InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Underworld ❯ Chapter 1 ( Chapter 1 )
[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
She watched the setting sun bathe the city
below in amber. Inhaling sharply trying to drown out the visions of
blood pooling beneath her feet. Eyes closing, shivers running down
her spine, clasping her hands into fists nails digging into her
palms. "Kagome" the soft whisper floated on the air, but she
refused to open her eyes. In this moment, the only thing she could
do was wish things could have been different. Opening her eyes,
staring into hazel eyes filled with concern, she knew no matter how
hard she tried, no matter how hard she wished there was no escaping
the life you were born into.
"Sango, Lets go"
In the many years they had known each other
there were only two other occasions in which a haunting silence
hung between them. Sango drove down the five mile entrance toward
the Higurashi household, noticing the grip she had upon the
steering wheel Kagome let out a sigh. "I am sorry" the words were
heartfelt yet distant because Kagome could think of nothing more
than to offer her apology for her mistake. The car came to an
abrupt halt. Kagome was propelled forward forehead nearly colliding
with the windshield, before the seat belt caught pulling back into
her seat with a thud. "What the hell Sango"
"Do you realize what you have done?" Sango's
voice was steady through her tears but so cold. "He was supposed to
be brought back alive." Kagome hit the dash board with her fists
while kicking the underside of the glove compartment. "I wasn't
about to let that bastard hurt you Sango! Nothing is worth you
getting hurt or worse me losing you!" Sango bit her lip, Kagome hit
the dash board harder. "You're a sister to me! I will do anything
to protect."
Sango steadied her breathing, trying to blink
away tears daring to fall. "I will take responsibility for this
Sango." Biting her lip Kagome tried to mentally prepare for what
was about to happen. In this life disobeying direct orders, was not
tolerated and the punishment could be worse than death, especially
for her. Being the daughter of the families head put her in a fish
bowl and magnified all her shortcomings. There would be no avoiding
the punishment. She would be made and example of, but she would be
damned if she let anything happen to Sango. Nothing else was spoken
as they finished the last stretch of the drive, the house looming
over them.
Taking a breath readying herself she moved to
step from the car but was stopped as a blur of red caught her eye.
Before she could even step towards the house, her hands were pushed
above her head, her back pressed firmly against the car door. "What
the fuck is wrong with you?" Golden eyes bore right through her
very soul. Kagome grit her teeth, and refrained from struggling.
She would not give him the satisfaction, but when the hand around
her wrists tightened she couldn't help but wince. "Bite me" He
leaned closer silver hair falling forward shielding both of them
from the world, a growl reverberating from his chest.
"Enough" a voice reverberated through the air.
But the hand around her wrists only closed tighter the broad
masculine chest pushing further against her caging her fully
against the embrace of the car door. "I SAID ENOUGH INUYASHA" as
fast as he appeared he was gone. Kagome looked up toward the
direction of the voice, and was hit with shame. Her father stood on
the top step surrounded by six of his guard, and the look in his
eyes made her feel smaller than she ever thought possible. She said
nothing as he turned, she only followed hopping that she could
spare Sango any part in the punishment that would surely take
place.
Though this was yet another walk of shame down
the hallways of her childhood home, the outcome of this was going
to be one for the books. Walking through the large oak door of her
father's office she felt her breath catch for it was not just her
father and his guard whom she would be dealing with tonight. Three
sets of golden eyes gazed upon her, one with anger, one with
indifference and one with a spark of laughter. Kagome groaned, but
made her way past them and sat across from her father as he took
his seat at the head of the large meeting table.
"Do you realize what you have done?" Her father
asked running his hands through his hair, teeth gnawing against
each other. "What I have done has kept Sango alive" Staring down
her father, hands gripping the lip of the table, keeping herself
from visibly shaking from both anger and fear. "What you have done
is kill the only viable connection to the Red Dragon triad we had
left" Fists slammed on the table. Kagome looked down she couldn't
help the dark laughter that bubbled up in her chest and slipped
from her lips. "YOU THINK THIS IS A JOKE" Her father stood a dagger
spliced through the air landing at the edge of the table inches
from her body. Kagome looked right into the black eyes of her
father, and placed her hand around the dagger, gritting her teeth
as she forced the blade through her skin. Her payment in the form
of blood dripped down the dagger and onto the table. A dark growl
resounded through the room.
"ENOUGH" the smooth voice of the dog demon lord
cut the tension slightly, and Kagome retracted her hand from the
blade. "Kazuya, it was a grave mistake, but one that at least held
up your families honor. With such a display of loyalty how can you
be so rough on the child?" Kagome glanced at the demon lord biting
down on her tongue as she tried to ignore the pain in her left
hand.
Her father's face was dead set on the demon
lord, static crackling in the air a small display of power from the
spiritualist and demon neither one willing to back down. "I believe
you are out of line" Kagome's father seethed "Because you are not
speaking to me as the Inu no Taisho, but as a demon that is all too
fond of my worst mistake" Kagome cringed, it had been quite some
time since her father had referred to her as a mistake.
The demon lord stepped closer and placed his
hand atop her father's shoulder. "I am speaking to you as one
father to another." The air was still for a moment, her father's
face relaxing slightly, a manila envelope landing before Kazuya.
"While he was an important link to the Red Dragon triad, he was not
the last" Kazuya flipped through the folder without saying a word.
"There is no need for us to dwell on this incident Kazuya, let us
move forward onto the latest target. I will have Sesshomaru call
the others and we will form a new plan. One that doesn't involve
our blood lines being severed from this world." Kazuya said nothing
as he stood walking toward the large window overlooking the vast
garden behind the house. "Leave" Kagome did not have to be told
twice, gathering any shred of dignity she had left she stood
walking out of the room, hand open blood dripping onto the floor as
she went.