A/N: Hello my fellow readers! This is the first chapter of my new story "Two spies are better than one." It was on my poll and it came in first place. Please read and review!
Disclaimer: No, I don't own Inuyasha. If I did, would I even be typing this?
Chapter 1: The assignment
It was a quiet, normal day at S.S headquarters. Everyone was out on assignments, others were training in the gym and courtyard. Nothing out of the usual.
"Inuyasha, what the hell are you doing?"
Yep, nothing out of the usual.
In the courtyard's maze were Inuyasha and Kagome, who had the unfortunate luck to have the same practice time. During practice, all spies were given a buddy, as they rarely did assignments by themselves. It didn't help that Kagome and Inuyasha always tried to outdo the other; it was a constant competition to be the best and destroy the other.
"What are you talking about, wench?" Inuyasha scowled at the raven haired girl who was currently on the other side of the little space they had. All he had done was punch a hole in the garden's maze. The quicker the better, right?
Kagome rolled her eyes. "The whole point of this practice is to figure the maze out! Or is your brain so out of use that it can't function?" She asked, crossing her arms and glaring at Inuyasha annoyingly. She couldn't believe her rotten luck. She just had to get Inuyasha today. Why oh ,why couldn't she have gotten Sango?
"Keh, I can just punch my way through this damn thing! I ain't gonna waste time when I don't have to!" Inuyasha glared back, readying himself for another punch at the maze's green wall.
"You're a brute fool," Kagome sighed. "Watch me get there before you do!" She ran off and disappeared around the corner.
"I'll be there to see you lose!" Inuyasha shouted. He was sure he was going to win this bet, hands down. He'd be there in no time. He punched and punched his way through until he finally gave up. He scratched his head as he looked around him. Where the hell was that center? He shrugged. It didn't matter because if he couldn't find it, there was no way in hell that Kagome found it.
So when he finally did get there, he was more than surprised to see Kagome calmly waiting at the fountain. His jaw dropped.
"What the hell?"
Kagome laughed. "I told you it was all a matter of thinking." She stood up and began to walk the way she had come in. She glanced at Inuyasha from the corner of her eye. "I think you better walk behind me or you might get lost, puppy." She took a jab at Inuyasha's dog demon heritage.
He shrugged it off. "Keh! I don't need to follow you! And it don't matter whether I'm smarter than my opponent. I've got my fists to deal with that."
Kagome giggled in a very you're-such-an-idiot way. "Maybe not even that! You're ego is so big, it could probably crush them!"
"Well, being smart ain't gonna save nobody! Besides, you're just jealous."
Kagome narrowed her eyes and came closer to Inuyasha. She jabbed a finger at him. "Why would I be jealous of a half-demon? You're the one jealous of me"
Inuyasha scoffed at her. "Was that supposed to hurt?" He started to in front of her. "Besides, being half-demon is much better than being a weak human."
Kagome rolled her eyes, the statement rolling off of her. She was used to Inuyasha's comments on her being human, but she strangely felt hurt this time. Crossing her arms, she brushed past Inuyasha.
"I don't care what you think about me, but since you are my assigned partner, I suggest to listen to my advice and follow me, unless you want to punch your way through all the walls."
Inuyasha was about to open his mouth, until he caught sight of Kagome's face. Maybe his comment had hurt her feelings.
Yeah, right. That wench has no feelings.
But even if he did think that, he walked behind her anyway and without saying another word.
Kagome was surprised that Inuyasha had been able to remain quiet through the entire trek back to the start of the maze. She also felt bad about insulting him about his half demon heritage, since she knew how hard it was to be scorned for just existing.
A boulder has more feelings than this Inuhanyou. It wouldn't even be worth the apology.
She nodded to herself. Yeah, she didn't need to apologize if he hadn't. Suddenly, the headquarters sirens started to blare loudly. Kagome and Inuyasha glanced at each other and began to run to the building in their view.
Sango and Miroku came out to meet them. "Kagome, you won't believe what's happened! They stole the chip!"
Inuyasha frowned. "Chip? What chip?"
Kagome frowned. "You know, you can't really be that ignorant." I said, frowning. "The Shikon chip? The most powerful artificial intelligence and the most dangerous thing to mankind in the world? Does that ring a bell?"
"Um, maybe?"
Kagome rolled her eyes. "Unbelievable." She turned to Sango, who was noticeably in her usual attack attire. Her hair was up in a ponytail, and her Hiraikoutsu was strung on her back. Like Inuyasha and Miroku, Sango was in the special forces of the S.S. Kagome was only in the Special intelligence unit.
"Dear Sango, would you mind hurrying up with the details? We don't have all day." Miroku complained, a hand deftly wandering to Sango's backside. Sango caught him and with a swift kick, he fell over to the side.
"As I was saying," Sango continued with a strained smile. "The chip was stolen right before we met up with you and the Five want to see the both of you."
"The Five? They want to see us?" Inuyasha's surprise mirrored Kagome's.
"Well, not exactly." Sango looked confused. " Just follow us, ok?"
Kagome and Inuyasha glanced at each other and began to walk behind Sango and a now limping Miroku. They entered the building and Kagome finally realized the extent of the damage of the place. It was hard to believe this had only occurred in a couple of minutes. Some of the walls were damaged and others were completely destroyed. Kagome shook her head.
"Sango, didn't they catch who stole the chip it was on tape?"
Sango shook her head. "Nope. Whoever did it hacked in our main computer system and messed up the codes for surveillance. None of the cameras outside of these few halls were affected, only the ones near the vault where the chip was kept." She pointed to the three halls.
"Then we're dealing with some kind of master mind, right?" Kagome glanced at the cameras and jumped over the debris on the floor. Inuyasha laughed.
"That's what you think. They guy obviously was really strong. Can't you see all the broken walls?"
Kagome rolled her eyes. "Puh-lease. His goons must have done this. Anyone who can hack into a complicated super computer system like ours wouldn't need to be buff."
Sango stopped as they made it to the door and threw a quick glare to Inuyasha and Kagome. "Stop bickering you two!" She shook her head at them as she slid her identification card into the slot. "I swear, this is constantly going on! If you guys don't get together, you won't be top agents for long."
The door clicked open before either Kagome or Inuyasha could respond to Sango's remark and opened to a dark, and soundless room. Kagome and Inuyasha glanced at each other as they walked inside.
The door closed after them and for a moment they were engulfed in darkness, until a spotlight appeared on both of them and the front of the room had been barely illuminated. The only indication given that The Five were there was their silhouettes.
"Kagome, Inuyasha you have been called for a matter of the utmost emergency." A man's voice boomed. Kagome and Inuyasha nodded as he continued. "As you have been told, the Shikon chip has been stolen. We need out top agents to go after the chip, discover who took it and why they did."
Then, a softer women's voice spoke. "We didn't know who to send-"
Inuyasha proudly stepped up, the light slightly unfocused as it began to follow him. "I would be glad to do it! Only my skills are needed by the looks outside."
"Actually-"
Kagome started to laugh. "I think you've taken to many hits to the head. Everyone knows only a mind of intelligence was behind all of this, and I think that's my area of expertise."
"Well-"
Inuyasha turned to fully face Kagome. "I'm going to take this mission."
Kagome returned his glare with full force. "I don't think so."
"Am too!"
"Are not!"
Inuyasha came started to walk over to where Kagome was standing. "Am-"
"Silence!" Another, more deadly and lethal voice interrupted their argument. "Are you not spied of the S.S? Stop acting like five year olds and listen to your superiors!"
Kagome hung her head in embarrassment. In her mind, it was all Inuyasha's fault. If he had kept his mouth shut, then she wouldn't have responded.
Inuyasha scowled and returned to his original spot. He crossed his arms and decided to not look at Kagome, and instead stared into the darkness of the room.
"As I was saying," the woman began again, "We were at conflict on who to send so we decided to give you both the assignment."
Kagome's and Inuyasha's heads snapped up at the same time. "What?" Kagome was the first to respond. "I can't work with him! I'll be dead in a day's time!"
Inuyasha scowled even more. "Keh, if I work with you I'll be dead in half a day's time."
"Why I oughtta-"
The first man's voice interrupted them. "Please, if you can't accept this mission, we'll just give it to someone else who actually worthy of being called top spies."
When there was no response from either of the operatives, the man continued. "You will work together and I don't want to hear any complaints. The details of your assignment will be sent to you tonight. You start tomorrow. You're dismissed."
Inuyasha and Kagome walked out, glaring at each other as if they were never going to stop. The man sighed and the woman who had spoken earlier laid a hand on his shoulder. "Do you think they'll work their issues out?"
The man shrugged. "They better, if they don't want to end up dieing."
The woman sighed, her sadness evident. "I hope they do."
Kagome sighed as she lazily laid on her bed, slowly closing her eyes. She couldn't believe that she had been given such an important assignment and with Inuyasha, no less. She sat up slowly and looked outside from the window of her dorm. She stood and placed a hand on it, the cold glass feeling refreshing against her sweaty palm.
She sighed again. Maybe she was being a little to mean to Inuyasha and she was definitely acting like a kid whenever it came to insulting him. Why did she react to him like that? Maybe it had been the years of built up habit.
She remembered the first day she came here. She had just turned fifteen and had been recruited to the special intelligence forces by the S.S. The first person she had seen was Inuyasha, who incidentally had been training at the time. She didn't remember exactly what she had said or what Inuyasha had responded with but she knew it had ended with them on bad terms.
And now here we are, still fighting as if we were still teenagers. She glanced up as she heard a knock on her door. She carefully made her way through the mess of papers on the floor and opened the door.
"Yes?"
The messenger boy, whose name was Hojo, blushed and stuck out his hand. "Th-this is the information for that m-mission of y-yours!"
Kagome could see the anxiety the boy had and took the paper from him with a smile. "Thank you." She then quickly closed the door and unrolled the piece of paper.
Operation: RTC, (Retrieve the chip)
Details: The Shikon chip is a very powerful object and can be used for many evil things like mind control, world domination, and impair technology, etc. The use of any of these options would wreak havoc, therefore it is imperative for you to retrieve the chip.
We hope you have a safe journey.
-The Five
"Way to be vague . . ."
Kagome rolled her eyes but carefully folded the piece of paper and threw it into her the suitcase she was taking. She was traveling light and hoped that Inuyasha would too. She grabbed her teddy and sat down on her bed again.
"Well, teddy, I guess I'm going to have to save the world."
Inuyasha practiced his hits on the punch bag in the gym, sweat trickling down his brow from the effort he was putting in. Miroku was holding the punching bag, and it looked like he'd collapse with the force of one Inuyasha's punches.
"I don't get it!" Inuyasha huffed, punching the bag a little to hard. "Why do I have to work with her? We freakin' hate each other." He paused and glanced at Miroku, who looked as blue as the sky over their heads. "Miroku?"
Miroku grunted and composed himself before responding. "Maybe that's the point of your mission. Maybe the Five want you and Kagome to stop fighting and work together." He then gave Inuyasha an knowing look. "Trust me, on such an important mission, I think you'll want to."
Inuyasha shrugged and began to unravel the bandages on his hand. "I guess you have a point." He tossed the bandages in the trash can and grabbed his towel and water bottle. Miroku walked in step with him until they reached Inuyasha's bedroom door.
Miroku glanced at Inuyasha, confusion written on his face. "How did you and Kagome start hating each other?"
Inuyasha hesitated in opening the door. "I don't think that's really your business." He turned the knob completely and stepped inside his room and slammed the door shut. Inuyasha exhaled loudly.
He didn't really enjoy the fact that Kagome and him fought on a daily basis, but it was so drilled into him that it was almost basic instinct. He flopped on his bed, but then noticed the crumpled paper under him. He grabbed it and realized it was the information that the Five sent.
After he read over it, he tossed it in his suitcase along with some clothes and a couple of other things.
Miroku's question floated back into his mind again. He groaned and threw his favorite red jacket a into his suitcase a little more forcefully than he intended too. Why did everyone keep asking me? It's not like I remember when I met her!
He decided a quick shower would work to free his mind. Besides, with what the note said, it sounded like he was going to have to save the world.
A/N: And there you have it folks! Please, I love reviews so drop some for me! Feed back is appreciated and so are thoughts about the chapter. Was it boring or was it interesting? Do you guys want me to continue it? This would be a chapter story too, just to throw it out there.
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-Daichi