Where Do I Go?

Chapter 6 A Shattered Life







When Kagome came to she was in unfamiliar surroundings. She found herself in a bedroom, lying upon a dark wood four-poster canopy bed. The sheets felt like satin against her skin and were a burgundy in color. Wait, against her skin? Lifting the velvet comforter she looked down to see herself dressed in a black negligee. Remembering that she had her slayers outfit on when she had been captured she shuddered to think who had changed her. Pulling back the coverlet and sitting up she parted the curtains. Letting her eyes wander the room she took in her surroundings. There was a fireplace off to her right that was crackling; slipping her feet to the floor she stood. The room was fairly large compared to what she was accustomed to, white washed walls with paintings hung in relief. A large dark wood armoire and dressing table stood off to the left of the bed. As lovely as her surroundings were Kagome was looking for one thing only, the door. There were three to choose from, the first one she opened to the left of the fireplace revealed the baths, the second a walk in closet about the size of her own room. Determined that the next door was the way out she made her way over to it, gripping the knob she turned it and pulled. The door opened up into another closet? Slamming it shut in frustration Kagome took a deep breath and counted to ten. Once she had calmed a little she began to look for another way out or in.





After ten more minutes with equally frustrating results she threw herself on the bed in exasperation. Not even a window! How the hell had she gotten in here? Suddenly her aura flared in response to the strong youkai aura that she knew belonged to Ronku. Pushing herself up once more on the bed she scanned the room to determine where the bastard was. Not seeing him anywhere she laid back thinking he must be somewhere very close by. She needed to find a way out of here sighing she closed her eyes to think.



“It’s of no use my pretty one, you will not be able to leave this room without me by your side.” Her eyes snapped open at the voice so close to her ear. She dare not move as she felt him hovering over her form upon the bed. She simply lie there with bated breath and heart racing.





Ronku was enjoying the scent of slight fear that lay directly under her smell of sakura blossoms. Looking down upon her form he brought his hand up to trace the curve of her bare shoulder. Her skin was as smooth as he had thought it would be, letting his fingers trail further south he smiled at the stiffening of her body. He stopped his exploration when he reached her waist, splaying his hand he felt her shudder. “Trembling in anticipation my dear?” Kagome simply lay there not answering hoping he would just go away; the sooner she was alone the sooner she could figure a way out of here. Her respite was not to come however when suddenly he flipped her so she lay on her back. Blinking she came eye to eye with him as he leaned in closer to her. “My you are lovely when you are angry, I must say I do enjoy the flush in your cheeks.” Maneuvering his body he lay on top of her letting him pin her to the mattress. She gasped when his eyes flashed a purple light. Leaning in he placed a crushing kiss upon her lips brutally shoving his questing tongue in and out of her mouth. In her mind she was struggling willing her body to move and throw him off, but for some reason her limbs were not responding. When she felt his hand trail down to her thigh and beneath the negligee her heart began to race. What was wrong? Why wouldn’t her body obey her? “You are now under my control my lovely one, it’s no use fighting it you will not break free of the spell I have upon you.” Slipping his hand further up her leg he brought the thin material covering her with it. Stopping his exploration at her abdomen he let his hand rest there while his fingers traced lazy circles. “ You will surely bear strong and beautiful children for me. I must say I did think it would have been harder to get my hands upon you my dear. As fate would have it though you suffer from the same sentimentality as every other human, love. Yes it was the love for your family that was your downfall. I am extremely pleased with that though because it means that when you bear our children the love you have for them will bind you to me.” Stopping he punctuated his statement with another bruising attack upon her lips. Pulling back he spoke once again, and his statement froze her very core. “ Because I would slaughter them in their cribs should you ever choose to betray me.” This man would actually kill his own children? No not a man, a demon with no remorse, and what’s worse is he was right. Even if he should rape her, she would never bear hatred for a child. She would love it as unconditionally as she loved Shippo. Even though her body seemed to be frozen her emotions were not, and as always they spoke up through her eyes. She felt the anger rise within her only to find a release in her tears. Chuckling Ronku simply leaned in and lapped the drops from her face. “ My you do taste heavenly. I can see why the dog lord and the thief were ready to fight over you. Truly I have never seen a woman to compare to you. Here you are helpless in my hands but instead of fear you shed tears of rage and for what? Certainly not for your self or your predicament, but for children you have yet to bear. It is simply delicious! If that is how you feel though then maybe we should get started on their conception hmm?” Letting out a low chuckle he bent so his mouth was just inches away from the exposed area of her neck where it met her shoulder. Sticking his tongue out he traced a circle before gently sucking and nibbling there. Moving up a little further he ran his tongue along the shell of her ear only to stop and whisper one last time. “Don’t worry my dear I will not take you yet, as tempting as you are right now we have previous engagements. Now when I leave this room the spell will disperse, I trust you will not give your hand maid any problems when she comes in to dress you for our banquet.” Leaving one last kiss on her lips he rose from above her and strode towards one of the walls. Her eyes followed his form as suddenly the wall melted to become a door, opening it he allowed a smaller figure to enter before turning to flash her a grin and then closing the door.









Willing her body to move once again she sat upright and wiped the moisture from her eyes. She then brought her attention to the small figure at the armoire; it seemed to be grabbing clothing. Sighing she let her head drop face first into her hands, “My lady I will need to prepare you now.” Snapping her head back up she looked at the woman and nodding she stood.





After about fifteen minute of preparation Kagome stood back and observed the results for the woman’s efforts. She looked regal and imposing, she didn’t like it at all. Her hair had been pinned up with onyx combs and her eyes had been lined in kohl. There was a set of onyx stars in her ear and a matching necklace around her throat. The kimono she had been dressed in was black trimmed in red with red suns sewn into it as a pattern; the out fit was finished off with the black satin slippers that had been placed upon her feet. She felt dirty in this get up she didn’t like it at all. The whole time she had sat patiently being prepped she had tried contacting Sesshomaru through their link. She had not received an answer. She would have to figure out something on her own or else Kami forbid actually mate with this monster. “My lady the master will be here shortly to escort you.” She watched as the woman walked through the door that had appeared once more in the wall. Once she was gone Kagome turned to look back in the mirror. She may be in his hands but she would be damned if she was going to be his puppet! Reaching up she pulled the combs from her hair letting it cascade down her back freely. She stiffened when she felt Ronku’s aura enter the room.





“What a pity my dear, I thought your hair would have been lovely pinned up. You didn’t like it?” She could only glare at him as he came to stand beside her. She would not be baited into arguing with him, she needed to maintain her wits if she was going to figure a way out of this. “ No matter I like your hair any way you choose to have it. Come we have guests awaiting us below.” She flinched when he placed his hand upon her shoulder, but rose to stand beside him as he ordered. Grasping her hand he placed it in the crook of his arm and led her through the door.









“ God damn it! This wasn’t supposed to happen! He was not supposed to get his hands on her!” Sesshomaru was raging and destroying everything in sight as Kurama was trying to calm him down. Hiei merely sat there quietly meditating. “I agree but all of the ranting and destruction of innocent objects is not going to change the fact that he does have her. I am as enraged as you are but letting your youkai come to the surface this way is in no way going to help us track her down.” Sesshomaru looked towards the Kitsune who stood so calmly and realized he was right. Ever since Ronku had taken her Youko had come to the forefront and Shuichi had hidden inside. The fox’s eyes were also glowing a faint red but he seemed to be keeping his inner demon leashed for the moment. Sesshomaru being as old and experienced as he was should not be having such a hard time. His eyes snapped to Hiei when the slight apparition spoke. “Our next mission then would be to find where Ronku is hiding in our world. Sesshomaru did you try the mind link with her?” Sesshomaru nodded, “ But I did not get through, so either she is still unconscious or Ronku found a way to prevent telepathic communication. How is Kagome’s family Hiei?” Finally opening his eyes the small youkai spoke again, “ Her brother and the Kitsune cub should be fine, her mother and aunt were a bit shook up but they are also ok. As for the grandfather the doctors say he may not survive the night.” Sesshomaru shook his head, “ It’s my fault. I had to have led him straight to her. If I had not gone to her home her family would never had been put in danger. If I still had the Tensaiga I might have been able to correct my mistake but now…” sighing he let his head fall forward and pounded his fist one more time into the wall of his study. Kurama stepped behind him and laid a comforting hand upon his shoulder, “my friend you know that Ronku would have found her whether you had gone there or not, that was always his intent. Right now Kagome needs us to focus on keeping the rest of her family safe while trying to locate her as well. I know that you feel the same when I say it will be a cold day in hell that that monster takes her as his mate and gets away with it! I will be in my grave before that happens! I would have considered sharing her with you or even losing her to you but I will not give over willingly to him.” Sesshomaru pondered what Youko had stated, the kitsune thief was right. He would not let Ronku have her! As for the other…well they would see what Kagome’s decision was on the matter. “Hiei I would like for you to relocate the rest of Kagome’s family here. Once you have done this I would like for you to collect whatever information on where Ronku is hiding. Youko I would like for you to call in a few favors from your human friends Yusuke and Kuwabara to guard Kagome’s grandfather. Once you are done meet me back here in my dojo there are things we must go over before we move forward.” He watched as both his teammates shimmered then vanished, he then let his eyes return to the window he had been staring out. His gaze fell on the moon that had risen high in the sky and sighed. He hoped Kagome would survive not just in body but in spirit as well.







Yusuke sat there wondering what it was that had Youko dragging him out at this time of night and rubbing the sleep from his eyes. While Kuwabara just kept yawning and making the spirit detective even more tired. “Oi Kuwabara will you knock that off already!” Stifling his own yawn he sat forward in his chair and waited for the fox to appear. That was when his sleep filled mind cleared and he realized that it had been the fox and not Shuichi who had contacted him. Which in turn meant something heavy was indeed going down, shit Keiko was going to be pissed if he stood her up again tomorrow. Snapping out of his musings he sensed Youko before he saw him and shoved Kuwabara awake. When it was really Youko in all his glory and not the red head they were used to he was instantly alert and ready to meet whatever was on its way¬¬. “I am sorry I am calling you out at such a late hour but I need a favor that only you two can do for me.”





After Youko had finished his explanation and stressed the need for a guard on the old man Yusuke could only sit there stunned. The toddler had warned them that something big was coming but he had never expected the Shikon no Tama to actually exist. “Youko you don’t need to say anything else, we will guard the old man. Koenma has filled us in on exactly who and what this Ronku bastard is. Just promise me when it gets down to the fighting and kicking some ass part that you won’t forget about us?” Youko shook his head at his friend’s cocky statement and lopsided grin. Things may change in this world but Yusuke would always remain the same. “I promise you we will need all the help we can get. Now I must go to meet Sesshomaru, I will check in through our mind link periodically to see how her grandfather is.” With that he leapt out the window and disappeared into the night. Yusuke looked back at Kuwabara and listened as his friend snored lightly. He wondered if the baka had even realized that Youko had been there. Shaking the man awake he didn’t stop until he was sure that the big oaf was really awake before giving him a brief run down of what Youko had said. After that they both got ready and made there way to Tokyo Memorial Hospital’s ICU unit. They got in under the guise of their actual careers in the human realm as detectives and made their way to the man’s room. Watching the machines whirring and beeping he told Kuwabara to settle in he would take first watch. No doubt about it, heavy shit was going down and he had a feeling things would not be the same after tonight.







Youko made his way inside Sesshomaru’s dojo and found a place to stand and wait for the other two members to show. His mind was on Kagome and if she was all right. He could not believe that Ronku had the audacity to claim her as his mate.