InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Strange meetings ❯ Oh no... ( Chapter 2 )

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A few weeks later Ayumi got a depressing notice from Mrs. Higurashi. Kagome had been taken in to hospital; her depression went to deep for her family to deal with.

- I am so sorry for her, I hope she will be ok, said Ayumi with a sad voice.

- She will be hospitalized for two months to begin with. They are going to watch her 24 hours a day because they are afraid that she might try to take her life, said Mrs. Higurashi, she was a beaten mother.

- Oh no!!

- Ayumi-chan, please tell me in detail what happened that day you brought Kagome home from the mall.

And so she did. Everything she could remember she told Mrs. Higurashi. Ayumi heard a small gasp when she told the older woman that she had agreed to do if the male only would go away.

- Kagome spoke of Sesshoumaru; did this man ever tell you his name?

- No, he did not, said Ayumi.

- Had he silver hair or a tattoo in his face? Because if he did, I don't think you should meet him again Ayumi-chan, he is a very dangerous person.

Ayumi went cold, that was… "How could she know… ?" But it seemed like this Sesshoumaru was someone to watch out for. But at the same time, she was curious beyond words, and she really wanted to meet him again, only for a brief moment.

- No, he had long black hair, said Ayumi and was glad she was on the phone only because her cheeks heated along with her little lie. She had been pretty sure his hair had flashed silver and she was equally sure that she had seen a tattoo in his forehead.

- Oh I understand, have you talked to him again?

- No, I have not Mrs. Higurashi.

- Oh, do you want to meet him again?

"Why is she asking me all these questions anyway?" thought Ayumi and eyed the phone cautiously.

- Why do you want to know?

- Just curious, you are one of my girl's best friends, and I care for you too.

- Yes, I would like to meet him again, but he just took off, he did not take my number or anything, not even cared to ask for my name. So I don't think I will be seeing him again.

Mrs. Higurashi could hear the wounded tone of Ayumi's voice. "Men…!!" she snorted mentally. "They have no idea how damage they do sometimes."

- Mrs. Higurashi, could you give me the address to the hospital where Kagome-chan is staying? asked Ayumi and changed the subject.

She gave Ayumi the address and she wrote it down.

- Thank you, I promise I will visit her often.

- I am sure she will appreciate it.

They talked a little bit more about more casual things and then they hung up. Ayumi sighed; she felt her heart twitch when she thought about her childhood friend. This was not how things were going to turn out. She wiped a small tear from her eye and walked into her kitchen. Her apartment was not big at all, just one room with a small kitchen area. But it was enough for her; she had no plans on getting together with anybody. She took a soda from the fridge and opened it. She sighed deeply again, this was turning out to be one hell of a day. "Poor Kagome-chan, but I wonder how you could know about his silvery hair and tattoo? I mean, here I was - thinking that I might have gone mad or something, perhaps seeing things. So how could you know? Perhaps I could try and talk to her, see if I can find out more about this… what did they call him, Sess… something?." She looked at the address she got from Mrs. Higurashi and decided to check it up the next day; she was more than eager to talk to Kagome about the stranger at the mall.

She emptied the can and threw it away and walked back to the phone to call the hospital to check up the visiting hours.

She was disappointed and very sad to hear that they did not allow any other than family to visit the patients. "So what shall I do then? Perhaps he often goes to that clothing store, I could check it out again. Oh man Ayumi; you are getting pretty obsessed with this guy. If he wanted to go out with you, really go out with you, he would have asked for my name and number." Her lips curled up and she snarled at her own thoughts.

She went to get her drawing things and she settled down on her bed. Soon she was sketching like a madman, trying to get the imaginary stranger on paper. With silver hair and a tattoo on his forehead. But since it only had been so briefly she only got angered when she could not get it right.

- Fuck, she cursed and blushed, she never used strong words, but this time she could not help it, it slipped out.

The phone rang and she got up from the bed to get it.

- Hello?

- Am I talking to Amai-san? asked a deep voice in the other end, sending chills along her spine.

- Y-yes, who is this?

- My name is Yakusatsu, but since I had to run when we met, we did not get any chance to be introduced to one another.

- W-what?

- Remember, your lady friend tried to kill me…

Ayumi gasped and almost dropped the phone. "It is him…." she shrieked in her mind.

- Hello, what happened?

- Oh, nothing I am sorry, of course I remember that. I am sorry for my friend but she did not have a very good day that day, she rambled out.

- Hope she is better now, said the deep voice.

- No, she was getting sicker and now… Ayumi wanted to sink through the floor when she began sobbing. She had the most gorgeous male on the phone and she was crying, could it get any worse than this?

- Amai-san, are you ok?

- I am so sorry, I got to go, she said and hung up the phone.

She broke down in tears and stumbled back to her bed. She fell into the soft cushions and cried her heart out.

Across town…

Sesshoumaru felt something cold touch his heart and he did not waste any time. He opened the window and flew down from his flat. He wanted to reach Ayumi as fast as possible and using his demon speed was the only way he knew. While he crossed the roofs of the city's tall buildings he thought back at the first encounter he had with Ayumi, she had been a young girl back then. He had seen her in the park and smiled at her small antics, she reminded him a lot of Rin, his ward. A spirit free from sorrows, yes that was Ayumi. A couple of weeks ago he had been spotted by the strange miko, he remembered what his brother once had told him, that Kagome had come from the future, and she recognized him through his disguise. She had threatened to kill him, which was kind of amusing, until Ayumi had shown up. She was actually concerned about her friend and if he understood it now, Kagome had been really sick.

But what had intrigued him was that Ayumi had agreed to a total stranger to have dinner with him. And she had looked rather bewildered and he wondered if she too could see through his disguise. "It does not matter right now, she is not well and I need to get to her… fast." He pushed through his limits and soon he landed on top of the roof where he knew she had her apartment. O yes, he knew where she lived, he had sniffed her out the day after had met her in the store. But he wanted to wait for the right moment to make him self known to the girl.

He went inside the stairwell and rushed up the stairs to get to her place. He knocked on the door, but there were no answers. He could smell her salty tears all the way outside and he growled under his breath, this was not good at all.

Without a second thought he used his demon strength to push through the door and into the small apartment.

- Amai-san, are you here? he asked and looked around…

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T B C

Ok... that was the second part...

Yakusatsu = [killing by] poison