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?

12. Bringing down the witch

Disclaimer-I don't own Inuyasha, but I still know that we all wish we do -_-

Chapter 12-Bringing down the witch

(A/N-I STILL DO EVERYTHING IN THIS STORY FOR A REASON! DON'T FORGET THAT!)

Kagome was redder than a tomato as she stared shocked at Sango. "I…I…"

Sango smirked and patted Kagome's shoulder. "It's ok, Kagome-chan, Miroku didn't hear much. After he made a comment about Inuyasha throwing the phone down, I knocked him out and sort of listened in. I couldn't help it. But when Miroku woke up, he saw how much I blushed apparently and assumed what had happened, and that's what we argued about."

Kagome couldn't get any redder. "You argued about where we had sex!"

She just smirked and nodded. "I'm sorry, really I am. Inuyasha's phone didn't shut off all the way and until I hung up it stayed connected. After a while of having the phone disconnected I called in like nothing happened."

The young woman looked almost faint. She put a hand on her forehead and looked down. "I need to sit down…"

Sango helped her sit on a large spare tire in the garage and sighed deeply for her friend's misery. "I'm sorry, Kagome, I really am." Her words said one thing but her expression said otherwise.

Therefore, she earned a hard glare from Kagome. "You are enjoying this, aren't you?"
"I'm sorry, but the look on your face when I told you was priceless."
"Sango, do you understand how embarrassing that is? That was something that you had no business listening in on in the first place! Not to mention if Inuyasha finds out, he'll probably go ballistic and kill you two."

Sango gaped and almost looked like she was ready to beg. "Kagome, don't tell Inuyasha, please. This sort of thing has never happened before and I don't know how he'll react."

"Privacy is very important to him, Sango, and he told me himself that he would kill if somebody interfered or eavesdropped."
"Trust me, I believe that."

Kagome sighed. She didn't want to know what Inuyasha would do if he found out. Her reaction was one thing, but his would probably be terrifying and bad for society. What's worse was they left him alone with Miroku just now.

Uh oh…

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Inuyasha stopped in his tracks while in the middle of the main club-room. Kagome was certainly feeling something weird…if he focused hard enough he could find out what it was, and if it was something stupid he would tease her about it later. He stopped and closed his eyes, focusing everything into her so that he could see what had her so upset.

What he assumed she was thinking of made him extremely nervous…

It seemed Kagome was terribly embarrassed because Sango was explaining something to her. But what exactly was it? It wasn't something that only women talk about, because he could feel that it somehow greatly involved him, and strangely enough…his cell phone.

Once he figured it out, he gulped. Today was definitely not his day…

Miroku turned and tilted his head to the side in observation of Inuyasha. "What's the matter?"

Inuyasha talked through gritted teeth, keeping his claws digging into the palms of his hands. "Monk…" He stated carefully. "Tell me right now what you were talking to Sango about when Kagome and I came out."

Miroku laughed nervously. "Oh, it was nothing, Inuyasha."

"That's a lie, tell me now damn it!" If it was what he was thinking then he wasn't sure what he would do. He felt like he was going fall over with a rush of strange emotions.

"Well, what I want to know is what you had to get off the phone for in such a hurry." Miroku had a very confident sound in his voice, and it suddenly irritated Inuyasha to no end.

He caught it, he could sense the truth behind those words. Miroku knew, and he didn't want to get caught because Inuyasha tended to have a temper. But Inuyasha couldn't decide whether he was angry, or completely and utterly embarrassed. Apparently he didn't shut his cell phone off all the way, and some people must have overheard more than what was welcomed. A LOT more.

Inuyasha decided to do the thing he was best at. Scare the shit out of the monk to teach him a better lesson. "How much do you know?" His gaze turned dark and Miroku was now the one gulping.

"Inuyasha, I don't…"

"Shove it, what do you know?" He turned to face Miroku and intimidate him to a point where he nearly pissed his pants. The rest of the gang was now watching intently, becoming quiet so they could hear perfectly.

"I don't know anything…that is…"

The next thing the monk knew he was up against the wall with a seething Inuyasha holding him up by his neck. "You son of a bitch! You fucking son of a bitch! I'm going to teach you a lesson that will burn a hole in your backside for the rest of your life!" He continued to growl as his eyes bored holes in Miroku's brain.

Miroku widened his eyes. WHAT DID I DO? He couldn't breathe, so in order to get more air he gripped Inuyasha's hands and attempted to pull himself up. For some odd reason, he now feared for his life…and he hadn't said a word.

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Kagome gaped and swallowed. "Oh crap…" Suddenly her cell phone rang and for a minute she just stared at it to make sure it was hers. After the moment of pondering, she opened it to Shippo's voice. "Kagome?"
"Yes?"

"Where are you at? Inuyasha's gone ballistic and as far as I know you're the only one who can stop him!"

Kagome widened her eyes. "What's he doing and where is he?" Stupid, Miroku, very stupid!

"He's by the bar, and let's just say that Miroku is turning different colors from lack of air at the moment. He'll probably be deaf in a few minutes, too."

"He's that pissed?"

"He's beyond pissed, he's outraged!"

She looked at Sango. "I'm coming, Shippo." Then she hung up and stared at Sango. "It looks like Inuyasha knows and if we don't leave now he'll kill Miroku."

Both girls got up and ran into the club, hoping that Inuyasha wouldn't be ruthless enough to kill his best friend. Who knew how seriously a Hanyou would take something like eavesdropping in on a private moment between him and his mate?

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It was very shocking when they got into the club. Inuyasha was indeed being ruthless as he held Miroku up by his neck pinned against the wall. The monk held onto Inuyasha's hands, but that didn't stop the lack of air and his face was turning a bright purple. The crowd of people around them had clearly backed away enough to stay out of the range of fire, for their leader seemed mad enough to take on the club. He was so mad, in fact, that the deadly silence and lack of verbal abuse was scarier than Sesshomaru's smile. Yep, that's pretty scary.

Kagome and Sango ran over to him with Kagome grabbing his arm, sensing him calm down some but not enough to drop Miroku. "Inuyasha, put him down."

He growled deeply and shook his head. "The hell I will." He squeezed tighter and Miroku let out a surprised yelp that Sango gasped to.

Kagome shook him slightly. "Inuyasha, what would hurting him accomplish here?"

"It would teach him a lesson on eavesdropping, that's for sure."

Kagome sighed and tightened her grip on his arm. "If you kill him then so help me I will never forgive you."

He turned and stared at her his teeth still clenching. "I should kill this bastard, and that bitch over there." He pointed at Sango. "They both apparently need to be taught something."

"Where the hell's your leash? You're acting like a vicious animal to one of your best friends, now put him down!"

Inuyasha growled and turned back to Miroku, giving him a glare that could cause an ice age. Carefully, he set the man on his feet and pulled him so they were nose to nose. "Now get this, if something like that ever happens again then Kagome or no Kagome I WILL kill you. GOT IT?"

Miroku nodded and held his neck tightly. "Yes, Inuyasha."

He turned and glared at Sango. "Especially you, I have never hit a girl but your ass is pushing it."

Sango nodded and spoke with slight fear in her voice. "Of course, Inuyasha."

He took a small glance at Kagome before he turned heal and walked over near the stair case, bending down and jumping up to the second story instead of climbing the stairs. Then he stomped into his office and slammed the door hard enough for a cracking sound to be heard. Kagome winced and held her head down while rubbing her forehead slightly. She had never seen him so angry before, or maybe he was extremely embarrassed at having been caught and didn't like it one bit.

The rest of the club seemed shocked into silence. They looked up at the office door and stared at it like it would eventually do a trick. It was so quiet, not even the rattling of the chains on their belts could be heard. They were still clueless as to why their leader was bent on killing, and they would never know if Kagome got her say in it. Miroku and Sango would definitely not be opening their mouths again about what they had heard.

Kagome huffed and glared at Miroku. "Are you happy now? I have never seen him so pissed."

Miroku looked flabbergasted. "What did I do?" He asked with pure truth. He didn't say a word about knowing anything to Inuyasha, nor did he think he hinted it. He was just plain confused.

Sango started checking Miroku, and after making sure he was ok she glared at him. "What the hell did you tell him for?! What were you thinking!"

Miroku looked down at the ground. "All I did was ask him about what he needed to get off the phone for, I didn't say anything about knowing, nor did I hint on about it."

"Then how did he know?!" Sango crossed her arms and tapped her foot as she waited for an answer.

He shrugged. "Did you tell Kagome within the past few minutes? If you did, he could have reacted to what she was feeling at the moment."

Sango looked down. "Hmm…I guess I did, and Kagome had to sit down because she was so embarrassed."

Kagome snorted. "I'm right here, don't talk like I'm not."

Miroku shook his head, dismissing her comment. "Anyway, I was just curious as to if he would tell me, and then he started questioning me about how much I knew and before I knew it I was against the wall with him yelling in my ear that what he did with Kagome was none of my business. And believe me, I know that, I'm not that stupid. He was seething, he was so angry, and this time I wasn't being a lecher."

Sango looked at Kagome, who was still staring with curiosity at the ground. "Kagome-chan, could you possibly find out how in the world he guessed, like make sure it was your feelings he was reacting to?"

Kagome snorted. "If you want to find out, go up there and ask him yourself, Sango. I'm not going to make him angrier by bringing it up. In fact, I'm going for a walk. Call me if you need anything." She adjusted her coat on her shoulders and started heading out but Miroku grabbed her arm.

"Kagome-chan, if you leave then Inuyasha will go ballistic again. He'll think you're running away." Miroku didn't sound like he had changed at all, but the rubbing of his neck proved otherwise. If he didn't have a bruise there by tomorrow then Kagome would be amazed.

"If it would make you feel any better, then I want Sango to come with me, ok?"

The monk seemed to consider it before nodding and letting her go. Sango then followed her out the door as they trudged into the streets, slipping their sunglasses on so they weren't so easily recognized.

After a few minutes of walking, Sango had to break the silence. "Kagome, do you have any ideas as to what happened in there?"

She sighed deeply and stared at her feet. "I think that perhaps it's a Miko ability. Inuyasha has always been good with judgment, but that sounded unreal. One of my Miko abilities is that I can sense even the slightest lie. Perhaps something in our bond helped him gain that power and he used it to his advantage, as well as my reactions to you telling me what you had heard."

"But he nearly killed Miroku in the process. That was so scary."

Kagome looked down. "You have no idea…" She stated. Either that or he was very, very embarrassed and wanted to cover up for it. "Our bond also allows us to calm one another slightly by touching. The closer we are to each other, the calmer we feel. When I touched Inuyasha, some of his anger calmed and he was able to listen to me and put Miroku down. If I wasn't able to do that then Miroku probably wouldn't be living right now."

Sango watched her feet also as they kicked stones along the street. "He had every right to kill us, under his rules, anyway. We shouldn't have eavesdropped on something so intimate between you two. But that's probably only half of why he was so angry today. Normally he probably would have just punched him once or kicked him or something else besides nearly hanging him."

Kagome cocked an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

She glanced at Kagome. "You studied demons in Japan, right? Tell me what you know about Hanyous."

"Hmm…" Kagome glanced down at the ground and sighed. "Well, they're half and half, of course, so it's only half the power. That means that if Inuyasha had been full demon, people would have bowed down to him. But since he's Hanyou, there'll be times when his powers won't work and he'd be useless. But I haven't seen that in Inuyasha yet."

Sango nodded. "Once a month half-demons loose their demon blood. Inuyasha's time is the new moon, which would be tonight, if you remember correctly. Slowly throughout the day he looses more and more of his power, and then when it turns dark he turns completely human until sunrise. He hates it, and it usually makes him more testy than usual. You know, he gets really easily aggravated and it's not hard for someone to push his buttons."

Kagome widened her eyes and looked down. "But that sort of thing would need to remain a secret so that enemies don't know when's he's vulnerable, so how do you know?"

"I know because Inuyasha had to have somebody to run his club while he went into hiding. He'd stay up in his office and only me and Miroku would be allowed in so that we could continue giving orders to the club."

"I see…" They passed an alley but stopped when they heard a sinister laugh. "What was that?" Sango asked.

"We should probably go and see. Got you're weapons?"

"Duh, Kagome, the rule is to never leave without them." They both took out their guns and entered the alley, the farther they walked down the darker it seemed to get. The laugh got louder and louder, and when they came to the end of the alley they grew nervous.

Kagome looked around and stood straighter. She was sensing a Miko, and the only explanation stepped out of the shadows, blocking their only exit. "So nice of you to come and see us, Kikyo, it makes hunting your ass down a lot easier." Kagome stated blandly. Sango, however, was reaching into her pocket and preparing to hit the warning button so that Inuyasha could come to their rescue. She wasn't about to let psycho bitch destroy them both.

Kikyo's sadistic laugh rang like a tornado drill in their ears, sending uncomfortable chills down their spines. "Oh yes, how fortunate is my day today that I get to destroy not only the second and third in the gang, but Inuyasha's girlfriend as well. My what a treat."

Sango glanced at Kagome and snarled. "I'm pushing the button."

"Not yet, Sango." Kagome stated. "Inuyasha couldn't do anything anyway. Kikyo is insane and Inuyasha needs the powers of a true Miko to take care of this."

Kikyo crossed her arms tightly and smirked. "Very good, perhaps I underestimated you on your knowledge of the Miko's heritage. That's not going to stop me from destroying you, however. Push that little button Sango, I want Inuyasha to see his mate die before he attempts to kill me."

"Mate?" Apparently, Sango hadn't been listening fully to Miroku's explanation, or just hadn't been paying attention period to Inuyasha and Kagome. She had been totally clueless, and she knew what a mate would mean to Inuyasha. No way in hell am I not going to push this button now. He'd literally kill me!

"Of course. That woman there wouldn't have gained all this extraordinary power if she didn't mate to Inuyasha."

Sango snorted. "You'll be wiped off the face of the earth if you dare to mess with what's Inuyasha's."

Kikyo held her hands out. "I beg to differ." Then a strange light green like energy source flew from her hands towards Sango with lightning speed, scaring her enough that she dropped her gun. She didn't know what to do as she stood there waiting for the horrible light to hit her.

Kagome jumped in front of Sango and crossed her arms in an 'X' over her chest and face, making an invisible shield that deflected the energy up and over her and Sango. Kikyo stopped shooting the power and frowned at Kagome. "Quicker than I thought."

Kagome pulled her hands away from her face and pointed at Kikyo. "You leave Sango alone, bitch. This is between you and me."

Kikyo smirked and pulled her hands back behind her as she began forming a ball of energy. "Very well then. It's your funeral." She got into a stance and pushed her hands in front of her, shooting that ball of energy directly towards Kagome.

Kagome, however, forced out her hands and created a beam of purple energy, flowing out and blowing up the ball, causing separate beams of light to flow in different directions. One of the beams scraped the side of Kagome's arm pretty deeply and she winced as she reached up and grabbed it. The wound wasn't terribly big, but it was deep and stung like an acid burn. Kikyo's energy was a force to be reckoned with, and if she weren't careful then today would be the end of her. It was already starting to get to her.

Sango was a little too nervous and pushed the button in her pocket despite Kagome's orders, knowingly alerting Inuyasha to everything that was happening. There was no way in hell that she would let Kagome get hurt and it be her fault, because Inuyasha would not give it second thought to kill her, and she still wasn't ready to die yet. Especially not painfully slow.

Kagome began her own series of attacks; one in particular was a little harder for Kikyo to avoid. Even though it was painful, she forced her arms up in the appropriate stance. The arrows of light were like a regular bow and arrow. She pulled back her hands like she was holding a bow string, energy would take the form of a purple arrow and she'd let it go so it would shoot with incredible force at her opponent.

Kikyo managed to escape them by swinging her arms at precisely the right time and knocking them away from her, but she seemed to struggle greatly to do so. It was clear that even though Kikyo was stronger, Kagome had a few special attacks up her sleeve. Still, Kikyo was the stronger one in a lot of things, especially shields, meaning that Kagome had to have a lot of things up her sleeve in order to win.

And Kikyo had yet to be harmed by the new attacks.

Inuyasha, Miroku and many members of the gang showed up and ended up stopping to shield their eyes from the light of Kagome's attack. After a second of adjustment, Inuyasha pulled his arm away and glanced at the sight before him. Kagome was still shooting arrows of many sorts at Kikyo, and she was using different shields to deflect the different arrows in any direction but hers.

The women were oblivious to everything around them, and when Sango caught glimpse of the rest of the gang she just met their eyes and remained standing where she was. She was too frozen to attempt to move, and everyone else wasn't any better. No one had ever seen two Miko's engaged in a battle to the death, and it was rather impressive.

When Kikyo had seen a moment of pause, she flared up another ball and aimed. When it was released, Kagome dove out of the way and kneeled, placing her hands flatly on the ground. She closed her eyes and both Kikyo and Sango stood there questioning because at first nothing happened. But the ground began to shake and the cement cracked and pulled apart, going in a path towards Kikyo. The woman smirked and stepped aside before the crack hit her, but a bright circle of light shot out of the ground where she had been standing and remained in mid air, as if waiting for the order of Kagome.

Kagome clenched her eyes even tighter as she forced the ball to grow in strength. "Everyone get down!"

Since Sango was right behind her, she did as she was told by getting on her hands and knees and burying her face in her hands. Miroku slowly followed after he sensed the strength of the ball, and everyone else but Inuyasha followed his lead. He remained standing and braced himself because he wanted to see what was about to happen. He knew getting down, unless protecting someone like Kagome, would be showing weakness, no matter how strong the attack. And today was not a day for him to show weakness.

The ball glowed and grew before separate beams burst in many directions, mostly aimed at the other Miko. Inuyasha had to throw his arms up over his face as the force of the blast took him back a few feet. While most of the beams were aimed at Kikyo, some did fly over the gang members, and if they had been standing they would have been hit with the acid burning rays that could take their head off easily.

Kagome stood and clutched her shoulder. Kikyo had been forced on her hands and knees from a blow to the stomach, and she was currently viewing the damage done. She was bleeding, and the wound was burning, but nothing more than that. She smirked and slowly stood. "You put a lot of energy into that little attack, but you didn't kill me, and that's going to be your mistake."

The members that had gotten on the ground were now up on their hands and knees, too wary to stand all the way. Inuyasha was growling, and Kikyo seemed to just then take the time to notice that they were all there. "Ah, perfect." She grinned. "Are you prepared to watch your whore die, Inuyasha?"

He clenched his fists and prepared to take a step forward, but Miroku grabbed his shoulder and whispered urgently into his ear. "Kikyo isn't holding back, Inuyasha. If you go over there, she could kill you and then destroy Kagome when you're not able to do anything about it."

"Well you're stupid if you think I'm going to just sit here and watch, damn it!"

"Inuyasha, no one, not even Sesshomaru, can stand a full blow of a Miko. Only other Mikos have the immunity it takes to make it out alive. This has to be done with Kagome-chan, and Kagome-chan alone."

He growled even louder. He had to heed the words of the monk, he didn't want Kagome to die because he was being foolish or stubborn. Damn it to hell, what am I going to do?

Kikyo whipped around and threw a ball of energy at Kagome's feet. She jumped out of the way in time to watch the large explosion that emitted from it. She shook her head. "You'll have to do better than that, bitch!"

Kikyo smirked. "I would watch my tongue if I were you, little Miko. You have lost a great deal of energy, and I still have plenty to give." She threw yet another ball and this time, Kagome had to use her 'X' shield to block it. It wasn't as strong as before due to her lack of energy, but it still managed to deflect the ball away from her.

Finally, Kikyo stood strong and smirked. "I have had enough of this, little Miko. I want you dead and I want it now. This shall be the final move, and only one of us will come out alive, meaning me." Kikyo bent her knees and pushed her hands out with elbows locked in front of her. Kagome almost gasped. She's going to use her full attack on me! I better counter it and fast! She copied Kikyo quickly and tried to ignore the stubborn acid burn like pain on her arm. A shield wouldn't be strong enough to hold off the power that was about to be transferred right then and so the only way to do it was to fight back or die.

Inuyasha growled when he noticed what they were about to do. He was instantly worried and looked behind him. "Take aim at that bitch!"

Kagome glared at him. "Bullets aren't going to stop her, damn it!" She shouted, keeping her eyes on Kikyo but her ears on Inuyasha.

He ignored her and continued to tell his gang the orders. "If it gets out of hand and I tell you to, then you shoot at Kikyo and Kikyo only! If one bullet even gets within ten feet of Kagome I'll kill you all!"

Kagome winced again as the pain in her arm increased. Inuyasha winced when he looked back at her, his own machine gun in hand in case. "Fuck…Kagome!"

Kikyo grinned. "Perfect…" She muttered. She turned slightly and stared at Inuyasha. "Say goodnight to your bitch!" Then she shot the constant flow of large, bright energy at Kagome with alarming speed, who in turn copied her so that the energy's met and pushed against each other, forcing each Miko's feet to dig into the ground so they didn't get blown away. The blasts were both wider and taller than the Mikos, and as they increased in power they increased in both size and brightness.

Inuyasha's thoughts were clear as he flexed his claws. He was about to kill Kikyo while she was busy with a swipe of his hand, but Miroku stopped him. "Inuyasha, you can't touch the Miko's! If you do, then a power surge will flow through both the energies and BOTH women will die. Kagome has to do this alone unless she has some special ability allowing you into the ring. I wouldn't count on it, though." He sounded worried, concern masked over his face. He feared that he was about to watch one of his best friends die, and it was not a welcome thought.

Despite his earlier anger at Miroku, Inuyasha heeded his words again. "Shit…" He muttered. What am I going to do?

Kikyo pushed her energy even farther into Kagome, forcing her energy back and gaining the upper hand. Kagome cried out and knelt, her energy getting slightly weaker and Kikyo's moving closer to her. She was holding out, but there was only one thing she could do to win, and she wouldn't do it without permission. "Inuyasha, come here!" She screamed.

Inuyasha seemed to disappear as he ran around the power display and got behind Kagome, dropping his machine gun back into his coat and looking as if he would touch her shoulders, but was afraid to. She looked up at him through the corner of her eye, still holding out on her power. "Inuyasha, I need some of your energy." She whispered, knowing that only he would hear.

He nodded and held his hands out while turning his gaze at the energy. He was getting worried again, and worry was not an emotion he dealt well with. Following instructions wasn't something he normally dealt with either, but he would do whatever it took. "What do I do?"

"Grab my waist."

"But Miroku said..."
"Shut up and do it! I know what I'm doing!"
Inuyasha sighed, complied and gripped her waist, despite the slight shock that he felt when he latched his hands on. Kagome closed her eyes and seemed to draw from his aura, pulling most of that energy into herself and shoving it out into the power. Inuyasha had to brace his knees because his added energy was forcing them back more, so he would be the foundation so Kagome could continue pulling from him. He saw that she was taking energy from his hands and forced most of his energy into them so that Kagome would take larger amounts. It worked like a charm.

Kikyo started to worry when Kagome's energy became more powerful and started coming back at her with an alarming speed. Her eyes were terrified when the energy almost engulfed her. "NO! You're not supposed to win!" She screamed a blood-curdling scream as the energy engulfed her, and when Kikyo's energy flow stopped, Kagome stopped hers as well and held her arm, gasping for air while Inuyasha's hands tightened on her waist. When she looked up, she noted that Kikyo was gone, engulfed because of her stubborn stupidity.

Kagome dropped to her hands and knees and hung her head while Inuyasha got down beside her, gripping her shoulders. "Are you alright?"

She nodded. "I'm…just tired." She panted slightly and looked at Inuyasha with a small smile. She laughed with exhaustion. "We won." She said before fainting, but Inuyasha caught and cradled her against his chest. He took her pulse and sighed with relief, kissing her forehead as she rested. He placed his hand over the scrape on her shoulder and applied pressure to stop the bleeding, looking around and viewing the sight and trying to process exactly what had happened.

The gang stood there shocked at what they had seen. Even Miroku seemed completely appalled, and he knew of a Miko's strength. "That was truly amazing…" he whispered. After all the trouble that Kikyo had caused them, after everything she had done that would have gotten her killed if she was a normal human, she was finally gone. Kagome had shocked everyone there with her abilities. Kikyo may have been the stronger Miko, but Kagome was indeed the smarter one.

Inuyasha lifted her after a minute and glanced at Sango. "Are you alright?"

She nodded and stared at Kagome. "Yea, Kagome's the one you have to check. I wasn't able to do anything with this fight, so I pushed the button even though Kagome told me not to."

He nodded and looked down at her. "You did a good thing. She wouldn't have been able to stop that bitch unless she had someone with energy like me or possibly the monk." He glanced around at everyone else and held Kagome tighter. "Keep your eyes out for Fluffy. Now that we've eliminated one threat, he's going to become even more of one." He glanced down at Kagome again. "And it appears as though we have a secret weapon."

Miroku picked up a piece of metal near where Kikyo was destroyed and observed it carefully. "Inuyasha, what's this?"

Inuyasha stared at it and became silent with his thought. He had a few of those; they were tracking devices that were permanently strapped to the wrist of the person that needed it. He had taken a few people prisoner in his day, and they were quite handy because they never came off. You couldn't melt them or anything, so they stayed on the wrist and continued working. It still had a blinking light on it, which indicated that Sesshomaru knew where Kikyo was, or at least had been, at the moment. "Miroku, get rid of it."

Sango smirked. "Hey wait, Inuyasha, let's throw it in the river." She knew what it was, too, and she wanted to have a little fun.
"Throw it in the river?"

"Yea, that way Fluffy thinks that Kikyo drowned in the river and he'd go through all that trouble to dig it up. If we leave it here or destroy it, he'll come after us anyway, so why not have a little fun?"

"Because that'll just piss him off and make him angrier." He smirked after a minute, liking the sound of that. He'd always be one to yank his brother's chain. "Ok, let's throw it in the river. Sango, I'll leave you in charge of that. Make sure you're not followed, though."

She nodded. "Right." She took it from Miroku and twisted it in her hand. "Can I take one of your motorcycles? We hadn't ridden them in a while until you had to chase Kagome, and frankly, I missed it."

"I don't care, but if you crash it, I'll hurt you."

She grinned. "Got it." Then she took off into the garage so she could enjoy herself on a rare ride through the city.

Miroku glanced at Kagome's wound that Inuyasha still covered with his hand. "Inuyasha, you might want to take off her coat for that, don't you think?"

"I think I know what I'm doing, monk. I'm not taking her coat off out here in front of all you people." He stated. Kagome was still wearing just a spaghetti strap underneath the coat, and he didn't want everyone to see any of her skin, especially the bite mark on her shoulder because that would bring up unwanted questions.

He shifted Kagome closer to him and grabbed his cell phone, dialing Shippo's number. "Hey Shippo, go up to my office and lay out some bandages and ointment, you know all that medical shit. I want it all on my desk in a few minutes."

"Sure Inuyasha."

He made sure to actually hang up the phone this time and put it back on his belt. He looked around and then stared at his comrades. "You guys make sure that there's nothing here the police will find. And Kagome's Miko abilities are to remain a secret within this club or I'll be forced to kill you, got it? She's still the best thing that has ever happened to us." Then after hearing the agreement from the group, he started walking her back to the club with Miroku following closely behind.

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Kouga was running as fast as his legs could carry him back to Sesshomaru's club. He had followed Kikyo by order of his new boss and saw everything that happened up until she died. After that, he high tailed it for fear of being caught and Kagome using her power on him. He had never seen Mikos use power like that out in the open, and he was sure that it was a one in a billion thing that only a handful of people would ever see.

It fascinated him. Up until today he thought Kagome was just a really strong human woman. But now, after all he had seen, he was more convinced than ever that Sesshomaru shouldn't try to kill her, but find a way to use her to his advantage. After all, Kouga was a bastard, but he didn't want Kagome to die. No, he had plans for her…

Now all he would have to do is get Sesshomaru to agree with him after explaining everything. He planned on having revenge on Inuyasha soon, and he hoped to be rewarded with a second position in the gang since now that Kikyo was gone, it was empty.

Ah yes, the bastard that he was, he would never give up a chance to get revenge on Inuyasha. Even if Kagome was his mate, if she wasn't in his sight then he couldn't stop Kouga from having his way with her. That is, if she didn't kill him first. Something that she should be watched for were her hands. She packed quite the punch already without using her powers. Controlling Kagome would not be an easy task, but it could be done, even though Inuyasha had already mastered it without physical force that he knew.

Now all he had to do was butter up to Sesshomaru and hopefully get his way. He would beg and plead and force Fluffy dearest to at least consider his side, because like the bastard brown-noser he was, that was all he knew how to do. (A/N-Did I mention that Kouga's a bastard?)

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Miroku stood up in Inuyasha's office, observing him as he carefully wrapped Kagome's wound in a bandage while she lay upon a conveniently placed futon near his desk chair. He didn't bother healing it, as his powers were already starting to slowly leave him and it would take more of what was left of his Hanyou energy to heal her. He had to be a Hanyou in order for it to work, and that was the plan's only flaw. Even though he really wanted to free her of the pain of humanity, he would have to hold his powers until dark, when he usually gave the managing jobs to Sango and Miroku. He still walked around until darkness, that way no one would suspect a thing in his gang. But right before the sun set he locked his office door so that his human form wouldn't be seen. He hated being selfish, but he would have to do it, because that's how he had always done it.

Miroku silently observed the bite mark on her shoulder. When Inuyasha hadn't objected, he got a closer look at it but took great care not to touch it. He had made it a mental note to never touch what belonged to Inuyasha. "Well, this is impressive. She didn't act like that bothered her at all today."

Inuyasha sighed. "That's because it didn't, genius." He moved her arm around to see the mobility the bandage allowed and settled her hand down on her stomach.

"Well I may be overstepping my boundaries, but why wouldn't the mark hurt her? I mean, it's a bite, it should sting like hell."

"It's a symbol, monk, it hurt when I gave it to her but our bond keeps it from hurting otherwise." He sounded a little agitated. He didn't like to explain things that had to do with his or Kagome's personal life. Missions he enjoyed explaining because he could threaten to make sure that everything was done exactly the way he wanted it to be.

"Is it permanent?"

"Yes. Now what else do you want to know while I'm being generous and answering all of your questions?"

"Actually, I wonder what you think her reaction to tonight's occurrence will be."

"She has studied demons and Hanyou's in Japan, she's probably wondering why it hasn't happened yet. She'll be staying up here with me tonight since I can't protect her normally and allow her to walk around the club. You and Sango will be managing like always."

"She'll be asleep for a little while, Inuyasha. Even if she channeled your energy into that blast and destroyed Kikyo, she used up all of her's doing so. A process like that is very draining, in fact I'm surprised that she was still going for as long as she was."

"I know that." Inuyasha removed his gloves and proceeded to remove any weapons that Kagome was wearing so that she slept comfortably without something digging into her hip or stomach.

Miroku looked down at the ground. Kagome-chan is sleeping now; I have to be careful of what I say. "Inuyasha…"

"What?" He gave the man his full attention, ears on him and everything.

"Why did you let Kagome stop you? Why didn't you just kill me?"

Inuyasha stared at him before growling softly and looking down at her. "Two reasons; one, it was partially my own damn fault, and two, I couldn't live with myself if Kagome never spoke to me again. It seems that you are one of her best friends and I decided not to kill you despite my driving urges." He stated quietly.

Miroku sat down in the leather chair. "You know, I didn't actually eavesdrop, and Sango didn't either. In fact, I heard nothing at all. Sango claimed she listened only until she figured out what the noises were and then she hung up. We never meant to listen in on something like that."

He growled. "Yea, well when I say bye that kinda means that I'm done talking to you and that you should hang up your phone. Judging by the blush on Kagome's face when she had walked into the club, Sango had talked to her about it and she nearly died of embarrassment or anger, I'm not sure which."

"Well, even you have to admit that it's a little funny, Inuyasha. I mean, you had thought you hung up the phone, after all."

He snorted. So he wants to know something funny, eh? "I don't have to admit to anything. That was none of your business, even if you could hear everything clear as a bell. I'm sure I never told you and Sango to shut the hell up when you had sex in her apartment."

Miroku face faulted. "You…you could hear us?"

"Every time. I just minded my own business and kept to myself. You know before Kagome came along you were up to doing it at least four times a week and my head felt like it would explode. With my hearing it was torturous, I can't imagine someone like Shippo in the apartment below you." When the monk looked a little pale, Inuyasha smirked at his well-won victory. Oh yes, paybacks are always a bitch.

Miroku nodded. "You're right, we shouldn't make a big deal out of this. But if it annoyed you that much, why didn't you say something?"

"Who am I to intrude on someone else's business? I wasn't about to tell you that I could hear you because frankly, I didn't want Sango's evil personality wailing on me claiming it was none of my business. Although instead of killing you two, I should have brought up those events instead. If you two had kept your mouth's shut, though, none of this would have ever happened."

"I will never, ever do this again, Inuyasha. Hell, I'll probably keep away from Sango for a little while, too."

"That's good, Miroku, that's good." Inuyasha kept the smirk on his face as Miroku looked very uncomfortable. Inuyasha scored a major point and won this argument. Now they both shouldn't have any problems for a while.

"Say, Inuyasha…" He asked after a minute.

Inuyasha had been enlightened and smiled at his friend. "Yea?"

"The women will never hear about this, ok?"

"Psh, what do you think I am, stupid? Sango'd maul us both. Although I'm sure Kagome would find it amusing…"

Miroku laughed shortly and glanced out the window. The sun was slowly setting, and Inuyasha was laughing? Boy, we should talk like this more often on days of the new moon. "So, Inuyasha, what will you do tonight?"

He sighed and shrugged. "I figure I just as well play with my weapons a little while watching Kagome. No need to waste this night of privacy. I haven't gotten to actually use my weapons in a while anyway."

Miroku smirked and stood just as the sun got closer to the horizon. "I'll be off then. Perhaps you could tell me when Kagome awakens? I'd like to ask her a question or two, if you don't mind, that is."

"I might let you know when she feels up to it. Go to work." He gazed out the window at the setting sun and listened as Miroku left him. He hated it when people could see him change. He never knew why, exactly, but it made him uneasy.

He glanced back at Kagome and then removed his glove, watching his hand carefully. At the precise moment that the sun became invisible over the horizon, his hands changed to that of a human in a blink of an eye. He could feel the other changes, as well. His ears were now human, at the side of his head, his canines weren't fangs any longer and his hair wasn't silver. The thing he could feel the most, and he was never certain why, was that his eyes were no longer the piercing amber-gold color, but now a shocking violet that was completely rare in humans as it was. They made his vision a little less sharp, but they were still stunning and it was the only feature he truly liked about being human. He still got to be unique while looking like everyone else.

His shocking appearance as a Hanyou was the thing that frightened people the most. If they ever saw his human form, they would think of him as a kind, warm-hearted person just by first glance. He was never fully that, but he was never a pure ice-hearted person either, and Kagome was his proof of that. Inuyasha had never opened up to anyone before her after his mother died, and she had seemed to change him for the better. His killing streaks wouldn't leave him completely. It was in his blood, the demon inside that would have him do the things he did, but now he was capable of showing compassion and understanding, and love.

Inuyasha propped his feet up on his desk and closed his eyes, taking a deep breath through his nose and blowing it out his mouth. Sooner or later he would probably go into his apartment complex so that someone wouldn't storm in on accident, but he was just too drained to get up at the moment. He mentally cursed his human side. He never knew all of the feelings or what they meant, all he knew was that he wasn't sure he liked them much and didn't know how Kagome could stand it.

He turned his attention to the futon. Kagome scrunched her eyebrows and turned slightly towards the pain, moving her arm to grasp the wound before jerking it back and opening her eyes. She eyed the bandaged wound and frowned. "That stupid bitch." She muttered.

"You killed that stupid bitch, Kagome. You wiped her right off the face of the earth."

She smiled and turned her attention to him, never gasping or looking surprised at all by his new appearance. "Yea, I know, but this thing will hurt for a while. It's like getting an acid burn that keeps burning and burning, and there's nothing that you can do until you heal it."

"I'll heal it for you when I change back. I would now, but as you can see, I'm not able to."

Kagome sat up, swung her legs off the side of the futon and stood, walking over to squat in front of his chair and look directly up into his face. She studied him for a minute and then shrugged. "You're still just Inuyasha."

He looked at his hand, missing his claws. "Yea, human Inuyasha. I'm better at being Hanyou."

"You're better at being yourself, Inuyasha. And that's all you are. I would always be able to tell you apart from a crowd."

He smirked and shrugged, setting his feet back down on the floor. "It'd be hard not to as I'd be the only person ripping out weapons all the time and threatening people that get too close to me. But then again, the human side of me can get caught and put in jail by the police without having to be bound by hundreds of chains."

She smiled at him and crossed her arms over his lap, resting her head on them. "So what do you do, hang out in your office until sunrise?"

"Basically. The only other people who know are Sango and Miroku, and that's because they have to run the club for me while I'm hiding up here. If word gets out that I turn human once a month then I could have assassins after me every time the new moon came around. Or worse, after you, because they'd know it would be harder to protect you."

She smiled. "You worry about me too much."

Inuyasha ran his hand through her bangs and sighed. "You're the only person I want to worry about. That's not going to change."

"Yea, I know." She turned her head so that her cheek rested on her arms and she sighed. "Thanks for giving me some of the only energy you had left, Inuyasha. I would have never been able to defeat her without it."

He snorted. "I know that. What's this I hear about you telling Sango not to call me?"

She raised her head and stared at him. "You seemed angry, I didn't want to add to that by making you worry yourself over something that I thought you couldn't help me with. I mean Kikyo was a Miko, and if you alone tried to stop her you would have died, and with all the anger you seemed to have I thought maybe you would do something…well…stupid and get yourself killed."

Inuyasha's eyes softened slightly. "I seemed angry, huh?"

"Beyond that, I don't even know what you would call it."

He sighed. "I wasn't mad at you. I couldn't be mad at you."

She shrugged. "Still, I figured you wanted to be alone and so Sango and I took a walk. Miroku wouldn't let me leave alone."

"Well it's a damn good thing that he didn't. I'll have to thank him later." He looked down before looking back at her. "I almost killed him because I was so mad, demons take eavesdropping very seriously, especially with that sort of thing. But I got even without causing physical harm." He smirked and rubbed Kagome's cheek.

"Well don't keep me waiting, what did you do to him?"

"Don't tell him I told you this, but I brought up the fact that I've known about every single time they had sex and I told him I didn't bring it up because I didn't want Sango to wail on me. He turned many colors and informed me that it was in fact none of his business and that if he kept his mouth shut none of this would have ever happened and he would have had a better chance of not dying."

Kagome smirked. "Hmm…I wonder what Sango would do if she heard that from you."

"Well since she did it too, I'm figuring that she wouldn't have tried to kill me or anything. She'd probably just turn red and stutter like an idiot for a while. By the way…" He eyed her carefully. "Why were you blushing when you entered the club? Did Sango give in and tell you what she had heard?"

Kagome looked a little beaten and pulled away to sit with her knees in the air and her arms on her knees. "Yea, I forced her to tell me and then regretted asking. I was stunned, to say in the least."

"Well I figured out what I did wrong. I just didn't close it all the way. It's supposed to shut off when I close it." He played with a small lock of his black hair and observed it carefully between his fingers. "Would you have really hated me if I hadn't listened and killed Miroku?" He asked quietly.

Kagome looked up at him. "The question is, Inuyasha dear, would you have hated yourself?"

He sighed. "Probably. Even if he is an ass, he's one of my best friends, too."

"Exactly. I didn't want you to do something you would regret. He told me that he didn't even hear anything, that Sango was the one who did everything."

"Yea, I know that now, too. But what you all have to understand is that there's like two sides of me, and my demon side does not tolerate something like that at all. It's like it takes over, and until you touched me, I wouldn't have heard anything else."

She stood and rolled her arm to loosen her shoulder. "Kind of like multiple personality, where as if you where whole demon like Sesshomaru, all you would hear is the demon."

"Exactly, and if that were the case, I wouldn't have listened to you no matter what." He opened his coat and pulled out the box strapped on his belt. He opened it to reveal about ten throwing knives and grabbed one by the hilt, aiming at the board near his door and throwing it to hit with near perfect accuracy. Even human he was pretty skilled with his weapons.

Kagome observed his work. "You're not that different."

"In Hanyou form, I wouldn't have missed the bulls-eye. That's one advantage to my eyesight." He threw another knife and hit very close to the other one, but still didn't hit the bulls-eye.

"It's still pretty good. If it were a person you would have hit." She eyed her coat that was lying on his desk. "Great, now I need another coat."

"I swear you go through coats faster than I go through wine. You're going to have to stop bleeding and fighting if you expect me to keep giving you coats."

She snorted. "I'm sorry, I'm only human."

"You're one unique human then. You'd be a Miko with a mated bond to a half-demon and a much longer life-expectancy. You're hard to kill now, too. What regular human can say the same about themselves?"

Kagome widened her eyes. She shook her head. "I suppose I don't have a clue." She shrugged it off as Inuyasha continued throwing his knives. She began to slowly unwrap her bandage and Inuyasha glared at her.

"Hey, I spent time putting that thing on, you leave it there until I can help heal it again."

She rolled her eyes and sighed, putting it back into place. "I swear, sometimes you're worse than my mother."

"That's my job, I can't help it."

"You can too, you just don't want to stop because you know it irritates the hell out of me."

He chuckled to himself and threw another knife. "Yea, that too. I love frustrating you and I have since the day I met you."

"What I don't get is why. Why do you always pick on me just to see me mad?"

"It's probably because you're pretty when you're angry and when I'm Hanyou your scent spikes."

She crossed her arms and cocked an eyebrow. "Spikes? Spikes how?"

"I don't know, it becomes stronger…and why the hell are you asking me this? I'm I guy, that's all the explanation you should need."
She rolled her eyes. "Ah, yes, another arrogant, egotistical male that his head grows ten times the normal size when his ego is showing."

Inuyasha glanced at her. "I'd watch it, woman, just because I'm human doesn't mean I can't pin you to the ground in a wrestling match."

Kagome huffed. "You wouldn't though, cause I've got an injury and if you're going to act like a motherly figure then you wouldn't want to do anything that might hurt my little scrape."

He grinned at her. "You're quite right, sweetie, I wouldn't want to do anything to hurt you."
She considered throwing something at him but resisted the urge. "See, you're at it again, trying to irritate me by calling me that stupid nickname!"
He started laughing. "This is priceless!"
Kagome pointed at him in a weak attempt to stop his laughter. "Stop laughing! Hey! That's not funny!"

Inuyasha was wiping tears from his eyes when he calmed down. "I beg to differ, it's hilarious seeing you get so irritated."

She huffed. "You're just a irritating teddy bear. I hate you."

"No you don't, who could hate a teddy bear?"

Kagome raised her eyebrow. "I could start naming off a list."

He was about to retort, but a knock on the door interrupted them. Inuyasha sighed. "Who is it?"

"Miroku and Sango, Inuyasha. Can we come in?"

"Whatever." The two walked in and Miroku smiled cheerfully when the door closed behind them. "We figured Kagome-chan was awake by the sound of it downstairs. How do you feel, Kagome?"

"I'm fine, Miroku. Why are you asking, I'm obviously ok."

"Because if we don't make sure you're ok before we start talking to you, Inuyasha will have a fit." A snort was the reply from his boss, and Inuyasha continued throwing knives at the door.

"Oh, just ignore mommy dearest, she'll be playing her own little game and staying out of our way." She stated dripping with sarcasm and Inuyasha flipped her off while never taking his face away from the game. Kagome smiled in content and sat down on the leather chair to wait for Miroku's questions.

"Well, Kagome, you didn't get very much sleep. Aren't you tired?"

She shook her head. "Nope, I feel as good as ever, except for the parting gift that she left me. Of course, with Inuyasha's help it should be gone tomorrow."

"What makes you think I'm going to be nice to you now?" He stated as he threw his last knife, and then stood to retrieve them all. "Don't think I don't know what you're all doing, you're just getting in your comments while I'm human and I can't do much about it. But you wait, paybacks are hell, remember Miroku?"

He nodded and looked down. "Yes, yes, you're point has been taken, boss."

"That's more like it." He sat back down and continued throwing knives until he was out, then he sat there looking bored because he didn't feel like getting up again. Yes, the human Inuyasha was a little lazy.

Sango eyed the bandage. "Well you acted like that scrape really hurt. What does a Miko beam do to you?"

Kagome's face twisted as she thought about it. "Well, some Mikos have beams that cut like a knife, others that can completely burn off your skin, and some just dissolve whatever gets in the way. Kikyo's both cut and stung like acid, like a blade with poison attached to it."

Sango winced. "Wow, and you stood it?"
"Well it helps that I'm a Miko. I have some immunity to that sort of thing. If she had done the same to your shoulder, she could have burned your arm off." That caused her friend to cringe, but Kagome just beamed.

Miroku sighed. "The rest of the club wants to know if she's alright. What do we tell them?"

"Tell them that she's still asleep." Inuyasha stated, getting a little possessive again.

Kagome stood and yawned, then crossed her arms tightly over her chest. "How come, Inuyasha?"

"Because I don't want them to come and see you, or ask about you or anything else."

"Well they're just curious."

"They can be as curious as they want, just as long as they don't try to come and see you."

Miroku sighed. "Well after what happened I don't blame everyone for wanting to know how she is."

Inuyasha growled, which hadn't changed much even though he was human. He reached forward and grabbed Kagome's waist, pulling her back and sitting her between his legs in the chair. Then he wrapped his human arms around her and leaned his head on her shoulder, feeling so much more relieved now that he held her. She was his Kagome, HIS, and no one else needed to worry about her. Nope, as far as he was concerned he was the only one who even had the right to.

Sango smiled. "I don't think Inuyasha changes much when he's human."

Miroku shook his head. "Nope."
Kagome rested her arms on his and relaxed. It almost seemed like he was hugging her for comfort, or maybe to relieve some stress, but she didn't really mind. In either form he was protective of her, possessive even, and she wasn't going to deny him the slightest of comfort if he wanted to hold her.

Inuyasha pressed his face into her back and closed his eyes. She scared him so much sometimes. After he had talked to Miroku he had forgotten all about the fact that Kagome almost died out there, probably because she made it out with a minor wound and had been resting on the futon by his desk. But he was so scared that he would have lost her, and once he remembered exactly what had happened he just had to hold her, more to relax himself than anything. And by now, she knew it, too.

The scariest part about it all was that he couldn't have done much of anything, especially today because by then he had already lost a good deal of his power. The only thing he could do was give her some of the last parts of his energy so that she could kill Kikyo herself. He couldn't bear the thought of not being able to protect her, but that she had to protect herself this time.

Yet, (sigh) he still had the pride of a demon, and he wasn't about to express worry and fear in front of everyone here. Holding her would be enough to satisfy him for now because the last thing he needed to do was show weakness in front of his colleagues. The only person who would know what he was thinking was Kagome, and she'd definitely never tell. He growled softly so that only she could hear and she grabbed his hand and gave it a tight squeeze. Yep, she knew exactly what he was thinking, and she didn't like the fact that she scared him either.

He then realized that Miroku had been talking and neither of them had heard a word of it because they were paying too much attention to each other. In fact at the moment, Miroku was grinning his stupid head off at them. "Inuyasha, did you hear me? How about you, Kagome?"

Inuyasha growled louder this time and rested his chin on her shoulder so he could glare at Miroku. "Just shut up and talk, monk."

Sango smacked the back of Miroku's head. "You aren't very smart, are you?"

"Sorry, but I couldn't help it."
"Just keep your mouth shut, baka. He's human, but he can still kill you."

Miroku smiled innocently. "Why Sango, I just thought it was sweet that they were too absorbed in each other to hear what I was saying."

Sango rolled her eyes and glanced at Kagome, viewing the bite mark and squinting so she could get a better look at it. "Wow, doesn't that hurt, Kagome?"

Kagome reached up and poked at it, then shrugged. "No, not really."

"It looks like it should."

Inuyasha groaned as he became impatient. "Alright, that's it, I'm sick of all the damn questions! Miroku just got done asking those exact same questions a half an hour ago, so listen up because I'm not repeating myself. No, the bite doesn't hurt because of the bond, no it's not going to heal like everything else that she gets because it's a symbol and it's not supposed to. And yes, she's my mate now and it's a permanent arrangement, now is there anything else you want to know?!"

Sango shot a nervous glance at Miroku and shook her head. "Naw, that about covers it."

"Good." He sighed with an exasperated sound and pulled Kagome even closer, if that was possible. "I hope that Shippo's still keeping a good watch on the security system downstairs, cause Fluffy is going to be pissed when he figures out his main power source has disintegrated." He stated, changing the subject.

Sango suddenly turned ghost white. Inuyasha didn't have to be Hanyou to know that something was wrong. "Sango, what is it?"

She stood and ran out of his office, down the stairs. Inuyasha growled because he wanted to go after her and figure out what she was so worried about, but he did the next best thing. "Miroku, go see what's wrong, and then tell me."

Miroku nodded and followed her out the door, Kagome growing slightly nervous. Speaking of Shippo, where the hell did he go when Inuyasha had followed me to where Kikyo was? I didn't see him anywhere. Inuyasha gripped her waist even tighter and rubbed his face in her hair. "I think that's why she turned white." He answered her. Kagome was still amazed that she didn't have to open her mouth to ask a question, but she nodded in understanding. Something wasn't right and now she found herself worrying for Shippo's well being. Being second in command did have its downfalls.

She turned slightly and looked behind her. "So then we don't know where Shippo is?"

He nodded, and she could feel the knot in her stomach tighten, meaning that Inuyasha was getting a little nervous himself. "Hai, Sango knows something, but we don't and we want to find out. Apparently he's not watching the security, and that pisses me off because that means no one is watching."

"So in other words, since we don't know where he is, we're in trouble, right?"

"Yea, bigger than you know. I'm not Hanyou right now and if something happens I can't do anything to stop it. While Sango and Miroku look for him, someone could pull a big stunt and that would be the end of our gang."

Miroku suddenly burst into the room and inhaled deeply to give Inuyasha some news. "It seems it's just as bad as we thought. Shippo has been abducted, but this time it's not Fluffy."

Inuyasha growled. "Then who is it?"

Miroku handed him a piece of paper that had one big word in blood red across the paper. The word was 'SLY', and even though it sounded stupid, it was the calling card of another of Inuyasha's enemies. Apparently he was back in town. "Fuck…"

"That was found in Shippo's chair. He was taken when everyone rushed out to Kagome's rescue because he was here before we left. It seems now that you have yet another person to worry about, eh?"

He started rubbing his eyes as if it would help relieve more stress. Naraku, another demon gang leader in New York, had never been a big problem of Inuyasha's. Of course, he had never pulled a stunt like this either, and he always did everything he did for a reason. He was allusive, clever, and very organized in the way he did everything, meaning that him taking Shippo served an ultimate purpose that would only bend to his liking. Only Naraku could be clever enough to get Shippo without him sounding an alarm or fighting back, and so this had to have been planned out for a while so that it was exactly right. He may not have known about the whole Miko war, but he knew that Inuyasha would have to leave him alone sooner or later.

Naraku, like Inuyasha and Sesshomaru, never worked in alliance with another gang. He did everything for himself, and if the time called for it he would betray members of his own gang to escape and live or get his way. Out of the three, Inuyasha was the fairest of all because he always tried to fight along side his faithful members, but he was also the most ruthless and would kill for even one mistake that could have been helped. Sesshomaru probably managed money the best of the three and did tremendous ambushes that usually left no survivors (when he wasn't dealing with Inuyasha's gang, that is). Naraku had to be the evilest, and now that he wanted something, Inuyasha's stomach twisted and turned with anticipation to find out what it was before it was too late.

Kagome sighed deeply. "That's just great, Naraku the spider demon has kidnapped Shippo from this gang and is going to be pulling some huge stunt like I've read in the books."

Miroku stared at her. "You see a pattern?"

"Hai, it seems to me that all the gang leaders in New York are demons, or something to that effect. Sesshomaru is the only one that isn't known about and doesn't have a short biography written on himself. But as I recall, Naraku is very sly and is rather cowardly, so he stays away from something that he doesn't really have to be involved in. He doesn't like to mess with the gangs, either, so him taking something from Inuyasha means that he wants something and he has had time to plan it out because he actually took action."

Miroku nodded and glanced at Inuyasha. "What do we do? We have never had to deal with him before."

Inuyasha looked straight ahead, seeming to not see anyone in the room. "We have to wait and find out what he's plotting first. We're not going to find out anything if we try, so we have to wait for him to tell us himself. And I can't move my human ass out of this office until daybreak, so Kagome is staying with me until then." He looked to be planning, but his grip on Kagome didn't loosen.

Miroku nodded and walked out of the room to tell the nearly hysterical Sango what the orders were. Kagome sighed deeply and leaned back into Inuyasha's hold. It seemed that being in a gang wasn't as fun as it had always seemed to be from when she had read all the books on the gangs of New York.

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(A/N-I got a little sappy there for a moment, but I've been in a camper all weekend with nothing else to do, so I had to make something a little weirder than usual. I know there are going to be some questions, so I will let you all know right now that I have decided to make it a little more difficult for the gang and give them more trouble (AKA Naraku). But think of it this way, at least I killed off Kikyo, because let's face it, I didn't want her in the story anymore either. And no, I don't like Naraku, but I had to put him in for now. Adding him causes more problems and that will help me string the story out just a little longer. I didn't want to end it so soon. Hehe, and I had to make this chapter a cliffy, sorry, I hate them too, but it would have been too long if I kept going!

Thanks for the reviews and please keep it up! If you have any questions, feel free to ask me in the reviews and I'll answer them on the next chapter!)