On the last chapter...
"Ok Sango please tell me you got good news for me"
"I'm not sure yet if it's good or bad news"
"Ah, just tell me!"
"Well the victims were slashed with the same weapon, though they were not claws"
TO ACHIVE JUSTICE OR FALL IN LOVE?
Chapter 3: Got Coffee?
"What do you mean they were not claws?"
"Look it appears that the murder weapon is a combination of knives rather than claws."
"How can you tell?"
"For the incision marks made on every entrance wound, and the even deepness of the wounds"
"I'm lost!"
"Ok, come by the 7th floor and I'll show you. It's hard to explain this on the phone."
"I'll be right there." With that she hung up and let out a sigh of relief. It was good to know that there was now a reasonable doubt that might convince a jury.
She got up from her desk, and was ready to leave the office but something in her gut told her she should take the file with her, so she went back in, took it and locked the door.
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As soon as the elevator doors opened she saw Sango standing in front of her "It took you long enough!"
"Sorry but I had to lock the office."
"Since when you lock your office?" Sango said as she started walking toward her lab.
"Since I became a little paranoid, I mean this last two days I've received a few warnings to stay away from Inuyasha's case."
" 'Inuyasha's Case' when you started calling your clients by their first name?"
"Shut up" Kagome's cheeks turned a little pink; and of course this didn't escape Sango's observation.
"Ah, don't tell me you have feelings for your client Miss Higurashi?" Teasing her was so funny!
"Shut up! I only thought he was good looking until he spoke." 'Who are you kidding he is gorgeous'
"Umm, whatever let's you sleep at night my dear friend."
"Could we focus please?"
"Alright! Alright! Don't get your panties in a twist it was only a joke!"
Now they were standing in front of two large glass doors that read 'AUTHORIZED PERSONEL ONLY'. Sango reached for a card from her pocket and slide it at the lock in between the doors and they flew open.
Once inside Kagome was feeling a little dizzy from the smell of chemicals. Sango noticed her friend had a slight green color on her face and handed her a mask.
"Here put this on, since you're not used to this place you might pass out."
"Thank you Sango" Kagome placed the mask as quickly a she could due to the fact she was now getting really dizzy.
"You're welcome, now come and take a look at this." Sango said as she pointed to a steal table that had seven pictures and a large piece of pork meat with the skin still attached.
"What are we looking at exactly?" Kagome was finding it really hard not to vomit at the sight.
"Ok, see here are the pictures of the wounds I took at the morgue."
"I can see that! But why is there a dead animal too?"
"Pork meat has a similar structure to human flesh; I need it to demonstrate what I was trying to tell you early on the phone"
Sango opened one of the cabinets and extracted five knives all of the same length they were all attached together by the handle to what appeared to be a steal ruler. She put on some safety glasses, gloves and handed a pair to Kagome.
"Now step away so you won't get your suit stained with blood." Kagome took that warning way too seriously for she was almost at the exit door. Sango then slashed the meat with the set of knives and a wide track of blood drops was left on the floor where Kagome stood last.
Sango took off her glasses and glanced at Kagome. "Get back here! I told you to step away not leave!"
"Sorry, you know I can't handle the sight of blood." Kagome whined. Sango rolled her eyes; her friend could be such a pampered princess sometimes.
"Ok, come and see." Kagome walked toward Sango, all the time trying to keep her coffee time meal inside her gut.
Once a very green Kagome stood by her side Sango started her explanation.
"See this, five entrance wounds all the same length and starting point" She said pointing to five slashes across the meat. "Now if we look at the pictures of the wounds on the victims they look remarkably the same as this one."
"So that's why you say it is the same murder weapon and it wasn't claws?"
"Yes and no"
"What!?"
"Yes, that this indicates the killer used the same weapon on the seven victims but not that it wasn't a set of claws."
"Then what proves it weren't claws?"
"This" Sango grabbed Kagome's hand and placed it inside of one of the cuts. That was too much for our young lawyer who passed out at the touch of dead flesh.
Sango rolled her eyes as Kagome laid helplessly on the floor. She took a cotton ball and drenched it with alcohol and then placed it near Kagome's nose. Kagome slowly woke up; her head was seriously spinning now.
"Are you ok?"
"I'm fine, just a little dizzy and with a terrible headache." Kagome said a as she scratched her head.
"Can you continue?" Sango said as she stretched her hand in front of Kagome to help her up.
"Yes" she said as she grabbed Sango's hand and stood up.
"Well the reason I did that is because every wound has the same deepness and I wanted you to feel it."
"I can barely handle the sight of corpses; let's leave the feeling inside of them to you ok?"
"Right, well as I was saying the fact they all have the same deepness and starting point indicates even length of blades, if it were claws it will implicate that every finger must have the same length which is not likely; though to be certain I need a mold of your client's hand."
"I can tell you now his fingers are normal except for the claws."
"I know but to prove it beyond any reasonable doubt at the trail, so we can leave the DA without a murder weapon I must do a test with his claws."
"Ok, tomorrow 7:00a.m. at the police precinct."
"Sounds like plan. Let me get my stuff so we can leave"
"I'm not leaving just yet"
"Why? Is 6:00pm! Work is over!"
"I know but I must do a few things before I go; see ya tomorrow ok?" Kagome started walking toward the exit door
"Well I can stay so you won't be alone"
"Don't worry, I can tell you are tired bye!" Kagome waved her goodbye and left the smelly lab.
"Call me when you get home ok?" Sango yelled so Kagome could hear. Though Sango didn't hear Kagome's reply because the glass doors shut closed immediately after Kagome left.
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'What a day! Tomorrow we will prove that the DA has no murder weapon, now all we have left to refute is the motive. What's the motive? I haven't thought about that! Kagome you idiot without murder weapon he can still be found guilty of murder, but without a motive there's no case at all!'
She arrived at the 9th floor so deep in thought; she didn't notice that her office door was open. That eventually became known when she tried to grab the door knob and went straight inside.
"What the…." She uttered in total shock. Her entire desk was a mess, papers, files and office supplies everywhere. All her cabinets and archives were opened too.
'Who could do this?...Rin? No I haven't seen her this afternoon around the office. Well who ever it was he or she was looking for something but what?' She then turned her eyes toward the manila folder in her hands 'Maybe they were looking for this.' She took another glance at the mess. 'I got to make sure they didn't took anything'
So Kagome took every piece of paper, file, and office stuff back to its original place just to make sure nothing was taken and that who ever did this was actually looking for Inuyasha's case file.
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Around midnight Kagome finished fixing her office, nothing was taken. That fact scared her; was she actually in danger? 'Come on Kagome relax, they are trying to get you off the case, be brave, they only trashed the office it's not like they are following you right?' That thought scared her even more. She got out of the building, and thank god it was in the middle of Tokyo where lots of lights illuminate the streets and there were still a bunch of people around. She stopped the first cab she spotted and headed home.
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It was 7:00am and it proved to be bright and beautiful morning.
'Too bad I have to spend it inside the Daiyo-Kangoku'. Kagome thought as she waited for Sango outside the police precinct. She couldn't sleep at all last night, she kept thinking about who could have trashed her office, what could be the motive, why she took this case anyway…and so on. Her eyes were tired and a little red from the lack of sleep. She was starting to doze off into dreamland when
"Hey Kagome! This is truly a miracle you are here at 7:00 am! And you did it all by yourself!"
"Shut up Sango!" Kagome spat
"Geez why are you so cranky?" Sango said a little hurt from Kagome's tone.
"I'm sorry it's just that I had a rough night." Kagome let a small yawn escape her throat.
"I can see that, well I got to be at the lab by 8:00 so let's do this quick ok?"
"Right, let's go."
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"Only one person is allowed inside with him" the guard of the entrance of the cell hall said.
"Ok, I'll go in and tell him that you're going to make a mold of his hands and then you go."
"Fine by me"
Kagome gave her personal stuff to the guard and went inside the hall.
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She stood in front of the familiar steal door 'Ok, relax, he can smell if you are scared Kagome. And why I'm I scared? Last time he behaved, even cooperated if you could actually say that.' She relaxed a bit and opened the door.
The sight gave her an intense red blush on her face. There lying on the floor without his shirt was our beloved hanyou doing push ups. She saw the small trail his sweat on his back, and how every single one of his muscles tensed and relaxed as he exercised.
"You know I think it's improper to stare at a person like that." Kagome was now fiery red.
He stood up only to reveal a set of washboard abs, now Kagome's face was beyond tomato red.
"Like what you see?" he said in a husky voice as he closed the distance between them.
Kagome was embarrassed, nervous, paralyzed, and blushing madly.
Inuyasha could hear her heartbeat increase by every step he took and he loved it; though call it conscience or respect but something made him stop his approach. Probably fearing the girl would get a heart attack, so he decided to bug her some other way.
"So what did I do to deserve your early visit?" he said with a smirk on his face as he placed a shirt on.
Kagome got her composure back together, seeing he was enjoying this way too much!
"I've found a way to refute the murder weapon, but I need to get a mold of your hands"
"Really?" he tried to sound bored, but the surprise this new discovery created was hard to contain. 'Maybe there's still a chance I can get out and get my revenge on that bastard!' mean while Kagome explained to him who Sango was and what she discovered.
"So all I need is for you to cooperate with her." Inuyasha only heard this last bit since he was deep in thought. Fearing he would lose the upper hand with the girl he decided to answer the best way he could
"Keh" He said as he crossed his arms around his chest
"I'll take that as a yes I'll be right back!" Kagome turned and dashed toward the door.
"Hey wait! Where are you going?" he spat, though a little too late Kagome was already in the hall and the door was closed.
"Why does she always do that?! Urgh!!"
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"Ok Sango he is going to help, but please try to do it as quickly as humanly possible."
"Why? He doesn't bite right?" Sango innocently asked
"You know the fact that he is a half-demon dog doesn't mean he acts like a dog... he just has bad temper."
"I see…. You know that's not so reassuring, that's why I prefer to work with the dead, they don't talk back."
"OH! Just go in he won't bite I swear!"
"Alright, chill I'm going!" Sango handed her stuff to the guard; he scanned it and returned it to her.
"Good luck!" Kagome shouted as the glass doors opened
"Um… Thanks?" Doors closed
"You're going to need it."
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After avoiding groping hands, and ignoring cat calls Sango reached the steal door 18-A 'this is it, I truly hope he won't bite' She opened and was greeted by a pair of angry amber eyes
"How are you and where's the incompetent? I didn't ask for another lawyer?"
'Well he doesn't bite, he just barks' Sango sighed "Chill I'm not a lawyer, heaven forbid, I'm here to take a mold of your hands" Seeing his confused expression she continued "Kagome's friend? Your lawyer? I thought she just told you about me?"
He then remember hearing Kagome babble about something when he was thinking and when he paid attention he agreed to cooperate with what ever it was she was asking.
Sango eyed him, no visible response "So can I do the mold?"
"Keh"
"Ok, I need you to place your left hand in this box, and your right hand on this one." She handed him two boxes that contained some kind of jelly substance.
"What is this?" He asked with his classic annoyed tone.
"It's like liquid rubber, but once it's molded into a shape, it will solidify and then I can create a replica of your hand"
"Right…" He didn't really cared he just wanted to get this over with. He placed his hands inside the boxes one at a time. Sango removed them after a few seconds.
"Ok I think we're done, it was nice to meet you Mr. Takahashi" Sango did a small curtsy and left a very confused hanyou alone.
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"Ok I definitely appreciate the dead over the living" Sango spoke as the glass doors opened and she was again with Kagome.
"Why did he do something? You got the molds right?"
"I got the molds alright, but he is weird, and barks a lot."
Kagome let out a sigh of relief "Good I thought he would go all violent"
"You let me go inside knowing there was a chance he would become violent?" Sango raised her voice a little bit from disbelief.
"No, it's just that on our first meeting things didn't go so well…" She trailed off remembering the futile meeting.
"Nice to have you as a friend" Sango said sarcastically "I'm off to work, you coming?"
"No, I must talk with my client about motive."
"Ok, I'll call you when I get the results." Sango said as she started to walk away from Kagome.
"Ok thanks" Kagome was about to go inside the cell hall when the guard stopped her.
"All personal belongings should be scanned before you go in"
"You've got to be kidding! You've already scanned them less than half an hour ago!"
"It's procedure madam"
"Fine" She spat handing him her stuff, again. God this policeman seemed to be trained in incompetence!
"Now you can enter"
"Thank you" she said sarcastically
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'Who does she think she is, she doesn't tell me anything, she even sends a stranger in! Next time she…' He was taken away from his thoughts when he heard the door open.
"Thank you so much for cooperating with Sango I really appreciate it!" She then flashed him her most heart felt smile.
Immediately all his anger melted, for some reason all he could think about was her. He was staring at her with a severe intensity in his eyes that made Kagome waggle a little bit.
She needed to break this terrible silence so it occurred to her to talk about motive.
"Ok…Now that we can refute the murder weapon, we must eliminate the motive and find a reason why you where there and then there will be no way they can charge you with murder."
Inuyasha got back to his usual 'don't give a fuck' mode after she spoke though in the back of his mind the image of her smile still lingered.
"I must say I'm impressed, you proved you're worthy after all" He spoke as he sat on his bed.
Kagome fumed a bit at his remark, but chose to ignore it; she had to get a lot of things done before this day was over so she couldn't afford a senseless fight. She walked toward the small desk, placed the folder on top of it and sat back on the chair.
"I must ask" she spoke in a dead serious tone which got Inuyasha's full attention
"Why would Naraku frame you?"
No answer. Since he kept quiet she carried on…
"Do you owe him money? Got in bed with his girl? What?" she spoke a little to exasperated. She needed a place to start looking for clues.
"I won't tell you so don't push it" He stated surprisingly clam.
"Please! I need to know in order to help you!"
"Forget it ok?" he said again annoyed.
"Fine if you don't help I'll find someone who will!" with that said she got up and dashed out the door.
Inuyasha didn't move, for some reason he didn't want her to know his past.
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"Hello?"
"Yes who is this?" A young man spoke
"I'm Kagome Higurashi, you gave me your phone number so I would give it to my friend, the girl in the elevator?"
"Shouldn't she be the one calling then?"
"I know, but I must tell you I'm Mr.Takahashi's attorney and I need your help"
"Don't tell me he is giving you a hard time"
"Well you could say that he won't tell me anything, so I figured since you are his best friend you could help me."
"Of course I'll help, but then you'll have to help me too.
"Of course! With what exactly?"
"In getting a date with your beautiful friend!" Kagome made an anime style fall, this guy never gave up. But she was desperate she knew she was going to regret it.
"Ok, she will go on a date with you, now where can we meet to talk about…" she was interrupted.
"I'll talk after the date my dearest, I know how you lawyers work, call me when she agrees."
"Right, thanks" God this man was sick. There was no way in hell, heaven or earth that Sango will agree to go on a date with him!
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Kagome was back inside her office examining some bills. She decided to start research on her own. So she started with the basics: money. It wasn't hard to figure it out, powerful mob leader must have a lot of cash, Inuyasha knew him from the club or so she thought so money will be her first theory.
She took a copy of Inuyasha's bank account and all it's movements along the years, so there was a lot of information that needed to be revised. Thank god it was all inside of her computer, if not she will have to review a gigantic pile of papers instead.
She was reading another bill when the phone rang.
"Hello Miss Higurashi speaking"
"Kagome…"
"Sango! Tell me you've got good news"
"I'm sorry Kagome; I wasn't able to finish the tests today I'll finish tomorrow for sure"
"That's ok, so what happened?"
"I'm going home and I was wondering if you needed a ride?" 'Whoa it is already 6:00pm?' Kagome thought.
"Thanks but I'm staying a little longer I must read a lot of documents and since the computer is here…"
"Kagome are you insane, you didn't sleep well last night, get some rest you'll do that tomorrow!"
"You know me; I won't be able to sleep until I get this at least half done"
"Alright, call me when you get home?"
"Sure bye!" She hung up 'Now where was I…'
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It was 10:00pm and Kagome was exhausted, she arrived home half asleep, she should've listened to Sango's advice.
She went inside her apartment and noticed that her bedroom door was open. She went inside the kitchen and grabbed the largest knife she could find and slowly made her way toward the bedroom. She cautiously opened the door and…
"AHHHHHHHHH" she yelled as she shut the door closed and dashed back into the kitchen.
"What! Why?" She said out of breath. She gathered courage again and went back inside her bedroom.
There walking on her clothes, her bed, hell even on the walls were little black spiders known as 'Black widow', small but very poisonous. Then she saw it, a sign on her bed that read 'KEEP AWAY AND HAND OVER THE FILE'. Now Kagome really freaked out. She ran outside her apartment with the file in her hands, there was no way she would sleep in there!
Once outside, she spotted the janitor's closet, and it seemed like the perfect shelter at the moment. She went inside turned the light bulb on and laid against the door hoping sleep will take over.
Sadly the sleep slumber came around 2 am, and she had to be at the precinct at 7:00 am.
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She woke up when the closet's door flew open at 6:00 and she was left without her support falling hard into the ground bumping her head for the second time in less than 24 hours.
"Miss are you alright?" An old man asked. Kagome figured this was the janitor.
"Yes I'm fine thank you" she said a she stood up, her eyes were red from the serious sleep deficiency.
"Are you sure? Pardon me but you don't look so well"
"I'm fine, really, I need to ask you a favor."
"Yes anything"
"Call an exterminator to apartment 32, I have a spider plague."
"Right away miss."
"Thank you" Kagome then walked away. She couldn't take a shower, let alone get a fresh change of clothes since she was left without an apartment; she just headed to the police precinct.
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Everyone stared at her, she looked terrible, red eyes, bags underneath them, dead pale skin, hair in a total mess, and her clothes were full of wrinkles.
The guard at the cell hall didn't even scan her belongings; he opened the doors quickly just to avoid getting her into an angry state.
She entered Inuyasha's cell, he was lying on his bed staring at the ceiling, he thought he smelled Kagome but why does she smell like detergent also? He took a glance at her and was a little shocked by the sight.
"Woah what happened to you?" He asked while standing up
"Don't worry it's nothing…. I'ved…(yawn) come here so I can talk to you about…(yawn) you're bank…(yawn) account." She collapsed into the chair.
"What you need to do is sleep! Look at you! You can't even stand up straight!"
"Sure I can…(yawn)… all I need is…(yawn)…coffee." With that she folded her arms and fell asleep on top of the desk.
Inuyasha was speechless. 'What on earth happened to this girl?' He picked her up bridal style and laid her on his bed.
'She looks kind of cute when she is sleeping. Fuck what I'm I thinking! Cute! Since when I describe a girl with the word cute?'
"Inuyasha…"
'Did she spoke my name in her sleep?'
TO BE CONTINUED….
I'm sorry for updating late! it's still Sunday well almost monday. I had a problem with my computer and it wouldn't upload the file! Anyway I'm posting chapter 4 on wednesday the 20th since my internet connection is getting fixed.
Please read and review I need to know what you guys think.
until next time!
