Midnight Meeting
Kagome stood on the concrete ground and swayed. Luckily for her a pair of arms was wrapped around her and stabilized her upward position. She felt kinda like after spending too much time in a roller coaster - her stomach wasn't sure which way to go, but after a moment it settled down and the feeling of dizziness passed. She looked thankfully at Inuyasha,but he wasn't looking at her. She turned around when she heard a scream and something cracking.
On the other side of the street was the dojo where she was often meeting with her friends. There were a bunch of police cars in front of the building and the building itself had a huge hole in the roof. It was also lacking a big part of the front wall. The reason for this - a huge white dog, was standing partially in and partially outside of the dojo, howling and growling at small figures of people running from it or hiding behind small barriers.
The dog shook itself and a part of the roof collapsed, giving it more space. Some of the men shouted for it to calm down, but the beast didn't listen, its red eyes glaring as it was turning its head this way and that.
"What...?" she breathed out, looking at the huge beast shaking off a bunch of police men trying to restrain it.
"Keep your girl safe," Touga, who had brought them there in a ball of his own youki spoke firmly, his eyes never leaving the dog.
"You don't have to tell me twice," Inuyasha growled and pulled Kagome closer. "My friends are there, he better not trample them."
"What's going on?" she asked when the daiyoukai crossed the street in one leap before he jumped over the fence and made his way straight for the howling dog.
"Sesshomaru's pissed," Inuyasha explained. "According to Jaken, who called dad, they were looking for Rin before he lost control."
Kagome stared in shock at the dog that was supposed to be Inuyasha's calm brother. Touga shouted at the policemen to move away and approached the dog. The canine lowered his head to look at the daiyoukai, growling and barking. The woman looked at her boyfriend, who had his ears tilted that way, but was observing the policemen retreating towards their cars and a short person who could be just Jaken, standing beside the fallen sign with the dojo's name.
"Come, we'll try to ask them," Inuyasha pulled her with himself, making sure she wouldn't trip. Confused Kagome followed him, hoping they would get answers, and soon. She looked around the group of people hidden behind the cars and sighed when she spotted Miroku and Kohaku among them, along with some members of Sango's family. Sango's father was clearly not pleased with the huge dog destroying his property, his shaking finger pointed at the dog was a good indicator. As they approached Inuyasha let go of her and scowled at the policemen eyeing them.
"The Akita House will pay for the destruction." Inuyasha stated, easily drawing everyone's attention to himself. He scowled. "When Sesshomaru gets to his senses he'll send someone to assess the wreckage and you'll get paid, so quit yapping."
"Who are you?" asked the officer sternly, obviously deciding to leave the dog to the other white-haired youkai and just focus on the hanyou and a woman in front of him. "This isn't a place for a passerby spectators."
"That's Akita Inuyasha and Higurashi Kagome, they're friends family," Kohaku made his way to stand beside them. He had a shallow cut across his cheek and was pressing a tissue to it to stop the bleeding. Miroku walked behind him, pale and tense. Kagome bit her lip. "We called them."
"Yeah, we hoped you could do something with your brother," Miroku murmured, looking at the dog, who was sniffing the air as if trying to catch a very faint scent. The man standing in front of the canine was talking, but from the distance no one could hear him. "And you brought a backup."
"Son, you shouldn't introduce more outsiders to our matters," Sango's father scolded. He sounded tired and defeated. Kagome felt sorry for him, he was just a human and probably wasn't used to dealing with enraged daiyoukai or police in the middle of the night.
"It's alright, dad," Kohaku said and turned to the newly arrived pair. "They kidnapped Sango and Rin and want a ransom for their lives."
"What?!" Kagome covered her mouth with a hand. Who would do that?
"Keh, that explains why Sesshomaru lost it," Inuyasha growled and glared at the intrigued looks he received from the group gathered around them. "She's his daughter and the bastard is more possessive than I am."
Kagome saw that despite his rather nonchalant words Inuyasha was worried and tense. She dared to grab his hand and felt him squeeze it.
The dog howled again, but this time he jumped out of the hole in the building and straight into the sky. Without a warning the canine flew to the East, leaving gaping people in his wake.
"Hey!" Touga approached them, moving fast. The youkai related policemen bowed to the daiyoukai, who ignored them and looked straight at the officer and others gathered around his youngest son. "Sesshomaru sensed Rin. You should follow him, maybe you can get to the kidnappers before he tears all of them," he informed the policemen.
Sango's father looked like he was about to say something, but the police officer just looked at the daiyoukai and immediately turned towards his men. In a few minutes all that was left from the gathering were Kohaku, his dad, Miroku, Kagome, Inuyasha and his father, and Jaken, who finally dared to approach them, looking longingly after his master.
Kagome laid a hand on Kohaku's shoulder.
"It'll be fine," she said to the boy.
"Yeah," Inuyasha nodded and sighed. "Do you think there's a kettle and a jar of coffee in the dojo? I could use some coffee and you all look like you need it too."
"Yeah... Come, we'll see if the trainers' room is intact," Kohaku nodded and started to lead his father towards the ruined entrance.
"I'm going after them," Touga said when everyone turned towards the dojo.
"Will you make extra sure Sango and Rin are okay?" Kagome asked. The daiyoukai smiled.
"Of course, my dear," he smiled and changed into a ball of light that flew after the huge dog.
