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Chapter Nine: Amalgamation
"Here."
Kagome gazed into amber orbs that stared at her with an incredible intensity. In his hand laid her pink jewel necklace and he gave off a small smirk before shaking his head and leaning back in his chair.
They had finally made it to the restaurant in the middle of town. Kagome had been prepping herself up for when Inuyasha walked in the door so she could give him a piece of her mind. After what he had done, he had some sort of ugly nerve for actually showing up but then… When she had opened the door, something unexpected had happened.
She felt butterflies.
An odd but pleasurable sensation washed over her as she gazed at him gently while he did the same. He looked almost shocked as he glanced at her but considering the lazy and unflattering clothes she had been wearing every time he came, it was no wonder. But now she was dressed up, makeup and hair styled with a pair of baby blue low-risers with a beautiful pink top that had thin satin pink straps and showed off her stomach. The back of the cloth was beautiful since it was backless with only a small part attached at the bottom and the rest was a criss-cross of the satin straps being tied together in the end with a bow. Along with a pair of dangly silver earrings and a silver chain bracelet, Kagome had looked better than she had in a couple months.
Maybe an outing with Inuyasha wouldn't be so bad.
Then they made it over to Suki's restaurant and he apparently made reservations at an isolated part of the place with candles and a large window so they had a good view of the almost full moon.
"It's beautiful," she had murmured breathless and couldn't believe he had gone to so much trouble for this. Of course, there was the entire possibility that Sango had done all of this but oh well; he was here, wasn't he?
Now he had just given her back her necklace, the pink jewel glowing radiantly as she caressed it with her thumb. She smiled and shook her head, trying to form words but none of them coming. Their entire time at the restaurant everything had been quiet, they had ordered and then sat in comfortable silence.
Finally, she thought of the words to speak.
"Thank you…Inuyasha."
He looked at her startled. His silver hair glinted in the moonlight and she couldn't help but giggle softly. "For what?" he asked quizzically, unsure of what else to say.
"I guess…for everything. I mean excluding the time you were rude, ignorant, and obtrusive-"
Inuyasha scoffed. "Can we get to the point?"
Kagome huffed and scowled towards the half-demon. "You didn't let me finish! Sure, you have really…annoying qualities but you also have saved me from more than you would ever know or understand. And also, you didn't question me so far that I couldn't take it anymore. You believe me."
Inuyasha had a witty comment ready and at the tip of his tongue but when the smell of salty water hit him, he couldn't speak. Words wouldn't form and he felt nervous, useless. Why was she crying? Dammit, why was she crying?
She sniffed and laughed gently. "Crap, I didn't mean to start crying on you. Damn these female hormones." She wiped away the couple tears on her cheeks and looked at him gently. "Did my makeup run?"
Inuyasha couldn't have thought up a more ridiculous question to ask. Honestly, at a time like this she was worrying if her makeup was running?
Women.
Shaking his head, he felt obligated to jump back to the previous conversation and to clear himself of his actions. "I know you didn't do it for the fact that you have the physical incapability to stab a knife that deeply and carelessly. The first time you punched me was more than just to see how far I could push you; it was to see how hard you could hit. Not only that but…you just couldn't."
"You mean I wouldn't have the psychological strength to do it." Kagome nodded her head but then she bit her lower lip worriedly. "What about me finding Yuri's place? Apparently I wasn't myself."
"Not at all," Inuyasha said almost absentmindedly. "Kagome, what happened? Between us I mean?"
Kagome once again laughed, only this time humourless with a tinge of bitterness. "I've been asking myself the very same question for the last two nights since it happened. I don't know Inuyasha, I really don't. Somehow, we connected; not just physically but mentally. You heard them, didn't you? The voices I hear."
Inuyasha licked his lips to wet them but only nodded.
"I figured. You had that same look in your eyes that I have. Freaky, isn't it?" She shook her head. "I guess Miroku or Sango told you that if I go too deep I can end up probably dying?"
He just nodded again, recalling what Sango had told him from Miroku who had told her. He was so at a loss for words, nothing would come to him but Kagome seemed to understand. She looked down to her empty plate where her dinner once was. Inuyasha seemed to be done too and he waved the waiter over, asking for the bill which momentarily stopped their conversation. When the waiter came back, he paid it exactly and they stood up, leaving the restaurant together.
Neither of them spoke a word, nothing really being able to be said. Kagome couldn't explain what happened between them and she was ready to open herself completely to him. He had just gotten on her good side, he was nothing more.
Somehow, she doubted it. That connection they made at the warehouse changed it and he knew it too.
When they finally got to her house, all the lights but the kitchen's were off and Kagome figured Miroku was in bed. It was well after midnight and the night was dark, the only sounds to be heard were the rustling of the trees and bushes around them.
"Kagome…"
"Inuyasha…" they said in unison. They both looked away from each other, Kagome's cheeks wielding a small blush.
Why was she blushing dammit
"Well, thank you Inuyasha. Tonight was wonderful…"
"Yeah." Inuyasha's gaze caught hers and before she knew it, she was wrapped up in his arms, her own around his neck with their lips crushed upon one another.
Something was there dammit, and she be damned if she could stop it.
Bitch.
She thinks she better than everyone else.
Just like her, oh so much like her
All of those tears and all of those glares.
She thinks she's the world or that it revolves under her feet.
Bitch.
She's not important.
She's doesn't deserve to laugh and flirt.
She doesn't deserve to breath.
She doesn't deserve to live.
And she will die.
As long as everything goes my way, she will die.
The game is in my favour and it my turn next.
Tick-toc.
Tick-toc.
Something was different.
Tick-toc.
Tick-toc.
Where was she?
Tick-toc.
Tick-toc.
Oh please God no.
A fan…she heard the familiar sound of a fan whirling around in the midst of the silence surrounding her. Her eyelids were heavy and she struggled to see when she opened her eyes, a light blinding her.
Tick-toc.
Tick-toc.
She blinked and at last, she understood. At last, she saw.
She was at her computer, it was two-thirty in the morning and she had written another story, one that was five hundred and two pages long.
Another story, another victim, another death.
Both in her fictional world and reality.
Kagome broke down and did the only thing she could do, she screamed.
The telephone ringed.
Inuyasha cursed and threw the covers over his head, hoping that it was just going to go away. Too bad he had no such luck.
Lazily, Inuyasha grabbed his cell on his night table without sitting up and flipped it open.
"What?"
"Inuyasha, it's Miroku."
"Reason for calling?" Inuyasha asked simply, not wanting introductions but the only thing that was keeping him from hanging up was the strange noise in the background of Miroku's end. It sounded like someone rambling and mumbling. Whoever it was sounded terrified… Shit. Kagome…
"Kagome… There's another dead body. This time the scene hasn't been tampered with. I'll explain more later but just go to- Just a minute."
Miroku's voice became gentle and Inuyasha could hear him murmuring soothing words. 'Kagome, where is it? You have to tell me where it is.'
So it was Kagome in the background. What was wrong with her? Was the body out in the open since the scene hasn't been tampered with? How did Kagome even find it? The final question scared him more than the others. That's the second body Kagome found in two weeks. This wasn't looking good for her. Of course, he could be her alibi easily but it all depended on the second body.
"At the café in town," Miroku said wearily. "That's where you'll find her."
"How do you know it's a 'her'?" asked Inuyasha. "Is she in the café or not? How did Kagome find the body? Was she in town earlier this morning?"
He checked the clock to see that it was only six and most of the residents would be asleep still. This was not good.
"I'll explain more later, go now."
Inuyasha ended the call and jumped out of bed, throwing on the clothes that were laid out in case of emergency and ran out the door, grabbing the keys with his cell phone in hand. Speed dialling Sango's number, he told her to meet him and called for Ayame, Hiten and Manten.
"How the hell did she find the next body? Is there even one? Is she lying?"
Why would she?
Inuyasha shook his head and sped down the empty streets until his car was only a couple feet away from the café. Everything was eerily quiet and a sense of foreboding clawed within his mind. He knew he should wait for Sango and the rest to get there, but he had to see. He had to know if Kagome really did find another body.
Inuyasha gulped. God, he hoped this was just a joke.
Unclipping his holster for his gun, he hand rested tensely over it and his senses were working overtime as he listened for even the tiniest noise. The windows of the café were all covered up so nothing could be seen inside. Grabbing his gloves and sliding them on, Inuyasha gave the door a slight pull and fear wrenched in his gut as he found that the door was unlocked. The minute he stepped inside the room the pungent smell of blood filled him and the urge to gag was so strong Inuyasha had to cover his mouth with his hand for a moment and then plug his noise. He tried breathing in with his mouth but it only made it worse since it was like he could taste the blood.
Watching where he walked, he stayed to the far corners of the room and glanced around for the body and the blood. He couldn't see anything and his sense of smell was thrown off by the reeking blood within the room. When he cornered around the room, he was now on the wall where the counter was and his eyes widened as he saw the scene before him.
"Jesus Christ."
"She knew chief, dammit she knew. She knew what happened to the b-body, she…she knows who it is, where she is… Goddammit chief say something!" Sango yelled, tears glinting in her eye though they refused to fall.
"She didn't do it Sango," Inuyasha soothed, holding the officer in his arms gently. Sango was taking this really hard but it was no surprise, the woman inside the café was one of Sango's best friends.
Sango was strong enough to do it and like Kouga she had refused to go home and take office duty for this particular part of the case. She wasn't going to cry but Inuyasha made sure (like he did with Kouga) that Sango wouldn't see the body. It was for the better since what was inside was not the girl Sango knew and it would be better for Sango to remember her best friend like she was and not how she looked now.
It was even hard for Inuyasha.
"How do you know?" Sango asked in barely a whisper, leaning on him slightly. Right now, all she needed was a shoulder to cry on and Inuyasha had been one of her closest friends in Trite.
"Because I was with her."
Sango nodded. "But what about after? How late were you guys?"
Inuyasha didn't answer and looked towards the door of the café.
"Wait…Inuyasha you two didn't-"
Inuyasha looked at her and shook his head quickly. "No, nothing like that happened. We didn't have sex, trust me on that one," he said, muttering the last part more to himself than for Sango. "Miroku and Kagome are coming though and I need to question Kagome on how she found out about this."
Sango gave Inuyasha a meaningful look and Inuyasha shook his head. "She's had people around her the entire time between the times of the killing. Kagome didn't do it."
"Maybe she's apart of it. Maybe she had a connection with the murderer."
Inuyasha didn't want to hear anymore, and he definitely didn't want to even consider it but he nodded his head anyways and walked towards his truck, leaving Sango to start on the list of people to question.
Five minutes later, Kagome and Miroku drove up in her car, parking a little while back. Inuyasha had just been in the middle of talking with Hachi who gave him the small bits of information resulting of the death.
"Inuyasha," Miroku said, nodding towards him and then looking at Sango who was leaning against her truck, hugging herself. Leaving Kagome and Inuyasha alone, Miroku made his way over to Sango, and Inuyasha watched them go before facing the girl in front of him.
"Don't ask me how I know Inuyasha," she said in a low tone. "I can't explain it."
"You're going to have to because even though you have an alibi for that night, that doesn't mean you're not connected."
"If I was why would I tell you? Wouldn't I just leave you to find her yourself and scar the poor owner of the building? No, I don't think I even have the possibility of being connected."
Inuyasha glared at her but let her continue on.
"Let me just say…a little birdie told me, okay?"
"The voices?"
Kagome nodded.
Inuyasha let out a heavy sigh and ran his hands through his silver hair. "Hell this is going to be one great report."
Kagome gave him a rueful smile. "I'm sorry. I know I'm not making your life any easier."
"How much do you know?" Inuyasha asked, wondering how much this 'little birdie' told her.
"A lot."
"Specifics," Inuyasha asked, crossing his arms and waiting.
"The woman dead is Kirara Nekomata, age twenty-eight, blonde hair and green eyes. She works at the café everyday with only Sundays off. The murderer placed her behind the counter on the ground, let her blood soak everything and he chopped her into bits, with an axe. She was murdered at twelve-forty-seven exact and she was killed because of her personality, not because of her hair like Yuri was."
Inuyasha felt shivers run down his spine. "So you got all of this from…them?"
Kagome nodded.
"Shit."
"And another thing," she added. "It's the same killer because in the mess was another shard of my jewel, of the other half and if I can guess…Hachi just gave it to you before I approached and it's in your pocket right now."
Inuyasha swore once more, this time with less conviction.
"This killer is on the line of a serial killer since it takes over three deaths by the same person to be considered one."
"Are forensics done?" Kagome asked. "Because I need to see her."
"Not yet, but soon and why should I let you go?" Inuyasha asked. "The body is gone and the place is clean so why-"
"Because you won't get anything," Kagome said calmly. "I'm your only chance to catch this killer. He leaves nothing and there is a broken but emotional reason for his killing. I can help you, I'm the only one."
Inuyasha stared into her chocolate eyes and knew that she was right. It was a scary thought and Inuyasha knew he would regret the nod he soon gave after.
Kagome walked into the café several hours later when Inuyasha said she was allowed. The first thing that came to her mind was the image of Kirara all chopped up into bits behind the counter. The voices were becoming loud within her mind but she had to control it, she had to dig deeper.
"Oh God help me! Don't! I didn't know, I didn't know! Oh Jesus I didn't know!"
It was Kirara's voice, within her mind, and the scene played out. She went in further, deeper within her mind and felt her reality slowly fading away. Afraid to go in too deep she grabbed Inuyasha's hand, his figure right behind her.
"Don't let go," she murmured and closed her eyes, sacrificing herself to the pool of noises within her. The only problem was, for some reason, Inuyasha was coming too and that never happened before. When she held someone's hands, she was only vaguely aware of their presence and they were only meant to keep her tied to reality, but Inuyasha was sinking in fast and soon nothing could stop them. They were both within the pool of voices and without the hold on reality it became too much, she couldn't pull away and Inuyasha was stuck with her, trying to block out the noise. Kagome and Inuyasha screamed, aware of their bodies being forced to move without their consent and the image of a bloody axe swirling in their minds.
Next Chapter: Worry- Trite was a small town where nothing ever happened. Ever. So what had changed it? What happened to make this all start? Those last two questions she could only answer with one name.
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