Tears and Smiles
Chapter 5: No Longer There
By: Elbereth
Rated PG-13 for violence, occasional language, and fluff
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha
The house was in worse condition on the inside than on the out. The entryway was filled with debris from where walls and been bashed in. The kitchen was a danger zone, considering all the dishes had been smashed on the floor. They entered the living room and found the furniture turned over, the books strewn across the floor, pages ripped out. The TV and the rest of the entertainment system was sparking slightly, making that fizzing noise you here when wires are rubbing together. The pictures had been knocked down, and the glass from them was embedded in the yellowish carpet. Kagome was glad she and Sesshoumaru had kept their shoes on, or else they'd have sliced their feet.
The two turned to the stairs, which looked like a danger zone. Things from the closets and bedrooms were flung down the stairs at odd angles. There was a broken baseball bat at the foot of the steps. Sesshoumaru and Kagome looked at each other in shock and raced up the stairs. They went into Sesshoumaru's room first and found it was relatively untouched. Kagome found that ironic. His room was the only one not touched over the weekend, and Yugasagi couldn't touch him that weekend anyway. They left his room for the moment and entered the guest room. It had been turned into a war zone like the rest of the house. Luckily nothing of importance was in there so they turned to the bathroom.
Blood was splattered in grotesque patterns along the walls and on the porcelain of the tub. The floor tiles that were usually a gleaming white, were now a solid blood red. The blood was fresh, which made Kagome worry. They turned from the bathroom quickly and came to the last room. Yugasagi and Sesshoumaru's mother's room. The door wasn't completely closed, there was an inch wide crack that let you peek slightly into the room. Sesshoumaru was standing stock still in front of the door, not daring to push the last door open.
"Sesshoumaru..." Kagome whispered, afraid that if she spoke too loud Yugasagi would find them. He turned to look at her and his face was paler then the first snow of the year. He was so pale he seemed almost transparent. Kagome looked at the door and almost screamed. There, hanging from a nail, was someone's bloody braid. Sesshoumaru's mother had been wearing a braid the day Kagome'd met her. Kagome took a deep breath, knowing that if she didn't she was going to scream and hyperventilate. She gently pushed Sesshoumaru back and touched the door, as far away from the braid of hair, that she now realized had not just blood, but skin mixed in it. She pushed the door ajar and did scream.
The room was fine, except for one part. The bed's normally pristine white sheets were soaked in blood. You could see some of it dripping off from corners of the sheets, but that wasn't as horrifying as the body. The amount of blood made you realize just how much blood was in a human body. Sesshoumaru's mother lay on the bed without a scalp, and someone had decided her heart and brain were suitable souvenirs. The chest was ripped open harshly, as if Yugasagi had done it bare handed.
Kagome realized she'd thought of Yugasagi and smiled to herself, it was an angry smile. He would do it like this. He couldn't just simply shoot her or slit her throat, oh no that was too simple. He had to torture her first and then scalp her. Then he just had to take out her heart and her brain.
She approached the body very slowly and made sure her assumption was correct, which it was, but the hole was bigger than just for the heart. She looked at the entirety of the hole when a scent caught her. She didn't know how she hadn't noticed the outhouse smell. The intestines were spilling out of the hole, perforated, dark, and a strange contrast to the almost fresh blood. She put her hand to her nose and swallowed, bad idea but oh well. She glanced back at Sesshoumaru, who was standing there in horror. His eyes saw it but his brain refused to make sense of it. Kagome looked back at Sesshoumaru's mother and clenched her fist. Yugasagi would pay for this.
Turning away from the body she walked up to Sesshoumaru and wrapped her arms around him. She held him close and led him to his room, where they sat on the bed as he slowly started to cry along with Kagome, who had silently been crying since she'd seen the intestines spilling out. She didn't feel sick or disgusted by the body of Sesshoumaru's mother, she only felt angry and sad. Sesshoumaru let Kagome hold him as he calmed down, and soon they were both sitting there dry-eyed. Kagome picked up Sesshoumaru's phone and dialed 911. She explained what had happened and soon the police cars were pulling in. They ushered Kagome and Sesshoumaru out of the house and told them to go home. Sesshoumaru was still in shock so Kagome took his keys and drove back to the shrine.
Mrs. Higurashi was waiting for them, having received a call from the police about what had happened. She set them on the couch and wrapped them both in one big blanket. Sesshoumaru huddled close to Kagome, his arms around her protectively as they both thought about what they'd found. Mrs. Higurashi gave them hot tea that had soothing herbs in it so that they could calm their nerves. She contacted the police and told them Sesshoumaru would stay with them until further notice.
Sesshoumaru came out of his shock and held Kagome a little tighter. He drank his tea as Kagome slowly started to sob into is chest. He held her close and let silent tears slide down his face, it seemed odd that it had been reversed earlier. But strangely enough, he didn't feel too sad about his mother's death. Nikki Abishi had been with him from the beginning of all their problems, and now he couldn't feel true sorrow for her death. A knock on the door brought both teens out of their thoughts. When Mrs. Higurashi led a police officer through the door both sat up straighter. "We found something for one Sesshoumaru Abishi. It's a final letter from your mother before she died."
He handed the letter to Sesshoumaru, bowed to them and left. Sesshoumaru stared at it for a minute, wondering what the hell his mother had wrote. He opened it slowly and carefully, savoring each second. The letter read like this:
My child Sesshoumaru,
I'm afraid that when you read this I'll be dead. I tried my best to keep you safe, but my best wasn't enough. Yugasagi went for more liquor, but I know he's going to kill me tonight. I can't leave because he can track me down easy, he also has more than his friends on his payroll. There is a second letter in the house somewhere, I forget where I placed it, but I was going to give it to you to explain why I couldn't have gotten us out of there. Please find that letter, I can't explain it in the short time I've been allotted. Do not trust those you think of as help in this town, and I'm not talking about Kagome or your friends, I'm talking about bigger help. Yugasagi has pulled in. I must go now, but remember that I love you Sesshoumaru, and remember me in the living things of our world. Remember me as the flowers that bloom, the grass that grows, the trees who age so much slower than we do. Remember me in all these things my son. I love you.... Your okaasan
Sesshoumaru blinked a few times then handed the letter to Kagome for her to read. She read through it and sighed. "We better get back to the house before the police clear everything out." Sesshoumaru nodded and they set their almost empty tea cups down and went to the door. Mrs. Higurashi handed Sesshoumaru his keys and watched as the two ran down the shrine steps. They jumped into the car with the ease only the young have and pulled out quicker than ever. They sped towards the ruined house and when they arrived found it was still swarming with cops. Kagome let Sesshoumaru lead them to a man who seemed to be in charge of keeping civilians away. He opened his mouth to tell them there was nothing to see when Sesshoumaru said, "My mom died in there and she was with me when we found her so we're going in." With that they stormed past the man and into the house.
There was a lot of people in the house, most of them upstairs checking out the body that was still in the bedroom. Not many people were on the lower level, but no one was in Sesshoumaru's room period. They went into his room first after getting special clip-on passes so they could walk around the scene of the murder. Sesshoumaru grabbed all his clothes and threw them into a duffel bag that was in his closet. He grabbed other items that he needed or wanted period and tossed them into the bag. He ended up grabbing another bag when the duffel got too full. After both bags were full they put them in the car and went back inside.
Kagome went into the kitchen first and then out into the garage. Yugasagi had fled after he'd killed Nikki so one of the two cars were missing. Kagome looked at Sesshoumaru and sighed. "So where do we start looking?" Sesshoumaru shrugged. Kagome rolled her eyes and looked around the garage. "Name off some of your mom's favorite things."Sesshoumaru shrugged again. "She liked fantasy books, but we only have two of those, and only one of them is the one she really liked. The other is one that Yugasagi thought she'd like." Kagome smiled. "Let's get those books."
Sesshoumaru led the way to the bookshelf in the living room and started to move some of the leftover books aside. He finally found two books that were super thick and old. He handed one to Kagome and looked through the other himself. Kagome smiled and pulled out an envelope with his name on it. "I think we found it." Sesshoumaru smiled but put both books under his arm. "I think I'll keep these and treasure them." Finally Kagome led Sesshoumaru out of the house after they'd collected anything else of value to Sesshoumaru. The police didn't question them at all, which made Kagome nervous, but they made it back to the shrine, and after rearranging the guest room into Sesshoumaru's they sat down to read the second letter.
It read as follows:
~*~A/N~*~ Don't you just hate me?? I keep living you with cliffies ^.^ (evil chipmunk laughter in background) Don't worry, the next chapter will be out relatively soon, but only if I get some good reviews and no flames.....^.~ Ja ne!! Elbereth
Chapter 5: No Longer There
By: Elbereth
Rated PG-13 for violence, occasional language, and fluff
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha
The house was in worse condition on the inside than on the out. The entryway was filled with debris from where walls and been bashed in. The kitchen was a danger zone, considering all the dishes had been smashed on the floor. They entered the living room and found the furniture turned over, the books strewn across the floor, pages ripped out. The TV and the rest of the entertainment system was sparking slightly, making that fizzing noise you here when wires are rubbing together. The pictures had been knocked down, and the glass from them was embedded in the yellowish carpet. Kagome was glad she and Sesshoumaru had kept their shoes on, or else they'd have sliced their feet.
The two turned to the stairs, which looked like a danger zone. Things from the closets and bedrooms were flung down the stairs at odd angles. There was a broken baseball bat at the foot of the steps. Sesshoumaru and Kagome looked at each other in shock and raced up the stairs. They went into Sesshoumaru's room first and found it was relatively untouched. Kagome found that ironic. His room was the only one not touched over the weekend, and Yugasagi couldn't touch him that weekend anyway. They left his room for the moment and entered the guest room. It had been turned into a war zone like the rest of the house. Luckily nothing of importance was in there so they turned to the bathroom.
Blood was splattered in grotesque patterns along the walls and on the porcelain of the tub. The floor tiles that were usually a gleaming white, were now a solid blood red. The blood was fresh, which made Kagome worry. They turned from the bathroom quickly and came to the last room. Yugasagi and Sesshoumaru's mother's room. The door wasn't completely closed, there was an inch wide crack that let you peek slightly into the room. Sesshoumaru was standing stock still in front of the door, not daring to push the last door open.
"Sesshoumaru..." Kagome whispered, afraid that if she spoke too loud Yugasagi would find them. He turned to look at her and his face was paler then the first snow of the year. He was so pale he seemed almost transparent. Kagome looked at the door and almost screamed. There, hanging from a nail, was someone's bloody braid. Sesshoumaru's mother had been wearing a braid the day Kagome'd met her. Kagome took a deep breath, knowing that if she didn't she was going to scream and hyperventilate. She gently pushed Sesshoumaru back and touched the door, as far away from the braid of hair, that she now realized had not just blood, but skin mixed in it. She pushed the door ajar and did scream.
The room was fine, except for one part. The bed's normally pristine white sheets were soaked in blood. You could see some of it dripping off from corners of the sheets, but that wasn't as horrifying as the body. The amount of blood made you realize just how much blood was in a human body. Sesshoumaru's mother lay on the bed without a scalp, and someone had decided her heart and brain were suitable souvenirs. The chest was ripped open harshly, as if Yugasagi had done it bare handed.
Kagome realized she'd thought of Yugasagi and smiled to herself, it was an angry smile. He would do it like this. He couldn't just simply shoot her or slit her throat, oh no that was too simple. He had to torture her first and then scalp her. Then he just had to take out her heart and her brain.
She approached the body very slowly and made sure her assumption was correct, which it was, but the hole was bigger than just for the heart. She looked at the entirety of the hole when a scent caught her. She didn't know how she hadn't noticed the outhouse smell. The intestines were spilling out of the hole, perforated, dark, and a strange contrast to the almost fresh blood. She put her hand to her nose and swallowed, bad idea but oh well. She glanced back at Sesshoumaru, who was standing there in horror. His eyes saw it but his brain refused to make sense of it. Kagome looked back at Sesshoumaru's mother and clenched her fist. Yugasagi would pay for this.
Turning away from the body she walked up to Sesshoumaru and wrapped her arms around him. She held him close and led him to his room, where they sat on the bed as he slowly started to cry along with Kagome, who had silently been crying since she'd seen the intestines spilling out. She didn't feel sick or disgusted by the body of Sesshoumaru's mother, she only felt angry and sad. Sesshoumaru let Kagome hold him as he calmed down, and soon they were both sitting there dry-eyed. Kagome picked up Sesshoumaru's phone and dialed 911. She explained what had happened and soon the police cars were pulling in. They ushered Kagome and Sesshoumaru out of the house and told them to go home. Sesshoumaru was still in shock so Kagome took his keys and drove back to the shrine.
Mrs. Higurashi was waiting for them, having received a call from the police about what had happened. She set them on the couch and wrapped them both in one big blanket. Sesshoumaru huddled close to Kagome, his arms around her protectively as they both thought about what they'd found. Mrs. Higurashi gave them hot tea that had soothing herbs in it so that they could calm their nerves. She contacted the police and told them Sesshoumaru would stay with them until further notice.
Sesshoumaru came out of his shock and held Kagome a little tighter. He drank his tea as Kagome slowly started to sob into is chest. He held her close and let silent tears slide down his face, it seemed odd that it had been reversed earlier. But strangely enough, he didn't feel too sad about his mother's death. Nikki Abishi had been with him from the beginning of all their problems, and now he couldn't feel true sorrow for her death. A knock on the door brought both teens out of their thoughts. When Mrs. Higurashi led a police officer through the door both sat up straighter. "We found something for one Sesshoumaru Abishi. It's a final letter from your mother before she died."
He handed the letter to Sesshoumaru, bowed to them and left. Sesshoumaru stared at it for a minute, wondering what the hell his mother had wrote. He opened it slowly and carefully, savoring each second. The letter read like this:
My child Sesshoumaru,
I'm afraid that when you read this I'll be dead. I tried my best to keep you safe, but my best wasn't enough. Yugasagi went for more liquor, but I know he's going to kill me tonight. I can't leave because he can track me down easy, he also has more than his friends on his payroll. There is a second letter in the house somewhere, I forget where I placed it, but I was going to give it to you to explain why I couldn't have gotten us out of there. Please find that letter, I can't explain it in the short time I've been allotted. Do not trust those you think of as help in this town, and I'm not talking about Kagome or your friends, I'm talking about bigger help. Yugasagi has pulled in. I must go now, but remember that I love you Sesshoumaru, and remember me in the living things of our world. Remember me as the flowers that bloom, the grass that grows, the trees who age so much slower than we do. Remember me in all these things my son. I love you.... Your okaasan
Sesshoumaru blinked a few times then handed the letter to Kagome for her to read. She read through it and sighed. "We better get back to the house before the police clear everything out." Sesshoumaru nodded and they set their almost empty tea cups down and went to the door. Mrs. Higurashi handed Sesshoumaru his keys and watched as the two ran down the shrine steps. They jumped into the car with the ease only the young have and pulled out quicker than ever. They sped towards the ruined house and when they arrived found it was still swarming with cops. Kagome let Sesshoumaru lead them to a man who seemed to be in charge of keeping civilians away. He opened his mouth to tell them there was nothing to see when Sesshoumaru said, "My mom died in there and she was with me when we found her so we're going in." With that they stormed past the man and into the house.
There was a lot of people in the house, most of them upstairs checking out the body that was still in the bedroom. Not many people were on the lower level, but no one was in Sesshoumaru's room period. They went into his room first after getting special clip-on passes so they could walk around the scene of the murder. Sesshoumaru grabbed all his clothes and threw them into a duffel bag that was in his closet. He grabbed other items that he needed or wanted period and tossed them into the bag. He ended up grabbing another bag when the duffel got too full. After both bags were full they put them in the car and went back inside.
Kagome went into the kitchen first and then out into the garage. Yugasagi had fled after he'd killed Nikki so one of the two cars were missing. Kagome looked at Sesshoumaru and sighed. "So where do we start looking?" Sesshoumaru shrugged. Kagome rolled her eyes and looked around the garage. "Name off some of your mom's favorite things."Sesshoumaru shrugged again. "She liked fantasy books, but we only have two of those, and only one of them is the one she really liked. The other is one that Yugasagi thought she'd like." Kagome smiled. "Let's get those books."
Sesshoumaru led the way to the bookshelf in the living room and started to move some of the leftover books aside. He finally found two books that were super thick and old. He handed one to Kagome and looked through the other himself. Kagome smiled and pulled out an envelope with his name on it. "I think we found it." Sesshoumaru smiled but put both books under his arm. "I think I'll keep these and treasure them." Finally Kagome led Sesshoumaru out of the house after they'd collected anything else of value to Sesshoumaru. The police didn't question them at all, which made Kagome nervous, but they made it back to the shrine, and after rearranging the guest room into Sesshoumaru's they sat down to read the second letter.
It read as follows:
~*~A/N~*~ Don't you just hate me?? I keep living you with cliffies ^.^ (evil chipmunk laughter in background) Don't worry, the next chapter will be out relatively soon, but only if I get some good reviews and no flames.....^.~ Ja ne!! Elbereth