Bittersweet Freedom
By : Anime Angeline
I am so sorry for not updating in a long time as I should have been, but you know school and work, and then I lost my chapters that were already done for this story so I had to start all over.
Disclaimer ::: Sadly Enough I do not own Inuyasha, it rightfully belongs to Rumiko Takahashi, but we must thank her for giving us some eye candy eh? -winking-
THIS CHAPTER IS DEDICATED TO KAGS21, WHO I THANK FOR SUPPORTING ME. But also my other readers who have hanged out with me since the beginning. HERE IT IS FOR YOU GUYS!!!!!!!
OKAY now on with the real story. I promise to make the chapter long enough to make up for the lost time.
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Chapter 6 :: Papers and meetings
- -------- Thursday April 5. 11:30 AM - -------
"Naraku, are you sure that we will be able to get away with this, I mean, if they find out, they will-" Bankotsu was cut off by Naraku, who had stood up from his comfy looking office chair.
"Come now Bankotsu, we can get this done leaving behind nothing but memories and mystery. Besides this will be done with a lot of ease since you are using that wench's sister. How pathetic are both the twin sisters." He said smirking, and Bankotsu only nodded. Then Naraku continued. " Of course then we will have the help of the others to complete these order, they shall help you."
Nodding once again, Bankotsu sat down and opened the manila folder that he had in hand. "Now I have the information that you had wanted concerning Kagome Higurashi. As you have said she is taking classes on Mondays and Thursdays, she usually hangs out with a guy name Miroku Shi and his girlfriend Sango Hira and her sister of course. Also, she works in Shikon Hospital, with kids, but it seems that she took off the day today. " Bankotsu read to Naraku all of the information that he had been able to gather on the wife of Mr. Higurashi.
"Good, and since today she has to go to school everything will go according to plan as we have discussed it before, all you need to do is go near her and wait till she comes out of school." Naraku said to Bankotsu, smirking evilly. "Now go and do this errand before you go do what you were told to do." With that Naraku dismissed Bankotsu. Leaving him alone in his office.
"You will regret ever defying me Kagome, I swear it, because if you are not mine, then no one else shall have you." Naraku said darkly.
---- 1:23 PM ----
"You know Kagome, if you do not hurry than you will miss the bus to school and then you will have to catch the late bus. And then you will ,miss you midterm exam and you know that your professor does not allow make up tests." said Kikyo who has just arrived from the grocery store. She too was getting ready, except that she had to go to her job as the secretary of Mr. Onigumo.
"Ooohh! Shoot!" was all Kagome did before going to her room to take a quick shower. After a quick twenty minute shower, Kagome ran out of her bathroom into the closet, searching frantically for presentable clothing. Finally, she settled for a baby blue summer dress, with Sakura blossoms at the hem of the dress, she began braiding her hair, effectively using the blue ribbon she had and intertwining it with her hair, finally she finished the braid and tied her hair down. She now frantically searched for her white sandals, successfully finding them she saw herself in the mirror, and finally she applied some mascara and lip gloss. With that she practically ran down the stairs, where she saw that her books and folder were already in her book bag thanks to Kikyo who has already left to work. Kagome grabbed her keys and out she went locking the door, and almost running to the bus stop, and truth be told she only had about fifteen minutes to get there, well technically it took her around twenty – five minutes to get to the bus stop, and only if she was walking, but with her being in the track team in her high school years, when she was running late she could cut the timing in half.
--- 1:58 PM -----
So there she was just about 100 ft. away from the bus stop when she saw the bus waiting for the light to change, and it was about to in just a few seconds. Now Kagome began sprinting to the bus stop, but lucky for her there were a lot of people coming out of the bus. Calming down, Kagome reached the bus, she paid her bus fare and sat down. Letting out the breathe that she did not she was holding, Kagome began to relax, besides the bus took about an hour and minutes to get there. The bus comes bu two in the afternoon, and she usually has fifteen minutes left before class starts, meaning she will make it, well that is if there are no incidents on her way to the university.
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Ring. Ring. Ring.
A cell phone rang, disturbing the silence in the quieted area, which was close to where Kagome's house was located.
"Hello." paused. ."yes I am here and ..." " well if you want me too, besides both of them are gone, and I could get in..." "so just those, and nothing else?..." "yes sir." . Finally said person hung up and out of the car he went. There stood Bankotsu, wearing black cargo pants and a white t-shirt, sunglasses over his beautiful eyes, which were set at the entrance of Kagome's home. Walking purposely, he began to walk around the building, after carefully checking if there was anybody that might see him, when he didn't, he went through the back door and up the stairs to the girls room.
After looking through two rooms, Bankotsu founded Kagome's , which was decorated in light blue curtains, and a celestial looking comforter. Then she had her desk, which contained a small boom box and a laptop, and next to it, were three shelves full of books, and on the top of the desk, there were the letters, the ones that his boss wanted to retrieve, apparently he saw that sending them to the woman was a big mistake, for if they wanted this to work than there were to be nothing pointing towards Naraku. Finally retrieving them, Bankotsu carefully without taking anything out of place, he walked out carefully in case some one might just come in the house. Soon though he was out of the house and on his way to Naraku's.
2:26 PM
"Ah Bankotsu, I see that you have succeeded in retrieving my mindless letters." Naraku said with a chuckle, taking the letters from Bankotsu, he place them in the chimney and began burning them as to leave no evidence.
"Now, go and follow that bitch, and then bring her to me." Naraku said gritting his teeth. Bankotsu was once again out of sight.
3:43 PM
So Bankotsu kept watch over Kagome, just waiting to take action.
4:53 PM
Sesshomaru sat on his building office, when he felt this weird sensation run through his body, but not the pleasant one that he had felt when he shook hands with Kagome, but a weird one, this one that it even brought Sesshomaru's heart to speed up and he felt the feeling of dread. This dreading feeling of something bad that will happen, yet as he tried to dismiss it, that feeling came back full force. Growling in frustration, he picked up his cell phone and called home just to check on Rin to make sure that she was okay. When he received a positive answer, he felt it again, so he called Inuyasha, who answered quite businesslike, and when Sesshomaru asked if there were any problems with any cases, Inuyasha said no and that everything was fine with them, and he also said that the papers of the divorce were ready for them to be signed, and that he will send Kouga to give them to him, on the background, Sesshomaru could hear Kouga's whining.
Furrowing his eyebrows, his golden eyes narrowed and then his eyes widened, and his heart began pounding like crazy, and now he knew what this feeling was.
This feeling it was of Kagome being in trouble. Why he could feel her be in danger was beyond him, but he could feel it. So as fast as he could he grabbed his car keys, walked briskly towards the stairs barely letting Kagura hear that he was going out and would return shortly. Down the stairs he went to Inuyasha's floor, and he was about to turn when he bump into non other than Kouga.
"watch where yo-" Kouga was cut off by Sesshomaru who was now dragging him towards Inuyasha's office, and when he reached the office, he saw Inuyasha, just about to stand.
"Lets go!" was all that Sesshomaru said once he had a hold of Inuyasha's arm in the other hand, and the other one was Kouga, who now looked up to Sesshomaru, who had a very serious expression on his face.
"Wha-What?" was all Inuyasha's managed to say, before he was dragged out the door along with Kouga to the parking lot, and they were both shoved in the car, and then Sesshomaru got into the driver's seat, began the car and off they went. Kouga and Inuyasha hurried into buckling their seatbelts, how did Sesshomaru buckled his, they had no idea, but hey they were going to worry if they had it.
5:15 PM – Sesshomaru, Kouga, and Inuyasha -
Finally Inuyasha began to speak. " So what the hell is this all about Sesshomaru?" concerned of having something bad happening to either of them. Kouga for his part just sat in the back seat, just waiting to be explained everything, beside what else could he do, with a Sesshomaru driving as if he was going to lose the love of his life or something if he did not reach her in time. 'phhhht, yeah right like that will ever happen ' Kouga thought to himself.
Sesshomaru though irritated di not know if he could say of the feeling he had concerning their health, though he hesitantly began. "I was working on some paper work when I felt this sort of tug." he said slowly, and then he continued once again. "That is why I had called home to see of Rin's health but when I was told that everything fine, I called...you." he said the you so barely above a whisper, not liking to express his concern for his younger brother. Yet even if they had a quarrel almost everyday, Sesshomaru still had to look after Inuyasha, since he was the eldest of the three. Besides he had made a promise to both his parents to always watch over them, even if they were grown up. It was his duty and all about his family honor.
When Inuyasha heard this he gasp, but not that noticeable. He was about to say something, but then Sesshomaru began speaking once again. "So then when I knew both of you were fine, I remembered. I remembered the letters that she has received from him." he said not all to clearly as to who he was talking about.
"Letters? What letters? And Who are you talking about?" asked Kouga.
"The letters that Kagome received from Naraku" said a now irritated Sesshomaru, why because he only had about fifteen minutes before he reached the school. So he began accelerating the speed limit.
"Kagome?" said both the detectives surprise. Surprise because Sesshomaru was showing he cared for someone other than family or himself. And this was not to go unnoticed by either of them. 'so Sesshomaru already cares for her, hmm, this will make this so much more easier.' Both of them thought at the same time, then Inuyasha and Koga caught each other's eyes, smirked and nodded.
"yes Kagome, she told me that she began receiving the letters right after she had her first meeting with me. They seem to be threatening letters to my safety, and hers as well. But not only that, they seem to be keeping a close watch on her." said now an irritated Sesshomaru. Now he was only ten minutes away from her.
/////// Kagome's POV /////// 5:32 PM -end of class-
You what I have been thinking, that I have forgotten something important. You know like the feeling of you missing something that has needed to be done or something. Well either that or something was off. Looking at my surroundings I saw Shippo walking towards me, with Kilala in his arms. Sigh. They really make a cute couple. I wish that I had someone that really cared about me and what I want to do with my life. And I thought I had found it with Naraku, but then again I can truly say that LOVE does make people act stupid, make dumb choices and miserable. Okay, okay, so love isn't so evil, it does give you the euphoria feeling, like you are invincible, that you can do anything, and it makes everything seem like you are in pure bliss, but in the end it ends up breaking your heart, well for some, like me.
"Hey Kagome!!" a boisterous and excited Shippo greeted me and a calm and collected Kilala as well. Really they did a cute couple, because with Shippo always being the sun, burning with energy, Kilala, was like the moon, giving the sun a calming aura. Fire and ice.
"Hey Shippo, Kilala. So how do you think that you did on your mid-term." I asked, really wanting know. I really wish that I passed it, even though I only had time to study a bit, I did understood it.
"Man, it was a good thing that Kilala here helped me study, or else i would have failed it for sure." he said. I just smiled at his exaggeration.
"Good thing, I also had time to study, I am almost sure that we all passed it." I said hoping.
"So how about we go and get some ice cream before your other classes begin then." I asked them, me of course relishing the idea of some sweet vanilla ice cream, with sprinkles. So they both agreed into going with me. Hey even Shippo said that he would pay for ours.
////// End of Kagome's P.O.V. //////
5: 42 PM -ice cream store-
After so much debating on what to get, since Kagome had decided not to get just vanilla, she settled for some triple scoop of strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate, with sprinkles on top. When they finished their orders though it was time foe Shippo's and Kilala's next class to start, well they only had eight minutes to do so. So they told Kagome that they will se her next week, and left towards the 100ft away campus, the good thing was that their class was just to the entrance left.
Now Kagome headed to the bus stop, which was only a few feet away. She has now noticed that it was almost time for the bus to come by so she walked briskly to the stop.
Once she was there, she took a deep breath and sat down. She only had to wait five more minutes and then she was on her way home. She was finishing her snow cone, when she heard her name being called. Turning around slowly, her eyes widened and her mouth hung open.
AnAn :: should I stop there?
Sesshomaru :: -readying Tokijin- You are to continue this story, for you have taken to long to update.
AnAn :: - laughing nervously- but... but, -shighing- I shall not leave you guys with a cliffhanger. Lets continue.
"Souta?" She asked barely above a whisper, and then she grabbed her book bag and ran to his open arms.
"Oh my gosh, what are you doing here, I thought that you were with mom and dad in America." Kagome said confused at seeing her younger brother, well her now twenty year old brother, but still the youngest.
"What? You men that I cannot come and visit my sisters?" He said feigning hurt, which Kagome did not buy for a second, but she did gave him one fierce hug.
"Of course you can, I was just a little surprise that you are here that is all." she said still hugging him, it was amazing that even though they were not the twins, they felt a lot closer that Kagome and Kikyo, but the girls still got along great.
Hugging, that's how Sesshomaru saw them. Hugging each other with a warmth that he wished he had. This made his heart clench and stop for a moment when he first saw them like that. Not only that but it made his blood boil, his instinct telling him to separate them. He was unconsciously letting out sounds like growls, gaining the attention of both Inuyasha and Kouga. Inuyasha has seen the moment and was now thinking that his and Kouga's plan on setting Kagome and Sesshomaru up seemed to be failing, and they haven't even started.
Inuyasha also noticed that Sesshomaru's hands were now clenched into tight fists making his hands seem more paler than they usually were. He seemed to wanting to kill something and he would have had he not been human.
So Inuyasha decided to act, and the only thing that came to mine was walk toward Kagome and the guy.
"Hey Kagome" he said with a carefree manner, as if everything was normal.
Kagome, turn her head towards him and she saw Sesshomaru and Kouga, and Inuyasha who was now standing in front of them. Then she broke into a smile.
"Oh hey Inuyasha- jerk-" Kagome said as if that was his real name, causing Inuyasha to scowl and glare at her. Souta just stared at Sesshomaru who was throwing daggers at him with his 'go to hell' glare.
" Hey Sesshomaru, come on over here, you too Kouga!!" said a now sniffing Inuyasha, not liking the title that Kagome had given her.
Kouga for his part was almost there, but he saw that Sesshomaru was not moving so he grabbed his sleeve, and praying to God that Sesshomaru did not killed him, for dragging him. Sesshomaru though did not make any comment, since he was still glaring at Souta. Then the five of them stood there outside the campus.
"Hello, Kouga, and Sesshomaru too." Kagome said a bit confused at having the three of them there. Kouga did greeted her, but Sesshomaru just stared at her and then turn his gaze somewhere else, causing Kagome to furrow her eyebrows, confused at his attitude towards her. Maybe he did not want to be in charge of her case any more like the others. This made her heart clench and her breathing to speed up. Souta concerned for his sister's health, he took her hand and led her to his blue Buick. He also told them to follow them to the house if they wanted to speak with Kagome. Inuyasha and Kouga both agreed, finally having the opportunity of meeting the other sister.
So Inuyasha grabbed Sesshomaru's keys to his Black Altima 2.5S automobile, and went towards the car, a still glaring Sesshomaru behind him, glaring now at Inuyasha for putting his hands near his car keys. Laughing nervously, Inuyasha gave him back his keys, but he said that he needed to give Kagome the divorce papers, which luckily Kouga had found in the back car of Sesshomaru. Letting out a frustrated sigh, Sesshomaru followed Souta's car, not that he needed to, since he already knew where Kagome lived.
20 minutes later
All five sat arrived there not to far from each other. Souta led in all of them, and Kagome towards her room, causing Sesshomaru to glare ice daggers, even making Inuyasha shiver.
Kikyo heard all the commotion outside the kitchen since she was getting ready for dinner so she went and have a look at who was outside in her house. There, standing at the doorway was Sesshomaru, that she knew, but also two more guys, the silvery haired one looked so much like Sesshomaru, but more childish and care free. Then next to him stood the opposite of him, tall dark and handsome, well he was hot too.
"Oh well good evening, Mr. Kezuki, and um.." she said leading the introduction to the guys to say their names. She saw though that Sesshomaru was looking up the stairs,and then she too was looking up at her younger brother coming out of Kagome's room.
"Souta?!" she asked incredulous. He only smiled down at her, but when he saw Sesshomaru still glaring at him, he stared back at him. Souta went down the stairs and gave his sister the same warm embrace that he had given to Kagome, confusing the three guests.
"Oh my gosh, what are you doing here?!" asked Kikyo.
"Geeze, you and Kagome have more in common than you know, that is what she first asked me when she saw me." Souta teased.
"Well, to answer your question, I am here as an intern, for the Kezuki Inc. I got accepted as one, and I heard that it was rare to allow rookies into that office building. I am going to live here for about two years and then begin my career as a lawyer." After his explanation, both Kouga's and Inuyasha's eyes widened. Why hadn't Sesshomaru told them anything about that. Sesshomaru, now look like he was hit by a truck.
"Besides, I thought that this would be the best opportunity to visit my twin older sisters. It has been almost three years since the last time we saw you guys." Souta now said. Making Sesshomaru's anger dissipate, for this guy in front of him was only their brother and not Kagome's lover. It felt as if a huge weigh has been lifted from his shoulder.
"Oh yeah, Kagome told me to send a Sesshomaru up to her room or something, she said something about the case." Souta now said remembering Kagome's request. He stared at Sesshomaru pointedly waiting for him to move, which he did not because well he did not know which one was Kagome's room.
Kikyo now noticing that, began walking up the stairs, led Sesshomaru to Kagome's room. Knocking Kikyo said that Sesshomaru was here waiting for her to open the door, Kagome told her to send him in. Sesshomaru furrowed his eyebrows at being told what to do, but he still could not do anything.
Kikyo opened the door and let Sesshomaru go inside. There sitting on her bed, Kagome had her head bowed, she had prepared by putting her computer chair in front of her for Sesshomaru to sit down, which he did. Then Kikyo left them to talk in private.
She went down the stairs, and then she mentally slapped her forehead, she forgot to be introduced to the other two guest. Sighing she went down the stairs to find Souta talking about his life and his sisters. Apparently he has taken a liking to Inuyasha and Kouga, surely not the same attitude that he had for Sesshomaru though. ' How odd' she thought to herself, since Souta is usually friendly with anyone.
With Naraku
Ring. Ring. "Naraku Higurashi speaking...paused... what do you mean she got away...so she was with them, very interesting. Look Bankotsu, get over here this instant you incompetent, we will find another way. Get HERE NOW!!!" with that Naraku hung up and threw his glass at the wall once again.
Now everything that he had planned to was falling apart, and with dimwitted men like Bankotsu, then they were bound to be even more difficult. Now he had to plan something new. A better way to find her.
---- Kagome's Room ----
Both had spent ten minutes in her room, and now that Sesshomaru had Kagome's signature on it it will only need Naraku's signature. Then and only then can Kagome have her freedom.
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Okay you guys, here it is. FINALLY!!. I am so happy that I could update the next chapter to Bittersweet Freedom. I hope that you guys like it. Please read and review and tell me what you guys think.
I will see you guys soon. +.+ I am sorry if there are any errors in my writing. I am looking for someone to be my beta, so yeah. .
