Title: Bane throughout time

By: EVL5011

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Chapter 1: Death knows no boundaries

It was just like any other day, Kagome was walking out of school, and smiled happily. The long week had been over, she was eagerly anticipating getting home. For once, she wanted to get to the past and see Inuyasha and the others. As she walked down the quiet sidewalk a large group of people were ahead of her. Three police cars were blocking off the street and they were keeping the spectators as far back as possible. Kagome approached the mass of people and pushed through them, after all her house was a few blocks away.

A police officer saw her nearing the barricade and stopped her, "I'm sorry young lady you can't come through here." He said in a serious voice.

"Why not? My house is just down the block." She asked.

"I'm sorry, you're just going to have go around." He replied.

Kagome pouted and noticed four men carrying a black body bag out from a dark alley, "what happened?" she asked.

At first the officer hesitated, but answered her in hopes that she'd stop bothering her, "Some poor girl was killed down the alley, it seems that someone lured her there and viciously killed her." The officer pushed some reporters back and blocked their cameras from taking any photographs. The young officer looked at Kagome's uniform and thought to himself for a second, "You know something, that young girl was dressed in the same school uniform as you. Maybe, she attended the same school as you." The officer caught a reporter trying to sneak past. He darted in front of the man and pushed him behind the barricade.

Kagome looked over the officers' shoulder and watched as the four men carefully placed the body bag inside of an ambulance and drove away. As she watched the men in the background, two men in nicely pressed suits emerged from the shadows. The men were well groomed and tied police tape near the entrance of the alley. One of them approached the officer that spoke with Kagome and whispered into his ear. The young officer nodded in agreement and began moving the barricades.

"All right everyone go about your business, there's nothing more to see here." He shouted, letting the spectators pass through.

"I can go through now?" Kagome asked in a low tone.

"Yeah, they've gathered all the evidence they needed. You can go through." He moved the last barricade and let Kagome walk through.

She continued on her way, as the remaining police officers left in their cars, as she passed through the area she couldn't help but to stop near the alley. She looked around and made sure that no one was watching and peeked into the dark ally. The walls were splattered with blood, and the chalk outline on the ground showed that the young girl was not only killed, but was torn apart. There were outlines of one of her arms on the ground, and a countless amount of white circles drawn in different places. Kagome didn't even want to imagine what happened. She moved back and ran back home, the sight was just too much to think about. Especially in this day in age, she never would've imagined something so gruesome happening so close to home. She burst through the front door of her house and walked over to the television, in hopes of hearing about what happened. Kagome reached for the remote control, sat down on the couch, and turned on the T.V.

Just as the channel clarified, she could already see the news was on. After a minute of the usual introductions, the lead anchorman covered their first story. "Earlier today the body of a young girl was found…" The reporter stated that a friend had found her and the local police department say that they have reason to believe that the homicide is related to six others that have remained unsolved. The anchorman later named the school that the murdered girl attended. It was the same school that she went to.

Kagome turned off the television and set the remote down, and headed up to her room. She gathered the supplies she felt she needed and realized that she had no treats for Shippo. She ran back downstairs and told her mother that she was going out to the store. Kagome ran down the street and finally stopped in front of the local store. She walked inside and purchased a large assortment of things. Once she paid she ran back down the street and felt a cold chill run down her back. She looked around and heard someone calling her name out.

"…" At first she thought that she was hearing things and said nothing, but suddenly the voice became louder.

"Kagome!" the person shouted.

She looked around and noticed the silhouette of a person run past her, it happened so fast that she didn't even catch a glance at the person. The shadow appeared to have disappeared into a small house that was undergoing remodeling.

"Kagome!" shouted the mysterious person once more. "I'm in the small house."

Although she knew better, she couldn't help but to find out who was calling her. She walked towards the small house and found the door wide open. She stepped inside and could hear someone on the second floor.

"Come up here now!" shouted the voice.

Kagome searched the inside of the house and found a small staircase leading up. Her instincts told her to leave, but something was driving her up those stairs. Kagome walked examined the second floor and just couldn't find the person. There were numerous tools scattered on the floor, and bags of joint compound mix, when she suddenly felt something push her further into the room. She tripped over a long chord and found herself on the dusty ground, to her shock a pair of frozen eyes were staring her in the face.

"Oh my god!" she cried. There was a dead girl hidden in a small closet, her throat had been ripped out. She was wearing a uniform identical to the one that Kagome had on. She panicked and was about to scream, when someone grabbed her by the ankles. The person dragged her across the room and remained shrouded by the low lighting.

Kagome shut her eyes and could feel the person staring her in the face, "Don't hurt me!" she pleaded. Kagome could hear the person smelling her body, she wanted to open her eyes, but just couldn't, she was stricken with fear.

"That scent…I've found you!" the mysterious person sounded overjoyed as it finished smelling her. Then the person did something vile, it ran its tongue over her cheek as she struggled to escape. "Open your eyes…" it ordered.

Kagome nodded and opened her eyes. She moved her head and saw a pair of dark yellow eyes looking down at her. Was this the serial killer? She thought, Kagome focused her sight and found that the person wasn't even human, it looked like a man, but from its eyes alone she knew that it was not. The man sat over her and held her hands down, so she wouldn't escape.

"Who are you?" she asked in a trembling voice.

"That doesn't matter!" the man shouted. "A-Are you by chance Kagome?" he asked.

She gulped and answered, "How do you know me?"

The man began to squeeze harder on her wrists, to the point where a tear ran down her face, "I've been looking for you for a very long time. I thought the first girl was you, but alas she wasn't. I was beginning to lose hope, when I followed your unforgettable scent to your school." He chuckled. "That girl I killed in that alley, she must've bumped into you, because she smelled just like you. Even her uniform looked the same. It took me many years to finally find you."

"What do you want from me? Are you a demon?" Kagome shouted. The man brought his face closer to hers and smiled, revealing rows of sharp teeth.

"Yeah, I am, and I want to see you die." He smiled. The man opened his mouth wide and brought it close to Kagome's neck. Just as he got ready to bite her, the sound of four men downstairs could be heard.

Kagome screamed for help and she could hear the men running up the stairs. The killer frowned and licked her face once more before jumping on the ceiling. The four men got upstairs and found Kagome lying on the ground. The men were police officers; they had received a call about a strange person hiding out inside the small house.

"Are you alright?" asked the first police officer.

But, before Kagome could warn him about the danger hanging over his head, the killer dropped down on him. The officer shouted for help and reached for his gun, the killer snarled in anger and opened his mouth wide, biting the officers' jugular. The other three men made their way across the obstacle filled room, with their guns drawn and found the killer chewing on the dead mans neck. Kagome stood up and ran past them, one officer tried to stop her, but they had to get the killer first.

"That was a demon!" Kagome thought as she made her way down the stairs. Before she left the small house she could hear the policemen shouting that the killer surrender. A second later, multiple shots ran out, followed by screams.

"I have to get Inuyasha." She kept repeating to herself as she ran down the street and made a mad dash through her house and to the Well. Without even thinking twice about it, she jumped down the Well. She knew that the police wouldn't stand a chance against a demon, but one thing bothered her. How did that demon know her? It claimed that it was searching for her for a long time.