Emerald: This is an InuXWhite Collar, cuz there aren't enough of these. Seriously, there's like one and this makes two.
Summary: Neal and Peter are investigating a jewelry heist again, but there is only one problem...there are no surveillance cameras that caught a glimpse of the thief, no evidence pointing towards one person, all they know is that the jewel was taken out of the Japanese Museum of Natural History and exported to the New York Museum of Natural History. Peter is taking on another C.I., on Hughes' order; she and Neal know each other.
Warnings: There will be Kate bashing, not a lot, but a little, just some implications with a little logic. I do not dislike Kate.
This takes place after Kate is killed, after Need to Know: season 2 episode 2.
Pairings: Neal X Kagome; Peter X Elizabeth; Diana X Christy; Sango X Jones
At the Prison
"Is everything ready?" asked a feminine voice.
"Yes," replied another feminine voice.
In a dimly lit room, guarded by a female guard, around mid to late 30's. In the room were two young women. The one siting with her face towards the guard, had warm chocolate brown eyes, dark brown hair in a high ponytail, and a heart-shaped face, around mid to late twenties. The woman sitting with her back facing the guard had long raven black hair, a heart-shaped face, and sapphire blue eyes, she was around mid 20's. The brown haired woman handed a package to the raven-haired woman.
With Hughes and Burke
"Burke, I'm sure you have work to do so I will get straight to the point. I want you to take on another C.I., her name is Kagome Higurashi, the female Neal Caffrey if you will, maybe even better, no, she is better. She is called Black Sapphire," said Hughes, waiting for his reaction. He wasn't disappointed.
"Wait, why do I need to have another C.I., and the Black Sapphire?" asked Burke, after getting over his shock.
" Well, it's either you or Barrigan and I think she'd work better with you and Caffrey and we need Higurashi's help and yes the Black Sapphire. I know how good she is, I was chasing after her as long as you were chasing after Caffrey. I only got her because her friend betrayed her and gave me information and testified at her trial."
"Burke?" asked Hughes. Burke nodded.
"Alright, so is she going to have an anklet? And where is she going to stay? When is she coming?" asked Burke.
"She is going to have an anklet, it is still 2 miles, and she will stay at the motel that you first took Caffrey to. However, unlike Caffrey, she will be paid $900 bucks. Female necessities and all," said Hughes, looking like he was trying to resist rolling his eyes.
"She said she wouldn't do it unless it was $900, didn't she?" asked Burke, rhetorically.
Hughes ignored Burke and continued, "She will be coming tomorrow, I will pick her up from prison today, will get her to the motel, and get her set up. Burke, tomorrow, introduce her to the White Collar division and your colleagues when she gets here tomorrow. You and Caffrey will pick her up from there. Got it?" he waited for their confirmation, "Good. Any questions?"
"Yes, why does she get to set the demands for money? Did she not want to do it?" Burke asked again.
"No, I actually want her to work with us rather than against us. I had to pull a few strings and get them to let her out on the anklet and to get her to work with us. She will make a great asset, any other questions?" replied Hughes.
"Yeah, why is she called the Black Sapphire, I was too busy chasing Caffrey." said Burke.
"We gave her that name because after she did a robbery, or a forgery or something illegal, she usually did it at night, anyone who saw her, all they would see were her blue eyes, they said her eyes glimmered like sapphires in the darkness, thus Black Sapphire," said Hughes.
With Peter and Neal
"So, you're getting another C.I., huh?" asked Neal.
"Yeah." Replied Peter.
"Can you have two C.I.s?"
"Hughes' making an exception."
"Female?"
"Mm-hm."
"Is she pretty?" Peter gave Neal a look that said 'are you really asking me this?'
"Now you listen here. She is here to work and you are not going to bother her, understand? She is a C.I., just like you, and your jobs are to help the FBI, understand?"
Neal nodded. "Who is she?"
"You'll find out tomorrow."
"Good. We are bringing her tomorrow. Meet me at the motel I took you to before you moved in at June's. Now, let's go home, El's waiting for me." Said Peter.
"Alright, see you tomorrow." Said Neal, they both split off to go to their respective homes.
With Hughes
Hughes stood a few feet away from the prison gate. Out stepped a beautiful raven-haired woman with sapphire eyes and a perfect hourglass figure, standing at 5' 8 ½" wearing black sweatpants and a blue tank top with a black jacket with a silver dragon going up around the left sleeve.
"Let me see the anklet, Kagome," said Hughes. The woman named Kagome, sighed, and lifted up her left sweatpants' leg, showing off her new accessory.
"You know, I only have to suffer through you guys for oh, four years, why would I think about running?" asked Kagome.
Hughes chuckled, "I see your sarcasm hasn't suffered prison, Black Sapphire," he said, using the nickname that the FBI White Collar division had given her when her case file had come in.
"This is where you'll be staying," said Hughes, " Your anklet lets you go 2-"
"Yeah, yeah, my anklet lets me go 2 miles, I know. Hey, if I get a better place, which you know I will, I'll leave a note, and your boys can pick me up from there," said Kagome.
Hughes chuckled, "Things were never boring when I was chasing you." He shook his head and left.
With Kagome
"Have you found a place?" asked Kagome on the phone.
"Yeah, it's 1.4 miles away from where you are, it's owned by a wealthy widow named 1Simòn Williams, she is very nice, age 65, brown hair, brown eyes, medium build, about 5' 5" in., she is going to make a stop at the clothing store, right on the corner of this street, Rainbow, I think, at around 2 in the afternoon, has a soft spot for girls with pretty eyes, she has a granddaughter, who is living in a dorm on campus, she lives alone in another flat and she's looking for a tenant, furniture's already there and here's the best part," said another voice.
"What is it?" Kagome asked.
"Her brother was involved with some shady people and so was her husband. Of course, they're both dead. So you don't have to worry about your…status, shall we say," said the other voice.
"Sweet, I'll check it out. Thanks Sango!" replied Kagome.
"No problem Kags, you'd do the same for me," replied the voice identified as Sango, "Oh! Almost forgot, your clothes are in the storage, packed and ready to go."
"Thanks again Sango, I don't know what I'd do without you," said Kagome,
"Work your charm!" replied Sango while laughing, she could hear a chuckle at the end of the line and they both hung up.
At Rainbow
"OH! I am so sorry ma'am," said Kagome, letting go of the woman and bending down to pick up the woman's clothes that ha fallen on the ground.
"Oh, it's fine dear, thank you," replied a woman in what looked like her 40's.
"It's not a problem, this is cute," said Kagome spotting the top on the bottom of the pile.
"Yes, I was looking around to see if I could get something for my granddaughter, her birthday's coming up."
"Would you like some help?"
"Yes, that would be nice, thank you," she replied. They browsed around, looking for something the woman's granddaughter would like.
"Actually, I wanted to ask you, I haven't been in New York for a while and I was wondering if you knew any place I could stay or if anyone you know is looking for a tenant?" Kagome asked after a bit of browsing.
"Hm, yes, I have a flat about a mile and a half, or so, away from here, it's unoccupied and I have been looking for a tenant, if you are interested, we could go and take a look, the flat is only a block away from my house. My name is Simòn Williams, call me Simòn," said the woman named Simòn.
They finished the shopping and headed towards Simòn's house. They dropped off the shopping bags and headed out towards the flat, after the usual offer of drinks and beverages.
Kagome and Simòn set off towards the flat. They arrived at the building, it had 20 floors, and the flat was on the top, penthouse. Nicely furnished, red oak wood floors, blue tinted black leather sofa set; one arm chair, a loveseat, and a three seater sofa, around a 30'' plasma flat screen TV with a VCR and a DVD player; the kitchen had a blue marble island, counter tops were blue marble, cabinets were made of red oak. There was one bedroom, queen sized bed with a blue velvet bed set, the bathroom was well furnished, and the balcony had a view of Manhattan.
"Wow. That's…this…this is awesome. I love it. Um…what about the payments, I don't think this is in my price range," said Kagome, stunned at the beauty of the flat, no, not a flat, a penthouse.
"Well, I think I can make an exception, seeing as you did help me and this flat has been empty for a some time. How about $750 a month? It isn't too much, but I will take a down payment of $100. How about it?" said Simòn.
"Simòn, thank you, and I think I can make do with that. You have no idea how much this means to me," said Kagome, gratefully.
They sat down and straightened out the necessary details, Kagome paid the down payment in cash and wrote a check for the rent.
Simòn left and Kagome called Sango, to tell her that she got the penthouse. She left a note at the motel for her 'caretaker' as she called him in her mind, and helped Sango move her clothes to the dresser.
Sango left Kagome to get some rest and be ready for the next day.
"See ya Kags."
"See ya Sango."
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Next Time: Neal Caffrey James Bonds vs. Kagome Higurashi Black Sapphire
Kagome and Neal meet and Peter gets a big headache.
