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:Inu: Shut the hell up woman they didn't come here to listen to you they came here to read about me so tell then that you don't own me and get on with it.
:Echoe: I don't own him.
Echoe Shayne ^.^
Miroku looked up at the woman that was sitting on the couch. How could she have said that? How could she have said something so stupid? He still couldn't believe that he had heard her right. He would have yelled at her to leave the room, but that would have woke Souta who was still asleep on the couch. Sango hadn't known Kagome as long as the rest of them, that was true. But she should have known her well enough to know that Kagome would never do something like that.
Sango looked at Miroku, he was pissed. Narrowing her eyes she looked up at him. So this was the type of person that he was. He wouldn't even hear her out, she was already judged.
"Don't you dare look at me like that, Miroku." Sango said her anger seeping into her voice. So that was what Miroku was like. She had thought that he was different but all that it took was a little different point of view and he was ready to turn his back on her. Well if he thought that she was the kind of girl that would be silenced by a look, he was going to learn how wrong he was.
"Who are you to tell me what to do?" he snapped at her not able to hold back the frustration that he felt. Hearing her say that made him feel bad though, but his aggravation had been building and would not be ignored. His loyalty to his friend out weighed his attraction to this girl. A nagging feeling told him that he should listen to what she had to say. Standing above her he looked down at her waiting to see what she meant.
"What I mean is, if that was me, if that was my little brother." She paused making sure that she had Miroku's attention. "I wouldn't hesitate. A person can only take so much before they snap." It was true if she had been in Kagome's position; she didn't think that she was would have been able to restrain herself.
His eyes softened as he looked at her. So that was it. It was true. So that was what she had been thinking. He could understand now. Looking in her eyes he knew that she was telling the truth. He felt like an ass for getting mad at her now. He looked down at his feet, no longer to hold her eyes.
"What I'm saying is that I don't think that Kagome is the type of person that would do something like, but what I really mean is that if she did, then I wouldn't blame her."
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Kagome looked out the window it looked like it was raining. Just great. A frown creased her features as she looked out the rain streaked door. Someone was standing out there, no not someone. She felt a nudge from behind her and took a step forward pausing once again.
Something was off. Why was He just standing there? The new position gave her a better view. He was holding someone. Someone in the rain. She couldn't see the persons face at the moment. But knowing that she was looking the woman lifted her face before claiming Inu Yasha's lips. Hurt coursed through her followed by anger she was thankful that acting had given her such good control over her facial expressions. Watching him for a few more seconds she waited for him to pull away. Not able to look any more she turned her back on the scene.
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Kikyo looked up at Inu Yasha the rain was still coming down coating both of them both. Tilting her head back forward she looked at the man that stood in front of her, his arms still wrapped loosely around her. Leaning up on her tip toes she pressed her lips against his.
Felling the pressure against his lips he froze before pulling back his hands going to her shoulders.
"What are you doing Kikyo?"
'What am I doing?' he thought. That was a question that he should be asking himself, not her. Even thinking that, it didn't stop him from rushing on. "What are you doing here?"
"I came to see you. Like I said before I was worried about you. Are you in some kind of trouble too? Is that why you're here?" so many thoughts were running through her head but one stood out. It was all that woman's fault.
"I realize that I may have gone on a date with you and I'm sorry if I led you to believe that more was going on than there actually was."
Her eyes narrowing she could feel a frown tugging at corners of her lips.. She was worried about him and he was being rude to her.
"Look I.. I can't do this right now. I know that you came down here because you were worried, but I have to be there for Kagome. She needs me." Tears were running down her cheeks again. He hated to see her cry, but he didn't know what else there was for him to tell her.
"So that's it? You don't care. about me.." it hurt to say that to think that he didn't care about her. She didn't know how she had let herself fall for him so fast. There was something different about him though something that drew her to him.
"I'm not saying that. Look.." taking off his jacket he draped it over her shoulders.. "Kagome is my best friend. It doesn't feel right that she in there and I'm out here having fun. You're a nice person, but I can't do this to her."
Kikyo looked down unable to hold his golden gaze. Biting her bottom lip she brought her gaze back up to look at him again.
"I understand. It's because you can't, that I like you." Turning she started to walk away from him.
He stood the there watching her disappear. The hair on the back of his neck was standing up. Someone had been watching him he could feel it. Looking in front of him he saw that there was no one. Kikyo had already gotten in a cab. There was nowhere that someone could hide. So why did he still feel like someone had been watching him? There was nothing behind him but the building.
Turning slowly he looked through the glass doors. Nothing, only a man sitting behind the main desk.
Shrugging he stuffed his hands in his pockets before making his way down the walk.
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Sesshomaru looked at the man that was sitting next to him. Jaken had fallen asleep but he couldn't. Not that he hadn't tried. He knew that he needed to sleep to make it threw the day tomorrow. He needed rest. Sleep would not come for his troubled mind. Looking out the window, he took in the lightening sky. With a sigh he tried to calm his nerves.
He reached for the phone and pressed in his little brother's number planning.
"Hello?"
"We will be landing in half an hour. I expect you to be there to pick me up." He said into the phone knowing that his brother would understand what it was that he wanted.
"I will, I'll leave right now." Inu Yasha said putting the phone down.
Normally he would take a cab, but he wanted to talk to his brother. He needed to know exactly what it was that he was getting himself into. Kagome, he hadn't seen her in a while. She had always been nice to him. She didn't click with him on the level she did with her brother, but she was still his friend.
Looking down at his hands he sighed. He wished that he would have brought something to occupy his mind. He wished that he could have just gone to sleep like Jaken. He couldn't though, his body was humming like it did before every case. Only this time it was worse.
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Inu Yasha stumbled out around the darkened room looking for his shoes. He could hear the peaceful breathing from the bed and he knew that Souta was still asleep. He wished that someone was still here so he could let the boy sleep. Might as well get it over with. Turning on the light he saw the little boy roll over and put his face in the pillow.
Closing the distance he leaned over, placing his hand on the young boys shoulder shaking him a little. To his surprise the Souta sprang up in the bed scooting back against the head board. There he looked at him a few seconds before blinking.
"Hey it's alright." Inu Yasha said his hand still outreached. His eyes trained on the little boy.
"Did something happen to my sister?" Souta asked looking around the room seeing that it was still dark outside. That could be the only reason that he was being woke. Bolting off the bed he stood there. Where were his shoes?
"No, No it's nothing like that but we need to go the airport. My brother's coming in on a flight and I have to pick him up. There's a cab weighting outside and you're coming with me.
So there was nothing wrong with his sister. Nodding he put on his shoes and nodded to indicate that he was ready to go.
A smile on his face, Inu Yasha reached out taking Souta's hand.
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Kagome stared at the cold concrete wall in front of her. Her body felt weary, but sleep would not come. Her mind was being pulled in so many directions. Everything hurt. Her face hurt, her body hurt. Her heart felt like it had broken. All she could do was sit there and hold the piece. 'So in the end he was no different'
'Kikyo', the name ran through her mind. She had seen the way the woman would look at him. How long had they been going out? She felt like a fool. She felt used.
Everything had happened so fast. Now here she was sitting in a little cell behind bars. She had never thought that her life would be like this. Pulling her knees up to her chest she buried her face in her hands.
Souta. What was he doing? They hadn't taken him had they? Pushing away her other thoughts she hoped that he was alright. She would have thought that Inu Yasha would have taken him, but from what she had seen it was obvious that he was busy with other things.
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Jaken looked at the back of his associate as they deboarded the plane. He still had no idea what he was doing here, but knowing the mood that Sesshomaru had been in when they landed, he had known better then to ask. Still he was curious as to what they were there for. He knew that it was something big, something monumental.
His attention focused on the plain white walls and the blue carpeting of the hall. He frowned. Jaken was following behind him and he felt a little bad because he still hadn't told the man why they were there. Reaching the end of the boarding dock he could see that his brother was sitting in one of the many chairs that was in the waiting area. A little child was sitting in his lap asleep.
Inu Yasha looked up to see his brother. Rising to his feet he shifted Souta in his arms so that his head was resting on his shoulder.
Sesshomaru observed his brother as he approached. He appeared tired and he was holding onto Kagomes little brother.
"If you had told me that you were watching Souta, then I could have waited till morning to hear from you."
Gritting his teeth, he watched as his brother motioned to the man standing next to him.
"This is my associate Jaken Lackey. I don't believe that you have ever met him, but he will be the one working on the case. He's one of the best."
Inu Yasha turned to look at the man that was standing there. He was on the short side and maybe it was lighting, because his skin looked like it had a green cast to it.
"It's nice to meet you. I'm glad that you could come to help on such short notice." Shifting Souta, he reached out his hand.
Jaken looked at the man's hand a few seconds before taking it.
"I would love to talk to you, but like always, it looks like you weren't using your head and you drug this poor boy out at such an ungodly hour. So we will be on our way now." With that Sesshomaru took a step passed his brother with Jaken following.
Inu Yasha watched as his brother walked away from him. "But you had no problem dragging me out at an ungodly hour did you?" he mumbled to himself. Slowly he followed.
"I thought that you hated your brother." Jaken said as they walked through the semi busy airport.
"I don't hate him per say. He just, how do I say it? He gets on my nerves."
"So what's the case anyway?" the irritated man said trying to keep up with his much taller associate.
"Murder."
"Let me get this right. You're taking a murder case and you tell me nothing about it? And to top it off you're taking it because your brother wants you to? Besides that, we come out here in the middle of the night to meet him. Do you really owe your brother that big of a favor?"
Sesshomaru took in the sights of the terminal. He had only brought a small carry on and his brief case, so he didn't need to wait for anything. He headed toward the front of the building. he needed to get a cab. Jaken was chattering away as he tried to keep up.
"No I'm not doing it for my brother." He said thinking of Kagome and how she must have been sitting in a cell at the moment. He hoped that she had the sense not to tell them anything while no one was there.
"Then why are we here? I thought since your brother said he was thankful that we could come one short notice."
"And I told you that I wasn't doing it for my brother. I'm doing it for Kagome."
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Inu Yasha showed up in the hotel lobby at eight o'clock. Souta was at Miroku's. Leaning against the wall he saw his brother moving toward him in a new pressed dark blue suit. The man that had been with him the night before was walking next to them and they were talking about something.
"You're actually here on time. That's a new thing for you isn't it? Sesshomaru said his eyes boring into his little brothers. "Have you read the paper?"
Inu Yasha frowned. Yeah he had read the paper. The case was in the headlines. 'Day time star creates her own murder drama.' It was like they had already tried her and found her guilty. He thought of his own paper that was now clogging up his kitchen sink because he couldn't get it all down the garbage disposal.
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Hiten yawned as he walked to the door to fetch the morning paper. Walking into the kitchen he threw it on the table before going and getting himself some coffee. With the steaming cup in his hand he sat down taking the band of the paper as he took a sip of the bitter brew. Reading the first line he choked on the warm liquid, coughing he spit out what was left in his mouth.
What the hell was going on here? The black and white words stared back at him, mocking him. Sure he didn't know Kagome that well personally and he knew that she had a rep for being cold. From the time he had spent with her, he refused to believe that she would do something like this. There had to be a mistake. Maybe his brother had this printed up as a joke.
That had to be it. His brother knew he liked the girl, so he thought it would be funny to play a joke on him. Reaching for the phone he dialed his brother's number. After two rings he could hear his gruff voice.
"Did you see the paper this morning?" he asked
"Yeah I didn't I'm sorry about your girl. What can I say? You sure know how to pick them. What happened to the last one that you liked?"
Hiten frowned. He didn't have what you would call a stellar record with women. The last one he had gone out with had left him to join the circus. The circus for Christ sake. Who did things like that? There was one before her, Aya. He had thought that she would be the one that he would spend the rest of his life with, but she had proven him wrong too. Now thinking of his new potential love interest, he thumbed through the paper that had her picture on it.
He could tell by the sound of his brother's voice that he wasn't just pulling one on him.
"Hey but I guess your lucky man. After all she could have snapped when you had been on a date with her."
"They can say what they want, but I don't think that Kagome is the type of girl that would do something like this." Yes from the time he had spent with her, he had found that she was a little aloof at times. He had to bite back the urge to laugh again at the look on her face when she realized what she had been doing to the spoon.
"Hey no one ever thinks that someone they know can do that man, but it says that she murdered her mom, man. If she can do something like that, then the girl isn't fully right in the head." Monten said not fully understanding why his brother would defend someone that he didn't know all that well.
"Look I know. There's something about her. When I look at her she's so much more than she appears to be. You know what I mean?" he said not knowing how to describe it to his brother.
"Look man, there are plenty of other women that would pick you up in a minute. Why does it have to be this one?"
"I don't know, it just does." That was the only answer that he could give his brother and it would just have to do.
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Cursing under his breath Inu Yasha watched the reporters camped out in mass in front of the police station with disgust. Gone was the emptiness that had been there last night. Now the place was jammed packed with people. It looked like there was various newspapers magazines and TV crews there.
At least this was something that he knew how to handle. Doing the bodyguard part of his job, he excelled in crowd control.
Reaching for the door handle he felt his brother's hand close over his shoulder.
"If they ask you anything you say, no comment and move on." Sesshormaru was annoyed at the expression that crossed his brother's face when he said this.
"I'm not as dumb as you think I am."
"You have yet to prove that to me, till then I will treat you as I see fit."
Grumbling Inu Yasha got out of the cab instantly people pressed in on him. Walking ahead of his brother he tried to make a path for them to get into the building. Luckily for him, some of the people from inside the station had seen what was going on and had come out to help them. A mike was shoved in his face and he could hear a voice shouting at him.
"You are Higurashi's bodyguard right."
Saying nothing he forged his way through the mass of bodies, looking behind him to make sure that the two other people of his party were managing alright. His brother was continuing on with a static expression on his face and to his surprise the man that was walking behind him was doing pretty good fending for himself.
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Kagome sat in the small room. It was different than the one that she had been in the day before, but it had the same isolated feeling. They had told her that her lawyer had arrived. She felt relieved. Burying her face in her hands she closed her eyes. She hadn't slept at all the night before and she knew that she must look a mess. Looking through her fingers at the orange jumper that she had been outfitted with, she frowned.
The sound of the door opening filled the otherwise silent room and she stood up. Agent Anderson, the older and much nicer of the two men that had been with her yesterday, was the one that entered first. He looked in her direction and gave her a slight smile. She wished that she could have returned it, but it wasn't in her to do so. Instead she nodded indicating that she appreciated the gesture. The next person to enter the room was Inu Yasha. He was the last person that she wanted to see. She had so many things to worry about right now, she didn't want to throw him into the mix.
The next person was Sesshomaru. The last person was a man that she had never met before. Not to be rude the little man gave her the creeps.
Sesshomaru didn't let the cold greeting that Kagome gave his brother go unnoticed and he wondered what that idiot that he called a brother could have done now. Taking a step forward he took Kagomes hands in his. Surveying her face he frowned. It was slightly puffy a bruise gracing her cheeks. He frowned. He knew right then she had not done it. He was going to do what ever it took to get her off.
"This is Jaken Lackey. He will be the key lawyer in this case." He said introducing his associate to Kagome.
Jaken extended his hand to the young woman. To his surprise, she took it in both of her bowing to him ever so. "I would like to thank you Mr. Lackey for coming and helping me." At least she had manners.
"You are most welcome Miss. Higurashi. If you don't mind, I would like you to tell me everything that you can."
Inu Yasha watched as Kagome told the story of what had happened at the house. He could tell that she was trying not to cry. It hurt him to see her like this. She told about how Souta had shown up on her door step and how she had went to the house the next day.
Jaken listened as the woman spoke. Everything wasn't stacking up good. Had anyone seen Mrs. Higurashi after Kagome left? Looking at the young woman that sat there, he couldn't help but feel sorry for her. Though he knew that other people wouldn't feel the same. This was a murder case. Someone had to take the blame and right now Kagome was the only person that they could pin it on. He still wasn't entirely sure that she was innocent. Maybe she had blocked the events from herself. She was an actress she could have done it and everything could be one big show that she was putting on.
"We need to prepare. Maybe if you play the card that you did it because of the anguish that the woman had put you though. After hearing what you just told me, anyone can understand that you would snap."
Kagome felt her anger coming to the surface at the man's words. Pulling her walls to her she dawned her icy persona that she had become so well known for. Before she could say anything Inu Yasha had rushed in.
Inu Yasha stood, his chair making a screeching sound as it slid against the concrete floor. His hands closed around the lapels of the tiny mans suit as he leaned over into his face. "Now you see here you little toad. Kagome didn't murder anybody."
Jaken looked at the angry face of Inu Yasha. Taking a deep breath, he tried to gather himself, but it wasn't working.
At Inu Yasha's words, Kagome felt some of the ice that she had pulled to her melting. He did care. Then remembering the sight that she had seen the pervious night, she was able to pull her defenses back to her. So many parts of her life she couldn't control, but she could control this, and she would.
Sesshomaru's eyes were locked on the woman that set next to him. He watched as she gracefully got to her feet. Now this was the Kagome that he knew. This was the Kagome that gave even him a run for his money.
"Inu Yasha let him go right now."
Turning he looked at Kagome, who was standing there with a commanding look on her face . He didn't like to do what other people told him to, but he knew that now was not the time to argue. Not when people could come running in with drawn guns at the sound out raised voices. Letting go of the man's coat he sank back into his chair.
Seeing that the situation was taken care of, Kagome turned her attention to the little man that sat in the chair "Now look here you little imp, I didn't do it and I refuse to play something like that. I will accept nothing less than complete innocence. If you can't give it to me, then it sounds like I need to find another lawyer."
Jaken blinked a few times looking up at the woman. She reminded him of someone. She reminded him of Sesshomaru. The tone that she was using demanded that he obey. Nodding, he could do nothing but stare at her.
"If that is the way that you want it, Kagome. Then it will be done won't it Jaken?" Sesshomaru said shooting the man an icy glare of his own.
"Yes that is the way that it will be done." She reminds me of Sesshomaru sama he thought looking at the woman in awe, a feeling of respect washing over him. "They want to get this one through the courts fast because of her status. A jury will be selected later today."
Kagome sat back down in her chair, feeling, if even for just a moment, that she was in control. That her word wasn't spinning around her. She knew that it was a fleeting feeling. It would fade soon because it was just an illusion. In reality, she didn't have control over anything. "Thank you for agreeing with me." Jaken looked at the woman giving her a curt nod. "Don't thank me yet. Nothing has started yet. Tomorrow is just the beginning."
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I actually did write about half a chapter of this story before I wrote this one I was torn between weather Kagome saw them or not. I was originally planning on not having her see them but then so many of you said that Inu was going to be in trouble and I would hate to disappoint you.
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:Inu: Shut the hell up woman they didn't come here to listen to you they came here to read about me so tell then that you don't own me and get on with it.
:Echoe: I don't own him.
Echoe Shayne ^.^
Miroku looked up at the woman that was sitting on the couch. How could she have said that? How could she have said something so stupid? He still couldn't believe that he had heard her right. He would have yelled at her to leave the room, but that would have woke Souta who was still asleep on the couch. Sango hadn't known Kagome as long as the rest of them, that was true. But she should have known her well enough to know that Kagome would never do something like that.
Sango looked at Miroku, he was pissed. Narrowing her eyes she looked up at him. So this was the type of person that he was. He wouldn't even hear her out, she was already judged.
"Don't you dare look at me like that, Miroku." Sango said her anger seeping into her voice. So that was what Miroku was like. She had thought that he was different but all that it took was a little different point of view and he was ready to turn his back on her. Well if he thought that she was the kind of girl that would be silenced by a look, he was going to learn how wrong he was.
"Who are you to tell me what to do?" he snapped at her not able to hold back the frustration that he felt. Hearing her say that made him feel bad though, but his aggravation had been building and would not be ignored. His loyalty to his friend out weighed his attraction to this girl. A nagging feeling told him that he should listen to what she had to say. Standing above her he looked down at her waiting to see what she meant.
"What I mean is, if that was me, if that was my little brother." She paused making sure that she had Miroku's attention. "I wouldn't hesitate. A person can only take so much before they snap." It was true if she had been in Kagome's position; she didn't think that she was would have been able to restrain herself.
His eyes softened as he looked at her. So that was it. It was true. So that was what she had been thinking. He could understand now. Looking in her eyes he knew that she was telling the truth. He felt like an ass for getting mad at her now. He looked down at his feet, no longer to hold her eyes.
"What I'm saying is that I don't think that Kagome is the type of person that would do something like, but what I really mean is that if she did, then I wouldn't blame her."
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Kagome looked out the window it looked like it was raining. Just great. A frown creased her features as she looked out the rain streaked door. Someone was standing out there, no not someone. She felt a nudge from behind her and took a step forward pausing once again.
Something was off. Why was He just standing there? The new position gave her a better view. He was holding someone. Someone in the rain. She couldn't see the persons face at the moment. But knowing that she was looking the woman lifted her face before claiming Inu Yasha's lips. Hurt coursed through her followed by anger she was thankful that acting had given her such good control over her facial expressions. Watching him for a few more seconds she waited for him to pull away. Not able to look any more she turned her back on the scene.
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Kikyo looked up at Inu Yasha the rain was still coming down coating both of them both. Tilting her head back forward she looked at the man that stood in front of her, his arms still wrapped loosely around her. Leaning up on her tip toes she pressed her lips against his.
Felling the pressure against his lips he froze before pulling back his hands going to her shoulders.
"What are you doing Kikyo?"
'What am I doing?' he thought. That was a question that he should be asking himself, not her. Even thinking that, it didn't stop him from rushing on. "What are you doing here?"
"I came to see you. Like I said before I was worried about you. Are you in some kind of trouble too? Is that why you're here?" so many thoughts were running through her head but one stood out. It was all that woman's fault.
"I realize that I may have gone on a date with you and I'm sorry if I led you to believe that more was going on than there actually was."
Her eyes narrowing she could feel a frown tugging at corners of her lips.. She was worried about him and he was being rude to her.
"Look I.. I can't do this right now. I know that you came down here because you were worried, but I have to be there for Kagome. She needs me." Tears were running down her cheeks again. He hated to see her cry, but he didn't know what else there was for him to tell her.
"So that's it? You don't care. about me.." it hurt to say that to think that he didn't care about her. She didn't know how she had let herself fall for him so fast. There was something different about him though something that drew her to him.
"I'm not saying that. Look.." taking off his jacket he draped it over her shoulders.. "Kagome is my best friend. It doesn't feel right that she in there and I'm out here having fun. You're a nice person, but I can't do this to her."
Kikyo looked down unable to hold his golden gaze. Biting her bottom lip she brought her gaze back up to look at him again.
"I understand. It's because you can't, that I like you." Turning she started to walk away from him.
He stood the there watching her disappear. The hair on the back of his neck was standing up. Someone had been watching him he could feel it. Looking in front of him he saw that there was no one. Kikyo had already gotten in a cab. There was nowhere that someone could hide. So why did he still feel like someone had been watching him? There was nothing behind him but the building.
Turning slowly he looked through the glass doors. Nothing, only a man sitting behind the main desk.
Shrugging he stuffed his hands in his pockets before making his way down the walk.
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Sesshomaru looked at the man that was sitting next to him. Jaken had fallen asleep but he couldn't. Not that he hadn't tried. He knew that he needed to sleep to make it threw the day tomorrow. He needed rest. Sleep would not come for his troubled mind. Looking out the window, he took in the lightening sky. With a sigh he tried to calm his nerves.
He reached for the phone and pressed in his little brother's number planning.
"Hello?"
"We will be landing in half an hour. I expect you to be there to pick me up." He said into the phone knowing that his brother would understand what it was that he wanted.
"I will, I'll leave right now." Inu Yasha said putting the phone down.
Normally he would take a cab, but he wanted to talk to his brother. He needed to know exactly what it was that he was getting himself into. Kagome, he hadn't seen her in a while. She had always been nice to him. She didn't click with him on the level she did with her brother, but she was still his friend.
Looking down at his hands he sighed. He wished that he would have brought something to occupy his mind. He wished that he could have just gone to sleep like Jaken. He couldn't though, his body was humming like it did before every case. Only this time it was worse.
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Inu Yasha stumbled out around the darkened room looking for his shoes. He could hear the peaceful breathing from the bed and he knew that Souta was still asleep. He wished that someone was still here so he could let the boy sleep. Might as well get it over with. Turning on the light he saw the little boy roll over and put his face in the pillow.
Closing the distance he leaned over, placing his hand on the young boys shoulder shaking him a little. To his surprise the Souta sprang up in the bed scooting back against the head board. There he looked at him a few seconds before blinking.
"Hey it's alright." Inu Yasha said his hand still outreached. His eyes trained on the little boy.
"Did something happen to my sister?" Souta asked looking around the room seeing that it was still dark outside. That could be the only reason that he was being woke. Bolting off the bed he stood there. Where were his shoes?
"No, No it's nothing like that but we need to go the airport. My brother's coming in on a flight and I have to pick him up. There's a cab weighting outside and you're coming with me.
So there was nothing wrong with his sister. Nodding he put on his shoes and nodded to indicate that he was ready to go.
A smile on his face, Inu Yasha reached out taking Souta's hand.
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Kagome stared at the cold concrete wall in front of her. Her body felt weary, but sleep would not come. Her mind was being pulled in so many directions. Everything hurt. Her face hurt, her body hurt. Her heart felt like it had broken. All she could do was sit there and hold the piece. 'So in the end he was no different'
'Kikyo', the name ran through her mind. She had seen the way the woman would look at him. How long had they been going out? She felt like a fool. She felt used.
Everything had happened so fast. Now here she was sitting in a little cell behind bars. She had never thought that her life would be like this. Pulling her knees up to her chest she buried her face in her hands.
Souta. What was he doing? They hadn't taken him had they? Pushing away her other thoughts she hoped that he was alright. She would have thought that Inu Yasha would have taken him, but from what she had seen it was obvious that he was busy with other things.
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Jaken looked at the back of his associate as they deboarded the plane. He still had no idea what he was doing here, but knowing the mood that Sesshomaru had been in when they landed, he had known better then to ask. Still he was curious as to what they were there for. He knew that it was something big, something monumental.
His attention focused on the plain white walls and the blue carpeting of the hall. He frowned. Jaken was following behind him and he felt a little bad because he still hadn't told the man why they were there. Reaching the end of the boarding dock he could see that his brother was sitting in one of the many chairs that was in the waiting area. A little child was sitting in his lap asleep.
Inu Yasha looked up to see his brother. Rising to his feet he shifted Souta in his arms so that his head was resting on his shoulder.
Sesshomaru observed his brother as he approached. He appeared tired and he was holding onto Kagomes little brother.
"If you had told me that you were watching Souta, then I could have waited till morning to hear from you."
Gritting his teeth, he watched as his brother motioned to the man standing next to him.
"This is my associate Jaken Lackey. I don't believe that you have ever met him, but he will be the one working on the case. He's one of the best."
Inu Yasha turned to look at the man that was standing there. He was on the short side and maybe it was lighting, because his skin looked like it had a green cast to it.
"It's nice to meet you. I'm glad that you could come to help on such short notice." Shifting Souta, he reached out his hand.
Jaken looked at the man's hand a few seconds before taking it.
"I would love to talk to you, but like always, it looks like you weren't using your head and you drug this poor boy out at such an ungodly hour. So we will be on our way now." With that Sesshomaru took a step passed his brother with Jaken following.
Inu Yasha watched as his brother walked away from him. "But you had no problem dragging me out at an ungodly hour did you?" he mumbled to himself. Slowly he followed.
"I thought that you hated your brother." Jaken said as they walked through the semi busy airport.
"I don't hate him per say. He just, how do I say it? He gets on my nerves."
"So what's the case anyway?" the irritated man said trying to keep up with his much taller associate.
"Murder."
"Let me get this right. You're taking a murder case and you tell me nothing about it? And to top it off you're taking it because your brother wants you to? Besides that, we come out here in the middle of the night to meet him. Do you really owe your brother that big of a favor?"
Sesshomaru took in the sights of the terminal. He had only brought a small carry on and his brief case, so he didn't need to wait for anything. He headed toward the front of the building. he needed to get a cab. Jaken was chattering away as he tried to keep up.
"No I'm not doing it for my brother." He said thinking of Kagome and how she must have been sitting in a cell at the moment. He hoped that she had the sense not to tell them anything while no one was there.
"Then why are we here? I thought since your brother said he was thankful that we could come one short notice."
"And I told you that I wasn't doing it for my brother. I'm doing it for Kagome."
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Inu Yasha showed up in the hotel lobby at eight o'clock. Souta was at Miroku's. Leaning against the wall he saw his brother moving toward him in a new pressed dark blue suit. The man that had been with him the night before was walking next to them and they were talking about something.
"You're actually here on time. That's a new thing for you isn't it? Sesshomaru said his eyes boring into his little brothers. "Have you read the paper?"
Inu Yasha frowned. Yeah he had read the paper. The case was in the headlines. 'Day time star creates her own murder drama.' It was like they had already tried her and found her guilty. He thought of his own paper that was now clogging up his kitchen sink because he couldn't get it all down the garbage disposal.
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Hiten yawned as he walked to the door to fetch the morning paper. Walking into the kitchen he threw it on the table before going and getting himself some coffee. With the steaming cup in his hand he sat down taking the band of the paper as he took a sip of the bitter brew. Reading the first line he choked on the warm liquid, coughing he spit out what was left in his mouth.
What the hell was going on here? The black and white words stared back at him, mocking him. Sure he didn't know Kagome that well personally and he knew that she had a rep for being cold. From the time he had spent with her, he refused to believe that she would do something like this. There had to be a mistake. Maybe his brother had this printed up as a joke.
That had to be it. His brother knew he liked the girl, so he thought it would be funny to play a joke on him. Reaching for the phone he dialed his brother's number. After two rings he could hear his gruff voice.
"Did you see the paper this morning?" he asked
"Yeah I didn't I'm sorry about your girl. What can I say? You sure know how to pick them. What happened to the last one that you liked?"
Hiten frowned. He didn't have what you would call a stellar record with women. The last one he had gone out with had left him to join the circus. The circus for Christ sake. Who did things like that? There was one before her, Aya. He had thought that she would be the one that he would spend the rest of his life with, but she had proven him wrong too. Now thinking of his new potential love interest, he thumbed through the paper that had her picture on it.
He could tell by the sound of his brother's voice that he wasn't just pulling one on him.
"Hey but I guess your lucky man. After all she could have snapped when you had been on a date with her."
"They can say what they want, but I don't think that Kagome is the type of girl that would do something like this." Yes from the time he had spent with her, he had found that she was a little aloof at times. He had to bite back the urge to laugh again at the look on her face when she realized what she had been doing to the spoon.
"Hey no one ever thinks that someone they know can do that man, but it says that she murdered her mom, man. If she can do something like that, then the girl isn't fully right in the head." Monten said not fully understanding why his brother would defend someone that he didn't know all that well.
"Look I know. There's something about her. When I look at her she's so much more than she appears to be. You know what I mean?" he said not knowing how to describe it to his brother.
"Look man, there are plenty of other women that would pick you up in a minute. Why does it have to be this one?"
"I don't know, it just does." That was the only answer that he could give his brother and it would just have to do.
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Cursing under his breath Inu Yasha watched the reporters camped out in mass in front of the police station with disgust. Gone was the emptiness that had been there last night. Now the place was jammed packed with people. It looked like there was various newspapers magazines and TV crews there.
At least this was something that he knew how to handle. Doing the bodyguard part of his job, he excelled in crowd control.
Reaching for the door handle he felt his brother's hand close over his shoulder.
"If they ask you anything you say, no comment and move on." Sesshormaru was annoyed at the expression that crossed his brother's face when he said this.
"I'm not as dumb as you think I am."
"You have yet to prove that to me, till then I will treat you as I see fit."
Grumbling Inu Yasha got out of the cab instantly people pressed in on him. Walking ahead of his brother he tried to make a path for them to get into the building. Luckily for him, some of the people from inside the station had seen what was going on and had come out to help them. A mike was shoved in his face and he could hear a voice shouting at him.
"You are Higurashi's bodyguard right."
Saying nothing he forged his way through the mass of bodies, looking behind him to make sure that the two other people of his party were managing alright. His brother was continuing on with a static expression on his face and to his surprise the man that was walking behind him was doing pretty good fending for himself.
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Kagome sat in the small room. It was different than the one that she had been in the day before, but it had the same isolated feeling. They had told her that her lawyer had arrived. She felt relieved. Burying her face in her hands she closed her eyes. She hadn't slept at all the night before and she knew that she must look a mess. Looking through her fingers at the orange jumper that she had been outfitted with, she frowned.
The sound of the door opening filled the otherwise silent room and she stood up. Agent Anderson, the older and much nicer of the two men that had been with her yesterday, was the one that entered first. He looked in her direction and gave her a slight smile. She wished that she could have returned it, but it wasn't in her to do so. Instead she nodded indicating that she appreciated the gesture. The next person to enter the room was Inu Yasha. He was the last person that she wanted to see. She had so many things to worry about right now, she didn't want to throw him into the mix.
The next person was Sesshomaru. The last person was a man that she had never met before. Not to be rude the little man gave her the creeps.
Sesshomaru didn't let the cold greeting that Kagome gave his brother go unnoticed and he wondered what that idiot that he called a brother could have done now. Taking a step forward he took Kagomes hands in his. Surveying her face he frowned. It was slightly puffy a bruise gracing her cheeks. He frowned. He knew right then she had not done it. He was going to do what ever it took to get her off.
"This is Jaken Lackey. He will be the key lawyer in this case." He said introducing his associate to Kagome.
Jaken extended his hand to the young woman. To his surprise, she took it in both of her bowing to him ever so. "I would like to thank you Mr. Lackey for coming and helping me." At least she had manners.
"You are most welcome Miss. Higurashi. If you don't mind, I would like you to tell me everything that you can."
Inu Yasha watched as Kagome told the story of what had happened at the house. He could tell that she was trying not to cry. It hurt him to see her like this. She told about how Souta had shown up on her door step and how she had went to the house the next day.
Jaken listened as the woman spoke. Everything wasn't stacking up good. Had anyone seen Mrs. Higurashi after Kagome left? Looking at the young woman that sat there, he couldn't help but feel sorry for her. Though he knew that other people wouldn't feel the same. This was a murder case. Someone had to take the blame and right now Kagome was the only person that they could pin it on. He still wasn't entirely sure that she was innocent. Maybe she had blocked the events from herself. She was an actress she could have done it and everything could be one big show that she was putting on.
"We need to prepare. Maybe if you play the card that you did it because of the anguish that the woman had put you though. After hearing what you just told me, anyone can understand that you would snap."
Kagome felt her anger coming to the surface at the man's words. Pulling her walls to her she dawned her icy persona that she had become so well known for. Before she could say anything Inu Yasha had rushed in.
Inu Yasha stood, his chair making a screeching sound as it slid against the concrete floor. His hands closed around the lapels of the tiny mans suit as he leaned over into his face. "Now you see here you little toad. Kagome didn't murder anybody."
Jaken looked at the angry face of Inu Yasha. Taking a deep breath, he tried to gather himself, but it wasn't working.
At Inu Yasha's words, Kagome felt some of the ice that she had pulled to her melting. He did care. Then remembering the sight that she had seen the pervious night, she was able to pull her defenses back to her. So many parts of her life she couldn't control, but she could control this, and she would.
Sesshomaru's eyes were locked on the woman that set next to him. He watched as she gracefully got to her feet. Now this was the Kagome that he knew. This was the Kagome that gave even him a run for his money.
"Inu Yasha let him go right now."
Turning he looked at Kagome, who was standing there with a commanding look on her face . He didn't like to do what other people told him to, but he knew that now was not the time to argue. Not when people could come running in with drawn guns at the sound out raised voices. Letting go of the man's coat he sank back into his chair.
Seeing that the situation was taken care of, Kagome turned her attention to the little man that sat in the chair "Now look here you little imp, I didn't do it and I refuse to play something like that. I will accept nothing less than complete innocence. If you can't give it to me, then it sounds like I need to find another lawyer."
Jaken blinked a few times looking up at the woman. She reminded him of someone. She reminded him of Sesshomaru. The tone that she was using demanded that he obey. Nodding, he could do nothing but stare at her.
"If that is the way that you want it, Kagome. Then it will be done won't it Jaken?" Sesshomaru said shooting the man an icy glare of his own.
"Yes that is the way that it will be done." She reminds me of Sesshomaru sama he thought looking at the woman in awe, a feeling of respect washing over him. "They want to get this one through the courts fast because of her status. A jury will be selected later today."
Kagome sat back down in her chair, feeling, if even for just a moment, that she was in control. That her word wasn't spinning around her. She knew that it was a fleeting feeling. It would fade soon because it was just an illusion. In reality, she didn't have control over anything. "Thank you for agreeing with me." Jaken looked at the woman giving her a curt nod. "Don't thank me yet. Nothing has started yet. Tomorrow is just the beginning."
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I actually did write about half a chapter of this story before I wrote this one I was torn between weather Kagome saw them or not. I was originally planning on not having her see them but then so many of you said that Inu was going to be in trouble and I would hate to disappoint you.
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