InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Uptown Girl ❯ Chapter 38 ( Chapter 39 )

As the light given off by the candles and gas lamps left an eerie look above the camp table, Naraku pointed out various structures on the map to his four other companions. “The time to strike is close at hand,” he breathed heavily as his eyes danced with evil intentions. His breathing deepened to almost on the verge of ecstasy as the thoughts of Kagome's soft warm flesh being torn and bruised by his rough hands came to mind.

 

Seeing the look upon his face, Kikyo and Kagura moved closer to him, pressing their aroused bodies to his in an effort to remind him of what he already had at hand. Pushing them away from his overheated body with a growl, he continued, “We need to be ready for the time that she is alone. With the wolf bitch away and the great dog demon out playing fetch, the woman is all alone, unaware that we know how to breach the defenses of the house. Kagura, you are to take Muso and enter the house from this point once the `guard dog' is gone.”

 

A sly smile crossed Muso's face as he glanced longingly at the beautiful Kagura, thinking of how he'd like to enjoy her personal touch upon his person that she was displaying with Naraku at that moment. Lust filled Muso's eyes as Naraku went over the rest of the plan, barely registering what was being said as his eyes stayed transfixed on Kagura.

 

“Muso… Muso!” Naraku yelled, drawing Muso back to the conversation at hand.

 

Shaking his head a few times, clearing the perverted thoughts from his mind, Muso turned his attention back to Naraku and the map on the table. “Yeah…” he inquired.

 

With a quirk of an eye brow at his sudden distraction, Naraku asked, “Do you understand your part of the plan?”

 

“Yeah… yeah… I go in with Kagura to the wolf bitch's home, kidnap your eye candy once the guard dog is away. After that, we split like hell trying to not leave a trace as Kikyo purifies the area to prevent the mutt from following us,” he replied, ticking off the minute details, trying to convince Naraku that he was paying attention.

 

Pulling back slightly at the amount of detail that Muso spewed out, Naraku grinned as he thought to himself, “I picked the smart one for this mission. Now if only he'd quit lusting after Kagura… the sight of him ogling my girl is infuriating.” He veiled his glare at Muso as he went over the rest of the plan, looking forward to when he'd finally have his prey within his grasp.

 

 

As the late afternoon wore on, Dr. Matador entered the quiet room of the hospital, taking notice of the two men. Shaking his head slightly, he thought, “How does Jade manage to get herself into these types of situations?” Coughing lightly to announce his presence, the doctor stated, “I've come to see how my two favorite patients are this evening.”

 

Quickly, the elder wolf demon moved to check Inuyasha, making mental notes as he checked the braced arm and leg. “Hum… it seems that you're bones are setting well, Mr. Taisho. I'll get them working on your discharge paperwork for tomorrow, with a follow up appointment next week to see how the progress is going.” Inuyasha smiled as he thought about getting out of the hospital soon, despite his tentative truce with Koga.

 

Turning toward the wolf, Dr. Matador quickly checked the stitches upon his taught stomach, seeing that the claw marks had already healed. Moving his eyes toward the chiseled, yet bruised face, he gently probed under Koga's swollen eyes, checking the structure of the cheek bones and the cartilage of his nose for any malformation. “Every thing looks good, Mr. Solobo. I'll have your paperwork drawn up and you'll be discharged in time to go home for dinner. The stitches will dissolve shortly, so you don't have to worry about having them removed. Your sense of smell will return to 100% in a day or so,” he commented as he moved away from the bed, heading toward the door.

 

With a sigh of relief on his lips, Koga looked toward Jade's father as he asked, “Sir… Have you seen Jade?”

 

Pulling up short Dr. Matador looked at Koga, a wave of sadness in his steel grey eyes as he replied, “I've not seen her since after her last therapy session two days ago. She didn't come to the hospital for either of you and I've not a clue as to where she went.”

 

With ears perked at the conversation, Inuyasha realized that what he'd seen earlier was just that… a dream. Feeling a little disheartened, at the revelation, he asked, “Sir is it possible that she went to stay with some friends after what… happened?”

 

Turning back toward the room, shaking his head slightly, Dr. Matador replied, “It's possible, but I'm not sure where to look. Seeing as she has this great abhorrence of cell phones. Something about not wanting to be found is what she had said. I'm sure that she'll turn up eventually.”

 

As the news sunk in, Koga and Inuyasha both became down heartened. Each lost in thought of how they'd attributed to her disappearance. But the fact that her father didn't seem concerned eased their feelings of guilt, but just a little seeing as she was not there with them at the time.

 

Trying to break the uneasy silence that built, Dr. Matador looked back to Koga as he said, “You'd better give your brothers a call to have them bring you a change of clothes and give you a ride home. I know that they'll be happy to see you out of this place.”

 

“I'll be happy to be out of here too,” he replied, thankful that he wouldn't have to spend the night with Inuyasha. He was afraid that Inuyasha would snore, thus keeping him awake all night anyways.

 

Once the doctor left the two men alone, Koga called his brothers, which Hakkaku agreed to bring him a change of clothes and pick him up from the hospital. Koga looked to see Inuyasha slumped in his bed looking slightly dejected about something. With a sinking suspicion as to the reason for the look on his face, Koga sighed as he moved toward Inuyasha's bed. “What's troubling you mutt?”

 

Inuyasha's amber eyes locked onto ones of blue as he replied, “I… I had a dream that Jade had visited me while in ICU… I thought that she knew about this fight and that is why she hadn't been here. I didn't realize that she basically fell off the face of the earth.”

 

Koga shook his head as well as he thought along those lines, “She was pretty upset when she left on that bike. Who knows where she went.” As they further thought about their wayward friend, Hakkaku walked in carrying a duffle bag for Koga.

 

Having listened to what the guys had said before his arrival, Hakkaku replied, “She left you a letter Koga, and I threw it in the bag with your clothes.”

 

Startled by his sudden appearance, both men just stared at Hakkaku as if he'd sprouted a second head or had grown a full head of hair. “What?” he asked as they looked at him, causing him to begin to feel a little self conscious.

 

“Why the hell didn't you tell me this sooner?” Koga demanded once he moved away from Inuyasha's bed, grabbing the duffle bag from his hands. Quickly sitting upon his bed, riffling through the duffle bag he found the white envelope addressed to Koga. With a quick slice of a claw through the envelope he opened it up and pulled out the hand written note. A slight smile crossed his lips as he gazed upon Jade's words.

 

`Dear Koga,

 

I hope that this letter finds you well… considering all that we've been through this last month. With a lot to think about, I've decided to head up into the Northern Mountains for a little while. Grandma has been bugging me to come for a visit since I've been back, but you know how busy I've been with opening the shop and all.

 

I've enclosed a set of keys to your old Bronco… I'm sorry that I forgot to return them after you let me drive it a while back, but I wanted to give it back to you, as a surprise for our anniversary. Considering all that has happened, I'm not sure if I'll even see that wondrous occasion. Anyways, I hope that you like what you see… Just remember that I'm a mechanic… I don't do body work. If it's not to your liking you can take it to Jade's Auto Body, down the road from the shop and have them put it on my tab.

 

Anyways, it's getting late and I have an 8 hour drive ahead of me. With all that happened tonight, I'm sure that I couldn't sleep a wink anyways. Better get going. Just remember, mi amour that I love you with all my heart and wish that we could work out these issues that have happened between us. If you want, you know where to find me.

 

With love in my heart for you, and you alone, your beloved,

 

Jade'

 

Koga's eyes swelled with unshed tears as he reread her letter at least three more times before picking up the envelope to shake the keys to his rusted old Bronco into his hand. There were but two keys on the black and forest green leather key chain which had been adorned with a silver howling coyote and black pony beads. A smile crossed his lips as he ran a finger across the coyote knowing that Jade had picked out the silver concha specifically for him, knowing his panache for… well you get the idea.

 

Drawn harshly back to reality as a slightly irritated mutt grumbled, “What did she have to say?” Koga's eyes snapped back toward the opposite hospital bed, growling softly, as best he could toward the jerk.

 

“Just that she's up at her grandmother's place in the mountains,” he replied curtly as he placed the set of keys on the bed, next to the letter. Grabbing the set of clothes from the duffle bag, Koga entered the room's sole bathroom for a quick shower. Once he was finished in the shower, Koga threw on the plain blue tee-shirt with dark blue denim jeans. He quickly ran his claws threw his long silky black hair pulling it quickly back into a high pony tail and secured it with a hair tie that had been in the jeans pocket.

 

As he looked in the mirror at his own image, Koga shook his head as he thought, “I look like a real winner… two black eyes with swollen cheeks. I hope that Jade doesn't get scared and run off on me when she lays her eyes on me.” A crooked smile graced his lips as he returned to his hospital bed, long enough to pull on a pair of white socks and his well broken combat boots.

 

Finally looking more like a regular person than a hospital patient, Koga shoved the keys into his jeans pocket and the letter into his back pocket with his wallet. Grabbing up the duffle bag, he turned to Inuyasha as he said, “See you around, mutt.”

 

With a slight smirk on his lips, Inuyasha replied, “Say `hi' to Jade for me, mangy wolf.”

 

“Will do… just remember to keep your hands off her. Once we get back, it will be very clear that she's mine,” he replied with his signature smile on his face.

 

Once the two brothers walked from the hospital toward Ginta's rusty old Chevy S-10, Hakkaku asked, “Where to, Koga?”

 

With a genuine smile on his lips as he thought of Jade's surprise he replied, “Let's head out to Jade's place so that I can pick up my ride.”

 

 

As the brother's headed toward Jade's mountain home, Muso pulled Kagura away from the four-man squad tent. Once he was sure that they were alone, he pushed her gently against the trunk of a large pine tree, as his lips covered hers in a passionate kiss. As the kiss deepened, Muso pulled away to trail hot kisses down her neck as he said, “I've… waited for… this all day… my love.”

 

As he continued his assault upon her neck, Kagura let out a moan of desire as she ran her fingers through his hair. Suddenly sensing that they were being watched, she pushed the lust addled man off her as she hissed, “Not here, Muso… not now. With him close by, it would only be a matter of time before he finds out about us. Wait until after we finish his plan in kidnapping that Kagome wench and then we'll run off together, away from that vile bastard.” She placed a well manicured finger to his lips, silencing any rebuttal that he could come up with.

 

Seeing that arguing was point less, he leaned his forehead against hers as he replied, “You're right. We are pushing things as it is now. Just promise me that you'll think of me as he runs his hands all over your tender flesh, I beg of you so that I may keep my own sanity.”

 

“I'll think of no one other than you, my Muso,” Kagura purred in his ear as she spied the dark eyed Kikyo over his shoulder with an evil scowl upon her face. As he pulled away from her, she continued, “Please be safe for once we get this over with, we'll be together forever.” She placed a quick kiss upon his cheek before she headed toward the other of her desire.

 

Quickly she caught up to Kikyo who was storming her way back toward their `home,' as she called out, “Kikyo, wait!”

 

Once they entered the canvas tent, Kikyo whirled on Kagura, slapping her hard across the cheek, leaving an angry red welt. “How could you betray him… us like that… to turn to Muso so easily? What is he, a better lay than either of us?”

 

Easing her hand to her stinging face, tears welled in Kagura's eyes as she replied, “It's not what you think… he's been coming onto me ever since Naraku brought him here. Kikyo, you've got to believe me. I never intended to lead him on.” Tears slipped down her cheeks as she poured out her heart to her lover.

 

“From what I saw, Kagura, you'd be willing to allow him to ravage your body against that tree if I hadn't had walked up when I did. Don't deny it bitch, I saw the lust in your eyes as well as his. It was as plain as day to me, you're just lucky that I fear Naraku's wrath or else I'd tell him all about you're little fling. As for now, just take this as a warning not to mess with Muso again or there will be consequences,” Kikyo retorted.

 

Quickly Kagura embraced Kikyo pulling her into a bone crushing hug. A little taken back by the sudden show of emotion, Kikyo wrapped her arms around the sobbing woman pulling her into a warm embrace. As Kagura began to regain her composure, the sudden closeness to her lover began to take its affect on her like a drug. Slowly, she tilted her head ever so slightly to begin placing kisses upon the porcelain like skin, eliciting a slight moan of desire from Kikyo. As the kisses moved from the neck to her lover's slightly swollen crimson lips, Kagura smirked inwardly to her self, “This plan will not fail… for I will not allow it to… even if it means playing both ends.”