Rin and the pup, which was named Ichirou, came home the day after he was born. And today was his first doctor's checkup, only two weeks after he was born. Rin was accompanied by Izy, Kagome and Sango. They all promptly arrived at 9:30 in the morning. Little Ichirou was starting to turn out like his mother; very spirited and playful, laughing at everything.
All the men were at work and Inuyasha only let Kagome go because all the girls were going. They have been working on their soul bond and now could feel each other's emotions, they were able to feel each other's youki/reiki inside their own bodies and Kagome could now use her slightly demonic blood to heal quicker.
Rin was called to go back with Ichirou so the other three stayed behind. "It seems that Ichi is going to be like Rin." Sango said.
"Yeah, Inuyasha is so happy about that. He said if he had to deal with two Sesshomaru's, he was going to flip!" Kagome said with mirth.
"Well what do you guys want to do after this? We got the whole day to ourselves…" Izy asked.
"Well we can go to the mall and go baby clothes shopping..." Sango said. Izy and Kagome both looked at her strangely. "I mean for Ichi ya know!" she laughed nervously.
"Okay Sango. You can't hide anything from us! What's going on?" Kagome said with her hands crossed.
Sango blushed but surrendered. "Okay fine; but promise not to tell Miroku or the guys…"
"Promise" both said together.
Sango sighed. She knew that she couldn't keep a secret from them; no matter how hard she tried. "I'm pregnant…" The other two squealed and congratulated the mother to be.
About twenty minutes later Rin and Ichirou exited the door from the exam area. She noticed how excited they were about something…"What's going on?"
They looked at her and considered telling her. She almost always ruined surprises because of her talkative and excited nature. So Izy decided against it and said, "We were just talking about getting Ichi here some Spring and Summer clothes. They're already out in the stores…"
"Oh yay! Let's go!" With a clean bill of health from the doctor, the women and little Ichirou left for the mall.
Kagome was sulking on the way to the mall. 'First Rin and now Sango… It's not fair. I want to be pregnant and have little Inu pups!' She sighed again as she laid her head back onto the head rest of the car. She was so tired lately; she felt fatigued and sluggish. She was so stressed about her upcoming semester. There were a lot of classes that she had to take so that she could graduate this coming spring. But she passed the fatigue off as a cold and kept trucking. They made it to the mall in ten minutes. Once Kagome entered the mall, she had a foreboding sense that something wasn't right. But Kagome followed her family to the baby store and started making a mental wish list as she passed down the aisles.
Soon enough it was lunch time. They didn't know it was that time until Ichirou started crying because he was hungry. Upon inspection of the time it was 12:15; so they left the baby store with many things for Ichirou and Sango with a few small things so Rin couldn't see. The food court was packed. It seemed that everyone in Tokyo was eating lunch at the mall that day. Sango, Kagome and Izy got some food while Rin found a table for all of them. She sat down and started feeding Ichirou. They each got a bowl of ramen with veggies. They ate with gusto; with the exception of Kagome, who only picked at hers. She ate some and really tried not to feel sick, but the more she ate, the more she wanted to vomit.
"Kagome honey, are you alright?" Izy asked her 'daughter' while rubbing her back with affection.
Kagome laid her head down on her folded arms, shaking her head in the negative. "I think I'm coming down with something…" Then her stomach gave a lurch; she flew to the bathroom almost hitting three people on the way. She barely got there before her stomach rejected everything she had eaten that day and the previous night.
Izy came in a few minutes later.... "Kagome?! Kami are you okay?!"
She wiped her mouth and looked at her mother in law. "Yeah, just give me a few minutes…" She said turning her head back towards the toilet.
"Okay sweety. I'll wait for you at the table. Sango and Rin went to go get the car."
"Okay. I'll be there in a few minutes. Let me clean up a little." She spoke too soon and dry heaved.
Izy turned and left her, almost running into a lady coming into the restroom. "Oh I'm sorry! Excuse me…"
"No it's okay!" The other lady said as she entered the restroom.
Izy turned to leave and as she was walking back through the hallway to get back to the table she thought, 'Why did that woman look so familiar?'
Kagome finally got herself together and flushed the toilet. She walked out of the stall on unsteady legs to the sink to wash her hands. She heard someone come out of one of the other stalls but paid it no mind. Suddenly she felt a sharp pain at the back of her head. Falling to the floor, she looked up and saw someone over her. She tried to move but her head was killing her. She felt a sharp prick in her arm and everything started going black. Before she fell unconscious she heard the woman say, "I'm so sorry Kagome…"
Inuyasha knew something was wrong the moment he couldn't sense anything from her; her bond, her emotions, nothing… Normally he could tell if she was happy, sad, whatever; but now it was like a void. He tried calling her on her cell; nothing. He ran straight to his father's office; which unfortunately had a potential client in it.
Toga was about to tell his son to leave before he looked at him. His son was frightened. "Excuse me Mr. Chang; I'll be back momentarily…" he said in Chinese to his client. He led his distraught son out of the office and into the hall. "What's wrong?" he asked sternly. He knew, for his son to interrupt a meeting, and with the worried look on his face, something was definitely wrong.
"It's Kagome. I can't sense anything from her; all I feel is a void, a black expanse…"
He knew what it was. He experienced this once before with Izayoi when she fell and hit her head. It was agony. "She's unconscious… Go call your mother and see if she can find her. I'm going to call the demon police…" With that he barged back into his office
Inuyasha was pale. He ran to his office at the end of the hall almost running into Sesshomaru. "Inuyasha, what's going on?"
"Kagome's unconscious somewhere and I need to find her." He said while picking up the phone dialing his mother's cell.
Sesshomaru was shocked. He knew that she was with Rin and Ichirou, so where was she? "I'm going to call Rin…"
Toga left his son in the hall. He politely ended the meeting in hopes to reschedule sometime in the near future and called the police.
"Tokyo Demon Guard, how may I help you?" A sweet voice came through the receiver.
"This is Toga Takahashi. We have a potential kidnapping of my clan; I need to speak with the Chief Inspector!" He roared into the phone.
The demon receptionist knew who Toga Takahashi was, because of his status and also a well paid donator for the police force. So without a moment's delay, she patched it straight to Chief Inspector Bankotsu Yoshimata.
Inuyasha finally got in touch with his mother. "Hey baby. What'cha doing?" she answered.
"Mom where's Kagome?!" He said while closing down his computer.
Izy noticed how distraught and serious he was. "She's in the restroom. She's sick; what's wrong?"
Inuyasha inaudibly gasped. 'Sick? Maybe that's why she's …' "Mom! She's unconscious somewhere! Go find her please!" He said as he got his coat on, ready to leave at any second.
Izy gasped and ran to the bathroom, passing Sango and Rin on the way there. All three got to the bathroom and all they found was a pool of blood and her red phone with puppy charm on it.
"Oh Kami…" Izy whispered into the phone all the while sliding to the floor, unable to hold her weight.
"Mom? Mom, what's wrong?!" Inuyasha persisted as he was now joined by his sire and brother.
"She's….She's gone…." The girls didn't know what was going on on the other side of the line but all they could hear was the pain filled roar of Inuyasha through the receiver…
Within 45 minutes, the mall was cleared and the Demon Investigation Unit was there looking for clues on Kagome's kidnapping. The Takahashi's and the Higurashi's were there trying to figure out what had happened. All that they found was a trail of blood leading out to the loading dock. But after that, Kagome's scent and aura disappeared. Her kidnapper also had their scent and aura masked. Surveillance videos were useless, because who ever had kidnapped her had knocked the security guard out and had tampered with the days tapes. They were lost at what to do; they knew who had done this and had told the police about it; but when they went to Tokyo General, the administrators said that Dr. Fujimoto had taken two weeks of vacation starting that day; and no one knew where his holiday was to be… Everyone was at a loss…
It was close to sunset when Inspector Bankotsu went to go talk to the family. He walked into the security holding room at the mall where the family was and saw the distraught looks on their faces. "Mr. Takahashi, I hate to the bearer of bad news but there is nothing else I can do here. The only evidence that we found was the trail of blood from your daughter-in-law. No scent of her kidnapper could be found and no video surveillance was useful. I'm sorry but tomorrow I will go over what was found in Dr. Fujimoto's office and we'll go from there…"
Toga sighed but got up from his youngest's side and approached the inspector. He shook his hand and agreed that they had done everything that could at the moment. So they all left the mall with heavy hearts. Hopefully Kagome would be found, safe and alive…
Don't hate me!.... ::author dodges projectiles:: it had to be done! Please R&R! Love my readers and reviews!
