InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Uptown Girl ❯ Chapter 58 ( Chapter 59 )

Naraku studied his handy work as he looked at the eye hooks that he'd twisted with brute force into the lava rock ceiling. Lengths of chain hung down, a manacle attached to each one. They moved slightly in a slight breeze that wafted through the cave, clicking ominously as Naraku turned back toward his room, to await the arrival of his present.

 

“She will know humiliation and pain,” he thought darkly as his eyes hazed over in anticipation. He stretched each of his muscles, warming up his body for the `fun' that he was about to have.

 

 

Kikyo spied the monster as he used his arachnid legs to attach the bolts to the ceiling, a good twenty feet in the air. Fear encompassed her as she saw the manacles hanging down. She'd heard his plans for the wolf demoness, but never imagined that he would actually go through with them. Shivers wracked her body as the memories of her own sexual assault replayed in her mind.

 

“He'll never get that far,” she promised as her good hand slipped to the comforting grip of her katana. “I swear it.” Quickly, she turned back toward the cave entrance, not wanting to remain in the cave with that monster until the time was right. She needed some time to think and make her plan on how to be rid of the vile demon.

 

 

Deep in thought as to what the other had said, Ban and Koga rode back to the ranch in silence, swaying slightly with the easy gait of Kami's walk when all of a sudden a horrific scream of terror shattered the quiet of the valley. Ban growled between clenched teeth, “Hang on!!” as he spurred Kami into a faster gait. Sensing the urgency in his riders, Kami took off at a dead run, stretching out as if he were flying. Within a few minutes, the duo and horse skidded to a halt near a small group of people who'd surrounded a hysterical man in a lavender shirt.

 

Ban and Koga slid off Kami's back pushing their way through the small congregation to see Jak on his knees in the dirt of the driveway, crying hysterically, mumbling something incoherent. Shina hugged the young man, pulling him to her chest as if he were one of her own kids who'd lost a favorite toy. Seeing his distraught brother, Ban demanded, “What's wrong?”

 

Looking back over her shoulder, seeing the even more haggard look of Koga and Ban she replied, “Seems that the kidnapper took his car.”

 

“But his Porsche has a GPS tracking device,” he thought as a smile cracked Ban's lips. “That's great!!!” he shouted as he practically tackled his brother in eagerness, grabbing the distraught man by the shirt, shaking him in his excitement, trying to get through to Jak, “Pull your self together, Jak!!! We can find it. We just need the tracking number!!”

 

Stepping out of his brother's grasp, staggering a bit as his sense of balance returned, Jak looked into his brother's blue eyes as he wiped the tears off with the back of his hand. A slight look of appreciation on his face as he replied, “Are you sure that we'll find it!”

 

With a sly smile across his face, Ban answered, “I'm positive that we'll find it and that you'll be able to beat the crap out of the guy who took it.”

 

A nearly sadistic smile crossed Jak's lips as he replied, “He'll pay in more ways than one for what he's done.” A shiver ran down Koga's back as he saw the manic look cross Jak's eyes, a remembrance of his actions from the previous night.

 

After a few moments of silence, Sesshomaru cleared his throat, bringing the party back to their senses as he asked, “So where do we get this number?”

 

“It's on my cell phone,” Jak replied as he moved toward the house, quickly followed by the others.

 

“Good, then let's get this over with for I fear that both Jade and Kagome are in grave danger,” Sesshomaru commented staying as near the feminine male, but not to close.

 

 

Inuyasha had driven as fast as he could from the hospital to his home, grabbing Sesshomaru's swords, as well as his own before heading back out toward the mountain ranch. With the odometer reaching nearly 100 miles per hour, the Jeep Cherokee practically flew over an ancient volcanic plain about three hours after he'd received his brother's call.

 

“Can't this thing go any faster?” he growled, his clawed fingers flexing impatiently around the steering wheel as he continued down the road.

 

Suddenly, a silver Porsche that hadn't been there a moment ago cut across the highway in front of him, causing him to swerve madly before regaining control of his vehicle avoiding the horrific rollover that was sure to ensue. “Damn idiot,” he cursed to himself as he continued down the road when an image flashed quickly before his eyes.

 

With the recognition of the image, Inuyasha slammed on his breaks, skidding the Jeep into a four wheeled stop a good two miles down the road. “No… that couldn't have been… Onigumo?” he puzzled for a moment. Unable to clear the image of one of his high school friends from his mind Inuyasha turned his Jeep around, searching the side of the road for the silver Porsche.

 

As he searched, a cloud of dust arose of to his left, signifying some one traveling cross country. “Got you,” he thought vilely as he moved his own Jeep on to the dirt road, being careful as to not raise as much dust as the guy in front of him, thus giving away his position.

 

With the slow creep that he took his Jeep down the dirt road, Inuyasha grabbed up his cell phone, dialing his brother's with just one hand as he watched the road. After a few rings, his brother's gruff voice came on the line. “This had better be good new,” Sesshomaru growled.

 

“I think that I've found your missing car,” Inuyasha replied, trying to ignore the tone of his brother's voice.

 

An ecstatic scream sounded through the phone, nearly deafening the hanyou as he continued down the road, catching the occasional sight of the fleeing vehicle in the distance. Gaining some control over his cell phone once more, Sesshomaru asked, “Are you sure that it's the Porsche we're looking for?”

 

Remembering the brief flash of the vehicle that nearly caused a fatal accident, Inuyasha growled, “Yeah, and the guy was driving like a maniac.”

 

After a few moments of just background noise, Sesshomaru continued, “Follow the car, but don't do anything stupid. Just watch them until we get there. I've got a lock on your location from the GPS in the stolen car. We'll be there in about an hour if not sooner.”

 

“I'll follow them as you ask, but I can't guarantee that I won't try and save them if it comes down to it,” Inuyasha growled, clearly upset at being told what to do as if he were a mere pup. Jade was his friend as well and the thought of her getting hurt yet again because of him ate at his heart. With a brief `good-bye' Inuyasha slammed his phone down, clearly watching the dust cloud ahead of him, not wanting to waste the element of surprise. “I'll make this up to you… one way or another,” he thought as he continued creeping his way across the volcanic plain, unsure of what he was getting himself into.

 

 

Muso grunted slightly under the additional weight of Kagome as he trudged across the uneven rocky terrain. Sweat glistened upon his brow as the mid afternoon sun beat down upon them, causing his already aching body to quickly overheat with the exertion of just staying upright. Feeling his trembling body through her tenuous grip upon his shoulder, Kagome asked, “Are you okay?”

 

“Well considering that I've dug a grave in hard rock most of the night and I've been carrying you for over an hour in the blazing heat without much to drink, I'm doing pretty good,” he smiled back toward her weakly, trying to show her that all would be fine.

 

Seeing through his façade, Kagome suggested, “Let's take a break. I know that you could use it.”

 

Knowing that to move another 10 feet would be akin to torture, Muso silently agreed with her. He gazed out over the volcanic plain looking for any amount of shade that he could find. Shortly he found what he was looking for, some scraggily looking cedars that had grown to hang over a slight bluff. With what strength he had left, Muso moved toward the cedar haven, hoping that it would provide them with enough shade to get them through the hardest part of the day.

 

Ten minutes later he eased Kagome safely to the ground, making sure to take care not to bump her twisted ankle any more than was necessary. She grunted slightly as she moved her leg into a more comfortable position, trying her hardest not to cry out as the pain from her ankle streaked up her leg. Seeing the unshed tears shimmering in her chocolate eyes, Muso's heart nearly broke. He'd not wanted any part of Naraku's plan in hurting this girl, nor anyone else for that matter, but now that his beloved Kagura was gone, he saw that the only option left was to save Kagome and maybe redeem him self in the process.

 

He moved to sit next to her, leaning back in the shade of the gnarled cedars. She looked out over the sage brush dotted lava rock, seeing the hazy shimmer of heat off in the distance as well as a few scattered wisps of clouds. Slightly startled by the overhead call of a red-tailed Hawk circling for its next meal, Kagome gasped slightly.

 

Hearing her startled gasp, Muso laughed as he laid back into the sand, his arms crossed behind his head as he relaxed, hoping to catch some sleep. Kagome glared at him before she turned back to the vast plain enjoying for the moment the slight cooling breeze. Within minutes, Muso was softly sawing logs as Kagome continued to look out over the area, until she heard the unmistakable sound of an engine off in the distance.

 

Unable to believe her ears, Kagome looked frantically around her line of sight and saw that nothing had changed, but she wasn't able to see behind her. Slightly panicked at being found by Naraku once more, Kagome quickly reached over and shook Muso until he groaned in frustration.

 

Slightly opening on eye, he saw the panicked look upon her face. Feeling her urgency in the hand upon his leg that she had used to awaken him he sat up quickly, pulling her into his chest as he asked, “What is it… What's wrong?”

 

“I'm scared that it's Naraku,” she mumbled into his chest, shaking in fear as the sound of the vehicle came closer.

 

Realizing what he was hearing, Muso furrowed his brow in frustration for he knew that they were still quite a ways from where the vehicles had been parked. He pushed her further into the shade of the slight bank, trying to hide her as best he could before he moved out from their cover. Looking behind their position nearly made his blood run cold for not more than ten feet from where he stood a dusty silver colored Porsche pulled to a stop.

 

Quickly he pulled his head back from the edge of the bank as he cursed his rotten luck. He looked at the near frantic face of Kagome Muso dropped down beside her, pulling her into his chest as he murmured, “It's just some sightseers. We'll take the car once they've left, and we'll get as far away from here as possible.”

 

Kagome nodded as she buried deeper into his chest, knowing that he was her only form of safety from Naraku. Tears rimmed her eyes as the fear of the unknown quickly enveloped her. Buried deep into his chest, she heard the unmistakable sound of the car door opening and shoes crunching against the rocks of the ground. Her eyes widened in fear as the noise that drifted toward her ears made her blood run cold.

 

 

“Where the hell is he?” Onigumo groused as he shaded his eyes from the midday sun as it beat down upon his head. His eyes scoured the volcanic rocks, scraggly cedars and splotchy patches of sage brush in search of Naraku.

 

Turning back to the car to retrieve his cell phone, Onigumo's eyes landed upon the still unconscious form of Jade. They softened slightly as he gazed for the first time upon her serene looking face, taking in the natural beauty that she possessed with her full kissable lips, lithe frame and supple breasts. Sighing at the sight of the wolf demoness, he moved back out of the car, flipped open his cell phone as he punched in Naraku's phone number.

 

After a few rings, the vile monster answered, “This had better be good or you're a dead man.”

 

Gulping nervously, Onigumo replied, “I'm here like you asked, about a half mile from the caves, since the road I'm on kind of dead ends here.”

 

“Good… is she still out of it?” Naraku enquired as his eyes flashed open. He'd moved swiftly from his bed, storming toward the cave entrance as he listened to Onigumo.

 

“Yeah… she's been out since I picked her up. She should be coming out of it within a half hour or so. Sorry to have drugged her for so long, but it was the only way to keep her sedate,” the cowered replied.

 

A sneer crossed Naraku's lips as he took flight upon the wind stretching out toward the west where he'd spied the road that had looped closer toward the caves, than the one he'd come in on originally. “I'm on my way,” he replied before hanging up on his henchman. “Finally… finally all the pieces are in place and I'll have my well deserved revenge upon that bitch. She'll finally know what humiliation is,” he thought as he moved swiftly toward his prize.

 

 

Inuyasha stopped his jeep a good hundred feet from the silver Porsche, hidden behind a slight hill. He'd seen the vehicle pulled along side a slight bluff that looked out over the ancient volcanic plain. Once he was sure that the car wasn't moving any further, he slipped out of the jeep, removing the brace upon his leg and arm, knowing that both were quite unnecessary since his body healed faster than the normal hanyou's. He flexed his grip a few times before he grabbed up his sword, sheathing it at his side.

 

Quickly he moved stealthily over the rocky terrain toward the parked Porsche. Wisps of conversation blew toward his ears, where he only caught a couple of words, but they made no sense. Within a few minutes of his arrival, he crouched behind a small patch of sage brush, watching the kidnapper pace near the car.

 

“Onigumo… you bastard, how could you have done such a thing?!” Inuyasha thought as he glared at his former friend. He growled as his eyes searched the area for who ever it was that his previous friend was waiting for. Suddenly a huge black shape descended upon the area that Inuyasha had failed to see approaching.

 

His eyes widened in astonishment as he saw the huge arachnid form of Naraku land near the car before they hardened into rocks of amber. “So he's been behind this whole mess?” Inuyasha thought as he saw Naraku move toward the car. His hand moved toward the hilt of his sword, itching to pull his Tetsusaiga from its sheath and use it upon the demon spider. Content for the moment to just watch, not wanting to give away his position, nor the element of surprise, Inuyasha watched as the events unfolded.

 

 

Naraku moved swiftly toward the Porsche, practically ripping the passenger side door from its hinges. He sliced the confining seatbelt from Jade's unconscious form before he pulled her from the car, holding her in his arms. Gently he breathed in her scent, marking it to his memory as he turned his attention to the exposed flesh of her neck. Oblivious to the presence of Onigumo, Naraku dipped his head toward the exposed throat, licking it as his hands roamed over her covered breasts.

 

Unable to contain his disgust much longer, Onigumo cleared his throat, reminding Naraku of his presence. Turning his blood laced eyes toward the intrusion, Onigumo asked, “Now that you have your prize, may I take the lovely Kikyo from this place before the cops figure out where you're hiding out at?”

 

Taking care to lay down his beloved prize gently, as not to bruise her to badly, at this point anyways, Naraku turned toward his faithful henchman as he in turn asked, “What makes you think that I'd just let you and that whore walk away from here?”

 

Seeing the manic look in his employer's eyes and realizing a little to late his predicament, Onigumo turned to run, only to be struck from behind by one of Naraku's legs. His body slowly tumbled down the embankment, devoid of his head that had rolled back toward the parked car. Naraku looked over the edge of the bank, confirming that the body was slightly hidden so as not to attract unwanted attention. As he turned back toward his latest victim, a horrifying scream stopped him dead in his tracks.

 

 

Muso held Kagome as close to his body as he could once he'd seen Naraku land at the top of the bluff. He knew what was happening once he'd heard the startled death rattle of Onigumo before his body tumbled down the bank. Looking over his shoulder, he confirmed that his former friend had met his fate.

 

With a slight shake of his head, Muso thought, “I guess that even blood couldn't save him from his own fate. Damn that Naraku… we'll all be dead by the end of this.”

 

Curiosity peaked Kagome as she heard the noise of something tumbling down the embankment. She turned her head slightly, searching the immediate area of where the sound came from. When here chocolate eyes landed upon the dead body, blood flowing from where the head should have been, an ear shattering scream broke from her lips.

 

Muso clamped his hand over her mouth as he heard the scuffing of rocks from above. He looked into Kagome's frantic ones, trying to reassure her as he pulled her closer to his body.

 

Suddenly, without warning a huge black shadow descended upon their safe haven and grabbed Muso by the neck. With her protector being ripped out of her arms, Kagome screamed once more before a heavy hand struck her, causing her world to spiral into black oblivion.

 

“Nooo!!!” Muso yelled out as he struggled against the vice like grip of Naraku's arms upon his chest. His eyes followed Kagome as she tumbled down the slight bank to come to rest against the rapidly cooling body of Onigumo. With a little more effort, fueled by his passion to save the young woman who had entrusted her safety to him despite his wrong doing against her, he twisted out of Naraku's grasp, striking him in the solar plexus.

 

Feigning to regain his breath, Naraku doubled over slightly as he watched Muso race toward Kagome, to kneel beside her in the blood soaked dirt. A wicked grin crossed his lips as he looked upon his former henchman's face seeing the look of near panic in his face. Pulling himself to his full height, Naraku chuckled wickedly as he advanced toward Muso.

 

Hearing the crunch of stones, Muso looked into Naraku's red glazed eyes, as he moved closer toward Kagome, covering her body with his own as a shield. “Do with me as you want, Naraku, but leave her be!” he yelled, “You've put her through hell already!”

Naraku chuckled wickedly as he gazed upon the prone form of his hostage once more. “You are mistaken, Muso. I will do with you as I see fit as well as her, for you see I'm the only one out here that matters and I could careless about what happens to you,” he replied with a smirk before back handing the man with all his force, sending him flying into a nearby patch of lava rocks. The force of the landing alone was enough to knock the wind out of Muso's lungs, but the strike to his head upon the rocks caused him to black out, slipping into unconsciousness. With a wicked look upon his face yet again, Naraku picked up the limp body of Kagome before he climbed out of the slight gully, to retrieve the unconscious Jade.

 

“Now this… this is going to be very exciting,” Naraku thought to himself as he moved quickly away from the abandoned Porsche and his littered destruction.

 

 

About an hour later, Koga's eyes followed the speeding corvette as it flew along the long and lonely two lane road. He glanced toward the foreman sitting beside him, noticing the stern look upon his face, knowing that his probably looked the same. Returning his attention back to the road his thoughts turned toward his beloved Jade. “Hang in there, Jade… I'll be there as soon as I can,” he thought as he saw the car suddenly apply its breaks, screeching to a halt near the edge of the road.

 

“What the hell?” Bankotsu cursed as he braced himself as Koga slammed on the brakes, brining his Bronco to a halt near the corvette.

 

Looking around the area, Koga replied, “I think that this is where Inuyasha saw your brother's car.” He searched the road side and saw the dirt road off to the left side of the road. “There,” he said as he pointed toward the winding dirt road, “that appears to be the road that we're looking for.”

 

Within a few minutes, Sesshomaru and Jak walked up to the Bronco as Koga rolled down his window. With his arms crossed, Sesshomaru looked toward the road as he said, “This would appear to be the place. Inuyasha followed the car and he said it's about another 10 miles down this road. Unfortunately I doubt that my car would make it in there, so that leaves us with your Bronco.”

 

Moving out of the way, Koga replied, “Get in and we'll get there as soon as we can.” Once Jak and Sesshomaru were seated in the back, though Sesshomaru was not really impressed with Jak's close proximity to his person, Koga pulled his Bronco back onto the road, long enough to pass Sesshomaru's car, before he nosed it down the dirt road. Seeing as the dirt road was little more than a couple of cow trails, the drive was slow going, much to the disgust of all inhabitants of the vehicle. All thoughts turned toward the battle ahead, each hoping that the two kidnapped girls were okay and unharmed.

 

 

Jade groaned slightly as the sounds of flesh being slapped repeatedly reverberated through her head, nearly deafening her as she slowly awoke from her chloroform induced sleep slowly began to ware off. She groaned once more as she tried to move her hands toward her ears, only to realize that they were painfully being held above her, causing her shoulders to ache with the weight of her body being held up by her arms alone. Cracking open one blue eye she looked above her and noticed that both her wrists were securely chained above her head in manacles. Frantically she opened her other eye and began to look around her prison, landing them on a hunched over figure who appeared to be slamming himself repeatedly into a body of some sort. Slowly, almost as if in instant replay Jade realized that the figure was a demonic spider and that it was a human female with whom he was pleasuring himself with.

 

“No….” she cried out, fighting against the chains that held her in place, drawing his attention from the girl before him.

 

Turning his blood red eyes to his newest victim, Naraku removed Kagome's bruised and battered body from his member as he moved toward the fresh meat. “I see that you've finally awoken my dear,” he sneered as he rose to his full height upon his spider legs, easily reaching Jade's face, caressing her face with a hand as he ran a couple of tentacles down her body, paying attention to her breasts and thighs.

 

Twisting out of his grasp, Jade spat out, “You'll never touch me like that you monster. I'd kill you first!” She pulled her legs into her chest before driving them straight into his chest, pushing him into the ground with such a force that he never saw it coming. Swinging back away from his body she flipped only to be struck from behind, painfully wrenching her shoulders nearly out of their sockets.

 

Naraku backhanded her once more as she struggled against him, splitting her lip and slicing her cheek open. Growling he ripped her shorts from her body, leaving her in just her sports bra and panties. Jade struck at him once more, aiming for his sternum with the heel of her foot, only to be grabbed by one of his tentacles. Another gripped her other leg, pulling her nearly into the splits as his torso leaned into the juncture of her thighs.

 

“Ah… you smell so ripe,” he purred, oblivious to the struggling she continued to display as he moved his mouth closer to the heart of her core. His tongue shot out, teasing the cloth covered mound before sinking his teeth into the firm muscles of her thigh. With a howl of pain, Jade threw her head back loosening the bounds upon her inner demon that growled out in rage at being molested in such a fashion. Rapidly, nearly in the flash of an eye the claws upon her hands lengthened as did her fangs. With a flash of her vivid green eyes she turned them back upon her assailant before she let lose with another howl of pure animalistic pain that reverberated through the cave and out into the surrounding area.

 

 

As their eyes fell upon the abandoned silver Porsche, a dark gray Jeep Cherokee and a small fire with two men beside it, Ban screamed out in pain, griping at the scar upon his shoulder. All eyes turned toward the foreman before the sound of a wolf in pain assaulted their ears. Koga looked frantically at Ban before he took jumped out of the Bronco speeding for all his worth toward the sound of the howl, knowing that his Jade was in pain. Without a word, Sesshomaru followed the wolf demon after he retrieved his swords from his brother's Jeep. Ban and Jak followed as best they could, leaving Inuyasha behind with the still unconscious Muso, each deep in thought as to what they were about to find, hoping that it wasn't as they had feared.

 

 

 

 

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