Welcome to the Rewritten version of Dungeon! Some of this story is from the original version I started writing a long time ago, including some of the Author's Notes.

I want to let everone know now that the original idea of this story was NOT MINE! I read this story Trapped in a Box by Sesshoumaru-Rocks… I HIGHLY recommend you read that story… it's REALLY good. It also has a sequal so be sure to check it out k? Anyways like I said the idea of Kagome getting kidnapped and stuck in the cell is NOT my idea but Sesshoumaru-Rocks'. So I don't want to hear people complaining how I copied because I already said I got the Idea from them and I even got Sesshoumaru-Rocks' permission to write this story. SO THERE NYAAAAAAA!

Anyways… on with the story!

WARNING! Sesshoumaru will be VERY OOC from both the anime and manga (cuz they're way different from each other. The manga Sesshoumaru talks more haha) Also the relationship will progress quickly because I'm to lazy to let them take it slow haha.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha he and his pals belong to Rumiko Takahashi (one of my favorite writers). I also do not own the original plot idea, which belongs to Sesshoumaru-Rocks.

Inuyasha glared at the girl in front of him. Kagome was pissed. Why? He didn't know, something about "un-deer-wear", whatever that was. Inuyasha sighed, turned around, and walked away. He was supposed to meet Kikyou soon anyways.

Needless to say walking away from a pissed teenage girl when she wasn't through with you is a BAD idea.

"Inuyasha," Kagome called in an overly sweet voice. He knew what was going to happen.

"SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT, and just for fun SIT SOME MORE!" She screamed. With one last look at the Inuyasha shaped crater in the ground, she stomped off.

By the time he got up, Kagome was long gone. Deciding he would get her later, he hurried off to where he was to meet Kikyou.

~With Kagome~

Kagome continued to walk even after she lost sight of the clearing she'd left Inuyasha in. She had no idea where she was going, but she was too pissed to care. As her anger slowly subsided, fear replaced it. She finally stopped at a clearing and sat down under a tree. 'What a great idea Kagome! Walk off without direction and get yourself lost!' she thought sarcastically. She let out a huff of frustration. 'Inuyasha's going to have a field day with this, getting to see me lost after stomping off.'

Her thoughts were interrupted by a dark voice. "Well, well, what do we have here?"

Kagome couldn't help but think how stereotypical his words sounded, but none the less her fear spiked.

"Who's there?" she asked. She got up and slowly backed away towards the direction she thought she'd come from.

The voice remained silent.

Taking a chance, Kagome swerved around and ran.

She only got a few feet before she was roughly yanked back into a hard chest.

"We can't have you running off like that my dear." Kagome tried to scream, but his hand covered her mouth before she could even inhale enough air to do so. Kagome watched as the ground disappeared beneath her feat and the treetops grew further away. She struggled but the only effect was his arm tightening around her waist as he whispered in her ear.

"If you want me to drop you and let you fall to your death, by all means keep struggling, but if you'd like to live, I suggest you stop!" Kagome immediately stilled, knowing she couldn't possibly survive the fall.

Instead, Kagome's thoughts focused on the possibilities of why she was captured. Was her captor someone they'd encountered in the past? Was he after the shards? Or was this a random kidnapping, some male looking for a girl to ransom… or maybe he was after something else…

Kagome mentally shook her head and changed her focus to where they were heading. She didn't know where she had been in the first place, but looking at the sun and considering the approximate time of day, they were heading south.

When her captor had landed, they were in front of a large black door with a small barred opening at the top. The door led into the side of a mountain. The door opened as he approached and Kagome struggled with all her might. The man chuckled darkly and threw her into the darkness beyond the door. Still chuckling he slammed the door, leaving her in complete darkness.

Kagome was grateful that the man had forgotten to confiscate her bag before he left. She unzipped the zipper groped around for her flashlight. She had brought back enough batteries, candles, matches, and enough medical supplies to last two months the last time she was home. Not to mention a change of clothes, her history book and a blanket.

If there had been a good time to be kidnapped, a few hours after returning from her time was the best time for it.

She gasped as she was brought out of her thoughts by a growl from the corner of the room. She turned toward the noise and gasped again.

"S-Sesshoumaru?" she whispered. In the corner of that dark, wet, grimy room, the western lord was just waking up. The taiyoukai was injured, and was bleeding. Kagome slowly and cautiously crawled over to the waking lord.

"Sesshoumaru, are you alright?" she asked softly. She stopped crawling once she was about a foot away. She was a bit anxious, being so close to him, especially when he was injured, but it was obvious that he wasn't here by choice and any ally is better than no ally.

Sesshoumaru opened his eyes. 'What is the half-breed's companion doing here?' he thought. The last thing Sesshoumaru remembered was being ambushed.

~FLASHBACK~

Sesshoumaru had just finished off one of Naraku's puppet pests. The damned thing had attacked while Rin had been picking flowers as he watched nearby. It wasn't much of a fight, Naraku's puppets being as weak as their master, but even as the weak creatures they are they could kill Rin in a heartbeat. The child had taken shelter behind a nearby tree during the battle.

Sesshoumaru tensed, someone else had come into the area while he was distracted by the puppet, but it was not Naraku.

"Rin." Sesshoumaru called.

"Unless you want me to kill the human brat, I suggest you come with me like a good dog." The man called.

Sesshoumaru growled. Though he would never admit it, he loved Rin like a daughter and would never let anything harm her. He glared at the man and said nothing.

"Remove your weapons and armor," The man tightened his grip on Rin, his blade pressing closer to her neck.

Sesshoumaru growled as he unfastened his swords and dropped them on the ground, his armor following suit.

"Good, now, a little precaution…"

Sesshoumaru grunted as something black shot through his stomach, tearing a decent hole through his body.

Rin screamed in terror.

"You will come with me, or I will kill the child." The man commanded, ignoring Rin's screams.

"Very well, Jaken!" Sesshoumaru growled at the little toad who had failed to protect Rin.

"Yes my lord?"

"Take care of Rin while I'm gone."

The man chuckled. Jaken looked shocked that his lord would do such for a worthless human.

Rin started crying. The man dropped Rin and black snake like creatures flew at Sesshoumaru and bound him so he couldn't move. They took off into the air.

"Hn, what exactly do you want?" Sesshoumaru asked.

"You'll find out soon enough" the man cackled as they landed in front of a black door with a small barred opening at the top. The "snakes" placed him in the dark room. Not long after the door slammed shut, Sesshoumaru's blood loss took its toll and he drifted off into unconsciousness.

~PRESENT~

Now here he was, with Inuyasha's companion. He somewhat respected the girl. She was the only woman, and the only human, to ever stand up to him. She was a miko, but she didn't hate demons, in fact, she took care of a kitsune pup as if he were her own. You could say that Sesshoumaru was…intrigued by the miko.

"Sesshoumaru," Kagome called again, breaking his train of thought. "are you ok?"

He tried to get up, but the pain was too intense. He growled again.

"Your wounds are too bad to be getting up. Please stay still and wait here, I will get supplies to clean your wounds." That said, she went to her bag to get her medical supplies. Sesshoumaru watched her suspiciously as she grabbed the supplies. He stared at her emotionlessly as she cleaned and dressed his wounds, but did nothing to stop her.

"How did you get here?" he asked.

"I got taken from the clearing I was in by a cloaked man." Kagome said as she put the supplies away.

"What is your name, miko?" he had never bothered to remember her name, after all, it wasn't as if she was someone important. She was simply one of those that followed his half breed brother around.

"Kagome… Higurashi Kagome" As she answered him the creaking of the door and a beam of light notified them that they had a visitor.

"I see you're awake" the cloaked man referred to Sesshoumaru, he turned to Kagome, "Welcome to your new home."

"What do you want from us?" Kagome demanded.

"I have a little theory I'd like to test out, and you happen to be the perfect test subjects."

"Why, what did we ever do to you?" Kagome didn't receive an answer. He turned around, about to walk away, but stopped, seeming to change his mind. He suddenly and swiftly turned and slapped her hard. He had slapped her so hard that her lip split and her cheek was already bruising.

Sesshoumaru growled, Kagome was lying on the ground motionless. 'Why isn't she moving, why doesn't she get up?'

Sesshoumaru caught the scent of blood and understood. The man, who was currently chuckling over Kagome's still form, had hit her hard enough to knock her unconscious, her head was bleeding. Sesshoumaru growled again as he tried to get up. The pain was once again, too intense to get up. The man laughed and took a step towards Kagome.

"Back off" Sesshoumaru growled, his voice deepening.

"And what will you do if I don't? You can't even get up, dog. I'm surprised you even care for the wench."

His words caused Sesshoumaru to go back to his previous thought. Why did he care? Why was he so protective? He hadn't been so protective of a female since…

Sesshoumaru mentally pushed away his thoughts. His attention once again was on the cloaked man, who had noticed that he had temporarily lost the taiyoukai's attention.

The man kneeled down in front of Kagome with a small knife in his hand. Sesshoumaru had managed to move very little, but it was just enough so that he was no longer on his tail.

The man turned Kagome so that she was on her back and placed the knife at the base of her throat. Before he managed to place any pressure on the knife, Sesshoumaru's tail shot out at him and threw him back. His tail quickly wrapped around Kagome and pulled her towards him, holding her carefully. The man, though he had been pushed back, was grinning.

"Very well, have it your way…" He turned away and walked towards the door. He turned back once he reached it and stared at Kagome with a grin. "For now at least," and walked out the door.

Once the man was gone, Sesshoumaru unconsciously relaxed. 'Why did I bother saving her?' he questioned. She saved us. His inner demon answered. Too beautiful, too innocent to be hurt by demon. It continued in it's primitive speech. It might have been due to the pain or loss of blood, but for some reason, Sesshoumaru agreed with his inner demon. He tore off some of his sleeve and tied it around Kagome's head to stop the bleeding.

'It is simply payback for her help earlier' he told himself. He then sat her next to him, tail still wrapped around her, he closed his eyes and waited for the girl to wake up.

A few hours later, Sesshoumaru felt movement in his tail. He opened his eyes and looked down at Kagome. She was finally waking up.

Kagome opened her eyes. She gasped in surprise as her eyes met the golden amber eyes of Sesshoumaru. She was also shocked to find the warm soft fluffiness that surrounded her was the Taiyoukai's tail. Kagome felt a stab of pain on the side of her head and lifted her hand to find a "bandage" on her head.

"Um, thanks for helping me," she blushed.

"I was simply paying back the favor"

Kagome nodded and stood, gently unwrapping herself from his tail. She walked over to her bag. She pulled out some chips, water, and her blanket and walked over to Sesshoumaru once more.

"Are you hungry or thirsty?" She asked. Sesshoumaru didn't answer. Kagome shrugged and sat beside him anyways. She covered them in her blanket and opened one of the water bottles and handed it to him while she opened the bag of chips and her own water. They ate in silence for a while before Sesshoumaru finally spoke.

"What is this?" he asked holding up a chip.

"It's called a chip. Where I come from it's more of a snack food, but we don't really have the resources to cook the actual meals I have in my bag."

Sesshoumaru didn't reply, he simply stared at the chip between his fingers before putting it in his mouth as if nothing happened.

Kagome looked at the opening in the door, it was pitch black outside. She sighed and pulled her part of the blanket tighter around her. "What do you think he wants?"

Once again, Kagome got no answer. She sighed and turned away from him, curling up against the wall they leaned against.

"Good night." She mumbled sarcastically.

Sesshoumaru watched her as she fell asleep. She was such an odd human, any other human woman would be too busy sniveling and crying at their predicament to sleep. Yet here this girl was, already asleep, not a tear shed over being held captive.

He let out a sigh and closed his eyes. She had a point, it was better to get sleep while they can and gather strength.

Kagome and Sesshoumaru were awakened by the sound of the door opening.

Sesshoumaru tensed and growled.

As the man entered Kagome noticed that the sun must have risen hours ago.

"Well good morning! I see you two are getting along nicely." The man grinned.

"What do you want?" Kagome asked.

"How's the head dear?" the man asked, ignoring her question. He stepped closer.

Sesshoumaru's growls grew louder.

"Calm down mutt." The man laughed, "I'm simply here to bring you breakfast." He pulled a bag out from his cloak and threw it at their feet. "Go ahead." He gestured to the bag when they didn't move.

"I think I'll pass." Kagome snapped.

"Very well. You'll eat soon enough, you're going to be here for a long time after all." With that he left.

A few minutes later Kagome stood and walked towards the door.

"What are you doing?" Sesshoumaru asked.

"I want to get a closer look at the door. Maybe we can pick the lock or something."

Sesshoumaru watched her as she walked up to the door.

As Kagome got closer she noticed that the door had some kind of writing on it. There were symbols all over it. She lifted her hand to trace them.

As her hand touched them the symbols glowed red.

"What-AH!" Kagome was thrown backwards. Her body rippled with pain and she let out another cry, gasping for air.

Sesshoumaru tensed sat up straighter, wincing as his wounds were strained. "Miko. What's wrong?"

Kagome didn't answer, she laid on the floor gasping for air.

Sesshoumaru growled and moved to get up again.

"I-I'm alright." Kagome gasped. She slowly sat up and looked at him. "There's some kind of magic on the door… if you get too close it throws you back and basically immobilizes you with pain. I could barely breathe." She slowly stood, wincing, and returned to the corner where he sat. "Guess there's no chance of picking the lock."

It had been two months since Kagome and Sesshoumaru had been placed in the cell together. Kagome had been counting the days using the light the shone through the barred window as a reference.

The cloaked demon hadn't shown up since that morning after they were placed in the dungeon. The only visitors were his black "snakes" that somehow managed to bring water and stale bread.

Kagome had grown used to Sesshoumaru's silence and had made the best of it by talking to him whether or not he answered. She actually did manage to get a few conversations out of the silent Lord. She learned of how Rin came to join his little group and how he had been captured as well as a few other things.

Sesshoumaru seemed to have grown accustomed to her as well. He had allowed her to help with his wound, which was now healed, and when it was a particularly cold night he allowed her to sleep right next to him for body warmth. Of course, she'd never snuggle with him, that may cost her her life.

At the start of their capture Kagome had begun exploring their little dungeon area. There were chains on one wall, there were hooks hanging from the ceiling as well. There was also a small door that Kagome hadn't seen the first two days, it didn't have any of those glowing symbols so she had opened it. The smell of the room had keyed Kagome into what it was. It was a very small room, barely big enough to fit Sesshoumaru, with a hole in the floor.

Kagome sat in the middle of the dungeon stretching.

"Sesshoumaru?"

"Hn?"

"Do you mind if I sing? I'm getting a little stir crazy and singing calms me down."

Sesshoumaru, curious of her voice, nodded, and glanced at the area next to him, signaling that she could sit there if she wished. Kagome smiled, and got up to sit next to him. As soon as she sat down, she started to sing:

"Despite the lies that you're making
Your love is mine for the taking
My love is
Just waiting
To turn your tears to roses

I will be the one that's gonna hold you
I will be the one that you run to
My love is
A burning, consuming fire"

Kagome's voice was beautiful. Sesshoumaru found his eyes closing as he focused on her words.

"No
You'll never be alone
When darkness comes I'll light the night with stars
Hear my whispers in the dark
No
You'll never be alone
When darkness comes you know I'm never far
Hear my whispers in the dark

You feel so lonely and ragged
You lay here broken and naked
My love is
Just waiting
To clothe you in crimson roses

I will be the one that's gonna find you
I will be the one that's gonna guide you
My love is
A burning, consuming fire"

Sesshoumaru opened his eyes again and looked at Kagome. She did seem a lot calmer.

"No
You'll never be alone
When darkness comes I'll light the night with stars
Hear my whispers in the dark
No
You'll never be alone
When darkness comes you know I'm never far
Hear my whispers in the dark"

"Your singing… is very… beautiful."

Another three months passed by and Kagome and Sesshoumaru had gotten closer. Kagome had managed to make a crack in the wall surrounding Sesshoumaru's heart. He talked more, he even started conversations by himself. Kagome would even say they had become friends.

"Sesshou" Kagome called. She had started calling him "Sesshou" about a month ago. He didn't seem to mind, so she continued to do so.

"Yes?"

"Do you think we'll ever get out of here?" She asked, worry was evident in her eyes and tone of voice. They had tried several times to escape, but each time they got close to the door, the strange symbols that were carved into it glowed red and shot them back, leaving them in crippling pain for minutes afterwards.

"Hn, of course we will. When we do I'll take you to the well myself to assure your safe return." Sesshoumaru assured her. He wrapped his tail around her as she leaned against him. She smiled and snuggled into the warmth. He had found out she enjoyed the feel of his tail, she said it was warm and comfy, so he wrapped it around her whenever she got too upset or scared in the dark dungeon that had been their home for the past five months.

"Thank you, Sesshou" Kagome murmured as she snuggled deeper into the warmth of his tail. "What I don't understand is what this guy is doing. He hasn't even been here in five months, is he just planning on keeping us here forever?"

"I doubt that is his only plan."

Kagome nodded. "If… When we get out of here, I'd like to show you my home, in my time. Would you want to visit it?"

Sesshoumaru looked down at her, during their time together, he came to be more and more interested in the girl. He daresay he liked her company, very much. She was very entertaining too. He might have even called her a friend, but he couldn't bring himself to do so. It didn't seem right. Not friend. His inner demon said. Not friend. Mate. Sesshoumaru was shocked. While he had become close to the Miko, he didn't think that his inner demon would try to claim her. Not try. IS mate. His inner demon growled. 'Kagome…mate…' He had to admit, it did sound a lot more pleasing than friend. Not friend. MATE. Sesshoumaru mentally pushed back his inner demon. Even if it did sound better than friend, he could never take Kagome as a mate.

"Sesshou?" Kagome's voice broke him out of his thoughts and he realized he hadn't answered her for about a minute now.

"Only if you come to my palace afterwards," he answered. He leaned down and kissed her.

Kagome squeaked in surprise but immediately responded.

Sesshoumaru didn't know why he kissed her. He knew he couldn't make her his mate. It had been pure instinct… and it was wrong.

Before he could pull away Kagome and Sesshoumaru's kiss was interrupted by the sound of the door opening.

"So sorry if I'm interrupting," the cloaked demon walked into the room, "But I came here so that I could deliver something," He looked at Kagome, "Come here, girl…"

Sesshoumaru snarled and wrapped his arm around Kagome. The cloaked man pulled out a small piece of paper. Kagome moved closer into Sesshoumaru, who in turn tightened his arm around her. Kagome found her self marveling at it. It still amazed her that it had grown back. A Taiyoukai's healing ability must come in very handy.

"I suggest you come here, girl, and take this before you make things worse."

Kagome jumped, suddenly feeling foolish. How could she space out at a time like this?

She cautiously and slowly stood up. Sesshoumaru stood with her, pulling her behind him, but she stopped him and told him to stay. She walked up to the man and went to grab for the paper.

The man was grinning, but her eyes were focused on the paper in his hand. MATE! Sesshoumaru rushed towards them.

"KAGOME!"

Sesshoumaru never got two steps towards them as the man's "snakes" wrapped around him and threw him backwards into the farthest wall from Kagome and the man.

Kagome, alarmed by Sesshoumaru's call, had turned to see what was going on, hand still outstretched towards the paper. The man grabbed her wrist, yanked her towards him, grabbed her around the waist and threw her over his shoulder. Kagome screamed.

"SESSHOUMARU!" she kicked and screamed for him as the man started towards the door. Sesshoumaru's growls almost drowned out her screams. SAVE MATE! SAVE MATE! His eyes bled red as he struggled against the snakes, but whenever he ripped one off of his person, tearing it to pieces, another one replaced it.

The man cackled. "It looks like you're a little busy, dog, so I'll just take her off of your hands for a bit." He laughed again and opened the door. Kagome, still screaming, desperately reached out her hand towards Sesshoumaru.

"SESSHOU!" she had tears in her eyes. Sesshoumaru's efforts doubled.

The man shut the door behind them. Kagome's shouting faded away to distant cries, then nothing. The snakes disappeared and Sesshoumaru bolted towards the door, only to be blasted backwards. He couldn't move, the crippling pain made sure of that.

… Mate… his inner demon whimpered.

For the first time in 200 years… a tear escaped down Sesshoumaru's cheek.

*Three Days Later*

Sesshoumaru was once again lying on the floor, immobilized by the crippling pain of the glowing symbols. Any chance he got, he had tried to get through the door.

Mate… his inner demon had been whimpering ever since the man took her.

'Kagome, are you still alive? What's happening to you? Are you hurt? Are you safe?' the questions continued to flow through his head as he once again fell into a nightmare filled sleep.

He was awakened by the sound of the door opening, but he kept his eyes closed.

The man threw something into the room and it landed with a thud. Whatever it was, it wasn't moving. The man slammed the door and walked away.

Sesshoumaru opened his eyes, and looked towards the area he heard the thud.

His nose caught the scent of blood.

Kagome's blood.

It made his demon blood boil, his eyes bleed red, and his icy heart break.

On the ground was Kagome, bloody and badly wounded. She looked as if she hadn't been fed since she was taken and had been tortured. Deep wounds covered her body and she was still bleeding. Sesshoumaru growled.

He grabbed her first aid kit, she had taught him how to use the things inside it while healing his wound. He gently cleaned and dressed her wounds, wincing whenever she cried out in her "sleep".

…mate… hurt…

When he was done he wrapped his arms and tail around her frail body and sat in a corner, Kagome in his lap, with his face buried in her hair.

They had been like that for a day, Kagome, not moving, and Sesshoumaru, holding onto her, letting out growls every once in a while, his inner demon doing the same. The next day Sesshoumaru stopped growling, and just held her tightly.

After the third day, Kagome started to wake up.

When she opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was a big, fluffy tail.

"Sesshou!" She cried, she grabbed his tail cried into it.

Sesshoumaru awoke to the feeling of someone grabbing onto his tail and felt something wet.

'Kagome!'

Mate Awake!

Sesshoumaru lifted his face out of her hair to see that she was crying into his tail.

"Kagome, I'm sorry." said girl lifted her head and smiled. She wrapped her arms around his neck and held him close. They stayed like that for a while. Kagome was still crying and Sesshoumaru whispered comforting words and apologies into her ear.

*hours later*

"Kagome, are you alright?" Sesshoumaru asked. Kagome looked up at him and nodded.

"Now I am." She smiled. Sesshoumaru nodded.

Kagome snuggled into his chest and sighed. Sesshoumaru tensed, but forced himself to relax before Kagome noticed. She needed support right now, not his rejection.

It wasn't that he didn't feel for the human girl, but he would not allow himself to mate her. It would be dishonorable to let her think he would, but he feared that if he rejected her now, that she wouldn't be able to take it after the torture she'd just been through.

He would hold her for now, but he wouldn't let it go any further.

The two were too distracted to notice the snakes slowly creeping up to them. One of them swiftly wrapped around Sesshoumaru and held him to the wall while the other wrapped its tail around Kagome's leg and pulled her to the other side of the room and against the opposite wall. Kagome cried out and tried to free herself from the snake. Sesshoumaru growled and tried to tear his apart.

Kagome's cries became frantic and scared. Sesshoumaru was pissed and worried. Kagome wasn't calming down, she was becoming hysterical.

Once again, they heard the door creak open. Kagome's kicking and screaming doubled.

"Ah, I'm surprised the girls alive, let alone awake. I was planning on feeding her corpse to my pets today…" He only got angry growls and screaming as a reply.

"Lord Sesshoumaru, I have a proposition for you…"

~AN~

So really all I did for this chapter rewrite is fix a few errors, add a few things, and tweak a few of the original parts.

I'd say about 90% of the chapter is the original chapter.

I hope you liked the few changes I made though!

I'll have the next chapter rewritten by Feb 7th!