I believe this chapter may just be useless (A Filler Chapter)...I don't know. I just wanted to update the fic so bad I may not have done everything I could. I am sorry for being such a bad writer.
I do not own any of the copyrighted characters or mentions of the anime they come from. I do not make money from this fic. Hell if I did I would write freaking way more often.
Chapter 8
Yuki awoke to searing pain coming from her shoulder. She could not move her arm and even now tears were following from my blue eyes. A scream was about to rip from her lips when Lady Rin leaned over her bed. "Yuki, do you remember what happened?"
The servant shook her head not trusting her voice. "You saved Lord Sesshomaru's life," Rin said brushing her hair back from her forehead. "You were hurt but the healer was able to remove the bullet and close the wound. She did not know how to treat your pain though. I am sorry about that, but we have a tea that will help."
The lady helped the servant hold her head up to drink the bitter tea. Yuki felt her body warm from the pit of her stomach out. It was enough to make breathing easier. The pain was already starting to lessen, but her eye lids were growing heavy with sleep. They would have to wait for her to wake up again to get more information from her. Rin was worried about the girl, a gunshot was not something that was treated often in the Makai, and the healer had never seen one.
Rin walked out of the room once she knew for sure that Yuki was asleep. Bufan was outside of the door. "Who would want to kill Father?"
"That's the question we now have to answer," Bufan said pulling her into an embrace. They had the shooter in custody but Sesshomaru and Hiei were taking care of almost everything else. They were now the Lords of the West and he was just an ally. It was a different role for Bufan, but one that he was willing to play as long as he was able to help his mate's father solve the case.
O.O
Yusuke and Kurama were confused by the atmosphere in the grand hall. They had been outside during whatever was causing such a fuss among all the youkai that were when they arrived enjoying the festivities. "Excuse me, what happened?"
"Are you blind, deft, and stupid? A lower class fool just tried to assassinate the Lords of the West. They dragged him away in chains. He used a strange weapon. Must be human, it was loud and smelt horrible."
"Thank you," Kurama nodded to the helpful youkai. "Yusuke, I can sense both Hiei and Sesshomaru-sama are fine. Unfortinually I cannot reach Hiei mentally. He must be very focused on something."
Yusuke reached up and tugged gently on Kurama's red forelock. "If he needs us he will come and get us." Suddenly the former detective smirked to his lover. "Until then, let's grab a drink and find a dark corner to make out in."
O.O
Hiei and Sesshomaru soon were returning to the war room to speak to the generals. Rin and Bufan were invited to attend the meeting as well, as they also knew what was really going on. The party was still going on strong as they was plenty of wine and drink to keep the guest entertained. Hiei and his mate took their places at the beginning of the table and the generals took their seats. "I do not know about the weapon that was used, can anyone fill me in on its origins?"
Rin was the one to speak up, as she had spent the most time in the human world. "It is called a firearm, a gun, it is a pistol. We don't see them much in the Makai but they litter the human world. They can hurt and even kill a demon but I don't understand how a farmer boy got his hands on one."
Much like his mate, Bufan was surveying the room for the general's responses. They had talked about not only how the boy would have gotten a gun but how he would have gotten it into the castle. Someone high up in security was the one helping the boy, and could they be the one that hired him or another hired hand. All the generals, whose faces you could see, were sporting looks that showed they were just as confused as the lady that had spoken. Rin was looking not only at their faces and body language but also their auras. The Lady of the East saw nothing out of place of the first seven generals. The last, the rat, his body had not tales to it, but his aura was keep a little too well in check. He was covering something up, but what? Rin mentally reached out to her second father.
"Hiei, can you work some mental magic on Darktan. The rat seems off to me. He is hiding something; I want to know if he is really behind all of this." Rin's thoughts wondered to Hiei as she pretended just to listen to the rest of the group and the discussion. She was not only the heir to the West but the Queen of the Makai. She was playing her role as well as one could expect. She was the daughter to the target and friend to the victim. Yuki had been a well-received and much appreciated friend in the last few years. She wanted to know who had done this to her family. Rin knew that she would have to tread lightly on this.
"This meeting has gone on long enough, we must return to the guest before they start to pass around rumors," it was Sesshomaru that knew just how bad rumors could cause a house like his to fall out of favor with those around him. There would be rumors that Sesshomaru and Hiei could not protect their subjects or worst that they did not even care to begin with. Sesshomaru would not allow anyone to think this of him or his mate.
They returned to the hall where their guests were spreading rumors about the attack already. Sesshomaru nodded to Rin, she was their Queen and someone they would all have to listen to. "Lords and Ladies, honorable guest, I have been assured that the situation has been taken care of. The youkai responsible for this attack has been detained and that we are to return to the party. So please drink, eat, dance, and enjoy the hospitably of the Western Lands."
'Kurama are you and Yusuke clothed?' Hiei reached out mentally to his closest friends.
Kurama pulled away from Yusuke's kiss and smiled to his lover. 'We are not that bad Hiei. Where would you like us to meet?'
'There is a garden outside the West Wing. I need both of you there to help me find out what really just happened.' Hiei cut off the link between the two of them before he saw something he did not wish to see. He was totally devoted to Sesshomaru but he truly believed that he was in love with Kurama and that was something that could show its filthy little head.
Sesshomaru touched Hiei's shoulder softly and pulled him close. "Don't. I cannot stand to think of a time when you had emotions for another."
Hiei turned to his lover and mate, nodding understanding the feeling. "I need to go and speak to them. I want to know that they are on the same page. Go mingle and reassure the guest that we have everything under control."
"I will tell everyone that you will be joining us soon. Now go."
Hiei run off to meet his former team mates to get to the bottom of what has been happening.
O.O
Kurama's back was to the wall with Yusuke leaning on him, in the appearance of two lovers sneaking off to hid from all the conmotion of the evening. They were whispering back and forth when Hiei arrived only to blend into the shadows of the wall. "I need you two to look into this."
"Do you have someone in mind?" Kurama asked as he buried his face into Yusuke's neck, keeping up the lie. Yusuke's hands were not part of the lie but they were crawling up and down Kurama's slim form. Hiei's eyes narrowed at the action but said nothing. He had no reason to be jealous he no longer had feelings for the fox hanyou but it was hard for him to accept losing something that was once considered his.
"Darktan, the rat youkai that is serving as a general of the west. Rin brought him onboard because she felt she needed to keep him under watch. She did not know why but even now she is having a negative feeling about him. She kept him busy but who knows what he was planning. And the use of a human weapon scares her even more. When Rin is scared there is trouble." Hiei said quitley to the couple.
"We can get your information, do you need us to do anything else?" (1)
Hiei shook his head and was soon returning to the party, to his Sesshomaru.
End Chapter
1. Man even though both Kurama and Yusuke are considered lords in the Makai they are still very loyal to their former team. Now that's what I call a good friend.
I finally got another chapter out, and yes I have started another one. I am borrowing my mother's computer and it's a real pain. I am working my fingers to the bone on my days off work to get this out. I want to finish this fic. I have another one in mind.