MissTuffcy: Pardon my French, it's been years. Happy New Year everyone! :)
Summary: "You don't understand….I loved her….a lot….And he took that from me….so I've decided to take something he loves away from him to show him how I felt! It's nothing personal against you," A sigh "I had a feeling that not cutting ties with that idiot would cost me dearly…I should have listened to Jaken…."
Warning: Yaoi, Language, Violence, Character Death, OOC
Note: Quotes by me won't have a "by" dash (–). It'll just be plain. Like the one in this chapter and chapter 2. Quotes by other people will have the "by" dash (–).
Translations [French]:
Non - No
Les détectives ont dit qu'il est important pour eux d'obtenir des réponses* – The detectives say it is important for them to get answers.
Nous allons rester dans la chambre avec lui.* – We will stay in the room with him.
Je vais rester – I will stay
Mais – but
Kiyomizu est allé – Kiyomizu is gone
Qu'est-ce qu'il parle? – What is he talking about?
Lire – Read it
Casse toi – Piss off/get lost
Most of the French used will be really basic French and most often than not, someone will translate it right after the French is spoken.
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"Human beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness, but not loneliness. It is the worst of all tortures, the worst of all sufferings."– Paulo Cuelho
Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Bee-
The sound of groaning could be heard. Sesshomaru's eyes cracked open when he was moved forward slightly and a hand reached over his head to smack at the alarm clock on the bedside table. "6:00….Why do you get up so goddamn early!" Was grumbled afterwards. Sesshomaru sat up when the other rolled over on the other side of the bed, placing a pillow on top of his head.
"I have to leave enough time to get ready," Was Sesshomaru's response. He slid from the bed and made his way out of the room, down the hall, and to the bathroom. The male still grumbling in the bed pulled himself up, walked to the dresser and pulled out a red uniform.
"You're the only dude I know that takes an hour to get ready for school…" He grumbled as he laid the uniform out on the bed then went back to the dresser to pull out a plain t-shirt and pants for himself. He threw the clothes on before bouncing back down on the full sized bed. He was drifting back to sleep until something was dropped on his face. He pulled the piece of terry cloth off his face to glare at the half-dressed white haired male who was pouting slightly at him.
"Don't fall asleep again. The last time you did, it took me half an hour to wake you back up and I was late for school,"
"Ugh!" The grumpy male covered his face back with the towel. It was removed and he was now face to face with Sesshomaru as the other male was now leaning over him; one of his hands at the man's side, holding his weight with both his legs on either side of the male's waist.
"Don't be so grumpy," Sesshomaru whispered as he smiled down at him. The man rolled his eyes.
"I'll never not be grumpy, I hate mornings," Sesshomaru chuckled at that. His face suddenly flushed a pretty pink as he leaned down to press his lips gently against the man under him.
"Love you, Kai," Sesshomaru whispered against the male's lips. Kai smiled against him and chuckled.
"I love ya too, babe. Always have, always will,"
Beep….Beeep….Beep….Beep….
Sesshomaru looked at the alarm clock with a frown. It was 6:25 now but it shouldn't have been beeping again until 6:40. He looked back at Kai and gasped. The man was no longer under him. He sat up with a frown. "Kai? Where did you go?" Standing from the bed, Sesshomaru made his way to the door – which he never remembered closing. He opened it and gasped. Instead of the hall, it was just utter darkness. "Kai…?"
"…Sesshomaru….can you….wake up…"
"Please…Sessh…you have…wake…"
"Kai?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Sesshomaru…Sesshomaru…"
Beeep….Beeep….Beeep…
The beeping was starting to get louder. It echoed as if he were in a cave. He closed his eyes and pressed his hands tightly against his ears. "Kai? Where are you?!"
"…Sessh…wake up…"
Sesshomaru gasped as he fell forward into the darkened hall. His eyes widened, as he fell he could see a bright light at the bottom. Slowly, the light began to crawl forward. He gasped again as he was engulfed into the bright light.
Beep….Beep….Beep…Beep…
Sesshomaru's eyes slowly cracked open. "Sesshomaru?" His eyes watered as they came fully opened to gaze at a dark blur. "Hey," Slowly, that blur became clear to reveal it to be Naraku.
"Nara…ku?" Sesshomaru whispered. Naraku smiled at him.
"I'm glad you're awake,"
"Awake…?" Sesshomaru asked. That was when he actually took in his surroundings. Bright white walls, bright white ceiling (he was thankful at least the blinds were closed – though he couldn't tell whether it was daytime or night), beeping machines, IV connected to his arm, breathing machine – he was in the hospital. "What…Why am I…?" Sesshomaru turned his confused gaze back to Naraku. Naraku picked up the remote at the side of the bed and pressed the buttons to make the bed sit up. "Th-thanks…"
"It turns out they over-looked your wounds," Naraku mumbled. "You did get hit," Naraku was going to say more but was interrupted when a nurse walked in. Sesshomaru turned away from them as they started speaking French. What did he mean he was hit? He hadn't felt any pain anywhere but his heart…and if he had been hit in his heart he wouldn't be alive right now. His brows furrowed as more questions began to circulate through his mind: Where was Kai? Who did this to him? Was Kai okay? Where was he hit? Why was Kai shot? Why did they choose now of all times to do it? Was Goshinki behind all this? "Non!" Naraku's sudden shout startled Sesshomaru out of his daze. Sesshomaru turned his gaze to the two to see the nurse cowering away from the enraged dark haired male.
"Mo-Monsieur, les détectives ont d-d-d-d-d-dit qu'il est important p-p-p-p-pour eux d'obtenir des réponses!" The nurse stuttered. She took a step back away from Naraku who seemed to grow even angrier. "A-Ah! N-N-Nous allons r-rester dans la chambre a-avec lui." The nurse's voice began to crack even more. Sesshomaru frowned as tears began to run down her face as her body quaked in fear.
"Non! Je vais rester!" Naraku growled.
"M-M-M-Ma-M-Mais – Mais-" Naraku's dark glower caused her to squeak and flee the room. He turned back around to see Sesshomaru staring wide eyed at him.
"What was that all about?" Sesshomaru asked quietly. Naraku hesitated for a moment before speaking.
"She said the detectives wanted to speak with you," Naraku said. Both he and Sesshomaru turned back towards the door when someone entered. It was Detective Rieu and LeBlanc. Rieu, the taller of the two (dark, curly hair that brushed to his shoulders and light, storm grey eyes), walked in first. LeBlanc (short, dark brown hair coiffured in a fawx hawk style) came in afterwards.
"Ah…it was our understanding we could continue our questioning when he awoke…" Rieu said with a bow. He nudged LeBlanc who just glared at him. Naraku crossed his arms and glared at them.
"Go ahead," Naraku grumbled.
"Could you – ah – leave the room?" Rieu asked with a frown.
"I could," was Naraku's response as he leaned against the wall, staring hard at the two detectives. After a few moments of silence, Rieu sighed.
"Alright then," He walked over closer to the bed but stopped when Naraku's glower got darker. He kept his distance from the dark man. LeBlanc sent him a few wary glances but said nothing. "How are you doing, if I may ask? You gave us quite a scare when you fainted," Sesshomaru frowned.
"I still don't know what happened…" Sesshomaru mumbled. He glanced at Naraku.
"They said you were hit in the side with the bullet," Naraku explained. "They hadn't notice because you didn't show any signs of being in pain and they couldn't get the coat out of your hand," Sesshomaru's face flushed slightly.
"Oh," He turned his attention back to the detective. "I'm feeling alright…a bit light headed but fine,"
"Again, my condolences," The man said. That caught Sesshomaru's attention.
"What?" Sesshomaru asked sharply. Rieu frowned in confusion, glancing at Naraku who was glaring heatedly at him.
"…That you were hurt…" Rieu mumbled afterwards. Sesshomaru didn't respond. Rieu cleared his throat and pulled a pad of paper out and a pen from his coat pocket. "On to the questions – Your name is…?"
"Sesshomaru Kiyomizu,"
"You're not from this country, are you?"
"No, I'm from Japan," Sesshomaru answered slowly. He glanced at Naraku who was still glaring at the detective.
"Why are you here, may I ask,"
"Kai said it was a trip…it was arranged by his friend for us to come here to spend some time together…we never really spent a lot of time together in a while…" Sesshomaru looked down.
"And why is that?" Sesshomaru returned his gaze up.
"Because we're always at work,"
"Where do you work, may I ask?"
"I am a therapist. I run my own office,"
"What is your husband's name?"
"Kai Kiyomizu,"
"What di…does Kai do for a living?" Sesshomaru frowned. He glanced at Naraku causing Rieu and LeBlanc to glance at each other.
"I'm not really sure…" Sesshomaru answered after a long pause. "The last time we discussed his occupation, he was a bodyguard,"
"I see and with bodyguards, the hours are long," Rieu nodded. LeBlanc whispered something to Rieu making the taller man nod. LeBlanc left out of the room. "Before, you said you were sitting in front of him, right?"
"…Yes,"
"Where was he, exactly?"
"…He was standing up in front of me,"
"Was he facing you?"
".…Yes.…" It was taking Sesshomaru longer and longer to answer the questions. This fact didn't go unnoticed by the detective.
"Describe Kai for me. What kind of person was he?" Sesshomaru stared at the man for a while. Why did he keep speaking of Kai in the past tense?
"He's kind and generous…he's always putting me before himself," Sesshomaru whispered. He had a small smile on his face. "He's goofy…he doesn't like seeing me upset…"
"How long have you two been together?"
"Uhm…" Sesshomaru furrowed his brow. "Together….how?"
"Married? In a relationship? Dating?"
"We've been married for…going on 2 years now. We've been in a relationship for years before that," Sesshomaru furrowed his brow again. "Where is Kai?" Rieu looked at Naraku.
"Uh…"
"He's in the ICU," Naraku said with a nod.
"Isn't this the ICU…?" Sesshomaru asked with a frown. Naraku shrugged.
"That's all they would tell me because I'm not family," Naraku said.
"Wait, how did you end up in here with him, then?" Rieu asked. Sesshomaru gave Naraku a curious look. Naraku glared at Rieu heatedly. Rieu's eyes widened.
"I asked very nicely and told them I was close friends with Sesshomaru's family, who are out of this country," Naraku seethed angrily. Sesshomaru, feeling the increasing tension in the room, smiled at Naraku.
"I'm glad you did," Sesshomaru whispered. Naraku instantly relaxed at his words and looked at him. "I probably would have went ballistic waking up here alone…" Naraku smiled at him. They all turned their attention to LeBlanc who had rushed into the room. He handed Rieu a folder and breathed: "Kiyomizu est allé!"
"Pardon?!" Rieu exclaimed.
"Qu'est-ce qu'il parle?" Naraku asked with a frown. Sesshomaru frowned himself as the three engaged in a conversation in French. LeBlanc suddenly exclaimed something and pointed at the folder.
"Lire!" LeBlanc had exclaimed. Rieu opened the folder and his face seemed to pale. Naraku walked over to the two detectives and looked over the folder but the detective closed the folder before he had a chance to glance at it. Both LeBlanc and Rieu seemed to be frozen as they stared at Sesshomaru before looking at each other.
"Would someone mind explaining to me what is going on?" Sesshomaru asked, crossing his arms. Naraku backed up until he was standing directly next to Sesshomaru's bed.
"I wish I could tell you, but I'm afraid I don't even understand…" Naraku grumbled with a frown. Sesshomaru looked up at him before turning his attention to the two babbling detectives.
"Well," Rieu started, looking at Sesshomaru with narrowed eyes. Sesshomaru frowned in confusion while Naraku narrowed his own eyes. "Did you know your husband was an escaped convict?"
"What?" Sesshomaru exclaimed in shock. Naraku's eyebrows shot up. That was not something he was expecting.
"What are you talking about? He served most of his sentence until he was bailed out by someone!" Sesshomaru shouted. He froze. Did Kai say that?
"I was let out – don't know why right now because they didn't even tell me," Kai sighed and leaned back on the couch. He stared up at the ceiling. "Was sent back to prison a few years ago – after only one fucking day out – because someone accused me of raping them. Took them this fucking long to finally realize the bitch was lying,"
No. Kai hadn't told him how he got out early because he had said he didn't even know. Was that one of the many lies he'd been telling him?
"According to this, he wasn't ever supposed to be let out!" Rieu shouted. "He was on death row for killing 13 people!" Sesshomaru's eyes widened. He knew that Kai was into some dangerous stuff, but he hadn't known he was in that deep.
"What do you mean? If he were on death row, he would have been executed within the 6-9months of the sentence….He couldn't have been-How did you even get his criminal records from Japan?" Naraku stopped himself from farther questioning and glanced down at Sesshomaru who was gripping the covers tightly in his hands.
"You cannot be telling me you didn't know anything about this," Rieu narrowed his eyes at Sesshomaru. Naraku frowned as he observed the way Sesshomaru's chest moved jerkily. He could tell the man was either on the verge of hyperventilating or he was already there. Naraku sat down on the bed and rubbed his back.
"Hey, Sesshomaru, calm down," Sesshomaru grabbed hold of his chest with the hand nearest to Naraku and used his free hand to clutch at the dark haired male. Naraku glared at the detectives. "We're through here,"
"Wait! We-"
"You will leave now!" Naraku hissed dangerously. "He is in no condition to continue this torture- for this is no longer questions to investigate the shooting," The two detectives looked at each other with a frown.
"W-Wait…wait…" Sesshomaru gasped lowly. Naraku leaned down towards him.
"What is it?" Naraku asked softly.
"What did they mean…what did he say…when he first came…in…Kiyomizu…what?"
"What did you mean when you said that Kiyomiz- that Kai was gone," Naraku asked with a frown, looking at the two detectives now leaving the room. Rieu stopped in the doorway and looked back at Naraku.
"He is no longer in his room. He is completely gone as if he was never there in the first place. It happened when the nurses left the room. They came back to an empty room,"
"What?" Sesshomaru rasped.
"Sesshomaru," Naraku said firmly, pressing the silver haired man's head to his shoulder. "You must calm down,"
"He's gone? He left me here?" Sesshomaru asked quietly. "He said he wouldn't…" Naraku turned on the detective who had yet to leave at Sesshomaru's whispered words. "He said he'd…"
"Casse toi!" Naraku shouted, causing both Rieu and Sesshomaru to jump. Sesshomaru glanced up at Naraku as Rieu fled the room. Naraku looked down at the teary ambers staring up at him. He frowned as tears trailed steadily down Sesshomaru's face. Reaching up, Naraku brushed them away and pulled Sesshomaru's head back towards his shoulder. "It's okay, Sesshomaru. Everything will be fine, I'm sure," Naraku whispered, kissing the top of Sesshomaru's head.
"Naraku…?" Sesshomaru whispered.
"Yes?"
"…Can you call Inuyasha for me…?" Naraku froze with a frown. He stared down at Sesshomaru silently. He didn't bother responding for Sesshomaru had drifted off. He guessed whatever pain medication he was on currently was starting to work again. Naraku pulled away from the whited haired male and laid him back against the pillows. He picked the remote up and pressed the button to have it lay down again. He sighed and ran a hand through his hair, leaving the room.
Jadiyah sat with his legs kicked up on top of the desk he was sitting at, chair leaning back and his head over the chair staring up at the ceiling as he flicked peanuts from his hands and catching them in his mouth. Two of his body guards stood on either side of him as the third one stood at the door. The door opened to reveal a tall, dark haired male with narrow dark eyes, grey suit with a red tie. The man was frowning, standing in the doorway. He turned to say something outside the door room before coming back in all the way, glaring at Jadiyah. "How the hell did you get in here?" He growled.
"Close the door, Mister Setsuna. We have a lot to talk about," Jadiyah murmured. The man glared suspiciously at him before closing the door and walking to sit across from the desk.
"Why are you in here? What do you want? Who are you?"
"So many questions," Jadiyah sighed. "Curious people annoy me," He grinned widely. "Let's not annoy Jadiyah, okay?" He spoke as if he were speaking to a child. He pulled his legs down from the desk and sat up straight. He gave a closed eye, Cheshire smile, tilting his head to the side slightly. "Let us have a normal conversation! Act like we were buddies! Hello Setsuna, my name is Jadiyah, how are you today?"
"…I am well…and yourself…?" The man was frowning. Jadiyah's smile suddenly vanished. Setsuna sat back in the chair as Jadiyah stood and slammed his fists into the desk, causing the wood to crack a little.
"I am not happy at all!" Jadiyah shouted angrily. There was silence before he gave that Cheshire smile again, crossing his arms. "Aren't you going to ask your friend why he's not happy?"
"Wh…ahem," Setsuna cleared his throat and sat up rigidly, attempting to play off just how much the other male was scaring him. "Why are you upset, Jadiyah?" Jadiyah slammed his fist in the wood.
"Why the fuck do you think I'm pissed? I know what you're planning and I do not approve! I know what you did!" Jadiyah growled angrily. Setsuna paled. Jadiyah smiled again. "Aren't you going to ask me what I know?"
"W-What do you kn-"
"Don't give me that bullshit! You know what I know!" Jadiyah went back to angrily shouting. "I will advise you to stop while you're behind! You haven't a clue what you're getting yourself into!"
"What-"
"Did I say you could talk?" Jadiyah hissed. "Don't fucking talk unless you're answering a question I specifically asked for you to answer! You piss me off any fucking more, I'll gorge your eyes out, record me skull fucking you, have your eyes surgically attached to your fucking dick and make you watch the whole fucking ordeal!" There was a glint in Jadiyah's eyes. "Then I'll rip your dick off and fuck you with it so deep, it'll have to be surgically removed from your fucking nose!"
"Sir," the body guard standing to his right placed a hand on Jadiyah's shoulder. Jadiyah snapped his gaze to him briefly before sighing and plopping back down in the chair.
"Anyway!" Jadiyah closed his eyes and waved his hand around. "Trust me when I say you'll be dead if you keep it up," Jadiyah opened his eyes and grinned at Setsuna. "Think of me as…the foreseer of death," He laughed as he tapped at the skull tattoo on his forehead. Jadiyah stood up just as the door opened to reveal an aging man with graying black hair. He looked surprised.
"Jadiyah, what are you doing here?" The man asked. Jadiyah gave him a cheeky grin which caused the man to sigh. "Setsuna, I'll speak with you later," With that said, breaking said man out his trance, Setsuna stood, bowed, and quickly (and all but ran) out of the office. The man in the doorway raised an eyebrow, turning back to look at Jadiyah. "What was that about?" Jadiyah shrugged before making his way over to the man.
"Sō'unga~" Jadiyah whined as he pulled at the man's tie. Said man sighed. He nodded at the man standing at the door. The man closed and locked the door. Sō'unga gripped Jadiyah's shoulders and pulled him away slightly.
"Sweetheart, what did I tell you about surprising daddy at work?" There was an edge of annoyance in his voice.
"But-but, you're always at work!" Jadiyah whined again, shrugging the man's hands off. Sō'unga rolled his eyes as Jadiyah nuzzled against his chest. He smirked slightly.
"How about I take off tomorrow and spend a little alone time with you, hm?" He purred. Jadiyah shivered and smirked up at him.
"Are you sure your wife will allow it?" Sō'unga rolled his eyes.
"Since when did you care?"
"Never," Jadiyah giggled.
"How is the business coming along?" Sō'unga asked as he walked towards his office chair with Jadiyah clinging to him. He sat down with the smaller male on his lap.
"It's going great! All the extra money you pooled in has made a big difference!" Jadiyah purred. "I'll be able to give you another big cut this year!"
"Now, now, you needn't do that," Sō'unga purred into Jadiyah's ear. He rubbed the smaller male's thigh with a grin. "Making you happy is enough for me,"
"Nonsense!" Jadiyah smiled. "I want to give you a cut! You already should know this!" Jadiyah gave his usual closed eye Cheshire cat smile.
"Why did you surprise daddy at work then?" Sō'unga pulled away from Jadiyah's neck and looked up at him. Jadiyah pouted down at Sō'unga.
"I needed to ask you a favor,"
"Go ahead,"
"I need to borrow 2,000,000!" Sō'unga choked on his spit as he stared up at Jadiyah incredulously.
"What do you need 2,000,000 for? Can't you pull it from the profits you're making?" Jadiyah pouted pitifully.
"Daddy, please?" Jadiyah whined. "If I had the money now I wouldn't have come to bother you at work! Pleaseeeeee~!"
"Jadiyah," Sō'unga frowned. "First tell me what you need it for,"
"My best friend is in trouble," Jadiyah looked down and let his bangs shadow is face. His shoulders began to shake. "He's the only friend I really have and-and-and I-I don't want anything to happen to him!" Jadiyah looked up at Sō'unga with tears trailing down his face.
"Ah! Shshsh," Sō'unga wiped away Jadiyah's tears. "Don't cry, my lovely raven," Sō'unga cooed. Jadiyah sniffed as Sō'unga rested a hand on his cheek. Jadiyah placed a hand over the old man's hand. "Okay, I'll help you help your friend. Don't cry, okay?" Jadiyah nodded and sniffled again.
"Thank you, daddy," Jadiyah smiled. Sō'unga smiled and kissed Jadiyah on the forehead.
"Anything for my little raven," he cooed. Jadiyah wrapped his arms around the older man's neck while the man wrapped his arms around Jadiyah's slim waist. Jadiyah closed his eyes and grinned to himself as Sō'unga rubbed his back in comforting circles.
"You're really going to take off tomorrow?"
"Of course. I told you, anything to make my little raven happy," Sō'unga said.
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I thought since I haven't been posting every day, I'd post a longer chapter this time. Here it is! Hope everyone had a great Christmas and a great start to the New Year!
If anything is confusing in this chapter, I will tell you there is a 99.99% chance it will be explained in the chapters to come! Thanks for putting up with the long wait guys! Classes just started up again for me and they are taking up a lot of my time but I'll try to get back to my every day an update!