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Chapter 9-Temporary insanity?

Miroku and Shippo were now holding tightly onto Sango, whom after hearing that Kouga was interacting with Kikyo, had wanted to kill him before Inuyasha got a hold of him. If there was one thing in this world that she could not stand, it was betrayal, and after Kikyo had long pulled the shit out of her sleeve, Inuyasha had failed to kill her and Sango was very willing to. However, the entire city knew that Kikyo was a Miko and could probably blow the place to smithereens, just by thinking of it.

She still pulled while Miroku held her in a full nelson. Shippo was retrieving restraints if it were needed. "Let me go, damn it! I'll rip him limb from limb!"

Miroku was really struggling to hold her. Sango was not a person to mess with. "Sango, please! Calm down! We can't let him know we know just yet!"

She became deathly calm all of a sudden, and Miroku couldn't help but tense up. "Sango?"

"Miroku…honey…" She chided before bringing up her knee and smashing her foot into his testicles. He couldn't help but let her go to hold himself and fall to his knees while making an interesting squeaking noise. "Sango…that was harsh." He managed to squeak.

She crossed her arms and glared at him. "Don't ever get in my way again." She rubbed her temples to rid herself of the guilt she had just obtained. "I'm sorry, Miroku, I really am. I should have hit your face instead."

He was biting his lip and holding his breath. "Anything would have been better than the balls."

Shippo came back scratching his head, sending an apologetic look to Miroku. "Looks like I'm too late."

Sango sighed and picked up her cell phone. "Inuyasha has to know."

Miroku grabbed her ankle and squeezed, as he was still trying to recover. 'Damn can that woman kick!' "Sango, you mustn't tell him yet, I beg you."

Sango gaped at him. "You're suggesting I keep it a secret from him? He'll kill us!"

"Wait until Kagome-chan is better! If he is in the same position they were in as in the limo, then hearing this news of betrayal may anger him enough to leave Kagome to come and kill him. I have studied this sort of thing, Sango! Inuyasha has to be with Kagome at all times for it to work properly. If not, she could catch shock and die from the cold chills that he would leave with her."

Sango stared at him and slowly put her cell phone away. "Alright, Hentai, then what are we supposed to do?"

He finally managed to work himself back to a standing position. "We must keep an eye on Kouga and the security to make sure that nothing happens while Inuyasha is healing Kagome-chan. Until Inuyasha comes out of that room or informs us that she is better, we cannot anger him in any way."

Sango sighed and gave him pleading eyes. "If that man tries something, you had better stay out of my way."

He nodded once as acceptance. "Very well, Sango, although I doubt he's going to do something right now in the middle of the club. The men don't all care for him much anyway."

"That doesn't mean he's not going to try something. He's not the brightest demon in the world."

"Which is another reason why we must stay away from him. Sango, he's a demon, and yes I'm aware that you've kicked his ass before, but he will most definitely harm you if you dare to stop him this time. Inuyasha has to be the one to handle him."

Sango shivered absently and stared at Miroku. "Just promise me something…"
"What's that?"

"That this time, the entire club won't go through hell like they did with Kikyo. That this time, Kouga is going to get his ass out and never return to haunt the club again."

Miroku sighed, contemplating. "I can't make those kind of promises, as I would be lying to you. We both know that Fluffy dearest is planning something, it's just a matter of time before he shows us what that is."

Sango looked down and nodded before turning on heel to go back into the club. She may be worried, but she was the third in command now, and while the first and second were busy she had to watch over the club. The faithful part, anyway, as she couldn't care what happened to Kouga at the moment.

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Inuyasha was holding Kagome when suddenly she paled. Not just her face, no, her entire body went up a few hues of color and she sat whiter than a ghost. He noticed that her heart had quickened, and realized that her nails were now digging into his sides. He gripped her chin and forced her to look up at him with her angry eyes. "What is it, what's wrong?"

She closed her eyes and inhaled carefully. "Inuyasha, I need your brother's phone number."

"What?" He was shocked. Why the hell did she need to talk to him? "Why are you wanting to call him?"

"TO GIVE HIM THE BIGGEST PIECE OF MY MIND WITHOUT ACTUALLY KILLING HIM!" She screamed and tried to sit up, but Inuyasha was quick and forced them both into a sitting position, actually pinning her carefully back against the couch.

"What the hell is wrong?" He said carefully with worry plastered all over his face.

She let a tear fall down her cheek. "Daddy didn't kill himself…he was murdered by your brother!" She reached up for the phone that he had sitting on the back of the couch, but he snatched it up and held it away before she realized it.

He was panting lightly. "How do you know that? The news said he killed himself."

"Yea, well the news was wrong! I went through the photos in my head and it's so obvious! I solved the damn mystery without even holding the evidence for myself, and the police did nothing more than follow the letter!" She struggled slightly to get the phone back, but he wouldn't let her. He wanted to be certain that what she said was true, and if it was then Fluffy dearest was about to have a major problem on his hands. Nobody kills Kagome's father and gets away with it…no, he let one murderer get away and he wouldn't let this one.

"Kagome, tell me exactly how you figure…"
She was certainly ready to tell her findings to someone. "First of all, the cut is across his neck and so deep that dad couldn't have done it himself. Second, the wound is jagged, indicating that it wasn't done with any type of metal, then there's the knife that has a smooth blade with no jagged edges, and then of course, there's Fluffy's initials on the bottom of it! He did it, Inuyasha, he killed my father and the police were so blinded by the letter that they didn't pay attention to anything else!" She was now shaking and more tears fell down her cheeks. How dare someone kill her father!

Inuyasha was enraged. What she said made perfect sense and he didn't doubt for a minute that Sesshomaru was behind it all. He was sly scum that would pay dearly for all the harm and damage he caused Inuyasha and the ones he cared about.

Making sure to place his knees firmly around her hips so she couldn't move, he used the other hand to press her against the couch as he slowly dialed Sango's number. After a minute, she answered, a little out of breath. "Yea?"

"Sango, it's Inuyasha." He said calmly.

"Inuyasha, hello, what can I do for you?" She tried to sound innocent like she didn't have anything to hide, but it was failing.

"I need you to go and tell Miroku to come up to my office and the both of you come in. I know he has keys, I heard him in there earlier. I want you there in five minutes. Got it?"

Sango nodded. "Of course, Inuyasha." He sounded so deadly serious and it bothered her. Something wasn't right…maybe he knew about Kouga? No, that would have left him yelling and screaming, and possibly ripping apart anything and everything in his path.

"I mean it, Sango, be up there and be quick about it." Then he hung up and stood, pointing carefully at Kagome. "Don't you move." Then he walked into the bathroom, leaving her angry form on the couch.

Why did Sesshomaru kill something so valuable to me? What did I ever do to him? Ok, stupid question, he hated the fact that I existed…but still, he had no right to do that! She crossed her arms tightly and completely ignored the dull pain in her stomach to glare at the wall as if he was on the other side. Mark my words, I will avenge my father!

Inuyasha came out quickly with a large roll of bandages and sat right next to Kagome as she glared at the wall. He had to force her to move her hands out of the way so he could bandage her wound and chest (the chest more or less so that he didn't have to force her to put a shirt on). She wasn't quite helpful as she glared angrily ahead of her, but he wouldn't yell at her for it. He himself felt like doing the same thing, or ripping Sesshomaru's throat out.

The meeting would be important, and as the second in command and the main witness here, Kagome was going to have to be present. She was a very intelligent person, and he knew that from now on she needed to be part of the meetings and part of the group decisions. He realized some time ago that her intelligence would be very good for the gang.

He pulled on her shoulder and instructed her to hold her arms out to the side. She did as she was told and seemed very calm as he began wrapping the cloth around her chest, a good layer or two so that no one would see anything. She didn't seem to mind that in a sense he was actually touching her, in fact, she almost seemed to feel completely comfortable with it. That gave Inuyasha reason to be relieved as he quickly finished his work.

When he was finished, it appeared as though she was in a white tube top. He forced her to look directly at him with his finger hooked under her chin. "You have to be calm, Kagome. If you move around too much you could reopen the wound and start bleeding again."

She nodded slightly and crossed her arms over her chest. He draped the blanket over her shoulders and kissed her forehead before standing and putting his shirt back on. Then he walked over to his door and punched in the code to open it. Kagome noticed that he had to have a code both inside and out, meaning that if she didn't know it she wasn't going anywhere. That's probably how Inuyasha liked it, too.

The door opened into his office, where she could see the surprised looks of Sango and Miroku as they gazed at the trap door. "Wow…" they both said at the same time. They obviously had never known about this apartment before.

He glared at them and waved his hand into his apartment. "Come on, move it." Sango and Miroku obediently obeyed and ventured into the complex. It took them a minute of looking around as much as Inuyasha would let them before he showed them to the chairs beside the couch. Both took one and continued to gaze about the apartment until Inuyasha came into the room with a bottle of beer for each of them. He and Kagome each had a bottle of water, as he knew it wouldn't be fair if she was the only one not to drink alcohol. He needed something that was actually good for him, anyway.

Inuyasha crossed his arm tightly and leaned against the couch. "Alright, let's begin. It's become rather clear that Fluffy has been pulling some bad shit, and we have to discuss it thoroughly to find how to deal with it."

Miroku sighed. "Well, that's not the only problem. Since we are having this meeting, we need to discuss everything that we have discovered."

Inuyasha sighed. "Well what have you discovered?"

Sango crossed her arms tightly. "It seems that Kouga is sneaking off to discussions with Kikyo. Shippo informed Miroku when he snuck in earlier that he reeked of Kikyo, and that means that he is betraying us."

Inuyasha growled deeply while staring at the floor. I thought that bastard was up to something…He wanted to run out there right then and begin to strangle the wolf demon as hard as he possibly could, but something held him back. He noticed Kagome's hand was placed on his knee, sending waves of calmness through him. She stared at him with a determined face, her touch alone was calming him briefly.

Kagome stared at both Miroku and Sango. "So where is he? If he is a betrayer then he shouldn't be anywhere in this club."

Miroku nodded. "Point taken, but he is a demon, and even though on several occasions he has been whipped by a human, if he is found out his senses will drive him to do more harm to the person trying to get to him."

Sango sighed. "In other words, Inuyasha is the only one who can deal with him. You…" She pointed at Kagome. "…I highly suggest, shouldn't be anywhere near him, as he still has been claiming you verbally around the club. He might try to pull a last minute stunt."

Inuyasha snorted. "She's in no position to go anywhere, anyway. I'll take care of that bastard."

Kagome looked at him carefully. "Inuyasha, you have to be careful with that. If he is seeing Kikyo, then he's part of Fluffy's gang, too. That could mean that he has a bargain made with him if he is killed, too."

The 'boss' growled and crossed his arms, leaning against the back of the couch. "If he's posing a threat to members of my gang then I'll have no choice. I'll leave no room for argument. Especially if the matter concerns you."

She snorted. "What about the other matter? It has EVERYTHING to do with me!"

"What other matter?" Miroku asked clueless.

Inuyasha stared at Sango and pointed at her. "This is going to enrage you beyond belief, as it did both Kagome and I, so stay at your seat." When Sango cautiously nodded, Inuyasha continued. "We have found out that there is exclusive proof that Sesshomaru killed Kagome's father, and that he did not kill himself."

Sango gaped. "You're kidding! That bastard!"

Miroku put his hand firmly down on her shoulder to keep her in the seat. His face grew very serious and concerned. "Do you know this for certain?"

Kagome nodded and put her hand on her stomach. "Without a doubt. We went over the evidence and everything that the police had stated just didn't match up. The wound on his neck suggested that he had been slashed with something that wasn't metal because it was jagged, the knife left at the scene wasn't even jagged, and Fluffy's initials are on the handle. He did it, trust me."

Sango stared at her friend, amazed that she could be so calm after hearing something like that. It appeared that their Kagome-chan was scheming, but she wasn't about to let paranoia give her odd feelings. "So what can we do about it?"

Inuyasha sighed. "WE aren't going to do anything. I will handle Kikyo, Kouga, and Fluffy."

Kagome mentally slapped him. "You are not putting this burden on your shoulders alone, Inuyasha. I am going to be part of it every step of the way, whether you like it or not."

He stared at her. "You are injured, you can do nothing until you are healed, got that?"
"It won't take me but another day to be healed completely Inuyasha. You're not doing this alone, I mean it. I won't let you."

He just stared at her, and the four sat in a very uncomfortable silence for the moments passing. They all knew what had to be done. A lot of the people involved with Fluffy would either die or be completely frightened beyond belief. Inuyasha just didn't know anymore which made him feel better, as long as the people would pay for what they did to his Kagome.

Miroku tapped his knee impatiently. "So…how's the weather?"

All three of the others glared at him and screamed "Miroku!" at the same time. He shrugged. "Sorry, I just couldn't stand the silence."

Kagome forced herself to stand and started walking into the hallway with Inuyasha babbling like an idiot. "Where in the seven hells do you think you're going?! I told you to stay put so that you don't reopen your wounds!"
She stopped for a second and stared down at the floor. "A wound has already been reopened, Inuyasha. I'm not worried about a little blood loss." Then she continued carefully into his bathroom so that she could splash water on her face.

While Inuyasha and the others decided to engage in conversation instead of worrying over Kagome's problems, the cell phone that was still attached to her belt rang. Inuyasha's ears picked it up, and he shushed the others while Kagome answered it.

"Hello?" She said quietly.

The small laughing of Kikyo was heard on the other end. Kagome fumed and clenched her fists tightly. "YOU FUCKING BITCH! Show yourself to me in person!"

Suddenly, she started whispering on the other end, and Kagome couldn't pick up the words. She felt tired, sleep suddenly starting to lull her. She wasn't stupid, however, she knew that Kikyo was placing a spell on her and as another Miko she started to fight it. "No…I won't…let…you!"

"Sleep, my little Miko, and dream the worst dreams you could have thought imaginable. Until our next meeting." She continued to whisper and Kagome dropped to her knees.

"Go…to…hell! I'll kill you and your boss!" She screamed until she felt her aura suddenly being pulled from her, weakening her. In her stronger form, she could fight it, but as weak as she was at the moment (Both physically and emotionally), Kikyo was able to drain away her Miko shield to continue with the spell.

Inuyasha, followed by Miroku and Sango, appeared at the bathroom's doorway. He was just in time to catch her as she seemed to pass out, and his ears could pick up the laugh of Kikyo while Kagome still held the phone. "Say good night, Miko. Sayonara, Inuyasha." Then she hung up.

Inuyasha was shocked beyond belief. He knew it, Kikyo put a strong spell on Kagome and forced her to sleep so she could see the dream to its fullest effects. They had to wake her, and they had to do it quickly.

"Miroku, I know you've read up on stuff like this, so help me out here."

Miroku bent down over Kagome and ran a hand over her slightly decreasing aura. "She has had her aura drained, Inuyasha. Kikyo took that protective shield off while she was in her weakened state and used it to control her mind into sleeping. If we don't wake her soon, she'll possible go insane with fear."

Inuyasha was dumbfounded before he cursed. How the hell did Miroku know she was a Miko in the first place? Sango looked questionably at Miroku. "I know this is stupid of me, Miroku, but how can you sense auras?"

He never looked up from trying to coax Kagome out of her sleeping state. "My ancestors were monks and they have passed their traits on throughout the generations." He stated. "A dream spell as powerful as this can only be broken by her, Inuyasha, so if you don't mind I'd like to try something."

Inuyasha glared at the monk, cautious. "What are you going to do?"

"I shall attempt to wake her by entering her self conscious. Spiritually, of course. If I can coax out more of her power then she could force the offending spell out of herself. It is slightly painful, but only for an instant. And since she is already sleeping, it shouldn't have that much affect on her physical body. This will give me a perfect opportunity to reflect upon what my ancestors taught me."

Inuyasha sighed. Kagome would feel pain, but only for a moment. Where as if this spell drives her insane… "Alright, do it, but don't you dare hurt Kagome."

Miroku gripped her shoulders and put her head into his lap. Inuyasha was very wary, but positive that Miroku wasn't stupid enough to be a lecher in the situation they were in. No, even he had his limits, and for the most part Sango had broken him of any lechery, except towards her. She was still working on that.

He closed his eyes as his hands grabbed the sides of her head. Miroku seemed to really struggle for a minute before he blacked out and spiritually entered Kagome's mind.

Sango was shocked, she suddenly felt like she hadn't known Miroku at all. One minute, he seemed to be insulted by being called a modern day monk, the next it was clear because he was an old fashioned monk performing some sort of sorcery on her best friend. She suddenly felt weird, as she may have been one of the scariest people there, but she was the only one who couldn't sense an aura or who had a special super ability beyond the human race. For once, she actually wondered what it was like not being human.

There was pure darkness, almost nothing visible. This had indicated to him that she was definitely asleep, for when you were awake your mind was filled with thoughts and fantasies. Shortly in the distance was a bright pink spiritual looking ball, and one that was circling it with a greenish color. Miroku had remembered that the one not moving was Kagome's dream, and probably the green light was the offending problem.

Her ball was bright and large, giving off a power all its own. Kagome didn't have to say anything for him to know what she was. He knew it when Fluffy had stabbed her with his claws, but he knew for a fact that it was a well kept secret and decided not to blab his huge mouth to anyone who would listen. She would probably tell everyone in her own time as it was.

For a Miko, even in her sleep, her mind seemed very empty. It disturbed him and told him that Kikyo may have drained her of more than just her aura. She may have been drained of some of her memories so that the new horrors of Kikyo's dreams could occupy them. He was here to wake her up and prevent that from happening.

He approached the pink ball and reached out to touch it, suddenly being dragged into her dream. He discovered that Kikyo was very creative, and highly sadistic. It took place in a rain storm right outside the club, and Kikyo sat perched near by, watching carefully.

Kagome was tied with both hands hanging against the wall of the club and her feet tied apart while being hung by the heavy bricks on the ground. She was screaming in pain as Inuyasha, Sango, and a picture image of himself were laughing and torturing her. He suddenly saw the purpose of this dream; to show her that she wasn't loved and to make it all seem like she had lost the last ones she cared about. It wasn't something that Miroku wanted to plague her memories.

He knew that the bad thing about dream curses mainly was that everything that happens in the dream is felt in real life. She would be feeling pains from her wrists and legs, and possibly every punch that Inuyasha, Sango and himself were hitting to her. The ironic thing was, sometimes when the victim awoke, they even had bruises where they were tortured. Hell sometimes, the person even died of shock.

But Kagome's soul and powers were strong enough that Miroku believed he could bring her out of it, or at least convince her not to believe a shred of it. She should be fully aware of everything in the dream, so seeing two Miroku's will more than likely bring her out of it. She had known that Kikyo was placing the spell on her seconds before she was dragged into it, too, so that might have been another factor.

Miroku ran forward and stopped a few feet away from the crowd, putting his hands around his mouth. "Kagome!"

She glanced up with a black eye and a confused face as she noticed two Miroku's. "What…" Inuyasha delivered another punch to her stomach and quieted her without seeming to notice Miroku. "Shove it, bitch! Don't speak!"

Kikyo noticed the second Miroku and stood with an angry glare on his face. She snapped her fingers and all of her 'characters' froze in the spot to where it was just her, Miroku and Kagome moving. "So, Monk, you think you can outwit me?"

Kagome looked confused from one person to another and then turned enraged. "Kikyo, you twisted psycho bitch!"

Kikyo could only laugh at the struggling woman. "Indeed I am twisted. I am proud of what I have done to you, as perfect revenge for beating my face and taking Inuyasha into your clutches. I am glad that I discovered you were a Miko of little strength, but sadly for me I had waited a little too long to notice."

Kagome shifted against her ropes. "So is that why you didn't pound me with power when we met?"

"Hmm…I must admit that you had puzzled me slightly, and until I had discovered how much strength you truly had I wasn't about to attack you. But now I know, and since I have this spell on you I will slowly but surely drive you insane."

Miroku looked at Kagome carefully. "Kagome! Whatever you dream is NOT REAL! Even if you feel it, it's not really happening! Never believe any of it!"

Kagome nodded and struggled some more. "Thanks Miroku."

Kikyo pointed at him. "You will not ruin this for me. I'll have them beat her to death, and she'll really die mind you." Then she seemed to zap Miroku with the tips of her fingers, casting him out of her dreams and back into himself.

He seemed to jump and suddenly grabbed his head as it flew back against the counter. Sango was right beside him shaking him slightly while Inuyasha grabbed Kagome back. "Miroku, what happened? Are you alright?"

He held his head tightly to attempt to stop the throbbing. Turned out he was the one in pain and she wasn't. "It seems that Kikyo was projecting quite the horrible dream into her head. It is something that Kagome would truly be scared of if it actually happened. But I was able to make her see that it was a dream, and Kikyo showed up in the flesh to cast me out of the dream."

Inuyasha cradled Kagome against his chest and stared at Miroku. "What was she dreaming about? Dare I call you monk now without getting cursed?"

Miroku snorted, acting like he had the side effects of a long night partying. "Honestly, Inuyasha, I may have saved Kagome-chan's very life. Must you be so blunt?"

"She's not awake, and I want her awake and well." He shook her slightly and they all witnessed as her face contorted with the pains she was 'receiving'. Miroku cursed to himself. He hoped that Kikyo wasn't actually going to kill Kagome with attacks from her 'friends'. He didn't want something that horrible to be the last thing she ever sees.

"I mean it, Miroku, what was she dreaming about?"

Miroku sighed deeply, still pressing his head tightly. "I don't think I have the right to talk about something in Kagome's mind. If she feels at liberty to reveal that to you when she wakes, then she'll tell you and it'll become your business."

Sango gripped his shoulder tightly. "But Miroku, knowing could help us wake her, couldn't it?"

"No, Kagome-chan has to fight on her own now. Believe me, if she fought back with her strength then she could easily escape the hold." Miroku then stood and stormed into Inuyasha's kitchen. "I'm going to see what sort of ice Inuyasha may keep in his freezer, I'll be back in a moment."

Inuyasha sighed deeply. "Damn that bastard Sesshomaru, if it weren't for him then none of this would have ever happened."

Sango patted his shoulder. "Let's put Kagome in your bed, Inuyasha. That way she'll at least be comfortable while she goes insane."

Inuyasha snorted and resisted the urge to strangle her. "You're not helping, damn it."

She shrugged. "I was hoping that forcing you to hit me would make you feel better."

"Well then you're lucky Kagome came along or you would have a red hand mark against your face." Sango smirked at his meaningless threat as she watched him stand. He lifted Kagome's shoulders while Sango got her legs and they walked down to the end of the hall to place her in his king sized bed. The room was dark, so that the details of it couldn't be told, but his silk sheets covered her as Inuyasha worked them up from underneath the comforter. He rubbed his eyes as he sat down beside her on the bed, watching as Sango crossed her arms and stared at him. "Well, what are we going to do now?"

Inuyasha tapped his forehead carefully. "I have only one choice, so I want you to come with me and make sure I keep myself under control, you know, no hurting the innocent people. I have to get that cocky, ignorant bastard out of my club as soon as possible."

Sango sighed. "But you'll have to be the boss, right?"

He scratched his ears. "Yea, I have to be mean and let everyone know I'm pissed. How else do you expect me to keep this club under order?"

She glanced at Kagome and sighed again. "It seems the only demon that you can trust now is Shippo."

Inuyasha made a small noise and glanced at her. "Now that's not true, I can trust Sesshomaru to make my life hell and I trust that bastard Kouga to regret ever thinking of crossing me." He stood and grabbed his coat. "We shall leave Miroku to watch over Kagome. He'd be useless anyway with his 'headache' problem." Inuyasha had a strange feeling, so he bent over and kissed Kagome's forehead carefully. I don't know what else to do but to trust that monk. Be all right, Kagome, and wake up soon.

He and Sango walked out of the room as he finished putting on his weapons. He was getting angrier and angrier the more he moved away from Kagome. "Miroku! Watch Kagome, we'll be back." Then they were out of the room in hot pursuit of the Youkai. He would be busted beyond belief before the night was out.

Miroku had managed to get an ice pack after just barely hearing his order. "Yea, sure, no problem." He walked over to the room to glance at Kagome before his cell phone rang, and he left the room as if forgetting that he was supposed to wake her as he walked into the bathroom.

That's when Kagome broke free of her spell. After verbally arguing with Kikyo for a while, she managed to only get some more smacks in the face by the 'Inuyasha' of the dream. She felt completely out of it, her head still aching hard. She wasn't thinking straight.

"Damn that bitch to hell!" She was confused. All she wanted to do was get out of the bed and kill Kikyo for what she had done to her! She was attempting to drive her insane, and until Miroku had shown up in her dreams, she had nearly fallen there.

She just couldn't stand it anymore! She didn't plan on doing nothing until her wound healed, and she sure as hell wasn't going to wait around for Inuyasha to take care of her! No, something had to be done, and soon. Kagome wanted to see to that personally.

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Inuyasha had stormed down the stairs with Sango following, slamming everything as hard as possible to get the attention of the club. When people got in his way, he would brutally shove them aside, screaming "Get the hell out of my way!" Or "Move it!" It was anything to be as rude as possible.

Kouga was instantly on attention as the crowd parted for Inuyasha to come through. He stopped throwing darts to stare at Inuyasha as he stood at the edge of the crowd, clenching his fists. "You wanna explain to me why the hell that Kikyo bitch's scent is all over you!"
Kouga snorted and observed the twenty some eyes looking at him. "I was just outside, mutt, her scent could have clung to my clothes."

"Not that much scent. Care to also explain to me where the hell you've been for the past few hours?"

"Walking, why is that so hard for you to follow?"

"Because nobody goes anywhere without asking, especially not smelling like that poor excuse for a whore when they just happen to venture back."

Kouga glared at him. "By what right do you have calling her a whore?" He snapped a hand on his mouth stupidly when he realized what he had said. Inuyasha's inhumane growl and the muttering throughout the rest of the club proved that mistake to be fatal.

Inuyasha clenched his fists again while preparing himself mentally for what was about to happen. Kouga was going to be booted out of his club for good, and there was nothing anyone could do to stop him.

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Miroku had finally decided that he had had enough of his beer for now and stood from the leather chair to check on Kagome. He hadn't heard anything out of her for ten minutes, five of those were spent in the bathroom finishing his conversation with a club member. He smirked at the stupidity of that conversation, giving directions because the member had forgotten what part of New York he was in. He had found that hilarious, but he had other matters to attend to.

He walked into the darkened room and had to squint to see if he could see her on the bed. When he wasn't entirely sure that the lump on the bed was moving, he walked over and lightly touched it. "Kagome-chan?" He asked quietly. The lump did not move as it was buried under the covers. It was obvious that she simply didn't feel his touch.

So, he gently poked the lump, only to swallow harshly. He ripped the blanket off and discovered it to be nothing more than body pillows. Kagome was no where in the room, but there were no windows in this complex, so he had no idea what to do. He had no idea when she had gotten up or when she had walked away, but he knew she hadn't been kidnapped because it was just too crafty and this place was a secret.

He urgently walked around and sighed. If he started yelling for her, Inuyasha would know he screwed up and would definitely kill him. Of course, if he didn't and never found her, Inuyasha would kill him anyway.

Basically, he was screwed.

The lump in his throat increased when he saw Inuyasha's doorway open with both her cell phone and coat missing from the chair they were placed on.

Kagome was injured, and Kagome was gone.

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Inuyasha had Kouga down in a strangling position that he had often hoped he would be using on the wolf someday. Normally the rest of the club would have been worried, but they knew that betrayal did not go over well with Inuyasha. They had all figured that out the hard way, after other members died, or in Kikyo's case, went completely insane.

Sango suddenly heard a strange beeping sound from a watch she wore that she had never heard before. Inuyasha's ears went up to the beep too as Sango glanced at it. When she remembered that it was a watch asking for help with the silent alarm, her face was urgent as she ran away to find Shippo near the garage doors.

Inuyasha had realized that something was happening and he didn't have time to kill the wolf. He picked him up by the back of his neck, removed his cell phone and guns and anything else Inuyasha didn't feel like leaving on him, then shoved him harshly out the door. "Consider yourself lucky, damn it! Get lost and never come back!"

When Sango had arrived in the garage, she was completely stunned. Shippo was gagged and tied on a chair with wires bounding him. His gag was cloth and Sango quickly got to work removing it. After a minute, an out of breath Miroku appeared in the room, but before Sango could ask Shippo screamed. "God damn it, just stop her!"

Sango widened her eyes. "Stop who?"

Miroku glanced into the garage. "Kagome…"

Shippo shook violently. "I don't know what the hell's wrong with her but she high tailed it on one of Inuyasha's motorcycles. She just got on and left! Right after she tied me up."

Miroku worked to untie the bounds that held him. "Don't be angry at her, Shippo, Kagome's not well…"

"She's not crazy! She tied me up and apologized the whole time for it! She told me not to tell anyone what she was doing but it's kinda hard not to when she steals something valuable to Inuyasha and puts herself in danger!"

Inuyasha glared at Miroku and Sango as he stormed into the room. "What the hell is going on?"

Miroku looked down as if preparing for a hit. "Kagome just stole one of your motorcycles and sped out of here like a high speed chase. She's gone completely crazy!"

Inuyasha growled deeply and Sango sighed. "Don't worry, Inuyasha, she may have tied up Shippo, but he still has the monitors."

Miroku nodded. "Yea, Kagome took her phone and coat with her."

Inuyasha sweat dropped and he started screaming a little desperately for his liking. Does she even know how to drive a motorcycle? "HAS SHE GONE COMPLETELY INSANE?! ON A MOTORCYLCE THAT DOESN'T EVEN BELONG TO HER, WITH WOUNDS THE SIZE OF A DINNER PLATE, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FUCKING NIGHT!" He ran into the garage. "I'll kill you later, Miroku! Sango, rally the five motorists and send them on an all scale search, then you two join us! I just released Kouga and he may have even seen her leaving!" Inuyasha put on his special helmet that conveniently had microphones and speakers in them so that communication between others on the bikes was still possible. He revved up the engine as he drove off into the night. What the hell are you thinking, Kagome? This all must really be taking a toll on you…

Sango and Miroku joined the other five motorists on the bikes and drove off in the same manner Inuyasha did. She talked so that her companions could hear her. "We're on an all scale search, find Kagome and the bike that she's on, and then alert everyone else to the position. Is that clear?" She heard a muffled "Yes ma'am" from the rest of the bikers.

Inuyasha was already too far ahead. He couldn't smell Kagome over the motored vehicles on the road, and he began to wonder if her little charade was all herself or if Kikyo was truly driving her insane. God I hope not…

But he couldn't be mad at her at the moment, he had plenty of time for that later. Right now, he had to find her alive and well, then he could interrogate her all he wanted. That's all he thought as he weaved in and out of cars, going at least thirty over the speed limit to find her. He still stuck to his word; insane or not, Kagome Higurashi was NOT leaving him!

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(A/N-As always, my reviewers are the best! Thank you for your wonderful reviews!)

And in case you all hadn't figured it out last chapter, Kouga has now completely betrayed Inuyasha and is now working for Fluffy. Kikyo managed to trick Kagome into the dream curse, but Kagome is not insane! She may have felt a little woozy, but this stunt is all her! She just had plans of her own and was not going to wait around for Inuyasha to help. Ohhhh…suspenseful!