Disclaimer-Don't own him.
Some of you had questions for me, and so, here it goes...
Sesshomaru is a very focused person, and when he wants something done he goes to
work doing whatever it takes to get it done. He doesn't have an attraction to Kagome, he just
wants to kill her and get her out of this world. I guess you could say that the
way this works is that Sesshomaru is used to getting his way, and I mean he's a
gang leader, he's killed hundreds of people. Kagome and Inuyasha are on the top of
his list to kill, so that's why he's so focused in destroying them.
And trust me, Kikyo is going to die, I hate her with a passion that can only be
fulfilled in my fanfictions. Don't worry, she's going to go, and probably Kouga
too.
As for Fluffy, I'm not sure what to do with him yet. You'll probably find out soon enough!
Chapter 10-Plans foiled
Kagome let the wind sweep her hair as she flew in between the cars. She was now bound and determined to find Sesshomaru and put a stop to all the stuff he was doing. However, when she tied up Shippo, she knew that it wouldn't be long before Inuyasha started searching for her, and when Inuyasha eventually did find her, her little joyride would end.
She winced as another pain started in her stomach. She had managed to put on her coat after breaking free of her nightmare, but she was still in just her bandages and nothing else. She had her cell phone, should she get into real trouble and decide that she really needed help. She didn't have her chains because she knew Inuyasha could find her that way, too. She was wearing her guns and knives, and the biker gloves on her hands. She wasn't, however, wearing the helmet that had been on the bike because she somehow knew that Inuyasha would be able to know her location through that as well. So now all she had to do was avoid all the cops in New York and she'd be doing nicely.
Kagome was almost surprised. She barely knew how to drive a motorcycle, yet here she was, taking a very expensive bike for a joyride. Instead, she felt terrible. She had tied and bound Shippo with wires that he couldn't possibly break and stole one of Inuyasha's motorcycles so she could go on her mission alone. She couldn't imagine how angry he must have been, or how worried. As soon as he figured she wasn't completely insane, she'd be in for the earache of her life. Oh, boy, was she in for it…
Her first destination was clear. She was going to the mansion to take the money out of her account so that she could afford a few things that she would need. She didn't care if this entire mission killed her, she just wouldn't go out completely without a fight. She had to at least try to avenge her father, and hopefully find some answers as to why Sesshomaru did what he did in the first place. Who knew, maybe she was going a little crazy, but she wasn't about to fight it.
Luckily for her, she still had the key to her mansion. She could get in and the guards wouldn't be alerted to the alarm, so hopefully she wouldn't be questioned.
She wouldn't call Inuyasha unless she needed to, no need to worry him over her whereabouts. He had other matters to attend to, anyway, and she didn't want to be the sun that his life rotated around. She had forgotten at the moment that Inuyasha was a part demon and not only could he sense her aura, but he had the bonding spell helping him slightly. Once he could operate those on the motorcycle, he'd find Kagome, and she'd be in some deep shit...
A vibration came at her hip from the cell phone, but she didn't even glance down. "Ah, they know I'm gone." She said, sure of herself. She had to wince again and hold back the pain of her stomach as it threatened to slow her down. "Shit…I don't need this! Not now!"
She made a sharp turn on her bike and went down a street near the Empire State Building. She came to a complete stop at the stop sign and followed every other law, hoping the police wouldn't pull her over for not having a helmet before she could get to a shop to buy one. Of course, that was when she took time to notice a motorcycle going down a completely different street, but it looked very similar to the one she was riding. In fact, the body shape looked female to her. "Shit, Sango!"
The vibration came at her hip again and she picked it up to look at the caller-id. She sighed deeply. Sometimes I wish Inuyasha wasn't so persistent…She looked up and widened her eyes before revving her motorcycle carefully. Speak of the damn devil!
Inuyasha was pulling up to the opposite stop sign and looked around. She was close, he could sense it. That's when he noticed right across the street from him was the stolen motorcycle, and Kagome stared at him with wide eyes and a shocked expression while she revved her engine. Inuyasha caught her guilty expression and as she turned to speed off, he was right behind her completely ignoring the cars halting to a screeching stop.
Inuyasha talked into his mouthpiece. "I've found her! On the corner of Washington and Main, but she's not slowing down, so it appears as though we have a chase on our hands."
"Be careful, Inuyasha. I don't want her hurt." Sango stated.
"Yea, yea, I'm not the one who should be careful. She is, and I don't know what is running through her head, but with wounds that big she could seriously get hurt."
"Just stop her, Inuyasha." Miroku stated quietly. He still felt guilty for letting one of his best friends get away.
"I plan on it Monk." Inuyasha stated before turning off his microphone. He sped up and got right along side her, moving his helmet out of his face so he could scream better. "Pull over!" He screamed. She just barely glanced at him before slowly shaking her head and speeding up slightly. "Go away, Inuyasha!" She called over her shoulder.
Inuyasha snorted and got right along side her again with a growl. "You're in pain, damn it! I said pull over!" She shook her head more sternly and looked towards him. "Ashiteru, Inuyasha." Then she turned sharply down a road to loose him, making it impossible for him to turn after her without crashing.
He widened his eyes and diverted his attention back to the road. "Damn it!" He made the next turn to the right but knew that Kagome would manage to loose him. He turned on the microphone again and spoke urgently into it. "I've solved it, she's insane. She's trying to loose me and damn near succeeding, I can't see her anywhere!"
"Don't worry, Inuyasha, I'm in the area. She can't get too far, right?" Sango stated.
"Boss, she's heading west." Stated one of his henchmen. "I could only catch a glimpse of her, but at the speed that she's going I'm not going to catch up."
"Shit, she's going to get herself pulled over! Or at least a cop will tail her until she runs out of gas."
Miroku sighed. "Inuyasha, I think she's heading towards her mansion."
Inuyasha growled. "Why the hell would she go there?"
"It's her home, Inuyasha, she left everything behind when she joined the gang. She could have something there that's needed for whatever it is she's scheming."
Inuyasha snorted, as if words couldn't be expressed at the moment. He wasn't too worried about finding her, the bond had been found and was now leading him to her. He would find her, help her, yell at her like crazy and then kiss her like there was no tomorrow. Yep, he had it all worked out.
Sango blinked carefully while gliding along the streets on her bike, cautiously passing an officer as he sat on the curb. "Inuyasha, you're being very calm about all this. It's eerie."
"I'll be angry later, Sango, right now I'm determined to find Kagome."
Sango sighed. "Inuyasha, don't be angry with just Miroku, I sorta suspected she was scheming earlier."
"I'm not blaming anyone right now, it's all our faults she got away! We have to stop her before she kills herself, and note that psycho bitch, wolf bastard and Fluffy dearest are all out there and seeking her destruction."
It was quiet for a moment before Sango replied. "Kouga doesn't want to kill her, as far as we know he wants to claim her."
"Like I said, they all want her to be doomed! That motorcycle is too strong for her, and I could sense her pain miles away. She's not going to last long until we can get back to healing. So just find her and find a way to stop her without hurting her. Ask questions later."
"Yes, Inuyasha." Many voices rang in his head, telling him that at least part of his club listened to him.
He still felt miserable because of the pain she was going through, but he was determined with his own natural feelings to locate her. Nothing was going to take her away from him, not even temporary insanity. He was thoroughly convinced that Kagome was just overwhelmed by all the information of Sesshomaru pulling his stunts. Yea, that's it, she was overwhelmed…
He moved in the way of a car that honked angrily, but he was too absorbed to listen as he flipped them off and continued on his way. The car continued to honk until Inuyasha grew impatient and looked around him, sick of being as nice as he was. He took off his helmet and glared at the people while pulling a knife out of it's sheathe. Luckily the window was down so that his threat was heard out. "You'll regret even looking at me!"
The people in the car grew shocked and frightened when they realized that it was Inuyasha the Shadow Lurker, but they couldn't do much as he basically shot his knife at the tire and blew it out, causing the car to wind violently on the road before crashing. He smirked and put his helmet back on as the car's explosion forced his hair in front of his face while he sped off into the distance. No one crosses me. Not and lives to tell about it, that is.
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Kagome arrived at her destination with no further obstructions. She knew that Inuyasha's gang had caught several glimpses of her now before she was able to speed ridiculously out of sight, so she hid the bike behind a bush to make sure it wasn't found. She knew exactly where to get into, that is if she got in without getting caught.
The pain in her stomach increased and she had to stop and groan softly while her eye twitched madly. Shit, without Inuyasha healing me it's getting worse. Apparently if he started the healing, he needs to finish it…no wonder he brought up the issue of pain. She sighed and shook her head. Now was not the time to worry about pain. She would never get the chance to do this again, especially after Inuyasha got a hold of her. Why it bothered her so much, she would never know, but there was definitely no backing out now.
She managed to pull out a set of keys that she had kept on her the day of the kidnapping and picked out the specific one. Walking up to the back door, she unlocked it with a cloth over her hand and walked inside, cautious of any noise around her. The guards were always scurrying about when both her father and her were known to be alive, but now she was uncertain. There seemed to no need other than to have the security watched from a distance and dispatched if an alarm went off.
She entered the dark room carefully and closed the door behind her. Looking around to her old home, she wondered how long it had truly been since a maid had been in to take care of it. Sure, she didn't approve of the maids doing everything for her, but if they were still on salary then they didn't deserve to be paid for the amount of dust all over the place.
She made her way silently to the stairs and climbed, careful not to touch anything with her bare hands and leave fingerprints. If she were to leave any, then it could definitely complicate things for Inuyasha's gang, and she was trouble enough already. She climbed until she reached her room and then walked in as the door quietly squeaked in protest. She hated her door, as it seemed that her father liked it to be noisy so he knew when she would attempt to sneak out.
There was one thing in specific that she needed from here. Her laptop, along with all the floppy discs she could find. Kagome kept a typed diary and if the police ever decided to snoop through it, they would find the information on Sango and Miroku from when she had first met them. No, finding that would not be a good thing, as she even described how phony that conversation had felt and her constant pondering about it. She could have learned to trust her Miko instincts on that, but she was suddenly glad she didn't.
Kagome walked under her bed and picked up the little laptop still in it's carrying case. As she plopped it down and began stuffing the floppy discs into her pocket, a sense told her that she was not alone in the room. She grabbed her gun and whipped it out, turning and pointing it in Inuyasha's face while he had his gun out in automatic reaction. He didn't mean to, but it was like habit and an automatic reflex for his own protection.
She let out a breath that she didn't even know she was holding and eased the gun down, as he did. Kuso! I'm caught! "Don't do that." She glared at him and continued working. She wasn't getting rid of him now, but she wasn't about to stop.
"Do what? Scare you like that? Geez, sorry, maybe next time I'll ask for permission." He stated calmly as he crossed his arms tightly.
She snorted and continued the piling. "I'm in no mood for that, Inuyasha."
He gave her the most arrogant sounding snort he could muster up. "You're in no mood? I'm the one who should be pissed here! Do you realize what you have done?!"
"Yea, I've committed five crimes: Stealing, lying, assault, speeding, and riding a motorcycle without a helmet."
"Kagome, this is serious! Stop acting like an arrogant, stubborn bitch for five minutes for once in your life!"
She stared at him. "We can't have this discussion in the middle of this house, Inuyasha! I know what I did was wrong, but I'm not ashamed of it!" The raising of her voice caused her wound to reopen slightly and it started bleeding again against the protest of the bandages. She bit her lip in pain, but didn't do anything as she lifted her laptop up to take it out. "I'm done talking now."
He caught her around the waist and looked at her wound with concern and anger mixing together on his face. "Kagome, are you nuts? You're going to hurt yourself very seriously, now listen to me and come back to the club! I'll have someone else drive that bike of MINE back to the club and you'll ride with me."
She shook her head. "I'm not done here, I came here to do something and I'm not leaving until I'm finished."
He growled softly. "Kagome you've disobeyed me once and I won't stand for it again. This is now a very big issue, and I won't argue with you about it." His tone certainly left no room for argument.
She jerked out of his arms and stormed out of the room. "We'll see about that." She muttered. He sighed deeply and ran his hands over his forearms. Yep, she definitely needs to be in my arms. She's going to be cold and end up going into shock.
Inuyasha did the only thing he could do while this angry at her; he followed her like a lost puppy. It only took five minutes for her to escape the first time, and she had a wound to add to it all. He wouldn't let her slip away again, in fact he had already assured of it when he radioed in telling Shippo to come down and take her bike back. He knew he would have to be more forceful with her at the moment. The only way around was if she was riding with Inuyasha, and he'd have it no other way.
Kagome was in her father's room just down the hall, walking in carefully and limping over to a picture that hung on the wall. She pulled it off and messed with the combination before viewing the safe open and reaching into it. Some bundles of money were the first thing she pulled out, but that wasn't her goal. She was searching for her father's secrets, anything and everything that he would most definitely keep from her he stored in the safe. Too bad for him that she was good at figuring combinations, though.
She pulled out some papers and started looking through them, finding some to be uninteresting and useless. One stack of papers, though, she found to be interesting and she pulled back to look at them. Her father mingled with legal documents and many other things involving the government. She figured that maybe something within the government pissed off Fluffy a little bit, and that's why he wanted her dead. She just needed to know what, but something else was eating at her too.
"Inuyasha, how did you find me?" She asked while sitting on the bed, reading as much on the papers as she could.
"I followed the clues from my club members that told me you were heading west. Miroku told me you were probably here."
She never looked away. Note to self…hurt that monk later…"How'd you get in?"
He sighed and leaned against the doorway. "Do you honestly think I earned the reputation of a shadow lurker if I wasn't sneaky and clever at the things I do?" His tone was irritated and angry.
She put the paper down and glared at him. "Inuyasha, I'm not asking you not to be mad at me, I'm asking you to understand just slightly why I had to do this."
"Yea, I understand why, but what I don't get is why you couldn't have waited until your wound was healed or until after I killed Kouga! Or even until one of us could help you! You went out thinking that you would take care of all of them, even if it killed you, but let me tell you that revenge is not going to mean a thing unless you kill them, Kagome. You can't do that alone, and I have tried to tell you that, but you wouldn't listen to me."
She stared at him. "You knew what I was thinking?"
"It's amazing what a healing bond can do for the senses." He said darkly. Kagome had never seen this side of him, but she had to admit that she deserved it.
"I wouldn't listen because I already knew that I couldn't do it alone, but I had to try. You wouldn't have let me do anything."
He snorted. "And now you see why! You end up doing stuff like this, and you're hurting yourself doing it!"
When she couldn't think of something intelligent, she shrugged and continued reading. "The worst wounds are emotional." She muttered.
Inuyasha growled. "You're telling me." He stated quietly. Kagome looked up at him and sighed.
"I'm sorry, Inuyasha, but it's not going to mean anything to you so just forget it and be mad at me." She looked back down at the papers and folded them carefully, putting them in her laptop bag. She cautiously stood and got into the safe, pulling out any information on herself that she had and may need in the future and stuffing her pockets with the ten and twenty dollar bills. Inuyasha was in no mood to wait around, so she'd grab whatever she thought looked important.
"It's not that I don't accept your apology, I just don't think you understand fully what consequences your actions will have, not only for you, but for the entire state of New York."
"Well I'll know soon enough by the tone of your voice." She packed all the papers into the laptop case and stuffed some bigger money bundles into her pockets.
Inuyasha snorted. "You are rich, why are you taking the small change?" He asked quietly.
"Because I don't have any cash on me and I'd prefer not showing up at a bank to withdraw from my huge account." She took her laptop case and glared at him when he took it from her. "Inuyasha, I can carry it."
He pointed at her. "No more arguing with me. When we get back, you will sit down and finish healing before you even think of moving, and then we are going to have a long discussion about why I'm the boss in the first place."
She sighed, staring at him in defeat. After a minute of what seemed to be pondering, she shrugged her shoulders and moved her arms wildly to show that she didn't like giving in. "Fine, whatever." She finished with a great 'roll of the eyes'.
He gripped her elbow softly and led her out of the room, carefully looking around to make sure they weren't caught. He felt bad instantly, he didn't like being the boss to the point that Kagome could no longer argue with him, but he was so worried about her that he twitched. How else could he get it through to her? She had put herself in too dangerous a situation and in the condition she was in, she had no business leaving the room whatsoever, especially to hijack a motorcycle and tie up a Kitsune.
She made a small noise and he realized that it was a tight suppressant of pain. She now had a freshly bleeding wound, soaking bright red through her bandages, and she felt a little lightheaded. But since this whole thing was her fault anyway, she wasn't going to admit to it. Inuyasha could probably sense it anyway.
They managed to get outside without getting caught, and Inuyasha almost thought that was suspicious, but shrugged it off. He waited for Kagome to lock the door and then lead her to his bike, strapping her laptop onto the back. "Inuyasha, can't I hold onto that?"
"The straps will hold this thing, you will hold onto me with both hands." She sighed. Once again, no room for argument.
"How long are you going to punish me?"
"Until I feel like stopping." He mounted his bike and put on his helmet, handing her a black one. "Even I wear helmets, so put it on." Slowly she complied and crawled onto his bike, scooting as close as humanly possible to him and holding on with both hands clasped around his waist. She rested her cheek against his back and closed her eyes as the air hit the wet part of her bandages. With Inuyasha's heat, she instantly felt much better, but also a little tired, and that made her a little wary of falling off.
She didn't know why she was cooperating now. She had wanted to go to a few more places and get what she had wanted, and she didn't have the intention on coming back until she was finished. It was like her Miko knew Inuyasha and wanted her to listen to him for her own good because she herself was too stubborn. Kagome knew that it wasn't wise to go directly for Fluffy, or Kikyo for that matter. She had plenty of other things to wrap up first, one of them being her wounds and Inuyasha.
Of course now, Inuyasha wasn't going to let her out of his sight, and it was going to drive her insane. She almost felt like she did when she still lived with her father, trapped and controlled by an angry person. The only difference was that she had free will, better clothing, she could carry weapons and actually ride something other than limos, and she actually enjoyed interacting with people that it involved. In some ways, Inuyasha was exactly like her father, and sadly…she loved him for it. Even if it would irritate the hell out of her.
He nudged her with his elbow to make sure she was awake before starting the engine and taking off. She was wide-awake and holding on, keeping an eye on the laptop in back. If that thing flies off…
"It's not going anywhere, so stop worrying about it." She turned her attention back to Inuyasha, but his eyes were focused on the road. She looked down and shrugged. She deserved everything he was doing to her, but since his punishment towards her was a little more 'harsh' than usual, it meant that he was going extremely easy on her when he would have killed a regular club member. After all, Inuyasha was a completely sane person, and like any normally sane person he didn't take too kindly of things being stolen from him, even from his girlfriend.
She could hear the radio inside her helmet talk as Sango's voice came on. "Inuyasha, might I ask if you're the cause of the thirty-third street accident? The driver claims 'Inuyasha the Shadow Lurker' threatened them and popped their tires all while driving his motorcycle."
Inuyasha was quiet for a moment before speaking. "So what if I am?"
"Did you slash their tires from throwing knives? The police are calling the men insane, but that's what they are saying."
"I slashed their damn tires because they were annoying the hell out of me with that cursed horn! They should shut the hell up and be lucky they're alive."
Kagome hadn't moved at all as she pressed her forehead tightly into Inuyasha's back, moaning softly because of her worry, pain and anger. Inuyasha sensed this and calmly took one hand off the handles to place them over the top of hers. He was hoping to show her that he was angry, but it didn't mean that he wasn't worried or didn't care about her. She was loved, but in trouble. He wouldn't say anything, though, because the microphones were on and he wasn't going to mess with them on the way back.
The mood suddenly changed as shots started firing at them. Inuyasha turned to look behind him and both could see the group of motorcyclists riding not far behind them, all with guns in their hands in an attempt to stop him. He growled and spoke into the microphone. "We're being shot at! Sesshomaru found us! Damn it to hell!"
Sango and Miroku had been circling the club in small turns. Miroku was the next to speak, although he sounded nervous himself. "They've got our club surrounded, Inuyasha. What do we do?"
Kagome gripped him tighter and started speaking. "What do you mean what do you do? Rally the damn club and get them in the fight!"
Inuyasha growled at her. "Don't make the decisions."
"You're not doing it fast enough!" She screamed. She let one of her hands go to reach into her coat and pull out her gun.
Inuyasha started weaving throughout traffic to avoid shots. "Kagome, hold on with BOTH hands!"
She just responded by gripping him tighter with the other hand, turning and shooting at the men shooting at her. She managed to knock one man off his bike, but the other's sped up and started gaining on them.
Inuyasha growled and bent lower. "If you don't hold on, you're going to fall off and I will never forgive myself!"
"I have to shoot!"
"You do what you're told! Hold on!" He bit out, turning a turn sharply, forcing her to grip him tightly as he emphasized his point. She sighed deeply and looked around as the men were forced to continue driving in the direction they were going in, much in the same manner as she had tricked Inuyasha. She knew that method would prove to be useful.
A sharp pain in Kagome's spine indicated that someone they did NOT want to see right now was nearing. She hissed and clenched Inuyasha, almost for safety. Shit!
Inuyasha glanced back at her. "What is it?" He asked, anger still in his voice.
"Miko, incoming…" She muttered before seeing the black limo in the distance. She pointed at it and Inuyasha growled deeply. "This is not the right time for this!" He turned and went down a different road, avoiding the now speeding limo as much as possible.
Inuyasha's ears twitched as he realized Kagome was muttering something over and over. He could smell her blood as it began to seep through her bandages and onto his back, and he started twitching again as he went over the choices. He knew he had to pull over and start healing her again soon, but he couldn't stop in the middle of a chase. He couldn't take them back to the club because it was now surrounded and in the middle of a fight. He couldn't take her to a hotel somewhere because the police were still looking for her, and he wasn't going to loose her to them, either. Sesshomaru had dispatched his gang and they were now following closely behind them. It seemed he had only one option.
He spoke into the microphone. "If you want that laptop so badly, unstrap it and hold onto it."
She looked at him and carefully did as she was told, pulling the computer into her lap and gripping Inuyasha tightly. He sighed and turned slightly, grabbing Kagome under the shoulders. "Hold on." She gripped him even tighter with one arm and held her computer as he jumped up onto a two-story building and watched the motorcycle crash into an oncoming car, causing a large explosion. Inuyasha carried her bridal style and started running as fast as his Hanyou form could carry him, jumping from building to building. Kagome held him tightly around his neck, rubbed her cheek into his chest and sighed. "I'm really sorry, Inuyasha." She said quietly. She felt like she wanted to cry, but damn her stubbornness wouldn't let her.
He rubbed the shoulder he was holding carefully as he focused on where he was going. "It's ok, Kagome, but this is why I have rules set up in the gang."
"I know that now." She looked ahead of them to have some hint of where he was taking her, but as far as she could tell she couldn't even recognize what part of New York City they were in. "Where are we going?"
He took a glance at her before jumping onto another building and stopping. He set her on her feet carefully and took her computer from her to put the strap over his shoulder like a woman would a purse. Then he picked up his cell phone and called Sango. "What's happening?"
She was panting and the noise in the back round was extremely loud. "Well, things are going about as good as they can. We're kicking ass, but I don't see anyone posing a real threat here other than Rin."
"Rin's alive?"
"You better believe it, better than ever, and she's controlling the part of the gang that is trying to kill us all. She's managed to take a few of our men down, Inuyasha, so we have to deal with that. But it turns out that Kagome's plan really was a good one. You never gave us a complete order, so we listened to our second."
He took an appreciative glance at her before sighing deeply. "I don't think I can risk bringing Kagome back there tonight. This would be the first fight I haven't fought with you guys in. Can you handle it?"
"Sure, Inuyasha, this is an easy fight. I'll call you if something changes."
"Thanks."
"No prob." Then they both hung up, Inuyasha bending his head down to see Kagome taking a seat on the roof of the building they had landed on while panting slightly. He bent down near her and put a hand on her shoulder. "Are you ok?"
She nodded. "Of course."
"Kagome, how can you be ok? Look at this…" He barely touched her waist, pulling back his hand to show her the blood that had seeped through her bandage. "I'm surprised you're still awake with all this blood loss."
She looked at him and sighed. "I'm about to use the corniest line in the world, but the only reason I keep going is because you taught me to, Inuyasha. I'm too stubborn to stop now."
He sighed. "Well I guess for once you being stubborn is not a bad thing." He looked around and sniffed. "We're going somewhere that I haven't been in a while, but this time, I need you to do everything I say, when I say it, and no arguing. It's important, Kagome."
Kagome managed to stare at him carefully. "You're my boss, I have no choice but to listen to you, at least now anyway."
Inuyasha's ears twitched and he looked around to make sure they were still alone. He had one more question that needed to be answered because of his growing curiosity. "Why do you need all the stuff you took from your dad? And that computer…"
She briefly pushed herself up to her feet. "Those papers could be clues, Inuyasha, for one thing. And my laptop has my diary on it, so I don't want the police to find it. It would bring up too many questions and possible endanger the gang."
"Why are you worrying about the gang, Kagome? You may be second, but my top priority is making sure you're safe, and yours should be on resting." He stood and prepared to lift her again.
"Someone has to worry about the gang, Inuyasha. If you won't then I will."
"You didn't when you took my motorcycle for a joyride, did you?" He almost smirked at her automatic stubbornness flashing across her face. He felt like smirking because he knew that an argument was coming on.
"Inuyasha, I had to get out, that's why I took your motorcycle. Had I known that Sesshomaru would choose today, of all days, to send his gang out on random patrols of the city then I would have stayed in that boring complex!"
"Psh, boring? All the stuff I have in there probably costs more than your mansion! That motorcycle sure wasn't cheap!"
"HAD I crashed it, I would have paid for it, probably in both pain and money. I don't care how much it would have cost, I know for a fact that I have more money than Inuyasha the Shadow Lurker."
"You don't know that for sure! But that's beside the point! You're little stunt forced me to let Kouga get away, which makes him one more person to worry about! Now he's probably searching the streets for you as we speak!"
Kagome widened her eyes as she thought about it. "Shit…" She hadn't thought of that. Honestly, she hadn't thought of any consequences other than Inuyasha's mouth. She wasn't going to fret about her actions at the time, so of course she would skip over the completely obvious worries.
She held her head and closed one of her eyes as the beginnings of a migraine appeared. "Damn it, do me a favor and take me where you're going to take me because I'm getting a headache."
He sighed and lifted her again, this time being more graceful as he jumped from building to building. Kagome clung to him like a lifeline, for in reality, he was. He took care of her, made sure she was safe, and gave her a run for her money with his arguing skills. She even felt bad about angering him or doing something that would make him worry about her for no reason whatsoever.
She sighed deeply as she came to her conclusion. She really had it bad for Inuyasha.
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"I cannot see what Inuyasha sees in that intellectual whore, Sesshomaru." Kikyo claimed, tightening her arms over her chest. Her face was stern as they rode around in the limo, trying to figure out where his little brother had eluded them. She had been ready to open the windows and shoot some power at them, but then Inuyasha grabbed Kagome and jumped off while the bike crashed into a car and disappeared over the buildings.
Sesshomaru remained in his white ceremonial outfit. He didn't like to dress professionally unless he was meeting with an important person. Other than that, it was his ancient outfit. He scowled and looked out the opposite window. "Silence, wench. You babble on and on about my brother as if he is the sugar to your tea. Inuyasha is not something to fret over."
"I beg to differ. Ever since that other Miko wench had gotten her claws into him I have wanted nothing more that to see them in pain. And I will have my revenge…" She cringed and clenched her fists.
Sesshomaru couldn't show any emotion other than the frustrated rolling of his eyes. "We shall both have revenge, Kikyo, but not you before I. You simply don't want that Higurashi girl on the earth because you fear her Miko abilities, even though you are a strong Miko all on your own."
"Sesshomaru, even if a Miko has incredible power, the variety of powers differ between Mikos. Kagome could pull something out of her sleeve that would make even me bow down to her. But why are you after her again?"
"My reasons are my own, and more worth my time."
She crossed her arms. "Oh really? Tell me, Fluffy, what are they?"
He growled softly. "Call me that again and Miko or not I will kill you." He shifted in his seat and looked out the window. "The little wench has had this little habit of messing up my plans since she moved to this city. Her and her father's meddling with the government angered me, not to mention the fact that he had a suspicious amount of money that I could have put to good use. Inuyasha no Baka had to mess everything up in this little childish war we have, and now I want nothing more than to see that bitch dead and Inuyasha's pain. This little chase of attempts is what makes this all worth it." He exhaled carefully and stared at her. "And I am never going to repeat myself, so ask again and I will kill you."
She arrogantly smirked at him, making him angry. "So many empty threats, Sesshomaru. You can't kill me and you know it, not while that egotistical bitch is still walking this earth. The only way to kill this Miko with that strong of a bond to Inuyasha is…"
"Is for another Miko to take her out, yes, I know I know. I have grown tired of that little speech, and one day when you catch me in the wrong mood, I'll change your mind with a sweep of my claws."
She snorted and kept her first comment to herself. It was obvious that they only worked together because they needed each other. She needed his protection and he needed her supernatural powers. All in all, they could barely stand each other, but they still worked together.
Both Inuyasha and Kagome had become a great challenge for him. He wanted both dead as soon as possible, but they could elude death and fight strongly to the end, and they were doing well at the moment. After Kikyo had informed him on the conversation that she had with the wench in her dream, they knew she would be running to try and gather her things for a battle. Of course, Inuyasha wouldn't stand it and they knew that as soon as he found out she was gone, he'd have his entire club on an all city search. Good way to catch them, while they aren't together, so he sent his club out for the chase in hopes of bringing back two trophy heads.
The second comment just popped out and his reaction to it surprised her. "I just want that bitch's head in a basket."
"You may have her head, but I wish for the challenge of dislodging Inuyasha's from his shoulders."
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Kagome tilted her head forward as her eyes eased shut. Once she had realized it, though, she sat back up instantly only to have her head lulling again in the next minute. She was so tired she could barely stay awake, but she wanted to be awake when Inuyasha took her wherever they were going. She, too, had a growing curiosity about this man.
Right outside the city was a series of homes and cabins all on their own little plot of land. Inuyasha jumped up to the closest cabin and opened the door, not slowing down as he took her inside.
The lights automatically came on and Kagome took note that the place was a little average looking, with expensive things here and there, but nothing all that bad. It reminded her an awful lot of Sango's apartment, except the furniture was a dark blue instead of black leather. The rooms were all joined with nothing more than counters between them, and then the bathroom and other rooms were in the back. She had to admit, she rather enjoyed the average surroundings.
"Inuyasha, where are we?"
He sat her down carefully on the couch. "This was Miroku's house before he joined the club. He still owns it, so nobody else lives here." He took her laptop and put it on the kitchen counter before removing his coat and walking back into the backrooms to check them.
"What are you doing?" She asked. She was starting to get cold again and she didn't like it.
"I'm seeing if the guest room is in nice order for guests."
"Why not just take the master?" Her curiosity was getting the better of her.
He turned and came back into the room with an eyebrow cocked. "Are you nuts? I don't want to be, or for you to be, in the same bed that Miroku and Sango have shared plenty of times."
Kagome nodded slowly and her mouth let out a silent 'oh'. That thought put a dirty image in her head and she shook it violently to get it out. "Eww…"
After locking the door, he lifted her again and took her back into the bedroom. "I figured this time it would be better to rest in a bed."
She nodded and sighed in content. The bed in the room was larger, probably a queen, and it would definitely be easier to continue with the healing. She wouldn't object to anything at the moment, she just wanted to get some rest before she thought of committing crimes again.
He sat her down on the bed and looked around the room while sniffing the air. He opened the closet to reveal a large amount of black clothing. "These are Sango's clothes. This is probably where she would stay when she and Miroku weren't at it."
She crossed her arms and sighed. "I'm betting you could smell that kind of thing, couldn't you?"
"Not to mention hear it. You have no idea how horrible it is to have the hearing of a dog when you're sitting in your office and they're in the apartments across the street."
Kagome choked back a laugh. "Yea, I can't imagine."
He shrugged and removed his coat and shirt to reveal his flawless chest. He stared at her before walking into the bathroom that happened to be conjoined to the room to get her a towel. "Take off your coat while I get a towel."
She nodded and slowly peeled off her coat, throwing it on the floor. Her hands were already covered in the sticky blood as she leaned back. It was almost as if her 'top' had been dipped in a pool of blood red dye. She realized that Inuyasha was right, she normally would have passed out long ago from massive blood loss.
So why didn't she? It shouldn't have anything to do with her Miko abilities because the only true power with those supernatural abilities was to shoot power and create shields, etc. Maybe the bond with Inuyasha made me stronger…hmm…
Inuyasha came back in with two dark red towels as he climbed onto the bed behind her. He put a leg on each side of her and began to dab at the sticky bandages with the towels in hopes of soaking some of it up. When he was through with that, he began to slowly unwrap the cloth and observed her put her hands on his knees to help with the pain. Apparently touching the wound in any way hurt too badly for her to ever admit.
He sighed deeply. When they were through healing, she was definitely going to have to take a bath because by then she'd have dried blood all over her. Not only was it unappealing, but so much of it reeked to the point that it reminded him of the stench of near death. In some cases of his blind rage fits, it was a pleasing thing, but with Kagome it was almost frightening.
She sighed heavily and leaned her head back on his shoulder with her eyes clenched shut. "Damn my stubbornness…" She muttered, trying her hardest not to sound like she was in pain but failing.
Inuyasha stared at her wound like it wasn't there. More or less, she had ripped a rip the length of the wound and it had started bleeding heavily with slight scabbing over the top. Inuyasha quickly pressed the towel to her wound and kissed her neck as if apologizing for her pain. "Wow, you ripped quite the hole in your stomach due to your arrogant self." He stated calmly, and she couldn't help but smile at him.
"Well this'll teach me then, won't it?" She squeezed his knee tightly as if emphasizing her point.
His mouth was right next to her ear, his voice resonating. "That's why I am the boss. You need to quit being so egotistical and submit to me instead of being a dominant wannabe with a temperamental personality."
"If you weren't helping me, you'd probably get smacked for saying that." She stated and he chuckled while still pressing the towel to her wound.
"You're cute when you're mad, you know that?"
She snorted with disbelief. "You are the most confusing bastard I have ever met! Your club is having a war with your brother right now and you are happy enough to argue with me, not to mention I just stole your motorcycle and forced you to crash it…"
"Did you ever notice how peaceful it is when we argue?"
"You're not even listening to me."
He grinned. "Nope." He traced her shoulder with his claw and shrugged. "I don't know, Kagome, Sango and Miroku can handle the club, you've been found and I got you back safely, we're hiding somewhere that Fluffy doesn't know about…why fret over something when I shouldn't be worried?"
She turned slightly and stared at him. "You just seem so much calmer than you used to be…"
He nodded. "That's probably because of the bonding spell. I feel calmer when you're around, and merciless when you're not."
Kagome smiled slightly and played with the hair in his face. "I guess even egotistical bastards can make an intelligent woman like me like you even more."
"Hmp…" Inuyasha removed the towel and glanced at her wound, sighing carefully. "Well, it's stopped bleeding. At least we can start healing again."
She rolled her eyes. "How long should it take this time?"
"A little longer, I'm not sure. You know maybe if you stay put this time, you won't rip it open again and this won't take longer than it should."
"Smart ass, I've learned my lesson."
"I hope so, bitch, I hope so." He backed up slightly against the bed and brought her with him, pulling up the covers and dragging her under them. He then brought her against him and nuzzled his cheek in her hair. "Now go to sleep, and stay that way for a while."
She nodded and held him tightly, feeling the immediate comfort of his arms. It seemed as though her body heat returned to her the minute she was snuggled into his embrace, making her almost eager to go to sleep. She was a little fearful, however, that Kikyo would be visiting her in her dreams, but all that was wiped away as Inuyasha's soothing hands combing through her hair put her to sleep.
Inuyasha stared down at her and kissed her forehead after he made certain she was slumbering. He had been terrified when he searched for her, and now that he knew she was safe, he found it hard to stop the irritating twitching that were his nerves. Had he lost her, something inside would have snapped and he wasn't sure what he would have been capable of.
With that thought, he pulled her closer before closing his own eyes. "Don't ever do that to me again, Kagome Higurashi." Then he fell into a deep sleep for the first time in a long time.
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