Author's Note: I'm back! Woo-hoo! Well this is not the BEST one but it does introduce more characters in the kids' lives. But I hope you enjoy. Oh, and, hope you have a Happy Fourth of July!

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.


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Chapter 9: Mysterious

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Kagome watched as Naraku lifted up his head and looked directly at her. She froze for a moment because his eyes were as red as blood. His eyes held so much hate and thirst that she almost cringed at the sight of them. Deep within his orbs, she could feel something gripping her soul, cold and evil just pulling her. Kagome clutched at her chest but remained staring at his cold eyes wondering what kind of a person he actually was.

Naraku found Kagome's eyes just as interesting as she found his. 'That girl.' He continued to look into her soul, trying to find something, anything to help him put together the feeling he has. He wanted to feel her skin. That smooth, creamy skin of hers looks so good to touch, to stain, and to destroy. He took in her figure and realized that she seemed like a young woman, probably not even soiled. Naraku smiled even more looking into her eyes. 'She's perfect, yet something about her...'

"Naraku, dammit!" his brother stood behind him, clenched fists on his sides. "What the fuck were you thinking!"

Naraku left Kagome's gaze and turned around to meet his brother's fiery eyes. His brother wore a tan pants with a black shirt. On the front, there was an embroider of a sun and on the back was the moon. He had black hair, just like Naraku but it wasn't as long, only stopping at his neck, and it held a little wave to it. His eyes were not the same cold eyes but it held warmth and it was a deep, ocean blue. Naraku smirked at his brother's anger and wanted to anger him even more.

"Onigumo. What bothers you?" he said, shaking his right hand around, trying to get the blood off. The blood fell in drops on the ground as he shook but not all of it came off. Now, it was smeared into lines of red flowing to his fingernails.

Onigumo scrunched up his face, "You're disgusting."

Just then, a teacher came running out of the building with the boy who was punched. Only this time, his face seemed hurt, as his eyes were red and puffy from crying and his jaw had bandages in, and on it. He followed the teacher out into the circle of kids.

"Naraku Mitsuhada!" the woman yelled pointing an accusing finger at him. Some of the girls snickered and tried to retain their laugh as they watched the scene play before them.

"Mr. Mitsuhada. Come with me to the principle's office, right now, young man!" she said with authority and steel in her voice. She held her ground, not afraid of this boy, and Naraku found this so entertaining, but he decided to go with this woman. He turned around to look at Kagome one last time. She was still standing there, with her hands clutched to her chest. He smiled at her and looked forward to seeing her again. Kagome realized that he was smiling at her and she looked away, and then went through the crowd to go back to the table, feeling so uncomfortable at the moment. Inuyasha watched as Kagome retreated and looked back to Naraku. He caught Naraku's eyes and immediately, he growled. Inuyasha didn't like the look in his eyes. It was a threat and a challenge, and for Inuyasha, he wasn't one to back down, nor take this guy's shit. Kikyo, at his side, calmed him down while Sango smirked for she wanted to see Naraku get his ass kicked so he can have a taste of blood himself.

"Mr. Mitsuhada, I am waiting!" the teacher said, tapping her foot impatiently.

Naraku glared at Inuyasha and then turned around to the annoying woman. She glared at him and then turned on her heels, walking back to the school, knowing full well that he would follow. The boy went in front of the teacher for he didn't want to be anywhere near Naraku right now. Naraku followed as the crowd soon died and Onigumo was right behind him.

"Father is not going to be happy," he said.

"I don't care. Go find someone else to bug. Right now, I have to have a chat with the principal," Naraku said, adding some humor in it.

"You're so ridiculous. It's our first day here and you're already in trouble." Onigumo gave up and stopped following him. "I'll see you after school."

Naraku nodded and continued his journey. All the while, he was thinking about that girl he saw. Her eyes reminded him of someone that he couldn't quite remember, but he knows. He needed to find out what her name was, and a lot more about her. A lot more. He smiled and made that a promise to himself.

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The bell rang and kids swarmed out of the building, running to their bicycles. Most kids rode their bikes to school because it was a convenient means of transportation. The rest would usually walk or drive their car. There was a place to park your bikes, right next to the parking lot, where rows of bicycles were being disturbed with kids unlatching the locks and riding home. The outside of school was bustling with bikers trying to get home and kids trying to get out of their way. Kagome and Inuyasha showed up outside together and talked as they walked to his car.

"Want a ride home?" Inuyasha asked.

"Um, I don't know. Where's Kikyo?" Kagome asked, turning her head and trying to look for her sister through the heads of kids.

"I don't know. She said she had something to do after school and asked if I could pick her up at 5," he said, grabbing the keys from his pocket as they neared his car.

Kagome thought about it for a moment. "Alright. Well what do you want to do?"

Inuyasha shrugged. "Why don't you come over my house and then after I pick up your sister, I'll drop the both of you off."

They finally got to his car and Kagome went to the passenger's door. She looked over at him as he unlocked his door and pressed the button to unlock hers.

"I guess. Let me call my mom first," she said as she opened up her phone and dialed her house number.

Meanwhile, Inuyasha was sitting inside, one leg in the car and one leg out. He saw Miroku pull up right next to his open door.

"Hey guys. Where ya going?" Miroku asked through the passenger window. Sango was next to him and she smiled at Inuyasha.

"We're going to my house. I have to pick up Kikyo later on," he said. Kagome finished with her call and went inside the car. She closed the door and turned to see her friends. "Hey guys."

"Hi Kagome." Sango said. Miroku smiled and then thought of something.

"Hey, why don't we come over as well? We can hang out until later," Miroku suggested.

Inuyasha was silent for a moment but nodded. "Alright." He put his other leg in the car and closed the door. Then he turned on the car, rolled down the window and looked at Miroku. "I gotta stop by the auto shop really fast so I'll meet you guys there. Just tell Shin that I told him to let you guys in. If he has a problem, tell him to call me." Inuyasha left no time for Miroku to reply as he drove away and out of the school's campus.

Miroku watched his car leave. "What an impatient guy." he said with a sigh.

Sango giggled. "Come on, Miroku." Miroku drove out of school and headed towards Inuyasha's home.

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Inuyasha and Kagome were making their way to the auto shop in town. Inuyasha had turned on the radio and opened up a compartment right below it. There was a row of CDs nicely lined up on its own stand. He pulled out one CD and put it into the CD slot. The car blasted out with bass as the song "Now Drop" came on and made the teenagers move to the beat. Inuyasha peeked over at Kagome and watched as she was moving around in her seat to the music and moved her hands up and down. He smirked.

"I never knew you danced," he said, keeping his eyes on the road.

Kagome stopped moving and blushed. "Uh, I don't really know how to."

"Well I guess it comes natural huh?" he asked as he looked at her and she caught his eye. He smiled and looked back at the road. Kagome turned to look out her window with a nice shade of red plastered on her face.

The song played until they got to the shop and Inuyasha put the car in parking. "I have to go and get some things. Stay here" he said as he got out of the car and shut the door.

Kagome sat there, listening to the music of the next song when she saw a boy looking directly at her. He was sitting on the hood of a car and he had one leg propped up on the car's bumper while the other supported him from falling off. He smiled at her and gave her a satisfying look. Kagome smiled but looked away, a little disgusted by this boy's attitude. She turned down the music a little and relaxed inside the car. That is, until the boy came up to her.

The boy had been sitting on the car until he saw a familiar car pull up to his shop and went inside. Well, it wasn't actually his, more like his uncle's shop, but it was still under his name as well. However, what surprised him was the girl who sat in the passenger seat. She seemed like a high school girl, and hot too. When he caught her eye, he tried to charm her with his smile but that didn't work as she turned away from him. He frowned. 'Lets see what you got, baby," he said as he licked his lips and moved toward the car.

"Hey there," he said, resting his arm above the window and bending down to peer into the car.

Kagome turned to look at him and rested her hands on her lap. The boy had a black, leather jacket on with a white tank top underneath. His hair wasn't long at all but they had blonde tips. He also wore a tight black pants, but what caught Kagome's eye, was the weird look he gave her.

"Hi," she said simply, trying to get him to go away.

"What's your name, darling?" he asked, now putting his palm on the door and moving a little closer inside.

Kagome felt so uncomfortable and wished that Inuyasha would hurry. This boy was getting too close for her comfort and she didn't like the look he was giving her. However, she remained quiet and looked down at her hands.

He smiled and moved to see her eyes. "What's wrong, darling? Won't tell me your name?"

The boys that he were with walked up to him to see what he was doing.

"Kiba, who's your friend?" one of the boys asked as he, too, came to peek inside of the car. He wore a white jacket with a red shirt underneath and he had black pants on.

"I don't know. She doesn't wish to tell me her name," Kiba said as he smiled at Kagome.

Kagome just wanted all of them to leave, right now. But just then, the door to the shop opened and a very angry hanyou stepped out.

Inuyasha saw the boys standing by Kagome's window and he became pissed. "Kiba. What the hell do you want?" he asked as he moved in front of his car. The group of boys went next to Inuyasha and smiled at him, trying to be intimidating as they surrounded him and crossed their arms. But Inuyasha didn't move, he just stood there with one arm on his hip and one arm at his side with a clenched fist as he glared at Kiba.

Kiba moved away from Kagome, for which she was thankful as she relaxed, and slowly walked to Inuyasha. He was almost as tall as Inuyasha but they both locked eyes and their faces were nearly touching that Kagome could tell they didn't like each other.

"Who's the girl, Inuyasha?" he asked, interested in his new 'toy'.

"None of your business."

Kiba smiled and turned around, intending to walk back to his car. "Oh yeah, before I forget. There's a race tonight. Maybe you should show up, I would love to beat you in a race."

The rest of the boys left Inuyasha and started to follow Kiba. "Oh yeah. If you do show up, bring the girl." Inuyasha snickered but left his words to himself as he got inside his car and drove off. They were on their way towards Inuyasha's house and the only sound was the music, which was still playing.

"Who was the boy?" Kagome asked, breaking the silence.

Inuyasha kept his eyes ahead but had his left hand lazily hanging out the window. "His name is Kiba Yamamoto. His uncle owns that auto shop."

Kagome nodded in understanding. "How do you guys know each other?"

"He and I met at the spot. We raced each other only once but we didn't finish our race because the cops showed up."

Kagome turned out the window. "How old is he?"

Inuyasha chuckled. "He's 19. Too old for you."

Kagome whipped her head around and glared at him. "I didn't say I was interested in him!"

Inuyasha gave her a quick glance. "Yea, well I didn't say you were."

Kagome opened her mouth to say another thing but realized that he was only playing around. She glared at him one last time and shook her head, but went back to staring out the window. The rest of the ride was quiet as the two teens decided not to talk anymore.

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"Finally." Sango said relieved as Inuyasha pulled up. They were waiting at the front stairs for the two for about half an hour already.

"Where the hell did you guys go?" she asked, getting out of Miroku's car and coming around to talk to them.

Kagome smiled apologetically. "We were held back. Sorry."

"No worries." Miroku said. "We were having fun anyways."

Sango chuckled and turned to look at Miroku. "Yeah right. If you call kicking your ass 'fun'."

Kagome looked at Sango and then to Miroku, and then back to Sango. "Well it does seem like you guys had fun," she teased.

Sango turned pink when she looked at Kagome but Inuyasha had to ruin the moment by revving his car. "Follow me into the garage."

Kagome gave Sango a smile as she ran around to get into Miroku's car and they followed Inuyasha into his garage. Inuyasha pushed a button above his rear view mirror and the garage door went up. The kids were all shocked when the whole door came up. The whole garage was big, yes, but it held so many cars! There were cars and bikes just lined up nicely. Inuyasha drove in and Kagome looked up to see that there was a second level in here.

Inuyasha parked his car with the row of vehicles while Miroku parked his car in the middle of the semi circle of cars. Kagome got out to take a look around. There were toolboxes and pieces of metal lying in a corner. There were also car lifts and a huge storage place packed with tires. The walls were plain blue and the ground was black but made of tile, which seemed to go in circle until they made a small circle in the middle. A metal staircase lead up to the second floor, which was only a small portion with enough room for a lounge area and some space to walk around, in the back of the garage, above the toolboxes. Kagome went back to the others who were currently standing in the middle of the circle, next to Miroku's car.

"Wow, Inuyasha. This is a nice garage." Kagome said, marveled at such a spacious place to work with cars in.

Inuyasha waved his hand. "This place isn't anything. It's the cars that matter."

Miroku looked around. "Yeah. How many cars and bikes do you have?"

Inuyasha thought about it for a second. "Well I've got 12 sport bikes and 10 cars."

Sango's, Miroku's and Kagome's eyes widened. "Don't you think that's too much?" Sango asked.

Inuyasha shook his head. "Of course not. You can never have too much. Besides, I'm not the only one who drives them. My father and brother drive them as well, or at least they drive the cars only."

Inuyasha put his hands in his pocket and switched his footing to get comfortable. Kagome looked over at the bikes and found one in particular. Miroku, too, caught glimpse of the bikes. "Hey, can I go see what kind bikes you got?"

Inuyasha shrugged. "Whatever."

They all followed him over to the bikes. The bikes were nicely parked next to each other, with enough space between each for the rider to get on. Miroku went next to one of the bikes.

"I have this one. Only thing it's in dark blue," he said, looking over the parts to the bike and the engine.

Sango was at another bike, only two bikes to the right. "Hey Miroku. This is the bike that I have."

Miroku looked at it and was amazed. "Inuyasha, exactly how many brands of bikes do you have?"

"I don't know. If I see one that is fitting for my tastes then I get it," he said calmly, leaning on his baby. "But this," he said patting the windshield of the bike, "is my baby. It's a Ducati Superbike 749D. This baby can ride," he said proudly with a smirk.

Miroku went next to the bike. "Yeah. Look at the engine. Did you upgrade it?"

"Nope. Not yet, that is." Inuyasha said, looking over the bike as well. The two boys were gawking at Inuyasha's 'baby' while Sango noticed Kagome at one of the other bikes at the end.

Sango moved next to Kagome. "Hey Kagome? Like one in particular?"

Kagome nodded. "Yeah. This one is nice. I like the color and I like the style." Kagome stood next to a Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14. It had an orchid/hot pink paint job and the rims were Asanti's. Kagome just liked the look of it and she was compelled to jump on it and try it out.

Inuyasha looked over at girls. "Found something you like, Kagome?" he asked as he walked to them, Miroku following.

"Kagome likes this one." Sango pointed out. "It is pretty, I mean, look at the color. But why do you have a girly bike Inuyasha?" she asked with a scrunched face but humored at the fact.

He put up his hands. "Hey, it's not like I picked it out. My mother wanted a bike for herself since Father and Sesshomaru have a car, although I don't know why she wanted one because it's not like she'll ride it anyways," he said, half grumbling to himself.

"Well why did you paint it for her?" Miroku asked, joining the conversation.

"My father bugged me about it, that's why. So I HAD to do it." he said, still pissed that he had to waste one of his good bikes for his mother and paint it a girly color. It was fine with black and a little red, but no, she wanted pink.

"Oh come on. It was nice of you to do that for her," Kagome said as she gave him a big smile but looked back at the bike. Inuyasha didn't know what to say so he just 'feh'd' and felt his mother's presence. The sound of a door opening made the kids turn around to see Mrs. Takahashi smiling at them.

"Oh, hello dears. Why don't you all come inside and have something to eat," she said, waving her hands, trying to tell them to hurry and come inside.

Inuyasha shrugged and everyone followed him. "I have to tell you guys something anyways," he said as they all went inside the house.

The gang walked into the kitchen, following Mrs. Takahashi. The kitchen was very spacious. Inside, there was a huge kitchen table with 10 chairs, four on each side and two at the ends, and they were all made from old oak wood. Along the farthest wall, by the windows, were countertops with two sinks and lots of space to put stuff on. Plus, the refrigerator was on the left side and in the middle, between the table and the counters, was an island, which held the stove and several pots hanging above. This whole room could probably fit at least a whole party with all of its room. The kids each went to sit on a chair at the table while Mrs. Takahashi went to the refrigerator.

"Do any of you want something to drink?" she asked while opening the door.

"No thank you," Miroku said for everyone. Kagome smiled at Mrs. Takahashi and was diverted to Inuyasha when he spoke up.

"Mother, have you seen Sesshomaru?" he asked, seated next to Miroku. Inuyasha and Miroku were on the left side of the table while Kagome and Sango were on the right.

"No I haven't. But I think that he and your father had to stay at the office until night fall." she said while grabbing some juice and walked to the living room. "I have to make some phone calls so you all make yourself at home," she said, excusing herself from the presence of the teens.

Kagome looked at Inuyasha and asked, "Where does your father and your brother work?"

"My father owns the Tsuin Suta-Raito Corporation. He's the president while my brother's the vice. I'm so glad that I don't have to be anything," he said, putting one elbow on the table and glanced at everyone's wide eyes. "What?" he asked rudely.

"Tsuin Suta-Raito. Your father owns that?" Kagome asked, amazed.

He looked at her and cocked an eyebrow, "Yeah. Why? Got a problem?"

"Uh, hello. That's like the biggest company in Japan. I've heard that they make millions." Sango said leaning back in her chair and crossing her arms.

"Well yeah. I guess." Inuyasha said flying his other hand in the air to symbolize that he didn't care.

Miroku chuckled and Inuyasha glanced over at him as if he grew another head. Sango just remembered something and moved up towards the table.

"So you said that you had something to tell us?" Sango said, resting her hands on the table.

Inuyasha looked like he just remembered something as he arched his eyebrows. "Oh yeah. Well there's going to be a race tonight. I just wanted to know if you guys wanted to go."

Kagome said, "Oh, you mean the one Kiba talked about?"

Inuyasha nodded. "Yeah. So what, do you guys want to go?" he asked looking at all of them.

Sango made a face and nodded her agreement, "Yeah, sure. That sounds like fun."

Miroku leaned back in his chair as Inuyasha looked at him. "Well, I guess. I mean, there will be girls there, right?" he asked with his pervertish grin.

Sango glared at him, "Wipe that grin off your face Miroku," she said, darkly, and Miroku did it right away. Kagome smiled and a chuckle left her mouth. She wanted to go and experience how the kids race here in Tokyo.

"I'll go too," she said averting her gaze to Sango. "Maybe there'll be some boys there, huh Sango?" Kagome said with a huge grin. Sango smiled and cocked her eyebrow. "Yeah. I guess there will be LOTS of hot guys just waiting to pick up girls."

Miroku frowned at Inuyasha. "Well in that case, we're not going." The girls whipped their head towards him. "What!" they said at the same time, both with devils in their eyes.

Miroku didn't like the fact that there was going to be many boys around, trying to get with Sango. Of course, he felt the same way towards Kagome, he didn't want her to get hurt, but still, he didn't want Sango to get hurt too. "Well if there's too much people there…"

"Oh come on Miroku. You just don't want another guy to get with Sango." Inuyasha said, pointing out the facts because he was bored with this stupidity.

Miroku turned a little pink. "That's not true! I just don't think that there'll be a lot of room there and it'll be uncomfortable."

Sango glared at him. "There will be lots of room because people will be racing there so there has to be room. We're going. That's final." Sango turned her head and looked back at Kagome. "Anyways, what should we wear?" she said, smiling like a little girl waiting to go into a candy shop.

Kagome giggled. "I have an outfit perfect for this occasion," she said, mischievously with light in her eyes.

"Oh you do?" Sango asked, curiously.

Inuyasha looked over at the girls. "What kind of outfit?"

"Oh you'll see. But after we pick up Kikyo, then you have to take us home so that I can change," Kagome said talking to Inuyasha.

He nodded and the gang hung out and wandered through Inuyasha's house until five. They went through all the rooms downstairs and they even visited the library upstairs. Kagome spent the rest of her time in there while the others went outside in the backyard and looked at the gardens and the water fountain, plus the beautiful view of the mountains. Inuyasha had left Miroku and Sango alone before five so that he could take a bath and change his clothes. He put on a white tank top with a black leather jacket over and he had jeans pants. He put back on his tear drop necklace and he had a black glove on his right hand. When five o'clock came, they got Kagome and went to their cars. Inuyasha told Miroku that he would call him when they leave Kagome's house. So Miroku and Sango left to go change and get ready for the night ahead.

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Naraku Mitsuhada. I will never forget that name. He, for such a young boy, was the bringer of my evilest dreams. I could feel it, the moment I looked into his eyes, I could feel something so icy cold, so evil, that it made my soul weaken and cringe from fear. However, that definitely was not the last time I saw him. Even going to Inuyasha's house again was more of a relief for me, even though the first time did not go well. However, he still marveled me with his riches and the things he could get with it. Yet that day was the beginning of experiencing a new side of everyone. A side that we hide during school but comes out when darkness takes hold.

Life goes on…


Tsuin Suta-Raito- Twin Starlight

Okay, this chapter is over. I hope that I didn't bore you too much but bare with me. I want to get all of these introductions over with so I can get to the VERY good part. Trust me, it's coming soon...Just one chapter more and then we're there. But for now, please review and I will hurry...

-Kaleialohalani