"Found you, girly." Kagome nearly jumped out of her skin and off the branch when she turned around as slowly as possible.
Kagome let out the breath she didn't know she was holding. "Inuyasha. You scared the shit out of me. Don't scare me like that again." Kagome whispered as she punched him in the arm and then wiped away the fearful tears.
"Why are you crying this time? Yesterday you cried because you lost your brother and today you're crying up in a tree… and you seem scared shitless. What's wrong?"
Kagome looked around the park for the men. She found them. They were looking around. "You see that man there with the green hair and that man over there with the blonde hair?" Kagome whispered while pointing them out.
"Yeah."
"They're looking for me. They killed my brother. They know I'm alive… even after Souta tried so hard to keep them from realizing I even existed." Kagome sank down lower when the one with the green hair, Dozla, seemed to look over at the tree. "I need to get out of here. I'm not safe here. You're not safe for being around me."
Inuyasha then got an idea.
"Go to my house."
"What?"
"Go to my house. My brother's a cop. He won't let anyone in without a warrant. I'll get Sango and Miroku and we'll be there as casually as kids can." Inuyasha laughed quietly.
"Where do you live?" Kagome whispered desperately.
"Just run down the street. I'm the big blue house. You can't miss it. You'll have to jump the gate and run to the front door. Just go inside. Here's my key." Inuyasha said as he handed Kagome the key. "Sessomaru will be home. Just tell him to point you to my room. Here's the hat by the way." Inuyasha said as he placed the dark blue hat on Kagome's head. "Call your grandparents from my room. Tell them that you'll be there for a while, at least until those goons get off your butt, and Sango will be over to pick up some clothes for you. Now go… before they find you up here. And hurry." Inuyasha said as he jumped out of the tree.
When Kagome was sure that the men weren't looking, she jumped to the next tree. She tree hopped until she was out of seeing range. Then she jumped to the ground and ran as fast as her little 11 year old half demon legs would allow. She didn't stop running until she found the big blue house Inuyasha was talking about. While clutching the key in her tiny little paw, Kagome jumped as hard as she could off of the ground. She cleared the gate and ran to the front door. She nearly broke the key when she jammed it into the door and turned it super hard. Then she swirled inside and slammed the door behind her. She placed her back against the door and slid down it. Then she placed her head on her knees and started to cry again. She had never been so afraid in her life.
"Ahem." Kagome snapped her head up. Standing in front of her was a tall man in jeans and a burgundy polo shirt holding a book in one hand and a pair of glasses in the other. "If you weren't holding Inuyasha's house key, I could arrest you for trespassing." The man smiled. He had long silver hair pulled into a pony tail and the same molten eyes as Inuyasha. He knelt down in front of her. "Would you mind telling me why you are crying on my door?"
"I'm sorry. Inuyasha said that I would be safe here. Are you Sessomaru?" Kagome asked while whipping away her new tears. I really need to stop crying before I'm completely drained of body fluids.
"Oh? I am. What pray tell are you going to be safe from in my house instead of your own?"
"A gang." Kagome put bluntly.
"A gang? What would a gang want with a little 10 year old?"
"11 today. They want to kill me. They killed the rest of my family. I just lost my older brother to them yesterday. Now they want to finish my family off and I'm the last name on the Higurashi list."
"Well happy birthday. Higurashi you say? As in Akira and Akisha Higurashi?"
"Those would be my late parents. You, being a cop and everything, have probably heard of my brother, Souta Higurashi."
"Well, indeed I have. Very colorful record, I might add."
"Yeah. Well, he risked his life to save mine. And I hate him for that." Kagome added with a scowl.
"I bet you do." Sessomaru said with a chuckle. "Now what can I do you for?"
"Huh?"
"I bet Inuyasha didn't send you all the way over here just so that you can cry at my front door and then tell me about your brother. What can I do you for?"
"Oh, right. Will you be so kind as to point me in the direction of Inuyasha's room?" Kagome asked standing up from the door.
"Well I currently can. Just up the stairs and down the really long hall on the right. You'll know which one is his door. It quite literally has his name written all over it." Sessomaru said with a roll of his eyes.
"Thank you very much." Kagome said while already half way up the stairs. Sessomaru only rolled his eyes again and chuckled.
Cute kid. Very grown up at her young age. Now where was I? Sessomaru thought as he put his reading glasses back on and sat on the couch just a few feet away. If Inuyasha wanted to get in, he would have to knock. Idiot.
At the park with Inuyasha
"Inuyasha? Where's Kagome? She should be here by now." Sango said.
"Shhhhh." Inuyasha said while looking around. He saw the green haired guy maybe 100 yards away and the blonde was even farther. "Don't say her name. She's in trouble. Try not to look, but do you see that guy with the green hair and that guy with the blonde hair?" Both Miroku and Sango looked carefully at the men.
"Yeah." They said together.
"Well, they're after her. They want to kill her. She's at my house right now. Sango, can you go to her house and grab a few clothes for her? Then come to my house. Be quick." Inuyasha said as he grabbed Miroku and started walking to his house.
"I'll see you guys in a few minutes. I'm just going to run home to grab some stuff. It's going to be an awesome sleep over." Sango yelled to the boys. They looked back and gave her skeptical looks. She gave them the follow-along look.
"Alright. See you in a few." Then Sango ran to the old people's house.
with Kagome
She found the room. As Sessomaru had said, it had Inuyasha's name written all over it in graffiti, signs, and print. She walked in. His room was mostly a dark red color with a few bits of black and grey here and there.
I can look around later. Where's that phone? Kagome found it on the desk and immediately dialed her grandparents number.
"Hello?"
"Grandma? I'm in trouble."
