SAVING ME
CHAPTER 16 – CHANCE MEETING
A scream caught his attention and his heart raced, hoping it was Rin; Sesshomaru followed the sound and found two thugs trying desperately to strip a woman behind a large garbage bin. Angry, Sesshomaru's foot connected with the face of the man trying to strip the girl while his fist connected in the jaw of the boy holding the girl. They couldn't be older than seventeen and it motivated him to use all his strength to deter them from ever trying to do such a thing to a woman ever again. He watched them run off, he cursed, feeling a steady flow of liquid run down his chest. He had pulled his stitches but ignoring the pain, he turned to the woman and froze. It was a young girl no more than fourteen and her face was covered in tears and bruises.
He extended a hand to help her to her feet and she hesitantly took it. He pulled off his Jacket and handed it to the girl. "T-thank y-you…" she sobbed and wiped away her cheeks, attempting to be brave.
"You're bleeding! Were you hurt?" she gasped and he shrugged it off.
"This is an old injury…where do you live?" he asked and the girl answered that she lived in a rundown building where homeless people often slept in groups. He followed the girl, intent on keeping her safe. It turned out her father was a freelance Construction worker who had fallen into debt when his wife had been diagnosed with Leukemia. They'd spent every dime they had to save the woman but she had died regardless and they'd had to leave their home to the bank to pay off debts. Her father was afraid he would lose her to the state and so they moved around a lot.
When they got to the building and her father saw the state of his daughter he immediately launched at Sesshomaru, until the girl explained to him what had happened.
"Thank You!" the man nearly sobbed as he hugged his daughter. He reached in his wallet and produced a card.
"Call this number, tell him Sesshomaru referred you. You can't keep your daughter in a place like this…another time…she may not be so lucky." He stated and the man nodded reluctantly.
"My name is Myoga Kazumi and this is my daughter, Kagome." Said the man and Sesshomaru nodded to the girl, looking around the space at the bodies which had all taken position on the floor.
"Have you seen anyone new? A girl…which pale skin and long brown hair…?" he asked feeling a renewed sense of hope. The girl, Kagome's face alighted.
"Do you mean Rin?" she asked and Sesshomaru's eyes widened, unconsciously clutching the shoulder of the girl.
"Where is she?" he demanded.
"S-she came here this afternoon, she was very ill too…and last I saw her…she was with old Kaede…" said the girl who pointed in the direction of a small zinc shack at the one corner in the large building. He hadn't even realized he had been running until he came to an abrupt halt at the front shack, its entrance covered by a dirty old sheet.
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