~~Kagome~~
She woke up with a jolt, flinging her blanket off of her one leg, placing her hand on her chest as her heart wildly thumped in her chest. Laying back down with a groan, she reached over to her night stand and grabbed her cellphone.
'It's only 10 am,' she thought as she placed the phone back down on the nightstand. She couldn't remember what she dreamt about that caused her to jump up like that, all she could gather was somebody chasing her, a black shadow figure popping out every corner she turned. 'I wonder what that means,' she contemplated as she got up grabbing her phone again and headed out of her room down the stairs to the kitchen.
She called out good morning, but there was no reply, it was then she realized that the house was way too quiet. As she entered the kitchen, she looked around to find any evidence of life being present. Kagome found a note left on the counter, apparently everyone left to go to the hot spring, as they had won a trip for 3 people. Nodding to herself, remembering gramps mentioning the trip earlier in the week, she opened the fridge to check for anything good to eat. There was tons of food in the fridge, but she didn't really feel like making anything at the moment.
She grabbed the kettle off of the stove, giving it a little shake, there was a little water left over, not much to make a cup, she went to the sink to fill it up while letting out a big yawn. The sound of the sliding door could be heard from down the hallway, she peered over her shoulder, she thought she would see her family, but she didn't see anyone. She sat the kettle on the burner, turning the burner on, and went to the front door. She paused at the edge of the wooden flooring when she saw a man she didn't recognize in her entryway.
He turned around when he heard her, his wicked blue eyes making her blood run cold. He gave her a cruel smile as he forced himself up onto the wooden floor and towered over Kagome.
"Hey, I just wanted to have my shrine tour, care to give me one?" Naraku asked as Kagome took a step back.
"The shrine is closed right now, please come back tomorrow for a tour when the priest is in. I am going to have to ask you to leave." Kagome responded, her voice cracked a little towards the end, she tried to remain calm. Her hands started to shake and she crossed her arms trying to hide it.
"Well you aren't going to turn away a patron are you?" He narrowed his eyes and raised himself to stand tall.
Kagome slowly swallowed and nodded, "Please follow me, I'm boiling water, I can make you some tea."
She led him to the kitchen, went to the cupboards to grab mugs and the box of tea. Naraku slowly walked around the kitchen table, his eyes following Kagome's every movement. He looked like a lion closing in on its prey, just waiting for the right moment to pounce. The kettle started to whistle, Kagome pulled it off of the burner, and poured the water into the mugs. She heard some shuffling and out of the corner of her peripherals she saw Naraku moving closer. Her breath caught in her throat, her grip tightened around the canister of loose tea leaves. She tried to keep her breathing even, maybe he didn't realize how awkward this is? Maybe he didn't know the meaning of personal space?
Attempting to keep her calm, she tried to open the canister of tea, it wouldn't budge, she gave it some more muscle and managed to pop the lid off, she gasped, excited that she got it off all on her own when something clamped over her mouth. Naraku's hand was covering her mouth, he forcefully pulled her into him. Kagome let out a high pitched scream as she dropped the canister spilling green tea leaves onto the floor, it was partially muted by his hand, she tried to punch him in the sides where she could reach. With his free hand, he restrained her one arm, and pushed her onto the kitchen table.
The air left Kagome's lungs, pain flashing through her side, with her one leg, she gave one hard and powerful kick. Naraku went flying onto the counter, knocking the mugs over, he let out a painful yell as the hot water burned his arm. Kagome forced herself up off of the table and started to run down the hallway. Something grabbed her legged, she fell down hard onto the floor. Kagome looked around to see Naraku holding onto her leg, fury flashing in his blue eyes, it looked like a storm was raging within them. He pulled her towards him and she tried to kick him, both legs wildly thrashing about.
Naraku was too strong, he grabbed some rope out of his back jeans pocket, tying her legs up. He crawled up to her torso , blocking the punches she was throwing, he smirked and forced her arms above her head.
"Don't resist me Kagome," he snarled into her ear, goosebumps popped all over her skin, she leaned up and bit into his shoulder, Naraku screamed as Kagome pushed him off of her. His white t-shirt turning red from the spot she bit him.
She crawled down the hallway, tears now spilling out of her eyes, as she called out for help. She stopped and sat up. She brought her legs in as she tried to untied the rope, her hands shaking furiously as she watched Naraku slowly stand up and stomp down the hallway towards her. He grabbed the back of her head, getting a fistful of her hair, dragging her to the kitchen. Kagome let out a blood curdling scream as she tried to grab anything to stop the dragging. He threw her against the lower cupboards, the back of her head slamming against the cupboards, pain seared at the back of her head. He reached into his jeans pocket, grabbing the other piece of rope. He roughly tied her hands up, as Kagome sobbed, begging him to stop.
"I said, don't resist me yet you defile that request. Stop making this harder than it needs to be." He cooly replied as he brushed his long black hair out of his face.
The last thing Kagome saw was his fist coming down towards her.
~~~Inuyasha~~~
He stayed up late night watching movies on tv, he just couldn't go to sleep after his date with Kagome. He was on a high,his stomach had butterflies rampaging in a tornado. He kept her company over line while she studied, he patiently waited for her reply when she would take a break. They texted each other for a good part of the night until she went to bed. Man, he was crazy for this girl.
Bzz, bzz, bzz. He slowly opened one of his eyes, groaning he rolled over, his hand searching for the phone. Finally, he found it, sitting up to see several missed calls from the office. He was about to call the number back when his phone vibrated again, he accepted the call, and before he could say anything, a monotone voice boomed through the speaker.
"WHY HAVEN'T YOU ANSWERED THE PHONE?" Sesshomaru yelled, Inuyasha was taken aback but he felt his anger flare up and a retort hot on his tongue. Sesshomaru cut Inuyasha before he could say anything.
"Meet me at Higurashi shrine, I'll have your badge awaiting pickup." Sesshomaru curtly stated, and disconnected the call. Inuyasha looked at the time, it was already 6:00pm, he got up and changed into his clothes, he wanted to shower but there was no time. He didn't want to piss Sesshomaru off even more. He left his apartment and headed into the direction of Higurashi shrine.
It took him 15 minutes to make it to the base of the stairs, police cars were parked around it, lights flashing. Miroku was waiting for him, his face didn't show any of the typical humour it had. He handed Inuyasha his badge and they began their walk up the stairs.
"You're going to have to play this one compassionately, the whole family is fazed-especially the mother." Miroku said.
"So what's the situation here? Sesshomaru never said shit to me, I have no idea what I'm walking into." Inuyasha stated, as he dug into his pockets for a notepad and pen, making sure he was ready to make notes.
"Missing person, female around 17 years of age. The family has reason to believe it's suspicious as she never goes anywhere without telling her mother." Miroku replied as he checked his notebook for his notes. Inuyasha nodded as they continued up the stairs, it was quiet for a moment before Miroku slapped his notebook onto Inuyasha's arm.
"You never told me how your date went, I want all the details later!" Miroku laughed which caused Inuyasha to chuckle.
"Yeah, yeah, I'll tell you all about it later. Let's just get through questioning the family first." Inuyasha said as he finished walking up the stairs, Miroku led him to the goshinboku where the police had the family sitting against the fence around the tree.
"M'am this is my partner Takahashi Inuyasha, who will be the lead detective on this case. He is here to ask you some questions regarding your daughter's disappearance." Miroku said, he leaned down to be face to face with her, jealousy flashed through Inuyasha. He wished he could be more people friendly like Miroku.
He also bent down to be at the same level as the mother, sitting his notebook onto his thigh while getting the pen out. He looked at the mother and he knew he had to be softer in this case compared to others. He could see the distraught written across her face, her eyes were red and swollen from crying. She had a tissue in her hand which she kept using to blow her nose. Her other hand clutching onto the blanket given to her, her knuckles were turning white from the tight grip. There was an old man beside her who didn't say anything, his blank eyes were following the forensic team entering and exiting the house. The small boy was in between the old man and the mother, his face buried into his mother's blanket, sobbing uncontrollably.
"I am really sorry that you and your family had to experience this trauma. We will do everything in our power to try and recover your daughter, but Ms. Higurashi I'm going to ask you a series of questions that I will need your cooperation on, do you think you can help me with this?" Inyasha asked, the mother nodded as she began to cry again, Miroku gave her another tissue and gave Inuyasha a quizzical look. It was weird to hear him being so polite, usually they're handling murder cases and he goes on a rampage to beat the culprits up.
"Ok, what is your daughters name?" He asked as he put his pen to the paper.
"Kagome Higurashi," she sniffled as Inuyasha jotted it down.
"Alright, thank you. When was the last time you saw her?"
"A-a-ab-bout 9 am this morning," she stammered as she wiped her nose. "I went to her room to wake her up but she was sleeping. I didn't want to wake her up since she studied so hard last night, so I left a note on the kitchen counter for her s-s-so she would know we would be home around dinner time."
Inuyasha scribbled down the information and then looked at her. Something in his gut wasn't feeling right, this couldn't be the Kagome he went out with right?
"What time did you arrive back at the house?"
She thought about it before answering, trying to remember the exact time. "I-I-I think it was around 5:00am. When I saw what state the kitchen was in and I couldn't reach her through her cell phone I knew instantly something was wrong."
Inuyasha was writing down what she said as he asked, "Were you able to find her cellphone? Was it left somewhere in the house?"
She shook her head, "No, I couldn't hear it ringing. I didn't really look for it. I called her friends after she didn't answer to see if they knew her whereabouts. She's a really good girl, it's so unusual for her to just disappear like this, she's a good girl!" Mrs. Higurashi began to shout with hysteria hinting in her voice, she began to reach for Inuyasha who swiftly stood up but grabbed her hands gently.
"Thank you for your help, Mrs. Higurashi, you did a good job." He looked around and waved one of the junior officers over. "This gentleman will ask you a few more questions and to get a record of the phone calls you made this afternoon, just to help us get a better timeline."
"Of course, of course." She whispered as the junior officer ran over and began to assist her.
Inuyasha nodded at Miroku and had him follow him into the Higurashi house. They both walked into the kitchen where the scene unfolded before both of their eyes. The bottom cupboard had a dent in it where somebody had either fallen or got pushed into, tea leaves covered the floor as did the canister, there were small droplets of blood in the hallway and a decent puddle of blood by the dented cupboard. It wasn't life threatening though. Inuyasha sighed as the lead forensic investigator approached him.
"Nice to see you back in the field, we missed you." The man laughed as he gave Inuyasha a big smile, which Inuyasha couldn't help but smile back.
"Yeah, guess the suspension is done. So wanna tell me what you think happened here, Minagawa-san?" Inuyasha asked as he awaited the explanation.
"Well, we didn't see any forced entry from the windows or front door, so either the attacker knew the victim or had gained access without force." Some sort of altercation took place, I'm presuming the victim fell into the clower cabinet here, as well as presuming the attacker attacked the victim on the floor, samples of the blood pool have been taken. Samples of the blood in the hallway have been taken as well, but who knows who it belongs to." Minagawa led them around the kitchen to show both pools of blood, forensic members were already taking photographs of the scene, and cataloging where they found everything.
"Thank you Minagawa-san," Miroku said as he motioned for Inuyasha to follow him. "We'll take a peek into the victim's room, just check for anything that might point who the attacker is." Minagawa nodded and continued to supervise his team.
Miroku peeked into a couple of rooms first before finding Kagome's room. They entered the room and Miroku went straight to her desk, opening the drawers looking for anything that could lead to her attacker. Inuyasha looked around, it felt surreal to him, being in this room. It wasn't until he saw a picture of her on her dresser, that made reality slap him in the face. Picking up the frame, he stared at the photo, it was her. The girl he just went on a date not too long ago, the one he just texted last night, was in this photograph.
"Inuyasha?"
He looked up to see Miroku giving him a concerning look. Without saying a single word, he handed the photograph over to Miroku, he took the frame and stared at the photo, he gave Inuyasha a quizzical look.
"I don't understand.."Miroku asked and watched as Inuyasha rubbed the back of his neck, he gave a hysterical laugh.
"It's her," he mumbled as he began to pace around the room. "It's FUCKING HER!"
Realization washed over Miroku as he began to understand what was going on.
"Inuyasha, I'm so sorry-"
"I'm gonna find this fucking dick who did this to her. I'm gonna make him pay." He angrily rambled on, his rage fueling the desire to beat the prick and to cut him into a thousand tiny pieces over and over again. Miroku placed a hand on his shoulder to stop him from pacing, he turned Inuyasha to face him.
"We'll catch the person who did this, I promise to you that we will catch them. Use this anger to solve the case, my friend. Don't let it hinder what's important to you." Miroku calmly replied, he looked into Inuyasha's face giving him a relieving look.
Inuyasha nodded and took back the photograph, staring at Kagome's smiling face.
'I promise you Kagome, I will find you, no matter what it takes. I will make sure you're found safe and alive.' He thought as he helped Miroku search the room.
