An Education by UnknownRandomness

Undesirable Circumstances

A/N: Please review dear readers! It's a little disconcerting not knowing what you guys think about these oneshots. 

Prompt: Duress - Forcible restraint or restriction.

Word Count: 681

Naraku had grown stronger. He had all but their small shard of the jewel and its power enhanced his regenerative abilities to the point where their attacks were instantaneously negated. As infuriating as this development was, it had far more serious repercussions on the strange group. 

"Dammit! That bastard just won't die! If this goes on any longer I'm gonna keel over." Inuyasha panted heavily, glaring at the spider hanyou as threateningly as he could.

Sesshoumaru silently agreed with his half-sibling; the boy was ready to collapse. Regardless of their father's demon blood flowing through his veins, Inuyasha's body was swiftly tiring- his companions had long since retreated further afield, unable to continue even though they desperately wanted to and his morale diminished with every passing minute. It was just the two of them against this overflowing filth.

Abruptly, Naraku began to laugh, the chilling, ghastly sound bubbling up quietly from his grossly contorted chest and surprising the combatants.

"What the fuck is so funny, Naraku?!"

The fire rat-robed hanyou was clearly disturbed by their enemy's action and truthfully, he was as well. The battle may have been in the spider's favour but that wasn't cause enough for such hysteria. Was this another one of his traps? 

"Oh, nothing really... But this battle is as good as won. You should surrender to me now, you pitiful weaklings." Naraku's voice was like a viscous liquid, crawling over their skin with slimy fingers. 

His words seemed irrelevant until Kanna materialised by his side, the last jewel shard clenched tightly in one fist that was covered in blood. 

The inuyoukai growled ferally and his eyes rapidly bled crimson. That shard had been around Kagome's neck and she wouldn't have relinquished it willingly; meaning that she was...

Inuyasha quickly came to the same conclusion and rushed Naraku, screaming profanities as rage took hold. Before he could reach him though, a blinding light erupted from the completed jewel and a powerful shockwave soon followed, flinging the airborne male back to the ground. 

Both inu growled. Naraku had made his wish and now they would kill him. Sesshoumaru almost laughed- the creature that was previously Onigumo had long since desired to be a full-youkai, and no full-youkai would ever be a match for him, especially one as cowardly as the spider. 

The daiyoukai sped forward, ready to strike as the glow dimmed, but one of the bastard's tentacles shot out faster than he had anticipated and wrapped around him, pinning his arms to his side. Enraged, he flexed, expecting to shred through the flesh with his superior strength. 

Imagine his surprise, when instead of ripping, the rubbery muscle tightened around him, his back cracking under duress. Alarmed, his shocked gaze met Naraku's and the hanyou laughed heartily at the expression.

Inuyasha tried to attack, but immediately met the same fate- what had he wished for?! He was a still a half-demon, but far stronger than before!

As if sensing their unasked questions, their captor drew them right to him and stroked their faces softly, almost lovingly, before rasping out,

"You all seemed to think that I wished to be a full demon. Fools! I know that I would be no match for you Sesshoumaru, so I wished for something else."

His grin stretched impossibly wide, almost splitting his face in two as his enjoyment rang through his words.

"I wished to be better than my enemies in every way. You cannot beat me... Because you are my enemies. Clearly being a full demon isn't worth shit. But don't worry; I won't kill you just yet!" He dropped his voice to a conspiratorial whisper, "We're going to have lots of fun, us three. Make sure you don't die before I'm done with you, or I will get very angry."

Sesshoumaru roared, beyond reason. He attempted to transform, but Naraku's yoki smothered his own with a vengeance.

"Ah, ah, ah! We won't be having any of that now, will we? Kagura, prepare the rooms. I have a feeling these guests will be staying with us for quite a while."