Sakurabon University: Chapter 25 – Filling in the Blanks

Previously~

"Kaede was big help, thanks Sesshou. The medicine is working because I haven't been throwing up. I'm going to call it a night and get some rest," Kagome informed him while she was peeling her wet clothes off of her body.

"Hn. Make sure you get up on time otherwise I'll have to do that myself. Trust me, it won't be pretty," his tone of voice hinted some playfulness.

"I'm so scared of you," she rolled her eyes and threw her wet clothes at him.

"Becareful wench. Wet clothes will give me another idea which you won't want to be apart of right now," he replied pervertedly as he threw them back. She shut the door quietly after taking back her clothes and hissed at him so he could hear it.

She sighed, turned around and looked in the mirror to see someone else instead of her own reflection. Red eyes stared at her and chuckled, "The time has come." As soon as she saw it, it disappeared leaving her frightened.

'W...was that Naraku?' she thought to herself, her heart pounding fast against her chest.

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She stood there frozen and scared, like a deer caught in headlights. She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination or not, but she was scared and unsure as to what was going on. One moment she was turned around, the next she was looking at her mirror at someone else. Ideas went through her head, telling her, 'Has he been watching you this whole time? Does he know what you do when no one else is around?'. She didn't understand how she couldn't sense him at all. She knew that it wasn't safe in her room anymore and sleeping here tonight would be too much for her to handle. Sighing, she quickly changed into her pyjamas and scurried off towards the main room. She halted in front of Sesshomaru's room to find it closed which probably meant he went to bed. 'I don't want to wake him up if he's sleeping...'

There was some shuffling inside the room and then him saying, "Come in. Do you want to sleep here tonight?"

She felt her skin crawl from the sudden surprise of him talking. Wiping the sweat off of her brow, she cleared her throat and turned the door knob clockwise to open it. "You don't mind, do you?" she softly asked.

She heard him lightly chuckle on his pillow, but it was sort of muffled. She glared at him from the doorway and she knew he could feel her staring at him. "Kagome, we should already be sharing a bed and for you to ask such a pointless question..." he sighed after that and patted the pillow beside him, "hurry up wench and get into bed."

"Oh you!" she huffed in an annoyed manner. Her soft hands grasped one of the huge pillows and hit him over the head with it. It was her payback and she enjoyed it from the amount he humiliated her outside or teased her.

He let out a feral growl and lifted his head up to look at her then snapped his jaw at her. His hair was messy and tousled from the damage it received from its opponent and the glower on his face didn't help his situation because it just made her laugh at him. In a quick motion he grabbed the soft item out of her hands and smirked at her, leaving her defenseless. Blinking in a confused state, she didn't realize what situation she was in until she looked at the pillow in his hand. "Don't you dare Sesshomaru..." she hissed out at him.

"Oh?" he playfully asked her, raising his left eyebrow at her. "Don't I dare what?"

She screeched at him and grabbed the sheets to hide under them because she knew the type of game he was playing. He watched her squirming figure beneath the blankets with amusement written all over his face. He could tell she would be furious with him if he decided to actually hit her, but the torment of waiting for him to hit her was driving her crazy. He let the pillow slip out of his hand and onto the bed as he waited for her to realize that he wasn't going to do anything. After a few moments of staying still underneath the sheets, Kagome poked her head out and looked at him cautiously. "T, that's it?"

"I could be full of surprises too mate. Now go to sleep, we have a big day tomorrow."

She gave him a menacing look and sat up straight. Grasping the dark blue sheets, she brought them up to herself and turned away from him. She wasn't sure herself as to why she was acting so childish, but she felt like she needed him to distract her a bit. Of course he was slow or it was just that he was too blunt. She felt his warm, clawed hand running itself through her silky hair and she took this as a sign of him calming her down. Her tensed muscles relaxed under his touch and she turned around to face his way.

"You are troubled." He stated in a calm tone, watching her for any type of reaction. He always did that – he never asked a direct question but instead he would state things he observed from her.

"It's not much of anything Sesshou. I'm just a little stressed..." she lied through her teeth and gave him a reassuring smile. Of course he wasn't dumb. He knew there was something up by the way her eyes darkened whenever she lied.

"Hn. I would like some straight answers tomorrow. Get some rest and if you want our relationship to work out then being honest would be the best way to go about things Kagome," he notified her before turning his back to her.

She let out a small sigh of guilt. He was right and she knew he was. She clenched the fabric in her hands and brought it up to her face and closed her eyes. She had nothing left to say to him.

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"My lord, it is almost time for the party," a short, small toad-like demon announced by a wooden door. Inside his "lord" was changing into proper attire and his voice bellowed from within telling him he was almost done. The demon lord stepped out with a handsome smile on his face as his golden eyes pierced into the toad's.

"Well then Jaken are the other four done as well?"

"I, I haven't checked yet Inu Taisho-sama," he squawked out and stuttered. He usually served Sesshomaru, but because the prince had been so busy with his mate, Inu Taisho asked him to help him out. He was scared because he had never served such an important and powerful man before. He uneasily walked away down the huge mansion's corridor to check up on the others.

Inu Taisho sweat dropped at the toad's nervousness. He didn't understand why he was so afraid of him because he was much more carefree than Sesshomaru was. Sighing, he ran his fingers through his hair and walked the opposite way towards the front door. He walked by a couple of maids and waved, saying, "Please take care of the house while I'm away. We probably won't be back until late at night so please lock the door on the way out."

"Yes sir. Please enjoy your time at the party," one of the maids smiled sweetly.

Kagome and Sesshomaru stepped out after but it seemed like they weren't getting along too well again. She had no idea what to say to him after their awkward fight at the university last night, so she kept quiet. Although they weren't talking, Sesshomaru looked at her and smiled mentally at how she looked; she was dressed beautifully, in a green dress which was simple, but had some diamonds on it and floral patterns. It cut up mid way to her thighs at the sides and the top part of the dress was corset-like. Her hair was half pinned up, and the rest was let down and she had a yellow, smooth, cotton shawl wrapped around both of her hands. He himself was dressed in an expensive, silk tuxedo which held a soft, but luxurious look to it. His hair as usual was let down, but the maids decided to braid some of the strands.

Kikyo and Inuyasha were actually getting along, so they came down talking away about how excited they were about the party. Her hair was curled and she wore a slim, red dress which hugged her figure and it reached down all the way to her feet. She wore a simple diamond set which consisted of two small butterfly earrings and a necklace. Inuyasha was wearing the same attire as his brother and his hair was also let down. He didn't let the maids braid it because he felt like he would look too much like a girl.

"Are we ready to go?" Inu Taisho flashed them a grin.

Inuyasha rolled his eyes and keh'd. He gave his father the sarcastic face and said, "No father, we're all dressed like this for no reason."

"Respect little brother," Sesshomaru glanced back at him and narrowed his eyes.

"Hmph. Whatever," he growled lowly as he followed after his father.

"Kagome..." her mate called out for her.

"Yeah?"

"Be careful tonight."

Her face grew puzzled as to what he meant by that. Did he somehow know or was it just a general warning for her? She brushed off the idea and just nodded in submission.

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The villain marvelled at the energy of the party and he knew for a fact that he did lose. His parties did not match up to the great dog lord's, but it wouldn't crush his determination to get what he came to the party for. He was shadowed within the dim light of the room at the stairs, where he watched his prey move about. She was absolutely stunning in his eyes and he couldn't wait until he got a taste of her. When he saw her through the mirror, he felt like the only one who deserved her was him. His attention went back to the stage where Inu Taisho started making his speech about doing business with France and England and the party being a huge success.

"I thank you all for attending tonight and I hope you will all enjoy yourselves here. The bar has many varieties for each one of your unique tastes so please go on and help yourselves. I am also announcing that I will be retiring from my position next year and my eldest son shall be taking over as head of the Taisho Corporation with his beautiful mate," he chuckled happily into the microphone and winked at Kagome.

Kagome returned a smile of content and walked up to the stage with Sesshomaru so he could make his speech. Sesshomaru didn't flash the audience any type of smile, but gave them his stoic face and continued on with making his speech. "Good evening to you all, I am Sesshomaru Taisho, the first son of Inu Taisho and I thank you for being here tonight. Along with the position I will be taking over, I am here to announce that my mate, Kagome Higurashi, will be getting married to me within the next month and that we have a child that will be born five months from now. The day of our marriage will be notified by our trusted secretary when she finds a day most available for us. Please continue on with your conversations and enjoy your time."

The audience cheered and congratulated them happily as they restarted their conversations. The DJ started playing music as some couples danced on the dance floor to the beats while others were getting together to enjoy some time to themselves in the VIP rooms. Kirara was in the corner talking to Bankotsu trying to convince him on giving up on the lesbian secretary.

"Ugh! But I don't want to! It's either her or Mr. Taisho's fiance," he smirked evilly while licking his lips.

Kirara hissed at him and pushed him away with a glare on her face. "Even that joke's gone too far mister! Be careful with what you say because Sesshomaru is a ruthless man, I assure you that. Try finding someone else or calm your hormones," she frowned at him.

Bankotsu looked down at her and at the light blue dress she wore, which hugged her figure. Her blonde hair was let down and curled down to her chest and her dark, red eyes glared up at him. He couldn't help but take this all in as sexy and a realization that maybe he had a small crush on her. "Aw, what's wrong Kirara dear? Are you jealous by any chance?"

She scoffed at him and his stupidity. There was no way she was jealous of him and his crush on Kagome or the secretary. She crossed her arms over her chest and sneered, "Ha! Are you stupid or what? There's no way I could be jealous. Besides, Sesshomaru's the one for me..." she sighed in a hazy dream like state.

Bankotsu sweat dropped at her contradiction. Here she was telling him not to go after Kagome, but she was in love with the boss himself! "You're crazy. You're joking right? Maybe you should watch what you say before Kagome hears you," he laughed as he took a sip of his red wine.

She cupped her mouth with her hand and giggled into it. The days at work weren't boring anymore because she had someone to talk to and joke around with. "Of course I'm joking – there's no way that Sesshomaru would look at me like that and there's no way I have those types of feelings for him."

He smirked and petted her on the head, earning a mewl of approval. Wait, did she just mew? He raised an eyebrow and laughed at her again. "Haha! Did you just mew?"

She hung her head down low in embarrassment. It wasn't her fault that she mewed whenever she was happy; it just comes out. She hid her face with her hands and muffled out a 'shut up!'. She looked up at him all flustered and said, "I am a cat demon you know! Whenever I'm happy...it just...yeah..."

He couldn't help but stifle a laugh at her cute behaviour and sighed. Perhaps giving up on Sesshomaru's woman would be the best idea and leaving Naraku would add onto that. He got a decent pay at this job and he didn't mind those that surrounded him. 'Heh...sorry buddy, but I guess you're on your own for this.'

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The young priestess was very bored and annoyed. Everyone was busy doing something around her, while she sat by the bar, not doing anything at all. She talked to a few people, but they were mostly interested in business matters which she didn't have much information to. Pretty women were dancing with handsome men who were most likely their boyfriends or husbands. Kagome didn't have that because her fiance was engaged with heated conversations along with his father. It seemed like the only one who wasn't so business like within the family was Inuyasha and he was actually devoting his time to Kikyo and making her laugh. 'Stupid day...maybe I'm not fit for the Taisho family,' she sighed mentally. Deciding that she couldn't take anymore of the scene in front of her, she decided to head for the elevators and go to the roof for a breath of fresh air.

She entered the metal box shaped carrier and pressed the button which said 'roof'. She hadn't seen Naraku all night so she thought it was safe now to wander on her own. 'Hmph. It's not like Sesshomaru would notice anyways. He's too busy with his stupid conversations anyways. He doesn't even bother to ask his pregnant mate if she's okay or not,' she scowled in her thoughts, not paying attention to the person who stood beside her.

"Are you okay, Ms. Higurashi?"

Gasping, she jolted on her spot and turned to face the person and sighed in relief to see it was Bankotsu. He didn't look like he was going to do anything to her, so she politely smiled at him and replied, "Yup, I'm just fine. I need a breather though from all of this so I'm heading to the roof."

"Ah...would you like me to accompany you there? Kirara said she would be using the facilities then meeting me up there after," he grinned a boyish grin and chuckled.

She cocked up an eyebrow and smirked at him teasingly, "So I take it you and Kirara are getting along very well aren't you?"

He winked at her and shrugged his shoulders, being discreet about it. He didn't want anyone knowing anything yet, but Kagome was sharp and keen. He leaned back against the railing inside the elevator and looked at the numbers as they went higher. "So how did you and Mr. Taisho meet?"

"Me and Sesshomaru?" she bit her lower lip in confusion as to how she should answer his question. "We're...what you can call old lovers."

"Ah, so you two have a history?"

"Yup. I'm not sure why I'm attracted to him but he just has something. I know he's very cold to others, but in me he found that he could express himself. It makes me happy actually..." she blushed as she thought of him. Her fingers twirled around each other, but stopped when the elevator reached it's destination. "Ah, finally some fresh air."

"After you my lady," he gestured, bowing down as he opened the roof door for her.

"Why thank you Mr. Bankotsu," she giggled. Before she could look up, she heard Bankotsu sharply take in a deep breath of air. Confused why, she looked ahead of her and gasped as she dropped her white purse.

"Well, well, what do we have here?" a dark, malicious voice chuckled deeply. He was standing by the edge of the roof with a mysterious smile across his face. His long, black hair was tied up and he wore a black tuxedo with a red tie. He motioned over to Bankotsu saying, "Thank you for delivering Kagome Higurashi to me."

"W, what? I thought you told me you were going to meet Kirara up here!" she asked, agitated now.

"No, no I am! I'm serious!" Bankotsu defended himself as he raised up his arms in the air.

"Are you lying to her now? You are working for me, aren't you?" his ruby, red eyes darkened slyly. This man couldn't be trusted for anything. Not even his own employees believed in him.

Bankotsu growled lowly and bit his lower lip. He was frustrated and it seemed like all the blame was going to be put on him. "I was working for you Naraku. I've already decided to stay with Taisho company because it's a much safer environment than your company. I seriously had no part in this tonight and I had no intentions of bringing Kagome to you."

Naraku's smile was wiped off of his face when he heard him actually confess that. He was secretly following Bankotsu's thought patterns for a while now since he assigned him the job. He knew that Bankotsu turned on him, but that's why he waited at the roof for them. "Well...I guess that's a shame isn't it?" he sighed wistfully. He hung his head down and began laughing crazily as he snapped his fingers and Jakotsu's body appeared.

"BROTHER!" Bankotsu's voice bellowed out in anger. His only brother was dead and Naraku ended up being a traitor. Fury filled his eyes as tears rolled up, but he wouldn't allow them to shed. He fisted his hand into a ball and snapped. "I won't let you come close to Kagome..."

"Oh? I'd like to see you try," the corner of his lips curled up. He relaxed himself and then in a matter of a few seconds, he disappeared and appeared in front of Bankotsu, throwing him off his guard. He flung Bankotsu near the end of the roof, so he was almost falling off.

Kagome's eyes widened and she immediately stepped back. She didn't know how she was going to help Bankotsu without getting caught. She wasn't trained well enough to move as fast as Naraku and her options were limited. If she headed for the elevator she would be caught and if she tried attacking him, it'd be no use because she'd get herself trapped. "B, Bankotsu!" she called out, "Are you okay?"

"B, barely Kagome..." he coughed as he picked himself up from the edge and wiped the blood off of his mouth. "I, I'll do whatever it takes for you to be safe..."

The villain narrowed his eyes in annoyance. The damned brat still dared to challenge him and get in his way. He slowly began to walk over the grey, concrete floor towards his opponent and pulled out a knife from his pocket. "Silly weapons...I could just use my hands, but that would be quite dirty..."

Bankotsu smiled and got up in a fighting stance, wiping the sweat off of his forehead. He was going to kill this bastard and make him pay for what he did. He wasn't the only one who could disappear and appear like that. He flashed before Naraku and appeared again and punched him across the face. This made Naraku stagger back a bit and he growled. He replaced the scowl with a smile again and said, "Impressive Bankotsu. You've managed to place a punch on my face, but..." he made illusions of himself everywhere to confuse him. "Now, now, which one am I?" and struck, stabbing him in the stomach. The wound was deep, making Bankotsu cough out blood and collapse to the ground.

"D...ammit..." he gritted out as he held the wound with his hand. He didn't want to bleed away on the roof and die.

"BANKOTSU!" the priestess screamed, grabbing her shawl. She ran over to him and knelt down beside him with tears streaming down her face. "I, I'm going to get you fixed up okay? Stay with me," she assured him, scrunching up the fabric in her hands and applying pressure to the wound to stop it from bleeding. Her hands got blood on them from the wound, making it hard for her to press down on the cloth. She summoned up her abilities to cure him but there wasn't enough time, Naraku grabbed her and dragged her away from him.

"Let me go you bastard!" she cursed at him, trying to pry him off of her. She shoved back as much as she could with her demon strength and the most she could do was nudge him a bit.

"Sorry love, but you're still too weak to do anything to me right now," he mumbled as he buried his face into her thick hair and inhaled her scent. God, she smelled lovely to him right now and he could swear that he'd take her right there and then to please himself.

"I know it was you! I know it was you who killed me and my child in the past! You made Sesshomaru grieve so much and I can't forgive you for that!" her eyes darkened with hatred and anger. She clenched her fists into balls and growled at him. During the time she was talking, she was trying to mentally prepare a barrier around Bankotsu that would slowly cure him. She avoided Naraku's gaze and looked elsewhere, trying to find a distraction.

Naraku's face twisted with another cruel smile that she knew all too well. He stroked her hair and nuzzled his face into it again, muttering, "You're so much more sexier and beautiful when you're angry Ka-go-me..."

"Get your filthy hands off of me, I swear..."

"Oh? Swear to do what? Nudge me again? If you knew it was me, why didn't you tell Sesshomaru?"

"Because he has enough problems of his own and I don't need to add onto it."

"Hmm my lovely priestess...to save him from this trouble just become mine and he won't have to worry anymore."

She turned her head to the side and hissed at him, trying to step on him roughly with her heel. Join him? Was he ludicrous? There's no way she would ever want to join him because that would lead to Sesshomaru's downfall. "I'm not a moron like you Naraku. Just because you can't get what you want you try to resort to stupid plans to get them. It's futile you know, waiting for me for all these centuries and just to get rejected again? Don't you ever learn?"

Naraku's smirk faltered at her disobedience and defiance. He gripped her shoulders tighter, digging his claws into her as she flinched from the pain. "You don't want to anger me, Kagome." Her blood poured out from the cuts and onto his hand. He licked his lips and drank the liquid from the palm of his hands and said, "See? I always told you that you were delicious."

The young woman within his grasp attempted to budge out and move hysterically, but he still had an iron grip on her. What was he going to do now? Rape her? Kidnap her like he planned before? Before anything else could happen, a scream pierced throughout the roof. Her eyes snapped up to see Kirara standing there and shaking with fear. "K, Kagome! Bankotsu!"

"Kirara...h, he'll be fine for now trust me," she gasped out as her energy ran low from the barrier. She wasn't sure how much longer she could keep it up with her new powers because they were draining her. "Please just get Sessho-

"No need for that," a growl emitted from behind Kirara.

From the doors there was Sesshomaru standing there with a look that could kill you on the spot. He was furious and his eyes were bleeding red as he snarled out, "Bastard it was you...and you've been under my nose this whole time..."

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~Sabrini23

A/N: Sorry for such a long wait. Here it is you guys and I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for reading!