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Chapter 2 – Targeted
"Are you sure it's them? Maybe it's a copycat or something entirely different." Sango shook her head in disbelief, trying to come up with excuses she knew couldn't be true.
"It's them alright. Only the Souruītā could pull off a murder this brutal and leave without a trace. The first thing we're going to have to investigate is how this Yuji guy got himself involved with them." Miroku watched as the forensics team went about their work. "The Souruītā have been at this for six years now. You know Sesshomaru is going to put 100% in this case. We're going to have to be on our toes from now on, Sango."
"Yeah, no kidding. Remember back in 2009 when they murdered Officer Takinawa's wife and mother for arresting one of their men? The poor guy…" Sango's mind wandered off to her little brother Kohaku, suddenly worrying about his safety.
"Precisely what I was thinking." The two turned around to face Sesshomaru. "We're nailing down on these bastards once and for all. If you wish to withdraw from the case, I ask that you notify me within twenty four hours. I cannot ask you to put your lives, as well as your loved one's, at risk."
Sango nodded at her boss and looked up at Miroku. "What do you think?"
"I'm staying on the case. There's no way I'm letting these guys get off easy every single time."
"Sango, you have a little brother to take care of. Don't do anything you'll regret." Sesshomaru nodded at the young woman. "I want you to really think about this before you say anything. Am I understood?"
"Yes sir."
"Hey you. I called that Mr. Agasaki guy. He said he's on his way to pick up Ms. Higurashi now." Koga walked up to join the circle. "Is this guy a cop? Because I can assure you that my men can keep her safe back at the station."
"Koga, was it? I understand you are new here, so I'll make a few things clear for you." Sesshomaru turned to face the young police chief, distaste burning in his golden eyes. "Your police force is filled with men that could be potential Souruītā members. Having a mole in this case will not only endanger my team, but other innocent bystanders as well. I do not trust you or your men, so the girl will stay under my protection. Am I clear?"
"How dare you insult-!"
"Sir! You're going to want see this!" One of Koga's men ran up behind them. With trembling hands, he pulled out a folded up piece of paper and handed it to his superior. "They found this in Mr. Hiroshi's mailbox."
Koga quickly began unfolding the paper, only to have it ripped out of his hands by Sesshomaru. "What the hell are you doing?!"
"What does it say?" Miroku quickly cut off the police chief.
Holding up the paper, Sesshomaru closed his eyes and shook his head. "Looks like we know who the next target is." Miroku and Sango both leaned in, peering down at a picture of a young couple. The man's head was scribbled out with red ink, leaving a smiling young woman with big brown eyes and long dark hair standing by his side. Under the picture, a quote was written in red ink.
"There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt."
She is the ransom to be paid.
Kagome stood quietly in between the two large bodyguards, staring off into space. Mr. Agasaki was arguing with someone on the phone, but she quickly tuned out his angry rantings. Memories of Yuji kept flying into her mind and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't stop thinking about him. The young woman slowly ran her fingers across the diamond ring Yuji had given her six months before. The day he had proposed to her. The happiest day of her life.
"Are you getting tired?" Yuji smoothed back her bangs and she smiled up at him.
"No, not yet. Let's stay like this for a little longer," Kagome rested her head on his chest, snuggling up closer to his warm body. They were sitting outside on the porch of her mom's house, and after spending the whole day with her family, she was glad that she could spend some time alone with her Yuji.
"Do you think Sota's still mad at me for beating him at soccer?" He joked while playing with her fingers.
"He'll get over it." She laughed.
"You know, there's a reason I wanted to come up and visit your family today."
"And why's that?"
"I wanted to talk to them about something and get their approval on it."
"Is this about us moving in together? I know my Grandpa said he thinks we're too young, but don't worry about it."
"Well yes and no. I'll tell you now, he's one hard guy to persuade. But I think I won him over."
"What did you do?" Kagome raised her eyebrow at him.
"Well, I told him how wonderful I thought you were and how much I loved you. I told him I wanted to spend every waking moment of the rest of my life with you. I told him that I would take care of you and stay by your side until the day I die."
"Yuji, what're you…?"
"And then, I needed to get his approval for this," He gently moved her off his lap before standing up in front of her. He dug a little box out of his pocket and took one knee to the ground. "Kagome, will you-"
"YES!" She cried and launched herself into his arms.
"I didn't even finish," He laughed before kissing her.
"I couldn't wait any longer," She felt tears fall down her cheeks as she gazed into the eyes of the man she truly loved. He smiled at her before taking her left hand and slipping the ring onto her delicate finger.
"I will always love you," He smoothed back her hair.
"Me too," She started crying again and he gently began to kiss away her tears.
Kagome felt a lump grow in the back of her throat and her vision became blurry. Quickly wiping her tears on her sleeve, she clenched her teeth in anger. Why? Why did this happen? What did we do to deserve this?! I don't get it… I don't get it…
"Is she crying?" She heard Mr. Agasaki whisper to one of the bodyguards. "Hey girl, are you crying?"
Kagome angrily looked up and glared at the man. "No I'm laughing. What do you think I'm doing?!"
"Quit it with the snappy attitude! Look, I know this is a rough time for you, but-"
"Sir! I'm going to have to ask you to go back outside. This area is closed off to the public right now." One of the bodyguards shouted to a man who had entered the parking garage. Instead of heeding his command, the man began to walk forward with a smile on his face. "Sir, do not make me repeat myself."
"Oh no! We wouldn't want that, now would we?" Looking closer at the stranger, Kagome noticed that he had a very feminine face with long black hair tied up into a pony tail.
"Are you deaf? Get out of here you little punk!" Mr. Agasaki dramatically threw his arms in the air and muttered under his breath.
"Oh, but I just want to talk to Miss Kagome. I promise to make it brief." The man stopped only a few yards away from the group.
The bodyguards immediately withdrew small handguns from their coat pockets and aimed them towards the man's figure. "Do not move!" They yelled in unison, stepping in front of Kagome and Mr. Agasaki. Confused, the young woman took a few cautious steps backwards.
"Come now, must we resort to violence. It'll only be a moment of your time." He took a step forward.
"One more step and we'll shoot!"
"I'm afraid I'm going to have to insist on speaking with her. It's rather urgent. I'm sure she would like to know more on the tragic circumstances of her fiancé's death."
"What did you say?" Kagome's eyes grew wide. A ball of anger flared throughout her body and she glared at the man. "Do you know who killed Yuji?"
"Listen you bastard. We're in the parking garage of the Tokyo Police Department. Don't do anything stupid now." Mr. Agasaki yelled.
"You people are such a bore. Now, let me explain what your situation is. There are three exits to this parking garage. One, is the way you just came from that leads to the inside of the police station." He pointed behind them and Kagome turned to see three very large men standing in front of the door, each holding shotguns. "The second is the emergency exit, which is also being guarded by one of my dear friends." He motioned to the right of them. "And the last exit is the one behind me, where cars are free to come and go. However, none of you will be leaving quite yet."
Kagome eyes darted around the garage, her heart nearly jumping out of her throat. What is going on?!
"Give up Miss Kagome peacefully and I'll spare your lives. I promise." He held out his hand toward the young woman. "Come now girl. Don't let your dear friends die."
"She's not going anywhere, and I suggest you get the hell out of here before you force my hand!" Mr. Agasaki stood unfazed by the sudden change in their situation.
"Force your hand? Oh no, I'm so afraid!" The man rolled his eyes. "I've grown tired of your company. Kill them all, but leave the girl!"
"Wait no! I'll go with you! You don't need to hurt them!" Kagome quickly shouted. No one else needs to die!
"Shut up, Higurashi," Mr. Agasaki hissed at her.
"Awww, how very noble. You heard her, she made her choice. Now let's-"
A screeching black suburban suddenly came flying into the garage. "Cover your eyes and get down." Mr. Agasaki whispered to the girl. Kagome did as she was told and threw her hands over face and crouched to the ground. A loud bang when off just yards away from her and bullets began to fly over her head. She shrieked in terror and covered herself with her arms. Another bang went off and she heard curses and cries of pain. "Higurashi, get up!" She heard Mr. Agasaki call out to her and she opened her eyes to see white fog around her. A smoke grenade?
"Get in the god damn car!" Kagome followed his voice with her arms stretched out in front of her, which she could barely see due to the smoke. She felt her leg hit something and she quickly fell to the ground. She grunted in pain and quickly moved to stand up, but she felt someone push on her back and the pressure dropped her to the floor again.
"Where do ya think you're going little lady?" A dark and sinister voice chuckled above her and she screamed in terror.
"Help!" Kagome cried out, flailing her arms and legs. "Somebody help me!" She felt the man begin to drag her away.
"Shut up you little bitch." He continued dragging her as she did her best to fight against her kidnapper. Suddenly she heard the man cry out in pain and he immediately released her leg. She quickly took the chance to crawl away, only to feel a pair of strong arms grab her and pick her up.
"Let go of me!" Kagome cried out and began to beat the man with her fists.
"Stop it! I'm saving you in case you didn't notice idiot!" She stopped her assault, not sure if she should to trust this unfamiliar voice.
"Inuyasha! This way!" She heard Mr. Agasaki call out. Within a matter of seconds, Kagome heard a car door open and she was thrown into the back seat.
"Drive! Drive!" She looked up to see Mr. Agasaki in the passenger seat with one of the bodyguards driving like a mad man through the smoke.
"Are you alright?" Kagome turned to look at the man who had saved her. A pair of golden eyes stared at her with concern. An FBI hat sat comfortably on his head and she couldn't help but notice his beautiful long white hair.
"Y-Yeah. I'm fine. Thank you." She nodded at him.
He smirked at her, "Don't thank me, it's my job. My name's Inuyasha. Welcome to hell."
"Damn. I wonder what this guy did to piss off the Souruītā." The Police Chief Koga wondered aloud. "I haven't been in this city for long but I've heard tons of rumors about them. Are most of them true?"
Sango shrugged, "Depends on who you ask. The media portrays them as a group of terrorists. I just think they're just a bunch of dumbass people who have an uncontrollable thirst for power."
"They've been around for about eight years now. They've been a nuisance to us ever since." Miroku shook his head.
"What're they most known for?"
"Whatever you can think of. They rob innocent people and businesses, deal drugs, kidnap, rape. We've had bomb threats from them, not to mention a few of our own have been discovered as members from the group. They hold people's lives up for ransom, and as you can probably tell, they're famous for the way they brutally murder people." Miroku listed off.
"Why haven't you guys stopped them yet?" The Chief shook his head, "Now that I'm here, I swear I'm going to put each and every one of those bastards behind bars."
"It's not so simple idiot," Sango defended her bureau, "There's hundreds of them! Even when we do arrest and take the members into custody, they're as stubborn as Sesshomaru. You can't get them to talk at all."
"We'll see how quiet they are when I get a hold of 'em. I'm going to be the one who puts a stop to these Souruītā bastards." Koga smiled foolishly.
Before Sango could start firing off insults at the Chief, Sesshomaru glared at the girl, "That's enough, Sango. We'll resume this tomorrow. It's late and we've all had a long night. You won't be able to be at your best if you continue throughout the night." He nodded at everyone, "I'll see you all in the morning." And with that he turned to step into his car.
"That guy getting tired in his old age or something?" Koga muttered before taking out his radio. "That's it for tonight boys. Pack it up."
"Okay one, Sesshomaru is far from old. Two, he doesn't want his men overworking themselves when he knows nothing will be accomplished tonight. And three, I'm getting really tired of your smartas-"
"What Sango is trying to say is that it's wise to step back and take a breather. We'll continue bright and early. Goodnight officer," Miroku smiled before dragging an infuriated Sango to their car.
"I'm really going to hate that guy." Sango sighed before slumping into the passenger seat.
"You're not the only one."
"It's three in the morning, don't you know that's when a normal person sleeps?" Rin groaned over the phone.
"I know and I'm sorry, but I need you to get something for me." Sesshomaru sat alone in his office as he hurriedly turned on his computer.
"You're lucky you're cute you know," Rin sighed. "What is it?"
"I need you to forward something to me from the laptop."
"Alright, hang on. Let me turn this thing on. So, how bad is this case?"
"It's nothing for you to worry about. How was work today?" Sesshomaru quickly changed the subject.
"Ugh, don't even get me started. I swear if Jaken embarrasses me in front of the whole department again, I am going to lose it. But I'll tell you more about it when you get home. The laptop's on."
"I need you to get to my documents and click on a file labeled '00981 October 18 2009'."
"How do you remember all of these documents? There's over ten thousand in here!" Rin said in awe.
"Can you forward that to the fax machine at work?"
"Already on it. Don't worry I didn't read anything. I know how you hate when I snoop."
"I promise to repay you when I get home. Sorry for waking you." Sesshomaru heard his old fax machine begin to whirl to life.
"I'll be waiting. Be safe," Rin let out a yawn.
"Always," He hung up the phone and snatched up the document. He quickly scanned its contents and his eyes froze at the end of the page. "I see." He glanced down at the picture of the knife forensics had taken. A smile formed on his lips. "As I thought. This Yuji is more clever than I gave him credit for."
Still deciding if this will be a short story (5-8 chapters) or a long, thought out story. Review and tell me what you think!