At What Price

SUMMARY: “I thought you should know that I’m fifteen minutes away from becoming Mrs. Inuyasha Masurau.” The sound of her giggling came over the line like a gentle caress. “Are you going to congratulate me?”

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Thanks for all the reviews and I hope you enjoy the latest chapter of my little drama.

CHAPTER 66: ABOMINATION
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Inuyasha squinted his eyes up at the towering steps that lay out like a never ending mountainous climb before him. He would have to climb each one of the steep steps to reach the Higurashi Shrine. But right at that moment, Inuyasha’s feet felt sluggishly heavy, as if his feet were made of cement and he hadn’t made his way to the first step. Inuyasha gritted his teeth. His thoughts warned him against this, but this is what he wanted. Wasn’t it? Inuyasha still couldn’t shake that lingering doubt in the back of his mind.

Gramps was sitting his old body at the steps that would lead to the entrance of the temple shrine. He awaited Inuyasha and his witchy wench with silent reverie. Gramps was entertaining dire thoughts. ‘They will be married, but not before I let Inuyasha know what Kagome did for him. Oh, Kagome may not have told her mother, but she told me that night long ago.’

Now, Gramps wasn’t a violent person by any means, however; the night of Kagome’s engagement party when Inuyasha went off the preverbal deep edge, and said some heartless things to her Gramps wanted nothing more than to smack that baka upside the head. ‘Yes, that baka would find out what Kagome did for him.’

“HEY OLD MAN!” Came the familiar off in the distance.

“Speak of the mutt of a demon,” muttered Gramps in a low tone as his old eyes made out Inuyasha form a few yard away.

“What was that you old pruned fart!” Inuyasha jumped and landed a few feet in front of the priest emitting a low growl.

Gramps gave a frightened ‘eep,’ and fell backwards from the lurching of the wooden frame from the sudden impact of the Inuyoukai’s landing. “What are you trying to do?! Give me heart failure mutt face!” His weathered hand clutched at his heart which was pounding wildly in his chest. “Then who would marry you, Baka!” Next, Gramps took his free hand and smack Inuyasha in the back of the head. “That’s what you get mutt face. You should know better than to disrespect your elders!”
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Kikyou waited the first step of the shrine with a strange pensiveness. A Smile graced her beautifully painted face while a gentle breeze blew the white silk dress that she wore for her soon to be marriage to Inuyasha. ‘Funny’ she thought in satisfaction. ‘Who would have thought I would have the nerve to wear white on my wedding day.’ Kikyou’s laughter was carried on the breeze and seemed to float around her. Her hand went into her purse. Kikyou was in search for her cell phone. ‘I think I’ll Naraku and let him know of the wonderful news.’ Kikyou’s finely manicured fingers fished out the small cellular contraption and dialed the number she knew, all to well, by heart. She brought the phone to her ear and listened as it dialed through.

Ring….

Naraku answered the phone in two rings. “Hello.” He heard a feminine sigh and knew it was Kikyou.

“I thought you should know that I’m fifteen minutes away from becoming Mrs. Inuyasha Masurau.” The sound of her giggling came over the line like a gentle caress. “Are you going to congratulate me?”

Naraku smiled as he watched Kagome breathing in and out while lying on top of his desk. With every breath she took he watched her breasts rise and fall within the confines of her black tank top. Naraku‘s hand moved to cup one of Kagome‘s breasts leaving it there. “Congratulation Kikyou.”

Kikyou heard the lustfully praise in his voice, but had no idea why it pleased him so. ‘Well, you did get Inuyasha to marry me earlier.’ she told herself. “Yes, but the interesting thing is where we are too be married at! Guess, in all places, the Higurashi Shrine.” Her voice couldn’t contain the hilarity of it. “Hahaha! Plus, I’m wearing white for my marriage.”

Naraku laughed huskily at what Kikyou said. “You, my fucking whore? Wearing white? Now that is an abomination!” His laughter continued. Naraku’s hand rose and fell with each of Kagome’s breaths he pinched her nipple and smiled when he felt it harden.

Kikyou swore she heard a moan but wasn’t sure. “Do you have company?” She asked sweetly.

Naraku heard the anger building in Kikyou‘s sweet tone. She must have heard Kagome. He smiled as his crimson eyes narrowed the resting beauty on the desk. “No.” he lied. “I have no company.” His hand slipped under the material of the tank top. Naraku now had his vile hand on Kagome’s flesh. “Kikyou go get married. Don’t forget to have fun. Then come back to me when you are done. I have something I want to give to you.” He hung up on her before she could ask any more questions.

Kikyou put the cell phone back in her purse and made her way to the shrine.
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Sesshoumaru was in the security office surrounded by Bankotsu, Hiten, Jakotsu, Ginta, and Hakkaku. They were surrounding a table with the layout plans of Naraku’s building, which had come from Samou’s equipment. They still hadn’t heard from him and were assuming the worst.

“We are getting a signal from somewhere here.” Bankotsu pointed to the blue prints. “But as you can see according to the city layout plan of the block there is nothing there. Our scouts don’t see anything and they have been surveying it for at least twelve hours now.”

Sesshoumaru wondered about this. ‘Why is it that it shows a signal but nothing is there? Could it be an underground structure?’ He stood there stoically as the security debriefing room was a whirl wind of chaos.

“Ginta and Hakkaku!” Bankotsu said. “Go down to the artillery room and prepare for the assault.” Bankotsu turned and looked at Hiten and Jakotsu. “You two go and ready the surveillance equipment.”
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Kagome could feel something on her chest and it was weighing her down painfully. ‘No stop!’ she screamed. She could feel evil radiating off it. Kagome’s powers started too blaze inside her. It was trying to purge the evil groping her body. Finally, something flared within her and it repelled the hand way like a magnet opposing one another. Her powers came full force at the man who made her skin crawl in disgust. ‘Please Sesshoumaru help me.’ She groaned longing. ‘Don’t leave me. I need you. Naraku scares me…’

Sesshoumaru felt like someone had swung a bat right in his midsection. He bit back a groan as he instinctively wrapped on arm around his waist while putting one hand on the table gripping it. Sesshoumaru tried to steady himself while his claws dig into the table. He began to get light headed and knew that he needed to leave the security room until this uneasiness feeling passes. Sesshoumaru could feel all eyes on him, but he let out a low growl indicating not say anything. He left the room in a commanding air but the minute the door shut behind him he bolted to the bathroom. Sesshoumaru pushed the bathroom door open as his eyes scan for the nearest opened stall. He dived for the closest one and hung his head low to the toilet. As Sesshoumaru went for the toilet he crashed down painfully onto his knees. A cold sweat set in and that’s when he heard her beautiful voice inside his head.

‘Sesshoumaru.’

‘Kagome?’ He thought he was loosing his mind. “Impossible,” Sesshoumaru groaned.

‘Help me Sesshoumaru… He’s evil… he killed her…’

Then he heard her voice again. It was like an answer to a long awaited prayer. Sesshoumaru craved and replied to Kagome’s voice. ‘Sweetheart… are you okay?’

Kagome heard him. The voice of her sanity, which she thought she was loosing very rapidly. Sesshoumaru’s voice was like a caress. Kagome wanted to weep because she missed him. But, just as hearing him made her feel somewhat at easy deep within her was a seed of doubt. It grew within her making her afraid she would never see him again.

‘Danger…’

“Danger? Kagome what are you talking about? Who is in danger Kagome?’ Sesshoumaru could feel her heartache pierce through his soul as the cold porcelain bit into his forearms as he gripped it.

‘Going after Inuyasha…’

‘Who is Kagome? Naraku?’

Kagome wasn’t making much sense when she spoke to Sesshoumaru. It was cryptic. Sesshoumaru desperately tried to get something from Kagome that made sense but to no avail nothing did.

‘He killed her. He killed your mother.’

His stomach heaved violently. Sesshoumaru knew who ‘he,’ was without Kagome saying the bastards name. It had been about twenty some odd years when his mother was murdered. No one knew who killed her. Except him, however; Sesshoumaru couldn’t remember much. Only bits and pieces of fragmented memories of a five year old that grew with him into adulthood. All he remembered was playing in the field deep within the forest and then awaking up in a misty fog. The memory came to him with an unforgiving grace. As his eyes closed, Sesshoumaru could see the running film of the past of himself. It was running in the recesses of his mind as the young carefree child of his past ran as fast as his young little legs would take him. The old gravel path was soft under his feet and made it hard for his small body to maintain its equilibrium. Sesshoumaru could still hear the sound of the dirt crunching under his feet still deeply imbedded within his subconscious. Add in thick surrounding fog and his frantic and worried searching for his mother he never saw her there. Not until it was to late. Then the evil laughter which always signaled the ending of the memory came.

‘Kagome!’ Sesshoumaru called out, but as soon as he heard her angelic voice he sensed Kagome’s presence within him slip away.