Chapter 5: "Secrets"
Secret Underground Location of the Shikon Corporation…
A Demon woman in her mid-twenties, who had crimson colored eyes and was dressed in a standard white lab coat, a crème colored blouse underneath with a long plum colored skirt and black high heels, sat in a gray office chair that was situated in front of a standard wooden desk that had a computer, stacks of papers and various other office supplies on its surface. She was currently typing up the rest of her report on a specific specimen that she was monitoring over in the large lab just outside of the small office in which she was in.
As soon as she finished typing the last sentence of her report, she then saved the file onto the hard drive of the computer and then clicked the "Print" button with the mouse. The large gray office-sized printer that was situated off to the left of the desk then started printing out the report onto sheets of expensive white paper. As the woman continued to sit and wait for the entire report to print out, she looked around the plain eggshell colored room with a bored expression on her tired face. Besides the desk and large printer, the only other pieces of furniture situated in the room was a metallic silver table nearby with different kinds of neatly stacked medical books and papers on its surface and there was also two office-sized gray metal filing cabinets next to it. On the other side of the room directly across from where the woman was sitting were a plain wooden door and a very large wall-length glass window next to it, which revealed the adjoining lab.
As soon as the woman noticed that the printer had stopped printing, she then stood up and walked over to the printer to gather up all of the printed-out papers that were off to the left side of the machine. After quickly going through each paper, she then carefully stuffed the papers into a large-sized yellow folder and then placed it onto the computer desk. After letting out a sigh of aggravation, she then walked over to the metallic silver table and grabbed a black pen and a brown notebook with white paper inside and then proceeded to the wooden door to exit the room.
After exiting the small office, the woman then found herself standing in the lab, which was VERY large. She could hear the oh-so-familiar beeps and other technical sounds coming from the many odd looking metallic machines and equipment which were placed throughout the entire lab. There were also large metallic tables placed in the center of the lab that had weird looking medical instruments and other scientific items like microscopes, Petri dishes, etc. Situated along most of the metallic walls of the room were many large 'test-tube' looking tanks filled with an unknown yellow liquid, as well as large green-colored unknown creatures inside. In the center of the room though was a much larger tank filled with a bluish liquid that contained a large pale human-looking specimen inside. The almost seven foot creature had long white hair, which was floating all around its upper body in the liquid and there were many plastic tubes and wires of all different sizes sticking into various parts of its muscular flesh. The creatures eyes were also closed, which made it appear like it was either in a deep sleep or unconscious. Etched into a small steel plate that was situated on the front of the machine underneath that specimen's tank was the phrase, "Tyrant Specimen #26".
The woman then proceeded across the room until she reached Specimen #26's tank. She then started to quickly jot down some notes into her notebook as she observed the many different monitors that were situated off to the right side of the tank which portrayed the creature's status and other data information on the specimen inside. As she continued to take notes, she suddenly heard the mechanical hissing sound of the lab's main electronic double doors slide open, followed by the sounds of high-heeled footsteps making their way towards her. Knowing instantly who it was—from a quick scent check—that had entered the lab, the woman once again sighed with aggravation as the other Demon approached closer to her. "Did Sesshoumaru receive his precious files that he wanted?" The woman then replied in an annoyed tone as she continued to write down information into her notebook, not even bothering to turn around and face the other person.
The other younger Demon woman chuckled lightly. "Yeah but now that stud-muffin is requesting for another updated report a.s.a.p." She stated nonchalantly as she quickly walked over to one of the metallic lab tables and then sat on its surface, while pulling out a pink nail file from inside the middle of her tight black leather tube top. She also wore a matching black leather short mini skirt and black leather knee-length high-heeled boots. She had magenta colored eyes and short black hair, which was held back with a red headband.
The woman in the white lab coat growled. "That lazy asshole!" She angrily muttered through clenched teeth. "If he's so impatient, then why doesn't he come down here and do it himself!"
The other woman frowned as she continued to file her already sharp nails. "Like chill out, Kagura!" She replied in a ditsy manner.
The woman in the white lab coat, known as Kagura, glared over at the younger Demon. "NO! I'm tired of taking his damn orders and working myself non-stop while he just sits on his lazy ass up in his luxurious office and does nothing!" She loudly exclaimed as she started heading back over towards the small office room. "He's just like my bastard of a father!"
The younger Demon just shrugged as she tucked the pink nail file back into the middle of her tube top and then quickly bounced off the table. "Hey, I'm just telling you what he said!" She replied in an uncaring attitude as she followed after Kagura. "So, what should I tell him?"
Kagura walked into the office and proceeded over towards one of the metal filing cabinets. After a moment of just standing there in complete silence, she then pulled open one of the drawers and searched inside until she found what she was looking for. "Here, give him this." She stated in an annoyed tone as she handed the other Demon a vanilla colored folder with papers inside. "You tell him that's all I have for now and if he doesn't like it, well then that's just tough shit!"
"Oky doky!" The other Demon relied in a ditsy manner as she skipped over towards Kagura and then quickly snatched up the folder. Just as she was about to turn around and exit the small office, Kagura signaled for her to wait.
"Oh and Yura," Kagura coolly replied with a glare upon her face. "Tell Sesshoumaru that I'm taking my half-hour break now. If he needs something, he'll just have to get it himself."
Yura quickly clasped her hands together and shrieked with glee. "YAY! That means I can take a break as well!" She happily exclaimed as she skipped out of the office and headed towards the lab's metallic double doors. "Now I can go bug that hunk-alicious Kouga guy!" She exclaimed out loud to no one in particular as she finally exited the lab, all the while rambling on about how cute Kouga was and such.
Kagura rolled her eyes in annoyance. 'What an idiotic airhead I have for an assistant!' She thought with a frown as she continued to stand there in front of the open filing cabinet, tapping her right foot on the floor with irritancy. After a few minutes, she suddenly stopped her tapping. "This is bullshit!" She suddenly exclaimed out loud to herself. "I can't take this anymore!"
Finally fed up with Sesshoumaru's constant orders and the Shikon Corporation altogether, Kagura quickly turned back around to face the open filing cabinet and then angrily reached inside the drawer and started grabbing handfuls of folders and threw them over her shoulders, causing lots of various papers to come spilling out and ending up scattered all around the office room. Once she completely emptied the cabinet drawer, she then started to roughly pull open all of the other remaining filing cabinet's drawers and repeated her actions.
After entirely emptying both filing cabinets of all its files and folders, Kagura then angrily stomped over to the wooden desk and then forcefully pushed the computer monitor from off of its surface, which then loudly crashed onto the floor, sending fragments of the monitor's broken glass all over the floor. "I HATE THIS FUCKING PLACE! ESPECIALLY YOU FATHER!" She angrily yelled out loud as she pushed the computer tower off of the desk as well and then proceeded to smash the device into many pieces with her high-heeled foot. "ROT IN HELL WITH YOUR DAMN CORPORATION FOR ALL I CARE!"
After her short outburst, Kagura just stood in the middle of the office while breathing heavily and observing the mess that she had just created. "I don't care anymore…" She mumbled in an uncaring tone as she wriggled out of her white lab coat and then threw it onto the floor. 'I will no longer be a slave to my father and his damn company!' She mentally declared as she walked back over to the wooden desk and then reached inside one of the drawers to retrieve her pack of already opened cigarettes and a small green lighter. Hastily, she lit up a cigarette and took a long puff of it, then slowly blew the smoke out of her mouth.
Feeling somewhat calm all of a sudden, Kagura slowly walked out of the office room without a care in the world and then slammed the door shut behind her. The force of the door slamming closed caused the front door's label to fall off which read, "Dr. Kagura Onigumo".
The Mansion's Main Dining Room…
Sesshoumaru, dressed in an expensive black suit, a red silk tie and shiny black loafers casually leaned back in the comfortable red plush velvet dining chair in which he was sitting in that was at the head of the long cherry wood dining table. The table was so large that it could seat up to at least twenty people and was formally decorated with a few antique golden candleholders with white candles (which were all lit) and white linen doilies situated underneath a couple of small brown wicker baskets that were all generously filled with various ripened fruits. Also at each seat's place setting were fine white china dinner plates and expensive silver flatware that were all arranged properly.
The dining room itself was very large as well. The flooring, which was neatly polished to a reflective shine, consisted of a checkered pattern in black & white marble and the walls were made up of smooth gray stone. Many expensive hand-painted oil paintings of various people and scenic settings hung all around the room, as well as golden antique candleholders (which the candles were all lit) situated here and there along all of the walls.
Besides the elaborate dining table, there were other pieces of furniture that were neatly placed around the room. There was a large wooden antique grandfather clock (which was still working) that was situated against the right side of the wall, a small wooden stand that had a brass antique typewriter on its surface, four large white ceramic vases that contained tall green fern plants placed in every corner of the dining room and there was also an old victrola situated on a wooden stand that was currently playing the classical music of Beethoven's, "Moonlight Sonata". There was also a large gray stone fireplace, which had a nice crackling fire going on, built into the wall directly behind from where Sesshoumaru was situated.
Jaken, who was dressed in a brown suit and matching brown loafers suddenly hobbled in through the double oak doors of the dining room, wheeling in an old-fashioned silver serving cart which contained a large shiny silver platter and a matching silver bucket filled with ice and a bottle of expensive red wine. "Here you are, my Lord!" He chirped happily in his old, raspy voice as he wheeled the cart up to the left side of the table where Sesshoumaru was sitting. "I've cooked up one of your favorites today!" He then placed the silver platter onto the table in front of Sesshoumaru and removed the lid, revealing a succulent salmon steak, au gratin potatoes and steamed asparagus.
Sesshoumaru smiled a rare, pleasing smile. "Thank you, Jaken. It looks like you've outdone yourself this time." He commented as he eyed the delicious looking meal in front of him.
Jaken's eyes suddenly widened in surprise and he almost came close to shedding tears of joy. "Th-thank you, my Lord!" He stuttered as he quickly bowed and then reached over to the cart and retrieved the bottle of wine from the ice bucket and then carefully started pouring the fine red wine into a silver chalice that was next to Sesshoumaru's dinner plate.
Just then, the double doors to the dining room were loudly pushed open, which caused both Sesshoumaru and Jaken to momentarily look up, but once they saw who had entered, they both just merely rolled their eyes and then Sesshoumaru continued on with eating his dinner while Jaken continued to fill his Lord's chalice up with wine. Meanwhile, the person who had entered the dining room just stood at the far end of the dining table with an annoyed look upon his face as he waited for someone to speak up.
After a few minutes, Sesshoumaru finally looked up from his food and turned his attention to the guest. "Ah, Inuyasha," He casually replied as he slowly set his fork down onto the table top's surface. "I assume that you have some information for me about the girl?"
"Yeah." Inuyasha bluntly replied as his face contorted into his normal annoyed-looking expression. (He is still wearing the same clothing from the previous night.)
Sesshoumaru leaned back comfortably into his plush chair. "Well, let's hear it then." He smartly requested with a slightly annoyed look upon his face.
Inuyasha had the urge to growl at his half-brother's attitude, but refrained himself from doing so. "Her name is Kagome and she said that the reason why she was in the forest was because she was searching for a family member that had gone hiking a few days ago and has been missing ever since." He quickly informed with a frown upon his face.
"Did the girl mention her last name by any chance?" Sesshoumaru asked with slight interest.
"No." Inuyasha bluntly replied.
"What about this family member of hers? Did she say who exactly she was searching for?" Sesshoumaru asked sounding slightly annoyed.
Inuyasha shook his head. "No." He bluntly lied, trying to maintain his normal tone and expression. "She didn't mention anything other than what I just told you." Although he managed to keep a straight attitude, he couldn't stop the feeling of nervousness within him. 'Why the hell am I doing this?' He mentally questioned himself. 'I don't even know the girl, yet I'm trying to protect her! Hell, I can't even save my own ass!'
Sesshoumaru glared suspiciously at his younger half-brother for a moment as he crossed his arms in front of his chest. "You mean to tell me that that's ALL the information you have for me?" He asked in an irritated tone as he watched how Inuyasha briefly avoided eye contact for a second and shifted uncomfortably from where he was standing. "What the hell took you so long then for, huh? Were the two of you chatting and exchanging phone numbers?"
"Yeah—I mean NO!" Inuyasha denied, feeling a mixture of embarrassment and anger, but then quickly spoke again. "But I plan on interrogating her again to find out more information..."
There was a brief moment of silence within the dining room, all except for the steady, echoing ticking of the grandfather clock and the classical music that softly played from the victrola.
Finally, Sesshoumaru was the first one to break the silence. "Tell me something, Inuyasha," He said in his usual calm and cold tone. "You would never LIE to your dear older brother now, would you?" Before Inuyasha had the chance to say anything, he quickly continued. "Because if I find out that you ARE lying to me, you DO know what will happen to your mother now, don't you? Or have you forgotten?"
Upon hearing about his mother, Inuyasha started to lowly growl and glare hatefully at Sesshoumaru as he tightly clenched both of his hands into fists at his sides.
Sesshoumaru just merely smirked in satisfaction. "Good. I see that you remember." He coolly mocked in an uncaring attitude. "You may continue with your… investigation. …Now get out of my face."
The second that Sesshoumaru finished talking, Inuyasha quickly turned around and then angrily stomped out of the dining room, slamming the double doors shut behind him.
Jaken hobbled back over to the serving cart with a scowl upon his wrinkled old face. "I just don't see how that ignorant half-breed could get that stubborn girl to talk when Kouga could not!" He squawked in an annoyingly loud tone as he placed the half-empty wine bottle back into the bucket of ice. "I find that incredibly—no—miraculously odd!"
"How Inuyasha was able to gather information from her in the first place... we'll never know." Sesshoumaru stated in a matter-of-fact tone as he casually folded his arms in front of his chest. After a moment of silence, he suddenly frowned and spoke. "Jaken, I am suspicious of his actions."
Jaken blinked. "How so, my Lord?" He asked sounding confused.
Sesshoumaru looked over at Jaken. "Did you not notice how he was acting just a few moments ago?" He asked in a somewhat calm tone and then continued before the little old man could respond. "He was nervous about something…"
"Ah yes, I see what you mean now, my Lord." Jaken responded while nodding in agreement. "He was speaking rather quickly when he explained about the girl's reason for being in the forest…" After a silent minute of thinking, he suddenly spoke up again. "The half-breed normally keeps to himself, so why is he suddenly interested with talking to that girl anyway?" He stated in a matter-of-fact tone.
Sesshoumaru glared at nothing in particular and said nothing. 'Jaken has a good point: Inuyasha MUST be up to something, I just know it… And it involves that girl, too!' He mentally stated to himself as he casually downed the rest of his wine and then stood up from out of his chair and started to quickly walk over towards another door that was situated along the wall that was off to the right side of the fireplace.
"Where are you going, my Lord?" Jaken asked in a surprised tone as he started hobbling after Sesshoumaru. "You haven't even finished eating your dinner!"
Sesshoumaru rudely snorted. "I have more important matters to tend to right now." He stated coldly as he finally exited the dining room, leaving his faithful servant behind.
The Mansion's Prison Facility…
(BAM! BAM!)
"Come on girl, wake up!" Inuyasha called out in a demanding/annoyed tone as he continued to loudly bang his right fist onto the front metal door of Kagome's cell to try and wake her up.
"…Huh?" Kagome groggily mumbled as she finally opened her tired eyes and then slowly started to sit up from where she was situated on the floor. After rubbing the sleep from her eyes, she finally looked up at the door's tiny cell window and saw Inuyasha peering down at her with a frown.
"Jeez, it's about time! I've been banging on the door for like five minutes trying to wake your ass up!" Inuyasha rudely remarked in an impatient tone. "Here." He then offered as he somehow managed to shove a small, clean white dish towel and a bottle of fresh spring water through the barred window.
Caught off-guard for a second, Kagome managed to clumsily catch the bottle of water and towel just before they hit the dirty floor. She then looked up at Inuyasha with a surprised/questionable look. "What're these for?" She asked sounding confused.
"Duh! To clean some of that dirt off your face, dummy!" Inuyasha sarcastically replied with a frown. "You look like a crud-ball!"
Embarrassed from Inuyasha's comment, Kagome's cheeks suddenly turned red. "Well, it's not like I could do anything about it! I'm locked up in a cage for cripes sake!" She retorted, sounding irritated. "Anyway… Thank you." She then replied in a much softer tone.
Inuyasha's cheeks turned slightly pink as he quickly looked away from Kagome and stubbornly crossed his arms in front of his chest. "Yeah well..." He lowly mumbled, trailing off.
Thankful that she was finally able to quench her dry thirst, Kagome wasted no time with quickly opening the bottle of spring water and downing half of its contents within seconds. She then poured the remaining amount of water that was left in the bottle onto the towel to wet it and then proceeded to scrub the dry mud from off of her face and arms.
Inuyasha in the meantime—who was still facing away from Kagome—was deep within his thoughts. 'What the hell am I gonna do?' He wondered to himself, thinking back to everything that had occurred within the past twenty-four hours—especially his little 'chat' with his half-brother earlier. 'I have this bad feeling that Sesshoumaru thinks I'm bullshitting him... I could see it in his eyes!'
Kagome, who was finally finished with cleaning herself up, set the now-dirty dish towel and empty water bottle onto the floor beside her and then looked up at Inuyasha once again, who was surprisingly quiet and facing away from her, looking like he was thinking about something. Feeling somewhat awkward with the silence, she finally spoke up. "So… Why are you here exactly?" She quietly asked as she stood up from off of the floor.
Being suddenly snapped out of his thoughts, Inuyasha blinked and then turned to face Kagome once again. "I told you I'd be back, didn't I?" He stated in an oh-so-obvious tone.
Kagome snorted. "Yeah… To ask me more questions, right?" She smartly replied with a frown upon her face. "Look, I've already told you everything I know! Can't you just let me go? Please?" She then pleaded with a desperate look within her eyes.
"It's not that simple!" Inuyasha loudly replied with frustration. "There's hidden camera's all over the place! The second we'd try to escape this damn place, it would only be a matter of minutes until those assholes catch us and haul our asses back in here or even kill us! Besides, I have no choice or else—" He suddenly stopped speaking and quickly looked away from Kagome with an angered expression upon his face.
Kagome was taken aback in shock. 'He wants to escape too? With me? But... Why? What's holding him back I wonder?' She thought with surprise. "…Or else what? What's holding you back?" She then quietly asked Inuyasha in a curious tone.
"I can't tell you." Inuyasha bluntly stated in a low, angry voice. "Besides, you wouldn't understand anyway!"
"How do you know I wouldn't understand or not?" Kagome angrily demanded. "Why can't you just tell me? It's not like I'd rat you out to anyone anyway! Besides, I trusted YOU when I told you about the situation with my mother!"
Inuyasha just stared at Kagome with an unreadable expression on his face. 'She trusts me?' He thought feeling somewhat surprised. 'Well… I guess she has a point though about me being the only person that she actually told information to…'
Noticing that Inuyasha suddenly moved closer towards her cell door, Kagome also approached closer towards the door as well. She then took notice of the pained/angry expression on his face and it seemed like he was getting ready to say something—so she just patiently stood there and waited.
After a hesitant moment to calm his inner emotions down, Inuyasha then spoke. "Look, the reason why I can't leave is because of my half-brother, Sesshoumaru—who by the way was the one that ordered me and Kouga to capture you." He informed in a very low tone so that only Kagome would be the only one able to hear him. "Anyway, he's keeping my mother locked up somewhere and threatened that if I ever tried leaving, he'd kill her."
Kagome gasped aloud in shock. "But why? Why would your brother do something so... So evil like that to his own brother?" She asked in a soft but angry and confused tone.
"Because he's a bastard!" Inuyasha angrily said through clenched teeth. "He has always hated me and my mother—for the mere fact that I'm a half-Demon and she's a human! And I know that the only reason why he hasn't killed me yet is out of respect of our father and because he likes making me suffer like this; knowing that I can leave whenever I want to, but it would cost me my mother's life! So I have no choice BUT to stay and do whatever he orders me to do!"
Kagome looked at Inuyasha with sympathy in her eyes and for a moment, didn't know what to say. "…I'm sorry, Inuyasha." She then quietly apologized as she lowered her head a bit and looked down at the floor.
Inuyasha's right eyebrow rose in confusion. "…For what?" He then asked in a confused tone. "It's not your fault, so there's no need to apologize."
Both half-Demon teens just stood silent for a moment, each lost in their own thoughts and not knowing what to say to each other in that moment of awkwardness.
After about another minute, Inuyasha finally broke the silence. "You know something?" He sarcastically started off, trying to enlighten the awkward mood. "Besides the both of us being half-Demons, both of our mother's are missing as well. What a coincidence, huh?"
Kagome frowned slightly at Inuyasha's sarcasm. "Yeah, I guess your right…" She dully replied and then looked up at him with a serious expression upon her face. "Look, let's just work together so we can both find our mothers and leave this damn place!"
Inuyasha's expression turned serious as well. "I already told you that the minute we try to escape here, Sesshoumaru would send everyone after us. They're all full-blooded Demons and they're all highly trained fighters…" He stated in an annoyed tone, trailing off as he held a thoughtful expression for a moment.
"So?" Kagome replied defensively as she folded her arms in front of her chest. "I'll be there fighting right alongside you! We'll kick ALL their asses together!"
Inuyasha shook his head. "No. It'll be too dangerous and I'm not taking that risk." He stated seriously as he started to slowly walk away towards the exit. "I have to think of a plan first." He then called out over his shoulder.
"HEY!" Kagome called out to Inuyasha as she struggled to peer out through the tiny barred window. "Where are you going?"
"Somewhere quiet to think." Inuyasha stated calmly as he just continued on with walking down the short hallway. "I'll come back later on." With that last statement, he then exited through the double steel doors of the holding cell area and closed them behind him.
Kagome huffed in annoyance and then sat back down onto the cold floor again, stubbornly crossing her arms in front of her chest. "What a jerk!" She angrily mumbled to herself with a frown upon her face as she wondered how long it would be until Inuyasha returned again.
Unknown to both of the half-Demon teens, a small gray colored hidden camera that was situated in one of the nearby corners of the cell area, had recorded them and their whole "private" conversation...
Somewhere within the Mansion...
The room was pitch-dark, except for the small amount of light in which a couple of small TV surveillance monitors gave off that were displayed amongst one of the walls in the small room. Each individual screen displayed a certain area in which a hidden security camera was placed—ranging from the labs to the hallways of the Mansion, etc. There were also other various unimportant technical equipment situated in the room as well.
Sesshoumaru, who was seated in a black leather chair that was situated in front of the surveillance monitors, glared angrily at one of the certain screens as he watched and listened to the entire conversation that had gone on between his younger half-brother and the girl, Kagome that had taken place just a couple of minutes ago. (All of the security camera's have a delay-recording time.)
'Hmm, so Inuyasha WAS lying to me after all, AND he's planning on escaping, eh?' Sesshoumaru thought with slight amusement as he continued to watch the screen, seeing that his brother was finally leaving the holding cell area. 'I warned him of the consequences…' He thought coldly as he finally stood up from out of his chair and started to briskly walk out of the small Security room. 'Now, both of those half-breeds are going to suffer!'
Inuyasha quickly walked down one of the Mansion's many random hallways that were somewhat like mazes on the second floor, not really paying any attention to where he was going exactly. All that he had on his mind right at the moment was how he and Kagome were going to escape and find their mothers—without getting captured of course. His body's adrenaline was rushing with excitement and nervousness at the thought of actually escaping from the Mansion, along with everything else that involved the Shikon Corporation. Then he and his mother—as well as Kagome and her family—would finally be free and able to live their lives normally… hopefully.
Inuyasha shook his head to try and clear his thoughts. "Damn it! I can't think straight!" He whispered in frustration to himself as he placed his right hand over his forehead. "I've got to calm down and start thinking of a plan! One that'll actually work…"
After walking for a few minutes more, Inuyasha finally came to the end of the current hallway in which he was in and then just stood in front of one of the many large glass windows, staring out into the nearby forest. Even though it was still early in the afternoon, the sky still portrayed its continuation of dark gray clouds, as well as a light, steady rain—making it feel even later than what it already was. Every now and then, the low rumbling of thunder could be heard as well. Letting out a sigh of frustration, Inuyasha then leaned his forehead against the cool glass of the window, staring out into the depressing view before him.
Before Inuyasha even had the slightest chance to relax, he suddenly heard the sounds of heavy footsteps steadily making their way towards him from the previous hallway in which he had just traveled from. 'Pssh, it's probably just Kouga coming to bug me…' He thought with annoyance as he moved away from the window, hearing the footsteps approaching closer to him. He then quickly sniffed the air for a quick scent check. 'Yup, it's Kouga alright, but… Manten's scent is with him as well…' Despite the sudden nervousness that dwelled within his gut, Inuyasha hid it by putting on his usual frown upon his face and crossed his arms in front of his chest like he usually did. Once Kouga and Manten came into his view, he called out to them. "What the hell do you two want?" He asked in an irritated tone as he eyed the two suspiciously, still feeling somewhat paranoid.
Kouga frowned. "Sesshoumaru requests to speak with you." He replied in an orderly tone as he halted just a few feet away from Inuyasha. Manten, who remained a couple of feet behind Kouga said nothing, but instead just glared at the young half-Demon with pure hatred in his eyes.
Inuyasha snorted. "Whatever." He replied in an uncaring tone as he started following along behind Kouga and Manten back down the previous hallway, heading towards Sesshoumaru's office. 'Damn, I have a bad feeling about this…' He mentally thought with worry, feeling even more nervous than before to the point where he felt like throwing up, but he still managed to keep his exterior self cool.
A few minutes later, the three men had finally reached Sesshoumaru's study and immediately entered. Inuyasha stood a few feet directly in front of Sesshoumaru's desk, while Kouga and Manten stood a couple of feet behind him off to the left and right sides of the room. Jaken was also present in the room as well, standing off to the right side of his Lord's desk—as usual—and being unusually quiet for once. Sesshoumaru, like always, was sitting in his black leather office chair, facing the back window like he usually did.
None of the men in the room spoke or even made any sounds—with the exception of the low rumbling thunder and the steady rain softly patting against the outside window. Finally, after a few more awkward moments of silence, Sesshoumaru calmly spun the chair around to face his younger half-brother. His stone-cold face portrayed no emotion whatsoever, but the look in his eyes gave it all away: He was PISSED.
Inuyasha noticed this and mentally started panicking. Even though no one had said anything yet, he knew for some unknown reason that he was in major shit. 'Fuck! He knows!' His mind started screaming as he desperately tried to keep his calm, what-the-hell-do-you-want expression and attitude.
But Sesshoumaru wasn't fooled by Inuyasha's cool exterior. He could easily smell his younger brother's fear and also noticed the panic-stricken look within his eyes as he stared coldly back at him.
Seeing the sinister look that his older half-brother was giving him, Inuyasha couldn't help it as his body started to sweat nervously. "What do you want?" He asked in a smart, low tone, still trying to act like his normal self.
Sesshoumaru suddenly started smirking as he glared menacingly at Inuyasha. "You've been lying to me, little brother." He bluntly stated in a cold tone. "I can no longer trust you, you poor excuse of a damn half-breed."
"What the hell are you talking about?" Inuyasha retorted smartly. "I haven't—"
"You brought it upon yourself," Sesshoumaru suddenly interrupted as his smirk grew even wider. "And I quote, "There's hidden camera's all over the place."."
Inuyasha's face suddenly paled. 'DAMN IT! I'M SUCH A DAMN IDIOT!' He mentally screamed at himself. 'I forgot all about the damn security camera in the holding cell area! Shit! Now he knows EVERYTHING me and Kagome talked about…!'
As if reading his younger brother's thoughts, Sesshomauru glared evilly at Inuyasha. "Oh yes, I overheard EVERYTHING you and that wench were discussing." He stated angrily as he suddenly got up out of his chair and made his way around his desk and approached Inuyasha. When he reached about a foot away from his brother, he continued talking. "Did you honestly think that the two of you could actually escape from here without me killing the both of you first?" With lightning-quick speed, Sesshoumaru's right hand shot out and tightly clenched around Inuyasha's throat. He then proceeded to lift his younger brother up into the air as if he weighed nothing.
Inuyasha wildly kicked his legs about and tried to desperately pry Sesshoumaru's hand off from around his throat as he gasped and struggled to breathe.
"I warned you, Inuyasha." Sesshoumaru replied in a dangerously evil tone. "Now you and the girl are going to end up just like your mother did."
"What… Are you… T-Talking… About?" Inuyasha somehow asked in between gasps as he struggled for some oxygen and continued to kick his legs about, still struggling to break free from out of his brother's strong grasp.
Sesshoumaru laughed maniacally. "Did you honestly think that I, the Great Lord Sesshoumaru would actually let your human bitch of a mother live for all of these years?" He exclaimed in a mocking tone as he slowly lowered his brother down to his eye level to look him straight in the eyes. He then smirked wickedly. "I killed her the very first moment I was put in charge of running this facility."
Inuyasha's face contorted into a horrific expression. "YOU'RE… L-LYING!" He angrily shouted, still struggling to breathe.
Sesshoumaru laughed. "You know for a fact that I never lie about anything!" He stated as he continued to laugh in his younger brother's face. "Oh yes, it was such a riot watching your mother being ripped apart by those hounds! I can still recall that human bitch's screams, too!" He then started laughing like a madman as he remembered watching Inuyasha's mother die the torturous way she did.
Inuyasha eyes went wide with shock. 'No… NO! IT'S NOT TRUE!' His mind screamed in agonizing grief. 'All these years that I spent in this shit-hole, following that bastard's every order… And she's been dead all this time…?' Not able to contain the sudden inner rage that boiled inside him, Inuyasha's eyes instantly turned blood-red and his nails grew into sharp claws. "YOU BASTARD!" He suddenly hollered loudly as he violently thrashed out of his brothers hold and then quickly lunged straight at him.
Sesshoumaru had been expecting this type of reaction from his grieving brother and therefore quickly dodged out of the way before Inuyasha had the chance to strike him. But just as he was about to turn around to face his enraged younger half-brother again, he had suddenly felt sharp claws digging deep into the middle of his lower back. Surprised and caught off-guard at the sudden attack, Sesshoumaru hollered loudly at the sudden excruciating pain that he felt and then quickly shoved his brother far away from him.
Before Inuyasha had the chance to lunge at his brother once again, Kouga and Manten had quickly grabbed a tight hold of him, desperately struggling to keep the enraged half-Demon away from Sesshoumaru.
"LET ME GO!" Inuyasha furiously yelled as he tried to wildly struggle free from the Demon's grasps, all the while glaring murderously at Sesshoumaru. "I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU, YOU SON OF A BITCH!" He then angrily snarled while growling.
"My lord!" Jaken yelled frightfully as he quickly ran over to Sesshoumaru's aide. "Are you alright?"
Sesshoumaru didn't respond as he clutched his wounded back. Instead, he growled and glared hatefully back at his younger brother. 'When the hell did he get so damn fast?' He thought with slight shock as blood from his deep wounds dripped onto the tan carpet. Suddenly realizing that this was the first time that ANYONE had ever caused him physical pain—by a half-breed at that—he angrily growled and quickly stomped over to where Inuyasha was and immediately punched him square across the face.
Inuyasha had felt his entire head move forcefully to the right, but didn't feel the pain from the impact of the punch whatsoever. The only pain that he felt at that moment was in his heart—knowing that his mother had been horrifically murdered. Slowly, he glared back over at Sesshoumaru and growled dangerously loud.
Sesshoumaru continued to glare back at Inuyasha as well, but managed to maintain his cold attitude once again. "Lock him up in one of the holding cells." He coolly commanded to both Kouga and Manten and then smirked. "And while you're down there, take the half-Demon girl to the labs. I have a special 'surprise' for her before I kill her."
"DON'T YOU FUCKING TOUCH HER!" Inuyasha yelled loudly in a threatening tone as he once again tried to thrash out of Kouga and Manten's hold as both of the Demons started dragging him out of the office.
Sesshoumaru just watched in silent amusement at the scene before him. Once Inuyasha had been finally dragged out of the room, he then quickly left his office and decided to change his clothing before he left to go down to the labs, anticipating for the event that would take place soon.