If You're Not The One

A/N: I am sorry for the cliffy. I have to put this up today because I won't be near another computer until next Monday, so here ya go. Enjoy.
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He didn’t like it. It was too damn quiet. As he sat in his study, his golden eyes went to the monitors that he had placed in the corner of his room. His eyes widening, he realized that the monitors were snowy, meaning that there was either a problem with the security system, or they had an intruder that had fucked with the system.

Standing up, Sesshomaru strolled to his door. Being cautious, he opened it slowly and when he saw that the coast was clear, he stepped forward. His long strides were soundless as he approached a glass case that held his most prized possession.

A sword that had been forged in the feudal era, had been given to him on his twenty-first birthday. It was rumored to be a sword of evil, but he did not care. All he knew was that if there was an intruder, he was going to shove his sword up the intruder’s ass and let him lick the sharp tip.

Sesshomaru turned and headed towards the stairs, his first thought to make sure that Kagome was safe and still asleep. He did not need a frightened female on his hands at the moment, and with her still being ill, he had no doubt that she would want him with her.

Just as his foot touched the first step, a shot rang out followed by a loud screech. Bolting up the stairs, Sesshomaru’s only thought was that his woman was safe and that by the end of the night, the intruder’s blood would be upon his sword.
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Jaken had decided that he would make one last call on Kagome. He silently walked up the stairs, and reached the door. With a deep breath, and a hope that she did not get upset with him for looking in on her so often, he quietly opened the door a little, and whispered, “Kagome, are you alright?”

He saw a small flash of light in the corner and stepped back, surprised. Just as he stepped back, a shot rang out and he felt the hot air of the expended bullet graze his cheek, causing him to shriek. Turning, Jaken stumbled for the stairs and screamed, “SESSHOMARU-SAMA, THERE IS AN INTRUDER IN THE MASTER BEDROOM WITH MISS KAGOME!”

Before he could draw another breath, Sesshomaru dashed past him, a sword held tightly in his hand, and quickly went to the bedroom. Without a thought, Sesshomaru burst into the room and snapped on the lights. The confrontation he had wanted would have to wait because the cowardly bastard had opened up the window and had made a hasty escape.

Scowling, Sesshomaru glanced at the bed and fought to roll his eyes. Kagome was sound asleep, and her breathing was deep. Clearly, she had slept through the entire attack. Stalking over to the bed, Sesshomaru nudged Kagome and quickly lost his patience when she did not stir. Setting the sword down, he grasped both of Kagome’s shoulders and shook her, though not gently. When that failed to wake her, Sesshomaru reared his hand back, preparing to slap her across her face to wake her up, but stopped when his eyes strayed to the nightstand.

Resting on a book that Kagome had been reading was a syringe. It had been clearly used and Sesshomaru felt his body grow cold. The bastard that had snuck into his home had injected Kagome with something. Without bothering to call an ambulance, Sesshomaru threw back the covers and lifted Kagome’s body into his arms. He managed to grab her robe and slipped it on her nude body before grabbing the syringe and carrying his woman out of their room and down the stairs.

Jaken paled when he saw Kagome in Sesshomaru’s arms. For a moment, he thought that she was dead, but his employer quickly dispelled that notion and said, “Call the police, Jaken. Tell them to meet me at the hospital. Kagome has been drugged and she needs medical attention.”

Nodding dumbly, Jaken stumbled to the phone and dialed the number. When the woman came on the line, Jaken quickly told her what was happening and she said that the police would be at the hospital, waiting on Sesshomaru.

Thanking the lady, Jaken hung up and he shivered. He had nearly been shot. Darkness hit Jaken as he realized that he had nearly met his maker and he ended up falling to the floor in a little heap.
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Goshinki glared at his cell phone and wondered if he should make the call. Taking in a deep breath, he dialed the number and waited for the line to be picked up. When it finally was, Goshinki said, “Takashiro still lives. The asshole sent his little servant up to check on the girl and managed to escape my bullet, but don’t worry, he will still be dead by the end of the week.”

“What of Kagome? Tell me, is she alright?” Naraku asked, his voice soft. He was so angry at the moment, if he did not exert some sort of control, he would snap the neck of the bitch who was currently pleasuring him.

“The girl is fine. She won’t remember me or anything else that happened tonight. Look at it this way, she gets a night of peaceful slumber and will wake up feeling better than she had in years.” Goshinki said, his fists clenched.

After slowly letting out the breath he had been holding, Naraku said, “Good. Now we know that the stuff with work. However, there will be a change in plans. The next time you see her, you are to inject her and then bring her to me. I will deal with her, myself.”

“Fine. I will call you back after I deal with Kikyo.” Goshinki said, his fist slowly unclenching. This had not gone so badly after all.

“Yes, that will do. Oh, Goshinki, if you ever fail me again, I will personally see to it that you never work another day ever again. Do we understand each other, my friend?” Naraku asked, already knowing the answer.

“Yes, we do. Have a good night.” Goshinki said. He hung up the phone and fought the urge to puke. Damn that Onigumo. He could fuck him over and there was nothing to lead anyone to Naraku’s door should he try and point a finger at him. Naraku Onigumo had his ass, and he knew it.

Walking to his car, Goshinki resolved to drive to Kikyo’s place and deal with her at once. Then, Naraku could back off, and he could get a peaceful night’s sleep.
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Bankotsu had just clocked in when his beeper went off. Sighing, he grabbed his stethoscope and ran to the emergency room. It did not take much for him to recognize Sesshomaru Takashiro.

When he and Kikyo were still friends, he and Jakotsu had dined at Sesshomaru’s home, and Jakotsu had joined in a business endeavor with Sesshomaru. Over all, Bankotsu thought that he was a good guy, but a bit stiff.

His dark eyes traveled to the woman that lay in Sesshomaru’s arms. It was clear that something was wrong. With all of Sesshomaru’s loud orders and the noise around her, the woman should be awake and alert, but she did not move from the protective cocoon of his arms.

Stepping closer to the couple, Bankotsu saw that Sesshomaru was speaking with a nurse and a police detective. When he approached, Sesshomaru’s golden eyes darted over to him and he turned towards him.

“Help her. She was drugged when an intruder snuck into my home. I can’t get her to wake up.” Sesshomaru said, his frustration apparent.

“Do you know what she was injected with?” Bankotsu asked, his hand lifting to brush Kagome’s hair back from her face.

“No, but he did leave behind this.” Sesshomaru replied, his hand extending with the syringe.

“Take that to the lab and have them check the contents, and tell them that I want the results stat.” Bankotsu said. He watched as the nurse took the syringe and fled down the hall. When she was gone, Bankotsu motioned for Sesshomaru to hand Kagome over to him and said, “I need for you to go and sit in the waiting room. I can’t have you hanging over my shoulder as I check her over. Please, trust me to do my job while you go and talk with the detective.”

Sighing, Sesshomaru nodded and followed the detective. Before he left the room, he turned slightly and said, “Kagome. Her name is Kagome Higurashi and she is mine. Make sure that she is treated well.”

Bankotsu nodded, and when he and Kagome were alone, he glanced down at the slumbering young woman and grinned. Not even Kikyo had managed to get Sesshomaru to proclaim her as his.

He walked into an examination room and ordered a nurse to join him. The girl was clearly nude underneath her robe and he was going to have to remove it to check to see if there were other wounds.

When his exam was over, he smiled at the young woman, who was now clad in a hospital gown and her robe. The nurse had tucked her into the bed and had placed a blanket over her. He was almost positive that she had been given something to induce sleep, but until the results came back, there was nothing he could do but let her do just that…sleep.

After telling the nurse to come and get him when the results came back, Bankotsu squared his shoulders and walked towards the waiting room. He needed to speak with Sesshomaru.
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Kikyo sighed and rubbed her eyes. This had been the worst day of her life. She had stepped on the scale and had discovered that she had gained nearly seven pounds. She would have to stop eating such fatty foods.

She glanced out her window and wondered why that cute detective had not come by. Oh, yeah. She had told him that she was simply not interested in guys like him. She had said that she needed a man who could give her the world, and he was simply not in her league. After he had left, she had pranced into her kitchen and grabbed the carton of ice cream and had proceeded to eat most of the container.

Now, she was wondering if she had made the right choice. He was a good looking man, and she supposed that he could always get a second job to support her. Glancing over at her phone, she slowly eased up and walked over to it. She had laid his card next to the phone and she picked up the receiver.

She dialed the number and waited for him to pick up. When his voice mail came on, she sighed.

“Suikotsu, this is Kikyo Takashiro. Listen, I wanted to apologize to you for how I acted the other night. I am afraid that I am finding it hard to let go of past behaviors. However, if you are still interested, I would like to go out to dinner with you. I wish that I could go back and not say those stupid words, but please know that I did not mean them, and that it was simply reflex for me. Please give me a call back, ok?” Kikyo asked.

When she hung up, Kikyo smiled. He would call, of course. He would call and she would use him for a while until she found a replacement.

As she began to laugh, her lights flickered and Kikyo quickly shut up. She groaned when the room went totally dark. Damn it, she did not need this now. The damn fuse probably blew.

Sighing, Kikyo walked into the kitchen and went to the drawer that she knew held a flashlight. Once she had it turned on, she walked over to the door that led to the basement. Wrinkling her nose, she made her way down the steps and walked over to the box. To her confusion, the switch had been turned off. Rolling her eyes, Kikyo flipped the main switch back on and sighed in relief when the basement light came on.

When she was back upstairs, she looked around her apartment and decided that it was time to get something to eat. She went to the freezer, and grabbed her trusty ice cream carton. Cookie dough ice cream was food for the gods, and since she knew that she was worshipped as a goddess of love by many men, she figured it was alright to eat her weight in the delicious cream. She could always go to the gym next week.

As she dined on her treat, Kikyo was unaware that she had company in her house. She never saw the figure sneak up on her, nor was she aware of the rope in his hands tightening. All she was concerned with was finishing her ice cream up so that she could get to bed. After all, she needed her beauty sleep.

Goshinki snuck up behind the oblivious woman. The way she was putting that ice cream away made him want to forgo ice cream for the rest of his life. He was shocked that she was not making little ‘oinking’ noises as she ate. However, he needed to get this over with and so, without further ado, he made his move.

At first, she had been stunned, but then she began to buck against him in an attempt to make him lose his balance. They struggled for several minutes, but she finally was able to grab a hold of her flashlight and began to hit him with it. He lost his already weakened grip on the rope, and she hit him in the head with the heavy flashlight before making her way to the front door. Flinging the door open, she began to scream for help, and Goshinki knew that if he was going to salvage this night, he had to act fast.

Running after the bitch, Goshinki managed to knock her down and grabbed a large rock that had been lying close to them. She continued to scream, but he quickly silenced her with a savage blow to the head. He was about to hit her again, but when he saw that a door was opening on the house that was directly in front of him, he quickly got off of Kikyo and ran as fast as he could. He had taken the rock with him and he knew that he had to get out of the vicinity quickly. He hoped that his first blow had done the trick. However, the bitch’s head was probably hard as steel and he would have to go after her again.

Naraku would not be pleased about this.
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Bankotsu walked quietly over to where Sesshomaru and the detective were sitting. As he listened to Sesshomaru’s account of what had happened, Bankotsu finally understood that the Kagome he was treating was the same Kagome whose fiancé Kikyo had stolen. A sly grin crossed his lips and he shook his head. He was glad that Sesshomaru and Kagome had found each other due to their former lovers mistakes. It was clear that Kagome was good for the tall businessman.

Soon, Bankotsu and Sesshomaru were locked in a discussion and it was explained that they would have to wait for the results of the test. As Bankotsu stood up, he saw an ambulance pull up and he quickly waited for the EMTs to roll the stretcher in with his next customer.

His breath hitched when he saw that it was Kikyo who was lying on the stretcher, her head and shirt covered in blood. The young police officer explained that she had been attacked inside of her home and that a neighbor did not get a good description of her assailant.

Nodding, Bankotsu walked to the back and groaned. The EMTs had placed Kikyo in the same room as Kagome. This would surely be interesting if either woman should awake.

After he quickly assessed Kikyo’s injuries as being non-threatening, he told the nurse that he wanted Kikyo to stay over night for observation. Hopefully, this blow to the head would have jarred something in her mind and she would begin to act right, but knowing Kikyo, she would never change.

Bankotsu walked over and began to check on Kagome when a nurse walked into the room holding a piece of paper. It was Kagome’s test results. After scanning the paper, Bankotsu nodded slowly. He had been right. The drug that Kagome had been given was not harmful, but it did induce a deep sleep. Now that he knew what she had been given, he could now breath a bit easier and knew that it was safe to send her home so that she could rest in comfort.

Signaling to a nurse, he waited until she came over and said, “Go and get Mr. Takashiro from the waiting room. Ms. Higurashi will be able to return home this evening.”

Nodding, the nurse did as she was told and quickly escorted the angered man to Kagome’s bedside. When they were alone, Sesshomaru huffed.

“Are you sure that she should be discharged?” He questioned, his tone cold. He glared at the amused doctor, but then sighed.

“For the first time in my life, I was scared. I have never been scared before and I hate how it feels. I am not in control and now that I know that someone came after her, all I want to do is lock her up and seal her away from the rest of the world so that nothing bad can ever hurt her ever again.” Sesshomaru said, quietly.

Bankotsu did not say a word. A confession of this momentum was something that proud men like him never spoke out loud. However, he did his best to reassure Sesshomaru that Kagome was perfectly fine and that all she needed was to sleep.

As he signed the paperwork for her to be released, Sesshomaru saw Kikyo move around a bit and he narrowed his eyes. He hated the fact that the bitch was in the same room with his Kagome. However, he would not allow her to upset him. No. Kagome was the most important thing. The future mother to his children was who he needed to focus on and he would not give Kikyo the time of day.

Kikyo slowly opened her eyes to see a pale-faced nurse staring at her. “I will let the doctor know that you are awake.” The nurse whispered.

Kikyo simply sighed and leaned back against the pillow. She began to look around and her breath caught in her throat. Standing only a few feet away was Sesshomaru, and he was signing some papers. Surely, if he were here, then he must have heard about her attack and had come to her side. A seductive smile crossed her lips and just as she was about to call out to him to let him know that she was awake, the nurse came in and told him that she would wheel her out to his car.

Her? Her! That bitch, Kagome, was in the same room? Kikyo shook her head in disgust after realizing that they had put her into a common room. Did they not know that she was Kikyo Takashiro and she should have been given a private room? Her eyes watched as Sesshomaru handed the clipboard to the nurse and then followed another nurse as she slowly wheeled Kagome from the room. Kikyo watched and waited for Sesshomaru to turn and look at her, but when he was gone from sight, she huffed and allowed her lower lip to stick out.

“You know, if you keep doing that, one day, you are going to trip over it.” Bankotsu said, dryly. He had come to the room and had seen Kikyo’s hopeful expression when she had seen Sesshomaru. Sighing, he walked over to her bedside and gave her a look.

“When are you going to get it through your head that he has moved on? Let him be, Kikyo. You blew it and now, he has fallen in love with that precious woman. Let him be happy and get over yourself.” Bankotsu said, his tone hard.

Kikyo glared up at him, but then lifted her nose in the air and asked in her most superior voice, “Why am I not in a single room? Why did they put me in a room that held another person?”

“Because you have no insurance and no way to pay the bill. Sesshomaru was more than happy to pay Kagome’s bills, but never once did he demand a private room for her. I think that he learned his lessons about spoiling the women in his life.” Bankotsu replied.

Shrugging, Kikyo asked, “Has Inu Yasha been notified that I am here? Have the police been notified?”

“Yes, and from what the nurse told me after she hung up with your husband, he will not be coming. Of course, with his loud mouth, I clearly heard him tell the nurse to do everyone a favor and just put you out of your misery, but don’t worry, I think that he was joking. As for the police, yes, they have also been notified, and they will be in to speak with you shortly.” Bankotsu said, his eyes trained on hers.

Before he left the room, Bankotsu looked down at Kikyo and quietly asked, “Tell me, Kikyo. Now that you have managed to push everyone away, what do you have left? Don’t you see that you have totally screwed yourself over? Can’t you come off of your high horse?”

Rolling her eyes, Kikyo replied, “Don’t worry about me. I have not screwed myself over, thank you very much. And as for my ‘high horse’, it is none of your business. Now, get the police in here.”

Shaking his head, Bankotsu opened the door and walked out of the room. When he left, his words rang in Kikyo’s ears. She gritted her teeth and looked down at her hands. He was right. She had done an excellent job of alienating herself.