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Recap:

"I love you," Kagome said to him, looking into his eyes. "This time, I can say it to you with complete truth." She laced her hands within his. He looked at her with a smile that would never leave his face.

"And I love you without a doubt in my mind."

Broken Wings

Chapter 11

It's All Down Hill

Kagome walked shoulder to shoulder with her InuYasha. His arms were gently wrapped around her swinging hips, while hers were tightly around his chest. Her other hand was clinging to the cloth of his shirt.

He looked down at her and smiled; she could only look up to return it…he was saving her and that's all that mattered. He loved her and she loved him.

They walked up the shrine steps without separating, even while climbing up those uneven steps. Kagome looked up to see her house. She sighed; her mother wouldn't be home for another three days. She was a little sad that she wouldn't be here…Kagome wanted so much to tell her mother the good news about her relationship with InuYasha.

Kagome was a bit worried…her mother would usually have called by now or left a more detailed note with a contact number. Pushing the thoughts away, the teen unlocked the door and the two lovebirds walked inside her humble home.

She looked at the hallway again, noticing all the pictures on the walls of her family and Hojo. Without hesitation, she reached up and took down every last photo that had the wimp in it…she would burn them later, she figured as a side thought.

Everything was falling into place nicely. Kagome was with InuYasha now and Hojo was left in the dirt where he belonged and her mother would be retuning soon. Life was like milk and honey for her.

She looked over at the answering machine to see if there were any messages; there were two…Kagome felt a bit annoyed with herself that she hadn't bothered to even check the machine at all this week. She hoped that her mom had called.

"InuYasha, would you mind waiting for me in the living room? I need to cheek my messages," she said sweetly to her new boyfriend. He looked down at her with pleading puppy-dog eyes, not wanting to let her go. Eventually he let his grip go and bent down to peck her on the lips.

"I love you," he said as he let go of her hand and walked off into the living room. She blushed at his sudden action and touched her lips, smiling…she could get used to this.

She smiled widely to herself.

'He so sweet, like honey, but without the sticky mess.' She giggled at her metaphor.

She pressed the play button on the little machine with the flashing red light. A robotic voice sounded out;

"First message, date received, seven days ago. Beep. 'Kagome, it's mom! I finally made it to Kyoto. I'm sorry to say that I was going to a funeral and didn't have time to tell you on paper. The funeral was for your aunt Hona. I'll be home soon enough and I expect the house to be clean. Hugs and kissed darling, bye.' Beep."

The electronic monotone that passed for a voice announced the next message.

"Second message, date received, one day ago. Beep. 'This is Officer Shin Niota of the Kyoto police department. I am trying to contact a Miss Kagome Higurashi. I'm sorry to report that your mother and two uncles have gone missing. Also, your family members residing in Kyoto were found dead. If you have any details to the whereabouts of your mother or uncles, call us at 970-555-2049. I am sorry for this troubling news.' Beep."

Kagome, in her shock, fell to the floor.

Tears streamed down her wide, frightened eyes.

'This can't be real, no…I have to be dreaming, I just have to be' she cried out as her thoughts collided her. 'I'm dreaming, this isn't real…dreaming, I'm dreaming; wake up Kagome, just wake up now!'

The tears wouldn't stop.

Sensing her crying from the next room, where he had been waiting patiently before, InuYasha ran into the living room. Seeing her weeping form on the floor, he rushed over to her side and embraced the shaking figure.

She snapped her head over to him, her eyes teary and wide. It was the most terrifying look that he had ever seen on her troubled face before. Something was beyond wrong.

"Kagome, what happened?" he asked, the concern thick in his voice.

"My m—mom; sh-she's gone…" she stuttered out, her convulsing shakes still evident. She felt like her heart was being ripped right out of her chest. She wanted to puke, she wanted to let her tense body fall and turn into nothing.

Without much comprehension in her troubling mind, she needed her 'relief'. This wasn't supposed to happen…she knew, somewhere beyond her clouded thoughts, that she had given up the knife when she fell in love with InuYasha.

Why was this happening? Was life just going to keep bringing her down when it was going right? First she lost her father, her brother, Hojo and now her mother and uncles were missing too…who was next; InuYasha?

She knew she couldn't go on living if InuYasha wasn't with her. Cringing at the horrid thought of being without him, she clung onto him tighter than ever, freely crying into his shirt. His voice snapped her back to the present world.

"Gone where?" InuYasha asked, the worry building up in his voice.

"Disappeared, vanished, lost!" she yelled out. "Sh-she's missing!"

Why was she yelling at him? He knew she wasn't mad…just very unhappy, sad, confused and worried, but not mad.

Realizing that her words had been unnecessarily harsh, Kagome apologized.

"I'm sorry Inu, you didn't disserve to get yelled at…I'm just so confused. Why would my mom just go missing like this? P-please just hold me until I stop crying, please…" she begged as her trembling body made a place of comfort in his chest.

InuYasha held her tightly as she sobbed into his shirt. He had to do something, but what could he do?

"Kagome, don't worry. I'll do whatever I can to help find her," he cooed out to the hurt girl. He rubbed her back in hopes that it would bring some sort of comfort to her.

"Th-there was a n-number on the phone…" she sobbed miserably. InuYasha looked at the little machine box on the small table.

"Why don't you go take a nap?" he suggested. "Then we—" he stopped in his words, noticing she had passed out into his arms. Her eyes were already puffy and she looked unusually gloomy.

He lifted her up and walked into her room. Laying her upon the blue-sheeted bed, he starred at her delicate appearance.

After watching her for several long moments he made his way back into the living room. Once the messages were played, he jotted down the number the policeman left. Dialing the number, he put the phone above his head and balanced it by his doggie ear.

"Hello?" a stern man answered on the other side of the phone.

"This is InuYasha Takashi calling on regards for Kagome Higurashi. Is this Officer Shin Niota, the man who called here yesterday?" InuYasha asked.

After remembering the message, the policeman said;

"This is he. What relation do you have with the Higurashi family?"

"I'm Kagome's boyfriend," he began to explain, blushing at the reality of being her lover. "and she is…incapable of talking on the phone at the moment. She passed out after hearing the news. She has been going through some extreme times, even before this dilemma arouse," InuYasha explained in the most intelligent tone he could muster.

"I see…well then, Kagome's mother has gone missing along with her two uncles. Now as you also may know, all of the Higurashi family that resided in Kyoto have died. What was so odd about the murders is the way they were found. It appeared as if they had all killed themselves. Some were hung, some had jumped off buildings and others were found poisoned…but of their own accord it seems. From what I have researched on the Higurashi family, even more of the family are killing themselves," finished Shin.

After taking a moment to absorb the troubling information, InuYasha finally responded.

"Should Kagome come over to Kyoto or should she call you back?"

"I don't think it a good idea that she come here. If she is going through as bad a time as you have said, she might commit suicide as well. Please have her call me back, I need to have some questions answered," the officer told him.

The conversation was interrupted as InuYasha could hear an ambulance passing by on the other end of the phone. With his keen hearing, the hanyou could hear another officer say in the distance;

"---another Higurashi, and it seems that---"

"I'll have her call you as soon as she wakes up. Bye," InuYasha finished seriously.

"Fine idea. Goodbye sir." With that the officer hung the phone up.

"You fool, how could you fail me? Must I do everything myself?" a wicked voice hissed into the phone, making Hojo slink down.

"I know, I know. But don't worry, I can kidnap her and get her to Kyoto," Hojo said.

"That wasn't the plan! You were supposed to win her back and have her follow you willingly. Because of your carelessness, you've lost her trust completely; she'll never cooperate with you now!" the voice yelled.

"I don't see why it's so important you need Kagome to cooperate with me," Hojo mumbled gruffly. "Why can't I just grab the girl and bring her to you instead?"

"Because," was the only response the voice said. "Do your job, you stupid homosexual bitch!"

'I need the soul of a human Kagome would be to die for to complete my plan' the voice thought out. She wasn't about to give Hojo that bit of information…that might drive the wimp away from the plan.

"Uhg, I can't have her like me again…she fell in love with some half-breed called InuYasha," Hojo tried to justify.

"A half-breed won't work. Being part demon and human, the mixture would be uneven… have Kagome fall in love with another human…if not, I will personally see to the end of your pathetic life," the voice hissed venomously, hanging up after.

Hojo clicked his phone shut in dismay and with great fear…this was certainly not someone he wanted to trifle with.

'What have I gotten myself into?' he thought regretfully as he stepped into the stripper's club.

----------------------------------------To Be Continued----------------------------------------

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