Running

By: Death's Eternal Lover

Summary: Kikyo is murdered, Kagome helps lock away her murderer, he has escaped prison and is not out to kill Kagome, the solution? The Witness Protection Program

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, much to my dismay, but hey I can dream. Don't sue all you'll be squeezing out of me is a pair of glasses, which I can't see without.

Notes: this is my first posted fic so don't expect perfection. Okey Dokey well the pairings will be IK, MS, one-sided KK and now on with the fic! This is rated R just to be sure, since I don't know where I'm exactly going with this

This is for you Nelia, honey.

Kagome Higurashi sat perfectly still in the waiting area of the police station, her chocolate brown eyes empty and her raven black hair falling about her shoulders in a makeshift curtain of privacy. She had hoped to never see this place again after the murder investigation of her sister Kikyo, yet here she was with her mother and younger brother Souta.

###FLASHBACK###

Kagome was worried her sister Kikyo had snuck out of the house late last night and made her promise not to tell their mother that she was off to see Naraku again. Kagome agreed but only because Kikyo convinced through the usual guilt trips, yet she absolutely despised Naraku. She didn't trust him at all yet her sister seemed to be madly in love with the creep. Now here the sun had risen and yet Kikyo was not in her room or any other part of the house, this of course, had her mother devastated. Her mother had phoned all of Kikyo's friends and other family in hopes that Kikyo had simply stayed the night at one of their houses and simply had not called. Finally, Kagome decided that she needed some fresh air so she went outside with Souta, and left their mother to continue her search, along with police, without them getting in the way. Kagome sat on the porch in the backyard, while she watched Souta play with the family's fat cat Buyo (?). Suddenly Buyo streaked off into one of the many shrubs surrounding the backyard and Souta went after him before he got hurt, Kagome got up and followed them before either of them got hurt. Just as she was approaching the place where Souta had gone she heard him scream and seconds later run out looking absolutely horrified. In his haste he crashed straight in to her and began to cry hysterically while he stuttered through an explanation. Kagome kneeled down and grabbed him by the shoulders before shaking lightly and yelling, "Souta! Calm down, what's wrong?!" He simply shook his head violently and pointed to the place where he had just ran out of. Kagome released him but he grabbed her and shook his head violently again, silently pleading her not to go. "Oh Souta you're overreacting you probably just saw an animal," yet even to her, her voice sounded strained. She urged him to go inside the house and once she had dragged him inside and to their mother's side she went outside to look for Buyo and investigate what had terrified Souta so much. She heard Buyo mewling as she approached the bushes again so she strengthened her resolve and confidently strode forward, yet as soon as she stepped into the foliage she was hit with an unpleasant smell, the metallic smell of blood. She was about to turn and leave, thinking that it was just probably a dead animal when Buyo walked out form under a bush with a shiny object in his mouth. Kagome kneeled down and said, "Buyo, you bad cat, where have you been? And what have you got here?" She pried the object out of the cat's mouth and examined it closer. She sucked in a sharp breath as she recognized the golden locket with the letter "K" engraved on it in Old English script, this was Kikyo's locket! She reached for the one around her neck and clutched it while she let go of Buyo, hers was identical just that it was silver rather than gold. Buyo streaked off once again to where he had just popped out of but this time Kagome followed him to see if her led her to where he found the locket. As soon as she had crossed into the second set of bushes her sneakered foot encountered something big and soft lying on the ground. She looked down and her world shattered. There was Kikyo, lying in a pool of blood, naked and dirty. She screamed, yet her scream sounded foreign and far away to her. She backed up but crashed into the foliage behind her and fell, yet she never broke contact with her sister's bloody and destroyed body. There was a great commotion heard form her back yard but she did not move or call out, suddenly the police as well as her mother and brother crashed through the trees and everything stood still. Her mother let out a heartbreakingly agonized cry of Kikyo's name then fainted while the cops swarmed the place and forced the distraught family back to the house. All sorts of authorities were called in and pretty soon the house and everything that had transpired was the talk of the whole neighborhood. Her mother had to be hospitalized due to the tremendous shock so Kagome had taken care of Souta as well as the finer details of the investigation. Kagome had been questioned, prodded, badgered, and harassed to release any information on her sister's whereabouts that night, naturally she accused Naraku. Naraku, was rich and his family was influential so he was not over pressured, plus when he was interrogated he answered in cool, calm tones and had tones of charm and charisma to win over anyone, even my sister, Kagome thought bitterly. Yet in the end, justice had prevailed as they found traces of Naraku's semen in Kikyo's raped body and traces of his DNA in some hair found on her sister's clenched hand. Shortly thereafter the police had found the murder weapon, actually murder weapons, and one of the servant in the house had disproved the tale that Naraku had stayed at home the entire night, and thus Naraku had been taken into custody and sent to prison for a LONG time for Kikyo's murder.

###END FLASHBACK###

Kagome was snapped out of her dark reverie when one of the police officers stepped out of his office and called them to step into his office. All three sat opposite the officer and waited for him to speak. He looked up at them and said, "I'm sorry about what happened to Miss Kikyo, but I'm afraid that more bad news have arrived. Kagome stiffened as she looked over to her mother and little brother. "What could possibly be worse than my daughter's death?" asked Mrs. Higurashi as her eyes filled with tears. The officer shook his head in regret then said, "Naraku has escaped the Maximum Security prison and murdered the servant that sealed his fate last night." Souta whimpered in fear, Mrs. Higurashi went as white as a sheet and Kagome felt faint all of the sudden. "Are you certain?" Kagome asked in a chocked voice, her chocolate brown eyes begging for the officer to say that it was all a joke, a really sick joke. Much to her dismay however he nodded and said, "yes, we found the body of the servant this morning when a relative reported that there was no answer yet the light were all on in the household. That is the reason why you were summoned here, with Naraku out of jail you are all no longer safe." "Well what do you suggest?" asked Mrs. Higurashi in a small voice. "The only thing that will keep you safe until that madman is behind bars, the Witness Protection Program."

To Be Continued???

I will only continue if people actually read and review, so a little help here?