InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Uptown Girl ❯ Chapter 18 ( Chapter 19 )

“That was the last time I saw her,” he thought sadly, wishing to have been able to see her again, before she packed up her things and left. Kagura had contacted the authorities after he had left his apartment to speak with Kagome. The cops saw him with the bag of weed in his claws, as Kagome drove off. They confiscated the weed and arrested him. That was the first and last time he'd been cuffed. Luckily for him, his parents' lawyers were able to place all the blame on Kagome, who never showed for the trail and was subsequently kicked out of Hakurei University. He never knew what happened to her after she left. Sesshomaru regretted every minute of what he put her through and her lose from his life.

 

As he listened closer to the conversation between Kagura and Kagome, the urge to go to his lost love nearly overpowered his powerful self indifference. He kept his position at the end of the hall, holding his anger in check as he overheard his current fiancé speaking to his ex-fiancé, his eyes changed from hard amber to crimson as she continued.

 

“You see, Kagome, I always get what I want,” Kagura commented as she continued to hold the door, glaring at her former roommate.

 

Confusion crossed Kagome's eyes as she asked, almost afraid of the answer she was about to receive, “What do you mean?”

 

Letting go of the huge mahogany door, Kagura advanced toward Kagome as she replied, “You had Sesshomaru. It was just a matter of time before he grew bored with you and threw you away like so many other girls before you. But you were different. He didn't get bored with you. Instead the bastard proposed to you. I couldn't stand it any more and so I arranged for some misfortune to befall you. You played right into my hands, Kagome, leaving Sesshomaru holding the bag and never coming to his aid, or even defending yourself when the evidence was against you.”

 

Shock crossed Kagome's eyes as reality set in. “It was you? It was you who set me up? But… why? What was the point of being such a hateful person?” Kagome asked, hurt and betray evident to even the hidden demon lord.

 

“Isn't it obvious? Are you that stupid not to have figured it out?” Kagura asked, shocked that as smart or as naïve as she was that Kagome hadn't connected the dots. “Let me spell it out for you. Without you to be there, Sesshomaru turned to the only thing that was left and that was me. I guess that after you left, I filled in the space in his heart that you had vacated. We've been dating ever since. In fact, we're engaged to be married this spring. I should thank you for disappearing. Now just go back to that rock that you crawled out from under and never come here again.” Kagura moved back toward the open door, leaving a bewildered, hurt and confused Kagome standing on the front stoop.

 

Tears fell in torrents as the shock of the whole thing hit her full force. Kagome grasped the ring and yanked the thin silver chain that held it to her neck, throwing it at the door as she screamed, “Here, you might need this, bitch!” As she scrambled off the stoop to her car, tears fell as rivers down her cheeks, blurring her vision as she scrambled into the driver's seat. Some how, she wasn't sure how, Kagome started the car, and screamed out of the drive way, driving down the road toward the only place she knew people still liked her, the Wolf's Den, without getting into an accident, killing any body, or wrapping her car around a telephone pole.

 

 

With a satisfied smirk on her face, Kagura saw with satisfaction that Kagome was effectively gone, closed the door and turned, right into the hard chest of her demon lord. “Se… Sessh… Sesshomaru, I didn't hear you come to the door,” she stammered, a bit surprised at his sudden, stealth like appearance. “How long have you been there?”

 

“I was here long enough, Kagura. Would you mind explaining to me in excruciating detail exactly what you did that caused Kagome to leave in such a fashion? I'm curious as to the whole story,” Sesshomaru replied, coldly. As he saw her flinch under his gaze, he continued, “And I will know if you are lying to me. Don't think that your words will excuse what you did to me or her. I just want to know the truth before I kick your sleazy ass out of my presence.”

 

Kagura's head shot up as the words registered. “But… we're to be… married, Sesshomaru. The invitations, all the arrangements… my wedding dress… they've all been made and paid for. You're going to throw that all away?” she cried, hoping against hope that what he implied was a lie, although he was never known to have lied in his whole life, well… maybe… just a little white lie here and there, but that was against Inuyasha which really wouldn't count in his book.

 

“Arrangements and orders can be cancelled. Apologies sent. As for what you did to Kagome and subsequently me is unforgivable,” he replied as icily as possible. He turned down the hallway that led to the kitchen, as Kagura followed meekly in his shadow, the ring and broken necklace left on the stoop where it had landed. Sesshomaru made a mental note to pick them up later.

 

Once he took a seat at the marble bar, after pouring himself a stiff drink, he looked around the exquisite kitchen, noticing for the first time the damaged beam adorned with dried blood. Slightly curious, seeing as Kagura had yet to enter the kitchen; Sesshomaru approached the beam, taking a light sniff of the dried blood. “Inuyasha,” he growled through clenched teeth as he recognized the mixed blood of his brother. It was at that time as well that he saw the update on the news of Jade's condition and the flight of a mysterious dark haired woman from the Rojo Lobo Auto shop. Sesshomaru clenched his hands into fists, knowing that Inuyasha was somehow behind this whole mess, digging his claws into the palms of his hands, spilling his own blood.

 

“What the Hell is wrong with that mutt!” he growled, as Kagura slowly made her way into the kitchen, taking notice of the even more perturbed demon lord. When he caught her scent, his blood boiled even higher. Not wanting to deal with her anymore that evening, Sesshomaru turned toward the sliding glass door, as he maliciously said to the wind witch, “Get your things, and get out. Leave your ring on my desk. When I get back, you had best not be here…” He left the kitchen, leaving the remainder of his sentence unsaid, hoping that she wasn't stupid enough to betray him yet again.

 

Quickly Sesshomaru moved toward the extravagant garage, wanting to get away from his home that now felt akin to a prison. His eyes turned crimson when he saw his precious Corvette missing from its parking spot, black skids showing that it left at a high rate of speed was all that was left. He cursed his brother yet again for his frustrations, as he moved toward his second favorite vehicle, a silver and black custom chopper that he had purchased from Orange County Choppers earlier that year. As he pulled the chopper out onto the road that ran past the mansion, he opened up the throttle, pushing the V-twin engine to its limits as he roared out into the country, wanting to escape all that he'd seen and heard in the last little bit.

 

As the chopper screamed past the last home on the lane, Sesshomaru thought, “He'd best have my car back in its spot, before I get back, or there will be hell to pay. If he knows what's good for him self, he'll top off the tank as well.”