A/N:long time huh?

Chapter 6

"What do you mean, he wasn't dead?" Inuyasha said slowly.

Glancing at her family, who was settling in for the night, he guided her to his bedroom. It was actually very stylish and neat. Something completely different from his personality.

"My ex." He offered as a bit of an explanation to her curious expression. He closed the door, locking it.

"The less your family knows the better. Now sit." He commanded. Inuyasha decided to let her wait till she was comfortable enough to speak. Seeing her this shook up gave him the edge to want Naraku in a body bag like no other.

Kagome sat on the bed, taking deep breaths. She didn't want to talk about this anymore. She didn't want her family to suffer. But Inuyasha was her only redemption and he needed to know everything in order to save her.

"He was still alive. I saw him kill his brother Miten, and Then Kouga shot him." She started out. "They were saying that Miten was the mole and that Hiten had to fix the problem. Hiten cried as he shot his brother. Kouga instructed a few other men to get him to Pier Fourteen."

"I ran to Hiten, and he begged me not to save his life. Instead he gave me a key, with a plot/row number. That's when Kouga spotted me, and I ran." Kagome finished, her fingers trembling.

Inuyasha just stared in astonishment at how much she didn't tell the police. "Where's the key?" He asked, wondering what its purpose would be.

"At the house, in the well. I….I didn't know what else to do with it." Kagome whispered.

Glancing down at her appearance, she silently, she slowly got up. Without looking at him, she asked, "May I use your shower?"

Inuyasha gave a slight nod, but Kagome was already headed toward it. He let out a breath he wasn't aware he was holding until the door closed.

Sitting on his bed, he held his head in his hands. Kagome, her family, and that earlier call from Miroku confirmed it. He couldn't handle this alone. He needed help. His partner was already feeding him classified information since he was off the case. But all of them couldn't stay here.

Taking out his cell, he dialed Miroku's number. "Hey, meet me over my house and bring a bag." And hung up.

Fifteen minutes later, Kagome emerged, wearing one of his shirts, and nothing else.

She walked over to Inuyasha, who still had his head down in deep thought. Without thinking, Kagome made one of the boldest moves of her life. She lifted up one knee and sat in his lap, straddling him with her other.

Inuyasha immediately lifted his head, preparing to object, but he fell short after looking in her eyes.

Kagome just stared back at him, her breathing calm, a bit heavy. She reached up, running her hands through his silk silver mane. Putting a hand on each side of his jaw she gently guided his lips to hers.

The kiss was slow and sweet. No lusting after one another, but a kindle of something that was meant to be savored. Like a fine wine.

Inuyasha took full advantage of her being in his arms, as his hands slid up her shirt. There was an urge there unlike anything he'd ever experienced. He laid back, rolling into a position of dominance.

Kagome felt a moan escape her lips as Inuyasha thrust his tongue in her mouth. In a million years, she'd never been kissed like this and it wasn't likely to happen again.

Even through all the pain and fear of death, she'd realized that Inuyasha had unselfishly saved her life, and the lives of her family. She'd never known someone to care so much and she didn't want it to end.

Kissing Kagome became like a drug. The more Inuyasha kissed her, the more he wanted to kiss her. His body had already taken over his judgment as he spread her legs apart with his knee.

Kagome's mind went blank as she felt a huge bulge nudge the inner part of her thigh, dangerously close to her center.

They were on fire. The touch became more urgent, frenzied. Inuyasha's mind ran wild. Damn, not even Kikyou... His movements came to a complete stop. Pushing himself off Kagome and away from the bed, he cursed under his breath.

Anger, rage seeped through the silence. FUCK! What the hell was I thinking? This shit cannot be happening all over again!'

So much adrenaline rushed through Inuyasha like a fucking tidal wave. He punched the wall, putting a whole through it.

He heard Kagome's soft footsteps. She gently touched his shoulder and he ripped away from it like she was poison. "DONT. TOUCH. ME." he growled.

Putting some much needed distance between them, Inuyasha walked toward the fire escape outside his bedroom window.

Kagome slid to the floor, silently crying. Had she just mentally agreed to pay Inuyasha with her body? "Oh god..." What's happening to me?...

Ten minutes later, Inuyasha came back to his bedroom. "Go to sleep, we leave in a few hours." he said in the coldest, most uncaring voice she had ever heard.

Kagome nodded and left his room without so much as a glance.

Inuyasha took out his phone and called Miroku. "Change of plans. Meet me on Nansuto Street. Three hours."

"Well, we need a plan." Miroku said. Him, Inuyasha, and Kagome had met in secret two hours laters in an abandonned shack in lower east Tokyo.

"Where can we go? I mean we can't stay in Inuyasha's apartment." Kagome told them. Not after last night. Her brain finished.

"Who can I get to hide five people? One yeah, two maybe, but five? It's damn near impossible. I'd have to..." Inuyasha stopped objecting mid-sentence.

"What is it?" Kagome asked becoming nervous. Inuyasha took out his cell phone. "I've got a call to make." Was all he said to her and went into another room.

Kagome rolled her eyes and sighed, looking up to heaven. "What do we do now Miroku?" she asked. Miroku sighed. People were always looking to him for answers that not even he had most of the time. "We pray." was his only reply.

Right now, praying didn't seem like such a far fetched idea. "Why not? We've tried every thing but that." Kagome shrugged. She and Miroku got to their knees and held hands.

Miroku began to pray. "For whatever we've done, please forgive our offenses against you. We are not perfect, but our hearts are pure. We are now bearing the weight of 1000 sins and cannot find cause as to why. Protect us from the jaws of death, and the evil of man. Show us the way, because the path we're on now is more treacherous than any mere mortal can bear. And if you can't show us the way..."

"... then forgive us for being lost," Inuyasha finished the prayer from the corner of the room where he'd been listening the whole time. Miroku looked up with a small smile. "Amen, brother." " Amen." Inuyasha smiled back.

"Amen." Kagome whispered. She blinked back the tears from her eyes, hoping that God heard their prayers. 'We're going to need it.' She thought to herself.

=LOWER EAST TOKYO=

"No! Inuyasha this can't be done!" A stern voice called.

Kagome sat listening with her family from the doorway out of sight. Inuyasha had brought them to what seemed to be a warehouse, windows painted all black, no address on the residency. There wasn't even a street name.

Whoever the woman was, she was untrusting and extremely secretive for Inuyasha not to even allow them in the building.

"Sango, I need this favor! Hell, I can't keep them all alive." Inuyasha stressed running his hands through his hair.

"I feel your pain, and I appreciate this woman's struggle, but I'm not a shelter. And I'm sure as hell not saving the likes of him!" She pointed toward Miroku's direction. "My brother's killer!"

Miroku just sighed, his tempter flaring. "NO ONE KILLED YOUR BROTHER BUT YOU! You chose to live a life of evil, serving that asshole and you paid the price! All I did was love you and try to save him!"

Miroku stormed out of her sight, leaving Inuyasha with a distraught looking Sango.

"You know he's right Sango. Kohaku couldn't be saved and he was only looking out for you. The doctors would have taken him off of life support if Miroku hadn't agreed to perform the surgery."

Sango couldn't conceal her tears. She cried silently, wanting to nothing more than to see her brother again.

"Inuyasha, I couldn't even protect my own family, how do you expect me to protect hers?" Sango told him dejectedly.

With a snort, Inuyasha couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Sango, you're the best human exterminator I know! You've been successfully taking out Naraku's men for the past two years. The Tokyo police have never seen such a high body count for Naraku's men. And although we'll never admit it, we need you."

"I can't. I won't risk this organization. Naraku has been trying to breach this place for the past six months. He wants blood, and lately he's been taking out more of my men."

Shit! Inuyasha thought. Sango needs protection? What the hell was going on? Was anyone safe? "I need-''

At that moment, Kagome burst through the doors, her expression frantic, her eyes pleading with Sango's.

"Look I don't know you, and I know you don't trust me and this is a burden that I wouldn't ask you to bare, but please! My mom is an excellent cook, and my brother knows a lot about technology and my grandpa won't be in the way." She cried.

Sango watched the young woman who appeared to be restless, and overcome with grief. She understood the pain Naraku could cause just by being labeled as a target.

"I can't protect all of you." Sango told her quietly. Kagome looked to Inuyasha, and Sango caught a glimpse of emotion in his eyes. That's new...

"I don't need it! I won't stay. But my family...if you could just take them!" Kagome begged with her voice horse from sobbing.

Sango looked at the family that stood behind her and sighed. "Come on." Glancing at Miroku, who had been in the corner the whole time, she told him, "All of you."

After being showed to their room, Kagome's family settled in for bed. Letting her mom rest, Kagome tucked in her younger brother, who looked tired and scared. Same here bro.

"Kagome, what if we don't make it? What if one of us dies?" Souta asked. Kagome put on her best assuring smile. "Souta, no one else is going to die."

"You don't know that for sure. I heard Sango and Inuyasha say that we wouldn't be safe here for long. Are you leaving us again?"

"I have to do what's asked of me. To keep you, mommy, and grandpa safe, it's going to take me being away for a while. But Sango has promised me that you'll be in the best of care." Kagome told him quietly.

"But you won't. Naraku is looking for you." He objected, crossing his arms. "Inuyasha will keep me safe Souta. He has so far right? So there's nothing for you to worry about. Trust me."

Souta was quiet for a moment, taking in all the information that Kagome was telling him. She didn't know if he really believed her. She didn't wasn't sure she believed it either.

"No one loves you like I do." Souta told her quietly. Kagome gave her brother a big hug. "I doubt anyone ever will. Now go to sleep." She whispered.

Inuyasha watched the private moment from the hallway. Kagome had literally put her life in his hands. How could he let her down? I can't let Naraku win this time.

There was only one thing to do now. Find the key, and know its value. Naraku was first and foremost a business man. Something told him that this key could be very valuable if he played his cards right.

When Kagome emerged from the room, Inuyasha threw her a jacket. "Where are we going?" she asked.

"We're going on a suicide mission." Was all he said, and headed to the car garage, expecting Kagome to follow.

Naraku stood, watching the busy Tokyo streets. "Its been three days since the attack on the safe house. I want answers." He said sipping his brandy.

"We'll find her sir. I'm sure she's bound to resurface." Kouga explained.

"She has something that belongs to me, and I want it back Kouga. I'll give you three days." Naraku told him.

Kouga groaned. There was no way he would be able to find her in three days. Not if the underground had them.

With a sigh, he said the only thing he could say. "Yes sir."

Naraku glanced at him after a moment. His voice grew irritated with impatience. "You're still here?"

Kouga immediately took off out the door.

Driving through the city seemed weird now. Her senses were more aware, her eyes open. She and Inuyasha rode in complete silence. An awkward silence.

She supposed she owed him some explanation for her actions earlier. Clearing her throat, she said, "Inuyasha…?"

"What?" He answered, his eyes completely focused on the road. "About last night."

" What about it?" he asked bluntly again. This wasn't a conversation he wanted to have right now. Leave it to Kagome to have bad timing.

"Last night I had a lapse in judgment." She tried to explain, twiddling her fingers. "A lapse in judgment…is that what you're calling it?" Inuyasha asked with a raised brow.

"I just wanted to feel safe and you….what I meant was…" she couldn't find the words. Inuyasha scoffed. "I never figured you the type of woman to repay someone with sexual favors."

"I'm not!" Kagome objected, clearly offended at what he was implying. "That's what it seemed like. A simple thank you would have sufficed."

"No. I was scared, and lonely and I just wanted to feel something…." Kagome started out, but couldn't finish. "Something real?" Inuyasha offered, his tone a bit softer than before.

Kagome breathed a little easier and nodded. "Yes. And when you kissed me back I-"

"Look, you apologized, and I forgive you. There's no need to analyze every damn moment in between can't you just let it go?" Inuyasha growled, clearly frustrated at the subject.

"No, I can't. Not when it deserves an explanation." Kagome admitted. She knew Inuyasha had felt the same spark she had. Both their minds and emotions were headed in the same direction. That kiss wasn't just a kiss and she knew that he was fully aware of that.

"Well I hope you enjoy disappointment." Inuyasha mumbled, ignoring her the rest of the ride.

They pulled into the driveway of the now burnt down Higurashi estate. The shrine had the appeal of a haunted house, and all the beauty of a graveyard.

Kagome had never been so hurt to see her home in that way. Inuyasha grabbed her arm. "Where's the well?" he asked.

Kagome pointed to the rickety shed at the far end of the house. Inuyasha held onto her arm, practically sprinting to the shed.

The well sat in the middle of the shed, seemingly untouched by the fire. Inuyasha found a latter and headed down.

"How can you see?" Kagome asked. In his rush to find the key, he completely forgot about light. Kagome could tell for someone so smart, he'd just had a very, very dumb moment.

Scratching his head, Inuyasha put one arm on the rim of the well, looking out for some type of light.

Kagome took out her cell phone, which surprisingly had a cell of power left, and handed it to him. "It's better than nothing." She shrugged. He took the phone, saluting her with it before heading down.

After a moment, Inuyasha resurfaced handing her the phone. He also had something in his other-the key. Wiping away the access mud, Inuyasha and Kagome were able to read the name loud and clear.

"Who's 'Onigumo\'?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha's blood ran cold. Of course this would be the key-to a fucking tomb. Naraku has a sick mindset.

"Come on. We're leaving." Inuyasha told her, already on his phone, two steps ahead.

"Where are we going?" She asked, jogging to match his long strides. He glanced over his shoulder. "Necropolis."

AN: Dunn Dunn Dunn…Well…Three days huh? What's Necropolis? Things seem to be heating up between Inuyasha and Kagome. Till next chapter! See you soon.