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Prologue

Scandalous Investigations

"What the hell were you thinking?"

Lieutenant Amaya was mad. Well, perhaps not mad, since she wasn't foaming at the mouth or devouring anyone's heart at the moment. Then again, no one had checked Agent Kuzuki's collarbone in quite a time. No, no, no, she wasn't mad. Hanako was something though, a certain mood that stressed anxiety, worry and anger.

She was Pissed.

Hanako's hands were placed firmly on the edge of her desk as she attempted to push some Pissed out on the table, rather then on two of her best detectives. Her gaze was straight forward and intense yet, she did her best to hide another emotion. Again, she re-iterated.

"What the hell were you idiots thinking? Do you know how much you just cost our department? Not to mention my job and your lives?" She demanded, nostrils flaring with every beginning and end of her statements. Although, unsurprisingly, none of what she said was a statement.

It was a not so typical Wednesday afternoon at the office. Winter was just retracting its icy grip on the continent and spring was sprouting from the soil. With nary a cloud in the sky, the sun was free to express its warmth for the joy of its followers. Unluckily, the office's air conditioning had broken about a couple of weeks ago and the maintenance officers refused to lift a tool until they had some better benefits. So the entire building was meant to curse and complain from the unnecessary heat. With that, spring was arise and was ready to show the world of the living its ability to spread cheer, as well as discomfort, for all of Japan.

When one "thinks Spring," what is the first thing they think about? Is it a warm joyous feeling? Does love fall from the cloud tops, laying its seed throughout the Earth? Or is it a peaceful time, where both mind, body and spirit, co-exist for at least a few decent moments? A peace that is so deep and rich, no one incident could possibly ruin the entire season. Hanako believed in this peace but on the other hand, she had already met the two hanyous who could ruin any peace. Her two star agents who, with the same power they use to bring her First-Class solutions to infiltrations, operations and cases, could bury her neck deep in paper-work, legal documents, citations, and other documents from local groups and court officials.

Detectives Tetsuya Kazuki and Inuyasha Tadashi we're, yet again, the worm in her apple, the chocolate in her fruit cake and the reason she had invested in the American Advil company.

Tetsuya and Inuyasha we're standing, heads down as the perpetual onslaught of insults and degradations were thrown at them, clenching their teeth as they vaguely heard the words "deduction" and "pay," as well as "less" and "vacation time." Inuyasha let ought a barely audible sigh.

'Damn it. After all we risked, she still gives us her goddamn lip. It ain't like we blew up the goddamn building!'

Tetsuya looked over to his comrade and gave an exasperated smile. Tetsuya was tired, hell, he was too. The most recent operation had actually turned out to be a success in numerous ways and ended with more busts than a horny cow. They had gone in originally for drug-dealing and drug-use charges but considering the circumstances they came out with more than enough to be given a raise.

Inuyasha looked at his wristwatch quickly before McBitch saw him. Ten minutes to eight. Work would be starting soon and he hadn't eaten anything since last night. His arms had a prickling sensation, as though hundreds of poison-tipped needles had been poking him for awhile. His normally straight and white hair was shagged, some strands standing on edge, due to his lack of shower and he had darker, dirtier patches from the ground he had rolled in. He quickly looked up to see that Hanako had noticed him.

"No need to check your fucking watch Tadashi. You know damn well what time it is. You've been checking the goddamn time since you first got here now both of you fucking idiots look at ME!" Amaya shouted.

Tetsuya and Inuyasha raised their heads, their eyes solemn. Still they stood by their actions regardless of threats from internal affairs or the cost of maintenance and repairs to the building. 'Besides,' Tetsuya remembered, ' "Fluffy" owes me. It's not like I have to really pay anything. Damn good luck for past favors.'

"You both fucked up. Big fucking time. Have you read the shit about you in the news yet…"

Two Weeks Ago

Higurashi-Kagome, a high-school graduate and a prized member of her family. She had set the standard and lived the model life. She attended all of her classes, passed her exams with a 'B' or higher, with the occasional 'C' or sometimes barely passing grade, while managing to balance her friends and boyfriend, Hojo.

Her friends were decent people consumed in their own circle with the incessant chattering of boys, marriage and festivals as well as whatever else women talk about. Her boyfriend was a nice but sadly, deluded soul. The kind of guy that experiences love and has it break up in his face. He honestly believed He and Kagome would "be together forever" and live that traditional family image. It was not to be, as shortly before graduation, Kagome left his rear seeing that there was no way to hold a relationship through college and that he wasn't exactly a husband kind of guy.

I suppose I've given the wrong impression of Kagome though. She wasn't a bitch, she didn't think her friends were stupid girls, she wasn't the class prep, and she certainly was not a user. In fact she had shared some wonderful spiritual moments with Hojo and her friends had been the most important things in the world to her. Sadly though, college brought an end to her previous life and she had to step into a new one. Though at the time she believed it only to be a natural phase of life, giving her only the slightest fear of college and of leaving the nest.

She didn't sleep the rest of the night. She sat in the white colored room lost in her thoughtless mind. It was like swimming through a sea of paste. She couldn't move, couldn't breath, there was only one thing her mind could register.

Pain.

Oh, there were other things on her mind but, they were all muddled, thrown into different places. Car crash, family, death…things like that. Somehow or other though she had separated her emotions after seeing her family in the Emergency Room. Whatever the hell doctors were giving to psycho patients nowadays was really a wonderful painkiller.

She had seen the news around seven o' clock. Kagome had been studying her textbook on Anatomy (i.e. pr0n).

"…Where a three-way car crash has seemed to injured four local people. In addition to the four injured, were five, now deceased, residents to the Tokyo area…"

Remembering that bitch from the media was quickening Kagome's blood. How dare she act as though they were but mere statistics. Three of the five were members of her own family! They had names, feelings and thoughts. Dreams. All they aspired to be and had accomplished now meant nothing more than a grain of rice to a fat slob. She wiped a tear away from her face, begging herself not to have another breakdown in the hospital. She was lost, she didn't know what to do. Amazing that mere hours before she was begging her little brother not to die on her, to no avail. She wished she hadn't have had exams to study for. She wished mid term's were so goddamn stressful. She would have gone with them, she could have been with her family when it happened. Even better perhaps she could have drove ad by some small chance, she could have avoided it.

It was her fault.

She could have saved them all if she had stopped studying her idiotic Arts and Language courses. She cursed under her breath, cursed herself and everything she had done to kill them. Had her school taught her nothing? Had training with Kaede taught her nothing? She should have been in the fucking car. She could have done something. She had all the powers that was needed and she still wasn't there when they needed her the most. If she had been there…her family would still be alive.

What would happen to Kagome now? Her payment for school was due by the end of tomorrow. She had money but not nearly enough to pay for school. She didn't want to think about it too hard but she knew what she would have to do. For now, she took the bus to her apartment, her mother had rented it for her before Kagome went to college.

At four in the morning, Kagome forced herself to eat breakfast. Her stomach refused and expelled the food from her body. Fifteen minutes after shower, she finally cried herself to sleep.