A/n: A new story. I hope the characters are very similar to the anime. Well, personality wise anyway. Not claiming ownership of anything. Tell me what you think.

Chapter ONE

There was nothing like seeing Tokyo 2:00AM. The streets came to life in a completely different aspect than during the day. People dressed in funky clothes, and spoke in a language all their own. Lights lit up certain parts of the city, while keeping the alley ways in shadows. The homeless wondered through the streets like ghosts, and prostituion ran rapid with anyone willing to risk health for a satisfying lay.

Kagome exited the emergency wing of the Nihon Sekijujisha Iryo Center, glad that her shift at the hospital was finally over. She needed a rest from being up since 4:00 that evening. Passing quickly through the alley ways, she ignored the onlooking perverts desperate for fresh meat, and the homeless who begged and conned people out of their hard earned money.

The local Teishoku-ya called Daiki's was always open around this time making good money off of the night shift workers. Kagome entered, almost immediately spotting her friend in their usual spot. Walking up to the table, she set down her back pack and purse.

"Hey Miroku." Kagome smiled.

Miroku had been her friend for years. They met in medical school and both worked for the NSIC, but Miroku literally worked in the E.R. saving lives. She was in autopsy investigations. Unfortunately, her patients were already dead when they came to her. On her first day looking at a dead body, she past out, and he had caught her just in the nick of time.

"Hey. I ordered for you. How was work?" He asked passing her the chop sticks. Kagome poured on soy sauce. "Um...sad. I autopsied a little boy today. no older than 13. Gun fight."

Miroku just shook his head. "This world is becoming more and more dangerous." "Yeah, and we're only in Tokyo." Kagome retorted. Miroku smirked.

They ate and discussed their internships for the summer. around half past 3, They paid the tab and walked out into the warm tokyo air.

"You sure you don't want me to walk you home?" Miroku asked. Kagome thought his gentlemen charm was sweet, but she was a woman of the 21st century and could handle herself. "No thanks. Besides, your apartment is on the other side of town. I'll see you tomorrow night."

Miroku sighed, giving his closest friend a hug. "Alright, but be careful and go straight home." Kagome nodded, heading downtown.

Stepping off the subway, Kagome checked the area. "I guess there's not much going on tonight." she said. This was good because it meant she could take the short cut through the back alley instead walking two blocks around.

Half way home she heard voices in the dimly lit alley way. Kagome slowed her pace. She came to a hault when those voices got louder. There were three men. Two were the standing, the other was on his knees. Ducking behind the trash can, she got as low as possible. 'I'll just hide here until they leave.' she thought. Yeah, that's the smart thing to do.

"Look, we don't want to make this harder than it has to be." a deep barritone voice calmly explained.

"I'm sorry Kouga! You got to believe me! I didn't tell them anything! Hiten, please..."

Kouga handed Hiten a gun. "You know this has to be done. If Naraku finds out that there's a leak, we'll all be dead."

Hiten took the gun from Kouga, cocking it. "Brother, you know I love you. Why'd you do it? Why Miten?"

The big man on the ground cried a flood of tears. Miten sniffled. "Naraku's gonna sell us out. All of us. Its just a matter. of time." Kouga sneered. "Fool! You're speaking foolish because you opened your mouth to an undercover cop and now you have to play snitch."

Hiten's eyes raged with anger. "MITEN! How could you?" Miten shut his eyes tight. "Just do it brother! DO IT!!" he screamed. Hiten put the gun to his neck. "Forgive me" he whispered before pulling the trigger, sending his only remaining family member into the spirit world.

Kagome gasped. 'Oh my god! Oh my god!'

Kouga looked around, suddenly suspicious. He had heard something. A rat maybe. Turning back to Hiten, he placed a hand on his shoulder. "It had to be done. Take the body and burry him pier fourteen. Quickly before someone sees us."

Hiten sat, almost lifeless with his brother's life in his hands. "He's right Kouga. Naraku is getting too powerful. It's time we start thinking about oursel-" BANG Kouga shot in the back, mid sentence. "Pathetic."

Getting into the stylish black mercedes, Kouga drove off. Kagome sprang from the trash can, running to Hiten.

"Oh my goodness, we have to stop your bleeding.Breathe steadily. Can you hear me?" Kagome asked all the medical questions. Hiten winced in threatening pain. "Don't save me. They'll only kill me later. Take this."

He handed her an old looking key. The inscription read, ' Plot 13, Row 12.' "What does this mean? Can you hear me? Look, I'm going to dial 911, you'll be absolutely fine Hiten." Kagome slipped. Hiten gasped for breath. "You saw?" he managed to speak.

"Yes" Kagome confessed Hiten's eyes looked her straight in the eyes and whispered with his last breath, "Then you must get away."

It hadn't been five minutes when the black mercedes came back into view. "Oh god." she wispered. Kouga stepped into the light. "Hey you!" he called not far from her.

Looking in the opposite direction, she spotted the police. kagome jumped to her feet, facing past the cop car where she knew Kouga would not follow. The local cop tried to follow her but he was too out of shape.

Kagome didn't stop running til she gotback to her family shrine. She reached the top, almost out of breath. Glancing back at the city, she was in shock to what she had just witnessed. "Oh my lord.." she whispered.

Her attention was drawn to the pain in her hand. It was the key Hiten had given her. Releasing her tensioned hand, she read the inscription again. "What the hell..." Kagome mumbled. Regardless of what it meant, she wanted nothing to do with any part of it. Tokyo mafias' were nothing to triffle with.

In a panic, she desperately searched for a place to hide it. Her sights set on the old well house. Entering it, she made a vow. "This never happened." she said confidently. Praying for Hiten and his brother, she dropped the key into the empty well and closed it's doors.

10:00AM THAT SAME DAY--

Hojo sat stunned with Kagome in the coffee shop, stunned to hear of such news. "Well, you need to go to the police." he advised.

Kagome shook her head no. "Look, I can't do that. I know what happens when people open their mouths; they end up on my examining table."

Hojo sighed. "Kagome darling, you need to stop watching so much American TV. And try not to slouch." Kagome frowned but attempted to sit straighter..

The young waitress appeared with a slight smile. "Anything else for you sir?" she asked a little too politely. Hojo winked at her. "No thanks, I'm good here." The waitress turned to ask Kagome but Hojo cut in. "She doesn't want anything either."

Kagome inwardly groaned. Hojo was sort of the demanding/controling perfectionist. They had met through their fathers. Although Hojo's family was far richer and snobbish, they had accepted the Higurashi's for their intelligence and worth ethic. Kagome's father also had is heart set on his daughter marrying into the right family, so her engagement to Hojo was practically arranged. Who knew her life would be tied to a tyrant?

'Not me. ' Kagome admitted to herself. Glancing at her watch, she exhaled. "Hojo darling, I have to go to work."

Hojo paid the tab and they left. All the way to the hospital, Hojo lectured her on the dangers of with holding evidence. When they arrived, Kagome couldn't have been happeir to look at a body that couldn't talk.

"Kagome," Hojo called from the car.

Kagome rolled her eyes, put on a fake smile and faced him. "Yes?"

"Go to the police." He said sternly. Kagome gave a final nod and practically raced into the hospital.

Tokyo Police Station

"SHIT!" Inuyasha screamed, throwing his coffee cup into the wall. Nobunaga looked a bit worried. "Inuyasha, calm down." he tried calming his partner.

"How the fuck can I calm down?! Our only snitch is dead, and now we have no leads! How am I supposed to bring Naraku down when I've got nothing?!" He shouted. Inuyasha had been tracking down Naraku for six months and it was getting him nowhere.

There had been major activity going on with the underground ever since Naraku took over from his mentor Onigumo. There were alot of drugs being moved and alot of weapons being bought. The only problem is, they've been bought legally with laundered money and being sold to the local criminals for profit. No one was safe after sunset. No one.

Wanting to drink something, Inuyasha searched for his coffee. "Where the hell did I put my coffee?" Nobunaga chuckled. "You threw it against the wall. And not to worry. Myouga is good at finding loop wholes. He'll dig up something."

Inuyasha snorted. "Hell, he'd better. He's supposed to be a field agent, but everytime he's called to duty, he's never there!" Nbunaga laughed. "He's not the shooting type. Unlike you."

Inuyasha shrugged. The phone rang and Nobunaga answered it. "Takeda. Are you serious?...Myouga, you're the best!" he hung up the phone with a big grin.

"That was Myouga. You're not going to believe this." Nobunaga said, half skeptical himself. Inuyasha wasn't too thrilled. He continued examining his gun. "What?" he asked distracted.

"Myouga recieved a call from a guy named Hojo. Turns out his girlfriend found Hiten's body after the murder." Nobunaga told him.

Inuyasha paused. "Could it be the same girl who ran from the cops in the police report?"

"Strong possibility. She works as a intern for the NSIC." Nobunaga explained further. Inuyasha put his gun back in the shoulder holster. "Call Myouga and get him and a back up squad. I have a friend in E.R. who may be able to help. I want this girl before she disappears."

Nobunaga nodded with a sigh. "I hate being non-active." Inuyasha smirked. "No one told you to go flying into that burning building to save some wench's pet iguana."

"Hey, that fire was the best thing that happened to me and Nazuna. We're getting married in August."

"Your funeral." Inuyasha shouted walking out the door.

Nihon Sekijujisha Iryo Center E.R-Unit

"I want 200 joules on this man stat! Kim, keep an eye on that monitor, let me know when it starts to skip." Miroku shouted instructions, trying to save this old timer's failing heart. "And, CLEAR!" he hit the man. three times, and by the miracle of God, his heart was doing a steady beat.

"Oh thank god!" Miroku smiled and so everyone else. "Okay Roku, take over. Kim, set him up for an emergency transplant. This tin man needs a new heart." Everyone got to work.

Miroku took off his opperation union form in the next room. When he was finished, he was greeted by an old face. Inuyasha stood leaning against the wall, apparently watching the whole ordeal through the glass.

"Pretty impressive. Still saving lives, huh monk?" He asked with a smirth. Miroku chuckled. " Depends. You still taking them?" Inuyasha shrugged. "I got out of that a couple of months ago."

"Really? So what brings you here? I mean, I'm always glad to see you, but everytime I do, you're always on a mission." Miroku reasoned, sitting on the desk.

Inuyasha took out a photo a young woman and showed it to him. "Do you know her?" Miroku took the photo and frowned. It was Kagome. "Yes. She's my colleague. Is she alright? What's going on?"

"Last night, she was seen fleeing the murder scene of a Notorious mofia member." Inuyasha explained. Generally, they were not supposed to reveal such information, but him and Miroku were good friends. He could trust him. And that was saying alot.

"Kagome? She's harmless! She was probably going to save the man, not kill him." Miroku defended her. There was no way a woman as sweet and good-looking as Kagome would be caught dead with those kind of men.

"Villany wears many masks. You and I both know that." Inuyasha retorted skeptically. Miroku raised an eyebrow. "Tu Che. But I'm telling you, Kagome is innocent. And it couldn't have been her. I was with her last night."

"Did you take her home?" Inuyasha asked. Miroku shook his head no. "No, she insisted that she walk. Hates to be a burden." Inuyasha rolled his eyes. Miroku was making her out to a girl scout.

"Well her boyfriend called this mourning and told the police that she had informed him on the events she witnessed. He had a feeling she wouldn't go to the police, so he did." Inuyasha revealed to him.

Miroku nodded. "Well, she's a pathologist intern. She should be there now. Want me to escort you?" he asked genuinely corncerened for Kagome and the trouble she may have gotten into.

Inuyasha shook his head. "Nah, I want to do this myself." He got up and walked to the door. He knew Miroku was concerned so before he left, he said, "I promise she won't be arrested. I just want to get to the bottom of this. For her sake and ours."

Miroku smirked as Inuyasha left. 'I knew I could count on him.' he said to himself.

Nihon Sekijujisha Iryo Center-Autopsy

"Good morning Dr. Kaede" Kagome greeted her instructer with a smile.

Her mentor gave a soft smile, always happy to see the young lady. "Hello dear. We have some new examinees today. Today, concentrate not on the wounds, but where the bullet has langed and the exact point of contact that lead to the chain of reactions causing the death."

Kagome nodded, loving a new challenge. She pulled back the white sheet. "Oh my God!!" she screamed. Kagome stumbled away, not believing she was yet again looking at Hiten's corpse.

A/n: End of first chaper. What did you think? I know it's sort of long but I wanted to get the foundation out of the way. Next chapter should be very interesting. Hope you like it. Read and Review! Reviews are good! really want the feedback!