Turn of Events

by Bear5

Everyone feared him, except for one person. Not being able to resist the challenge her intelligence rained on him, Inuyasha kept her in his gang for the sake of his sanity. Kagome was just a rich girl he plucked off the street to anger Fluffy, right?

4. First Job Failed

Disclaimer- Still don't own Inuyasha.

(A/N-Thank you for all the great reviews! And Briar, thank you for giving me that tip! I would have never thought of that, but Kagome chooses not to fight with Inuyasha for obvious reasons…she still doesn't know him that well enough to trust that he's not going to kill her. She's cautious by nature………)

(This is my first fanfiction and I'm still learning the ropes and everything, so don't get mad at me.)

(ALSO- I know that everyone likes how the story is going so far, so I'd like to point out that some things happen within the next few chapters that may confuse you a little, or seem completely odd. Trust me, they are just to get a few things out of the way, and all the action and violence and cursing will still happen. They will still pull jobs and everything, and as I have said oh so many boring times that everything I do serves an ultimate purpose, so please don't flame me for it. Thank you ^_^)

Chances are, Inuyasha is going to reveal himself very soon.

Chapter four- The first job failed

"Kagome! Get your ass up now! We're going to be late!"

Kagome opened her eyes to the literally screaming Sango, who was ripping clothes out of her closet and tossing them on the floor in her desperate search. Thinking it was way to early for this, she groaned and rubbed her eyes, sitting up half way slowly in the bed. Glancing at the clock, it was currently 11:55 in the morning.

Wait…

Kagome panicked as she sat up instantly in the bed. "Shit, Sango! You were supposed to wake me up a long time ago!"

"I know, I know! I accidentally fell asleep on the couch, and Miroku's pounding woke me up. Come on, we've got to get you ready."

"Miroku?" She asked as she was frantically putting on the clothes that Sango threw at her.

"He's sitting in our living room. Had he not come along, we would have woken up to the very impatient poundings of Inuyasha. Or our door bursting down, but it depends on his mood. He'll expect us to be on time, and if we are even five minutes late, he'll become one pissed off Hanyou and he'll run to retrieve us."

"Not to mention he'll probably punish you."

Kagome yipped at the sound of Miroku in her doorway and quickly moved to cover herself with the closest article of clothing she could grab. Since she was still dressing, Sango turned to look at him with a very pissed off look that clearly said he was about to die. "Miroku! You fucking Hentai!" She stomped over to the door and grabbed his ears, jerking him down to his knees as he 'owed' his way down.

"Sango, please! I'm sorry, but I thought I'd see if I could help! Honest!"

"What the fuck could you have possibly done, Miroku? Help her fit into a bra!"

"Shit, I was thinking more along the lines of helping her with her chains and coat!"

Kagome sighed after adjusting her pants. "Let him help, Sango, I'm dressed now."

Sango hit him once hard over the back of his head for good measure. "You keep your hands in appropriate places or I'll maul you, is that clear?"

"Crystal…"

They proceeded over to her chains and all the other things she wore while she put in her earrings and fixed her hair up into your basic ponytail. Miroku attached the chains on her pants while Sango clipped on her cell phone and knife. Miroku then handed her the leather coat, and Sango stuck the emergency alert button into her front pocket. Her gun still rested in the coat pocket, and despite his hectic downfall a few moments before he sighed with relief. "You still have three minutes left."

Kagome walked over to her mirror, applied eyeliner, lipstick, and some foundation before she was finished. "Alright, let's go." She was out the door, almost eager to go get moving and see what the day had in store for her.

Miroku and Sango were right behind her, hurrying out the door and over to the warehouse with the fastest pace they had closest to a jog. Miroku had to start a conversation because he grew nervous at the silence, and when he was nervous, he made Sango nervous. He didn't like that much because she took her nervousness out on him. "How do you feel today, Kagome?"

"Fine, why?"

"Well, after everything that happened yesterday…"

"Look, I'm not going to run, I'm not going to kill anyone, and Sesshomaru will not get me, alright? I'm going to stay with the gang and be his left hand along with Sango, and if that's how he fucking wants it then that's how it will be." She never turned around while touching the top of her head to make sure of something. "Shit, I forgot my sunglasses."

Sango reached up and handed them to her from out of her pocket, receiving a weak thank you. "I saw them sitting by your mirror, so I grabbed them on the way out."

Kagome smiled and nodded. Once they hit the door, she pounded as hard as she could and Shippo opened a little door at the top with a frustrated sigh. "Names?"

"Kagome, Sango and Miroku."

"Gotcha." Shippo unlocked the door and opened it, slamming it after they had all entered and proceeded up the stairs. After heading through the abnormally quiet club, Kagome decided to ask questions that she would rather not ask Inuyasha by call of her instincts. "Miroku, why didn't they do that last night?"

"During the day is when Inuyasha seems more vulnerable because most of his men are asleep. He's what the New Yorker's call a shadow worker. He only likes to work at night, even though he never really sleeps."

"Thank you for that info."

"No prob."

Sango took the lead at the top of the stairs to cut Kagome off. "Keep this in mind, Kagome. When Inuyasha expects you, don't knock cause it pisses him off. His ears are very sensitive to everything."

"K."

They entered the office to a pacing Inuyasha, dressed in his normal attire, except for additional chains that made his steps even more urgent. He turned to stare at them with the 'what the hell took you so long?' look when they entered. "Bout damn time. Kagome, you ready for your first job?"

"Whatcha got?"

"It involves all four of us, today, so listen carefully." He walked over to his desk and grabbed some of the mess of papers in his chair, turning and slamming them down on the desk. The three others near him moved up and gathered around the desk while he revealed what appeared to be a map of a large.

"Ok, here's the deal. My scopers have revealed that they brought the very latest in micro-technology to this place on main street, and Miroku and Sango, I don't have to pressure you on how much this thing means to me. We've waited for months for it to come in."

Inuyasha glanced up to make sure everything was processing and sighed. "It's that damn warehouse. The one that looks like no one is ever inside it."

Sango smirked happily. "Isn't that the one you thought to raid soon, just for the hell of it?"

"Yea, but it looks like it's plenty busy, now." He glanced up at Kagome and pulled out a picture from a file. He handed it to her carefully. "This is what we're after." She glanced carefully at the picture and cocked and eyebrow. It didn't look like much…It looked to be the same size as a regular little kids block, but it was encased in a black metal.

Inuyasha picked up a paper and began to read it carefully as he continued to lecture. "I know it doesn't look like much, but this little piece of metal could get us locked on to every computer in the world and give us complete access to government codes. It's exactly what we need."

Kagome scratched her head. I wonder… "That looks like the thing my dad was developing."

All of them stared at her, completely shocked, and she almost scooted away from Inuyasha. He made her slightly uncomfortable when he stared at her, but she'd never admit it. "I'm guessing you want to get some government passwords because this device is supposed to link up and crack any computer and its codes, anywhere in the world."

"Well, Kagome, you certainly know your technology. Do you know how this thing unlocks everything?"

"I'd have to look at it and show you, but I can figure almost anything like that out."

Inuyasha nodded his approval. "Good, then we can use you. Sorry, but we'll be disrespecting your family name by taking it."

Kagome snorted. "I'm in my family and I'm about to help you."
Miroku looked up at his boss to get back on track. "Alright, then what's the game plan?"

Inuyasha shook his head to move the bangs out of his face. "I'm still trying to think. Now we have two females, but one of them has to stay with me. So since I'm keeping an eye on Kagome, I'm thinking that she and I will be the ones who go in after it and you two stay out and give us all our info on the outside world. That alright with you two?"

They nodded quickly. Sango pointed at the map to a second story room. "This is most likely where they'll keep it. If you go in there blowing heads off, though, the cops will be there faster than your computer's access to the internet."

"I know that." He reached into his pocket and pulled out tranquilizer darts, holding it up to the light. "These will put them out for hours. If we can get in there and shoot without being seen by them then we won't have any problems."

"You need to hide your hair, Inuyasha."

"Look, you worry about yourselves. I know what I'm doing. This isn't the first time I've pulled a job, and I don't intend on fucking it up." He looked at Kagome carefully, a light smirk playing on his features. "I don't know about you, though…You think you can handle all this?"

She stared dully at him and nodded. "Do I get to shoot people?"

"Maybe, with the tranquilizers."

"Good." She almost laughed at a sudden thought. Inuyasha, using tranquilizers? He's known for leaving a bloody mess everywhere he goes.

Inuyasha stared at her, trying to read that look in her eyes. "What?" He asked harshly.

"Don't take this the wrong way, Inuyasha, but you don't seem like the type who does things the neat way. You seem more like the type that goes in and blows everything up while spreading as much blood as possible."

He huffed and stared at her with an intensifying gaze. "I want people to think of me as the bloodthirsty type, and trust me, I love getting my hands dirty every once in a while. But doing things the neat way takes off some of the excuses the cops use to try and get me. You ok with that?"

"Sure."

"Ok, then here's the plan…" Inuyasha went on describing to the group how they would accomplish their mission. It took at least an hour for them to get it completely straight, and by that time everyone had an earache from being yelled at and lectured. Of course, Inuyasha could have kept his mouth running for another hour or so, but he decided that they needed to get going before the sun set today.

Afterwards, everyone split up to get ready to go. Inuyasha gave them the limit of thirty minutes, and they had to have their guns loaded with the darts and everything by that time or they'd have another hour lecture about why he did things the way he did. His group of high people had to be the most trusted, Kagome noticed, because Sango and Miroku claimed that he would kill them if they were late.

Sango and Kagome went into the bathroom to get ready. Kagome's hair had been braided into a lovely French braid to keep it out of the way and make it less identifiable to the enemy. Sango had explained that Inuyasha, on very rare occasions, might even have her wear a mask once they got in, so it shouldn't really be a problem.

The more Sango talked about their missions, though, the more Kagome wanted to be involved. The life of crime seemed to be so much more interesting than law and order. Kagome couldn't figure out why she let her father talk her into being a lawyer in the first place. Sango said that they didn't worry about the cops that much because they were all afraid of the gang leader, and Kagome flat out told her that if she had known it was like this she would have punched Inuyasha's face a long time ago.

Kagome had to put a strange silencer on the barrel of her gun and loaded it with all the darts, putting the remaining in her front coat pocket. It was decided long ago that they would still go in with their bad attitudes, so naturally, since Inuyasha was wearing his leather coat Kagome would as well. Her leather coat and sunglasses along with the ensemble made her totally unrecognizable from the rich Kagome Higurashi, but it made her look as dangerous as she felt she truly was now.

"Sango?"

"Yep?"

"How many jobs have you pulled?"

"We pull usually one once a week, but we hadn't done one in a while. And I have only worked along side Inuyasha personally a few times. Consider yourself lucky, because he's a perfectionist and doesn't usually let anyone work with him."

"Psh, he's only making me because he doesn't trust me."

"No, I think there's more to it than that, I think he does trust you and he wants you to accompany him. Don't worry about it until after the mission, though." Sango handed her another black handgun. "Here, load this one, too. It'll be your second gun from now on."

"Wow, thanks."

"It's a gift from Inuyasha. He told me to make sure you got it."

Kagome almost smiled. The great Inuyasha gave me a gift…She shrugged and put a silencer on it as well, and then packed the six tranquilizers in, checked the safety, and lifted it to feel the lightness and mobility. She now had her weapons, and with the addition of Sango putting the sunglasses down for her, they were ready to go.

A quiet tapping came at the door and Sango shook her head. He was being quiet so Inuyasha didn't get angry about all the noise, his sensitive ears being hard enough for him as it is. "He's such a chicken…Miroku?"

"Yep. Inuyasha says hurry up."

"We're done and coming." Sango looked Kagome over one last time and then opened the door, walking out with Miroku eyeing both women carefully. "Wow Kagome, you look like that chick off of the Matrix."

"Uh, thanks?"

Sango made him yip with a pinch to his arm. "Don't even look at other women, because the way you eye them makes my blood boil."

"Uh…sure, sweetie, whatever you say."

"Come on, people, the limo's waitin." Inuyasha stood with a completely different look, and Kagome almost stopped dead in her tracks. You couldn't see his silver hair anymore; it was wrapped up and lost in a black beanie that read, "beware of dog" in red letters. His sunglasses were a darker shade so that even his eyes couldn't be seen, but his coat was still there, along with leather gloves that hid his very violent claws.

Both Kagome and Inuyasha had removed their chains to avoid noises. They still had their emergency buttons and cell phones, and of course their knives and guns. The gloves were used mostly because Inuyasha had informed Kagome that they didn't want to leave fingerprints anywhere that the police could find them.

Sango and Miroku lead the way down the stairs and Inuyasha walked along side Kagome, still showing her the pictures of the rooms so that she knew some of what she was doing. After a moment of senseless babbling, he handed her an earpiece and decided to explain once again what it was for. "That will be how we talk to Miroku and Sango. I need you to listen for me because my ears are too sensitive for it no matter how low it is."

At her nod, he reached into his pocket and held up what appeared to be a hand held palm pilot, but there were no buttons or stick to control it like a little computer. "Miroku and Sango can take pictures and send them to us, so if they tell you to look at the screen, do it and make sure to show me."

Kagome nodded again and took the pilot, putting it in her other front pocket for safe keeping. "I can't talk back to them?"

"I'm going to do the talking, you do the listening. That's why I said if they call you, tell me."

"Alright."

"Can you carry a briefcase?"

She almost gave him her 'duh' look. She really wondered if he truly thought she was stupid. "Uh, yea."

"Good, you get to carry the little one and I'll carry the bigger one. We might have to deal with technology that'll try to keep us out, so the suitcases will leave us prepared."

She sighed as they hit the bottom of the stairs and he turned to stare at her. "Are you sure you can do this? Don't want to push ya or nothing if you don't think you're tough enough."

"Will everyone quit asking me that? I'm ready, ok! I'll do everything you tell me to."

"Very good, I think you're catching on already." He looked around, thinking of something carefully and apparently making sure that no one saw him do it. Thank goodness that most of his club was at home sleeping this time of the day...he probably wouldn't have the balls to do it otherwise.

With a sigh he reached his arm out for her to latch under his, and not one to fall for anything quickly she raised a confused eyebrow at him. He shook his head and snorted. "Don't be a bitch, it's just a disguise. Besides, I don't bite…hard."

She ignored him, looked forward and saw Miroku and Sango walking outside arm in arm, so she decided what the hell? She grabbed his elbow politely and he led her out the door, calling on his cell phone to tell the limo to be ready as he forced himself to relax.

He still didn't get it…why the hell did she make him so nervous? When he had missions with Sango, he thought nothing of pretending to be something they weren't. She definitely didn't make his stomach clench with the urge to start an unnecessary argument, just to see how angry she got.

He shook all those thoughts from his head. All this worrying for a useless human wench…boy; he'd be up all night thinking about this one.

Miroku talked rather loudly into her earpiece. "Kagome? Can you hear me?"

She poked Inuyasha's arm to receive an irritate grunt and glare from him. "Tell him not so loud."

"Miroku?"

She nodded and he grabbed the mouthpiece on his clothes. "Talk quieter, Hentai, I don't want my left hand going deaf, not unless it's my yelling that causes it."

"Kagome, please tell Inuyasha that I am sorry and I do not appreciate being called Hentai."

Kagome hmphed like she couldn't believe it and glanced at him. He grinned down at her. "Let me guess, he wants me to stop calling him Hentai?" She smiled slightly and nodded. Good thing she didn't have to tell him, she was bored with this conversation already.

His egotistical grin remained when he phoned in a second time. "Noted. The thing works, just don't yell into the damn piece."

"Gotcha."

They finally got outside and Inuyasha made sure their sunglasses were on so their eyes couldn't be seen. He looked around and noted that not many people were on the streets today, and considering this will be Kagome's first mission, it should prove fairly easy for her. After all, he had been doing stuff like this all his life, and he could easily do the mission while looking out for the rest of the gang at the same time. Of course, when he had done it in the past, the concern for his people had never been as great as the need to make sure Kagome got it right and didn't get hurt.

He mentally cursed himself. This was pathetic to him…why the hell did this girl make him so protective? In fact, why did she make him anything? He felt it was his duty to make sure she was alright, and if something happened to her, he knew that he would be bothered by it his whole life. He didn't know why, he just knew that was what would happen.

This feeling he didn't understand; he had always been pretty emotionless when it came to harm in his group. Sure, if Sango or Miroku got hurt, he'd be concerned, but it was nothing compared to the responsibility he would feel if Kagome got injured. Psh, confusing bitch. This is the reason I never wanted women in the club in the first place. They always stir up these damn emotions, even though they can be the best for situations like this.

He suddenly was brought back to reality by Kagome's arm shaking him lightly. "Inuyasha? Are you somewhere in there?"

"Uh…yea. I just had a sudden thought, that's all." He opened the door of the limo. Sango and Miroku climbed in first, and then he motioned for Kagome to go next. He always got in last; that was his rule. One of the many rules that he did completely out of habit more than anything.

Sango polished up her guns in the seat while Miroku put her headpiece on for her. It made it so that they could hear and talk at the same time, so anything she said could be heard by Kagome. She tested it by talking, and Kagome covered her ears with a wince of pain. "Wow, does this thing have a volume?"

Inuyasha shook his head and glared at Sango. "Same goes for you, Sango. Talk quietly."

She nodded, mumbling quietly to herself. Pulling out her phone, she aimed the back of it at Miroku and hit a button on the side. "Kagome, pull out the palm pilot and push the red button."

Inuyasha smirked. "That would be the only button on the whole thing, deary."

Kagome flipped him off as she continued to dig it out of her pocket. After hitting the button, she observed a clear view of Miroku's face, moving like an old action picture. Inuyasha leaned down and looked as well, making Kagome watch him like a hawk. "It works well. As long as Kagome doesn't break it then it should be fine."

Sango shut off her phone and Kagome hit the red button again, turning off the device and shoving it back into her pocket. Inuyasha looked through the suitcases and handed Kagome hers, staring at her carefully and directing his full attention to her to catch a lie. "Ya nervous?"

"Nope."

"All you have to do is do what I tell you, follow right behind me, maybe shoot the occasional person with the darts, and you'll do fine. But above all, remain as quiet as possible, because everyone becomes so fucking suspicious when they hear noises."

"Ok."

The limo had a phone near the door that rang very loudly, and in order to shut it up Inuyasha answered it. "Yep?" After a few seconds, he smiled. "Ok, thanks." He slammed the phone back down and nodded once at Miroku and Sango, who continued back on with their work. Kagome assumed that meant that they had almost arrived at their destination, but she wasn't about to appear stupid by mentioning anything.

He pulled out his guns and checked them one last time before the limo pulled to a stop. Inuyasha eyed Miroku and Sango first. "You know what to do. Get into your positions and alert Kagome to it."

"Got it." They both replied, setting their sunglasses down on their eyes. Then Inuyasha opened the door and out they went, waiting until they shut the door before the limo pulled away.

Inuyasha had made sure they were a good distance away before suddenly grabbing Kagome's wrist and pulling back her sleeve, exposing her forearm. Kagome didn't question him no matter how much she wanted to yet while she observed him strap on a knife sheathe with another long knife. The hilt faced her hand so she could reach up through her sleeve and grab it with her other hand. The idea was clever, she had to admit. "What's this for? I already have a knife."

"You can never, ever have enough weapons. If one got taken away, you need to have a backup. Always remember that."

"Ok." She stared at him with question. "How many weapons do you have?"

That same cocky grin appeared on his face. "I'd show you, but some of the places that they are hidden are inappropriate."

"Sheesh, they weren't kidding when they said you were dangerous."

"Of course I'm dangerous; my claws alone could take out plenty of people. I just like having weapons because my claws leave fingerprints." He eyed her suspiciously with a sudden thought. "When I burst into your apartment, you saw me draw two knives, but can you tell me where I got them?"

"I thought it looked like you just reached your hands into the opposite sleeve and pulled the knifes out, but you did it so fast that I could be wrong."

Inuyasha's smile was almost warm, and Kagome felt relieved that he could show these emotions. Always good to know that killers have hearts somewhere deep down. "You have a good eye, too. I'll give you that." He fixed her sleeve back into place and then picked up the phone, holding it up to his twitching ears. "Pull over behind the building on the opposite side of the street." and without further to do, he hung up.

She sighed. "So, I'm betting you have a sword on your back. Or a machine gun."

He grinned proudly and nodded. "A sword. The hilt's hidden in my hair."

"You are a lot nicer than your reputation suggests, you know."

He almost seemed to snap with realization. He stared at her, assessing himself carefully and shrugged, uncertain. "I guess with certain people I can have a nice side. You never want to get on my bad side, or you'll end up like Kouga as my personal punching bag."

Kagome giggled. Miroku's voice came over her headphones. "I'm in position."

She looked at Inuyasha. "Miroku's in place."

He nodded and grabbed his microphone on his collar. "Sango, are you almost ready?"

"Yea, almost."

"She's almost ready." Kagome looked out the window when the car stopped, observing the streets around her. He smirked as he watched her, never taking his eyes off her. "Are you getting ancy or something?"

"Well, this is my first job. I'm kind of looking forward to how the gang operates. I am already one of the top members, and I haven't done anything yet."

"When I said that you earned your position I meant it. I have never seen a girl who could hit so hard, or at least, make it seem so hard. Sango did the same thing, only I really felt dizzy with your spike."

The limo pulled to a complete stop outside of the building she presumed was the building they would raid in search of the little box. He absently put a hand on her shoulder for support as he bent down and took a bottle of vodka out of a fridge box near the seat, popping off the lid and taking a rather large swig. He prepared to put it away, but had question in his mind as his arrogant glint came back. He offered it to Kagome. "Want a sip?" He purred.

Kagome had never had vodka before, but by the way his face smirked so evilly, she knew he thought she wouldn't take any. She jerked it away from him and he observed her closely as she took a huge drink. The liquid was foul, but she fought off the distorted look that promised to show itself on her face as she swallowed it down. She pulled it away and swallowed hard to get rid of the taste in her mouth, then put the lid on and handed it back, watching him watch her as he put the drink back into the box.

She wiped off her mouth and looked away, revealing a disgusted face at herself in the window. He chuckled as he set his guns with the safety off in his pockets. "You didn't like it, did you?"

"No one drinks that kind of alcohol for the taste, they drink it for the sting that it gives you on the way down."

He smirked. "So very true. Though I am surprised a little lawyer like you drinks at all."

"I told you how hard my life was. I wasn't exaggerating." Sango's voice came into her headset and she immediately put her hand over her ear, as if that would help her hear better. "I'm ready, but look at your palm pilot before you get out."

Kagome nodded once (even though no one but Inuyasha could see it) and pulled the device out of her pocket, pushing the button and revealing an alley on the screen. In the alley, behind a dumpster was a man smoking a cigarette. He appeared to be a gangster, and had a gun on his belt that was clearly visible. However, compared to Inuyasha, he was definitely not a threat.

Sango whispered into Kagome's earpiece. "He's standing there menacingly, I believe guarding the door. If you shoot him with the dart, chances are he'll be visible to the road and someone will spot him. However, if I approach him, then he could very well shoot me. Not that I'm scared or nothing…" Miroku chuckled over the headset and Sango growled softly instead of yelling. She didn't want to hurt Kagome's ears and piss the strangely protective Inuyasha off.

Kagome told Inuyasha what Sango said and he cursed as he looked at the screen. He gripped his microphone and held it close to his mouth so that it was louder in their ears. "Fuck, he doesn't look that tough. If you don't feel safe shooting him yet, wait for a few minutes before Kagome and I get around there. We'll take him out, and you can hide him by the dumpster while we go in."

"Ok."

Kagome turned off the palm pilot and suddenly felt herself being led by her arm outside. She didn't argue when he latched arms with her again, but after he kicked his limo door shut and it sped off, she wanted badly to question him or curse at him. He held up a finger and silenced her. "Rule number one; shoot first, ask questions later. In other words, don't worry about anything other than getting the little box. Everything I do, I know what I'm doing. I've been in this business for a while."

Kagome sighed, nodded and walked along with him as he led her a few yards down away from the warehouse. She sighed. Damn, that pretty much sucks considering I have a million questions for him.

His reason was soon evident as he led her into a back alley that appeared to be right next to the warehouse when you walked up it. If they walked up a certain side, they'd be hidden in the darkness. That was the course it seemed that Inuyasha was going to take.

Sango could be seen on the other side of the dumpster closest to them, lounging against the wall like she wasn't doing anything. The man she had described was still standing there against the wall, not looking at anyone as he smoked his cigar. Kagome realized that Sango stood there to block the view of the man's fall from the streets, because as soon as Inuyasha took him down, he'd fall against the dumpster and people wouldn't be able to see him.

Inuyasha gripped her shoulder, pulling her closer to the wall and they crept to the edge of the shadows. He knelt and took a large gun from somewhere out of his coat, cocking it and aiming it at the man. He smirked. "Watch and learn, bitch." With a shot that was heard, but sounded like a dart gun, the man fell to the ground instantly and Sango reached down to drag his body more into the dumpster.

Inuyasha stared down at Kagome when he stood again. "You get the next one when we get there."

Kagome nodded. All in all, she felt very confident about it now. If Inuyasha could do something like that so easily, then she was bound to pass with flying colors.

Of course, her natural curiosity was driving her insane. "Ok, I know you said no questions, but where the fuck did you pull that gun from?"

He didn't answer, just grinned down at her and grabbed her arm, leading her towards Sango. Inuyasha met with Sango and started talking with her while Miroku's voice came over her earpiece. "Kagome? Turn on the palm pilot, urgently."

Kagome pulled it out as quickly as she could and turned it on, nudging Inuyasha with her elbow in the process. On the screen, a large black limo had pulled up to the front of the building, and none other than Sesshomaru himself stepped out, walking in like he owned the place.

Inuyasha growled loudly. "Damn it! Why the hell is he here?"

Kagome didn't see the problem with Fluffy. If he was just another stupid demon like Kouga, what was Inuyasha worried about? "Can't we just knock him out, too?"

He stared down at her, a very bored look on his face. "Fluffy is a full Youkai, Kagome. There's no way in hell you're going to knock him down by using one fucking dart. Maybe hundreds, but not just one."

"Then what are we going to do? If I'm correct, a full Youkai has wonderful senses. He might even know our exact locations by now."

"I know that…" Inuyasha palmed his chin and stared down, deep in thought. After a moment of uncomfortable silence, he spoke up again. "The one person that he wants out of us is you, Kagome, and I've already been through it that you are not going anywhere. We are still going in, as planned, but we have to be fucking cautious now. If he's here, I'm pretty sure that some of the people will be Youkai, and the darts won't work on them."

Sango pulled out two little devices that looked like stun guns and handed one to both of them. "I did some research and a bolt of electricity through something like this can at least confuse them, or make them read their senses wrong. The only problem is it makes a noise, and if you're not quick with it, he'll spot you before the thing takes action."

Inuyasha nodded while strapping it onto his already loaded utility belt. "Thanks, you always think of everything. At least we have one way out of their mess."

Kagome put hers in an inner coat pocket to have it well concealed. "What about scent disguises? What kind of a ware house is it?" Looking up, it was revealed to be an old oil warehouse that had to be decades old. She looked back at Inuyasha and furrowed her eyebrows. "Couldn't we just cover ourselves in oil and confuse the Youkai?"

"One problem, sweetie."

She glared at him for calling her that, and even considered slapping him. "And that is?"

"Oil would not only screw up their senses, but mine as well. I'd be as useful as Kouga if you even opened a bottle of that shit."

"But if it's an oil warehouse, there's already going to be traces of it."

"But they will be years old, faded and not near as bad. The most that shit can do is give me a headache." He rubbed his head in memory of what oil did to his senses and sighed deeply. "It doesn't really matter. Sesshomaru cares nothing about technology, so maybe he's going to ignore us as it is."

Sango shook her head. "He's still looking for Kagome, though, and by now he knows exactly what she smells like."

"Fuck…that bastard knows my scent already?" Kagome stated.

Inuyasha groaned into his hands. "If something poses a problem, we'll leave. Come on, Kagome." He grabbed her hand and opened the side door carefully, leading her into the darkness. He jerked her behind some crates, pointing out all the figures as he knelt down behind them.

He watched her and whispered. "By the smell of it they're all human, so the trick of it is to take them out when he's the person that no one's looking at. Watch, I'll shoot one, then you shoot the next." He pinpointed the man that was closest to them and aimed the gun that had mysteriously appeared again. When everyone else appeared to not be looking in his direction, he shot the man and then pointed at the next one.

Kagome took out her handgun and aimed it carefully at the man he pointed at. When everyone else appeared to just now notice the man on the ground closest to them, that second man went down as well with Kagome's shot. Once a guy noticed the second man going down, things went bad.

They'd be found if they didn't stop the other four.

Inuyasha whispered harshly. "Shoot the rest before they sound an alarm! We can't risk being found."

Kagome and Inuyasha both shot at the remaining four before they could hit any alarms. The coast seemed clear when the last man fell, and Kagome found herself sighing with relief. That certainly gets your blood pumping…

Inuyasha took the suitcase she had been holding on her lap and opened it to reveal a monitor while he laid it flat on the ground. He turned it on and watched as thick motionless red lines showed up on the screen with a flashing green dot in the middle of a square. The red was apparently walls and obstacles, while the green dot had to be what they were looking for. Inuyasha looked around and followed the path that it wanted them to take with his eyes, and then after putting the monitor away he stood and pulled Kagome along in the shadows near a hallway.

Kagome found this to be like an exciting game. It felt like a 3D version of a hunting game, where if you actually lost you couldn't push the restart button and start over. No, if you didn't win, you died or went to jail.

The thing that had her baffled most was that she really enjoyed it because Inuyasha was 'playing' it with her. She couldn't explain it, but because he was there it was so much more exciting, and risky. Sure, Sango or Miroku would have been fun, too, but to her, it felt right being there with Inuyasha. It was a feeling that she had certainly never felt for anyone before, especially for a top gang member in New York City.

Another thing she had noticed almost made her laugh. Inuyasha had been holding her hand a lot, and even if it was only when leading her places, it made her wonder slightly. Maybe his badass attitude was all a mask, just something to hide under? She wasn't sure if that thought was relieving or degrading.

Inuyasha was looking down at a little monitor instead of watching where he was going, and Kagome had to grab his shoulder and stop him before he went walking straight into a crowd of workers. He widened his eyes and scooted back until he knelt behind more crates to point out that one of them was their leader. "That guy standing up front is passing out stuff. He's probably the leader, and we have to take him out."

"Can't we just shoot them right now?"

He shook his head. "Too risky, there's to many people around and we wouldn't shoot them all in time before they either found us or sounded an alarm. They leave after he hands them stuff, so maybe we can get him alone."

Kagome looked around and had an idea. "If you want them out of the way, why not make them panic?"

Inuyasha stared at her with an interested look. "How?"

"There's machinery over there, why not shoot one of the workers that is working over it and make him fall into it? Everyone would drop what they are doing and attempt to help him out, wouldn't they? That would give us a chance to take action."

Inuyasha put a hand on his chin to prop himself up as he thought about it. "The only problem is I think something like that would bring out Sesshomaru, and I don't want to run into him. He's hard enough to handle as it is."

"Well, if we wait all those people are going to scatter out in area's we've already hit, and they'll know something has happened and still sound an alarm."

"Either way, we'll have to shoot them all eventually. We'll just wait for the leader and shoot random men later."

After many people scooted out of the way Inuyasha took aim on the main man. He walked towards the office and before he got into the doorway, Inuyasha shot him in the back. When he fell, it looked like he was in his office all the way, so no one would really notice unless they were looking for him. Kagome sighed though; there were still too many people around the entrance they wanted through.

"Kagome?" Miroku's voice in her head.

Kagome nudged Inuyasha. He spoke into the microphone. "Go ahead, Miroku."

"You need to hurry up and get out because more and more workers are entering the building."

Kagome shook her head. "He said more and more workers are entering and we need to get out."

Inuyasha sighed with more exasperation and began to rub his eyes with his palms. "Shit…" He grabbed the microphone and growled into it very loudly. "We should be out soon, Miroku, but we still have a few more rooms to hit. I don't want to back out unless it seems absolutely necessary. If you see a reason we need to get out right away, then tell us."

Sango's voice came into her ear. "I've got a reason."

Kagome looked at him and whispered that Sango had a reason. Sango continued. "I've been listening to a strange group of men talking outside. If you go into the main room, Sesshomaru will get you for sure. He knows your there and he's waiting for you."

Kagome bit back the curse she was about to scream. This isn't the way she had hoped to complete a mission. The very first one she ever went on couldn't be finished because of his stupid brother. Explaining to Inuyasha what Sango had said, he growled and bit his tongue as he leaned against the trashcan. He got onto his microphone again and cursed for her. "We'll be out in a few minutes. Call the limo up."

Kagome heard them both gasp and grudgingly say "Yes Inuyasha."

Inuyasha sat up and grabbed her hand again, looking around for a way out. "We'll have to get out quickly. I knew Sesshomaru knew we were here, and I swear to Kami that I'll kill him one of these days for screwing up my plans."

After getting over the fact that Inuyasha was willingly touching her again, she helped him search with her eyes. "There's no way out unless we knock down those twenty-some people."

He smirked and pointed ahead of them. "Always have a second plan, Kagome." He was pointing down a hallway that was very dark until you reached the end. At the end of the hallway a window could be seen, and the only thing they had to do to get there was make a mad dash.

A conversation suddenly went on in Kagome's head between Sango and Miroku, and she found it hard to concentrate on Inuyasha when what they were saying seemed interesting...

She heard Sango first, saying, "This is so strange…Inuyasha has never backed out of a job before."

"I know! Even in the best interest of his people he has never backed out. And we've been through Fluffy before, too."

"The only thing different is Kagome…he must be concerned for her well-being. Although I doubt he'd ever admit it, he's too damned egotistical."

"He'll still be one pissed off Hanyou. Kouga had better steer clear of him tonight, or he'll get a bruising he'll never forget."

"That is unless Inuyasha pounds his fucking head into something."

Kagome felt a hand shake her rather violently and she looked up into beautiful golden eyes. He had watched her for a few seconds after he noticed she hadn't been paying attention, and the strange looks she was giving no one in particular had him interested. He stared at her with a raised eyebrow. "Let me guess, you can hear Sango and Miroku talking and it's something more interesting than escaping in the best interest of our lives." She smirked and nodded, almost saying "Yea, much more interesting." He grabbed his microphone again. "Note to Sango and Miroku…turn off your damn microphones."

Kagome heard them curse at the same time before they turned them off, and Inuyasha had her arm in his hand as he looked around before jumping into the hallway, dragging her along as if she was just another ligament. Kagome widened her eyes on the hard landing. He has a lot of skill…

Pulling her towards the window, he pushed it up and forced it open. He looked down into the alley, assessing whether or not the jump would be safe for Kagome to make on her own. After a shake of his head, he bent down slightly near her. "You ain't got no choice. Get on."

Kagome widened her eyes. "Your back?"

"Yes." He bit out harshly.

She shrugged and hopped on, feeling his gloved hands grip her knees tightly as he climbed out and jumped down. Landing in the alley on all fours, he let her crawl off and stood while brushing off his coat. He didn't look at her as he arranged all his guns back into their position. She was glancing from the ground to the window they had just jumped out of and wondered why he was being kind enough to help her down. He seemed like the type that would just shove her out and wave as she hit the ground.

He nudged her and walked to the street corner where Sango and Miroku were still engaged in conversation. Inuyasha fell into step with her and decided to lay down the law. "Don't tell them I let you do that. They'd never quit bugging me and I'd never stop yelling." She nodded and continued to walk over to the two. Of course, when Inuyasha and Kagome showed up, they stopped talking because the conversation had been about them.

Miroku crossed his arms. "Inuyasha, I have a question to ask you."

"Sure, why not, everyone has questions to ask me."

"Why did we stop this time? We've NEVER stopped in the middle of a job. In fact, this is the first job we've never finished."

He sighed. It was complicated because he himself wasn't sure why they stopped. He would have been perfectly fine putting all their lives at risk and normally would push them to their limits. However today, he didn't want to risk Kagome being found.

For the fucking life of him, he couldn't say WHY he cared about her so much.

Whoa, where did that come from? I have got to stop drinking before missions.

Kagome didn't understand why this was such a big deal. To Sango and Miroku, it was extremely odd that he would have even considered stopping.

The limo pulled up along the side of the road and Inuyasha hurriedly got in to avoid the questions. Everyone sat in their usual spots and Inuyasha decided that now was the time to tell them something he didn't even know. "Sesshomaru wants to take Kagome, and according to you…" He pointed at Sango. "He's waiting for us. He's not getting Kagome and that's final. Anymore questions?"

Sango and Miroku shook their heads. With a grunt, he took off his coat to reveal a lot of weapons straps and guns, each with a sharp knife or something else that was very dangerous attached. Kagome shook her head, finding it hard to take her eyes off him. "Not anymore."

He had what appeared to be two machine guns hanging off his shoulders, and two large straps over his chest. The straps had two little packets with knives in them, and Kagome noticed that on his back he had the large sword, secured by the straps. He had two smaller guns on his belt, along with many packets and straps that could contain almost anything, and a large knife on each of his forearms like she had on hers. She swallowed when she realized she had been staring at him, and quickly averted her gaze to the floor of the limo before he could notice.

He took all his guns and knives out of their sheathes, handing them to Miroku and Sango.

Sango caught Kagome staring at him and smirked. "See all the weapons he has?"

"Yea, no kidding."

"He doesn't really need them to be dangerous. His claws could take out this state easily."

Inuyasha sighed, removing his straps and putting them in his coat pocket so that he was more comfortable. "I already told her that I don't because of fingerprints. The police have enough shit on me already. I use all of my weapons when they are convenient." He lifted up the bottoms of his pant legs and removed knives that were resting inside his boots, and ones that were secured on straps on his boots. Kagome furrowed her eyebrows. Shit, he's like the fucking Calvary.

Miroku patted Kagome's shoulder and she snapped to stare at him. "Kagome, give me all your weapons."

"I don't have near as much as he does, though."

"No one does, but I need yours."

Kagome took the guns out of her pockets and the knife off her belt. Then she lifted up her sleeve and removed the knife that he had given her, holding the blade in her hand as she handed it over. Casually, she reached down and removed straps off her calves to reveal two knives that nobody here had known about. Inuyasha made that perfectly clear. "I didn't give you those."

"I've had these for a long time, I've just never worn them before."

"Why?"

She stared at him. "I bought them because I was rich and many people have threatened me over the years. I kept it a secret from my dad, and since he had me in those slutty business suits all the time, I've never worn them. I just stored them in my purse."

Miroku palmed his chin and rested it on his knee. "Where's the gun you told us about?"

"In my office desk. Had I known you guys would kidnap me the day I left, I would have brought it with me."

"Would you have used it?" Inuyasha asked casually. Not like he had a problem with her defending herself, he just wanted to know if she would have really tried to kill him.

She shook her head and shifted in the seat. "No, not unless I knew that you intended to kill me. I had a feeling that you didn't." She sighed. "Why am I giving you guys my weapons again?"

"Miroku and Sango are the ones who buff and take care of our weapons. I have them do it at least twice a week, and usually right after jobs."

Sango smiled slyly at Kagome, humor sparkling in her eyes. "Kagome, we need that other knife, too."

Kagome blushed slightly and stared at her carefully. "I…I want to keep it."

Inuyasha looked at her while removing his beanie and revealing his beautiful silver hair, shaking it into place and twitching his ears at the feeling of being released. "All the weapons, Kagome."

"Damn…" She took off her coat carefully and lifted one armhole of her tank top. She reached into it and slowly pulled out a very thin knife from a sheathe strap across her chest, making Inuyasha widen his eyes in wonder. "Shit, Kagome, how did you manage to hide that from me? Even I don't have a knife directly across my chest."

"You have a flat chest, Inuyasha, and no comments about mine." The knife was about six inches long and even the hilt was as thin as the blade, making it hard to see against her shirt. "I put it in a place that I thought most people wouldn't look for a knife."

Sango smirked at Inuyasha. "He has very keen eyesight, and that's one of his advantages. He can usually see where the weapons are hidden on a different person. You've hidden three knives from him, and one of them could have been seen, had he been looking. He's mad because he didn't."

"Sango, I swear…" He warned, a growl emitting from low in his chest.

"Don't worry, Inuyasha, the only reason I knew about it was because I helped her get ready."

"Did you know about the knives on her legs?"

"No…I'm actually not sure when she put those on…"

Everyone stared at her for the answer and she sighed. "I put them on when I excused myself from the group, before Sango helped me with everything else."

Inuyasha shrugged without a care and stood, getting into the box that he had gotten the vodka from. Pulling out a red bottle, he sat it on a tray and pulled out four wine glasses. He poured them all the drink and handed it out, explaining to Kagome. "It's strawberry Daiquiri." He talked slowly like she wasn't very intelligent, and that made her mad instantly.

"I know what it is, I own a bar." Taking the glass from him, she swished it around in the glass and stared at it carefully. I wonder if Inuyasha puts any strange products in the things he drinks…

Sango glanced up to see Kagome staring at her drink. "Kagome, he didn't poison it or anything. It's straight from the bottle."

Kagome smiled and took a sip, finding it to be quite good compared to that vodka crap. This actually had a taste; hence the name strawberry Daiquiri. Shit, for owning a bar, she didn't know very much about drinks.

Inuyasha seemed perfectly comfortable without his leather coat on as he leaned back against the seat and closed his eyes. Miroku and Sango leaned against each other but didn't close their eyes, and Kagome felt a little weird being the only one not leaning back. She didn't want to, though, because Inuyasha's arm was sprawled against the back of the seat and near her shoulder. Not that Inuyasha wasn't attractive in his own weird way or nothing…she just didn't want to get too cozy with his arm touching her shoulder.

Kagome noticed Miroku and Sango were staring at her, waiting for her to do something as it appeared. She wondered why she had to do everything that everyone else was doing, but she decided that it didn't matter. Inuyasha apparently had everyone doing everything that he did all the time. She didn't want to be like everyone else, anyway.

She sighed and chugged the rest of her Daiquiri. Miroku eyed her carefully before speaking his mind. "Is that all the weapons that you have, Kagome?"

"Yes, there aren't any more."

"You're sure? After what I saw, you could have hidden them anywhere."

Sango elbowed him hard and snorted. "Dirty Hentai. You're lucky we're in a limo surrounded by breakable things that are owned by Inuyasha himself, or you'd be dead."

Suddenly, Kagome's cell phone rang. She gave it one of the strangest looks she could muster up while Inuyasha cracked open an eye to watch her answer it. "Uh…Yea?"

Everything was silent while they watched her reaction to the strange phone call. Inuyasha was more curious than anyone to find out who in the world would have her phone number. He didn't remember handing it out to anyone except for Miroku and Sango.

She made a strange face and rubbed her eyes wearily with her palm. "What the fuck do you want? I had enough of you earlier." She put a hand over her phone and glared at Inuyasha. "Does everyone know my number?"

"Who is it?"

"That bastard Kouga."

He held his hand out for the phone and she hesitated before handing it to him. "Hey Kouga, what's the big idea calling her while she's on a job with me?" He listened for a minute and sat up straighter, a low growl low in his chest. "Fine, but that brings me to my second question. How did you get her goddamn number? I didn't give it to you…If I find out that you've been in my office, your face will be shoved so far into the pavement you can say high to the people in China! I'll tear out your brain stem and skip rope with it, all the while jumping on your carcass! And don't think I won't hesitate before ripping your balls off, either!" He waited for just a second, and then snorted rather loudly. "My office is always off limits when I'm not there to you people, and I'm going to make that clear when I get back! You'll know when I get back because you'll be able to feel how pissed off I am! I'll fucking kill you then bring you back just so I can do it again!" He slammed the phone shut, panting as he leaned back against the seat again. "Wow, I feel better."

Kagome put the phone back on her belt and shook her head slowly. "Is he always going to bother me like that?"

Inuyasha snorted. "I have never seen that bastard pummel a girl like he does you. You have my permission to hurt him all you want whenever he bugs you like that."

"Noted."

"Why don't you stop worrying so damn much and relax? You're radiating with tension."

Kagome stared at him carefully. How did he know I was worried? She decided to pour herself more of the drink and leaned back a little against the seat, not quite letting her head touch the back. Wow, what a relief... The leather seats are so comfortable.

Miroku leaned forward, placing his elbows on his knees and letting his hands rest between them. "So are we going to go back for it?"

"Of course we are, moron, just not today. We need to make sure Sesshomaru's busy the day we plan on it."

Kagome chugged the drink again and set down her glass, crossing her arms and closing her eyes as she leaned her head against the door. Suddenly tired, she couldn't hold up her glass anymore without spilling it on Inuyasha's leather seats, and she didn't want on his bad side for anything. A headache would not suffice at the moment.

"Kagome, are you tired?" Said Sango with a hint of laughter in her voice. She was currently rubbing Miroku's shoulders for him while he relaxed his head down near his hands.

"No, not really." She didn't open her eyes. She felt completely relaxed, and it felt really good. A nap would be good, but she wasn't going to show any weakness by mentioning it.

Inuyasha chuckled softly. She felt movement on the seat, but she didn't move for a few minutes until she felt breath on her face. Then she opened her eyes and saw two golden ones looking back at her from just inches away. She yipped and jumped back, instantly furrowing her brows in anger. "What the hell are you doing!"

He smirked and leaned back again, his ears twitching. "You are too tired. You're so tired, you didn't even open your eyes when I shined a light in them."

"You shined a light on me?"

"I rest my case."

Kagome crossed her arms, pouting like a child. "You are so immature, Inuyasha."

"No I'm not, I'm just logical. And you were lying, so I proved it."

"I was not lying, I was just resting my eyes."

"You were not, you were trying to sleep. And sleeping is forbidden unless I'm doing it in my limo."

"Jerk."

"Bitch."

"Bastard."

He grinned and shook his head softly. "This is familiar."

"And that last time we did this I won."

"You did not, I could beat a stupid whore like you any day."

"I did too, and then we had to shut Kouga up because he was laughing his ass off."

"Psh, whatever. I win, end of story."

Kagome rolled her eyes, putting herself back as close to the door as she could. "You only win cause you're in charge." She muttered.

He grunted as he leaned back further in the seat. Miroku and Sango were beaming at them stupidly, and Inuyasha and Kagome noticed, screaming "What?!" at the same time.

After controlling her laughter, Sango smirked evilly at them. "You guys are so cute."

Kagome gaped and Inuyasha pointed at her. "Watch it, Sango, I'll rip your tongue out."

"You know, Inuyasha, I have never seen you work so hard to win an argument. Kagome must be the first real challenge you ever had."

He huffed. "Her? Psh, I've had better arguments with my dinner."

Kagome snorted. "At least I'm not stupid enough to actually attempt to talk to my food."

"Shut the fuck up, tramp. I can always force you to sleep in Kouga's room tonight."

"That bastard can barely keep his hands to himself in my presence. Inuyasha, that is a huge insult." Kagome turned her head away from him, staring out the window in a futile attempt to ignore him.

"No shit, Sherlock." He smirked at her.

"You cocky, egotistical, selfish…"

"What, bastard? You've said that so many times."

"And you have called me a bitch countless times, Inuyasha."

He grinned, little peaks of fangs showing over his bottom lip. "It's cause you are one."

"Well you are a bastard, and also cocky, egotistical, and selfish."

"Whore."

"Mongrel."

"Witch."

"Ohh…that one hurt, did you think of it all by yourself?"

He grinned, almost suggestively, and it threw her off guard. "If you push me to far, we'll get into a wrestling match, and I can already tell you who would win."

"No shit, Inuyasha. How could I, a 'bitch' by your standards, defeat someone like you with inhuman strength?"

"That's exactly my point."

"The only reason I push is because you push back. You start it."

"I do not, damn it!"

"See? Childish."

Inuyasha clenched his fists and growled. "I'll show you childish…" He moved forward to grab her, but Miroku grabbed his arm and surprisingly held him back. "Enough, Inuyasha, you're baiting her."

He threw Miroku back down to his seat and sat back down, grabbing his red bottle and chugging the alcohol like it was cool-aide straight out of the bottle. Kagome smirked and looked at her gloved hands. It's so much fun arguing with him…

Her cell phone rang again, and this time, as she reached down to get it so did Inuyasha. She grabbed it first and he struggled to get it from her as she held it away. "Let me answer it!"

"No!"

"I gave you the fucking phone, now give it to me!" He growled.

"They don't want to talk to you, they called it to talk to me! Back off!" She had her foot on his chest, basically pushing him off as she tried to answer it. Inuyasha, on the other hand, decided that there was no way in hell that she would win this one.

With a huge smirk, he grabbed her ankle, pulling her clear across the seat to wear her legs rested on his lap, and still she tried to hold the phone away from him. However now, he had much better access to restrain her.

He pinned her arms above her head and straddled her waist, easily grabbing the phone with a smirk of satisfaction as one of his hand held both her arms in place. She struggled to get it back, but while he was lying on her and had both of her arms pinned, she wasn't going to. She would have to admit defeat this time.

Inuyasha made a show of it and put all his weight on her, making it harder to breath so she couldn't scream at him anymore. He opened the phone and answered. "Hello?"

"May I speak to Kagome?"

Inuyasha stared down at her and smirked. "Umm…She's tied up at the moment, can I take a message?" He added an extra lilt of politeness, and Kagome struggled some more before glaring at him. "Jerk."

"Actually, this is Shippo…"
"Shippo? Ok, how is everyone getting her number? I didn't hand it out."

"Miroku put it on an emergency pad near me, and this is what I would consider an emergency…"

"Well is it something I can't handle that you had to call my left hand instead?"

He sighed deeply. "You probably could, are you on your way back?"

"Yes."

"I'll tell you then. Bye." Inuyasha leaned back and slowly closed the phone, emphasizing the fact that he had won more than was really needed. However, he couldn't help himself; she was hard to argue with and he wanted to prove that it wasn't that hard to win.

Mentally preparing himself for Kagome's yelling, he held his ears back. Of course, she did exactly what he thought she would. "You stupid fucking bastard, how dare you!"

He grinned. "I told ya I would win. It wasn't that hard at all." Kami, her scent changes when she's angry…she smells good.

"You stupid son of a fucking bitch! I don't care if you could have done that, you shouldn't have! But no, you had to be a big baby about it!"

"Sorry sweetie, but I had to prove a point." His grin couldn't have gotten any bigger as it showed a hint of fangs. Kagome wanted to once again slap that look off his face.

She stared coldly at him. "I hate you."

"I'm sure."

Miroku cleared his throat, and Sango laughed whole-heartedly. Both Inuyasha and Kagome glared at him and waited, and he could barely contain the grin on his face. "Inuyasha...are you aware of the position you're in and how it looks?"

Both Inuyasha and Kagome became suddenly aware of what Inuyasha had done. He stared down at her with wide eyes for a moment. Fuck…

With a jump, he quickly got off and scooted to the far corner of the car. Kagome did the same the instant he got up and crossed her arms tightly. That jerk!

Inuyasha finished chugging the alcohol in the bottle and was mentally cursing himself. Shit, that bitch has gotten me acting weird! I have never acted this way before around another person. I'm sure the two perverts have noticed that, too. Fuck, that's just great, something they'll never let me live down. Shit, fuck, damn, son of a bitch…

"Inuyasha?"

He looked up at Miroku, raising both his eyebrows in frustration. "WHAT?"

"I'm going to be killed for asking this, but why did you want to answer her phone so badly that you put her in that position?"

Inuyasha cracked his knuckles, glaring at her while he did so. "If she would have just let me answer her phone, that wouldn't have happened. And thank you for volunteering to be today's punching bag."

"Can we wait until we get to your office, cause I'd like to finish my drink…"

He growled and rubbed his eyes, then sat up instantly to pick up the phone on the car's wall. "How far are we from the warehouse?"

"Only a couple more minutes, boss."

He slammed the phone back down, sitting back down in his seat and pointing at Miroku. "I want you to go straight to my office the minute we get there."

"Of course, Inuyasha."

"And I want my weapons back by tonight."

"Got it." Said Sango.

Inuyasha finished the bottle and threw it into a trashcan near the cooler. He leaned forward and grabbed his coat, slipping it back on. He slipped his sunglasses back over his eyes and grabbed his suitcases, slipping them onto his lap. The minute the limo stopped, he was out the door first and headed into the club.

Kagome stepped out next, still a little angry with Inuyasha not letting her use her own phone and had the nerve to embarrass the hell out of her. How dare he assume she couldn't answer her own telephone? Sango had to grab her elbow and lead her into the direction of the club because she wasn't paying attention, while carrying a very odd gym bag with the weapons in it. "Kagome, are you alright?"

"I'd like to hit that childish baby so hard in the face its not even funny. Maybe I could activate my boot knife and kick him in the nuts. What do you think?"

Sango laughed. "I think you need help. It'd be insane to fight with Inuyasha. I have something to talk to you about, anyway."

"What's that?"

She stopped before they went inside, making sure the men were out of the way before beginning. "Well, have you noticed how Inuyasha gets around you?"

"I wouldn't know if he changed because that's all I've ever seen him do."

"Kagome, usually the arguments he starts are ended with a simple order, or him smacking something around. But he enjoys starting them with you, and he's smiling and smirking more, and it's getting a little weird."

Kagome almost wasn't listening. She found it hard to believe that Inuyasha acted any differently when she wasn't around. "Sango, what are you saying?"

"Kagome, he's even put you in very intimate positions. Now tell me you didn't notice that!"

"I kind of didn't really care. I mean, both time's I was extremely pissed off."

"You actually got into a wrestling contest with Inuyasha the shadow lurker. He was straddling you, even. Kami Kagome, if you don't notice anything weird with that then you're blind!"

"Ok, maybe he did, but it was wrestling! And I'm still pissed off about that. How dare he take the phone call when it was for me!"

"He put you there on purpose, and enjoyed every minute of it, Kagome. My reason for pointing it out is that he never touches anyone without the intent on hurting them in some way, and that is not what I see when he touches you."

Kagome looked down, a little nervous now. She hadn't considered that. "Well, Sango, I just think I'm a good challenge to him, and perhaps I have become what he would consider a friend."

"Well Miroku and me are his friends, but he doesn't pin our arms above our head and straddle us."

"But you're older friends who haven't seen anything other than his mean side. Maybe he doesn't know how to react around a new friend."

Sango smacked her forehead. "Kagome, before he met you, there WAS no nice side to him. And don't get me wrong, I like his nice side very much, but you really don't know how weird it is, that's all I'm saying."

Kagome smiled softly at her. "I've only been here for two days, and I feel like I've known you all my life."

"Well we'd better go inside before my life ends with Inuyasha's impatience." They entered the building and climbed up to the office, hoping like hell that Inuyasha wasn't as mad as he was in the limo.

*~*~*^_^*~*~*

Miroku had sat himself near Inuyasha's desk and was explaining feelings to him like an older brother. "Well I think you like her, Inuyasha."

"Psh, what do you know?" Inuyasha didn't look up from the files he was reading. He was hoping that if he showed no interest at all, Miroku would leave. However, it didn't seem to be working.

"I know that that position I saw in the car was not something you normally do to anyone. It was very intimate, especially considering that look you gave her the last time."

"Shove it, goddamn it. I do not have feelings for Kagome Higurashi." He slammed the file on his desk and crossed his arms to glare at Miroku, not very happy that he was pestering him about something like this. Who did he think he was, anyway? It was NONE of his business!

"Deny it all you want, but I know you do. You even smile now, Inuyasha, and you used to never do that unless you were about to kill somebody."

"I'll say it again…I DO NOT HAVE FEELINGS FOR THAT BITCH! Do I need to say it in a different language, or did you hear me?"

Miroku shook his head. "You're brain denies what your heart cannot comprehend."

Inuyasha raised an eyebrow at him. "Speak fucking English, I do not speak your native language."

"It means that you have a whole different feeling in your heart, and your brain refuses to accept it as like or even love."

Inuyasha growled. "I can't love, I'm too heartless. And besides, I DO NOT LIKE KAGOME!"

"Ok, I'll agree with your brain even though I know what's really going on."

"Fuck off."

A knock came on the door and Inuyasha basically groaned. "Sango and Kagome, get your ass's in here."

The girls came in and Sango slammed the door hard, mustering up an angry look on her face. She walked over and grabbed Miroku's arm, hauling him out of the chair and outside the room while Kagome and Inuyasha just stared after them with raised eyebrows. After they left Kagome sat in the chair, shaking her head and sighing with all the feeling she could muster. "What the hell was that all about?"

"You're asking me? The two of those dipshits have been acting very weird lately. It's pissing me off."

"Yea, Sango is really acting weird." She looked down and then looked back up with a fake smile. Scores were about to be evened out. "So, Inuyasha, would you like to take my phone back since I shouldn't answer it? Anyone that calls me really means to talk to you."

He scowled, absently playing with his claws on his ungloved hand. "Maybe I'll just rip your heart out and stomp all over it."

"You had no right to take it from me! I don't care if you gave it to me, that person called it because they wanted to talk to me, not you!"

He stood, leaning far over the desk to emphasize his point. "And what if I don't want anyone else but me or Sango and Miroku calling you? MAYBE I knew that I hadn't handed that number out to anyone and they shouldn't have it."

"Well that doesn't mean that you have to wrestle with me just to take it! Maybe you could have asked! But no, you just had to demand that I give it to you like a childish baby."

He put his hands on the desk and came eye level to her. "I could prove to you that I'm not a child, Kagome, but you'd probably scream and cry, or attempt to kill me with no avail."

"Inuyasha, no matter what you do I'll never quit thinking of you as a child when you did that to me. You are my boss and I'll take orders from you, but that doesn't change my thoughts."

Inuyasha casually started popping his knuckles and growling at the same time. He was looking at her with a very strange glint in his eyes, and all warning signs in her head went off. Kagome stood and backed up a little, pointing at him. "Don't you look at me that way, Inuyasha."

He jumped over the desk and started walking with steps to match her backing up. She realized he was trying to corner her, and rolling her eyes, she realized that he was going to achieve that. "Shit…" She turned and darted for the door, but he grabbed her around the waist, lifting her off her feet and forcing her on her stomach to straddle her back. She almost screamed, but decided against it. He wasn't going to actually hurt her, anyway, she knew it and he knew it. He was just trying to scare her.

He reached up and turned the door's locks. Kagome struggled against him and managed to turn over, glaring at his smirking face. "You son of a bitch, you let me up right now!"

"What are you going to do about it?"

She hit her heel hard on the floor and the knife popped out. She jerked her foot around and put it on his chest with the blade pointed against his neck. He widened his eyes and swallowed. Oh fuck I forgot she had those on…

"This is what I'll do about it."

He swallowed and watched her carefully, not daring to move. "The rest of the club would kill you. Miroku and Sango would shoot you personally."

"I don't care! If you don't get your ass off me I'll show you how serious I am."

He growled loudly and let her go, standing up carefully and walking over to his desk. He sat down and spun around in his chair, looking up and away in pure thought. "You know, Kagome, Miroku might have been right about something."

Kagome got up and went over to her chair, sitting down with her arms and legs crossed tightly. "What's that?" She asked, as if nothing had ever happened.

"For some reason, I haven't killed you yet, and arguing with you is like a game. I don't think I've ever met another person on this world besides you that could argue even half as well as me."

"Same here. That's why I was a lawyer."

He stared at her carefully. "Well lawyers aren't as clever as you are. At least not with weapons like that."

"Come on, Inuyasha, I didn't think you would forget about the knives in my boots."

"So I forgot something…it's not the end of the fucking world."

"It could've been the end of your life, had I been someone else."

"So you wouldn't have actually killed me, then?"

She grinned a cocky grin. "No, but I am a good actor when the time calls for it." She loved using those repeated words. It proved her point and made her seem ten times more intelligent than he was.

He snorted. "Ok, so you won that argument. The next time I plan on wrestling with you, you won't have shoes on. Then we'll see what you'd do about it."

"I'm glad that I won."

"But I won the argument in the limo."

"Which one? Because by my standards, I won one and the rest were interrupted."

"I won the time I got your cell phone away from you."

She sighed. "Yea, but you cheated."

"I did not! You started it, with your fucking foot pushing me back."

"You were practically ready to strangle me if I didn't give you the phone!"

"I WON! End of discussion."

Kagome snorted. "Yes your majesty."

"Don't mock me, woman."

"I'm not, why would I do something like that to you?"

He snarled, choosing to clench his fist instead of beating her up. "You stupid lying bitch, I hope that your tongue swells up and suffocates you."

"And I hope that the vet finds a muzzle to put on you while he's giving you your rabbi shots."

"I am not a dog, I am a partial dog DEMON!"

"That don't mean you don't act like an animal."

"Why you…" He started.

"Truth hurts, don't it?" He hated his own words being thrown back at him.

"Get out."

"Gladly!" She stood and unlocked the door, jerking it open and slamming it shut with so much force that a picture fell off his desk. She didn't care who he was to her, she didn't have to sit there and listen to that shit all day!

Sango and Miroku walked in, having seen Kagome and wondered what in the hell had caused that attitude with her. Miroku crossed his arms and watched the fuming Inuyasha try and contain himself in his seat. "Inuyasha?"

He growled, rubbing his eyes strongly. "I highly suggest that you get out, too, while my brain is still set on kill." They nodded slowly and walked back out, giving Inuyasha time to sulk and think about all the confusing feelings Miroku had described. That had to be it, why else would he let her get away with all the shit she did?

*~*~*^_^*~*~*

Kagome marched right over to the bar, slamming her fist on the counter. "I want a bottle of Tequila, and I mean now."

"Yes ma'am." The man quickly grabbed her bottle and handed it to her while Kagome left money on the bar. She then walked towards the door, but not before Kouga stopped her with a hand on her arm. "Where are you going, Kagome? Inuyasha piss you off?"

She turned and punched him so hard he instantly fell on his ass with a bloody nose. She panted while she held her fist above him, and Miroku and Sango stood nearby with a shocked look on their faces. Never had this woman showed so much anger and aggression, and even after an argument with Inuyasha.

Sango walked over and grabbed Kagome's elbow tightly, leading her out the door and towards their apartments. Kagome couldn't help but feel that a long talk was on the way, and she knew that Sango would try and talk to her about it.

However, she had nothing to say. Inuyasha was a bastard jerk and that's all there was to it.

She didn't say anything to her until they got to their apartment. She forced Kagome to sit on the leather sofa and stared down at her carefully. "Kagome, I have never seen you act that way before. Are you alright?"

Kagome jerked the lid of the tequila off and she took a swig, looking up at Sango. "I have never been better." She stated with sarcasm.

"Kagome, my fucking god, you stomp out of Inuyasha's office, slam the door, then when we went downstairs, we see Kouga say two sentences, and not even bad ones, and you punched his lights out. What the fuck is wrong?"

"I can't believe I work for such a fucking baby, that's what. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to my room so I can wait for my lying tongue to swell up and suffocate me." She stood and marched down the hall, slamming her door and turning the lock so that no one could get in.

Sango rubbed her eyes and waited for the knock on her door that she knew would come. As soon as she opened it, Miroku headed in and looked around to make sure everything was alright. "Ok, where is she? What happened?"

"I didn't think you would ask since you hate to get into other people's business. I think Inuyasha really hurt her feelings this time." She motioned for him to follow her and walked over to Kagome's door, knocking lightly as if afraid to break the door down. "Kagome, don't down that whole bottle of tequila or you'll get poisoning."

She heard something break against the door, like a glass, and she shouted. "GOOD! Then maybe Inuyasha would have less to worry about!"

Sango winced and whispered at Miroku. "See!"

He sighed. "Inuyasha's feelings have to be hurt, too. Maybe they both said the wrong thing while arguing."

"Kami, this should really stop. They need to get together, Miroku. It's the only thing to do. They're perfect for each other."

"I couldn't agree more."

Sango looked down at the bag in her hands, sighing and deciding against her better judgement. "But I have weapon buffing to do, and I must meet Inuyasha's standards tonight. I think I'll go somewhere quiet. Want to come?"

"I'd love to, but I have work that needs to be done as well. I'll help you buff some later, though, if you don't already have them all done when you get back. I suggest as soon as you finish Inuyasha's weapons you return them to him, but I'm not sure that Kagome should get hers back today. Inuyasha may even agree with me."

"Thanks." She walked over and knocked on her door again. "Kagome, I'll be back later, alright?"

Another thing was thrown against the door and she shrugged modestly. "Alright, see you later!" Both Miroku and Sango left the apartment, leaving a very pissed off Kagome to wallow in the darkness of her room.

*~*~*^_^*~*~*

(A/N-thank you for the reviews! Aww, Inuyasha pulled a soft one!

Just to answer any questions, this is proving that Kagome is changing the entire gang. I will probably get the next chapter up today because I have nothing better to do, but this is a major weird chapter that I use just to prove a point. So don't hate me! It's overall purpose will be revealed later on in the story!)