A/N-Thanks for the reviews, and sorry that I was a little slow updating. I tried, but without a computer it's kinda hard. -_-'
I also had a flame from a person who is just now reading the story. I don't mind flames, but I would like to explain something to those of you who don't know.
This is not supposed to be based on true New York gangs; this is a story that I made up myself. I mean, come on, there's no Miko's and half demons in the real world (although I'm sure that many of us wish there were). I took no offense to the subject, but I just wanted to point that out. I didn't want a story based in real life situations. I might do that later on.
Anyway, on with the story!
Disclaimer-
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"FINE! I…don't own Inuyasha, but I love pretending!"
Chapter 20-OPERATION-BREAKOUT
"What are you doing now?"
"Shh…don't make it obvious, you dumbass." Kagome was straddling his lap as he rested his back against the wall. Against his better judgment, he leaned back with his head leaning on his hands and let her do whatever the hell she wanted to. After all, she seemed more determined to leave than he was.
She had already had a plan devised in that brilliant head of hers, so who was he to complain? He just wanted out, he didn't know how they were going to go about it yet…
Heh, him unprepared…normally, Sango and Miroku would be taking his temperature. He was always the one with the big plans.
The police had left them hours ago, and now that she was completely certain he was well, they'd put "Operation let's get the hell out of here" to work.
Kira and Shippo were in a corner talking quietly as they waited for their bosses. By now every other cell was alerted to the fact that something was up. The man in the cell next to them that hadn't been stupid enough to make comments about Kagome was chuckling quietly to himself. He was not a stupid person; he knew what was going on and would enjoy every moment of it.
Kagome went ahead and took charge, digging through his pockets for the tiny throwing knives he always carried with him. If she was correct, she could pick the lock with one of them. Then they could start the bloody massacre and leave their marks behind.
"Ah, there they are!" She pulled the thinnest one out of his pocket and stood, grabbing his clawed hand on the way up and pulling him to his feet. "I'm going to get started, you make sure you're ready."
"Kagome, dear, you've never broken out of a prison before in your life. How do you know what you're doing or what my intentions are?" He crossed his arms and watched her reaction. She'd probably get angry and yell at him, but he didn't care. It was nice to have her with him again to taunt and tease her.
"I watch movies, genius, I know how it's done. Besides, you don't want to bend the bars with your hands…we don't want to make it obvious right away. You should know that." She proceeded over to the iron door, ignoring any obscenities that he may have thrown at her, and started to pick the lock carefully with the knife. She threw all her concentration into getting the door open, getting on her knees and sticking her tongue out slightly as she worked.
Inuyasha kept his arms crossed and watched his mate with amusement. She's so beautiful when she's focused…however he was waiting for that moment when she would get frustrated and start cursing absurdly at nothing in particular. That's when he would step in and show her how it's done.
She growled and stood, throwing the knife behind her, deliberately missing him. "This is taking way too long! I don't have all year!" She pointed at the lock and closed her eyes, doing something that she definitely shouldn't have in a public place.
Inuyasha realized that and widened his eyes. "HEY! WAIT A…"
Before he could finish that sentence, Kagome shot a string of pinkish energy out at the lock and melted the insides of it. The door swung open, no longer having anything to hold it in, and she smiled back at him. "Opps, I forgot my rules…"
Inuyasha smacked his hand to his forehead in defeat. "No one forgets things like you, bitch." He muttered.
"Don't call me a bitch, I just broke you out of here. Who cares if these people saw me? It's not like they can do anything about it, anyway."
The intelligent man in the cell to their left chuckled. "Don't worry about a thing, little lady. I'll make it seem that anyone else that saw anything is insane."
Kagome threw him an appreciative smirk. "Thanks. At least one of you people is intelligent enough to keep their mouths closed." She grabbed Inuyasha's hand and hauled him out meet up with the laughing Kitsunes, who despite everything they tried they couldn't stop the laughter from coming. Kagome's outrage was apparently humorous, but the pair ignored it to think of the next actions to take.
Shippo smirked. "Good job, you saved me the trouble of hunting down a cop with keys."
Inuyasha snorted in disbelief. "Yea, but she could have let me do it with my claws. I know how to pick locks, sweetie, you should have let me do it."
"Yea? Well I want out of here and I want out now. I wasn't about to wait for you to show off and 'show me how it was done'. You're head's big enough, anyway, no need in making it grow."
"Keh…"
Kira shook her head, scenting the air delicately. "We don't have time for the two of you to battle for dominance. We have to get out of here."
Shippo cut in. "The question is, do we go out the clean way or the bloody way?"
"The bloody way." Both Inuyasha and Kagome stated. She glanced at him as he continued for them both. "I have my eye on that detective and a few of his cop friends. I'd like to make an example of what happens when they cross me and interrogate something of mine for days on end."
Kagome playfully ruffled his hair. "Awe, my puppy's looking out for me!"
"Yea, and my bitch is about to get body slammed into the floor."
Shippo grabbed Inuyasha's arm. "Time to show what you're made of, pal. Someone's coming."
Inuyasha looked back behind him at the door and smirked. He was REALLY looking forward to this part…
Two guards entered quietly into the room and walked ever slowly towards the cells. Their orders had been to check up on Inuyasha and Kagome since they had been left alone for quite some time. Their boss, the detective, was way to busy to get off his ass and see for himself. That man was currently napping in his office chair because at his old age, they were not permitted to stay up for two nights in a row. The thought that the stupid man couldn't do things himself made these two guards sick, but they didn't want to loose their jobs so they never objected.
They reached the cell and peered in, only to see Kagome sitting politely on the cot with a smile on her face. The men instantly grew nervous and looked around for Inuyasha inside the cell. "Where's Inuyasha?"
Kagome continued to smirk. "Oh don't worry, boys, he's here."
"Where?"
The next thing they both knew, a heavy metal bar came in contact with their skulls and they went crashing to the ground. Inuyasha stood above them with a wide smirk on his face, flipping the bar around in his hand. "Good job, woman, you didn't give me away."
Kagome rolled her eyes and stood, pushing the door open and joining him above the officers. "I'm a good actress when the time calls for it."
Shippo and Kira came out from an empty cell a good distance away. They had stripped themselves of the uniforms and were back in their normal attires. Shippo had his favorite toy hooked to his arm, moving it back and forth to make sure that the knife was still in working order. He grinned when Inuyasha gave him an encouraging look. "I just couldn't let you have all the fun toys, Inuyasha."
The demon's all looked in the direction of the door. Kira mused silently to herself at how stupid normal humans were. "A silent alarm has been sounded. We may really have to get bloody in a minute."
Kagome sighed. "I wish I could hear it."
"You're the only one here that's not a demon, dear." Inuyasha stated, grabbing the only remaining gun he had out of his pocket.
Kagome followed suit and glared at him carefully. "You'll be in for it if you don't stop calling me those nicknames."
"Well then, I guess I should watch my back, shouldn't I?" He looked around quickly for another hiding place so that the next group of idiots would be fooled, but it seemed that they would be caught if they tried to hide. Besides, somebody had to sound that alarm, which meant that someone somewhere was watching.
Which meant also that any secret information had to be kept under wraps from now on or it would be overheard.
Inuyasha came to the easiest conclusion; get them before they get you. By the looks of it, he'd have to burst into the room and start taking down people as fast as humanly possible, having only the elements of surprise and a couple of guns as an advantage. In order to pull it off, he'd have to have help from all of the members, meaning that for once in his life, Kagome would have to live up to her reputation and become a true gangster. She would have to get her hands dirty in the safest way possible.
"Kagome, listen carefully…there are cameras all over this place. No matter what, you cannot use your Miko powers, ok? If they find that, they'll have your head on a most wanted sheet."
She snorted. "But Inuyasha, after we do this, we'll all be on the most wanted sheet."
"I'm the gang leader, they'll be after me more than you. Just listen to me, because this is going to be the most risky situation I've ever put you in."
"I'm not worried."
"Inuyasha," Shippo started. "That's a large group of men, I can feel it. They're approaching, and chances are they all have stun guns."
"Do NOT let those things touch you. Shoot first, and when we run out of bullets then risk your ass in trying to slice them in two. We have to take down that detective for sure before we get out of here. I'm not going to let him get away with half the stuff he pulled."
Kagome groaned loudly. She only brought one gun with her, so she wouldn't have that many bullets before she had to get her hands dirty with the knives. After what she saw happened to Inuyasha with the stun guns, she grew very worried. If they were painful for him, they'd be hell for her, and to be honest she didn't
want to test that theory.
Not to mention she feared his demon would set loose if something happened to her. She'd heard of it happening in the books she always read. A demon pair would be fighting with another demon, and once the female got hurt once, the male would go into a pit of rage and kill out of blind fury. Her biggest worry with that is how would she get him back if he did that? He seemed pretty ruthless, as it was…she never had to pull him back from the brink of demonhood.
Kagome sighed, ridding her head of any thoughts. "Another note; I've worked with the police force, and if they're scared of us enough they'll have bullet vests on. Shoot their heads or limbs, that'd be your best bet."
Inuyasha raised his eyebrows at her in amazement. "Giving real orders now?"
"I'm the second in command, you made that my right when you initialized it." She smirked at him and pushed him forward. "Come on, if we have to go in killing, let's go quick."
"You're still that persistent bitch, aren't you?" Shippo and Kira ran ahead of him and stood carefully in front of the door that would lead them out. Kira added a new clip to one of her handguns and Shippo cocked the gun on the half gun/half sword combo. They would be the first so that they'd take the first shot, just like rightful gangsters to take bullets for their boss.
"Ready?" Shippo asked. He braced himself for an army on the other side.
"Ready." Inuyasha cocked his gun and Shippo pushed open the door.
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"Kuso…"
"Ugh, what now?"
"Look at all these wires! Which one do I cut?" Miroku was looking in the power box just outside the cop's station. The plan was to cut all power so that alarms and communication would be cut off in the building. According to Kira and Shippo, it would give them better chances to kill and escape and it would definitely give the demons the advantage in sight.
It would also give Sango the chance to try her new home made gas; a gas that's bound to confuse the police as to whom they were truly supposed to be fighting. She had tested it out on members of the club, and had to control her laughter in order to take down the results. That was not an easy task.
"Miroku, I thought you knew what you were doing when it came to shit like this." She looked around carefully, making sure that the coast was clear so they could continue. She was tempted to just start clipping all wires, but there were some things that couldn't be cut for obvious reasons.
"Well what I went through only had a few colors; there's got to be like twenty different colors in this thing."
"Shippo and Kira are depending on us, cut the wire you would cut on the other systems so we can get in there and help out."
Miroku sighed and dug through it until he found a little blue wire. Twisting it in his fingers, he smiled. "Well, here goes nothing…really." He squeezed the clippers and cut the wire, then sat back and waited for signs that it had worked.
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The demons each had a cop within arm's length as they fought, basically taking off heads in seconds flat. Their bullets had long run out, and now they resorted to using their swords and knives while having to avoid the stun guns that each and every cop held close to them. The detective was still giving orders at the back of the group, and everyone was slowly working their way there. After all, everyone knows that in order to take down something, you have to take down the leader first.
Hence why everyone was on Inuyasha's case. He had to work a lot harder to keep his ass safe, and he wasn't focused on Kagome's problems like he usually was. Once one cop was thrown off to the side, another was there to take up what was left off. It was a wonder that he didn't have any injuries yet. If a cop managed to catch him with the stun gun, his senses would be so disoriented he couldn't focus enough to save himself. They'd get him for sure.
Since Kagome was the closest thing to a human in their little group, she had been doing fairly well against the little army of cops fighting them. She hadn't taken down near as many as Inuyasha had, though, but that was mainly because most men were aiming to take him down.
She often found herself stopping what she was doing to watch him fight the cops off. She also found it ironic that the police chose to fight in their own office areas, because a couple of them were personally introduced to their monitors as Inuyasha hurled them a good distance away from him. He had to have taken down at least twenty men so far, while she was working on number 7. Kira and Shippo were somewhere along the lines of ten or twelve, but they fought side by side and discouraged a lot of the cops from coming at them.
Kagome managed to knock away the cop she was currently fighting. He had been one that told her she was insane, flat out in her face, and she was enjoying this beating a lot.
He held his bloody head from his position on the ground and glared at her with one eye. "You really ARE insane!"
Kagome kicked his face and he fell into a massive heap of the other men she beat to a pulp. That felt GREAT! She mused to herself. She was beginning to tire, and if her bloody hands weren't cramped tomorrow it'd be a miracle.
"Say Jackass, have you met your computer? Well HERE YOU GO!" Inuyasha lifted another man over his head and threw him into the nearest still sitting computer. The man was wailing before he hit the computer, then in a spray of sparks and shattered glass he was quiet.
Inuyasha exhaled deeply and stood, wiping his hands and glaring at the detective. "Come on, detective, I can do this all day. Not a gun has touched me or mine."
"You won't win, Inuyasha! We'll bring you down!"
"Keh."
Suddenly, the power was out, and even for Inuyasha he had to adjust his sight for a minute. "Shit…" The cops were confused as ever, and they wallowed around in the dark, trying to find their way around. He instantly suspected that this was Shippo's work; after all, seeing in the dark was actually a Kitsune's specialty. He was worried that Kagome would be injured and he couldn't see to stop it.
He felt a hand on his shoulder, but he managed to refrain from popping the person that owned it a good one because this hand gave him calm waves. "Inuyasha, that's you, right?" She whispered.
"Great deduction, I'm the only one with white hair and ears."
"I can actually see in the dark. I think these blue eyes have something to do with it."
"Hmm…well be thankful, everyone in our group can see compared to those mere humans." He glanced around and could see Kira and Shippo approaching. Kira gripped Inuyasha's arm as if making sure he was really there before speaking. "I hear noise in the back, that means either our backup is here or they've called in reinforcements already."
"Shit, how many more reinforcements do they need? I figured we already took out all the cops in New York."
Shippo shook his head and the rest of the group could see it perfectly. "There's got to be about twenty more men here. That detective is one to keep your eye on, though, he's not in charge just because he's good at giving orders."
A door burst open behind the cops and two figures ran in. Details couldn't be made out, but it was obvious by their forms that they were wearing leather coats. "Inuyasha! Code RED!" Sango screamed, grabbing her product out of her coat.
Inuyasha sighed. "We've got five seconds." He grabbed Kagome's hand and pulled her close, forcing a cloth out of his pocket over her nose. "Keep it there." He commanded before putting a black one up to his. She followed suit, holding the cloth tightly against it. "What's Sango doing?"
"Using gas."
"Ah…"
A spark was seen in the dark, being tossed across the room before white gas poured from the object she had thrown. There was a moment of panic between all the officers, and some coughing in surprise. Luckily Inuyasha could remember all his codes, and the rest of his gang with the exception of Kagome did too, or they'd be in the same state, or probably worse with their demon senses.
It was clearly evident that with a couple of blunt objects Sango and Miroku were making their way through the confused officers. Inuyasha shouted through the cloth. "Leave that detective for me, do you hear! I'm taking that bastard's head!"
"Sure, fine, whatever!" Sango screamed, taking what she guessed was a bat out of the evidence room and beating many officers with it to get them out of the way. Miroku was assisting her, everyone still with cloths over their noses, and while Kira stood with Inuyasha and Kagome, Shippo decided to test out his new toy with the blade instead of the gun. He was basically cackling like a maniac, and he looked like he should be saying "off with your head, and off with your head too!" Kagome had to stifle a laugh at the thought. Of course that wasn't hard when Inuyasha was squeezing all the air out of her lungs in his death grip.
She nudged him and his arm loosened. He managed a very sarcastic "sorry" as he watched as his gangsters took out the cops like it was a high definition scary movie that he was really interested in. She was fully aware of the fact that even with the cloth, he could still smell the gas, and as it slowly settled, his senses were slowly returning.
Kagome suddenly got a strange feeling…one that didn't seem promising. One that told her that getting away would not be as easy as she thought. "Inuyasha, I have a feeling…"
"Yea, me too. Somethin's up." He looked around, using his senses of smell and hearing to see if he could find anything out of the ordinary.
Suddenly all the demons looked up and began to scent the air heavily, all noticing something that would shock them. Or in Inuyasha's case, piss them off to no end.
Kagome shook Inuyasha's arm as his grip on her hand tightened. "Inuyasha, what do you smell?"
He looked ahead of himself and breathed carefully. Kagome didn't need light to see the spark of anger in his eyes. "Kouga…" What the HELL is he doing here!
"In the flesh." The bastard stated, getting on top of a desk nearby to shout above all the screams of police below. "I have orders today, and one of us, Inuyasha, will die. Along with your wench."
Inuyasha snorted and pulled his coat off, throwing it to the floor. "You think you will win against me? I have kicked your sorry ass so many times it wasn't even funny, and I made the mistake of letting you go. I won't mess up this time." He began to crack his knuckles in an old intimidating habit that he hadn't used in a while. No way in hell would this bastard get away this time.
And no way in HELL would he even touch Kagome. Whether she could kick his ass or not, he would not go near her. Her being human had nothing to do with it; it was all about territory. He was going to kill Kouga for even thinking of trespassing.
The police were thoroughly confused, now with the gas and the screaming of the territorial demons in their office. The detective walked around wearily in the dark, not knowing whether he should be hitting something or not. Sango's gas concoction really worked this time; nobody who had inhaled it even knew where the hell they were, let alone what they were supposed to be doing. That part of the plan worked out perfectly.
Kouga charged with blinding speed, and the only thing that saved Inuyasha from his blow was the fact that his demon sight could make out his figure in the dark. Inuyasha jumped back, far away from other people and waited for the bastard to charge again.
This time, he drew his sword out from the hilt on his back. This would be the first time he had ever had to use this sword, but Kouga being the first one to get killed with it would make it all the better.
Kagome backed herself up against a wall, getting as close to it as humanly possible while she stared at Kouga. She could almost see it…she could almost see the glow of something inside his coat. The color of the object's aura was a blue, and whatever it was, Kagome wanted it. She knew that somehow, that thing, whatever it was, was useful to the club. When Inuyasha brought that bastard down, she'd pick it off him herself and find out why it had called to her so much. Why it was so important…
Kouga sped towards Inuyasha again and slashed at him in mid-jump position, only to come up hitting dry air. He landed on the wall behind his opponent and pushed back off, flying directly over Inuyasha and having the sword catch him over his left shoulder before he could react. With a roll to the ground about ten feet away, he jumped back on his feet and surveyed the damage done as the blood of the cut oozed from between his fingers and down onto the floor.
A light cut, no real damage done that couldn't be healed on his own. However, Inuyasha had struck first blood, and within the first five seconds in the battle, that wasn't a good thing. "Hmm…you're good, Inuyasha. Real good."
"I've always been better than you. Why do you think I was the one in charge and not you?"
Kouga recalled his orders carefully after hearing that infuriating comment. "…and after that, you are hereby ordered to fight Inuyasha to the death. However, no matter what you do, don't let that bitch escape alive. Whether Inuyasha lives or dies is not the main matter; I want Kagome Higurashi DEAD, or it'll be your head, even if you escape the battle alive."
He sighed deeply and glanced over to her sprawled form against the wall. He couldn't defeat Inuyasha first because Higurashi would probably run or kill him with Miko energy. He had to take her out and soon. The question is how to go about it? When do I strike and how do I do it?
"Hey Kouga, you gonna look stupid all day or are you going to fight?" Inuyasha's impatience was clearly evident as he began to twist the blade in the dark, enough so that the shine was enough for even the weakest of humans to see.
"Impatient as ever, I see." Kouga's gaze rested on Kagome, who was blissfully unaware of it at the moment because she was too busy looking for Sango and Miroku. Inuyasha noticed, and naturally, the first thing that came to mind was to protect her and KILL the offender who would dare to leer at his mate.
"Kira, Shippo, go by Kagome NOW!" The Kitsunes did as they were told and ran to stand by Kagome (who was suddenly paying attention again), blowing Kouga's mind free of the thought of taking her first and Inuyasha next. The demon, however, was happy that she was now no longer an option while Inuyasha lived; it gave him the chance to focus all his attention on Inuyasha and nothing else.
Kagome remained deathly calm, keeping her gaze fixed on Kouga. It was amazing how overpowering her powers were at times. All she knew was that he had something on him that no matter what Kagome would get at all costs. Such a power…she couldn't figure it out, but everything else became irrelevant compared to that bright light.
Well, that and Inuyasha's safety of course. He had just insured hers for the moment, but he was on his own with a demon that was both thick headed and full of it.
Somehow, she knew Inuyasha would kick his butt.
Kouga shook his head, a devilish smirk bursting in his face. Reaching into his own little leather jacket, he pulled out a knife that appeared to be just as long as his forearm, but still nothing in comparison to Inuyasha's sword.
It was Inuyasha who charged this time, springing forward like a frog's leap in an attempt to escape from a large animal. He kept his sword folded down on his arm as he hit the ground in front of Kouga, nearly knocking the feet out from underneath him with a stylish sweep of his arm. Kouga was still fast, and he managed to jump up just centimeters away from Inuyasha's claws before turning his hips into a full blast kick to his face.
Inuyasha went back a couple of feet and jumped back up to fighting position, faintly tasting the blood in his mouth. He being the fast learner that he was, he had just taught himself a lesson; always let your enemy charge you first, never vise versa. It would probably be an embarrassing ending to his life as a gangster.
Kouga nodded once with a prideful smirk on his face. That was the look that Kagome had learned to hate and felt the urge to slap that smirk right off his face come back in full force.
Kira and Shippo had begun fighting off cops again as they slowly regained their composure to return to the fight. Sango's gas wore off sooner than she had thought it would and now she was fighting her own battle with fully aware officers, Miroku much in the same position. She had lost her bat somewhere along the way, and was now using her fists, managing to do a fairly good job holding them off. Miroku hadn't let go of his blunt object (And he was still trying to figure out what it was), and he made himself a nice little pile of people who got in his way.
Sango had just managed a punch to the face of another officer when the very bat she dropped came into contact with the junction of her shoulder and neck, forcing a shooting pain throughout her body and a cry to come to her mouth. Her knees gave and she fell, crumpling to the ground until the enormous pain subsided. She couldn't move yet; the numbness was just too much. She could have very easily gotten killed right then and there, but lucky for her, the monk had other plans.
Miroku had to stand over her and defend her while she winced in the irritating defeat. Whoever hit her had a death wish, much like every other cop in this place, because he hit her in precisely the right spot to almost make it seem like she was paralyzed. However, when she suddenly started feeling the throbbing pain again, she knew that wasn't the case, and she was relieved. She began scouting her eyes out for the one who hit her, but only managed to find the bat on the ground by Miroku's feet.
She looked around, suddenly very aware of their situation. The detective they should have kept an eye on was missing, and wherever he was, it couldn't be good.
Inuyasha had Kouga's forearms in his hands, his with the knife being held in the one with the sword. He clenched his teeth, squeezing the hands harder and harder, gradually digging his claws into the skin. Kouga dropped his knife but bent backwards and shot his leg straight up, hitting Inuyasha square in the jaw with the heel of his foot. With a curse, Inuyasha jumped back again, this time having to wipe his mouth once just to get the words out because of the steady flow of blood inside his mouth. Damn it, another one of his stupid kicks to the jaw. "Can't you do any better than that, Kouga?"
Kouga rubbed his wrists, clenching one eye shut and cocking the eyebrow of the open one. "Keh." He picked up his knife, examining it before charging once again.
Inuyasha had never been in such a fistfight before in his life. Fists were flying in both directions, feet and knees were doing damage to the insides, and claws and physical power were lethal weapons that would kill a human in no time flat. Both the sword and the knife had been lost somewhere as natural instincts took over. If Kouga had been like this all his life, he had been holding out on Inuyasha when he received his weekly beating. His jaw still bled, and blood dripped from his mouth to the floor in neat little lines because he was too busy to swallow the pooling blood down.
Inuyasha punched him twice in the jaw, and he retaliated with a very sharp knee to the gut. They were moving too quickly for the human eye, but it was clear that Inuyasha had been weakened slightly from his previous slaughter of policemen. Kouga was not normally this fast, and Inuyasha usually overpowered him by now.
It seemed that Kouga had gotten good at keeping his pace.
With a slash of claws, Inuyasha ripped gashes in Kouga's neck deep enough that if he were human he'd have dropped to the floor. Kouga paused before immediately getting back into it, and that's where Inuyasha saw his mistake. He paused. When fighting, you NEVER look away from your opponent, not for anything. He had missed the first chance at showing the error of his ways, but that didn't mean that Kouga wouldn't mess up again.
He needed just a millisecond of hesitation from the monster and he could win. Something, just a little distraction was all that he wanted, but keeping his pace at a matching rate and thinking at the same time was not a good idea. The choice had been made and he'd wait until that chance or find something else that would work just as well.
"OOOWWW! Don't you TOUCH me you SON OF A BITCH!" Kagome screamed in outrage.
Kouga glanced in her direction and that was all that it took. Inuyasha ripped another sword out of a sheathe and stabbed Kouga straight through the chest, watching the surprised expressions pass over his face. He stared down at the wolf man as he fell to his knees, a highly superior look on his face the entire time before he finally stated "It's about damn time I put you where you belong, Kouga. I've put you in your place."
Kouga looked down, his eyes fluttering before a sharp glare was shot right at Inuyasha. He snorted in his response before loosing all consciousness and falling backwards onto the floor, never to open his stupid mouth again.
Inuyasha started to growl deeply, realizing that his 'distraction' had involved someone touching Kagome. He looked over to the general area and found her being pulled back by Sango with one arm, the arm pressing against the junction of her other shoulder. She was bleeding, but not that badly. Some of the wounds he had were worse than hers looked.
"Inuyasha." Miroku called his attention to the wall, where the rest of his gang had weapons all out and pointed at the cornered detective. Both demons were snarling, having snuck up on Kagome and cutting her with the intentions of slitting her throat. He only succeeded in cutting her shoulder, however, probably still hazy from the gas.
Miroku cleared his throat. "Inuyasha, can we kill him?"
Inuyasha raised his eyebrows and bent over slightly, a smirk on his face. "Sayonara, Detective." Shippo then took care of the detective with his new toy, and Miroku began making sure that the coast was clear in and around the station.
Inuyasha knelt on the ground, trying to regain his breath and clean himself up a little. He wiped his mouth off and rotated his jaw around to make sure that it was still in working order. His insides felt like jelly because of the multiple times that Kouga had hit his gut, but in a short amount of time that would pass. As long as he didn't have to worry about much else, they could say that it was over and Fluffy dearest was in for a 'brotherly' visit.
He stood, panting heavily in the aftermath of the fight. The fight was won, and now they could go home and heal their wounds before making the next move. He had never been more relieved in his life over getting to go back to his club. Hell, he was even relieved that he had made a good hit on the bastard in the first place. Although he had to admit that fighting him this time was rather interesting; his only flaw was that he didn't have enough room in that thick head of his to realize to never take your attention away from your opponent, no matter what.
Inuyasha wiped the remains of blood off his cheek and approached Kagome, pulling his coat back on in the process. He could smell the small scent of blood on her, as well, and he guessed by its potency that it wasn't very deep. It wasn't anything serious, but it was blood nonetheless.
He grabbed both her hands in his, raising them to look over her bruised knuckles. "What're your injuries?" He asked quietly, still looking over her knuckles.
"What do you mean by that? Look at you, if you were a human I'd suggest you see a doctor." Her tone was meaningless, however. She was tired, happy, but tired. She didn't want to think about her injuries or anything else right now, she just wanted to go back to the club and rest.
"That's not what I asked." He said, brushing his thumbs over her knuckles and watching her flinch. "See, you're hurt worse than I thought."
"It's a bruise, and thanks to you, it'll be gone in no time." She scratched her head in irritated thought. "I have a cut on my shoulder, and a couple of bruises on my legs from kicking those cops, but other than that I'm fine."
He nodded once in acknowledgement, smirking slyly at her. "Do I have to take a good look at the bruises on your legs?"
She snorted. "Hentai."
"Hai, but that's my right." Inuyasha sighed deeply and shook his head. "It doesn't matter anyway, once we're both healed we'll be busy taking care of our final enemy." He turned to lead her towards the others, but she stopped him and approached Kouga first. Inuyasha, thoroughly confused, watched in fascination as she bent down closer to him.
Finally, now what the hell is that light? Getting uncomfortably close to the body, she inhaled deeply as she reached into his coat. She felt like she was in the middle of a scary movie, and at any moment he was due to sit up and kill her before she could even scream. Heh, now THAT'S obsession. This bastard's finally dead and I'm still dreaming about him killing me.
Her hand wrapped around something solid, and pulling it back out she revealed that she was holding a bottle of potion. It was still glowing brightly blue, now more intense than ever, and she shielded her eyes from it as it slowly began to die down to a dull glow. She stood and investigated it in her hands, then turned to look at Inuyasha.
However, the look on his face was priceless, and she unsuccessfully stifled a laugh.
His jaw had to be hitting the ground, and his eyes were bigger than saucers. He pointed at her and returned his gaze to a less intense shocked gaze. "Bring that to me, please."
She complied, toying with the idea of throwing it at him just to see his reaction. After handing it to him and watching him examine it in every way, she smiled with the knowledge that she had done something good for once. They would have missed that little thing if he had just hauled her out like he had wanted to.
Inuyasha was flabbergasted. This was it; the life potion that he had wanted to steal from his brother for keeping it from him for so long. Something that he had taken years to find, even though necessarily lately he hadn't been looking that hard, had been found on the least likely person.
Just what was Kouga doing with it anyway? Not like it would come of any use to him. Unless of course, he stole it for his own stupid reasons. He did have that knack for pissing off his boss's; maybe it was all part of a sick plot of his. That was something that not even Sesshomaru would tolerate from the bastard.
Now he could smell it; a powerful scent that he should have noticed upon Kouga's entering the room. Somehow he had hidden it very well…right under his fucking nose. That angered Inuyasha slightly, but there was nothing he could do about it now. He already killed the bastard, what else was there to do?
"Thank you for noticing this." He inspected the bottle carefully before shoving it down into his inside coat pocket where it would be safe until later. "Saves me the trouble of looking for it later."
"What is it?"
"It's something that my bastard brother can't ever get back, cause now I'm going to use it before he has the chance." He glanced at his cell phone and checked the time, then twitched his ears to find any noise outside the room. "You guys each rode motorcycles, right?"
"Of course, Inuyasha, we haven't lost our wits." Kira stated, taking a strange glance at her Kitsune boyfriend. "Well, most of us anyway."
Shippo snorted and stood proudly, boasting like a child. "You're just jealous cause I get the cool toy and you don't."
"I don't want that poor excuse of a toy."
Inuyasha snorted, gripping Kagome's arm gently because her hands and shoulder were injured. "Come on, you four, we have to get out of here before more cops show up, 'cause there are many more police stations in this town than gas stations." He opened up the nearest window and looked down three stories to their poorly hidden motorcycles in some brush. "Psh, nice job hiding those things, guys."
Sango snorted while Kira rolled her eyes. "You know, I'm glad I'm not driving that hideous thing on the way back. Its engine still makes my sense's screw up."
"Then ride with Shippo, I'm driving Kagome on your bike back."
"That's fine with me."
Shippo suddenly looked like a deer caught in headlights. "Uh oh…we better get outta here, Inuyasha, I hear the cars coming down the streets."
He glanced out the window again and cursed. "We have to go out the window. Kira, get Sango, Shippo, get Miroku, let's go NOW." Kagome climbed onto his back and he jumped out the window, Sango and Miroku slowly doing the same and the Kitsune's following suit. Once everyone had hit the ground, it was every man for himself as the cop cars were only a block or so away.
Kagome jumped on Inuyasha's bike just as it started to speed off. Miroku grabbed a bike, Sango grabbed hers, and Kira hesitantly joined her boyfriend on his while muttering that she would rather enjoy a long run back to the club.
Each of the drivers put on a special device that Kira had installed in each of the bikes. It was like a home computer that showed you who was talking on the screen, and a little microphone attached to a wire that hooked onto the driver's ears. Talking into the microphone would enable everyone to hear perfectly from a speaker on the computer, and all the person has to do is talk to be seen on the screen. A rather confusing device for Inuyasha, he had to admit, but it was handier than the helmets.
Miroku popped up on the screen first. "Inuyasha, we must be loosing our luster, because they're right on our tail. And I'm afraid getting hit with that bat has altered Sango's driving skills."
Sango snorted and flipped him off, showing up next on the screen. "I'm fine Inuyasha, as soon as we loose these bastards I will be fine."
"Look, let's fight later, we have a problem here. We can't afford to be caught tonight, I don't know if the cops know about my club or not, but I don't think going back there tonight is a good idea. We need a plan, people, and think fast."
Before anyone could do anything, however, Sango yelled "Break!" and each motorcycle went in a completely different direction, down totally separate roads, making Kagome's head spin as one of the police cars followed directly behind them in their chosen direction.
She squeezed Inuyasha tightly with her bruised hands, fighting to maintain her composure after having the shit scared out of her. "What in the hell was that?" She asked, a little skeptical. Her blood was really pumping after they had jumped out of the window, and now all of a sudden they couldn't see anyone else from the group because of a really loud and piercing yell! Not to mention the cop that was right on their tail, and if he happened to shoot at them he would hit her before hitting Inuyasha (Not that she would rather him get hit, but she just didn't want to be shot). If she had ever felt like a confused deer in the headlights, it would be now, because her heart had never pumped so fast in her life in utter confusion.
He smirked back at her while swerving in traffic. Placing a hand over his specially made microphone (one that reached all the way up to his special ears), he decided to make a smartass comment that couldn't be heard by the rest of the group. "See, this is what happens when members of my gang actually listen to me. You can teach my gang new tricks, but they sure as hell better remember the old ones, too. That's a trick I started a long time ago."
"So in other words, 'break' means to split up so the cops can't catch you?"
"Yep, any of my members can initialize it, and once they scream it you take the nearest road to you and try to keep away from the other members. It's fun."
Kagome shook her head at him, watching carefully as the cop behind them tried to weave into the heavy traffic to catch them. It proved to be harder than it looked, however, and the cop lost time as he got stuck behind a car.
An idea suddenly struck her, and since she really wanted to do it, she would suggest it. "Inuyasha, can't we go to Miroku's house? You know, loose the cops and then meet up there?"
Inuyasha seriously thought about it for a few seconds before deciding. "Yea, but what would we do with the motorcycles?"
"Surely there's a garage or something somewhere that they can be stashed away till morning."
Without missing his cue, he got on the radio with Miroku. "Monk, is there any place near your cabin that we could hide these motorcycles? Say yes and tell me or we'll have to find another place."
Miroku was silent on his end for a moment before finally speaking again. "The only place I can think of is that old storage building about four blocks from it. I'm sure that it wouldn't be that hard to get one open, especially with our skills."
Inuyasha nodded. "Right, ok, here's the orders. Everyone is to loose the cop that's on their ass, and I mean loose them completely, drive around for ten minutes or so making sure you're not being followed. Then get to that storage house and place their bike only in the one that has a large red B on it, got it?" Hearing "Yes Sir" one at a time showed that everyone knew what they were doing. Kagome was getting curious again.
She seemed to be doing that a lot lately in the past few hours…
"Red mark? You haven't been there before, I know it because I can sense it."
"I know."
"So how do you know what building will have a red mark on it?"
"They know the drill; whoever gets there first will find a fairly empty storage cubicle thing and use their red spray paint on the door. And before you ask, the paint is located in the bag on the back of every bike, so that it can be used for our convenience."
She nodded and hummed her answer, furrowing her eyebrows. "Why am I just now learning about all this stuff?"
He looked behind himself at her, glanced at the very far behind cop car and then faced ahead again. "You'll need all of it tomorrow, I promise."
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A/N-Thanks again for the reviews, and please keep it up! Once again, sorry to keep you waiting, but I had to go on vacation for Thanksgiving without any computers to work it on. The next chapter is halfway written, so it'll be up soon!