Author's Note: Hey!! Gahhh *ducks flying sporks then watches them march down the street* Hehehe ^_^ Thanks you so much everybody for the beautiful reviews!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! I actually had this one written out last night but me being tired didn't read over it to post yet. Also I wanted to be really evil and make you all wait. XD Yup, I'm here to drive you all insane. My cat's jumping at my doorknob and wining because he wants to get out of my room! Now...I'll try to answer a few reviews with questions in them (don't get mad if I don't answer yours, I might not have saw it! I love every one of you!)
Akiko- Ahh thank you! ^_^;; I'm really not that good. When I review I tend to get really repetitive, like I keep saying, "That was so good! That was so great!" so don't worry about it.
Alandrem- Yeah, you were right on the spider thing! Congratulations! I didn't know if anyone would notice! You get a golden star! Glad no one noticed the mysterious missing bathroom!
DemonBlade- Hm...it's a possibility that Naraku remembers but I'm not going to have him remember. He's just the creepy boss that has a tiny evil streak but nothing like killing everybody like the old Naraku. Or...not right now. *cough* (j/k)
Minako25- Mystery of Kagome's insanity! Yeah, poor girl. We'll be hearing about some of it in the next chapter hopefully D In her real files, that is, if Inuyasha can get them...
Nea- Hehe, thanks for the encouragement!!
Nekomon- SPORKS!!! Sporks rock! I have an evil spork of doom. D Is this update enough to keep the army away for now?
Butterflysky- Inuyasha can be your shrink! Maybe you and Kagome can share a cell together! ^_^;; Ahh but I updated so are you still going to go insane? Ek!!
I'm trying to write as much as I can this weekend because I know when school gets back in...I'll die of work. -_-; *hiss* I won't be able to update nearly as fast but I'll try! I'll try as much as my little heart can! Cursed school and after-school programs! I want to just write all the time! Any ways though, thanks everybody and please enjoy.
~*~ Where Did You Go? ~*~
~By: Lauren~
-Chapter 6-
"Risky Midnight Mission"
"Inuyasha..." Kagome said his name, resting her head against his warm, soft shoulder.
"What is it?" Inuyasha shifted nervously as a blush crept across his cheeks.
"What'll happen...after we destroy Naraku...?" Kagome muttered. "What'll happen after we get the whole Shikon no Tama together...?"
"I don't know." Inuyasha shrugged, causing Kagome's head to jerk back upward. "Do you have any ideas?"
"Me?" Kagome pointed to herself. "Nope. Take a long vacation maybe."
Inuyasha snorted at this. "So you're going to leave us all?"
"NO!" Kagome spun around to face him angrily. "I would NEVER leave my friends." Afterwards, she thought to herself, "Nor the one I love..."
Silence filled the air but it was a comfortable silence as Kagome rested against Inuyasha once more.
"Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha groaned and rolled his eyes. "WHAT NOW?!"
"Sorry." Kagome winced. "But...are you still going to use the Shikon no Tama to become a full demon? What'll we do with it afterwards? Can it really be used for good?"
Inuyasha snorted. "Feh, don't worry about that."
"Don't become a full demon Inuyasha..." Kagome pleaded with him. "I don't want you to...what if you'll forget me? What if you turn into a different person? I don't want to lose you..." She was now on the verge of tears.
Inuyasha brought his arm around her, pulling her close. He couldn't stand it when she cried. "Don't worry, you'll never lose me."
"Promise?" Kagome looked up at him hopefully.
"Yeah, promise." Inuyasha smiled faintly but Kagome didn't see this for she was too busy hugging him.
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Kagome jolted out of her memories as she heard the guard down the hallway shuffling about, making a lot of noise. She growled, angry that he should wake her when she was having one of her nicer memories. She chuckled to herself. "What happened to that promise Inuyasha?" Kagome stood up, wandering over to the tiny window that over looked the garden. Up in the sky she could see the huge silver moon looking down on her and the thousands of stars that lit up the sky.
Once her grandfather had told her that the stars were pins, holding a black velvet blanket up.
She giggled at this thought before she paused. She could have just sworn she had seen something moving in the garden. Kagome shook her head. She was probably just losing her mind a little bit more.
Turning around, she sank back into her bed, laying her head on her pillow while thoughts of Inuyasha filled her mind. Some were old, happy memories while some were recent, painful memories. Slowly, she opened her mouth and continued with the song she had always sung.
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Inuyasha slid on his black jean pants. They were a bit snug since he had last worn them...OK...maybe a LOT snug since he last worn them, which was years ago, but he had to put on dark clothes. He pulled a black sweat over his bare chest before he tied his long hair up in a tight bun. Over his hands he slipped on a pair of black leather gloves and he finished his outfit all off with black shoes. He would have worn sunglasses also but then he wouldn't have been able to see.
"Ready to do this?" He asked himself. "You sure you want to do this? Remember she's just a patient, but is she worth risking your entire job as a psychiatrist? Yes, because it's my job. It's my job to help her and if I just ignored the real facts, then I wouldn't be doing my job. I have to help her." Inuyasha clenched then unclenched his hands determinedly. He didn't know why he would risk everything for this single girl but he knew he just had to. He had to get some answers, whether it was dangerous or not.
He did one more check in the mirror to make sure no one could really tell who he was before Inuyasha was ready to go. He grabbed a tiny flashlight and shoved it into his pocket along with a picklock tool, his ID card, a metal cutter and a floppy disk.
Taking a deep breath, he tried to calm his nerves before he opened his apartment door and made his way towards the clinic.
When he got to only a block away, he slipped into the shadows and avoided any contact with people. He wandered into one of the back alleyways, stealth as a fox as he came face to face with a huge fence.
"Great." He muttered to himself as he grabbed hold of the thin wire. He pulled out of pair of wire cutters from his pocket and quickly began to clip the wires down one side. When he got to the bottom, he put the cutters away and grabbed the fence. He bent back the part he had cut and then scrambled through the hole.
When he looked at his surroundings, he recognized the area.
It was the clinic's garden. He smirked. He had made it safely so far. Cracking his knuckles he ducked down quickly, narrowly missing being seen by a security guard. He bit his lip as he tried to keep quiet until he was sure the guard was gone. Inuyasha jumped up and sprinted towards the building were he flattened against the wall then slid towards where he believed the door was.
After following the wall, he finally came in contact with a door. Smirking with glory, he pulled out his ID card, bent down and slid it into the security device. He focused on listening for a tiny click of entrance from the door when he heard something else that caught his attention.
It was a voice. Someone was singing. His heart was captured by this voice- this angelic like innocent singing. It was beautiful and somehow the words felt familiar, as if he had heard them before.
"Overcoming that made-up scheme, we live the present, And our rusted hearts begin to beat again! If we can find the rhythm of time, we can fly once again We live our lives Wandering to the ends of the earth. Believing in you, now I begin my journey with you,
In search of the light."
The singing ceased directly after the door clicked open.
Bingo- Inuyasha was in.
He pulled open the door and cautiously entered the hallway, shutting the door behind him. Inuyasha looked down both ends of the hallway before he dove for the stairwell. He just missed being spotted by his rival psychiatrist and, though he wouldn't admit it, friend Kouga. He reached over, pulled open the door to the stairwell and began to run up the stairs.
Inuyasha never realized that Naraku's office was so high up. He was definitely getting his exercise. After finally what seemed like an eternity, he found himself face to face with the same golden nameplate he had just recently seen. He mentally praised himself as he pick-locked the door open then sauntered into the empty room.
There, on the desk, as it had been left, was the main clinic computer. Inuyasha glanced around the room to be sure it was empty before he ran to the desk and sat down in the comfy leather chair. He smiled. The idiot had left the computer running. Placing his hand on the mouse, Inuyasha viewed the desktop and began to search the many icons for what he was looking for. He held back a snort when he noticed a folder called, "Sailor Moon Movies" So the guy was a fan. Inuyasha found this extremely entertaining, especially for blackmail.
Finally, he found a folder marked, "Patients" Double clicking it, the screen opened up to reveal a huge list of tons and tons of names. His eyes scanned down. At this rate, it would take forever to find Kagome's files. Inuyasha turned to the keyboard and typed in an "H". He smirked as he looked through the people with the last name beginning with H. Finally he found Kagome's name.
Inuyasha's heart began to pound as he double clicked her name, impatiently waiting for the screen to load. While he waited, he slipped his floppy disk into the computer.
Kagome's folder opened up, revealing to him a long list of files. Some were from doctors, some from the police. Inuyasha didn't have time to read them as he highlighted everything and pressed the 'copy' button. He then opened his floppy disk and hit paste. As he waited for the files to finish, he read over some of the reports.
"Oh...my...god..." The three words barely escaped his lips as he read over it when he heard footsteps and a murmuring pair of voices coming towards the room. He didn't know how he heard, but he did. "Shit!!" He cursed as he closed the file windows. The floppy was almost done copying.
The door handle was beginning to turn.
The little bar that showed the copying progress was...DONE!! In a matter of seconds, Inuyasha pulled out the floppy, closed the remaining files and dove under the desk.
"Sorry to keep you waiting Kikyo. Let me just shut off my computer and then we can be leaving." A voice- Naraku's- stated. Inuyasha heard a faint yes as footsteps walked towards him.
He held his breath as he prayed he wouldn't be seen. He saw Naraku's shoes as the man stood next to Inuyasha behind the desk. Inuyasha heard the noises of a computer shutting down then he froze. The knees were bending as if the person was going to lean down....
"COME ON NARAKU!! We're going to be late for dinner!!" Kikyo complained, causing Naraku to stand back up quickly.
Naraku nodded, fleeing over to where Kikyo stood in the doorway. He took one more brief look around before he turned and left the room, locking the door on the way out.
After a few minutes, Inuyasha finally let out his breath and stood up. Now THAT was a close one. He owed Kikyo. His eyes looked at his disk as he slid it into his pocket. He couldn't believe what he had read only moments ago...
Turning, he picked the door open again before he flew down the stairs, through the hallway, through the gardens, under the fence and down the street to his apartment.
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Lauren: I wonder what's on those files....heh! Nobody knows except me! Thanks for all the support and I hoped you enjoyed the new chapter! (My hand hurts from typing now -_-; ) So what's your favorite part so far? Least favorite? Any constructive criticism or such? Comments? Questions? ^_^ Ah, now I sound like a pamphlet or something. Oh yeah and that was some nice fan service back there for all you girls. Sexy Inuyasha in all black...bare chest then a sweater...and tight pants *drools* Whoops, sorry about that. I'm off to take the cat to the vet...bye!