One Truth Prevails
Chapter 9: Blood Red Grass
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Kagome sighed as she wandered around town. She had given Rachel and Jimmy some much needed privacy. After all, when you learn your true love has been turned into a child by a drug that was supposed to be poison, you need to catch up on things, right?
She smiled to herself. At least they were happy. She had her heart broken when the well sealed, separating her from her dear Inuyasha for what was probably forever. Never again would she see those cute ears...that long, silver hair...those gorgeous amber gold eyes that she could just get lost in while looking at...
Shaking her head and closing her eyes tightly, blinking back tears, the young miko continued walking. At hearing a sudden scream coming from the park that she, Amy, Mitch, George and Conan were playing at earlier, she gasped and took off, running in that direction.
Another scream could be heard from the park a few minutes later, and her eyes widened. What on earth was going on? She could hear voices talking, two of them...men...but she was still a bit far away so she couldn't hear it that well, but she managed to hear some of it.
"One of Kudo's classmates - " she gasped at this and instantly covered her mouth. "We thought she might knew where he had been hiding, but we were wrong. Since she's useless, we may as well get rid of her."
This is what Kagome could hear when she got closer, and her eyes widened, because this voice was followed by a gunshot. Another scream.
She couldn't hold it in any longer...she opened up her mouth, and let out a-
Thankfully her scream was muffled by a tiny hand, belonging to Conan Edogawa. She sighed and turned to face him, tears welling in her eyes. She noticed Rachel wasn't there, but he figured he probably told her to go call the police and an ambulance.
He hugged her as she began to cry. She had never witnessed a crime in her own era before, at least one that wasn't on tv, and ... well, it was a little overwhelming for her. She didn't know why it was, because she had helped slayed Naraku dammit! She shouldn't cry at witnessing or being a part of a murder.
"Did you see who the victim was?" Conan asked her in a gentle voice as he held her, not sounding scared at all. Kagome wasn't surprised, because he dealt with this kind of thing every day....Jimmy Kudo was a famous detective, after all.
"They said it was one of your classmates....they know you're alive and they're trying to find you," Kagome said in between sniffs. Conan's eyes widened. By now the men were long gone, so he went to see if the body was still there.
"Stay here, Kagome," Conan told her, his tone of voice leaving no room for argument. She sighed and just nodded, waiting for him to return.
At hearing a startled gasp coming from his lips moments later, she couldn't stand it any longer. She hated waiting. So instead, she ran in the direction Conan had gone moments before...and screamed.
There, on the now blood red grass, was the dead body of Serena Sebastian. She had heard about Serena from Rachel, they had been best friends at school, though she didn't see how - they had two totally different personalities. Serena was interested in shopping and boys, and Rachel was...well...not.
"We c-can't let Rachel see her like this," Kagome said, and Conan nodded in agreement, closing his eyes as he hugged Kagome again. He may have thought Serena annoying in the past...but no one deserved a fate like that.
She looked like she had been slapped a few times on the face, because there were a few bruises on it. Then, the gunshot was right in the chest, in the heart, leaving no chance for the hostage to survive...
But how...how had the organization found out Jimmy was still alive? Had they overheard a conversation about Jimmy or something? They had their ways he supposed....but now...
Now everyone was in danger.
"Conan, Cherry, where are you?" Rachel's voice could be heard as she called out Kagome's fake name. Conan's eyes widened and he instantly ran over to her, so did Kagome, to prevent her from seeing the body of her dead best friend.
"Rachel, you don't want to see this-!"
"Jimmy, let me pass!"
"Please, Rachel, listen to Jimmy!" Kagome tried to pursuade her to stay behind, but Rachel was still stubborn even as a child, and she pushed them both aside, going to see what they were trying to hide from her.
"Rachel, no don't!"
Police sirens could finally be heard in the air...ambulance as well, but it was too late for them now. The Black Organization hadn't left one chance for survival, for fear of their identities being discovered.
Rachel didn't care. She made her way towards the bloodstained grass....suddenly growing very nervous and scared for a reason she didn't know why. She wished Jimmy was holding onto her hand-
She blinked several times at a sudden hand on hers. Looking up, she gasped at seeing Conan there. His face looked serious as he stared at her.
"Rachel, please...it's best if you don't look."
"Will you...at least tell me who it is, Jimmy?" Rachel sighed, finally giving in to his pleas. "I hate not knowing." She bit down on her lower lip, having a bad feeling...
Conan sighed and let go of her hand. Kagome looked away, her heart wrenching as Conan hugged Rachel gently.
"I'm sorry Rachel...it's...it's Serena."
This time, Rachel wasn't stopped-she screamed. Tears began pouring down her face, and Conan brought her closer to his chest as she cried, allowing her to wet his shirt with her tears...she needed it.
"Why...?" Rachel whispered, not looking up from Conan's chest.
"I overheard them a bit..." Kagome frowned, biting down on her lip. "They must have heard that she was acquaintances with Jimmy...and she and you were talking about him as though he were still alive...so they wanted to know where he was."
"And since they already attacked Rachel..." Conan frowned, holding the crying girl close. He sighed. Why was all of this happening now...?
Sirens could be heard a few moments later, of police and ambulances. Richard got out of one of the cars, along with Meguire. Richard frowned as he saw the three kids there, Conan comforting Rachel, and Kagome looking oddly calm about the whole thing...at least now anyway.
Did these three brats really witness this murder? he thought to himself.
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TBC
A/N: A little too much? I don't think so, but if you don't like this idea I can change it. ^^ I'm sorry for such a long wait in updating. I had an idea for my other fic, My Heart Will Go On, and I just had to get it up fast. Then I went to hospitals for tests and well...yeah, fanfiction just got put down a lot on my things to do list. Sorry! :) Please review...and don't murder me for killing off a main character? *hides*
