"Who could do this? What could do this?" The brown haired man glared frustratingly at the scattered pictures of case file on his desk. Rubbing the bridge of his nose he glared at the glowing computer screen before him.
It had been 5 years since they followed the lead that led to the death of the best agent the DHA had ever seen. It was as if the youkai they had suspected had disappeared. More and more murders had occurred as of late… seemingly indiscriminate but he was slowly beginning to find a trend.
He didn't know what it was, but something kept telling him that whatever was behind these murders was involved in the miasma incident all those years ago. There seemed to be a method to the madness. These killings weren't random acts of violence. They were gruesome, well thought out and intentional.
As it seemed, both youkai and human alike were unsafe.
Standing from his desk and walking over to the cork board that mapped out the recent murders and potential suspects he let out a sigh. "Give me a sign Akiyama."
5 years ago they shut down the warehouse responsible for poisoning the local humans. After Kikyou's death there was a sharp decline in strange happenings, two years passed with nothing more than a minor squabble here or there for territory rights… then all of a sudden murders began happening. At first it seemed to occur at random, but when he delved deeper into the cases he realized that the humans who were killed died in such a grotesque way that there was no denying that a youkai was the culprit.
There were several youkai who had been murdered as well, however the injuries seemed to be caused by human weapons. That's when sudden realization washed over him! Each of the people killed had close ties with leaders who supported the Human Youkai Alliance he knew it wasn't a coincidence any longer. Whoever was behind these recent string of murders wanted to rise tensions and promote hostility between the species.
He needed to find out who was opposed to the already rocky treaty held between man and youkai. His first step was to look into the corporation who owned the warehouse where the miasma had poisoned all those people.
For Kikyou's murderer to have been able to disappear the way he had, he must have access to copious amounts of money and he definitely wasn't working alone. Something told him that this whole situation was a lot bigger than anyone could ever assume.
"I have to contact the Western Lord. If we don't figure out how to stop whoever is killing these people, the Human Youkai Alliance may not last much longer."
Grabbing his sports coat from the back of his chair the blue light from his Nokia cell phone lit up the room as the greying brunet began dialing the number to reach his hanyou friend.
"Inuyasha, I need to talk with your dad. I think I may have a lead… and if my hunch is correct, this thing is bigger than what either you or I could imagine.
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Dun dun dun! A little teaser… I wasn't going to post it… but I figured why not.