InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Indecent proposal ❯ Black Friday ( Chapter 35 )

Chapter35: Black Friday

 

A/N: Not much to say. I'm sorry I'm no fun, but I'm not feeling so great. But it of course never crossed my mind not to update and leave you with an evil cliffy. So here you are.

 

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Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha, Sesshomarou would be the one to hold Kagura's heart.

 

 

“Speaking”

`Thinking'

 

 

During Kagura's inspection of his office, she noticed on Sesshomarou's imposing desk, a piece of paper sticking out of an opened folder. Not being able to resist her curiosity she decided to take a quick look. A sentence caught her immediate attention and made the color drain from her face. She hurriedly read the entire paragraph, not taking the time to read the beginning of the missive.

 

`I have finished drawing the paperwork. Have Jaken contact me again as soon as you will be able to gather Miss Kagewaki Kagura's signature. Once again sir, allow me to express my joy at seeing that you found a sensible solution to the delicate and pressing matter of you producing an offspring and…'

 

Not bothering to read the rest of the paper, Kagura quickly looked down and realized that the message was signed by Kenichi Myoga. She was sure that he was none other than the flea demon behind the famous law firm Myoga and son, which specialized in providing legal services to the rich and famous.

 

Kagura barely had time to try to organize her thoughts, that she heard someone open the door of Sesshomarou's office. She raised her head as the person spoke

 

“Reading anything interesting?”

 

As soon as she saw who was standing just a few feet away, Kagura could not restrain a groan of pure annoyance. Of all the people she really did not want to see at the precise moment, Touran Gakari was definitely on top of the list. But of course the wind sorceress did not fool herself into thinking that she would be able to come all the way to Sesshomarou's office without seeing his jealous and equally unnerving secretary.

 

“Kagura. I was not expecting to see you. It is such a pleasure to see you again. How may I be of help today?” Touran asked a fake smile plastered on her face, but her eyes betrayed the hatred she held for the woman sitting a few feet away from her.

 

The blue haired demoness graciously walked towards Sesshomarou's desk and stopped right in front of Kagura. Not liking one bit to have Touran standing taller than her, Kagura stood up abruptly and walked around the massive desk to stare right in Touran's pale blue eye.

 

“It's Miss Kagewaki to you. And didn't you hear? Curiosity killed the cat, besides I don't see how my being here is any of your business” Kagura spat, she had not forgotten her many messages Touran had `forgotten' to relay to Sesshomarou.

 

“Curiosity killed the cat you said? Well, I sure as hell was not the one who was found snooping around in Sesshomarou's office. I wonder how he would react if he were to hear about your disgraceful behavior?” Touran asked deeply amused as she inspected her claws, a smirk on her lips.

 

It took all of Kagura's self control not to wipe the smirk of Touran's face with a nice punch. The wind sorceress cursed once she remembered she had left her fan in her car, thinking she would not have to use it. Now, she was deeply regretting her decision. After all Kagura would have just loved to see how fast Touran could dodge wind blades. Simply thinking about it was enough to bring a smile to Kagura's lips.

 

“And why might you be smiling? Especially now that you've realized you've been played” Touran said blushing in anger.

 

“What are you talking about?” The wind sorceress asked, furrowing her brows in confusion. There was nothing Kagura hated more than feeling as if she did not understand a situation.

 

Touran sighed deeply before speaking “Oh Sessh, once again you let me do all your dirty work… Well, might as well say it frankly, Sesshomarou's dumping you”

 

Kagura dissolved in laughter “Poor girl! I think you're taking your delusions a bit too far.”

 

Coking her head to the side, Touran smiled brightly revealing two small pointy fangs. “Am I? Aren't you rather the one living in delusion?” she asked running a finger along the silver hoop adorning her right ear.

 

“Sesshomarou always uses the same M.O.” Touran explained “First he'll tell you how impossible it is for the two of you to see each other, then he'll just start pretending to be too busy for you and in the end he'll just have you admit things are not working out. Let me guess right now the two of you are in the phase where he just does not seem to have time for you.”

 

`I trust Sesshomarou, I trust Sesshomarou and not this lying conniving bitch' Kagura kept thinking, focused not on letting Touran's words affect her.

 

“You don't believe me, do you?” Touran said unaffected by the wind sorceress' silence “Why don't you open your eyes? As you can well see, Sesshomarou isn't here. If he cared so much about you then why would he have left the office two hours ago? Also how come he did not call to warn you? After all wasn't today supposed to be your big reunion after a whole month apart?” Touran said on an amused tone.

 

“Do you think I'm stupid? I'm on to you and you're petty games! I'm sure that Sesshomarou had somewhere to be, and that he left me a message that you of course being the jealous bitch that you are once more `forgot' to convey.” Kagura spat as she started walking towards the door.

 

`This time I have had enough of this bitch!' the wind witch thought getting really angry. Kagura cursed under her breath as she remembered that she had forgotten her cell phone at home. By the time she had realized her mistake, she was in her car and had already driven halfway to the Tashio Bank's main offices, and really did not want to go back home.

 

`Damn it maybe Sessh is trying to call me right now. For all I know he could have been planning a surprise or something' Kagura thought in a hurry to get to her car and drive home.

 

“I assure you, I had nothing to do with this.” Touran said. Not paying any attention to her, Kagura kept on walking away.

 

After silently watching Kagura take a few steps, Touran sweetly asked “Do you want to know why he asked you to bear his heir? Surely the letter you saw did not answer your questions. I think it even raised more didn't it?”

 

Kagura froze shock still and turned around so fast that she was sure something popped inside of her neck. “How…how did you find out about the proposal?” she asked walking back to face Touran.

 

Kagura had a very hard time imagining Sesshomarou would ever confide something so intimate to his secretary. And since he promised Kagura was the only woman he had ever made the offer to…

 

“I knew, that was sure to grab your attention. Well, now let's see where to start?” The panther demon asked aloud, arching a delicate blue eyebrow in concentration. “You may be ignorant enough not to know that the Tashio bank was created by Sesshomarou's parents. They accomplished quite a feat, going from a small family owned business to a multi national corporation… Unfortunately the bank went through a series of tough times, and they had to sell several shares to raise capital. It was their only solution to save their company. But together Sesshomarou's parents still held 51 percent of the shares, which enabled them to stay in charge.” Touran then paused as if to assess that Kagura had been able to follow her explanation.

 

“And what does that have to do with me?” the wind sorceress asked, unnerved by the panther demoness' smug attitude.

 

“So impatient but then again what to expect from the likes of you? So where was I again?” Touran mused aloud. “Oh! Yes! Even despite their divorce Sesshomarou's parents still worked together, that is until seventeen years ago when the former Mrs. Tashio died of some lung disease. Of course she left all her considerable wealth to her only son, along with her 20 percent of the shares in the bank. Mr. Touga Tashio still held on to his 31 percent, I do wonder how he will divide them between Inuyasha and Sesshomarou maybe 15/16…”

 

“Could you just get to the point already?!” Kagura cut her, apprehension, impatience and worry rising inside her.

 

“So as I was about to say before being rudely interrupted. The late Mrs. Tashio was quite an eccentric woman. There was an interesting clause in her will: before his 30th birthday, which so happens to be in a few months; Sesshomarou was to have a child, otherwise the 20 percent of the shares his mother possessed instead of going to him would go for sell on the public market. In other words our dear Sesshomarou needs someone to give him a child in order to inherit. I am sure he would have asked me, but unfortunately I am barren” Touran said with a suffering sigh, playing with a necklace around her neck.

 

“I don't believe you! Those are just lies!” Kagura screamed incredulous. Even if in her mind she could not help but realize how everything seemed to fit in quite well. The proposal, Sesshomarou's sometimes mysterious behavior, and the letter she had seen on his desk. Kagura felt crushed, Sesshomarou's actions were all dictated by his prospective inheritance. Why else would the dog demon be willing to pay her the astounding sum of one million dollars to have his child?

 

“Lies? My poor Kagura, where have you been this past month? Couldn't you tell that Sesshomarou has been avoiding you? Why do you think he has been finding all these ludicrous reasons to extend his trip overseas? Sesshomarou may be a bit cold, but he would rather fire thousands of employees than break up with someone. But then again he is a businessman and knows that if your investment does not generate return, you have to pull back. And since you don't seem to be willing to give him his child, he has no other choice but to dump you. I'm really sorry you had to find out about the truth this way” Touran said with fake sorrow.

 

“You lying bitch I don't believe a word you say!” Kagura said even if she could feel traitorous tears threatening to fall on her fair cheeks. Not wanting to give Touran the pleasure of seeing her cry, the wind sorceress did manage to proudly hold back her tears.

 

Kagura was sure her tears were due more to anger and frustration than anything. The wind sorceress suspected that Touran was in love with Sesshomarou, and therefore was not sure if she could trust her.

 

`This can't be, Sesshomarou has feelings for me I know he does! I am more to him than a mean to get his inheritance. I know it!' she tried to reason. Kagura interrupted her mental denial, once she noticed what Touran had been playing with.

 

“What do you have around your neck?” Kagura asked narrowing her red eyes to thin slits.

 

“This?” The panther demoness asked while fishing inside her collar to pull out none other than the beautiful platinum and ruby necklace Kagura had fallen in love with in the jewelry store display in Paris.

 

“Don't you think it's a beauty? Sesshomarou brought in back for me from your little trip in Paris. He knew how upset I was that he was going to spend so much time with you.” Touran said

 

“Why would he care about your feelings?” Kagura wondered aloud. Just as the words left her lips, she figured out the answer to her question. “How long have you been sleeping with Sesshomarou?” Kagura asked Touran on a steady and cold voice.

 

“Longer than you have” The panther demoness answered with a sneer.

 

Kagura could not utter any sharp response as she felt her heart sink and shatter in pieces. With eyes burning blood red in furry, she clenched her fists at her sides tightly, then stepped closer to Touran before delivering the unsuspecting grinning panther demoness a firm resonating slap.

 

Ignoring the stinging pain she could feel in her hand, as she was more used to using her fan than her bare hands in battle, Kagura said on the coldest tone she muster “You are paying for the both of you. You can tell that bastard of Sesshomarou to stay the fuck away from me from now on. You can also tell him that Kagura Kagewaki won't be made a fool”.

 

Despite the stinging prickling of tears in her eyes, Kagura did manage a proud smirk as she looked at the shocked expression on Touran's face. The wind sorceress even let out a mocking chuckle as her eyes locked on the growing red imprint showing on Touran's cheek. The panther demoness had been stunned in silence by Kagura's reaction. She had expected the wind witch to dissolve in tears, or run away, but she really did not expect her delivering a blow to her.

 

Not wasting any time, Kagura turned around and quickly walked out, holding her head high. She barely had time to securely make it to the elevator, before dissolving in heart breaking sobs.

 

After seeing Kagura disappear around the corner of the corridor leading to the elevators, the blue eyed panther demoness rushed to her desk. After looking at herself in the mirror hidden in one of her drawers for a long time, and gratefully noticing no long term damage to what she deemed to be her perfect face, Touran sighed in relief. She then quickly applied some make up on her right cheekbone to match her other reddened offended cheek, courtesy of Kagura. Proud of her handiwork, Touran then gently fingered the silver hoop adorning her right ear in a nervous gesture. With a bright smile plastered on her face, she proudly thought `well, that was easy'.

 

 

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Despite the steady stream of tears falling from her eyes, Kagura made it back home in record time. As soon as she stepped inside she was relieved that Kanna and Hakudoushi were staying at her brother's place, until her situation with Naraku could be sorted out. And it also appeared that Kagome was not here, for which Kagura was really grateful. As much as she wanted her friends' shoulder to cry on, she knew that she would not be able to tell her what transpired between Touran and her...not just yet.

 

The wind sorceress was not sure what hurt her the most. Finding out that Sesshomarou was sleeping with Touran, or realizing that he had been simply using her from the beginning

 

As she crawled between the welcoming covers of her bed, lying on the soft sheets in a foetal position, Kagura's hand slowly reached up to rest on her stomach.

 

`How could he do this to me? To us? I can't believe this, he used me! I was just a means to an end so that he could enjoy his inheritance with his little precious Touran! It sickens me to think he was sleeping with her all along. It sure explains why he would rather work with her than speaking to me on the phone.

How is it that every time I fall in love it is to end up heart broken? First Naraku, now Sesshomarou, I thought he loved me... And that bastard had the nerve to question my feelings for him. I was right not to trust him. He is no different from Ryukotsusei. Sesshomarou is a bastard just like the other ones. Deceit, sex, money, manipulation, that's the kind of world your daddy lives in…but I won't let it impact you in any way. No! I promise I'll protect you from it. I swear baby I will not let that bastard of Sesshomarou take you away from me! Not even for a million dollars '

 

Not even her inner demon could find the words to reassure or comfort Kagura; it simply stayed unusually and conspicuously quiet.

 

 

 

To be continued…

 

 

A/N: Ha! I'm sure most of you didn't see that one coming! I know you hate me. And no, I won't tell you where Sesshy disappeared to. To find out you'll have to check out the next chapter named We'll always have Paris where he will make his big return. Yay!

I'll try to post the chapter as fast as possible.