InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Forever a Shadow ❯ Together yet Alone ( Chapter 25 )

Chapter 25: Together yet Alone

 

 

 

It was just that sort a night, as soon as the air hit my lungs, I could hear Hiten saying something in the background and the frigid night registered by chilling my heart, and numbing my mind, it was that flash of silver and tribal like scream which meant nothingness to my ringing ears but death… the poor bastard just stood there like a deer caught in headlights as the blade with surgical precision sliced the flesh from neck to groin in a single stroke.

 

 

He became a dervish of black and silver, his heart felt as if it was beating over 200 beats per minute daring to explode in its bony cage, his hands were numb, his clawed fingers were fused to the fangs' hilt, to him at that moment it took little force and deep rooted instinct to lapse over into the oblivion of a blood frenzy. The blade moved on its own accord and rendered the stout demon into two pieces. Here he came, the other one, with his black mane flying wildly in the blowing snow, screaming brother, with lightening from his fingertips and a curse wet with his brothers blood on his lips. She screamed somewhere inside the plane, screamed out for him, crying his name with such urgency his ears rang, over the howling opponent and driving wind.

 

 

He was a vessel of life's destruction in this moment; he would kill with no forethought and no conscience, only a singular thought, protect what is mine. No one would care if a few more youkai died; he would discard the emotion and become the tool of death gladly and proficiently like he did hundreds of years ago. The other one seemed stronger in his vengeance, but only for a span of seconds, the power of storm elements did nothing to aid his survival when the fang in his iron gripped hands was howling for blood, and was satiated in the chest of the second sentinel, as the hanyou watched the electrical current fade from his ruby eyes, all he gained was a slightly singed coat, and his hands covered in a baptism of blood.

 

 

His footfalls were light as his darkness cloaked form entered the plane, another stood protecting the vessel which housed his child, he could smell her, he could smell his child in her blood, and his eyes flashed crimson for a split second. Let another creature fall at his feet suffocating on there own blood.

 

“Inuyasha stop!” Kagome shrieked her hands covering her mouth, as distress worms its way into her stomach, the urge to vomit encircled her insides, clutching with icy claws.

 

 

Inuyasha's enraged, golden eyes met the fear widened aqua eyes of Shippo, as the Kitsune stood before Kagome holding the traumatized woman against him with one arm looped around his back, small tremors visibly shook his body. Shippo realized he may very well be looking his own death in the face, but then who would protect Kagome if he were gone?

 

 

Blood from the fallen thunder brothers ran down the hanyou's face as Inuyasha stalked closer to Kagome, the terrified look in the woman's eyes snapped him back into his right mind. But still who was the kit trying to protect her and not wet himself in the process? Panic was radiating off of the boy, so much so it stank up the air in the chilling cabin. Inuyasha could not help but see the fear in the face of the youth that was trying to protect Kagome.

 

 

“Step away from her boy.” Inuyasha growled out the words, Shippo shook his head reluctantly `no'. “If you wish to live through this ensanguined night step away.”

 

 

“You'll hurt her.” Shippo spoke with a quivering voice.

 

 

“I would never harm the woman carrying my child.” Inuyasha approached the two, stopping mere feet from Shippo.

 

 

“Inuyasha.” Kagome whispered with an emotionally fractured voice, Inuyasha smelled the tears before he saw them as they trickled down her face.

 

 

Kagome stepped around Shippo rushing into Inuyasha's arms. The hanyou held her to him with his left hand, his right still gripping the blood drenched Tetsusaiga.

 

 

“I knew you would come, I knew you loved me.” The wall Kagome built up around her heart crumbled as she broke into frantic sobs hugging Inuyasha around the neck so tightly his breathing became constricted. “I… I knew you'd come.”

 

 

A sound like a cannon boom shook the cabin of the jet, as searing heat and pain tore through Inuyasha's right shoulder, blood spattered Kagome's tear wet face as her shrill scream filled the air. The kitsune dexterously leapt around the stunned couple hurdling the seats like an Olympian, a shout of surprise and a dull thud came from behind Inuyasha. Inuyasha threw Kagome down into the nearest seat in a flowing movement as he turned with his sword toward the unknown attacker. The burning in his shoulder told him he had been shot, as his eyes went to Shippo, Inuyasha was surprised to see the pilot on the floor unconscious with a gun mere inches from his hand.

 

 

“Dishonorable bastard shooting someone with there back turned.” Shippo glared down at the pilot, then looking up to see the copilot sniveling like a baby, cowering in a corner of the cockpit.

 

 

“Oh my god you've been shot Inuyasha!” Kagome struggled around the chairs to get to his side. “It must hurt.” Kagome tried to pull off Inuyashas coat but he brusquely shrugged away from her, a low growl rumbled on his throat. “Inuyasha?”

 

 

“I'm fine.” The hanyou snapped back striding toward the cockpit, his possessed gaze fixed on the copilot.

 

 

The fearful pilot raised his hands in the air to show they were empty; the stain on his crotch showed his bladder was as well. “P..please, don't hurt me, George acted on his own, I…I had nothing to do with it.” The shameful creature before Inuyasha cowered, shaking uncontrollably.

 

 

Inuyasha snarled turning his back on the pathetic excuse for a human being, without a second glance the hanyou walked down the stairs exiting the plane going into the now blinding snowfall. Stepping over the gruesome remains of the thunder clan, their blood freezing into crimson patches in the new snow.

 

 

“Inuyasha?” Kagome called after him, but Inuyasha refused to stop or even look her way. “Inuyasha, what's wrong with you?”

 

 

Inuyasha continued to pace toward his suv, his blood leaving a sanguine trail in the accumulating snow. He paused ten meters out from the plane, his ears finally picking up the sound of two sets of footsteps quickly heading his direction. Inuyasha sighed as Kagome came up to his right side, her delicate hand intertwining with his; the hanyou tried to yank it away but the pain in his shoulder prevented such a quick action.

 

 

“Why are you acting this way?” Kagome nearly had to run to keep from being dragged by Inuyasha as he quickly resumed his fast walking pace, their clasped hands kept them tethered, but it was obvious to Kagome he wanted no physical contact with her, almost as if she now repulsed him. “What did I do to you to have you treat me so poorly?”

 

 

Inuyasha stopped; ignoring the pain he tore his hand from hers, it felt as if a hundred daggers plunged into his shoulder at one time. “What did you do?” He whispered, more to himself than to Kagome, Inuyasha's head fell. “What didn't we do?” Inuyasha gave a frustrated laugh. “We destroyed my family Kagome, from my sire's reputation to the lives of my daughters. We share the blame, but I could have lost everything, no, I have lost everything.”

 

 

“You said you loved me?” Inuyasha sulked away from her questions as the face of Kikyo flashed before his minds eye; Shippo came up behind Kagome putting his arms around the mystified, and deeply wounded woman. “Inuyasha, I love you.”

 

 

“Let him be for a while Kagome, he'll talk to you when he's ready.” Shippo lead her on toward the black blob in the snowfall, which, Shippo assumed, was the car that would spirit them away from the carnage by the plane.

 

 

“I don't think I can do that Shippo.” Kagome tried to sprint to Inuyasha's side, but the frigid air and blowing snow sapped her strength. “Inuyasha!” She yelled, her dismayed voice being lost in the wind. Inuyasha stood by the vehicle facing the two following him, black against black save for the wildly blowing silver strands. “Please Inuyasha.” Kagome whimpered moving as fast as her weekend legs would allow her toward her absent lover.

 

 

Inuyasha heard the pain in her voice, and it cut him to the quick. In no way did he wish to hurt Kagome so badly, but… if he allowed his resolve to soften it would mean the end of everything he held so dearly to his heart, and that was simply to much to ask. With a flick of his wrist Inuyasha sent the blood flying from his sword to the snow, sheathing the ancient blade, he thought of his father, the great InuTaisho would have beaten him to an inch of his life for treating Kagome this way even if she was his mistress, but Kagome also carried a child to the bloodline. Sighing the hanyou appeared before Kagome scooping her up in his arms, she was cold, really cold; it was at that moment he realized she had nothing but a flimsy sweater to block the chill, her coat must still be on the plane.

 

 

Inuyasha laid Kagome in the back seat of the SUV covering her with is coat. Now he really felt like an ass, but the more he came in contact with Kagome the harder it would be to stop the feelings that he felt for her, even if the primary feeling was lust, no, he had to be strong. He knew his heart well, Inuyasha simply could not be left in private with Kagome, and once the baby came, Kagome would still be linked to he and Kikyo's life.

 

 

Kagome smiled to Inuyasha pulling up the blood encrusted coat to her chin, she didn't mind the dried blood, she was happy being wrapped up in Inuyasha's smell. “Thank you Inuyasha, I thought maybe you wanted me dead like everyone else. But then you rescued me and I knew you still cared. You do still love me right?”

 

 

“Kagome—” Stone faced Inuyasha turned his back to her, trying fiercely not to say something too callous, but firmly get it through to her that their relationship was completely over. “I love my wife Kagome.”

 

 

Inuyasha slammed the door shut and opened up the drivers' door as Shippo appeared at the passenger side jumping in trying not to make any eye contact with the powerful hanyou. Kagome bit down on her bottom lip as her eyes glazed over with tears, her heart hurt, but somewhere she knew that she and Inuyasha were over, maybe she was being foolish to think the baby would keep Inuyasha by her side, a mistress never gets to keep the man she loves, its just the way her life seemed to be.

 

 

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Sesshomaru and Rin exited the elevator; Sesshomaru's arm snaked around his wife's dainty waist. The clan leader was trying hard not to let the goings on in the family get to Rin's sensitive soul, she had no idea that the wolf pack had silently declared war on his family, nor did she know his imbecile of a brother was going after his knocked up mistress. Rin was far to sensitive for such things to bother her; she already was thrilled to be taking Kari home with them within the next thirty minutes. With no child of their own Rin was more than willing to nurse their niece back to health, and spoil the little girl rotten while her parents were locked in their marital hell.

 

On their brief jaunt to Kari's room Sesshomaru's cell chimed, the InuTaisho huffed in annoyance as he motioned Rin inside Karisuma's room, he leaned against the closed doorway in the hall glaring at his phone as the incoming call was from Inuyasha.

 

 

“You do nothing but cause me grief little brother, you are such an imbecile.” Sesshomaru flatly proclaimed into the phone.

 

 

“An' you need to pull the stick out of you ass Sesshomaru. I call you as a courtesy and first off you insult me?” The blatant disrespect in Inuyasha's voice was like nails on a chalkboard the great youkai. “I've got her and her little friend. How's Kikyo?”

 

 

Sesshomaru shook his head and strode down the hall toward Kikyo's room, he was puzzled to find Kikyo's blinds partially drawn leaving only a four inch gap at the bottom to see into the room. “Give me a moment.”

 

 

The youkai became alarmed as he ducked down seeing a person leaning over Kikyo who appeared hopefully only asleep; the uninvited guest had his face hidden by waist long raven hair.

 

 

“Who the fuck?” Sesshomaru growled tossing open the door to Kikyo's room startling the person who turned his way, the intruders' eyes hidden by dark hair and the rim of his baseball cap. “How did you get in here?”

 

 

Sesshomaru stepped toward the man reaching out a hand to grab him, but the guy sidestepped the Inuyoukai, sending a vicious, yet unexpected punch to Sesshomaru's kidney disappearing into the hall and vanishing before Sesshomaru could turn and follow.

 

 

“Sesshomaru! Sesshomaru!” Inuyasha yelled over the phone. “What's going on Sesshomaru?”

 

 

Sesshomaru rushed to Kikyo's bedside checking to make sure his sister-in-law was still breathing, with a sigh of relief she was, as Sesshomaru growled in annoyance returning the phone to his ear.

 

 

“Someone was in Kikyo's room.” Sesshomaru pressed the call button for Ayame. “She seems alright though.” Sesshomaru flung back open the door the spring snapping, sending the handle into the sheetrock. Inadvertently Sesshomaru dropped the phone to his other hand, leaving the line open. “Tenkai!” A chorus of running footsteps four in number, flooded down the hall to their masters call. “There is an intruder on the floor, find him now. Send someone to the surveillance room and pull up the video; I'll be there momentarily. And for the love of god place armed guards on all of the families rooms!” The infuriated youkai barked orders completely forgetting he was broadcasting all of this to his brother who could do nothing but panic.

 

 

Ayame sleepily appeared from the nurses break room, her brilliant emerald eyes now hazy from lack of sleep, yet instantly the woman perked up when he heard Sesshomaru shouting to his men from the threshold of Kikyo's door.

 

 

“Let me through!” Ayame shoved aside a black suited youkai fighting to get to Kikyo's doorway. “Move you assholes!” Ayame roared, the four guards in stunned silence looked down at the petite woman heaving her way through them. “I have a patient in there, Sesshomaru get out of my way!” Ayame was now in an adrenaline frenzy, her patient was in there and she had had no way of knowing if Kikyo was alive and well.

 

 

The InuTaisho could not help but give a slight grin to the fiery nurse as he stepped aside. “She seems fine.”

 

 

“What and you know if whoever it was injected something into her line?” Ayame pushed past him closing the door.

 

 

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“Oh fuck.” Inuyasha whispered, slamming the brakes of the SUV, a very bad idea in the land of black ice, luckily the vehicle simply shuttered a little and eased to a stop in the middle of the dark road.

 

 

“Inuyasha?” Kagome questioned, alarmed at the way the conversation turned with his brother. “What's wrong?”

 

 

“Shut up!” Inuyasha snapped at her, his attention was keenly fixed on the stressed voices coming through the other end of the line.

 

 

“Hey, no need to be rude.” Shippo tried to stand up for Kagome, but growing balls at that instant was not a bright idea.

 

 

Inuyasha turned on him in the passenger seat, a threatening growl echoing in the vehicle. “Shut the fuck up little man or I'll rip your tongue out and feed it to you.” Inuyasha slammed the SUV into park and threw the door open jumping out into the snow, the cell phone becoming a permanent fixture to his ear. “What the hell is going on?” Inuyasha paced in the snow to the front of the SUV, the headlights illuminating the anxiety on his face. “Sesshomaru! Come on you bastard answer me!”

 

 

Kagome sat up in the warmth of the vehicle, Inuyasha's coat sliding to the floor. “Oh god something must have happened.” The look of fear on her lover's face frightened Kagome greatly.

 

 

“What is going on? Is he always such a bastard?” Shippo turned in the seat to face Kagome who seemed now very fragile to him; the kitsune could not help but notice Kagome absently stroking her small belly.

 

 

“No, something must have happened to his wife.” Kagome whispered, fighting the urge to leap out of the car and try to comfort Inuyasha who was visibly distressed. Her heart was aching again for him, this devotion was something that was alien to her, and no one ever cared so deeply for her, save her own father. “Inuyasha never loved me like that. I should have known better.”

 

 

“Don't do this to yourself, it's not healthy, at least you get to see him again. Even if it is not the way you would like, but remember you have a very special part of him with you, even if he does leave you, I never will, I promise.” Shippo reached around taking Kagome's hand in his, looking back out the windshield at the man who was breaking Kagome's heart, and he knew with out a doubt that it truly was breaking, and he was there to bear witness.

 

 

“Sesshomaru!” The call was unexpectedly ended. “Son of a bitch!” Inuyasha bellowed in frustration, his nimble fingers redialing his brother, but it went directly to his voice mail. “Fuck!” Inuyasha paced to the side of the vehicle without warning he threw a hard punch at he fender causing a deep crease, rocking the passengers inside. He looked up into the SUV seeing the fearful face of Kagome and his heart sank.

 

 

Inuyasha walked away from the two sets of eyes staring at him, the snow continued to fall, his ears twitching when a random flake would land on the fine hairs, he had to compose himself or he would snap and say something terribly hurtful to Kagome, and probably pummel the boy in the passenger seat. Ignoring the snow covered ground Inuyasha plopped down sitting Indian style, the hilt of Tetsusaiga pushing up into his side, but the hanyou could care less. He sat in the cold, his head in his blood stained hands, fighting the urge to lose all control, yet his eyes still glassed over with tears, and a dreadful lump rose in his throat. Once again he let Kikyo down, he was nowhere to be found when she needed to be protected, and it left his heart tattered, and his emotions spinning out of control.

 

 

“I am coming home Kikyo.” Inuyasha whispered to the snow blown sky, taking a breath Inuyasha got to his feet and returned to the SUV. Opening the door he climbed into the tense silence all around him. “I am sorry, both of you.”

 

 

Kagome tried to speak but felt as if she would once again cry in Inuyasha's presence, she did no wish to add to his pain, so she simply put her hand on his shoulder as they drove away into the night.

 

 

 

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Sesshomaru purposely strode toward the security office, his blood was still burning with rage that someone made it past his people and got close enough to possibly kill his sister-in-law. It was thought that the floor in which his family was recovering that no one could breech the security of Sesshomaru's own private army, but some slimy bastard had, and the list of suspects was relatively short. The wolves had become more brazen, yet they would never send only one, like their animal counterparts they always hunted in packs. Then there was the slimy private detective, the man himself should be long dead however there was never any conformation on his demise, the poison Sesshomaru sent through his body was enough to take down a small army, but still the man was not truly as he seemed, if he had somehow survived the poison and the blade through the chest he would definitely want some semblance of revenge.

 

 

“Sesshomaru!”

 

 

It was Miroku's voice coming from behind him near the elevator. Without turning Sesshomaru simply stopped and waited for the counselor to catch up to him.

 

 

“We have another problem, besides the trespasser.” Miroku stepped in front of an irritated Inuyoukai. Sesshomaru's glare sent shivers up Miroku's spine but he shook it off, he had to. “That dumb-ass of a police detective got a little overzealous and went around us finding a judge to issue an arrest warrant for Inuyasha.”

 

 

Miroku cringed inside as he watched Sesshomaru's face harden even more. For as long as he could remember Sesshomaru had been the foundation keeping the family stable after his great fathers death, now things were wildly spinning out of control, and Sesshomaru was the pinnacle of a control freak unable to stop it all. Things were shifting toward a very bad end; Miroku could feel it in his bones.

 

 

“Come with me.” Sesshomaru kept his eyes locked on the door at the end of the hall, the security office where he hoped to get a clearer view of their uninvited guest.

 

 

The door flew open and a startled yelp came from the human security guard who was literally pushed into a corner by two of Sesshomaru' s agents, the youkai both sat before the plethora of video monitors, dexterously urging the computer system to bring up the digital image of their mystery man, not only was he captured coming in on one screen, but they had him in the elevator, and walking onto Kikyo's floor on another monitor screen. Yet when they tried to find his departure they got nothing but static from the entire hospital security network.

 

 

“What the hell…so he knows we would see him coming in, but going out he scrambles the signal? What's the point?” Miroku asked to the silence of the room.

 

 

“See,” Sesshomaru's long finger pointed out the man in the elevator. “he knows he's being recorded, the way he is standing, and look, he doesn't even raise his head in the elevator, this one does not want his face to be seen. That bastard.”

 

 

“But why would he let us see him come in, but scramble the system on the way out?” The security guard in the corner was completely enthralled; this was probably the most exciting day he ever had on the job so he couldn't help but ask.

 

 

“Because—“ Miroku started to speak, but Sesshomaru stopped him.

 

 

“Because it would seem our friend here walked out with someone else, someone who was already planted in the hospital.”

 

 

“Sir, this guy took the entire system down with some kind of remote device, he is smart, and has money.” One of Sesshomaru's subordinates sighed trying to pull out any pertinent information from the system, yet knowing with some accuracy there would be nothing further to find.

 

 

Sesshomaru sighed heavily abruptly opening the door. “If you find anything let me know, I will be staying here.”

 

 

Sesshomaru rubbed at his temples as he walked toward the elevator, Miroku walking beside him not uttering a word. The two men stepped on the elevator, Sesshomaru seemed exhausted, yet again the entire family was a commercial for Ambien, Miroku knew the InuTaisho was taking on too much but he would never listen to anyone save for his dearest Rin.

 

 

“Miroku, I want you to find out if this judge who granted the warrant is in the pockets of the wolf clan. If he is I shall help him change his tune.” Stepping off the elevator on the families floor, Sesshomaru patted Miroku on the back roughly, Miroku jumped in his skin. “Oh yes, and I also need you to find a dead man for me.”

 

 

Miroku went pale. “What?”

 

 

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Ten o'clock in the morning on a freezing cold gray day, Kouga stepped into the butchery that was Kagome's night. The wolf smiled broadly among the dismembered body of Manten lying in two pieces at the foot of the stairs, the wolf could not help but laugh. He leapt into the plane finding the pilot just awakening from the pummeling given to him by Shippo. The man opened his eyes to find Kouga crouching over him, a voracious grin on his lips.

 

 

“What do you want?” The man stiffened, as he tried to push himself to sitting.

 

 

“What I want? Well---“ Kouga inhaled deeply, taking in all the scents, the smell of the two dead youkai outside, the scent of the kit, and the stink of the Inu bastard who had beaten him to his quarry. Closing his eyes he inhaled again this was the sweetness of Kagome's scent, how it made his blood ignite. “I want her. But, chum it seems I came late to the party, I'm so sad, but thankfully Inuyasha did leave me a parting gift?”

 

 

“What?” The pilot tried to scoot back toward the open door of the cockpit.

 

 

“Why you of course, Inuyasha left you for me.” Kouga's smile broadened giving the now terrified man a clear view of his mouthful of fangs.

 

 

“You're insane.” The pilot watched Kouga wide eyed as the wolf stood back up to his full height stalking toward the man with deadly intent.

 

 

“Insane? Why yes I am.”