InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Lady Kagome ❯ Chapter 56 ( Chapter 56 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Mr. Takemoto dumbly nodded, running a hand through his dark brown hair as Kagome pulled him out of the conference room and led them to the limousine. After settling inside, Kagome signaled for the driver to take them to their hotel and then pressed the button to the privacy glass. Mr. Takemoto was very confused. Kagome had always been a good employee and exuded a cheerful visage. What he was seeing was determined and quite serious, especially after the anxiety he had witnessed from her earlier. She turned to him and began, "What I am about to tell you must be kept in utter confidence. Can I trust you?"

Mr. Takemoto was a man that had been reliable all his years and prided himself on keeping the trust of individuals. Although he was a museum curator, he did have privy to information that others were not authorized to know. He wondered what it was that Kagome wanted him to know and replied evenly, "Hai, you can trust me. But please, call me Lee now since we are sharing such secrets."

Kagome carefully weighed in his reply and then smiled, "Okay, Lee. First, do you believe in youkai?"

Lee mulled it over and replied, "I've heard many legends and seen many items to believe that there may be a possibility on some level of existence that they are real. I also know that your thesis involves a lot of legends concerning youkai and modern Japan."

"Hai, that is quite true. The legends, to an extent are true," she said bluntly.

Lee sat there slightly stunned and asked, "How do you know this, Kagome?"

"I am youkai," she answered. "I will show you."

Lee watched as she closed her eyes and pulled her youki in, dropping her concealment. He gasped, seeing her marked, claws, and ears.

"Will you harm me?" he asked timidly, not sure now on how to treat Kagome now knowing her real identity.

"No, unless you harm me first, however I'm sure you won't. I don't harm ningen as for a time I had been sealed against my own identity as a youkai, only knowing that I was ningen for years," she explained. "I am telling you this because that frozen man is no ordinary man. He is youkai, a taiyoukai, and my intended."

"How do you know that?" Lee asked increduously.

"His attire speaks it all. Only the Taiyoukai of the Western lands wears that attire and has
those markings," she said, perturbed that Lee was a bit doubtful of her conclusion.

"The Lord of the West, the legendary Dog General's son, Sesshoumaru?" he asked, his eyes wide with the revelation, accepting Kagome's reply.

"Hai! He is paralyzed under that ice. When we go in the morning, there will be a few people to meet us. You must tell the authorities that they are with us. We have to get Sesshoumaru out of there," she explained, hoping for Lee's compliance.

Lee was not sure if he could help. Dozens of questions flooded his brain, wondering on how they could pull off getting the taiyoukai out without major problems.

‘The whole world has heard about this. Dozens of media await our words back in Junea. I want to help, but this is impossible to do.’

He looked up and looked at her squarely in the eyes and asked, “How can we accomplish freeing him without the public knowing.”

“Well, only a few people have seen the iceberg until now. When the other people come, which in case you want to know, I believe they will be youkai, we can come up with a good plan. I do have an idea. I can freeze things, and if I can get one of the other youkai to bring a mannequin, we can get this done. We will take Sesshoumaru’s clothes and put it in the mannequin, then put it in the water and we can freeze the water enough to make a convincing iceberg. We can go to the public and say that we found it not to be a man, but a mannequin. It is not uncommon to find strange things floating about in the water, and we can chuck it up to being a case of possibly an accidental loss from a private antique collector,” she replied, hoping her idea would be a good one.

“We have to make it convincing. Most antique collectors keep detailed information on their collection, so we will need documents and the collector to come out of their privacy to claim the items. We will need a police report of the loss of the items as this would be something sought after and very valuable, especially the swords. We need the mannequin, as you said, to have be one that has similar markings to Lord Sesshoumaru. You think that this can be done?” he asked.

“Hai! It can be done. I have the connections. I will make the call back to my source and it will be arranged and ready for the morning,” she answered with a smile.

“Okay. I will help then,” he said, and stuck his hand out.

Kagome gripped his hand firmly, and shook on their plans.

The limousine pulled up to their hotel and they exited to check into their rooms. When Kagome finally got to her room, she sunk into her bed and flipped her cell open to call Inu Yasha.

After two rings, she heard him answer gruffly, “What now?”

“Ever thought of trying to be polite on the phone, baka?” she asked playfully.

“Feh,” he half laughed. “So what are you calling me for? I made the arrangements. The youkai I am sending plus Shippou will be there in the morning.”

“I need a few things. Takemoto- san said that he will help and we can up with a plan. We need a few things. We need a mannequin that looks like Sesshoumaru, a set of clothes to give to Sesshoumaru when we get him out of there, and then documents of travel and identification for Sesshoumaru, “ Kagome replied. “We will also need you to come forward with pictures and details, claiming you are an antique collector and the items on the mannequin were yours and lost. You will have to make up documents for a police report and make contact with authorities convincing them of this.”

She took a deep breath as she knew she was asking a lot of Inu Yasha, but it was the only way they could get Sesshoumaru back. She began to worry, thinking Inu Yasha was mad or not sure what to think of her plan.

‘Probably thinking it was stupid.’ She groaned to herself.

“So, you are going to thaw the bastard and put his clothing and swords on the mannequin, then put it in ice, right?” Inu Yasha asked, not seeming against her idea.

“Hai! That is just about the plan. Good guess,” she smiled.

“Fine! But don’t tell that bastard I did this for him. I’m doing it for you, so you better be happy,” he replied grouchily, but Kagome knew he was just putting up another front.

‘My softy of a hanyou.’

“Arigatou! Hai, this will make me happy,” she answered with a slight squeal.

“Damn onna! Don’t squeal! That hurts my ears!” he growled.

“Aishiteru!” she giggled and hung up, tossing her cell phone to the chair nearby.

She was so tired. It had been a few days since she had slept due to her anxiety. As she drifted off she thought, ‘It will be complicated, but I’m sure we’ll pull this off. Hang on Sesshoumaru.’