wanted to change the subject. He didn't want to push to far and get her to distrust him again. He needed her to want him if his plan for revenge was going to work, but now he knows he was going to have to show her pleasure so she could beg for him to take her. He was so deep in his thoughts that he didn't hear Hotaru calling out his name. Only when she pulled on his sleeve did he look at her.
“My note? The deal, I took the stupid bath and I ate your food.”
He pulled into his robes and handed it to her. She took it and gently removed the thin red ribbon that was around it. Unrolling it she began to read.
Hotaru, I am so sorry, I have much to be sorry for, but please forgive me for telling you this; your grandmother she has passed on into the other world. She's happy now sweet heart she's with your grandfather. Her services were beautiful, many people showed up to give their condolences. She's touched a lot of hearts, I never knew how well liked she was in the community. Hotaru, we will be burning her body tomorrow. I know sweetie that you would have wanted to be here, but maybe it's better that you weren't for I knew how much you loved her. I've been burning a candle for you in your absence. Your father well, he's been putting in excuses for you when people ask about you. He told them that you are not taking the news well and are up in the house ill. Please, remember that she loved you.
Another thing I want for you to know is that the guy that hurt you he committed suicide and the girl who was dating him at the time, she's in a mental institution. I thought you should know. Souta is representing us in court. Kentaru's parents are trying to sue us for witch craft, since there were many witnesses at school that day, but please remember, it is not your fault, you had nothing to do with what they had done to you and you were only trying to protect yourself.
Please Hotaru do as Inuyasha asks of you. Answer all his questions. Your grandmother's spirit will be there to protect you she will guide me to you and I will free you, until then be strong and be brave.
Your mother
Kagome
Tears were leaking out of the corner of her eye as she read the letter over and over again. Finally, she threw the letter across the room.
`Not one word did she say in the letter that she loves me.'
“Hotaru?”
“It's all my fault. Grandmother's dead and my parents are being sued. And it's all because of me.”
`That's why she couldn't even write that she loved me, she couldn't write any words of endearment to me.'
Inuyasha put his arms around her but she fought them off albeit weakly. He put them around her again and pulled her in for a hug where she sobbed on his shoulder.
“The only person who ever loved me is dead and I can't see her, I will never get to say good-bye.”
Inuyasha sighed.
“Damn it all. I don't know why I am feeling sorry, but, I can show you some mercy, but I need for you to agree with something first.”
“What? What do you want for me to agree with now?”
“I'll let you see your grandmother one last time if you promise to come back with me. You have to promise to be honest with me and trust me as well.”
“If I do that you'll let me see my grandmother?”
“Yes.”
Than rapidly nearly choking him in her response she said
“Than I promise on my grandmother I promise to anything if it will let me see my grandmother.”
Inuyasha nodded his head. He stood up and then helped her up. Her knees were still a little to weak and so he scooped her up and sat her on the bed. He picked up a piece of cloth and brought it over to her.
“What is that for?”
“Do you trust me Hotaru?”
Hotaru looked at him and placed her delicate hand on his wrist, then dropping her hand into her lap she allowed him to blindfold her. He picked her up and carried her through the youkai dimension, crossed the barrier and went down into the well.
Hotaru had woke up from what started off as a beautiful dream that turned into a nightmare. Waking up and remembering what Inuyasha had told her she began crying again and realized that it was her fault if her grandmother was truly in the after world. Soon after that thought she had made herself stop crying feeling that to do that was to believe that her dear grandmother was in fact dead. Taking the comb from off the dresser she ran it through her raven head looking at herself in the mirror. Using the water that was made available to her she had given herself a sponge bath and cleaned her tear stricken face. Now looking in the mirror she decided to think on something else when the door opened.
A beautiful and seductive looking panda youkai entered the room holding some clean linens and towels. She Looked around and then stopping to stare at Hotaru with her sky blue eyes she spoke through the silence.
“So…you're the mortal priestess whose been staying in our lords room. There is a lot of talk about you in the castle. A strong priestess who has taken the lords eye away from his concubines.”
Hotaru stammered.
“No…no…it's not like that tell them it's wrong.”
The woman raised her brow questioningly.
“Wrong? You are in his room and being heavily guarded at that, you're wearing his robes and sleeping in his bed and being kept comfortable. I hope you know that Inuyasha never falls in love with his concubines or his slaves. Once he tires of you…well…you'll be sent packing out of his room so don't get used to it. The last one that he favored got sold into the market the very next day.”
Out of curiosity Hotaru couldn't' help but to ask…
“Why if she was his favorite?”
“Because he has the power to do that, he is a very powerful youkai lord. His brother Sesshomaru is the most powerful youkai in all of Japan. I used to be his favorite, Sesshomaru's that is but when lord Inuyasha was leaving his castle to come here, I was a gift. That is how easily you have no rights, you are now property.”
The woman walked up to her and sniffed her. Hotaru stepped back a little disturbed about this youkai sniffing on her and mistrustful at this youkai's intentions.
“Well well, it seems that our lord hasn't taken you yet.”
“Look, I don't know what everyone is talking about, but no he wouldn't want to sleep with me…he doesn't even like me, you see I'm his prisoner here until I can prove my innocence.”
Kuma smiled her plan was working out beautifully. She turned innocent wide blue eyes on Hotaru and pushed her tawny brown/black hair over her shoulder.
“My dear don't you know than that you hold no value in our lords eye. I see no one here as tried to educate you…tsk…you poor mortal. Listen and listen well.”
She set the things down and moved to change the sheets on the bed and take the old one into a basket, along with the towels as she set up the new ones. As she busied herself she continued to work with Hotaru's help.
“This is how it goes. All the male youkai slaves serve a purpose here, either as extra soldiers, or hard laborers. The men have a higher price than female workers. Now for the female class the concubines are considered a high rank slave, the only thing that they do is please the master of the house sexually along with making sure that he has his bath, meals and whatever other duties he might require of them, you can say that they are like his wives, though, the down side to that is, when he tires of you he can sell you off, gift you to another but what most of the concubines are looking for is freedom, however, with our lord that will never happen. Than you have your female slaves who do the labor task around the house like myself. A slave as myself can also be called to his bed whenever the mood may strike him, we are considered the mistresses to the concubines. However we share the same fate to be sold off, but, if a slave displeases his/her master we can also be sentenced to death, but now a prisoner…well… they have no right or social standing at all, they are beneath the slave. He can do whatever he wants to you and if he is in a benevolent mood, you may be lucky to be sold off for practically little to nothing, so you see….you my dear have no value. Our lord can do what ever he wants to you and no one will care.”
Hotaru shocked was loosing the strength in her legs. Holding her hands up to her mouth she whispered.
“This is barbaric! Why…why do you tell me this? What is in it for you?”
Kuma turned around and smiled wickedly. `Good the bitch is scared, she should be and when he finally does come to her I want her to displease him, let him show no mercy on her.'
“I thought I should warn you that our lord has a sadistic appetite. Being that you are free of his touch for now, maybe you want to do something to keep it that way.”
Hotaru trying not to sound scared huffed.
“I just want to go home, as I said he doesn't like me, he wouldn't touch me. He had his opportunity…”
However, Hotaru was shocked further when Kuma pulled her cheap robes down to her waist. Hotaru looked at the youkai's scarred back and with bated breath she asked.
“What happened?”
Kuma turned around and sadly looked into the violet eyes of the priestess.
“This is how our lord has sex…he causes pain…you see…
She took a long pause here and looked around the room as if she were scared of something and then she spoke softly.
he hates women. He distrust us, all of us. It is rumored that a woman broke his heart. He collects us all from different backgrounds and…well…you understand what I am saying now don't you. But being that we are youkai born the pain he inflicts can be tolerated and healed with our own powers. But I believe someone like you cannot withstand the way he has sex, though you may fight you are only mortal. And if you fight you would only egg on his beast, his inner youkai and well…like a wild animal he'll destroy you”
Hotaru blanched, she was right. Those cuts down her back would kill her. She began to panic. Kuma firmly grabbed Hotaru by the shoulders and shook her gently.
“Look, there might be a way to keep him away from you.”
“Really?” Hotaru said tears of fear springing to her eyes.
“Look, his sense of smell is very strong…maybe…if you keep yourself dirty he'll leave you alone, in fact he might want you out of his room entirely.”
“But if I have no worth…then won't he punish me anyway, wouldn't he kill me?”
“Look, the choice is yours, either way you will die by his hand. More than youkai women… he hates mortal women. I thought I'd give you a heads up.”
Kuma collected the dirty linens and walked to the door looking back at the now panicked mortal only to turn and smile as she walked through the door. Once the female youkai was out of the room Hotaru began to rock back and forth holding onto her knees. She jumped at every sound she heard. Her nerves were so rattled that she began biting her nails, her hair became unkempt and she kept tapping her fingers as she watched the sun set.
When one of the female slaves opened the door and pushed food in Hotaru screamed out in fear only to have the other look at her as if she were mad.
`What kind of place did I fall into? I wanted to get away and find peace and acceptance and I find my death at every corner. I'd give my soul right now to have some of my mother's drugs, I could leave here mentally and I wouldn't know what was happening to me.'
She looked at the food and was too nervous to eat it. Her stomach was tide up in knots. Soon she found that her eyes couldn't stay open any longer and she finally met the peacefulness that she sought of in sleep.
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Inuyasha came back through the well and growled out his frustration. He had them both right there in his sight, he was so angry when he saw them holding each other like that. He wanted to snap Miroku's neck right there and then and tear Kagome apart. But instead he planted a seed in their head, he slept with their daughter, it was enough to see Miroku's ashen face fall off into a thin powder on to the floor. Pulling into his robes he grabbed the letter and opened it. As he read it questions started to form in his mind about Hotaru.
He frowned and rolled it up and put a thin red ribbon around it. He thought about what he witnessed there in the temple. Miroku prostrated himself to beg for his daughters' safety also the look in Kagome's eyes when she asked about Hotaru.
It was obvious to him that they cared about her a great deal so why was she trying to escape them? Why was this girl so sad and lonely? He truly hated to be curious but he couldn't escape it. Figuring out this girl's mystery was going to amuse him and challenge him.
`Why did she cut her wrist? Why did she seek her death?'
Then he thought about what she had said about the guy she liked tricking her. He decided to go to the village where she stayed to ask about her. Once he arrived there he was stopped by two of the village men with spears.
“Move out of my way.”
“Be gone youkai we want no trouble.”
Inuyasha pulled out his red whip from his fingertips and began to slash it around warning them to stay away from him. They took the silent threat and ran off to the village.
`Stupid mortal men let them try and stop me.'
He calmly walked into the village to see the head master awaiting him.
“Oh, it is you master Inuyasha what can I do for you?”
Inuyasha looked around and saw the rest of the pathetic army standing ready to take him on.
“Keh, you think your men could stop me? They didn't stop me sixty eight years ago they can't stop me now.”
The village head master looked at the silver haired youkai and decided to tell his men to put their weapons down.
“Smart choice for a mortal. Now, I have some questions about Hotaru.”
One of the men who was standing besides the headmaster voiced out in a tone that noted hostility.
“We don't say her name here.”
Inuyasha just looked at the man with cold eyes and the man cowered behind his village head master. The head master looked at his vassal with embarrassment and turned his vision again toward Inuyasha.
“If you wish to know about the girl you must seek out Naoko, for she is the one who had spent most of her time with that girl.”
Naoko came out of her modest hut and waved Inuyasha inside her home. Some men went to go and stand guard but she shoed them away. Once Inuyasha was inside she smiled. Inuyasha figured this woman was in her middle years. She reminded him of Kaede in a way except her youthfulness.
“Oh I am honored to have you in my home. I had such a crush on you when I was but a little girl.”
Inuyasha surprised looked at the woman.
“You remember then?”
“Yes, I always wished that I could go with you and your companions on your travels to fight the evil Naraku. Kaede would tell me all the time stories about you.”
Inuyasha smiled briefly, but then set to motion the reason for his visit.
“I'm sorry to have to break up your travels down memory lane here but, I have to ask some questions, it's about Hotaru.”
The woman made him some tea and sat down across from him. He took a sip to be polite.
“Tell me what did she do when she was here?”
“Oh, that child was so happy here, I miss her. She was eager to learn all she can of herbs and healing. Why she went and brought extra heavy blankets from her time so that the women and children would be warmer this winter season.”
“So, she was kind hearted you would say?”
“Oh yes, very much.”
“Tell me about the guy she killed, why did she kill him?”
The woman sighed and smoothed out her hair.
“Yuy had an obsession for the girl, he constantly followed her around the village seeking her hand in marriage, she refused him one too many times. See Yuy always got what he desired.”
The woman stood up and checked the matted screen and the matted windows to make sure that no one was around than she whispered so very quietly.
“If you ask me, Hotaru did our village a favor. Yuy was nothing like his father. That young man was a bully and a tyrant.”
“I don't care about your political standpoints I just want to know why she killed him.”
“The girl wanted to be left alone…from what I understand she was hurt badly by a young man from where she comes from, In fact, he impregnated her. At first she was shocked, she left here almost as soon as she had come. I wish I had kept my mouth shut at that time. It was the girl that I trained who went and told Yuy of Hotaru's condition hoping that he would sway in her favor. He plotted to attack her and she fought back.”
“But she used powers on humans that priestesses can't use.”
“I don't know how to explain that_but I like the girl nonetheless, she was so sad when she first come but she felt at peace here and said she'd like to call it home. Please master Inuyasha, since you seek information about her, please when you go back to her tell I said hello and that I bare no ill will towards her.”
Inuyasha had a nice talk with the woman and even though he found small pieces of information about Hotaru he was still left with questions. How can a priestess possess powers that could harm and kill humans as well as youkai? Getting closer to the forest another girl stopped him by prostrating herself before him.
“Please…my lord…I have some information on the priestess Hotaru.”
“Do you really?”
“I am Saori and I have tended to that witch.”
“Ah I see, you're the jealous girl Naoko told me about, the wench that got an innocent life destroyed.”
Saori picked up her head and looked defiantly at Inuyasha.
“Do you wish to know more about the lady Hotaru or what my lord, do you wish to know how a priestess can destroy a human as well?”
“I'm listening.”
“The first night she arrived she was attacked by a filthy youkai…well, you know, that night when she bathed I went to go get her more towels but she was acting strange, she was sitting there but, she froze me and she spoke to me…her hair was flying and she had a deep purple light cast about her body. She was eerie. I think she's a hanyou or at least she has youkai blood running through her veins. I told lady Naoko, but she wouldn't hear it from me and commanded me not to speak a word of it. There were times whenever she was by herself she would speak out loud almost yelling but no one was there. Then she would run off into the woods.”
“Did you see what she did once she ran into the woods?”
“No, I would not, she'd give me a creepy feeling. I believed that if she was to find me she would kill me.”
He went home thinking about all that and trying to figure it all up. Yet he couldn't' wait to go to his room and lay down in his soft and cozy bed, but then he remembered that Hotaru was in the room with him and he still had the note that Kagome had written her.
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Hotaru was beside herself now; she jumped at every noise that passed through her ears. Sitting in the corner on the floor in the dark let her mind run wild with all sorts of images. Than the images of Kentaru jumping from the tower flashed through her mind. She wondered too how Fuu was faring. Why she should care she had no idea, it was the both of them that led her to her captivity now.
Soon she heard the door open slowly. She held her breath and laid down flat on her back with the carpet over her hoping that she can hide in the darkness. She noticed his silver hair gleaming in the moonlight.
“Why the hell is there no fire in here, it's cold!”
One of the large bull guards stepped into the room and whispered something in a very hushed tone of voice. Hotaru strained her ears to hear what he was saying.
“What? Why?”
Again the guard said something and Inuyasha frowned. He scanned the room and Hotaru willed her heart to stop beating because it seemed to her that he looked right at her.
`Can he hear it beat? Can he hear my thoughts… my breathing?'
Inuyasha sighed and folded his arms together.
“Look Hotaru, there is no way in hell I'm going to freeze my ass off in my own bedroom. You can come out. I'm sending in the help to put a fire in here and set you up a bath, cause your stinking up my room.”
With that he turned royally and left the room. The guard shutting the door tightly behind him.
`Oh no…a bath…I can't….what do I do?'
Hotaru thought to herself, however that double ego of hers laughed. She squeezed her head with her palms and tried a mantra to quiet the laughter that echoed inside. Finally someone came in and just as he said lit the fire in the fire place. Someone else brought in a tub, towels, soap, a little stool, a pitcher, a small basin and a robe and just as quietly they left. She came out of her spot in the corner and looked at all the refreshments that were left at her disposal. She picked up the soap and it was lightly scented. It smelled of sweet honey and oatmeal. She fingered the towel and it was extremely soft and fluffy. Looking at the stool she wondered why they brought that in for.
“No I will not be tempted do you hear me?! I am not his slave or his concubines you tell him that, you tell him I am not going to have sex with that sadistic creep! Do you hear me out there you big mindless twits!”
Inuyasha was by the door and looked questioningly at the guards.
“Big mindless twits huh? Are you going to take that abuse from a mortal?” he laughed. The big red bull blew steam from his nostrils and smiled back.
“So, tell me what happened while I was gone.”
*****
Inuyasha was now sitting in his great room on cushions that was fashioned up on the highest steps. Two guards brought in the panda youkai who he slept with not so long ago.
“Kuma…tell me why did you speak ill of me to my prisoner?”
Kuma gritted her teeth.
“My lord…I meant no harm…I was just trying to get her to understand her position here in your home my lord.”
“Is that right? Why were you trying to get her to understand her position here?”
Golden eyes stared into her blue ones. His face was inscrutable it unnerved her for she hated when Sesshomaru would look that way and that was all the time.
“She was ordering me about my lord, she is after all a mortal priestess in the realm of the youkai, though I am but a humble slave, I felt I needed to assure her of her place lest she make you cross my lord.”
“Come here Kuma.”
Nervous sweat started to pool in her palms. He said her name with such a caress in his voice, that it actually scared her. In fact, Inuyasha scared her more than his older brother. At least with Sesshomaru she always knew his mood. It was dark and not at all free, yet Inuyasha had a sense of freedom with his expressions at times. She was able to tell if he was mad, happy or upset, but when he was unreadable he seemed the most dangerous to her. She hesitantly walked up the stairs while the guards stood below her.
She made it up to the final step and prostrated herself before him. He however, lifted her arms and drew her to him and had her sitting on his lap. He nibbled her jaw line and trailed down her neck.
“Tell me why are you lying to me Kuma.”
“My my lord?”
“I know everything you said to my prisoner, why would you make me look so animalistic to a mere mortal, I don't understand.”
He glided his clawed fingers up her thigh between her legs and began to rub it tenderly. She froze in his touch.
“Do you wish for me to be more tender with you Kuma? Were you upset with me for the other night? It was my belief that you enjoy rough sex.”
He growled the last part out harshly into her ear and she shuddered immediately the fingers that were wedged between her folds were now flowing with warm liquid. She moaned in delight.
“Ah, just as I thought, you are a naughty wench you know that. You can't stand to be touched gently, you were as dry as a bone…but when I do this…”
He grabbed her roughly by her hair and pulled her head back to where he can suck hard on her neck. He was able to slide his fingers all the way up her vaginal walls with plenty of lubrication. Her legs parted as she lifted her hips up to get him to thrust his fingers within her.
He pulled up from her neck and let her drop. He wiped the blood from his lips and looked at her flushed face and snarled.
“You are no different from any other damn wench, be it mortal or youkai. You are a lying whore as well.”
“You're a bastard!”
Inuyasha took the back of his hand and landed it against the side of her jaw and she rolled a few steps down. She got her footing and stood up in a challenging stance. She took her own claws and ripped her robes away from her flesh.
“You say all women are lying whores, well I say all men are sadistic bastards who use their bodies and their strengths to over power women.”
Inuyasha stood up to her challenging stance and began to descend the marbled stairs threatningly.
“You must be asking for a death wish or something wench.” He said while he stretched out his clawed hands.
“It is no death wish…I will avenge myself…I am a Kuma chieftainess of the northern panda tribe…I was reduced to slavery when my clan was…”
“Blah blah blah, I don't fucking care who the hell you were wench, however, I do care about you speaking ill of me in my fucking castle! And now you sit there and further disrespect me. You need to be taught a lesson.”
“IRON REAVER SOUL STEALER!”
With that blades cut across the female youkai's tender flesh and immediately even though in pain, the scent of spiked pleasure swept across Inuyasha's nose. She ran up to him and began to strike.
“BAMBOO CLAW SMASH!”
She hit the marbled steps since Inuyasha jumped back dodging her blow. She stood up again to attack when she was pulled up into the air. The next thing she knew her back hit hard against the marbled floor knocking the breath from her lungs. She couldn't breath. Opening her mouth trying to suck in some air Inuyasha grabbed her tongue and with his clawed finger cut it in half. She screamed in real pain this time tears smarted her eyes as she tried to fight him off her.
“This should keep you from disrespecting me and speaking ill of me in my own home.”
He said shaking the piece of flesh before her astonished eyes. He stood up and dropped the muscle on her and walked away his boa and robes flowing behind him.
“Take her from my sight, take her out of my damn castle and put her out there in the fields.”
“My lord…the youkai men work in the fields, not the…”
“Are you questioning me?”
Immediately the guard bowed respectfully and did what he was told.
“Let her set an example of what will happen if anyone else speaks ill of me in my own damn home. I don't give a shit about your past…you all belong to me and I feel that I treat you all decently.”
Ino who was quietly sitting in the room witnessing the entire scene approached the angered Inu youkai quietly and sent out a soothing aura to relax him.
“My lord, you do treat us decently. In fact, you are the only youkai that we've known to ever show compassion to the lesser youkai in a very long time. You try your very best to make sure all is happy here.”
“Then why in the hell did she….damn it all I only gave her what she likes.”
Ino looked down in thought. Then she looked up again at the angered youkai.
“My lord you did nothing wrong, we think it is her problem. We think it may be shame that brought her to act so carelessly.”
Inuyasha walked back up to his cushions and laid down on them. Closing his eyes he pinched the top point of his forehead with his fingers and sighed. He took care of one problem but now he had another and it was sitting in his bedroom filled with nasty images of himself. He still needed to give her the note from her mother. After some hours he made it to his room and opened the door only to find that Hotaru was standing there looking half crazy with fear.
“Did you not like your bath?” He said rather dryly.
“I am not taking a bath, no, I am just your prisoner. You have plenty of…”
“I know what Kuma told you and you have it all wrong. She likes that kind of sex. That is the only way she can come to terms with her pleasure.”
“What are you saying that she likes to be beaten and raped?”
Inuyasha snarled at her choice of words.
“I've never raped a soul in my damn life. What I am saying is she likes to have rough sex. It's the only way I can bring her pleasure. If I was all touchy feeling she'll be as dry as sand.”
Hotaru blushed for she knew that people have their own fetishes; why even people in her time were heavily into bondage sex and false rape and obviously the youkai were no different. Now she couldn't understand why the woman was trying to make her fear Inuyasha.
“I don't understand why she told me…”
“I really don't understand that part either. Ino believes…damn it all…it doesn't matter what she believes. Kuma has been punished for her crime of slander against me and..”
Hotaru paled and leaned on the dresser.
“You killed her.” She said as a statement. Inuyasha gave her an incredulous look and then responded.
“No…I just gave her a punishment to fit the crime. Now…”
However, he was interrupted again.
“But those wounds on her back?”
Inuyasha sighed. He needed to get her not to fear him if he was going to seduce her into having his bastard child so that his revenge could work.
“Look, I am not going to sit here and justify my actions with Kuma with you. Just know that I give pleasure as well as take. None of my concubines or female slaves here have a problem with what I give them. Why Kuma went out of her way to slander me I don't know why or give you a reason so forget about it. Now, I went through a lot of trouble to get you that bath and its supplies. For a prisoner here I am not treating you half bad. Most would lock you in the furthest, dampest, darkest pit or some cold and drafty place.”
Hotaru looked down uncomfortable. He made his case and the point was taken, she was treated nicely, too nicely in fact, but why what were his motives. Inuyasha had gotten up and went to the door. He barked out a couple of orders and then added some more wood to the fire place.
“I also heard you haven't eaten in the time I've been gone.”
Hotaru looked up at him and then remembered about her grandmother.
“Of coarse I haven't eaten, not with that lie you told me.” Hotaru folded her arms across her chest and turned away from him.
Inuyasha pulled into his robe and pulled out the note. Hotaru seeing him wondered at the object. He set it up on a chest and sat next to it on a cushion.
“What…is that?”
Inuyasha raised a thick brow toward her.
“I am not going to let you see it until you bathe and eat.”
“Is it about my grandmother?”
Inuyasha looked at her reflectively then nodded.
“You'll let me have it if I take a bath?”
“That is the idea wench, now hurry up I ain't got all night I've been through a lot today.”
She looked at him quizzically than waited for him to leave. They both sat there looking at each other until Inuyasha couldn't take it anymore.
“Well, what the hell are you waiting for?”
“You mean you aren't leaving so that I can have my privacy?”
“You had your chance. Since your set on being a stubborn wench I am going to sit here and watch you bathe. I want to make sure you actually do as your told before I give up my end of the deal.”
Hotaru blushed as she gasped in shock.
“You can't possibly be for real?”
“Do you want the letter or what?”
Hotaru scowled at him and he actually chuckled.
“You're a pervert you know that?!”
“I never said I wasn't and I don't know why your playing the shy virtuous one, I know your not a virgin so what's the big deal. Someone who looks like you…well…you can't tell me…”
However he was cut off as something went flying over his head and crashed into the wall.
“Keh, you keep that up you'll be getting naked for the guards too.”
Again he smiled when her heard her shocked gasped and than her silent cursing under her breath. She began to disrobe in front of him and he looked at her as if nothing was out of the ordinary. Hotaru became enraged as he sat there looking at her in a bored manner.
`Oh, he wants to play games at my expense huh, well pal ever heard of fire playing with fire?'
Hotaru began to step into the tub and to her dismay the water was cold. It seemed ice cold. Immediately bumps started to rise along her flesh and she shivered.
“Wish you'd taken a bath while it was hot huh, next time don't delay.”
He smirked again while she threw him a eat shit and die look.
She took the scented soap and dunked it into the water. Using a smaller towel she rubbed it against the soap and began to bathe her body with it. Even though the water was cold she felt better and so dismissed the youkai who was sitting in the room. She washed her face, her neck and then traveled down to her breast where she cleaned each ripe full sized breast. She heard some shifting and she opened her eyes to see the youkai staring at her with a fire dancing in his eyes.
Her mind began to smile. As she made the towel travel her body ever so slowly. She made sure that every inch of her body was covered in a thick lather of soap. Taking the little stool she sat on it and spread her legs wide and rubbed some more soap onto her hands this time. She began to rub it in circles around her pubic bone area then she began to slice into her folds cleaning them meticulously. All the while she kept staring into the golden eyes of her captor.
She began to feel a sudden burst of power and she liked it. Her mind was being filled with dark sensual thoughts, images that wouldn't shake from her minds eye. She threw her head back slightly and moaned. She saw the embers in his eyes flare up into a thick blaze. Something inside her began to bubble and she felt heat travel up her body. Her face now flushed she continued to hold eye contact with him. Daring him to do something, she didn't know what but it was sinnfully dark and sensual.
Inuyasha stared at her he didn't understand what she was trying to do, but, whatever it was it was working. He's never felt a pull in his body like the one he was experiencing now. Her scent had changed slightly to a darker more sinister sensual smell. He licked his lips and immediately he realized that the organ on his body was tenting his pants and there was no hiding it. Looking at her face he knew she knew what she was doing to him, he looked into her eyes and something was different about them, he couldn't put his finger on it, but he saw it, however, he couldn't be the first one to break eye contact with her. No.
`Damn it all, she's doing it to me again just like in the cave. What the hell is this wench doing to me?'
She gasped and let a soft moan escape her lips. If it weren't for his sensitive hearing, he would never have heard her. Then with his sensitive nose he smelt it, her release. With frustration he got up and left the room slamming the door behind him as he raked his fingers through his silver hair. Than a bit of anger welled up within him as he realized he broke eye contact.
`Damn it all to hell, why that little wench…that's alright though, she'll get her just deserts.'
Back in the room Hotaru sat there shaking. She didn't quite understand what had happened but she felt like she let something go. She saw the rise in his pants and she continued to manipulate the situation. It was a very risky game she played and she couldn't for the life of her understand why she played such a game. It was like someone took control of her body like a marionette puppet and she watched the episode and enjoyed it. But, when she kept looking at the lust and desire in his eyes for her…well, she couldn't help it. Her body involuntarily gave way to an orgasm.
Blushing profusely and shaking she hurried and washed the soap off and cleaned her body from it's filth again. She dried up and put on a set of clean silken robes. She sat there contemplating on what had happened.
`Have I been ruined now? Has the incident with Ken altered me? Am I impure in thought. I never did anything like that before…what would Inuyasha think of me now? What have I done?'
In a nervous panic she began to pace the room images of her and Ken that night in the car popped in her head. She must've deserved it for didn't she just act like a whore in front of a man who is keeping her hostage? Was she asking for rough sex from her captor? She thought maybe she was no different from Kuma.
“I know what Kuma told you and you have it all wrong. She likes that kind of sex. That is the only way she can come to terms with her pleasure.”
“What are you saying that she likes to be beaten and raped?”
`Am I no different than Kuma? Do I like that kind of sex? Has Ken ruined me forever?'
Soon the door opened again and she jumped out of her skin with a small cry of fear.
“It's alright it's just me.”
Inuyasha said nonchalantly. With him he had a tray of food. Two bowls of steamed noodles, some steamed rice and some stir fried vegetables.
“Look, about before…I…I…” Hotaru stuttered, she couldn't form the words that she wanted to say.
Inuyasha smirked and with a very so what attitude he responded.
“I have that affect on many women, you're not the first girl that I made think naughty thoughts.”
Hotaru then looked up at him with anger in her eyes, here she was feeling dirty, foolish and embarrassed and that was how he was going to comfort her? By throwing how filthy she was in her face.
“Look, it's not like me to do something like that…if you hadn't insisted on watching me bathe well…I would have behaved decently.”
“So, you're pinning it all on me huh? Well, it's not the first time a youkai gets blamed for human flaws.”
“What is that supposed to mean? Are you implying that…”
“Shut up already and eat this wench.”
He put the tray down and sat on the cushion. He didn't really want to talk about him breaking eye contact with a mere mortal. Hotaru sat down quietly and began to eat. She was feeling hungry. They were quiet for awhile when Hotaru began to talk again.
“Uh…really about before…well earlier…I'm not like Kuma, I don't like sex in a rough manner….I wasn't trying to…well…I wasn't trying to get you to have sex with me. I don't want anyone that way. It's a vulgar and brutal act and I wish to never experience it again.”
She exhaled after saying what she said, but she was really worried that she had put a rotten seed in his head with that stunt she played earlier. Inuyasha continued to chew his food and look at her.
`Where is she getting at, what does she mean by that?'
“What do you mean by vulgar and brutal act?”
“Well, exactly what I said. Why anyone likes to have sex well, it's beyond my comprehension. I didn't particularly like it when it happened to me. It was nothing like they show in movies or write about in love stories.”
Inuyasha leaned back against the cushions and bent one leg up and rested his arm across his knee.
“You've had sex before and you didn't like it? He must've done something wrong.”
“No, everything he did was right…”
Blushing now she thought to continue, she had to make sure that he understood that she didn't like sex.
“I mean really, there is only one way to do it if you know what I mean. It goes in and it comes out and then…well…you know.”
Inuyasha furrowed his eyebrows. “So, you mean to tell me you didn't appreciate the way your boyfriend back home made love to you?”
With that said she cut her eyes. Thinking about how he made a joke out of her in front of the entire school she knew that he never intended on making love.
“Making love and just having sex are one in the same. It hurts; it's dirty and it only brings pleasure to men and women who have some kind of sexual perversion so since I am neither I did not find any pleasure in what he gave me. I never intend on having sex again, so, it doesn't matter now does it whether or not I appreciated the way he had me.”
“Is that why you didn't want to marry that Yuy guy?”
“How…how do you know about him?”
“I went to the village you stayed in and asked about you.”
On the defensive Hotaru balled her fist on her upper thighs and looked into her lap.
“I don't need a man in my life, they are all the same. They are all swine.”
“Hey, I am not a damn pig, don't compare me to that asshole. Besides, all women lie and cheat to get what they want from a man.”
“Well, I guess we have something in common Inuyasha. I don't trust men and you don't trust women, so, where do we go from here?”
“Keh, you got that wrong wench, see, you didn't have a real man that can bring you pleasure. He just gave you pain, I had both.”
“Whatever.”
Inuyasha wanted to change the subject. He didn't want to push to far and get her to distrust him again. He needed her to want him if his plan for revenge was going to work, but now he knows he was going to have to show her pleasure so she could beg for him to take her. He was so deep in his thoughts that he didn't hear Hotaru calling out his name. Only when she pulled on his sleeve did he look at her.
“My note? The deal, I took the stupid bath and I ate your food.”
He pulled into his robes and handed it to her. She took it and gently removed the thin red ribbon that was around it. Unrolling it she began to read.
Hotaru, I am so sorry, I have much to be sorry for, but please forgive me for telling you this; your grandmother she has passed on into the other world. She's happy now sweet heart she's with your grandfather. Her services were beautiful, many people showed up to give their condolences. She's touched a lot of hearts, I never knew how well liked she was in the community. Hotaru, we will be burning her body tomorrow. I know sweetie that you would have wanted to be here, but maybe it's better that you weren't for I knew how much you loved her. I've been burning a candle for you in your absence. Your father well, he's been putting in excuses for you when people ask about you. He told them that you are not taking the news well and are up in the house ill. Please, remember that she loved you.
Another thing I want for you to know is that the guy that hurt you he committed suicide and the girl who was dating him at the time, she's in a mental institution. I thought you should know. Souta is representing us in court. Kentaru's parents are trying to sue us for witch craft, since there were many witnesses at school that day, but please remember, it is not your fault, you had nothing to do with what they had done to you and you were only trying to protect yourself.
Please Hotaru do as Inuyasha asks of you. Answer all his questions. Your grandmother's spirit will be there to protect you she will guide me to you and I will free you, until then be strong and be brave.
Your mother
Kagome
Tears were leaking out of the corner of her eye as she read the letter over and over again. Finally, she threw the letter across the room.
`Not one word did she say in the letter that she loves me.'
“Hotaru?”
“It's all my fault. Grandmother's dead and my parents are being sued. And it's all because of me.”
`That's why she couldn't even write that she loved me, she couldn't write any words of endearment to me.'
Inuyasha put his arms around her but she fought them off albeit weakly. He put them around her again and pulled her in for a hug where she sobbed on his shoulder.
“The only person who ever loved me is dead and I can't see her, I will never get to say good-bye.”
Inuyasha sighed.
“Damn it all. I don't know why I am feeling sorry, but, I can show you some mercy, but I need for you to agree with something first.”
“What? What do you want for me to agree with now?”
“I'll let you see your grandmother one last time if you promise to come back with me. You have to promise to be honest with me and trust me as well.”
“If I do that you'll let me see my grandmother?”
“Yes.”
Than rapidly nearly choking him in her response she said
“Than I promise on my grandmother I promise to anything if it will let me see my grandmother.”
Inuyasha nodded his head. He stood up and then helped her up. Her knees were still a little to weak and so he scooped her up and sat her on the bed. He picked up a piece of cloth and brought it over to her.
“What is that for?”
“Do you trust me Hotaru?”
Hotaru looked at him and placed her delicate hand on his wrist, then dropping her hand into her lap she allowed him to blindfold her. He picked her up and carried her through the youkai dimension, crossed the barrier and went down into the well.