THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Kagome. These characters belong solely to Rumiko Takahashi and Viz.
Oh,and the SVU characters belong to Dick Wolf's company!
I do however own my own creations.
Chapter 6
Kagome looked at the detective. It was obvious she was "out of it",
"Mrs. Kateitenma, it's me Detective Benson. Do you know where you are?"
"Hos ...hospital.", mumbled Kagome.
"She's on pain meds so she may be incoherant.", said the nurse, "Please don't take too long with her."
"Mrs. Kateitenma, do you remember what happened?", asked Benson.
"Bruno ... slashed ...dead ...Juliet ...Juliet ...where ...where is my Juliet?", Kagome mumbled.
"Your daughter was with you?", asked Benson.
"Yes. Where ... where is she?"
Benson looked at Dr. Warner and the nurse, "Where's her daughter?"
"I don't know. She was found alone.", said Dr. Warner.
"Mrs. Kateitenma ... are you sure Juliet was with you? Are you positive?"
"Yes. Positive. Went shopping with Bruno ...bodyguard."
"There was no one else with her.", said Warner, "And, like I said, her uterus was intact."
"Im ...possible.", whispered Kagome, "had hysterectomy ten years ago."
"Uh huh.", said Warner, "I think we better let her be. She's losing it if she thinks she had a hysterectomy ten years ago."
"I still need to ask her more questions."
"NO MORE QUESTIONS!", came a loud voice from the hall.
"Sir, you can't go in there."
"Bullshit! She's my wife! Kagome!", Inuyasha called out as he entered the room, "Don't answer any questions."
"Mr. Kateitenma, she's the best lead we've got to these murders.", said Benson.
"NO! I'm her husband and I refuse to allow her to answer any questions.", he walked over to Kagome and held her hand and caressed her head, "Koshii, are you alright?"
Yasha stood at the entrance and said,
"Detectives, I'll walk you out."
Dr. Warner, Stabler and Benson walked with Yasha to the exit to the emergency room,
"Please understand, Japanese men are very protective of their women and my father is even more protective. It's in his blood. In Japan, women are supposed to walk one step behind their men but my father doesn't enforce that with my mother. But, he doesn't trust Americans or American law. Please bear with us.", said Yasha.
"She could provide the break into this case, Mr. Kateitenma.", said Benson.
"Please, call me Yasha. And, yes I know. I will talk to my father. I promise."
With that, the detectives and doctor left the hospital. Yasha walked back to the room. The nurse was talking to Inuyasha,
"We're just waiting for the blood to come back. But, your wife is lucky. This time the uterus was still intact."
Inuyasha managed to keep his shock under control. Yasha wasn't so lucky,
"Her what?", he said.
"Her uterus. Her womb.", the nurse said.
"But she ...", Yasha started.
"Needs her rest.", Inuyasha emphasized his statement.
"Yes, of course.", said the nurse, "We'll be moving her to her room shortly."
The nurse left and Yasha stared at his father,
"Dad?"
"Yes, she had a hysterectomy ten years ago. I can't explain it. We need to talk to her doctor. But, first, we need to get her out of this human hospital and over to O-Kuni-Nushi hospital on the Upper West Side. And we need to get that blood before it reveals too much about her. Call Dr. Takeda and Sesshoumaru and arrange it."
A while later, orders came through transferring Kagome to the fifth floor. Yasha and Inuyasha followed. As soon as the human were out of the sight, the orderly changed to a demon,
"We'll take her down the back off the fifth floor to a waiting ambulance where she'll be transported to O-Kuni-Nushi.", said the demon.
"Thanks.", said Inuyasha.
"Don't mention it."
The next day, Benson and Stabler arrived back at the hospital to try to question Kagome. Her doctor from the emergency room came out to talk to them,
"Her blood came back normal. I haven't had a chance to check up on her yet. Uhm, nurse, what floor is Mrs. Kateitenma on?", he asked the nurse at the desk.
"Floor 5, doctor.", she replied.
"Floor 5?", asked the doctor.
"Yes, sir."
"But ...that's the labs. There's no beds up there.", said the doctor.
The ER doctor and the two detectives rushed up to floor 5. Sure enough, it was only labs,
"Has anyone seen a patient up here?", asked the detectives and doctor to everyone they saw. All said no.
"How do you lose a patient?", asked Stabler.
"That's what I want to know.", said the doctor, "People don't just disappear."
"Let's go to the Kateitenma residence and ask them.", said Stabler.
"But they lawyered up.", said Benson.
"So call him on the way and tell him to meet us there.", said Stabler.
The detectives arrived at the Kateitenma Co-Op before Satoshi. Knocking on the door, Inuyasha answered,
"Detectives. I thought I told you to contact my son first."
"We did. He's on his way. We were worried about your wife. She's missing from the hospital.", said Stabler.
"Dearest ...who's at the door?", came a female voice.
Benson pushed passed Inuyasha when she saw who the voice was. Kagome, dressed in a flowing, pink kimono, stood in the living room. Her face completely healed from her wounds,
"Mrs. Kateitenma, that's remarkable. You heal well too, I see.", said Benson, with a hint of sarcasm in her voice.
"Yea, well, makeup does wonders, ya know.", said Inuyasha.
Satoshi walked in,
"Excuse me, I do not believe I gave you permission to speak with my parents. Please leave, detectives."
"Yes, detectives, as you can see there is nothing to worry about with my wife. Now leave.", said Inuyasha.
The detectives looked at each other and walked out the door, Satoshi shutting it behind them.
Inuyasha looked at Satoshi and said,
"This is getting ridiculus."
"Don't worry, dad. Uncle will take care of it all."
"Good.", said Inuyasha.
As the detectives made their way out to the car, commenting about how strange the Kateitenma family was when Stabler's cell rang,
"Stabler. Ok. We'll be right there.", he hung up the phone, "Capt wants us back at the station. Now.", he said, as they got into the car.