Disclaimer: I do not own NightWalker: Midnight Detective or Inuyasha. They, as well as the characters, belong to their rightful creators and their distributors. The only things I own are the slight changes that I make within the story.
AN: Sorry for not updating in so long. I had writers block again for this for quite a while and I got into a new Yaoi series and soon made a new Crossover about. The fic is called "Making Fiction Become Reality".
And now, in dedication to DeathNoteMaker, here's part 2 of Third Night.
3rd Night:
Man on the Run Part 2
The next day at the office, Shido was looking out the window while Kagome lay on the couch, resting her eyes while Yayoi spoke, "The men you two saw chasing the Night Breed in the concourse mall were apparently detectives from the Shinjuku precinct." Shido turned to the woman as Kagome opened one eye too look at the two, "A report came through that they were found dead. The police are conducting a frenzied search for the breed."
Shido took a seat at his desk. A silence dragged on before he spoke, "Where there is light, there is darkness. Those who only inhabit the sunbathed side pretend no to notice it."
Kagome gave a lazy shrug, "Ignorance is bliss, as they say." When she looked to Shido again, she saw that he was deep in thought again. He had been this way since their date the night before… but even more since after they had lost sight of the breed they were chasing. 'What happened during the time he was right behind me…?'
Yayoi looked between the two, not sure what was wrong before Guni appeared on Kagome's forehead, "Hey, hey! I want to know what's going on!"
"You mean concerning Shido-san acting the way he is now and always seems to be thinking about something?"
"Yeah! Ever since he went on that date with you, he's been like this." Kagome nodded in agreement with Guni before she heard the sprite ask with a raised brow as she looked down at her still leaning on her hands that were on the miko's forehead, "So what happened?"
Said miko replied with a sigh, "I'm not really sure, Guni. He had been like that since we finished the movie we went to see, just deep in thought, like he was thinking of his past. Then it just got worse when we were chasing that night breed at the mall. Something must've happened when we were giving chase… maybe he ran into someone…"
Guni gave the girl a concerned look before everyone heard the doorbell to the office ring. Once Kagome sat up, Guni went into hiding behind her hair before Yayoi opened the door to reveal a woman who looked to be in her early twenties asking, "Is this the office of Shido-san the private detective?"
Seeing this was most likely a case, Kagome stood and made her way to the kitchenette to make some tea.
Once the tea was done, Kagome brought it in giving the client her cup first before setting one in front of Yayoi and Shido.
"Missing person?" Shido asked before the woman nodded and explained, "He was my fiancé. We even had a wedding day set, but he just went missing all of a sudden."
"I'm sorry but I must ask you to take this matter elsewhere. At the moment, we're quite busy…"
"I know I'm putting you on the spot! But I've got nobody else to turn to!" The woman almost yelled desperately before continuing a little more calmly, "I heard you might find a way to help me somehow, so I…"
Shido then sighed, not able to say no to a woman who was obviously in need.
As Kagome thought the woman's fiancé may have gotten cold feet, said woman looked through her purse and pulled out a photo handing it to Shido, saying, "This is him…"
Taking a peek at the photo, Kagome nearly choked on her own saliva to see who was in the photo. "Shido-san! This guy is…!"
Shido then also took a look and took recognition as to who was in the photo, next to the woman. Said woman looked to them curiously, asking, "Do you know him?"
"We were just acquainted… very recently."
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Later that night, Kagome tagged along with Yayoi and Shido, as well as their client, to find the man said client was looking for since he was also a part of the case concerning the night breed they ran into at the mall. "His name is Taki Ryuichi. Profession: Detective for the Police… disappeared while on armed duty during an investigation."
"And he just suddenly reappeared?" Kagome asked as Guni peeked out from underneath her hair while making sure the woman sitting next to the miko didn't see her.
"An internal impropriety… it's no wonder it's driving the police desperate." Yayoi spoke in reply before the client spoke up, "He didn't do anything wrong! You've got to find him before the department does. Please take him into your custody."
Shido reassured her that everything would be all right as Kagome asked the woman to please sit down before Yayoi asked the vampire detective what was his next move. His reply to the woman driving was low, "If the breed has yet to take control, there's still a way."
"I'm taken by your unusual sense of generosity. Getting involved, are you?" Yayoi asked with mirth in her eyes.
"I have a soft spot for beautiful women." He answered in a light voice.
Kagome almost snorted, "Don't get to close or you'll get burned, Shido-san." Making Shido chuckle as Yayoi continued to drive before the blue-haired woman asked with an almost hard voice, "What are you hiding?"
The silent conversation between Shido and Yayoi started to get really serious when Shido hinted that this was going beyond the night breeds. And as they drove to the larger part of the city, Kagome couldn't help but worry about Shido…
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After they came to a stop close to a train station, Shido asked Kagome to stay in the car, in case they need her to come help them while the client went with them. The miko guessed that the client was 'worried' about her well being since she was still young and in high school. She resisted the urge to roll her eyes and just go along with them to find the fiancé but thought better of it if she just did what she was told.
To make her feel a little better about letting Shido and Yayoi go on without her, Guni agreed to follow them to keep an eye out for them. And if anything should happen, the sprite would come right back to the car and get her.
The three adults and Guni had already entered a backdoor to one of the tunnel and Kagome couldn't help but let out a sigh. When her gut started to feel weird- something that always happened when something unexpected was gonna take place- Kagome decided to go after them.
'Forget waiting until the last minute before something goes wrong.' She thought as she climbed out of the car. And once the car was locked, she quickly made her way to where Shido and Yayoi entered the tunnel.
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Meanwhile, with Shido, Yayoi, and the client, the vampire alerted the two women that the night breed/Taki Ryuichi was close by before Yayoi took out her gun and the three of them continued walking through the unused train tunnels.
As they walked further, they heard a noise in the shadows before directing the flashlight Shido had and aiming Yayoi's gun… at a rat.
The NOS woman gave a sigh of relief, telling the vermin not to spook her like that before something dripped in front of Shido, signaling the night breeds presence before it attacked Yayoi, ripping the front of her shirt.
"YAYOI-SAN!!" Kagome had made it just in time before Shido bit his finger and formed a whip and injured the night breed in its shoulder. Wanting to get it off Yayoi, Kagome made a kick to it in the head before it was thrown to an opening that had speeding train bullet past them, showing the creature's evil cat-slit purple eyes.
As the creature stared them down with its guard up, the client tried to run to her 'fiancé' but Kagome held her back as she pleaded for them to not hurt him while Guni flew over to Yayoi to make sure she's okay.
"No, miss, it's too late! He's not your fiancé anymore!" Kagome reasoned, trying to keep the client back and out of Shido's way.
"It's not true! Ryuichi isn't… he's not…" The woman tried to reason desperately while trying to get out of Kagome's hold. The miko turned to Shido who was ready to attack, silently telling him that she had everything under control before he started to attack to finish the night breed off.
Even at the client's cry for Shido to stop, the vampire didn't falter in his attack. After the first swipe of his blood sword, Shido was pushed back by the night breed before the vampire summoned his energy to push the Night Breed back into a solid concrete wall.
As Shido was about to deal the final blow, the client somehow got out of Kagome's grasp and pushed her back before getting Yayoi's gun and took aim at Shido before Yayoi saw what was going on and alerted the vampire.
But it was too late. The client pulled the trigger and shot Shido in the stomach before he turned to her.
Kagome cursed at the woman's stupidity as she watched Shido kneel in pain while holding a hand over his wound. As she and Yayoi were about to stand, the client aimed the gun to them before quickly making her way to her fallen 'fiancé'.
"Damn it… stupid, bitch! Get back over here!" The miko yelled to the woman, vaguely noting that she almost sounded like Inuyasha for a moment.
The client then helped the night breed up with its arm around her shoulder, trying to lead him to safety while leaving the gun behind and Yayoi telling her not to go.
Right when Kagome was about to go after them on Shido's order, metal support beams fell blocking her path. After the dust cleared, Kagome looked up the see a dark shadow looking down at her before turning its attention to Shido, who was looking back at it, muttering the name 'Cain'.
When it suddenly disappeared, Kagome made her way back to Shido's side as Yayoi walked up to them asking, taking the words right out of the miko's mouth, "Who in the world was that?"
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The next day, Shido, Kagome, and Yayoi went to the hospital, where Taki Ryuichi was kept after he was shot, to speak with the doctor who was in charge of his care. After telling him that his patient was up and about, the doctor spoke, "That's impossible! The patient was in a state of total vegetation! He would be unable to walk on his own, so how could he…?"
Kagome kept an ear open on the conversation as she looked at Ryuichi's x-rays, showing that he had permanent damage to his brain. After Yayoi asked if the doctor could explain the case in detail, the doctor replied, "The patient had been shot through the head. Simple as that…"
"And the shot caused permanent brain damage?" Kagome asked.
The doctor nodded, "He wouldn't be able to walk on his own or even react to anything around him; complete vegetation. And after the surgery he never woke up and we deducted that he was in a coma."
After a little more briefing on Ryuichi's medical state, the three of them left to the garage. One their way to Yayoi's car, Shido spoke, "I knew he was dead. His body might be alive, but his soul had already departed."
Walking to the passenger seat with him, Yayoi added in askance, "And then a Night Breed entered his body, I gather?"
"His so-called AWOL during some case was a bold-faced lie concocted by the police." Shido said as he allowed Kagome to enter the back seat before getting in himself.
"They had to have been trying to abduct him secretly for research since they believed he somehow survived a shot to the head and was able to keep his mobility." Kagome added after she had buckled up.
"Quite a nasty case of Inferiority complex against the NOS…" Yayoi said before a call came in, saying that Taki Ryuichi was located.
While they were making their way to the scene going through a tunnel, Shido pointed out that with Taki's consciousness gone, the fiancé was in danger.
Seeing something up ahead of them, Kagome alerted, "Guys, watch out!" When Yayoi saw a man standing in the middle of the road, she swerved the car before the man disappeared from their sights as they came to a stop.
When Shido saw that the girls were out cold, he stepped out of the car and confronted the man, Cain, his sire. What Shido didn't know was that Kagome was still awake and was watching the interaction between the two vampires.
"It's been a while, Shido." Cain spoke, an almost unreadable smile on his face.
As Shido said his name, full of anger and confusion, Kagome stepped out of the car as well and kept her distance from the unknown vampire.
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Meanwhile, after the night breed/Taki Ryuichi and his fiancé were cornered on the roof, the fiancé tried to make the police leave them alone before they ordered their snipers to shoot.
After the Taki fell from the ledge and onto a squad car, the night breed took control of its body and started to attack the policemen on ground level as the ones above held the woman away from the ledge.
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Cain glanced at her momentarily before turning his attention back to his former lover and fledgling, "Shido, stay away from his case."
"What are you talking about? What the hell are you up to?" Shido demanded, keeping his guard up so that Cain wouldn't try to attack Kagome. "Why the hell did you come back after all these years?!"
"You'll soon find out… when the Golden Dawn breaks."
'The Golden Dawn?' Kagome thought with a furrowed brow.
"It is your duty to bear witness to the event." With that said Cain had walked away but not before looking at Kagome one last time as Shido tried to stop him from walking away. When Yayoi was about to shoot, Shido had stopped her.
The NOS woman asked why she couldn't shoot him. And Shido only answered, "He was the one who had turned me into a vampire… and he's the only one with knowledge of my past."
Kagome looked to where Cain walked off after she had looked to Shido. '… I'll need to talk to Guni about this. I doubt I'll get any answers from Shido if I asked him.'
After the three of them walked out of the tunnel, Yayoi asked if Shido was going after the Night Breed.
The vampire nodded, "I can't let it have its way out there." Before he walked away he promised, "I'll be back. I promise…"
Once Shido was out of hearing range, Yayoi turned to Kagome, "I'll take you back to the office before I head to HQ. Is that all right?"
The miko looked to the NOS woman after watching Shido walk off, "Yeah, that's fine. I needed to talk to Guni about something anyway."
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Once Yayoi drove off, Kagome made her way to the office to see Guni. After walking in, Guni greeted her from her place on the desk, sitting of the brim of Shido's old top hat. Taking a seat in Shido's chair, Kagome asked the sprite, "Guni… I heard Shido say something about his sire holding knowledge to his memories. What does he mean?"
Guni looked surprised for a moment before answering, "Shido has no recollection of the time before he became a vampire; the time he was still a human. He doesn't remember what his parents looked like, where he was born, or even what his real name is."
"Amnesia…?"
"Most likely… he's always been dying to find out just who he really is…"
Kagome was in deep thought for a moment before thinking aloud, "Without your past… you have no idea who you truly are." Looking to the sprite, Kagome asked, "Why…?" She paused for a moment, not knowing how to word her question without sounding nosey or selfish.
Guni understood what she was trying to ask and replied, "it might be because he wanted his relationship with you to be free of all that."
Kagome then rested a hand on the gothic cross pendant she had around her neck, the same one that Shido had bought for her on her date.
After the conversation in getting answers, Kagome lay down on the couch, pondering over what that vampire, Cain meant by 'The Golden Dawn". But also… she wondered about the feel of the night breed's energy when they had confronted it in the unused Train tunnel…
'It didn't quite feel like a normal night breed… yet it was almost similar to a Youkai… Maybe it was a youkai that was able to possess a body…?' Sitting back up, Kagome went to her schoolbag and took out an old book she kept with her.
It was something that she made to keep record of the youkai she had confronted or was told about. After reading the details on a certain lesser Youkai, Kagome's eyes widened slightly in realization and understanding before she heard the door open and Shido and Yayoi walked in…
Hehehe, What exactly did Kagome find? And what is the Golden Dawn? All these questions will be answered in the next chapter(s) of this fic.
This chapter is dedicated to DeathNoteMaker. I hope everyone has enjoyed this and give me some nice reviews. Suggestions and ideas are welcome but Flamers with their flames can hit the road.
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With that aside, I hope everyone has a good Spring Break.