"Kags?" Kouga's voice calls from the entryway before he makes way to the office.
"Yeah, what's up, Kouga?" she replies, finishing up the report she was typing.
"We need to check the camera feeds." he tells her as he reaches the doorway, holding a hunk of broken plastic.
"Um, okay, why? What is that?" the miko asks warily as she opens the camera's program. Sesshoumaru then steps into the room, his face a careful mask of boredom, which means he's furious. He holds up another four hunks of plastic. "The hell is that?" Kagome reiterates, brows furrowing.
"Check the feeds from last night, please." Sesshoumaru clips out, his eyes flashing red briefly.
"Okay…" She drags out the word, eyes flickering briefly between the two angry men before her before complying. She scrubs through to land just after sunset and lets it play at it's usual 3x speed, both males coming to stand on either side of her chair, still holding the plastic bits. Taking one of the chunks from her inu, she turns it around in her hands, brows pinched in confusion, before comprehension slams into her, and her eyes blow wide. Snapping her head up to watch the feeds, she sees someone smashing the lights as they flick on, keeping them in darkness. They move around the lawn and smash every single one in the front yard. They then disappear into the tree before dropping down and sprinting off again.
"Fuck." Kagome breathes, slumping back in her seat as she shakes, fear coursing through her. Squeezing her eyes tight for a moment, she clenches her jaw and counts back from ten. When she opens her eyes, she snatches for her phone and dials a number. Both males turn to look at her, trading short glances, but remaining silent as she waits for an answer.
"Hello, darling. How are you?" a female voice answers the phone brightly. Sesshoumaru's head snaps to her, his eyes widening for a beat before narrowing sharply, having recognised the voice.
"I need a favour."
"What's happened?" The voice instantly gains a steely edge, losing its easy amusement.
"We had a prowler hanging around the house a while ago, and once we were made aware of it, we put up motion activated lights around the property, making sure there were no blind spots and put up blackout blinds in the room they were peeking into. After we put up the lights, they hadn't been back, until last night, when they demolished every light in the front yard to get to their spot in the tree before leaving when they realized the windows were blocked." Kagome explains quickly.
"It was your room, wasn't it." the woman concludes.
"Yeah." The miko's voice goes very quiet, as she fights down the nausea and fear crawling up her throat.
"Send me everything you have, and I'll get back to you by tomorrow."
"Thank you, Kimiko." Kagome sags in her seat as she says goodbye and hangs up, before leaning forward over the desk to put her head in her hands.
"I was not aware you knew my mother." comes a flat statement from the inu.
"Why wouldn't I know her?" Kagome mumbles through her hands.
"It was never mentioned." he replies, tone still unerringly even, making the miko sigh heavily.
"Kouga, can you take the broken lamps and bag 'em, take a few pictures of the damage in the yard and I'll download the feeds for Kimiko for you to take to her." The wolf nods, grabbing the lamps Sesshoumaru still holds and the one Kagome had dropped on her desk before leaving the room.
"Miko-"
"Don't start that shit, Sesshoumaru. It's not my name. I'm a testy person on a good day, and I'm really not in the mood to deruffle your feathers because I didn't give you a blow by blow of every detail of my life for the last 500 years. Yes, I know your mother. She runs our intelligence department, thus I know her. Yes, I knew she was your mother. I've known her since she offered her services in the late 1700s. She's the reason we're able to keep youkai a secret, with her extensive network of spies. Yes, she's a friend. Anything else I forgot in relation to your mother?" she bites out, head still in her hands, desperately trying to keep a hold on her very unbalanced emotions and not completely explode on the man she loves, whom she knows loves her, but god damn, it's really hard right at that moment when all she wants to do is curl up under her desk and cry and scream.
"No. I believe that is all I need to know." Sesshoumaru snarls, turning to leave the room quickly, pissed off with her surliness. Just as he's about to step out, Kouga steps in front of the doorway, silently pointing back to the room, where the miko has sunk down onto her desk, her shoulders trembling. The anger he had just been feeling flees him as guilt ices his veins. Closing his eyes, he steps back into the room, nodding once at the ookami and then closes the door.
Padding back over to the desk, he crouches next to Kagome and slowly turns the chair, forcing her to sit back and then face him. "Kagome. Talk to me. Please." he says quietly, reaching for her hands to lace his fingers with hers.
"I'm angry. I'm scared. I…" She stops, lifting her eyes to his where the tears she had been fighting begin to fall. "I feel violated. We don't know how long they'd been watching me before we found out. Kami, Sess, I'm so scared." She begins to sob, surprising the inu slightly, seeing the normally strong woman breaking apart in front of him, then remembering what she'd been through. Having some strange man watching her through her windows for gods only knew how long, it would be bringing back the feelings she had when the youkai took her.
Gathering up the tiny woman, he lifts her, grabbing her phone, and takes her up to her room. Carefully, with some shifting, he settles them on her bed, snagging her gigantic fuzzy throw blanket and wrapping it around his miko. He keeps his arms tight around her, tucking her head under his chin and rubs circles on her back and hip. A flash of light and heat from next to the bed draws his eye to see Kirara in her large form, just before the nekomata jumps up on the bed to curl up behind the miko, offering her own comfort.
Kouga pops his head in the doorway then, "Kags, I downloaded the feed onto a usb, I'm heading off to give the stuff to Kimiko and see what she suggests we do."
"Thanks, Kouga." Kagome whispers, smiling weakly.
"Sure thing, Kags. I'll call you if anything comes up. Love ya, gorgeous." the wolf calls over his shoulder as he leaves. They sit in silence after that for a long while, just being with each other.
After about an hour, Sesshoumaru shifts a bit, pressing his nose to Kagome's hair. "Kagome. I am sorry for being short with you before. It surprised me and I was annoyed that I had not been informed that you each knew each other. However, it was more directed at her than you, as she has extorted me into informing her that we have been seeing each other and she neglected to tell me then. I should not have let my frustration regarding the situation and towards her be directed at you."
"S'fine. I'm sorry I got bitchy back." Kagome leans up and shifts to straddle the inu, pressing her lips to his softly, which he returns, giving her a gentle squeeze around her waist as he does. "I love you." she tells him, her voice barely audible.
"And I you, little bird." he replies, kissing her again before she sighs and falls against him.
"I want burgers." she mumbles after a minute against his neck, smirking when he laughs loudly at her random remark.
"Then, we will get burgers, koi."
xXx
"Her best bet is to set up the wards around the property, but I understand her hesitancy. A couple of new cameras to cover up the tree better as well as the edges of the property that they're keeping to, and new lights. Perhaps instead of wards against anyone, only wards that would affect those with youkai blood. At least then we will know. They have given no indication that they are not human, but that doesn't always mean anything." Kimiko continues her musings aloud as she watches all of the footage the trio had saved from the feeds. Turning to the wolf sitting quietly behind her, she asks, "How long ago was it you were made aware of this?"
"About six. Was the night we got back from the assignment in Hakkaido."
"I see. And, these feeds were saved when you found them at the time, so there were four months prior to the lights and blinds. That is concerning..." Kimiko murmurs.
"Yep." Kouga says, popping the p, smirking when the inu turns a mild glare at him.
"And, neither you nor my son were able to discern any scent?"
"Oh, there was a scent, alright. Just nothing we could use. Smelled like someone poured an entire can of body spray on the tree."
"Interesting. I would say it is likely they are youkai or hanyou then, and know that canines live in the house." Kimiko remarks, head tilting again.
"Yeah, s'what we thought as well. Partly why we haven't just called the police. If it's one of us, it'd cause problems."
"Indeed. Well, as I said, more cameras and new lights. Oh, and bring her back chocolate chip cookies from that bakery she likes." the inu advises with a soft smile.
"Will do, ma'am. And, thanks." Kouga grins as he rises and leaves for the rest of his errands.
xXx
"Yo! I'm home!" Kouga calls out as he opens the door, before pulling up short at the sight that greets him. The regal former Western Lord daiyoukai is laying sprawled down one of the limbs of their giant U shaped couch, with the tiny Shikon Miko draped on top of him, asleep, or they were before Kouga woke them up. Groans and a low growl greet him as he closes the door. "Shit, sorry guys, didn't realise you'd be down here. Sleep well?" the wolf teases them as he moves to turn off the TV they had evidently been watching a movie on.
"Yeah, actually. At least until someone came in yelling." Kagome snarks as she sits up, stretching and fixing her clothes.
"What did my mother say?" Sesshoumaru asks as he runs a hand through his hair, instantly fixing it, before resettling his hands on the hips of the miko still straddling him.
"Aside from wards, which she understands why that's a last resort, more cameras and new lights. So, picked up replacement lights, and three new cameras. Two to put up at each side of the driveway to get a view of the road, and one to put up the tree facing down." Kouga reports as he holds up the bags with the goodies. "I'll need you to hook up the feeds, Kags, but your dog and I can set them and the lights up outside just fine."
"Sounds good. We were going to order burgers for dinner, and… wait, what's that smell? Is that… oh, please tell me I'm not imagining it and that you really did get me fresh chocolate chip cookies." Kagome hops up and skips over to the wolf before snatching the bakery bag and squealing. "Oh you're the best, thank you thank you thank you." She jumps on the wolf, hugging him tightly before hopping over the back of the couch to land on the cushions, withdrawing a cookie in the process and taking a bite. A nearly obscene moan escapes her as her eyes roll back, her body melting against the couch. "So. Good." she mumbles around the mouth full, making both canines laugh.
"Not to ruin your moment with the baked good, but… you need to know, so you're not blindsided next time you see him. He saw me leave Kimiko's office. He tried to pull rank on me, which I ignored since I've got you and Kimiko backing me there, but he's not going to let it go." Kouga informs them as he leans against the back of the couch.
"Well. Fuck. Can I just not go into work, or leave the house, like, ever?" she whines, sinking down into the couch further before taking another bite, pouting.
"Yeah, 'fraid not, sorry. But, you know now, so you can prepare. And, you won't leave her alone where shit for brains can try to work her over." Kouga points at the inu.
"As long as Kagome does not try to purify me for hovering, willingly and happily." Sesshoumaru replies, reaching and breaking a piece of her cookie off to eat. "Come, we should get the equipment set up before sunset."
"Right. Cameras first so Kags can add their feeds."
xXx
"Anything?" Kouga asks, yawning widely as he slumps down into a seat opposite Kagome in the office.
"So far no. I don't know if I should feel relieved or not." Kagome replies quietly, leaning back in her seat.
"I dunno either, gorgeous. I do know that you gotta go into the office today for the department head meeting. Plus all that paperwork." Kouga grins at the dark glower the miko pins him with.
"You two are gunna be sitting in the room with me. Dunno why you're smiling. If I have to be bored, so do you." she tells him as she practically skips from the room, laughing as he starts complaining.
Four hours later, the three partners sit at the head of a long conference table, the heads of each department and head managers for the agents all seated as well- save for Kimiko and Shippo, as they never attend these meetings, preferring to send their second in command instead. The meeting wears on as each department reports on the budget of the past year and the budget request for the following year and what they want the money for. The managers all remain quiet, as they're not in charge of the budgets and allotment of funds, merely the well being of the agents, so unless asked a direct question, they let Toran handle speaking for them.
A stack of papers is set in front of Kagome, who is in her customary bored position in her chair- elbow on an arm rest, leaning to put her chin in her palm, legs crossed, at the knee today due to her skirt. The miko eyes the stack before turning back to Toran as she speaks, before a scoff interrupts the panther. All eyes turn towards the noise, save the three partners who all just close theirs, the males shifting in their seats to turn slightly.
"Toran, please continue. This meeting is long enough, I'd like to get out by dinner time." Kagome encourages the annoyed panther.
"Don't see why we even need the meetings. It all gets drafted together for you to read regardless."
"Because I want to see the people I'm in charge of and hear from their own mouths what they've done, what they want to do, and what they need. The next uninvited interruption that isn't due to an emergency will not like the consequences. Toran, please. Continue."
The meeting thankfully finishes on without further interruption- at least, each department is able to speak until all that was left was Kagome's turn.
"First, thank you everyone for the work you and your departments do. We wouldn't be successful in what we do without you all. Now, if there's no questions, and everyone's happy with where we all stand, you're free to go. I'll have the paperwork sent back to you each by the end of the week and if we need to make adjustments, we'll set up private meetings to go over them. Sound good?" the miko asks the room, still not having moved from her position.
"Yeah, I got a problem."
"Is it relevant to this meeting?" she asks flatly, internally groaning in frustration.
"Maybe. Don't know though since certain department heads aren't here to speak for themselves and are hiding things."
"For fucks sake." Kagome finally moves as she leans back in her seat to cross her arms and pinch the bridge of her nose. "If no one else has any issues, the meeting's over. Everyone leave except InuYasha, since apparently he's forgotten we're working and not here to measure dicks. Thank you." Everyone save for the seething hanyou stands and exits the room, casting sympathetic glances at the miko and glaring harshly at the idiotic hanyou.
"She said everyone, means you two assholes, too." InuYasha says smugly, despite his still very apparent anger.
"Nah, it doesn't. Never has." Kouga drawls, leaning back to lace his fingers behind his head and put his feet up on the table, crossed at the ankles. The last person finally leaves, closing the door behind them when InuYasha stands, planting his fists, knuckles down looking remarkably like an ape, on the table in front of him.
"So, fucking the wolf wasn't good enough, huh? Went and found yourself another dog?" Kagome's head snaps up at the same time as her two partners erupt in low snarls, Kouga losing his relaxed pose as his feet land squarely on the ground again.
Slowly, the miko stands, leaning to plant her palms flat on the table. Her hair starts to shift around her as an invisible wind begins to stir. Lifting her eyes to the hanyou, they glow a blinding pink.
"Say that again. I don't think I quite heard you." Her voice is so soft and delicate, but the tone she speaks in is anything but, as it takes on a choral quality to it. Kouga grabs the stack of paperwork knowing this was about to get violent.
"I said. That the wolf wasn't good enough, so you found another dog. Clearly, you never got over-" The table rockets across the floor, slamming the hanyou into the far wall as it erupts in pink flames, searing his flesh, eliciting howls of pain.
"I'm so sorry. I seem to have misheard you. Would you care to repeat that?" Kagome states again as she stands straight and makes slow, deliberate steps towards the pinned male, her heels making no sound as she floats an inch above the ground. Her partners take quick steps back from her. Her voice has changed completely now, having layers upon layers, from soft and sweet to deep and nearly growling, all melding together in a terrifying echo.
"Fucking crazy! Get it off me!" InuYasha screams, shoving with all his might as her reiki slowly purifies his youki.
"Oh? Does it hurt? Oh, damn. I'm so sorry. Here, let me help you." She rips the table back, letting it disintegrate from the amount of energy resonating and burning within it. Crouching next to the gasping hanyou, she smiles at him cruelly. "Let me make something clear here, InuYasha. What I do, and who I do it with, is none of your business. I am above you. You are nothing to me. Not anymore. You made your choice, now live with it. Do not make me have to repeat this lesson."
Standing, she douses her reiki completely, before stalking to the door. "Let's go boys." she calls as she leaves the room, heading to the elevator, her voice no longer resonating. "Fuck, I need to hit something."
"Kagome! I deserve to know what's-" a bolt of reiki hits InuYasha, ripping the rest of his youki away, leaving him human until he can rest and recoup his aura.
Spinning on her heel, she stalks back to the moron, power surrounding her like licking flames. "What you deserve is to be dead! Like your whore, like our baby! Do. Not. Ever. Tell me you deserve to know anything about me or my life. If it doesn't have to do with the work of your department, stay the fuck away from me and out of my business. Got it?" Her reiki has risen to massive levels, making her hair and clothes whip around her as she speaks, eyes changing completely, her irises gone as her the entirety of the orbs burn bright pink, and her voice booms with her power. It isn't until she feels a familiar set of arms slide around her waist from behind that she realises and pulls it back in. Turning in Sesshoumaru's arms, she grabs his hand and drags him to the elevator, noticing the slightest of redness on his skin.
"Will you be alright, koi?" he murmurs as he steps up to place his lips near her ear.
"Yes." she replies, still shaking from her fury, her voice sounding raw now. "I just need to hit a few things, expel the energy. It'll just crawl under my skin until I do."
"Understood. We shall go to the dojo. Kouga is taking the paperwork to our office." He presses a kiss to her temple, slipping an arm around her waist and tugging her close to his body. The elevator arrives and they step in. Two floors down, and she pulls the emergency stop.
"I've a better idea." she declares as she reaches for the closures of his jeans, before hiking her own skirt up and jumping. He catches her, understanding dawning on him.
"Are there not cameras?" he asks as she starts kissing and biting down his neck, making his head fall back.
"Don't care. Not getting naked, just need you to fuck me. Please." She continues her attack on his neck, while reaching a hand down to stroke his rapidly hardening cock.
"Kagome, could we not wai-" A strangled gasp cuts off whatever he was going to say when she drags her nails across one of his hip stripes. She lines him up with her entrance before she slides herself down and engulfs him, making them both moan. Resting their foreheads on each other's shoulders, he stands still, half of him wanting this to happen, the other half unsure if it was wise. Then she grazes her fingers across the damnable stripes again, making him jerk harshly and let out a hissing breath. "Kami, woman." he groans out before he shoves them against the wall and starts slamming into her, lest she start petting them.
Letting out a cry of pleasure, Kagome tilts her head up to bite against his neck harshly, loving the answering snarl she receives. "Gods, Sesshoumaru, you. Feel. So. Good." she moans out, letting each of his thrusts punctuate her words. He slams into her harder and faster, knowing she loves it, hands gripping her ass hard enough to bruise.
"Kagome…" he almost whines, his head falling to her shoulder as he feels his release crawling up his spine, her walls beginning to twitch and flutter around his cock.
"Fuck me, Sess, gods, don't stop." she pleads, her voice breathy as she grips his shoulders, nails digging into his skin. All at once, she cries out just as he snarls, his hips slamming in jerky thrusts as he empties himself into her, feeling her grip his cock like a vice and her reiki slither across his skin, the heat making him break out in goosebumps with how good it feels.
"Kami, Kagome, I love you. So much." He crashes his lips to her, devouring her as he rocks himself against her, enjoying the mellowing aftershocks of the intense orgasms they just had. "Perhaps I should let the half breed anger you more often if this is the result." he teases her, chuckling when she smacks his arm. "We should make ourselves presentable so we may free up the elevator for others, koi."
"I hope he can smell it when he uses the elevator next." she mumbles as she lets him slip his cock from inside her, groaning at the feeling, and tuck himself back into his pants before she slides down his body and adjusts her skirt and underwear. "I'm gonna need to change. But, thank you for indulging me, Sess." She leans up to kiss him gently, squeaking when he grabs her and kisses her deeply, crowding her to the wall again.
"Indeed you will. Somehow I don't think I am quite done with you, little bird."
5/15/21 A/N: enter SessMom! SessMom's the best. And, Kags being stupidly fucking powerful and giving InuYasha a well deserved smackdown, cuz he's an idiot and can't keep his damn mouth shut.
Just another reminder, Yash is not a friend in this story. He's very much despised by the main group, for pretty valid reasons imo. And, he's not getting a redemption arc. He MAY end up not being so vehemently hated, but that's about it. What he did isn't something that's easily forgivable, if ever. Kags and the group have largely put it out of their mind in their day to day lives, but it's not something that'll ever be forgotten, and Yash has done literally zip to even begin to apologize or ask for forgiveness.