May Our Paths Cross In The Future By: PsychoPapaya

I don't own Inuyasha, although I want to!

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Chapter 7: A Madman's Conspiracy

~~WHERE WE LEFT OFF~~

He raised the knife up, and brought it down.

Then stopped an inch from Kagome's face. He looked at what he was doing, and couldn't believe what he was doing. Why was he trying to kill Kagome? He did not have the answer. He set the knife down on the nightstand by Kagome's bed and ran. As he left, he did not notice he dropped the Shikon Jewel.

~~LATER THAT DAY~~

"Kagome, I have gone out for a while. Meet with you later. Go to the feudal era without me if you want. Signed, Nick"

This was the letter that Kagome had found on the kitchen counter. She felt confused. She thought that Nick was hiding something. When she woke up, the Shikon Jewel was on the floor next to the door, there was a knife on the nightstand, and a letter that said Nick had gone out. She decided not to go to the feudal era that day.

~~ACROSS TOWN~~

Back in the dark room, with the one spotlight, the desk, and the man with the reflecting glasses, the man behind the desk was most displeased.

"You have failed your mission. You were told to kill the girl, and bring the jewel to me. Yet I have no jewel and the girl still lives!" He slammed his fist onto the table.

"I-I'm sorry sir. I don't know what came over me." Said the boy with the metallic voice. "Sir, if I may ask, what is so important about the jewel?"

"If you must know, I will tell you. As you know, the jewel is the only way to get into the well, an if I have that power, I can travel to the past and rule the world!"

"How will you do that, sir?"

"I will bring modern technology with me, so the people will obey me. Then I could accelerate the inventions so we will have better technology. Then I will be honored and rule the world!"

"Sir, that plan is ludicrous."

"What? You dare defy my plan to rule the world?"

"Yes, sir, and I-I- I'm afraid I can't kill this girl."

"What? Why not?"

"Because." He finally raised his head. It was Nick. (A/N: Big surprise) "She is my friend, sir.

"Well, then. You will have to suffer the same fate as she. Her life will be spared, as for yours."

That's when Nick saw the baseball bat coming for him. He was knocked out before he could hear the end.

~~AT KAGOME'S HOUSE~~

Kagome was thinking. Was Nick hiding something from her? He had been gone for 5 years, and now he is unusually quiet.

Just then, the door was knocked down, and 7 men with assault rifle ran into the house and scattered. One pointed a gun at Kagome.

"Freeze! Don't move!" He said.

2 men grabbed Kagome by the arms, and a short, fat man with a large moustache and thick glasses walked in the room and up to Kagome.

He asked her "Where is the jewel?" He sounded impatient.

Kagome looked shocked. She didn't know how he knew about the Shikon Jewel.

"I-I don't know what you're talking about."

"Don't toy with me! I know you know where the jewel is. I also know that you can travel back in time with it."

"No! I swear, I don't know what you're talking about!"

"GRRR! That's it! I'll find the jewel if I have to tear this house apart piece by piece! Throw her in the back with the traitor!"

The men holding her dragged her outside to a truck. It looked like an ice cream truck on the outside, but inside, it looked like an armored police vehicle. It had one small window up to the front of the truck, and there were cushioned benches on the sides. On one side was Nick.

The men threw Kagome inside and shut the doors. She heard one get into the driver's seat, start the car, and drive away.

They were captured, and it looked like there was no way out.

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End of Chapter 7