Begging For Mercy by kagomessweetrevenge

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Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Inuyasha that honor belongs to Rumiko Takahashi

Kagome felt herself wince as she shifted her battered body around against the stone wall she was chained to. She lost count of the days that she had been in this dungeon, chained to a wall and tortured by their worst enemy. The young girl wondered if her friends were looking for her or if they had given up, Naraku gloated to her about his prowess in hiding himself from Inuyasha and the others.

For the first few weeks she had fire, but that fire got her into some bad situations. Every time he would come into her cell to beat her around, she’d fight him with all of her might but every day she would grow weaker from not eating. She felt so…dirty, aside from not being able to bathe at all, Naraku did unspeakable things to her.

Whimpering slightly, she leaned her head back against the cold wall and curled her knees to her bare chest. She just wanted to be saved. She didn't know if she could last much longer.

Kagome buried her face in her knees and heaved a dry cough, her throat hurt so bad from screaming and crying; she lost hope of ever leaving this damned place a couple days ago, she gave up on crying out for help and she wouldn't give Naraku the pleasure of hearing her scream any longer. Her ears twitched at the the sound of fast footsteps and the jingle of keys. Lifting her head slightly, she saw Kagura opening the door to her cell. 

"Come on girl, I'm getting you out of here," the woman said to Kagome's shock. "Why?" she asked as Kagura unlocked her shackles.

"I'm doing this as a favor since you stopped him from killing me the other night," the red-eyed female said quietly, "I just want my debt to be paid okay, it's not like we are friends," she said quickly and pulled Kagome up, putting one of the kimonos she brought on the weak woman barely standing next to her. "Thank you Kagura," Kagome whispered and cast a barrier over them

"Kanna won't be able to use her mirror on this barrier, now lets get out of here," Kagome whispered weakly. The wind demon lead her through the corridors and once the two women were outside, she summoned her feather and pulled the miko onto it.

She flew them out close to the western border, way away from the fortress. "Your posse are 60 miles North of here fighting off demons in a village, get to them as quick as you can, here's some bread and canteen of water, now go," Kagura said and flew away.

Kagome quickly ate the bread and drank the water, replacing her barrier and started to head in the direction that Kagura pointed her in.

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Sesshomaru rubbed his temples as he heard Jaken squawking at Rin to settle down and stop running around. "Jaken, be quiet and Rin sit," he growled.

He was already in a foul mood as it was, he didn't need a headache on top of it. 

"Yes mi'lord!" he squawked and Rin followed her orders quietly, sitting and leaning against Ah-Un

Sesshomaru walked off wordlessly, smelling the scent of Inuyasha's miko passing by their camp.

He had a run in with the ragtag group a week ago and noticed the miko hadn't been with them but he didn't inquire about it because he simply did not care.

Catching up to her within moments, he let a cold smirk grace his lips; "Miko, what do you think you are doing in my lands?" he asked, watching the girl stiffen and fear laced in her scent of jasmine and vanilla.