Chapter 7 (They're no more Original chapters. The revised version is just alot longer then the original, Sorry!)
"What is it?" He asked quickly.
"Jake Yustsuyu is at it again. I thought Sesshoumaru suspended his Doctors license?" Inuyasha said quietly.
"Whoa whoa, back up! How do you know he's at it again?" Kelly asked, having heard much about the infamous youkai doctor.
Inuyasha's eyes shadowed over. "He got to Kagome."
Shippou gasped very lightly. "No way!"
Inuyasha nodded. "When I found her at the park, he got there a few minutes later. He's stench was on her, and she said he'd been pursuing her recently. I wanted to kill him."
Jake Yustsuyu was infamous for the taker of mates. He would monitor women who came into his hospital pregnant, wait for one that was with a Youkai, or hanyou child, and then see if there mate wasn't around. He was a sicko, who delighted in ripping mates apart. And marking over top of another's mark. Which he had done on a known 5 times. All of these women had either been killed by there original mates, or died after the marking from complications. And that's what he planned for Kagome. The sicko.
Inuyasha's anger consumed him. He knew Kagome would have never mated the bastard, but the thought that he had thought of his mate in that way made him thirsty for his blood. "I'll kill the sicko, before he ever comes near Kagome again. She said he helped her through her whole pregnancy, She still thinks he's her friend! I set him straight in the park though. He ain't going near her again."
Kelly sighed. "This could be a problem. Jake has a unique way of attracting women. It's scary really. He's not exactly bad looking either."
Shippou's head whipped around to look at her. "I'm just saying." She said, holding up her hands in defense.
"How'd you know what he looked like?" Shippou asked his mate. Her eyes widened slightly.
"I had to get a check-up alright! I was scared for the baby after the flight!" She defended. "And I heard someone call him Dr. Yustsuyu. I figured it might be him, but I only knew for sure just now. So calm down!"
Shippou glared at her. "I'm not gonna calm down! From now on, no hospital visits without me."
Kelly looked at him in that, oh-don't-you-even-pull-that-macho-act-on-me way. "You aren't my father my love. I can go anywhere I damn well please."
"Watch your language!"
"I don't have to when you can watch it for me! Not to mention, you curse more then I do!" She defended.
Inuyasha just sat there watching them through the whole argument. Hell, they were his primary source of entertainment these days. Kelly had a spunk about her, that didn't crumble to Shippou's Inuyasha like attitude.
"Okay! Back on subject! How do we take this guy out without Kagome getting pissed at us?" Shippou said suddenly. Seeming to have finally excepted defeat with his hormonal mate.
"Tell Sesshoumaru, let the bastard be the bad guy." Inuyasha said simply. "not that I wouldn't love to get my claws into the sicko myself. I just don't want Kags thinking it's a jealousy thing."
Kelly coughed in an unconvincing disguise of a laugh. Inuyasha glared at her. "Well it is a jealousy thing! He wants her, and you have her! It's the basic case of, want what you can't have. Only it's more extreme."
Shippou cleared his throat. "Now, what about this, Inuyasha, what has Kagome said about him so far?"
"That he couldn't get the hint that she wasn't interested." Inuyasha said, nonchalantly.
The kitsune pondered that for a moment. "Okay, this is what we do. We need more information. Kelly, do you think you can talk to Kagome? Ask her about this guy?"
Kelly looked at him. "I barely know her!"
"But she's in trouble, and needs your help."
"She's not in any trouble! That bastard, ain't going anywhere near her ever again!" Inuyasha instantly jumped to the defense.
"I know, but we still want to be able to convince her his actions weren't innocent, and you are not the best hanyou for the job my friend." Shippou said. "Now, can you do it tonight? Why don't you go to her apartment with her, say you want to talk to her, and get away from me."
Kelly nodded slowly. "And I wouldn't even be lying." She commented. Then cracked a smile.
"Very funny."
"I thought so."
"What do you mean, 'her apartment'? She's staying here tonight! She ain't going anywhere with that lunatic knowing where she is! Not with my pup she's not!" Inuyasha yelled. He was liking this plan less and less by the moment.
"We need inside information Inuyasha. And this is the only way to do it. This is important to her safety of mind, as well as in body. We need to so this." Shippou insisted.
Inuyasha grumbled, but agreed. "Kelly, you can take my car. But scratch it, and I hurt you." He said.
She smiled, nodding her head. "I'll go get her."
Inuyasha sprang to his feet. "I'll do it." And he left the apartment.
He went and knocked on Sango and Miroku's door. Kagome came to answer.
"You need to go home tonight. Kelly's going with you just incase, even though she can't do much. You should pack up your things, I want you to live here with us." He said quickly.
She smiled widely. And jumped into his arms. "Really? Even with my wailing baby?"
He smirked. "Our wailing baby. Remember wench, it takes two."
She giggled. "Alright, it'll give me a chance to get to know Kelly a little bit. How are we gonna get there?"
"Kelly's driving you, and if she scratches it, remember to tell me."
She smiled again. "I will."
She then turned around, and went back inside, said goodbye to Sango, and dragged her daughter out of there. She gave her mate a long kiss goodbye, then left with Kelly.
"So..." Kelly asked, as they pulled out of the parking lot. "How did your pregnancy go? You only carried to 6 months right?"
"Yes. Inuyuki is Hanyou after all." Kagome said, glancing back at her daughter.
"Are you alright?" Kelly asked, sensing something amiss.
Kagome glanced at the women driving, and gave her a small smile. "Honestly, I've never felt better in my life."
Kelly smiled back at her.
They were silent for a little while longer, except for the occasional, "Turn here," And " at the next light" From Kagome.
"So Kagome, how did you get through it? I mean, you must have needed someone to cry to." Kelly said, trying to pry out the information she needed.
"I did. His name's Jake, and he's Inuyuki's obstetrician. He's been a great help through the whole thing... But..." Kagome said, trailing off, "This is my apartment building, right here."
Kelly turned the car into the pointed out garage. And parked in the space Kagome instructed.
"But what?" Kelly finally asked.
Kagome hesitated, as she unbuckled Inuyuki's car seat. "He didn't take no for an answer I guess is what you could say."
They walked over to the elevator, to find the spoken of man standing in front of it. "Kagome! I was hoping to find you here! Who's this, young women?" He asked, indicating Kelly.
"This is Kelly. Kelly, this is Jake, the man I was telling you about. " Kagome introduced, with a fake smile. Why was he here? She thought she had made everything perfectly clear in the park.
He smiled at her, taking her hand, and kissing it. "Pleasure."
Kelly smiled venomously. "I'm sure it is." And she pulled her hand away.
He smiled at her, before turning to Inuyuki. "And how is the little hanyou today?"
"Just fine Jake. We're kind of having a girls night. And if Inuyasha smells you anywhere on me, he'll freak, so I think you'd better go." Kagome said, sounding irritated.
"You know, if you want him gone, just say the word. He won't bother you anymore Kags, I know his reputation, he's pretty violent." Jake said.
Kagome looked at him scathingly. "No Jake. He's my mate. I love him. Not you, you know that."
"But... That could easily be changed." He said, a tone of pleading in his voice. As he grabbed her arm.
"Hands off sicko!" Kelly yelled, bringing her elbow crashing down on the underside of his forearm. The man instantly let go. "Yes, I know who you are. And I want to tell you, you come anywhere near Lord Inuyasha's mate or child again, and you'll be banished to the caves with the rest of the vile disgusting youkai. I'm sure you'll fit right in." She said, revealing allot to Kagome in just a few sentences. "Come on Kagome, " She grabbed her arm herself, and dragged her over to the elevators.
She pushed the up button, and when the doors opened, she guided Kagome inside. As the doors closed, the last thing they saw was his face.
Kagome sighed, leaning against the wall. "I don't know what's gotten into him lately! He's being more and more persistent by the minute!"
"Kagome," Kelly said, throwing caution to the winds. "This is very important, has he ever touched your mate mark?"
The young miko looked at her in shock. "How did you...?"
"An accident, right? He was testing it, seeing how strong it was. Did you become ill afterwards?"
She nodded. "What in the world is going on here?"
Kelly grimaced. "Remember how I said, 'I know who you are' ? Well, I do. It was a couple decades back. And there was this rash of youkai, human, and hanyou deaths. No one knew what was going on. And then Inuyasha pieced it together. He was working as a doctor at the hospital, where all the women had been treated. Each one of them had been pregnant, and treated by a Dr. Yustsuyu. And all of them, didn't have there mates with them during there pregnancies. Inuyasha figured out, that this guy was seducing these women, through there pregnancies. And then mating with them, making a new bite mark over the old. Which is a sickening thing to do for most, but he got some weird pleasure by it.
"Those that weren't killed by there past mates, died from complications. Most of them died because another male, besides there mate, had touched them in an act of passion. This guy's a sicko Kagome, and he was gonna do the same thing to you. Most likely, for payback. Because it was Inuyasha who showed Youkai society his true colors."
Kagome took a deep breath. As the door to the elevator opened. They walked down the hallway together. "Are you sure?"
She smirked. "The first thing you need to know about youkai, is that when they smell you're mated, they back off. Because if they touch you, it makes them ill. I mean, if it's a friendly touch then no, but if it's a romantic touch, or passionate, they feel like there gonna puck. Ever since I mated Shippou, not one single demon has come near me in a romantic way. Humans either, they have some kind of sixth sense as to when a human is mated. That's how I knew for sure this was our guy. He was practically leering at me."
They stepped inside Kagome's apartment. and Kagome put the car seat down on the couch. Trying to absorb all that was being told to her. "I want you to be safe Kagome. And you aren't when he knows where you are. If I'm right, he'll stop at nothing to get at you. Because he's still bitter towards Inuyasha."
Kagome sat there, and she couldn't believe her ears, but really, it all made sense. That sickening feeling she'd had when he'd 'accidentally' touched her mate mark. and the way his eyes burned the rest of the night. And the way he was acting lately. Not to mention, she had no idea why Kelly would lie to her about something like this. "Does Inuyasha know about this?"
"Yes, he just didn't want to tell you cause he thought you'd think he was just being jealous. Which he is, he wants to tear into the guy."
Kagome thought for a moment, before picking up her phone off the end table. "What's Inuyasha's number? I need to talk to him."
Kelly whipped out her cell phone. "Here, just use this, it's in the phone book under dog-boy."
Kagome smiled, as she found the mentioned number, and clicked the call button. It rang twice before someone answered. "Kelly, what's going on?"
"Inuyasha, it's me. Why didn't you tell me? I would have believed you if you had just told me." She said. Feeling hurt that her own mate had to resort to tricking her. That just wasn't right.
There was silence for a moment, "I'm sorry. I just didn't know how you'd take it. This guy's been your friend for the past 9 months, I haven't even been there! I thought you might take his word over mine, and..."
"Take his word over yours? You're my mate! And I love you! He's a friend who wishes he was my mate!"
"What happened? Why are you so angry about this?"
"Jake was just here and-"
"He was there! Oh hell no! That's it! I'll be there in a few minutes! Shippou, give me your keys."
Knock Knock.
Kelly and Kagome both whipped there heads around to stare at the door. "Kelly, could you get that?"
She nodded, before stepping over to the door, and looking through the peep hole just incase.
She ran back into the room, and wrote on a notepad in front of Kagome. 'it's him!'
Kagome's eyes widened. "Inuyasha, I think you should-"
"Kagome! I know you're in there!" Came Jake's voice from the doorway. "Let me in! I need to talk to you!"
"Is that that piece of shit!" Came Inuyasha's voice over the phone. "Kagome! Let me talk to the brat!"
Kagome handed over the phone, and Kelly pressed it to her ear. "Yes……, alright….., okay, …..goodbye." And she hung up.
"He's on his way. He said not to open the door, no matter what. And to lock the chain." Kelly said, as she stepped over to the door, and did so.
"I'm not leaving till you talk to me Kagome. I know what she just told you, and it's not true! Inuyasha's been lying to you too! Do you know what he did a couple years back? Do you want to know?"
Kagome glanced at the door. What was he talking about? "I guess I could say he hasn't been as faithful as he's lead on." Jake continued.
Kagome got to her feet sharply, and ran over to the door, tears started cascading down her face. "You don't know him Jake! And I obviously don't know you! Get away from me! And stay away!" She cried, pounding on the door. Inuyuki awoke with a wail.
Kagome laid her head on the door, crying her eyes out, and slowly slid to the floor, and into unconsciousness.
Will Inuyasha get there in time? What is this 'story' Jake want's to tell her? Find out in the next chapter of Promise for the Future!
At the end of this revised version, I will launch a new story, (No tittle picked as of yet) that will be an alternative Seqeul to this story. Together Forever is the sequel that comes off the original. While the new one, will come off the revised version. Does that make sense? I hope so! Anyways, see yea! - Fu Fu