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Boppatsu: Z-Day	By : SugaMama09 Category: InuYasha AU/AR > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1183 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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I hurriedly zipped the bag containing water bottles & food closed & slung it on my shoulder while Naraku carried two large bags from my bedroom. I nodded & we both left the apartment & threw the bags in the trunk of the car. Inuyasha was still passed out in the backseat, his breathing evened out in a peaceful slumber. I took his phone out of his pocket & looked for Kagome's number, finally finding it under "my boo bear" (I rolled my eyes) several minutes later .

"Who are you calling?" Naraki asked quietly, fidgeting in the passenger seat.

Just as I was getting ready to answer the phone picked up. "Hello?" Kagome's groggy voice asked.

"Kagome, I need Miroku's number right now"

"S-Sesshomaru? What's going on? What's wrong?"

"I need you to give me his number right now. I don't have much time to explain right now"

She hesitantly gave me the man's numbers & when she repeated her question about what was wrong I hung up on her. I might explain some other time. Right now I needed answers.

I quickly dialed Miroku's number, my sweaty fingers sliding across the screen several times & causing me to hit random numbers which made me mess up several times. He was the one who was supposed to be working on our escape exit, he was the most important to talk to right now. I had to redial his number twice before he picked up.

"Hello?" his voice was hoarse with sleep.

"Miroku I need to know if that escape exit is ready"

"Wait what? Who's this?"

I rolled my eyes. "It's Sesshomaru"

"Oh hey man. How's it going?"

"I don't have time for chit-chat! We need to leave right now!"

"Hey whoa, whoa. Calm your tits, the exit isn't ready yet"

"What?"

"I haven't decoded the password as of yet. A buddy of mine is going to come from Kyoto to hack it but he won't be here for another four days at least"

"I don't have four days! I need to get the hell out of here!"

"Well hell what do you want me to do? Unless you can hack it I suggest you cool your heels"

I hung up & flung the phone away irritably, glaring past the windshield.

"What's wrong?" Naraku asked.

"The guy that's supposed to get us through the emergency exit doesn't have a hacker to access the code. The fucker won't get here for at least four days" I grumbled.

"Shit..."

I unconsciously bounced my knee. We had to do something; the police were going to be here any minute now & I didn't want to even be in this area when they arrived. I could feel the frustration taking hold of me, causing my knee to bounce faster & my fangs to grit, my claws curling into fists so tight, blood ran down my wrist. I refuse to let Inuyasha be caught, arrested & thrown to the horde. Sure, what he did was wrong but can you really blame someone for trying to rob a store when they were hungry during a zombie apocolypse? I growled under my breath. Maybe if Inuyasha hadn't killed the cashier this wouldn't have to be taken so far-

Naraku set his large, surprisingly soft hand on my knee to still it. "Sesshomaru, tell me what's on your mind"

"I'm not going to allow my little brother to be killed over this shit!" I snapped without meaning to, "He was hungry & when your father pulled out that gun he panicked! As his big brother I'm supposed to protect him but I can't do shit except go down with him!"

"Calm down now. Let's concentrate on what we need to do"

"There is nothing we can do! Unless you know how to hack a damn passcode!"

The moment Naraku puffed his chest out I knew I was about to get it. "Son, don't you talk down to me in that sarcastic tone! Don't think because we're not at the station that I can't drop your ass & make you give me fifty!" his baritone voice boomed.

At the first word Inuyasha was awake, his eyes wide & afraid & he was already starting to weeze. "Sessh, what the hell...?"

I sighed. "It's fine Yasha. Go back to sleep"

"Is everything ok?"

"Yes it is"

"Promise?"

"Yes"

"Say it"

"I promise everything's ok"

Satisfied Inuyasha rested his head against the window but didn't close his eyes. Naraku began massaging his forehead & muttering to himself, fumbling around in his pocket before taking out a stick of gum & quickly popping it into his mouth like he'd been craving it.

"Do you know where this exit is?" he asked.

"No I don't know-!"

Naraku shot me a murderous glare. "Bring that tone of voice down"

I rolled my eyes. "I don't know where it is. All I know is it's on the back wall, where the wall builder's office is"

"Then let's go there"

"Naraku the police are after us-"

Something in his eyes made me stop & the glare he threw at me made me throw the car into drive & slowly pull out of the apartment complex.

"I used to hack peoples' accounts on a few chatsites in my younger days" Naraku muttered after a few moments of silence, "I even hacked the administrator's computers in school & turned off the bandwith limit & for three hours my friends & I were able to get on Facebook"

"Wow you would've been awesome to be friends with back before this outbreak" Inuyasha said quietly, his eyes wide.

Naraku shrugged. "I did it because I was bored, not for any other reason. I'm assuming if this security passcode is anything like a computer I could figure out how to hack into it & disable it"

"We need a plan to fall back on in case it's not like a computer" I said rationally

"True. Should I not have it hacked in six minutes tops, we leave through the front gates & hope neither the cops nor horde catches us"

"What? That's too big of a risk!" Inuyasha sputtered.

"Alright" I said with a nod & Inuyasha threw his hands up in an exaggerated way.

"Sessh!"

"Yasha, relax. We have this under control"

"You're going to stop treating me like a child one day!"

"I will when you stop acting like one!" I snapped.

"Hey you two calm down. This is no time to lose our heads" Naraku said quietly but sternly.

I drove the car as silently as I could through the dark streets. I thought about all the apocalypic movies I'd seen, how the main characters are always dirty with ripped & torn clothes, barely scrapping by. Besides these walls & the threat of a horde approaching any day now it really didn't feel like an apocalypse.

As I continued through the city, doing about 10 miles an hour, Naraku looking out for something that indicated where the passcode was located, I began to wonder what I'd be doing with my life now had the world not gone to shit. What would I be doing right at this moment? Considering it was Saturday night I'd be in front of TV, eating some fast food or out playing pool with the guys then go out to the bar & hook up with some hot chick.

Then I began to wonder about all those one-night stands & ex-girlfriends, wondering how they were surviving or had they been turned. Did they suffer or did it happen so quickly that their brain didn't even register the pain? There was only one ex that I wasn't on good terms with & I didn't even hope that she had suffered.

& then I thought about my parents. That thought brought such a deep ache in my chest. I realized I hadn't even properly mourned for them yet but now was definitely not the time. I hope someone found them & put them out of their misery; I know how much they would've hated themselves for attacking Inuyasha & I & being reduced to monsters. A thought occurred to me that maybe we should've put them down (I couldn't bring myself to even think about saying "kill them") before we left but I honestly don't think we could've done it, as tramatized as we were-

"Stop here" Naraku said quickly but quietly.

Because I had been going so slow the car stopped on a dime & Naraku stepped out, leaving the door open. He walked between two houses & then I lost sight of him which made me nervous. What if something attacked him? What if someone saw us? We couldn't very well just take off without him.

"I think we should follow him" Inuyasha whispered, straining his eyes as if that would help him see through the inky shadows better.

I only nodded & we both got out, careful to not shut the doors too hard (though that meant they weren't all the way closed). We slinked through the shadows & quite literally ran into Naraku who placed a steady hand on my shoulder.

"The passcode should be right around this area" he whispered.

"How do you know?" Inuyasha & I asked at the same time.

"This is a decoy, a fake passcode that will sound off in case anyone tried to hack into it"

I stilled. "Then how will we know the real passcode won't sound off?"

"& how do you know this is fake?" Inuyasha asked, shifting uneasily.

"The fake passcodes have a nucleous that blinks green when it's opened" Naraku responded, stepping to the side to let us see that, indeed, there was a deep green core pulsing in it's middle, the buttons transparent, "The real passcode is not lit with any colors. It's meant to confuse you, like how Iceland is not really made of ice but Greenland is"

I absentmindedly noticed he hadn't asked my question.

"Damn this guy is smart" my brother murmured under his breath & I heard Naraku's rumbling chuckle.

I kept my hand on Naraku's back, Inuyasha's hand on my own, as Naraku trailed his hand along the concrete steel-enforced wall. A few times Inuyasha would trip & I panicked, thinking someone had grabbed him, but then he'd recover & I calmed down before he could see the nervous tension on my face.

It was a while before Naraku stopped & flipped up the cover of the passcode which looked like the keypad of a touch-screen phone. He rubbed his chin for a moment before glancing at me, putting his hand on the side of my neck as he looked deeply into my eyes, now that our eyes had adjusted to the darkness.

"If I'm not done in six minutes, we leave,. No hesitation" he said quietly.

I nodded, ignoring the way my skin burned under his hand. It felt like I was about to burst into flames & I already knew I was blushing. No one touched me in such a personal way except girls I used to date & even then I sort of leaned away from the touch. But with Naraku I felt frozen & like I was melting at the same time.

What the hell is wrong with me?

I saw the side of his mouth rise in a seductive lopsided grin, his ran his thumb over my cheek before turning his attention back to the keypad.

"What'd he say?" Inuyasha whispered.

Before I could answer his phone tinkered & he sighed, sliding his finger across the screen & holding it up to his ear. "Hello? Yeah. Yeah everything's fine, just go back to sleep. Because...becaus-wait Sessh called you?"

He had enough sense to talk quietly but when I heard Naraku swear softly & snatch his hands back from the passcode I wanted him to shut the hell up so the man could concentrate.

"No, no, no, baby, I swear everything's fine. He always sounds like that when he hasn't gotten enough sleep"

I turned to him & made a swift motion with my hand across my throat, my eyes narrowed as I indicated I wanted him to end the call.

He nodded. "Right, right, babe. Listen I gatta go, aight? I'll talk to you later. Yeah. Yeah, I promise. Goodnight"

"This shit is complicated" Naraku grumbled under his breath, "How much time do I have?"

Inuyasha glanced at his phone. "Four minutes"

I felt dread slide down into my stomach. We couldn't risk the front gates. Who's to say the police won't chase us outside the gates? If that was the case maybe we had less than four minutes...

Naraku rubbed his hands together slowly, saying something under his breath. Then he slowly reached forward & flipped the keypad up again with his claw, exposing the wires. "Inuyasha do me a favor & hold the phone up so I can see what I'm doing"

I stepped aside & Inuyasha stepped up beside Naraku & I heard his flashlight application start up. Then silence fell & I was left to pace the area nervously. I rarely ever felt nervous, the last time being the night we found Mother & Father (I don't count the time I couldn't find Inuyasha on the highway because I was actually scared then).

I raised my head when I heard a noise, something that sounded like...

My heart dropped & my muscles locked as I quickly stepped up to Naraku's other side who was concentrating solely on the keypad.

"You hear that?" Inuyasha questioned as soon as I opened my mouth.

"Shhh..." Naraku whispered though we weren't entirely sure if he was shushing us or just exhaling heavily.

"Police sirens" I confirmed.

"Oh shit"

I didn't have time to comfort Inuyasha at the moment; sure, we were hidden in the shadows, behind a house so we could only be found if they got out & looked for us...but what if that was exactly what they did?

The sirens grew closer & Inuyasha began breathing faster. I glanced anxiously at Naraku who was simply standing there, staring at the keypad, stroking his chin.

"The hell are you doing?" I whispered harshly.

"If I disable it we might not be able to open the door"

"Do you think you know what kind of door it is?"

He shrugged. "Could be a vault door or bolted or just a normal door you use in your house but if this passcode keeps it locked then disabling won't benefit us"

We heard car doors close even though the sirens weren't quite here yet.

"Oh shit...ohhh fuckfuckfuckfuck..." Inuyasha began hypervenilating, "We're...w-we're gunna die..."

This was no time to panic. I was in charge of Inuyasha & I was not going to see him go down like a coward. Gathering my wits, I grabbed Inuyasha & placed my hands on both sides of his face, his eyes slightly glazed over but he was looking at me.

"Yasha listen to me"

"S-Sessh we're gunna..." he whispered as if in a daze.

"No, no, no, listen to me. I'm going to stop treating you like a child, alright? From this moment forward you are an adult & I can't sugarcoat things & hide things from you anymore, ok?"

He nodded slowly.

I inhaled deeply. "I am not going down without a fight. You better not either. If they take us we're not going down without giving them hell, do you understand me?"

He nodded again.

"I will not leave you" I whispered with conviction, making my grip on his face firm, "I will stay with you the entire time"

I hugged his head to my chest, turning the fear into anger, anger that fueled me with adrenaline & melted me into a defensive stance, Inuyasha wheezing against me. Naraku came to stand beside me, his demeanor cool but his eyes hard.

"& I will stay by your side for the fact that you are an honorable brother" he said smoothly.

I nodded my thanks, chest warm with the compliment & waited as a strong flashlight swept across the walls & ground. Sirens were still sounding off in the distance, now close enough to be uncomfortable to my ears. They must have brought a lot of back up to sweep the area for us.

Let them come

Three figures emerged from around the building & shined their flashlights in our faces. I heard Naraku growl & a current of wind brushed past me as he bolted forward then there was a gasp.

"Naraku what the hell are you doing?"

I blinked in confusion, holding up my hand to block out the light.

"Oh, sorry about that..."

The light fell & then Kagura, Miroku & Kagome stepped closer to me. I noticed Kagura had a slight red mark around her throat & Naraku came back, looking sheepish.

Inuyasha looked over his shoulder &, seeing the women, pushed away from me, straightening. "Hey, wha-umm...what you guys doing here?"

"We got worried when Sesshomaru called Miroku" Kagome said, rubbing sleep from her eyes.

I absentmindedly noticed Naraku stepping up to the keypad again to work on hacking it once more.

"What's he doing?" Miroku asked, indicating towards the kumo with a jerk of his chin.

"Hacking the system" Kagura answered, "Since your hacker couldn't be here in time"

"Well, hell, you wouldn't rush over here either with the horde so close to the city" Miroku retorted, sticking out his tongue childishly.

"How close is the horde?" Inuyasha asked, his ears perking.

"They'll arrive tomorrow" Miroku said somberly, nothing like the confidence he had back on that night at the bar.

"Silence would be lovely" Naraku muttered.

"Let's just walk over to the cars so the princess can do his thing" Kagura said rolling her eyes.

"Thank you" her brother responded absentmindedly.

The group walked over to my car & a car that was park right behind it.

"Where'd you get it?" I directed the question at Kagura, motioning towards the second vehicle.

She shrugged nonchalantly. "I have connections"

"She stole it" Miroku said simply, earning an elbow in the gut & grunting in discomfort.

Inuyasha & Kagome linked arms & began to amble down the street, talking quietly with their heads close together. I opened my mouth to tell him not to wander too far off but with the sirens blaring probably only a mile away I knew he had enough sense not to.

Kagura gave me a pointed look, her eyebrows raised & her eyes in narrow slits, arms crossed.

I frowned. "What?"

"You know what"

"I don't, that's why I questioned you"

"You can't be bothered to call me or anything? I was just a bootycall, something you can fuck, oh, excuse me, finger for your pleasure & then toss away?"

Miroku looked at me with his eyebrows almost near his hairline. "You two had sex?"

I sighed, rolling my eyes. "It didn't go that far"

He then directed his gaze at Kagura. "He fingered you?"

"He did" she said, nodding, still looking at me, "Quite well too"

I scoffed & looked away. "What do you want from me, Kagura?"

"I don't want shit from you! You act like you're so high & mighty all because you're such a fucking pretty boy-"

Miroku leaned back away from her & backed up while I snapped at her at the same time.

"You haven't even been around me long enough to know what the hell I act like so don't you dare try & figure me out!"

"You're just like every other guy that think they're the shit!"

"& you're just like every other bitch, trying to play the victim!"

We both glared murderously at each other & I noticed Inuyasha & Kagome jogging back towards up, looks of panic on their faces.

"The fuck is wrong with you two? You forgot the police is out looking for us?" Inuyasha whispered harshly, "Shut the fuck up!"

I held Kagura's gaze a while longer, feeling my jaw muscle sticking out, then looked at my little brother. "What time is it? Naraku should be done by now"

Inuyasha snatched out his phone & inhaled sharply. "We gatta go. Now. It's been ten minutes"

"Oh fuck..."

I darted behind the building to find Naraku staring intently at the keypad then he looked up at me.

"Let's take the gate" he said in a low voice.

"Yeah because it's been ten minutes"

"Oh for the love of..."

Quicker than I could follow Naraku grabbed my arm & pretty much dragged me to the car, threw Inuyasha & I in & glared at the others. "You guys don't have to go home but you gatta get the hell out of here"

"I'm coming" Kagura said with determination.

"Me too!" Kagome squealed.

Miroku made a gesture with his hands, indicating that he'd rather be left behind.

"No, Kagura! Hell no!" Naraku said, almost banging his fist on top of the car but thinking better, "Take your ass home!"

"Oh fuck you"

Kagura opened the back door & slid in, Kagome trying to trail in after her but she closed the door.

"Kagura!" the girl whined.

"It's too dangerous out here for you babe" Inuyasha murmured, leaning over Kagura's lap, "You'd be safer here"

I assumed the girl pouted but all I know was that she didn't say anything. I was too busy staring in the rearview mirror at the blue light approaching the vehicle, my heart racing.

I grabbed Naraku shirt & pulled him in the car.

"Sesshomaru, what the hell-"

"Start the car, let's get the fuck outta here!" I said urgently. I grimaced when everyone fell silent at my panicked voice.

The police car seemed to pause, then the siren blared & burned rubber as it came towards us.

"Oh fuck!" I heard Inuyasha yell from the back seat.

Naraku jammed the key in the ignition & took off like a bullet down the road, leaving Kagome & Miroku behind who ran to hide in the shadows.

I held on tightly to the door handle as Naraku hugged the curves closely, tipping the car up onto two wheels on several occassions. Inuyasha's wheezing was becoming distracting but I was too focused on the road; I was afraid to look away.

"Does anyone know where the fuck the front gate is?" Naraku growled so quickly it all sounded like one word.

"After the intersection of 41 & Broadway" Kagura said just as quickly.

I spared a quick glance at her over my shoulder to find fear riddled all over her face, breathing almost as hard as Inuyasha who was clutching his chest, eyes half-lidded as he head rolled around with the car's movements.

Naraku made a sharp right & I banged my knee on the gear shift painfully. I grimaced but didn't really notice. The police seemed to be gaining on us, its blue lights shining angrily & off in the distance I could hear a helicopter.

Oh fuck

"Make this left, make this left!" Kagura instructed quickly & Naraku took it without question.

He paused when we were faced with a small ally, snarling. "What the hell, Kagura?"

"It's a short cut! The car will fit!"

I got a good feeling it wouldn't but decided not to voice that. I quickly put on my seatbelt for fear of being launched through the windshield & braced myself against the cloth-covered seat, one hand gripping the hell out of the door handle & the other curled into a fist on my lap. I heard Kagura mutter something to Inuyasha who I was sure passed out. It was better that way; if he was about to watch us squeeze through this narrow ally he'd definitely be hyperventilating.

Naraku's foot stepped on the gas heavily & we shot towards the ally. I think I heard him yelling, something similar to, "Fuck the police!" & the car shimmied into the tight space, the only casuality being the side mirrors. I flinched as they were snatched off.

"Make this right!" Kagura screamed breathlessly & when we shot out of the ally Naraku made a sharp right to avoid a brick wall but the tail of the car smashed into it. After a stall the car kicked back into gear though & we were off again.

"Are they still on us?" Naraku asked, face marred in deep concentration.

There was a pause as Kagura turned around quickly & she sighed. "No. We lost them"

Everyone visibly relaxed at the moment & Naraku's foot eased off the gas pedal a bit though we were still doing 70 on a domestic road. I unclenched my hands, finding the joints were almost locked from holding on so dearly.

I noticed Naraku spare me a quick glance. "Are you alright?"

I nodded, swallowing. "Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine"

"Yeah, I'm fine too, thanks for asking assholes" Kagura growled irritably.

Naraku smirked. "Good to hear. Which roads leads to the gate?"

"Take the second left & then keep going until you see the stop sign then it'll be the next right"

He nodded & silence fell in the car. My airways opened up some & I was able to breathe better. The smell of burnt tires from Naraku's insane driving filled my nose & bothered my sinuses so I cracked my window, grateful for the clear, cool night. It made me remember the nights near the end of November when Inuyasha & I would lay out on the lawn or on top of our cars & stare at the stars & the night would be so chilly our skin would be numb by the time we came inside, somewhere around 3 in the morning. Tonight the stars were out & it made me long for that time.

"What's the plan once we make it out of the gates?" Naraku asked, interrupting my train of thought.

"Go to the nearest gated city" I responded simply.

"But what's the nearest gated city?"

I just realized that Inuyasha & I never came to that conclusion & I ran my hand tiredly over my face. "I have no idea"

"You've got us running out of this city for nothing?" Kagura shouted.

"It is not for nothing! We're running for a damn good reason! It's just...I didn't do enough research about it"

"Saitama" Naraku said simply.

"What?" Kagura & I said at the same time.

"Saitama is a gated city but I'm not sure if there's anything closer"

"Well how far is it?" Kagura asked.

He sighed. "Almost a five hour drive"

There was a mixture of a sigh, growl & a swear that fell from my lips as Kagura's eyes widened considerablly.

"Well you think there are gas stations outside the walls? I mean there are a couple that are run by machines & instead of you having to get out of your car & pumping, they do it for you"

Naraku sighed, slowing a little as he approached the stop sign. "They're far & between. I haven't even heard of any in the immediate area. Only one I've heard of is one in Russia"

There was a moment of silence again as all three of our minds were submerged in thought, trying to plan out where we should go, what we should do. It went without saying that we couldn't stay here. That only left us with the choice of getting the hell out or being caught &thrown out. But we couldn't possibly make it to Saitama if we don't find a gas station & it was too dangerous to risk the trip anyway.

"You think we'll beat the horde?" Kagura asked quietly.

No one answered. I'm not sure if it was because we were too occupied with our thoughts or we didn't want to lie & say yes but didn't want to be pessimistic & say no. Judging by the position the stars were in it was a few hours from dawn, maybe about two or three & Miroku said the horde should be approaching by tomorrow though he didn't say approximately what time. I preferred to believe they weren't going to arrive until tomorrow night which would give us plenty of room but by the look he'd given us when he announced that it was likely they'd arrive a lot sooner.

As Naraku rounded the corner & we were faced with the wall our jaws dropped & Naraku firmly set his foot against the brake.

"Oh...God" he whispered.

Stretching out in front of the entire wall & blocking the gate were numerous S.W.A.T. trucks & SUV's & a helicopter hovering over the wall. My throat closed as anger, frustration & fear nearly shut my airway. What the hell are we going to do now? There's no way in hell I was going to let them get to Inuyasha. They'd have to put me down with tranquilizers intended for horses & they'd have to use many.

A man in a S.W.A.T uniform, complete with a helmet & fiberglass shield, stepped forward, a megaphone held up to his mouth. "Sesshomaru we know you're in there & we know your brother is in there too. If you both & whoever else is in the car get out with you hands up very slowly I can assure you no one will be hurt"

"Stay. Put" Naraku whispered, his lips barely moving & eyes forward.

"Naraku that'll just make it wors-" Kagura started, the pitch of her voice higher than usual.

"Don't you even move" he interjected & she obeyed.

"Sesshomaru" he continued.

I looked over at him without turning my head.

"Do you have a weapon on you at the moment?"

I swallowed before whispering, "I don't"

He nodded very slowly. "Ok...alright"

The officer shifted & raised the megaphone again. "It will be so much easier if you just surrender. Failing to cooperate will only result in someone getting hurt & property damage & we don't need that nor do you want it so just come out with your hands up very slowly & we can put this behind us"

"Naraku..." Kagura whispered softly.

"Kagura if we surrender they will kill us!" Naraku snapped, still whispering, "Don't you understand that? They will either execute us by firing squad or hold us prisoner until the horde comes, & you can bet your ass they will make your wait as unpleasant as possible without killing you & when the horde gets here they're going to throw every single last one of us to them & then wipe their fucking hands off & go about their day"

I started thinking about just how unpleasant they'd make our lives while waiting for the horde but shook my head & tried to form a plan.

"How do you know they'll do that?" his sister continued whispering, looking around, "You know it'll only get worse if we don't get out the car & just surrender"

"Kagura I was part of this same damn S.W.A.T team if you've forgotten. This is not the first time they tracked down a criminal & told them to surrender. Every single time they surrendered we executed them with a shot to the leg & let the infection kill them or lethal injection if it had to be public"

I looked at Naraku sharply when he mentioned being on the S.W.A.T. team. "You were?"

He sighed & let his hands slide off the steering wheel. "Yes. I was part of the S.W.A.T. team for about six or seven years so I know surrendering is not going to be all lovely & peaceful like he's making it out to be"

He placed his face in his hands for a moment before he sat back & sighed again. "& I knew the government was going to put out the virus a year before they even announced it"

"What?"

I really did not know how to correctly react to that bit of information but I was definitely not happy about it. "Did you put it out there yourself?" I asked.

"No, no" he responded, shaking his head, "The Center for Disease Control in America came up with the idea, contacted the CIA & they issued out lab rats to try for a cure. I don't know everything that went into the cure. They injected the rats with cancer cells & then injected the cure a few days later. It seemed to work but apparently they didn't wait to see the effect it had so they went on & reported that they had discovered the cure. Before the CIA could confirm that they could go along with the announcement, my wife decided to be a test subject to see how it would affect a person"

Here he ran a shaking hand over his mouth, taking deep breathes as he tried to get a hold of the emotion I could see so plainly on his face. A few minutes passed before he could speak again.

"At first she was fine. The cancer cells they injected in her made her feel a bit tired & made some of her hair fall out but once they injected the cure in her she was feeling better than ever. She had so much more energy & her metabolism sped up, helping her lose the weight she'd been trying to get off after the holidays"

He chuckled & unshed tears shimmered in his eyes. My heart ached for him.

"The CDC made their announcement & they were swamped with people trying to recieve the cure. It was hard to believe just how much cancer affected so many people's lives. My wife started to come down off of her energetic high & became very mellow, which didn't even bother me. & then she got sick. It was like she had the flu. I would try to give her medicine but she'd only throw it up; she did the same with food as well & she...she just withered away...right there in front of me. She was too weak to even wrap her arm around my neck when I carried her to the car & came here so she could enjoy being out the house c-cause I knew she was about to...t-to..."

His voice broke & I automatically reached forward & squeezed his shoulder reassurangly.

"She died in my arms three nights later. I was so lost, so broken, I couldn't bring myself to bury her. & then one day, when I'd come back from job hunting I found her tearing into a pack of chicken I'd taken out to thaw for dinner that night but then she saw me...her eyes were...so crazy &...wild, I was frozen. It was the first time I felt fear. I mean like mind-numbing, paralyzing fear that made the little hairs all over your body stand on end"

"I'm going to ask you again..." the officer said over the megaphone. We ignored him.

"I couldn't bring myself to kill her" he whispered, shaking his head slowly, "Even while she was trying to bite me I just couldn't. The chief was my neighbor then & he saw me trying to haul her to the car. He helped me & then drove to the front gate while I was struggling to hold her down. I couldn't stop shaking, I was so...was so...afraid. Afraid was even an understatement. I don't even know how he got her out of my arms & managed to toss her out of the gate but he did & when he came back to the car he looked at me with this pathetic sympathy just all on his face & asked me if I needed a job. I...I needed something to get my mind off of what had just happened, he said"

We all said in dead silence, Kagura's hand over her mouth, her eyes wide, Naraku leaning against his seat, watery eyes staring down at his large hands which were in his lap & me with my hand still on his shoulder. How do you help someone cope with that kind of loss? Where do you even begin? That was something so serious & tramatic I was surprised he hadn't sunk into a depression. But when I thought about all the energy he put in at the firestation, how it seemed like he went above & beyond. It made sense now.

"Naraku...I'm so sorry" I managed to whisper.

He nodded to himself & raised his head to watch the officer slowly backing away from us then he shocked me by smirking. "They're going to shoot at us"

My heart went from aching for his loss to beating like a humming bird's wings in record time. "What are we going to do?"

Naraku rolled his shoulders & flexed his hands on the steering wheel, not seeming to notice the lone tear that made its slow desent down his right cheek. "We're getting the hell out of here"
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