InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ JOURNEY ❯ Chapter 28 ( Chapter 28 )

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Chapter 28

 

Hana slowly sat up in the seat of the truck and watched them disappear down the street. Then she climbed over the seat and behind the wheel. She slowly backed the truck out onto the street and followed at a reasonable distance until they left town. When they finally pulled into the drive of a rundown old two-story house, she stopped. She watched the man carry Kikyo into the house and then return for Kagome. Then she turned around and headed back to the ranch to tell everyone what had happened.

 

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Kagome woke sometime later with a really bad headache. She was on the floor in a room she did not recognize. She rubbed her head. The last thing she remembered was getting the mail. She sat up and looked around. Kikyo was on the floor, unconscious, next to her. She had absolutely no idea what was going on or who had abducted them. She also wondered where Hana was. She hoped that she had stayed asleep in the back seat of the truck. Neither of them was tied up, so whoever had done this had gotten careless. Kagome reached over and touched Kikyo's shoulder, shaking her gently. She didn't want to make too much noise. Kikyo stirred slightly and began to come to. She looked at Kagome with dazed eyes. She looked around them as she gathered her wits.

 

“Stay here,” Kikyo said as she pushed herself off the floor. “I'm gonna go check things out...I'll be right back.”

 

Kagome only nodded in response.

 

Minutes later, Kikyo returned. She was carrying a couple of blankets. Until then, Kagome had not realized how cold she was. Kikyo handed one of them to Kagome. “He's gone, for now,” she told Kagome.

 

“Kikyo,” Kagome asked, “what's gong on? Who's gone?”

 

Kikyo looked away nervously, obviously not wanting to answer.

 

Kagome reached out and laid her hand on Kikyo's arm.

 

“This is all my fault,” she said as she began to cry. “I'm so sorry, Kagome.”

 

“What are you talking about?”

 

“It's my brother, Naraku. He's my half-brother really.”

 

“You mean, Naraku...the one who used to be friends with Sesshomaru.”

 

Kikyo nodded. “He's gone nuts. I can't believe he would do something like this. I never thought he would actually hurt you.”

 

“What do you mean?”

 

“When he came back from his trip to Sturgis a couple of years ago, he told me that you had sliced his face up. I felt sorry for him. And then when I saw that you were writing to Sesshomaru, I was jealous. I have liked Sesshomaru since the first time I saw him, but he was never interested. It made me angry that he liked you, so I told Naraku about the letters in the mail. He came and took them. I thought that if Sesshomaru never heard from you, he would forget you and maybe turn to me. I never thought Naraku would go this far. I figured that he was just going to scare you for a while and then leave you alone. I thought once that he saw you were a mamma, he would quit. I haven't heard from him in a long time, almost a year I guess. I thought he'd given up. I guess I was wrong.”

 

Kagome sat in silence, pondering Kikyo's revelation...wondering if she could believe a word that she was saying. What choice did she really have? She had no one else to trust. “Did he tell you why I sliced his face up?” she asked as she looked absently at the partially boarded up window.

 

“No.”

 

“He tried to rape me, Kikyo. That's why I did it. Only two days after I was forced to watch three men rape and murder my best friend....he tried to rape me...”

 

“I'm so sorry....I didn't know.”

 

“I know.” Kagome got up and walked over to the window. Looking out into the blinding snow, she wondered if she was ever going to hold her daughter again or if she would live long enough to give Sesshomaru his son.

 

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By the time that Hana made it back to the ranch, it was getting dark, and everyone was very worried. The blizzard had hit and they were snowed in. Hana rushed into the kitchen in tears and told her parents and the other guests what had happened. Sesshomaru, Nathan, and Souta were still out in the barn taking care of all the livestock.

 

 

Everyone was sitting at the table with a solemn face when the men walked into the kitchen. “What?” Souta asked as he was assaulted by the silence in the room.

 

Sesshomaru looked around, noticing that Hana was back. “Where's Kagome?”

 

“There's no easy way to say this,” his father said as he stood.

 

“She's missing,” Miroku said as he crossed the room to place his hand on Sesshomaru's arm.

 

“What do you mean she's missing?” Sesshomaru asked with an edge of panic creeping into his voice.

 

“She's not missing,” Hana said as she looked at Sesshomaru. “She was kidnapped. I saw him carry her out of the post office. Kikyo woke me up and told me to stay hidden. She tried to stop him, but he hit her with his gun and took her too.”

 

“What did he look like?” Souta asked, “Maybe I will recognize him.”

 

“Umm. He was white and about the same height as you, maybe an inch or two shorter. He had long brown hair, about to the middle of his back. It was really dirty, kind of looked like he hadn't had a bath in a long time. His clothes were really dirty too. He had on jeans and a blue jean jacket with a lot of black stains on it. He had on leather boots, like the ones that Sesshomaru wears when he goes riding.”

 

“Hmm,” Souta said, “it doesn't sound like anyone local.”

 

“Oh,” Hana added in, “and he had a scar on his face.” Hana raised her finger and trace her finger along her cheek from the left side of her nose almost to her ear. “It was like this.”

 

Sesshomaru's face paled.

 

“We know who it is,” Inu said solemnly. “If he turned on his own sister, then I guess he finally lost all his marbles.”

 

“Did you see where he took them?”

 

She nodded, “It was way out north of town. But you'll never find it in the dark. The roads were getting so bad that I almost didn't find my way back to town.”

 

“I don't care,” he said as he grabbed his wool lined coat from the rack by the backdoor.

 

He went into the living room and looked down on Kirei, who was sleeping on the rug in front of the fireplace. He bent down and picked her up, hugging her to his chest and kissed her on the head. Then he put her back down and whispered “I love you” in her ear.

 

He grabbed a piece of paper and a pen and handed them to Hana. “Give me the directions,” he ordered...his face blank.

 

“You're not going alone,” Souta said as he grabbed his own coat.

 

“No doubt,” Nathan added as he too tugged on his coat.

 

“The more the merrier,” Inu added as he began to slip into his leathers.

 

“Miroku,” Sesshomaru said as he saw him reach for his coat, “I want you to stay here, just in case he gets some crazy idea and shows up here.” Then he turned to his mom. “Mom, if anything happens to me...I want you to take care of Kirei.” Then without another word, he grabbed the directions from Hana, grabbed a shotgun and a box of shells from the gun rack by the back door, and walked out into the storm. Nathan, Souta, and Inu followed suit.

 

 

TBC...

 

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