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Enjoy, my darlings! ~ Ruu-chan

CHAPTER 14: THE MAID

We now head to Kikyou Shikigami's place, her Renaissance styled bedroom furniture outstandingly showing off the riches her family has left over after a tragic death in an automobile accident claimed years ago.

As her feather-stuffed pillows comfortably drifted kikyou in a deep sleep, she suddenly awakened as she was caressed sweetly in her arm, and a kiss was placed on her temple. She giggled as she turned around and smiled at the man laying next to her.

"Why if it isn't my brave and cunning Clyde finally home from a good day's work..."

She turned on the light on her night stand and saw her lover grinning after a successful night of amazing heroics and deceit.

"You're awfully late," she leaned and kissed him on his lips finally.

"Oh, Houjou, how I missed you, my love…"

"Not as much as I've missed you, Kikyou my sweet plum…" Houjou leaned in as he squeezed her butt cheek with pride.

"How did tonight go? Did you succeed in impregnating that low-life slave?"

Houjou chuckled and sighed.

"I didn't get to do anything to her, just drug her." KIkyou flashed her bedsheets off of her in anger.

"What?! That pill I gave her should've done the trick! She was practically in her verge of death! You better be lying to me or else I-"

"Shh, shh… hush, my puppy…" Houjou urged as placing a finger on her angered lips.

"I got even better news…. That taiyoukai you want to marry? That Sesshoumaru fellow?…" Kikyou gasped in joy, knowing full well where he was going with this.

"Don't tell me… He was there."

Houjou nodded slyly.

"And he even put up a fight, that crazy fucker. I was shocked! He tried putting this front like he was being selfish, but you know dogs are always sincere in their emotions… It was hilarious."

"Hahaaaaa!" KIkyou gasped as she laughed out loud whole-heartedly, "He followed you?! I can't believe it. The nerve he has!" Kikyou got up and started pacing the room, sinking in the truth of Houjou's story, with excitement and utter disbelief.

"He cares about her, that STUPID dog really CARES for that whore. Ha… Oh my Kami, this is better than we have EVER planned it out to be!"

"I told you I had better news. This plan might even work better than anything we could've ever hoped for!" Houjou lay in bed shirtless, looking at Kikyou so excited made him feel even more victorious.

"Think of how scandalous this will be, a kidnapping, and a side dish of underage rape and explicit drug dosage! Ha! Wow, this is amazing… You did leave the evidence on the scene, right?" Houjou nodded.

"Yes, and I even left the cameras rolling. And with a little bit of tweaking here and there, we will have a scandal very soon, my dear…"

Kikyou came back to the bed and embraced her lover around his neck. She smiled.

"And Sesshoumaru will soon be begging for mercy at my door… To change things, to prove his innocence, knowing full well I am the only one who can save him from all these troubles. Oh, I am just so excited! I can already picture his face!" They both laughed out loud, just dying to see the outcome of their hard efforts to finally start showing.

"Why would you want me to impregnate her, other than to benefit my fantasy of screwing her?" KIkyou hit him lightly on his cheek.

"Why screw her when you have me right here? I'm much more beautiful, much more successful and intelligent than her, being that I work for the city county police as an investigator, closing cases instead of underwear drawers. Really? Sesshoumaru is weakling just like his father…"

"And still you insist on marrying him instead of me…" Houjou said. Kikyou stared him straight in his eyes, cupping his chin and sighed.

"My dear Houjou, you know you are my number one man, the only one I truly desire anything with, but imagine us both together, living off the money of one of the richest figures in Japan? Imagine the possibilities. The world would be at our fingertips…"

Houjou sank back at his pillow looking up and imagining this abundant and perfect life.

"A gorgeous beach house in Dubai would sound nice around summer time…"

Kikyou chuckled at his dreams. "Or a penthouse suite in Los Angeles…"

"No, too much traffic over there." Houjou insisted, "I want seclusion, where no one would find us. I want to be as far away as possible from this crap hole."

"Well, we can always go live in an island in Bali, and have our own maids to bother." Kikyou smiled.

"Ha, that sounds perfect" Houjou exclaimed. Kikyou laid on his chest and twirled her finger on his chest.

"Houjou, do you think that maid girl looks like me?" Houjou looked at her with a raised eyebrow.

"Why would you ask that, babe?"

"Well, the girls at the party tonight said that she looks an awful lot like me, and, of course, I snapped at the fact that they compared me to someone who is so low in the food chain. Eck!"

"Well, I'll be honest, you both have facial similarities… Hair, eyes, nose, but it's not like you're identical…" Kikyou smirked quietly, her eyes pensive and thoughtful. Houjou noticed this and knew something was surfacing in her mind.

"Why do you ask. I see that look on your face… What are you thinking, my darling?"

Kikyou smiled and fixated boldly to this.

"I have a plan that will change everything. Absolutely everything." Houjou kissed her forehead and sighed.

Kikyou walked over to the light, and said to him, "this summer will be one to never forget, my love. Confusion, drama, deceit, and by the end, we will be on top. Mark my words, darling of mine…"

Houjou grinned slyly "I know, baby… But tonight… how about you come over here, and reward me for all my hard work… with some good well-deserved fuckin'…" Kikyou touched his belt, and unbuckled it with just one hand.

"Oh, you know it… Just you wait."

And in the flick of a light, a passionate night between two lovers commenced, as Step One of their evil plan was about to unfold.

Very, very soon.

Author's Note:

I'm sure you guys didn't see this one coming, eh? Read and review!