Summary: Having a blessing means that you will have a curse at another time in life. Protecting the jewel is no different. With the Curse of the Shikon No Tama- something unknown to those who haven't protected it -Kagome is starting to lose hope. If something isn't done soon, she may lose more than that... Sequel to The Games We Play
Rated M. Why? Because the first one was nasty and full of gore. This one is likely to be just as bad, maybe worse… Also because I have a twisted, sadistic mind…
"Talking" (duh)
'Thinking'
Dates Written:
July 19th, 2006
July 24th, 4006
Sorry for the long wait, guys. I'm in Redding (northern California) now, and it's so bloody hot all the time! At night, it cooled down to 102 degrees. During the day, it went over 120. I think I'm going to evaporate before I finish the story.
Hope you enjoy this chapter. I am SO sorry that I didn't update sooner! DON'T EAT ME!
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The Hearts We Break
Chapter Four: Cloud Of Confusion
Edited By: InterwovenEmotions
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Sesshoumaru growled as he paced back and forth throughout the entire apartment. It was nearly three in the morning and Kagome wasn't home. Would she have spent the night with Sango or Kikyou? No, someone would have told him... Right? Still. Something just didn't seem right about her being gone this late at night. He had to ask someone about it.
He picked up the phone, pausing to decide whom to call. Sango or Kikyou? They both had gone with Kagome to the mall. He started to dial Kikyou's number, since she was always levelheaded and helpful in situations. Sango was more likely to freak out and scare him even more. As he dialed the fourth digit, he hung up.
Kikyou was eight months pregnant. She needed her sleep, and she would also be moody. Sesshoumaru, quite honestly, preferred not to deal with her at three in the morning. Her or his brother once he found out the hour of night Sesshoumaru had called. He sighed and turned the phone on, dialing Sango's number this time. The phone rang twice before someone picked up.
"Hello?" Her voice on the other end was not one that had just been woken up.
"Hello, Sango... This is Sesshoumaru... Were you awake?" He had to admit to being surprised that she would be awake at this hour. Sure, Sango was the type to stay up late and pour herself shots, even if she did have two kids. But as long as she was nursing her youngest daughter, she wouldn't be able to do that...
"Yeah. Lynn started crying for something to eat a while ago and I haven't gotten to sleep yet." Sango replied calmly. 'At least I didn't wake her up...' Sesshoumaru thought idly. Silence passed between the two of them as Sesshoumaru's mind slipped away from what he had called for.
"Sesshoumaru?" Sango's voice over the phone snapped him from his thoughts.
"Hmm? Oh, sorry..." He hadn't realized that he was zoning out. It seemed that he was beginning to do more of that these days.
"Well... No offense or anything, but is there a reason you're calling me at three in the morning or were you just bored?" Sango asked. Sesshoumaru was surprised that she kept such a wonderful attitude at hours this early. Then again, she had two kids and was hoping for a third. That would teach someone patience and understanding on it's own.
"Yes... I don't know where Kagome is. She didn't come home. I thought perhaps she spent the night with you or Kikyou... I called to ask Kikyou, but I decided against it. She's very pregnant, very moody, and Inuyasha will give me a migraine if I do... So I called you to see if you knew where Kagome had gone." Sesshoumaru explained. Silence filled the other line. Bad silence.
When someone was missing and you heard silence, it raised panic. Lots and lots of panic. Especially for a demon that was protective over his depressed mate.
"Ohmygod, Sesshoumaru! I thought she had come home! I'll call her cell right now and get a hold of her." Sango quickly rushed.
"I called it. It rang. She left it on the charger." Sesshoumaru replied calmly. Sure, he looked and seemed calm, but he wanted nothing more than to drop the emotionless mask he had built and freak out.
"Oh no... I'll go looking for her! I'll get Kikyou--"
"No... I'm a demon, I can do this much easier. Perhaps if she is still gone by morning, we shall have you two help. But out of you, the pregnant human, and me, I'm more useful at night." Sesshoumaru said. Sango made a sound that showed she was reluctant to give in.
"Call me when you get anything on her. If I don't hear from you, I'll call your cell..." Sango said. Sesshoumaru nodded, saying a quick goodbye to her and then hanging up the phone.
Sango seemed oblivious to the fact that Kagome had gone. That wasn't good at all. Growling freely, Sesshoumaru stood up and charged out of the apartment. He had problems with Kagome keeping her emotions inside of her before. But not coming home at night was something else entirely new. Even worse, she held the Shikon No Tama around her neck. If someone else realized that the ordinary-looking pink marble was the Jewel of Four Souls, Kagome would be killed for sure.
Sesshoumaru stopped on his way out, going back inside to grab the Tensaiga. He would rather bring it for no reason than leave it and have Kagome slip away from him forever.
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(Three Hours Earlier)
Kagome let out a groan of pain as she leaned forward. Her head hurt like she had just gave birth through her nose. She looked around, her eyes unable to see a damn thing in the dark. Times like this, she wouldn't mind being a demon. At least they could see in the night. Or even perhaps a cat. Cats could see very well in the dark, too.
"How goes it, my vixen?" A sultry voice spoke. Kagome silently cursed the effect that echoing had; she couldn't tell which way to look. Unable to look towards the man who spoke to her, she attempted to look at her hands. That's when she realized that they were in handcuffs. Her ankles had chains on them, meaning that walking would have to be done slowly and methodically.
"I'm not your vixen if I don't have a name." She hissed. If she got this man talking long enough, she could use her miko powers to figure out where he was. That was only if he stayed in one position the entire time they conversed.
"Oh, you know my name, baby. We've shared so much together." The voice was cold, harsh, and lustful. Kagome's head shot up and her eyes widened. No. She had personally seen the event that would prevent this from ever happening. She was supposed to be safe, damnit!
"Andrew! Show me where you are!" Kagome hissed. Without warning, all the lights in the building turned on. She closed her eyes quickly, shielding them from the onslaught of brightness. Slowly, she reopened them and glanced around the room.
It was the same room she had been taken to the first time she was raped. It was where Kimi's live had been jeopardized and, as a result, she had died. Kagome glared at the bed frame. The blood from her and Kimi was still staining the worn-out wood. She turned her attention to other places in the room. The posters had changed, but they were the same perverted shit that she hated oh-so much.
"I take it you remember where you are." Andrew's voice cut through her thoughts. Kagome changed her vision from looking at the posters to looking at him. He was standing at the door, and she was sitting on the bed with a nightlight right next to her. That was probably how Andrew made it so she couldn't see him, but he could see her crystal clear.
Of course, he was able to use his demon vision perfectly. What was keeping him from doing it?
Andrew stepped forward, one of his eyes being covered completely. When he noticed Kagome looking at it, he shifted around the hair so she could see the scar that ran along it. She wanted to ask what it came from, but she wouldn't let herself. She didn't care about him or anything that happened to him. All she hoped is that it hurt him at the time and still hurt him now. Something to cause him pain in return for all the pain he inflicted on her.
"My eye... It was the sacrifice I gave so I would be able to have extra vision. It's amazing the works that Naraku can work... Of course, I was only able to gain the extra vision after I killed Souta and absorbed his powers. Now I can see the glow of the Shikon Jewel, just as you can." He smiled and looked at the pink jewel dangling around her neck.
Kagome clenched her teeth, rage filling her entire being. He had killed Souta. And why? Just to get enough miko powers that would allow him to see the jewel. Thankfully, he wasn't born with the ability to have such powers. That meant her magic should still work on him.
"Come near me and I'll purify your dick off." Kagome growled in a low tone. She was no longer the innocent girl that tried to hide her rape from everyone. She had matured and seen just enough to know that she had to stand up for herself.
"I wouldn't do that. You see, you've got two metal clamps connected to both your nipples, in which are connected to a car battery. All I have to do is put the other clamp on the car battery... Your nipples will undergo one of my favorite torture methods." He said. Kagome shuddered. That would explain why she couldn't feel her bra.
Her body froze up as she realized that meant he had undressed her. He had put his slimy hands on her once again. That was too much. Without caring about the pain, Kagome stood up and lunged forward. The chains on her ankles restricted her first step. But with a strong jerk of her leg, the chains snapped.
Kagome knew that she had just hurt her ankles badly. She knew that her bone was possibly broken, but she didn't have the time to care. She had to kill that... that... that bastard for killing her brother!
Kagome tackled Andrew, putting her handcuffed hands to his throat. He smiled, as though the action were simply foreplay.
"You're going to pay for touching Souta. Let me guess, you killed Ophielia because she was close to catching you guys, huh?" She asked in deep tones. She had not once lost control to her darker side. She had not once had the beast within her- the beast that helped her protect the Shikon No Tama -come out without her purposely letting it out.
Kagome's vision slowly left her, as did the rest of her senses. The only thing she knew now was death, Andrew's death. For what he had done to her, and what he had done to her brother.
Before Kagome could think another thought, her mind slipped away from her. She had lost control entirely. She had lost to a side of her that had never left her control... The loss of control she felt was the same loss of control that a demon often felt when they turned into their true forms.
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It took a lot to get Kagome back in her right mind. But, with a jab to her rib, some nasty sounding cracks, and a sharp pain in her head, Kagome had come back. She pushed the darker side of her mind away as she began to take control.
'What happened?' Kagome's mind was barely even able to find words to think. Her mind felt numb. And her body? As the feeling began to return to it, she wished it had been numb as well. A sharp pain was shooting from her ankles and up to her hips. There was another pain at her waist... It hurt so bad, she wasn't quite sure if she could try to define it.
Kagome glanced around as her vision began coming back to her. What had happened? She looked up at the person who was holding her. She could feel a hand on her back and saw the hand under her legs. For some reason, she couldn't feel the hand.
"Sesshoumaru..." Kagome murmured as she studied the hand for a while longer. She looked up into his face, feeling the tears begin to fill her entire body; not just her eyes. The pain in Sesshoumaru's eyes was so clear. He rarely showed any emotion... And... She had never seen him express so much hurt.
"You're awake." His voice was harsh, like he had no desire to speak to her. He almost sounded obligated to do anything for her. Kagome winced at the cold tone in his voice and rested her head against his chest. She would find out why he was upset with her later. Right now, she just wanted to rest.
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He had known that Kagome was hiding things from him. He had just assumed that it had stopped at her pain. But it seemed as though she had been hiding much more than he knew.
The images burned in his mind still. The image of a man- right now, he didn't care who it was -thrusting in and out of Kagome. Her eyes were open, dilated. Perhaps she had been drugged? No, he had already figured that she was entirely sober. Her scent hadn't changed.
Even so... With each thrust from the man, she would moan. Did she love him? Was she looking for a quick fuck? What was her reasoning for doing this? Was he not paying enough attention to her? Did she desire sexual attention?
Sesshoumaru silently hit himself. He had been so worried about the state of her mind. He had been so concerned about making her uncomfortable or scared of him that he had never advanced on her unless he had to. Kagome never seemed to mind, though...
'Perhaps because she's getting her fix from another man...' Sesshoumaru thought angrily. He had been so damn cautious that she just gave up on him and paraded her body around to other men. Was that what happened?
'Kagome... She's not like that, and you know it.' The part of his mind that still loved her screamed. Sesshoumaru didn't know what to think anymore. Right now, he was just as confused as he had been the day of the accident. That day was one of the most horrific times he had gone through.
Not anymore.
Seeing Kagome moaning with each thrust of a man just made him upset. If she had fallen out of love with him, why had she lied? He could handle her wanting to be with someone else. It wasn't his favored option, but he would live...
But... The connection he had hoped to make when she was ready... The connection that came when you shared pleasure with someone else... The carnal pleasure that he had kept from enjoying his entire life... He hoped to experience that for the first time with her.
After all, Kagome had never known that feeling to come with pleasure... It would be a first for both of them.
But Kagome hadn't shared the same hope that he had. She hadn't shared that desire to be close to him, like she had once expressed to him.
"When people love each other so much that they want to give their bodies to each other... That they want to pleasure each other... I have a hard time understanding that now..." Kagome had looked at him with a sad glint in her eye. They had been engaged for merely a month, and she was telling him this... It sounded like a warning to him.
"Kagome, I will wait until you are ready. If you're never ready, then I'll be here for you..." Sesshoumaru had hoped that it would cheer her up. A mix of emotions flashed through her eyes before she finally looked up at him.
"You were always a winner like that... Always willing to do anything for a friend... Or a fiancé..." She murmured. Sesshoumaru had felt his lip twitch in desire to smile.
She had changed a lot over the engagement, so it seemed. Sesshoumaru looked down at the sleeping woman in his arms. He truly loved her. How she felt about him... Well, only she would know. Before, he would have bet his life that she loved him. At the moment, he wasn't quite sure.
But he would think about that later. Right now, he had to put Kagome in bed and call Sango and Kikyou to let them know he found her. They needed to talk in the morning. Kagome told them just about everything. They would know where her heart was when it came to him and carnal pleasure.
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Ignorance is bliss? I don't think so. Ignorance is just innocence that asks to be destroyed in the most violent way possible... I can't believe I thought things were over with. Happy endings are only in stories, not in real life. Especially mine... I wish that all these problems would just... go away... And take the Curse of the Shikon No Tama with them...
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Changed the phrase above... Again...
Okay... Who here is confused? Let me know what you're thinking, okay? I want to know if you're confused or what you think is going on. As much as you don't realize it, hearing from you guys is one of the things that make me the happiest!
Review Replies:
BlackVampire14- Don't worry, Kagome won't be sick for too much longer. Sesshoumaru may be frustrated with her, but he won't let her suffer until he knows that she's learned her lesson...
InterwovenEmotions- Thanks for still reviewing! Anyway, yes, that will have something to do with it... And your idea will be taken into consideration... I can do lots with it!
YoukaiMei- Yay! You're back! And you not reviewing is fine, just as long as you tell me you had a nice trip... Honestly, how was it? And, the two men following her? No, I didn't make it that obvious. She would have sensed them immediately, because she had gotten so familiar with their... electric waves... Sorry, don't know what else to call it. About the ice cream... It is so disgusting to see them eat stuff like that. I can't handle watching pregnant women eat. Now, to end this insanely long review reply... THANK YOU FOR THE GIFTS!
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