She mentally checked off everything they needed. Eggs, milk, cereal, her eyes found the items in the basket at her side. Some vege-

'Is that all of it then?'

She looked up with a sharp look.

'If you find it boring, then you shouldn't have come.'

He sighed. 'You're taking way too long.'

'I'm just making sure I have everything. If you don't like the way I shop, then go and find something else to do.'

'Bah! If it was me, I would already have finished by now.'

'And then, in twenty minutes, you would be back here buying the thing you forgot, am I right?'

He crossed his arms and chose to glare at a nearby tin of peas instead.

'Ah.' She said, grabbing it, 'I'd almost forgotten.'

'Keh.'

She mentally started again checking her mental checklist, weighing the can in her hand.

He pressed one hand against his face hard, then slid it off, moaning.

He seized her hand and pulled the tin from it and shoved it into the basket, then started pulling her towards the register.

Muttering darkly, he pushed her into the line, and the only word she could pick out was the most frustrated.

'Women.'

'Oh, grow up, okay?'

He dropped her hand in favour of crossing his arms, and started glaring a hole into a shelf of assorted goods.

She rolled her eyes and took a step foreword with the line.

Luckily the line was moving reasonably fast, and they got out of the store quickly.

Walking back, he started complaining about her shopping skills, and she was retaliating with his impatience.

'I don't know you take so bloody long just grabbing a few things,' he was saying, his gaze surely, and strictly anywhere but her.

During her response he froze, and the air about him suddenly got colder.

He fixed his gaze foreword, and did not seem to hear her.

'What's wrong?'

She followed his gaze to see a seemingly familiar person staring, no, glaring back.

'Who's that?'

The stranger was strikingly similar to InuYasha, seemingly half listening to the other man and the younger woman who were talking at him.

The air was getting so cold she almost shuddered, as they approached the three, she noticed the man's companion was just as similar to InuYasha as the younger one, but seemingly aged, and the air was different, maybe at the difference in the way he held himself.

The younger woman, however, was of extraordinary contrast to the two men, chatting animatedly and glancing down at a red clipboard every few steps.

'InuYasha?' She asked, dragging her gaze from the look-alike's to the real thing.

The eldest of the three strangers spotted them at that point, having followed the younger's gaze, and nodded subtly at InuYasha.

InuYasha dragged his cold glare from the younger, to give a respectful nod back.

'InuYasha?' A voice asked from next to him, and he shifted his unnaturally cold gaze to the girl.

'Come on, or we'll miss the train.' She said, wrapping her hand around his clenched fist, and giving a little tug, eager to be away.

He shifted his gaze foreword, and quickened his step slightly, still seeming colder then ice.

Then, as they were upon them, the younger man shifted his gaze abruptly at her, and she found herself almost shivering, where he was suddenly hidden from sight.

Subtly, InuYasha had pulled her behind him, with the excuse that the sidewalk was two cramped for them all to pass.

She watched him as they passed, hoping for him to thaw quickly.

Kagome glanced back, to see the young woman looking at her.

She wiggled her fingers cheekily, where Kagome waved awkwardly back, before they disappeared from sight.

She turned her gaze back to where he was still looking cold, but more furious then anything.

'Who were they?'

'An old fart, a brat and an asshole.'

'What do you mean?'

'Just that.'

She looked at him curiously. 'Are they related to you, by any chance?'

'Yeah,' he sighed. 'The old fart, see,' he seemed pained to admit it, 'That's my old man. The asshole's his favourite. Sesshomaru, the prick. Dunno who the girl was though.'

She blinked. That was his Father? She thought back, they did look strikingly similar. That was his favourite… She thought, wait, I'll bet that was his son, she followed the connection, or even, InuYasha's brother?

He relaxed his hand enough so she could entwine hers through it.

Wow, I was wondering what they would be like. She remembered his reaction. I don't think he likes his brother very much. She thought about the coldness. Okay, that was the understatement of the century.

His phone rang as they entered the train station, but they ignored it.

I wonder who the girl was though. She kind of looked like a secretary, but she acted more like a little sister. She thought back to the girl waving at her. I wonder how old she was, she didn't seem very mature.

The phone rang again, and he finally decided to pick it up.

'Hello?' He paused. 'Of course, Miroku, who else?'

She looked up at him curiously.

'No,' He answered, frowning. 'I haven't seen him for ages. Why?'

What is it? She mouthed at him, but he shook his head.

'What do you think?' He asked.

The response was evidently lengthy, during this time he started pulling her in a different direction, scanning the timetable on the way past.

'But he's dead. What's the point of dragging up old history?'

He pulled her onto a train that was going in a completely different direction.

'Right. See you in fifteen.'

He snapped his phone shut and was silent for a full second before looking around at her worried face.

'What's going on?'

'It's Sango.'

One train ride and one five-minute walk later, a door opened with a bang.

'Sango!'

They had walked into a reasonably spacious living room, something that seemed unlikely that Sango would have lived in.

The girl in question was crying bitterly, her head in her arms, on the couch.

Miroku had his arm around her, exchanging a look with InuYasha.

Seated on the coffee table in front of her was a single picture frame, one of a boy grinning up at the camera under Sango's arm, the two of them obviously laughing.

'How is she?' Kagome asked, then jumped when a furry body brushed by her knee.

She looked down, to see a yellow-y white coloured cat with dark brown markings on it's feet, face, and tail.

InuYasha had filled her in on the way over, talking seriously in an undertone.

'Sango has a kid brother, Kohaku. She used to live with her father a few years back before he died. See, he died in a supposed 'mugging gone wrong', so that's what got her to be a cop, which was where she met Miroku. Then, recently, she got skeptical over her dad's death, and found the circumstances to be suspicious so she pokes into it. Then, she gets stopped in the street, and is told to stop being so nosy, but she ignores it. Now, we think someone's made off with her brother.'

Kagome immediately went and sat on the other side of Sango, and wrapped her arm around her, trying to think of something encouraging thing to say.

InuYasha hung back awkwardly, yet still worried, thinking hard.

It must have been pretty important, how he died, or else this wouldn't have happened. What was happening that she must not find out about?

'Did you manage to find anything out? About your father, I mean.'

She wordlessly shook her head, and he caught the you're-being-insensitive glare shot at him.

He glanced at a small clock set against the wall and almost flinched.

'Uh, Miroku,' He said, almost worriedly.

The guy in question looked up at him, and then the clock, and really did flinch. He swore.

The two girls looked up at him confusedly, the fact that Sango did too was both a shock and an achievement on her behalf.

'Eh?'

'We, uh, have to go,' Miroku said nervously, shooting glances at the clock.

He stood up and kneeled right in front of Sango and kissed her quickly, then seemingly vanished on the spot with a final 'We'll be back, I promise!'

Kagome looked up to see InuYasha had vanished too. She looked at the clock then too, and was surprised at how long they had been there.

Oh! She thought, watching Sango slump back into her arms again, I get it. They're late for their volunteering or whatever.

She paused for a second.

They really had better come back though.

Kagome ended up staying the entire afternoon, and it was dark when the two finally did get back.

As usual, they were silent until the door was shut firmly behind them.

'So then, what happens now?'

He shook his head, trying to clear it.

'I'm, not sure.'

The turn of events had left her shaken.

Everything had been going so well, and then something like this happens.

It was jarring, reminding her that even though things have been getting better, everything can change in an instant.

She walked over and dumped the long forgotten groceries in the kitchen.

Thinking back, she really was worried when both he and Miroku were late back, despite the fact this was almost the norm.

Sango was even more so worried, having finally calmed down.

She was just about to push the green button to call when he had burst in the door, calling her name.

Kagome had looked around, waiting for another to enter.

'Where's InuYasha?'

Right at that moment, the guy in question walked in, saying; 'InuYasha? Nah we ditched the bastard a few streets back.'

She had visibly relaxed, letting out a breath that she didn't know she had been holding, but still gave him a sharp look for his trouble.

In the other room, he was examining a letter that was in the small bundle of mail he had grabbed on the way up there.

InuYasha Takahashi

No address, no return address. It was a perfectly ordinary envelope.

He slid it open, to find a note inside, with thin, neat cursive writing printed.

Tell your girlfriend, Kagome Higurashi, not to get too comfortable.

His eyes narrowed defiantly, at the first bit, but froze at the second.

What the hell? He thought. We haven't done anything. Although, I'm betting this is the same guys that have Kohaku, hopefully. He shook his head, thinking hard. This is weird. He examined the note closely, as if the slanted, curly writing was hiding the answers to everything.

There was a thump as the girl in question sat down next to him, causing him to jump.

'Anything important?'

He paused. 'No, not really.'

He made a mental note not to let her out of his sight again.

Right, I got two reviews guessing, I am disappoint.

Anyway there is two thirds of a cookie to Rosedragon876 who guessed Sesshy, Rin and Kaede.

Also Caseclosed621 for guessing, but we've already had Shippo in here, if you remember.

(But Omg it's SESSHY! And the Inu No Taisho! [Plus Rin.] So guys in this if you haven't figured it out already, the Inu No Taisho is not called as such, but since it's InuYasha's dad then he's Mr Takahashi.)

Just a side note about Rin, she's in her early- to mid-twenties, even though she acts like a six year old, but it's just awesome acting like one, so suck it up. Sesshy's early-thirties, and the Inu No Taishio's about early-sixties, ish? It's kind of up to interpretation.

Now if this chapter wasn't confusing enough, just you wait for the next couple of mini story arcs, you'll all love me for it :)

Anyway, reviews are always welcome!

Love you all,

InuKag.