AfterShock

A/N: First off I would like to mention that I know absolutely nothing about programming or hacking a computer. That said: Please, Please to call me an idiot when you read over my pathetic attempt at writing about it.
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Sakura rolled over in the bed and placed a pillow over her head to drown out the heated voices of her angered boyfriends. It wasn't an all out argument, it was just a stupid argument over what Gin should wear for his introduction to Lord Sesshomaru. Growling she sat up and threw the pillow at the two men, Gin ducked just in time for the fluffy weapon to sail over his head and hit Sasuke in the face. "Seriously, can't you boys take it outside. I'm trying to sleep here."

A snake-like smile crept across Gin's lips as he looked over at her, a smile that told her he knew exactly why she was demanding sleep. "We're sorry Sakura. I believe we have settled on an outfit for me to wear."

"Che." Sasuke hissed as he walked out of the room, his hair slightly messed from the impact of the pillow. Gin tossed the pillow back to Sakura and with a wink, he left the room. Dropping back to the bed, Sakura sighed as she closed her eyes. A smile crossed her face from the memory of spending all day Sunday giving Gin the official tour of the apartment. She wasn't looking forward to cleaning up the mess the three of them made, but it was sure fun making it.


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Monday morning had come quickly for Sesshomaru. Sitting in his office at Demon Dog Marketing, he was putting the finishing touches on some documents for the array of meetings he had scheduled for the day. Sitting back in his chair, Sesshomaru couldn't help but to think about a delicious long-legged beauty who ran out on him. He wouldn't say he was not disappointed Sephiroth had left like a thief in the night, but he understood the reasons behind the mans actions. Later Sunday morning Sephiroth's conscience had caught up with him and he had called to apologize. Then, to Sesshomaru's complete delight, he had a first time experience. Phone sex.

All things holy, that man had a sultry voice, and hearing his deep throaty moans over the line had done things to Sesshomaru he never thought possible while on the phone. Smiling a content smile, Sesshomaru wondered if he could convince Sephiroth to participate in another shiver inducing phone call.

A buzzing from his phone interrupted him, reaching over he pushed the speaker button on the phone.

"Sir, your father is on line one. Do you want me to put him through?" His assistant, Rin, asked.

With a heavy sigh Sesshomaru told her to put his old mans call through. Hopefully there wasn't another incident with his mother and little sister, "What do you want father?"

"What, no hello father, how was your day?" His father chuckled over the speaker. It was moments like this when Sesshomaru could see the resemblance between Inutaicho and Inuyasha. They were both very playful demons and delighted in irritating people at the wrong moment.

"Considering you most likely just woke up. No." Sesshomaru stated flatly.

"True, true." His father said, "I was calling to schedule a lunch date with my eldest son. Will you be free today?"

"I'm afraid not. I have back to back meetings starting at noon." Sesshomaru answered a little disappointed. He really did enjoy talking with his father.

"How about tomorrow?" His father countered confusing Sesshomaru for a moment. Usually his father would then ask if he would like to come to the house for dinner that night. So, hearing him ask to reschedule for the next day threw Sesshomaru off.

"That will be fine. The usual time and place?" Sesshomaru asked wondering if his father had not asked him to dinner because of something to do with the Yokai.

"Yes, see you then." His father said with a happy lilt to his voice. Hanging up the phone, Sesshomaru decided that couldn't possible be it.


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Sephiroth jerked awake as his phone began ringing. Then tone telling him who had sent him a message. Growling in irritation, Sephiroth opened the application on his phone and scanned the message.

'Orochimaru was picked up by the police, I want you to find out what he told them. Then strip him of his belongings, holdings, and businesses.'

Dropping back on the bed with a snarl, Sephiroth cursed the raven-haired bastard that made his life a living hell for the last year. Rolling from the bed, he made his way to the bathroom to get the job underway. Maybe he could have it done before noon, that is if he could find the bastard. Since Itachi was looking for Orochimaru that meant the idiot had spilled his guts to the police and was trying to hide, and that weasel was good at hiding.


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Entering Demon Dog Marketing, Sasuke walked across the lobby to the service desk. The woman sitting behind the desk pushed her glasses up on her face and asked, "May I help you?"

"I am here to speak with Lord Sesshomaru. Is he available?"

"Do you have an appointment?" The woman asked snidely.

"I do not." Sasuke answered taken aback by the woman's hostile behavior.

"May I ask your name?" The woman all but snarled.

"Sasuke Uchiha." He answered while holding in a sarcastic remark about shitty customer service.

The woman gave him a once over with a sneer as she called Sesshomaru's extension. Sasuke took that moment to look at the nameplate sitting on the desk, planning on informing Sesshomaru about this woman's attitude.

"There is a man at the front desk asking to see Lord Sesshomaru. His name is Sasuke Uchiha." There was a short break as the woman's eye brows furrowed, "But he has no ..... Yes." She said as she looked back at him. "Yes." She answered again as her cheeks began to turn a brilliant shade of red. " I understand. I'll send him up." She hung up the phone very carefully with shaking hands, "Lord Sesshomaru is expecting you. Take the elevator on the left to the sixteenth floor. His office is at the end of the hall."

"Thank you Miss Ise." She nodded to him but kept her eyes down. Looked like he didn't have to have a chat with Sesshomaru about her. Smirking he turned away and motioned for Gin to follow as Sasuke boarded the elevator.

In no time the elevator doors opened and Gin let out a low whistle, "Just what does the man do?"

Stepping from the elevator, Sasuke answered, "His father owns the company but Lord Sesshomaru runs it for him."

"So, he is pretty much the head honcho." Gin said looking around the luxurious waiting room outside the elevator. His eyes drifted over paintings on the wall which he was positive cost more than he made in the last five years combined. All he could think was 'Wow' when they walked through the glass doors to an office with a small dark-haired secretary sitting behind a desk.

She smiled at them, "Hello. Lord Sesshomaru is waiting, so, please go on in Mr. Uchiha."

"Thank you." Sasuke said as he approached the doors, "Will it be alright with you if my friend sits out here for now?"

"That will be fine." She said her bright smile never leaving her face.
A genuine smile crossed Gin's face as he watched her. Something about her seemed so very innocent, "Thank you very much, Miss...?"

She giggled, then said, "Rin."

"Thank you Miss Rin." He said with a smile.


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Sesshomaru was standing by the window when Sasuke waked in. Turning he greeted the young Uchiha. "Is there something I can do for you?"

"Actually I'm here to help you." Sasuke said causing Sesshomaru to raise an elegant eyebrow.

"and what, may I ask, do I need help with?" Sesshomaru asked.

"I remembered the hundred or so times you complained about your IT manager, so I have come to ask if you would interview a friend of mine and maybe give him the job. That way I will no longer have to hear your whining."

"I do not whine." Sesshomaru said with a snort.

"You do too." Sasuke answered with a smile.

"Let me guess, he is waiting out there by Rin." Sesshomaru said sitting behind his desk.

"You betcha." Sasuke said crossing his legs, "But I think I would like for him to sit out there a moment before you call him in."

"and why is that?" Sesshomaru asked with a smile

"Punishment." Sasuke answered, a light blush coloring his cheeks.

"Very well." Sesshomaru said, slight curiosity filtering into his voice.


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Gin wasn't sure what to think as ten minutes went by without Sasuke calling for him. Then, as twenty minutes began to slide by, Gin began to feel a bit nervous. Sitting in the chair, he tried to keep his anxiety from showing in his body language, but the wait was beginning to strain him to the breaking point. The soft sound of the latch on the door caused Gin to heave an internal sigh of relief. Standing when Sasuke motioned for him to enter the office, Gin gently smoothed down the front of his blazer jacket. He was never comfortable dressing in the monkey suits, but he understood now why Sasuke was so adamant about him wearing the outfit. The richly decorated office spoke of wealth and if Gin was to have any chance of landing a job, he would need to look and act the part. Sitting behind the massive dark wood desk sat a man with long white hair, but the pointed ears and colored markings on the mans face drew Gin's attention. This man was a demon.

"Well hell, your that demon lord." Gin blurted out.

Sasuke was horrified by Gin's less then stellar manors, but Sesshomaru's light chuckled kept him from smacking the pale-haired man. Sighing, Sasuke looked from Gin's slightly blushing face to the demon lord in an apology. Sesshomaru's laughing eyes drifted from him to Gin as he waved to the chair, "Yes, that would in fact be the case. Please sit down."

Gin nodded as he took a seat in the plush chair before the very lovely yet intimidating demon. "Well Gin, why don't you tell me what qualifications and knowledge you possess that would make you a valuable asset to this company."

Gin cocked his head to the side and decided he should just speak his mind with this man. After-all, he had already made a less than savory impression. A smile slide across his face as he said, "To be perfectly honest sir, you would be unable to understand anything I would have to say. The only thing that would be in your ball park of knowledge relating to computers would be that I have been working with them for most of my life."

Gin heard Sasuke groan as the distinct sound of a hand meeting a forehead reached Gin's ears, but the slight smirk on the demon's mouth told him that his answer may have been the right move.

"I see." Sesshomaru said, "Then you would not be opposed to a little experiment."

Gin felt his smile falter a bit, "No."

Sesshomaru smiled as he pushed a button on his phone, "Ukitake,"

"Yes sir." Came a male voice from the speaker.

"Has the virus been unleashed?" Sesshomaru asked as he watched Gin closely.

"Yes sir," Ukitake answered causing one of Gin's eyes to widen slightly while he tried to figure out what was going on. "I chose the highly aggressive one that took down our competitors system last week. I hope that was alright sir."

"That was perfect." Sesshomaru answered as he smiled from the look of alarm on Gin's face. Pressing the com button, Sesshomaru said, "Well Gin, find it and fix it."

Gin jumped from his chair as Sesshomaru stood from his and stepped away from the desk. The pale-haired man rushed around the desk and dropped into Sesshomaru's vacated chair and hissed, "You crazy ass, why would you infect your own system to prove a point."

Sesshomaru's eyebrows shot up at the mans hostile behavior as Sasuke hissed the Gin's name in warning. Gin was oblivious to Sasuke's angry glare as his long fingers flew over the keyboard. He muttered to himself as his eyes scanned the different windows that popped up on the screen, then a sinister smile crossed his face and he sat back in the chair to cross his arms. Looking up at Sesshomaru, Gin said, "You tricked me."

"Excuse me?" Sesshomaru asked.

"That virus was specially designed to die on its own while returning all function to normal." Gin's smile widened, "that was a naughty trick."

Sesshomaru eyed the man with respect. He had only been on the computer for less than five minutes and had discovered what had taken his current IT man over thirty minutes to find out. Smiling, Sesshomaru extended his hand, "Welcome to Demon Dog Marketing as the new IT department head."

Gin took his hand with a grin, "So what kind of power do I have?"

Sesshomaru felt a bit of concern over the question as Gin followed up with another question that drew a frown from Sesshomaru "Can I let anyone go if I decide?"

"Do you have someone in mind?" Curiosity and concern apparent in Sesshomaru's question.

"Oh yes. Someone named Ni Jeni." Gin answered without hesitation.

"Why is it you want to fire the current manager?" Sesshomaru asked.

"Because he is stealing from the company." Gin said seriously as he pinned Sesshomaru with a stern look. Sesshomaru watched as the pale-haired man brought up the proof behind his statement. Though Sesshomaru was highly impressed by Gin's abilities, he also felt a strong rage over the betrayal of the man he had hired. Together they left the office to both fire the thieving bastard and set Gin up in his new position. It looked like he owed Sasuke a great debt of gratitude for bringing Gin to his office today, for if the information was correct, Ni Jeni had stolen around five hundred thousand dollars from his company in the last six months. This was most definitely going to be a long day.


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Sephiroth felt his phone vibrate, growling he pulled a glove off his hand and reached into his pocket to retrieve it. Flipping it open without looking at the display, he answered, "I'm busy."

"My apologies." Came a deep chuckle that sent shivers down his spine. "Did I interrupt something important."

Sephiroth fought to keep his face from showing the affection for the man on the other line, "You could say that. I'm at work at the moment."

"Really." Sesshomaru said quietly. "Well I was hoping to invite you to dinner, but if your too busy......" Sesshomaru trialed the last word off in a wistful manner.

Sephiroth heaved a fake sigh, "I'll come. When do you plan to have me over?"

Sesshomaru's chuckle vibrated through his body ending with a dull ache in his chest, "Can you be at my home by six?"

"Yes." Sephiroth answered quietly.

"Good. I'll see you then." Then the line went dead.

Sephiroth turned to the man sitting chained to the chair, head sagging as he panted through the pain. Pulling on his glove, Sephiroth walked up to the man, grabbed a handful of dark hair and pulled the mans head back. Yellow eyes met his as tears sprang free from pain. "My plans have changed, looks like I won't be spending the night with you." A sadistic smile crossed his face, "I'll have to get a bit more aggressive I'm afraid. Hopefully I don't break you."

Orochimaru's eyes widened slightly as Sephiroth let him go and walked to the table sitting nearby, "You know what I want, but in case you have forgotten let me remind you." Selecting a tool, Sephiroth turned to the man, "Zaraki and Itachi want to know what you have told the police." Leaning down to stare into hate filled yellow eyes, Sephiroth smiled, "Time to scream."

The next several hours were filled with the pain-filled screams of a broken man. Sephiroth left the building with everything he needed. Using the spare track phone he always carried, Sephiroth called for an ambulance, then disconnected the call, busted the phone, and threw it in the dumpster. Removing his gloves he tossed them and his jacket into the trunk of his car. Dropping onto the drivers seat of his car, Sephiroth took out his company phone and sent a quick email to Itachi, giving him the information the man had wanted. Sephiroth put his phone away and looked at his watch. He had just enough time to get home, and clean the blood off his filthy body before his dinner with Sesshomaru.


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Sesshomaru got out of the passenger seat of his car and handed the keys to the valet while Sephiroth got out of the passenger seat. The restaurant wasn't especially fancy but the food was delicious and the service was excellent. It didn't take long for them to be seated and their orders taken.

"So how was your day today?" Sephiroth asked as he swirled his wine in the glass.

"Trying." Sesshomaru answered. Sephiroth smiled lightly as Sesshomaru told him of the gentleman he hired that day. It seemed he was a cocky young man who completely impressed the demon lord. "The rest of the day was spent in boring meeting after boring meeting." Sesshomaru finished with a sigh.

"So you prefer the night club then?" Sephiroth asked his light smile hidden behind the glass.

"Gods no!" Sesshomaru said quickly. "That place is a noisy, smelly hellhole that grates on my nerves."

Sephiroth chuckled at the horrified look on Sesshomaru's face. "So why do you continue to go. Surely your presence is not a requirement."

Sesshomaru looked at the silver-haired man as that question rolled around his mind. He felt his heart begin to soften as he thought about it seriously. "What you say is true. I guess I many have just taken over my brother's business without any thought." With a light chuckle he added, "I guess I'm more like my father than I thought."

Sephiroth's eye twitched, "That's not what I meant. I just.... I...."

"It is okay. Sometimes the most innocent statements can become a life changing realization." Sesshomaru said as their food was delivered. They ate and chatted about inconsequential things. Sitting back in his chair Sesshomaru watched Sephiroth as he finished his glass of wine. Steeling himself, Sesshomaru asked, "I've been meaning to ask, why did you not want to talk about your brother?"

Sephiroth's heart clinched as the thought of his brother came up, "Do you hate him?" Sesshomaru asked.

"No, that's not it." Sephiroth said quickly, "The situation is just painful and I prefer not to talk about it. Please understand. Maybe one day I could talk about it, just not now."

Sesshomaru sat there while Sephiroth looked at him with pleading eyes. He wanted to ask more about it, to demand Sephiroth tell him everything but he knew that would drive a wedge between them, ending their budding relationship. Closing his eyes with a sigh, "Very well." He said as he opened his amber eyes to meet with Sephiroth's blue/green eyes, "I will back off, but I want you to know you can trust me with anything. I won't use it against you."

Sephiroth's throat closed up so he could only nod his understanding. He wanted to believe the demon lord, he really did, but his past made trusting people nearly impossible.


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Kisame stood before Itachi in his small office.

"I see." Itachi said, his dark eyes staring down at his desk lost in thought. Kisame knew the raven was rolling the recent events through his mind and deciding what to do that would bring his goals about faster. Finally he looked up, his obsidian eyes flat as he narrowed them on him. "Bring Sephiroth in. You have until tomorrow afternoon." Itachi said as he stood from behind the desk.

Kisame's sinister smile was Itachi's only assurance his orders would be carried out. Turning from the blue man, Itachi felt angry over Sephiroth's lack of action. It seemed the silver-haired bastard needed a little reminder of who he belonged to, "Kisame, bring Kadaj as well."

"Yes sir," Kisame answered as he left the room.


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Sesshomaru parked his car in front of Sephiroth's apartment building and turned to the pale-haired man. The confusion on his face almost made him smile, but he refrained. Their conversation from earlier had soured the rest of the evening and Sesshomaru didn't want to make it worse by laughing at Sephiroth's obvious confusion. "I wish I could take you home for the night but if I did, there would be no sleep for either of us." He said as he gently tucked some of Sephiroth's silver hair behind his ear, "There is no way I could keep my hands to myself."

Sephiroth's heated look told the demon he felt the same way, "I also have too much to do tomorrow without being exhausted while doing my job."

"Have dinner with me tomorrow." Sesshomaru said as he drew some of the silver strands of Sephiroth's hair through his fingers.

Sephiroth leaned forward with a smile, "I'll think about it." He said with a smirk.

Sesshomaru wrapped his hand behind Sephiroth's head and jerked him the last inches to possess his mouth. Tongues battled in a heated kiss until Sephiroth gave up the battle allowing the demon's tongue to enter his mouth. When he felt his back connect with the passenger side door, Sephiroth pulled away gasping for air.

Sesshomaru rested his forehead against Sephiroth's, "You're such a temptation." He whispered as he stared into Sephiroth's blue/green eyes, "Go before I embarrass you in front of your apartment."

Sephiroth smiled as he fumbled for the door handle. "Strange that such a controlled demon lord could loose control over a simple kiss."

"There is nothing simple about you." Sesshomaru hissed as he took Sephiroth's mouth again. Sephiroth's hand stilled over the handle of the door while his mouth was devoured by the demon. Pulling away with his eyes closed, Sesshomaru growled through gritted teeth, "Go."

Sephiroth opened the door and nearly tumbled from the vehicle. Standing by the open door of the car, Sephiroth said, "Call me tomorrow." Then he turned away. As he walked to his building he could feel heated amber eyes on his back.


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Kadaj sat in the tiny room with Loz and Yazoo waiting for the expected denial to their request to see their brother. He had spent the last year hating his brother, but the phone call they placed the other day had him thinking that Sephiroth sounded really sad. Almost like he truly missed them. A man came through the door, "I'm sorry, your brother said he is unable to see you at this time."

"Why doesn't Sephiroth tell us himself?" Kadaj asked, feeling suspicious for the first time since he was enslaved by Itachi.

"He's too busy with his new plaything to make time for unwanted pests like you." The man answered with a sneer. "Besides the three of you have to be to work in an hour. Don't want you to be late paying back your debt." He said over his shoulder as he left the room.

"Come on." Growled their guard as he pulled Yazoo to his feet. Kadaj immediately pushed the man from his younger brother and Loz quickly took over guarding Yazoo as Kadaj watched the guard closely. Their brother was beginning to weaken from the stress they had been under. He refused to eat most days saying he wasn't hungry and when Kadaj or Loz forced him to eat he couldn't get much down except for a piece of bread with some jam on it.

For the majority of their enslavement Kadaj had blamed their older brother for not keeping his promise to help them pay back Itachi and the Akatsuki. Kadaj knew he was the one who built up the astronomical gambling debt, but his brother was in tight with Kenpachi Zaraki, the financial backer to the Akatsuki. So Kadaj felt his brother could pay it off. Then what had happened?

His brother dumped their only hope. The next day Itachi had called up his debt. Sephiroth had been pissed, swearing he would pay the debt but Itachi had still taken the three of them as collateral.

The first week, they spent in a drab prison like room in the basement of a brothel, then Itachi had come to him with a contract. "Your brother, Sephiroth, will no longer be helping you pay back your debt. He decided you were not worth the effort after I told him exactly how much you were in debt."

Kadaj was floored as the blood drained from his brain leaving him light-headed. He had no job, and no way to pay back the money he borrowed. Then Itachi dropped a piece of paper on the table.

"This is a flesh deed." He said with a smile, "It states your body belongs to me to do as I want until your debt is paid back."

Dear god no. Kadaj thought while starring at the innocent white piece of paper, "And what job will I have?" He asked as he looked up at the raven-haired man. The sinister smile grew more horrifying when Itachi looked up at the ceiling.

Kadaj's breathing sped up as his veins turned to ice and his body to lead. A prostitute? He could barely make out his brother's hot protests while he fought to stay conscious. "How long will it take to pay back?" He asked quietly.

"Depends on how cooperative and how often you are requested." Itachi answered.

"We will help." Loz and Yazoo said in unison.

"No!" Kadaj barked, turning to look at them, "Absolutely not!"

"It will go faster if we help." Loz said firmly.

"Please brother, we could maybe do other jobs like work in the kitchen or something." Yazoo said.

"That could be arranged." Itachi said.

"No. I don't want you to get involved." Kadaj protested.

"We are helping and that is final." Loz said crossing his arms. Kadaj tried to talk his brothers out of it but they stubbornly refused.

Turning to Itachi, Kadaj hated the look of victory on the mans face. "Very well, I will work hard for you under one condition." Kadaj said.

"What's that?"

"You do not separate us. We live together and work at the same place together."

"That I will arrange." Itachi agreed.

Kadaj had no idea when he and his brothers signed the contract that Itachi already knew his brothers would help and that he had no intention of letting his brothers work a less humiliating job. That very night the three of them had lost what dignity they possessed.

Now standing in the small office at the brothel, Kadaj and his brothers were at Itachi's mercy. Kadaj was almost positive they had earned enough to pay back his debt but he knew if he brought it up his brothers would be the ones to suffer for it. He had done so one time, and one time only. The resulting nightmare had been too much for him to bare, and he knew he would never be able to make it right by his brothers.

Just as Loz ushered Yazoo towards the door, another man came in. Kadaj felt light headed as he watched the blue man look them over. What was Kisame doing here? His brother, Yazoo was trembling as Kisame turned to their guard. "Itachi has requested Kadaj be brought to him. The others can fill in for him while he is away."

"Yes sir." The guard said as he turned to follow Loz and Yazoo from the room. Kadaj gave his brothers a light smile of reassurance when they turned to him with concern in their eyes. Once gone, Kadaj looked over to the blue man, the smirk on Kisame's face was not comforting. Kisame held his hand out, indicating Kadaj proceed him from the office. Taking a deep breath, Kadaj prayed he was not walking into another nightmare or, God forbid, his death.


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A/N: I hope you enjoyed the chapter.