AfterShock

A/N: This chapter will contain rape. It is not detailed, but it is still there.
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Inutaicho groaned as he became more aware of his situation. He was laying on a hard floor with his arms bound behind his back and what felt like chains surrounding him. Reaching for his demon power, he was startled to realize he could barely feel it.

"Ryukotsusei, you go to the Kuchiki compound, I've heard the bitch demon is there. Kariya, I want you to go to the Aftershock and wipe them out."

Inutaicho figured it was Itachi speaking, than a deeper voice spoke up, "But the triplets are at the Kuchiki compound. I was promised time with those whores."

"Yammy..." But the words died as Itachi turned to see him, "Look who woke up."

Everyone's eyes were on him. It took him a bit, but he struggled to a sitting position with his hands behind his back. Looking around Inutaicho didn't recognize where he was. He could tell he was in a warehouse but with his senses impaired he couldn't work out where. A soft groan from his left drew his attention. Sephiroth lay on the concrete floor just past the metal plate he was chained to.

"Looks like the other princess is waking as well." Itachi said as he walked up to Sephiroth.

"Would you explain why we are still alive?" Inutaicho demanded as Itachi grabbed Sephiroth's bound wrists and pulled him to his feet. The raven-haired sneered at him as he drug Sephiroth to a table and slammed him face first onto its surface.

"The reason you both still live is because I haven't caught your son yet." Itachi said. "Ryukotsusei, Kariya, go destroy his family and the rest of his Yokai. Leave nothing to identify."

The assassin and demon left while the larger man protested about Kadaj and his brothers again. Ryukotsusei walked by Inutaicho with a wide smile, "I'm going to enjoy tearing your bitch and child apart. When I come back, you will be next."

Inutaicho tried for his power again as he snarled at his oldest enemy, but his power was blocked from him. When Ryukotsusei exited the building Inutaicho snapped his angry eyes to Itachi. The man ever so gently pulled Sephiroth's hair from his face than used it to force him to look at Inutaicho.

"There is a good reason why I'm doing this. Do you remember years ago when my father, the head of the Uchiha clan, sold his company to DDM? You see, it was supposed to be mine. I had it all planned. I would murder my uncle, the previous leader of the Akatsuki, and become the next leader. Than I was going to gain control of my fathers company and the clan. Than your son got in my way. With Sesshomaru's silver tongued tactics he pressured my father into practically giving what was mine away." Itachi snarled.

"That company was going to fund my rise to power." Itachi sighed as he pulled a knife from a nearby box.

"That is all this is about." Inutaicho asked surprised by Itachi's petty reason.

"No, not all." Itachi said as he stood from where he had been leaning over Sephiroth, "Your Yokai were also a problem. Especially after I killed off the entire Uchiha clan. Because of you and that Jenova bitch I had to seek refuge with Zaraki. Such a weak and pitifully easy man to manipulate." Itachi said as he held his hands up in exasperation, "Than this bitch had to step in and slow down my progression." He snarled. Raising his arm, Itachi drove the long, thick knife into Sephiroth's back, through his shoulder blade and into the table.

Sephiroth's pain-filled cry echoed through the building as Inutaicho struggled with his bindings. Than Itachi grabbed Sephiroth's hair and pulled his head back. Sephiroth had tears in his eyes as he snarled insults at Itachi. "Those brothers of yours, they were one of the most perfect ways to manipulate you into doing whatever I needed. They were also the best whores I ever employed. Your brother Kadaj was the highest paid product I had."

Sephiroth glared at Itachi as he was about to deny the accusation. Then he remembered all the behaviors his brothers had exhibited.

"You bastard." Sephiroth hissed, but the rest of his words were cut off when Itachi pulled harder on his hair which dug the knife into his shoulder.

"I'm sure you are aware this demon and his son rescued your brothers."

Sephiroth could hear Inutaicho's shouts at Itachi to shut his mouth, but Itachi leaned in, "They had that Kuchiki clan leader purchase them. He spent and entire night fucking your brothers before he bout their deeds."

Inutaicho was all but roaring as he fought his bindings.

"But why would the Yokai lord help rescue your brothers? Could it be because you were fucking his eldest?"

Itachi snickered into his ear. "I assure you that was not enough a reason. You want to know something I unearthed after I had your mother killed? Did you ever question who their father was?"

Sephiroth looked at Inutaicho and saw it in his eyes as he looked back.

Inutaicho saw the pain in Sephiroth's eyes before he closed them. "Listen to me, Sephiroth. That was not the reason."

Itachi grinned as he walked over to him, "Oh but it was. I heard about how you lost your temper when you found out what I contracted them to do."

"Seph...." But his words were cut off when Itachi kicked him in the face sending him to the floor. he spit out the blood pooling in his mouth as he sat back up and reached for his power for the hundredth time. It was close, he could feel it starting to enter his system.

"Yammy," Itachi's sharp call drew Inutaicho's gaze, "You were complaining about not getting your chance with the boys."

"Ya. What of it?" Yammy asked irritated.

"You can have their brother instead." Itachi turned from Inutaicho, "He doesn't leave that spot and you can't kill him."

"I can do anything else?" Yammy's excited voice drew panicked eyes from Sephiroth.

"Anything." Itachi said.

Inutaicho reached hard for his power, feeling the beasts roar, he was almost there. Than Itachi turned and fired the gun he had picked up. The dart entered his chest, driving his power deep inside him, out of his reach. Inutaicho heard the tearing of cloth from Sephiroth's direction. Glancing quickly, Inutaicho saw the big bastard baring Sephiroth as he pulled his own pants down. Looking back to Itachi, Inutaicho struggled against his bindings. They began to creek as, through sheer willpower, they began to stretch the links in the chains.

Itachi raised the gun again and fired another dart into his body. A sinister grin crossed his face as Sephiroth's screams filled the warehouse.

Inutaicho glared at Itachi, "You are a dead man Itachi. My son will destroy you and all you command."

"Oh really?" Itachi said as he knelt by him as Inutaicho's vision began to darken. "How can your weak ass pup harm me?"

Inutaicho snarled as he lost consciousness. Itachi glared at the demon as he stood. Kisame came up next to him. "He seems so sure."

"There is nothing Sesshomaru can do with his weak demonic power. He can't even transform into dog form."

"Are you sure?" Kisame asked as he turned to look at the table where Yammy was raping Sephiroth.

"There are no records of it and there is no demon who can suppress such a transformation for as long as Sesshomaru has been alive." Itachi said as he turned to Kisame. Though he said it with confidence, there was a slight seed of doubt entering his thoughts.

"Go join Yammy. This will be your last chance with him."

*****

Shikamaru turned as the door to the Aftershock opened expecting to see Sesshomaru, but the familiar orange haired street General brought a smile to his face. Walking up to the man, Shikamaru held his hand out in greeting, "Ichigo."

Ichigo smiled broadly as he took Shikamaru's arm, "Shika."

Shikamaru looked over Ichigo's shoulder to see Chad and a smaller dark haired man wearing glasses. Ichigo nodded his head at them, "Was on my way here when I ran across Chad. He insisted on coming, then Ishida said he couldn't let us have all the fun."

"Thank you for coming." Shikamaru said with a light bow. Chad just scratched his chin and blushed. The Ishida boy however let out a snotty huff and crossed his arms.

"I only came because I would hate to see Chad get hurt during this mess. Ichigo can kiss my ass." Shikamaru chuckled as Ichigo turned on the boy with glasses, insulting Ishida as the dark haired boy just waved him off like he was no more than a fly.

Hearing his name, Shikamaru turned to see Inuyasha with a small group, "Can we talk with you for a moment?"

Nodding Shikamaru turned to give the group his full attention. "This is Gin, a friend, and he has some information that may be important."

"It's not much, but any little bit helps, right?" Gin said as he stuck his hands up and shook his head. Shikamaru listened as Gin relayed what minimal information he could pull from his old contacts. The Akatsuki did not have the numbers they once possessed, but the assassins and demon hunters had swelled their ranks. Ryukotsusei had even called in some of his demon friends from other countries, demons who were expelled from this country by Inutaicho hundreds of years ago.

"Those bastards are not going to make this easy." Ichigo said with a sigh.

Inuyasha nodded, "Do we know their plans?"

Shikamaru shook his head, "No, but if I don't miss my guess, they will attack here and at the Kuchiki compound. The forces at the Mansion are larger than here, so they should assume that is where we are keeping everyone."

Miroku stood beside Inuyasha with his arms crossed as he listened to the group talk. His eyes darted to the pacing assassin. The information was not all that surprising to him, a little daunting? Yes, but not surprising. That said, Kimimaro made him nervous with his angry movements. He had been at it since first arriving with Shikamaru, and he seemed to be getting worse. That man was seconds from exploding.

Byakuya stepped out of his car just as Sesshomaru pulled up. He could tell from the chaotic flow of demonic power flowing from his friend that this was not going to be an easy battle. He had never felt his friend so furious before. Byakuya shivered as Sesshomaru exited his car and approached him.

Swallowing hard, Byakuya felt a momentary sense of pity for Itachi. The man was going to suffer greatly for his transgressions today.

Kimimaro was pacing the dance floor of Inuyasha's club. He desperately wanted to get going, to go rescue his mate now, but he knew they needed to wait. They needed to come up with a plan. Reaching up he rubbed spots on his chest that began to hurt knowing it was a phantom pain from his mate. The door opened and Sesshomaru walked in. It took way too much will power not to jump on the demon for taking so damned long to get here. Behind him, Byakuya Kuchiki walked into the club. Kimimaro didn't care who was involved, it was time to get this figured out.

Sesshomaru turned to watch Kimimaro step up to him, the man looked feral, almost to the point of maddened rage. Turning to Shikamaru, Sesshomaru knew they needed to act soon, before his father's mate completely lost control. Kimimaro's distress only reminded Sesshomaru of what was at stake. His own mate's well being.

It didn't take long for Shikamaru to relay they information Kimimaro had forced from the demon hunter that was left at his father's home, or the added information he had gathered from the remaining Yokai, and Gin. Sesshomaru could only clinch his teeth as his desire to destroy Itachi and all he represented washed over him again. He usually did not enjoy battle, it was a waste of energy and life. Today, however, he relished in wiping these people from the face of the planet.

Sesshomaru looked at Shikamaru, "I'm going to go rescue Sephiroth and my father."

Byakuya announced he would go as well, followed by Kimimaro's nod. Shikamaru nodded, "The four of us should be enough. With a smaller group we can easily sneak up on them and gain entrance to the warehouse."

Inuyasha looked around the club. He may want to join his brother in this fight, but as he saw all his friends preparing for the upcoming battle he knew what he had to do, "I should stay here where it is more defensible. Where are my brothers and sister?"

Byakuya turned to Inuyasha,"They are at my home with some Yokai, all of the Kuchiki clan and the rest of Zaraki's men."

Inuyasha nodded. They should be well protected, but he had a sinking feeling about what was about to occur. He couldn't figure out what it was, but something was bothering him. He knew the Aftershock could hold up to the coming onslaught, he even knew there was enough weaponry here to more than arm anyone with their preferred style. Looking around again, his eyes landed on Miroku. Maybe he was just feeling nervous jitters over having those he loved in such danger.

Inuyasha turned back to his brother when Sesshomaru announced that it was time to go. As his brother turned to lead the small group from the club he barked Sesshomaru's name. When his brother turned Inuyasha gave him a cocky smile, "You better bring dad back."

Sesshomaru smiled then walked away. He would bring them all back and end Itachi's life.

*****

Stark opened his eyes as one of his men called his name. "What is it?"

"Sir. I have just been informed that Kariya will be going to the Aftershock with two thirds of the fighting force. The rest, mostly demons, are going to the Kuchiki compound with Ryukotsusei."

Stark frowned at the information. Sitting up he looked out over the group of Yokai sitting bound on the ground. Though the man that lead the group appeared to be calm, Stark could see the worry on his face. With a sigh, he stood and walked up to the man, "What is your name?"

"Shunsui Kyoraku." The man said as he looked up at him.

"Where are the majority of your forces?" Stark could see the man calculating all the possible variations of giving up that information, but Kyoraku finally told him that the majority were at the Kuchiki compound.

Stark pulled a knife from his belt and knelt before the man. Kyoraku's curious eyes followed his movements as he reached forward and cut the ropes binding him. "You should go help them out."

"Sir!" His subordinate gasped.

"Shut it." Stark sighed then turned to his strongest fighters and closest friends. "Grimmjow, Zabuza and Haku. I want you to accompany Kyoraku to the Aftershock and provide extra backup against the assassins."

Grimmjow's answering smile was enough to let him know that the blue haired man would not only obey, but he would enjoy every bit of the adventure. The three knew he didn't really enjoy working for Itachi. Madara had been the only man he would consider his boss. Zabuza nodded as he turned to lead the way.

"Are you sure you want to turn on your ally so easily?" Stark turned back to Kyoraku and gave him a slight nod. With a grin, Kyoraku stood to follow the three to the Aftershock.