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A/N: I dedicate this chapter to my first reviewer, CarinoInu~! Thank you for the lovely review! I hope you guys enjoy this gift; I've decided to post this chapter earlier than expected due to the wonderful reviews and ratings! So, please keep them coming! At this rate, Chapter 3 might go up tomorrow! *hint-hint*
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Chapter 2: Hers
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Kagome groaned as she screwed her eyes shut against the ray of sunlight that shone behind her eyelids. She tried to roll over on her side, but as she did, she felt a sharp pain in her lower region.
This had caused Kagome to snap open her eyes as the memories of last night flooded back to her.
She had been…raped; chained up helplessly as someone took advantage of her, while she cried and pleaded for him to stop.
She had lost her precious virginity to a stranger, a monster, someone who had no compassion for what he did to her. The tears started to cloud her vision as she remembered how vulnerable she felt while she was being violated.
As Kagome reached up to wipe her tears away with the back of her hand, she noticed that she was no longer chained or blindfolded. She ceased her crying as she slowly took in her surroundings.
Kagome was in a massive futon, covered in heavy blankets with red, white and gold patterns. The room was quite large, yet sparsely furnished with only the floor futon and a pair of small mahogany dressers on each side of the bed.
In front of her was a very long, golden wall of beautifully decorated silk sudare screens with the artwork’s centerpiece being displayed on the sliding doors; depicting a gorgeous, mountainous landscape with cherry blossom trees and a river during the night under a full moon.
It was very quiet in the room that she was in, with the exception of the sound of chirping birds coming from outside of the small, circular window that was to her left. The only source of light seemed to have come from the two windows on each side of the bedroom.
Kagome glanced around to see if there was another exit from the room, but was disappointed when she had realized that the there was only one way out of the bedroom; through the golden, screen door.
Kagome swallowed nervously as she contemplated her next move. She couldn’t hear nor sense anyone outside of the door and she wasn’t sure if or when her assailant would be returning.
Judging from the sunlight, it had to be nearly noon outside, which meant that someone would eventually be returning back here to probably check on her, since it wasn’t wise to leave her unattended for very long.
With an anxious breath, Kagome carefully tried to crawl out of bed with her tender, aching body. It was bad enough that her arms were sore from being chained in an odd position last night, but she was also sore on her left shoulder and down below; in between her thighs.
She felt weak and tired as she tried to steady herself in order to stand up, but Kagome had to push the pain and tiredness aside, so that she could escape out of this strange place.
Kagome stood on unsteady legs as she tried to ignore the sharp pain coming from between her thighs and held closed the front of her open yukata as she began to approach the door with a heightened sense of caution.
Even though she didn’t have much control of her powers, she would use them in an instant so that she could escape far away from here and into the safety of her friends….
…Into the safety of Inuyasha…
Kagome’s heartbeat started to speed up as she walked closer and closer to the screen door; mentally preparing herself for a battle the moment she chose step outside of that door.
With nervous, shaking hands and with new determination, Kagome reached for the door, but before she could even touch it, the door slid open on its own accord.
Kagome flinched at the sudden opening of the door and even took an uneasy step back as she saw a group of similarly dressed women on the floor below her bow gracefully at her; all in a neat and perfect formation.
Atsuko, who was bowing in front of the other women, sat up neatly and offered Kagome a gentle smile.
“Good morning, My Lady,” Atsuko said respectfully as she offered another bow to the younger woman.
“Umm…good morning,” Kagome uttered confusedly as she watched the group of various youkai women sit up in response to her greeting.
She glanced over to her side and saw that the screen door had been opened by another youkai demon in the same elegant garment that the others were wearing.
It was then, that Kagome had noticed the different surroundings.
The bedroom that she was in previously was on a wooden platform that had two steps leading down to the main floor of the much larger part of the colossal bedroom. It appeared that the actual sleeping quarters was kept separate from the other part of the bedroom, since the larger part of the room had more dressers, closets, mirrors and doors than the smaller one.
Kagome noticed that she was still on the platform and carefully proceeded to walk down the two small, wooden steps; still holding close her yukata.
The women seemed nice to her, but looks can be deceiving.
After all, this was the place that now held a horrible memory of hers. The sooner she left, the better.
“Where am I?” Kagome asked warily as she stared at the group of women in front of her.
The women exchanged looks nervously amongst themselves as they remembered their Lord’s instructions, but it was Atsuko who had chosen to answer their Lady’s question after a moment of tense silence.
“This is your new home, My Lady,” Atsuko replied reverently with a low bow.
Kagome’s brows furrowed together as she registered the older youkai’s statement.
“My new home?” Kagome asked incredulously.
Atsuko bowed to her new Lady once again, never once being disrespectful towards the younger woman.
“Yes, My Lady. This is your new home and I’m Atsuko, your head Lady in Waiting. The women in this room are also your Ladies in Waiting. We will be able to assist you from now on as we are very loyal and humble servants of this household,” Atsuko explained.
“Assist me? Then you would do anything that I ask?” Kagome questioned as she stared intently at the servants in front of her.
“Yes…almost anything that you may ask,” Atsuko replied with another low bow to the floor.
“Then I want to leave from here,” Kagome said instantly as she crossed her arms.
Atsuko opened her mouth to say something, but after a couple of seconds of trying to find the right words to say, she decided on saying something else rather than explaining.
“I’m afraid that it’s not possible, My Lady,” Atsuko said apologetically.
Kagome tensed up as she prepared herself for a possible argument or even a battle.
“Why not!?” Kagome demanded as she glared angrily at the women who flinched at the volume of her voice.
“It is the Lord of this castle’s order, I’m afraid. We simply cannot go against it,” Atsuko explained with a sad smile.
“The ‘Lord of this castle’…?” Kagome inquired with a hint of anger in her voice.
Kagome had a feeling that she knew where this was leading, that the person behind her rape was probably the one who had kidnapped and forced himself onto her.
Atsuko really didn’t want to upset her new Lady, but as a direct order from Lord Sesshoumaru, she had no choice but to follow it.
“Yes, My Lady…your new mate!” A younger girl chirped happily behind Atsuko as she gestured towards the bedroom behind Kagome.
“Sachiko!” Atsuko hissed as she glared at the young girl behind her. The girl named Sachiko looked exactly like Atsuko, with the exception of the gray streaks in the older woman’s hair.
Sachiko looked to be a few years younger than Kagome and had long, tawny brown hair with light brown eyes.
The small girl bowed apologetically to Kagome and barely glanced up at the new Lady out of shame.
“My deepest apologies, My Lady. I did not mean to displease you,” Sachiko said in a much hushed and courteous voice.
When Sachiko was done apologizing, Atsuko bowed apologetically to Kagome once again.
“Forgive my impolite daughter, My Lady. This is Sachiko’s first time serving someone directly and I promise that I will see that this will never happen again,” Atsuko explained as she glared over her shoulder at Sachiko.
Kagome unfolded her arms and chose to hold close the front of her yukata again; gripping it tightly as she felt bad for the younger girl that was going to receive punishment later.
“It’s okay. There’s no need to apologize,” Kagome said quietly as her eyes lowered to the floor.
She was doing her best to hold up a strong front, but all she wanted to do was to cry somewhere in private and she quickly found that her strong façade was beginning to crumble as she saw her vision begin to blur with unshed tears.
As soon as the scent of tears reached their noses, the female servants all glared at Sachiko; silently blaming the young girl for her insensitivity towards their Lady.
Granted, they were all excited that Lord Sesshoumaru had selected a mate, even more so when they had found out that she was not only a powerful priestess, but the guardian of the Shikon jewel.
However, most of the Ladies in Waiting had been mated before, which meant that they understood the circumstances of being a newly mated female. Especially, a female that was mated against her will.
Sachiko, on the other hand, did not understand.
They would have to do their best to make Lady Kagome feel right at home and show her that life here was not so bad after all, especially since she had everything at her disposal.
“My Lady, if you would like to take a bath, we have already drawn the hot water for it,” Atsuko said in an attempt to distract Kagome from bursting into tears.
The older woman noticed the dried blood streaks along Kagome’s legs and thought it would be good idea to clean up the Lady first before they did anything else.
Last night, after Lord Sesshoumaru had left, he had ordered Atsuko to unchain and remove the blindfold from Lady Kagome while she had slept.
After she was finished, she had decided to straighten up the bedcovers and help tuck in the sleeping Lady before she had discovered the small blood droplets on the floor.
Atsuko felt a little bad for the young Lady, but knew that Lord Sesshoumaru was the best possible choice for a mate and that he would be an excellent provider for her, despite what he had did to her.
Atsuko knew that eventually the young Lady would be more accepting towards her role as his mate and as one of the rulers of the Western Lands, especially after she provided their Lord an heir; in which was highly anticipated by everyone in the castle now.
Kagome nodded sadly as she thought about giving in to a nice bath.
“A bath sounds nice,” Kagome whispered hoarsely.
The group of servants rose to their feet and began to disperse in different directions; preparing various things for their new Lady.
Sachiko and Atsuko gently led Kagome through a large screen door along the right-hand wall and once they were inside, Kagome stood in awe at the large, gorgeous and scenic hot spring that was in the center of the bathing room.
It was very picturesque with many rocks of various sizes surrounding it as well as beautiful, fragrant flowers and plants growing around the rocks.
As Kagome absentmindedly walked towards the spring, Atsuko motioned for her daughter to retrieve their Lady’s bathing supplies along the wall.
When her daughter quickly returned, Atsuko gave Sachiko a disapproving look, reminding her that she didn’t forget about the earlier incident, before she called their Lady’s attention.
“My Lady, we have your bathing supplies. Would you like us to assist you in bathing?” Atsuko asked.
Kagome turned around and shook her head; a sad smile graced her features.
“Thank you, but I rather bathe alone,” Kagome said as Atsuko presented the supplies to her with a bow.
“Please call for us if you would like assistance. We will be waiting for you just outside these doors,” Atsuko said before she and Sachiko left the room with a graceful bow.
However, as Atsuko began to close the door behind her, she left it slightly open to peer at the young Lady’s undressing form; making a quick mental note before she completely shut it close.
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“Hn,” Sesshoumaru replied stoically before he gave his dismissal to one of his guards.
The guard had shown up while he was traveling along a forest to inform him about Kagome’s current state from Atsuko.
Atsuko had informed him that Kagome had awoken and had indeed questioned about him, as well as requested to leave his castle.
However, Atsuko knew the real news her Lord had wanted to hear and was sad to inform him of the disappointing information.
Regrettably, she had to report to him that his new mate was not showing any signs of carrying his pup.
Even though Sesshoumaru knew that the likelihood of her becoming pregnant was significantly low, he had still wanted to hear the good news; perhaps as more motivation to triumph in the upcoming battle against Naraku.
Still, the fact that he had Kagome waiting for him back home was more than enough motivation to survive the battle.
Once he returned home after the battle, Sesshoumaru would try to start a family with her and this time he wouldn’t have to leave her side to protect her.
As Sesshoumaru continued to resume his search for Naraku, he allowed a small frown to mar his perfect features when he felt the feelings of hopelessness and deep sorrow assault his mind.
It was Kagome and he could do nothing right now to comfort her.
As much as his instincts tried to force him back home, he regretfully fought them down. The only thing he could do for Kagome was to honor his secret vow to bring her back the gifts that she deserved.
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When Atsuko had closed the bathing room’s door, Kagome allowed her emotions to take over and began to sob uncontrollably when she realized that she was alone.
How could she allow herself to be so careless? What did she ever do to deserve this? Where were Inuyasha and the others now? What would he think of her when he found out what had happened?
The thoughts kept tormenting her, over and over again as she tried to repress the memories of last night’s horror. Yet, the memory, emotions and sensations refused to leave her mind alone.
Kagome sank down into the relaxingly hot water and didn’t notice the change of temperature as she continued to cry her heart out.
She felt so helpless while the man, who she was positive that he was a demon, raped her. Kagome had saved herself for someone special, someone like Inuyasha, but the demon took her virginity away and not only that, he had marked her for his own, meaning that she couldn’t be intimate with anyone else.
That thought alone, brought a strangled sob from Kagome’s anguished body.
As her crying slowly began to cease, she reached for the bathing supplies behind her; they were arranged neatly in a small, wooden bucket filled with a folded washcloth, glass bottles of scented oils and a bar of soap made from lightly scented flowers.
When Kagome started to wash herself with the washcloth, she began to calm down and relax under her careful ministrations. She flinched a little when washed her left shoulder, but didn’t dare to look at the mark that was there; afraid of the horrible reminder that she was mated to another.
Instead, Kagome decided to focus on a non-particular spot on a large boulder across from her. However, when she started to wash in between her legs, she winced and stopped her actions.
Not only was she still sore down there, but the memories and sensations from last night came flooding back to her.
After a few moments of trying to collect herself, Kagome tearfully tried to wash the area again with a shaky hand.
Once Kagome was finished with her bath, she had emerged from the bathing room, fully dressed in another bathing yukata and found the mother-daughter pair of servants waiting for her with a bow.
Atsuko and Sachiko said nothing about Kagome’s red-puffy eyes or the fact that they had heard her crying as they quietly led their Lady back into the sleeping room.
They were now getting ready to help their new Lady get dressed in her new kimono that was selected by Lord Sesshoumaru, himself.
When they had entered into the sleeping quarters, the door was pulled back by a servant once again and revealed that another one of the Ladies in Waiting was standing there holding a large, wooden box.
The servant bowed deeply as she lifted open the top of the box and presented Kagome with the beautifully decorated kimono inside.
Kagome stared in silence as she examined the kimono that was shown to her before it was given to Atsuko. It was a golden silk kimono, with white, red and pink flowers embellished along one side, leading towards the bottom.
When the servant held out the obi for Sachiko to take, Kagome saw that silky black obi had tiny, intricate, circular designs of waves all along it. It was quite stunning, but it still made Kagome depressed about her situation.
Here she was, being dressed in luxurious clothes, in an extravagant castle with her own personal servants, yet all of it came from a man that had raped her hours earlier.
Was he trying to make her feel better about her current situation? Was he trying to insult her with his wasteful display of wealth?
Kagome remained silent as she listened to Atsuko explaining to Sachiko about how to layer a kimono. When Atsuko was finished dressing her, she led Kagome to a large pillow on the floor, while Sachiko retrieved a smaller box from the third servant.
As soon as Kagome was settled in her cushioned seat, Atsuko and Sachiko knelt behind her to comb her damp, wavy hair. When they were finished, Atsuko started to arrange Kagome’s hair into a style and as she was doing so, she softly explained to Sachiko the process as her daughter handed her the hair ornaments from the small box.
After she was finished with their Lady’s hair, Sachiko held out a small mirror for Kagome to see herself. Other than the swollen, red eyes, Kagome looked so beautiful that she almost didn’t recognize herself.
Her hair was arranged in a large bun atop her head, tied with a red ribbon and assembled with several gold, metal dangling hair ornaments pinned into both sides of the bun.
In the corner of the mirror, Kagome spotted Atsuko and Sachiko exchange a warm smile; instantly her heart hurt.
They reminded her of her mother and immediately she fought back tears.
Kagome wished she had her mother to comfort her right now; to tell her that everything was going to be alright and to hold her while she rocked her softly.
It had been a while since she had last seen her mother, but she was hoping to return home soon before she battled Naraku, however the possibility of seeing her again was looking very dim.
Kagome was distracted from her train of thought as she heard another servant from outside of the sleeping room tell them that the food was ready.
With that, the mother and daughter pair of servants helped Kagome to her feet, but before she could even ask why, she realized that the reason they had assisted her was because the kimono was so heavy.
It was July, practically the middle of summer and she was wearing a huge, heavily layered kimono indoors. Kagome pulled anxiously at the collar of her kimono and when Atsuko noticed what she was doing, she smiled apologetically at her Lady.
“I’m sorry, my Lady. This kimono does have fewer layers than the traditional ones since summer is upon us, however compared to your previous kimono; it probably has more layers than you’re used to. If it would please you, we could remove a few more layers,” Atsuko offered.
Kagome shook her head.
She didn’t want to go through the trouble of getting dressed and undressed all over again, especially in front of strangers, even if they were women.
When Kagome stepped off the platform to the main floor of the bedroom, she was immediately greeted with the smell of food and spotted a long and low mahogany table on the floor.
Slowly, Kagome approached the colorful, food filled table that had small pots of stew, noodles, platters of neatly arranged seafood, meats, beautiful desserts, a kettle of tea, and a small bowl of steamed rice.
As Kagome stared in quiet awe, she sank down onto a plush pillow and began to stare at the array of food before her.
At first, she wasn’t hungry; disturbed by the thoughts of last night, but as she saw the food and how appetizing it looked, all negative thoughts seemed to be pushed towards the pack of her mind.
However, the instant she recognized the different foods that were presented before her, she lost her appetite once again; feeling the bile rise from her depths of her stomach.
Noticing the look of disgust on their Lady’s face, Sachiko hesitantly approached her.
“Is there something wrong, my Lady? Whatever it is, we can send it back to the cook and get you something else,” Sachiko said sweetly.
Initially, Kagome stared in disgust at the food in front of her, before her disgust rapidly dissolved into anger; she pushed away the bowl of rice in front of her as she stood up angrily.
The food in front of her was typically consumed by a newlywed couple as the first meal they shared together in their marriage.
Was this man purposely trying to insult her? Did he obviously think that this arrangement was something similar to a marriage?
He raped her, now all he wanted to do was continue to insult her; like pouring salt onto an open wound.
Blinded by tears and rage, Kagome angrily pushed past the concerned servants and tried to make her way out of the room.
Just before she could reach the main doors, Kagome was lightly deflected by a powerful barrier that stood invisibly by the door. When she realized that she was trapped in the bedroom, Kagome sank onto the floor and buried her head in her arms as she began to sob.
Atsuko tentatively approached the crying woman-child and knelt as she placed a gentle hand on Kagome’s back; trying her best to soothe her.
“Where is he?” Kagome asked after a few moments as she tried to steady her voice.
“My Lady?” Atsuko questioned, but even she knew who her Lady was referring to.
“The one who raped me! The one who owns all of this…this…stuff. Where is he?!” Kagome demanded as she sat up and stared angrily at the older youkai.
Atsuko swallowed the urge to correct the young woman about her arrangement with their Lord, but fought against it.
“He is travelling, my Lady. He wishes to destroy the evil, half-demon named Naraku for you,” Atsuko explained.
Kagome stood up slowly, refusing Atsuko’s help as she began to walk back towards the sleeping quarters. She was abused, exhausted, offended and depressed; the only thing she wanted to do was be alone.
Before Kagome entered inside of the bedroom, she stopped at the door; not bothering to turn around to look at the concerned women in the room.
“I hope he fails that mission and dies for what he did to me,” Kagome stated vehemently before she slammed the sliding door shut.
The women in the room flinched as Kagome slammed the door; the sound and her words resonating in their ears as they stared after the closed door.
“Sachiko,” Atsuko whispered as she summoned her daughter.
“Y-yes, Mother?” Sachiko asked worriedly as she approached the older woman.
“Tell your father to execute the cook. Whatever he did, he has upset the Lady and I’m sure that our Lord would not stand for this,” Atsuko whispered tersely.
Sachiko nodded quietly before left out of the room to find her father.
She, along with everyone else, had no idea what had triggered their Lady’s sudden outburst of anger and sadness, but whatever it was, it did had something to do with the food.
It was around sunset when Atsuko decided to check on the Lady and when she did, she found the young woman sleeping with tears silently trailing from her eyes.
Atsuko carefully approached the sleeping Lady and gently adjusted the covers around her to make the young woman more comfortable.
As Atsuko began to smooth the covers on Kagome’s back, she froze in place before knitting her brows together.
“Mom…” Kagome mumbled in her sleep as she clutched a fistful of covers in her small hand.
“Sachiko,” Atsuko whispered quietly to the closed bedroom door.
Sachiko quietly pulled the door open and looked down at her mother who was rubbing Kagome’s back in comfort.
However, the look of deep concern on her mother’s face had her worried.
“Go get your father…now,” Atsuko whispered seriously.
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Sesshoumaru sat up from his leaning position against a tree as the guard stood back nervously because of his Lord’s sudden, yet subtle reaction.
He had heard about Kagome’s meltdown earlier and had contemplated about returning home, but figured it would make the situation a lot worse since he hadn’t given her enough time to heal.
However, the other news that had just arrived was just unexpected.
Sesshoumaru ran a clawed hand through his silver hair as he thought about what to do. Atsuko seemed to be handling the situation quite well, even ordering the death of a cook that offended his new mate, but now…
“M-my Lord…” The guard interrupted nervously as Sesshoumaru shot him a warning glare.
“What is it?” Sesshoumaru said brusquely.
“There’s more…” The guard trailed.
Sesshoumaru raised a delicate eyebrow; signaling for him to continue.
“It’s not just one, my Lord. You see…Atsuko said that she’s carrying twins. Twin pups, my Lord,” The guard explained uneasily.
Sesshoumaru stood up gracefully, displaying no outward emotion and dismissed his guard. When he was completely alone, Sesshoumaru stared at setting sun and allowed the wind to play with strands of his fine, silver hair as the news began to sink into his mind.
This time, he allowed a small smile to grace his lips before he turned away from the sunset with a newly found determination to go seek out Naraku.
Twins…
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***Sneak Preview***
Chapter 3: Theirs
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Kagome sat up from her position on the futon as she could feel eyes upon her. At first, she could not see anything in the darkness, but slowly, yet surely her eyesight adjusted to the light of the room, provided by the moon shining through the windows.
Sitting in front of her futon was someone she thought she would never see again. The body was broken and bruised, yet the fiery spirit that united them together still burned brightly in her dark brown eyes.
The only noticable difference, other than the bruises, that Kagome could see was that now the woman in front of her was clad in a similar kimono like her Ladies in Waiting.
The woman offered Kagome a small, sad smile as they both held back unshedded tears.
"Sango..." Kagome breathed.
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