Chapter 6

Ryo found himself in a small dark room when he came to and whimpered in pain from his back. The wound had opened back up and blood stained the back of his hospital gown. He sat up slowly and walked towards the door that only held little light underneath it. He got to it and grabbed the door knob, trying to twist it open. It rattled and didn't budge and this caused panic. His heart sped and he slammed his fists into the door until a shadow appeared beyond it. Ryo yelled and screamed but all he could hear was foot steps and chuckling.

"LET ME OUT GENSHI!" Ryo shouted and the foot steps stopped.

The door opened and Genshi appeared in front of him. Ryo was knocked to the floor, left looking up at Genshi's cold look. His eyes were blank and he looked like in a trance of some sort and his lips formed into a grin.

"You expect to get off that easily?" he asked angrily. "You think that Shinos where going to be forgotten?! You're father made us look like pitiful loyal dogs and didn't once thank or return us the favor when we were in trouble!" he kneeled down and grabbed Ryo's neck firmly and pulled him up close to his face. "Your father abandoned us...and he abandoned you. Now deal with his consequences" he brought Ryo to standing point by the neck and threw him across the room. "The boss wants you to suffer and by doing so...we're going to take out that pretty girlfriend of yours" he smirked devilishly and Ryo's eyes widened and he trembled.

"Leave her out of this!" Ryo stood up and fixed his posture and stood his ground.

"Hm...I'll try not to make too much of a mess when I kill her" he laughed.

"DON'T YOU TOUCH HER!" Ryo charged Genshi but he was stopped to a punch to the stomach.

Ryo spit out blood and gasped for air. Genshi kept his fist pushing into Ryo's stomach. Ryo gasped some more and his legs got weak and his knees hit the ground and tears of pain began to pour out of his eyes. Genshi pulled away and kicked his prisoner in the face, sending him backwards and him colliding to the ground again.

"Don't bother getting up" he implied and closed the door, locking Ryo back up from the light.

"Ka...go...me" Ryo said before he fainted.

"Boss? Want me to go kill Shino's girlfriend?" Genshi arrived on the top floor of where they were, in the office of the one who was "calling the shots".

"The Shino kid is not of my concern like I've said. You acted on your own" the man in the long black chair behind the desk replied.

"What?" Genshi stopped kneeling and walked right up to the desk, slapping his hands on the desk.

"It doesn't amuse me" he said.

"But the shootings, kidnapping? Was for nothing?! That's how far you're going? What about what Tou Shino did to you?" Genshi asked.

"I never sent for you to do those things. The man is dead. No need for revenge" he turned to Genshi and looked out to the window.

"Tou was in debt and you gave him most of our money to him. But when this company was in turmoil and you asked for his help, he turned away and stole your wife. I'm doing this for you master" Genshi reminded him of his loss.

"And he got himself killed in that accident with her. Despicable people they were. Stop trying to help me when clearly you aren't" the old man dismissed Genshi.

Genshi grinded his teeth, walked out of the office, and his anger dispersed. He got out his cell phone and dialed the man who ACTUALLY sent him on the assaults and kidnapping.

"Hey, Mr. Shino, I got Ryo like you wanted. The old man doesn't suspect a thing" Genshi smirked.

"Good"

"What do you want me to do next?" Genshi got to elevator.

"Bring him to me"

"Will do" he hung up and closed the elevator doors.

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"Inuyasha?" Kagome looked up as she sat on the porch swing.

"Kagome there's something I have to tell you" He looked away, ashamed.

"What is it?" Kagome scooted to one side and Inuyasha sat next to her, taking her hands into his.

"This is where you've been going?!" Inuyasha's fiancé, Seri, appeared.

"Seri what the hell are you doing here?" Inuyasha shot up and Kagome stood up next to Inuyasha.

"This the pitiful ex?" Seri walked up the short steps to the porch and lingered onto Inuyasha's arm. "Hey, I'm Seri, Inuyasha's fiancé" the words echoed into Kagome's ears.

"F-fiancé?" Kagome looked up to the ashamed Inuyasha.

"I'm sorry" he hid his eyes behind his bangs.

"Is this what you wanted to tell me?" Kagome trembled.

"I was so angry when I saw you with that Ryo guy at that parade three months ago" Inuyasha confessed. "So I accepted my parents arranged marriage"

"You got jealous of my boss? And just decide to get back at me by accepting to marry someone?!" Kagome shouted. "I thought I knew you better than that" Kagome left them on the porch, returning inside the house.

"Get the fuck out of my sight!" Inuyasha screamed at Seri but she just kept her grip.

"Inuyasha stop being so stubborn. Wake up for once! The woman doesn't want you anymore. Plus she's the reason you where there" Seri bit his ear.

"I hate it when you do that" Inuyasha became calm and they both left.

Kagome watched them leave through her old bedroom window and cried silently to herself.

"Stupid Inuyasha" she sobbed. "I'm being such an idiot. I shouldn't care if he's got a fiancé. I'm with Ryo now" she realized her mistake.

"Kagome?" Mrs. Higurashi entered.

"Oh mom I don't know what I'm doing anymore" Kagome ran into her mother's arms like she did when she was a teen.

"Tell me what's wrong" Mrs. Higurashi stroked her daughter's hair.

"I'm with Ryo. I'm suppose to be in love with Ryo! But Inuyasha's back and all my love for him is flowing back so rapidly. I don't know what to do" Kagome felt so selfish and pulled away from her mother's hold.

"Who appears in your heart the most right now" she put a hand on Kagome's shoulder and a tear rolled down her face, hitting her chest.

"Inuyasha..." Kagome replied.

"Do you truly want to be with him?" she smiled.

"Yes" Kagome wiped the tears away.

"Then isn't it best if you go with your heart than the situation?" she smiled more and Kagome smiled back.

"Thanks mom" but the smile didn't last long. "But it's terrible to break up with Ryo when he's missing and when he is found, it's going to be harder on him. And Inuyasha has a fiancé" she frowned.

"Now what did I say? Go with your heart. Ryo will understand and what are you whining about some stupid fiancé? Fight for him back!" Mrs. Higurashi kissed her daughter on the forehead and left.

"You truly are the best" Kagome smiled more and finished up drying her unneeded tears.

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Inuyasha and Seri walked down the long sidewalk through out town in silence. Conversation was out of the question and distance between them thickened. Seri put on a sour face and stopped walking. Inuyasha stopped as well, huffing and puffing, sighing his way to look back at her. Her eyes were glossy and she looked directly at Inuyasha's eyes. His gaze wondered away and this made Seri leap at him and to steal a kiss from him. He placed his hands on her shoulders and pushed her away roughly. She stared down at the sidewalk hard and laughed. Confused by this, Inuyasha backed up a little and his eye brows bowed above his eyes.

"Why are you laughing you psycho?" Inuyasha questioned in wonderment.

"You're so pathetic" she answered swiftly.

"I'm pathetic? How so?" he crossed his arms and leaned against the sandstone wall that followed them for quite a while.

"You make yourself suffer. You're so damn depressed from moving, get yourself put in a shocking place, come back to be heartbroken, agree to an arranged marriage, and start to mingle and do the tango with the same damn person!" she shouted and all he could do was sigh heavily.

"Look, I'm sorry for hurting you. I made a mistake" he bit his thumb and his eyes widened at the horrible face Seri made.

"Mistake? I'm a mistake? That's all I am to you?" with that, Seri ran ahead and disappeared beyond the end of the sidewalk.

to be continued...