Picking Locks
Summary:
Kagome Higurashi had the perfect life: a great job, a steady and loving boyfriend whom she was going to marry in a couple of months, and a very loving mother with whom she was very close. Until one day her world came crashing down. How will she survive when she finds herself thrown in a dangerous world, in a place she never thought she'd ever find herself?
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha and any of the characters of the manga….
Kaori Higurashi got out her bath and brushed her hair with a sad look in her eyes. She pinned her hair back the way her husband had liked it when he was alive and slid her favorite necklace her daughter had given her on her birthday a few years ago. She put on some light make up and put on a simple black dress. She looked around her small house making sure that everything was in order. Not that it would make any difference tomorrow… but still she had always been an orderly person.
She walked to her desk got out a pen and paper and wrote a simple note. There was only one thing left to do…She picked up the receiver and dialed her daughter's number.
It was late in the evening when the phone rang in her apartment. Kagome stood up from the window seat in her penthouse where she had been sitting looking at the view of the city's evening lights and streets covered in snow. It was sure a cold December this year. Kagome picked up the phone and out of habit she started twirling her long black locks between her slender fingers.
"Hello? Is that you Kagome darling?" came her mother's soft voice through the line.
"Hi mum" said Kagome with a smile as her face invariably lit every time she talked to her mother. It had been hard leaving her home to go and work in the states. She and her mother had always been exceptionally close and best of friends. Her father had died when she was only ten years old. But her mother had done her best working around the clock to keep up with her husband's business and be able to provide for her only daughter a happy childhood. She had gone to the best schools in Japan and finally when she had graduated from Tokyo University with a masters in business and banking she had been offered a great job in a main bank in New York. The offer had really been too good to refuse and though the separation had been painful, she still talked to her mother regularly on the phone and went over to her for holidays. This year, however, she wouldn't be able to go home for Christmas. She circled the ring on the fourth of her left hand and smiled. This year she was spending Christmas with her fiancée's family.
"How are you mum?" asked Kagome.
"I'm fine darling. What about you? How are the wedding preparations going?"
"Great mum. I'm meeting his parents tomorrow. Going over for dinner and then discuss the wedding. Oh mum I can't wait until you meet Kouga. I'm sure you'll love him… he's so sweet and caring"
"If he's good enough for my darling daughter then he's good enough for me dearest. I just want to see you happy" replied her mother. Her heart darkened she would never meet her daughter's fiancé nor will she be present at the wedding.
"I hope his parents will like me. I'm not sure if he's already told them about the wedding or not… but …" came Kagome's worried tone.
"Oh don't worry dearest; I'm sure they'll love you. I'll let you rest now darling. You've got a big day ahead of you. Good night darling. I love you" said her mother.
"Night mum…I love you too" said Kagome as she hung up.
Kaori put the receiver back in its place. There was nothing more she could do now. There was no going back. At least she wouldn't be a burden on her beloved Kagome. She opened the bottom drawer of the desk and got out a small pistol. The metal felt like ice against her skin. She closed her eyes, raised the gun to her temple and pulled the trigger.