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The Crown
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Summery: He's B.A.D.'s gang leader. She's the famous Japanese cat burglar. Once their eyes are turned to the same item, Queen Mungyung's famous crown, personality's clash, car crashes explode, the FBI chases, gun fights rain down, and a love story so intense.. begins. KG/I, M/S, S/R
Information:
Koto: a Japanese musical instrument having numerous strings, usually seven or thirteen, that are stretched over a convex wooden sounding board and are plucked with three plectra, worn on the thumb, index finger, and middle finger of one hand.
Sensei: a teacher or a mentor.
Shoji: a sliding paper door.
Geta: a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
Tsukesage: A type of kimono, which can be worn by married or unmarried women as a semi-formal kimono. The Tsukesage is recognizable primarily by the pattern that flows from the bottom of one side, up to the sleeve on the opposite side.
Sakura trees: is the Japanese tree name for ornamental cherry trees, Prunus serrulata, and their blossoms.
Ages
Kagome: 18
Sota: 16
Miroku: 18
Sango: 19
Inuyasha: 21
Rin: 20
Sesshoumaru: 25
Koga: 22
Kikyou: 27
Shippou: 11
Chapter 1: Headquarters
"Fuck!"
Crystal blue eyes shimmered in the red light, flickering left and right. Adrenalin rushed through her body like a storm, her heart beating so harshly a bruise could have formed. The black spandex suit hugged her body, not even sweat or lasers could pierce it. However, the lasers surrounding the Kazimijou ruby necklace could. They were the latest on the market, strong and more sensitive then the ones in America's museums. This was why Kagome Higurashi, famous theif, was sweating like a pig.
Oh, her mother would not approve of this once she got home, not at all. Not only was it past 11 p.m., her curfew, but she had not finished her History homework and it was due first thing in the morning. Stupid mother fucking Miroku, she was going to kill him when she got home! Trying to calm down, she closed her eyes and started to remember the peaceful melody her father strummed on the koto.
Her fingers went into a pose, like a cat's claws about to strike. One digit moved; the motion of a guitar player playing the stringed instrument koto. The imaginary sound filtered through her ears, as small sharp pieces of metal appeared on the fingertips of her leather gloves. She played the strings, the image of her father's koto in her blue eyes. Her left hand's digits moved along the top of the glass case, scratching a design on the surface.
It was only when the glitter of the red necklace stopped shinning on the museums walls, when the alarms on the glass case screeched. By that time though, Kagome had slipped through the ventilation system and was crawling into her warm bed at home, the ruby necklace glimmering under her pillow.
The alarm continued to scream.
Looking up, Kagome groaned and shut her locker, ready to face her History Sensei's wrath. What a horrible man. Reaching Class B's room 325, she strolled in and moodily fell into her desk. Her fellow Class B students settled into their seats, chattering of their weekend activities once the day ended. Oh joy, another Friday, another weekend to hang out with Miroku and make deals with the Government about her stolen item. It happened continuously, Miroku created the technology (was also her best friend since she was 4), she with her athletic gymnastic body stole the treasure, and together they cut deals with Japan to return the treasure.
After all, they'd get paid a ton of money, and have a clean record (since Japan felt disgraced that two teenagers beat their security systems). The second school bell shattered her thinking, and she focused her attention to the front of her room. Kagome's sailor fuku skirt rose once she crossed her legs, in which she desperately pushed down when Miroku entered the door.
"Class, please hand in you papers to the front of the rows, to be collected."
Kagome shut her eyes and groaned. Stupid History class, with its stupid every night essays, and its stupid, stupid, lame sensei with a toupee-
"Higurashi, Kagome, where is your paper?"
The timid school girl opened her eyes and took a look at Mr. Mushiko at the front of her row, papers of every students work in his arms.
'Everyone's but little ole Kagome's.'
"Well, Miss Higurashi?"
"I left it-"
"It's right here Mr. Mushiko, Miss Higurashi must have dropped it on the way in."
Miroku stood up and handed the paper to the teacher, an innocent smile on his face. Mr. Mushiko grumbled and walked away to his desk. Kagome turned to her left and raised an eyebrow to her friend.
"And why did you do that? Now you probably want something in return."
Miroku shrugged and waved at her, "No, nothing really, plus I knew you'd probably be out like a light when you got home."
"Well you would to- Hey! By the wayhentai, we have to have a talk about the new laser technology out! I would've gotten fried if I didn't realize the type of laser!-"
Miroku sweat dropped as Kagome kept babbling on, and started to use 'I'm going to kill you!' hand signals once the class went silent. The lights had been dimmed, and a slideshow had been started. It was not the fact he should be paying attention to the presentation, or that a project on the slideshows subject was due in a week, it was the image of a light golden emerald crown on the screen. Kagome, who had stopped whispering, too, noticed the glimmering object of treasure on the screen. Her eyes gleamed, a picture of Queen Mungyung's crown reflecting in her eyes.
It was within that hour of History class, that Kagome's future itself was about to change forever. Her ears picked up and stored every single piece of information, even how much the priceless item weighed. The crown was moving to Japan's Natural History Museum on Tokyo's Reiko 2nd street, one week before summer vacation started. Mr. Mushiko explained how the Government put the latest and best technology into protecting the Queen's crown.
Miroku's mind was buzzing with different ideas, new gadgets, and most of all a new suit for Kagome. Of course, he would have to report to Inuyasha first.. after all- Miroku took a small side look at Kagome on his right, her eyes were glued to the screen and a beautiful smiled lined her foreign features.
Maybe it was time for Inuyasha to know about Kagome. He needed to take Sango out on a date anyway. Suddenly, it clicked.
'A date..'
TC
"Mirokuuu," Kagome continued to whine, as she was dragged through Toyko's street at 6 p.m.
"Why are we going on a double date? Like what the hell, I don't even like guys that much- they all turn out as Hojo's or a prick with a condom in his pocket."
Miroku ignored her complaining, and stopped for a moment to straighten out his suit. Kagome huffed and wiggled in her expensive black, red and gold tsukesage. Kagome enjoyed dress up occasions, but when it came to meeting new people she became quite shy and silent. Looking around, she came to realize she was standing in front of the Ginza restaurant.
Kagome walked behind Miroku as they entered the building, her tsukesage slightly trailing behind her geta. Dark lacquered shoji doors were paired left and right, the soft antique white and gold colors everywhere were just outstanding. The soft voices of people could be heard behind doors that they passed, and men that walked by the pair gazed at Kagome's nymph form. Finally, they reached a shoji door, much to Kagome's hatred, looked just like all the others. Miroku slid the door open and bowed softly, before moving aside so Kagome could greet their dates. She bowed softly, raised her body straight once more, and that's when her eyes fell into his.
"Kagome, I would like to introduce you to Inutiisrou, Inuyasha."
The man was seated on a mat in front of the dining table, his white hair tied back into a pony tail. His face was quite young, and he was dressed in a black suit with a red undershirt and silk red tie. He was the most scrumptious person she ever laid eyes on.
"You might want to keep your mouth shut, you're gaping."
Kagome flushed angrily and glared at the man she was once fond of. What a jerk! Looking at him, she realized his irises were amber, and from his smirking mouth were two sharp fangs.
"You're a fucking demon?"
Miroku slapped his hand over Kagome's mouth, which earned him a kick in the knees. From his position on the floor, he mumbled something about a person named Sango. As a piece of hair fell from the elegant twist in her hair, Kagome noticed a beautiful women sitting across from Inu- something.
"Konnichi'wa, I'm Sango.. and from the looks of it, Miroku gets on your nerves too."
Sango laughed and waved Kagome over to sit with her, and soon the school girl began to feel comfortable. Inuyasha stared at Miroku in shame and relaxed, propping up his left leg to rest his arm. Casually, he took a gun from his jacket and put it on the table, fiddling with it as he started to speak.
"Miroku, when is this amazing chick of yours coming?"
Miroku finally joined the party, and straightened out his suit while replying.
"It's Kagome; she's the person I was telling you about."
Inuyasha's fists hit the table, which made the girls become silent and stare at him.
"Are you kidding me? You mean this clumsy bitch is that amazing gymnastic! She can't even fucking bow right!"
Kagome gapped, and was about to reply when she took notice to the gun on the table.
"Oh my god! Where did this gun come from? Miroku why are we with a demon! Don't you know they're rebels, and they're all organized in mobs?"
Feeling unsafe and nervous around Inuyasha and the shinning gun on the table, Kagome rose in a hurry and shuffled quickly to the door. She almost had on her geta when a clawed hand grabbed her wrist, and spun her around into a hard chest. While squirming madly, she looked up into a pair of golden eyes. When he spoke, his voice softly rumbled through his chest, giving Kagome goose bumps on her neck.
"First, bitch, I'm half-demon, half breed, hybrid, whatever you fucking wanna call it. Second, not all demon's are involved in mobs, you stupid girl, some of them live like humans. Demons and Humans try to live in harmony, but the government builds racism on us. Third, I'm not in a mob, that's for those bloody Italian humans. I'm in a gang, the B.A.D.'s, and I'm the leader of them."
"Bad's?" Kagome whispered in confusion.
Inuyasha's eyes rolled, "Not bad's, B.A.D.'s."
"What does that mean?"
"Births After Death's." He spoke.
Despite his poor personality, his anger and rudeness, there was something inside him that Kagome started to feel attracted to. Her blue eyes continued to look up, noticing his 5'6 frame towering over her own 5'4, and how his white hair fell over his shoulders.. Inuyasha was quite the-
"Aww, you two finally get along? You want to go to a hotel or something later?"
It only took those words from Miroku for Inuyasha to let go and Kagome to tumble to the ground in her kimono, the moment lost. During Kagome's moment on the floor, and Miroku's savage beating by Inuyasha, Sango had managed to picked Kagome up and head to the girls' room. Entering the bathroom, Sango jumped onto the counter top, sitting on the top and swinging her legs slowly.
"I know I only have known you personally for about only 20 minutes, but I should probably tell you what's really going on since Miroku hasn't."
Sango sighed and leaned against the bathroom mirror, patting the empty spot next to her. Once Kagome had settled next to Sango, the woman took a deep breathe and began to speak.
"I know he seems rough, but he hasn't had the best of a life. Inuyasha is a bit sensitive about his culture, and his parents, since he is half demon after all. He has a brother who is a full demon, since their father married twice. Sesshoumaru is the eldest, Inuyasha the youngest."
"So I shouldn't really talk about his demon side then?"
Sango sighed, "Yeah, but only at first, after a while you get to know him and he trusts you enough to be comfortable around the topic. Also, to just let you know, Inuyasha has taken a liking to you."
Kagome blushed and staggered, "There's no way, I just met him, and he's so rude! I mean, there's no way-!"
The girl laughed with a content smile on her face.
"Even though it may not look like it, you're the only girl whom he's been that close with."
Kagome's heart began to pound..
"Okay, besides that note, I have to explain what's going on. Inuyasha's B.A.D.'s aren't a bad gang, in fact they try to keep the peace, and they also take in those who don't have a home."
Kagome stared at the floor tiles, "Don't have a home?"
Sango smiled once more, "Yeah, for example, me. My parents died during a government battle, and my brother disappeared. I had no home, no relatives, nothing. My parents were demon exterminators, for the really bad ones, and that was my talent along with samurai techniques. Inuyasha, seeing the need for such a person in his gang, adopted me into his 'family'."
Her hands began to twist, Kagome noticed, when she talked about her parents and the missing brother.
"-It wasn't just the fact I am useful to the gang, but Inuyasha got to know me, and he became a close friend. The ones he saves and don't really belong in the gang, he gives to orphanages, to families who want children or want to help. At least 48 percent of the money we make goes to those saved children."
It was then that Sango got serious; she even turned to face Kagome and touch her hand.
"This mission is about Queen Mungyung's crown. It's not the fact it's worth so much in cash; it's what's on that crown and who Mungyung was."
"What do you mean what's on it?"
Sango whispered, "The Shikon no Tama."
Kagome stared, her blue eyes in shock.
"You mean- the royal family; as in the rumor of Mungyung's hidden family line?"
Sango smiled, "That's right; we're going after it to raise the true Tama's family line, to bring them to power. If we do, demons and humans will be equal, have the same rights, and there won't be so much racism against demons or half breeds. Also the Tama fortune is huge, and if the heir is proven.. Just think of the rewards we could get- we could help ourselves and so many people!"
"But, how will we find the hidden line, I mean, is it even true?" Kagome asked, her mind buzzing.
Maybe it was the incenses or the fact they were quite hungry, but Sango began to grin like a Cheshire cat. She knew something that Kagome did not, something that held the answer to her question, something that bugged the hell out of her.
"You'll find out in time, Kags. But for now, we need to get that crown, and it's not going to be easy."
Sango jumped off the counter, and gave the 'v' victory sign with her fingers. Smiling, Kagome fell to her geta's on the floor, together they laughed and walked out of the washroom. Unfortunately Kagome was leading the way out, and Inuyasha had been waiting on the other side. Thanks to her pathetic shoes, Kagome tripped face first into his warm chest. Mentally kicking herself, she dared to look up once more into his jaw dropping golden eyes. She decided in those 3 seconds she had with him before he dropped her again, to admire his high cheek bones, fair skin, and 'bad boy' smirk.
Having a déjà vu', Kagome fell to the ground when Inuyasha took a side step; she wondered if this mission was going to last with his temperament, let alone with her own.
"I know he seems rough, but he hasn't had the best of a life."
Despite what Sango spoke of, Kagome could not help but feel stings of anger. Standing, Kagome brushed off her kimono while listening to Sango and Inuyasha's heated argument. It seemed like a normal brother sister fight in a family, just like the ones between Sota and her. Smiling, Kagome reminisced upon their latest silly fight- and stopped suddenly when she recollected her curfew. Internally going bananas, she rushed over to Miroku and started to shake him by the shoulders, screeching out 'WHAT'S THE TIME?'
"Kags, stop going ballistic! It's only 6:45 p.m., Kami!" Miroku managed to gasp out.
Calming down, she turned to two pairs of wide eyes, in which she giggled and waved at them.
"I have a curfew is all, and I'd rather not get home late." She said giddily.
"Right, " Inuyasha commented, reminding himself to keep a good distance.
"Okay, Inu has told me that the gang called, and they want us back at Headquarters A.S.A.P." Sango spoke, a smile on her face. "There fore, we must reschedule this dinner for another night, and head on right over to the house."
TC
Kagome clung tightly to his leather jacket, hoping since she met him, he would not let her go; she had enough bruises on her butt to last a week. Her long dark black hair whipped in the wind, curling around her face as she stared in awe at the colorful street lights. For being her first time on a motorcycle (she preferred her 10 speed bike), she stopped wailing within in the first 15 minutes, noticing the colorful night and people Inuyasha desperately pointed out. Kagome grinned against his jacket, her eyes glittering as the color spectrum passed by. She loved cities at night, besides the danger, she enjoyed the silence and bright yet dim city luminosity.
Inuyasha had been in a daze as he swerved in and out of traffic, until those arms around him tightened gently. A blush rose to his cheeks at the close proximity, regardless of Kagome's action, he made no action of disagreement.
'Okay, maybe Sango was right. He's rough on the outside, but he's sweet internally.'
It was around 9 p.m. when they finally reached a dirt road, one that was under tall stunning sakura trees. The soft headlights glowed on the road, picking up little pebbles that looked like diamonds. Kagome could not have been more shocked, for she always wanted a nice sized home on the outskirts, with trees hunching over the road.. The motorcycles purred down the road, the couples talking loudly over the noise, and Kagome completely oblivious to it all. They stopped when they went into a circle drive way, Inuyasha putting the kick stand up, and rising while taking off his helmet. Shaking his hair, he reached for Kagome's hand to pull her off the machine. Relieved to be walking again, she stretched her arms and neck before looking at the house.
It seemed that almost every window was lit from the inside, every room glowing in the darkening day. The house itself was a huge old style white Victorian mansion, big yet cozy. Kagome blinked and noticed Inuyasha had walked up the steps of the house, and she quickly followed after him. Walking inside the home, her geta shoes clanked onto the bamboo hardwood floors, creating a shock from her. Were demons to have such nice homes, let alone a gang? She could not believe it..
A body quickly flashed past her eyes, frightening her.
"Inu! Inu! Do you know where Sesshy is? I can't find him and I'm freaking out!"
Looking to Inuyasha, a girl with light brown hair gripped his shoulders and pulled him to the level of the girl's eyes. From her physical appearance, Kagome decided the girl was human, but was gifted with a temper to kill. Inuyasha sweat dropped and attempted to release the girls grip, failing miserably each try, because the girl would humanly growl at him.
"Rin, I have no idea where Sesshoumaru is, and is this why you called us back?"
The woman let go of Inuyasha without a care, and sniffled at him, "Of course, I need to find where my fiancé is. That jerk has been hiding since you left, and I swear if I don't find him soon, I'm kicking him out of our room."
Everyone stared at the woman, and her odd personality. Inuyasha just rolled his eyes, and looked over to Kagome, mouthing, "She's pregnant."
Kagome laughed and turned to the door once Sango and Miroku entered. Miroku, despite the large red hand print on his face, tried to enter with dignity while limping. Sango just smiled sweetly when Kagome raised a questioning eyebrow.
"So, this is the famous cat burglar?"
Turning, Kagome noticed the woman, Rin, was standing in front of her. If it had not been for the protruding 5 month stomach, Kagome would have mistaken the girl for a teenager with an adorable side pony tail. Perhaps it was when Sango smashed Miroku's face in, creating a ruckus, or maybe Rin's announcement of Kagome, but within seconds at least 20 demons and humans appeared around the room. They all appeared different, markings on their faces or none, different colors of hair and eyes, with tails or even claws; however, they all supported a red ribbon around their right wrists.
"Kagome," Inuyasha smirked, "Welcome to my family."
A/N: Well, first chapter, and I'm hoping for at least 15 reviews, it was be amazing if I got that many :D About Kagome, she's been taught in school that all demons are bad and not even close to humans, so she's a bit racist to them. However, upon meeting her first demon, she's starting to disagree with the governments thoughts and like Inuyasha! Thank you for reading, and tune in for another chapter soon!
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