Chapter 3

A New Victim

Inuyasha came out of the morgue and into the hallway to where he saw Kagome crouched near a small garbage can. He shook his head as he walked towards her.

"You alright?" He asked as he got closer.

"Ya, I'm really sorry about that." She started to explain.

"Its ok, a lot new people get a little queasy their first time in the morgue." He replied, as he crouched down beside her.

"How do you handle it?" She asked still looking a little green.

"Just try not to look directly at the face, besides, for me it's not so much the body, but the smell that bothers me."

"What smell?" Kagome asked a little confused.

"I have a very sensitive nose, so I can smell things that others can't." He replied, while pointing at his nose.

"Oh." Was all she could say.

"Well, if you're feeling better, we should report our findings to Sesshomaru, and get this to Miroku for analysis." Inuyasha said while waving the evidence bag with the note in it.

Sango and Koga returned to the lab, just as Sesshomaru arrived.

"What did you find at the victims apartment?" He asked the two agents as they met in the hall.

"We found a message from the killer on the answering machine; otherwise we didn't find any other evidence." Sango replied.

"He must have been watching her for awhile." Koga added.

"Or he knew the victim personally." Sesshomaru replied.

Just then Inuyasha entered, followed by a slightly green looking Kagome.

"Ah, Inuyasha, what did Doctor Kohaku have to say?" Sesshomaru asked as they joined the rest of the group.

"She was strangled. This was after she had been knocked unconscious, then raped." Inuyasha answered.

"Was that all?" Sesshomaru asked while looking at Kagome.

"No, he found this in her genital."

"I see. Are you alright Kagome?

"Ya, just a little dizzy." She answered truthfully.

"Don't worry, it happens to everyone." He replied not losing his stoic mask.

"Have you found anything?" Inuyasha asked.

"I returned to the crime scene, and found this near a garbage can, not far from where the body was dumped." Sesshomaru answered while holding up the evidence bag that contained the article in question.

"Not bad, seems are killer was a little sloppy." Inuyasha replied with a grin, somewhat relived that they had finally found something that could solve the case.

"We should get this to Miroku." Sesshomaru said, as he turned and headed towards the D.N.A. lab.

A young woman was jogging through a dense part of the park; the sun was shinning over head, but could barely be seen due to the number of trees covering the trail. She stopped at a fountain for a drink, and a chance to rest.

As she was about to take a sip from the fountain she noticed something in the bushes. As she slowly approached it, she realized it looked almost like the arm of a doll. She moved the bushes to get a better look, and screamed.

As the group arrived at the lab, they were greeted by a loud slap that sounded a lot like a hand connecting with someone's cheek, shortly followed by an angry young female employee.

"What was that about?" Asked a very confused Kagome.

"Never mind that right now." Sesshomaru said as he entered the lab.

Once inside they located Miroku, who was studying something under a microscope.

"What have you found for us Miroku?" Sesshomaru asked the young D.N.A. technician.

Miroku turned to look at the group, and there on his cheek was what had been the source of the slap noise heard earlier. A great red hand print was on his left cheek.

"Well, the hairs you collected from the victim at the scene weren't human, but animal. Baboon to be exact. I haven't isolated the breed yet." Miroku replied.

"Baboon?" Sesshomaru asked cocking his eye brow.

"That's what the D.N.A. tells me. He must have been wearing a Baboon fur when he attacked. Otherwise, I can't tell you anymore." Miroku explained, while shrugging his shoulders.

"Good work. Here is more evidence for you to analyze." Sesshomaru passed the evidence bags containing the condom, the note, and the answering machine tape to Miroku.

"Alright. Hopefully we can catch this guy before there is another victim." Miroku replied hopefully, as he took the bags from Sesshomaru.

"Let's hope so…"Sesshomaru began, but then he heard the familiar sound of his cell phone.

"Hello. On our way. Looks like we aren't that lucky, another body was found in the same park, not far from were we found the first victim. Let's go."

Hey everyone. Sorry this chapter is so late; I have had a lot of work to do at school, and just hadn't found the time to type it up on the comp. I promise that the next chapter will be up soon. I hope you like this one. Please Read and Review.