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"I can't believe you dragged me here." Kagome muttered
She and Sesshomaru's wife Kamiko were walking up the steps of an art gallery that an opera was being held. It was girls' night and this night was Kamiko choice on where to go and she chose to go to the opera. Will had a late class tonight so she dropped off Leo with Sesshomaru as he was watching their five kids as well. She didn't know who to feel sorry for the most; the kids or Sesshomaru.
"Oh come on Kagome, its nice to try something new." Kamiko said
"You know I don't like these kinds of places." Kagome sighed
She looked around as everyone waited to be seated. Then she mentally groaned when she spotted Hannibal. He seemed to spot her and walked over towards them.
"Kagome, I didn't know you enjoy opera." He said and kissed her hand
"I enjoy it but its not really my thing. I'm here only because my friend here tricked me to." She said "This is my sister n' law Kamiko Tashio."
Hannibal took her hand and kissed it after introducing himself as well, being the gentleman that he was. This made Kamiko raised a brow as most humans now these days just shake hands.
"So there are still some gentlemen left in the world." Kamiko said
Hannibal smirked. He looked at Kamiko and saw the way how she held herself with pride and honor. She was beautiful yes but her eyes pretty much tells him that she was someone that you don't want to mess with.
"So you're the Hannibal Lector that I've been hearing so much about." Kamiko said
"Good things, I hope." He said
"Don't worry; you're safe…for now that is." Kamiko smirked with a little hint of a threat.
Hannibal raised a brow as he heard it. Kagome had to stop herself from laughing. Kamiko and Sesshomaru were perfect for each other as they both love torturing people; especially to those that harm their pack.
"Come Kagome, it seems that they're ushering people to their seats. Dr. Lector, enjoy the show." Kamiko said after hooking an arm with Kagomes
"As do you Mrs. Tashio, Kagome." Hannibal bowed his head a little. "See you after the show."
They went their separate ways as their seats were in different sections.
"So that's him. He's quite charming and handsome." Kamiko said in Japanese. "He could be a suitable mate if Will doesn't commit soon."
"Kamiko, you thought Michael was a suitable mate." Kagome whispered in Japanese
"In a way yes he was. Too bad none of them are demons." Kamiko shrugged and sat down in her seat.
Kagome did her best not to roll her eyes at that comment.
Hours had passed and once the opera was over everyone walked around the art gallery. They met up with Hannibal again and met with some of his "friends".
"It's been too long since you're probably cooked for us, Hannibal." Mrs. Komeda said with her hands on her hips
Kagome and Kamiko looked at the scene before them and smirked.
"Come over and I will cook for you." Hannibal said
"I said properly. Means dinner and a show. Have you seen him cook? It's an entire performance." Mrs. Komeda said
"That I can agree with." Kagome said in Japanese
Kamiko lightly laughed. Hannibal looked at them with a smirk as he knew what she said.
"He used to throw such exquisite dinner parties. You heard me. Used to." Mrs. Komeda scowled
Kagome noticed that Hannibal was barley paying attention to the woman as his eyes harden at someone.
"And I will again, once inspiration strikes." Hannibal said with a charming smile
The woman gave him a look; like she was about to scowl at him some more.
"I cannot force a feast. A feast must present itself." Hannibal said
"It's a dinner party, not a unicorn." Mrs. Komeda said
"But the feast is life. You put the life in your belly and you live." Hannibal told her
Within seconds, two men came through the crowd making the woman to look at them. Kagome recognize the small chubby one to be a patient of Hannibal's. The tall black man she didn't know but she could see the darkness inside his soul.
"I believe this young man is trying to get your attention." Mrs. Komeda said
"Hello." Hannibal said shaking the chubby small mans' hand
"Hi. It's so good to see you. This is my friend Tobias." The small chubby man said
Hannibal shook the man name Tobias hand but Kagome and Kamiko saw their grips tighten.
"Good evening." Hannibal said
"How do you two know each other?" Mrs. Komeda asked
"There should remain some mystery to my life outside the opera." Hannibal told her
"I'm one of his patients." The shorter man blurted out
There was nothing but silence when he said that.
"Did you enjoy the performance?" Hannibal asked
"I did. I love it. Every minute of it." Franklyn said
"His eyes kept wandering. More interested in you than what was happening on stage." Tobias said truthfully
This made Franklyn blush.
"This is getting a little awkward." Kagome mutter lowly towards Kamiko
"Oh don't say too much. You must leave something for us to discuss next week. Franklyn, good to see you." Hannibal stated and shook Franklyn's hand.
"You too." Franklyn smiled
"Tobias." Hannibal shaking his hand too
They stare at each other down before letting go and Tobias left with Franklyn. Once they were gone Hannibal turned to the group with another charming smirk.
"Who's hungry?" He asked
That got everyone to laugh.
Kagome had wonder away from the group as she wanted some time to herself. She looked at some of the paintings and stopped by one that caught her attention. The painting had a beautiful woman in it, wearing a white dress that was covered in blood and sitting over two bodies. A serpent was wrapped around her body and her face showed no emotion. In the back was a dark figure with black and red wings. The figure combed his fingers through the woman's hair as if she was his pet.
Kagome looked at the title of the painting. "Lucifer's Frist Creation" by Michael Allen. She remembered seeing this painting before he gave it to the art gallery. It was the end of the first month of Stanford and she went to his office to drop off her assignment.
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"Mr. Allen?" She said
She saw him placing his art work in a secured case that was on his desk.
"Kagome, how many times do I have to tell you to call me Michael?" He said
"Sorry, just dropping off my assignment." She said
She placed her paper on his desk and was about to leave.
"Kagome, before you go can you come here for a minute and look at this. I need your opinion." He said
She came back and stood next to him; looking at the painting.
"It's beautiful." She said
He secretly glanced at her with a smile.
"This is one my art work. I've sold it for a very handsome price to the art gallery in New York. They've been following my work for some time they loved this piece. Soon it will be shown all over the world." Michael said "Funny. My family thought my art work is a little dark that they thought I was insane. The only people that seem to understand me are other artist like me."
"Well people thought Van Gogh was insane and his paintings are amazing." She said
"Technically he was. He did after all cut off his ear. What kind of sane person would?" He whispered in a joke matter
"Well I believe sometimes darkness can be beautiful in its own way. Just as beauty can be dark and dangerous at the same time." She said
She was so focus on the artwork that she didn't see the look Michael gave her. Full of desire and love. Not knowing that her words were encouraging his dark ways for her and his obsession for her were getting stronger.
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"I see you found his painting." Hannibal voice said as he stood next to her.
"If I haven't seen it before I probably wouldn't have notice it was his." She said
"Was it during you were abducted?" He asked
"No, it was before. He told me that he painted it months ago before he met me. Why?" She said
"Well for one, the woman in the painting looks just like you. Almost everyone here has been asking me if you are her." Hannibal said
She raised a brow at him and looked back at the painting. He was right; the woman did look like her. How did she not see it?
"Okay, now he's starting to scare me. He didn't even meet me back then?" She said
"Maybe this is how Leo got his gifts. How else did he know about Michael being in prison or Will's house?" He said
"It is possible." She said and looked at the painting again. "If this is supposed to be me then I guess he see himself as the devil. He told me the story behind this painting. Lucifer was the most beautiful of all Angels and was Gods' favorite son. But when he fell he wanted to prove that mankind was not perfect. Lilith, that was supposed to be Adams wife, was his creation. The first demon. It took some time, she fought hard to stay true to god but in the end the devil won as she gave in to his ways."
Hannibal looked down at her as she just described what Michael did to her. She did fought against him but in the end she gave in to his ways. From what she did to Maggie was proof though she deny it.
"You look beautiful in that dress." He whispered, changing the subject
"Thank you, Hannibal." She said
He lifted his hand and lightly touched her back since her dress was backless. She shivered a little against his touch and he smirked.
"Hannibal." She warned
He didn't care as he lean down to steal a kiss but Kamiko came and interrupted him.
"Kagome, dear, its getting late we should get going." Kamiko said
Hannibal had to hold back a growl when she interrupted them.
"Have a good night Hannibal." Kagome said before leaving
They arrived at Tashio Manor and the women smiled as they saw their children sleeping in the living room as they were watching a movie. Sesshomaru helped picked up Leo from the pile and gave him to Kagome along with his backpack. After thanking them for watching him she placed him in her car and drove home. When they arrived home she placed Leo in his bed. Then she went to her room to change into her pajamas and went back downstairs to get Leo's backpack. She picked it up and was about to place it in his room before some papers fell out of the bag. After picking them up she froze at what she saw. It looked like a Wendigo and it was on a bus with a dead man. She looked at the papers and saw the same Wendigo killing different people. If Leo does have his fathers' gift then she could only assume that the Wendigo is Hannibal.
"Looks like the Ripper is waking from hibernation." She muttered and placed the papers back into his bag.
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The next morning Leo sat down watching "River Monsters" while Kagome was making breakfast. Will came down all dress up and walked in the kitchen.
"Morning babe." He kissed her cheek
"Morning….so how did it go last night?" She asked
"Well…Jack thinks the Ripper has struck." Will sighed as he poured himself some coffee.
"But you don't think it is." She stated
"No, it different than what the Ripper has done in the past." Will said "Brian on the other thinks it is."
"He's just jealous of you because your Jack's favorite and you were able to solve the other cases better than him." She smirked and wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. "Or the fact that you have the most beautiful woman in town and he envies you for that." She joked
That made Will let out a big smile and kissed her again.
"I believe it could be the third one." He smirked
She kissed him one more time before turning back to food.
"So have you decided what you're going to get Leo for his birthday yet?" She asked before making sure Leo didn't hear anything.
"I was thinking of getting him that bike he wanted." Will said lowly. "Or that Star Wars game he's been asking for."
"You might want to go with the game cause I already got the bike." She said
He gave her a look as she gave him a sheepish smile.
"I couldn't help myself. He's my baby boy and this is the first birthday he's ever had with us." She pouted
He smiled at and nodded in understanding.
"Will, Will, Will." Leo came running in
"Yes, yes, yes?" Will smiled as he picked him up
"You got to see the size of this fish; its huge." Leo said exactly
"Okay buddy." Will smiled and walked to the living room with him
Kagome smiled as she watched of close those were getting.