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CHAPTER III: No Isn't An Option, Dear.
[[[[[2017]]]]]
"Now, who has heard of Onigumo, Naraku?" Sango asked the students who were carefully passing the pictures around.
A girl with short brown hair raised her hand, "Wasn't he of the most powerful business leaders in the country?"
"Yes, that's correct. Does anyone know how he may be connected with 'K'?"
A boy with died bleach-blonde hair shot his hand up, "didn't he order her to kill Takashi, InuYasha?"
Sango looked at him surprised, "yes, I can see you've done your research."
"Yeah, I've been interested in 'K' for a long time now. Ever since I heard about her on the news, I tried to follow everything about her."
"I see. That's very good, then why don't you tell us what happened on the 14th of December, 2011?"
"Well… to be honest I don't know all the details."
"I will help you if you make mistakes, come on up, it's alright."
"Okay…" he got out of his seat and joined Sango in front of the class.
[[[[[2011]]]]]
[[Dec 14, 2011]]
1. Kurana, Satsuhi – January 4th 1997 – Kurana Inn *
2. Dyoko, Raito – January 4th 1997 – Rai Candy Shop *
3. Han, You – March 18th 1998 – Hensu Corporation
4. Fu, Shin – February 6th 1999 – Fu Shin Bakery
5. Bell, Carl – June 30th 2000 – Katzu Hospital *
6. Oniri, Jayu – April 3rd 2001 – Kaido Corporation
7. Danuril, Hine – May 5th 2002 – Jin Corporation
8. Jin, Kai – August 11st 2003 – Jin Corporation *
9. Meyo, Beijirin – September 28th 2004 – Meyo Clothing Industries
10. Sasaki, Michio – December 24th 2005 – Kaido Corporation
11. Abe, Takechi – October 14th 2006 – Kajino Trucking Company *
12. Oono, Sho – June 2nd 2007 – JE Television Station
13. Hyun, Tachi – July 9th 2008 – Hyun Corporation *
14. Kichida, Kiren – July 9th 2008 – Hyun Corporation
Kagome stared at the list of names in front of her. By this time, the entire Japanese continent, and maybe even the world, knew of 'K' the killer. She had one hunt left and then she would retire from her life of crime and start a normal life, if that was even possible. She looked at the digital calendar on her desk, December 14th 2011. Only 20 more days until Michio Sasaki would meet his own fate. Kagome had moved to a nice enough hotel and had plenty of money to last her quite a while, but she still felt a sense of loneliness. Now that the images of the men who had hurt her are fading, she is constantly reminded of her mother, which made Kagome's heart ache for something she hasn't felt in months. She didn't know what it was, maybe motherly love? Well, whatever it was, she didn't like the feeling one bit. Kagome drank the can of Dr. Pepper and leaned back on the leather computer chair, she never got into alcohol and drugs, yeah her life sucked, but she never stopped so low as to do those things. If she was gonna die, it was either in prison, a bullet, or of old age. Plus she also had to keep her figure since she had to run a lot, climb over things and all that nonsense of how to kill a man and escape a murder scene without a trace of DNA and whatnots.
Kagome stared out the window from the 23rd floor of the hotel and watched the marry people going about their business, preparing for Christmas and spending money carelessly. She never did have any friends; the only thing that really kept her alive besides her body, was the thought of living a "normal" life after all of this was done. Those two things were what got her through most of the days from waiting, with her body, she could seduce any man (who was straight anyway) and get whatever she needed from them. Yeah it was wrong to sell her body and most people would label her a 'whore' but she was called that anyway, even when she wasn't; might as well use the term properly right? And Also, no one ever turned her on. It was as simple as that. No man could turn her on, and every time she looked at a man, disgust would engulf her entire body. She only acted like she was in pleasure to make it seem like she enjoyed it. When she got paid of sex, most of the men just do what they want with her, but she never let them fully control her. If they tried to hit her she knocked them out before they could raise a hand. She let them fondle her breasts and do whatever position they wanted and this was her definition of 'letting them have their way with her.' She was never the instigator; she was just the doll they played with. Many women would hate her for doing what she does, but they didn't know what it was like growing up being beaten and raped numerous of times. They didn't know what it was like being cursed by a body men couldn't, at least once, stop and stare at.
Kagome scoffed at the thought of people hating her, "If only humans weren't so quick to judge." She said to the empty room. Maybe she had fallen into the pits of despair, maybe she was doing exactly what was the 'cliché' thing to do, but honestly, who gave a fuck? If you had to survive out in the real world, you would at one point have had to do what she did. So why didn't she get a job? Well she's tried, but all that's given her is more harassment, the bosses were all perverts and the customers weren't exactly what you called charming either. "Might as well put my body to good use right God?" Kagome said spitefully. She closed her eyes and drank her Dr. Pepper swallowing a small pill in the process. She couldn't risk getting pregnant, and she made sure her customers were clean, after all there were more where that came from. Even if Kagome was a prostitute, she sure as hell was a high end top-notch one. She got paid around 197,425 yen or 2,500 dollars a night. Of course she only did this when she really needed to so she wasn't all that rich either.
Kagome stared at the phone next to the bed and wondered who the hell had her number. No on in the entire world except the receptionist at the lobby knew her number, she stared at it idly then when the phone wouldn't stop ringing she got annoyed and picked it up, "Hello?"
"Hello Higurashi Kagome." Said a deep voice.
Kagome's eyebrows knitted together, "who is this?"
"That's not important right now, I have a request for you."
"I'm sorry I don't take orders from men." Which she didn't, I mean even if she was a prostitute at times she was allowed to say no to any of them, she was her own boss. Kagome put the phone back down on the receiver and tapped her finger on the table. How did that man know her name? She goes by the name Mi, Midoriko, corny but it was the first name that came to her. The phone rang again and Kagome grabbed it, "what?" she sneered.
"Before you hang up again, I would advise you to look out your peephole. Kagome rolled her eyes but walked to her door anyway and looked through the peephole, she saw 5 tall buff men dressed in semi-casual wear standing outside her door.
"You see Kagome, I'm not really giving you the option of saying no." the man spoke.
Kagome sighed, "Where will we meet?"
"Very good. I'm glad we have an agreement. You will walk outside and follow those men and they will lead you to a black BMW and from there you will be taken to me. And don't try to escape, those men have very big guns." He said as if he was talking to a little kid.
"I wouldn't dream of it." Kagome grabbed her journal, gun and knife and put them in her green Nike bag. She before she opened the door, she unbuttoned her red flannel shirt enough to tease but still leave imagination for the eyes and tied the end so that her belly showed and fixed her jean short shorts and slipped on her flip flops. Kagome heard one of the guy's clear his throat when she opened the door and she smiled inwardly. She followed the one in army pants and plain white tee as the other four followed behind her. She made sure to add a little extra sway to her walk and continued to follow the man in front of her, she was strong, but these men were a little too buff and a little too trained-looking for Kagome to think she could win a battle with them. Kagome got into the back seat remembering every turn and street the car made.
"You've arrived." The man with black waxy hair and what seemed to be red eyes said. Kagome didn't know if they were contacts or a birth defect gone wrong. "I'm so glad you could come on such short notice,"
"Well it's not like I had any other choice," Kagome retorted in the same sugar coated tone.
"Quite an attitude." He stated, "Shall we get down to business?" he asked offering her a seat.
"We shall."
"I know your identity, obviously, and I know what your capable of doing." Kagome nodded so he would continue, "You have killed Hyun, Tachi of Hyun Corporation, Oniri, Jayu of Kaido Corporation, Jin, Kai of Jin Corporation and Danuril, Hine of Jin Corporation."
"Well I'm glad you know your history, what's your point?" Kagome asked nonchalantly.
He ignored her bitter tone and continued, "All of these men were men trying destroy my corporation and because of their deaths you have stopped that from happening."
"Let me guess, this is the part of the story where you hire me to kill a guy that's also trying to destroy your corporation. Listen, I'm in too many cliché situations already, I don't need to be in another one. Why don't you use your tub of meats just outside the door? I'm sure they won't disappoint you." Kagome said looking at her nails uninterestedly.
"Well aren't you a clever girl."
Kagome smiled cheekily, "I've had practice." Then replaced her smile with a scowl.
"Impressive." The man said getting a little irritated with the girl, "I can't use them because I don't want to just kill him."
Kagome raised an eyebrow, "No?"
"No. I want you to make him fall in love with you, then crush his heart and kill him."
"Your asking me to make a man fall in love with me?"
"You've done it before yes? That's how you got your weapons no?"
Kagome pursed her lips, "That was nothing but a little act he conjured up to impress his parents."
"Well you're absolutely an amazing actress for them to believe such a lie, so what do you say?"
Kagome put her feet up on the table and leaned back against the chair, "how much am I getting paid for this?"
"How does 40 million yen sound to you?" he asked, "that's a little over half a million dollars."
Kagome thought for a moment, she would be set for life with that money. She smirked, "Make it 60 and you've got yourself a deal."
"45?"
Kagome shook her head, "Nope, 60"
"50, that's as high as I'll go, I'm sure someone else could do the job if you refuse."
"Then I'm sure they'll do a very good job."
"Alright, 60." Kagome pretended to think and got up, "you've got yourself a deal. I don't know why you chose me out of any other candidates, but if my price doesn't punch a whole in your pocket then, I'll be delighted to help you out Mr. Onigumo."
He looked at he shocked, "How do you know my name?" Kagome walked over to his desk and turned the plaque around, the case behind you is very reflective didn't you know?" he cleared his throat and turned the plaque towards him once more, "care to give me your full name? If not, I'll find out myself."
"Naraku. I am Onigumo, Naraku." Kagome nodded and looked down at the check he was writing; "this will be transferred to your bank account by tomorrow."
"Bank account?"
Naraku grabbed a black briefcase under his desk and looked carefully at Kagome, "This is your identity, I decided to keep your name as Kagome Higurashi, think of it as a gift. Everything you need to know will be in here, how you should dress, where you work, your likes and dislikes etc., then information about him and what he's like. Open this when you get to your apartment complex. And you'll need these." Naraku threw her a set of keys, "One's for the car and one's for the penthouse."
"Can you really afford all this?"
"I'm the third highest power in the business world, I can afford all this and 10 times more." He bragged.
Kagome rolled her eyes, "and the guy I'm going to kill?"
"Let's just say I plan to be number 1 after this," Naraku smiled coldly. "Oh and if you fail or try to disobey me, I will have both your heads on a silver platter." Kagome restrained a shudder and walked out of the office. She walked outside and pressed the unlock button and her eyes widened when she saw a red 2012 Camaro Z28. She walked over to the little treasure and opened the door and admired the sleek black leather interior. She stared at the iPhone sitting on the passenger seat, "Please head east to Hinamori St." Kagome put it down then popped the trunk and put the suitcase inside. She made a U-Turn and began following the directions the navigation system was telling her.
Kagome's jaw dropped. A 280-degree (glass) panoramic view of Tokyo, the living room, was of course decorated with the theme colors between white, cream and beige and some gold. She figured the entire place was set up like that. Kagome found the kitchen where most of everything was stainless steel and an onyx stand and glass for the table.
She found the black and white semi-spiral staircase where a grand piano sat and more of the view of Tokyo. She went up the stairs to find the bedroom and a lounging room/she guessed game room. Another case of small stairs hit behind a door size crevasse, which of course led to the pool/spa and gym. "Seriously?" Kagome thought, she went back down to the living a decided to open the black briefcase. Inside was a beige Gucci wallet that held her ID; were she noticed that her birthday was a day and a year off January 1, 1993 instead of January 2, 1992. It also held a bunch of credit cards and a note, Use this to buy clothes and such, you will find a list of what designers to buy from. Kagome knew it wasn't Naraku's handwriting for it was too neat, probably written by the secretary, she thought. Kagome set the wallet down on the couch and separated what she needed to know about herself and what she needed to know about her target.
Name: Takashi, InuYasha
Age: 22 Gender: Male
Race: Japanese Type: Half-Demon
Birth Date: October 17, 1989
Occupation: President of Takashi Corporation
Siblings: Takashi, Sesshoumaru, and President of Taisho Records Corporation
Interests: Basketball, Soccer, Tennis, Anything sports related, Cars, Business, School, Kids
Hobbies: Collecting sand from different beaches all over the world, Chess, Reading, Playing instruments e.i. guitar, piano, vocal, violin, bass, flute and drum, marksmanship, anything fun.
"What the hell? Did they copy and paste this off of Facebook?" Kagome asked the walls, "This guys sounds like a good two-shoes. But I'm sure he's just as piggish as every man out there. And what's up with the half demon shit?" Kagome stated but kept reading.
Biography: Born on October 17, 1989 Takashi, InuYasha was brought into the world of business very quickly. His older brother Takashi, Sesshoumaru at age 10 had already deemed heir of Taisho Records Corporation. InuYasha took rigorous classes whether it was for business or learning how to play an instrument. The Takashi family has always been a musical and business family. InuYasha's mother being the world famous singer Izayoi and his father InuTaisho a legend in the business world.
Kagome lazily skimmed through the biography and then stopped when she found his picture. Honey amber/golden eyes and shiny straight silver locks and the most adorable ear she had ever seen. Kagome never realized that she had been fixated until she blinked and heard the knocking on the door. Kagome walked over and opened the door to a bellboy. Kagome leaned on the frame of the door and looked at the boy who gulped loudly, Kagome restrained herself from rolling her eyes, 'typical.' She thought. She smiled, "May I help you?"
"Ye-Yes…" his voice cracked then he cleared his throat, "T-This came for you." Kagome nodded and grabbed the bag out of his hand making sure to accidentally touch the boy's hand so she could amuse herself. He bowed and quickly walked away awkwardly, Kagome knew full well something between his legs were fully awake. She sighed and looked at the bag that said Sakura's, "Geez, what's with the designer clothes?" she asked no one. She read the note as she sat on the couch getting comfortable: Use this to shop for clothes, I don't think your outfit is suitable for shopping in these kinds of stores. Kagome was confused then looked down at herself and noticed what she was wearing, she laughed and threw the card aside. Inside the bag was a very nice pair of faded blue skinny jeans that had an 'S' on the left butt cheek, a white long-sleeved shirt, a cream fur vest, and matching leather cream boots that stopped just bellow the knee.
"At least they didn't make me wear a suit or something." Kagome heard the door knock once more and sighed, 'I swear, if this is the bellhop again I'm going to shoot someone.'
"Yes?" Kagome's eyes widened when a tall woman about 4 inches taller than her, black hair tied in a loose bun and 2 feathers sticking out of her hair in her hair, wearing a very nice dark gray woman's suit that had white pinstrips, her cleavage just showing the right amount, very much unlike what Kagome was wearing at the moment. "I'm sorry I'm late, I got detained."
"Not to be rude, but who are you?"
"Figures my stupid brother didn't mention me coming over. My name is Kaze, Kagura. Mr. Onigumo sent me here to train you on how too act like a business woman, and what you need to know so you don't get lost at Takashi Corp even if your just the front desk."
"Taskashi Corp? Front desk? Naraku's your brother? What?" Kagome ranted intelligently.
"He's only my brother by marriage, I'd hate to have the same blood as that guy, have you not read your bio?" Kagome shook her head still confused, "I see well time is ticking we'll get started. First of all let us look at your bio first." They walked over to the couch, as Kagura looked through the papers and red her bio aloud:
"Name: Higurashi, Kagome
Age: 19 Gender: Female
Race: Japanese
Birth Date: January 1, 1992
Occupation: Front Desk at Takashi Corporation
Siblings: None
Interests: Kids, Volleyball, Helping people, Learning, Music
Hobbies: Singing—"
"Hold up, singing?" she asked shocked.
"Yes, we know you can sing Higurashi-san"
"What?"
"Long story, but you will need it to bond with him, anyways continuing. Hobbies: Singing, Reading, Swimming—remember this is just clues on how you can get him closer to you so feel free to add anything—and shopping—I'm not all too sure about that one—Biography: You grew up raised by your mother, Nodoka Higurashi, when your father, Kris Higurashi died of cancer—"
"Ha! That bastard doesn't deserve that kind of death, but thanks for changing his name."
Kagura ignored her and continued reading. After she was done Kagome had to laugh at the irony of her "biography"
"Okay if you say so." She said amused.
"Time for your lesson, you will start work in a week and within that week I will teach you everything there is to know about the business world."
"What do you have a book of 'Business World For Dummies?'" she asked jokingly, she stopped laughing when Kagura pulled out an orange book that said 'Business Word for the Incompetent. "Nice." She retorted. Kagura smirked and began reading.
"Kagome, Kagome are you paying attention?" Kagome nodded in a dazed motion, "who is the 1st entrepreneur in the top 10 entrepreneurs?"
"King Croesus, who ruled the Asia Minor kingdom of Lydia in the sixth century B.C. who is owed a huge debt of gratitude for minting the world's first coinage, thereby creating in a single stroke the lifeblood of every business: liquidity and cash flow. Moreover, his opulent lifestyle has given entrepreneurs throughout history something to shoot for."
Kagura looked at her shocked, "You seriously remembered all that?"
Kagome looked up at Kagura, "I had a father who would beat me if I got a 99 on a test. You could say my brain subconsciously learns things by itself so that I could protect myself, I guess it's a survival instinct. And after getting beat so many times the habit just stuck to me I guess."
Kagura stayed silent for a moment, "I'm sorry I didn't mean to bring up such an awful memory."
"Don't trip, I gave him the punishment he deserved already." Kagome's eyes turned cold and Kagura could almost feel the hatred and the hurt in the air. Kagura cleared her throat and continued reading. At about 1:49 in the morning Kagome and Kagura plopped down on the couch.
"I am so tired." Kagome said not even having the strength to whine.
"Ditto."
"Its pretty late, if you want to stay and sleep feel free to, I believe there's a guest room up there."
"Thank you, and as much as I would love to just knock out right now, I have to get back home and make sure my little sister is okay."
Kagome nodded, "drive safely."
Kagura bowed her head and left yawning at lest 5 times before she got to the elevator. Kagome went up to bed and cursed when she realized she had no pajamas. "I should've packed all my stuff," she thought regrettably. She shrugged and decided to just sleep in her undergarments, she definitely had to do a lot of shopping tomorrow. Kagome took out her journal and set it on the vanity and noticed a black dot at the corner of the wall.
"You've gotta be kidding me." She grabbed a chair from the kitchen and reached for the small object, "a camera really?" she flipped the camera off and stomped on it as she got down back down on the floor. She searched the house for more and sighed, 'this is gonna be a long night.' She thought as she reached searched every nook and cranny of the penthouse.
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