Wrong Side
Trouble Brewing
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha in anyway shape or form! I am not making any money off this fic, but merely writing for the sake of nothing better to do. (Well that and I just enjoy writing..^_^)
lostdreams: LOL! Wow, when I get back into writing, I really get back. Originally when I wrote this chapter it was 16 pages long..geeze..anywho..I cut it down to what has been my normal length, so it sort of ends with a cliff hanger, but not to worry! I already have the next two chapters done as well, so it won't take long do update. (I'm debating on whether or not to do them all on the same day or space it out some..). Oh well, at any rate I would like to apologize for waiting so long to get this out. It was not my intention to put two almost three months in between each chapter. I promise never to have more than one month in between updates from now on! Right then..I'll stop rambling now and let you get on with the good part. Hope you all enjoy!
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Trouble Brewing
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"So tell me Una, how is Inuyasha coming along?" Onigumo questioned the pixie.
"Fine sir. He hasn't run into any demons yet, so I suppose all is going well," she answered truthfully.
"None at all?" Onigumo asked in confusion.
"No sir."
"How peculiar.." Onigumo lapsed in to thought. Una was only giving him the bare minimum of information. Inuyasha had told her not to reveal anything about Ryoko or any of their other findings.
"He is, however, curious about the purpose of his mission sir," Una began. She had exhausted every other aspect of gaining information, she might as well try her luck with the source.
"What do you mean? He knows he is there to protect the Higurashi girl."
"Yes sir, but why? Inuyasha doesn't understand why the girl is so important that Reiana would be after her."
"Inuyasha has all the information he's getting!" Onigumo snapped. "He had no need to know why. His job is to keep the girl safe, not question my motives behind his mission. Understand?" Una nodded fearfully. "Good, now go." Una nodded again, smiling to herself behind Onigumo's back. Inuyasha was going to here about this. Onigumo's anger had justified her beliefs. He was hiding something, something big.
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Onigumo waited until Una left before he let his anger really fly. With an angry fist, he broke the small table in his office. Suki came in to investigate the noise.
"Sir?" she asked hesitantly, eyeing the splinters of the table covering the floor.
"How much longer?" he demanded angrily.
"For what sir?" Suki asked stupidly. Onigumo clenched his teeth in an effort to keep his rage in check.
"How much longer until we will be ready for the jewel?" His voice strained to get through the sentence.
"Two weeks tops sir," Suki answered, backing ever so slightly out of his office.
"Good, now go!" he snapped. Suki didn't have to be told twice. Once he was alone again, Onigumo bent over his desk, head down, willing his nerves to calm. He didn't need Inuyasha rebelling, not now, not when they were so close. Standing up, he walked over to the window.
[Gods, I have waited far to long to let some little half-breed ruin my plans now.] He let out a sigh. [Two more weeks, then it will be ready, and I, I will be at peace.]
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"The test is on Wednesday. It will cover chapters six through twelve. Be sure to study!" Mr. Chibi reminded his students as they began packing their things. Kagome smiled and looked over at Inuyasha who was trying to catch her eye as well.
"Study date?" he asked with a smile.
"Of course," Kagome agreed readily, glad that he had offered.
"7:30, my place?"
"Sounds great! I do have a government meeting at 6, but it shouldn't interfere." Kagome answered, waiting for Inuyasha to finish packing his things.
"That's cool, whenever.." Inuyasha and Kagome left the classroom side by side. Both were oblivious to the jealous glare that followed them out of the classroom. Kenji, who sat just behind Inuyasha, noticed Hojo's jealous anger follow Kagome and Inuyasha out of the room. Shaking his head, he walked over to the jealous boy.
"Give it up man. Kagome is spoken for," he said, clapping a hand down on Hojo's shoulder. Hojo turned and glared at Kenji.
"Shut up!" he snapped, jerking his shoulder away. "It isn't over yet," he said menacingly. Turning on his heel he stormed from the room. Kenji remained still and speechless until Hojo was gone. He was more than a little concerned that Hojo was dumb enough to try something. Perhaps he'd go have a chat with Inuyasha. He wasn't sure what Hojo could have in mind, but it was better to be safe than sorry.
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The two newcomers were barely noticed by the bustling college students. Hiten and Manten tried to remain as inconspicuous while they explored the campus. They were still out to prove that Inuyasha was a weakling despite his reputation.
"Hey Hiten?" Manten asked timidly. "Just how are we going to get Inuyasha?"
"Easy," Hiten answered, sitting down on a bench. "We get the human girl he's protecting."
"But Hiten, Reiana said.."
"Shut up! I know what Rei said!" Hiten snapped. "We're not going to hurt her, just use her to attract Inuyasha." Manten nodded, though he still looked confused. Sitting down next to his brother, Manten fidgeted.
"Ummm Hiten?" he asked in a timid tone. "If Inuyasha is protecting the girl..how are we going to get her?" Hiten's scowl deepened.
"Shut up!"
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Kagome drummed her fingers on her desk. Student government meetings always took forever. 7:10..she had twenty minutes to get her things and get to Inuyasha's.
[Come on! I have plans!] she growled mentally to the president. Almost as if he head heard Kagome's scolding, the president called for all final business and adjourned the meeting. 7:18..It was a two block walk to the dorms, she had just enough time. Running out of the student center, Kagome hurried toward the dorms.
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"Say Hojo! You nailed that Higraxi girl yet?" a rather drunk boy teased. It had been a tough day so Hojo and his buddies had started early. Hojo was in a foul mood anyway and the alcohol wasn't helping. Turning sharply, he brought a hard fist to the boy's face. The boy gave a cry and fell to the ground hard. "What the fuck was that for man?" the kid asked holding his bleeding nose.
"Her name is Higurashi, and she's as good as mine," Hojo seethed angrily. Grabbing a twelve pack he headed outside. Nobody dared to follow. Too drunk to head much further than the front porch, Hojo sat down and cracked open his 11th in four hours. Grumbling to himself, Hojo spotted someone coming down the street. A wicked grin spread over his face when he recognized the figure as a woman. He was feeling rather lonely and wanted some 'company'. His wicked happiness turned into a gleeful malice when he realized that it was not just any girl, but Kagome that was headed his way. Feeling very satisfied with this turn of events, he finished the beer and headed down to the sidewalk. Large hedges that lined the path blocked him from Kagome's view, but allowed him to see her easily.
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Kagome kept glancing at her watch. 7:21..9 minutes, and she still needed to grab her books. A loud crash followed maniacal laughter sent a shiver down Kagome's spine. Miko University was a huge party school and it was a well- known fact that a girl should never walk alone after the parties began. Although the school doctored it's numbers, it still had the highest rape and assault charges out of all the nearby schools. In her haste, Kagome had not waited for someone to walk back with. Beginning to feel jumpy, Kagome willed herself to calm down, reasoning that it wasn't dark out yet and she probably wasn't in any danger.
[Must be nice to go through school partying instead of studying..] she thought with a sigh. Unable to shake a feeling of dread that had crept up on her, Kagome picked up her pace, slowly nearing Hojo's hiding place.
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7:25..Inuyasha sat on his bed looking over some notes. Kagome and him would be going over history tonight. It was an extremely simple subject for Inuyasha as he had lived through most of it. At 7:28, a knock was heard on his door. Believing it was Kagome, Inuyasha put on a bright smile. Opening the door his mood dampened when he found Kenji instead.
"What do you want?" Inuyasha asked, trying not to sound too irritable.
"Gotta talk to you. It's about Hojo," Kenji said quickly. Inuyasha's eyes narrowed. He wanted to tell Kenji to beat it before Kagome got there, but this sounded a little urgent.
"What about him?" Inuyasha asked moodily. Kenji winced at his tone.
"Well.." The more Kenji thought about what he was doing, the more stupid it sounded. Kagome was a tough cookie and could probably take care of herself, and Inuyasha, well..Inuyasha had already proven to be more than Hojo could handle.
"Well?" Inuyasha prompted. This was getting annoying. Kenji shook his head a little startled and decided to just tell Inuyasha what he was thinking.
"Well as you may have noticed, Hojo is a bit..ummm..obsessed with Kagome."
"Feh."
"I think he might try something.." That caught Inuyasha's attention.
"What do you mean 'try something'?" he asked with a growl.
"I don't know for sure, but he's stupid enough to do just about anything to get at Kagome or you," Kenji said firmly. Inuyasha sat down in thought. He was around Kagome enough that she should be fine but still..
"What put this idea into your head?" Inuyasha asked finally, rather confused about Kenji's reason for telling him this.
"He makes a lot of stupid comments, but that's nothing new," Kenji said slowly. HE didn't have any proof just a feeling. "I don't know why, but I'm getting a bad feeling. I know I'm not great friends with either you or Kagome, but I don't want something avoidable to happen," Kenji admitted honestly. Inuyasha lapsed into thought. He had been picking up on a bad karma, but had dismissed it as anticipation for demon attacks. As of now he hadn't considered humans any danger to Kagome or his mission.
"Where is Kagome now?" Kenji asked after another minute of silence.
"Government meeting..or in her room, I'm not for sure," Inuyasha admitted a bit uneasily. Kenji just nodded.
"Well I wouldn't worry about her now. Hojo went out drinking today and is probably too plastered by not to form a functional thought," Kenji assured, making a move to leave. Inuyasha walked him towards the door until his phone rang.
" Hello?"
"Inuyasha?"
"Hi! It's Sango! Sorry to bother you, but Kagome told me that the two of you were studying tonight and I just have a quick question for her."
"She's not here yet," Inuyasha told her, glancing at the clock. 7:40..Inuyasha had lost track of the time talking to Kenji.
"She's not?" Sango asked, her voice full of confusion. "Was she planning on going somewhere else first?"
"I don't think so.." Inuyasha said slowly, a knot growing in his stomach. "Maybe she's still in her room.."
"Nope. I tried that number first," Sango answered quickly.
"Meeting ran late?" Inuyasha didn't know why he was making up excuses when every fiber of his being screamed that Kagome was in trouble.
"No, it didn't. See Leena's here and she's the secretary. She told me that Kagome ran right out of the meeting as soon as it was over almost twenty minutes ago!" Sango's sentences became broken. She was talking to at least two other people in the background, her voice growing strained with worry.
"Can't find Kagome?" Kenji shot in, getting that much from listening to Inuyasha's half of the conversation. After a slight hesitation he headed for the door. Inuyasha stopped him with a firm hand on his shoulder. If anyone was going after Kagome it would be him.
"Later Sango," Inuyasha said quickly.
"What is it Inuyasha.." Sango's voice was cut off abruptly as Inuyasha hung up the phone. Kenji looked up at Inuyasha in surprise. Dismissing Kenji's confused gaze, Inuyasha picked up his keys and grabbed his sword. Kenji's eyes widened and filled with fear at the sight of the weapon.
"What's that for?" he asked nervously. Inuyasha ignored his question.
"You stay here in case Kagome shows up!" he ordered Kenji firmly. Too weirded out to speak, Kenji nodded. Racing out of the building, Inuyasha took to the trees trying to catch Kagome's scent. When he found it, there was a strong stench of fear mixed in. Leaping into action, Inuyasha followed his nose, muttering worriedly to himself.
[What the hell is going on?????]
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lostdreams: AAAHH! Cliff hanger! Don't worry.I'm leaning toward releasing the next two chapters today as well, so it'll be like instant gratification. Please read and review!
Trouble Brewing
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha in anyway shape or form! I am not making any money off this fic, but merely writing for the sake of nothing better to do. (Well that and I just enjoy writing..^_^)
lostdreams: LOL! Wow, when I get back into writing, I really get back. Originally when I wrote this chapter it was 16 pages long..geeze..anywho..I cut it down to what has been my normal length, so it sort of ends with a cliff hanger, but not to worry! I already have the next two chapters done as well, so it won't take long do update. (I'm debating on whether or not to do them all on the same day or space it out some..). Oh well, at any rate I would like to apologize for waiting so long to get this out. It was not my intention to put two almost three months in between each chapter. I promise never to have more than one month in between updates from now on! Right then..I'll stop rambling now and let you get on with the good part. Hope you all enjoy!
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Trouble Brewing
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"So tell me Una, how is Inuyasha coming along?" Onigumo questioned the pixie.
"Fine sir. He hasn't run into any demons yet, so I suppose all is going well," she answered truthfully.
"None at all?" Onigumo asked in confusion.
"No sir."
"How peculiar.." Onigumo lapsed in to thought. Una was only giving him the bare minimum of information. Inuyasha had told her not to reveal anything about Ryoko or any of their other findings.
"He is, however, curious about the purpose of his mission sir," Una began. She had exhausted every other aspect of gaining information, she might as well try her luck with the source.
"What do you mean? He knows he is there to protect the Higurashi girl."
"Yes sir, but why? Inuyasha doesn't understand why the girl is so important that Reiana would be after her."
"Inuyasha has all the information he's getting!" Onigumo snapped. "He had no need to know why. His job is to keep the girl safe, not question my motives behind his mission. Understand?" Una nodded fearfully. "Good, now go." Una nodded again, smiling to herself behind Onigumo's back. Inuyasha was going to here about this. Onigumo's anger had justified her beliefs. He was hiding something, something big.
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Onigumo waited until Una left before he let his anger really fly. With an angry fist, he broke the small table in his office. Suki came in to investigate the noise.
"Sir?" she asked hesitantly, eyeing the splinters of the table covering the floor.
"How much longer?" he demanded angrily.
"For what sir?" Suki asked stupidly. Onigumo clenched his teeth in an effort to keep his rage in check.
"How much longer until we will be ready for the jewel?" His voice strained to get through the sentence.
"Two weeks tops sir," Suki answered, backing ever so slightly out of his office.
"Good, now go!" he snapped. Suki didn't have to be told twice. Once he was alone again, Onigumo bent over his desk, head down, willing his nerves to calm. He didn't need Inuyasha rebelling, not now, not when they were so close. Standing up, he walked over to the window.
[Gods, I have waited far to long to let some little half-breed ruin my plans now.] He let out a sigh. [Two more weeks, then it will be ready, and I, I will be at peace.]
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"The test is on Wednesday. It will cover chapters six through twelve. Be sure to study!" Mr. Chibi reminded his students as they began packing their things. Kagome smiled and looked over at Inuyasha who was trying to catch her eye as well.
"Study date?" he asked with a smile.
"Of course," Kagome agreed readily, glad that he had offered.
"7:30, my place?"
"Sounds great! I do have a government meeting at 6, but it shouldn't interfere." Kagome answered, waiting for Inuyasha to finish packing his things.
"That's cool, whenever.." Inuyasha and Kagome left the classroom side by side. Both were oblivious to the jealous glare that followed them out of the classroom. Kenji, who sat just behind Inuyasha, noticed Hojo's jealous anger follow Kagome and Inuyasha out of the room. Shaking his head, he walked over to the jealous boy.
"Give it up man. Kagome is spoken for," he said, clapping a hand down on Hojo's shoulder. Hojo turned and glared at Kenji.
"Shut up!" he snapped, jerking his shoulder away. "It isn't over yet," he said menacingly. Turning on his heel he stormed from the room. Kenji remained still and speechless until Hojo was gone. He was more than a little concerned that Hojo was dumb enough to try something. Perhaps he'd go have a chat with Inuyasha. He wasn't sure what Hojo could have in mind, but it was better to be safe than sorry.
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The two newcomers were barely noticed by the bustling college students. Hiten and Manten tried to remain as inconspicuous while they explored the campus. They were still out to prove that Inuyasha was a weakling despite his reputation.
"Hey Hiten?" Manten asked timidly. "Just how are we going to get Inuyasha?"
"Easy," Hiten answered, sitting down on a bench. "We get the human girl he's protecting."
"But Hiten, Reiana said.."
"Shut up! I know what Rei said!" Hiten snapped. "We're not going to hurt her, just use her to attract Inuyasha." Manten nodded, though he still looked confused. Sitting down next to his brother, Manten fidgeted.
"Ummm Hiten?" he asked in a timid tone. "If Inuyasha is protecting the girl..how are we going to get her?" Hiten's scowl deepened.
"Shut up!"
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Kagome drummed her fingers on her desk. Student government meetings always took forever. 7:10..she had twenty minutes to get her things and get to Inuyasha's.
[Come on! I have plans!] she growled mentally to the president. Almost as if he head heard Kagome's scolding, the president called for all final business and adjourned the meeting. 7:18..It was a two block walk to the dorms, she had just enough time. Running out of the student center, Kagome hurried toward the dorms.
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"Say Hojo! You nailed that Higraxi girl yet?" a rather drunk boy teased. It had been a tough day so Hojo and his buddies had started early. Hojo was in a foul mood anyway and the alcohol wasn't helping. Turning sharply, he brought a hard fist to the boy's face. The boy gave a cry and fell to the ground hard. "What the fuck was that for man?" the kid asked holding his bleeding nose.
"Her name is Higurashi, and she's as good as mine," Hojo seethed angrily. Grabbing a twelve pack he headed outside. Nobody dared to follow. Too drunk to head much further than the front porch, Hojo sat down and cracked open his 11th in four hours. Grumbling to himself, Hojo spotted someone coming down the street. A wicked grin spread over his face when he recognized the figure as a woman. He was feeling rather lonely and wanted some 'company'. His wicked happiness turned into a gleeful malice when he realized that it was not just any girl, but Kagome that was headed his way. Feeling very satisfied with this turn of events, he finished the beer and headed down to the sidewalk. Large hedges that lined the path blocked him from Kagome's view, but allowed him to see her easily.
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Kagome kept glancing at her watch. 7:21..9 minutes, and she still needed to grab her books. A loud crash followed maniacal laughter sent a shiver down Kagome's spine. Miko University was a huge party school and it was a well- known fact that a girl should never walk alone after the parties began. Although the school doctored it's numbers, it still had the highest rape and assault charges out of all the nearby schools. In her haste, Kagome had not waited for someone to walk back with. Beginning to feel jumpy, Kagome willed herself to calm down, reasoning that it wasn't dark out yet and she probably wasn't in any danger.
[Must be nice to go through school partying instead of studying..] she thought with a sigh. Unable to shake a feeling of dread that had crept up on her, Kagome picked up her pace, slowly nearing Hojo's hiding place.
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7:25..Inuyasha sat on his bed looking over some notes. Kagome and him would be going over history tonight. It was an extremely simple subject for Inuyasha as he had lived through most of it. At 7:28, a knock was heard on his door. Believing it was Kagome, Inuyasha put on a bright smile. Opening the door his mood dampened when he found Kenji instead.
"What do you want?" Inuyasha asked, trying not to sound too irritable.
"Gotta talk to you. It's about Hojo," Kenji said quickly. Inuyasha's eyes narrowed. He wanted to tell Kenji to beat it before Kagome got there, but this sounded a little urgent.
"What about him?" Inuyasha asked moodily. Kenji winced at his tone.
"Well.." The more Kenji thought about what he was doing, the more stupid it sounded. Kagome was a tough cookie and could probably take care of herself, and Inuyasha, well..Inuyasha had already proven to be more than Hojo could handle.
"Well?" Inuyasha prompted. This was getting annoying. Kenji shook his head a little startled and decided to just tell Inuyasha what he was thinking.
"Well as you may have noticed, Hojo is a bit..ummm..obsessed with Kagome."
"Feh."
"I think he might try something.." That caught Inuyasha's attention.
"What do you mean 'try something'?" he asked with a growl.
"I don't know for sure, but he's stupid enough to do just about anything to get at Kagome or you," Kenji said firmly. Inuyasha sat down in thought. He was around Kagome enough that she should be fine but still..
"What put this idea into your head?" Inuyasha asked finally, rather confused about Kenji's reason for telling him this.
"He makes a lot of stupid comments, but that's nothing new," Kenji said slowly. HE didn't have any proof just a feeling. "I don't know why, but I'm getting a bad feeling. I know I'm not great friends with either you or Kagome, but I don't want something avoidable to happen," Kenji admitted honestly. Inuyasha lapsed into thought. He had been picking up on a bad karma, but had dismissed it as anticipation for demon attacks. As of now he hadn't considered humans any danger to Kagome or his mission.
"Where is Kagome now?" Kenji asked after another minute of silence.
"Government meeting..or in her room, I'm not for sure," Inuyasha admitted a bit uneasily. Kenji just nodded.
"Well I wouldn't worry about her now. Hojo went out drinking today and is probably too plastered by not to form a functional thought," Kenji assured, making a move to leave. Inuyasha walked him towards the door until his phone rang.
" Hello?"
"Inuyasha?"
"Hi! It's Sango! Sorry to bother you, but Kagome told me that the two of you were studying tonight and I just have a quick question for her."
"She's not here yet," Inuyasha told her, glancing at the clock. 7:40..Inuyasha had lost track of the time talking to Kenji.
"She's not?" Sango asked, her voice full of confusion. "Was she planning on going somewhere else first?"
"I don't think so.." Inuyasha said slowly, a knot growing in his stomach. "Maybe she's still in her room.."
"Nope. I tried that number first," Sango answered quickly.
"Meeting ran late?" Inuyasha didn't know why he was making up excuses when every fiber of his being screamed that Kagome was in trouble.
"No, it didn't. See Leena's here and she's the secretary. She told me that Kagome ran right out of the meeting as soon as it was over almost twenty minutes ago!" Sango's sentences became broken. She was talking to at least two other people in the background, her voice growing strained with worry.
"Can't find Kagome?" Kenji shot in, getting that much from listening to Inuyasha's half of the conversation. After a slight hesitation he headed for the door. Inuyasha stopped him with a firm hand on his shoulder. If anyone was going after Kagome it would be him.
"Later Sango," Inuyasha said quickly.
"What is it Inuyasha.." Sango's voice was cut off abruptly as Inuyasha hung up the phone. Kenji looked up at Inuyasha in surprise. Dismissing Kenji's confused gaze, Inuyasha picked up his keys and grabbed his sword. Kenji's eyes widened and filled with fear at the sight of the weapon.
"What's that for?" he asked nervously. Inuyasha ignored his question.
"You stay here in case Kagome shows up!" he ordered Kenji firmly. Too weirded out to speak, Kenji nodded. Racing out of the building, Inuyasha took to the trees trying to catch Kagome's scent. When he found it, there was a strong stench of fear mixed in. Leaping into action, Inuyasha followed his nose, muttering worriedly to himself.
[What the hell is going on?????]
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lostdreams: AAAHH! Cliff hanger! Don't worry.I'm leaning toward releasing the next two chapters today as well, so it'll be like instant gratification. Please read and review!