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Flashback
Thinking

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8.39

Inuyasha breathed slowly, pressing himself against the wall. He peered round and could see through the balcony doors. There was a girl sitting down at a piano facing the other way from him. She had long black hair and was wearing a dark green dress. Well she matches the description. They had been given exact details as to her dress because the client 'simply couldn't' give a very in depth description or of her face. For confidentiality reasons apparently. It seemed a little suspicious to Inuyasha but that wasn't what he was paid for so he just let it slide. He turned away out of sight, smashing an ashtray in the process. Fuck. He looked down to Sango who was giving him a death glare. Get your head in the game Inuyasha he thought peeking through the glass again to make sure she hadn't heard him. The girl hadn't seemed to notice him though and appeared to be playing the piano but he couldn't hear. The room must be soundproofed. Bonus. The target was Hikari Higurashi, she supposedly was friends and worked with some famous singer in the music industry. This must be her.

"Sango, can you hear me?"
"Loud and clear."
"Target in sight, I'm going-" But as he was speaking she got up and headed towards him. "Shit, be on standby, she's coming this way." Inuyasha flattened himself to the wall, but the girl seemed too transfixed on the sky to notice him. Wow. She is something. He shook his head trying to regain focus.

"Hey Hikari." The girl turned around, eyes wide like a deer caught in headlights.
"W-what? Who are-" but Inuyasha was too quick for her, he pulled the bag over her head before she knew what was happening.
"Listen Hikari, I need you to be very calm, okay?" But the girl struggled and tried to scream. "Okay, have it your way." Inuyasha thumped her across the back of the head, knocking her out cold. He slung her over his shoulder and climbed down from the balcony by jumping from windowsill to windowsill.

"Did you have to knock her out?" Questioned Sango disapprovingly.
"She was trying to scream, besides it'll make the getaway easier." Inuyasha stated with a shrug.
"Did you make sure she's not got anything on her?"
"Yeah, no bag on her. I'm a seasoned pro Sango" Inuyasha proclaimed while Sango rolled her eyes.
"Hey Miroku, Shippo, can you hear me? Target acquired. Any problems on your end?"
"None" Came Miroku's reply.
"Moving into secondary position." Came Shippo's. His job was to check the hallways and make a distraction if needed for them to escape. "All clear."
"Perfect. Head to rendezvous point." Inuyasha ordered Shippo and Miroku. He turned to Sango "Cover me." He and Sango moved amongst the shadows, made harder by the colour of her dress.
"What the hell were you thinking wearing that?" Inuyasha growled at her.
"You've changed your tune. I had to fit in, besides, you know me" she unzipped herself, pulling off the dress. "I always come prepared." It revealed black leggings and a tube top underneath.
"Keh." Was his only reply. Sango looked sadly at her dress before stuffing it into a nearby hedge.
"When this op is done you are buying me a new one!" She whispered darkly
"Screw that! Sesshomaru can get it, it was lost on the job." He exclaimed.
"Not so loud!" Sango hit him and signalled for him to halt.

They had reached the end of the ridiculously large courtyard. There were two guards on either side of the gate. Damn. Wasn't this meant to be the clear exit? He gestured to Sango who nodded. She was just about to spring up to knock them out when Miroku appeared in front of the guards acting exceedingly drunk and stumbling about so Inuyasha could slip past. He shouted and punched at the air, the guards trying to grab his arms. Sango watched Inuyasha, waiting for the perfect time to step in.
"There you are honey!" Sango smiled, looping her arm in Miroku's. "I am so sorry sirs. Thank goodness you two found him, I've been looking everywhere! My fiancé is so unpredictable when he's had a drink." She flashed the two men a look at her left hand, having slipped on a decoy ring.
"I suggest you take him home Ma'am. He can't return to the gala in a state like that." A guard instructed gruffly.
"I'm sorry if he's caused you any trouble. Let's get you home!" Sango pulled him, while Miroku kept up the drunk act, flailing his free arm until they were out of the guards' sight.

"Thank you honey" Miroku said, holding Sango's arm tighter.
"Get off me." She said, slinking her arm out. Sango was not a touchy-feely person, just a pretty great actress. Inuyasha leaned against the fountain - the rendezvous spot- and was speaking to Shippo, who looked rather alarmed. But then the fox demon always looked rather alarmed.
"Hey Inuyasha, did you hear, me and Sango are engaged! Wanna be my be-" Sango whacked him over the head before he could finish the sentence.
"You really think now is the time for joking?" Sango spat, gesturing to the unconscious girl Inuyasha had draped over her shoulder.
"What? It's not like she can hear us."
"You're unbelievable." She rubbed her temples and prayed for the strength not to hit Miroku again.

It was 9.48 and the 'getaway van' pulled in front of them. Inuyasha and co piled in. He placed the girl on the mattress that had been prepared for her.
"Well that went well."

"Where the hell is Kagome!? I go on in five!" Kikyo demanded, pacing back and forth in the small lounge she was using as a back stage.
"We're looking Kikyo, don't worry!" Her mother and several trusted staff members were scouring the house for Kagome.
Of all the days she has to choose to rebel. Thought Kikyo angrily. Who is she to complain? She gets her fair share of the profits for my music. Hell I own the house we live in! Ungrateful little-

But her thoughts were interrupted by someone entering the room.

"Miss Kikyo?" It was one of Kikyo's assistants, Nazumi.
"Yes?"
"I think Kagome may have run off. The music room is locked but there is a breeze like the balcony doors are open."
"Go check outside then!" Kikyo bellowed.

The frightened girl left the room and scrambled through the function hall towards the courtyard. She prayed that she was wrong. As she walked around the exterior she noticed how dark it was. If Kagome had run away this would've been a pretty good opportunity and sure enough the French doors were open. Damn she thought, worried that Kikyo was going to shoot the messenger. Nazumi hurried back into the house, thinking the sooner Kikyo got the information the less angry she would be. After once again slinking through the crowded room she relayed this information to Kikyo.
"Thank you Nazumi, you can go now." After Nazumi left Kikyo turned to her mother. "What am I going to do? When I get my hands on her she is getting such an earful I swear to-"
"Calm down dear. We can just play the sound test recording she made, it will be fine. As for Kagome I will have words with her when she returns. She made a promise and Higurashi's never break promises."

Kikyo's mother left to organise the vocals for Kikyo's performance, leaving her standing alone in the room.
"Almost never" Kikyo whispered.

"Nnggsh"

Kagome began to stir. She blinked her eyes open, the lights in the small room rather blinding. She was perplexed for a moment before she remembered the night before and started screaming.

"Where am I? Who are you? Let me go!" She looked hastily around her. The room was small with a table and two chairs in the centre. There was a mirror on the wall which Kagome assumed was a two-way mirror and began thumping her fist on it. "Hey! I know you're in there! Let me go!"
"Have you never heard the word please?"

She snapped around at the voice.
"You." Her voice dripped with venom, her fists clenching tighter. It was unmistakable, propped up against the door frame was the half demon who grabbed her. He's kinda cute she thought before she could stop herself. For a psychopath she added mentally. Kidnappers aren't cute.
"Good morning sunshine," the half demon replied as he threw himself into one of the chairs. "Why don't you sit down." Kagome looked at the chair, then back to him. If she sat down that would give him the power and she wanted answers.
"No. Why don't you tell me who you are and why the hell I'm here?" Her eyes burning with rage and confusion.
"Inuyasha."
"Well, Inuyasha. Why did you abduct me?"
"Sit down."
"No." She stated firmly, not dropping eye contact.
"Very well" he said calmly "Guess that means you don't want any pancakes." She stared at him incredulously as he put a box she hadn't noticed onto the table, surely enough containing pancakes. He helped himself to one while she was in shock.
"Um, HELLO! What the hell is your problem? You KIDNAP me and then just sit there eating pancakes! Who are you? What the FUCK is going on?" Inuyasha just glanced at her and continued to eat making Kagome more furious, kicking the empty chair. "GAH!" She finally shouted before sitting down.
"Isn't that better?" Inuyasha smirked
"I don't want a pancake."
"Good, the offer was off the table when you nearly broke the chair."
"You are a fucking psychopath"
"Big words from such a little girl. And if I were you I wouldn't go around calling me a psychopath. I'm just here to keep you company, at least until your daddy's associate comes to get you."

Kagome's heart could've stopped.

"Wh-what did you say?"
"Don't worry, they will be here soon. You shouldn't have run away from home Hikari, it was pretty stupid, your dad was really concerned." Inuyasha said most insincerely.
"What are you talking about? My father is dead. He died when I was eight. And my name is NOT Hikari!"
"Look wench, there's no point making shit up now. The jig is up. You're dad paid a LOT of money to get you back Hikari."

Kagome looked at her lap. "Were. Were you paid to kidnap Hikari Higurashi?"
"I wouldn't quite word it that way but, yeah. I, well we, were paid to kidnap you."
"My name is not Hikari Higurashi. It is Kagome Higurashi. KA-GO-ME. Hikari is- was my sister's name, before she changed it and became the most famous woman in Japan! Are you really this stupid? Whoever hired you was not our father and wanted you to kidnap Kikyo! Hope you were paid a lot of money 'cause there is no fucking way you would get away with kidnapping her. God why is EVERYTHING in my life about HER!" By this point Kagome had snapped and threw the chair across the room. Inuyasha sat up and stared at her as she sank to the ground and curled into a ball. He tried to regain his composure and act like the tiny woman throwing furniture hadn't shaken him a bit.
"Nice try Hikari, but it's cool, I'll let you wait by yourself. There're some more comfortable clothes for you on the table." And with that he turned and left her, crying alone on the floor.

Kagome lay there for a while staring up at the ceiling. She was suddenly aware that she was still in her formal wear so she grabbed the clothes from the table. It was a pair of black jogging bottoms and a pink vest top. Pink wasn't really her colour but beggars can't be choosers. She glanced anxiously at the mirror wondering if anyone was watching. She pulled the joggers on under her dress. That was when she realized her phone was still strapped to her thigh. She calmly moved to sit against the wall with the mirror and quickly exchanged her dress for the top. She heard a loud noise from behind her.

So people ARE looking. Perverts. Kagome stood up, checking out the security cameras in her room.

Now how to get out of here.

"Wow Inuyasha, could you be any less sensitive?" Sango demanded as she hit him. They were in the room on the other side of the two-way mirror.
"Hey! I offered her food didn't I?"

Sango sighed angrily. Miroku was glued to the window and Sango could see why, the girl had grabbed the clothes from the table and motioned to start changing. "Ahem." She growled as she closed the blinds.
"Must you always spoil my fun?" Miroku remarked. "See, even Shippo wants a look!" He gestured towards Shippo who was staring at the blinds but did not seem to be aware that Miroku spoke.
"She really doesn't want to go home does she?" His voice was hollow.
"How bad must their relationship be if she said her father was dead?" Sango looked to the floor.
"Hey." Inuyasha barked "Whatever their relationship is, it is none of our damn business. That's not what we get paid for."
"He probably did something bad and is too proud to apologize." Speculated Miroku.
"Are you listening to me?" Inuyasha bellowed.
"Hush Inuyasha, or she will hear you." Miroku indicated towards the blind covered glass.
"Like I care?"

Shippo stood up. "I'm getting a Coke, you guys needing anything?" They all give him their orders and Shippo went to the kitchen area of the office. It reeked of instant coffee and ramen, with stains of each on the work tops. Considering the amount of demons who worked there it was unsurprising, they weren't the tidiest bunch. In fact besides, Miroku, Rin and Sango, Shippo didn't think he knew any humans who worked for the company. Not that he knew everyone, it was a huge corporation set up by Inuyasha's father many years ago. Shippo reached into the fridge for Cokes for him, Sango, Miroku and Inuyasha. He was the second youngest recruit ever at seventeen. Being that he was also the newest member of the team fetching missions mostly fell to him. Not that these were always easy, the three of them could get into pretty heated debates over their late-might takeaway ordering.

Sango was concerned. Waiting for the client to arrive was always not normally as stressful as this. When it came to transporting human cargo the person had always been in on the plan in the past.
"I'm going to go talk to her." Sango headed for the door. Inuyasha shouted something after her but she didn't listen. Sango paused with her hand on the door handle and knocked gently. She pushed the door open to see the young girl frozen at the back of the room as if she had stopped mid pace. She was holding her leg.

"Hi. Are you hurt?" Sango asked her, pointing to her leg. The girl immediately let go and shook her head. Sango pulled awkwardly her at her sleeves. She hadn't thought this through properly. "I'm Sango. I'm sorry about this. You must be really confused but try not to worry. Once the client has arrived everything will be straightened out."
"What client? My father is dead. Even if you had intended to abduct my sister he couldn't have hired you. Who did? Tell me his name." Sango was slightly taken aback by her ferocity but then she noticed the fear in the girl's eyes.
"Look Hikari, I don't know about you and your-"
"My name is Kagome and this 'client' of yours is not my father!" Kagome stated with a cold anger behind her words. "My father died ten years ago! See this?" She pulled at the ruby necklace still around her neck. "This was a present from my father to my sister, the REAL Hikari. She had the date of his death engraved on it to remember him by." Sango looked at the back surface with read 'Dad 04/06/2004' in a heart.
"Also," she added "what kind of quack abduction is this? You don't seem to know anything. I would have thought you would at least know Hikari goes by a different name now, Kikyo."
"As in, Kikyo, Kikyo? Kikyo without the last name, idol Kikyo?"
"That's the one." Sango stared at Kagome, her mouth slightly open.
"She's your sister? But in interviews she's always claimed to be an only child?" Sango was confused.
"She completely reinvented herself so she could be a 'star', but hey I guess it worked, look who is sitting here and who is at home, not being given away to some random creep." Sango studied the girl's face. She did look certain of herself.
"I have to go." Sango turned on her heel and walked out.

Fuck. I think she's telling the truth. And if she is... then we just got paid 100k and have nothing to show for it. And Mr. Onigumo is on his way...

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