InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Uptown Girl ❯ Chapter 42 ( Chapter 43 )

As the sun traveled the short distance over the mountain tops to shine through the basement window, Sesshomaru stretched lazily next to his true love. He looked down at the raven haired goddess as he thought, “How is it that I was able to have her grace my life once more?”

 

Continuing to stretch, he raised his arms above his head as he took in a great big breath… nearly passing out from the stench of body order. Gagging, he rolled off the side of the bed, careful as not to awaken his sleeping beauty as he quickly moved toward his duffle bag. Rummaging through the quite empty bag, Sesshomaru growled in frustration at the realization he didn't have any clean clothes.

 

“Damn it… Damn it to hell,” he thought as he took a loving gaze at the sleeping Kagome. “I really don't want to wake her up… and yet I really need to take a shower,” he thought. Finally the need for personal hygiene won out as he quickly threw on a relatively clean tee- shirt and some pants. Grabbing his boots from next to the bed, he reached over, placing a tender kiss against her forehead before grabbing the duffle bag and exiting the room.

 

Before stepping out of the house, Sesshomaru left a note where he knew Kagome would see it, telling her where he was going and when he'd be back. Confident that he'd be gone at the most an half hour, despite the distance from Jade's home to his, Sesshomaru threw his duffle bag into the passenger seat of his Corvette and flew down the mountain road in the early morning air, taking the usual 15 minute drive in more like 8 minutes, considering the speed at which he drove.

 

 

Seeing the silver Corvette pull out of the driveway with only one passenger, Kikyo smiled deviously as she knew that now was their chance to get the girl Naraku had been throwing an absolute fit over. “Now is the time for our plans to take place,” she thought as she moved quickly back to the camp, aware that time was of the essence.

 

Quickly she raced back to the camp, entering the tent a mere five minutes once she had left her post. “Naraku… Naraku it is time,” she called out, rousting him from his slumber next to a very naked Kagura.

 

“What are you saying… `It's time…' time for what?” he demanded as his sleep addled brain tried to process Kikyo's comment.

 

Taking a breath, she explained, “The guard dog has left the house… leaving the girl unprotected. Now is the time to get a move on catching her… if that is what you truly desire.”

 

As his brain began to work, realizing that time was of the essence, Naraku bolted upright in bed, shoving Kagura to the floor as he ordered, “Get dressed now and get Muso so that you can get that woman back here.” Kagura glared at vile man as she quickly gathered her clothes and hastily put them on.

 

While ignoring Kagura as she dressed, Naraku turned toward Kikyo as he continued, “We need to break this camp down quickly. I've feelings that once the guard dog returns and finds his bitch gone that he will go into a frenzy, looking for her. And I personally don't want to be around for that to happen. Start tearing down the remnants of the camp, I'll deal with the tent, once I've gotten dressed, so that we are out of here by the time Kagura and Muso get back. Do you understand your job?”

 

With a quick nod of her head, Kikyo moved toward the folding table and chairs, quickly dismantling them, before taking them out to Muso's GMC pickup. Luckily it had a shell on the back to keep their gear relatively dry and safe during their move, so not too much care was given when things were broke down.

 

 

Within two minutes of being hastily thrown from her bed, next to Naraku, Kagura aboard her magical demon feather carried Muso toward Jade's home, scowling at the harsh treatment that she had received at Naraku's hands. “How can he treat me so badly?” she thought as she clenched her hands into a fist before she turned toward Muso who had leaned into her back, placing gentle kisses upon her neck.

 

“Now is not the time to lose focus, Muso,” Kagura reprimanded as Muso pulled away, slightly hurt.

 

Looking into the scarlet eyes of his love, Muso asked, “When will I be able to have you to myself? You promised that it would be soon, but I'm not sure if I can wait much longer, my love.” He nuzzled her neck once more as Kagura sighed in frustration.

 

“Once Naraku has taken the girl to the mountain caves, far away from here, we will give him the slip and be free of him once again. I don't want to be a part of this anymore than you do, but I had promised to help him, without realizing what I was getting myself into. Now hush… here we are, get ready to open the sliding glass door at the loft bedroom,” she hissed as the feather came to a few feet of the balcony.

 

Quickly, Muso leapt from the feather onto the landing, sliding the door open with ease, as if it was meant to be. On fleet feet, the intruder had entered Jade's bedroom, not really focusing his attention upon the walls or their ornamentation, he was more interested in the single human being left all by her lonesome. Within a few seconds, Muso had descended the stairs into the living room and was headed toward the basement, where he knew Kagome would be sleeping.

 

Kagura followed Muso through the window, replacing her feather into her hair, gingerly moving through the now vacant bedroom, taking notice of Jade's eclectic assortment of weapons. “If she is able to wield any one of these,” Kagura thought, “She truly is a formidable foe. Hopefully Onigumo is able to apprehend her with little effort, but then again, she did take down Naraku in one fell swoop.”

 

Suddenly off in the basement, Kagura heard the distant muffled sounds of screaming as Muso struggled to control Kagome. She quickly moved down the stairs, only to be quickly attacked by Junior and Murray. The two felines, having realized that there were intruders in the home attacked Kagura with all their teeth and claws, leaving deep and angry claw marks down her arms and legs as well as her face before she was able to throw them off her person. Once she'd been able to pull Junior off her leg, she threw him out the sliding glass door, to land who knows where outside, as with Murray, she'd thrown him against the wall where he lay motionless, his little chest heaving for air as Kagura quickly tried to staunch the flow of blood from her severely scratched arm.

 

“Damn cats!! Infernal demons… how I hate them with a passion,” she thought as she applied pressure to a rather nasty gash across her forearm. Once she made her way down the stairs she noticed Muso coming through the kitchen, carrying a body over his shoulder.

 

“What happened? You didn't kill her did you?!” she demanded, checking Kagome for a pulse.

 

“No… I'm not that freaking stupid, Kagura… She fought pretty damn hard before I was able to knock her out. It was the only way to get her out of the house. Now let's get the hell out of here before that damned guard dog shows up again,” he commanded as he moved toward the front door, throwing it open once the locks had been undone.

 

Within a few minutes, Kagura, Muso and their unconscious captive flew back to the now broken down campsite. They stowed Kagome in the trunk of Naraku's Dodge Monaco with a pillow and a blanket to keep her hide as well as slightly more comfortable, before they finished their packing of the camp. Within a total of a half hour, the camp site was abandoned, not even the fire pit was visible, thanks to the wind powers of Kagura. It was as if there never was a camp site at that location, giving any one who looked a reason to believe that it never existed at all.

 

 

Inuyasha eased his way gingerly down the stairs as he made his journey toward the kitchen, having been discharged a few hours after Koga the night before he was glad to be out of there, considering that they didn't serve ramen at any meal. As he made his way into the kitchen there was a bright spot that he thought about… Aryn, his new love interest.

 

Flashback… the night before…

 

With a considerable amount of whining, Inuyasha had convinced Dr. Matador to release him from the hospital. As he was wheeled toward the elevator in a wheel chair, a flash of long crimson gold hair caught his eye.

 

“Stop,” he commanded as he looked around the area of the nurses' station, to spot the creature that had caught his attention.

 

With a roll of his eyes and a sigh of exasperation Miroku replied, “Come on, Inuyasha. I've got to meet up with Sango in a little bit for more `discussions' about the wedding. I don't have all day.”

 

Suddenly Inuyasha spotted what he was looking for. His eyes misted slightly at the heavenly beauty pushing a little wire cart full of medical records past the nurses' station. Her long strawberry blond tresses hung in waves about her face, as it reached down her back to rest near her slender waist. Long shapely legs were covered in nice black dress slacks which moved with her like a second skin. The aqua blue V-neck knit shirt fit all the right curves as it complimented her healthy tan skin on her arms and generous chest.

 

As the creature attempted o move past his wheel chair bound body, Inuyasha stuck out his good foot, stopping the cart it its tracks. “I'm... sorry,” the young woman replied as she quickly moved the cart from in front of Inuyasha's wheel chair, as she knelt down to pick up some files that had fallen to the floor, keeping her eyes on the records.

 

With a quick jab to Miroku's leg, Inuyasha replied, “No… it's my fault for not paying attention to where I was going. Here… let my friend help you, miss.”

 

Having grabbed up all the fallen charts with her long, delicate hands, the young woman looked into the amber orbs with her own emerald eyes. Taking a tentative gulp of air, the young woman replied, “Thank you… sir, however, I've already gotten them.”

 

Regaining her footing, the young woman moved the charts to a less crowded basket and moved to pull away from the two men and the transport personnel. Seeing that she was about to walk away, possibly from his life forever, Inuyasha reached out to grab her arm as she passed by. “Hey… wait up a second,” he said, seeing her stiffen under his touch.

 

“Is there something that I can help you with?” she asked, looking back at the silver haired hanyou.

 

With a slight smile across his lips, Inuyasha replied, “Can I get your name?”

 

A slight rosy ting crossed her cheeks as she replied, “Aryn,” as she walked down the hall, her backside swaying side to side in a hypnotic way.

 

Inuyasha and Miroku both watched her move out of sight down the hall, pushing her cart in a slow manner to the next area for more medical records. Seeing the looks both men had upon their faces, the transport person coughed slightly to get their attention.

 

“Shall we get going?” he asked having caught their attention.

 

End Flashback

 

He shook his head slightly as he recalled how her moves made him feel. “Damn, that reminds me… I need to find out a little bit more about her,” he thought as he started making up some ramen, having finally reached the kitchen.

 

The screech of tires on pavement drew him partially out of his reprieve as he looked out the kitchen window and saw his brother fly from the corvette to his room, barely making a sound as he moved up the stairs to his room. “Hum… I wonder where the hell he's been at the last few days. With Kagome I bet,” Inuyasha thought as he turned back to his breakfast and his devious thoughts of his new hearts desire.

 

 

As he flew from the car to his room, Sesshomaru sensed that something was horribly wrong; Sesshomaru quickly threw more clothes into his duffle bag mere minutes after he got into the house. Satisfied with the amount, he flew down the stairs, only to run into his brother, Inuyasha as he hobbled from the kitchen after a hearty breakfast of ramen.

 

"Hey... watch it you big jerk," Inu cried as he tried to pull himself back onto his feet, after having been knocked to the ground. With his leg and arm still in braces, he resembled more of a fish out of water, flopping around until Sesshomaru snagged him by the scruff of the neck, pulling him back onto his feet.

 

"I don't have time for this," Sesshomaru stated as he moved as lightning to his corvette, tossing the duffle bag into the passenger seat, grinding gears and speed down the driveway as if a demon were on his tail, fearing that his sense of foreboding was a reality, instead of just a ruse.

 

 

Inuyasha stared out the open door, his jaw slack with shock as he saw his brother speeding down the driveway. “Wonder what got into him,” he thought as he eased his way to the living room.

 

 

In a fraction of the time it took for him to leave the home, Sesshomaru drove down the driveway, a gut wrenching sense of foreboding getting worse with every foot he moved closer to the cabin. As he pulled his beloved Corvette in front of the garage, leaving the duffle bag in his car, Sesshomaru moved swiftly to the cabin, taking immediate notice of the front door hanging open.

 

“What the hell?” he thought as he moved toward the cabin slightly baffled as to why the front door would hang open. As he moved past the front door, edging it open with a broad shoulder, the scene before him was nearly more than he could stand. The stench of blood was thick upon the air, coming from Jade's room. Sniffing the air, he caught a mixed scent of blood, both feline and demon, the hairs upon the back of his neck raised as the recognized the demon blood… Kagura.

 

Spurred with the knowledge of her deadly attacks, Sesshomaru sprinted through the kitchen and down the stairs, yelling for Kagome and fearing the worse. He entered their room and saw that the bed had been thrown into disarray; the blankets were thrown on the floor, and blood gracing the sheets and fear mounted in the ever stoic demon lord.

 

With a quick sniff, confirming his fears, Sesshomaru leaned his head down in despair, and then quickly threw it back in the most mournful howl imaginable. It raced through the whole house in a mater of seconds, to be joined quickly with the yowls of two injured house cats and the nearby wild life. As it reverberated through the cabin, Sesshomaru slowly moved back to the front door, nearly shattered by the fact that he hadn't been there to prevent her from getting kidnapped.

 

Once he'd reached the front door, Sesshomaru pulled out his cell phone, calling the local authorities in regards to Kagome's disappearance. At the end of the call, he slinked back to his car, resting his backside against the door when an equally mournful pair of cries sounded from the cabin. Not wanting to disturb the crime scene any more than he had to Sesshomaru called out to the yowling felines.

 

Sesshomaru saw an the orange male slip down the stairs from Jade's lofty room and limping to the living room on three legs as he kept his hind leg elevated as if it hurt to walk on. He called out to the injured feline, trying to encourage the cat out of the house. Junior turned his pain filled eyes toward the dog demon, refusing to budge from his spot at the foot of the stairs. With a slight rise in his anger at the irritating feline, Sesshomaru moved into the cabin once more, mumbling under his breath about `stubborn, good for nothing animals.'

 

He bent over to pick up the irritating cat, only to have Junior clamber up the stairs, haphazardly on his three good legs. “Damned Cat!” he yelled as he went up the stairs, avoiding the blood pooled upon the steps. Once his head cleared the last step, still a few away from the top, he noticed the orange cat nosing a black mass of fur lying near the far wall, meowing and purring reassuringly to his brother. Seeing the love and affection between the two blood brothers, Sesshomaru's breath caught in his throat as he quickly moved toward the injured cats, gently picking up the more severely injured Murray into his arms as Junior followed the demon lord down the stairs.

 

As he reached his car, the sounds of tires upon gravel drew his attention from his injured armload to see who would dare intrude upon the crime scene. Seeing the white and black markings of the county sheriff's department, a sigh of near relief came to his lips. He turned back to the injured felines, opening his duffle bag and gently placing first Murray and then Junior into his car, being careful as not to injure them any further.

 

The deputy moved toward Sesshomaru, a worried look upon her face as she addressed the less then stoic demon as she noticed him placing stuff in his car. “I hope that you've not tampered with any of the evidence, sir,” she asked, looking into his car to see the two cats curled up together in his duffle bag full of clothes.

 

“No ma'am… these two cats belong to Jade Matador. They were apparently injured in the scuffle that ensued. I'm just merely taking possession of them to get them to a vet,” he replied.

 

Within a few minutes, a few more vehicles showed up with various members of the local criminal investigation unit as the house was systematically searched, evidence collected and Sesshomaru thoroughly questioned. Close to an hour later, Sesshomaru had been allowed to take the cats to the veterinarian to see how injured they had been.

 

As he drove, he thought, “Why would Kagura be involved with Kagome's kidnapping? Does she hate her that much to wish her harm? That can't be it… there's something more behind this abduction, but what? What could they possibly be after? Holding her for ransom to extort some money out of me, knowing that I'd give anything to get her back?” Various different thoughts coursed through his mind as he entered the veterinarian's office and the cats were checked out.

 

Close to an hour later, Sesshomaru left the veterinarian's office, solemnly entering his car as his thoughts turned toward the two felines. Thankful that both were essentially okay, but required some surgery to repair Junior's broken hind leg and Murray's fractured pelvis. He knew that he owed the cats a lot, considering it was their heroic actions that gave them the evidence they needed to nail Kagura with Kagome's kidnapping.

 

“If it hadn't been for them, Kagura would have gotten away with Kagome and I'd never be able to find her again,” he thought as he drove back to Jade's home, trying to figure out how to break the news to the others, much less Jade as to the condition of her beloved felines. “What to do… what to do…” he thought as he pulled once more into the melee of police, crime scene investigators, reporters, pulling on as much of a stoic façade as he could muster, knowing that soon, he'd have the run of the area and would be able to do his own investigation.

 

 

“Ooohhhh… Oooooohhhhh… my aching head,” Kagome groaned as she placed her hand tentatively to the lump on her head. “What… what happened?” she thought as she opened her eyes, only to see black surrounding her. “Where am I?” she continued to think as she rolled onto her side, pushing out with her hands to get away from the all consuming blackness. As her hands touched the cold metal of the trunk, as well as some obvious items that belonged in the trunk of a car, realization hit her that she had been kidnapped. With a wail of despair, Kagome passed out once more as the car continued into the great unknown.