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?

7. Mutual Bond

A/N-Thanks again for the reviews, but I'd like to point out that, yes, I did put psycho bitch in my story. I had to, and you'll understand why later. But just so you know, she'll be hurt badly and probably killed by the end of this story ^_^

BTW, THANKS BRIAR, he gave me a slight suggestion that helped this story a little. I'll have Kagome interact more with the club, and I also promise that since I have already written the next few chapters, there will be plenty of missions for the club to go on.

And this chapter may make some of you mad, but take note that I do everything for a reason! It is, after all, my fic!

Oh yea, and Kagome IS a Miko, but that hasn't been revealed to the rest of the world yet. It was a secret that she kept to herself, but it will come out in a chapter or two.

Thanks!

Disclaimer-I wish I did, but I (sniffle) don't own Inuyasha.

Chapter seven-Mutual bonds

Miroku was forced to pry Kagome away from the fun she seemed to be having with the rest of the club. When he walked down the stairs to retrieve her, she was basically showing off her skills to random men who decided to test her out. At the current moment, she had Shippo in a headlock and was somehow making him scream for mercy. She obviously found it amusing as hell, as did the rest of the club.

But Miroku couldn't stop and wait for the drinks she had probably snuck to wear off, he had duties and orders to fulfill before Inuyasha got angry. He walked over and interrupted the little gig, causing the entire club to groan at the interference. But he stood his ground and held her elbow as he began leading her outside the club.

Once they had gotten outside, she had thought enough to ask him what was going on. "What the hell were you doing? I was showing the club how I operate."

His mind rattled. 'Think of something good, Miroku!' "I highly suggest you don't show the rest of the club what you're capable of, in case you must use it for future reference on someone."

"Oh brother, Miroku, you're worse than a modern day monk! I didn't give them my best moves or anything, so they still don't know what I'm fully capable of." She looked down at the ground before they entered the building. "What are we doing? You rallied me out without telling me a damn thing."

"We must go to your apartment, Kagome." He said as if it explained it all. His seriousness worried her slightly.

"Am I in trouble?" She asked out of the blue.

He shook his head. "No, Kagome, you're not in trouble. I would just…er…like to watch some movies and Sango was too busy at the moment to pry herself away from her work."

Kagome blew the bangs out of her face. "That is the most pathetic attempt at a lie I have ever heard." But Miroku ignored it as they entered her apartment.

Sango walked around the club, handing members a piece of paper that told them what their job was while they put all their weapons on. Miroku had already gotten his job; keeping Kagome busy until Inuyasha got to the apartment to take her. Kagome, of course, was naturally suspicious and she knew that something was going on, even though Miroku suggested otherwise and made himself comfortable on her couch.

Sango walked over to Kouga and handed him a piece of paper. "Here's yours, and Inuyasha says that you'll be first out on the field in case Sesshomaru strikes back immediately." She gave him a fake smile that had his destruction written all over it.

Kouga snorted and took the piece of paper while reading it carefully. "Why the fuck are we doing this?"

"We're stopping his little plot dead in the tracks. The only rules this time say that everyone does exactly what they're told by Inuyasha and NOBODY tells Kagome anything. She can't know about this."

"Why the hell not? I'd say that my woman has every right in knowing."

Sango glared at him instead of hitting him as hard as she could. "First of all, Inuyasha will kill you if he hears you walking around calling her yours, and she can't know for her own safety. If you really care about her as much as you claim to then you shut your fucking mouth and don't tell her anything because she could die if she knows. Got it?"

He snorted and started putting on his weapons. "Yea, whatever. I hope dog boy knows what he's doing this time."

"Inuyasha knows exactly what he's doing. Now if you'll excuse me, I have more papers to pass out." Then Sango left him to get ready as she continued handing out papers and explaining the rules. 'Oh, Kagome is going to love this…'

Meanwhile, Miroku was lounging on her couch with her standing above him, arms crossed and eyebrows furrowed. "For the last time, what the hell is going on!"

"Nothing is going on, Kagome. I came over to watch a movie. You should sit down and relax."

"A movie, huh? Say, what's Sango doing?"

"Club business."

"And Inuyasha?"

"Also club business."
"Then why are you here instead of doing club business?"

Miroku was caught off guard. "I uh…I'm on my break."
Kagome smirked and pointed at him. "Ah HAH! You stuttered! That means you're lying! Tell me the truth!"

"I'm not lying, Kagome-chan…"

"Kagome-chan? You're from Japan, too?"

"Of course, why do you think that Sango calls me Hentai?"

"So are all of you from Japan?"

"The only one who wasn't born in Japan was Inuyasha, but his family originated there. I just never used my Japanese around here because no one likes to listen to it." 'Good, keep her talking and off the subject…'

Kagome sighed and turned, heading for the door. Miroku shot up and grabbed her arm before she could get the door open and she stared coldly at him. "Let me go, Miroku. If nothing is really going on then let me out right now."

He sighed. "You can't, Kagome. Gomen."

Kagome rolled her eyes. "Why not?" She almost smiled at his sudden use of Japanese. It was almost cute, but she was pissed off and wouldn't let that distract her.

"Because Inuyasha said you can't leave until he gets here."

She turned and stared at him. "What the fuck is going on, and I mean you had better tell me now or I will kick your ass, Miroku."

He sighed and pulled her a little farther into the apartment, turning and locking her door so it would be hard for her to get it open. She stared at him. "MIROKU!"

"I can't, Kagome-chan, please believe me. Inuyasha would literally kill me."

Kagome sighed and stared at him. "I don't understand…something big is happening, isn't it?"

He motioned towards the couch and Kagome looked exasperated before she sat down on it. She crossed her arms and stared at him as he paced in front of her, a cold string of fear shooting down her spine. She hated this…knowing that something was up and that no one was allowed to tell her because Inuyasha told them not to. It hurt that he didn't trust her enough to tell her, and the fact that he had gotten everyone involved in keeping it a secret hurt even more. Why was it so important to keep her out?

"Miroku, why does Inuyasha not want me to know?"

He stopped and looked at her carefully. "I'll tell you that much, but he will seriously kill me if I tell you more." He sighed and knelt in front of her. "It's for your own safety, Kagome, that he keeps you out of this. It's not because he's being overprotective, but if you know you could seriously get hurt. That is why, Kagome-chan."

She sighed. "Then why didn't he tell me that? At least he could have told me I was in danger instead of sicking the worst actor in the world on me to make me think otherwise."

"He had to take care of everything else, Kagome. Now if he walks in and doesn't see you calmed down then I am in deep shit. Please relax?"

Kagome just stared at him. "Is he coming in here?"

"Yes, he will. Just act like I didn't say anything, though, ok?"

She sighed. "Alright, Miroku, but if it turns out to be something bad I'll kill you, got it?"

"Yes, yes. Sometimes I don't know who is scarier when they're angry, you or Inuyasha. But thank you, Kagome-chan." He sat down beside her on the couch and flipped the TV until it was on something good. Kagome could sense that Miroku was very nervous, probably indicating that he would already be in big trouble if Inuyasha found out how much was told. Kagome decided that no one could disobey Inuyasha without getting killed, and therefore, she wouldn't make it obvious. However, she would question him like hell when he got to her apartment because he knew she was naturally suspicious. Miroku might not get caught that way.

She crossed her arms and tapped her foot impatiently. Come on…come on…hurry up, damn it Inuyasha! She glared at the TV and then stood after about twenty minutes. "Alright, that's it, Miroku. What the hell is going on! I can't take it anymore!"

Miroku swallowed. "Kagome-chan…"

"No, I mean it now! I want to know what the hell is going on!"

At about that time, Inuyasha opened the door to her apartment and stomped in with his machinegun in hand swinging loosely by his side. "Alright, Miroku, I'll take her from here."

Miroku stood and almost bowed to Inuyasha because he was so grateful. "Thank you, Inuyasha." Then he left.

Kagome glared at Inuyasha and almost growled. "Alright, he wouldn't tell me, so you tell me. What the hell is going on?"

He walked over to her and grabbed her arm. "Come on, I'll explain on the way. I'm surprised you didn't beat him up yet."

"By the sounds of it you would do all the beating, Inuyasha."

"Psh, whatever, just come on." He led her out of the apartment and slowly out of the building, hardly even noticing her while his ears and eyes searched everywhere carefully. Then when they were out, he put her in his limo and got in last to make sure no one had seen them.

As he sat down beside her, he started going through a bag and Kagome glared at him. "Are you going to tell me what's going on or not?"

"You're in danger…" He began.

Kagome snorted. "Yea, that's all I got out of Miroku. I get that, now WHY am I in danger?"

"Would you be quiet and let me?" He sighed and shook his head. "Our gangs are now fighting. My men against Sesshomaru's. I suspected that he was going to pull something because he hadn't made a hit since we took you in and that usually means he was plotting. I gave him a call and had it arranged that we would fight so he doesn't do anything like I'm thinking he might, but he sounded like he really wanted you there and that means he wanted to swipe you during it all. And before you say that you can handle it, let me remind you that Sesshomaru is a very, very old and powerful Youkai. I can barely handle him."

She looked down. "Well, ok…but why did you keep me out of it?"

"Because you wouldn't have stayed put or listened to me if I did. You would have done whatever the hell you desired to and gotten yourself kidnapped. I do NOT want to loose you, and I meant it." He pulled out her weapons and helped her put them on, putting her guns back in her pockets and attaching her back sheathe. "I want you to use these if something happens, Kagome. If someone comes up to you that you don't know and they act suspicious, kill their ass and ask questions later."

"You're not going to stay with me?"

"I have to be in the fight, Kagome. It wouldn't be fair if I wasn't, and I am always fair with things like this. Don't worry, though. You'll have a headset and you'll be able to talk to Sango, Miroku and me." He pulled out his laptop from underneath the seat and set it up, logging onto the Internet. "Do me a favor, though and keep your eye on this." He pointed to a green dot. "If that gets anywhere near the red dot on the screen, let me know immediately."

"What are they?"

"People. Just do it, ok?"

"Ok." She looked down and sighed. "I know I might sound funny saying this, but please be careful Inuyasha. If something happened to you…"

He hugged her tightly and she relaxed. "Don't worry about me, Kagome. I'll be fine. You watch it, though, ok?"

"Sure."

He sighed and pulled back, kissing her deeply before putting the laptop on her lap and cocking his gun. He then handed her the headset that had both an earphone and a microphone to talk into. She put it on as the limo came to a stop and he smiled at her. "I'll be back…watch that dot." He opened the door and got out, taking off into a building that she couldn't recognize.

Kagome sighed and turned her attention to the laptop, watching the red dot. 'Ok, I know they're people…but who?' She continued to watch as the green dot moved around a lot, not coming anywhere near the red one yet. She leaned back and got comfortable while Miroku's voice came over the headset. "Kagome, can you hear me?"

"Yep."

"Good, just checking." A gunshot was heard and he jumped. "Shit…"

"Miroku, how is it in there?"

"It's hell, but what can ya do? It's always like this when we fight. Shit, I gotta go…" Then he fuzzed out and Kagome couldn't hear anything anymore.
Kagome had thought about it and decided to listen to him this time. She didn't feel like going out into such a dangerous mission yet, since she was still learning the ropes. Not to mention that she was the whole reason the gangs were fighting in the first place.

She shrugged and looked back at the screen, watching the dot carefully. She'd have gone to sleep by now if her stomach didn't clench like she was being run over by a truck. She just leaned back and let her curiosity puzzle about what the dots could possibly be.

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The gangs were in a full out battle against one another, and just by looking at them you would say that Sesshomaru would win because of his large numbers. However, one of his many faults was that he put weak people on his team, and he had no demons like Inuyasha did. Inuyasha, on the other hand, always chose his members carefully, thus his group could almost always win a battle such as this one. Hell, stick just Inuyasha, Sango and Miroku in there against Sesshomaru's gang and see if Inuyasha's gang loses any men at all.

Sango ducked behind some barrels and shot at Rin from across the room, ducking the automatic shot back and barely missing the hit. Sango looked around the room while she was under cover and grew nervous, grabbing her microphone while keeping all senses open to the world around her. "Miroku, do you see Sesshomaru anywhere? I lost sight of him. He was just standing over by Rin not too long ago, but now he's gone. He's worse than Inuyasha." An inhuman growl was heard over the phone and she sighed. "My apologies, Inuyasha."

Miroku dodged his own shot while back to back with Kouga behind some garbage cans. He grabbed his microphone and sighed. "Shit, no, I don't see him anywhere." The scream of men could be heard in the back round as Kouga shot a large round from his machine gun. He smirked and chuckled softly as Miroku scowled at him. "Gotcha, dirty bastards."

Sango clenched her teeth. "Inuyasha, we lost visual with Sesshomaru." She leaned forward and shot once at Rin while Rin retaliated, both women not breaking a sweat as they tried desperately to hit each other. Rin was ordered to take Sango out, but if Sango took out Rin then that could put Kagome in grave danger. She took the chance anyway though because she just plain didn't like Rin all that much. She was too emotionless, just like Sesshomaru, and if you didn't know what a person was thinking the outcome was usually bad.

Inuyasha was sneaking around in some shadows behind all the action. He would shoot the enemy from behind and then get behind a post to remain hidden. Only once had he gotten shot today, in the upper arm, but he grew smarter and started ducking around so that he could stay true to his name 'the shadow lurker'. Inuyasha being as sneaky as he was is one thing that makes him dangerous. That and his inhuman ability to take a shot and remain standing while healing it in less than a day.

One of his favorite moves that he was famous for was to get up on a loft or roof above the opposing team and shoot them all from overhead before they noticed him there. His expensive machine guns always guaranteed that they were all going down. Well, all the humans, that is.

He growled softly, dropping his gun to grab the microphone and seeing if he heard correctly. "Shit, Sango, no visual?"

"None. He disappeared."

"Fuck…" He looked around and took a shot at Rin, hitting her in the back and watching her fall with a scream. "If that don't bring him out, then nothing will."

Sango widened her eyes and paled. "Shit, I think you killed her, Inuyasha!"

'No, she's got an aura…at least for now.' "What's your point? I'm bringing him out."
Miroku sighed and spoke. "Fluffy dearest will do one of two things…he'll either kill us all with rage, or his senses will hype up and he'll find and kill Kagome for revenge."

Inuyasha sighed. "He'll come out, and I'll kill him."

"You are thickheaded, Inuyasha. Call Kagome and find out what's going on."

"Ok, ok." He switched on a switch on the microphone and began talking. "Kagome? Where's the green dot at?"

Kagome snapped out of her half sleep-like state and looked at the computer and sighed. "The green dot is slowly moving to the West…wait…it disappeared!"

Inuyasha almost ripped his headphones out when he heard that. "SHIT!" He took a glance at Sango and told her with his eyes that he was out of this fight. She nodded and continued shooting like the rest of the gang, avoiding as many shots as she could while taking down at least two more men.

Kagome watched the screen carefully, looking for the green dot. All of a sudden, the dot appeared not even an inch from the red one and she gasped. "Inuyasha, the green dot is right next to the red one…what does that mean?"

He was running full out. "Kagome, get your gun out."

Kagome listened and sighed while cocking her gun. "What for?"

"The red dot is the limo. The green dot is Sesshomaru, and I just pissed him off like you wouldn't believe. Shoot like crazy if you see him, and if that doesn't work stab him with silver knives."

She grew frightened. "Inuyasha? Why the HELL did you do that!" She shrieked. She could sense his presence outside, and knowing that he was full demon was the icing to the cake.

"Hold on, I'm almost there!"

Normally, Kagome wouldn't have been worried. Her self-defense classes taught her a lot, and she was now grateful that her father had made her take them.

But none of her training would do any good against a full demon, and she couldn't use her other abilities without being found out. No, there just weren't many options tonight.

Suddenly, the door of the limo was ripped off and Kagome screamed as she began to shoot at Sesshomaru. Strangely, he wore strange ceremonial white robes and looked hundreds of years old, but Kagome couldn't sit and stare. He leaned in and grinned at her. "Those are futile attempts, Kagome Higurashi." He then climbed in and grabbed her elbow, jerking her out of the limo while she attempted to deafen him with her screams and maybe get lucky by breaking loose with all her struggling.

Kagome held back a scream after a moment. 'I still have a chance!' She pulled out the knives on her arms and stabbed him in the stomach, receiving only a slight jump and a sigh from him as he stopped to glare at her. Kagome widened her eyes. 'I think I'm in deep shit…'

Sesshomaru grabbed the back of her neck in just the right position so that she felt if she moved she would be paralyzed. He lifted her off the ground, walking into the building as if he was carrying a sack of potatoes. Kagome held onto his arm to keep from hanging and gulped. "Alright, fine. What do you want with me?" She said calmly, even though he could smell her fear.

"Inuyasha has made the ultimate mistake, and you know the cliché, an eye for an eye, Kagome Higurashi."

"Does that mean you're going to kill me?"

"Most certainly, and painfully in front of the entire club." He said this as if talking about having tea with friends.

She sighed. "Could you at least knock me out first?" 'Maybe if I'm nice he'll grant me a last request.' she thought with disgust.

Sesshomaru growled. "Oh, no. You'll be awake until I kill you." He pushed open the door and walked up a flight of stairs. It was too dark for Kagome to see anything other than when he reached the top, and then she could see all the sparks of the guns shooting. Sesshomaru cleared his throat as he hit the top. "INUYASHA!"

The guns stopped flying and people from Inuyasha's club gasped while Sesshomaru's took their chance and retreated. Kagome heard Sango in her microphone calling for Inuyasha and Miroku walked over to her. "You have to be the negotiator while Inuyasha's not here." He stated urgently, concern for Kagome written all over his face.

Sango stood and pointed a gun at him. "Inuyasha's busy, I'm the one to speak with."

Sesshomaru brought his claws around and they glimmered in the light. "Well then, are you prepared to watch the second in command go out very painfully?"

"Can we negotiate, Sesshomaru?"

"No." He said coldly. "Rin was shot and killed, and now it's my turn."

Sango sighed. "Can we make an exchange?"

Sesshomaru eyed her carefully and Kagome shook her head violently. "Sango, no. I'm prepared to take the punishment, no one else deserves to."

Sesshomaru instantly put a hand over her mouth and added enough pressure to break her neck if she was against another hard surface. "Who would you exchange?"

Sango put her gun down to her side. "Me. Inuyasha needs his second, I'm only his third, but I'm still important to him. Kill me painfully, leave her alone."

Kagome shook her head as Sesshomaru seemed to think about it. 'No! Sango, I won't let you…' she bit Sesshomaru's hand and he growled, pulling it away instantly. "NO! I'm killing this bitch right here. She doesn't deserve to even grace my filthy brother's gang."

Sango widened her eyes and scolded Kagome like a child. "Kagome! Stop that!"

Kagome shook her head. Sesshomaru put his claws against her stomach and put a foot on a bar near the edge, adding drama to the entire thing. Everyone in Inuyasha's gang was well aware that they were about to watch a gang member be badly injured, and Inuyasha would most likely loose it since it was Kagome.

"Well Sango, I see it pains you to see this bitch hurt, so since I am eager for the pain of more than Inuyasha, I'll watch you suffer as a reward."

Sango shook her head and pointed the gun again. "Sesshomaru! I killed Rin!" She lied.

That stopped him in his tracks. "That's impossible. The only one even capable is Inuyasha. Rin wouldn't have let you kill her."

"I'm a good shot, and Rin was careless. Leave Kagome alone and kill me!"
Sesshomaru shook his head slightly after a moment. "I don't believe you…" He then dug his claws into Kagome's stomach, listening to her scream in pain. Sango gasped and pointed the gun. "Take aim!" Everyone in the club aimed at Sesshomaru and she screamed out the next. "IF anyone hits Kagome I'll kill them!"

Sesshomaru was wrist deep in Kagome's stomach and she nearly passed out, but something kept her from doing that. She couldn't find her voice. The only thing she could feel was the numbness of his hand in her stomach, continuing to push slowly through. She then found that she couldn't breathe, but she was thankful for the numbness instead of the pain.

A large silver knife suddenly went around Sesshomaru's neck and pulled him down, forcing him to let go of Kagome and fight off the one with the sword. Inuyasha growled incredibly loud as he pushed the knife into his brother's throat and pinned him effectively on the wall. "I told you to never, EVER touch Kagome!"

Miroku and Sango were up there in a minute flat, picking Kagome up and taking her downstairs. She was barely conscious, but she might as well have been sleeping. She couldn't hear, she couldn't focus, and she had no idea what was going on other than she was just gutted by Sesshomaru. 'At least I'm alive…'was her last thought as she slowly passed out.

Inuyasha and Sesshomaru were now battling with the sword, and Sesshomaru snarled. "You dared to shoot at Rin! Now I'll kill you along with your intellectual, smart ass bitch!"
"You didn't kill Kagome! She's alive and she'll make it out of this!" He snapped back. "Unlike your bitch, she's strong!"
Sesshomaru smirked, and Inuyasha's stomach jumped. "Kagome has been infected with the poison from my claws, little brother. She may not be dead now, but she will be."

Inuyasha widened his eyes as the anger flowed through his veins, causing all his blood to rush to his head. His eyes glowed red, and his claws grew longer, poking through his gloves. The same markings that his older brother had appeared on his cheeks and his fangs grew longer. He was turning Youkai with blind rage.

Sango and Miroku got Kagome to the bottom of the stairs, but Sango knew the warning. She stood and put fingers in her mouth to whistle loudly. "CODE GREEN! Everyone out now!" And all of Inuyasha's people took off out the front door in fear that Inuyasha wouldn't change back in time to stop himself from killing everyone.

Miroku put a hand on her shoulder. "I'll get Kagome, you stay and see if you can help Inuyasha."

Sango shook her head slightly. "I'll stay, but the only one who could possibly help him is Kagome." She turned and looked at her. "She's pale. I think Sesshomaru informed him of something. Get her to my limo and wait for me." Then Miroku nodded and picked her up over his shoulders, running out the door.

Inuyasha and Sesshomaru were now fighting with claws, stabbing at each other and fighting with equal power. Inuyasha almost smacked his brother's head off his shoulders and Sesshomaru fell, feeling Inuyasha step on him and prepare himself to stab the older sibling. Sesshomaru almost couldn't take it. "Inuyasha, release me and fight with honor."

"No fucking way, I'm going to make you regret ever knowing me…"

"I already regret it, Inuyasha. Simply pinning me and killing me is not honorable at all."

He growled and snapped his teeth. "Does it look like I care about honor? I'VE NEVER HAD HONOR BECAUSE I WAS HANYOU! Well maybe if I kill you I can regain some of that honor, because no one has ever killed someone as 'powerful' as you claim to be."

Sesshomaru was about to say something else when Inuyasha dug his hands into his brother's stomach, ripping with his claws anything that he could get a hold of. "An eye for an eye." He growled. Sesshomaru fought and fought to get his brother away from him, but he knew that the fight could not be won this time. He disappeared before Inuyasha could finish him off and he flew in a lighted ball down towards Rin. "You've won this time, Inuyasha."

Inuyasha growled. "Damn right I win!" He assumed a fetal position on his knees to attempt to control his demon side from craving blood. Kagome needed him, and he couldn't be like this around her. He couldn't be a monster.

He craved death and blood. He wanted to slash through flesh and set loose the red liquid that meant life or death. He almost needed it, and the more he thought about it the more he wanted it. But then the realization hit…

Kagome would die if he didn't help her. Only he knew how to save her, and only he could do it safely. With the thought of Kagome dying on him, he managed to change back to himself and relax completely. He was amazed, too, because he had never changed back before without some help.

Relieved that he could save himself with more control, he stood and quickly ran out of the building just as Sango ran in to check on him. She sighed with relief. "Inuyasha…"

He grabbed her elbow. "Where is she?"

"She's in my limo and she's fading fast. If you want a ride home you have to ride with us, Inuyasha, your limo is trashed beyond recognition."

He nodded and ran like a blur to Sango's own limo, getting in and seeing that she had Kagome laid out across the floor on a blanket. Miroku was attempting to clean the blood when he stared at Inuyasha. "We aren't too sure about what to do…"

Inuyasha was on his hands and knees, removing his coat and weapons as quickly as he could. He glared at Miroku and sighed. "Take off her shirt."

Miroku widened his eyes. "What?" 'Is Inuyasha just trying to get me to do something so he can kill me?!'

"DO it or I'll kill you!"

Miroku nodded and cut her shirt off with his knife, watching as Sango entered the limo out of breath and with wide eyes. "I hope there's a good reason you're doing that."

Inuyasha growled as a response and took his own knife out of the sheathe, getting closer to her wound. He glanced at Miroku and Sango as she shut the door and the limo sped off. "Back away and stay like that."

They both got up onto the seats and observed Inuyasha carefully. He put his wrist over her wound and sliced, dripping droplets of his blood into the wound. Sango and Miroku just watched with wide eyes until Sango gulped. "Inuyasha?"

"Quiet." He made sure that her entire wound was covered in his blood when he pulled it away and covered it with his hand until the small cut healed. He leaned back and watched as her complexion paled and her lips turned blue, then he reached down and picked her up, holding her close to him. He glared at Miroku. "Is there a blanket or something in here?"

Sango nodded slightly and grabbed a blanket out of the secret compartment, handing it to him. He wrapped it around both of them as he clutched her tightly, attempting to give her as much of his warmth as needed. Miroku decided it was time to ask questions even though it was obvious that Inuyasha was not in the mood to socialize. "Inuyasha, do you mind me asking what you did?"

He sighed and began to stroke her hair. "I'll tell you once, so listen up. When Sesshomaru jabbed her, he released poison from his claws. The only way to possibly save her from that was to give her my blood so she gains my healing power, and gain extreme immunity to Fluffy's poison. I'm holding her because she'll heal faster with body heat. I will hold her for as long as it's needed to heal her, and I will kill anybody that tries to take her from me. I would make that clear to everyone else if I were you."

They both nodded and Sango hesitantly asked her own question. "So will she only gain your healing powers?"

"Yes."

"She won't change appearance or anything?"

"No. She'd get a little stronger and harder to hurt, but that's nothing to be worried about unless you're planning on picking a fight with her."

"Ok. So what do you want us to do?"

"You gave everyone the code green, didn't you?"

"Yes, they're all waiting back at the club for further instruction. I saw your eyes go red and the slashes on your face and I knew that you would have the need to kill."

He looked down and leaned his head on Kagome's shoulder. "You're limo driver will drive us around all night. I'll have him drop you and Miroku off so you can watch the club, ok?"

"Sure, Inuyasha." She picked up the phone and informed the driver on what was happening, and after telling him the situation he was more than happy to comply. Especially since both Inuyasha and Sango paid so well.

She smirked. "You want me to kick Kouga's ass if he causes any trouble at all?"

Inuyasha snorted. "If that bastard back-talks, insults, threatens you or calls Kagome his woman then I want him hog tied when I get back."

"Yes Inuyasha."

"Miroku, take Kagome's shirt and hide it from him or you'll really have to secure him."

"Yes Inuyasha."

"And stop that! You're being too obedient."

"Well, we don't want to piss you off because you seem agitated as it is with Kagome's position."

He leaned back and glanced at her sleeping face, noting how she looked normal with his warmth. "She should be fine, so I'm not terribly worried about it."

The limo pulled over in front of the club and Sango and Miroku picked up everything they needed to take with them. Sango sighed. "I'll have my cell phone. Would you like me to call you if needed?"

"Yes, but I'd prefer if it's only when you have to."

"Yes, Inuyasha." Then they were out of the limo and it sped off, leaving Kagome and Inuyasha alone.

He sighed. Now he could do what was necessary. He stripped off his remaining shirt, leaving him bare-chested. Lifting up the blanket slightly, he eyed her bra and almost shrugged. 'My mother did tell me that there should be no fabric interfering…'he fingered it and sliced it off, but was respectful enough not to take advantage of her being injured. He quickly removed the piece of flimsy fabric and snuggled her closer to him so that her wound actually touched his stomach. He almost jumped out of his skin when Kagome moved and snuggled her cheek into his chest, moaning softly. Inuyasha kissed her forehead and continued to stroke her hair. 'She's going to feel it when she wakes up, I can almost guarantee it. I wonder if she's going to kill me when she finds out she's shirtless.'

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"Quiet, damn it!" Sango screamed at the top of her lungs. She was the leader when Inuyasha was gone, but the only thing she did to prove her authority was standing up on the bar above them all. The club had decided that while Inuyasha wasn't around, they would have a meeting in the main hall to answer all the questions. Of course, they were throwing them faster than Sango could stop them.

"Hey bitch, explain to us why the hell we didn't stay and finish off that club! We had them in our clutches until Inuyasha shot Rin!" One of the men hollered, receiving an agreement throughout the club as everyone looked to her for answers.

Sango snorted and took a drink of her beer. "Inuyasha knows what he's doing, we are in no position to question his decisions."

Miroku stood beside her on the bar. "Besides, who here actually has the balls to get in his face and ask these outrageous questions?"

The club was quiet for a moment before another man decided to speak up. "Look, I think we all have the fucking right to ask what the hell is up with him lately. Ever since that new member joined he's been going soft."

Sango pointed at him. "You're lucky that he lets you go anywhere at all! And you should be thankful to Kagome because she actually opened up his nice side. Do you realize that if she hadn't come along, he would probably still be killing his own members without second thought? Come on, people, Kagome is good for the club!"

"She never interacts with us!"

Miroku snorted. "What the hell are you talking about? She was demonstrating her skills yesterday, and as I remember it she had a full Youkai in a head lock!"

"Shippo's not that strong of a demon!" Another man shouted.

Sango glared at the man. "HE'S STILL A DEMON! They are pretty powerful, and besides, Kouga's been knocked out twice by her. Even Inuyasha was phased by her punch."

A large buzz went through the club as people talked about it. Sango sighed. "Listen up! Kagome's still a member of this club, and Inuyasha's still the boss. He hasn't changed all that much except for actually deciding on other people's decisions. I'll take one good request and discuss it with him later, but it had better be good."

Everyone agreed, as they knew that Sango was one of the only people who could negotiate with Inuyasha. As they talked amongst themselves, Shippo shouted out. "Well how about getting Inuyasha to discuss his problems with some of the club? You know, have us make some decisions."

Miroku stared at him like he was insane. "Asking Inuyasha to do something like that is like asking rain not to be wet, Shippo. He's the boss."

"He always talks to you and Sango and Kagome, but he never talks to the rest of the club. Besides, it's his rule; this club looks out for one another. If he wants that to happen, he has to discuss some of his situations with us."

Sango looked around and sighed. "IS that the only decision?" When everyone agreed, Sango nodded. "Alright, it's settled. And since I'm in a good mood, I'll give you all advice. Inuyasha's got himself a problem, you all saw what happened to Kagome in the warehouse. I suggest no one talks to him and no one says anything about Kagome until he takes care of it."

Miroku crossed his arms and looked at Sango. "How is she, anyway?" He asked quietly, but enough for everyone else to hear and ask the same question.

"She'll be fine, but I mean it. Everyone stay the hell away from Inuyasha." Then she jumped down off the bar and watched as people scattered to play darts or drink while playing pool. They would all think seriously about what had been discussed, as they didn't have meetings often.

Miroku jumped down and put a hand on her shoulder. "Good speech, Sango. You do make a good point."

Sango sighed heavily and rotated her shoulder to loosen up. "Yea, but it's always a pain in the ass trying to make the club understand minor problems."

"At least they listen to you majority of the time." He glanced at his watch and sighed. "It's almost dawn. Come on now, Sango, we must be patient, as both of us have something to discuss with Inuyasha when they arrive."

Sango smirked. "I wonder how Kagome will react to her shirt being cut off of her, and by you, no doubt. It would have pissed me off, if Inuyasha hadn't told you to."

"My, my, how merciful of you, Sango. I have never known you to give me any credit at all about being a lecher. In fact, I think for the most part, you have broken me of the habit."

She glared at him. "Yet get back into it again and you'll know the true definition of pain." She said dangerously. Popping her knuckles, she looked at her own watch and sighed. "We'll wait for them at the door." Then she led him towards Shippo's station to have a serious talk with him.

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The limo had ridden around all night long and it was almost dawn. Inuyasha hadn't moved Kagome at all, but she was beginning to get more restless. Her wounds wouldn't be healed all the way for another couple of days, and he knew that she would feel immense pain that she wouldn't have thought imaginable today. All he could do was stroke her hair more and hold her tightly while she fought the pain in her sleep.

He was glad that his little bonding spell worked for two parts. Now Kagome was immune to any poison that Fluffy dearest could throw at her, and she could heal all her wounds faster with Inuyasha's body heat. Not anyone's body heat in particular, no; it had to be Inuyasha's. He had smiled when he found out that a bonding spell only works the way the person giving it wanted it to. Of course, Inuyasha knew that he would always be there to heal her wounds. He had been here for (2) centuries already, and nothing would happen to him to erase him off the earth if it hadn't already.

Inuyasha had also taken notice that he could feel her comfort level like an extra aura. Normally, it didn't seem like Kagome had an aura at all (as normal humans wouldn't), so unless she was extremely skilled in hiding something like that from him, she definitely didn't have one. Inuyasha could sense that she was in pain, like a sharp jab at the edge of his brain, and he would be able to sense if she was in distress by the way he felt when he was around her. If he stood anywhere around her and felt miserable, chances are that's how she felt at the moment. He had no idea how it would affect Kagome's senses with him if she didn't have a natural aura. Then again, there were a lot of things about Kagome that he didn't know.

The telephone rang and he instantly picked it up, almost whispering. "Yea?"

"Sir, when would you like to be taken back to the club?"

He glanced at Kagome and knew it wouldn't be much longer until she woke. "Just give me a few minutes, I want to wait until Kagome wakes up. You know you're getting paid triple tonight, so just wait till I call you."

"Yes sir."

He hung up and listened to an extremely loud moan from Kagome as she slowly opened her eyes.

She couldn't feel anything but immense pain and a slight numbness. She couldn't remember anything at first, as her top priority was to figure out where she was. She found her face lying against skin and she cocked an eyebrow. Slowly, Kagome pulled her arms up and put them against his chest, pushing up slightly to look Inuyasha in the eyes. "In…Inuyasha?"

He smiled slightly and stroked a piece of her hair. "You're awake."
She nodded and tried to sit up more, but was forced back down by a shot of pain in her stomach. She put her hand up against her mouth to muffle her moan and leaned back on his chest with her eyes clenched shut. He wrapped his arms around her more securely and rocked her slightly, doing his best to ease the pain. When the wave passed, she sighed loudly. "Shit…"

He kissed her forehead. "I wouldn't suggest you move, Kagome. Your wound's still healing."

Kagome sighed deeply before she noticed that she was shirtless and gasped slightly. "Uh…where's my shirt?"

He smirked at her. "Don't worry, Kagome, I did only what was necessary. I didn't look."

She gripped him tighter and closed her eyes, forgetting the many arguments she wanted to throw at him. "What happened?"

"You were badly injured and poisoned by my brother, and I saved your life. I told you I wouldn't let you die."
It slowly started to come back to her. "It felt numb last night. And how did you save my life? If I was poisoned, I should be dead, right?"

He leaned his head on hers. "You would be if you didn't know me. I gave you some of my healing power, and your wound will be completely gone in a couple of days."

"Whoa…" She sighed and smiled slightly at her next question. "My shirt is ruined, isn't it?"

"And your bra, yep."

She almost laughed at his comfort level with this conversation. Other men would have been blushing or stuttering like crazy by now. "Interesting…who removed them?"

"Miroku took your shirt off. Don't worry, though, I wasn't in the mood to put up with lechers and he knew it."

She felt like smiling, but she didn't as another wave of pain slowly throbbed in her stomach. "So skin on skin contact heals the wounds faster?"

"Yes, especially wounds as bad as yours."

She backed up a little and crossed her arms over his chest, leaning her chin on them. "You didn't look?"

"No…I just cut it off and threw it over there somewhere."

"So how am I going to get out of this limo if my clothing's ruined?"

Inuyasha sighed. "Would you stop worrying and relax? I'll handle everything. I know what I'm doing."

Kagome nodded slightly and leaned her forehead on him. "It's light outside…how long have we been in this limo?"

He snorted. "You can't stop worrying, can you?"

"Sorry, it's a sickness."

"We've been in this limo all night, waiting until you woke up." He reached over to the phone and grabbed it. "Take us back to the club. Make it a smooth ride."
"Yes Sir."

Inuyasha bent down with his hand holding Kagome to him and picked up his shirt. "Now in order for this to work, you'll have to be comfortable and relax. You'd be better off if you went to sleep." He leaned her back and took the blanket, wrapping it around her carefully. He sat her down on his lap with her head leaning against the wall of the limo as he put his shirt and coat on.

Kagome stared at him. "So where are you putting me?"

He looked down and sighed. "In my home."

She raised an eyebrow. "I didn't know you had one, Inuyasha. Sango said that you spent so much time in your office it's like you didn't need one."

"I do spend a lot of time in my office, but no one would know about my place because I hide it well. I don't let just anyone go in."

"So I'm special?"

"Of course you're special. I wouldn't have done this to just anyone." The limo came to a stop and he lifted her up, bridal style and took her out onto the sidewalk. The blanket covered everything but her head, and she decided to lean on his shoulder and inhale carefully to reduce the pain while he walked into the club.

Sango and Miroku were standing near the door, observing Kagome carefully. Sango looked relieved. "Kagome, you're awake."

Inuyasha sighed. "Can you guys keep the club under wraps for a while?"

"Sure, there's nothing we can't handle."
Miroku put a finger on his chin and looked down as if in thought. "Though I've just now noticed that I haven't seen Kouga all night."

Inuyasha snorted. "That bastard better have gone to his apartment." Then he took Kagome upstairs and into his office.

Inuyasha locked his door and Kagome stared at him carefully, not saying anything. He pointed at her. "This isn't it, so don't ask." She just nodded as he walked over to a large picture on the wall. He lifted it up and revealed a combination lock, which he instantly gave the password and heard a beeping noise. A portion of the wall then rose up, and Inuyasha held Kagome close as he entered.

The lights came on when they entered and Kagome gaped at his apartment complex. "Inuyasha…this place is incredible."

"I know, that's why no one else knows about it." He walked into the living room and carefully laid her down on the black leather couch, turning on the big screen and handing her the remote. "I have to do one more thing that will only take a minute, so don't get up, make yourself comfortable. You want something non-alcoholic to drink?"

Kagome smiled slightly. "Do you have something non-alcoholic?"

"No, but I have to leave for a moment, and Sango will get me whatever you want."

She smirked and shook her head, carefully leaning back against the couch to make herself more comfortable. "I'll just watch your lovely television and gaze about the wonders of your complex."

He sighed with a smile. "You are such a smart ass. I'll be right back, DON'T MOVE." He kissed her cheek and walked out of the apartment, hearing his boots make the clinking noise against the floor.

He made his way downstairs and headed over to Shippo. "Shippo, whatcha got on security?"

Shippo looked up from a surveillance camera and sighed. "Well Inuyasha, we have a tape now recording for every camera, the sidewalks are monitored, and then you have people in disguises walking around outside to check for strange activity. All in all, if you wanted to take the week off, you could do it successfully without someone pulling something in our area."

Inuyasha shivered absently. 'Damn it, I need to get back to Kagome.' "Shippo, keep monitoring and tell Miroku of any changes. Then tell him to tell Sango and have her rally the club to take care of the problem. For the next two days I should be pretty busy, so I'm making sure that the club is in good hands."

Shippo did the soldier salute. "Aye, captain." He turned and kept his face on the screens to watch for suspicious people. That taken care of, Inuyasha headed back up the stairs.

Kagome exhaled carefully and looked around his apartment. If she thought that Inuyasha was a rich technology fanatic before, she was now overblown with the proof. Everything he had seemed almost new age, or at least very expensive. Paintings on the wall that had to be worth hundreds, the huge TV and entertainment center, the leather couch she was lying on and two leather chairs on each side, and beautiful light fixtures that lit up his entire apartment. In fact, by the looks of it, it made sense that he didn't own anything but alcohol, and she was betting that it was all consisted of the most expensive brands.

The TV had Satellite and Kagome quickly changed the channels to the news. 'I shouldn't watch the news…I shouldn't watch the news…'she knew the last time she watched the news she had her nervous breakdown, and while injured on Inuyasha's couch with all his expensive things around she wasn't willing to start up again. She quickly changed the channel to Fox and watched That's 70's Show as she adjusted herself constantly to stop feeling the sting of the wound.

Kagome was suddenly aware that she was cold, and she snuggled into the blanket more. Cautiously, she looked around to make sure she wasn't being watched for some reason, and then lifted up the blanket to observe her wound. She widened her eyes at the sight. She could actually see her organs, but it looked a lot better than she would have originally thought. She reached a hand down and prepared to touch it when Inuyasha's door came open and he walked back in, seeing her and snorting. "Don't touch it!"

She rolled her eyes and wrapped the blanket around herself more securely. "I just wanted to see if it was real."

"Of course it's real! What are you, nuts? Don't touch your injuries, Kagome." He walked even further in and proceeded to remove his coat and shirt. "Did you find something interesting on?"

"I guess so. You have a lot of nice stuff, Inuyasha."

"I'm a very picky person. If it wasn't exactly the way I wanted it I gave them shit until it was." He smirked when she laughed and continued over to the couch, sitting down closely beside her. He pulled her into his lap and tugged on the blanket, staring at Kagome carefully when she wouldn't let him have it. "We have to have skin contact for it to work correctly."

She sighed and opened the blanket, leaning into his chest as he put his arms around her. He turned to lean on the couch's arm so that Kagome could see the television. She basically put her knees on the couch, straddling his outstretched legs, and snuggled her cheek on his chest to watch the movie. He had made himself completely comfortable with one hand rubbing her back and the other stroking her hair, one knee in the air with his head lying on the couch pillow.

They lay there and watched television for a long time, Kagome being lulled into sleep because of the movements of Inuyasha's hands. She wrapped her arms tightly around his waist and listened to the steady beating of his heart as her eyes closed and she fell asleep.

Inuyasha waited until he was certain that Kagome was asleep before moving and adjusting himself on the couch. He made himself lean up a little more on the couch arm before kissing her forehead and resting his eyes, not exactly going to sleep but as close as he could have gotten.

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(A/N- sorry, that's all for now! Read and review!)