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Chapter 11: TFN (This Friday Night) Pt 1

Whoo! Chapter 11! Enjoy~

*BANG BANG BANG!*

"W-Wh-"
*BANG BANG BANG!*

"Wake up wolf."

Koga groaned as he awoke. He lifted his sore body to come to a sitting position as his eyes blinked away the remnants of his sleep. Cracking his back, the wolf sighed with relief; sleeping on the cold hard ground for hours at a time would kill anyone's spine. As he came to a stand, the weight of his iron shackles made him realize that this wasn't having a horrible nightmare. His mind was most definitely not playing tricks on him. He was trapped here in the madman Sesshoumaru's prison and Risa was in terrible danger.

Behind the barred doors of his cell, the wolf glowered at the now stoic man before him. Sesshoumaru paid no mind. What threat was he anyway? Even if he could break free from his binds, this wolf would be unable to hold a candle to the taiyoukai's skills. Finishing his musings, Sesshoumaru shoved a brown paper bag through the bars of Koga's cage. It fell to the floor with a light plop indicating that something solid was within.

"Eat up." Sesshoumaru said simply before turning to open up Rin's cage, ready to finish his drug.

Koga was about to comment about Risa, but his rival beat him to it.

"Yes, it is quite a shame. You; stuck in here while I get to spend lots of quality time with Risa." He then smiled to himself. "And on her birthday for that matter. But don't fret, wolf."

By this time, Rin had been alerted of Sesshoumaru's presence and began panicking, her cries muffled by the cloth around her mouth. Ignoring the young woman, he continued to speak with Koga from across the hall as he nonchalantly fished through his desk for his tools.

"Yes, do not fret… Risa will be much happier with me. With my club – and my underground business – a success, I can provide for her. I can fulfill her desires and take care of her needs… And best of all, I'll have her for over a thousand lifetimes…" The silver-haired man then pulled out a small flask containing a red substance. He swirled it around until a fizz began to form. Taking the vial full of Angel's Blood he opened the slender container and poured the foaming liquid inside the vial. The mixed contents were now changing from a red to gold, the color of Sesshoumaru's eyes.

Satisfied, the dog kissed the vial and pulled out an empty glass tube. He poured half of the new substance into the empty vial and put it in his desk, with intentions to sell it if the concoction worked, and closed the drawer before pocketing the other vial full of his new creation. However, Sesshoumaru's content smirk would only last for a mere moment seeing that the detained woman was still trying to scream for help. Turning to glare, Sesshoumaru hurled a fist at the wall next to her head nearly missing Rin's face; the fear silencing her.

"Cease your irritating shouting!" He snarled.

He regained composure and backed away from the hanging Rin, pieces of rubble falling from the dog's knuckles as he pulled his balled fist from the hole in the way. Sesshoumaru looked over his shoulder at Koga who at this point was fuming as he struggled to free himself once more. With a smirk, Sesshoumaru left Rin's cage and closed the door, peering in at the desperate Koga.

"Give it up. Your struggles are all in vain. However, if you're good enough, I'll even send you an invitation to our wedding."

Koga watched on as amber eyes tore away from furious black ones. Silver hair flowed behind him as the dog walked leisurely down the tunnel hallway.

"Risa…" Koga woefully thought.

…

Outside in the front of the bar, Kagura spotted her boss emerge from the double doors of the posh VIP lounge. She could tell that he was looking for because upon sight of the wind sorceress, he quickly walked over to her side of the bar area. He pulled out an extra set of keys to give to Kagura before leaning in real close to whisper in her ear. Kagura almost blushed, but she had to remember her mission; find out about the drug, take it and report back to Naraku.

"Lock up the club tonight. Do not forget to feed my prisoners, and tomorrow I will be opening the club. I have a date that evening." Sesshoumaru said, finishing his statement with a smirk. Kagura raised an eyebrow, but didn't push for questions. She had assumed it would have been with the plain looking human he had brought into the club a few weeks ago. Why on Earth such a man like him would want her was beyond Kagura's comprehension, but the demoness wasn't one to fuss over matters of the heart anyway.

…

Lounging on her bed in her now unpacked room, Risa was busy roaming around the wonderland of imagination as she read one of her favorite books. She had been at it for quite some time when she finally put the book down to check her clock hanging from the wall above her door. It was almost six o'clock in the evening.

'I suppose I could eat something. I've been locked up in my room all day.' Risa thought to herself as she hopped down from her queen sized bed. Exiting her bedroom, she could overhear Miki in her room shouting at the television. Every once in a while cheers could be heard; must be a Friday night basketball game. Down the hall, her parents were busy talking amongst one another; too deeply involved in conversation to realize that dinner has yet to be prepared.

Risa made her way down the stairs and walked to the kitchen. As she began making dinner for the family, she felt a bit worried. It had been a while – if one would call a few days, a while – since Koga had shown his face around the neighborhood. Even at school there was no sign of Koga. Was he sick? Risa then shook her head in denial. Koga rarely if ever came down with any type of sickness. He was a demon after all.

But she supposed it was impossible.

Thinking more on the matter, Risa remembered Koga's face upon finding out about her plans for Saturday night. Was he planning something for her birthday? Risa suddenly felt a little guilty. Maybe Koga had huge party to celebrate her twentieth birthday, and her date with Sesshoumaru ruined it. Not only that, but Koga doesn't really care for the silver mane. Feeling worried that her friend was upset with her; Risa went to pick up the phone. She clicked through the different names and dialed a number. Maybe she could set things right by starting with a rescheduling of the date. The phone's dial tone rang for a good long minute before Sesshoumaru picked up, his voice sounding somewhat surprised.

"Risa? This is rather unexpected. Normally I call you."

"Um yea, hi S-Sesshoumaru… Listen, I've been thinking, and I… I… I want to reschedule our date. How does Sunday so-"

"No."

"W-what do you mean 'No'?" Risa sputtered.

"Exactly what it means. I said 'no.' Our date is tomorrow night."

Risa was becoming desperate. Somehow she just knew the demon wasn't going to budge on the matter, but she really wanted to hang out with Koga for tomorrow night.

Suddenly, "Unless you want to come over tonight?" The taiyoukai asked.

"T-Tonight!?"

"Oh…" Sesshoumaru began once more, "That's right, you don't trust me enough to be within the confines of my home alone…"

"Sesshoumaru don't be this way, you and I both know that I have perfectly logical reasons for not wanting to out-right trust you."

Risa heard him scoff, but she let out a sigh and ran a few fingers through her brown hair to relieve the stress she was feeling. She sulked over in defeat and gave her answer. "Fine. I'll be at your place within the hour. I'm preparing dinner for the family."

"Excellent."

Risa looked at her phone as she hung up with her neighbor. She closed her eyes to regain composure before continuing with her cooking.

'I swear… The things I do for my friends… I'll have to let Koga know I'm free for tomorrow.' The girl thought as she seasoned her meal.

…

Koga and Rin were caught up in a stare-off; each trying to guess what the other was thinking when the sound of an opening door caught their attention. Heels clacking against the stony ground, Kagura made herself known as she greeted both Rin and the wolf. Kagura made sure to plan a visit before leaving for her apartment in hopes that this time the demoness could walk out of this infernal club with something useful.

Koga refused to answer her greeting seeing how she was the reason he was in this mess in the first place. Rin, however, gave a quiet 'hello' as Kagura removed her mouth-cloth before reporting to the wind sorceress.

"This Sesshoumaru guy, he's made something. Said it was for this girl named Risa, and how he would have her for a thousand lifetimes, I don't know. It was just plain unsettling." Rin told Kagura prompting the demoness to give a curious look.

"Anyway, he left some of the mixture in that drawer over there." Rin used her head to point in the direction of the drawer.

Kagura couldn't contain her smile of joy. Finally, that man has come up with something that could be worth her while. All those years of spying, watching, waiting… It will finally pay off. Kagura opened her fan, reached inside the drawer to pull out the vial full of the golden colored liquid, and closed the desk. In a flash, Kagura decided to leave a 'goodbye' present to her former boss, and with a flick of her wrist Kagura shredded the wooden desk to pieces with her Dance of Blades.

"That's for all those early morning hours…" She whispered to herself.

Koga, dumbfounded watched the display from across the hall. "He-hey! I thought you were working for that prick! Why are you stealing from him? And what's so special about that stuff in the tube?!"

Kagura turned to look at Koga her eyebrows raised one over the other. "Why you ask? It's simple. Because I'm actually working for someone else. Who? I won't tell you, but I will take the time to thank my little puppet for making my mission a success."

Rin scrunched her brows together, having a feeling that this wouldn't work out in her favor. "But you will free me… right?"

Kagura burst into laughter, her right hand holding her stomach as she made a leisurely turn to stroll out of the cell. "Haha… right. Listen dear Rinny, I don't have time to play the hero. Besides, you might get in the way of a grander plan. Stay out of trouble, K?"

As Kagura turned the corner to walk down the tunnel she could hear Rin screaming behind her. The demoness paid no mind, there was no way that she or the demon could make it out the cell with bindings Sesshoumaru strapped them to. She managed to make it outside, looking around to check for followers before pulling out her phone to make a call.

"Hello?... Yes, tell Naraku that I have some good news to report. … Oh yes, he'll love the present I'm about to bring him…. Oh and Kohaku, I'll need back up – just in case. Meet me by the local coffee shop, and we'll begin our trek to Naraku's hideout."

She hung up the phone, placing it snugly in her bosom as she made her way toward the coffee shop to wait for her escort. However, that feeling of being followed crept up her spine. Could she have been paranoid? No, it was all in her mind. She was Kagura the all-powerful, nothing can and will intimidate her. As she went to turn out of the alleyway, she overheard an outraged cry from behind.

"YOU TRAITOROUS HAPRY!" Cried Jaken from the shadows.

Kagura turned around just in time to dodge the column of flames shooting right towards her. Kagura shot up to her feet, and with a bit of difficulty, ran in her heels away from the angry imp chasing after her. She would turn around every so often to blow away Jaken's flames with her wind, but she had to hand it to the imp, he seemed a lot faster when angered.

"YOU WON'T GET AWAY WITH BETRAYING LORD SESSHOUMARU!" Jaken shouted as he began trailing behind after tripping over his own feet.

Kagura looked over her shoulder, plucked a feather from her hair and in a puff of smoke rode away from the scene. A smirk was now placed on her face.

"It seems like I just did." Kagura whispered. She went to pick up her phone to tell Kohaku to skip the coffee shop and go straight to Naraku's hideout but…

"My phone!" Kagura shouted.

…

Jaken attempted to throw a rock at the flying wench but realized it would be in vain. He had to get to Sesshoumaru to inform him of the news. But before he could scurry away, the imp caught something out the corner of his eye. It looked to be a phone – Kagura's phone to be exact. Jaken walked over to pick it up and searched through it to find Sesshoumaru's name.

'I have to tell Milord!' He thought as he frantically pushed the 'Call' button.

Here's Chapter 11! If you notice, this is part one. That's because a lot stuff is about to 'get real' lol xD anyway, I hope you liked this chapter and keep on the lookout for Chapter 12!
~Happy Reading/Writing! :D