InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Special delivery ❯ Assistance ( Chapter 57 )

Chapter 57: Assistance

 

 

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Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha, Sesshy and Kagura would be happily mated and working on silver haired baby number three by now…

 

 

“Talking”

`Thoughts'

 

It was unusual for Sesshoumaru to take some time off during the week; especially on a Monday morning. This explained his secretary's shock when he called to cancel his planed meetings.

`I however do not have a choice. I need to take care of the problem now. Inuyasha and Miroku can look after the company in my stead for now.' He thought to himself as he stepped out of his car.

After dropping by his bank and a quick meeting with his lawyer, the inu youkai went for a meeting much more important. It was one thing to come up with a legal and financial strategy with his trusted collaborators to help his agency get out of the financial problems caused by Kichiro Kanzaki and Sousuke Yamashita, but another to get revenge by his own hands.

`She better be able to get the information I am looking for…' He thought as he walked towards the meeting place.

Sesshoumaru walked into the Black Sheep bar with confidence in his step. He was a man with a purpose and nothing could deter him from it. Not even the curious looks people from the street were giving him. After all it was quite unusual to see an elegantly dressed man walk into a bar so early in the morning. Little did they know that he was not a jaded alcoholic businessman out to have a drink early in the morning, but was out to meet with a very special person.

It took the dog demon less than a minute to notice the beautiful blue haired, pale skinned woman seated on a stool at the bar. He walked towards her silently, and did his best to ignore the teasing glimpse of her soft skin her short lavender dress provided thanks to her being seated sideways.

“Touran.” He spoke, trying to get her attention as he stood next to her.

“My Sesshoumaru-sama it has been too long.” The panther demoness turned around to face the dog demon, and rearranged her cross legged to purposely have her dress hitch up higher. She then sent him a seductive smile, revealing a hint of her sharp fangs. She knew they were meeting for business purposes, but truly hoped they would end up engaging in much more.

“This Sesshoumaru has no time for your antics today Touran, I have work for you.” He resisted the urge to roll his eyes, and sat next to the young demoness. It had been years since she had been able to seduce him easily, and now that he had Kagura, the panther demoness had no chance of making him stray.

“Ugh! You are not even tempted to see if some of our past chemistry is still present?” She questioned just as she appreciatively ran a hand down his arm. She was not put off when Sesshoumaru slapped her palm away.

“I am not interested.” He said with a sharp glare, indicating his loss of patience.

“Hum what has gotten into you? By now the Sesshoumaru I know and adore would have invited me back to his penthouse for a morning in bed. Business and pleasure… was it not always our motto?” Touran asked. She was frankly surprised by Sesshoumaru's coldness. Not to say that she did not know the dog demon had a frosty nature, but he was usually more receptive to her sexual advances.

“I am in a relationship, a committed one.” He explained.

“What?! You?! I don't know if I should laugh or cry! Anyways I'll drink to that!” The panther demoness chuckled before reaching for the glass in front of her.

“Work first.” Sesshoumaru halted her movement. He was not annoyed by Touran's clear amusement and surprise since he knew they were warranted. Throughout the years he had known Touran, the two of them had had an on and off sexual relationship, and he had never been in a serious relationship during the entire time.

`I may not be proud of that part of my past, but I know I have evolved from that point. Now that I have Kagura, things will never be as they once were.' The dog demon thought to himself.

“You refuse me, and insist we work first? Wow! You have become so domestic! Soon you'll tell me you're about to be get married, or better yet are to be a father.” She scoffed as she pushed Sesshoumaru's hand away, and took a hold of her drink and downed it quickly, not even flinching as the alcohol burned its way down her throat.

“What exactly is it you need me for anyways?” She asked the dog demon. Even though she would have loved to flirt with Sesshoumaru longer, she knew that they were meeting for business reasons, and when it comes to work, she was always serious.

“I require your talents as researcher.” His statement made Touran snicker.

“Who's the poor bastard who pissed you off?” Her question brought a smile to Sesshoumaru's lips in return. `She had always understood me so nicely.' He thought to himself before answering.

“An old collaborator of my father, his name is Kichiro Kanzaki. Let us just say he has underestimated this Sesshoumaru. He decided to ally himself with someone else who has wronged me: Sousuke Yamashita.” Only thinking back to the two demons was enough to enrage him.

“Hum if that Kichiro Kanzaki was working with your father, something tells me he must be pretty decent…” The panther demoness said. It had been Sesshoumaru's father, the late Takahashi who had introduced the two younger demons. He was close to Touran's family, and had helped them out on several occasions, and to this day Touran still admired him for his generosity. She even tended to put him on a pedestal, to Sesshoumaru's annoyance.

“I still want you to probe around. I also want you to find me information on a couple other people. Naraku Onigumo and Sakura Fujibayashi. See if you can find a link between the two.” He was not surprised to see that Touran was not taking notes, she was not only a beautiful woman, but had a sharp mind.

“Got it boss. Well since we are clearly not going to reunite for some good clean fun, I should be able to start working on the assignment by this afternoon. I trust you'll have the first half my money ready by then?” Touran's pale eyes rolled sideways to observe Sesshoumaru.

“Do not doubt this Sesshoumaru. Everything will be ready by then, as usual. If you get me some interesting information by tomorrow, I will even throw in a bonus.” Without having the time to say more, even if he would not have bothered, the dog demon reached for his cell phone, which was vibrating in his pocket.

“What do you want?” Sesshoumaru sighed in the device.

“Feh! Is that any way to greet your dear brother?” Inuyasha teased his older sibling.

“If you have something to tell me, do so now, or I will hang up.” He simply answered, doing his best to ignore the snicker which appeared on Touran's face. Inuyasha had always been a great source of amusement to her.

“I got a report from Jaken, things are looking better when it comes to the agency's stocks. Looks like the cash you put in was effective.”

“Good to see things are going as this Sesshoumaru planned.” The dog demon allowed a rare smile to appear on his lips. “I am meeting with Touran and will be in the office in an hour.”

“Keh! You weren't kidding when you said you were out for blood. Let me know if I can be of any help; I sure as hell would like to get revenge on that bastard of Kanzaki myself.” Inuyasha grumbled to himself. He was also familiar with the panther demoness, and knew of her reputation and qualities.

“Is that all?”

“Yeah I think so…” Inuyasha gently scratched his ear as he answered his brother. However the sudden appearance of his fiancée and secretary Kagome distracted him from thinking about saying more.

“Goodbye then.” Sesshoumaru suddenly closed his phone, not minding if his brother had more to say or not.

“I can see you're as courteous as ever my dear Sesshoumaru; especially when it comes to your brother.” Touran smiled at the dog demon. She stood up from the red stool she was seated on then leaned towards him to press a kiss to his cheek over his stripes.

“I guess I'd better leave now if I want to start working on the little project you gave me. Talk to you soon Sesshy dear…”

“Touran.” He interrupted her. “How is your family.” Sesshoumaru felt compelled to ask about her family members, and make sure they were okay. They used to be under his father's protection; and now felt as if they were under his.

“Karan and Shunran are almost done with college, and father is getting better; the new institution I placed him in may be costly, but it is very effective. Thanks for asking.” She smiled brightly at him, glad to see he had not forgotten the reasons why she had decided to start working as an informant for the rich and powerful. The young woman would do anything for her dear siblings and sick father, even working on the wrong side of the law in exchange of a big paycheck. The only thing she refused to do was dig information on the few people she knew and cared about, like the Takahashi family.

“Oh well it's a pity our encounter is to stop here for today. I can only hope you remind your girlfriend often of how much of a lucky girl she is; other women would love to have you.” Touran gave the dog demon one last wink before leaving his side.

Sesshoumaru could not prevent his golden eyes from briefly straying to Touran's swaying backside as she walked away.

`I am sure Kagura appreciates our relationship… if we can even call it that.' Sesshoumaru thought to himself as he left the Black Sheep bar hurriedly. He could not prevent his mind from straying and wondering what Kagura was doing at the time, and if she was fine after her troubling encounter the previous night.

`I have no time to be wondering about this. I will see her on Wednesday, and until then, I will have to silently worry about her.' He sadly thought even as he knew it would not be possible for him to call Kagura in the meantime, no matter how much he wanted to.

 

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"Kagura!" The cry of her name said in a deep manly voice unnerved the wind sorceress. Her upset had more to do with the fact that said voice had called her name several times that morning, and each time was not for pleasant reasons.

"You mixed the pamphlets again. What's wrong with you? You've never been the clumsy type, so why are you making all these dumb mistakes?" Bankotsu asked his employee as he looked over the work Kagura had done a few minutes before.

"Oh honey don't be too hard on her. She's been stressing out lately 'cose she has a big exam coming in her class this afternoon. Cut her some slack, will you?" None other than Jakotsu pointed out to his boyfriend as he walked inside the classroom where Bankotsu and Kagura were.

“Am I wrong?” The flamboyant young human asked. He then walked over to the mirror hanging on the wall to give a quick check to his carefully applied makeup.

“Yeah…” Kagura murmured. The real reason behind her unease was really the revelations Sakura Fujibayashi had made to her the previous night. The wind sorceress might have pretended to be okay for Sesshoumaru's benefit, but this was far away from the truth. In reality she was scared. However she was not sure what frightened her the most; the idea that Naraku had found her, and was using Sakura to get to her, or the possibility that the mysterious void demoness might be telling the truth.

`As much as I try to shut it out, I can't help but think about all the things pointing towards the fact that she is telling the truth. I mean Sessh is right, she might be the reason why Kanna has void demon blood… plus she knew about my birthmark, and her son does look like my daughter.' Kagura then halted her thoughts as something occurred to her. `That kid she came at the shrine to pray for… Hakudoushi or something... then if it's true that Sakura is my mother, then he's my brother… and I think she mentioned having another son. IF I were to believe her words, then that means I have two brothers' She then and there forced herself to push away from her mind the image of the tearful, screaming Sakura she left behind when she fled.

`This woman deserves none of my sympathy. IF she is telling the truth than she is a monster. She must have known the type of man Naraku is, and why would she even leave me with him?!... In any case there's no need to get riled up about a bunch of lies. Not when I have Sesshoumaru to worry about.'

A thing other than her familial situation that was not helping Kagura settle her mind was her worry over Sesshoumaru. Ever since the previous night, she could not put out of her mind the image of him lying on a bed, suffering. On the one hand she had greatly enjoyed spending her evening sleeping nestled in Sesshoumaru's comforting arms. One thing she had never expected when she had gone to the penthouse to take refuge was to see Sesshoumaru's health become a big concern of hers.

`I'm so afraid that something happens to him.' She thought to herself. Her concern over him was making her question their relationship, or rather lack of, more. `I miss him so much… and Kanna does too.' The pouting face of her daughter when she had gone to pick her up that morning came back to her mind. The toddler was actually quite saddened that her mother had not taken her to see Sesshoumaru.

`It's all Kagome's fault. She just had to run her mouth and tell Kanna that I spent the night over at Sesshoumaru's place.' The wind sorceress sighed even as she resumed working on sorting out the informational pamphlets for the different classes offered at the center.

“Yeah well try not to make any more mistakes. `Kay? I've got to run, I start a class in a few minutes.” Bankotsu said on a stern tone even if an understanding smile was displayed on his lips. He then left, but only after making sure to place a loving kiss on his boyfriend's lips. To Jakotsu's feign annoyance, he had to pretend being mad since after all he had just retouched his makeup.

“Ah to be in love… “ Jakotsu sighed happily. “I am as happy as I can be, but what about you? How's your love life these days?”

“I so don't want to go there; especially not with you.” The wind sorceress retorted, a frown on her face.

`My love life is a jumble...' She thought sadly. She was jealous of the happy expression she saw all the time on Jakotsu or even Kagome's face. `Truth is that I want to get back with Sesshoumaru. I miss him. I miss us. I am tired of letting my past rule my future. The next time I see Sessh, I will do everything to get back with him… if he still wants to.' The wind sorceress then thought back about the promise she had made to herself when she was encased in Sesshoumaru's embrace. She had then decided that she was going to get back with him, even if she had to seduce him.

`Even if he decides I'm not good enough after learning about my past… I'll have to show him that I'm still the same person.' The fact that it did not seem to be a problem for him when it came to making out with her had not even really registered with her.

`The next time I see him, things will definitely take a different turn.' She pushed her reflection away, and her sour thoughtful face was replaced by a bright smile when she saw Bankotsu walk back in holding Kanna in his arms.

“She's been asking for her mom since she woke up from her nap.” The human had enough experience with young children to hold the toddler in a confident manner, a stark difference from Sesshoumaru's usual, and sometimes clumsy way of carrying the little girl.

“Aw what is it Kanna-chan? Come to mommy baby.” The wind sorceress opened her arms to receive her beloved child. As soon as her employer placed her daughter in her welcoming arms, Kagura pressed a kiss to the small soft downy head.

“Mommy, when are we going to see Sesshoumaru again?” Kanna asked on a saddened voice. The glint present in her mother's eyes since that morning pleased her. She knew it was the same one she always got after meeting with the dog demon.

“Actually I think you're going to be glad that we are seeing Sesshoumaru in two days.”

“Really?!” Kanna looked into her mother's crimson eyes, a huge smile on her lips.

“Yes. We'll see him on Wednesday.” Even if Kagura still felt nervous about a possible reconciliation with Sesshoumaru, she could not prevent a smile on her lips from appearing.

“Kanna can't wait!” She happily chirped. For her daughter's sake, Kagura decided to push her worries aside, and focus on a good thing; seeing Sesshoumaru again.

`Now the only question is what I am going to make for his lunch… oh and what I'm going to wear.' She thought glad to have found a distraction from her messy life.

 

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Several miles away, a certain demon was on his way to an important appointment.

Sousuke Yamashita was not a stupid demon, he knew that if provoked Sesshoumaru would retaliate, and was expecting the dog demon to try to do something to him soon.

 

As he walked out of the elevator car leading him to his meeting, he could not help but reflect on the brilliant idea he had had.

 

`That pup of Sesshoumaru will be angered after what Kichiro and I did, indeed he won't like that I am owner of shares of his company. However I have a plan of my own. Enlisting his help is therefore necessary.' The serpent demon thought to himself.

 

A smile appeared on his lips as the scent of alcohol and decadence reached his nose; smells he always associated with the ever opened bar. It was a place where Sousuke had known some of his best times.

 

Sousuke knew why Naraku Onigumo, the man he had come to meet, had decided to make the bar of the Yuki tower his base of operation. The place was opened 24/7, the drinks were of good quality, and the place was always full of potential clients; men, who like Sousuke Yamashita were always looking for new sexual thrills, the kinds that their wives could never give them, and that often times were illegal.

 

`Not to mention that's the bar is such a quiet place. I know for a fact that you can drag a woman away with force, and nobody will do anything…' He thought to himself, remembering how one of Naraku's reluctant employees had been difficult, and he had had to discipline her, with Naraku's permission of course.

 

As he walked forward, his eyes then spotted the dark mane of the hanyou he had come to meet, his mind could not help bust stray again. Sousuke thought about how Naraku, with his red eyes and dark hair reminded him of his daughter Kagura. This brought him to think about how at the gala Kagura had refused him, and how Sesshoumaru had defended and protected her.

 

`I will make them pay, and to do that, I will use that idiotic spider to get what I want.'

 

“Ah Sousuke such a pleasure to see you again. Are you looking for some fun this fine afternoon?” Naraku asked the serpent demon as he sat across from him.

 

As much as it pained him to do so, Sousuke shook his head. “No. I am here for business.”

 

“Oh?” Naraku masked his surprise. He knew Sousuke as a faithful client, who always paid handsomely, even if he was often times too hard on his girls. It was not uncommon for one of his girls to have to take a trip to the hospital after servicing the vicious snake demon.

“How would you like to get back at your daughter's boyfriend, the so annoying Sesshoumaru?” Naraku's eyes lit up at the tempting words Sousuke spoke to him.

“Tell me more.” The spider hanyou said a smile appearing on his lips.

 

To be continued…

 

A/N: An alliance between Naraku, Kichiro and Sousuke? We'll see how things are going to go down. The next chapter will reveal what Kagura and Kanna have planned for Sesshoumaru. And what Kagura's decision is really about. The chapter will be named Lunch break. I'm so sorry, but there might not be any updates next week. Although do remember that good things come to those who wait. I promise you won't be disappointed next time :)