Disclaimer: Alas my duckies. To all our hopes and dreams, they are still not mine.
A.N. Glad to know the last chapter was like. n-n But I wonder where Bankotsu got the dagger from originally. Huh! Maybe it was a um... I dunno. Never mind. I'm just rambling. Ok um... I know I said fluff soon, but I don't know when. Maybe in a few chapters I can squeeze it in. But right now I get to have a lot of fun. n-n Hope ya like it.
Eowyn Organa Actually, she wasn't talking to him. Just dancing.
Inuyashangel Well it's not like he enjoys it really. Besides. You never know when something might happen.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha said looking away from the woman talking to him. He thought he'd heard her scream his name, but he wasn't sure. "If you'll excuse me," he said to the woman as he rose from the stool. He walked out into the crowd looking for Kagome, but she wasn't there. The song was over, and Konara was on stage talking.
Swearing he went off to find Sango and Miroku. He found them talking in a corner.
"Sango, Miroku. I can't find Kagome!" he exclaimed in a low voice when he reached them.
They both turned and said "What!" in unison.
"I seriously can't after that first song she started dancing with this other guy. Then I started talking to this one chick over at the bar. And I thought I heard Kagome screaming outside. I looked around, and she isn't here."
"I'll check the bathroom," Sango said.
Inuyasha nodded and Sango ran off.
"Come on Inuyasha. Let's go look around outside. Maybe she's still around."
"I hope so."
The two men made their way quickly to the main door and left. The only thing they saw when looking down the street, were the back lights of two almost identical cars. They thought it was strange, but ignored it. They both went towards the alley, which even though barely, was lit. They both noticed immediately a pool of blood on the ground. Inuyasha went forward and touched it. The blood dripped off of his fingers and back into the pool.
"It's Kagome's," Inuyasha said slowly.
"How do you know it's hers?" Miroku asked.
"Who else would it belong to? Especially if she was screaming for help. They had to silence her somehow didn't they? Besides. They left one crucial thing." He rose to his feet and went to the opposite side of the alley. Take a small cloth from his pocket, he wrapped it around the handle of the weapon and picked it up. "They left this."
"That was stupid of them," Miroku said walking towards him.
"Maybe. But then again, maybe they did it on purpose, You never know. We'll find out who it belongs to, and they'll be able to identify whose blood this is on the blade. Go get Sango and tell Konara that we're sorry that we had to leave so soon."
Miroku nodded and headed back to the club entrance and went inside. Inuyasha stood in the alley yelling at himself mentally. How could I have been so stupid? I was supposed to protect her! I should have been watching her!
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Kagome slowly opened her eyes. She was lyeing on her back on a very soft bed, but where was she? She wanted to sit up, but her body resister her. She turned her head slightly to the side and noticed someone sitting on a chair next to the bed. She groaned in pain and a bolt of pain tore through her stomach. She rolled onto her side away the figure, clutching at her stomach.
"You're awake," came a voice from the other person in the room. "I'm sorry about hurting you like that, but you wouldn't stop screaming."
"So you decided to stab me?" she retorted angrily as she turned back to face him.
"If I had another way I would have done it. We tried getting you to stop, but you wouldn't and I did what I had to do."
"Why did you do it anyways?"
"I can't tell you that."
"Why?"
"It's confidential."
"When can I leave?"
"When we're given the ok to let you go. Not before."
Kagome sighed. "And how long will that be?"
"Who knows? A day. A week. A month. A year. It just depends on when it's all over and done with."
"What do you mean?"
"You know what I mean. You are a very important woman Kagome Higuarshi."
Bankotsu rose from the chair and looked down at her. "There's a bottle of pain killers on the table over there. There's a clean cup on the counter. And tap water to drink. You'll get meals three times a day. No more. No less. Just let us know if you're allergic to something. We don't want you to die on us here."
Kagome snorted and slowly pushed herself up as he walked to the door. "I'll die of lonliness. Did you ever stop and think about my daughter?"
"We aren't suppose to worry about her. Just you."
"Are you really that cruel? You did all of this for money. And Hojo hired you didn't he?"
"Maybe he did. Maybe he didn't. Like I said. The information is confidential. You should sleep." He opened the door and left her alone in the cold room.
Kagome fell back onto the bed and turned onto her side, tears streaming down her face. Choking sobs racked her body until she fell into a restless sleep.
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Bankotsu swore under his breath as he left the helpless young woman. "I really never understand why I even took this damned job in the first place," he muttered to himself. No one was around to here him, but they knew the main reason why he'd taken it. The money. A few years ago he took the job because his mother had been dieing. He'd been able to get the money to pay the hospital bills to help his mother, but for some reason he didn't quit. He'd been through college, and gotten a degree. But somehow, the job just stuck with him. He just couldn't leave it, and he didn't know how to explain it. But he hated doing this kind of thing to people. Especially young women like Kagome Higurashi, but what could be done? He still had to pay for things his mother desperately needed due to her health conditions, but no other job he knew of paid this much. The good thing was, his mother didn't know what he and his friends did for a living. Sighing heavily, he continued through to the opposite side of the building where his friends were.
"Hey Bankotsu!" Jakotsu said upon his entering the room.
The door closed behind him with a click and he sat down in the only vacant chair left. He didn't respond to the greeting but instead leaned back in the chair, his head hanging back as he stared at the ceiling above him.
"Something wrong Bankotsu?" Suikotsu asked from somewhere to his right.
"No," he replied.
Jakotsu started to say something, but Renkotsu stopped him, shaking his head.
Swearing under his breath, Bankotsu rose from the chair and pushed it over in his haste to leave the room. The other six men in the room started to follow, but terrifying glare from their leader stopped them. The door slammed behind him as he left. Ignoring everyone who tried to speak with him, he passed them all by without a second glance. He headed for the parking garage underneath the building and located his black Mercedes quickly. He climbed into the driver's seat and started the car. He pulled out of the space and sped out of the underground parking garage. Where he was headed, he wasn't really sure.
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"Inuyasha you fool!" Sesshomaru thundered at his younger brother. "How could you do such a thing?"
Inuyasha was sitting on a chair, looking away from his brother.
"Damn it Inuyasha. You know how important she is. And even after what you did to her you still let her out of your sight! You're such a fool!"
"I know," he muttered still not looking at him.
"And you realize that without her, this could put us in a bad position. We need her at the court. We need her as a witness."
"I know Sesshomaru."
"You had better find her. In the mean time, the boys will be coming home, and if the girl agrees, she will come as well untill you find her mother. Am I understood?"
Inuyasha nodded. "Yeah. I understand. I'll find her. I swear I will."
"Good." Sesshomaru turned away to go to the boys' room to get anything they would want to have at home. He left Inuyasha's house about an hour later.
Shortly after his departure, the doorbell rang. Inuyasha stood up and walked slowly to the door. He looked up upon opening it.
"YOU!"
A.N. Whee! Cliffy for you all. I wonder who it could be. :O Have fun guessing. Anyways. Please review. n-n
Ciao,
Illuma
Sidenote: My muse for the Gravitation fic left me so I'll be writing a new one soon. I have some nice ideas for the chapters, and they won't be as long. So I hope you all read it and review when it comes out. And maybe later on when I'm finished with both stories, I'll do a crossover of some sort with them.
