InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Pride (In the Name of Love) ❯ Chapter 121

Pride (In the Name of Love) 121 / ??
Written by Jezz-Ra
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A/N - Apparently, Jess is not allowed to take breaks and leave things on cliffhangers. Jeez, y'all are slavedrivers...I've been chained to this fic every day for the past four months! XD It truly is a labor of love, though. The only reason I made the time for this instead of curling up in my temporary nest...in the closet....under the table....((yes. For real, thats where I'm sleeping while my room is being painted cause it's the only damn dark and quiet place in the house to sleep during the day...))...Anyway, the only reason I'm writing this despite the difficulties it presents is because one of my devoted on AFF (xLittleBlackStarx) seduced me into it with sweet nothings or something...pfft. Not...that I think this chapter will CURE the cliffhanger...oh well. Don't expect anything else for the next several days though! I really CAN'T.

AND...I know Kenshin has NOTHING to do with this (save for me to shamelessly promote the RK fic I'm now writing on the side that will be posted on all the same sites this one is...hint hint...)...but...seriously, I wish someone had warned me NOT to watch the Reflection OVA when I was done. That...but...it was SAD! It sounded like something I would write, with my love of torturing my favorites...! What a miserable way for things to turn out. Happy ending my ASS...that's my thing. I hurt 'em, but I always let 'em get a happy ending when its all said and done...
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Toga stared in blatant disbelief at his former mate. Kimi watched him with a wide smirk before making a gesture towards his desk. "Sit down, Toga."

A dangerous growl rumbled in Toga's chest as he looked at Sesshoumaru. "I don't know what in the blue bloody hell is going through your mind...give me one reason not to rip you to shreds where you stand! I told you on the day I banished you that to return would mean your death!"

Kimi smirked, idly fingering a crimson orb strung on a long chain around her throat. "Do you REALLY think I'm fool enough to come marching into your castle unguarded without something to hold over you? Know you this, Toga. I have the capability to utterly destroy one of you before you so much as think to lay a finger on me. You cannot move quicker than a thought."

Though it took every last shred of his willpower, Toga slowly sank back into his chair. He couldn't help but cast another worried glance in Sesshoumaru's direction.

Sesshoumaru had slid down the wall to the floor, quivering slightly, his eyes wide and staring in sightless, directionless panic. Toga's growl increased in volume. "What in the hell are you doing to my Sesshoumaru?"

Kimi glanced over and smirked. "Only yours, is he? I seem to recall having a hand in his creation somewhere..."

Toga was on his feet in an instant, claws gouging into the desk as he struggled to physically hold himself from leaping at the infuriating female. "Yes, ONLY mine. You wanted no part of him, in case you do not recall. Whatever you are doing to my son, you best stop NOW...or we'll see if I can indeed move faster than a thought."

"Oh, big words...but they are hollow. You wouldn't risk your precious, precious little Sesshoumaru. Not when you know I could target him as easily as you. You won't take that risk. So sit...back...DOWN. And STAY there. You are not in control of this discussion, Toga. I am."

Toga lowered himself back into the chair, every muscle in his body taut and straining, threads of crimson winding through his eyes.

"That whelp always was your weak point, even before you started fucking him...although that may not be saying much. How long has it been? I'm sure he was a pretty little thing when he was a child, and I wouldn't put it past you...you had to replace me, after all, and my, he did take after me as far as looks go..."

Toga's words were a hiss through his teeth. "Do not think I will tolerate this, Kimi...stop whatever it is you are doing to him and I will discuss whatever the hell it is you want."

"You would discuss it regardless. However, in all honesty, I'm not doing anything to him, nor have I since I arrived. I suppose it's simply a learned response." Kimi's smirk was cold as ice.

Toga stared at her for a long moment. "How long have you tortured my son, you miserable bitch?"

"That's hardly the point, and I need not reveal a damn thing to you. Suffice it to say that I have had my hands in on this matter for some time now. I helped them, they in turn helped me get to where I am at this moment."

"What is it that you want, damn you?" Toga growled helplessly. No matter what, he couldn't deny that Kimi was RIGHT. He wouldn't try anything...wouldn't risk his Sesshoumaru. He was not at all worried about what she could or claimed she could do to him.

"You will surrender the West to me and serve under me. Perhaps even as a consort, should I develop an itch that needs scratching."

"You're mad."

Kimi smirked and jerked a thumb in Sesshoumaru's direction. "No, he's mad. I can assure you I have all my wits about me."

Toga's growl picked up a notch, and he could feel his inner demon screaming for blood. He knew his eyes were pure crimson and his fangs felt entirely too large in his jaws. "You know I cannot just surrender these lands to you. It doesn't work that way! No one would believe you had subjugated me...or my Sesshoumaru."

"That's probably true. However, I came prepared for just such an occasion. Your options are thus. Submit and be damaged so that my claim is irrefutable...or you will be removed. The West is mine. You have already lost, you simply do not realize it yet."

"I have had enough of this!" Toga roared and leapt over the desk in one blindingly fast movement. Kimi's eyes widened in surprise and she froze, too shocked to act. Toga's hand curled around her throat and hoisted her off the chair, slamming her back into the wall. "You betrayed my love. That was unforgivable. You destroyed me, and I exiled you because I loved you still, could not shed your blood. But you have hurt my Sesshoumaru...gods only know to what extent your influence has run. Looking at him, I would assume it is deep. For that, you will die."

Kimi's shock melted into a cold grin. "I really was going to show you something of a bit of mercy, Toga...but you are forcing my hand." Slowly her fingers tightened around the crimson orb at her throat and she managed to choke out a single strange word.

Toga's spine stiffened and some of the red bled out of his eyes as a strange, queasy feeling welled up in the pit of his stomach, slithering through his veins. His grip on Kimi slackened and he stumbled back a step. The room grew dark around him, everything seeming to fade from view. Around him, crimson lines of light suddenly slashed into the floor. They formed a pentagram in which the stunned inu Lord stood straight in the middle of. A circle appeared around the pentagram, runes blazing into life as the room darkened into full blackness. Toga had the strangest feeling of falling, falling...as if the world itself were tumbling away from him. A dim spark of light over his head wavered and then blinked out.

Kimi smiled as Toga vanished, his body seeming to phase out of existence. She felt the caged power as his essence filled the orb in her palm, and a shudder of glee ran through her. She had done it...successfully bound and sealed the most powerful of demons!

She paused for a moment to rub at her throat ruefully before turning her gaze to Sesshoumaru. He no longer looked panicked. His eyes were wide and glazed, staring off sightlessly into the corner of the room, his body laying like a broken rag doll.

Kimi smirked and walked over towards him, catching his chin between her claws and forcing him to look in her direction. "Sesshoumaru. Look at me, precious."

Slowly reality sank back into Sesshoumaru's gaze and he shuddered violently, jerking his head back. As his senses continued to return, his lips twitched into a snarl. Kimi's return grin was dark and cruel.

"Don't fight me, brat. I have sealed your precious 'Lord Father', and if you so much as hint at disobeying me, I can erase his existence with a thought.""What?...That....It's not possible, you lying whore!" Sesshoumaru hissed, scrambling to his feet and wishing he had some room to back away from this hateful female. The things he had seen...the suffering he had felt over the past few years as a result of her, real or imagined...it was very fresh in his mind.

"Oh, but it is. Pay attention, whelp, and I will tell you how this is going to go."

Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes dangerously, wanting desperately to lash out but holding back out of fear that she may not be lying...perhaps she was, indeed, telling the truth. Better to confirm that it was indeed the truth than risk being wrong...and his father WASN'T here right now, would never have left him alone with her...

"I am now Lady of the West. All that your father possessed now belongs to me. That includes you. I have uses for you, even if I have no intention of using you as my personal little whore as he did. I do not have the power to hold this title on my own merit. There are other demons that would best me. However...you and your half-breed brother are going to be my personal bodyguards and hold my throne for me."

Sesshoumaru stared in disbelief at the sheer audacity of her claim, a growl bubbling up in his chest. Kimi smirked.

"You may choose to disagree with me...but know that I hold your sire's life in the palm of my hand. Defy me, deny me, and he will be erased. Not simply killed...but truly and wholly erased. There won't be any dashing rescue from the afterlife this time. If this orb breaks..." Kimi tapped the crimson ball with one claw lovingly. "If this orb breaks or is removed from my body, he will be forever lost. His life is bound to mine. Should you kill me, it will have the same effect. Do not think I will hesitate to destroy him."

Sesshoumaru stared at the orb, a muted and nauseous sense of horror gnawing at his gut. His Lord Father...gone?

"So you agree to my terms, brat?" Kimi eyed Sesshoumaru in smug triumph.

"For the duration of my Lord Father's captivity, this Sesshoumaru has no choice but to acquiesce to your commands. Make no mistake...should anything occur to set my Lord Father free, render him free of your control...or he is indeed lost...your life will be forfeit. I will tear out your black heart."

Kimi purred and caught Sesshoumaru's chin in her fingers again, examining him. "Very good. I would expect nothing less. I will trust you to make all the arrangements to assure my ascendancy goes smoothly and meets with no opposition."

Sesshoumaru growled and closed his eyes before nodding stiffly.

"I suppose I have to admit, we did make quite the beautiful puppy. I'm not so blind that I cannot see what all the fuss is about."

Sesshoumaru's spine stiffened and he forced down the bile rising in his throat. Kimi chuckled and patted him on the cheek.

"Don't worry, precious, I have no interest in using your body. Unlike your father, I can find a mate outside of my own House."

Sesshoumaru's tone was tight and clipped. "My Lord Father could have anyone he desired."

"Oh, so sweet...he could have anyone he wanted, but he chose you because you loved him best. Ironic that he always claimed to want someone that wasn't after his power or his status when you yourself have ever sought them, and he chooses you regardless, his strictest competition. But he knows your claws are blunted, doesn't he? That you would never truly try to claim your birthright. The proud and mighty Lord Sesshoumaru...you're nothing but his bitch in the end."

"And I do not regret it in any fashion."

Kimi smirked. "How touching. If you will excuse me, I have some remodeling to do. You would do well to begin informing the appropriate parties...we would not want any...accidents...to occur."

Sesshoumaru nodded tersely and stalked to the desk, freezing in his tracks when Kimi spoke again.

"Oh, yes, by the way...I will be appointing my own general and second in command, and I had someone in mind. You may wish to add it to the paperwork."

"Fine. The name?" Sesshoumaru didn't think he could possibly care any less.

He was wrong.

"Tsetsukosei."