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Behind the Curtain
By MissKatt
The Meeting
Kagome nervously tugged on her white sleeves as she sat in the waiting room of the police station, pulling them down to cover her knuckles so she could grip the fabric in her fists. She had waited a few days, almost a week, to accept Kanna's request, thinking it would give her time to get over her apprehension, but it only made it worse. She was anxious. Nervous. Curious. Why, oh why, hadn't she asked Sesshoumaru to come with her after all? She knew he would have come in a heartbeat if she had asked, but she also knew he was greatly needed at Taisho Corp.
What did Kanna want to talk to her about? Why now? What could she possibly have to say her? Was she going to apologize? Try to dissuade her from being with Sesshoumaru? Tell her more about how much she hated him?
She jumped slightly when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She jerked away from the hand and sighed in relief when she saw the familiar dragon youkai. "Officer Ryura, you scared me." She breathed, putting her hand to her chest.
He frowned at her jumpy reaction as his crimson eyes looked at her seriously. "You don't have to see her if you don't want to."
She tried her best to smile convincingly. "No, it would be rude to change my mind after the jail sent her here for this reason."
"Who cares that they think?" He snorted. "They don't know what you went through."
Her smile fell. "Its only time before everyone knows what I told you."
"Because of the trial, you mean."
"Yeah," She nodded and grabbed the thermos sitting next to her. She quickly took a few gulps of the green tea before setting it down on her lap, her hands cradling it. "I'm unsure I want everyone to know everything."
Ryura kneeled down in front of her. "Higurashi-san, they won't know all the painful details." He grabbed her hand and looked at her damaged forearm. Most of the main damage had healed, leaving a mean, jagged scar in its place. "Only you know what really happened to you," When she gave him a worried look, he patted her hand. "I know you didn't tell me everything, but it's okay; you don't have to."
She nodded once, looking back down at her thermos. "Thanks." She murmured.
"You sure you want to go?" He asked, tilting his head at her.
She took a deep breath and met his eyes. She nodded and allowed him to help her to her feet. "Umm, since Sesshoumaru isn't here, can you…um," She bit down on her lip in embarrassment. She never liked asking for help.
"I will stay in the room with you." He offered, smiling when she flushed in embarrassment.
"Thank you," She squeaked as she followed him into one of the interrogation rooms. She took another swig of her green tea before taking a deep breath and following him into the room. As soon as she saw Kanna sitting at the other end of the table in an orange jump suit, her hands handcuffed in front of her, her breath left her in a woosh. Her usually pristine white hair was ashy and tied back in a messy bun at the nape of her neck.
"Kanna-sama." She murmured, sitting down in the cold metal chair across from her.
Kanna gave her a weak smile. "I hardly think that rule applies anymore." She commented, her voice still the soft, emotionless whisper Kagome remembered so well.
"It was beat into me, or do you not recall?" She asked, her emotionless, monotone voice surprising her. She may be a bundle of nerves and anxiety on the inside, but apparently she had mastered her intended's poker face.
The albino looked down at her hands. "I remember." She commented quietly. "But that is not why I asked you to come."
"Then why? What could you possibly have to say to me?" She questioned, face remaining impassive, her blue pools reflecting none of her inner turmoil.
"A warning as well as a gift." She replied seriously. "Which would you prefer to start with?"
She tensed then, but refused to break her mask. "Gifts are always a nice start to an apology."
"If the dragon behind you allows you to, go to Naraku's study. In his desk, in the bottom drawer on the left is a key. This is the key to his storage unit at Tokyo Storage downtown. That is where all your belongings are. The unit number is 1638." She glanced at the officer behind Kagome, watching as he scribbled the information down on a notepad. She then met Kagome's emotionless eyes and lifted a brow at her. "A good enough present?"
"For trying to kill my pup's father, not even close." The ex-dancer blurted the information before she realized it. She cursed internally, but kept her façade in place. She held Kanna's void-like eyes as she raised her thermos to her lips and took a small sip.
Kanna's eyes bugged out of her head. "You are with child?" She asked, her soft voice betraying her shock. Instantly, her heart clenched with the memory of her dear Kagura. Her sister lost her child and then lost her life! She didn't want the same for the girl who reminded her so much of her younger sister.
When Kagome nodded her head once, the small girl scrambled across the table to try and grab her hands. All at once, Kagome found her body pulled back before she could do it herself while the armed prison guards slammed Kanna's face onto to table, pinning her there as they yelled at her. Her heart hammered hard in her chest, her hands clutching her thermos as her breathing rate increased from the shock. She tried with all her might to focus on the hands gripping her shoulders to try and calm her heart.
"You okay?" Ryura asked, hearing her little heart beat against her ribs.
She swallowed and nodded, but made no move to pull away from the security the officer provided her. "I'm fine, just startled." She answered, her voice wavering a little. After taking another large sip from her thermos, she took in a deep breath and released it. "It's okay." She said a little louder for the guards to hear.
Kanna waited until the brutes released her before lifting her head from the table. She lifted her cuffed hands and pushed a fallen strand of hair behind her ear. "I apologize for startling you; I meant you no harm."
Somehow, Kagome believed her. "It's fine."
"I just know what Kagura went through and I don't want that to happen to you," She murmured as she met her eyes. "But it makes my warning that much more serious."
Her mask faltered as she furrowed a brow. "What warning?"
Kanna sighed as she rubbed the bridge of her sore nose, it had just healed from when Touga had broken it and now she suspected it was fractured from the guards slamming her face on the table. "Kagura and I have a brother named Byakuya," She began. "His main job is to avenge Naraku if he were to die and, well, he did."
Her mask shattered.
"W-what?" She asked hesitantly, eyes wide. "What are you saying, Kanna-sama?"
The girl lowered her hand and looked at her seriously. "He is going to be targeting you and Sesshoumaru." She stated bluntly. "His power allows him to create illusions so if something seems off about anyone or anything, follow your gut."
She clenched her hands into fists and as she stood abruptly from her chair, the metal slamming back against the floor. "Are you fucking kidding me?!" She screeched. "Are there any more siblings that I should know of that are going to try and kill us?!"
She straightened up in her chair, setting her hands in her lap as she met Kagome's fierce lok. "No."
Gods, Kagome could have strangled her for being so collected. "Well, thanks for the warning." She seethed, sarcasm practically dripping from her tone. She abruptly turned from the table and stormed out the door, Ryura following close behind her.
"Higurash-san, are you okay?" He asked, coming up to her side as she came to a stop in the hallway. He flinched when she suddenly punched the wall, her fist making a slight indent in it. When she went to do it again, he grabbed her hand to stop her. "Calm down, Higurashi-san."
Her balled fist shook in his hold, her small frame shaking from anger. "I can't believe it," She all but growled. "Why can't we just be left alone?!"
Ryura frowned when she shouted. "Don't worry, we will find him before he gets to you guys and we will have a patrol car outside your house until he is caught, okay?" He loosened his grip so she could pull her hand out of his hold.
She took in a few deeps breaths as she felt her lungs suddenly take in a sharp inhale. No, no, no! She was not going to have an attack right now. She refused to let it happen. Unscrewing the lid to her thermos, she ignored the heat of her tea and downed what remained of it. She wiped the back of her hand across her lips and took another deep breath before giving Ryura and wide, forced smile.
"I'm fine."
He didn't believe it for a second. "Here," He said, changing the subject for a minute as he handed her her iPhone and its charger. "We need everything for evidence, but I managed to get your phone back for you. I'll work on getting everything else back as well."
"Burn it." She replied with forced happiness as she took the phone from him. "I'll have Sesshoumaru be in contact with you about Byo-byu-bya-whatever the fuck his name is. Bye, Officer Ryura, and thank you!"
He frowned as he watched her leave, lifting his hand to wave goodbye as she stormed out of the police station and into the parking lot. He sighed and glanced back at the dented wall next to him. Would this couple ever get a break?
Kagome slipped into her car and immediately hooked her phone up to the USB charger. She then sunk against her seat and stared at her steering wheel as her mind replayed and whirled with what Kanna had told her. She clenched her jaw as another wave of anger hit her. It wasn't fair! Why couldn't they just be happy?! Why did someone have to constantly interfere with them?! Was fate that much against them?! But why? Why? What the hell did they ever do to get the Gods to hate them?!
Letting out a growl that would impress all the inuyoukai in her pack, she began to punch and slap her steering wheel, the horn blaring echoing her anger with each hit it took. She ignored the way people in the parking lot jumped and looked at her as if she were crazy, but she didn't give two shits. Right now, hitting the inanimate object not only made her feel better, but prevented her panic attack as well.
*~~~BTC~~~*
'I'm all done at the station :)'
The vice-president did a double take at his phone when the message appeared on his screen. Had the police relinquished her belongings? He lifted the phone from his desk and entered his passcode so he could text her back.
'How did it go?'
His jaw clenched when he read, 'Can you please make me some tea for when I get there? I'm on my way'. Obviously, whatever Kanna had said upset her. It only further proved him right that he shouldn't have let her go, or at least had gone with her. Was she having a panic attack right now? When she was driving? He quickly pushed down the memory of his car accident. No, she wouldn't put herself and the pup at risk by driving in such a state. Still, he was concerned about what happened.
After writing her back and telling her it would be waiting for her on his desk, he went to the break room and made the beverage. He then returned to the documents on his desk and began reading them. He wanted to make sure they were perfectly worded before signing and agreeing to their new client's terms and agreements. Honestly, he knew there wouldn't be an issue. The client was straightforward and honest, telling him and the rest of the Taisho men that he didn't pay attention to the media and their rumors; he was simply there for business.
Now finished with reading through the contract, he began signing in the necessary spots. However, his hand tightened on the pen he was holding so quickly and tightly, that it snapped like a toothpick in his hand. The hair on the back of his neck stood on end, his senses jolted from the sudden boom of Kagome's holy aura. He swiftly stood from his chair, grabbing his pocket handkerchief to wipe the ink from his hand, and opened the door to office.
Sesshoumaru saw her making a bee-line towards him from the elevator, her eyes fixated on him as she ignored all the employees as they greeted her. Once she was close enough he put his hand on the small of her back and ushered her into his office. Before he followed her inside, he saw his father poking his head out of his own office, brows furrowed in silent inquiry.
Waving a hand at his father to leave it alone, he stepped back into his office and closed the door, walking to the leather couch that Kagome had sat down on. He lowered down next her, watching as she lifted the porcelain cup to her lips and sipped the hot beverage. Honey pools zeroed in on her hand and a growl rumbled in his throat as he carefully took it within his grasp.
"What happened?" He asked, carefully looking at the red, puffy skin, her little knuckles missing a light layer of skin. "Did you get in a fight?"
She set the cup down on her lap, holding it steady with her free hand. She sighed as she looked at him. "I punched a wall." She replied, frowning at him. "It would have been worse if Officer Ryura didn't stop me."
Ah, so that was why the dragon's scent was on her. He chided his beast as it growled in jealously. He met her eyes, brow set in a firm line as he once again chose not to comment on her tendency to attack inanimate objects. "What did she say?" He pressed as he raised her hand to his lips, lightly caressing her knuckles to sooth them.
Kagome sighed again as she relayed the meeting to him, telling him about the storage locker first and then about the brother. She felt his hand tighten around hers, his aura flaring slightly in anger. She set the cup down on the floor and shifted so she could swing her leg over Sesshoumaru's, perching herself in his lap. She slipped her hand out of his hold and cupped his face in her hands. "I know," She murmured as she looked into his eyes, his rage simmering within them. "I know. But, I'm not going to let anyone ruin our happiness again."
"You and the pup are in danger." He pointed out, hands falling to her hips as his lip lifted in a snarl.
She brushed her lips over his, trying to calm him down as his aura continued to pulse against hers. "You will protect us." She soothed, running her hands into his hair, her nails lightly raking his scalp. "Plus, Ryura said he will have a squad car outside our house until he is caught."
"I will catch him myself." His chest rumbled as her lips went to his jaw line, working their way up to his ear.
"And what will you do? Kill him?" She asked sarcastically before biting down on his earlobe, earning her a slight grunt from her man. "You're already on trial for murder so don't even think about it."
How was all his anger leaving him? Someone was threatening his pack and yet he couldn't hold on to the last thin threads of his anger, instead he was focusing on the growing tightness of his slacks. "What are you doing to me, Woman?" He finally breathed out when she began kissing the exposed part of his neck.
"Being the queen of your emotions," She commented with a sultry tone as she loosened his tie so she could continue her trail of kisses and nips on his neck. "I was angry too, but I made myself stop. I'm not letting this get in the way of my happiness…or yours." She bit down on the side of his neck for emphasis, smirking when she felt his hands tighten their hold on her hips.
He pulled her hips down harder against his, making his hidden erection grind against her clothed core, earning him a mewl of need. "How does your chest feel?" He asked, voice husky.
"Hmm?" She hummed before realizing what he meant. She focused on her chest for a second as she trailed her hands down his chest. "Completely fine." She answered softly. "You're too good at that, but I'm not complaining."
"Good," Sesshoumaru growled, his hands going to her backside and squeezing the generous mounds. "You better not be complaining about anything."
"Oh, I'm complaining that you aren't inside me yet." She purred, her hands finding the hem of his pants and undoing the button before sliding down the zipper. She smirked when he suddenly lifted her, carrying her over to his desk. She quickly undid the clasp of her beige slacks when her back pressed against the cool surface of his desk and allowed him to swiftly pull them, and her black panties, off.
He pushed down his own pants and boxers to free his erection before lifting her legs and resting both of her ankles on his left shoulder. Once they were there, his put his hand on one of her thighs and guided himself to her core. Slipping past her lips, he surged forward until he was fully sheathed inside her.
She let out a moan before his hand covered her mouth, a humorous smirk on his face. She glanced at the door and then back to him. "There's no way," She huffed against his hand as he pulled out to quickly push back in. "Sessh…"
"I am not stopping," He growled, glaring down at her. "You started this, Vixen."
She bit her lip as he thrusted into her again, trying desperately to keep from moaning. "The whole floor doesn't need to know what we are doing!" She whispered vehemently, her hands covering her mouth when he slammed into her once more.
"Hn," He couldn't deny that he also did not want his subordinates hearing his intended crying out in ecstasy. Looking down at their conjoined bodies, he spotted his tie and smirked. Pulling out of her, he grabbed her from the desk and turned her around so she was facing it. He removed his tie, keeping the loop intact, and slipped it over her head.
When she opened her mouth to ask what he was doing, she felt the silk of his tie slip into her mouth before it tightened almost painfully. She gripped the desk tightly when she heard him breathe into her ear, telling her once again that she had started this. Her stomach fluttered in anticipation when he tugged on her gag, pulling her head back as he pushed into her from behind.
He smirked when her moan stayed in her throat, only making it loud enough for him to hear. He bit the part of her neck that was exposed from her sweater before pushing her flat against the desk. He grabbed her wrists in one hand and pinned them against her lower back as he began a quick, steady rhythm of thrusting. Having his intended in such a submissive situation riled his beast. His markings turned jagged as he increased his speed, his hips slamming against her ass.
Kagome's moans hummed and died in her throat, the sound having nowhere else to go. She closed her eyes tightly as he rammed into her, the pleasure from his thrusts and the excitement from being dominated overwhelming her senses. She grunted when he pulled on her trapped wrists, forcing her ass against his hips as he surged forward, but it was far from unpleasant. She tried to forced her hips back against his to help meet his thrust, but she had little control over her body at the moment.
After several long minutes, the taiyoukai pulled her back towards him until her back was against his chest. He released her hands and lifted his own to cup her throat, applying a small amount of pressure as he felt his end coming. Instantly he felt her walls flutter around him as he continued his aggressive pace. He felt her small hands clinging to his arm, desperate to find something to help sturdy her as her pleasure intensified. Knowing he was at his end, he released her neck, allowing her air to flow easier, and it had the immediate effect that he wanted.
She inhaled sharply as her climax hit her. Her back arched and she thrust her head back against his shoulder, her nails digging into his forearm as waves continued to crash over her. Once they stopped, her body quivered against his, her knees shaking from the effort of standing. She felt him slip out of her, making her whimper, and remove the tie from her mouth.
"I can't believe we just did that," She murmured, looking up at him with lazy eyes. "Smart idea with the tie."
"It did not displease you?" He asked, steadying her before grabbing napkins from a desk drawer to wipe his semi-flaccid member of their juices before pulling his pants back up.
She did the same and wobbled over to her discarded panties and slacks. "Not at all, I think we will have to try it again sometime." She said, smirking at him as she finished buttoning her slacks. "Maybe with each tie in your closet with more than one at a time."
His beast howled in delight at the image. Gods, this woman was perfect for him.
A/N: Um, so, smut happened. Didn't mean for it to, but…well…it did. XD Also, yes, some of you are probably trying to virtually strangle me with what I did there about Byakuya. Don't worry! It's not going to be as angst-y and drama-y as you all think. It serves a very important purpose for later on in the story!
