InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Hunt for the Sword of Legend ❯ Rage ( Chapter 25 )

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A/N: Just a little warning. This chapter will earn the rating it has. This chapter contains some dark scenes and such, so if you don’t like that kind of thing, don’t read it. Also, a great big thanks to Kathy-kins, my wonderful beta. If it wasn't for her, this chapter would have been even later.

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Chapter 25:


Rage


Sesshoumaru was in the hotel room with Inuyasha called to let him know that he had finally arrived. Though, Sesshoumaru had to admit that he arrived a few hours before he was supposed to. He wondered for a moment how fast Inuyasha had really traveled.


Sesshoumaru opened the door to find his irate brother on the other side.


“Okay, where is this bitch. I don’t wanna fuck around here all day.”


“Neither do I, but we will have to wait. She was here when I arrived, but she had to leave. She was “summoned”, or so she called it.”


“So she left to do whatever that monstrosity of a human being needed her to do?” he asked, not bothering to mask his irritation.


“Yes, Inuyasha, she did.”


“She could be telling him where we are this very second,” he ground out.


“Yes, Inuyasha, she could. However, I remember having this conversation with you earlier. Shippo did a background check and spoke with her. She is very genuine. Do you think I would let her leave if I thought otherwise? I think you are forgetting that my wife is in that creature’s hands just as securely as your girlfriend is.”


Inuyasha stopped pacing to face his brother. Now that he was looking, he could see the absolute rage and frustration on Sesshoumaru’s face. He did forget, if only for a moment, that Rin was there, too. He sighed and sat on down at the chair in front of the desk.


“I’m sorry, but I feel like I’m loosing my mind! Why are we here, waiting on what‘s-her-face anyway? We have the swords. All we have to do is give them up and he’ll let the girls go free. If you tell me that the sword you have in your hand is more important than your wife’s life, I swear to God, Sesshoumaru, I’ll slice you in so many pieces that they’ll have to rely on dental records to figure out who you are.”


Sesshoumaru’s only response at first was a tick in his jaw and a furrowing of his brow.


“If you ever again,” he started in a quiet voice, but one that held the promise of death, “insinuate that I think this sword is worth more than my wife, I’ll forget you’re my only living relative and kill you where you stand.”


Inuyasha eyed him for a moment where he sat and gave a silent nod that he understood.


“Then why exactly are we here?”


“Only moments after that bastard called us, I received a call from the woman that we will meet shortly. Her name is Kagura. She told me that she knew what was happening. That she was the one to take Rin. She told me that even though Naraku said that he would trade, he has no intention of doing so. He plans to wait until we are unarmed and have handed over the swords before he kills us and keeps Kagome and Rin in the same manner he keeps her. He plans to make slaves of them.”


“The hell he will,” snarled Inuyasha.


“My thoughts exactly.”


“So, what’s the plan?”


“That, dear brother, is why we are waiting for her return.”


“Do we have any other back up?”


Sesshoumaru let his lip turn up into a cunning smile. Inuyasha knew that smile, and anything that followed after it was not good for Naraku.


“We may have,” he said enigmatically.


Kagura made it back to the building that Naraku had made his makeshift command post in record time. It would mean her life if she were caught. She would tell him she was out getting something to eat if he asked.


As she rounded the corner into the room that served as the common room, she noticed that Kanna was standing a little further away from Naraku than she normally did. That was her first clue. Her second clue, was the serpentine like smile that was on her lord and masters face.


“Y-you wanted to see me?”


He stood up from his little mound of pillows he had himself propped against. He always was one to make himself look much more important than he really was. He swaggered over to her, and as if a light switch had been flicked, his smile melted into a scowl. Before she could question what the matter was, she found herself slapped so hard across the face, she slumped to the floor and almost blacked out from the impact.


Naraku picked her up by the front of her tee shirt, and snarled in her face.


“You little bitch!” he screeched. “I know where you were earlier. I had you followed. I knew I couldn’t trust you to do anything without stabbing me in the back. What did you tell the older brother! What does he know!”


Kagura tried to shield herself from the following blow, but she was so stunned from the first one, she couldn’t get her hands up in time. She could have sworn she heard her jaw crack.


“Answer me!” he yelled at her.


“I…” she panted through the blood gushing from her lips. “I told them that you have no intention of giving back the two women,” she finished weakly.


Naraku let go of his hold on her shirt and let her slump in the cold, hard floor. He paced across the expanse of the large room for a few minutes before he stopped and turned to look at Kanna.


“Bring me the women. Blindfold them first.”


Kanna turned a walked out of the room to do as he asked, but not before throwing Kagura a glance that was full of worry. Not that her whole face held the expression. After knowing Kanna for years, Kagura knew just were to look when trying to read the girl. Kanna always kept her face schooled, but her eyes always gave everything away.


“You Kagura, are my biggest disappointment in life, but I’m going to give you a chance to make it up to me. You are going to go back to meet with the brothers, and you are going to send a little message from me.”


The following laughter that bubbled up from Naraku’s mouth made Kagura flinch and cringe.


An hour later found Kagura walking down the hall towards the door that the brother’s were behind. She did not want to see them anymore. She did not want to give them what was in her hand. She defiantly didn’t want to be there when they received their ‘message’. She shuddered thinking about it.


However, she had to do as she was told. She would not let him win. She would find a way to help them if it was the last thing she did. And, it very well may be the last thing she ever did. But, if it helped them put an end to Naraku, she would do it.


Kagura stopped in front of the door and knocked lightly. A moment later found her face to face with the brother she had yet to meet.


Inuyasha scowled at her for a second before he let her inside. The brother Kagura had already met was sitting at the desk in the far corner.


“What happened to you?”


Kagura ignored to question for now. She had some things to say. She had to say them or she would end up dead before they could do anything.


She glared at the two men before pointing to her pelvis. She didn’t touch the fabric of the shirt as she trailed her finger up her stomach, between her breasts and stopped just below the collar of her shirt. They looked extremely confused and she really, really hoped that they would get it as she went along.


“Naraku sends his regards, along with a message.” She pulled a jewel DVD case out of her coat pocket and tossed it on the bed.


“So, he figured out that you had come to see us. Did he give you that swollen jaw and busted lip?”


Kagura only gave Inuyasha a passing glance before she walked over to the desk Sesshoumaru was sitting at. She grabbed a small notebook and a pen. She pointed once again, very sharply, at the middle of her torso and then started scribbling on the pad. Once she was finished, she handed it to Sesshoumaru.


Inuyasha walked up to his brother and looked over his shoulder to read the note. Just as he finished, Sesshoumaru decided that this form of communication was going to have to do. He scribbled something on the same sheet of paper.


Kagura grabbed the pen back from him with, apparently, a little more attitude than he liked, and narrowed her eyes at his scowl.


After letting Sesshoumaru read what she had written, she snatched the notepad back before he could grab it. She turned over the page to find a new sheet of paper, and then started drawing. It took a few minutes, and it wasn’t the prettiest thing in the world, but she supposed they would have to make due. They could either take it or leave it. After she finished, she handed it to him.


Sesshoumaru moved over to Inuyasha so he could look at the drawing, as well.


“I’m going to use your restroom before I go.”


Inuyasha watched Kagura throw him a meaningful look before shutting the door to the bathroom behind herself. A few seconds later, he could hear the sink turn being turned on all the way.


Sesshoumaru looked at the drawing she had handed him, and started formulating a plan.


The drawing was of the building she had just come from. He could see that there was a front and a back door. She made a note off to the side that the back door was wielded shut. So, one point of entry, one point of exit. There was a skylight, but no way to access it unless he was Spiderman. There was one large room, where she had written the word Naraku, and four smaller room that were down a hall. One of the smaller room had the word women written inside of it. The only way to get to the room was to go through the main room. There were ten stick figures surrounding the building that he took to represent henchmen. Sesshoumaru felt a headache coming on.


Inuyasha was in no better shape. He had seen the same thing Sesshoumaru had seen. There was no way to sneak in and get the girls. They would have to confront Naraku. He sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose.


“Any ideas?” he asked his older brother.


“No, but maybe Shippo can think of something.”


Inuyasha nodded. While Sesshoumaru was transfixed with the drawing, the DVD case that was still laying on the bed caught his eye. He wondered why Kagura didn’t want them to see it. It might have something on it that could help them. Inuyasha figured it wouldn’t hurt to watch it, so he opened up the case and popped the DVD into the player.


After five seconds, he wished he had listened to Kagura.


There, on the screen, was Kagome and Rin. They were bound and blindfolded, on their knees.


“Hello…” came a lazy voice from the speakers.


Sesshoumaru’s head snapped to the TV and Kagura burst from the bathroom.


“No!” she shouted, but it was too late. She tried to move in front of the TV, but Inuyasha grabbed her arm and yanked her to the side.


Both of them were on their feet, fists clenched at their sides. Kagura shrank back into the farthest corner she could get to. If they looked like that now, she didn’t wanted to be anywhere near them when the main show started.


On the screen, the camera had been set down and the shaky quality of the recording stopped. Naraku walked into view and smiled.


“So, you thought you were going to pull a fast one on me. You know, you shouldn’t have done that. I wasn’t going to do anything to them. Now, you’ve made me change my mind. I thought I told you the rules earlier. You broke them. Now, they will have to pay for your mistake,” he hissed as he pointed to the women behind him.


Naraku made a show of opening a large pocket knife. He walked slowly to the girls kneeling in the back.


“I can see why you would keep them. They are such beautiful girls. I could have the best of both world’s if I had both of them. This one,” he said as he used the knife to cut the buttons off of Rin’s blouse. “This one is quiet and calm. It’s nice when a bitch can keep her mouth shut.”


Sesshoumaru could feel his rage explode. He wanted to storm over there and strangle the man that had a knife to his wife’s chest. His wife…his beautiful wife. Even now, she held her head high and didn’t falter. He was proud of her for not giving in. She hadn’t lost hope. She knew he would come for her.


One by one the buttons on Rin’s shirt popped off. Once they were all gone, Naraku put the knife down on the table beside him. Sesshoumaru seethed as he pressed his hands to her upper chest and slid them to her shoulders. He watched with madness in his eyes as the man in the video pushed the ruined blouse from her shoulders and down her arms. He was not satisfied with just that, though, much to Sesshoumaru’s disgust.


Naraku picked up the knife again, and slipped it sideways into the side of Rin’s pants. Sesshoumaru watched as his wife cringed, only a little, while Naraku cut the material off her body.


God, he was going to kill him. He was going to murder someone and he could care less.


Naraku didn’t stop until Rin was in nothing but her under garments.


“That’s better,” purred the man on the screen. “And this one, he said as he moved to Kagome. “This one is a feisty little cunt. I’ve already had to smack her around a little.”


Inuyasha’s mind swirled with violent thoughts as he watched Naraku push a finger into the bruise on Kagome’s jaw. He cut a little slit into the top of her tee shirt and placed the knife down so he could rip the shirt from her body with his hands. Inuyasha clenched his teeth as he watched Kagome do the same.


“You bastard…” Inuyasha heard her say.


“You promised, Kagome,” said Rin.


Naraku chuckled. He used his knife to rid Kagome of her shorts just as he had done with Rin‘s. Inuyasha saw Kagome shudder and swallow.


Inuyasha’s hands were shaking as he tried to rein in his temper. He could feel the rage seeping into his skin. He wanted to shoot something, preferably the asshole on the screen.


“Now, if you’ll excuse me,” came the same disgusting voice from the speakers. “We three have some…things to do.” He dragged his tongue up Kagome’s neck while grabbing Rin’s thigh. Both of the girls cringed. Naraku’s laughter echoed off the walls as he reached for the remote beside and cut off the camera.


Sorry to leave you guys hanging. This is a short chapter, but they seemed to end themselves sometimes. Because this is a cliffhanger, there won’t be a sneak peek, but I promise to get the next chapter out soon.

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