Thank you for all the reviews. Hmm…I think I'm about to make a lot of people mad…or confused…oh boy... Here's the final chapter of Love's Stranger. Read the author notes at the bottom for the sequel info and previews. Thanks!
Disclaimer: I own nothing at all. So sad, yet so true.
Chapter 10: The Breaking Point
Inuyasha holds the framed wedding picture in his hand and feels the rage building up inside of him. It was of Kurama and his wife, Kari…or rather, Kagome.
"Kagome, love…"
Calming down to form a plan, Inuyasha goes downstairs to find Sango.
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Sango looks at the card given to her by Shesshoumaru the other day.
"Shesshoumaru Keith, CEO, KeithCorp."
Flipping the card over in her hand, she remembers their brief conversation.
Flashback
"I am merely stating that you seem to be a woman with her priorities in order."
Sango looks at him in surprise.
"Of course, why wouldn't I? As you are the same I see."
He reaches inside his suit jacket pocket and pulls out a card.
"I will be in New Orleans for the rest of the week. Give me a call if you wish to have a civil conversation over dinner."
Handing her the card, he nods his head and turns to leave.
End Flashback
Shaking her head, she sighs.
"I wonder if Hiei's really gonna let me go that easy?"
She thinks about the black haired doctor and smirks.
"Knowing Hiei, yes."
Tucking the card away, she looks down at the young child sharing the couch with her and smiles.
"DollyAnn, don't be in a big rush to grow up and date. Men are nothing but trouble."
Inuyasha comes down the stairs with something in his hand.
"How did Kurama and Kari meet?"
She turns to him with her eyebrows raised.
"How'd they meet?"
"Yeah, I wanna know."
"Um…she was in a plane crash over two years ago and went into a coma. When she woke up, she didn't remember anything, so Mr. Y let her stay here until she got better. Then, they just fell in love."
"Did he even try to help her regain her memory?"
"Yeah, he kept trying to jog it, but it didn't work. He tried for months on end. Why?"
"Never mind."
He goes back upstairs and looks at the glass he was about to put into place.
"So you must think you're gonna get away with this, huh Kurama? All this time I've been telling you about Kagome and you've had her here all along. Well that's not how life goes in my eyes."
He lifts a plate of glass into his hands and lets an evil grin consume his face.
"This glass sure is heavy. Damn shame if it fell on a certain doctor while he was sleep."
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Once the Youko's arrive home, Kurama takes Kari by the hand and leads her into the house.
"What's going on Kurama?"
"I have a surprise for you koi."
He stops at their bedroom door.
"Go inside and see what's awaiting you."
Kari walks into her bedroom and looks up. She gasps and covers her mouth while smiling. She turns to Kurama.
"I love it honey! Thank you so much!"
She hugs him and the phone rings. Kurama answers.
"Hello, Youko residence?"
"Kurama, I wanna talk to you before the day is over."
"Inuyasha?"
"Yeah. Meet me at the bar on Bourbon Street in an hour."
"Why? What's wrong?"
"Nothing at all, I just want to show you something about the glass."
"Alright, fine. Wait, what bar?"
"Bourbon."
He hangs up as Kurama stands there confused.
"Kurama, who was that?"
He hangs up.
"The architect."
"Inuyasha Keith?"
"Hai. He wants me to meet him in an hour."
"Why?"
Kurama just shrugs and heads to the bathroom to take a shower.
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Inuyasha looks up as Kurama stands over him at the table. Kurama sits across from him.
"You wanted to see me?"
"How does your wife like her ceiling?"
"Kari adores it."
"That's what my wife thought when I showed her hers."
He sips on his drink.
"When everybody said my wife had died in that crash, I didn't believe them. I knew Kagome was still alive. Our son had stopped talking for months, but I eventually got him to talk again. We only had each other, both of us wrapped in pain, but not trying to show it."
"Yes, but why are you telling me all this?"
"Cause I wanted you to know that I found her."
"That's great."
"Remember when you sent me to Baton Rouge to find her? She wasn't there. All that time, she had been in Kingdom Hospital…under your care."
"Nani?"
"This is my wife."
He slides the picture of himself and Kagome on their wedding day across the table. Kurama picks it up and his eyes widen in horror. Inuyasha smirks.
"Oh Kami…"
"Thinking of this?"
He pushes Kurama's framed wedding picture across to him. Kurama studies them both and bites his lip.
"You married my wife. You had a child by my wife."
"Kari…"
"Her name's Kagome Keith. She's 28, a webmaster, and her birthday is October 13th. We went to school together and got married when we were 22. We live in Atlanta, Georgia."
"You don't understand my friend. I tried to get her to remember who she was for months. I fought the urge to fall in love with her for the simple fact that she might remember, or her husband might come for her. You never came."
"You sent me to Baton Rouge!"
"That's where she was listed!"
"That's not where she was! She was with you!"
"What do you want from me! I can't just walk away from this! It'd be different if we were just married, but we have a daughter! I can't let you rip our family apart!"
"Maybe you don't remember that she has a family on this side of the gate too!"
Kurama stands.
"Kari is and always will be my wife!"
Inuyasha stands to face him.
"Her name ain't Kari! It's Kagome, and she's my wife. You took advantage of her after the plane crash! I want her back!"
Noticing Kurama's eyes are looking pass him, Inuyasha turns around and faces a shocked looking Kagome/Kari. She takes two steps back before turning and running away.
"Love…"
"Koi…"
Both husbands look at each other with regret in their eyes.
A/N: Well, that's the end my readers. LS is done and over, but don't worry, I'm currently working on the sequel. Look for it by the title of Love's Gotten Stranger. Oh boy, I've been getting so many great ideas from my coworkers and classmates that I'm in overload. There'll be twists all through it, so don't be shocked. Anything goes.
Love's Gotten Stranger Preview:
"Shesshoumaru, I am not the type of woman who jumps out of one relationship and into another just because of the sex."
"I never said you were Sango."
He lifts the sheet and looks them over. Letting the blood rush to her face, she grabs the sheet to cover herself.
"You will not speak about what happened last night Shesshoumaru Keith!"
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"Inuyasha, who the hell do you think you are! What you had with her is over! Leave us alone!"
"It ain't over til I say it's over Youko."
"So you tried to kill me! Us! Our daughter was in there when that glass fell!"
Inuyasha smirks.
"Fuck, I missed."
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"Sango, you can't be serious. You're leaving me for him?"
"Shesshoumaru is ten times the man you ever were Hiei."
"I agree with her Dr. Jagaan. Maybe you should just leave."
Pulling a sword off of the wall, Hiei takes up a fighting stance.
"Care to find out, you silver haired freak?"
Shesshoumaru quirks an eyebrow and takes the other sword off the wall.
"It's your funeral."
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Kari stands in the kitchen twirling the wedding ring Kurama gave her on her finger.
"This is only half of who I am. I have two identities, two husbands, two lives, and two children. Oh God, what am I going to do?"
She takes the ring off and sets it on the counter.
"This is going to have to stop. Someone's gonna be disappointed, and I know who."
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"Kikyo you bitch! You just sat there and let them get married? You knew that it was her and you let her marry that jerk! How could you do this!"
"Inuyasha please!"
