InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Silver Shadows ❯ Chapter 8 ( Chapter 8 )

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

Silver Shadows

-Chapter 8-

She anxiously pulled down her skirt, this was far worse than Geisha Night at the not-so-local whore house. Secretarial work was never her forte, not what she'd planned for her career. Here she was now, part of an undercover gang that was head of the most successful company in Tokyo, Japan. Kiseki Incorporated, the company that was seemingly holding a monopoly in the business of technology and weaponry.

“Keep up,” Sesshomaru growled.

Asshole.

He pressed an insistent hand into the small of her back and pushed her towards the elevator. She was aware of every single pair of eyes that bore into the back of her head. Another woman trying to seduce her way to the top, they thought.

Not in a million, torturous years.

The elevator took its damn time getting to the top floor of the building, the 50th floor. The clicking of her heels had allowed her to drift into a thought, it should've been 66. People milled around her, manila folders in hand.

“Had it been up to me, you would've been placed at the lowest level in this organization. A janitor.”

She raised an eyebrow, “Only a janitor? And here I thought you wanted me dead.”

“Had that been up to me, you would already be floating in pieces on the Pacific.”

Before she could blink his gun was out and he was shooting, she raised her hands to shield her eyes instinctively.

“You son of a-. You could warn people!”

He didn't respond, not that she'd expected him to. She followed him as he stepped over the dead body, she wrinkled her nose.

“You're so dirty,” she commented.

Her eyes peered into the barrel of his gun, cocking her head to the side.

“Huh?” she asked suddenly, looking off to the side. “No InuTaisho-sama, Sesshomaru is just pointing his gun at me again.”

He growled and shot the floor before marching off again. Smirking, Kagome followed him silently. She vaguely noted a muttered `bitch' behind her, the body merely crumpled to the floor.

“You cannot kill the staff wench,” Sesshomaru ground out as he opened the door to his office.

“Oops.”

Again, as it seemed to be the norm around this cold man, she was found with his hands on her throat and her back against the wall.

“Do you like to have me against a wall at all times?” she asked with a smile, hands on his to support herself.

“Am I interrupting something, Taisho-sama?”

Sesshomaru's red eyes concentrated on the new addition to their small conversation.

“No, Kaio-sama, my secretary was merely getting acquainted with her workplace.”

He promptly removed his hand and left with the businessman. She flipped him off and moved to lean against a wall. People were openly staring and it ticked her off. Two burly men were carrying off two dead bodies, yet somehow she was by far more interesting to them. Her hand moved to press against the digital device in her ear.

“Are your employees always this rude InuTaisho-sama? They're staring.”

“Ms. Higurashi?”

She turned uninterested eyes on the wolf demon from before, “Yes traitor?”

His eyes narrowed considerably, “My name is Kouga.”

Her gaze did not change and he moved to grab hold of her.

“Higurashi-san, perhaps you'd be kind enough to stop your dawdling with any males in the vicinity and come into my office.”

“Why, Takahashi-san, perhaps if the `male vicinity' stopped harassing me I could.”

She promptly sidestepped Kouga and slipped past Sesshomaru, leaving his fuming visage standing in the hallway. Passing up the opportunity to slap the man with an appreciating glance, she moved her chair to the opposing side of the room and crossed her legs comfortably. Sesshomaru closed the door firmly and took his place behind the mahogany desk.

“You should have him disposed of.”

Sesshomaru's cold eyes settled upon her with an icy glare, “Do not attempt to order me around wench.”

“He's a traitor,” she said, glaring back.

“You know nothing of the proceedings of this company and therefore-.”

“I'm quite sure that rallying men against authority isn't of any relevance to the proceedings of this company or it's affiliations. Either way, I can smell traitors miles away,” she ended her eyes settling on the man that had previously interrupted them.

“Are you trying to insinuate something, Ms. Higurashi?”

“Certain skills come from being with Naraku for so long,” she said passively.

“This is enough Ms. Higurashi,” he bit out. “You will restrain yourself from openly accusing my clients. Your presence is vital here because you are otherwise a distraction to the casual atmosphere outside of this space.”

She shrugged him off and went to stand near the window, overlooking the city. Sesshomaru's nails scraped the wooden desk before turning back to his client.

“Continue.”

“As I was saying, the Americans have developed a special nano technology that is scheduled to be released early next summer. If we were to get ahold of this information-.”

“That's already been done.”

Sesshomaru pinned her to the wall.

“This is getting repetitive don't you think?”

“You are interrupting a meeting between this man and myself, I do not appreciate a human's input.”

“I'm sure you don't, but if you search that man you'll find that nano technology he's been rambling on about for who-knows-how-long.”

Both turned to glare at the man that had stopped at the wooden door with a dagger next to his face.

“You tell Naraku to stop watching me and that I'm onto him.”

Sesshomaru's red eyes were the farthest thing from a stop sign and the man ran. As soon as the door clicked closed Kagome found herself on the floor, underneath a furious alpha male. She struggled uselessly against the hand that squeezed her throat.

“You will obey me!”

“The hell I will!”

Apart from the fact that she had a sadistic murderer on top of her who's current mission was to tear her to shreds, the moment was almost sexy. His rippling muscles moved of their own accord with the adrenaline pumping through their veins, throbbing against her hips.

“You are by far weaker than I, you will recognize who is the leader here,” he ground out.

She looked up at him curiously, how big could he possibly be?

Sesshomaru's left eye began to twitch, “Woman! Seize your lustful thoughts and pay attention!”

Her eyes narrowed, “Well it ain't my fault you keep getting this damned close to me!”

“Oi, Sessh..o..u... Hey Otou-san, I think Sess is starting to get along with the new girl!”

Sesshomaru watched as InuYasha walked away, leaving his office door open to the eyes of any passerby. He lifted himself she stared at his retreating back. Sango stuck her head in with a smile.

“Have you got the next in line sprung?”

Kagome turned her head and glared, “Shut up Sango.”

“I've heard he's a monster in bed,” she commented with a wink.

Kagome rolled over and laid her chin on her hands, “I'm sure he's packin' and he'll tear my poor lower body apart.”

“Kagome?”

Her eyes traveled upwards and met Miroku's troubled eyes.

“It's uhh... time,” he said awkwardly.

Kagome's heart pounded against her rib cage. It had been at the back of her mind. It seemed to have come up so soon. She picked herself up and followed him obediently. Soon she'd be bound to a demon, man, Sesshomaru. There was no known record of this type of union, the consequences were unknown and a clash of world balances. They were guinea pigs. And if through this link he could dominate her?

“Come in and change in the bathroom,” an elder lady instructed.

No, her mission was set, she would claim her revenge upon Naraku. He would regret the day he set his eyes upon Higurashi Kagome. Joining the former army was no sacrifice or obstacle, merely part of the process. Dully noting her white robes, her eyes set upon the leader and his two sons. The father in black robes, the youngest clad in red. Sesshomaru was in white robes with intricate designs and red around his shoulders and sleeves. His stoic face, haughty eyes, and tense demeanor was what she'd be bound to.

“Kaede-obaa-san.”

“Hai Inu no Taisho-sama.”

The incense sticks duller to ashes in the darkened room. The silver links, blood, engraving, chanting, faster, together, fusion, quickly, light, blast, over. The darkness took over. InuYasha caught his brother and laid him next to Kagome.

“Obaa-chan?”

“Daijabou.”

Now the consequences.

//............\\

They awoke simultaneously. Sesshomaru remained an ever stoic prick, Kagome remained suspicious of half the company and staff under the Inu no Taisho. The problem presented itself when Taisho began to associate himself with the idea that one Higurashi Kagome should present herself at the annual company ball. The most ridiculous idea, in Sesshomaru's disposition.

“And who better to lead her into this extravagant ball than my eldest?”

Sesshomaru's left eyebrow trembled slightly.

InuYasha burst with laughter, “Have you finally lost it Pops? Sesshomaru doesn't like being within fifty feet of the girl, why would he escort her to this damn dance of yours?”

“Because it wasn't a request on my behalf InuYasha. During this ball I expect that Naraku will make a move.”

InuYasha tensed and stared at his father.

“While we are preoccupied with our guests some of my men will be in the Murasaki Port awaiting our latest shipment from Cambodia. This is the one we've been waiting for, the one with all of the sniper rifles and a sample of the latest AK-47s. InuYasha, I'm sending you to oversee this shipment's arrival to our warehouse in the country estate.”

Miroku slipped in with Sango, and InuTaisho continued, “Your absence will be easily overlooked since Kikyou is still missing.”

“By the way,” Sango interrupted, “what are those nuns and kids doing in the mess hall?”

InuYasha growled, “Don't worry about them.”

“As for you two,” InuTaisho said glaring at Sango and Miroku, “you'll inform InuYasha about the proceedings of the meeting to take place during the ball.”

The quickly slipped out with InuYasha on their tail.

“As for you Sesshomaru, I expect that you've been doing as Kaede instructed and have kept close to Kagome.”

Sesshomaru's eyes hardened and InuTaisho sighed, “You haven't.”

“Do you not understand that it pains me greatly to be so close to the human wench that has so dishonored me?”

“More pained will you be if you keep your distance boy! The spell will weaken you both with your distance, you could distort the expected outcomes! You're quickly becoming a weakness on my behalf!”

“Otou-sama,” he ground out.

“Either way, you needed to be knocked off your high horse, you must not be so arrogant. I do not deem your character worthy of taking over as of yet.”

Sesshomaru's eyes widened slightly, “Surely you would not consider InuYasha-.”

“Do not question my intentions,” InuTaisho growled.

Sesshomaru bent his head.

“Kagome and yourself will come to this ball, I want you to introduce her to Khai-sama.”

“Father, Khai-sama is one of our biggest contacts.”

“Hai, I know this. Kagome is to talk to his wife, whom I suspect is very chatty under the influence of alcohol. Kagome is to interrogate her subtly and gain information as to Khai's sudden cease of import and trade.”

Sesshomaru nodded, business was business after all. His opportunity would present itself soon enough, until then he'd hold true to his word - he'd protect his prey.