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  Rating:
      Explicit
  Archive Warning:
      Rape/Non-Con, Underage
  Category:
      F/M
  Fandom:
      InuYasha_-_A_Feudal_Fairy_Tale, Yu-Gi-Oh!
  Character:
      Higurashi_Kagome, Kaiba_Seto
  Additional Tags:
      Crossover, Angst
  Stats:
      Published: 2012-06-24 Words: 4543
****** Sacrifices Made, Love lost ******
by WhisperingKage
Summary
     Sacrifices were made for power and love was lost…or was it? Even now
     he was too weak to protect her, to love her…yet love her he did. What
     was he to do? What could he do? Everything was sacrificed for this
     and yet…he wanted nothing more than to take it all back.

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"Sir!" Seto sighed as he turned to face the one who called him with a scowl.
"What?" The one who called him filched back yet quickly tried to regain their
posture.
"Uh Sir…there's a young woman demanding to see you." Seto glared at his worker.
"And? Why are you bothering me with such trivial matters?" The worker flinched
back.
"B-but sir she says she knows you." Seto rolled his eyes.
"I do not care send her away!" The worker nodded and quickly high tailed it out
of the room.
Seto sighed as he sat behind his desk, Kami what did he pay these people for?
He shook his thoughts away as he turned on his computer; he unfortunately had a
lot of work to catch up on. Playing with Yugi and his cheerleaders had set him
back pretty far and the old men demanded he get on top of his work. It wasn't
like they could do anything to him, he owned everything, but it was unseemly
that he fall behind.
He just started typing up his report when the door to his office was thrown
open. Really what did he pay these people for? He glared at the intruder who
was easily brushing off his security.
"What is the meaning of this?" He stood up to his full height easily towering
over the intruder who was still advancing towards him his security hanging off
their waist like rag dolls. The person stopped and looked up at him.
His breath left him as his blue eyes met another similar pair.
"K-Kagome?" The intruder now known as Kagome smiled at him.
"Long time no see Seto-Kun." He quickly re-gained his composer when he realized
his useless security was staring at him in stupor. He glared at them.
"Let her go and get out." They quickly moved to do as he said, stumbling over
themselves as they shut the door behind them. He sighed as he turned from the
door at her giggle.
"Ne, Seto-Kun you've really moved up huh?" He sighed as he moved to sit in the
chair in front of his desk seeing as she had taken his pervious seat.
"Hai…why are you here?" Her eyes became hard.
"What I can't visit an old friend?" Seto sighed as he looked away from her.
"Look can we cut the bull shit. Why are you here?" She giggled as she propped
her feet on his desk.
"Mou…you take all the fun out of everything…" Her posture became hard once
again as Seto met her gaze.
"Fine, I never did like foreplay…I'm here because I need a favor…a small one
really." His eyes narrowed.
"Your version and my version of small differ greatly. What do you want?" She
pouted as she became playful once again.
"Nothing really…I just need a place to stay." She scathed the back of her head
sheepishly.
"I ,uh, kinda ran away form the old man's place…" Seto's glare lessoned as his
anger flared.
"What happened now?" She looked away from him her whole attitude doing a three
sixty, becoming docile and scared, as she wrapped her arms around herself.
"I-I just need some time away…" Seto glared at her and she looked away.
"Kagome do not lie to me. What has he done now?" She chuckled cynically.
"What hasn't he done?" She shook her head.
"It's nothing he's in one of his moods." Seto stared at her in disappointment
yet said nothing. She bristled under his gaze her pride flaring up.
"Look can I stay here or not?" He met her gaze his eyes flashing with something
that made her look away in shame.
"Of course, I've told you time and time again, I'll always be here for you to
turn to." She nodded stiffly.
"Thanks." She got up from his chair and moved towards him, she stopped in front
of him and gazed down at him tears in her eyes.
"I can always count on you my Seto." He said nothing as he pulled her closer to
him and buried his head in her in her stomach his arms wrapping around her
waist.
She smiled lightly as wrapped her arms around his shoulders her fingers running
through his hair as they just held each other.
Seto smiled lightly as his body relaxed, her fingers running through his hair
in a comforting way. It brought back fond memories form before everything had
become complicated, back when it was just them and Mokuba, back when they were
at the orphanage when all thy had to worry about was themselves.
"Seto-Kun!" Seto smiled as he paused in his step sand turned to face the young
nine year old girl running towards him, his younger five year old brother
trailing behind her like always.
"Kagome-Chan." He sighed as she threw her arms around his slightly bigger form;
he was after all one year older then her even so he was taller then her by at
least two inches. He braced himself as his younger brother barreled into them
and knocked them into the wall behind them.
"Seto!" He smiled as he looked down at his younger brother as Kagome relaxed in
his arms.
"Hello Mokuba." Mokuba beamed up at him glad that his hero, his older brother
had said hi to him.
Seto shook his head as Kagome pulled Mokuba into her arms.
"Kagome, you're going to spoil him." She snorted.
"Whatever you're just jealous." She giggled as Mokuba nodded.
"Yeah, you're jealous! Cuz Kagome loves me more!" Kagome giggled as Mokuba
buried his head in her shoulder.
"Yeah, you're just jealous…but you know there's no reason to be…" She winked at
him.
"I love you just as much as I do my little Mokuba." Mokuba pouted against her
neck, she giggled.
"Then again my little Mokuba is cuter…" Mokuba cheered as he looked at his
older brother and stuck his tongue out at him.
"Nyaa!" Seto shook his head at his younger brothers antics. Ever since he was
two he had attached himself to Kagome thus he had as well. What ever made his
brother happy in this hell hole of an orphanage was all that mattered.
Even so it wasn't long before he to found himself attached to the girl, who no
mater how grim the circumstances, always had a smile for everyone. Thus here
they were three years later and still together, that was not to say no one was
interested in adopting Kagome it was just every time someone apporached her she
had turned them down. She did not want to go unless they took them as well,
needless to say she was still here. Of course he had yelled at her and scolded
her yet she had just shrugged it off. If they were not together what was the
use?
It seemed the owners of the orphanage had agreed and it was not long until they
were all shoved into a room at the very back of the orphanage. It seemed they
had written them off as lost causes, that they were going to be stuck with
until they were of legal age, and no longer their problem. Not that they cared
so long as they were left alone everything was fine.
He and Kagome had found companionship in each other; they had both gone through
the same bullshit. Their parents were rich and only after they had children did
they realize they did not want them and they were dumped at the orphanage,
though in Kagome's case she had pleaded that they keep her younger brother.
After all they would need a male heir sooner or later, surprisingly they had
agreed and she alone was given up.
Yet, unlike him she did not hate her parents she not did let it jade her.
Unlike him, he hated no he loathed his parents for what they had dammed him to.
Then again as Kagome pointed out, when he fell into his 'moods' as she liked to
put it, if it wasn't for that they would have never met and that made things
bearable again. Either way Mokuba had found a real mother in her and she had no
problem with it, unlike most her girls her age she had taken him on with a
smile.
"Seto?" He blinked and blushed lightly as he realized he had spaced out.
"Hm?" Kagome smiled at him and mentioned towards Mokuba who was now asleep in
her arms. Just how long had he been spaced out?
"As much as I like being in your arms…Mokuba is asleep and I think we would
both be more comfortable if he was in a proper bed." Seto nodded as he
genteelly took her form him, careful not to jar him lest he wake.
Kagome smiled as she walked next to Seto towards their room, yes it would
usually be considered scandalous for two preteens to share a room but that was
the least scandalous thing going on at the orphanage now a days. Her eyes
dulled briefly, she shook her head of the heinous thoughts and opened the door
to their room. She smiled softly as Seto lowered Mokuba onto his bed. She often
wondered if this was what it was like having a family?
She blushed at the thought, of course Mokuba was the child, Seto the father,
and she…she was the mother.
She blinked when she was pulled back into someone's chest and giggled.
"Seto!" He hmmed behind her and nuzzled her neck.
"What?" She sighed and leaned back into him.
"Nothing." She smiled as she took in his warmth, this was nice.
Seto grinned into her neck and pulled her closer, how he loved her, not that he
would admit it to anyone outside this room, their world. Yes, their worlds was
in this room, because once they stepped out of this room they were forced to
face reality, how he wished they could stay here forever.
He blinked as someone knocked on the door. He cursed and stepped away from
Kagome, and just in time.
"Kagome! It's time for your bath! Hurry up." Kagome sighed sadly and nodded at
Taka, the orphanage director was standing in the doorway, looking as impatient
as always.
He was a tall thin man and looked shady; his long black hair fell down his back
to rest above his shoulders. The thing that stood out the most about him was
his beady black eyes and the scar that went from the bottom of his left eye
down his cheek.
Seto did not like the man.
Kagome's eyes dulled as she looked at Taka.
"I'll be right there." Taka nodded and closed the door.
She stiffly turned to face Seto and gave him a forced smile.
"I'll be back soon." He nodded as he handed her bathing supplies.
She smiled as she took them from him.
"Thanks." He nodded.
"No problem, hurry back." She nodded and smiled.
"I'll try, don't wait up." He chuckled and nodded at her as she shut the door
to their room, their world, behind her.
Kagome looked away in disgust as the man above her tried to kiss her, never
would she allow him to taste her lips. They were not hers to give, they
belonged to Seto. How she wished she could belong to him from the top of her
head to the tips of her toes…but she could not. She had to do this, she had to!
If she didn't then they would be torn apart! She couldn't let that happen not
if it was within her power to stop it!
Tears gathered in her eyes as she clenched them shut. She tried to distance
herself from the here and now. Her body became limp as she blocked out what was
happening to her. She was oblivious when the man above her spread her legs and
slammed into her. She did not even feel the pain as he rammed into her body
time and time again. Nor did she take notice when the man above her stiffened
and collapsed on top of her, spent.
It was five minutes later that she came back to reality, she was alone and she
felt disgusting. She sighed as she sat up the sticky mess between her legs
squishing disgustingly. She winced as she stood up the nasty mess between her
legs dribbling down her legs as she made her way to the nearby bathroom. She
snorted as she realized the bath had been drawn for her. How thoughtful.
She hissed as she lowered her bruised body into the warm water after which she
began scrubbing at her skin vigorously. She scrubbed at her skin until it
turned red and then she scrubbed some more. She knew she would never be clean,
never! Even so she had to try to. Or else she wouldn't be able to face Seto or
Mokuba. So she staid in the water until it became cold.
After which she quickly dressed in a clean night gown and made her way back to
her room. She sighed as she slid next to Seto…she felt so dirty. Even so Seto
sighed into her hair as he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her to him.
Tears gathered in her eyes as he mumbled into her hair.
"Kagome…I love you…" She curled into a ball as he pulled her closer to him, her
tars falling down her face as she silently cried.
"I love you to…you don't know how much…"
Kagome groaned as she sat up, her hair a mess.
"Ugh…" She blinked owlishly when someone chuckled at her, she blinked and
lazily looked over at the person.
Seto grinned as Kagome looked towards him, her hair a rats nest, she must have
fallen asleep with her hair wet…
"Good morning sleeping beauty." Mirth was laced in his voice.
She glared at him and grumbled.
"Sleeping beauty got a kiss…" He grinned as he leaned over to peck her on the
lips lightly.
"There." She flushed and looked away from him to glance at Mokuba. He was still
asleep.
"What time is it?" Seto glanced at the clock.
"Ten thirty…odd…its an hour and a half past breakfast…" Kagome nodded and
stretched before getting off the bed to grab her brush and try and tame her
wild hair.
"Is there anything going on today? I mean…they let us sleep in so late…" Seto
shrugged as he came up behind her and grabbed her brush to brush her hair.
"I'm not sure, there were a few rumors about some big shots coming over."
Kagome blinked, big shots? What would they want in a place like this? The last
time a few 'big shots' came here she, Seto and Mokuba were left here.
"You don't think…someone's leaving their kids here…do you?" Seto shrugged and
finished brushing her hair.
"One way to find out." She nodded and smiled at him in thanks as she stood up
and stretched.
"Well I'm going to change and then we can go look, lets let Mokuba sleep." Seto
nodded and turned to face the wall as she moved to her dresser and pulled out a
dark blue long sleeve shirt and a pair of knee length white shorts.
"I'm decent." Seto nodded and turned to face her just as she was putting her
hair up in a ponytail.
He blushed lightly but pushed it down.
"Lets go." She nodded and walked with him out the door and shut it quietly as
to not wake up Mokuba.
They only had to walk a few feet before they noticed the 'big shots'. One of
them was young and had long wavy black hair that fell to his shoulders; his
eyes were such cinnamon brow that they shined red in the light. The other was
old and scary looking. He had short black graying hair and a strong face. He
looked stern and cold.
Kagome blinked as Seto stood in front of her, not liking the way Taka smiled at
them.
Taka ignored him and smiled at the Naraku and Gozaburo.
"These are two of the three I was talking about. The girl is Kagome and the boy
is Seto, his younger brother is Mokuba." Kagome narrowed her eyes at Taka, what
was he doing? It almost sounded like he was trying to sell them…
Her eyes widened! No he couldn't he promised that if she did what he wanted
then he would leave them alone!
Naraku paused to look over the girl, Kagome, and smiled, yes…she was just what
he wanted. He glanced at Gozaburo.
"I'll take the girl you can have the boys." Gozaburo huffed, not liking to be
told what to do but nodded, he need a new heir or two, his son was as good as
dead anyways.
"Fine." Taka smiled and clasped his hands together.
"Good, good we have a deal!" Both business men nodded but said nothing.
Kagome paled, no, no , no no!
"No…" She instinctively gripped Seto's shirt with her quivering hands.
Seto glared at the men that wanted to tear them apart, he would not let it
happen. He turned on his heel, dragging Kagome with him, and raced to their
room, the one place they were safe.
Kagome ran with him and quickly opened the door and jumped on Mokba's bed,
startling him as she pulled him into his arms.
Seto slammed the door shut and locked it, knowing it would probably do him no
good, Taka did have the keys, but he was not going to take this lying down.
Once he was sure the door was locked he walked over to Kagome and Mokuba and
pulled them into his arms, his grip tight with resolve.
Mokuba blinked, he was wrapped in Kagome's arms as well as his brothers?
Something was wrong.
"Waz's going on?" Kagome said nothing but pulled Mokuba closer.
Seto scowled.
"Taka, he's selling us! He's ripping us apart for a quick buck!" Mokuba's eyes
widened as he tossed his arms around Kagome and buried his head in her stomach.
"No! They cant! He promised!" Kagome shushed him pulling him closer, tears
spilling from her eyes.
Seto glared at the door and tightened his arms around his small family.
Taka sighed as he dug out his keys to open the door.
"I'm sorry about this, they're very close…" Naraku sighed as Gozaburo snorted
and crossed his arms and glared at the blabbering man.
They were very busy business men, they had no time for this.
Once Taka opened the door Gozaburo pushed past him, his eyes narrowing at the
small cramped room, disgusting. He blinked when he saw the three on the bed.
The girl had her arms wrapped around the young boy and was shushing him and he
cried and clung to him. The other boy, the older one, was glaring at him
fiercely, oh he would enjoy breaking him.
Naraku followed after Gozaburo and blinked, his new pet was scared, good. He
grinned sweetly as he stepped forward, the older boy, Seto, was glaring at him.
"Gozaburo my dear friend you have your work cut out for you." Gozaburo grunted
and stepped forward to grab Seto roughly by his arm and yanked him off the bed.
Seto glared at the man as he struggled to get out of his rough grip, but
failed.
Kagome cried as she pulled Mokuba closer to him one of her hands reaching out
to grasp for Seto.
"Seto! NO!" She glared at Taka who stood off to the side and just watched.
"You! You promised!" Taka looked away shame on his face but said nothing.
Kagome screamed ad Naraku grabbed her arm and pulled her off the bed, but her
grip on Mokuba was strong.
"Girl let the boy go." She glared up at him tears in her eyes.
"No!" He glared right back and without a second thought he raised his hand and
smacked her across her face, hard enough to make her cry out and lose her grip
on Mokuba.
Mokuba cried out, as if feeling her pain, and scrambled to run to her but was
stopped by the other man grabbing his arm.
Seto glared and cursed as he tried to get out of the man's hold and run to
Kagome.
"Kagome!" Kagome blinked and snapped out of her stupor. She cried and sobbed as
she reached out to Seto and Mokuba, both who were held in the other mans grip,
as she was dragged out of the door.
"Seto! Mokuba! LET ME GO!" Naraku huffed, now this was far to melodramatic, he
tightened his hold on her arm making her wince and look up at him, tears
streaming down her face.
"Girl you will act right or you will be punished." She glared up at.
"I don't care!" She turned her gaze back to Seto and Mokuba, who were being
dragged out of their room by the scary man. Both were screaming and yelling in
an attempt to break his hold and run towards her.
Naraku fumed angrily! How dare this little wench turn her back on him?
He yanked her like a rag doll and grinned while she gasped out in pain. He then
proceeded to drag her away from Gozaburo and his boys, this was a waste of
time. He had what he needed and being here was a waste of time.
He turned to Taka.
"I'm leaving, the money will be in your account by sundown." He dismissed him
and turned to Gozaburo and nodded at the man who was struggling with the two
boys.
"I'll talk to later, good luck with your brats." Gozaburo nodded as he dragged
the boys in the opposite direction.
Kagome screamed as she was dragged away from the only family she ever knew as
well as her first love.
Seto grunted and increased his struggling.
"KAGOME!" Angry tears welled in his eyes as wailed and cried, but he could do
nothing!
He vowed that day that he would do whatever it took to get as much money and
power as he could, he would find Kagome again and when he did he would have all
the power and wealth he needed to take her back.
Seto sighed as he took a sip of his drink, it had been ten years since that day
and true to his word he had climbed up the ranks. He was now the head of Kaiba
Corps.
He clenched his hand around the glass in his hand, his eyes on a beautiful
young woman. She had long black hair that fell in waves down to her full hips.
Her womanly figure was draped in a long dark blue cocktail dress. The dress
brought out her blue eyes, but they were dull and her smile didn't reach her
eyes, it was forced.
He took another sip of the strong alcohol in his glass, there she was, Kagome,
and she was as beautiful as ever…but she was out of his reach.
He watched with narrowed eyes as she laughed and danced with Naraku, how he
loathed that man, the man who had taken his Kagome away and made her his own.
Oh yes, there was quite the scandal, when Naraku announced he was marrying his
ward, Kagome.
That was how he had found her in the first place, the newspapers were vicious,
calling her every name in the book. But she took it in stride and stood by
Naraku's side.
How romantic, he scoffed at that thought. She didn't stay by his side because
she wanted to but because she had to. She was chained to his side and still
there was nothing he could do about it!
He had all the power and money in the world but he could not use it to help
her.
He blinked as she looked up to meet his gaze and sent him a small loving smile,
he smiled back.
His smile quickly became a frown when Naraku grabbed her arm, making her flinch
in pain, and glared at him.
He quickly looked away knowing that if he did not it would only get worse for
her, Naraku was a selfish and vain man. What was his was his.
Seto sighed sadly as he chugged the rest of his drink and walked away, from her
and his love for her, once again he could do nothing, he had all the power and
money in the world and he was powerless and he hated it.
Seto sighed as he came back to the present day, even now at the age of twenty
he could still do nothing…
Kagome winced as Seto's hands ran over her back. Seto heard her wince and
pulled back a furious look on his face. Kagome quickly tried to brush it off
and pulled out of his arms.
"It's nothing…my foot jus fell asleep…" Seto ignored her and quickly spun her
around so that she was leaning over his desk as his hands pulled up the back of
her long sleeve shirt.
Kagome closed her eyes as she felt him stiffen behind her.
"I-it doesn't hurt…" Seto shook with anger as his eyes took in her bruised and
battered back, old scars littering her back. He lightly ran his finger over the
bruises and scars.
"This is not nothing!" She flinched away from him, her body flying into auto
pilot. She quickly covered her head her hands clamping around her ears, her
body tensing in preparation.
Seto pulled his hand away form her back like it was burned his eyes full of
fury and disbelief. Furry at the fact that she had beaten so many times, times
that made her become the mess that was before him and disbelief that she could
even think he would harm her. Then again he had no doubt this reaction had been
literally beat into her. He sighed as he lowered his lips to her back and
kissed each and every laceration on her back. How much had she given up to make
sure he and Mokuba were okay? How much was she giving up now?
Kagome tensed as his lips brushed loving over here physical manifestations of
her sins. Tears gathered in her eyes as she clenched them in his paper work.
Her tears fell as she heard his whispered apologies, she shook her head not
wanting to hear them.
"Stop it!" He ignored her.
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry even now I can do nothing to save you." Her shoulders
shook with her sobs. Why? Why was he apologizing? She was the one who had
resigned herself to this.
Seto clenched his eyes as he pulled her into his arms, careful of her abused
flesh.
"Even now I can do nothing to save you form that bastard!" Kagome cried more as
she laid her hands over his which were resting on her stomach which was just as
scared as her back.
"Seto…" She laced their fingers together as she smiled sadly.
"Just love me as I am…that is all I ask…" Seto nodded.
"Always and forever."
 
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