Chapter 20 - The right thing?

I sat on the hospital bed, icing my jaw. They did an MRI to make sure I didn't have any hemorrhaging, from being slammed against the wall. He was gone. After all that. I wasn't going to get away this easily. I was going to finish what I started. I heard my room door open.

"Sesshomaru."

"Please reconsider Kagome.. I love you." He held the ring between his fingers.

I wanted to take it from him.. I really did but as long as he was with me. He and his family would be in danger. So I held back my tears.. and pushed the ring away.

I sighed. "Your mother was right."

Confusion played out on his face. "What?"

"I don't love you... I saw you as a way out.. a means for escape. I wanted to get away from Kouga, and you did that and now your family is paying the price. I'm sorry I dragged it on as long as I did. But maybe you should just let it go Sesshomaru."

"W-What I don't unders-"

"Let it go Sesshomaru. Like I said I'm not the girl you're supposed to fall for."

His lips pressed into a straight line. He clenched the ring in his fist.

He cleared his throat. "Of course."

I watched him walk out of the room... my heart broke with each step that he took. It was better this way. The nurse came back in with my discharge papers.

"Here you are."

"Thank you." I left with my paper an ice pack in hand... trying not to break down in public.

I made my way out of the hospital, not really sure where to go or what to do. I sat on a bench outside of the hospital. I had no money, no where to go and I had no idea where Kouga was. Hojo wasn't going to swindled by me again.. I guess it wouldn't hurt to try. I started my long trek to the police station.

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I waited for Detective Hojo to come out. He came moments later.

"Higarashi, listen if you're here for more case Files I can't help you."

"No I... I came to ask for help."

"Help?"

"I was wondering if I could stay with you for a night or two... I had a huge fight with Sesshomaru and I just think we need some space." I lied.

"Uhh, sure. I leave in a couple of minutes. Just wait for me."

I nodded, watching him walk into his office. I hated lying.. but I needed another opportunity to find him.. and finish this. He came back, we walked out to his car. Opening the door for me. We drove to a small townhouse about five blocks away. I got out of the car following him up the steps, inside. It was cozy, it was the kind of place that you'd feel safe.

"The bathroom is down the hall, kitchen is right here and you can sleep in my bed it's upstairs. I'll take the couch."

"Thank you for this." I said.

"No problem." His pager went off. "Damn it we have a hostage situation I'll be back later. Make yourself at home." He said walking back out of the house. He was to trusting... it was going to come back and bit him in the ass one day. I slipped down the hallway, a name plate adorned the door... it must have been his office. I turned the doorknob, it was locked. Well, my plan was botched. I decided to explore the rest if his house. I climbed the stairs, entering the room at the end of the hall. It was his bedroom. It looked untouched. Not one thing was out of place. There was a strange wardrobe sitting in the corner. It was tall, a sickly brown color. It was calling to me for some reason. I walked over to it, running my hand across its dry surface.

I pried it open... it was empty. I almost walked away... if it wasn't for the small visible space. I pressed the back of the wardrobe backwards. It raised open, I climbed through closing the wardrobe doors behind me. It was dark, I felt the walls for a light switch. I found it flipping it on. There was a whole other room back here. It held a single bed and a desk. The walls were grey.. quite drab. I walked over to the desk digging through the scattered papers. There were pictures.. pictures of me, Sesshomaru... Kim. Notes of what we were doing, where we've been. Oh god... Hojo has been hiding him this entire time. The son of a bitch hid him this entire fucking time. They planned this, he knew I would find this room. Crap, I'd walked right into their trap. He left to bring him here, so he could kill me. I heard noise on the other side of the wardrobe, I shut the light off hiding under the bed.

"Where is she?!"

"I don't know, she was here when I left."

"I spent all that time out there looking for her for nothing."

"Alright. I'm sorry, but you have to stop disappearing like this Kouga. You could put us both in danger of being found out."

"Stop your whining everything is fine."

I heard the wardrobe doors shut. The light switch flipped on. The shuffling of papers, being stuffed into a draw. I was afraid to breath.. there was no where to run in here. In here... I was trapped. He laid on the bed, the mattress sinking in. Pressing up against my chest.

I heard him chuckle. "Oh boy have you messed up... I can smell you... Kagome."

...Shit.