Demon Zoo

By Fantasy Cat

Disc: Bleh! No ownie!

Chapter Eight

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There was a major crowd at the staff meeting the next morning. Even policemen were present. "Inuyasha escaped from our zoo over the past weekend. It is my belief that something is very suspicious about the whole thing. Right now we have people on the look out for him. Do not be alarmed about these officers. They will be here on the zoo grounds until their investigation is completed. All performances will be canceled until further notice. And if the officers wish to ask you any questions, you will answer them honestly. Is that understood?"

"Yes," said the staff. Everyone was alert and attentive…but Kagome, she was asleep on her face. Sango tried to shake her. "Kagome…Kagome!"

"Stop rubbing me, Kouga!" Everyone in the room laughed. "Miss Higurashi, if you want to keep your job, you will stay awake at important meetings like this," said Naraku.

"I'm sorry, sir," said Kagome.

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It was a dull workday for the three humans, once again cleaning up Kirara's crap. Kagome's thought were on Inuyasha and Rin who were stuck in her house. She could tell Sango and Miroku about all of this before they got suspicious. But work was not the best place to do it. And what if they all got in trouble? She couldn't risk other people's live right now, not unless they could get away with it.

The officers were investigating every area of Inuyasha's cage and they found one suspicious clue. A gap in the cage wall between Inuyasha and Sesshomaru's cages. Naraku looked at the wall and suspected that Sesshomaru would've played part…except Sesshomaru was never the type to help his brother. They were well known to threaten each other between the bars. Something was not right at all.

And yes, the police asked Kagome questions. But she was so tired that she would just yawn "Um…wha? No?" The police gave up on her and she was clear for today.

Naraku also ordered all of the zoo's remaining hanyous to be rounded up and put in a room for questioning. They were whipped if they would not answer his questions properly. The result was vague. The few hanyous were asleep but the demons were making a lot of noise the past two nights. No one mentioned seeing Inuyasha out at any night. "Two nights?" thought Naraku. "It only took Inuyasha a second to escape…unless he returned for some reason."

"Naraku, the police told me that their dogs are sensing something from Sesshomaru's cage. Should we let them in?" asked Kagura.

"No, wait until we close. Tonight we shall investigate this matter ourselves." Kagura walked away to make sure everyone was still working. "Let us hope Sesshomaru is not hiding something from me."

"Kagome, wanna get dinner after work?" asked Sango. "Well I think I should…no, yeah. Sure, I'll come. There's something I should let you two know, but I can't let you know here," whispered Kagome.

"Oooh," cooed Miroku. "I bet it's about Inuyasha…I bet you know where he is…"

"Huh" asked Kagome. "You and Inuyasha are very close, I bet he ran away so he couldn't leave you. And you know where he is."

"No I don't. Shut up!"

"And if I ran away from home, I'd come straight to your house," Miroku said. SMACK! A huge red spot like a sunburn appeared on his face. The girls scrambled back to work when they saw Kagura come by. She stopped to look at Miroku. "Stop blushing and get back to work!"

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When they arrived at dinner, Kagome had to spill the beans about Inuyasha. "Aw, that's so cute," said Sango. "It's like a puppy followed you home and didn't want to go away."

"It's not cute!" said Kagome. "And you're sick. He's a zoo animal! Too many sick stuff's been happening."

"What are talking about?" asked Miroku.

"Um…It's nothing. I gotta go pick up some food for Inuyasha."

"Okay, and don't worry Kagome. Miroku and I are fully cleared by police and we won't say anymore about this."

"Thanks, said Kagome.

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Inuyasha and Rin were watching the animal channel in the living. Seeing the animals living in caves like savages, Inuyasha could only laugh about how crappy his brother's cave is. Rin looked down on her writing pad. She didn't want to think about how she had spent three days naked in a cave with a demon and it was difficult to readjust now that she could feel the pain in her stomach

Kagome came home carrying a big bag of groceries. "You're late, Kagome! I've been starving all day," said Inuyasha. He jumped out of his seat and went over to the food being put on the table. "I had some other food in the cabinet you could've made yourself," said Kagome.

"EH?!"

"We'll you think you're pretty much human, right? I think things will work better if you just made meals for you and Rin while I work."

"Kagome, I don't know how to cook!" It was then that Kagome shoved an unopened package of Mac n Cheese to Inuyasha. "You can read instructions. I heard that Miroku's been lending you Playboy magazines. I tell you, you're becoming a big a pervert as he is."

Inuyasha stared at the box then something else caught his eye on the table. "What is this?" he asked picking up a can. "That's dog food," said Kagome. "I'm sure you'll develop a taste for it."

"EW!" said Inuyasha. "That's animal food…hey what are you cooking now?!"

"This is Rin's dinner. So just grab the can opener and enjoy your dog food okay? I'm tired and I want to go to bed when I'm done with this."

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Sesshomaru's temper had not recovered since the night before, and he was furious when the policemen wanted to search his cave. Luckily Naraku told them not to, but now Naraku and Kagura were searching his caves for clues. He stepped out of his cave and growled at the two figures. Naraku went up and pulled out his Taser so Sesshomaru walked out of his way.

Naraku pulled a flashlight and looked through his cave. He didn't find much at all. As he came out he found a small piece of fabric…no, it was rope hair near lying next to a rock. He stood up to observe the rope hair and turned to Sesshomaru. He was lying on a rock in his dog staring at him. "Don't be stupid Sesshomaru. You can't hide anything from me," said Naraku. Instead of taking any course of action, he and Kagura left the cage and locked the door.

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Long chapter but little action. It just shows that Naraku is finding out something's wrong. And there will be more soon. Keep reading!