Ch.2
-xxXX^*with Reid and Sesshomaru*^XXxx-
"alright, what do you wish to know?"
"first off; who, exactly, is Naraku?"
"he's a very evil half demon. when he was human, he was gravely ill, and allowed lesser demons to feast on his body in return for their demonic power" Sesshomaru explained, his hands on the desk, both curled into tight fists, it was very clear that he LOATHED this, "Naraku" demon. he let out a quick sigh, "as I am sure your next question will be along the lines of, why would Naraku want my mate?"
"yes, actually. that was exactly what I was going to ask."
"Naraku is a truly vile demon, to put him into perspective for you, imagine every criminal you have ever had a case on, Naraku is more vile, sadistic, and cruel than all of them combined. I am sure he is not entirely sane. but his evil knows no bounds." the daiyoukai let out another soft sigh, then picked up a framed picture of Kagome, "my mate..." he started with a sad smile, "she is undoubtedly the most kind, generous, forgiving, and loving of anyone I have ever met. it is easy to wish to become friends with her, I know I did. I made such a fool of myself trying to impress her long before we were even a couple" he let out a soft half-chuckle, "she has untold power within her. she has the purest heart. I believe Naraku wants to use her to either draw me out so he can attempt to weaken me, possibly even attempt to kill me, or he wants her powers for some scheme to absorb my own power along with hers, if he could manage that, the world would not have a chance to survive."
"say we find him, and we have to try to negotiate with him, what could we say?"
"hn, you would have to, at the very least, pretend to betray one of your team members, attack them, wound them greatly, possibly kill them. Naraku is evil, and will only trust those he has control over."
"I know some demons are immune to certain things. is there any certain way he could be killed if it comes down to that?"
"Naraku hid his heart outside of his body, even if every square inch of him is turned into diced meat, he will not perish, you must find his heart."
"do you know where it is?"
"I have been leading a private investigation for it for quite some time. I believe it is somewhere here in Tokyo. he must have somehow found a way to hide the demonic aura of his heart, along with its scent." Sesshomaru leaned forward slightly, "tell me, Reid, do you believe your team is capable of this task? you are, afterall, all human, not one of you has an ounce of demon blood"
"well, this is the first...non-human case we have ever gotten. but we are very good at what we do"
"hn, I believe it would be wise if I were to "officially" join this case. I AM full blooded inudaiyoukai, afterall."
"I'll ask the team what they think, though I'm sure they'd accept the offer."
"are they any other questions?"
"actually, I just remembered, I have something to show you..." he trailed off, reaching into his back, and pulled out his phone, he pressed some buttons before continuing, "I got this text from Kagome a few days ago, it doesn't look like any kind of Japanese I'd recognize"
"it's very very old, ancient, even to myself." Sesshomaru replied, seemingly glaring at the screen
"I was wondering if you could translate that, I have a feeling whatever it says could be important, but I don't know if it was before or after Naraku took her"
"this was sent after. it's just like her, managing to hide her phone with her. she's able to use it without even myself knowing." he tilted his head slightly, then looked surprised, "it would seem to read.. "where the two birds speak, the sun will sit upon them at its peak." hn, I believe it is a location." he smirked for a moment, "to think she said learning to read and write in this ancient text was pointless. if she sends another, I wish to be the first to hear of it."
"of course"
"here is my number should you require to contact me"
"thank you." Reid bowed, and left the room
-xxXX^*with Kagome*^XXxx-
'I hope Reid can get that to Sesshomaru, I'm glad I found that, I guess I was wrong about those ancient Japanese lessons.' Kagome thought, stashing her phone in one of her bra compartments. and smirked, not even Sessh could tell it was there.
"what's so funny?" sneered Naraku, "is your beast making jokes?"
"yes, actually. she said you could have at least given me a book to read in here"
"I thought about that, but I decided not to because I know you could find some way to your advantage."
"Sesshomaru WILL find me. why did you even kidnap me at all? you know you can't have me, I'm not only Sesshomaru's soul mate, but he's made sure that no matter what happens, no one can get between us. not even death can."
"my dear, Kagome. I am no idiot, I would never kill you. I'd much prefer to use you to make that pompous dog suffer for what he did to me"
"Sesshomaru didn't DO anything to you!" Kagome snarled, baring her fangs at him
"oh, but he did!" Naraku said in a taunting voice, "he never loved you, by the way. he only mated you so I couldn't have you, nothing more."
Kagome gasped, "you're wrong! Sesshomaru loves me with all of his heart!"
"why have you not had a pup yet, hmm?"
"that's my doing, I don't want you to be able to hurt my family."
"hn, are you sure I even WANT pups with you?" a familiar voice scoffed
"...S-Sesshomaru?!"
"hnhnhn" he chuckled darkly, stepping out of the shadows, "I'm impressed you could even recognize me."
"wh-why are you acting like this? you said you love me!"
"love, hah. you're just a weak human at heart."
"I'm not human anymore, you should know that better than anyone!"
"you're no real youkai! you're not even a fucking hanyou!"
"no, I-.." what was going on? why was her mate being so cruel? "where's-" 'wait! I probably shouldn't let Naraku know the FBI are going to bring Naraku down'
"where's what?" Naraku asked, teasing her
"where's the mating mark?" Kagome asked, she had to know if the demon standing before her really was her mate. he smelled and sounded like her mate. but she couldn't believe it. 'there's no way this could be my Sesshomaru.'
"your mating mark?" he asked incredulously
"yes, if you're truly Sesshomaru, you should have it"
he seemed to hesitate. "I removed it"
she laughed for a moment, "you can't. you said so yourself, it's impossible to remove a mating mark. even if you tear off the flesh it sits on. you remember that, don't you?" she sneered. then glared at Naraku, "you truly are low, Naraku. trying to trick me by having a dark miko to impersonate Sesshomaru. next time, at least try to give it a little forethought." Kagome growled
"I'll keep that in mind, my lady" Naraku bowed, mocking her title. true, she wasn't a lady in this day in age, but back when she was newly mated to Sesshomaru in the feudal era, she was, very much, the lady of the west.
"hmph" Kagome simply scoffed, and turned to look at the lone window of her confinement. 'at least I have a decent view.'