AN: So, we're back with this glob of a story now! Mwahahaha, I'm going to make Inu-yasha totally evil in this one, but Kagome's also going to be partially evil…but before you make any complaints….it's all going to turn out fine in the end! Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter, and please review in the end and tell me what you think! ^_^
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The one thing that I hate most about women is their ability to manipulate. If there was a scale of 1 to 10 for the best manipulation techniques, women would certainly break the record at a great, big, whopping 11. And to say the least, Kagome Higurashi was probably round about a 13.5. unfortunately for her, though, I can score one point higher than that, which means, there is no way in hell that she would escape from my grasp. Does that mean I'll have to kill her to catch her? Maybe so, but even though we'd have lost our year-long sacrifice, at least we wouldn't have been turned over to the police. Besides, I also have strength and agility, which evens the game out to my advantage. By being a mere woman, I don't think Higurashi could possibly have any 'super' powers of any kind. All through my life, I have seen no woman, even Kagura or Sango, have the ability to jump from building to building, or run faster than a cheetah, it's simply impossible for beings as lowly as them. Me, on the other hand, and a few other districts of the male population, could do that, with the appropriate training, of course. And I had all the training I needed, maybe even more, so catching Kagome Higurashi, would be a breeze.
The best way to start training, would be at a very young age, preferably, at the oldest, in the pre-teen/early teenager part of your life. Fortunately for me, this was around the time when my whole family got flushed down the loo and I had to start living on my own. I did the only thing I could do, then, and that was become a robber. I had always been a good runner, but a boy who had to run away from the cops holding a barrel of beer and 3 loafs of bread in on hand would have developed excessive running skills, and out-of-the-ordinary strength. Other than that, people always tended to pick on me on the streets, so I had to develop my hearing as well in order to avoid them; in a couple of weeks, I would have recognized the voice of a person more than 500 meters away.
Quite amazing for a kid, right? But this is nothing compared to what I can do now. Nothing at all. And Kagome Higurashi would be one sorry little bitch for running away.
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By 8.30 the next morning, I was in the dining room, trying to trace Higurashi's footsteps towards where she was hiding now. To be truthful, I knew I could work much faster than that, but it's always much more fun to toy with your prey. I could sense her, she was close, very, very close, but I could also sense that she was laughing at me proudly. Well I guess I should better get the job going faster and end the game more quickly. As I was about to do so, though, I noticed a locket of hair on the ground, and I wondered who it could have possibly belonged to. I knew it was that of a girl's, it was long, wiry, and frayed, but there weren't many chicks here with long hair either. Plus, it looked worn down, which signified its age. Whoever the owner was either never took a shower, or was obsessed with hair. I decided that it was too disgusting a thing to keep in the chambers and threw it over the edge of the window. The thing broke into pieces and the now tiny-looking hairs scattered on the ground. Disgusting, absolutely disgusting.
Suddenly, a small black frame enclosed the outer corner of the grounds and a strange idea popped into my head…
"So…Kagome Higurashi, you've finally decided to show your face."
I twisted my cloak off to reveal my usual attire, composed of ordinary trousers and a T-shirt. Not very stylish for the head of such a huge organization, eh? It took quite a while to ponder about what ways I could possibly go down. Run towards the stairs and jump 2 by 2? Or slide down the emergency fire pole and land squat on my feet? Nah, they're all too boring, I needed, something simple, elegant, and yet still original. So I decided to try out one thing. I punched open the window and squatted on the ledge, rubbing my hands.
"Haven't done this in a while," I said to myself.
And then I jumped.
And fell.
And fell.
And fell.
It felt strange at first, the usual brush of cold air stiffened up my skin a little as I carelessly ploughed through the first two stories of the building. Suddenly though, things started to get a little faster and I spread my arms out to decrease the gravity around me. When I landed on the ground, my previous conceptions of exactly how much hurt would I feel on my legs were confirmed. It hurt like hell.
But at least it looked cool.
And not to notice, it must have seemed pretty damned scary to other people too, because as soon as I finished, I could hear the debilitating scream of a girl in front of me.
"Well, well, so I found you, Higurashi," I smirked at her, walking towards the flightless, shaking woman.
"I-i-inuyasha."
"Hmm, interesting, you know my name,"
"Well I know a lot more than you think," she whispered hoarsely.
"Entertain me."
"Inu-yasha Sanabe, born 15 December, 1978. Mother and Father: Sakura and Ichire, one half brother, Sesshoumaru and 2 sisters by the name of Sanaki and Romina,"
How the hell the girl managed to get that information was in no way evident to me, but her facts were correct and precise, even down to the very last detail. It didn't scare me, but it intrigued me, who was this woman who knew so much about my past? She probably knew more than I knew, but I decided to put her on the test just to see if she was just fluking it.
"How did my parents die?"
"Fire."
"Hmm…"
"But they were dead before that."
"What?"
"Those parents of yours, they weren't your real parents. Your parents were dead long before that," I squinted my face trying to look in her eyes, as I had expected, a long, blank stare, "your own parents died shortly after your birth. They were murdered by a group of assassinators and were replaced by other people."
I tried to see whether the girl was lying or not, but by the expressionless look on her face, I couldn't tell. Her voice sounded monotonous, almost as if it were repeating something that it had said one million times before. I couldn't quite place this ominous feeling that came from her, but I knew that I had never felt quite so curious before in my life.
"So who burnt down my house then?"
"You had always thought it was your half-brother, but that's just a lie."
"Oh, and I suppose that it was some other crazed lunatic?"
"No, all that happens is of the planning of 'him'"
"Who?"
"Naraku."
"Who the hell i---…."
I clenched my teeth as the girl fainted on the ground, who the hell did she think she was? She tried to delve into my past and crocked up all that crap and decided to leave it all to me to figure out? Goddamn woman could solve no problems. Well, at least I caught her, which was a good thing, I was quite disappointed actually, because I had thought she'd have put up more of a fight than that. Too bad, it's back to the old death cellar for you, Kagome Higurashi.
But don't worry, I'll make sure our next meeting will be quite out of the ordinary.
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AN: hehe, that's all that I could manage to get up today, and I'm sorry I didn't really post up so soon, I had semester exams around the corner but now that they're done, I'm free!! Oh well, if you're all good, then I'll post up another chapter tomorrow! Please review!
