InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Love, Lies and Racing ❯ Threatened ( Chapter 1 )
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By: KuroTaiyoukai 
Kagome is threatened
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Hentai / Romance / Suspense | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 04.20.2008 | Updated On: 09.29.2008 | Pages: 1 | Words: 4.5K | Visits: 413 | Status: Work In Progress
Kagome is threatened
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Hentai / Romance / Suspense | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 04.20.2008 | Updated On: 09.29.2008 | Pages: 1 | Words: 4.5K | Visits: 413 | Status: Work In Progress
Title: Love, Lies and Racing
Author: Wolf
Beta:Chris
Pairings: Sesshomaru X Kagome
Chapter Title:Threatened
Summery: Kagome Higurashi was a famous race car driver who was involved in a car crash that resulted in the death of her younger brother Sota. Now four years later Kagome finds herself thrown into a world of youkais after a hanyou by the name of Naraku threatens her into doing a job. The job: she has to seduce and kill the youngest Tashio brother, something that she thought would be easy. The problem: she fell in love with the elder Tashio brother…
Notes: This is the new version of the story.
: : : Threatened : : :
“Where am I?” I demanded for the umpteenth time.
The blindfold that covered my eyes was tight and the ropes were shafting against my skin. Still disoriented from the punches my captors had given me after being “difficult” when they were “borrowing” me, my mind fluttered with unanswered question. Where was I? Who had ordered my kidnapping? I was just a washed out ex-race car driver, what could would it be ransoming me? Hell, even my parents hated me for the accident… no I wouldn’t think about that.
“Who are you?” I demanded again, listening to my captor’s heavy breathing.
The stench of something putrid hit my nose as my blindfold was viciously yanked off of my face. My captor was a man, no more then twenty-five with crimson eyes and pale skin. Long, wavy black hair fell against his back as he stared at me, his lips curling up into a cruel smile. A black cloud seemed to surround the man causing me to frown as it finished. What was that? Shaking my head I levelled a icy glare on the bastard who now held me hostage.
“Who are you and what do you want?” I demanded again, my voice icy.
His smile widened then as he sneered. “Why Kagome, do you not recognize me? It is me Naraku and now you are going to be my slave.”
I frowned at that, what did he mean “slave”? Oh go did he mean… no get a grip Kagome. Okay, so a psycho knew my name and is probably going to kill me. Not only that he seemed to believe that I knew him. Which normally wouldn’t be a problem except in my racing days (which I am sure that must be were I would have met such a moron) I had known a large array of insane people. Still this guy was pushing the line with this whole “kidnapping” thing.
“Slave?” I asked disgusted.
“Indeed.” ‘Naraku’ sneered. “You see Kagome, I have a slight problem with you old companion. His older brother has offered him one half of his business. A business that I wish to gain, which I can only gain if said brother’s widow ended up married to me.”
I simply stared at him. Was he insane? Oh, right he was after all only a insane person would thing to kidnap someone! Still, what the fuck did he want me to do? Get some guy’s widow to marry him? Hell the woman would have to be mentally retarded to do something that stupid!
“Uh, huh and what the fuck do you want from me?” I asked staring at him with a expression of utter disgust mixed with utter loathing.
“You Kagome are going to seduce the youngest Taisho and kill him. Then you are going to marry me.” Naraku said like it was the simplest thing in the world.
Staring at Naraku, surprised at the stupidity of his threat I asked calmly. “And if I refuse?”
Naraku’s sinister smile grew wider then as he held up a worn and faded newspaper clipping in front of her face. The head line still in bold letters above a picture of a crumpled car. My eyes were drawn to the title of the article, the article that had been posted all around the world highlighting the worst moment of my life. “Higurashi’s brother dies in car crash” the bold letters screamed out at me as my eyes filled with tears.
My brother’s death had caused my heart to shatter. After all it was the day of his death that I had faked my own death and fled Tokyo. Leaving behind my legacy as the world’s greatest race car driver and my mother who know hated me because of his death. A death that was my own fault…
: : : Flashback : : :
I smiled as the music pumped all around us, the hip-hop beat a perfect match to the feeling of freedom that filled us. The air itself seemed to quiver around us as we watched the streets pass by us with a alarming speed. Other cars seemed to blur and fall away as we weaved in and out. My skyline in perfect harmony with me, as we weaved in and out of traffic.
“Faster! Go faster Kagome!” shouted my fourteen year old brother Sota.
I smiled then as I pressed the pedal down even more. Two hundred kilometres a hour, my smile grew as the lights seemed to become streams of bright white light as we passed them by. No one could touch us now… we were the Higuarshis. My father was the ex-president of Japan and our mother had once been a famous Olympic gymnast. Even we were untouchable, after all my brother at a mere ten years old was already a famous gymnast himself while I was the only race car driver in history with twenty gold medals behind me.
Smiling as the car lurched forward again to new speeds, I glanced at my brother before turning back to the road. This was pure freedom… the wide open air, no one to order us around, no daily interviews, nothing but the open road and a powerful machine that only I could control…
“Kagome!” my brother screamed, his voice sounding far away.
It all seemed to happen in a single moment. One second I was pressing the brakes, the next the car was speeding up. What was going on? Pushing the brakes down harder I felt a shiver of unbridled horror filter through me. The brakes on the car had been disconnected and we were going downhill! Who would do this? That was when the wall rose up before me, coming closer and closer.
Jerking the wheel to the side, I watched as the car skidded, trying to get traction to turn against the breakneck speed. Slowly I felt the car drift, before it slammed into the wall. The glass shattering as my side of the car slammed up against the cold, unforgiving brick. Letting out a scream, I felt blackness surround me.
“Kagome, can I call you momma?”
Momma? Who wanted to call me “momma”?
“We’ll be sisters forever Kagome.”
“Sisters”? I never had a sister…
“Why Lady Kagome I never knew that a miko could have such impure thoughts.”
What is a miko? Who called me “Lady Kagome”?
“Damn it wench!”
That voice… I know these voices…
“You’ll be my woman forever!”
Who do they belong too? Who said this?
“Kagome I will always love you.”
Why do I feel such sadness? Like my heart was being torn out?
“No! Please, please you can’t die! I love you! Please! Please I wish you were alive! Please Shikon Jewel! Take me in his place! Let him live and me die! Just don’t let him die!”
The Shikon Jewel? What’s that?
“Your wish is pure, I shall grant it.”
I jerked my eyes open at that, pain eating at my mind. Where was Sota? Ignoring the pain as it filled my body a glanced down at my arm. A piece of the window had become lodged inside of her arm, the edge sticking straight out. Grabbing it with my hand, I felt the glass slice it open as I yanked the large shard out. Sliding out quickly, I shut my eyes as tears filled them.
Staring down at the clear glass now painted red I glanced toward the passenger seat. The seat was empty, the window smashed, similar to my own. Slowly I crawled over to the seat and heaved myself out of the car. Landing heavily on the pavement, I clutched my ribs with my good arm. Focusing on the limp form that lay on the ground, twenty feet from the car, I crawled my way over. A blood trail in my wake.
My stomach dropped as I finally reached Sota. His left arm had been completely severed, while his right was broken, the bone puncturing the skin. His legs were mutilated, his chest a mass of cuts. Slowly those brown eyes that had always reminded me of a doe’s met mine. Tears fell from my own eyes, as I lowered myself beside him.
“Kagome?” Sota whispered to me, blood gushing out from his missing arm.
I placed my hand in his own, staring at my arm as the glass wound healed itself. It was always like this, any wound I received healing in a wave of a blue light. Closing my eyes I silently wished for the power to pass on my power to my brother. This healing ability I had was rapidly saving my body but I needed to save my brother. Placing my hand over his arm I silently tried to transfer my power to him.
“Am I okay Kagome?” Sota’s voice broke through my concentration.
Opening my eyes I stared at him once more as I nodded furiously. Sota would be okay, he had to be okay!
“Your lying Kagome.” Sota whispered softly smiling at me weakly. “You always were a crappy liar.”
Glancing away from my brother’s eyes I cursed my ability. Sota would die long before the ambulance ever arrived, I knew that. The only chance for his survival was my power which was refusing to save my brother. Why wouldn’t it work? What good was being able to heal if I couldn’t pass it on to my own dying brother?
“The brakes were cut weren’t they?” asked Sota.
“Yes.” I whispered softly.
“They wanted to kill you didn’t they?” Sota whispered his eyes filled with recognition.
Nodding stiffly I watched as Sota glanced away before whispering. “I want you to run.”
Jerking my eyes to my brothers I cried out. “What?”
“Run Kagome… I am going to die… so I want you to run.” Sota said again.
“No!” I cried desperately now my wounds fully healed. “You’re going to be fine!”
“No I’m not…” whispered Sota his breaths coming out raggedly. “Go… go and don’t come back. I want you to stay away. I don’t want to die knowing that you are going to be hunted.”
Nodding grimly as the sounds of sirens filled the distance. They were coming closer and closer, slowly I glanced up seeing the multicoloured lights in the distance. Looking down at my brother again I kissed him on the forehead before scrambling to my feet. Staring down at my brother I watched as he closed his eyes for the final time. Blinking back tears I turned away, running toward the alleyway.
Looking back one last time I allowed another tear to fall before I whispered softly. “Bye my brother.”
With that I melted into the shadows, my power blending me into my surroundings. Tears fell as I watched the ambulances arrive and cart Sota off. This was all my fault… how could I not have checked the brakes before I took Sota out for a ride? How could I not have realized…
: : : End Flashback : : :
“Then something just might happen to your family.” sneered Naraku. “After all you have a lot of enemies and I wonder what they would do if they were to learn of your survival.”
I froze at that, while Naraku may be insane he was clearly intelligent. He was right, I knew, if my survival was made publicly known then my parents would be hunted down like dogs and killed. The same as those few who I called friends… they would die the same as Sota. A meaningless death… I couldn’t allow that to happen! Closing my eyes I opened them once more and stared at my captor.
“You have a deal.” I said my voice icy.
A sick smile filled Naraku’s face then as he sneered. “I knew you would see things my way.”
To Be Continued…
Title: Love, Lies and Racing
Author: Wolf
Beta:Chris
Pairings: Sesshomaru X Kagome
Chapter Title:Threatened
Summery: Kagome Higurashi was a famous race car driver who was involved in a car crash that resulted in the death of her younger brother Sota. Now four years later Kagome finds herself thrown into a world of youkais after a hanyou by the name of Naraku threatens her into doing a job. The job: she has to seduce and kill the youngest Tashio brother, something that she thought would be easy. The problem: she fell in love with the elder Tashio brother…
Notes: This is the new version of the story.
: : : Threatened : : :
“Where am I?” I demanded for the umpteenth time.
The blindfold that covered my eyes was tight and the ropes were shafting against my skin. Still disoriented from the punches my captors had given me after being “difficult” when they were “borrowing” me, my mind fluttered with unanswered question. Where was I? Who had ordered my kidnapping? I was just a washed out ex-race car driver, what could would it be ransoming me? Hell, even my parents hated me for the accident… no I wouldn’t think about that.
“Who are you?” I demanded again, listening to my captor’s heavy breathing.
The stench of something putrid hit my nose as my blindfold was viciously yanked off of my face. My captor was a man, no more then twenty-five with crimson eyes and pale skin. Long, wavy black hair fell against his back as he stared at me, his lips curling up into a cruel smile. A black cloud seemed to surround the man causing me to frown as it finished. What was that? Shaking my head I levelled a icy glare on the bastard who now held me hostage.
“Who are you and what do you want?” I demanded again, my voice icy.
His smile widened then as he sneered. “Why Kagome, do you not recognize me? It is me Naraku and now you are going to be my slave.”
I frowned at that, what did he mean “slave”? Oh go did he mean… no get a grip Kagome. Okay, so a psycho knew my name and is probably going to kill me. Not only that he seemed to believe that I knew him. Which normally wouldn’t be a problem except in my racing days (which I am sure that must be were I would have met such a moron) I had known a large array of insane people. Still this guy was pushing the line with this whole “kidnapping” thing.
“Slave?” I asked disgusted.
“Indeed.” ‘Naraku’ sneered. “You see Kagome, I have a slight problem with you old companion. His older brother has offered him one half of his business. A business that I wish to gain, which I can only gain if said brother’s widow ended up married to me.”
I simply stared at him. Was he insane? Oh, right he was after all only a insane person would thing to kidnap someone! Still, what the fuck did he want me to do? Get some guy’s widow to marry him? Hell the woman would have to be mentally retarded to do something that stupid!
“Uh, huh and what the fuck do you want from me?” I asked staring at him with a expression of utter disgust mixed with utter loathing.
“You Kagome are going to seduce the youngest Taisho and kill him. Then you are going to marry me.” Naraku said like it was the simplest thing in the world.
Staring at Naraku, surprised at the stupidity of his threat I asked calmly. “And if I refuse?”
Naraku’s sinister smile grew wider then as he held up a worn and faded newspaper clipping in front of her face. The head line still in bold letters above a picture of a crumpled car. My eyes were drawn to the title of the article, the article that had been posted all around the world highlighting the worst moment of my life. “Higurashi’s brother dies in car crash” the bold letters screamed out at me as my eyes filled with tears.
My brother’s death had caused my heart to shatter. After all it was the day of his death that I had faked my own death and fled Tokyo. Leaving behind my legacy as the world’s greatest race car driver and my mother who know hated me because of his death. A death that was my own fault…
: : : Flashback : : :
I smiled as the music pumped all around us, the hip-hop beat a perfect match to the feeling of freedom that filled us. The air itself seemed to quiver around us as we watched the streets pass by us with a alarming speed. Other cars seemed to blur and fall away as we weaved in and out. My skyline in perfect harmony with me, as we weaved in and out of traffic.
“Faster! Go faster Kagome!” shouted my fourteen year old brother Sota.
I smiled then as I pressed the pedal down even more. Two hundred kilometres a hour, my smile grew as the lights seemed to become streams of bright white light as we passed them by. No one could touch us now… we were the Higuarshis. My father was the ex-president of Japan and our mother had once been a famous Olympic gymnast. Even we were untouchable, after all my brother at a mere ten years old was already a famous gymnast himself while I was the only race car driver in history with twenty gold medals behind me.
Smiling as the car lurched forward again to new speeds, I glanced at my brother before turning back to the road. This was pure freedom… the wide open air, no one to order us around, no daily interviews, nothing but the open road and a powerful machine that only I could control…
“Kagome!” my brother screamed, his voice sounding far away.
It all seemed to happen in a single moment. One second I was pressing the brakes, the next the car was speeding up. What was going on? Pushing the brakes down harder I felt a shiver of unbridled horror filter through me. The brakes on the car had been disconnected and we were going downhill! Who would do this? That was when the wall rose up before me, coming closer and closer.
Jerking the wheel to the side, I watched as the car skidded, trying to get traction to turn against the breakneck speed. Slowly I felt the car drift, before it slammed into the wall. The glass shattering as my side of the car slammed up against the cold, unforgiving brick. Letting out a scream, I felt blackness surround me.
“Kagome, can I call you momma?”
Momma? Who wanted to call me “momma”?
“We’ll be sisters forever Kagome.”
“Sisters”? I never had a sister…
“Why Lady Kagome I never knew that a miko could have such impure thoughts.”
What is a miko? Who called me “Lady Kagome”?
“Damn it wench!”
That voice… I know these voices…
“You’ll be my woman forever!”
Who do they belong too? Who said this?
“Kagome I will always love you.”
Why do I feel such sadness? Like my heart was being torn out?
“No! Please, please you can’t die! I love you! Please! Please I wish you were alive! Please Shikon Jewel! Take me in his place! Let him live and me die! Just don’t let him die!”
The Shikon Jewel? What’s that?
“Your wish is pure, I shall grant it.”
I jerked my eyes open at that, pain eating at my mind. Where was Sota? Ignoring the pain as it filled my body a glanced down at my arm. A piece of the window had become lodged inside of her arm, the edge sticking straight out. Grabbing it with my hand, I felt the glass slice it open as I yanked the large shard out. Sliding out quickly, I shut my eyes as tears filled them.
Staring down at the clear glass now painted red I glanced toward the passenger seat. The seat was empty, the window smashed, similar to my own. Slowly I crawled over to the seat and heaved myself out of the car. Landing heavily on the pavement, I clutched my ribs with my good arm. Focusing on the limp form that lay on the ground, twenty feet from the car, I crawled my way over. A blood trail in my wake.
My stomach dropped as I finally reached Sota. His left arm had been completely severed, while his right was broken, the bone puncturing the skin. His legs were mutilated, his chest a mass of cuts. Slowly those brown eyes that had always reminded me of a doe’s met mine. Tears fell from my own eyes, as I lowered myself beside him.
“Kagome?” Sota whispered to me, blood gushing out from his missing arm.
I placed my hand in his own, staring at my arm as the glass wound healed itself. It was always like this, any wound I received healing in a wave of a blue light. Closing my eyes I silently wished for the power to pass on my power to my brother. This healing ability I had was rapidly saving my body but I needed to save my brother. Placing my hand over his arm I silently tried to transfer my power to him.
“Am I okay Kagome?” Sota’s voice broke through my concentration.
Opening my eyes I stared at him once more as I nodded furiously. Sota would be okay, he had to be okay!
“Your lying Kagome.” Sota whispered softly smiling at me weakly. “You always were a crappy liar.”
Glancing away from my brother’s eyes I cursed my ability. Sota would die long before the ambulance ever arrived, I knew that. The only chance for his survival was my power which was refusing to save my brother. Why wouldn’t it work? What good was being able to heal if I couldn’t pass it on to my own dying brother?
“The brakes were cut weren’t they?” asked Sota.
“Yes.” I whispered softly.
“They wanted to kill you didn’t they?” Sota whispered his eyes filled with recognition.
Nodding stiffly I watched as Sota glanced away before whispering. “I want you to run.”
Jerking my eyes to my brothers I cried out. “What?”
“Run Kagome… I am going to die… so I want you to run.” Sota said again.
“No!” I cried desperately now my wounds fully healed. “You’re going to be fine!”
“No I’m not…” whispered Sota his breaths coming out raggedly. “Go… go and don’t come back. I want you to stay away. I don’t want to die knowing that you are going to be hunted.”
Nodding grimly as the sounds of sirens filled the distance. They were coming closer and closer, slowly I glanced up seeing the multicoloured lights in the distance. Looking down at my brother again I kissed him on the forehead before scrambling to my feet. Staring down at my brother I watched as he closed his eyes for the final time. Blinking back tears I turned away, running toward the alleyway.
Looking back one last time I allowed another tear to fall before I whispered softly. “Bye my brother.”
With that I melted into the shadows, my power blending me into my surroundings. Tears fell as I watched the ambulances arrive and cart Sota off. This was all my fault… how could I not have checked the brakes before I took Sota out for a ride? How could I not have realized…
: : : End Flashback : : :
“Then something just might happen to your family.” sneered Naraku. “After all you have a lot of enemies and I wonder what they would do if they were to learn of your survival.”
I froze at that, while Naraku may be insane he was clearly intelligent. He was right, I knew, if my survival was made publicly known then my parents would be hunted down like dogs and killed. The same as those few who I called friends… they would die the same as Sota. A meaningless death… I couldn’t allow that to happen! Closing my eyes I opened them once more and stared at my captor.
“You have a deal.” I said my voice icy.
A sick smile filled Naraku’s face then as he sneered. “I knew you would see things my way.”
To Be Continued…
Author: Wolf
Beta:Chris
Pairings: Sesshomaru X Kagome
Chapter Title:Threatened
Summery: Kagome Higurashi was a famous race car driver who was involved in a car crash that resulted in the death of her younger brother Sota. Now four years later Kagome finds herself thrown into a world of youkais after a hanyou by the name of Naraku threatens her into doing a job. The job: she has to seduce and kill the youngest Tashio brother, something that she thought would be easy. The problem: she fell in love with the elder Tashio brother…
Notes: This is the new version of the story.
: : : Threatened : : :
“Where am I?” I demanded for the umpteenth time.
The blindfold that covered my eyes was tight and the ropes were shafting against my skin. Still disoriented from the punches my captors had given me after being “difficult” when they were “borrowing” me, my mind fluttered with unanswered question. Where was I? Who had ordered my kidnapping? I was just a washed out ex-race car driver, what could would it be ransoming me? Hell, even my parents hated me for the accident… no I wouldn’t think about that.
“Who are you?” I demanded again, listening to my captor’s heavy breathing.
The stench of something putrid hit my nose as my blindfold was viciously yanked off of my face. My captor was a man, no more then twenty-five with crimson eyes and pale skin. Long, wavy black hair fell against his back as he stared at me, his lips curling up into a cruel smile. A black cloud seemed to surround the man causing me to frown as it finished. What was that? Shaking my head I levelled a icy glare on the bastard who now held me hostage.
“Who are you and what do you want?” I demanded again, my voice icy.
His smile widened then as he sneered. “Why Kagome, do you not recognize me? It is me Naraku and now you are going to be my slave.”
I frowned at that, what did he mean “slave”? Oh go did he mean… no get a grip Kagome. Okay, so a psycho knew my name and is probably going to kill me. Not only that he seemed to believe that I knew him. Which normally wouldn’t be a problem except in my racing days (which I am sure that must be were I would have met such a moron) I had known a large array of insane people. Still this guy was pushing the line with this whole “kidnapping” thing.
“Slave?” I asked disgusted.
“Indeed.” ‘Naraku’ sneered. “You see Kagome, I have a slight problem with you old companion. His older brother has offered him one half of his business. A business that I wish to gain, which I can only gain if said brother’s widow ended up married to me.”
I simply stared at him. Was he insane? Oh, right he was after all only a insane person would thing to kidnap someone! Still, what the fuck did he want me to do? Get some guy’s widow to marry him? Hell the woman would have to be mentally retarded to do something that stupid!
“Uh, huh and what the fuck do you want from me?” I asked staring at him with a expression of utter disgust mixed with utter loathing.
“You Kagome are going to seduce the youngest Taisho and kill him. Then you are going to marry me.” Naraku said like it was the simplest thing in the world.
Staring at Naraku, surprised at the stupidity of his threat I asked calmly. “And if I refuse?”
Naraku’s sinister smile grew wider then as he held up a worn and faded newspaper clipping in front of her face. The head line still in bold letters above a picture of a crumpled car. My eyes were drawn to the title of the article, the article that had been posted all around the world highlighting the worst moment of my life. “Higurashi’s brother dies in car crash” the bold letters screamed out at me as my eyes filled with tears.
My brother’s death had caused my heart to shatter. After all it was the day of his death that I had faked my own death and fled Tokyo. Leaving behind my legacy as the world’s greatest race car driver and my mother who know hated me because of his death. A death that was my own fault…
: : : Flashback : : :
I smiled as the music pumped all around us, the hip-hop beat a perfect match to the feeling of freedom that filled us. The air itself seemed to quiver around us as we watched the streets pass by us with a alarming speed. Other cars seemed to blur and fall away as we weaved in and out. My skyline in perfect harmony with me, as we weaved in and out of traffic.
“Faster! Go faster Kagome!” shouted my fourteen year old brother Sota.
I smiled then as I pressed the pedal down even more. Two hundred kilometres a hour, my smile grew as the lights seemed to become streams of bright white light as we passed them by. No one could touch us now… we were the Higuarshis. My father was the ex-president of Japan and our mother had once been a famous Olympic gymnast. Even we were untouchable, after all my brother at a mere ten years old was already a famous gymnast himself while I was the only race car driver in history with twenty gold medals behind me.
Smiling as the car lurched forward again to new speeds, I glanced at my brother before turning back to the road. This was pure freedom… the wide open air, no one to order us around, no daily interviews, nothing but the open road and a powerful machine that only I could control…
“Kagome!” my brother screamed, his voice sounding far away.
It all seemed to happen in a single moment. One second I was pressing the brakes, the next the car was speeding up. What was going on? Pushing the brakes down harder I felt a shiver of unbridled horror filter through me. The brakes on the car had been disconnected and we were going downhill! Who would do this? That was when the wall rose up before me, coming closer and closer.
Jerking the wheel to the side, I watched as the car skidded, trying to get traction to turn against the breakneck speed. Slowly I felt the car drift, before it slammed into the wall. The glass shattering as my side of the car slammed up against the cold, unforgiving brick. Letting out a scream, I felt blackness surround me.
“Kagome, can I call you momma?”
Momma? Who wanted to call me “momma”?
“We’ll be sisters forever Kagome.”
“Sisters”? I never had a sister…
“Why Lady Kagome I never knew that a miko could have such impure thoughts.”
What is a miko? Who called me “Lady Kagome”?
“Damn it wench!”
That voice… I know these voices…
“You’ll be my woman forever!”
Who do they belong too? Who said this?
“Kagome I will always love you.”
Why do I feel such sadness? Like my heart was being torn out?
“No! Please, please you can’t die! I love you! Please! Please I wish you were alive! Please Shikon Jewel! Take me in his place! Let him live and me die! Just don’t let him die!”
The Shikon Jewel? What’s that?
“Your wish is pure, I shall grant it.”
I jerked my eyes open at that, pain eating at my mind. Where was Sota? Ignoring the pain as it filled my body a glanced down at my arm. A piece of the window had become lodged inside of her arm, the edge sticking straight out. Grabbing it with my hand, I felt the glass slice it open as I yanked the large shard out. Sliding out quickly, I shut my eyes as tears filled them.
Staring down at the clear glass now painted red I glanced toward the passenger seat. The seat was empty, the window smashed, similar to my own. Slowly I crawled over to the seat and heaved myself out of the car. Landing heavily on the pavement, I clutched my ribs with my good arm. Focusing on the limp form that lay on the ground, twenty feet from the car, I crawled my way over. A blood trail in my wake.
My stomach dropped as I finally reached Sota. His left arm had been completely severed, while his right was broken, the bone puncturing the skin. His legs were mutilated, his chest a mass of cuts. Slowly those brown eyes that had always reminded me of a doe’s met mine. Tears fell from my own eyes, as I lowered myself beside him.
“Kagome?” Sota whispered to me, blood gushing out from his missing arm.
I placed my hand in his own, staring at my arm as the glass wound healed itself. It was always like this, any wound I received healing in a wave of a blue light. Closing my eyes I silently wished for the power to pass on my power to my brother. This healing ability I had was rapidly saving my body but I needed to save my brother. Placing my hand over his arm I silently tried to transfer my power to him.
“Am I okay Kagome?” Sota’s voice broke through my concentration.
Opening my eyes I stared at him once more as I nodded furiously. Sota would be okay, he had to be okay!
“Your lying Kagome.” Sota whispered softly smiling at me weakly. “You always were a crappy liar.”
Glancing away from my brother’s eyes I cursed my ability. Sota would die long before the ambulance ever arrived, I knew that. The only chance for his survival was my power which was refusing to save my brother. Why wouldn’t it work? What good was being able to heal if I couldn’t pass it on to my own dying brother?
“The brakes were cut weren’t they?” asked Sota.
“Yes.” I whispered softly.
“They wanted to kill you didn’t they?” Sota whispered his eyes filled with recognition.
Nodding stiffly I watched as Sota glanced away before whispering. “I want you to run.”
Jerking my eyes to my brothers I cried out. “What?”
“Run Kagome… I am going to die… so I want you to run.” Sota said again.
“No!” I cried desperately now my wounds fully healed. “You’re going to be fine!”
“No I’m not…” whispered Sota his breaths coming out raggedly. “Go… go and don’t come back. I want you to stay away. I don’t want to die knowing that you are going to be hunted.”
Nodding grimly as the sounds of sirens filled the distance. They were coming closer and closer, slowly I glanced up seeing the multicoloured lights in the distance. Looking down at my brother again I kissed him on the forehead before scrambling to my feet. Staring down at my brother I watched as he closed his eyes for the final time. Blinking back tears I turned away, running toward the alleyway.
Looking back one last time I allowed another tear to fall before I whispered softly. “Bye my brother.”
With that I melted into the shadows, my power blending me into my surroundings. Tears fell as I watched the ambulances arrive and cart Sota off. This was all my fault… how could I not have checked the brakes before I took Sota out for a ride? How could I not have realized…
: : : End Flashback : : :
“Then something just might happen to your family.” sneered Naraku. “After all you have a lot of enemies and I wonder what they would do if they were to learn of your survival.”
I froze at that, while Naraku may be insane he was clearly intelligent. He was right, I knew, if my survival was made publicly known then my parents would be hunted down like dogs and killed. The same as those few who I called friends… they would die the same as Sota. A meaningless death… I couldn’t allow that to happen! Closing my eyes I opened them once more and stared at my captor.
“You have a deal.” I said my voice icy.
A sick smile filled Naraku’s face then as he sneered. “I knew you would see things my way.”
To Be Continued…
Title: Love, Lies and Racing
Author: Wolf
Beta:Chris
Pairings: Sesshomaru X Kagome
Chapter Title:Threatened
Summery: Kagome Higurashi was a famous race car driver who was involved in a car crash that resulted in the death of her younger brother Sota. Now four years later Kagome finds herself thrown into a world of youkais after a hanyou by the name of Naraku threatens her into doing a job. The job: she has to seduce and kill the youngest Tashio brother, something that she thought would be easy. The problem: she fell in love with the elder Tashio brother…
Notes: This is the new version of the story.
: : : Threatened : : :
“Where am I?” I demanded for the umpteenth time.
The blindfold that covered my eyes was tight and the ropes were shafting against my skin. Still disoriented from the punches my captors had given me after being “difficult” when they were “borrowing” me, my mind fluttered with unanswered question. Where was I? Who had ordered my kidnapping? I was just a washed out ex-race car driver, what could would it be ransoming me? Hell, even my parents hated me for the accident… no I wouldn’t think about that.
“Who are you?” I demanded again, listening to my captor’s heavy breathing.
The stench of something putrid hit my nose as my blindfold was viciously yanked off of my face. My captor was a man, no more then twenty-five with crimson eyes and pale skin. Long, wavy black hair fell against his back as he stared at me, his lips curling up into a cruel smile. A black cloud seemed to surround the man causing me to frown as it finished. What was that? Shaking my head I levelled a icy glare on the bastard who now held me hostage.
“Who are you and what do you want?” I demanded again, my voice icy.
His smile widened then as he sneered. “Why Kagome, do you not recognize me? It is me Naraku and now you are going to be my slave.”
I frowned at that, what did he mean “slave”? Oh go did he mean… no get a grip Kagome. Okay, so a psycho knew my name and is probably going to kill me. Not only that he seemed to believe that I knew him. Which normally wouldn’t be a problem except in my racing days (which I am sure that must be were I would have met such a moron) I had known a large array of insane people. Still this guy was pushing the line with this whole “kidnapping” thing.
“Slave?” I asked disgusted.
“Indeed.” ‘Naraku’ sneered. “You see Kagome, I have a slight problem with you old companion. His older brother has offered him one half of his business. A business that I wish to gain, which I can only gain if said brother’s widow ended up married to me.”
I simply stared at him. Was he insane? Oh, right he was after all only a insane person would thing to kidnap someone! Still, what the fuck did he want me to do? Get some guy’s widow to marry him? Hell the woman would have to be mentally retarded to do something that stupid!
“Uh, huh and what the fuck do you want from me?” I asked staring at him with a expression of utter disgust mixed with utter loathing.
“You Kagome are going to seduce the youngest Taisho and kill him. Then you are going to marry me.” Naraku said like it was the simplest thing in the world.
Staring at Naraku, surprised at the stupidity of his threat I asked calmly. “And if I refuse?”
Naraku’s sinister smile grew wider then as he held up a worn and faded newspaper clipping in front of her face. The head line still in bold letters above a picture of a crumpled car. My eyes were drawn to the title of the article, the article that had been posted all around the world highlighting the worst moment of my life. “Higurashi’s brother dies in car crash” the bold letters screamed out at me as my eyes filled with tears.
My brother’s death had caused my heart to shatter. After all it was the day of his death that I had faked my own death and fled Tokyo. Leaving behind my legacy as the world’s greatest race car driver and my mother who know hated me because of his death. A death that was my own fault…
: : : Flashback : : :
I smiled as the music pumped all around us, the hip-hop beat a perfect match to the feeling of freedom that filled us. The air itself seemed to quiver around us as we watched the streets pass by us with a alarming speed. Other cars seemed to blur and fall away as we weaved in and out. My skyline in perfect harmony with me, as we weaved in and out of traffic.
“Faster! Go faster Kagome!” shouted my fourteen year old brother Sota.
I smiled then as I pressed the pedal down even more. Two hundred kilometres a hour, my smile grew as the lights seemed to become streams of bright white light as we passed them by. No one could touch us now… we were the Higuarshis. My father was the ex-president of Japan and our mother had once been a famous Olympic gymnast. Even we were untouchable, after all my brother at a mere ten years old was already a famous gymnast himself while I was the only race car driver in history with twenty gold medals behind me.
Smiling as the car lurched forward again to new speeds, I glanced at my brother before turning back to the road. This was pure freedom… the wide open air, no one to order us around, no daily interviews, nothing but the open road and a powerful machine that only I could control…
“Kagome!” my brother screamed, his voice sounding far away.
It all seemed to happen in a single moment. One second I was pressing the brakes, the next the car was speeding up. What was going on? Pushing the brakes down harder I felt a shiver of unbridled horror filter through me. The brakes on the car had been disconnected and we were going downhill! Who would do this? That was when the wall rose up before me, coming closer and closer.
Jerking the wheel to the side, I watched as the car skidded, trying to get traction to turn against the breakneck speed. Slowly I felt the car drift, before it slammed into the wall. The glass shattering as my side of the car slammed up against the cold, unforgiving brick. Letting out a scream, I felt blackness surround me.
“Kagome, can I call you momma?”
Momma? Who wanted to call me “momma”?
“We’ll be sisters forever Kagome.”
“Sisters”? I never had a sister…
“Why Lady Kagome I never knew that a miko could have such impure thoughts.”
What is a miko? Who called me “Lady Kagome”?
“Damn it wench!”
That voice… I know these voices…
“You’ll be my woman forever!”
Who do they belong too? Who said this?
“Kagome I will always love you.”
Why do I feel such sadness? Like my heart was being torn out?
“No! Please, please you can’t die! I love you! Please! Please I wish you were alive! Please Shikon Jewel! Take me in his place! Let him live and me die! Just don’t let him die!”
The Shikon Jewel? What’s that?
“Your wish is pure, I shall grant it.”
I jerked my eyes open at that, pain eating at my mind. Where was Sota? Ignoring the pain as it filled my body a glanced down at my arm. A piece of the window had become lodged inside of her arm, the edge sticking straight out. Grabbing it with my hand, I felt the glass slice it open as I yanked the large shard out. Sliding out quickly, I shut my eyes as tears filled them.
Staring down at the clear glass now painted red I glanced toward the passenger seat. The seat was empty, the window smashed, similar to my own. Slowly I crawled over to the seat and heaved myself out of the car. Landing heavily on the pavement, I clutched my ribs with my good arm. Focusing on the limp form that lay on the ground, twenty feet from the car, I crawled my way over. A blood trail in my wake.
My stomach dropped as I finally reached Sota. His left arm had been completely severed, while his right was broken, the bone puncturing the skin. His legs were mutilated, his chest a mass of cuts. Slowly those brown eyes that had always reminded me of a doe’s met mine. Tears fell from my own eyes, as I lowered myself beside him.
“Kagome?” Sota whispered to me, blood gushing out from his missing arm.
I placed my hand in his own, staring at my arm as the glass wound healed itself. It was always like this, any wound I received healing in a wave of a blue light. Closing my eyes I silently wished for the power to pass on my power to my brother. This healing ability I had was rapidly saving my body but I needed to save my brother. Placing my hand over his arm I silently tried to transfer my power to him.
“Am I okay Kagome?” Sota’s voice broke through my concentration.
Opening my eyes I stared at him once more as I nodded furiously. Sota would be okay, he had to be okay!
“Your lying Kagome.” Sota whispered softly smiling at me weakly. “You always were a crappy liar.”
Glancing away from my brother’s eyes I cursed my ability. Sota would die long before the ambulance ever arrived, I knew that. The only chance for his survival was my power which was refusing to save my brother. Why wouldn’t it work? What good was being able to heal if I couldn’t pass it on to my own dying brother?
“The brakes were cut weren’t they?” asked Sota.
“Yes.” I whispered softly.
“They wanted to kill you didn’t they?” Sota whispered his eyes filled with recognition.
Nodding stiffly I watched as Sota glanced away before whispering. “I want you to run.”
Jerking my eyes to my brothers I cried out. “What?”
“Run Kagome… I am going to die… so I want you to run.” Sota said again.
“No!” I cried desperately now my wounds fully healed. “You’re going to be fine!”
“No I’m not…” whispered Sota his breaths coming out raggedly. “Go… go and don’t come back. I want you to stay away. I don’t want to die knowing that you are going to be hunted.”
Nodding grimly as the sounds of sirens filled the distance. They were coming closer and closer, slowly I glanced up seeing the multicoloured lights in the distance. Looking down at my brother again I kissed him on the forehead before scrambling to my feet. Staring down at my brother I watched as he closed his eyes for the final time. Blinking back tears I turned away, running toward the alleyway.
Looking back one last time I allowed another tear to fall before I whispered softly. “Bye my brother.”
With that I melted into the shadows, my power blending me into my surroundings. Tears fell as I watched the ambulances arrive and cart Sota off. This was all my fault… how could I not have checked the brakes before I took Sota out for a ride? How could I not have realized…
: : : End Flashback : : :
“Then something just might happen to your family.” sneered Naraku. “After all you have a lot of enemies and I wonder what they would do if they were to learn of your survival.”
I froze at that, while Naraku may be insane he was clearly intelligent. He was right, I knew, if my survival was made publicly known then my parents would be hunted down like dogs and killed. The same as those few who I called friends… they would die the same as Sota. A meaningless death… I couldn’t allow that to happen! Closing my eyes I opened them once more and stared at my captor.
“You have a deal.” I said my voice icy.
A sick smile filled Naraku’s face then as he sneered. “I knew you would see things my way.”
To Be Continued…