AN: *sigh* One would wonder how in the world I had ever ended up in the closet…I guess that's what you do in desperation when there are strangers coming into your room without as much as a warning. X_X Oh well, it's not like anyone will look into the closet…I hope…

Disclaimer: I'm in a crisis right now and you're demanding for a disclaimer?! You heartless people! (J/K, J/K ^.^''')

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The Life of a Devil

Resident Prisoner

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"Oh goddamn it! Watch what you're doing!"

Sango pulled back in shock. "You're awake?" She cried as she pulled back her first aid kit with herself. A pissed-off assassin wasn't exactly a welcoming sight. Not to mention an injured, pissed-off assassin.

Kagome gnawed her teeth. "I've been awake since you threw me onto the sofa."

"Hey, don't blame me. I'm not use to carrying people."

Kagome stared at Sango. "You always use that crazy boomerang. Even on me!" She pointed out.

"Heck, you're even heavier than my Hiraikotsu!"

"Wha~ow, ow, ow, OW!!!" Kagome screamed as Sango applied even more ointment on her. "What are you doing?!"

Sango lifted her eyebrow. "Wow, you're not use to pain, are you?"

"Shut up!"

She sighed. "I'm helping you. You should be thanking me."

"Are you kidding me? You're killing me! I should be planning for revenge!"

"Uh-huh." Sango ignored her and kept on adding even more ointment. Her leg was starting to look like a bottle of milk.

Kagome growled and aimed for her temper. "Man, you really do suck at this."

"Hey, watch what you're saying. I have to do this to Kouga and Inuyasha every time they get shot."

"And how many times is that?"

"Five times a week."

"I thought you guys went to a special hospital or whatever."

"That's for major injuries."

Kagome scrunched her nose. "Huh. Really? And speaking of the guys, where are they?"

Sango shrugged, digging up some bandages from her first aid kit. "Somewhere in the office, I guess."

It was Kagome's time to lift her eyebrow. Was this the pissed-off-Sango she thought she would never see?

Sango caught her look. "Well, you must know how good I am with technology." She scoffed. "They just don't want me around since I'm a female and their all males."

Kagome chocked on her chuckle, in hope of faking it as a cough. Sango was acting just like a kid now. It was as if she was in a parallel universe.

"Aren't you acting just a bit para~oooooOOOOOOW!!!"

Kagome made a mental note to herself; never piss off Sango when she had tweezers in one hand and a white bottle of stinging ointment in the other.

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"Got anything yet?" Inuyasha asked, lowering himself by his hands on the armrest.

Kouga was madly pushing random buttons here and there on the metal security system.

"Hold on, I'm still checking."

The males were making themselves busy in the office, Kouga on the big black chair and doing who-knows-what to all the buttons reachable, while Inuyasha towered over Kouga in a very annoying fashion.

It had been exactly an hour after they had recovered the hidden bomb which was attached between the basement pipes. The enemy had taken a great deal in trying to show their demise, since it was also time to go off in a matter of seconds. Of course, with Sango's incredibly witty mind and Kouga's swift feet, they were able to dispose of the bomb in a matter of seconds.

Now they were checking for any sign of bugs they had missed while clearing out the mess they had created.

Inuyasha was looking more and more annoyed, though.

"Oh for Kami's sake, why am I bothering with you?! We should just get Sango and be done with this." He growled.

Kouga paused, and then gave a glance towards Inuyasha. "What the hell's bothering you?"

"Nothing." He snapped. "Just nothing."

"So," Kouga lifted his hand up, going into therapist-mode, "it seems as if you're worried about something."

"Can it, you wild wolf."

"Well, it can't be that you're worried or annoyed about this whole blowup-the-mansion situation. You didn't seem so much as annoyed with the chick said they already blew up the mansion in L.A."

"Just shut up."

Kouga was thoughtful for a few moments before he got a light bulb on top of his head. A smirk tugged at his lips. "You're worried about that assassin, aren't you?"

"Shut up."

"Looks like someone's in lo~ve." Kouga was snickering like a madman now.

Before Inuyasha could slit his throat with his sharpened claws, and believe it he would have, the intercom on one of the screens within the security system beeped.

Inuyasha swore and pushed one of the many, many buttons. The dozens of screens in front of them immediately formed into one huge screen as a face appeared on it.

"Inu, Ookami." A withered, authoritative looking woman said. Her voice sounded like hollow branches of sacred trees, ancient, but filled with the musical tone of nature and knowledge. Although she was so old, her stature on the screen demanded respect and attention with one eye covered by a bandage.

Inuyasha nearly lost his uncanny balance and held onto the armrest to keep him self upright. Kouga was as white as a ghost on his chair.

"Kaede-baba." Kouga said with a nearly emotionless tone. "What a surprise."

"A surprise? I should be the one surprised. Whatever are you doing in Sesshoumaru's home?"

"Visiting."

Kaede lifted an eyebrow. "And I seemed to have already told you that bringing along extra would cause more problems, didn't I?"

Inuyasha sighed. "So, Sesshoumaru already told you on the intercom?"

"No. I just have my ways."

"Hmm. Why aren't I reassured by this?" Kouga scrunched his nose. "So what do you want now?"

"Well, I understand that you have a friend with you. An assassin?" She continued on before they could answer. "I suppose I'll have to let it go this time, but ye have been warned to watch her. Now, to get to the point. I logged on to the security system to ask if you're going to get Doctor Kazaana yet. I'm sure I have already sent Fox the information."

Inuyasha growled. "If you didn't already know, Rin's been kidnapped."

"Ye should know that I have my ways in getting these facts together."

"So," Inuyasha frowned. "You know?"

She nodded.

"Then why do we have to listen to you?" Kouga pointed. "We got Inuyasha's brother's niece-in-law to save. Not to mention the one girl that knows how to calm that idiotic dog. And I don't even want to know what Sesshoumaru's doing right now in his room."

"Planning to rip some heads off or cutting him self with a kitchen knife." Inuyasha talked as if he was talking about the weather outside.

"Thanks…thanks a lot Inu."

"Well, seems as if I don't have to explain at all." Kaede looked down at the pair, boredom evident in her eyes.

"Eh?"

She sighed. "I see that Sango haven't checked her laptop just yet. Doctor Kazaana has been kidnapped just last night. Now, he is currently held captive just near East of where you are right now. They are going to see to it that he is going to meet his demise by the end of this week. Since it is already Friday, I suggest you get a move on."

"Hold on," Kouga held his hand up. "We know getting Kazaana will benefit Kagome's health and so on (insert Inuyasha's cracking knuckles) but we still have to get Rin."

"You didn't let me finish." Kaede smiled. A sinister smile that meant she knew something they didn't. "I found out that Doctor Kazaana was involved with Naraku a long time ago. Their families are the perfect picture of the family rivalry in Romeo and Juliet…minus the fact that Doctor Kazaana and Naraku hate each other and both their family died because of that particular hatred. I could say that he will know a great deal of Naraku and will assist you in any way possible." She nodded. "I expect to see him on Monday from the exact spot where you're standing right now." She clicked off before any of them could react on what she said.

For a few minutes, they just stood there, not believing what just happened. Then both of them spontaneously swore in unison.

"Dang it." Kouga growled. "She got us again."

"What a hag." Inuyasha scoffed. "Telling us what to do just because she recruited us in the first place."

"Yeah, it's not like she's our boss."

Both of them shook their head. "Women."

~*~

"Naraku."

The man turned around to see his assistant in the doorway, now bowing as usual. "Ahh, Kagura. I see you are back."

Kagura nodded.

"And?"

She twitched, though he didn't notice. "Hebi has been killed…like you wanted her to…"

A sinister smirk appeared on his shadowed face. "So, I take it they found the bomb?"

Another nod.

"Where's Hari?"

Kagura frowned, but then remembered that that was how he called her. "Kizu is still with the child in the jeep."

He couldn't be any happier at that time. "Good. You do have the fluid, though?"

Kagura's bottom lip became a victim to her teeth. "Yeah." She growled.

"Good. Now inject the fluid into her and take her to where the captive is. He should have some company."

Kagura had to use all her power to just nod, turn around and head back to the hallway, and not jump onto the desk and beat the pulp out of him. She hated him, no matter if she was somehow related to him or not, she hated his guts.

When she was back to the garage, she noticed that the jeep door was open and her partner was gone. Probably off somewhere as usual. She lifted her eyebrow. Maybe this was the chance…

Putting her hand in her pocket, she walked over to the door and saw the pale child, still asleep in the car. There was a needle beside her with some rather dangerous looking, thick blue fluid, meant for her to inject it to the child. Putting that one on the other seat, she pulled out another needle that had some normal liquid inside. With a content sigh, she touched the child's lifeless arm.

This was a whole lot better than what she was supposed to do.

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Her head was spinning.

It was black. So black she couldn't see anything.

Suddenly there was a voice. Then a click.

Her body was so stiff she felt like a stick. A piece of helpless stick.

Her eyes began to twitch, and she finally understood that she had been unconscious.

Kohaku couldn't understand what was happening.

One second, Kagura comes in like a shadow as always. Then the next, she dumps a little girl in front of him on the bed and promptly leaves with only a word to say and a very odd and a rare smile. It had shaken him up for a bit, but when the girl began to stir he knew he had to help her.

So he shook her.

"Hey!" He continued. "Hey! Wake up!"

She couldn't see, yet there was something wrong. With a groan, she shook her head.

Kohaku frowned when she murmured something incoherent. "Excuse me?"

"Don't…want…school…"

"…err…"

"I want…Karre (Currie)…"

"…are you spoiled or something…?" Kohaku sure felt stupid talking to himself. With a sigh, he started shaking her even more desperately. "Wake up!"

She didn't want to, but she felt was if she had to. Trying to wet her mouth, she opened and closed her mouth like a hungry cat and cracked her eyes open. What she saw wasn't what she expected. "Eh?"

A boy…?

"Took you long enough to wake up." He said; his wrist a bit sore as he pulled away. "What were you dreaming? You sure had a weird face there."

The girl opened her eyes fully and looked up at the light in the ceiling. She stuck her tongue out and hissed. "My eye~!"

Kohaku frowned. "Umm…are you…?"

The girl immediately frowned, as if she wasn't meowing like a cat over her eyes like just a moment ago. "What? What am I?"

"Err…" The only thing he could think of was, "What's your name?"

"My name?" She smiled her toothy smile. "My name's…" She abruptly stopped, dumbfounded. "My name…is…"

Kohaku's heart sped up. "C-can you remember?"

"My name…"

"Rin…"

"Huh?" Kohaku backed up as Kagura dumped the girl in front of him, just waking up from his nap. "What are you doing?"

"Rin…" was all she said with her sad smile as she turned around and headed back out the door.

She looked…so…sad…

"Rin." He mumbled.

"Huh?" The girl cocked her head. "What?"

"Your name." He said with a sincere smile. "Your name…it's…Rin."

AN: A major cliffhanger here. Next chapter – Curse to the Cure. (Enter Miroku! The Perverted…Doctor! ^_^''')