Chapter 33:
A SORROWFUL LOVE BETRAYAL…Rrrrrrriiing…
Rrrrrriiing…
Click" Hello?"
" Sango!!!"
Sango widen her eyes at the familiar voice from the phone, " Inuyasha? Is that you? What's wrong!?"
" Kagome's kidnapped!!"
" E…eh? What!!?"
" Just call Miroku and the others!! And make sure Kagome's parents doesn't know about this! Wouldn't want them worried. I'm chasing after that fuckin' kidnapper so…you guys just wait at Kagome's place or something!!" Inuyasha said as he paddled the bicycle faster, catching up to the car. " I promise I'll bring her back!!!"
With that, he hanged up his cellular phone, and looked up to see that the car was still in front of him.
" Let go! Let go!! Mr. Hiten! Please…kyah!!"
Kagome was thrown to the hard, concrete ground as she held her grabbed arm painfully.
They arrived at a small harbor just few miles away from the city. The harbor was already dark and there was no one in sight. A perfect place to hide someone…or even kill a person since no one will be able to find the body.
Kagome squinted her eyes from the darkness. She couldn't see anything…she heard Mr. Hiten walking towards her so she backed away a little. " Mr. Hiten…?"
" Don't move…"
THUD…Kagome felt something hard…and at the same time cold being pressed onto her head.
' Eh?'
" I said to don't move…Higurashi Kagome."
Kagome slowly moved her head towards the person talking to her…which was Mr. Hiten. She widens her eyes to see a gun…pointed towards her.
"M…Mr. Hiten!!!? What are you…!?"
" I told you twice already not to move…"
" But…But why!? Why you….!!?"
Hiten smirked as he pressed the gun on her head harder, " Why…? Hm, why of course…I've been order by my boss to kill you. Is there anything else?"
"K…kill me!? What are you…!"
" It was pretty bone breaking…I'd have to watch over you without making you and the others notice."
" Watch over me?" Kagome widens her eyes, " What do you mean?"
" To begin with…the reason I moved in as a teacher at Sengoku High School was it was because our organization had acquired the information that you will transfer to this school beforehand…so I was ordered to be the one to watch over you."
Kagome then noticed something, "A…and Ms. Yura?"
" Yura? She has nothing to do with this…I'm just going out with her so I won't be suspicious-looking…besides; she's also useful because she was your homeroom teacher. It made it easy for me to acquire your movement…" Hiten smirks darkly.
" So…Ms. Yura was…"
" Hm, Stupid woman, isn't she? Without realizing that she's only being used, talking about marriage and all those stupid dreams…"
" !!? " Kagome widens her eyes in shock.
" I don't care what he is or who he is…I love him for who he is in the inside. As long as he is happy…I will love him for all times."
" Yes…I love him. With all my life."
" At long last… my dreams of being with my love comes true…I'm truly happy from my heart…"
" How…How could you…" Kagome gritted her teeth in anger, " Ms. Yura…she really loved you…and you're betraying her!!?"
" Hm. Love is nothing but a bother when it comes to assassination. Our organization doesn't require the word ' love ' in our vocabulary…"
" STUPID!! How could you!! You don't understand anything about Ms. Yura's feelings!! Don't understand a thing…!!" Tears flowed from Kagome's eyes, " How could you…! Don't you love her!!?"
". . . . . . . ."
Hiten suddenly narrowed his eyes and pointed the guns towards the dark. " Whoever you are…come out. If you don't want to die…although, I will still kill you even if you do."
" EH?" Kagome also looked towards that direction.
There was silence for a while…and then she heard footsteps. At first, it was still a little too dark to see, but then she soon saw a glitter of silver hair in the dark from the moonlight, which was the only light in the dark harbor.
"I…Inuyasha!!?" Kagome shouted in surprise. Mr. Hiten seemed to be surprised as well.
"Ayakashi… Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha was standing, breathing heavily from all that paddling but he held his murderous glare towards Hiten. " So…it was you…"
" No! Inuyasha! Don't come!! He'll kill you!!" Kagome shouted as she tried to move but Hiten moved the gun towards her.
He then turned his gaze towards Inuyasha, " Hm, I admit the fact that I am surprised to see you here…but that doesn't matter…I don't really care if you're here or not. I'll just have to kill you with her…"
" No!! Please! Inuyasha!!"
"I won't leave you, Kagome…" Inuyasha said as he started walking towards the two.
" I wouldn't do that if I were you…that is, if you want her dead," said Hiten, as he pressed the gun further.
" No,…." Inuyasha smirked, " I won't even let you…"
" What?"
Inuyasha started dashing towards them. Hiten quickly points the gun towards him but Inuyasha was faster. He held out something from his pockets and threw it towards him.
It was baseball…that hits directly on Hiten's hand and, that instant Hiten squinted his eyes in pain, Inuyasha quickly ran over to Kagome and then pulls her over. But then Hiten quickly recovers and then shot a bullet, which barely missed the two them, hitting the ground.
" Don't move!!" Hiten shouted, his gun pointed towards them.
Inuyasha and Kagome stopped, staring at Hiten.
" You won't get away with this…you know that," said Kagome.
" I know I won't…but before the police even finds out about me, I'll be out of this country and somewhere else. No one will be able to find me…" Hiten smirked.
" Why is it that you're after me!!? What is this organization of yours you're talking about!!? Why me!!?" Kagome asked.
" . . . . Why? I told you…it's an order from the boss…He said that he has no reason for you to live…now that your father is here."
" What?" Kagome widens her eyes in surprise, " My father is here? I mean…he's alive!!?"
" Yes, you're father is alive…and he is here, looking for you." Hiten narrowed his eyes, " It will be all ruined if you meet your father…our organization will be known to the world…that is why I was ordered to kill you before you actually get the chance to meet your father."
" My…father…"
" What the fuck are you guys talking about!!? Kagome's father!!? Organization!!?" Inuyasha shouted, " What the fuck is going on!? Why does Kagome have something to do with his? She didn't do anything! Kagome is innocent!!"
"…That is, because you don't know the truth."
" What truth? Mr. Hiten! Please tell me!!" Kagome yelled.
" Enough!! I'm not all bored, you know? I still have to go kill your family after killing you…"
" My family!! No, you can't do that!!? My family has nothing to do with this!!" Kagome yelled desperately.
" You son of a bitch!!" Inuyasha shouted made a step forward but Hiten pointed his gun to him again.
" Oh! I suggest you don't move…you actually think you can win against a gun?" Hiten smirked, " Now…whom should I kill first? Hmm… I should say…Ladies fir…"
" …Hiten?"
" !!!!?? "
"…M…Ms. Yura!!!?" Kagome shouted in surprise. Yura was standing behind with a shocked and surprised expression. She was holding the same brown folder in her hands, which Hiten noticed and clicked his tongue in annoyance.
' She saw it…!! '
"Why the heck is she here?" asked Inuyasha to Kagome.
" Ms. Yura…." Kagome looked on in worry, ignoring Inuyasha's question.
" What is…going on? I've noticed you've been acting strangely…and just today you didn't come to see me…so I was looking for you and went to your class. That is when…I found this folder," Yura said as she held out the folder and dropped it to the ground. A lot of papers fell out of it and scattered around the floor, " I…I took a look of it…and found…this detailed reports on Higurashi Kagome…about her family…everything about her." She lifts her face and stares at Hiten, who had his face down. " Please, Hiten…tell me what is going on."
" . . . . ."
" Ms. Yura, please watch out!!" Kagome suddenly shouted, " Mr. Hiten…he's here to kill me…and now that you're here…he's going to kill you now!!"
" Eh?" Yura widens her eyes.
" Please, Ms. Yura!! Run for it!! Before Mr. Hiten decides to kill you!!"
" Wh…What are you talking about?" Yura looks from Kagome to Hiten, " Hiten…is this all true?"
" . . . . .yes," Hiten said as he closed his eyes. Yura's eyes widen in shock as her body began to tremble.
"Wha…I…I don't understand…Why?…H…How?" She held her head as though to calm herself down, " …Why?"
" Because it is my mission…that is what I was trained for." Hiten said as he slowly approached them, " and if it is my mission to kill Higurashi Kagome and anyone who interferes…then I will do it."
" Then…then it all was a lie?" Yura asked weakly, still trembling. " Everything…you told me…was a …lie?"
" Yura…no…I…"
" Everything you told me…everything you said that you love me…that you care about me…was just an excuse to get closer to me? So you can watch out for Ms, Higurashi? So you can…so you can accomplish your mission?" With that, Yura's trembling knees gave up and she collapsed to the floor.
" Ms. Yura!!" Kagome dashes towards her teacher and finds her unconscious. She glares at Hiten angrily, " So…now that you confessed everything was a lie…what are you going to do now!? Kill Ms. Yura, too!? You really are a cold-hearted killer, are you!!? Doing everything for your organization! Even if it is to betray the one person who loves you!!!"
" Shut-up," Hiten muttered, " You don't understand a thing. I owe everything to my boss…I owe my life…if my boss didn't save me that day…I wouldn't even be here."
" What are you talking about?" Kagome asked, still glaring at him.
" After I got out of High School, my life was a living Hell. I couldn't find the right job for me…and every fuckin' day I had to sleep outside in the cold alleyways…and just when I was about to give up all hope of living…my boss appeared in front of me. He asked if I wanted to join him in his organization. He said that if I stay with him…then he'll guarantee that I will have a happy life…that I won't have to live in Hell anymore…that I won't have to suffer anymore." He grips tightly to the gun as he points it to the two, " That is why I can't just betray my boss, right now! Without him, I wouldn't even be right here. I would have been dead already!"
" Kagome!!" Inuyasha steps in between them, " I don't fuckin care what you've been through…but I won't make you lay any fingers on Kagome! Even if you have to kill me!! So, go tell your fuckin' boss that no one is taking Kagome's life as long as I am here!! Got that!!?"
" Inuyasha…"
Hiten smirked, " Then mind as well kill you along the way. My orders are to kill Higurashi Kagome…and anyone who interferes!"
" So, that means that you are going to kill Ms. Yura, as well…" Kagome said angrily.
"……Who would love a guy like me anyways? My hands have been already smeared with too much blood…I have already killed too many innocent people…she'd be more happy loving someone else than a guy like me."
" Mr. Hiten…"
" The talking's over now. I am running out of time. The police should be here soon, and I still have to take care of your family…so…I guess this is good-bye, Higurashi Kagome."
" You fuckin' bastard!!" Inuyasha charged towards him.
" Oh, no you won't!" Hiten landed a strong kick on Inuyasha's stomach, which the silver-haired teen coughed blood from the impact. Inuyasha then lands hard on the ground, holding his stomach.
" Hmph, the difference between you and me is that I am more experienced in these kinds of things." Hiten said as he looked down at Inuyasha with a smug expression.
" Fuck…you," Inuyasha said as he slowly stood up, blood dripping from his mouth.
" You shouldn't move. With that kick, about 2 or 3 of you ribs should have been broken."
" Heh," Inuyasha smirked as he coughed more blood, " I don't fuckin' care if my ribs are broken or not…I'll just break yours in return."
" Fool…"
" Inuyasha!!" Kagome shouted. " Inuyasha, please no!!"
" I told you! I won't let you lay any fingers on Kagome!!" Inuyasha shouted as he charged again, " Even if it kills me!!"
" I really admire your stupidity, Inuyasha." Hiten said as he landed another heavy kick on his stomach.
" GaHHhaa!!"
" Inuyasha!!!"
Kagome ran over to the fallen Inuyasha, who fell unconscious as soon as he landed on the hard ground. " Inuyasha! No, Inuyasha! Please…don't die…Inuyasha!!"
" I admit I was surprised to see him still charge at me with broken ribs…but, I guess that one got him." Hiten slowly approached Kagome as he pulled off the safety system on his gun. " There's only you to go…"
" I won't die that easily!!" Kagome glared and tackled Hiten, who was caught surprised. He dropped his gun, which slid across the ground away from him.
" The gun!!" Kagome reach out in attempt to grab it but was pulled back by Hiten who grabbed her legs. " Let me go!!" She slapped him hard across the face with all her might.
" Ku…!" Hiten stumbled to the ground from the impact, landing on his back.
Kagome reached out again to grab the gun when she heard a gunshot. She felt something passing by her fast, hitting the ground where the fallen gun was. The impact made the gun slid further away from her hands. " No!!"
She looked up to see Hiten standing with a different gun on his hand.
" No more of this playing around! I am going to kill you now!!" He shouted and was about to pull the trigger.
" NO!!! "
Yura, who had recovered from unconsciousness, ran in between the two and wrapped her slender arms around Kagome as though to protect her.
"M…Ms. Yura!!"
" Yura…!" Hiten widen his eyes in shock.
" It's okay…it's okay now Ms. Higurashi…I'm here. I'll protect you!!" Ms. Yura said as she held tightly to Kagome's body, pulling her closer.
" Ms. Yura…"
" Yura! Move right now!" Hiten shouted " Move!!" He shot a few bullets, which barely missed the two, piercing the ground.
" No! Hiten, please stop!!" Yura shouted desperately, flinching in fear, everytime a bullet misses them. " Please stop!"
" I said to move now!! Yura!!" Hiten shouted as he shot several more bullets again. " Yura!!!"
" M…Ms. Yura, please move. Mr. Hiten is only after me…so please." Kagome made a pleading face.
" I can't do that…"
" Eh?"
" You are…my precious student, Ms. Higurashi….a…and as a teacher…it is my responsibility to keep you safe…no matter what…"
" Ms. Yura…" Tears formed in Kagome's eyes. ' Thank you…'
Yura smiled weakly and tightly hugs her as another bullet passes by them.
" Yura! Move…now!!" Hiten shouted again. He pulls the trigger only to find that he had used up all of the bullets already. He quickly replaces it with another set and then points the gun towards them again. " Yura…please move."
"…I can't do that, Hiten."
" Yura!! What's in it for you saving her!!? If you let me kill her now…I promise that I won't kill you!! Yura!"
Yura slowly lets go of Kagome and turns around to face him. Hiten makes a surprised expression to see tears in her eyes.
" No…I can't do that. As a teacher…as a human being…I can't just sit and watch someone getting killed." Yura said in a firm expression, though the tears in her eyes sparkled with sorrow, " And not only it is to save Ms. Higurashi…also to save you, Hiten."
" What!?"
Yura closed her eyes as she spoke, " …I admit that I don't know what you went through…all the pain and suffer that you have to go through to live in this life…maybe…maybe I don't really know everything about you." She opened her eyes and the tears she was holding back rolled down her delicate cheeks, " But, one thing I know for sure…is that no matter who you are…or what you are…that I will always love you."
" Ms. Yura…" Kagome whispered softly in surprise. ' She really loves him…even if he is planning to kill her…she really does…'
" Yura…move now. I don't want to kill you!" Hiten shouted again, " I can't just throw away my orders now…so please move!"
Yura shook her head as tears still flowed from her eyes, " I can't."
" Yura!!!"
Kagome watches in awe. ' Can it be…? Can it be that Mr. Hiten does truly love Ms. Yura? Is that why he is telling her to move? Because he doesn't want to kill the one he loves…'
" Hiten…please stop this now. You have already done enough…please…don't commit anymore sins…I don't want to see you suffer anymore…"
From that day…
I felt…
The two of us…
if separated
Hiten looks at Yura in hesitation as sweat trickled down his face. " . . . . ."
" My name is Sakasagami Yura…nice to meet you, Raijuu Hiten."
" Hiten!"
" If…If every person in this world turn against you…know this, Hiten. That I will always be on your side…and love you as who you are."
" Don't forget, Hiten! I will always care for you!"
" I love you…Hiten."
" Yura…move! Now!!" He shot two, three shots, missing then purposely as though to scare her away. But Yura didn't move a bit. She stayed still, protecting her precious student, even at the stake of her life.
This feeling…
I will surely send it to you…
Giving my wishes to
the passing seasons.
" Move it, Yura!!!"
BAAANG!!!
" !!?"
Love is always ephemeral…
and sorrowful
Not being able to shed a tear…
Hiten grabbed his injured arm as he looked up to see Inuyasha, holding the gun, behind him.
"Inuyasha!!" Kagome yelled out in joy. ' He's okay!'
" You…" Hiten glared at him in surprise.
" Drop the gun…" Inuyasha said, panting and eyes squinting from the pain, " Or else I'll shoot your fuckin' head next."
" . . . . ."
" Now!!! Or else…!"
" No!!"
Yura ran in front of Hiten, in his surprise, spreading out her arms, " Please, no! Don't hurt him!"
" Wha…!" Inuyasha said in surprise, " What the fuck is wrong with you!!? This is the guy that was about to kill you!! And you're protecting him!!"
" Stop it, Ayakashi Inuyasha!" Yura shouted, unmoving. " He has already done enough! So please…stop."
" Ms. Yura…"
"…Hm," Hiten smirked weakly behind her, " Fine…I admit my loss. You guys win…you can send me to the police if you want…I don't fuckin' care anymore…" He then drops his gun and collapsed to the ground on his knees.
" Hiten!!" Yura quickly caught him before he completely fell.
" Yura…I'm sorry."
Tears flowed from Yura's eyes again, " No…it's okay." She then hugs him in his surprise. " I'm so glad…that you're okay…that everyone is okay…"
Inuyasha lowered his hand seeing the two. He quickly rushes over to Kagome, " You okay, Kagome?"
" Yes. What about you?"
" I'm…" Inuyasha winced in pain.
"…not fine, I see. We should get you to the hospital…fast."
" Kagome-chan!!!"
They all looked up to see a shocked Sango with Miroku standing over them, holding a flashlight.
" Wha…What happened!? Why is Ms. Yura and Mr. Hiten here!!?"
"Sa…Sango-chan, why are you here?" Kagome said in surprise.
" I've heard from her that Inuyasha told her you were kidnapped, Kagome-sama." Miroku stepped in, examining the place.
" You called the police!?" Inuyasha asked, but winced in pain again.
" Are you okay, Inuyasha?" Miroku walked up to him, checking his wounds. " Pretty bad there."
" I'm asking if you called the police!!" Inuyasha shouted.
"No…but were we supposed to?" Sango said in confusion.
Kagome turned to Hiten and Yura, " No…you didn't have to. For now, let's bring Inuyasha and Mr. Hiten to the hospital, okay?"
- - - - - Hikaru
Okay…Chapter 33 up!! Sorry for the late update! Been busy…
This was a long chapter…but it's one of my favorites. I was half sleepy when I was finishing this chapter so there might be some spelling errors…but overall I think it's good enough.
More mysteries to solve!!! Phew…I hope you all enjoyed this chapter…and of course the rest, which will be coming up.
Hmm…I wonder what will happen to Ms. Yura and Mr. Hiten's relationship after all this. Well…guessing that I am a fan of this coupling so… grins
Will Inuyasha and Kagome ever get together!!? I mean they're going through this whole thing together…and where the heck is Kikyou at this time!!? ( Oh wait,…I'm the one writing this so I should know…)
Well…I'm gonna sleep now…so….till the next chapter!!! yawns