Poison
By ShadowYoukai87
Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha, just some manga. I do own all original characters and the plot is all mine. Please, don't take it or I will track you downa and kill you. Just kidding! Or am I? ponder ponder…
Chapter 9
Kouga blinked as he walked out of the cell, a half defiant, half submissive look in his eye.
"We let her go, now."
Kouga looked at him with shock. "We can't! She just called her brother. He'll be here in two hours for her!"
InuYasha swore, punching his fist against the door to her cell. Inside, he heard her give a small shriek of surprise and he grimaced. This had been the exact thing he had been trying to keep her from, but how could he have known her brother was involved in the Kazaana? The very group that was trying to kill him? How did he know she wasn't involved too? He frowned. It would have been the perfect bait and, judging from who Sango was engaged to, it might be a ploy, but Kagome, she was just too sweet, too innocent, too naïve.
"I'll do the exchange."
"This guy wants to kill you. Are you sure..?"
He nodded. "Yeah. Oh, and Kouga?"
The wolf swallowed. "Yeah, InuYasha?"
"Don't think for one minute I'm letting you get away with disobeying me. Go on, take look out. I'll be with her."
The wolf hesitated a moment before nodding, moving sluggishly, as if he expected someone to do something right then and there. He waited until Kouga was gone before he opened the door to Kagome's cell again, the girl's clear blue eyes looking at him without seeing him. It was too dark in the hall for those human eyes to make out who he was. That was for the better. He felt guilty enough without having to have her eyes on him, hard and accusing. He just wanted to make sure nothing happened to her, and the only way he could do that was if he made the exchange. Kouga had always had an itch trigger finger.
She wasn't looking at him but up at the ceiling as he walked in, only turning to him when he closed the door. He saw her eyes go large and her mouth open, but he cut her off before she could say anything.
"You weren't supposed to get caught up in this. If I had known Kouga was going to do anything like this, it wouldn't have happened. I'm sorry."
She didn't say anything.
"I'm above Kouga and I've known him for a long time. I should have seen this coming. I was careless. I'm so sorry Kagome."
She turned away. "What are you going to do to my brother?"
He hesitated. "He was hired by the Saimyousho to kill," he paused, considering just what he should tell her, "to kill the leader of the Sankon Tessou. Our intent is to make him either agree not to do it, or…"
"Or kill him."
He nodded. "Yeah."
"Would you really kill him, right in front of me?"
"I won't have to. He'll agree."
"Under what conditions? If he doesn't, you'll blow my brains out?"
He felt his heart tear at her tone of voice. "I couldn't even threaten you with that." He was soft around this girl, the sister of the enemy. She was a weakness. He had never had this kind of weakness before. "If he doesn't do it, he'll never see you again. I'll send you to Kyoto but you can never come back."
"Would this leader of yours approve of this?"
He nodded. "He'd understand." He'd support it, after all, he was the leader.
She was quiet for a long while after that. "Would you come with me?"
He turned to her as she kept looking up at the ceiling. "What?"
"Maybe not forever, but would you come up every now and then and visit me?"
He nodded. "If you'd want me to."
She was quiet a moment as she nodded, smiling slightly. "I can't believe my brother is a part of this."
He frowned. "I'm sorry you had to find out this way."
There was a knock at the door before it opened, revealing the wolf. "He's here."
So, how was it? Good? Bad? Am I the only one who sees the sparks? R&R!!! SY