InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Escape ❯ Prophecy ( Chapter 11 )

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His heart did another flip flop in his chest. What was this girl doing to him? He didn't know, but he sure as hell wanted to find out. Inwardly grinning, he wrapped a careful arm around her waist and drew her closer to him. Kagome stiffened at first, then relaxed in his strong hold. The scent of cinnamon spices and hint of musky masculinity flooded her senses. She bit back a smile and leaned her head against his shoulder. Guess he wasn't such an ass after all.

Prophecy

Tension thickened in the air. But that was not what he was worried about. It was the deathly silence that he was worried about. He stared at the ground in his crouched position, staring dully at black tiles that lined the floor. He had been in this spot for quite some time now, or so it seemed. He was waiting silently for something. Something he dreaded and hated at the same time. But he'd rather that instead of this tense stillness. Anxiety began to ebb away at his nonchalant façade. This could be the very end of him.

"Kouga," drawled the silky voice, breaking the silence with that one word.

Kouga clenched his teeth. 'Would this bastard hurry up?' He had came back empty handed, and had lied, saying that the mutt had managed to get away from him and disappeared without a trace with Kagome. Some of the apprehension he was feeling melted away at the thought of her. All of this was for here. No matter what fate held in store in him he would take it. For his woman.

"You disappoint me Kouga," began the dark voice again. "This is the first time that you've ever failed me."

The wolf prince said nothing. He had made his choice. He would not sacrifice the innocence of Kagome to this sick, twisted freak.

Naraku emerged from the shadows, Kagura by his side. He was wearing a black Armani business suit with his long, black hair tied back into a low ponytail and his black orbs shielded by dark shades. His offspring only wore a dark blue traditional style kimono. He made his way across the room to his desk, lifting his spectacles from his face and examining them. "You've never lied to me before either."

Kouga remained silent, neither denying or agreeing. Kagura smirked from the chair she had settled into.

A malicious smile curled on the hanyou's lips. "You do know the reason I brought you here in the first place do you not?"

When the youkai said nothing, Naraku began to approach him. "Stand up and let me refresh your memory."

Kouga did as he was told, keeping his eyes devoid of any emotion. Naraku thrived off of emotions such as fear and nervousness.

"Correct me if I'm wrong, but I do remember making a certain deal with you oh, about six or seven years ago." Naraku eyed him with a spiteful grin. "You were the one that agreed to come work for me after your parents were ruthlessly slaughtered for the safety of you pack, were you not?"

He nodded once more, but hid the fiery hatred threatened to consume him. This freak had butchered many innocent lives including the ones of his family and had blackmailed an unthinkable amount of youkai and human alike for only the benefit of gaining more power in the corporate world as well as physically. Kouga hated the bastard. Pure and simple. And when the time came, he would gladly rip the hanyou to shreds.

"No doubt you are probably thinking of the different ways to mutilate me in that dense skull of yours," Naraku said and advanced closer to the wolf prince so that their faces were only a few centimeters apart. "But know this wolf, if I ever get the impression that you will turn your back on me, I will not hesitate to eradicate your filthy pack as well as yourself from the face of this planet. Got that?"

"Yes," Kouga responded monotonously.

Smirking, he turned his back on him and walked over to his desk. "Kanna, come in here. Kagura, bring me the old miko." The wind youkai bowed, then disappeared into thin air.

A little girl entered the room a few moments later with skin and hair white as snow and eyes as black as Naraku's, her face expressionless. In her small hands rested a mirror.

"Yes, Naraku-sama," came the emotionless voice of the girl.

"Show me the miko," he demanded, then glanced in Kouga's direction. "It is obvious that you harbor feelings for this human. But are you sure that she feels the same way about you?"

He said nothing. Kanna's mirror began to swirl with an array of colors.

"Would you still protect even if her heart belonged to someone else?" Naraku taunted.

The colors in the mirror eventually came to a standstill and a clear image of the miko came into view. Kouga's heart skipped a beat at the sight of his woman. She was smiling and blushing as the wind tousled her hair, her blue orbs shining with amusement and laughter.

"Beautiful, is she not?" Naraku questioned with smooth articulation, noticing the emotion that flickered in his subordinate's eyes at the sight the human. "She would make any man…or youkai happy."

Kouga's heart sank and anger flashed in his cobalt eyes sank as she saw who she was with. 'What the hell is she doing with inukuro?' His lips curled up into a snarl as he witnessed the mutt land gracefully onto a balcony.

"So, I'll see you tomorrow?" she asked cocking her head to the side and looking at her companion questioningly once she slid from the hanyou's back.

Inuyasha folded his arms and looked away. "Keh. What makes you think I want to see you again? I do have a life ya know."

Kagome's pouted, her pink lips pursing in displeasure. "So you won't come see me? Maybe Hojo would agree to come over since you're too busy."

The hanyou's whirled around in a flash. His golden iris's tingeing with red. "Stay the fuck away from the asshole! If I catch that scrawny bitch with you-"

He was cut off from her squeal of delight as she threw her arms around his neck. "I guess that means I'll see you tomorrow." She kissed his cheek.

Kouga inwardly growled as the mutt's face became slightly reddened. "Whatever."

A wicked grin curled onto Naraku's lips. "That's enough Kanna." The image of the couple faded from sight as he turned to face the wolf. "Well, Kouga, I hope that this little display of affection will change your perspective of things."

Kouga kept his devoid of any feeling. He would not give Kagome to him. He would just have to kill Inuyasha. No way was inukuro getting away with his woman. His thoughts were interrupted by the entrance of Kagura and the old human miko that Naraku had been talking about. Kouga quirked a brow at the woman that didn't look a day over thirty.

She strode into the room following the wind youkai with her head held high and chin jutting out in defiance. The miko was wearing a casual suede pantsuit with a pair of tan boots. Her midnight black hair was pulled back into a high ponytail that came down to her waist. It wasn't the her aura of strength and dignity that drew Kouga's attention to her, or the fact that the only sign that showed she was held in captivity were the ropes that bound her hands together. It was her enchanting azure eyes that lured his gaze to hers. And the fact that those eyes reminded her so much of someone he knew.

"And what do you want Naraku," the miko spat in contempt. "I was just about to eat my dinner when your minion came barging in on me. This had better be good."

Kouga mentally applauded this woman's courage…or stupidity.

"Feisty as usual I see," Naraku said with a small smile.

"Cut the crap and tell me what I'm here for," she demanded impatiently.

"As you wish. You do realize that if I didn't need your powers so much you'd be dead by now."

The woman snorted, but didn't remark.

"You see Kouga," Naraku began, slowly circling the miko like a vulture that had its eye on a dead carcass, "the miko that you see before me has an interesting power. She is not like any other miko alive. No, this one has the power to predict the future. A kind of clairvoyant if you will. She is the one that who helped me in my desire to be on top."

"You act like I did it willingly," she muttered irately.

Ignoring this, Naraku continued. "The only reason I own over two thousand companies across the world or am one of the most prominent diplomats in this country is partly thanks to this human, for she had foreseen the obstacles that could have hindered my success and enabled me to elude them, making my rise to power inevitable. My dream of expanding my power and reign throughout this country will become a reality. Once I have destroyed the weak government that regulates, I will rule over all."

He draped an arm around her shoulder and ran his claws gently down the side of her face. She flinched, but said nothing. He chuckled at this. "She even foretold me of my demise. Of the one person that would cause the downfall the vast empire I have created. She predicted that a miko girl would be the one that will thwart my plans. Although it was hard to believe that a simple miko would be able to take me down, this woman has never steered me wrong. So, in order escape my fate, I ordered the death of every miko in this country with the exception of a few that I use."

"I did not say that it would be just any normal miko," the woman hissed angrily, "I said that it would the daughter of a powerful miko. That gave you no right to execute all those women and children!"

"Kukuku. I know this," Naraku said, his black eyes gleaming with animation. "But I'd rather be safe than sorry."

Kouga's eyes widened slightly. 'Shit.' He had been one of many that had executed all those innocent lives. He had always wondered why he had been ordered to kill those woman. Kouga clenched his jaw and balled his fists at his side, determined not to let his fury show. And to think, Naraku could have been brought down if only he had disregarded his orders. Blood began to drip to the floor from his claws that had sunk deep into the flesh of his palm.

"Of course the general public never knew of this," Naraku continued smiling deviously as he watched the wolf silently berate himself, "Now what would they think if they knew that I, one of the most respected diplomats and businessmen in the country started slaying the lives of innocent women?"

He withdrew his arm from the stiff miko's shoulder and walked back over to his large, oak desk. "And do you know that there is only one more miko in this entire country that has yet to be caught by my subordinates."

The miko's azure angry eyes changed to ones of fear as she realized who he was talking of. No, he couldn't know. She had suppressed this miko's powers from birth.

Naraku laughed evilly, sending chills up the spine of his audience. "Did you actually think you could hide her from me all this time? Did you think I wouldn't know? You actually had me fooled for a while, making it seem like it was your own daughter that was the chosen one, in which is why she was slain, along with that pitiful husband of hers as well as her father."

Unshed tears glazed over in her eyes as she was forced to reminisce about what had transpired.

Kouga scowled. 'Who the hell is he talking about?'

"And to think, that your daughter also had been with child. A boy, I believe. Shame he never got to see the light of day."

The tears that had formed in her eyes silently streamed down her smooth face.

Naraku picked up a sharpened machete that lay dormant on his chair and slowly made his way back to the miko. "I know who the prophesized one is." He ran a claw along the edge of the blade. "And have no doubt that she will be mine. Just like you are now. I will break your granddaughter just like I have broken you."

She turned her head to the side to hide the shame and pain in her eyes and stiffened when the coldness of the blade was pressed against the flesh of her neck. "And if you ever try to deceive me again, Midoriko, I will personally put an end to your miserable life, just like I did your entire family," he promised, slowly sliding the sharp edge of the machete gently across her skin, producing a thin line of blood. "Is this understood?"

Midoriko nodded in submission. All the bravery and dignity she shown before had fled. This only fueled the rage that began to build inside of the wolf prince.

"Good then." He extracted the blade from her neck and smiled warningly down at the woman, before returning his gaze to Kouga. "Now then Kouga, you see why it is so important to have Kagome Higurashi in my possession do you not?"

"Yes, Naraku-sama," he responded in his usual monotonous tone, though he was slightly taken aback. 'Kagome? Kagome is Midoriko's granddaughter?' That meant that it wasn't too late.

"What role does the hanyou Inuyasha play in the prophecy?" Naraku inquired the miko while still staring at Kouga.

The temperature in the room suddenly dropped. Midoriko began to emit cold jolts of pinkish energy as her pupils faded into whiteness, her ponytail levitating from its resting position against her back. Kouga took an involuntary step away from her. The amount of power she was giving off made his hair stand on edge.

"Inuyasha, son of the great taiyoukai Inutaisho and the human woman Ryoko, will play a significant part in the waging war that is to come," she started in a lackluster voice. "He will aid the miko child and both will bring the destruction of the hanyou Naraku."

"Is there anyway to prevent this from occurring?" he asked, his eyes intent on her pupil less ones.

Her aura flashed and twirled around her as she squinted in concentration, as if actually seeing the events that took place before her very eyes. Kouga, as well as Kagura and Kanna, braced themselves as the velocity of the wind rose yet another notch. "Yes, there is a way. Although love is starting to bloom between both of them, his heart still belongs to another, but it won't be for long. If she were to reappear in his life soon, events might be altered and if truths are unveiled, trust will be betrayed. Disloyalty and deceit are what will lead them to their failure in accomplishing their mission."

Naraku grinned, baring his fangs upon hearing this information. "And who is the one the one that bring the hanyou to his demise?"

"Kikyo," Midoriko whispered.

End.

AN: Interesting development is it not? I know mikos cant see into the future or anything, but hey, this is my story so I'll make them how I want them. Besides, the it wouldn't be as fun without Naraku knowing the future.

Oh, and just for those that are worried, this is NOT a Kikyo/Inu fic. I hate the bitch as much as you all do. So fear not. I'll probably kill her ass in the oncoming chapters anyway.

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