Pt. 1

Chapter 15: You’re Gonna Make It

Glass doors automatically slid opened as black fashionable and casual heels that was strapped around a pair of feminine ankles, the person stopped right in the middle, slim feminine hands lifted and took off a pair of black fashionable sun shades revealing pale eyes. “LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, KAGOME’S BACK IN THE BUILDING!” everyone immediately lifted their heads to see Kagome standing there wearing a casual dark navy suit with a bright pearly white smile. They gasped and smiled before quickly running out from behind their desks and running towards her “oh my god Kagome we’ve missed you!” one girl screeched happily as she hugged her tightly. The others bombarded with questions after questions “alright, what are you slackers doing” a snobbish like voice asked. Everyone quieted down and turned to a girl wearing a very…sluttish suit, well just a jacket with no blouse under it and a very, very short skirt with a slit on the side, when the crowd parted the woman saw Kagome standing there.

The woman smirked “well look, what the cat dragged in” “and look what the whore house kicked out” Kagome retorted back calmly, the woman narrowed her eyes at her then huffed “whatever” “I would suggest not talking to me like that, after all I am the President of this Corporation Agency and I have every right to fire you at this moment for disrespect and breaking the dress code.” Kagome said coldly, the woman was silent for a while, knowing that it was true, Kagome owned the most powerful Law Agency anyone has every seen in history, the Corporation was called Justice, typical, but had a powerful meaning behind it.

Letting out another huff she turned and walked away “oh, Tona, please go find your blouse and a longer skirt before I really do fire you, I don’t want anyone coming here to find that I have a whore in my building” with that said Kagome walked passed everyone and to the elevator leaving a very pissed of woman, Tona, and giggling co-workers. As Kagome stepped into the elevator she pressed the button that was in the middle. The doors closed and the elevator started to rise up to the floor she selected.

Two days after the kiss, Ryuuzaki told Kagome she was released, now that she wasn’t suspected of being the second Kira anymore since there wasn’t any possible way she could kill when she was blind and couldn’t see a name or a face. Kagome felt a little hurt that he would release her after what happened last night, but got over it like she has done so many years ago, she packed up her clothes, and binders she left the books since they weren’t really hers. Watari gave back her hidden sword that was disguised as a blind cane; Kagome gave everyone a goodbye hug before leaving off back to Tokyo, and here she was a week later back doing her secret detective work.

Ding!

As the doors slid open Kagome stepped out and was instantly deafen by the big scream of “WELOME BACK!” Kagome laughed and smiled at everyone “thank you guys, I feel so much love right now, unlike some little bitchy secretary downstairs” Kagome rolled her eyes. Everyone laughed, they didn’t like that woman and they still wonder how she got the job here, I guess it was because Kagome pitied her, but her pity was running out quick. “I see that girl still be hatin’” a woman said, the woman looked to be somewhere in her mid-twenties, dark skin, black hair with red tips, brown eyes that look brighter when the sun touched it, she was a half Japanese and half native American. She came here to start her own salon shop, but was keep getting harassed by racist assholes, she found out about Kagome’s business and asked for help, now she had a shop right next to her building and if anyone were harass her, Kagome would know instantly and the person would have six months behind bars in that place where people say “don’t drop the soap”.

Any business that was around Kagome’s building was protected by her and any other building in fifty mile radius. Everyone already knew Kagome ruled with a iron fist and gentle touch, but they feared the iron fist more “Jena, what are you doing here?” she asked curiously as she hugged her, the woman named Jena smiled “well I heard that you were back and I thought I come over and ask if you wanted a hair treatment to relax you.” Kagome smiled brightly “oh, thanks, I would love that, I think my hair needs some layers, the straight look is going down to the ice age” both of them laughed and Jena looked at Kagome’s long hair, she still envied her for it, it was so silky smooth and shines a blue color every time the light shined on it.

“Sure, I can do that, four like always?” Kagome nodded “yup, but I don’t want my hair length changin’ now, I’m still a bit pissed at your last employee for trying to shave my head off because of some dumb ass break up” she grumbled the last part. Jena laughed at this and nodded “alright, well see you at four” “aight, see you” Kagome waved her off as she left down the hall, when she turned to everyone else “alright, back to work before I put someone on fire” everyone laughed, but got back to work anyways.

Kagome walk to the door up ahead and entered it then closed it behind her, before she knew she was enveloped in a pair of twin strong arms, she giggled, fully knowing who it was “my lord, Sesshomaru you act as though I was gone from your life forever” she said. The pair of twin strong arms gently set her down on the ground “it feels as though you were, where have you been for the last half year, the college told me you showed up for the graduation but left after some woman begged for your help. Then the police came and told me you solved a case, which I might add they put on the new TV show Without a Trace, the episode is going to be called Safe, if I do recall.” Kagome rolled her eyes “every little interesting thing I do they always make it as an episode, just like the case of the…” Kagome trailed off remembering that day; Sesshomaru wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close to him.

Sesshomaru hasn’t changed a bit, he looks to be in his early twenties, his hair was still the same length and same color, though he had some black tips at the end from the blond bond Kagome and him, made a long time ago. His markings were concealed by the yang necklace he wore around his neck; the white diamond on it sparkled once in a while to show its power, he no longer wore his white traditional kimono outfit with his armor and sword, he now wore a black professional suit that brought out his perfect built slim physique that made even most handsomest male models envious.

“Lets not think about that mom” he kissed the top of her head and rubbed her arms a bit before pulling away “how about you tell me what you have been doing all this time” he said walking over to the chair behind the large black desk. Kagome walked over to the couch that was next to the desk pressed up against the wall, she tapped her blind stick on the ground as she walked before she sat down. “Why do you still do that?” “Force of habit” she shrugged “anyways to make a long story short since that slut is coming up here pretty soon, found out I got an aunt, went to Kyoto to visit her and her family, got arrested for suspicions of me being the second Kira, confined for fifty days with a complete imbecile. Had to stay at a newly built headquarters” “you mean that big one they just built in Kyoto” “the one and only, stood there on the eighteenth floor, and a while hell of drama happened and now I’m here since they found out I was blind” Sesshomaru nodded and the room was filled with silence. Kagome stared straight ahead, Sesshomaru watched as she stared somehow knowing that she had a billion and one thoughts going through her mind, back when he fist met her he would have never thought that Kagome could be such a sophisticated and strong woman. Well, from how she was always hiding behind Inuyasha sometimes, anyone could think she wasn’t all those things, but as times flown by he saw the true Kagome, the woman that no one thought existed. He hadn’t told Kagome yet, but he went to go visit her shrine somewhere in her young age and he saw things he never thought he would witness.

He tapped his fingers on the desk, but the pads of his fingers did not touch smooth cold wood, instead it touched smooth paper, looking down he saw a file, it was a cold case that happened about three years back, three people were killed at a restaurant, shot and stabbed. Two males, one female, it would seem that their bodies were dragged into the restaurant bathroom then left there until someone found them earlier that day, or night. He remembered the case; it was the case that made him realize, how short and unfair the world was, the thing that Kagome tried to avoid with smiles and cheerfulness.

“Is that a new case?” asked Kagome, her voice was soft and a bit distant, Sesshomaru looked up at her before nodding “yeah, it’s a cold case of an unsolved homicide that happened three years ago” “ah, Serving Death Cold” “serving what?” “Don’t you know they name cold cases now, I remember that case, it was the first one you actually went to when I couldn’t. Serving Death Cold, case location in West Philly” “yeah, they sent it here to us” “hm.”

“Want this one?” “Nah, I’m going to stick around here and get things settled, after all I had enough case backs to last me a while” “old cases coming back to haunt you again” “yup” Kagome sighed as she stood up off the couch “I’ll arrange you a flight tonight for seven o’ clock” “Mom, you sure you want to set this one out?” Sesshomaru asked with concern. He knew how Kagome got when the past comes back to haunt her, it was ugly, she would usually dump herself in the ocean to keep herself in check, she wouldn’t surface for a whole 24 hours.

Kagome gave him a small smile “Sesshomaru, I’ll be fine, if anything you’ll be immediately notified” Sesshomaru placed his emotionless mask back on a nodded “alright, I’ll hold you up on your word” “and I always keep it, now go work on that Serving Death Cold case.” Sesshomaru gave her a small smile before leaning over and kissing her on top of the head “Sesshomaru!” Kagome exclaimed as she rubbed the spot where he kissed like a child would when they didn’t want to be seen being kissed by their mother, Sesshomaru chuckled.

“You’re still childish even through all these centuries” “and I will go down as so with a big fat smile” Kagome gave a wide smile in Sesshomaru’s direction making Sesshomaru laugh before he stood up in his seat “well I will go now, you make sure you get to the house at” “7:00pm and make sure to wake up at 6:30am, yeah, yeah, I got daddy-o” Kagome waved her hand dismissively. Sesshomaru smiled before ruffling her hair “good girl” “hey wait up, aren’t I suppose to be the mother here” “maybe” he drawled out slowly in a childish manner, Kagome rolled her pale eyes “whatever.”

At the airport three young teens stepped out of the importing hall, people that were going on the plane passed them and entered the hall they just came out of. The first boy looked to be fourteen years old brown hair that could be mistaken as red in a certain angle and green eyes that were hidden behind a pair of green goggles; he wore a vest with fur edges and a red and black stripe shirt under it with a pair of black pants. He pulled out a PSP and started playing a game, the second boy that was standing beside him was about the same age, short blonde shoulder length hair and blue eyes that held a fire in them, he wore a black long sleeve shirt and black pants, he pulled out a chocolate bar and took a bite out of it. He gave a side glare at the boy standing beside him; the third boy looked to be around thirteen years old he hair short white hair, pale cream complexion and black eyes that looked like bottomless pits. He wore a big white button up shirt and white pants with white sneakers. He lifted his right hand twirled a strand of his side hair with his finger as he looked around the airport center.

“Mello, you did remember to call Watari, right?” the boy playing the PSP asked, never looking at the blonde beside him, the blonde known as Mello grumbled “yeah, yeah” before pulling out a black cell phone from his pocket and pressed the number one button then raised it to his ear. It rang about two times before a familiar voice picked up answered;

“Hi Watari” he said cheerfully.

“Mello?!”

“We’re In Japan”

“We’re? Wait, are the others with you?”

“Yeah, so when are going to pick us up?”

“…” Mello heard a sigh on the other end of the phone.

“Stay there and don’t move I’ll be there in a little while.”

“Okie dokie, see ya then” Mello pulled the phone away from his ear and pressed the end button “so what did he say?” “He probably sounded very displeased from the tone he was using” the albino looking boy said calmly as he continued to twirl his hair around with his finger. Mello narrowed his eyes at him “no one asked you Near and he said he will pick us up in a little while” he let out a sigh before taking another bit out of his chocolate bar.

There was a soft knock at the door, Kagome lifted her head from the desk and turned her head to the door “come in” she said, she heard the door open and footsteps step into the room “Kagome, I think you should take a look at” Kagome heard the smooth scraping sound of a something dropping onto her desk. She reached over and searched around until she felt the smooth surface of a piece of paper, she ran her fingers across the paper until she felt the bumpy grooves of the Brail writing, as her finger ran across the Brail writing her lips slowly pulled down into a frown. When she reached the end of the page, she sat there for a few moments, silent, her lips still pulled down into a frown of displeasure and thought.

Kagome heard the person shift a bit “um, Kagome?” the person said unsurely, Kagome raised her gaze up to make it look as though she was looking at them “get the car ready, we’re going to go downtown” she commanded “yes ma’am” Kagome heard the person quickly shuffle out of the room. Kagome lowered her gaze back down and ran her finger over the paper that was a report sent from the investigation squad up at Police Headquarters.

No longer than ten minutes, Kagome was in a car about to go to Downtown Tokyo. A cold breeze pass through the car as the windows were open, the sound of the windows being closed made Kagome’s ears twitch. “Br, it would seem winter is coming earlier this year huh Kagome” the person said, wanting to start a conversation to get rid of the awkward silence, well awkward for them since it was their first time working with the boss of the most successful Law Firm. “There’s no reason to be nervous around me, if it helps, think of me as a friend” Kagome said feeling her temporary partner’s anxiety.

Her advise seem to have calm them down because she didn’t feel the air trying to suffocate her anymore, she turned her head and tilted it a bit so that it was laying on the cold glass surface of the window. The drive was silent, neither one of them spoke to one another, Kagome already calculated that about twenty minutes has passed as the car stopped, when the engine was turned off, Kagome grabbed the door handle and pulled it back allowing her to get out of the car. She closed the door behind her “Kagome, glad that you could make it” “Ken, you know I wouldn’t miss case report sent to me” “oh right, I forgot, you’re a woman of justice” “damn straight, oh Ken meet my temporary partner Kyle, he’s a transferred rookie from America, go easy on him” “I’ll see what I can do” Kagome rolled her eyes before grabbing his arm. Ken grabbed her arm in a firm grip and started leading her into the apartment building where the investigation and forensic squad was coming in and out of.

Kyle followed Kagome and Ken as they started walking into the building; they went up to the second level of the building when they reached the second floor Kagome was assaulted by the scent of death. Ken saw the bridge of Kagome’s nose wrinkle a bit and knew she smelt the scent of death, she always had that weird ability to smell things like a dog, not that he was insulting her heightened abilities. The stepped into a bare room that had a long beer chest in it in further end of the room, an elderly man that looked to be in his fifteen with a bald spot on the top of his head and white hair around the side and back and grayish green eyes stepped up to them as they entered the room.

“Kagome, it’s an honor to finally meet you, I have heard many things about you and your work” Kagome gave the man a polite smile; her eyes were hidden once again behind her shades that Ken so happily put on her before they entered. “Well I hope they were good” the man laughed lightly “yes, oh, I bet you are here for the, um” “case report that was sent to me not too long ago” Kagome helped, the man nodded “yes, that’s it. Well the storage company called, the management got a complaint about a foul odor, strange leak in one of the units, freezer storage started leaking fluids and units found this inside” the man stepped aside and Ken lead led Kagome over to the freezer storage.

Kyle followed them but instantly regretted it when he saw a young boy no older than eleven or twelve lying in there covered in cuts in bruises with one finger missing on his right hand. He quickly backed away and couldn’t stop himself from throwing up on the ground over on the side, Ken covered his nose to block the foul scent that reached his nose and Kagome just stood there with her head slightly bent down as though looking at the body. She breathed in slowly and lightly she heard liquid movements, no doubt the body fluid that was coming out of the boy’s wounds “Ken” she whispered, Ken understood what she was trying to say and nodded. “It’s a young boy no older than eleven or twelve, colored, not wearing any kind of clothing besides his underwear, cuts are everywhere on his body and no doubt the deadly wound is on his neck, bruises are everywhere and he’s missing a finger on his right hand. His body looks thin no doubt he’s been here for a while” “Dentsu Rena, twelve years old missing since August last seen on his way from school” the man walked up to them though stopped a few inches away from the freezer storage not wanting to look at the poor soul in it. “He was almost unrecognizable from all the bruises and cuts on him, but the earring we found on him helped” the man lifted up an earring in a evident bag with a tag on it that had writing on it. Ken looked at it before looking at Kagome to see her head still facing the inside of the freezer storage; the frown was visible on her face “the room was soundproofed, so no doubt anyone heard anything” “sick bastard” Ken mumbled softly under his breath he felt his arm be lightly squeeze and knew that Kagome was trying to calm him down a bit so that he didn’t do anything rash.

He relaxed his tense muscles and let out a breath; the man saw him relax and thought it was safe to continue “the room belonged to a man under the name of Akiro Gents” “Lieutenant” someone called. The man looked at the person who called him then back at them and nodded his head to the exit; Ken nodded and gently tugged on Kagome’s arm telling her that they were going to be walking. Kagome wordlessly turned away from the freezer storage with the boy’s body in it and followed him towards the exit way where Kyle was being treated by one of the medic squad. But before they left the room Kagome felt a small almost unnoticeable bump on the floor, she would have to ask Ken what it was later, no doubt he noticed it too since he stopped for a brief moment.

Kagome heard footsteps walking towards them again “what is it?” Ken asked as he noticed the dark look in the man’s eyes, the man looked at him “three other storage units in South Tokyo were rented under that same name” Ken’s eyes widened and Kagome’s grip on his arm tightened a bit.

At the first place up in South Tokyo a man put on a pair of latex gloves as the police busted down the door, one officer walked up to a freezer storage with a pair of strong scissors that cut the lock that it. The man walked up to the freeze storage and opened the lid when he did his face instantly turned hard, he took a deep breath through his nose before pushing the lid back a bit and turning away to walk out of the room. In the freeze storage box was another colored boy about the same as the last; his body was frozen with snowy flakes on his bruised and cut up body, he was missing a finger and also had a cut on the side of his neck.

The lights turned on and another man that was big around the stomach lifted up the lid of a beer cooler revealing another colored boy about a year younger than the other two, his body was frozen and had cuts and bruises everywhere, he was also missing a finger.

A man opened the door to a refrigerator revealing another colored boy sitting curled up frozen in there, he was in the same condition as the other three, no clothes only underwear, cuts and bruises and a missing finger. The woman with the man turned her head away not wanting to see the sad sight of the poor frozen dead boy that looked no older than thirteen or fourteen, the man took a deep breath through his mouth but then closed it as he looked at the boy in the refrigerator “we got a serial killer” he said, his face black but his eyes held anger and sadness in it as he continued to look at the dead boy.