Encounter Again

As planned, she returned to work the very next day after her release from the hospital. It was very important for her to try to pick up all the pieces of her life and move on. The last thing Ryoko told her was, always remember the past is a guiding post and not a hitching post. You must learn from your mistakes and keep on going.

Kagome knew she was right and that was exactly what she intended to do. Everyone was very pleasant to her upon her return to the office and most had common sense and decency not to pry into their boss's personal life. A couple of gossipmongers made an attempt but Kagome being the outspoken person she was set them straight.

Kagome called Inuyasha's office to see if he wanted to have lunch with her. His secretary Yuna had an attitude with her over the phone. Kagome never had a problem with the woman until she called her a tramp that day and Kagome wasn't going to forget that either. Kagome wanted her gone and after a few conversations with Inuyasha, she knew he would grant her request if for no other reason than to make her happy. Kagome had a feeling Yuna was one of the women who tried to turn Inuyasha on their side.

"Bottom line, she has to go. I'll be damned if I get an attitude every time I call for my husband or go to visit him." She thought to herself.

Kagome was disappointed when Inuyasha told her he couldn't make lunch with her due to a business appointments but she understood. He had missed a lot of time at work and needed to catch up. She settled for a sub, some chips and a soda in front of the mural Naraku painted at the MARTA station. She sighed deeply. She missed Naraku but not in a sexual way. He had always been kind to her and she missed his friendship, a friendship that would never be because of their sexual history. His apartment complex was directly across the street and she glanced up at it a few times while she picked at her food. She ended up feeding most of it to the birds.

When she got up to head back to the office, she almost strayed over to his building but she caught herself. She didn't want to run the risk of bumping into Yura. She still couldn't believe the beanpole had the nerve to cause drama while she was in the hospital. Besides she couldn't see Naraku, not then, not ever again. He had live through too many people walking out his life already. Since she knew she couldn't walk back in his life for good, she decided to leave it alone. She already realized she would have to make up one last lie once the Civic Center had its grand opening. She couldn't possibly attend, even though Inuyasha was the head architect. Even though Inuyasha knew about the affairs he still didn't know Naraku was one of them and she wanted to keep it that way.

Kagome knew in another lifetime she and Naraku could have been the best of friends just not this one.

In a weird way Kagome now understood why Naraku's mother killed herself. It took her trying to do the same thing to comprehend it. When she thought she had lost Inuyasha, her life was over and she didn't want to go on. She guessed his mother felt the same way when her husband left her and the kids for a foreigner. Luckily her attempt had failed and she had been given a second chance and she wasn't going to mess it up.

***

"Goodnight everyone! Have a good evening and see you all tomorrow!" Kagome said as she rushed through the outer offices and pressed the button for the elevator to go down to the garage. She was in a hurry since she was trying to make it to the gun shop before they closed for the day.

She didn't tell Inuyasha about being called a bitch on the phone the night before. She was determined not to let anyone upset their happy home. She didn't want to get the police involved either. They were already looking for both Kouga and Ryuu, so there was really nothing they could do. Also Kagome wasn't stupid either she knew getting a gun wasn't a bad idea just in case. She would have to take special precautions to make sure it was never left anywhere one of her children could get a hold of it.

When she got off the elevator, she spotted her Mercedes twice vandalized but still hanging in there with her. There was a security guard stationed in the garage twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. She didn't see him anywhere however that didn't surprise her since they had only one guard to patrol all three levels.

She got halfway to her car when she heard some footsteps echoing from somewhere in the garage. She couldn't pin down the exact location. Kagome stopped and turned around.

"Who's there?!" She shouted however there was no response. She then realized she had stopped walking and just standing there frozen like a sitting duck. If there was maniac lurking in the garage the last thing she wanted to do was wait for him to attack. She made a dash for her car while searching for her keys in her purse. "Shit, I'm so stupid. I had seen fifty millions tapes on safety yet my dumb-self doesn't have my keys out before I enter the garage."

She got to her car but still couldn't find her keys. She sat her briefcase down and put her purse on the roof of the car so she could go through it eyelevel. She finally found them and unlocked the door, flinging her purse onto the passenger seat. She turned around to get her briefcase which was behind her on the ground only to come face to face with Ryuu.

"You looking for this bitch?" He had her briefcase in his hands. Before her reflexes could fly into action, he hit her square in the face with it, knocking her back against the open driver's side door. The door caught her in the ribs and she bent over in pain. He threw the briefcase on the ground. "Now, what you got to say bitch? Where's your fucking switchblade this time?"

He hit her across the face with his fist and she could see her blood splatter on her light gray suit. The left side of her face went numb. She wanted to scream but no sounds would come out.

"I know you told the fucking police about me and now your ass is gonna pay!!" He wrapped his hands around her neck and that's when Kagome decided to fight back. She remembered how Kouga had choked her and she knew if she didn't do something fast, he would cut her airway off. She pulled every ounce of strength left in her together and kneed him between the legs. He squealed out in pain and released her neck to grab his throbbing member.

Her first instinct was to get in the car and drive off after running his ass over but then she realized her knocked the keys out of her hands at some point during the struggle. She looked around quickly but couldn't find them. She figured they must've landed somewhere underneath her car or the one parked next to it. Before Ryuu could fully regain his composure, she took his head in both of her hands and kneed him in the face as hard as she could.

"That's for Sango mother fucker!" She spat at him before running as fast as she could. Her vocals finally kicked back in. She had lost one of her shoes and paused for a moment just to kick the other one off. She ran uphill to the next level of the garage which also the entry level was hoping to locate the guard in his booth. She could hear Ryuu yelling out behind her but if he was running he didn't seem to be closing in on her. She was definitely happy about that. She reached the guard booth while screaming.

"HELP ME!!!" She sighed deeply when it was empty. She turned around getting ready to run full speed out onto the busy street to get help from some bypassing stranger. Instead, she ended up running straight into the guard who was coming out from the small filthy bathroom. He was zipping up his fly when started yelling. "You have to call the police!! Call the police!!!" He called the police right away but by the time the cops came Ryuu was gone.