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::Inu: Shut your trap woman tell them you don't own me and leave them alone.
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This time the pause on the other end of the line.
Sesshomaru looked down at the receiver in his hand once more had he just heard him right? Pausing he collected him self.
"Did you just say what I thought you did?"
"What,do you need to clean out your fucking ears?" He couldn't believe it at a time like this, his brother doubted him. Sure they didn't really see eye to eye on a lot of things- in fact they didn't see eye to eye on almost everything.
He still couldn't believe it, Kagome being tried or murder. Some part of him was still telling him that he was going to wake up any second and his brother had found a way to annoy him even in his dreams.
"I can't do it. I don't try those kinds of cases."
"So what you're telling me is that you're not going to help her?!" he yelled into the phone having to restrain himself from hanging up on his brother.
"That's not what I was going to say. Before you jumped to conclusions and butted in I was about to say that I know somebody that can. He's the best and I will be on the first plane that I catch out there."
"You better." He growled into the phone.
"You are in no position to tell me I better anything. But in this situation I understand and I'm going to leave right after I get off the phone with you."
"Then I'll let you go." With that he hung up the phone.
Hearing the dial tone Sesshomaru frowned, his stupid hot headed little brother. Reaching for the phone he dialed the airport.
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Now dressed in a suit Sesshomaru picked up the phone again, quickly dialing the number of his associate. To his disappointment the answering machine went off. Listening to the stupid message he said only one word.
"Now."
The sound of the ringing had woken up the man. Laying there he was about screen the call to see if it was anything important or if it was something that could wait till tomorrow morning. All that he heard was one word. "Now." But that word was enough to make him scramble out of the bed and to the phone. Half falling, he stumbled to the table. Half resting on the table he picked up the phone.
Sesshomaru didn't have to wait that long before he hear labored breathing on the other end of the line, and what sounded like papers falling onto the floor.
"Sesshomaru sama." The man said breathlessly into the phone waiting to see why he would have called this late at night.
"Jaken get ready were leaving for a case."
"A case, to where? Right now?" the man asked confusion slipping into his voice.
"Yes right now. I already have reservations on a red eye flight now get yourself together and be at the airport in half an hour. Gate 4b, I have your ticket waiting at the desk."
"Yes sir I'll be there," the man said hanging up the phone before he started to scramble around the room in a hurry to get ready.
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Kagome glared at the two men. That was the last straw. If they didn't let her do this after what she had just pulled, then she might as well just give up hope and try and contact a lawyer on her own. Her brain wasn't fully thinking and all she wanted to do was cry. She wouldn't allow herself that luxury though. She wouldn't show weakness in front of these men that would pounce on it like sharks to blood in the water. None the less, she couldn't bring herself to look at them any more so she buried her face in her hands.
"We can do that for you." Agent Anderson said nodding to his partner.
"Why do I have to be the." he was about to protest when his partner cut him off with a look. Getting up from the seat he looked at the older man with a frown on his face before he left. 'How the hell was he supposed to find this man?' What did he look like? Was he here to do that woman's biding? She was the prisoner, not him. So what was he doing jumping to do her bidding?
Looking to his right he saw a man yelling into the phone. Geeze the world was going to hell. Moving to the other side of the hall, he put distance between him and the man before continuing down the hall. _______________-
The small group paused as someone came up to the desk he looked at the chief for a few seconds before turning to look at the rest of the people in the room.
"I was sent here to fetch Inu Yasha." He said the name like it was a bad word. He wondered what this best friend, publicist, bodyguard guy looked like.
"He's not here at the moment I'll have him sent back as soon as he returns." The chief said taking in the flustered man's appearance.
Turning he was prepared to leave, when he heard a small voice call out.
"What do you want with Inu Yasha?" Souta asked. They had taken away his sister and now the man in front of him was saying that he would send Inu Yasha back. Back where? What were they going to do to him?"
Turning he had been about to snap off when but halted when he saw that the person that had spoke was small boy. Swallowing, he thought of how he was going to handle this situation.
"We're just going to borrow him kid so you don't got nothing to worry about."
Souta didn't quite except the answer, but that man had said that he was just borrowing him, that meant that he was going to have him back. That was the important thing. Nodding he turned his attention away from the man.
Sango looked at the little boy that was sitting on her lap. He acted a lot like Kagome. 'How could they think that Kagome had done something like this?' She hadn't known her that long but she was very nice if not a little aloof at times. Sure she had heard the stories at the studio that Kagome was an ice queen but she couldn't bring herself to agree to them. Not when Kagome had given her a place to stay and treated her like she was family. Again she focused her attention on the younger boy he was so brave. She didn't know how he could hold up under some of the pressures that he had been put through. Reaching out she pulled the boy into a hug.
Inu Yasha walked back into the room ready to resume the conversation that they had been having.
"Inu Yasha we need you to go down to questioning. I would escort you myself but." The man looked at him regretfully then to the room full of people.
Miroku looked at his friend then back to Sango. "We'll be waiting for you."
He looked at his friend and then to Sango who was nodding, finally his gaze rested on Souta.
"No. Here's the keys to my apartment." He said reaching into his pocket and removing them. "You should take Souta there and wait for me. I don't want him to be in a place like this longer then he has to be."
Miroku took the keys nodding.
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Sesshomaru sat on the plane looking at the empty seats that were around him. His associate hadn't arrived yet but he knew that he would be there soon.
He still couldn't believe that he was sitting there waiting on plane at a god forsaken hour. Looking down at his watch he frowned. When he had said a half hour he meant a half hour and he had expected punctuality.
'Kagome and murder now there were two words that he didn't think belonged in the same sentence.' Sure when Inu Yasha had got on the phone and said that Kagome had needed a lawyer he had thought that Kagome had finally stood up for herself and that maybe she had beaten the crap out of the stupid bitch. But he hadn't thought that she would go as far as murder.
He still couldn't bring himself to believe that Kagome would do something like that. She was just so-well there was nothing to describe her she was just Kagome. She could be rational and hard, but she could also be sweet when she wanted to. He also knew for a fact then when she wanted to, she could put on a cool exterior that would be a rival for even his own. Knowing all of that, he knew that she couldn't be a murderer. Then again he had seen her pushed around too long. He agreed with his brother on one thing. That woman didn't disserve Kagome, or Souta for that matter.
Her mother had always had problems. Kagomes father had been away on business a lot and her mother hadn't taken it well. You could always tell when he was gone her mother would go into lapses of drinking taking out all her frustration on Kagome. Kagomes father loved her mother. He would come home and shower her with gifts saying that he wanted them to have a better life. That he was working so that they could have the life that he had always wanted when he was growing up. Kagome never said one word. She let her mother do that to her. She never once told her dad what happened when he went on trips.
Then one time her father had come home early and he had found out exactly what his wife was like when he wasn't around. Things had started to get better then. Kagomes mom had been checked into a treatment center and things were looking up. Then Souta had come along and for once they looked like a happy family. Then Kagomes father had left one day for a business trip and got in an accident.
With him gone, things had quickly reverted back to how they had been before. Only this time it was worse. That was when Kagome had started coming over with the bruises. She never said anything but people knew. He remembered his parents tried to get custody of her but that didn't work out. In the end Kagome had said that she wanted to stay with her mother because she couldn't leave Souta alone.
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The chief looked down at his feet as they went down the isle before turning to look at the man that was walking next to him.
"Do you mind if I ask how you know the kid?"
Shifting his gaze to look at the man he nodded.
"Souta is Kagomes little brother. When she was little she practically lived at our house, then when Souta was old enough she started to drag him along with her. So in a way he's like my little brother too."
"Oh I see," it hadn't been what he was expecting? He had expected to hear that Kagome was the man's girlfriend or something like that. They had grown up together no wonder they had taken the news so hard. Then again he had dealt them a shock; no one ever thought that someone that they knew was capable of such a terrible thing. This case would be no different from the others. He had never met the girl this Higurashi Kagome, and one day he would have to talk to her but not today. "Well this is it." He said nodding toward the steel door that stood in front of him.
Kagome looked up as the door opened to reveal Inu Yasha standing there next to a man in a dark blue uniform. The man patted his shoulder before leaving Inu Yasha by himself to enter the room.
Standing up she just stared at him because she couldn't believe that he was there. After all the talking she couldn't bring herself to believe that anything was real. All the stress, the grief, the heartache, everything came rushing to the surface when she saw him.
Leaning forward she let her head rest against his chest and the tears came. The tears that she had tried so hard to hold back were no longer listening rather instead they coursed down her cheeks.
Inu Yasha frowned pulling her body closer to his. He didn't know what to say, what did you say in a situation like this? He hardly thought that 'everything's going to be ok was appropriate.' Plus he couldn't bring himself to utter those words. Not when he didn't know if everything was ok. He knew if he said them that Kagome would hear it in his voice. He had no clue so he said nothing. He would be strong for her because she needed him.
"You, you won't believe that they said I did." The words escaped her mouth in a sob. She could tell him. She tried to say but the words had frozen in her throat. "They said they said that I."
"Sssh I know they told me. I already called my brother and he'll be here first thing in the morning."
Running his hand through her hair he looked at the two men that were standing there watching him, before turning to look at the mirror that lined the wall.
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Sango had never been to Inu Yasha's apartment. Sitting on the sofa she looked around her. He stayed in a nice place though she had to admit that there was hardly anything in the room. Just the couch, a lamp that was sitting on a chair, and a TV. The TV was covered in dust like he hadn't used it in a long time.
She looked over to Miroku who was looking through the fridge with Souta standing next to him. She had to admit that for a pervert he took good care of the boy. Standing she walked into the small kitchen.
"Do you want me to cook you something?" she asked. The two heads snapped in her direction a smile on their faces. "I take that as a yes." Reaching out she rummaged through the cupboards to see what he had that she could make but all that she found was package after package of ramen. 'Ok last one' she thought her hands flinging open the cabinet. More ramen does the man ever eat anything else. Her eyes fell on a grimy looking pot sitting on top of the stove. Searching her memory of the contents she had seen she couldn't remember having seen another one. With a frown she reached out taking it.
"It looks like Ramen." The two men scrunched their noses at the sound of the word..
Miroku frowned. He should have known not to get his hopes up. Just because Inu Yasha wasn't cooking didn't mean that they were going to escape the ramen. He had watched her go through the cabinets. Everyone contained ramen.
'How does a person live like this?' she thought looking at the pot in her hand. It looked like it hadn't ever been washed with a layer of drying liquid still coating the bottom. "Um I think he only has one?" she said more to herself than to the other people in the room. She continued to tilt the object back and forth in her hand. It was fascinating to her. How long had he had it?
"Pizza?" Miroku asked watching the woman in front of him study the dirty pot.
"Yeah you don't know how good that sounds right now." Putting down the object in her hand she was amazed that it didn't stick to her hand. Still she had to look down just to make sure that some kind of grime wasn't coating her hand.
Even after she had looked up her thumb still traced a circle around her fingers.
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Kikyo sat on the sofa her eyes trained on the phone. It had been an hour since she last called. She thought about calling again but reprimanded her self at the thought she had already left a few messages. She would wait he would call wouldn't he? What if he just didn't check his messages?
Nervously she got up going into the kitchen. Opening the door to the fridge she stood there staring at the contents of it. Nothing caught her eye so she closed the door turning and leaning against it. That's it I'll take a shower. Walking into the next room she took the portable phone off the hook and carried it into the bathroom room with her so she would be able to hear it if it rang.
Fifteen minutes later she stepped out of the hot shower looking at the phone that was mocking her. Why hadn't it rung yet? Quickly dressing she took out the blow dyer and began the tedious task of drying her hair. When she was done with that she picked up the phone turning it off then on. 'It was that woman's fault that Kagome. Just because Inu Yasha worked for her didn't mean that he had anything to do with it right? Then why hadn't he called her?' With a small cry she threw the phone across the room, turning on her heels she left.
Grabbing her purse and keys she headed out the door to catch a cab. She was going to get to the bottom of this.
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Sango looked down at the little boy who was sleeping on the couch. The pizza hadn't yet arrived. With a smile on her face she reached out and ruffled his hair before turning to look at Miroku who was sitting on the edge of the sofa.
"Miroku?"
Blinking the man looked at her. The smile had faded from her face a serious expression taking it's place.
She didn't know how to say this. Miroku had known Kagome longer than her. To tell the truth she felt like she shouldn't be involved in something like this.
"Do you think." she didn't want to say it but she had to know. "Do you think that she did it?"
Miroku's eyes narrowed as he looked at Sango. Never had he thought anything bad of her. The thought that she could ever do anything that would displease him had never crossed his mind. Opening his mouth he was about ready to say something but the sound of the door bell interrupted him. Shooting Sango a glance over his shoulder that said their conversation was far from over he got up to open the door.
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Jaken felt uncomfortable sitting on the plane, he eyes shifted over to Sesshomaru but the man looked lost in thought. So he said nothing instead looking down at a worn brown leather of his briefcase. It wasn't like his associate to rush off in the middle of the night for a case. Sure Sesshomaru was as dedicated as any other person, in most cases more so. Still this was uncharacteristic of him to do something like this. He didn't know why he had done, it but it must have been something important. He only hoped that he could help in anyway that he could.
Was he himself even more sane? He too after all was sitting on a plane in the middle of the night. The only difference was that he had no idea what the case was about that they were working on. Still Sesshomaru had been the one that called him, so he was here. If it had been anyone else he would have told them were they could shove it and that they could call back in the morning.
He couldn't do that to Sesshomaru though, he owed the man a lot. When he had been having trouble finding a job, Sesshomaru had taken him in giving him one. He hadn't understood then what it had been about but he was thankful to the man for giving him a chance. So he worked harder than anyone there. Now he was respectable in his own right.
You wouldn't think it by looking at him but Sesshomaru was actually a nice and fair guy. Not that he wanted anyone to believe that though, those weren't the qualities in people's eyes that made a good lawyer.
Even though he could make it on his own now, he would never forget. Someone had once asked him why he did what Sesshomaru wanted him to. They thought that he was a coward, that he couldn't stand up for himself. He had just told them point blank that he wouldn't be where he was today if it hadn't been for him. It was true he would have never been able to apply himself. But Sesshomaru had given him a chance when no one else would and for that he would always be thankful. He only hoped that one day he could pay him back for his kindness.
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Kikyo stood in the hall as the door opened. He was home. Her heart leapt into her throat only to be met with disappointment when she saw that it was Miroku who had opened the door. Leaning up on her tip toes she looked into the room trying to see if Inu Yasha was there.
"Is Inu Yasha here? I need to talk to him." After the worlds had left her she realized that there was something off about the usually happy director. Briefly she wondered what it could be.
"No He's not here. He's down at the police station for questioning." The words came out forced and clipped. He didn't want to be talking to her. what was Kikyo doing here anyway? He filed the information away he would have to tell Inu Yasha that she had come by. Damn the woman for interrupting his conversation. It was the change on her face when he had said that Inu Yasha was at the police station that brought him somewhat down to reality.
"Look I'm sorry that I snapped at you. I'll tell him that you came by Ok Kikyo?" he tried to sound soothing but he was still to overwrought by the woman that was sitting in the apartment had said.
Kikyo could tell that something was bothering the man. It was probably the same thing that was bothering her. "Thank you Miroku." With that she turned and ran. Reaching the elevator she pressed the button. When it didn't open right away she continued to press the button. Finally after a few seconds and about fifty times of pressing the button she gave up rushing down the hall to a door that had pictures of stairs on it.
Her mind was screaming that Inu Yasha was at the police station. She didn't know what she could do about it. She just knew that panic was spreading through her body urging her on. Bursting out the front doors she saw that the cab she had taken here was no longer around and much to her disappointment neither was any other cab.
Her sisters words came back to haunt her. 'I like the idea that I can get in my car and go whenever I want and not have to worry about whether I can get a cab.' She had scoffed at her then but right now what she wouldn't give to be able to do just that.
With a frown she thought of how far away a way the police station was. With out a second thought she took off running through the streets like a mad person bobbing and weaving out of the crowds. Most of the time she was bumping into people and muttering a quick apology before she continued on. Not looking where she was going she bumped into someone at full force. Bouncing off she hit the pavement. It was only then when she had slowed down that she realized that it had started raining. Looking down at the ground she frowned at her ruined cloths and wished that she had grabbed a coat.
"I'm sorry. You should watch were your going." A cold male voice said from above her and she saw a hand float into her view reaching out she clasped it.
He looked down at the woman that had bumped into him. She appeared to be in a hurry. Reaching out his hand he helped her up. A startled expression crossed her face and then she was gone.
After the brief period of recovery the reality of why she had been running through the streets started to kick in. 'Inu Yasha' her mind screamed and she pulled away from the man. Not even glancing back at him she took off running again disappearing into the masses.
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Inu Yasha stuffed his hands in his pockets as he left the room. The vision of Kagome's crying face kept flashing in his head and it hurt knowing that he had done all he could do for her at the moment. The off brown and tan tiles passed under his feet as he turned the corner headed to the front of the building. He passed the Chief who was busy arguing with someone. Looking up he approached the glass doors reaching out he grabbed one pulling it open. 'Just his luck it had started raining' wincing he looked up. What he saw brought him to a halt. Pessing back against the door he watched as Kikyo skidded to a stop. Her dark hair was plastered against her scalp, some damp strands clinging to the sides of her face. As she saw him she took a step forward. Her clothes were soaked and covered with patches of dirt, like she had stumbled and fallen a few times.
Kikyo saw him standing there on the front step of the station and all the fears that she had been holding inside came rushing to surface in the form of tears.
She was crying the tears mingling with the rain. He was shocked to see her there but didn't say anything. He hated to see people cry, he hated to see a woman cry, and this one was no exception.
"Inu Yasha." she was uncertain of what to say now that she was here she felt terribly out of place. Taking a step toward him she just stood there with her face down cast.
He looked at her was he supposed to do? If it had been Kagome then he would have known what to do. Her head was down cast and he watched her shoulders heave with sobs. Hesitantly he took a step closer to her.
Kikyo's eyes widened as she felt arms close around her. Wrapping her arms around him she could forget everything. All the things she had been worried about. Letting herself practically collapse against him she buried her face in his chest. It should have been comforting but she still couldn't stop crying.
"Shh.. everything's going to be ok." Inu Yasha said saying the words that he hadn't been able to utter before.
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The door opened again and Kagome looked up. She felt better now that she had seen Inu Yasha. Really she would probably be in a little uncontrollable heap on the floor if she hadn't been able to see him, he hadn't told her that everything was going to be alright and she could except that but she knew that he would do everything in his power to make it so.
"We need her to come up front because they brought her straight to questioning when she was brought it." The man said before closing the door again leaving her with the two men. Who were standing and moving to either side. She was just lucky that they hadn't put the cuffs back on her. The younger one Agent Grey would probably be happy if she tried to run.
Agent Grey looked down at the woman. The fact that she was no longer in cuffs when he had returned from going to look for that Inu Yasha guy annoyed him. His partner was too soft for his own good. Even now, when they were going to be moving down the hall he did nothing. Just let her try something. Cuffs or no cuffs it didn't matter to him.
As they walked down the hall her thoughts turned back to Inu Yasha. If he hadn't been there today. She didn't even want to think about it. He was so nice to her and she had been such a terrible person to him. Really when it came down to it she was a terrible person. It had taken something like this happening for her to realize how much she depended on him. How much she.
Maybe, after all this was over they could try and work things out. The thought touched her and a small smile graced the corners of her lips and she looked up. They were approaching the front lobby where they would be taking her fingerprints. She knew that the front of the building had glass doors and she wanted to see outside because she didn't know how long it would be till she would get to see outside again. As they rounded the corner her eyes were drawn to front of the room where the doors were.
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This time the pause on the other end of the line.
Sesshomaru looked down at the receiver in his hand once more had he just heard him right? Pausing he collected him self.
"Did you just say what I thought you did?"
"What,do you need to clean out your fucking ears?" He couldn't believe it at a time like this, his brother doubted him. Sure they didn't really see eye to eye on a lot of things- in fact they didn't see eye to eye on almost everything.
He still couldn't believe it, Kagome being tried or murder. Some part of him was still telling him that he was going to wake up any second and his brother had found a way to annoy him even in his dreams.
"I can't do it. I don't try those kinds of cases."
"So what you're telling me is that you're not going to help her?!" he yelled into the phone having to restrain himself from hanging up on his brother.
"That's not what I was going to say. Before you jumped to conclusions and butted in I was about to say that I know somebody that can. He's the best and I will be on the first plane that I catch out there."
"You better." He growled into the phone.
"You are in no position to tell me I better anything. But in this situation I understand and I'm going to leave right after I get off the phone with you."
"Then I'll let you go." With that he hung up the phone.
Hearing the dial tone Sesshomaru frowned, his stupid hot headed little brother. Reaching for the phone he dialed the airport.
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Now dressed in a suit Sesshomaru picked up the phone again, quickly dialing the number of his associate. To his disappointment the answering machine went off. Listening to the stupid message he said only one word.
"Now."
The sound of the ringing had woken up the man. Laying there he was about screen the call to see if it was anything important or if it was something that could wait till tomorrow morning. All that he heard was one word. "Now." But that word was enough to make him scramble out of the bed and to the phone. Half falling, he stumbled to the table. Half resting on the table he picked up the phone.
Sesshomaru didn't have to wait that long before he hear labored breathing on the other end of the line, and what sounded like papers falling onto the floor.
"Sesshomaru sama." The man said breathlessly into the phone waiting to see why he would have called this late at night.
"Jaken get ready were leaving for a case."
"A case, to where? Right now?" the man asked confusion slipping into his voice.
"Yes right now. I already have reservations on a red eye flight now get yourself together and be at the airport in half an hour. Gate 4b, I have your ticket waiting at the desk."
"Yes sir I'll be there," the man said hanging up the phone before he started to scramble around the room in a hurry to get ready.
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Kagome glared at the two men. That was the last straw. If they didn't let her do this after what she had just pulled, then she might as well just give up hope and try and contact a lawyer on her own. Her brain wasn't fully thinking and all she wanted to do was cry. She wouldn't allow herself that luxury though. She wouldn't show weakness in front of these men that would pounce on it like sharks to blood in the water. None the less, she couldn't bring herself to look at them any more so she buried her face in her hands.
"We can do that for you." Agent Anderson said nodding to his partner.
"Why do I have to be the." he was about to protest when his partner cut him off with a look. Getting up from the seat he looked at the older man with a frown on his face before he left. 'How the hell was he supposed to find this man?' What did he look like? Was he here to do that woman's biding? She was the prisoner, not him. So what was he doing jumping to do her bidding?
Looking to his right he saw a man yelling into the phone. Geeze the world was going to hell. Moving to the other side of the hall, he put distance between him and the man before continuing down the hall. _______________-
The small group paused as someone came up to the desk he looked at the chief for a few seconds before turning to look at the rest of the people in the room.
"I was sent here to fetch Inu Yasha." He said the name like it was a bad word. He wondered what this best friend, publicist, bodyguard guy looked like.
"He's not here at the moment I'll have him sent back as soon as he returns." The chief said taking in the flustered man's appearance.
Turning he was prepared to leave, when he heard a small voice call out.
"What do you want with Inu Yasha?" Souta asked. They had taken away his sister and now the man in front of him was saying that he would send Inu Yasha back. Back where? What were they going to do to him?"
Turning he had been about to snap off when but halted when he saw that the person that had spoke was small boy. Swallowing, he thought of how he was going to handle this situation.
"We're just going to borrow him kid so you don't got nothing to worry about."
Souta didn't quite except the answer, but that man had said that he was just borrowing him, that meant that he was going to have him back. That was the important thing. Nodding he turned his attention away from the man.
Sango looked at the little boy that was sitting on her lap. He acted a lot like Kagome. 'How could they think that Kagome had done something like this?' She hadn't known her that long but she was very nice if not a little aloof at times. Sure she had heard the stories at the studio that Kagome was an ice queen but she couldn't bring herself to agree to them. Not when Kagome had given her a place to stay and treated her like she was family. Again she focused her attention on the younger boy he was so brave. She didn't know how he could hold up under some of the pressures that he had been put through. Reaching out she pulled the boy into a hug.
Inu Yasha walked back into the room ready to resume the conversation that they had been having.
"Inu Yasha we need you to go down to questioning. I would escort you myself but." The man looked at him regretfully then to the room full of people.
Miroku looked at his friend then back to Sango. "We'll be waiting for you."
He looked at his friend and then to Sango who was nodding, finally his gaze rested on Souta.
"No. Here's the keys to my apartment." He said reaching into his pocket and removing them. "You should take Souta there and wait for me. I don't want him to be in a place like this longer then he has to be."
Miroku took the keys nodding.
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Sesshomaru sat on the plane looking at the empty seats that were around him. His associate hadn't arrived yet but he knew that he would be there soon.
He still couldn't believe that he was sitting there waiting on plane at a god forsaken hour. Looking down at his watch he frowned. When he had said a half hour he meant a half hour and he had expected punctuality.
'Kagome and murder now there were two words that he didn't think belonged in the same sentence.' Sure when Inu Yasha had got on the phone and said that Kagome had needed a lawyer he had thought that Kagome had finally stood up for herself and that maybe she had beaten the crap out of the stupid bitch. But he hadn't thought that she would go as far as murder.
He still couldn't bring himself to believe that Kagome would do something like that. She was just so-well there was nothing to describe her she was just Kagome. She could be rational and hard, but she could also be sweet when she wanted to. He also knew for a fact then when she wanted to, she could put on a cool exterior that would be a rival for even his own. Knowing all of that, he knew that she couldn't be a murderer. Then again he had seen her pushed around too long. He agreed with his brother on one thing. That woman didn't disserve Kagome, or Souta for that matter.
Her mother had always had problems. Kagomes father had been away on business a lot and her mother hadn't taken it well. You could always tell when he was gone her mother would go into lapses of drinking taking out all her frustration on Kagome. Kagomes father loved her mother. He would come home and shower her with gifts saying that he wanted them to have a better life. That he was working so that they could have the life that he had always wanted when he was growing up. Kagome never said one word. She let her mother do that to her. She never once told her dad what happened when he went on trips.
Then one time her father had come home early and he had found out exactly what his wife was like when he wasn't around. Things had started to get better then. Kagomes mom had been checked into a treatment center and things were looking up. Then Souta had come along and for once they looked like a happy family. Then Kagomes father had left one day for a business trip and got in an accident.
With him gone, things had quickly reverted back to how they had been before. Only this time it was worse. That was when Kagome had started coming over with the bruises. She never said anything but people knew. He remembered his parents tried to get custody of her but that didn't work out. In the end Kagome had said that she wanted to stay with her mother because she couldn't leave Souta alone.
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The chief looked down at his feet as they went down the isle before turning to look at the man that was walking next to him.
"Do you mind if I ask how you know the kid?"
Shifting his gaze to look at the man he nodded.
"Souta is Kagomes little brother. When she was little she practically lived at our house, then when Souta was old enough she started to drag him along with her. So in a way he's like my little brother too."
"Oh I see," it hadn't been what he was expecting? He had expected to hear that Kagome was the man's girlfriend or something like that. They had grown up together no wonder they had taken the news so hard. Then again he had dealt them a shock; no one ever thought that someone that they knew was capable of such a terrible thing. This case would be no different from the others. He had never met the girl this Higurashi Kagome, and one day he would have to talk to her but not today. "Well this is it." He said nodding toward the steel door that stood in front of him.
Kagome looked up as the door opened to reveal Inu Yasha standing there next to a man in a dark blue uniform. The man patted his shoulder before leaving Inu Yasha by himself to enter the room.
Standing up she just stared at him because she couldn't believe that he was there. After all the talking she couldn't bring herself to believe that anything was real. All the stress, the grief, the heartache, everything came rushing to the surface when she saw him.
Leaning forward she let her head rest against his chest and the tears came. The tears that she had tried so hard to hold back were no longer listening rather instead they coursed down her cheeks.
Inu Yasha frowned pulling her body closer to his. He didn't know what to say, what did you say in a situation like this? He hardly thought that 'everything's going to be ok was appropriate.' Plus he couldn't bring himself to utter those words. Not when he didn't know if everything was ok. He knew if he said them that Kagome would hear it in his voice. He had no clue so he said nothing. He would be strong for her because she needed him.
"You, you won't believe that they said I did." The words escaped her mouth in a sob. She could tell him. She tried to say but the words had frozen in her throat. "They said they said that I."
"Sssh I know they told me. I already called my brother and he'll be here first thing in the morning."
Running his hand through her hair he looked at the two men that were standing there watching him, before turning to look at the mirror that lined the wall.
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Sango had never been to Inu Yasha's apartment. Sitting on the sofa she looked around her. He stayed in a nice place though she had to admit that there was hardly anything in the room. Just the couch, a lamp that was sitting on a chair, and a TV. The TV was covered in dust like he hadn't used it in a long time.
She looked over to Miroku who was looking through the fridge with Souta standing next to him. She had to admit that for a pervert he took good care of the boy. Standing she walked into the small kitchen.
"Do you want me to cook you something?" she asked. The two heads snapped in her direction a smile on their faces. "I take that as a yes." Reaching out she rummaged through the cupboards to see what he had that she could make but all that she found was package after package of ramen. 'Ok last one' she thought her hands flinging open the cabinet. More ramen does the man ever eat anything else. Her eyes fell on a grimy looking pot sitting on top of the stove. Searching her memory of the contents she had seen she couldn't remember having seen another one. With a frown she reached out taking it.
"It looks like Ramen." The two men scrunched their noses at the sound of the word..
Miroku frowned. He should have known not to get his hopes up. Just because Inu Yasha wasn't cooking didn't mean that they were going to escape the ramen. He had watched her go through the cabinets. Everyone contained ramen.
'How does a person live like this?' she thought looking at the pot in her hand. It looked like it hadn't ever been washed with a layer of drying liquid still coating the bottom. "Um I think he only has one?" she said more to herself than to the other people in the room. She continued to tilt the object back and forth in her hand. It was fascinating to her. How long had he had it?
"Pizza?" Miroku asked watching the woman in front of him study the dirty pot.
"Yeah you don't know how good that sounds right now." Putting down the object in her hand she was amazed that it didn't stick to her hand. Still she had to look down just to make sure that some kind of grime wasn't coating her hand.
Even after she had looked up her thumb still traced a circle around her fingers.
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Kikyo sat on the sofa her eyes trained on the phone. It had been an hour since she last called. She thought about calling again but reprimanded her self at the thought she had already left a few messages. She would wait he would call wouldn't he? What if he just didn't check his messages?
Nervously she got up going into the kitchen. Opening the door to the fridge she stood there staring at the contents of it. Nothing caught her eye so she closed the door turning and leaning against it. That's it I'll take a shower. Walking into the next room she took the portable phone off the hook and carried it into the bathroom room with her so she would be able to hear it if it rang.
Fifteen minutes later she stepped out of the hot shower looking at the phone that was mocking her. Why hadn't it rung yet? Quickly dressing she took out the blow dyer and began the tedious task of drying her hair. When she was done with that she picked up the phone turning it off then on. 'It was that woman's fault that Kagome. Just because Inu Yasha worked for her didn't mean that he had anything to do with it right? Then why hadn't he called her?' With a small cry she threw the phone across the room, turning on her heels she left.
Grabbing her purse and keys she headed out the door to catch a cab. She was going to get to the bottom of this.
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Sango looked down at the little boy who was sleeping on the couch. The pizza hadn't yet arrived. With a smile on her face she reached out and ruffled his hair before turning to look at Miroku who was sitting on the edge of the sofa.
"Miroku?"
Blinking the man looked at her. The smile had faded from her face a serious expression taking it's place.
She didn't know how to say this. Miroku had known Kagome longer than her. To tell the truth she felt like she shouldn't be involved in something like this.
"Do you think." she didn't want to say it but she had to know. "Do you think that she did it?"
Miroku's eyes narrowed as he looked at Sango. Never had he thought anything bad of her. The thought that she could ever do anything that would displease him had never crossed his mind. Opening his mouth he was about ready to say something but the sound of the door bell interrupted him. Shooting Sango a glance over his shoulder that said their conversation was far from over he got up to open the door.
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Jaken felt uncomfortable sitting on the plane, he eyes shifted over to Sesshomaru but the man looked lost in thought. So he said nothing instead looking down at a worn brown leather of his briefcase. It wasn't like his associate to rush off in the middle of the night for a case. Sure Sesshomaru was as dedicated as any other person, in most cases more so. Still this was uncharacteristic of him to do something like this. He didn't know why he had done, it but it must have been something important. He only hoped that he could help in anyway that he could.
Was he himself even more sane? He too after all was sitting on a plane in the middle of the night. The only difference was that he had no idea what the case was about that they were working on. Still Sesshomaru had been the one that called him, so he was here. If it had been anyone else he would have told them were they could shove it and that they could call back in the morning.
He couldn't do that to Sesshomaru though, he owed the man a lot. When he had been having trouble finding a job, Sesshomaru had taken him in giving him one. He hadn't understood then what it had been about but he was thankful to the man for giving him a chance. So he worked harder than anyone there. Now he was respectable in his own right.
You wouldn't think it by looking at him but Sesshomaru was actually a nice and fair guy. Not that he wanted anyone to believe that though, those weren't the qualities in people's eyes that made a good lawyer.
Even though he could make it on his own now, he would never forget. Someone had once asked him why he did what Sesshomaru wanted him to. They thought that he was a coward, that he couldn't stand up for himself. He had just told them point blank that he wouldn't be where he was today if it hadn't been for him. It was true he would have never been able to apply himself. But Sesshomaru had given him a chance when no one else would and for that he would always be thankful. He only hoped that one day he could pay him back for his kindness.
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Kikyo stood in the hall as the door opened. He was home. Her heart leapt into her throat only to be met with disappointment when she saw that it was Miroku who had opened the door. Leaning up on her tip toes she looked into the room trying to see if Inu Yasha was there.
"Is Inu Yasha here? I need to talk to him." After the worlds had left her she realized that there was something off about the usually happy director. Briefly she wondered what it could be.
"No He's not here. He's down at the police station for questioning." The words came out forced and clipped. He didn't want to be talking to her. what was Kikyo doing here anyway? He filed the information away he would have to tell Inu Yasha that she had come by. Damn the woman for interrupting his conversation. It was the change on her face when he had said that Inu Yasha was at the police station that brought him somewhat down to reality.
"Look I'm sorry that I snapped at you. I'll tell him that you came by Ok Kikyo?" he tried to sound soothing but he was still to overwrought by the woman that was sitting in the apartment had said.
Kikyo could tell that something was bothering the man. It was probably the same thing that was bothering her. "Thank you Miroku." With that she turned and ran. Reaching the elevator she pressed the button. When it didn't open right away she continued to press the button. Finally after a few seconds and about fifty times of pressing the button she gave up rushing down the hall to a door that had pictures of stairs on it.
Her mind was screaming that Inu Yasha was at the police station. She didn't know what she could do about it. She just knew that panic was spreading through her body urging her on. Bursting out the front doors she saw that the cab she had taken here was no longer around and much to her disappointment neither was any other cab.
Her sisters words came back to haunt her. 'I like the idea that I can get in my car and go whenever I want and not have to worry about whether I can get a cab.' She had scoffed at her then but right now what she wouldn't give to be able to do just that.
With a frown she thought of how far away a way the police station was. With out a second thought she took off running through the streets like a mad person bobbing and weaving out of the crowds. Most of the time she was bumping into people and muttering a quick apology before she continued on. Not looking where she was going she bumped into someone at full force. Bouncing off she hit the pavement. It was only then when she had slowed down that she realized that it had started raining. Looking down at the ground she frowned at her ruined cloths and wished that she had grabbed a coat.
"I'm sorry. You should watch were your going." A cold male voice said from above her and she saw a hand float into her view reaching out she clasped it.
He looked down at the woman that had bumped into him. She appeared to be in a hurry. Reaching out his hand he helped her up. A startled expression crossed her face and then she was gone.
After the brief period of recovery the reality of why she had been running through the streets started to kick in. 'Inu Yasha' her mind screamed and she pulled away from the man. Not even glancing back at him she took off running again disappearing into the masses.
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Inu Yasha stuffed his hands in his pockets as he left the room. The vision of Kagome's crying face kept flashing in his head and it hurt knowing that he had done all he could do for her at the moment. The off brown and tan tiles passed under his feet as he turned the corner headed to the front of the building. He passed the Chief who was busy arguing with someone. Looking up he approached the glass doors reaching out he grabbed one pulling it open. 'Just his luck it had started raining' wincing he looked up. What he saw brought him to a halt. Pessing back against the door he watched as Kikyo skidded to a stop. Her dark hair was plastered against her scalp, some damp strands clinging to the sides of her face. As she saw him she took a step forward. Her clothes were soaked and covered with patches of dirt, like she had stumbled and fallen a few times.
Kikyo saw him standing there on the front step of the station and all the fears that she had been holding inside came rushing to surface in the form of tears.
She was crying the tears mingling with the rain. He was shocked to see her there but didn't say anything. He hated to see people cry, he hated to see a woman cry, and this one was no exception.
"Inu Yasha." she was uncertain of what to say now that she was here she felt terribly out of place. Taking a step toward him she just stood there with her face down cast.
He looked at her was he supposed to do? If it had been Kagome then he would have known what to do. Her head was down cast and he watched her shoulders heave with sobs. Hesitantly he took a step closer to her.
Kikyo's eyes widened as she felt arms close around her. Wrapping her arms around him she could forget everything. All the things she had been worried about. Letting herself practically collapse against him she buried her face in his chest. It should have been comforting but she still couldn't stop crying.
"Shh.. everything's going to be ok." Inu Yasha said saying the words that he hadn't been able to utter before.
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The door opened again and Kagome looked up. She felt better now that she had seen Inu Yasha. Really she would probably be in a little uncontrollable heap on the floor if she hadn't been able to see him, he hadn't told her that everything was going to be alright and she could except that but she knew that he would do everything in his power to make it so.
"We need her to come up front because they brought her straight to questioning when she was brought it." The man said before closing the door again leaving her with the two men. Who were standing and moving to either side. She was just lucky that they hadn't put the cuffs back on her. The younger one Agent Grey would probably be happy if she tried to run.
Agent Grey looked down at the woman. The fact that she was no longer in cuffs when he had returned from going to look for that Inu Yasha guy annoyed him. His partner was too soft for his own good. Even now, when they were going to be moving down the hall he did nothing. Just let her try something. Cuffs or no cuffs it didn't matter to him.
As they walked down the hall her thoughts turned back to Inu Yasha. If he hadn't been there today. She didn't even want to think about it. He was so nice to her and she had been such a terrible person to him. Really when it came down to it she was a terrible person. It had taken something like this happening for her to realize how much she depended on him. How much she.
Maybe, after all this was over they could try and work things out. The thought touched her and a small smile graced the corners of her lips and she looked up. They were approaching the front lobby where they would be taking her fingerprints. She knew that the front of the building had glass doors and she wanted to see outside because she didn't know how long it would be till she would get to see outside again. As they rounded the corner her eyes were drawn to front of the room where the doors were.
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