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You can die at any time but it takes true courage to live

Chapter Three

Kagome itched her foot with another. She sighed as she searched for her other flip-flop. Amongst the chaos and unorderlyness of her desk was a ringing telephone-somewhere. She pulled up a folder to find the handle, she picked up the phone. "Hello, Kagome Higurashie speaking. How may I help you?" The pause on the other line told her of confusion.

"Sorry wrong number." then the line went dead. Kagome sat momentarily staring at the phone then hung it back on the receiver. She shrugged as she reached for her coffee mug and took a sip. Then continued reading the case of Youkai Vs. Kasugi, that was Sesshomaru verses, the victim's family. Which it wasn't really the victim but the victim's sister and brother. The real witness had been the victim's daughter an eight-year-old named Rin who refused to testify against Sesshomaru.

Kagome looked down at her watch. It read 11 o' clock at night and she was still here! The phone rang and she picked it up " Hello Kagome Higurashie speaking. How may I help you?" again there was a sound of confusion. There was a clatter on the other end like someone trying to hang up the phone then it went dead. Kagome stared at the phone receiver then shouted. " Fine I didn't wanna talk to a jackass like you anyways!" she slammed the receiver down. Then it rang again as if begging to be thrown out the window. But she managed a "Hello?" there was a pause on the other end.

" Kagome- Chan?" a husky male voice on the other end asked in a breathless voice.

"Hai . . . Uh, Yes." she corrected herself. She kept forgetting she was in America now. It was confusing now.

" Its me Hojo. Hojo Amagatta. Remember? I went to high school with you?" Kagome just about dropped the receiver. He was the guy she kept re scheduling on for dates, and yet he never took the hint that she didn't want to go out with him (not that he wasn't a total catch!) Now he was calling her at work of all places out of the blue at 11 o' clock at night just to chat? Wow, now she could brag to her friends that she knows a total Screwball! Yay what a day it was.

She tried to keep her voice even. " And how may I help you Hojo?" she asked.

" I just heard you were in town from a friend so, uh, would you like to go out sometime?" He asked.

"Uh, Hojo I'm not really interested . . . "

"Please! PLEASE KAGOME-CHAN!" he was begging? How desperate was this guy?

By this time Kagome was thoroughly fed up and losing her temper with this needledick would be the perfect way to relieve some of the stress she had accumulated over the past years for him. " Hojo! You pussy! You're a total fag and I hate you! I've never wanted to go out with you I never even liked you go out with Onnie she seems more then willing to date a totally worthless pound of man like you! You still live with your mother! You dress like a queer eye reject, and you need a new haircut." So what I'm trying to say . . . . . " She said now bitterly sweet. " Practice safe sex, so fu#k yourself!" and she hung up.

She stabbed at her computer keys. Finding the computerized version on Youkai Vs. Kasugi she highlighted it and sent it to her at home e-mail address. She sighed and looked through her E-mail. One was from her mother who said she was doing well, and told how Grandpa and Souta was. She smiled and sent one back telling her that New York was great. Which was a total lie. She had gotten lost going to work seven times already, she wouldn't dare go one the subway, and her neighbor liked to cook naked. And the lady across the hall held loud arguments late into the night with people who weren't even there.

She put all of the things into a filing cabinet. And tidied up her desk a little. The phone rang. "Shit." she muttered and picked up the phone. " Hello?" she head heavy breathing on the other end of the line but no words. "Hello?" she was getting creeped out.

The other line went dead.

She opened her office door the hallway was dark but she saw something move. She hurried and shut her door. She searched for the lock but remembered that that door didn't lock! She searched for something to prop against the door. She pulled the couch to block the door. ' I'M GONNA DIE!' her mind screamed. She looked around. She picked up her desk phone. There was no dial tone . . . she hung it up then picked it back up . . . still nothing. A rough scratching was on the door. She squeezed her eyes shut. This was NOT happening.

A quiet chuckle was heard from the other side of the door. Followed by. " We know you're in there!" Kagome's hands flew to her mouth. Tears were whelping up in her eyes. She remembered her new cell phone and dove for it. She punched in 9-1-1 as fast as she could. " I'm in the New York jail. I work here, there are some men here who are trying to get in." the lady on the other end asked her to please remain calm, and where she was at. " I'm on the second floor." the lady told her help was on the way. Kagome hung up in time to see a fire ax smashing through the door. She ran for the window. Steel bars. She couldn't get through! She ran for her desk and hid in the compartment for your legs, tucking her legs up to her chin and pulling her chair in behind her. She heard the footsteps.

"Where is she?" she heard an all too familiar voice ask. " Teach her to call me a queer eye reject."

Kagome felt the tears prick her eyelids, as she tried not to breath. Someone yanked the chair from in front of her and grabbed her hand biting fingers bruised her wrist. "OW!" she yelped. Hojo held her by the uppers of her arms forcing her to look at him. Kagome's eyes couldn't hold back any more tears spilled from their barriers. "Please, leave me alone." she begged, now regretting every word she had ever said to him that hurt his feelings. Hojo smirked. Kagome couldn't let him see her like this. She wouldn't regret those words, she wouldn't let him win . . . not like this!

Hojo forced her up against the wall. Kagome's eyes widened. What was he . . .? He forced her legs open with his. She felt his hot breath on her face; it unnerved her so much she wanted to KILL him. She brought her knee up fast and kicked him in the groin.

Hope ya liked it sorry for the wait.

9/15/04