InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Prisoner ❯ Dreaming of My Past, Present, and Future ( Chapter 24 )

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

"Kagome you need to promise you'll take care of it" her mother gave her daughter a stern look "I know you tell Sango and Kokahu everything, but this no one must know about....do you understand?"

"I don't see the big deal" a young Kagome said snidely "It's just a dumb rock....I can find those out in the garden"

Despite it all her mother laughed. Kagome had always loved her mother's laugh, it soothed her like it's own soothing lullaby. If she could inherit anything from her mother, she prayed and dreamed it was her laugh.

"It's not just a rock and you know it" her mother placed it in the child's palms "I need you to promise me, that no matter what, you'll keep this safe, can you promise me Kagome?"

The jewel started glowing a bright purple as Kagome held it "It's so pretty" she breathed

Her mother just shook her head "Kagome...."

"I promise" the little girl chipped in "I promise I will only know about it"

"I didn't want to know where it is" a dark voice called from behind her "I just wanted you to get it"

The bright room suddenly blacked into a dusky one. In front of her mother's form had completely vanished and in her hands no longer lay the ugly rock. She shivered suddenly feeling as if the window had been left open. Looking down though, she saw she no longer wore any fabric.

Her body turned from where the voice had come and instantly she was back with Naraku; her naked form in front of his impervious stare as the dark room kept them locked together in the shadows.

"Tell me where it is Kagome" he repeated a familiar phrase "I need your help"

It was no use, she was locked once again into that sate of lifelines. Her body couldn't move her lips wouldn't open, and her face wouldn't falter. She was his prisoner again.

"You will always be my prisoner" he voiced maliciously as if reading her thought "I need your eyes"

His body moved the distance between them as his hands shot to her chest. The hardened hands gripped her breasts painfully as he used them to pull her body to his. "Kagome" he whispered "Your eyes"

Kagome's eyes flew open as her face broke. He didn't call her by name, he never used her name.

A hand slid between them and pinched the inside of her thigh "Tell me"

Her body felt like it had gained awareness from the realization, like her life was throwing itself back, reclaiming her soul and her mind. Her hand raised and before his had time to move, she pushed away from him so that the two bodies were at a distance from each other.

Instead of growing angrily like he was supposed to have done against her un instructed action he seemed to be amused. He chuckled a little "Have some fight do you?"

She glared at him "I won't help you Naraku!" her heart skipped a beat as her voice gained itself. Marveling at her own ability she took the chance to step away from him more so "I'm not your property anymore and I sure as hell am not your prisoner!"

The words seemed to have stuck a nerve this time. In utter bafflement she found herself on the ground only to see Naraku's daunting face above her "You don't want me to hurt you...."

Her nerve seemed to have left as she just stared up to his form. Once again she felt paralyzed, incapable of breathing. Her throat got tight and weak as the air was being drained from her. Two hands went to her throat as she was raised to meet his eyes

"Your eyes"

She closed them as if he may reach and try to pull them out of her sockets. Her feet gained some feel as she flailed kicking him as hard as she could. It didn't seem to work, causing his grip to tighten. Getting a little agitated at her pointless struggles, she lifted a knee in an exact spot....

Wham.

Her body shot back as his own fell to the ground; her knee connecting to a very sensitive spot as his body curled around it trying to ease the pain.

"Bitch....you think that you're free but you're not"

"Is this what you want?" a male's voice called out. This one, though still rough, had a softness to it "You want to sit here and stare off blankly"

Naraku's eyes widened, but before he could move she spun around to be meet with yet another appearance. Inuyasha's form stood before her, his face was a little hardened but his eyes were soft and understanding.

Around her the atmosphere brightened, behind her she no longer felt Naraku's presence and around her she felt the similar fabrics Inuyasha had given her. The distance between them was all white, everything was still as the two faced each other.

"So he's won?"

Indifferent to when he had said it previous, back when she had found Naraku was a demon, she noted the higher tone of a question it was being asked as.

Shaking her head with a soft smile she looked him confidently in the eye "I won't let Naraku win"

Her eyes opened slowly as she was met with a red fabric. Before her eyes it gently rose and fell with each snore that took place, each breath that was inhaled. She was sleeping on him again...was she sick?

The first thing that came to her mind was her and Sango's encounter. The horde of demons, her blue light, bodies everywhere, then black. Raising her head a bit she noticed Sango's sleeping form through the darkness. Also with some curiosity she noticed Miroku's close to her's.

Inuyasha shifted beneath her a bit as the arm that lay on her waist gripped her tightly. For a fleeting moment she once again felt a familiar flop in her stomach, a feeling she could only name to him.

His face was so peaceful, holding none of the mask of the day, or even the seriousness it had held in her dream. Smiling she removed a hand from beneath her and pressed the back of it to his cheek. To her surprise he leaned into the touch as a mumbled sound escaped his lips.

With him beside her she felt a strength, a power beyond what her mother had handed her.

The hand against his cheek caressed gently, and slowly his eyes opened to her touch. His eyes only opened half way, still the other half of the way into conciseness "Kagome?"

She smiled gently as her hand moved itself from his cheek "Gomen"

His eyes closed once more as his mouth opened into a yawn "Are you alright?"

"Hai"

The darkness that surrounded them made her realize just how long she must have been knocked out. It had been near early morning still when she had blacked out meaning she had been out for nearly a whole day.

She suddenly felt bad for waking him but he didn't seem to mind. Instead the arm that had lay to his side raised and scratched his head "You've been out for awhile" he said pointlessly

"I know" she replied "You can go back to sleep if you want...."

"Keh" he replied "Can't sleep even if I wanted to. You have me to recline on but all I have are these hard ass rocks"

"It's just a dumb rock..."

Kagome sat up a little too quickly as Inuyasha let out a moan at his assaulted ribcage. It was coming back to her now, before Naraku had appeared, her mother had been talking to her about a jewel they kept secret.

"Inuyasha" she said in a strained fear "I know what Naraku is after"