ACDCchicky: calm down, lady lol. dont worry, it is all resolved ((your fears, n e way)) in this chapter. dont worry. i hope this makes you happier than the last chapter did...
"Finding Your Heart" by Inu Faceness
Chapter Six: Meeting The Man
His pistol was about to fire when his youkai senses detected movement outside the door. With inhuman speed he put the weapon in his jacket, silencer still attached. When the door opened, he seated himself beside the bed, his head atop his folded hands.
Kagome looked in, completely taken aback by the sight of an older man in the lobby green chair. She had not thought of someone else being in to see Inu Yasha. Sure, she might have been over reacting with the situation, but after what she had been through her nerves were still shaky. She coughed, making her, Sango, and Miroku's presence known.
The man turned, his long black hair cascading down his back. His red eyes seemed to bore into her and she shifted uncomfortably. He stood, extending a hand as they walked to him.
"Ohayo. Are you here to see Inu Yasha?" he asked, taking Kagome's hand first. His skin upon her touch was ice cold and she shivered.
"Hai. I am here to see my husband. Who are you?" Her question was slightly harsh. She had no reason to trust this man. How did he know Inu Yasha?
He smiled, his lips curling and showing his fangs. "I am Onigumo. I was Inu Yasha's boss when he lived in America." Kagome's mind kicked in. 'His boss? When did he...' "Inu Yasha came to me just after his sixteenth birthday looking for work." Her mouth formed an o shape as she let go of his hand.
"Well, I am Kagome, his wife."
Sango and Miroku both shook the man's hand, speaking their first names to him. He sat back down, staring at the young hanyou.
"I had only just heard of the accident. I was on a plane here immediately. Inu Yasha was my finest worker. I couldn't imagine how this happened. He was always a nice boy." Onigumo sighed and Kagome walked to the other side of Inu Yasha, taking his hand in hers. Sango and Miroku stood behind her.
"How long did you know Inu Yasha, Mr. Onigumo?" Sango asked, grasping her husband's hand also.
"Onigumo is fine." He said. "I knew Inu Yasha about a month before his sixteenth birthday, actually. He found me with a bullet wound in his arm. I recognized it right away as a purification bullet. With the N.C.K.Y. running around you saw this kinda stuff all the time. He told me it had happened just that night and so I took care of him."
Kagome nodded slightly. She remembered Inu Yasha telling her about Naraku. But something about this man's story wasn't right. It just couldn't be placed, so she put it to the back of her thoughts for now. "How long have you been here?" she asked after a short silence.
"Just a few moments. I just came by to see if he was stable. I know a little about doctoring, so I thought if something was wrong I could help. But, it seems the doctors in Japan are just as I remember them: top notch."
"As you remember them?" Miroku spoke.
"Hai. I am native here," Onigumo said, looking up at the monk. Red looked in on deep purple as they locked eyes. 'He's lying about something,' Miroku thought. Onigumo broke eye contact and looked at Kagome. "How long have you known Inu Yasha, Kagome?"
"Uh, we actually met as kids," a strong silence fell over the group. Kagome looked at the sports watch on Miroku's wrist. "Oh, hey, guys. Rin wanted us to get together in twenty minutes." She laughed lightly. It wasn't completely untrue; Rin did want to meet with them. Kagome just wanted to leave this guy. He was starting to creep her out. His calm nature when he sat beside someone he claimed to have known who has been in an accident.
Onigumo stood. "I'll walk down with you. I've got to leave also." The four of them left the room after Kagome placed a soft kiss on Inu Yasha's forehead. Onigumo separated from them as they left the hospital. "It was nice to meet you all. I hope to see you again sometime." He opened the black door to a car that sat at the entrance as the others went off to Miroku's car.
Upon closing his door, he grabbed the pack of cigarettes from where he had left them earlier. He set one in his lips and pulled out his gun. Clicking the safety on, Onigumo grasped the silencer and unscrewed it. He put the gun back in its holster and the silencer in a separate pouch in his jacket. The cell phone was put in his breast pocket as well as the half empty pack of cigarettes. The flame from the lighter burned the white stick as he inhaled lightly.
"Take me to the hotel, Hiten," he said, closing his eyes and leaning against the seat. Without a word, Hiten left the hospital parking lot and pulled on to the main road.
"That guy gives me the creeps," Sango said as they pulled onto Rin's street. The car had been silent until now and Kagome nodded in agreement.
"There was somethin' about him I don't trust. Something about his image he showed us. I think its fake." Miroku turned into Sesshomaru's home. The car was turned off and each passenger got out. Kagome stopped just short of the grass and pulled on Miroku's arm. She spoke in a soft voice.
"Miroku, what do you know about Inu Yasha's time in America?" she asked, her voice urgent. 'I think I know what was wrong with his story.'
Miroku thought a moment, watching as Sango walked to the house, completely oblivious to the fact that the two had fallen behind. "He told me that he lived with Naraku, was shot in the arm with a purified bullet then was raped. Then he got a job."
"Right, so he wouldn't have gone to Onigumo right after being shot." She looked up into the man's deep purple eyes. "Onigumo isn't who he says he is..."
On the third floor of the hospital, there were people walking through the halls. Doctors and nurses working and running errands. In one particular room, the name on the clipboard Songiya Inu Yasha, little movement was made. The slow rise and fall of his chest; the slight flare of his nostrils as he breathed in slightly.
After what looked like a sniff, the heart rate monitor seemed to beep faster. Inu Yasha's heart rate had just gone up.
END CHAPTER
Ok, now we are getting somewhere!! Hope ya'll like this chapter. Please check out my one shot 'Inspiration' and uh... I think I had better go work on that damn epilogue... ::sweat drop::
Inu Face
