AN: In my story, Shippou three years younger than Kagome and Sango, who are both 18. Which makes Shippou 15. Miroku is 19. Just to clear everything up
Work's Not Fair
Chapter 1: Breaking In
In the vast corridors of a museum a figure in dark navy blue was moving stealthily along the walls and shadows. Their form fitting clothes showed it was a teenage girl slinking along with a mask pulled over her head. A pair of goggles was over her eyes and a small headset with microphone and earpiece was along the left side of her face.
"How's it going," She asked in an audible voice only to her. Above her head a security camera swiveled and followed her movements.
"Guard coming towards you fast from behind, better move," A male voice said into the headset.
"Okay," She skimmed along the wall and took a left turn, her feet barely making a sound.
"Oh he's coming right behind you now. I'd say about a minute before he catches up," A female voice said.
"I think you took a wrong turn," A third guy chipped in, his voice more childish than the first man's.
The girl hissed into the microphone, "You're supposed to be helping me out!"
"Sorry, Kag, I was eating some popcorn," He told her.
Kagome, or Kag as her friends called her scoffed softly as she reached a long hallway and took a right turn. A long hallway ended in a dead end in front of her.
"Okay wrong way," She murmured turning around to go back out.
At once the first man and the woman yelled, "Stay!"
Kagome ducked back into the hallway behind a statue. "What?" She said, irritated.
"Guard's coming down the hallway you just came down. He'll see you if you go back," The third guy said.
"Jeez, Shippou, you're the one that's got the guard routines why didn't you tell me he was coming earlier?" Kagome hissed, narrowing her eyes.
"I was eating popcorn with Miroku. Sorry?"
"Back up more. The guard's routine states that he's going to come down your hall," Sango, the techie told her.
Kagome ran silently to a tall display case and crouched down slightly behind it. She took out a stun gun and held it ready in case she actually had to use it.
"He's going to be on you in about forty," Miroku told her, over the microphone.
Nearby another camera turned to look over the hallway Kagome was in.
"He's going to see you," Shippou said.
"Better run," Sango told her.
Kagome said in an annoyed tone, "Run where?"
"Good point…" Sango said thoughtfully then added cheerfully out loud to the rest of the team, "Ten dollars says she knocks the guard down!"
"Nah I say she takes him out but gets hit in the process," Miroku said. A rustling was heard as he took out some money.
"Hey hey hey! You're not supposed to be betting over there," Kagome said, a tic forming on her eyebrow.
"Joining in Shippou?" Sango asked.
"I say she takes him out clean in one move!" Shippou said, grinning as he added ten dollars to the pile.
"Where's the next closest guard?" Kagome asked.
"I'd say a good five minutes from you," Miroku said, "Hey turn on your camera."
Kagome fingered her earring for a second and then asked, "Is it on?"
"Oh yeah. Pass the popcorn Shippou," Sango said.
"I feel loved," Kagome muttered, sarcasm dripping like treacle.
"Hey I just thought of a song to go with this moment," Miroku said then began to sing, "Bad girl bad girl whatcha gonna do whatcha gonna do when they come for you." He chuckled over the headset. The rest of them joined in a second later with somebody drumming on a desk.
"Hey here comes the guard," Sango said.
There was a scraping of chairs as the three people crowded around a monitor.
'Hand it to them to joke around when somebody could die,' Kagome thought to herself bitterly, wondering how the hell she got friends like that.
Behind her she could hear the clicking of the guard's shoes as he came closer. As he walked closer he saw Kagome hiding behind the display case and said, "Hey yo-"
He was cut off as Kagome rushed at him and slammed a hand over his mouth.
"Come on shock him already. Got some money at stake here!" Somebody told her over the headset.
"Other guard hasn't even noticed," Sango told her.
"Busy," Kagome muttered as she tried to get the guards hands away form his pistol.
"Aw just shock the bastard already!" Miroku said.
Kagome gave it a shot but the guard pushed her arm away and got his gun.
"Aw shit," she said and then kneed him hard.
The guard doubled over but managed to twist her arm in the process.
"Ow," Kagome mouthed before kneeing the guard in the face.
She grabbed the stun gun out of her other hand that the guard still had and stuck it on his neck and shocked him. He went ridged and fell down, unable to move.
"I think I sprained my wrist," Kagome said slowly, rotating her wrist slowly.
"Don't just stand there he'll be back up on his feet within a few minutes," Shippou told her.
"Yeah yeah," She said and then took his radio and crushed it, "This could've been avoided if you idiots were helping me."
"I was eating!" Miroku complained.
"You're not supposed to be eating while I'm out here! You're not supposed to be doing anything except watching me while I'm out here. You guys are slacking off."
Kagome took off in a silent jog out into the hallway again. Sango, Shippou, and Miroku muttered on the other end before Sango told her, "Right turn next hall way then right again dead ahead and there's the window you came out of. There's a guard that'll see you in a few minutes if you don't speed up."
Kagome followed her directions and found the window. Tucking in her injured right hand she climbed out onto a second story ledge outside and closed the window behind her.
"All clear, go ahead," Sango said clearly.
"I'm watching outside. Nobody's around," Shippou told Kagome.
A thick branch of a tree jutted out, just enough for the girl to reach it. Kagome climbed off the ledge and scaled down the tall tree, jumping off at a certain point and landing catlike below on the ground. She ran forward into a narrow alley before pulling off her mask then unzipped her blue suit and stored it into a backpack hidden beside some cardboard. Shouldering the backpack she took off in a run towards the rest of her team.
The headset was still around her head and she could hear the three people bickering about the money.
"Aw shut up over there. It was just a fucking ten dollars you bunch of morons," Kagome shouted over the headset, "Our salary makes up for that!"
"But I swear I was going to win," Miroku whined, "You let yourself get hit on purpose! You were all against me!"
"Shut up you whiney bastard," Sango told him.
Kagome heard a slapping sound, then some cracking of the knuckles. "Hey break it up you-"
A few seconds later she heard some things crashing and a whooshing sound followed by some more shouted insults.
"Uh guys? Guys! What are you doing?" Kagome asked, not sure she wanted to hear the answer.
"Uh… I think they just killed your laptop." Shippou said over the headset to her, his voice all squeaky and nervous.
"MY WHAT?" Kagome screamed, shaking from rage.
"Wait let me- AHH!"
Another whoosh followed by a crash was heard.
"… Shippou? Are you ok?"
"You know I thought the laptop was fine a few seconds ago, but now it's definitely trashed."
"You idiots are so lucky I have backups for my laptop. Sango! MIROKU! GROW UP!"
"HOLY SHIT!"
Kagome heard a static crackle over the headsets and then a bang.
"Shippou. Tell me that wasn't the computers."
"Nah. Just Sango's bedroom going up in flames, since Miroku tried lighting Hiraikotsu with a few matches, God knows why, and Sango knocked them away... but then they landed in a pile of tissues on her wooden cabinet. The one under her bedroom curtains, y'know? And yeah... Damn this is so screwed..."
"You don't sound very pissed about her room- Shippou what are you doing? Shippou? Don't do something stupid... Shippou?"
There wasn't an answer.
Kagome made a sound of annoyance and then broke off into a faster run.
A few minutes later Kagome took out a key and unlocked a building door. She ran over to an elevator. Tapping her foot impatiently she waited for it to arrive. With a small ding the doors opened and she stepped inside and repeatedly pushed for the highest floor. After an agonizing wait she finally arrived and kicked open the only door on the floor.
Running in, Kagome stopped in he main living room with a dumbfounded look. The room was beginning to flame. The three people in a corner of the room were fighting and a few computers were crackling. Kagome ran over and grabbed the fire extinguisher, spraying it everywhere. The flames snuffed out in an instant, but smoke still lingered.
Kagome walked over to the three tussling and then pulled Shippou out by the back of his collar easily and then stepped on Miroku's hand.
"I'm this close," She held up two fingers a few centimeters apart, "From kicking you all in the ass and then throwing you off of the roof."
She pushed Sango out of the corner and then pointed sharply at her room, which was something close to a ball of flames.
"Ow! Kagome! I'm sorry, but you didn't need to push ME when they started it!" She complained.
Kagome dragged her over to towards her room and then threw her the fire extinguisher. "Put. It. Out. Before. This. Whole. Place. Gets. Flamed," she said sharply.
She pivoted on her heels to face Shippou and Miroku. They had disappeared. Kagome squinted her eyes and ran for the front door, flinging it open. The two had forgotten about their problems and were desperately trying to get the elevator to open. When they saw her they flung their backs onto the wall and grinned innocently. Shippou, with his tied up reddish hair gave a nervous laugh as the elevator dinged open.
Miroku babbled out quickly, "Weweren'trunningIswearweweren't!" (AN: Translation: "We weren't running I swear we weren't!" )
Kagome glared at them, "Well kids what have you learned today?"
"Never piss you off?" Miroku asked timidly, cowering from Kagome's wrath.
"No, that's what you said three years ago after BLOWING MY ROOM INTO SMITHEREENS!" Kagome shrieked, clenching her fists together at her side.
They both made a break for the elevator at the same time trying to close the doors. Sango ducked in at the last second before the doors closed. Kagome stood twitching slightly watching the closing doors as Sango, Miroku, and Shippou fought to push the button for the lobby.
As the doors just barely closed she yelled, "All the more profit for me, guys."
There was silence and then she heard some clanging from inside the elevator and yells of "Move you fucking bastards!"
Within seconds the doors reopened and Miroku said, "You know I forgot you can control the elevators out there..."
Kagome stuck out her hands out, grabbing all three by the back of their shirt and they all found themselves hovering above the elevator's floor.
"We. Are. Such. Morons," Miroku said again before they were all thrown unceremoniously into their living quarters.
AN: So? How'd you like the first chapter? Yeah kind of short I know... From now on though I'll be writing the story!