Date with Destiny

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha

Chapter 10: Attack of the Clones.

Jakotsu batts his mascara-laden lashes to Hiten invitingly. Hiten responds by writing on a piece of paper then kicks him solidly shins, making sure to send a jolt of 'lightning' on their brief contact.

“Yawwwieeeee!” Jakotsu bends to rub his sore shins. “Ha ha ha! Mosquito bite.” he remarks off handedly as he massages his legs.

Hiten then kicks the crumpled piece of paper under the table towards Jakotsu.

Jakotsu picks it up and uncrumples the crude note. 'You're a male ... DUDE! ...I'm only interested in females.' it read. Jakotsu's lips quiver as his eyes water with unshed tears. Quickly, he scribbles down something and kicks the paper under the table towards Hiten. It read, 'Unbreak my heart, say you love me again. Undo this hurt that you caused when you walked out of the door and walked out of my life.' Hiten rolls his eyes then puts his head down on the table.

'God the creep that looks like Freedy Cruger is still looking at me.' screamed Kagome inside. She shifted uncomfortably to her side and rolls her chair away from the attentions of the dark youkai.

Naraku smirks, he was seated opposite her, pushing out his right leg he easily reaches her side and proceeds to tap her shoes.

“Kyaaa!” cried Kagome as she bolts up quickly.

“Kagome is there something you wish to share with the rest of us?” Sesshoumaru remarks drily.

Kagome looks around the conference room. They were all seated by a long rectangular oak table. Sesshoumaru took the usual position in the head of the table. Totosai and Jaken on either side of him. To Totosai's right was Rin, Hiten, Manten, Goshinki and Muso who was also giving Kagome a very eerie stare. 'To quote Ayame that is one freakin cross-eyed retard.' thought Kagome, she was seated next to him. To Jaken's left side was Kanna, Jakotsu, Shippo, Onigumo, Kagura and finally Naraku.

“Uh.. big mosquito bite.” she bowed lowly. 'He'll definitely whip my ass for this.' thought Kagome sighing heavily.

“You are flustered my dear... are you unwell?” Kagura lazily asked. Deep inside she was aware of her brother's facination with Sesshoumaru's deceased mate. Now this girl with uncanny resemblance to her seem to revive the dark youkai's obsessive desire. She thought about it for a moment. 'Poor girl. Naraku will probably not stop until you are his.'

There was no contest as to who of her brothers was the strongest and most intelligent. Onigumo and Muso were hanyou while Goshinki, Kanna, Naraku and herself were full youkai. To say she was afraid of Naraku was an understatement. Where her brothers Onigumo, Muso and even the brute Goshinki had a fraction of heart, Naraku was a totally different matter. Naraku was unpredictable as he was temperamental. Highly intelligent, resourceful, and powerful. All which combine to make him a most terrible and cunning enemy. And now he has his sights on the slip of a girl, who was currently fidgeting under their gaze. 'I wonder if Sesshoumaru has his sights on the girl as well.' she smirked inwardly. 'This would be a most intriguing development.' Forming a plan on her head quickly she calls out to the Western Lord.

“Sesshoumaru-dono, it would do good if we all get cooked up here. So that this meeting ends now, I say we all just hold the company ball at your private island near Kyuushuu. It would provide a most refreshing change of venue from the usual stuffy hotel atmosphere.”

Kanna eyed her sister wonderingly. 'She's up to something.'

Naraku, smiled darkly, this opportunity will give him the time he needs to convince the girl that he would make a good mate for her. “I agree.” he spoke huskily. Raking over Kagome's hunched form.

Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes at the blatant display of the other youkai. He had to bite his own tongue in order to silence the possessive growl that his inu eminated. His initial reaction was to refuse the idea completely, however, that would not stop Naraku from visiting her place. Therefore, he concluded that the best action to take was to agree to the proposition Kagura had brought up. In any event he will be near her in case Naraku tries to make a move. “Very well.” Wanting to pacify his simmering inu, he commands, “Rin, take Kagome with you and get all the notices printed out.”

“Hai Sesshoumaru-dono!” chirped Rin happily.

“You're new here aren't you? Your smile touches a part of me that no one has touched before.” Noticing her apparent misgivings about himself, Naraku grabs her hands and holds them between his. “No need to fear me my sweet. I am overpowered by your beauty.” He makes a move to kiss her hands.

“U-ah.. I really don't want to touch any particular part of you, I gotto run!” She says jumping up and bolting out the door. 'It's all that fluffy poodle's fault, when I get my hands on him I'm going to shave his freakin eyebrows and dye that pelt of his pink!' she fumed. 'He knew his associates were a murderous bunch fit for a freakin death row inmate and he sat me surrounded by Charles Manson's family!' (A/N: Charles Manson and his followers were convicted of the brutal slayings in the 1970's. He is currently in death row waiting execution).

“It seems you scared her Naraku.” chuckled Kagura, as she files her elegant claws. Sesshoumaru remained silent and stoic, but his eyes were ablaze with suppressed rage. The others gulped audibly and exchanged uncomfortable glances.

'My future mate should not fear me, rather, she should love me. Do not touch her, she is mine. If one strand of her hair is harmed. There will be severe retribution.' Naraku replied telepathically to his siblings. Kanna knew he purposely aiming the threat at her. 'The mutt must certainly want to re-claim the girl. He will not succeed. She is mine to keep this time.'

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“Sesshoumaru-dono we've finished all the notices!” announced an ecstatic Rin.

'No more sugar for you.' smiled Kagome inside.

“Good. Rin fax this to Koharu immediately.” Sesshoumaru hands Rin a red manila folder. Kagome follows Rin's figure out the door when.

“Kagome sit here there is a matter we must discuss.”

Kagome sat down, holding her hand over her heart. 'His eyes, they have the same soothing glow like in my dream.'

“In the matter pertaining to the company ball, which is to be held at my private island..”

“You own an island? So what are you? The president or something?”

Sesshoumaru frowned. 'I had forgotten how impossibly annoying she is at times.' he groaned inwardly. “Hai this Sesshoumaru owns an island. Do not ridicule my person with your idiotic comments.”

“Idiotic comments?” cried Kagome, “That was a light hearted joke ya stiff jackass! I was only trying to make conversation so that there wouldn't be any uncomfortable silences! And don't you dare wave your freakin hands at me like I'm some god damn pesky fly!”

In an instant Kagome found herself pinned on his desk. Both legs on either side of his narrow waist and a claw on her throat. “Get off me!” she screamed trying to wiggle away from his strong grasp.

The Western Lord gritted his teeth together. 'Is this female so ignorant of her actions?'

“Hey, your damn wallet is jabbing me-do you freakin mind?”

“That is not my wallet, Kagome.”

“If that's not your freakin wallet then what the hell is it?” demanded the still struggling teenager.

A vigorous vibrating jolted her already jumpy nerves making her scream. The bulge 'down there' shook visibly. “Do all your freakin body parts have minds of their own! What the hell are you a damn robot?”

“That is my mobile you irritable female!” growled Sesshoumaru letting Kagome go and fishing out his still vibrating mobile. “No I want that done today!” snarled Sesshoumaru. After a couple of loud growls later, he snaps his mobile shut and motions Kagome to sit down on the chair facing his own chair. “We must discuss the regulations of this office.” he promptly said.

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“You think she can see us?”

“With a bloated, fat head like yours who could miss us? I'd mistake you for a billboard if it wasn't for your stubby legs.” snorted Kaede.

“Shut up the hell up Humpty! No one will be able to put back your cracked ass if I decide to throw you from this height!” retorted Ayame.

“Why don't YOU shut up carrot head! Or I might just decide to stick a pole and string up your ass and use ye for a freakin ventriloquist act!” retaliated Kaede.

“Listen you horse-faced hipster doofus, if there's anyone in here best suited for that role it will be your Prerrie Dawn ass! Now cork your mouth before I boot your muppet behind all the way back to Sesame St. ya pink midget!”

“Shhhh!”Shushed Sango and Kikyo.

“Why are we doing this again?” Ayame whispered irritably.

“Duh! Coz the book said so!” pointed out Kaede lifting up the dating manual.

“I don't give a sh't about that damn kama sutra book, ya 8 year old spinster. I still don't know how this will help Kagome and Sesshoumaru get together.” insisted Ayame.

“Kagome is a total ditz when it comes to males. She needs our guidance.” answered Kikyo.

“Guidance? We need to freakin brain wash her clueless ass! The girl is living in god damn bubble! She's still believes in the Tooth Fairy for crying out loud!” Ayame boomed. “Probably thinks all babies are delivered by pigeons!”

“That's storks dumb ass!” corrected Sango.

“But uh how are we exactly going to know what the both of them are talking about? The lip-reading lecher isn't here.” reminded Kaede.

“We'll have to improvise.” replied Sango slyly.

“I was afraid of that.” grumbled Ayame.

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'Hmmm... yea, I want to feel your silky taut muscles... run my fingers all over you, kiss every inch... I want to get lost in savoring your maleness, to feel your hot panting breath on my skin...' Kagome's mouth watered as she murmers. “Delicious.” she drooled.

“Excuse me?”

“Uh nothing you were hearing things.” Kagome denied.

“Do not take this Sesshoumaru as a fool, I distinctly heard you say something in the lines of delicious.”

Snapping out of her daze Kagome pales, “uh, I mean to say... that is... I had something delicious for lunch today!” she lied. 'Damn that Ayame! Her freakin hormones must be in that sandwich she gave us for lunch today.'

'So she intends to play this little game does she?' smirked the taiyoukai inwardly. “That must be a food equal to the sacred ambrosia so loved by the gods that it has left you bereft of rational thought.”

“Oh you have no idea.” grinned Kagome.

Leaning close face to face, the inu lord whispers, “try me,” while looking into her eyes with a dangerous gleam in his eyes. Timbre of his voice like a seductive growl sending shivers running up and down her spine, making her light headed and horny as hell! Sesshoumaru smirks as he senses her discomfort and identifies the clear scent of her full blown arousal. Her was body boiling from the heightened awareness of his male predatory form-now dangerously so close to her own. He decides to push her buttons all the more, as he moves to her side. “I'm waiting Ka-go-me,” he breathes into her ear. Kagome yelps and jumps agitated.

'Cripes Kagome! Get a grip.' Kagome gulps nervously, noting the mischievous twinkle in his eyes. “It's uh... kinda hard to uh.. explain ya know.. um.. I really have to go.” She gets up quickly and turns to go.

“I have not as yet dismissed you Ms Higurashi.” he called out.

'FREAK! Code 1 Alert! The damn jerk is definitely up to something. This is the first time he's called me Ms Higurashi.' Willing her frantic heart to slow down to a normal pace, she turns back, exhales and lifts her head to him intent on meeting him eye to eye.

“Listen here you..ACK!” She chokes on her words as four familiar faces appear on the immense glass windows. With the inu lord facing her only she could see the four female figures on a flimsy looking scaffolding.

'What the hell are they trying to do?' she screamed inside. All four were waving at her and beaming a stupid smile like a bunch of idiots.

Kikyo was holding up a sign 'Relax and Breathe! Keep your chin up! Raise one eyebrow sophisticatedly.'

Sango's was, 'Squeeze his fine ass! SQUEEZE LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW!'.

Ayame's sign reads, 'Walk seductively. Lick your lips then wink at him. Be daring flash him a nipple.'

Kaede was holding up a sign that says: 'I'm with stupid' with an arrow pointing to Ayame.

'God what do I do?' She groaned inwardly. She shifts her eyes back to look at Sesshoumaru who was intently observing her. Thinking incoherently, she opts to do all suggestions with only Kaede's as the exception. However, somewhere between the numerous connections in her brain. A jumbled signal was sent to command her body movements. She walks limping, one leg involuntarily twitching. She tilts her head to one side with her left eyebrow raised while winking repeatedly with the other eye. When she tried to relax and breath slowly she started hyperventilating and wheezing ungraciously. She started to feel herself turn blue, and begins to panic as her lips start to numb.

Sesshoumaru notices her odd display and narrows his eyes. “Is something the matter Kagome?” He could clearly something shadow her eyes, as the scent of fear laces the surrounding air and overwhelms his nose. He feels himself growl, as he slowly turns his head behind him.

Misinterpreting his actions and noting her friends to be in trouble Kagome did the only she could think of at that precise moment. Grabbing the taiyoukai's face with both hands, she kisses him full on the lips hoping to distract him enough for her friends to make a hasty escape.

From the scaffolding, the girl's reaction was immediate. Ayame went on to a dead faint. Kikyo was covering Kaede's eyes with her hands while Kaede tries desperately to pry off her elder sibling's hands away from her face. Sango stood with one thumb up grinning ear to ear while holding up another sign with a message; 'You are a legend!'

The western lord didn't know what hit him. Shocked at first he soon got lost in Kagome's kiss returning it with great passion and desire. Kagome closed her eyes at the wonderful sensation of Sesshoumaru claiming her for his own. Flashes of a long forgotten memory appear in her mind, like some provocative movie reel.

Sesshoumaru and her making love under the star lit sky along side a crystal blue waterfall.

Of her and Sesshoumaru walking side by side in a field of flowers.

Her, dressed in traditional juni hitoe (multi-layered kimono) running through wooden corridors to greet Sesshoumaru.

Of Sesshoumaru laying his head down on her lap while she kisses his forehead as they relax by a tranquil garden pond.

Then darkness envelopes her vision, cold seeps through her skin.

She saw a pale woman in a white kimono leaning to her Lord and say something to him. Then Sesshoumaru buckles on his armor and swords as though preparing for war. She (kagome) cries to him telling him not to go, that it was a trap. But he leaves heedless of her words. By this time she could feel her own eyes awash with tears. The girl in white smiles ominously after Sesshoumaru's disappearing form. Then they vanish.

The last vision was of her struggling in a losing fight. Behind her a castle burns to ground. Sesshoumaru was no where. She was frantic. Twenty enemies encircle her, she fought them all simultaneously and kills them. But she herself was bleeding. She is tired. She couldn't breathe. Gurgling sounds emanate from her lungs, the taste and scent of blood overpowering in the air. One name rang in her mind as the feeling of betrayal embeds in her heart.

Sesshoumaru.

Her body grows heavy, and she falls. Then her lidded vision sees a white blur appearing to catching her limp body before it hits the ground, he was saying something to her, but she couldn't make out the words. Then everything went black as her heart stilled.

Kagome's eyes snapped open. “You betrayed her.” She whispered tears streaming down her flustered face.

“What?” Sesshoumaru asks in a daze.

“You bastard you left her to DIE!” she screamed pointing an accusing finger at him.

The western lord regains his composure. “What are you talking about wench?” he questioned. Something in the pit of his stomach was rapidly clenching.

“Don't pretend like you don't know! She warned you not to go, she told you they would attack, she pleaded with you. But you were unmoved and believed that lying transparent bitch instead of your own mate!” she screamed tears spilling uncontrollably. “She died protecting the people and lands that's supposed to be your responsibility. All because you did not trust her!”

“You know nothing of what you speak of female! Do not speak so lightly of the matter pertaining to my mate and this Sesshoumaru!” he realized then that his mate soul did indeed reside inside this young girl.

“You dense jackass! The moment you listened to that spook's words instead of your own mate's counsel, you decided your mate's fateful demise! The moment you stepped out of that castle to follow false words, you shared in the pact that spilled your own mate's blood! You aided those assassins, you may not have struck her down physically but your betrayal killed any once of strength she had in her! Where her killers failed in utterly breaking her, you succeeded in dealing the final blow that killed her spirit.” She cried hysterically.

Sesshoumaru's eyes widened a fraction. “No, I love her. All I have done, I did for her! She knew I must leave to protect the borders. You lie! She knew as mate of a taiyoukai, I must take action to protect the borders regardless of how deeply I resent having to leave her side.”

“She knew and accepted her role as your mate and would have followed you to ends of the earth if you had wanted it! But you betrayed her love when you left the capital to pursue a false uprising which your mate had warned you about. Why did you not believe her?”

“I know my mistakes and forever live with my guilt! But in her dying words she had forgiven me. She told me to love again but I...”

“She told you to love again because she did not wish to be hunted by your betrayal in her next life! She realized you will still be alive when she is reincarnated again.” Kagome stood facing him clenching both fists.

“Sesshoumaru-dono I have... uh... am I interrupting something?” Miroku asked.

“No. Ms Higurashi was just leaving.” replied Sesshoumaru coldly turning away from Kagome.

Kagome looked at him through furious eyes, then turned to leave. As she passes him she stops. Not bothering to face him she calmly states in a cold bitter tone. “Her killers are still alive. They are here as we speak. Maybe her death was for her own good. She would not have wanted to see you associate so amicably with one who obviously desired you and the title you carry.” She exits the office softly closing the reddish brown mahogany door.

“Whose killer?” asked Miroku, his interest peaked.

“None of your concern.” dismissed Sesshoumaru. “Do not tangle yourself in my affairs Miroku, if you wish for a long life.” he growled his eyes flickering crimson.

“Please don't eat me.” gulped Miroku.

Sesshoumaru glared at him then bared his fangs.