A/N: Heh, well it sure has been a while huh? Can I just say that it's been a hell of a stressful year. -waves white flag-
I have finished with this story mostly but I'm just so bad at updating, lol.
Well, sorry for the wait and enjoy~
Some language ahead~
The Other Side
Chapter 38
She's Been Kidnapped...
It took him about three days without stopping to get to the castle of the West. It took another two days of watching the woman and what she did in the meantime. She practically glowed when she was in the gardens and he didn't know whether or not that was a good thing or something he should look out for. He assumed for the time being, that it wouldn't harbor his work. He narrowed his eyes on something; he noticed that the woman was always with someone...
That was not in the plan but then again, he did love to cause panic. He snapped his fingers and an explosion happened to the side of the woman. The man that was with her tried to protect her but couldn't see from what he noticed. It was the perfect moment to sweep in and kidnap her. And it was exactly what he did.
He made sure that he had a good grip on her before running to get as far as possible from the castle. He made sure to cover his tracks though; he didn't want anyone finding him just yet. For once, he was glad that he was a demon. His legs pushed hard against the ground and within moments—in reality it was at an hour or so—and he was away from the West. Or at least on the outskirts of the West, heading back to the East. He raised his hand in the air and flicked it before continuing on.
His eyes glanced down to the woman and tried not to trip over himself. He had watched her for two days and yet, he didn't seem to notice the beauty that she held. Now that she was up close and personal with him, it was another story. She was downright the most beautiful person he had the pleasure to meet. Granted they have yet to introduce one another but still.
There was a second before he started running again. He made a double-take, looking about to her face then paled as he focused on the trail ahead. Oh hell. He really wished that Lord Raiyu had said that this woman was Lord Sesshomaru's mate. And not just his mate either; there was something else that he had a bad feeling with. He just wasn't entirely sure what that was just yet. And it terrified him at the very least.
From what he could tell, the explosion that he caused, disorientated her. Thank god for small things; at least he gave him some time to travel without her making a ruckus. Or at least that was what he kept telling himself.
He regretted it a minute later.
"Ugh, what happened?" she muttered against his skin; he shivered when her breath hit his skin. He kept his eyes on the road ahead before he started to feel her move around. It appeared that she just noticed that she was being carried. "Who the hell are you?"
"You do not need to worry about that right now."
Honestly, he was the one that needed to worry; maybe even panic himself. He wished his brother was with him at the moment; neither of them could have foreseen this. "The hell I don't have to worry! You just took me from..." Her words died on her as if she didn't know what to call the place she was taken from. He didn't know just how right he was. "Can I at least have a name?"
Was she serious? He thought that she would be panicking at lot more than a few short words. He bit his lip; giving out his name, meant that he was putting trust in her. He shook his head to her and heard her sigh. "I am not of any importance." Yet. He was going to be of importance if he kept her away from Lord Raiyu. That thought was looking more and more better as he was running.
"So, is there any reason as to why I have been kidnapped?" She sounded like this was a normal thing that happened to her.
"Yes, there is a reason."
"Which you're not going to say."
"Of course not."
She fell silent again. He thought for a moment then thought of something. Didn't his brother say that she was newly bonded? Wouldn't that mean that as they got further and further away from where Lord Sesshomaru was, that she would start to be in agony? Surely they were far enough that she would start to feel uncomfortable. He glanced to her; she didn't seem to be suffering as he thought she would be.
"Can I ask where we're going?" Good lord, she didn't know when to shut up, did she?
He supposed that that wouldn't hurt. "We are heading for a safe house in the East." She sighed as she closed her eyes.
"The East? Isn't the West and East in favor of each other?" He paused on that; that was true. If anything; Lord Raiyu was clearly not pleased with his son, which would mean that he was not pleased with the way his son was handling things in the West. Then again, Lord Kenichi hated anything related to the East or at least hated being the lord. Not that he blamed him; if his father was Lord Raiyu, he would avoid the East as well.
"Yes, they correspond with each other, that does not always mean that the lords are all right with one another."
"So, kidnapping me is a way to get revenge on the West?"
She was smart; he'd gave her that. Although, if she was smart; wouldn't she have wiggled her way out of his grasp by now? Though, if she wanted to see what was going to happen to her, then he could see why she wasn't leaving anytime soon. Yet, that had bad idea written all over it.
He kept to himself this time around, thoroughly enjoying the huff that she gave out when he didn't answer her. He inwardly sighed; this was a lot of work. More work then he was used too.
Before he left the outskirts of the West, he gave the command for his troops to attack. He smirked to himself; now that the castle was under attack, they wouldn't come after the woman. For the time being, she would be at the hands of himself and his brother. She would definitely not know what was in store for herself when they got to that safe house.
Pity she wasn't going to be of much use to the lord of the West. In fact, she wouldn't be allowed back into the West once they were done with her. He felt her body tense when he chuckled. At least she knew that he wasn't good news. Ah, just how he liked it.
Time flew and before he knew it, he was walking into the safe house. He dropped the woman on the floor and smirked when she cried out in pain. He twitched when his brother flew into the room, gaped at the woman, then stared at him with a brow raised in question. "This is the woman that we talked about. There was another woman in the castle but she was human, so I assumed that that was not her."
"Isn't she human as well?" His brother paused; that was true.
But then said, "I'm not all that sure anymore..."
She looked between the two of them. The two of them turned to her with twin wicked grins on their faces. "This isn't another one of those battle for dominance things, is it?"
They paused together, shared a look then said together, "Battle for dominance?"
"That's not what this is?"
"Oh no, no. We, together, will be using you as a way to relieve our needs."
"Oh, well shit." They chuckled at her before they jumped. Or tried to. The moment that they tried, she placed a barrier around herself; protecting herself from the two of them. "Sesshomaru is going to be pissed off if you don't return me."
"He is currently in a battle that he will not be able to get out of anytime soon, my dear."
"What?"
The male that had kidnapped her, smirked and drawled, "Oh, you did not know? Well, let me enlighten you. I caused an explosion, took you from right under their noses, and commanded to my troops to attack the West. Your little friends will not be coming to get you anytime soon."
"Jasper! You were not supposed to tell her the plan!"
Jasper rounded on the other male. "You idiot! You were not supposed to say my name!"
"How was I supposed to know that?!"
"Jasper," she called out as he looked to her. He licked his lips.
"Well, I guess you will be calling out my name soon enough. Better get used to it."
She narrowed her eyes on him as his brother snickered to the side. "You picked the wrong girl to kidnap. In fact, I dare you to try to touch me now. It will be the last thing you do."
"That threat means nothing to us," the other male said with a nod, mostly nodding to himself. "If anything, you should just allow what is going to happen, happen."
"I called upon," she started as she placed her hand over her heart as the brothers paled. "Zhou-Mao. Cover me in darkness!" The last thing they saw was her own smirk.
The house trembled as Jasper gaped at the woman before him as the room was suddenly surrounded in nothing but shadows. "Jasper, I cannot see!"
"No shit!"
There was another presence around them, a sinister one. The brothers didn't know what to think at this point in time. "I see that you just can't stay out of trouble and I can't believe that you actually called upon me to make a physical appearance."
"Can you get me out of here?" They heard her ask and growled. The brothers were not about to let her go when she was so close to them.
The male scoffed. "No, and plus, you should know that I enjoy seeing you suffer. Just because you called upon my element, does not mean I have to follow through and actually help you."
"Zhou-Mao, you jackass! I need to get back to Sesshomaru! These two idiots have caused enough trouble!"
"And that means what for me? I could honestly care less if you get back to him."
"Are you kidding me?!"
"I have to applaud the brothers here on getting you away from Sesshomaru though."
The darkness around them was suddenly gone. The woman was still on the floor then gawked at the man that was in front of her.
He was at least six five, standing there as if he owned the ground he was on. His eyes were piercing blue, a glare sent in place. His black hair was shaggy, clinging to his face. He wore a black trench coat with fur around his neck. Underneath his coat was a grey almost black vest with a black buttoned down shirt and a white bow tie.
There was a large belt around his waist that held up his grey pants; they puffed out around his thighs and tightened around his knees. A pair of laced up combat boots with flaps hanging down were on his feet; they stopped below his knees meeting his pants.
"You can't be that cold-hearted," she whispered as he glanced down to her.
"I have been around since the beginning of time; you are nothing but a vessel that I have settled into."
"I guess Chebawi kept you under control the first time we met."
Zhou-Mao turned to the brothers, who were stilling trying to grasp what went wrong in their plan. "Jasper, Sebastian, congrats on getting her away from him."
"Crap, you know who we are," Jasper muttered under his breath.
"You are servants to Lord Raiyu." He turned his attention back to the woman and added, "Also known as Kenichi's father." He took pleasure in watching her face drop with her eyes widened. His eyes gazed back to the brothers, who decided that it would be better to freeze. "I know that you plan on not bringing her to Lord Raiyu as well as plan on using her for your own fun but unfortunately, I must say that you are not allowed to do either."
"Why the bloody hell not?" Sebastian angrily growled out. Zhou-Mao raised an eyebrow to him. "We have permission from Lord Raiyu to do whatever the hell we want to her. You are merely in the way if we have to kill you to get to her."
"Kill me? Hn, you wouldn't be able to touch me." He roughly grabbed the woman by her bicep and dragged her to stand. She stumbled into him before being pushed away from his person. "You don't seem to understand who she is then."
"It does not matter who she is; what matters is that Lord Raiyu wanted her away from the West so that he could observe her; to find out just what is so important about her that has been keeping his son away from the East," Sebastian explained as he heard his brother gasp at him. Apparently, Jasper didn't know that tidbit! "What we do before that, does not change anything. So, step aside and we will not have to kill you."
Zhou-Mao didn't move when Sebastian came after him. He ignored the call Jasper called to his brother and side-stepped the man. He collided into the wall behind him. "The woman is mine to do as I please. You are stepping over one too many lines."
"The woman has a name, Zhou-Mao." He merely gave her a side glance.
"Yes, I know. I do not care for it." He stepped to the side again as Sebastian ran into his brother. The brothers fell to the floor in a heap of limbs. "We should get back to your mate. Lord only knows what he has done in battle."
"M-Mate?" she squeaked.
"What, you didn't know? Oh my; that's hilarious." He even laughed to show that it was funny to him. "Surely you knew that he mated with you last night? Did the bond blind you?" She glared at him, clearly wishing that he would be set aflame. "Hn, well then."
"I don't feel any different though," she told him as he furrowed his brows. "I still feel like me."
"I wonder if Lord Raiyu knew he was sending these two to capture the new lady of the West," he said, completely ignoring her as the brothers sat up quickly from their position to gape at the dark male.
"Say what?! You have got to be joking!" Jasper stated with his jaw slacked. He knew that whatever he was feeling was bad! He whirled onto his brother. "You idiot! Why did you not get that piece of info from our lord? If I knew in advance that this was the new Lady of the West, I would have ignored you in the first place!"
Sebastian held his hands in surrender. "I had no clue! Our lord did not say anything to me about that!"
"Jasper! Sebastian!" Four sets of eyes turned to the new voice to see Kenichi standing in the doorway, swords drawn and glaring at the two of them. "I should have known you two were behind this."
"Lord Kenichi!" they squeaked out as Sebastian hid behind his brother. "Milord, how nice to see you."
Kenichi growled as his wings came out and flapped around before his left wing aimed feathers at the brothers. Exactly three feathers hit both of them in the stomach, making them cry out in pain. "My father just couldn't resist, could he?" He threw the sword that was in his right hand and it pierced Jasper's foot, locking him into the floor with no means of escaping.
Sebastian's eyes widened at their angered lord as he gripped ahold of his brother to protect him. "Milord..."
"Silence," he ordered as he looked over to the other people in the room. When his eyes settled on the girl, he sighed in relief. "I am so sorry that these two idiots put you through this, Kagome."
"It's...okay."
"You are too forgiving." Kenichi glared back to the brothers; Jasper was gasping in pain while his brother tried to soothe him, quite unsuccessfully. "You two will be coming with me to see my father and I don't expect either of you to slow me down."
"But...Jasper cannot walk!"
"That is not my problem," he answered before turning his attention back to Kagome. He took a step towards her but froze. There was another man next to her with a blank look on his face. "Kagome, who is this?"
"You must be the disappointment," Zhou-Mao said as a smirk slowly etched on his lips.
Kenichi paused then said, "Pardon?"
"To your father," he added as Kenichi aimed his glare to him. His gaze fell to Kagome. She gave a weak glare at him. "I can leave then?"
"What is it that you said to me early on?" she muttered to herself then continued, "You cannot leave until I say otherwise." Zhou-Mao twitched. "Plus, I fully intent on you to take me back to Sesshomaru."
He let out a deepened, angered sigh before heading to the door. He motioned with his head that it was time to leave. Kagome walked over to him but was stopped by Kenichi. "Kagome, who is this?" he repeated with a frown.
"Uh...it's hard to explain."
He seemed to accept this for the moment. "You two, plus these two idiots, plus myself are heading to the East to see my father. After everything has been settled, we will head back to the West," he promised her as she bent her head but nodded that she understood. It was better than nothing; if anything, just a bit timing consuming.
"You expect me, to listen, to orders from you?" Zhou-Mao began.
Kenichi leveled his stare with the male. "Yes, I expect you to listen."
He scoffed at the idea but then semi-deflated when Kagome told him, "You will listen or I'll sick Chebawi on you." He sighed again.
"Lead the way." There was no way he wanted anything to do with that brat, let alone having him annoy him. He knew that she would do just that.
The young lord took his sword out of Jasper's foot, gave a long glare to them before Sebastian scrambled to help his brother up. It took a few hours of walking to get to the castle of the East.
Kagome was in awe; it was just as majestic as Sesshomaru's castle. She briefly wondered if the castle still stood in her time. Zhou-Mao was walking next to her with his hands in his pockets and an unhappy glare set on his face.
Sebastian was carrying his brother on his back as he trekked his way back. This was not how he saw this plan going, whatsoever. And oh god, the woman was going to meet Lord Raiyu; they were doomed!
Kenichi stormed into the castle and then into the dining room where he found his father calmly eating his meal.
A man with firey red hair and light blue eyes dressed in an all black outfit, sat before them with a smug air to him. His father merely glanced up and raised an eyebrow at the entourage that was with his son. "You have some nerve to send your servants to do your bidding. Do you have any idea what these idiots tried to do?" Not that he was any better; Kenichi didn't know what they tried to do before he got to the safe house.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't my son. Enlighten me on what they tried to do?" he replied haughtily. He watched his son narrowed his eyes at him. When he didn't receive an answer, he assumed his son didn't have the proof or back up to what Sebastian or Jasper did. His eyes traveled to the only woman that was with them and smirked. "You must be the girl that my son thinks so highly of."
"Don't assume; it makes an ass out of you and me," came her witty response that made Lord Raiyu give her a dry laugh. Kenichi silently wished that she wouldn't say anything else; his prayers were not heard. "You certainly don't look like you're Kenichi's father. I don't see the resemblance."
The lord stared at her with a blank look; all emotion he had, suddenly left. The men felt the change in air temperature; Sebastian and Jasper paled at what she dared to say to their lord, Kenichi tried not to openly gape at her, Zhou-Mao smirked from behind her. "And you certainly don't seem to respect your elders."
"I'll respect them when they give me it to me," she said, eyes flickering dangerously.
"What is your name?"
"None of your business."
He stood up from his chair calmly, rounding the table before settling himself in front of the woman. He took a few moments then sniffed around her. He leaned against the table with a smirk as he crossed his arms over his chest. "You are the lady of the West; interesting." Kagome didn't like the way he said that. "Well then, since I am the lord around here since my son is rarely here, you are to be place in the dungeons until further notice. I will wait until your mate comes here to discuss your incompetence."
Eyes widened before Kenichi flailed. "Are you out of your mind? You can't just throw her into the dungeons!" he yelled, feeling useless once his father set his mind to something.
"You dare to question me, my son?"
"I damn well dare, father."
"Then you will be keeping her company."
"W-What?" Kenichi couldn't believe this. When did his father start hating anything related to the West? It was simply unheard of to put the lady of the West into the dungeons. "You can't be serious."
Kagome backed up into Zhou-Mao, who despite was enjoying the conversation and didn't mind that she was about to be punished, didn't like this lord. He wrapped his arms around Kagome's waist; she eeped at being touched. Lord Raiyu saw this and inclined his head to them. Kagome looked up to him in wonder; just why was he caring? "Jasper and Sebastian tried to use her as a way to relieve themselves. If there is anyone that should be thrown into the dungeons; it's them. They also went behind your back to keep her away from you."
Lord Raiyu's eyes flashed to the brothers, who were quiet but were scared when the attention was suddenly on them. Of course this stranger would rat them out. "Is this true?" Jasper shook his head to deny this claim but Sebastian nodded. "I see. Well then, it would seem that you lot will all be spending time in the dungeons together." He snapped his fingers; four guards appeared next to them all.
Zhou-Mao growled when one of the guards tried to touch him as he held Kagome tighter. "Do not touch me, you fools. You will die," he threatened but the lord laughed at his attempt.
The guards shooed them once their lord gave them the command.
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