InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Fragile ❯ Taken ( Chapter 1 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

A/N So this is the first chapter of a new story that I plan to complete, unlike my many other failures. So please do review, tell me what you like, what you hate, so that I can please. Review your heart out!

Present
Past

Taken

There is food. There is wine. There is love. Come and let us all eat and drink and be merry. For tomorrow we shall die

September 15, 2006

The 28 year old woman stared intently at the IV needle attached to her arm vein. Her fiery orange eyes never showed anything. They only blinked. She sighed, wondering what she had done wrong in order to deserve this type of life.

She sat back on the hospital bed, and allowed a tear to escape her eyes. Just 4 months ago, her life was perfect. Her two adopted kids loved her, her husband was faithful, and her biological son finally entered kindergarten.

She closed her eyes as her twisted mind let her relive the torture again and again, reminding her of everything that she had lost.

May 8th, 2006

Kagome laughed as her adopted daughter, Akiko, told her about something that had occurred at school. She got a stitch on her side, and placed a hand on her smooth, firm stomach that seemed to be giving her a lot of trouble lately.

“Mom!” Akiko wailed. “It's not funny!'

“I'm sorry, sweetie. It's just so hilarious.” Kagome chuckled. Akiko huffed before crossing her arms. This caused Kagome to laugh all over again.

“Mom! It was so embarrassing, walking around all day long with Cole Slaw down your shirt! I bet you never had to experience that when you were in high school.” Akiko was a freshman at Shikon High School. She had gotten the Queen Bee of the school mad, so the girl had stuffed the lunch Cole Slaw down her shirt. In return, Akika had punched the girl in the eye. She was on In-School Suspension.

“Actually, she had it worse.” Kagome and Akiko turned to see Inuyasha walk into the kitchen. “She had to deal with me as her bully.”

“No way!” Akiko exclaimed. She knew her adopted parents had known each other since Kagome moved to Tokyo at age 5. She had no idea that they hated each other.

“Yeah, it was hell everyday. Your jackass of a father would never leave me alone. The worst part was that he was my next door neighbor.” Kagome said. Inuyasha threw his head back and roared with laughter, along with Akiko. Kagome huffed and pouted.

Kyo came into the room and saw his daddy and his sister laughing, while his mommy was pouting. He rubbed his eye sleepily. “Mommy, is Daddy making fun of you?”

Kagome squatted down and picked up her biological 3 year old son. “Yes, honey. Tell him to stop.”

Kyo turned to his father. “Daddy, stop being mean to Mommy!”

Shippo chose that moment to come into the room. He sat down next to his biological sister and turned to his adopted parents. He sat his backpack down and sighed, wishing he could be in kindergarten instead of being a junior in high school. “What's going on?”

“Daddy was making fun of Mommy. Akiko was laughing.” Kyo pouted. Kagome laughed and set her son down.

“It's okay sweetie. I forgive your daddy. Now, go and change out of your pajamas.” Kagome sighed as her 3 year old waddled away. She turned to her teenage fox demon kids.

“The courts called yesterday.” She said bluntly. Shippo froze in mid-bite of his pancake. He straightened up.

“What did they say?” he asked.

“It looks like the adoption is final. Your mother died of a cocaine overdose about two days ago.” Kagome said.

“How do you know that? They only told me that she had died. I thought that Sandra got ran over by Santa Clause.” Inuyasha asked. Akiko and Shippo held their laughter at the thought of their mother being run over by flying reindeer and a fat man in red.

“I was the one assigned to the crime scene of her death.” Kagome worked as a crime scene investigator. Inuyasha worked almost side by side with her as a prosecutor. He always made sure that he was the prosecutor for the cases she worked.

“Wow. Was she the only one dead?” Akiko asked. Both her and her brother felt no remorse of their mother's death. She had almost sold Akiko's body for cocaine money.

“No. Her pimp also died, but he was shot. We think that your mother killed him because he wouldn't hand over any cocaine that he had. We also found out that he was taking more than 50 of the income that your mother earns selling herself. The thing that doesn't fit is that she died first. We found no other fingerprints, but we did find some footprints.” Kagome said as she began washing dishes.

“Damn. I'm guessing I am going to have to cook all weak long?” Inuyasha asked. Shippo, Akiko, and Kagome snorted.

“You can't cook for chicken shit.” Kagome replied as she dried her hands. Her stomach churned at the thought of her husband's food. Inuyasha frowned.

“My cooking isn't that bad is it?” Akiko and Shippo laughed.

“Dad, not even dead dogs would eat that crap you make. It was no color and a horrible taste.” Shippo said as he ate his pancakes.

“Even the cafeteria food at school is much better than your cooking.” Shippo and Kagome laughed as Akiko's words made Inuyasha scowl.

“Fine! But when you are dying of starvation, don't come crawling to me!” Inuyasha declared. Akiko, Shippo, and Kagome burst into laughter. Inuyasha pouted. Kagome felt sorry so she kissed him.

“Cheer up chum. We have work to do.” Kagome said chirpily. Shippo and Akiko stared at her.

“Seems some one had a great time last night.” Shippo commented before eating his pancakes. Kagome and Inuyasha scowled before throwing him a balled up napkin.

“Boy, hurry up and eat your food. Your bus is going to leave you.” Inuyasha said. Akiko and Shippo looked at him confused.

“But I drive both of us and Kyo to school.” Shippo said. He had turned 16 months ago and had gotten his car after he passed his driver's exam.

“Oh, right. Never mind.” Inuyasha's watch beeped loudly. He curse, turned it off, swallowed half a cup of hot coffee, cursed again, kissed his wife and children, and cursed when he realized his briefcase and keys were upstairs.

Kagome laughed at her husband's antics. Every time he had to go to court, he kept cursing bad enough to make a sailor blush. Seconds later he came back downstairs and gave his wife a chaste kiss.

“Ja ne!” Kagome called out to him. He waved and drove away in his car. Kagome sighed and looked at her two children whom were getting ready to leave. “Kyo! You sister and brother are leaving. Come on sweetie.”

Akiko sighed and went looking after her younger brother. Moments later, both demons came into the kitchen. Kyo's hair was neatly combed. His face and teethe were clean and he had on his school uniform.

Kagome knelt down to fix the little adorable tie he was wearing. She smiled and kissed his cheek. “There you go sweetie. Have a great day of school.”

Akiko and Kyo went to the garage to start up the car. Kagome stood up and faced Shippo.

“Okay, mom, we'll be home around 5. Akiko has practice.” Shippo was almost out the door, when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned.

“Please be careful. I keep having these weird feelings something is going to happen.” Shippo nodded, knowing to trust his mother's instincts. He gave her a kiss on the cheek before leaving.

Kagome's cell phone rang. She check caller ID. “Hey Myouga-jiji, what's up?”

“We might have a break in your case. Hurry down to the lab.” Myouga said. Kagome hanged up and finished cleaning. In a record time of 15 minutes, she managed to clean the kitchen, get all of her work in her car, and drive 7 miles without breaking the speed limit.

People greeted her as she walked all the way to the break room, knowing her team would be there. She opened the glass sound-proof doors and there they were, being a couple of lazy sloths.

“My, aren't me lively.” Kagome said. Every turned to the entrance and went back to what they were doing, not sparing a hello or second glance. Kagome raised her eyebrow. “I feel loved.”

“Myouga-jiji is in Interrogation Room #3.” Sango said in a monotone as she sat as comfortable as she could with her growing stomach. Kagome walked to the drawers and searched for some Hidden Valley granola bars.

“Again, I feel loved.” Kagome cheered in triumph as she found the last Honey & Oats bar. She was about to take a bite when Sango's words registered in her head. “Wait, why is he in the interrogation room?”

Every one shrugged. Miroku looked up from the magazine he was reading, leaned against a wall. “I saw him dragging some woman who was screaming her head off.”

Kagome looked at him. “Why would Myouga-jiji be dragging someone to the interrogation room?”

“Maybe you should go there and find out?” Kouga said, words dripping in sarcasm. Kagome threw the first thing she could lay her hands on at him. It was Sango's apple.

“Hey!” Sango shouted. Kouga managed to catch the apple, thanks to him wolf demon reflexes, and had begun to munch on it. “That's my apple! Get your own.”

Kouga looked down at the apple. He had been able to eat it all in under one minute. He offered the core to Sango. “Still want it?”

Sango huffed as she carefully stood. She shooed away Miroku's frantic help, placing one hand on her aching back and another on her 7 month old pregnant stomach. “I'll get another one. And this time, stay away from it.”

Kagome sighed as the antics of her team. She loved them, she really did. It's just that they really had a way of making her angry, annoyed, and happy at the same time. It was so frustrating.

She grabbed a yellow folder which contained all of the information and a couple of snapshots of her case. She retied her ponytail and quickly finished off her granola bar.

“Alright then. I'll be back shortly. And get back to work before I fire your asses!” Sango, Miroku, and Kouga laughed. They knew that Kagome would never dream of firing them.

`I love those assholes too much.' Kagome thought. She turned left and opened the door. No one was in the very small room, in which people use to hear the conversation in the other room. Kagome opened the door and saw that Myouga was sitting with what looked like a cheap whore.

“Who's this?” Kagome asked as she took a seat besides Myouga. She laid the folder on the table.

“This is Deborah Jennings, or as some of her customers calls her, Devine.” Kagome raised an eyebrow.

“Look, can we hurry up already?” `Devine' snapped. “I have to go to work. The rent doesn't pay itself you know.”

“Right. So, what does Ms. Deborah have to do with out case?” Kagome asked Myouga.

“Apparently, Devine and the cocaine dealer were very good friends. Devine also had some apparent `beef' with Sandra.” Kagome took out two autopsy photos of the cocaine dealer/pimp and Sandra.

“His name is-was Jim.” Devine shouted. Kagome blinked and Myouga shrugged.

“There is no difference for us. Well, Devine and Jim had a little party before Jim met up with Sandra. Devine left half an hour before Sandra came. So, she was one of the last people to see him alive.”

“Wait, Jim, my Jimmy, was meeting up and fucking that whore?” Devine stood up, causing the metal chair to fall. She began to rant. “How dare he?! She must have seduced him!”

Myouga waved off the officer who was more than ready to unleash 500 bolts on the hooker. “Alright, sit down before I have Officer Andrew electrocute you.”

“I still can't believe that bitch.” Devine fumed. “She knew my turfs, the streets and places I worked and places I didn't. Yet she still chose to fuck around with me. That little shit.”

“What kind of problems did you and Sandra have?” Kagome asked.

“That skank Sandy always took my customers.” Devine said, referring to Sandra as her street name. “She knew which ones had the fat wallets and swiped them right out of my nose.”

“Did you ever try and harm her, Ms. Deborah?”

Devine shook her head. “Nope. I did steal her customers and sucked her up dry. I tried to find out who her pimp was in order to make him mine, but I didn't get far.”

“Ms. Deborah, her pimp was Mr. Jim.” Kagome said.

“What!” Deborah stood once more. Myouga waved off Officer Andrew. He just stood in the corner with his arms crossed. Kagome sighed and listened to the hooker's anger accusations and declarations. She glanced at the floor, and that's when she saw Deborah `Devine' Jennings's shoes.

“Ms. Deborah, what size shoe do you wear?” Kagome asked. Officer Andrew, Myouga, and Devine looked at her.

“Size 8