InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Demonology ❯ The Ambush ( Chapter 9 )

Author's Note: Sorry this took so long! I was visiting my grandma and picking up overtime. I start a new job in a couple of days so my ability to post more often will be limited. I still have a few ideas and I'm excited to continue writing. Any suggestions please feel free to comment! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Inuyasha is the property of Rumiko Takahashi

Sesshoumaru sat in his office going over the numbers for Taisho's Dog Den. As stoic as always, the pen hardly left the surface of the paper as he figured out the expenses for the future of the fight club. While business had always been booming, the local authorities have been demanding an increase in security due to the recent disappearances. In the last two weeks, forty people have gone missing from the city. What was worse, is that in the surrounding areas, that number was substantially higher. He made sure that he had all the information of the missing persons, spread it around his security, but he knew that they were spread out along different drug dens in the city.

Moving the figures around is something he hated doing. He liked the fights, but that was it. The fact he had a natural knack for business was likely inherited from his Warlord father who was a natural diplomat and united Western Japan in the Sengoku era.

Rin stepped into the office, wearing a black pencil skirt and a blue floral button down shirt. She wore glasses and her hair in a messy bun. She was carrying a tray of tea and sandwiches, her heels clicking the floor with each step.

He looked up at his mate and smiled. The girl grew into a beautiful woman. He didn't develop romantic feelings at first. In fact, he always had viewed her as his own child until one day, he saw that she was a woman. He didn't remember her growing into a woman, to him it seemed to happen overnight. A young orphan who stole his heart and gave him humanity, now five hundred years later was serving him tea and helping him build a new life in a new country.

“Sesshoumaru-sama, you need to take a break. You've been at it for hours,” she stated, sitting in the chair across from him. She crossed her legs and reached over, pouring a cup for the two of them. “It's no good just staring at the numbers. Creativity flows when you have a free mind.”

He reached for his tea and took a sip. Matchta, she always knew what he needed and when. He always drank matchta when he was under considerable stress. “This is true, but there's no creativity needed. Inuyasha and Kagome have been formulating a plan to go into the drug dens.”

Rin nodded, biting her lip as she stirred some honey into her tea. “I have an idea but I know you won't approve,” she admitted sheepishly.

“Then don't bother telling me,” he replied flatly. He reached for a sandwich and took a small bite.

“Well I think it's a good idea and I wanted to persuade you,” she stated while she also reached for a sandwich.

Sesshoumaru put his cup and sandwich down. He fully faced her, folding his hands and giving her a dark look.

“If it involves endangering you, you know my answer is no.”

She gave him a sweet smile. The smile that always drove him mad, the smile that made him fall in love with her more and more every day.

“What if I told you I was to do it anyway?” she replied coyly, standing up to sit on his desk, leaning over so their faces were only a few inches apart.

“You're crumpling my papers,” he pointed out.

“You'll live.”

“So what's this plan of yours?” he asked her.

“I get a job at the drug den passing out drugs. They're looking for someone who's familiar with demons. That way I could keep a close eye on Kagome and get more information since I'd be there more often.”

“Absolutely not. You're needed here.”

His worry always touched a soft spot in her, but she wasn't going to give in so easily.

“No I'm not and you know that. But in order for it to be completely effective, you'd have to take the mark off of me. I reek of demons.”

“That's because you've been married to one for five hundred years,” he countered. “My scent would take weeks to get off you.”

“It would… unless I talked to Jinenji, who could mask it pretty easily.”

His eyes narrowed. “What if you get killed?”

She shrugged. “Wouldn't be the first time.”

“But you know I can't bring you back again. You were lucky when I could bring you back the second time. A third time would mean you're gone for good.”

“Sesshoumaru, I'm doing it. You can't stop me. The discussion is over. I'm not asking your permission, I'm telling you in case you have something to add to it to make it more effective.”

He sat back in his chair, crossing his arms. “The best thing to do is to continue to send Kagome in. She's been getting incredible intel.”

“Yes, but they're trying to put heroin in her veins. If they do that, she'll be dead by the end of the month. Your brother has already lost Kikyo, don't make him lose Kagome too,” she cooed.

“And what about you? You'd be dead too if they put that stuff in you.”

“I'm five hundred years old. Even if I do get an addiction to it, I could easily battle the withdrawal. She won't. She's too young, she's too inexperienced with it. She's probably going to have to do it at least once, but sending me in to monitor it could save her life.”

“Let me think about it,” he finally stated. “I'm sure I could figure out something better. But not a word to Inuyasha or that damn partner of his. Or to Kagome. This is our secret.”

She got off the desk and walked around, kissing him on the cheek. “Thank you. Now get your numbers figured out. All of my work is done. We're going to be opening in a couple of hours and I need you to make me look good.”

He watched her sashay out of the office, biting his lip as he saw her hips swing seductively. The chit was difficult, but her idea wasn't terrible. He thought about if he went into the den, but it would be too risky to Rin. He was discriminated against by nearly every demon in the city because he took a human as a mate. Breeding with a human was one thing, marrying one and making her his life mate was a different story.

He looked back at the numbers and groaned. He was never going to get this figured out.

The sun was almost set when the large half-demon entered the abandoned warehouse. Inside he turned on the lights to display row after row of medicinal herbs and plants. The soil beneath his fingers was dry, making him sigh in defeat. It seemed no matter what he do, the plants were always over dried out.

He missed his little farm in Japan, where nobody disturbed him, where his world was quiet and calm. Jinenji sighed, remember what his world had been like, wishing that some of the old world charm had followed into this new world of technology. He turned on the hose to spray the herbs, drenching the earth, when he heard the crash on the other end of the warehouse. He dropped the hose and broke into a run, making his way to the table where he helped the sick and made his potions.

As he turned the corner, he was met by a mess of potions scattered everywhere. The one cabinet was knocked over, the cabinet that held all of his transfiguration potions. He looked around to see what could have possible knocked over this particular cabinet, looking to see if any of the potions were salvageable. There were no traces of anyone in the room at all, which began to worry Jinenji even more. He found it strange that there wasn't even the scent of anyone in the room, or any animal. It appeared that the cabinet fell over on its own, which he knew should not have been possible. For six years the cabinet has not moved, the number of vials has not changed. The cabinet was very sturdy, built by his own hands.

He looked around the room and didn't see anything disconcerning at first glance, deciding to shrug it off and clean up the room. A few minutes later he heard a knock at the door and footsteps entering. He recognized the footsteps of Inuyasha and Kagome, whose scents had intermingled now. He smiled to himself. He knew the two had feelings for each other for quite some time. Their coupling has left Inuyasha in an above-average mood, something Jinenji hasn't seen in a couple hundred years.

“Hey Jinenji, what happened in here?” Inuyasha asked, blocking Kagome from entering the room. There was broken glass all over the dirt floor.

“The cabinet fell over. I don't smell any foul play, so I figure there was a loose screw or something to knock it over. All of my transfiguration potions are destroyed though,” he sighed, sweeping up some of the glass.

Inuyasha bit into the side of his cheek. This wasn't good.

“You don't think anyone is on to us, do you?”

Jinenji shrugged, dumping the broken glass into a waste bin. “No, I don't think so. However, it is strange that everything was knocked over…”

Inuyasha held Kagome's hand as they walked through the room. The smells of the potions completely masked any unusual scents, if there were any. Inuyasha's gut told him that there was foul play, unfortunately, there was evidence as such.

“I hear Naraku will be in town sometime this week,” Inuyasha commented, looking closely at the potions. Nothing seemed different.

“Yes, I have heard that as well. It seems that there is a substantial amount of demon activity in the city recently. I nearly sold out of the disguise potions this week. I've been working overtime.”

Kagome picked up a potion that had a color of a deep purple. It swirled like a mist in the bottle as Kagome glanced at it. “What's this potion?” she asked.

“Oh, that one is still in development. It's supposed to give temporary demonic powers to a human, however, I haven't had any humans to test it on yet. Difficult to test it, to be honest,” Jinenji stated. “For instance, if you remember Harry Potter, it's kind of like a polyjuice potion. You put a hair of a demon and for a short time you gain their powers. You'd get Inuyasha's superb sense of smell and his ability to fly--,” Jinenji began to explain, but Kagome cut him off.

“You can FLY?!” Kagome yelled.

Inuyasha looked surprised. “Most demons can.”

Jineji found a potion and handed it to Kagome. It was gold in color. “This one will keep you from gaining an addiction to a drug, however, it won't get rid of the effects of any hard drugs. So if they put heroin in you, you can gain a psychological addiction, but you won't' gain a physical addiction. Be very careful.”

Kagome put the bottle in her bra. “No worries.”

Jinenji also handed her a red potion. “This is to get rid of Inuyasha's smell on you. No offense, but you smell more like Inuyasha than Inuyasha does.”

Kagome and Inuyasha both blushed. Jinenji laughed and continued to organize his potions.

“It seems that only my disguise potions were meddled with. I guess Rin can't go undercover tonight after all…”

Kagome dressed in a purple brocade corset that pushed her breasts up almost into her face, a short mini skirt and fishnets with knee high lace up boots. She wore thick eye shadow and even thicker eye liner. Her hair was pulled into a messy bun and she wore large hoop earrings. She stared into the mirror and smoothed out the skirt.

She sighed, she was feeling more nervous than ever before. Usually she jumped into these excursions with no second thoughts, but after her night with Inuyasha, as well as the days with him that followed… her heart had changed a little. Inuyasha completely took over her mind and her body. He knew how to touch her, learned what she liked and disliked. He could make her moan and make her scream, causing her body to ache for him. After their coupling, they would talk until their strength was regained so they could be together once more.

Inuyasha watched her fix every detail of her appearance in the mirror and felt scared for her. He walked behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist, burying his face in her hair. He stared at their reflection, giving her a shy smile.

“I don't know why I'm so nervous,” she said, leaning into him. She had to admit, they made a very handsome couple.

“Now you know how I feel every night,” he whispered against her ear, leaning down to nuzzle her neck. She felt his lips on her neck and she let out a soft sigh.

“I think the battle will be over soon,” she whispered as he kissed her bare shoulder. Goosebumps ran up her arms, causing her to shiver.

“I think if we play our cards right, they will.”

He turned her around and kissed her. No matter what he did, he couldn't get enough of her. She tasted of sweet nectar, entrapping his mind and controlling his every motion.

The kiss broke and he nuzzled her neck once more. “Come on, before I change my mind and we don't leave this apartment.”

They walked out hand in hand, the potions hidden in Kagome's bosom.

When they arrived at the van, Sango and Miroku were setting up the monitors around the club. It seemed in the drug den there was interference, which they had already related to Shippo. Shippo was already in the club, chatting up a young blonde with a martini in hand. Inuyasha helped place the wire under her skirt, giving her a wink as his fingers teased the scrap of lace under the skirt. Inuyasha hunkered down in the van and Kagome tested the earpiece and the sound, which she was told worked. She pulled out the red potion and drank it, hoping that Inuyasha's scent was masked. She took out the gold potion and drank that as well, feeling her body grow warm.

Usually Jinenji's potions just made her tingle, but this one made her feel hot. Her body was sweating uncontrollably. She wondered if it was a problem with mixing the potions? The night was cold so she pulled her coat off and walked to the Thunder Brother's, wishing she would cool off.

She gave the password to the sleeping fox, who mewed at her and opened the door and she was met with the stench of drugs and sex. She looked around to see young women grinding against large demons, men with spoons and lighters, and Monten at the main desk as usual. Hiten found Kagome walked around lost, smiling to himself.

“Kagura, send him in,” Hiten whispered softly.

A moment later Inuyasha, Sango and Miroku lost all signals in the bar. Every camera went completely blank, showing nothing but static.

“Kagome, get out of there now, you've been compromised!” Inuyasha yelled into the microphone, but Kagome heard nothing. She was unaware that her earpiece had been tampered with. Inuyasha could hear and see nothing.

Inuyasha began to panic. He got no response from her earpiece or her microphone. Shippo was unresponsive as well, it seemed all electrical equiptment had been tampered with.

A young boy came into the room. His hair was blonde and gelled to be neat. He looked to be about six years old and his eyes were a pale pink. Kagome thought that he seemed awfully young to be in a bar, but suddenly she completely lost control of her body.

Walk through the door in the back, a young voice said. Kagome felt like it was her conscious, but her fear told her that it was someone else's. She felt her legs move involuntarily in an awkward gait as she did as the voice told. She walked through the swinging doors at the back of the den to another room, far darker than the one before, where she saw a variety of men before her.

One of the men she recognized immediately. He was Japanese with long wavy hair and red eyes. Dressed in a traditional Kimono of blue, he stood up and met Kagome half way across the room.

“Mmm, you do know what I like, Kagura,” Naraku whispered as he played with Kagome's hair.

“I thought you'd like her,” Kagura smirked. The little boy followed behind Kagome, lowering his four fingered hand. “Good job, Cody.” She handed the boy a brownie and sat down. The boy followed, a large grin on his face.

“Thank you, my lady,” the boy replied.

Kagome was unable to move her lips to make a noise, but her mind was completely aware of what was happening. Naraku pulled out a red eleastic band and tied it around Kagome's upper arm. Before Kagome realized it, he had plunged the needle in her arm, injecting her with the drugs he so desired in her blood.

Kagome felt her world completely change. She felt like she was on a cloud. Her limbs felt heavy and she was led to the couch, but she felt like she was floating. She was aware of what was happening, but was unaware how it affected her. She was handed a white roll, she assumed it was a joint, and was told to take a hit. She did and it just exemplified the effects. She didn't feel any pain, she felt like the world was just great.

She didn't notice the bite on her arm, or the loss of blood as Naraku felt the euphoria induced by her blood. She sat on the couch, her eyes rolled back into her head, as she rode out the high. Naraku waived his hand at the others in the room, giving them permission to exit.

Kagome was left with Naraku as his hands wandered her body, wondering where to bite next. Kagura and Cody left the room and Kagura pointed at Shippo, who was still talking up the blonde.

Shippo felt like there was a nagging at the back of his head, but he continued to concentrate on getting information. He was trying to figure out who the girl was and if she was one of the missing girls.

Cody pointed at Shippo and whispered in Kagura's ear. “He's undercover, working for a man in the police department.”

Kagura nodded and handed the boy another piece of candy. She walked over to Shippo and picked him up by the back of his shirt.

“Hey what the hell are you---,” he began to scream, but Kagura threw him against the brick wall, smashing it to smithereens.

“How do you want to die today?” Kagura asked sweetly, poison dripping from every word. He looked shocked and pulled a leaf out of his pocket, putting it to his forehead. Just as Kagura opened her fan and threw blades at him, Shippo disappeared into thin air. Kagura looked around, trying to figure out what happened to the fox demon. She knew he was still the room, but there wasn't time.

“Cody, where did he go?” Kagura screamed, her fan at the ready.

Cody centered in on a fly on the other side of the room, feeling incredibly guilty. He saw what they did to the girl he lured in the room. He didn't know that they were doing that to begin with. He would tell girls to go into the room and he would leave. He had no idea they were eating the women.

“He's not here,” Cody lied, kicking at his feet. “He left. I'm sorry.”

Shippo heard a small voice in his head.

There's nothing I can do for her. Get out of here, now.

Shippo flew out of the vents and turned into his normal self a block from the Thunder Brother's. He ran to the van where he saw Inuyasha messing with the antennae.

“What are you doing?!” Shippo shouted, half panting.

“We lost the feed the moment Kagome entered,” Inuyasha explained. His face filled with worry once getting a close look at Shippo.

“We were ambushed. She's being drained of her blood as we speak.”

Inuyasha visibly paled as Sango and Miroku left the van. The group could see Inuyasha's face go from being pale to turning bright red, his eyes flashing red and purple stripes appearing on his face.

“AAAAGH!” He roared, jumping into the sky and out of sight.

Inuyasha felt his demon blood boil as he flew through the night sky. The woman he loved, that he didn't know he had been searching for, was in danger. He didn't know if she was dead or worse, but he knew for a fact that he wasn't going to let another woman he loved die.