At What Price

TITLE: FINDING OUT
CHAPTER 73
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He was running with feather light steps up the stairs. What would have taken a human forever to make the steep ten flights of stairs was only taking the Lord of the Western Lands mere seconds. As Sesshoumaru neared the fifth flight of stairs a loud crashing noise gained his attention. Above him on the sixth floor more of Naraku’s security henchmen came storming out of the fire exit armed with there weapons trained to kill. There heavy boots clanged harshly against the metal stairs beneath them. An arrogant smirk graced his lips as he readied himself. Sesshoumaru seemed to fly with in seen lethal grace to confront the bastards that dare keep him from his wife.

Bullet shots roared loudly above him within the confines of stairwell. Sesshoumaru flicked his wrist with remarkable speed deflecting bullets aimed kill. Flint sparks shown with a golden light as the two metals came into contact with each other at undetected velocity. The lead bullets found there finally resting place imbedded within the concrete walls, or ricocheted back at the sender. One poor soul fired right at Sesshoumaru aiming for his heart, but before he could even blink the security guard felt something pierced his chest before hades claimed him.

His steps never faltered, but with each step he made his demonic black blood seized more control of him. Sesshoumaru drew closer to the men that were hovering as the crest of the sixth floor plateau. He could hear their heavy breathing and the fear radiating off them.

“Get him men!” yelled a security man.

One man launched himself from the top of the steps like a rocket at Sesshomaru. The guy was in a prostrate horizontal position as he brought his arms out wide to tackle the great Lord of the West to the ground, but the fool was to slow for Sesshomaru. Using his free hand Sesshoumaru grabbed hold of the security guards wrist with such force that is shattered. Sesshoumaru kneeled slightly as he used the momentum of his enemy and jerked him over his silver haired head then down on the steps below. The security guard landed with a thud, but the snapping of bone could be heard.

The bullet fire continued as Sesshoumaru stalked his prey individually and tortured screams of pain rang out as the white pristine walls of the stairwell were bathed in blood.
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His entire world went screeching to a halt with that one phrase. Inuyasha with ethereal speed shove Kikyou against the car away from him. His ears were highly attuned now for the moaning and groaning coming from his cell phone. Inuyasha eyes were unseemly glued to the small liquid crystal screen. ‘What the fucking hell?!’ His mind roared at the porno scene playing out before him. At first it didn’t sink in fast enough. Inuyasha though it was just a sick demented joke from Kags, but the more he thought the more the shadow of doubt cleared. It cleared to a damning realization the left him total enraged and devastated.

The view on the cellular screen showed a very nude Kikyou sprawled out on top of Naraku’s desk with her leg spread. And between those legs was the one person Inuyasha wanted to castrate, but now he wasn’t so sure. Inuyasha hazel eyes began to twinge pink at the sight of Naraku pumping hard into Kikyou’s writhing body. ‘Damnit to hell,’ his thoughts went wild ‘that whore is enjoying it!’

Kikyou landed hard against the hood of the car with a loud clunk. All the breath left her lungs on impact but that wasn’t was the least of her worries. Just like Inuyasha her eyes narrowed in utter fear and disbelief. Someone taped her fucking Naraku and now she was watching in on her husband cell phone. ‘Shit!’ Kikyou tried to move from the hood of the car that she was so ungracefully decorating when a fist came scant inches from her face creating a very large indent in the hood of the car.

“Don’t!” Inuyasha hissed in a feral growl without even looking at her, but continued to watch the video playing on his cell.

Kikyou swallow the hard lump that had been restricting her breathing. It was coming out in swallow pants. She just realized how close Inuyasha came to her face. Kikyou began mentally plotting how to get away. ‘I have the marriage certificate. Naraku and I can still carry out the plan. There was not prenuptial agreement. Now all I have to do is get away from him. ’ A cruel smile graced her beautiful face as she spoke. “What’s the matter Inuyasha? Didn’t you know that you were sleeping with the enemy?” Kikyou moved to sit up a little off the hood of the car. “You know,” she paused “he is a better fuck then you.”

She wasn’t laughing when she spoke but the malicious joy could be heard in Kikyou’s voice which only served to infuriate him further. Inuyasha had enough. He saw all he needed to. Then when Kikyou spoke like that his muscles spasmed in his entire body. In his hand he crushed the phone breaking it into small pieces. They fell to the ground in plastic shards so unrecognizable that no one would ever know that it was a cell phone. “Shut your mouth!”

“Aw, is Inuyasha not happy?” Kikyou gloated as she rested on the top of the car. She was purposely baiting him to loose it.

It worked. Inuyasha turned to face her. “Fucking bitch!” He lunged at her.

Kikyou position her legs so when Inuyasha went for her she could move him away from her. Then he moved. Kikyou reached for the lapel of Inuyasha’s jacket and used it as leverage while her leg kicked him in the stomach. She heard the rush of air leaving his lung at the impact. Kikyou grinned because in his moment of shock she used his momentum and the leverage to throw him over her. Her black eyes watched as his body went sailing over her. Kikyou gave Inuyasha a go thrust with her feet insuring that he would land on the other side of the car.

Inuyasha felt his back hit the metal of the car denting it. It hurt but he wasn’t going to let on that it injured him. Inuyasha jumped up from his position to get ready to confront Kikyou again. His eyes blazed red with righteous fury as he looked at her. “WHY?” He grounded out through clenched teeth.

“Poor Yashie. You still don’t get it.” Kikyou smoothed out her dress. The car separated the two of them from each other but neither made a move. At least not yet. Kikyou smiled at Inuyasha before continuing. “Well, allow me to enlighten you then.” She pulled out the marriage certificate out from between the swells of her bosom. “This is all that we need to insure the destruction of the Masarau family and their great sons. Naraku is quiet a genius, Inuyasha, if you stop to think about it. This plan goes back almost forty some odd years.”

Inuyasha was getting impatient with Kikyou’s droning on. “What the hell are you talking about bitch?! How is that bastard you are fucking a genius?” His nails where digging into the side of the car leaving puncture marks on the side.

“Why I’m talking about the annulation of the Inuyokai race.” She purred. “You see it all started out with Sesshoumaru’s mother. Naraku killed her out of lustful jealousy and right in front of Sesshoumaru.” She laughed. “Sad thing is that Inutaisho was fucking your mother at the time and was to busy to save her. Yes, he said it was just a business trip but we all knew that it wasn’t true.”

That was like a splash of icy cold water in the face to Inuyasha. He couldn’t believe it but, he continued to listen to Kikyou as she retold the deadly deeds of Naraku. Inuyasha learned that Naraku and Kikyou made an agreement not so long ago to bring down the brothers. He promised her power, wealth, and much more if she helped him. How? Well, the how made his stomach nauseous and tie into knots at her words. It was like she sold her soul to the devil himself. Kikyou voice seemed a little eerie when she told him. Divide and concur and then kill. Naraku killed Sesshoumaru’s mother, their father a little while later, and Kikyou was still spilling out more of Naraku’s vile acts.

“Then all I had to do is split you and that bitch of a secretary up. That was the easy part.” Kikyou smirked as she watched Inuyasha’s facial features change. “Really Inuyasha, all I had to do was spread my legs and then you were in the palm of my hands. Pathetic! You lost the love of a lifetime and all because of you primal urges. Funny how men can be so easily manipulated by a good fuck.” Kikyou moved one of her hand to her back where she unzipped the back of her dress. In the back of her corset was a small dagger. “Then once we were married I would kill you and all of what you had would be mine. Naraku and I would merge together and over take Sesshoumaru.”

“Kill me. Feh, I’d like to see you try scankie whore.” Inuyasha was trying to squash the feeling of his heart being ripped into pieces again. He lost Kagome because of Kikyou. He would never have her. Kagome belonged to Sesshoumaru now, and it was all his fault. Betrayal echoed throughout his being.

Kikyou simply shrugged at Inuyasha’s out burst. “That isn’t’ even the best part Inuyasha.” she said with a mischievous look. “Sesshoumaru wasn’t the only one to have his mother murdered.” Her slender fingers found the handle of the dagger and released it from its compartment still hiding it from view. “Remember when your mother had that tragic car accident? Yes, I know you remember it. Let’s just say that Naraku had someone tamper with the brakes.”

With in the last moment Kikyou said that final phrase something inside Inuyasha snapped. He could picture his mother driving down the mountain in hysteria trying to stop the car and then the semi truck coming through the intersecting at the same time. Inuyasha’s soul was over come by the hate and the need to kill. Inuyasha’s demonic blood was now reigning. Ancient marking that were not visible before surface from the depth of his skin. A crescent moon shining in the middle of his forehead while magenta strips slashed across he cheeks.

Kikyou lost that smug look on her face when Inuyasha picked up the car and lifted it over his head. She faltered back a few steps in sheer panic that made her start praying. Kikyou’s black eyes widened when she saw Inuyasha launch the car to the side effectively taking away the Kikyou’s so called blockade from Inuyasha. She inhaled sharply when she felt an unknown demonic aura stir from the hanyou before her. However it struck her hard when she looked at Inuyasha. He didn’t appear to be hanyou any more. Kikyou’s inner voice was screaming at her to run, and run she did.
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Kagome’s appearance made the villainous spider hanyou shake with fear for a moment. He watched as she started coming near him. Fear no long reeked of the lovely woman before him. The white hot light radiating from her was giving off and unearthly appearance almost like an avenging angel. “Naraku.” Kagome called out in a whisper.

The devil smiled a dazzling smile one that as filled with a deadly charm. “Kagome.”

“Let’s finish this now.”

“I’m ready whenever you are love.” He took a step forward.

If someone had been watching them it would have looked like the two were dance a deadly tango around the hallway. Naraku was toying with Kagome as he would attack her. It was only to see how much power she held within her small body. Naraku knew that she couldn’t house that much power for long. Granted Kagome was a miko and had a history of religious persons in her family background. A human body could only stand so much before it over whelmed them. ‘It won’t be to much longer,’ Naraku thought confidently as he felt her power slowly ebbing away from exhaust. He decided to increase the intensity of their fight.

Kagome dodged Naraku’s attacks and even put him on the offensive a few times that she had gained the advantage. She could see him coming at her. His hand made into a fist aiming to strike her face. Kagome shielded herself from the blow by blocking it with her forearm and diverting it away, however; she didn’t see the round house kick headed for her midsection.

Naraku watched as Kagome went sailing into the wall and then slide down. She moaned a little but was quick to get back on her feet. “You are so beautiful when you are mad.”

Kagome heard is barb but didn’t answer. She could feel herself getting a little dizzy and tired but she still pressed on. Kagome took a fighting stance and waited for his next move. She didn’t have to wait long.

Naraku felt the presence of Sesshoumaru quickly approaching them and figured that it was now time to take the upper hand. He charged her full on.

Kagome ducked down low at Naraku’s bull charge. She had just enough time to kick her leg out and trip him. Her white eyes glowed at what she thought was her chance to take him out. Kagome approach the sprawled out Naraku on the hallway floor. To her Naraku seemed to be in a daze as he slowly got up, but what she didn’t see was the curl of his mouth going up.

He had her. From the position on the floor Naraku leg shot out in a wide sweeping motion the second Kagome was close enough. Naraku towered over the fallen Kagome on the floor. He nuzzled her neck before speaking. “Looks like we have company.”
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