Hey guys sorry for the long wait but here is my next chapter. I hope you guys like it. I'm at my friend's house doing this while he gets to go on a campout… lucky….. but anyways thanks for all the reviews….. and yeah
Chapter 7: The Runaway
I leaned on the armrest and closed my eyes, letting out a sigh. I felt my legs being pulled up onto the couch and onto Bankotsu's lap. He took the ice pack and put it on my ankle to keep the swelling down.
I could hear someone walk down the hall towards us and I looked up to see Rin running towards me with a huge smile on her face.
I tried to spin my legs around and get up as quickly as I could but I started too late and before I knew what was happening I was back on the couch with Rin's arms squeezing the life out of me.
My arms were pinned down to my side preventing me from hugging her back so I moved my arm up a little bit and simply patted her arm. After Rin had had her fill she let go of me and walked into the kitchen area and got into the fridge.
A small frown appeared on her face as she closed the fridge and walked over to the pantry and looked in there. The frown deepened even more when she closed the pantry giving out a small 'humph' before walking back over to us and kneeling in front of Bankotsu.
"We have no food…" Rin said giving Bankotsu a blank look, "Who's turn is it to go to the store?" She asked impatiently.
Just as he opened his mouth to answer I took the opportunity to get away from all this stuffy cooped up air.
"I'll go," I said sitting up.
Everyone looked at me as I reached over the side of the couch and pulled my shoes toward me and began to put them on being wary of my ankle. "You can't," Bankotsu said trying to turn on the couch to face me.
"Your ankle is in no shape to be putting that much pressure on it for that long, and we have no idea where Naraku or your father is… we can't risk letting you leave, when they could be so close." I looked at him and sighed, standing up and putting on the best smile I could muster.
"My ankle feels fine, besides I could use a little walk, and if you're so worried that they might find me send someone to follow me. I'll change into some of your clothes and put on a hat. Everyone will think I'm a guy even they will if they see me." I replied about to walk away.
"No," Sesshomaru said, "Its not fine, you lied your ankle is still in a lot of pain, most of us are demons we can tell if you lie, we can smell it, which brings me to Bankotsu's next point. Naraku is a half demon and probably knows your scent really well as well as a majority of ours, even if you do change clothes he'll be able to smell through them and smell you."
I walked into my room and pulled a hat out of one of the drawers and put all my hair in it while walking back into the living room.
"You really don't have a choice. I'm going whether you like it or not and I have the credit card." I said and stopped behind the couch Bankotsu was at.
"That's impossible," He replied, pulling out his wallet. "I always keep that with me…" He rummaged through trying to locate it and stopped when he couldn't.
I reached into my back pocket and pulled out the card and held it in front of him.
"Looking for this?" I said a small smile playing at my lips.
He looked at me, dumbfounded, and I walked down the hallway into the front room.
I grabbed Bankotsu's zip up jacket and put it on. The man in the chair was facing away from me and I cleared my voice and waited for him to turn around. He looked at me and I pointed toward the door and he put up a hand, motioning for me to wait.
After about a minute Bankotsu and Sesshomaru came in and tried to stop me but the man motioned for me to leave and I walked out before either of them had a chance to say anything else.
I walked down the sidewalk and took in a deep breath of the fresh air.
I stretched my arms and took out my cell phone when I felt it vibrate in my pocket. I flipped it open to reveal a text message and I opened it to reveal a grocery list. I laughed and continued to walk down the sidewalk until I reached the grocery store.
I went inside and walked around a few times to get acquainted with the store before I grabbed a basket and took out my phone and started to get everything.
Things were going fine until I was about to check out. I was on the last aisle getting the chips and popcorn that everyone liked. After a few minutes I found everything and headed for the checkout but stopped mid-step.
I saw Naraku talking to one of the cashiers and holding up a small picture. The cashier shook her head and Naraku was turning towards me when I panicked. I went down the closest aisle and down to the end of the store to one of the cashiers and away from Naraku. While I checked out I kept my hat covering my eyes when I felt someone come behind me.
"Excuse me," the voice said and I froze.
I held my breath and continued to unload all the food while trying to keep my heart going at a steady pace. The person bumped into me while trying to get around me to talk to the cashier. He stopped and I could feel his eyes locked on me but I tried to ignore him and I slowed my pace down to draw out time until he left.
"Have you ever seen this girl?" Naraku asked.
I looked up and the cashier shook his head and Naraku turned towards me and walked away, but not without brushing against me again. I paid for the groceries while trying to keep my face out of view of the cashier.
I lifted the thirty some odd bags onto my arms and went outside. I grabbed my phone and quickly called Bankotsu but only to receive a busy signal. I was about to try again when a voice startled me and I dropped my phone.
I went to try to pick it up only to be restrained by my bags. The person behind me came around and picked it up. I could see it was Naraku and I struggled to adjust my hat more over my face. He handed it to me and I mumbled a thanks. I started to walk away but he grabbed my arm.
"Do you need any help with those bags?" He asked.
I stopped and made it look like I was thinking about his offer but I shook my head and took my arm from his grasp and walked away opening my phone again. I went to another contact in my list and pressed call. I waited and after several long rings I heard a voice on the other end.
"Hello?" Hiten asked.
"Hiten, its Kagome, are you at the home?" I asked nervously trying to stay away from Naraku only to find him standing a little ways behind me.
I kept walking and turned my attention back to Hiten.
"Yeah, why what's wrong?" He asked.
"Nothing, just give the phone to Bankotsu." After a brief silence Bankotsu was on the phone. "We have a problem." I said.
"Don't tell me…" He replied dread in his voice.
"Yeah he's here and he's been looking for me… he's asking around to see if anyone has seen me, and he's currently standing behind me, I think he suspects something…" I trailed off waiting for him to answer.
"Ok, come back and get here as quick as you can."
"No! I'm not going to lead him right here. Send someone he doesn't know about to get the bags; if he keeps following me I'll lead him in the opposite direction. In ten minutes send someone else to come and pick me up and not in your car." He didn't respond but I could slightly hear voices in the background.
"I don't like this plan." He finally said.
"I know but we don't have a choice. I wont lead him there… and there isn't enough time to think of anything else. Don't worry trust me I'll be fine just send someone now…on foot, bye." I heard him mumbling while I hung up the phone.
I put the bags down on the ground and stretched my arms and sat down, leaning against a wall.
A few minutes later Naraku came and stood next to me and crossed his arms over his chest. He leaned against the wall and I kept my face turned to my right, but I kept him slightly in my vision.
I started running the possible people through my head of who Bankotsu would send and before I knew it Naraku was kneeling on one leg and grabbed my arm. I looked in his direction but kept my head low, trying to free my arm. He pulled me towards him and for a couple of minutes we just stayed like that until a voice broke the silence.
"Hey!" Hiten yelled.
I looked towards him and Naraku let go of my arm and stood up. Hiten walked closer and Naraku turned around and walked away while Hiten was helping me to my feet. "Are you okay?" He asked trying to look into my eyes. I nodded and looked up.
"I need to walk…" I said. He nodded and started to get all the bags onto his arms. I helped him and when he was done he started to walk away but stopped and turned back around.
"How long?" He asked.
I looked up to him and thought for a couple minutes before replying, "Ten minutes,"
"Okay," He replied, "Dad will pick you up."
I nodded slightly confused but walked down the sidewalk in the opposite direction of the home. Just like I knew he would, I found Naraku following me as soon as I left the parking lot.
After about five minutes I was almost to an intersection, but I decided to walk through the parking lot on my left. I was a few feet in when Naraku sped up his pace and soon had caught up with me.
He grabbed my arm and pinned me against the light pole I was near. I made no attempt to escape and he put his face to the right of mine and we stayed like that for a minute or two. He finally took a step closer and leaned in so he was right next my ear.
"I don't know who you are but I can smell my Kagome all over you, so I'm going to assume your one of her little friends. I'm going to take you with me now unless you tell me where she is."
He finished and brought his head back and waited for my response.
In a flash I kicked him in the neck causing him to fall to the ground. I took that opportunity and began to run across the parking lot. I looked behind me to see Naraku up and running after me.
I want paying enough attention in front of me and didn't see the pothole and before I knew it I was on the ground holding my ankle.
I was lost in the pain for a moment before I remembered I was being chased. I turned on my knees and was about to get up, but Naraku took my neck and pushed me down into the cement.
I felt my forehead scrape against the pavement as I tried to get away but by that time he was sitting on my back trying pin my feet down.
I moved my arms to try to push myself up, but he grabbed them and pinned them down to the ground, and after a minute he had my feet pinned down as well. I shifted my head so it was off of my forehead and the blood ran down the side of my face and began to form a puddle on the ground.
Naraku put my hands above my head and held them with one of his and put the other on my back to stop any other movement of my body.
"Now…" He started, "You are going to tell me where she is or I am going to make you wish you had told me now."
He again waited for my response and I got my arm free and elbowed him in the side. He took his hand from my back and got my arm back on the ground, slamming my head against the ground in the process.
I started to get dizzy and my breathing became ragged as I struggled to breathe under his weight. He leaned over me until he was right next to my face, making it even harder to breather than before.
"I'm not afraid to start right now… even if we are in public; this is just going to be a taste of what will happen to you later."
He leaned back and I closed my eyes tight waiting for the pain.
I heard a car squeal to a stop in front of us and I looked up to see Inutaisho get out of the car. Naraku got up and picked me up with him and he tried to get me to walk with him but as soon as I put pressure on it my leg buckled.
Naraku let me fall to the ground and before he left he kicked my leg, causing shock to spread through my body.
I cried out in pain and grabbed my ankle as if it would make the pain go away. Inutaisho walked over to me and knelt down beside me. I opened me eyes and looked at him waiting to see what he would do next.
He picked me up and carried me to the passenger side and set me down in the seat. He went around to the other side and got in and started up the car. He started up the car and drove out of the parking lot and turned away from the home and I looked at him quizzically.
"Standard procedure," He explained, "We're going to drive around to make sure no one is following us."
I nodded and turned my attention to my throbbing ankle.
I then remembered what Hiten had told me earlier and turned to Inutaisho.
"Dad?" I asked.
He glanced at me and let out a small chuckle before turning his full attention to the road.
"No one else had a car with them except Sesshomaru but we didn't send him in case Naraku knew who he was, and Hiten had to tell you someone was picking you up."
I nodded again and looked out the window.
After about ten minutes he looked satisfied and took an alternate route to a garage across the street from the home. It was empty so he parked in the closest spot and we both got out of the car. I tried to take a step with my left leg forgetting what had happened and pain rushed up my leg.
I held in the cry of pain but had to grab the car only to find myself sliding to the floor. Inutaisho came around and looked at my ankle for a few minutes before letting out a long sigh.
"I'm not as good at medicine as Sesshomaru so I can't tell you how bad it is but it is bad…"
He picked me up and before I knew what happened we were standing in the dimly lit room inside. He walked me to the couches and sat me down and took the hat off to reveal the side of my face scratched really badly with a bruise starting to form around the outside.
A rather large trail of blood going down and across my face could be seen and still wasn't done bleeding.
I tried to hide my face in the couch but someone grabbed my chin and turned my head. I looked at Sesshomaru as he cleaned the blood off my face and stopped the bleeding and cleaned it. He then turned his attention to my ankle.
He examined it for a few minutes, running his fingers over various places.
His hand stopped over one spot on my ankle and he put a tiny bit of pressure but it still hurt a lot and I cried out yet again and tried to pull my ankle back. Sesshomaru grabbed my leg and straightened my leg back out and continued examining.
I was watching him closely and moved if he got to close to me and finally stood up and went into a smell kit. He pulled out a strange looking bandage and a small case and knelt back down next to my ankle. He opened the case to reveal a needle and small vile of clear liquid. I let out a small gasp and pulled my ankle back ignoring the pain.
"Your ankle is broken and we can't take any chances with you. This will numb it and part of your leg so you can't walk."
He reached out for my leg and I backed away farther, keeping my gaze on the needle. He followed my gaze to the needle and looked back at me.
"You don't like needles?" He asked and I violently shook my head scooting a little farther back until I was at the end of the couch.
He sighed and walked away with the needle. A minute later he came back with Inuyasha and I looked back and forth between the two of them. Inuyasha knelt down next to me and took my hand in his.
"Kagome…" He said, pausing waiting for me to look up. I looked into his eyes and waited for him to continue, dreading what he was going to say. "He has to do this… it will help your ankle heal. I'll be right here with you the whole time."
I slightly nodded and he sat on the edge of the couch next to me and hugged me. He nodded to Sesshomaru and I straightened my leg.
"The medicine will put you to sleep in order to take affect, but it had no other side affects."
I nodded and he pulled out a small alcohol swab and rubbed the area right above my ankle. He took the needle and I closed my eyes and squeezed Inuyasha until I felt the small prick on my leg.
As soon as it was gone I started to get drowsy and within minutes I was asleep. I awoke with the sound of people running around and talking in a panic. I sat up and looked around to try to find the source of everyone's distress but couldn't.
"Hey, Bankotsu!" I yelled trying to get his attention. He turned around and walked over to me and knelt down so he was at eye level with me.
"What happened? Why is everyone in such a panic?" I asked trying to get him to look at me, but with no prevail.
He moved my legs over enough so he could sit on the edge of the couch next to me. He took my hand and looked into my eyes and sighed before going on.
"Kouga's in the hospital…" He said, "We think it's because Naraku found out he was hitting on you, but we can't be sure. Everyone's in a panic because they don't want to be next. It happened about half an hour ago, and everyone's either leaving until we call them and tell them its okay to come back or staying in their rooms until this whole thing blows over.
The Takahashi's are at the hospital waiting for him to wake up, and I'm about to join them. You are staying here, and I won't take no for an answer… this is getting serious and after he almost caught you yesterday we can't take any more chances."
With that said he got up and walked down the hallway until he was out of sight. I sat there unable to comprehend what he had just told me until someone slammed a door and woke me up from my stupor.
I rolled onto the floor and crawled to my room and packed my bag and let out a small sigh.
I went to the side of my bed and removed the floorboard to reveal a small bottle and a wallet that looked about as full as it could get.
I took the small box from my bag and neatly crammed the rest of the money from it into the wallet and put it in my back pocket. I took the bottle and sprayed my whole body with it, making sure every inch of me was covered.
This bottle contained a substance that could hide my scent from the most powerful demon, but it was hard to find and even harder to make, so I couldn't use it very often. I went over to my desk and took out a piece of paper and a pen.
Dear Everyone, I'm sorry for the trouble I've caused and I plan on changing the odds against us now. Don't worry about my father or Naraku anymore. I'm leaving and I know they'll follow me. I'm sorry I'm doing this to you again, but I don't have a choice. Someone got hurt and I'm not going to let it happen to anyone else. Don't come looking for me, you won't be able to find me. I'm sorry for everything….. Love Kagome
I folded the note and placed it on the middle of my bed and pulled out a laptop from the space under my bed. I turned it on and opened the video feed of all the security cameras and enlarged them until I found the one that goes to the back of the building.
I recorded part of the feed and fed it into the loop so I could get out without Renkotsu seeing me.
(Okay for those of you who have absolutely no idea what that means it means she recorded part of the live feed a.k.a what is there now and made it to where whoever looks at that will see that its like she put a picture in front of the camera.)
I slid the laptop under my bed so they would eventually be able to find it and went over my closet and stood up on my right foot and reached up to the top shelf and pulled down a pair of crutches.
I adjusted them to my height and got back on my knees and crawled to the back of the closet with my crutches and bag and revealed a small removable square.
I took it off to and there was a concrete tunnel behind it just big enough for someone of my size to fit through.
I grabbed a small 5-watt LED flashlight and went a little ways into the tunnel before putting the small square back into place. I proceeded down the tunnel with the only light source being my flashlight.
At the end of the tunnel I put my flashlight in my bag and removed another small square and crawled out at the back of the building. I pulled my stuff out and replaced the square before standing up, putting my bag on my back, and adjusting my crutches.
I went over to an abandoned table and found a worn out phone book and opened it until I found a local taxi service.
I called them and got a taxi to come and pick me up at the corner around the building a little ways down the road. I walked to the corner and within minutes the taxi came and picked me up.
I got in the taxi and about ten minutes later we arrived at the bus station.
I paid him and got my stuff and walked inside and to the ticket desk and bought a one way ticket to Nagoya, Japan. My bus got there right after I bought my ticket and I went to the loading place and patiently waited in line as we all loaded the bus.
I was the last one to get on and found an empty row close to the front.
I sat down and put my bag in the seat next to me and pulled out my iPod. I soon fell asleep listening to my assortment of music and when I awoke we were in Nagoya. I got off the bus with all my stuff and went to find a phonebook.
After asking around I found a payphone and a phonebook hanging off from a chain.
I opened the phonebook to the taxi services and picked one at random and got a taxi to pick me up at the bus station. I closed my phone and found I had ten missed calls and 3 new voicemails.
I pressed the ignore button and went outside to find my taxi waiting for me. I got in and he drove me until we came to a stop in front of a two story house. I paid him and walked up to the door and stood there for a few minutes before ringing the doorbell.
A smiling girl came to the door but the smile left as soon as she saw me. She had red hair that was put up and bright green eyes.
"Hey, Ayame…" I said trying to smile to let her know I was alright.
"Oh my god Kagome, what happened?" She asked while opening the door so I could step through.
I stopped in and looked around at everything. In front of me were stairs that led upstairs and to my right was their living room. To my left was the kitchen and I could smell her mom making one of her fabulous dishes. I went into the living room and sat down on the couch. I put my crutches on the side as Ayame sat down next to me.
"What happened Kagome…? Did Naraku find you?" She asked with concern.
I nodded and took in a deep breath and let it out slowly.
"I made a new friend, Inuyasha Takahashi, then Naraku came and at first I went to Inuyasha's house but Naraku found me. After that I went to the home but Naraku threatened my friends so I had to go with him, but they got me away from him.
Then today Naraku hurt Koga… he had to go to the hospital… so I left. I didn't want anyone to get hurt, but Naraku got to my friends before I could leave."
"Hmm…" Ayame stopped and thought before going on. "Takahashi… I know I've heard that name somewhere…. Oh I know! Inutaisho and Sesshomaru! They're really good lawyers. They were on TV a few days ago for winning this really hard case."
My pocket vibrated and I pulled out my phone and saw Bankotsu flash across the screen. I sighed and handed the phone to Ayame.
"You want me to talk to him?" She asked, and I nodded. "Is it the same guy as last time?" Again I nodded.
((Ayame POV))
I opened the phone and heard a voice frantically saying Kagome's name until I cut him off.
"Hey, its okay, Kagome's right here and she's fine." There was a silence before the voice started talking again.
"Who is this?" He asked, and I looked at Kagome.
She shook her head and returned to the phone call. "The same girl as last time. I want to say this is the same guy."
"It is… I want to talk to Kagome." I paused before looking at Kagome and she sighed and hung her head.
She looked back up at me and reached out for the phone. I gave it to her and left the room to find my mom.
((Kagome POV))
I took the phone and held it up to my ear and said hello. There was silence on the other end and I waited until Bankotsu started talking again.
"Kagome?" He asked cautiously.
"Yes?" I responded. He let out a sigh of relief before talking again. "Why did you leave? What were you thinking? You know that you would have been safe here and everyone else would have been safe too.
Now we don't know where you are and Naraku didn't follow you. He doesn't even know you left town. You need to come back. Sesshomaru can't do this case without you. No one will get hurt… you don't even know how worried we all are… please Kagome, just come back…"
He trailed off and I could feel tears in my eyes but I tried to stay calm so I could reply to him. "You know I can't; besides you said no one would get hurt before and look at what happened to Koga… I won't let anyone else get hurt… I'm sorry Bankotsu I have to go…bye"
I closed my phone and buried my face deep into one of the pillows on the couch and let the tears run off and onto the pillow.
((At the Home, Bankotsu POV))
I walked in with the Takahashi family after coming back from the hospital.
I threw my jacket on the coat rack and went into the main room while the rest stayed in the front room to talk to Renkotsu (door watch). "Kagome," I called and stopped to wait for a response.
When I heard none I a small frown formed on my face as I walked over to the couch to find it empty.
My heart started to race as I feared the worst and ran to her room. The door opened with a bang as it slammed against the wall behind it. I looked around to find the room empty and walked over to the bed when I saw a folded up note on the bed.
I picked it up and read it before letting out a sigh.
I sniffed around the room and found a small bottle on the floor next to her bed. I picked it up and smelled it before running back out into the room. I ran down the hallway and into the front room clutching the bottle in one hand and the note in another.
I came to a stop in front of the four still talking in the front room. They stopped and looked at me as I went over to Sesshomaru and handed him the note.
"Here," I said, "You need to read this."
He took the note and read it before handing it to his father. While all three of them read it I turned to Renkotsu who was back in his seat watching a small monitor.
"Did you let Kagome leave?" I asked him getting him to turn around from the screen.
"No, you gave me strict orders not to." I turned back to the Takahashi family to find Inuyasha gone. "Then how did she leave? There aren't any more ways out. I asked more to myself than anyone else.
"She's a smart girl," Inutaisho said, "I wouldn't be surprised if we found a secret tunnel or way to get out of here that no one knew about just in case she ever thought it would be necessary to leave without anyone seeing her, but don't worry it wont be hard to follow her we can follow her scent."
"No we can't," I said holding up the bottle and shaking it, "She's done this before; this gets rid of your scent I've been looking for this ever since she left last time, but I could never find it. She forgot to put it back wherever she had it."
I tossed the bottle to Inutaisho who examined it before handing it to Sesshomaru. He looked at it then put it in his pocket. Inuyasha came running down the hallway and came to a stop in front of us before talking.
"I found a tunnel in her closet, but I can't fit. If we want to see where it leads we need someone smaller."
They all turned to me as I thought of someone as small as her. A name came to mind and I walked down the hallway and to the guest room and found Rin on her bed reading a book and listening to music. I took the headphones off and she sat up with a pout on her face.
"What?" She asked as she put her book down and tried to take her headphones back.
"Kagome left again and we finally found the tunnel she used and we need to see where it leads, but Kagome made it small and we need you to crawl through."
She huffed and turned off her CD player and we followed Inuyasha to where the tunnel was. We went into her room and he stopped in front of her closet.
"It's in the bottom right hand corner of the closet and it's dark so you'll need a flashlight."
I went to her desk and opened the bottom drawer and pulled out a small flashlight and handed it to Rin.
I told her to wait and I went to the bar and pulled out two radios. I went back to the room and turned them both on and made sure the batteries were fine and they were on the same channels. I gave one to Rin and told her to tell us when she gets out and where it is. She went into the closet and we patiently waited until we heard her on the other end of the radio.
"Okay," She said, "I'm out and it looks like I'm at the back of the building."
"There's no way she could have snuck out. We have the whole place on camera."
I said back to her as we walked out of the room and back to the front room. We found Renkotsu sitting in his chair like always and he moved as we all looked at the feed.
Sesshomaru took the radio ad said, "Rin where are you? We can't see you."
"I'm standing in front of the camera and waving." He leaned in closer and handed the radio back to me.
"There," he said, "every ten seconds you can see it flicker. She must've fed something to the cameras."
He stood up straight and we all went back in her room and looked around. He pulled a laptop out from under the bed and activated the screen. On it was the video feed and the fake one being fed into the camera.
"Well, now we know how she got out. Now we need to know where she went." Sesshomaru muttered.
I got on my phone and dialed in her number. I knew she wouldn't pick up but I might as well try. It went to her answering machine and I hung up.
"Will she answer if you keep calling?" Inutaisho asked as we walked out and sat on the couches.
"Yeah," I replied leaning my head back and closing my eyes, "If she doesn't pick up when I call she'll have the girl she's staying with call me and tell me she's fine."
There was more silence and I took my cell phone back out and tried calling Kagome again. To my surprise someone picked up,
"Kagome?" I asked and there was silence on the other line, "Kagome?" I asked again.
"Hey, its okay, Kagome's right here and she's fine." A girl said.
I replayed it again in my head trying to figure out who I was talking to.
"Who is this?" I asked and waited for a response.
"The same girl as last time. I want to say this is the same guy."
"It is…" I paused, "I want to talk to Kagome." There was silence on the other end and then shuffling and I heard a quiet hello.
"Kagome?" I asked cautiously.
"Yes?" She responded. I let out a sigh of relief before talking again.
"Why did you leave? What were you thinking? You know that you would have been safe here and everyone else would have been safe too. Now we don't know where you are and Naraku didn't follow you.
He doesn't even know you left town. You need to come back. Sesshomaru can't do this case without you. No one will get hurt… you don't even know how worried we all are… please Kagome, just come back…"
I trailed off and I could hear her pull the phone away from her before she replied. "You know I can't; besides you said no one would get hurt before and look at what happened to Koga… I won't let anyone else get hurt… I'm sorry Bankotsu I have to go…bye."
She hung up and I closed the phone. I heard the phone beep and I opened it and saw that the recording was a success.
"You recorded that didn't you?" Inutaisho asked a small smile spreading across his lips. I nodded and saved the recording. "We might be able use that." He said getting up. "I'm going to get my laptop from my car, depending on how long that conversation was we might be able to track that call."
With that he left leaving Sesshomaru, Inuyasha, and me sitting in the room waiting for him to return. A few minutes later he returned with a laptop and a couple wires. I handed my phone and he hooked it to the computer and loaded up the recording.
He opened another file and put the recording in it and played it. After a few seconds a map came up on the screen and began narrowing until it stopped on a neighborhood in Nagoya, Japan. I smiled and grabbed my keys and headed to the front door. Inuyasha and Sesshomaru followed me, but Inutaisho stayed behind.
((At Ayame's House, Ayame POV))
I walked in to the kitchen to find my mom taking a large salad bowl out of the refridgerator and set it on the table.
"Who was that, honey?" She asked turning to me and wiping her hands on her apron.
"Kagome," I said sitting down on a stool next to the stove.
A look of worry came over her face as she went around preparing lunch.
"What happened this time? Did that awful Naraku find them again?"
I nodded and told her everything Kagome had told me. "…and her left ankle is shattered, but she's on crutches, surprisingly. It's okay if she stays here for awhile right?" I looked at my mom and she nodded. "Go set up the guest bedroom for her and tell her and your brother lunch is almost ready."
I jumped off the stool and ran into the living room to find Kagome on the couch with her face buried in one of the pillows.
I sniffed the air and salt filled my nose as I sat on the couch next to her and put my arms around her. She leaned on me and wrapped her arms around me and we sat like that for a few minutes until Kagome was okay. I stood up and grabbed her stuff and walked towards the stairs.
"Lunch is almost ready," I said as I raced up the stairs.
Immediately to my left was a door that led to my mom's room and to my right was a long hallway. I turned and walked past the first two doors on my left which was my little brother's room and a bathroom, and the door on my right which was a storage room.
I went to the end of the hallway and stopped at two doors across from each other.
I opened the door on my right to reveal a room with blue walls and black carpet. In the room was a small walk in closet, a bed, nightstand (with a lamp), dresser, desk, and computer on the desk. I put her stuff next to her bed on the floor and went over to the closet and pulled out two pillows a blanket and sheets.
They were all black and I made the bed and put her stuff on top. I ran out and continually banged on my brother's door until he opened it with a frown on his face.
"What?" He said crossing his arms over his chest.
"Lunch is almost ready, squirt," I said and flicked him on the forehead.
He pushed my hand away and went to shut his door but I put my foot in the pathway. "…and we have a guest," I said and a small smirk formed on my face.
He turned back to me and his face lit up with excitement.
"Kagome?" He asked.
I nodded and he threw his door back and made a dash for the stairs. I grabbed him by the top of the head and held him in place while he tried t pull away. I pulled him backwards and jumped over his head and all the way down the stairs.
I landed right next to Kagome who jumped a little from surprise and looked around me to see my little brother getting up and running down the stairs. I pushed Kagome forward and into a seat at the table before my brother could manage to hug her. When he ran in and saw Kagome sitting down a small pout came over his face and he sat down in front of her.
((Kagome POV))
We ate lunch in silence except for the occasional noises of Kyo (Ayame's brother).
When we were done Ayame and I went into the living room and watched Dead Like Me.
(its an awesome show that doesn't come on TV anymore but my friends have it and I watch it at their house all the time.)
After the first few episodes we got bored and I sat on the couch while Ayame told me about her school life and all the things her friends did that she thought were hilarious and I wanted to listen I really did, but I was too busy running all the things that could be happening back in Tokyo through my head.
The sound of my phone broke my train of thought and I pulled it out of my pocket.
I looked at the screen for a couple of seconds trying to figure out who was calling me, but the number wasn't under my contacts so I put my phone on the table and continued to listen to Ayame.
After awhile I decided I would go upstairs and unpack all my stuff and make sure I had everything I had gotten enough bandages and other medical supplies.
I started to get up but Ayame made me sit back down and she picked me up along with my crutches and jumped me all the way upstairs and down the hallway to my room. She opened the door and set me down on the bed and handed me my crutches before leaving and closing the door behind her.
I laid my crutched on the floor and started pulling thing out of my bag and separating them into different piles on the bed.
After everything was out of my bag I took my clothes and hopped over to the dresser and closet and I hung and put everything away. I then took all of my other things like my wallet, iPod, and other miscellaneous objects and put them away in/on my desk and nightstand.
I stretched out on the bed and enjoyed the silence before the doorbell rang and I sat up, a little worried, but settled back down and lay back against the pillows.
((In the car, Bankotsu POV))
We drove the half and hour to Nagoya before Sesshomaru called his father to get directions to the neighborhood where Kagome was.
Inuyasha sat in the backseat impatiently muttering to himself about how we would already have been there and found Kagome if he had been driving, and his recklessness is exactly why I didn't let him drive.
We got to the neighborhood and went down a couple of streets before I parked the car in front of a random house and turned the engine off and Sesshomaru pulled out his cell phone.
He dialed Kagome's number and let it ring.
We all closed our eyes and listened until Sesshomaru opened his eyes,
"She's four houses behind us." He said looking in the rear view mirror.
He hung up his phone and I started up the car and put it in reverse and backed the car up four houses and parked. I got out and walked around the car and was joined by Sesshomaru with a small bag and Inuyasha. We walked up to the door and rang the doorbell.
((In the house, Ayame POV))
I ran to the door still laughing at one of the characters on TV and opened the door to reveal three men two of them about my age and one older man. "How can I help you?" I asked politely and the one in the middle stepped forward.
"We need to talk to Kagome." He said with a strict face and my smile disappeared.
The voice sounded really familiar so I assumed this was who I was on the phone with earlier. I told them to wait just a minute and I ran up the stairs four at a time and to Kagome's room before knocking and going in. Kagome sat up and smiled and I went over to her and sat down on the edge of the bed.
"Your friends are here, there's the one I was on the phone with and two guys with silver hair."
I looked at her as I said this and waited for her reaction but all she did was bow her head and I saw her smile fade. We sat in silence before she looked up at me and smiled a sad smile.
"Okay, take me down" She said with a sigh.
I picked her up again with her crutches and brought her downstairs and sat her on the couch before returning to the door. I opened the door and let them in and went upstairs to the kitchen and told my mom to go upstairs while grabbing my brother and following her.
((In the house, Kagome POV))
I scooted to the far end of the couch and sank deep into it trying to hide from the three approaching men. Bankotsu sat next to me, Inuyasha sat next to him, and Sesshomaru sat in a chair in front of me.
"Kagome…" Bankotsu said as he grabbed my hand.
I turned my head and pulled my hand away and pulled my knees up to me and held them by linking my arms in between them. He turned me towards him and got close enough so he could rest his hands on my knees.
He leaned in closer with his hand took my chin until I looked up. I stared into his blue eyes and I looked down at my hands while I messed with my shirt. He leaned in again and took my hands in his.
"Why did you come here?" I asked with my head still down.
I heard him open his mouth but closed it and squeezed my hands. I looked up slightly enough to see the bottom of his eyes.
"We wanted to make sure you were safe… and we're here to take you back. We have something you need to do, and then Sesshomaru can contact the authorities, and get you away from them and get you a real home."
He finished and tried to look into my eyes but I turned my head away from him and took my hands out of his.
"You don't get it do you?" I asked before looking up into his eyes. "There isn't anything you can do… he's evaded the police for years and Tokyo won't be any different… He always has an alternate plan if things don't go his way.
The last time someone tried to get me away from him they ended up in the hospital for three months, and I won't let him do that to anyone else… he's too dangerous to mess with especially when it comes to me. He will do anything to get me, even if it means killing someone. You can't stop him… no one can…" I trailed off as I felt tears start to come to my eyes.
"Yeah?" Bankotsu said slightly irritated. "And what do you think he will do now that you left? Do you think he won't hurt you friends if you're not there? No matter how far you go, he won't stop hurting them until he finds you, and what do you think he will do if he finds out you left?
Do you think he won't try to hurt your friends to find out where you are?... and what about when he does find you? Do you think he won't try to hurt the people you're with now? He told you if you messed up again one of your friends would get hurt.
If he comes and finds you here there won't be anyone to protect you, and he will hurt them, but if you come back with us you won't be putting yourself or them in danger and we can finally end this."
By the time he was done he was hugging me tightly to him and I was crying and trying to bury my head in his shirt. He slowly massaged my head trying to calm me down, and when I stopped crying I looked up into his eyes and he smiled.
"Are you ready to go home?" I nodded and I hugged him again until Sesshomaru cleared his throat and we both looked up and waited for me to continue.
"Before we leave we have to take care of your ankle."
He said nodding at my leg. "In order for this plan to work we have to do a small procedure so you can walk again. You will be asleep when we do this but we have to act before the other medicine wears off and we don't have enough time to go back to Tokyo to do this so we'll have to do it now. Are you ready?"
He asked and I nodded slightly pushing Bankotsu away and he got up and stood behind the couch.
Sesshomaru got up out of his chair and knelt next to me and pulled a small kit out of his bag and opened it to reveal a needle and bottle of clear liquid. I made a small strange noise I had never heard before and tried to sink into the couch away from the needle.
Sesshomaru looked at Inuyasha and he got up and sat next to me like how he did the last time Sesshomaru gave me a shot.
He loaded the needle and I closed my eyes and wrapped my arms around Inuyasha's waist and waited until I felt the needle go through my skin. I gritted my teeth and soon I was out cold.
When I woke up I was in the backseat of Bankotsu's car and my head was on Inuyasha's lap. I slowly sat up and rubbed my head trying to rid myself of the headache I had. Sesshomaru turned in his seat and handed me a small pill and a bottle of water.
I took the pill and drank some of the water while looking out the window and noticing we were back in Tokyo.
In a few minutes we were parking in the parking lot of the grocery store next to the home. Sesshomaru got out and helped me stand on my right foot and for a few minutes I stood there afraid to test my ankle.
I finally put my foot down and put more and more weight on it until I was only standing on it.
I walked a few steps forward and even backwards and when I was satisfied we walked in a group and making sure we weren't being followed cautiously went inside. We were greeted by Inutaisho who was waiting right inside of the room.
When he saw us walk in he smiled and motioned for us to follow him.
He took us to the kitchen area where there were a lot of things on the counters from radios and other electronics to different kinds of weapons. We all sat down at the table wanting to look and touch everything but we all waited until Inutaisho stood up to explain the plan.
After he was done He gave us all different equipment until only I was left. He handed me a contacts container and I opened them to see one contact in each. I looked at him, confused, and he pointed to them.
"There isn't a prescription in them but it has a small camera lens in each so we can see what you see, and…. Here," He said handing me a small earpiece-like thing.
I put in my ear and he handed me a mirror and I looked at me ear and couldn't see the earpiece.
"It's a special edition that's not on the market yet. You can hear me and everyone else on it and we can hear you but no one will be able to see it."
He also handed me four different sheaths and one at a time pulled the knives out and examined them.
"Those knives wont set off any alarms in the store or anywhere else and each one including all the other equipment I gave you has a tracker on it so if the plan doesn't go as we planned then we will be able to find you."
I strapped two of them to my sides, one on my back and I was about to put one in my boot but Inutaisho stopped me. He took out a box and pulled a pair of boots identical to mine and told me to put them on. I stood up and walked around and stopped to look at him.
"They're a little higher than mine… and they're a lot lighter." He nodded and smiled.
"I know, move your foot around until you find a little button and press it."
I moved my foot around and found a small bump and stepped down. In the back of the boot a small blade came out and I squeaked and covered my mouth and looked at him.
"It's only for an emergency just in case he finds all the knives, but it won't cut him it's meant to deal damage to the muscle wherever it hits and the muscle is in a way stunned long enough to be a distraction, and they're lighter so you can run faster, it's nice isn't it?"
I nodded and went back to the table and got the last knife and put it on the inside of my right boot, and with that Bankotsu and I set out to finish what was started.
Inutaisho would stay here and watch the cameras and instruct everyone else on what needed to be done. Sesshomaru and Inuyasha would ride around until the signal was given and call the police.
I would act as the bait and get Naraku to either try to take me or hurt me, and if I couldn't handle myself Bankotsu was there to help if I ever needed it.
We found out that Naraku was in a supermarket across town and we left to go there. Bankotsu and I left first and Sesshomaru and Inuyasha would leave about five minutes after us. We got in Bankotsu's car and ten minutes later we were walking into the store.
I really hope you guys like this chapter, and review if you can… or if you want, but thanks for reading and I'll get the next chapter up as soon as I can.