Dick glanced around the kitchen at the unpacked boxes on the floor. "Guess you just got here." He stated turning back to her.
"Yeah, I got most of my clothes unpacked and that's about it." Kagome confirmed awkwardly. Clearing her throat, she gestured to the flowers and set them in the middle of her kitchen table, moving a box to one of the chairs. "They're beautiful, thank you." She mumbled.
"You're welcome. So what made you come back to this place?" he asked gesturing around the tiny apartment she rented two years ago. "Cheaper price, Sesshoumaru's been making sure that I have all the money I could ask for and I have my own from my inheritance but I was kind of attached to this place. I made some lemonade earlier, would you like some?" she offered.
Dick nodded and watched as she dug through a box for glasses, coming up with two bowls. "Um… Bowl?" she asked handing him one before retrieving the lemonade from the fridge and pouring some into the dish.
Kagome beckoned him to follow her to the bedroom, sitting on the edge and placing her bowl on the nightstand. "So why did you come back?" he asked. "There was nothing left for me back home, Souta died a few weeks after I returned from some complications with his medication and I went to Italy on an assignment for Sesshoumaru. Ended up working with Ezio on rebuilding the Auditore Villa in Monteriggioni as a contractor."
"Impressive." Dick mumbled. Kagome smiled and lifted her sleeves, taking her hidden blades off before placing them in the nightstand's drawer. "So you and Ezio...?" he asked. Kagome snorted and shook her head, "hardly, we talked about it don't get me wrong, we talked about it a lot but figured we were better off how we are now."
Dick watched Kagome get up and unpack her assassin gear, smoothing out the fabrics as she hung them up and put them in the false back of her closet. "Your phone." Dick said holding the device. Kagome put the panel back and threw herself across the bed, taking her phone opening the text.
'Is this a sick joke? He's in Italy.' she thought. Scrolling the picture up and down her eyes narrowed as she got a text to accompany the picture.
Hello Assassin, Joker here! I heard you were back and decided to throw you a little welcome home party. As the picture shows I have your loving mentor, now I have enlisted help of my own in my good friend the Riddler to help you find him. You have two weeks or else I kill him.
Blood boiling, Kagome blinked hard as another text came in quickly.
What do men want the least on their hands? Go to the location and wait for further instructions. You have until tomorrow night at 8 to get there.
Kagome opened her phonebook and hit Ezio's number going straight to voicemail the four times she called. "What's wrong?" Dick asked, placing a hand on her shoulder.
Shaking her head, Kagome shot up to her knees dropping her phone to the sheets and taking the bowl from Dick's hands. "Sorry but you need to leave, I've got something to take care of."
"Kagome. Is everything okay? Let me help." He suggested. Kagome shook her head and shoved him through the two rooms, "sorry I just have to do this. Thanks for stopping by!"
Shutting the door quickly, Kagome scrapped the lock and leaned against the door, pulling up the picture she had just received. Eyes zoning in on the bowed head, hands tied behind the chair and assassin's gear Kagome let out a breath, "son of a bitch."