InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Things Gone Wrong ❯ Things Gone Wrong ( Chapter 4 )

Kari frowned. She was working her part time shift at the gas station mini mart, when a young woman around the age of 17 came in. She was about her height with long, wavy black hair. She looked familiar, but Kari couldn't place her. Flipping through the pages she watched out of the corner of her eyes as the girl scuttled all over the place. First she got a drink, then she practically ran to the bathroom. After what was probably a record time of 30 seconds, she heard the toilet flush and the girl came back out walking at a face pace toward her. Setting down the magazine, Kari gave a big smile and said in a completely fake happy tone

 

“How may I help you? Would you like a slushy? We're having a sale today!” When the girl didn't make any movement, Kari frowned. This girl, she seemed to be rather rude. Probably one of those Tokyo chicks that think everything is about them. When the girl chose two bags of chips and some gum, Kari couldn't help but think that the girl was anorexic or something. The girl was rather skinny, and she could tell the she did lots of running, since she could see her legs.

 

“$4.37 is your total.” She watched as the girl pulled out a five and placed it on the counter. Kari was about to give back the change when the girl grabbed her stuff and practically ran out the door, opening one of the chips on her way out.  Oh well. The money could be her tip or something. After she finished her magazine, about an hour or so later, she decided to watch some TV. She turned on the store TV, which was right across from her counter, and paused when a missing person thing came on.

 

“What started out today as a beautiful morning, quickly turned to dust for one family here in Tokyo. Today, on her way to school, Ms. Kagome Higurashi was kidnapped. The family does not know what may have happened, as they didn't have any enemies that they could think of. Everyone at her school seemed to enjoy Ms. Higurashi's presence, even though it seemed she would hardly be at the school. It has been determined that Ms. Higurashi had not run away, or decided to skip school. Police are highly certain that she has been kidnapped. We now turn to Chief Captain—.” Kari shut off the TV, gaping. The media had shown a picture of the Kagome girl.

 

It was the same girl from before.

 

(I bet you all saw that coming!)

VVVVVVV

 

Mama sighed as she turned off the television. She had just finished watching the news report on her daughter's disappearance, and she didn't like it. Sure, it gave out information and was bound to help in one way or another, but it also meant one other thing. That it was official. It was like proof that her baby girl was gone, and she didn't want to believe that. She began to wonder if she would ever get out of the denial stage, and if she would ever be angry at all. Sure, she despised the people that did this to her daughter, but she had never actually hated someone before. It felt strange for her to feel a hatred for someone… Someone she didn't even know! She was beginning to wonder if she would ever see Kagome again, when there was a knock on her door. Standing up, she walked over to the door and plastered a fake smile on her face. It was probably a neighbor with a casserole or something. She got plenty of those when her husband died. Opening the door, her smile abruptly came down when she the cops there. When she heard what they said, however, it came back up.

 

“Someone's spotted her”

 

!!!In The Feudal Era!!!

 

Inuyasha sat in Goshinboku still wondering how he was going to tell the others. As far as he could tell, `kidnapping' meant that someone took Kagome against her free will. Inuyasha cursed the fact that Tokyo was so crowded, because it would have been easier to track her down. But since there were so many people, her scent has blended already with the others. It had also been too long. If he had just come by earlier to pick her up, none of this would have happened! He would have been able to sniff her out at the very least! But now, now it was too late. He couldn't do anything about it. Damn it all! Inuyasha jumped down the tree with such force that he left the faintest imprint on the ground. Walking as slow as he could, he headed back to Kaede's hut where the group usually waits for him and Kagome to return, but this time there was no Kagome.

 

When he got to the hut, he was greeted by Shippo.

 

“Where's Kagome? I don't smell her at all! I bet you scared her away again! Now Kagome's not coming back! It's all your fault Inuyasha! Shippo cried out. He was looking so forward to his adoptive mother's return. Inuyasha always scared her away, it just wasn't fair! Why couldn't Kagome take him with her? Shippo pouted.

 

“Shut up runt.” Shippo blinked. Usually Inuyasha would pound his head a billion times for that comment, or say something. But this time, he just told him to shut up, well, and he called him a runt, but he always does that, so it doesn't count.

 

“Where are Sango and Miroku?” Inuyasha asked.

 

“They're—they're inside. What happened?” Shippo asked, suddenly caring. Something must have happened on the other side of the well. Something bad, Shippo could sense it.

 

“Sort—sorta of. Something… came up, and Kagome's a bit, busy.” Inuyasha stumbled. He wasn't good with kids, and he didn't think that Shippo would understand. Hell, he hardly understood what was going on. He thought it would be best to just tell Sango and Miroku, and then go back to Kagome's time to try and help as much as he could.

 

“Shippo, you go play with other kids or something, I don't care, but stay out of distance from the hut. If you come any where near, then I will personally skin your tail.” Shippo blinked again. Ok, something was definitely wrong. Inuyasha called him by his name. BY HIS NAME!!! Inuyasha NEVER did that. Shippo blinked again when his mind registered the rest of what Inuyasha said. Skin his tail? Yikes! Shippo was the most proud of his tail, more then anything else! Even more then his spinning top! Shippo quickly ran off to play with some of the village children. It wasn't dinner time yet, so there should still be a lot of kids out still…

 

“What is it Inuyasha?” Miroku asked from the doorway, bringing Inuyasha out of his thoughts. “You seem worried. Where's Kagome?”

 

“It's, well, it's complicated. Get Sango and the old woman. I'll meet you in the hut.” Miroku nodded, a bit confused. Sango was already in the hut, so he went out to search for Kaede. Inuyasha stepped into the hut, greeted by different aromas coming from what Sango was making for dinner, which seemed to be --sniff, sniff-- ramen --sniff-- stew… So ramen stew was for dinner? Great… his favorite…. Inuyasha didn't want to eat anything that would make him happy. He didn't want to do anything that would make him feel happy. Somewhere, sometime, Kagome could be starving because the Assholes won't feed her. Sango noticed his grim expression, and decided to keep quiet. She quietly continued preparing dinner when Miroku returned with Kaede.

 

“Alright Inuyasha, we're here. What is it you wanted to tell us? Please hurry, because I have something important to tend to.” Kaede asking, slowly growing curious as to why Kagome wasn't there, did Inuyasha scare her off again?

 

“It's… well… I guess you noticed by now that Kagome isn't here.” Inuyasha shifted nervously. Looking around he saw hesitant nods from everyone else. Deciding to continue, he spoke up a bit louder.

 

“In Kagome's time, there's something called a kidnapping—“ Inuyasha was interrupted.

 

“Ah, yes. They have that word here too you know. It means that someone is forcibly taken by someone without their consent.” Miroku interrupted. Inuyasha scowled. Was that really a word here? He thought it was a word from Kagome's time, he never heard of it before. He turned to Sango and Kaede to see if this was true. He got nods from both of them. At least that would make things easier to explain… Sighing he continued.

 

“Well, apparently while she was on the way to her school, she was…..she was kidnapped.” Inuyasha choked out. That was the first time he actually said those words. It made everything seem so real, not like it was some horrible nightmare. His words were met with silence. After a few minutes, Sango spoke up.

 

“So, you mean Kagome's….gone?” Sango asked, tears forming in her eyes. Inuyasha only nodded sadly. Sango started sobbing while Miroku rubbed circle with his palm soothingly on her back, for once not thinking perverted thoughts. Kaede had gasped when she heard the news, and small, tiny tears formed in her eyes too.

 

“You're going to head back aren't you? To try and help?” Miroku asked, looking up towards Inuyasha. Inuyasha nodded grimly. “Want us to tell Shippo?” Another nod. Sighing he said to Inuyasha. “You should go then.” Nodding again, Inuyasha stood up and walked out the door. Miroku could hear the wind rustling as he started to run. Sighing he turned back to the woman leaning on his lap. Kaede had returned to tend to whatever it was that she needed to tend to. A grin found its way to Miroku's face, and couldn't help but think the perverted thought that came to his mind.]

 

 

!!!Back in the Future!!!

 

“What?” Mama asked? Someone had spotted her baby? Did that mean it would be over? She hoped so, less then a day and already wished things were back the way it was. Of course, she never wanted this o happen in the first place, but still.

 

The cop nodded. “Yes, at a gas station off a highway in Kyoto. It was about 2 hours ago, and she is probably long gone, but this will be a big boost towards the investigation. We haven't officially questioned the woman that saw your daughter, we thought you might want to come along.”

 

Mama nodded fiercely. “Yes, I would appreciate that. Can Souta come?” When she saw the cops brow furrow, she quickly added “He's my son, Kagome's brother.” After hearing this the cop nodded. Mama thought about Jiisan. He seemed to still be going through the Anger phase, and had locked himself in his room. Writing a quick note to Jiisan, she grabbed her coat and called for Souta. When they were all ready they climbed into the back of the Police car. Souta couldn't help the grin that was on his face. He had always wanted to ride in a police car, not as the bad guy of course. It was pretty awesome that he got to ride in one, even though it was because of his sister's kidnapping.

 

Mama also couldn't help but grin. Somone had spotted her daughter. Her baby girl was still alive. They might be together again soon! She couldn't wait! But then Mama remembered something. She was spotted more then 2 hours ago. Kagome was long gone. But what if Kagome ran away? All signs pointed to kidnapping… Oh that's silly. Why would Kagome run away? She had everything. Kidnapping was more likely. Yes, Kagome Higurashi was kidnapped. Mama gave a small gasp. She had finally accepted the fact that her daughter was kidnapped. Looks like she did get through the denial stage. Mama smiled faintly. She never went through the anger stage either. Mama looked out the window.

 

Kagome, where are you?'

 

Wow! That's my longest chapter ever! Four long pages….. well, I have a beta reader now, so special thanks to her. Way to go Nithya!!! Wooo!!! Congrats! Well, my fingers are sore cause I also wrote a three page English paper earlier, and I was chatting with my friends through IM….. im gonna take a shower….. ummm, I cant think of anything to say. If you question or your confused about something, let me know either through email (midnightrain112@yahoo.com) or say so in a review and ill respond. Oh! Right! Reviews…. Don't forget to review! It'll get the next chapter in faster! Oh, and since this one is super long, or at least long for me, the next chapter might take a while to come out. So yea…… review! Nos Vemos!

 

Oh! Right! I said there would be a challenge…. Well if you can figure out what's so special about the following number, you get a sneak peak at the next chapter…. Prize might change…..

 

8,549,171,320 it's special!!!!