Onigumo stumbled out of the building, Tsubaki right behind him. The flames were catching up with them, and it didn't look like they'd be able to outrun them. Stupid, stupid, stupid! Smoking, of all things! In a building filled with antique treasures! What an idiot! Behind him he heard a scream of pain, and the tinkle of broken glass. And then the flames were upon him, licking at his skin greedily.
InuYasha held her hand all the way back to the museum, and only let it go when he noticed the acrid smell. "Kikyo." He said, urgently waving towards the museum. "The Jinja Museum... Kikyo, it's on fire!" She turned and saw the spiral of smoke rising from the building, and the flames leaping towards the sky. "Oh no." She breathed, and ran over to where an ambulance was parked. Someone, burned and writhing, was tied to a stretcher and being loaded into the emergency vehicle. Onigumo, she thought, It's him. I don't know how, but I know it's him. The uniformed worker's turned when they saw her approaching, and a police officer approached her. "Hey, miss, I'm gonna have to ask you to leave. This a-" Kikyo interrupted him, agitatedly gesturing towards Onigumo's charred body. "I work here, officer. I'm a guard, my name is Kikyo, you can check with the management. That man is my co-worker, and I just want to make sure he's okay. Was there anyone else who got caught in the fire?" The officer stepped back and walked her to the ambulance. "I'm Miroku, and yes, a woman named Tsubaki was caught in the flames. Her face is scarred, and she's taking it pretty badly." Kikyo drew in her breath.
InuYasha watched her disappear with the officer. Onigumo was being pulled into the ambulance, and Kikyo bent over to speak with him, then to the people carrying the stretcher. Across the road, the woman named Tsubaki was throwing darts at Kikyo, holding her hand to her face. InuYasha hadn't heard what he officer had said, but he was pretty sure that Tsubaki's face had been burned. Now, when there are no guards, and a great deal of confusion, now is the best time to do it. I'll just duck the police, maybe steal someone's uniform, and then I can get the jewel! But, I can't... even though I have to, if I ever want my dream to come true, I can't.
Kikyo wrapped the bandages around Onigumo, and glanced over to Kaede. The fifteen year old was sorting the different painkillers and creams Kikyo had boughten. Oh, Tsubaki, what were you thinking? Onigumo, the museum, everything is burned to a crisp. And now, I have to take over. Onigumo stirred slightly, and Kikyo's heart swelled with pity. She wrapped the bandage a little less tightly, and dabbed the medicine on a little more gently. But even as she cared for Onigumo, who had no family to take care of him and no money for a hired nurse, her thoughts were with InuYasha.
InuYasha's hair was silvery white, and just above his shoulders, and his smug grin was what Kikyo looked forward to everyday she went to work. He wore a red hoodie all the time along with his scruffy blue jeans. Was that because he didn't have any other clothes? Kikyo looked about her small apartment, for the first time realizing how lucky she was. The room was small but at least she had a home. Did InuYasha live on the street, or did he have a family to go home to? His brother wanted to kill him- what were his motives? Was InuYasha related to the infamous belated kingpin of crime, InuTaisho, who shared the silver hair and golden eyes? And InuYasha's mother, was she alive? Was she dead, or even on the verge of death? Maybe InuYasha had been trying to steal the jewel in order to provide for a sickly mother.
Kaede and Kikyo were poor, yes, but InuYasha, with his torn clothes and sad eyes, could be even poorer. Again, Kikyo's heart filled with compassion, this time for a young delinquent who may have just stolen her heart.
A/N: Yeah, basically all Tsubaki is good for is starting a fire. So take that! Haha I hate her... And yes, Kaede is only four years younger then Kikyo, for resons explained later. And everyone's name is spelled how it is in the anime, not the manga since I've never read it.