Chapter 6: Afterward
Izaoi stood next to Renkotsu she'd liked the movie but she wanted to ask Renkotsu to leave her sister alone. Through out the length of the movie Renkotsu had been trying to hit on Kyoko. Kyoko had busted into tears in the bathroom after an hour of entering the theater. Yosuke had wanted to follow them to make sure Kyoko was okay, but Izaoi had told him to stay and watch Bankotsu and Renkotsu. When they had came back Renkotsu and Bankotsu regarded them with soft smiles.
Izaoi looked up at Renkotsu and asked him to follow her, he did without question. "Renkotsu, I give you this one warning. If you touch my sister ever again, I will hurt you. She is my baby sister and will not allow a low life like you touch her." Izaoi smiled sweetly at the stunned Renkotsu and walked calmly to her sister and linked arms with her.
"Izaoi, what did you tell Renkotsu?" Kyoko asked softly to her sister so that no one else heard them.
"To leave you alone, I told him that if he touched you that he'd be a dead man." Izaoi said with her innocent and sweet child-like smile. Kyoko sighed, her stomach in knots as she looked to Renkotsu, she felt sorry for him. She hadn't thought that Izaoi would go so far as to threaten Renkotsu. Pulling away from Izaoi, Kyoko headed towards Renkotsu when Yosuke blocked her way. "Yosuke? What is it?" Kyoko asked.
"Kyoko, your father is here for us." Yosuke said looking over her shoulder, Kyoko mimicked him before looking to Renkotsu as he turned away, a pained look on his face.
"Yeah, but let me say goodnight to him okay?" Kyoko asked before adding, "Go watch over Izaoi, I'm more afraid for her and Bankotsu, he is the leader of the gang after all." Kyoko smiled and moved passed Yosuke. He gave her a small nod and went to Izaoi and Renkotsu. Smiling Kyoko went to Renkotsu and peered up at him. "My dad's here so I've got to go. We'll see you at school on Monday okay?" Kyoko said sweetly. Renkotsu looked down at her, a smirk gracing his lips.
"Yeah, sound good. Mine if I get a goodnight hug?" Renkotsu asked innocently and Kyoko didn't really think that was too much to ask, especially after what Izaoi had said to him.
"Sure, no prob." Kyoko said wrapping her arms around Renkotsu's waist, his arms encircling her shoulders softly. When she pulled away Kyoko turned to walked away but Renkotsu grabbed her arm. "Renkotsu, I need to go." Kyoko said looking around her, Yosuke and the others were in a small circle talking, she could see her father inside the car talking on his phone, most likely talking to her mother.
"Not before I get what I deserve." Renkotsu whispered under his breath. Jerking Kyoko to his chest she let out a soft cry of distress. She felt a hand grab her hair as she was dragged into the shadows where no one would see.
"Renkotsu, I'll scream if you don't stop!" Kyoko warned as she ignored the pain throbbing on her scalp and tried to push away from Renkotsu.
"I deserve a good-night's kiss." Renkotsu said forcing Kyoko's lips to meet his in a crush of skin. Kyoko protested trying to push away and scream but she was practically helpless. Her eyes looked around as much as she could to get someone to help her.
YOSUKE! DADDY! IZAOI! Help me please! Kyoko pleaded as tears swelled up in her eyes, she didn't know why Renkotsu was acting this way.
"No one will hear you, they're too busy talking to one another to care about you." Renkotsu said against Kyoko's lips.
"Please stop, my father is here, he'll kill you if he finds you." Kyoko warned as she felt more tears run down her face as Renkotsu's hand traced her every curve. "YOSUKE!" Kyoko screamed, startling Renkotsu. He panicked, shoving Kyoko to the ground when Yosuke and the other looked their way. Kyoko screamed when she hit the ground, her eyes closed shut, afraid that Renkotsu might hurt her. Then she heard footsteps rush by here and two strong arms gather her up, holding her tight. Gripping the person's shirt Kyoko sobbed uncontrollably into the person's chest.
Izaoi watched as Bankotsu and Yosuke chased after Renkotsu, her father holding Kyoko close, cooing her softly, even though he wanted to murder the boy who made her cry.
"Kyoko, it's okay, Daddy's here baby. It's okay, Daddy's here." Inuyasha cooed softly, rocking Kyoko back and forth as he picked her up in his arms.
"Daddy! I was so scared! I wanted to scream but I couldn't! Izaoi! where's Izaoi!?" Kyoko said in a panic her eyes wild with tears as she lifted her head and began to look around, searching for her sister. "Daddy! Izaoi!" Kyoko cried to her father.
"I'm right here sis. I'm okay, I should have stayed by you. I'm so sorry Kyoko! I'm so sorry!" Izaoi said hugging her father and sister, she wanted to take away her sister's pain, the fear she felt at that moment. Tears ran down her faced as she held on to Kyoko's Miko outfit.
"I'm glade you're safe." Kyoko whispered before she fainted, her body gave away and fell limp in her father's arms.
"KYOKO!" Kyoko!" Inuyasha shouted shaking Kyoko in his arms. Tears started to prickle in his eyes at the sad sight of his daughter laying limp, nearly dead like in his arms.
"Papa Inu, she's okay, she's just in shock, let her rest." Izaoi said laying a small hand on her father's arm. "She needs to be at home with mamma and us, some place safe from Renkotsu. She'll be okay." Izaoi said more to herself than her father, she needed her own reassurance on this one. When the sound of footsteps neared them, both Izaoi and Inuyasha went on guard.
"How is she?" Bankotsu asked, pure regret and guilt on his face. Izaoi's look softened at the pain in his eyes.
"She's fainted and in shock, we need to get her home where she's safe." Izaoi said sounding like Kagome to her father. He smiled, proud of his eldest daughter. He looked at Bankotsu then to Yosuke, he could see the devastation in his face, the guilt and horror that something would happen while he was around Kyoko and Izaoi. Inuyasha saw that Yosuke couldn't look at Kyoko, the one time he had he nearly fell to tears at her frighted eyes and the lines of pain etched into her smooth as silk skin. Standing up Inuyasha shifted Kyoko's weight in his arms before speaking.
"Yosuke, Izaoi, let's go home. Bankotsu, if you see that boy again, tell him if he comes near any of my family, he will not live to see another day." Inuyasha warned as the four turned and went to the small black car he owned. Izaoi bowed a thank you to Bankotsu before she got into the car, her sister laid in the back seat, Kyoko's head on her lap.
Kyoko, it's my fault, maybe if I hadn't of said anything to him he wouldn't of done that to you. I'm so sorry my sweet baby sister. Izaoi thought sadly, her eyes watching her sister sleep soundly, safe from Renkotsu.
When they arrived home Kagome meet them with tears in her eyes, Inuyasha had had Izaoi call her and tell her what happened to Kyoko. Izaoi hadn't wanted to but her father had insisted so Izaoi agreed and had to sit in the car with the phone three feet from her ear. Kagome had wrapped her arms around Kyoko and Inuyasha as they entered the front door. Yosuke had called his father and asked him to come and pick him up at the Takashi residence, he didn't want to bother Inuyasha anymore than he had. Yosuke knew that Sesshomaru would get at him for not protecting Kyoko from Renkotsu.
"Mother, it's okay, she'll be fine. She's just in shock, she needs rest and to be left alone for now." Izaoi said looking over at Yosuke, he hadn't said a single word since they arrived.
"Yosuke, would you take Kyoko up to her room please, I need to talk with Inuyasha, Izaoi, call Souta and ask if he'll come watch you two when Inuyasha and I leave." Kagome said to the two teenagers. Izaoi groaned as she hung her head at her mother's request.
"Mom! Kyoko and I are old enough to watch over our selves!" Izaoi said then bit down on her lip after her outburst; she knew what her mother wanted to shout at her. If you could take care of yourselves then why is Kyoko laying unconscious in the living room after being sexually harassed by her date?! Izaoi looked away from her mother, tears in her eyes again at her stupidity.
Kagome smiled kindly at Izaoi, she knew Izaoi would take full responsibility for what happened, so much like her father Inuyasha, it amazed her that Izaoi wasn't Inuyasha's child but the child of an evil man who was long since arrested and thrown in jail. Wrapping her arms around Izaoi's shoulders, Kagome held Izaoi tightly. "Baby girl, it's not your fault. This world is not always kind to us. But we need to do our best to get over the past and work to move on and make it better for those we love." Kagome said softly before Inuyasha came back to them, Yosuke held Kyoko in his arms.
"Mrs. Takashi, I-I'm sorry I didn't keep Kyoko safe." Yosuke said finally, he hadn't spoken to anyone since the car, his face held a gloomy look as he looked to Kagome with the same eyes as his father. Kagome smiled as she let go of Izaoi and went to Kyoko and Yosuke.
"Yosuke, my daughters are lucky to have someone to care for them as much as you do. Especially Kyoko, I've never seen her eyes light up as much as they do when you're around or mentioned." Kagome smiled, she knew she was giving away her daughter's personal thoughts. Yosuke blushed as he looked away from Kagome and Kyoko. Kagome giggled before reaching to Kyoko's face and brushed her bangs from her closed eyes. "Yosuke, you are a lot like your father; protects those he loves the most, and when he can't, he takes the blame and fights to make it better if possible." Kagome patted Yosuke's head softly, she knew Inuyasha still did not like Koga but Kagome was glade that she knew Koga and that he and Kikyo were happy together.
"Mrs. Takashi," Yosuke looked at Kyoko then back to Kagome. "Thank you." He said softly before giving Kagome his most perfect smile then turned and took Kyoko to her bed room up the stairs, Izaoi tailed after her eyes watering at the sight of her sister, limp in Yosuke's arms. Inuyasha wrapped his arms around Kagome's waist possessively.
"Don't worry Honey, I'll only love you, but Yosuke is the one for Kyoko. You know this don't you honey?" Kagome asked laying her hands over Inuyasha's. Leaning back into his chest Kagome closed her eyes, it was becoming to much. Why was the world being so cruel to her family, hadn't her first daughter suffered enough? Why would this happen to her youngest, her baby girl? Kagome couldn't believe the gods were so cruel to her babies, her loved ones. Lifting her chin, Kagome looked up into Inuyasha's eyes. "What's going to happen this time?" Kagome asked softly, her worst fears seemed to be coming true before her very eyes.
"I thought you said she wouldn't call out!" Renkotsu shouted as he slammed the door he had rushed though of a large warehouse in the south district. His face was flushed and dripping with sweat as he panted from his run. Glaring at the tall, broad shouldered man with long black hair and marred refection. Renkotsu took an involuntary step back, every time he saw the scarred skin from a fire long since passed it bothered him, scared him even.
"Renkotsu, I thought I told you to lure her to you, bring her here to me. I was to deal with her after that! Renkotsu you fail me again and I will not go easy on you!" The tall man shouted at Renkotsu, his familiar violet eyes burned with a angry passion when he thought of Kyoko, the loved child of Kagome and Inuyasha, sister to his niece Izaoi. "Leave Renkotsu, make sure you are not killed by your "Leader"." The man spat out his distaste for Bankotsu and his ways. Renkotsu nodded and turned to leave, his hand on the door when he turned around and watched the man with a steady gaze.
"Onigumo, my payment? I've rattled the family as told to, even if I hadn't brought her to you, I've done most of my job." Renkotsu said coolly.
"Never say my name aloud you fool!" Onigumo hissed, his teeth gleaming in the little light in the warehouse. He gave Renkotsu a cold glare before digging his scarred hand in his pocket and pulled out a small bag with coins and notes hidden inside. "Here, go, now. Leave before I kill you myself." Onigumo said turning his back away from Renkotsu after throwing the bag to him. Renkotsu nodded and left the building the bag of money in his hand. He knew he couldn't go back to the safe house, Bankotsu would kill him for harming the sister of the girl he really began to like.
'Damn you Kyoko, if Onigumo let's me have my way with you after he's done screwing with your family, you'll wish he'd killed you.' Renkotsu thought with an evil smirk. He'd have to hide out in a hotel room, wait until he could get Kyoko alone once again and take her to his new boss. Smiling, Renkotsu tossed the bag of coins up and down as he walked down the darkened alleyway, his mind as dark as the shadows he passed by.