InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Inuyasha, The Continuing Feudal Legend ❯ chapter three: Control ( Chapter 4 )

Series: Inuyasha, the Continuing Feudal Legend
Title: The Eternal Family Bonds
Chapter 3. ControlBy: Phalon & Buster


The only thing on the minds of Inu Yasha and Kagome were their childrenc That if they were alive. They didn’t know anything at all, they just knew that Naraku had them and they had all certainty that they had to protect their children anyway they could. They had been under the close watch of one of Naraku’s incarnations, they couldn’t tell which but they had heard the scolding of Kagura and Akuma who obviously had ran from battlec

Inu Yasha worried why Naraku needed his daughter, she was not a mikoc She had chosen against that path, always telling him that she wanted to be a Demon Slayer like Sango. Now she had to find a way out of here for both his and Kagome’s sake. That was Naraku came in with his snide remarksc

"Inuyasha and Kagome, so good to see you both in high spirits," the hanyou lord said before breaking into mad laughter.

Kagome spoke up; she had a cold and hateful look on her face, something you would not have seen before. “What do you want with Takara?” She asked him standing up. Kagome was scared for her daughter and sons. What else would you expect a mother to be.

“Something beyond your understanding,” Naraku stated. He had full intention of getting Takara back no matter the cost and then it would be business as usual.

“You lay a hand on her or my sons I will rip you to shreds with my teeth,” Inu Yasha growled. He was as overprotective off his progeny as he was of his mate. All he wanted to do was ensure Naraku couldn’t get his filthy hands on anyone. He knew that he and Kagome had to get away or the miasma would kill them.

A familiar face stood in the doorway, it was Kagura. She still wished for her freedom and had no sign of it. So for now she served this master as she had no sign of help. Sesshomaru much preferred the companionship of his mortal mate. The man that had said cruel things about humans and hanyous, now he had a newborn sonc Kagura had not told these things to Naraku as she had no desire to let him touch Sesshomaru who ruled the Western Lands.

Naraku knew she was there and he would not let anyone know his obsession for the woman. However, he made a point to destroy all things that were not essentially his. “Kagura take your new brother out and tell him I’m willing to offer Takara a deal,” He stated right in front of Inu Yasha and Kagome.



Otherwise somewhere in Japan, the families were relaxing near a fire. Takara relaxed against a tree, trying to fight the sleep.

“You should sleep,” A voice rang; it was seen to be Mako. “Everyone needs their rest.”

“What about you?” Takara asked in her sweetest, kindest voice.

“Don’t worry, I’ll have enough strength to fight and continue the journey,” Mako replied to her. He could feel his urges nagging at him again. Mako was not exactly like his father but you wouldn’t guess that. He sat besides her, only to feel Takara lay her head on his shoulder. She felt content and hoped it lastedc “Mako?” She started.

“Hmm,” Mako said staring into the fire. He felt her ears touch his face and smirked. He rested one hand around Takara to hold her. ‘So this is what it takesc’ He thought to himself.

“Do you remember when we were kids and I used to follow you around like a lost puppy?” Takara asked rather softly.

He did nothing but smile.

Takara looked up and within a flash she awoke with a startle or did she? She looked across the fire and there stood a man she loathed. “Onigumo” She said aloud.

“You desire him as a mate, an unwise choice,” Onigumo stated as he stood.

“What do you want now?” Takara stood up and crossed her arms over her shoulder.

“Kikyou,” Onigumo stated.

“Well that will be hard to do, seeing as she’s in hell right now,” Takara stated.

Onigumo made Takara stand and stated, “You look beautiful in this light hanyou.”

Takara shifted herself uncomfortably, “Why are you here?”

Onigumo smiled cruelly and said, “To show you that you must never submit to Naraku even for the sake of your bastard father.”

That was it! Takara backhanded him across the face and then freaked out she had done such a thing and knew whyc She loved her father and her mother with all her heart. It was one of the reasons why she was teased as a child and often enough she would get into fights. Takara looked away feeling ashamed. Takara knew what Onigumo had done, wrecked the lives of so many.

“It is easy to tell you miss the bond between yourself and Naraku,” Onigumo stated.

“I do not miss that bondc To be bound to him as if he was his mate.” Takara stated coldly her eyes filled with hatred towards Onigumo’s words who was just another Naraku in her head.

“So it is true you long for Mako to be your mate. And you only keep Naraku around for amusement,” Onigumo stated.

Takara was shocked about what he had said and finally spoke up, “c No I don’t.” Everyone knew as a child she had a crush on Mako but she pretended that now he was a lecher she didn’t want to be around him.

“You lie to yourself,” Onigumo said circling Takara as if she was his prey. “Naraku desires you more than he ever did with Kikyouc That is his weakness and the reason he lives is because you allow it. He is a mere puppet and you are the ones pulling the strings.”

Takara knew those words but they had been reversed when Naraku had told her when he made their bond stronger. “I am nothing like Naraku,” She stated. She goes to hit him as she is outraged about everything he has said since this dream began.

Onigumo pinned her to a tree and said, “You are more like him every day.” He leans in as if to kiss her.

Takara awoke with a jolt sitting up and finding her self at the camp resting with Mako. He had his arms wrapped around her like he was protecting her. Takara knew very few things and just relaxed against Mako again. There was a certain peace and wished he was like this all the time, then maybec ‘No, if he wasn’t a lecher you wouldn’t find him half as endearingc If he wasn’t a lecher, he would or married another and had a boring family. You love a lecher.’ Okay that was a disturbing thought as she wouldn’t admit that to anyonec That she loved Mako for his bad actions and his good.


In Naraku’s Castlec

Kagura knew Naraku had lied in front of Inuyasha and Kagome. She knew he wanted Takara returned but by some other means. Kagura would need many things to free herself and it would be hard to come by. She knew she would need Sesshomaru's help, but the only thing outside the Western Lands he cared for was his doting niecec 'That is your answerc' She thought to herself.

Kagura left Naraku to his amusement and decided to wander the castle a bit. It was a small measure of freedom, being able to roam the castle but not leaving it. This made her ache for freedom more. She had her fill of Naraku's twistedness, his cruelty, and finally his arrogance. A hanyou dictating life over a full blooded youkai, despite her origins. It was ridiculous. But to get to Takara, to get her to reason with her, was probably next to impossible.

'Damn Naraku and damn his persistent scheming,' Kagura thought to herself, fidgeting with her fan. 'It's as if he spends all of his time scheming for ways to give me a false hope only to have it dashed out before me. I will be free of him; it will be one day soon.'


Elsewhere in the castle...

Despite the numbing pain, despite the fact that he was kept locked in a room filled with miasma, despite his body was constantly poisoned and mind polluted, there was one thing he absolutely and with no regrets loathed. This thing was mostly white, short, appearing to be a child with a mirror in hand.

Kanna.

How he loathed this creature, even though his memory was failing him as more miasma seeped into his body, he was going to destroy her utterly, nothing would remain. He did not know how long he had been here today, how long the day previous, or before then. But he knew he would destroy that expressionless youkai. It was as if she enjoyed seeing him in torment. In fact, he was sure of it, because, on the occasions where he was practically bathing in miasma, she was watching, smirking at him. More and more recently, her little smirk grew wider and wider, until it became a smile. The reason why he was steeped in the poison Naraku favored so much, was to keep him under control, it made him more responsive to command, but extremely excessive action or working out or fighting made it burn off, leaving him weak but conscious.

The other thing he loathed was the black pendant they had put around his neck. It befouled his method of controlling his power, twisted it and made it uncontrollable to him. Naraku and the little devil Kanna were controlling him, but soon he felt he would be liberated. He would be free of Naraku's spells, and free of the wretched being Kanna. He fantasized about how to destroy her, nothing perverted, nothing cruel per say, but how to totally annihilate her, so that not even the finest dust was left behind. That ever persistent thought earned him more exposure to the poison fumes, though he could not shake the thought from his mind, he eventually succumbed to the numbness that came with miasma overdose.

Back in the dungeon...

Naraku watched as Kagome and Inu Yasha tried to ignore him. Every visit was pretty much the same. First the demands to be set free, then the threats under penalty of death, then trying to tear free of their shackles. Then he would laugh at their efforts and reinforce the notion of escape was impossible until he saw fit. Then they would sulk and pretend to ignore him. He laughed at their retelling of happier times with their children, of old adventures with friends, quite a routine now.

"How sad, almost depressing. A tale eternally retold, to ears that do not hear the stories anymore, just words to drown out the truth. Yes, the truth. The truth that Takara will be brought to me by her own will, that I will have her, the object you kept from me and still keep from me. But soon, very soon, I will have what I want, and you will have what you want, and we will all live happily to the end of our days."

Naraku then broke into another round of laughing, and got up from his perch and left them to shiver in the darkness. He had plans to move, a servant to press into service again, and a hanyou girl to take care of, as well as another...

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