InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Night Stalker ❯ chapter 9 ( Chapter 9 )

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Chapter 9
At the monk's earlier that morning. Kagome had lolled in the shower,leaning against the tiles with her eyes shut, forceful spray stinging her sunburn, until the water cooled. She had avoided looking at herself until after her shower. The steamy mirror, a nevulous veil, masked the dark circles and the puffiness around her eyes.
An hour later she and Sango were trying to put some order back into her bedroom, Sango taking a box of broken cosmetic jars and perfume bottles out to the trash, she had left the bedroom slider open to air out the room.
With WIndex and paper towels, Kagome approached the closet mirror. Trepidation slowered her pace. The words the monster are waiting seemed to breathe on their own. 'Its an optical illusion', she told herself, light playing on the mirror. But knowing that, she still could not control that erratic voltage that skittered to each nerve ending.
She squirted windex over the words, then bent over, picked up the roll of paper towels, unrolled severel sheets and ripped them off. Wadding the towels into a ball, she brought her hand up to wipe the mirror. She froze.
The glass cleaner had loosened the dried substance the words had been written in. Red tracks, splaying out, ran down the mirror and joined in places. No longer did it spell words. The words, somehow, someway, had become living things. Monsters. Hideous red monsters with deedle-sharp teeth and claws. Monsters eat little children...eat little children...eat...'"
"Its blood."
Kagome gasped and spun around.
"Im sorry,did i scare you ?" Takahashi stood at the open slider.
She turned back to the mirror. It held these pinkish streaks. Nothing frightening. Nothing ominous. Her body went limp .With the back of her hand, she brushed the hair from her eyes.
"The way you were staring at the mirror, i thought you might be wondering what it had been written in. It was blood. Animal blood.""Thank you, detective Takahashi. I shall sleep better knowing that," kagome said finally.
"May i come in?"
"Come in." She presed the towels to the mirror and scrubbed.
"Iv'e jstt come from interviewing your neighbor, Kaede Klump. She makes brownings from scratch.""If you ate one, you may need a stomach pump." She glanced over at him "Did she see anything.""Unforunately, no." Takahashi walked around the room. He stopped before some sort of crude design spray-painted on the wall above the bed. With his hands clasped behind hs back, he studed it. "Do you know anything about devil worship?"
"I sat halfway through the exorcist. Thats about the extent of it.""Then you wouldnt know if this was a satanic symbol?""No," she said guardedly. "Would you?""Ive been involved in a few occult casses. Here its mostly the result of mixed up kids trying to make a statement. They have initiation rituals and sometimes they carve or tattoo satanic symbols into their flesh." With his hands in his pockets, he swung around to face her. "And then there's the real thing.""Would they do something like this?""Yes. They feed on fear. Evoke the power from the shock and terror of their victim.""Do you think this case involves satanism?"
Takahashi turned back to the painted wall. He paused for an undetermined amount of time before saying, "No. Two reasons. There arnt enouph symbols- these people want recognition. The second is the absence of a ritualistic killing. Cats and dogs make convenient sacrificial offerings."At the mention of cats, kagome thought of winnie, Buyo had been acting strange since the day of the party. Did he know something?Sango walked in. She looked from Kagome to takahashi. Without mincing words, she said to him "Who are you?""Sango Monk, Meet Detective Takahashi," kagome said by way of an introduciton. "Hes come by to fill me in on all kinds of goodies. Blood writing. Satanical deeds. It seems the only thing we're missing is the slaughterd lamb.""Dont mind her" Sango said to Takahashi. "She always gets sarcastic when she's scared."Takahashi smiled.
"Is it okay to paint the walls?" kagome asked.
"Sure. We have the pictures." He scanned the room, gave the design a final look, then said, "I have to get back to the station." He stepped out the door, but turned around to face kagome. "If you havent called the alarm system company. I suggest you do it today. With those two prison escapees still at large, their business is booming. You also might want to lock up after me." He went out the door.
Sango closed the slider, lowered the latch. Staring off in the direction in which Takahashi had gone, she said evenly. "I dont suppose you noticed that your detective has one hell of a body.?"Kagome smiled as she rubbed at the mirror.
Well thats it..i know its short , net one will be much longer...i cant go mush further tonight..my hands are getting tired of typing lol..Next chapter will be up in a couple of days..Thanks again...Please keep reviewing remember you wanting me to keep going everytime i get one. :)

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