Hey, I'm making up for being gone for so long, but you know how it is, teachers trying to kill students by overloading them with homework. No offense to any teachers reading this, cause you guys are great. Making the future generations smart is a worthy occupation, even if you have to give them detention every night for eternity.
Chapter Nine: Brother My Brother
Kagome and Sesshomaru rushed over to Yura and Ayame's apartment, Inu Yasha had moved there recently. They had left Sakuya at the daycare that Kagome sometimes volunteered at, with specific instructions not to let anyone but Kagome or Sesshomaru take him out.
After parking the car in front of the apartment, Sesshomaru reached over Kagome and opened the glove compartment. Kagome watched amazed as he pulled out four semi automatic handguns. Seeing her amazed expression he kissed her cheek.
"I'm always prepared," he explained.
He handed Kagome two of the guns and got out of the car. Kagome followed and they stopped at the door.
"Ready?" Sesshomaru asked.
"As I'll ever be," Kagome replied.
Sesshomaru kicked down the door and Kagome aimed her guns at the open door way. Sesshomaru went in first straight into the living room. Kagome was simply amazed at Inu Yasha's stupidity.
The room was completely dark, and Inu Yasha sat behind a desk feet propped on it one figure stood to either side of him. The hostages lay scattered and tied on the floor. Sesshomaru looked unemotionally at Inu Yasha.
"Well brother?" he asked.
"Do you know why you're here?" Inu Yasha demanded.
"I presume it is to retake the hostages and knock some sense into you," Sesshomaru replied.
"No you're here because of revenge," Inu Yasha growled.
"Revenge?" Kagome said softly.
"For what?" Sesshomaru added.
"Kikyo," Inu Yasha replied angrily.
"Aunty Kikyo?" Kagome questioned.
"My Kikyo, my perfect beautiful Kikyo. She's dead because of you!" Inu Yasha roared.
Sesshomaru moved Kagome behind him, whatever they could say would only make him more insane. He felt freer to insult and argue with his little 'brother' with Kagome safely shielded by his body.
"You killed her!" Inu Yasha killed her.
"Little brother, you have your facts mixed up. We were nowhere near the jail at the time she was killed, but you were. You went crazy after you learned that your bitch had been fucking others. You shot her as you were breaking everyone out of jail, but before that you freed Hojo in hopes that we would blame it on him. It's true isn't it brother," Sesshomaru stated calmly.
"No, not Kikyo. I couldn't have killed her, I love her," Inu Yasha denied.
"You blame us because we pout her in jail, and so you sent a letter threatening to hurt Kagome unless I left. Then after I left you started to ensconce yourself in her inner circle and plotted to kill her all the while," Sesshomaru continued.
"No!" Inu Yasha wailed.
"But it didn't go as planed, Kagome kept faith in me and you couldn't get close enough, Juroumaru and Musou made sure of that. That's when you decided that you needed help, you hired Ayame and Yura, and hoped that they could gain Kagome's confidence," Sesshomaru continued.
Kagome watched in horror as Inu Yasha's schemes unfolded in front of her. She watched as the man who had caused her so much pain, sobbed uncontrollably on the desk. Yura and Ayame were standing next to him now looking extremely worried. Then his crying stopped and Inu Yasha straightened, no tear tracks stained his face and he looked slightly mad.
"Yes I killed Kikyo, and now I must live forever in my misery. But if I can't be happy then you can't either!" Inu Yasha declared.
Inu Yasha pulled out a gun and Sesshomaru pushed Kagome to the ground. Inu Yasha laughed wickedly and Sesshomaru realized that he had fallen into his trap. Yura grabbed Kagome, after disarming her she pushed her to Ayame. Ayame shoved Kagome to the desk it slammed hard against her stomach.
Sesshomaru could only watch in helplessness as Inu Yasha yanked Kagome to him by her hair. He quickly pressed a knife to her throat.
"Put down you guns Sesshomaru," Inu Yasha ordered.
Sesshomaru dropped his weapons and kicked them away. Inu Yasha smirked in satisfaction, sure that his victory was at hand.
"Oh, my poor, poor big brother. Does it pain you to see her like this?" Inu Yasha cooed.
"Release her," Sesshomaru commanded.
Inu Yasha pulled the knife slowly across her neck, blood trickled from the new wound, but Kagome made no sound. Sesshomaru growled.
"Oops, my hand must have slipped," Inu Yasha giggled.
Inu Yasha was too busy gloating that he didn't notice the man creeping in from the window behind him. Sesshomaru distinctly remembered the man from before his marriage, this man had caused him no end of grief. Hojo, the name made him want to rip something apart, his brother seemed like a good target right now.
"Don't hurt my Kagome," Hojo shouted.
Hojo tackled Inu Yasha from behind and Sesshomaru pulled Kagome from his grasps. Bring her with him Sesshomaru dived for a gun. Sesshomaru fired and Inu Yasha went down, but not before knifing Hojo in the stomach. Some how Juroumaru and Miroku managed to knock down Yura and Ayame before they tried anything.
Keeping Kagome close to him Sesshomaru untied Musou.
"Musou get everyone else out of here and alert the police. Kagome let's get out of here," Sesshomaru commanded.
He quickly ushered Kagome out of the apartment and into the car. She was shocky, he was sure of it.
"Sesshomaru. It's over now right?" Kagome whispered.
"Yes Kagome it is finally over," Sesshomaru replied.
Kagome hugged Sesshomaru tightly and he held onto her for all he was worth. He would never leave again, not until time ended.
: : End Story : :
Akikazu: So that's the end.
Kejie: No epilogue?
Akikazu: Nope.
Kejie: I hear a 'but' here.
Akikazu: How perspective. There is no epilogue, but I'm going to write another story soon.
Kejie: God save me.
Akikazu: It will be shorter though, I'm almost finished with it now.
Kejie: Shouldn't you do something about all the errors in your stories first?
Akikazu: I'm doing that today. Well I got to get moving people. Ja ne.
Kejie: And good riddance too.
Akikazu: Shut up Kejie!
