Most Important Mission - Chapter 13 By: Sakura Katsana

Sakura: Hey everyone! I'm glad you liked last chapter! I feel so loved. Well anyway this chapter will be longer than last chapter although last chapter was 10 pages it still wasn't as long as chapter 11 and I promised longer chapters. I just thought that'd be the perfect evil cliffy. Muwahaha! ^.^; Sorry . . .

Inuyasha: Why am I the one injured? -.-*

Sakura: Because it's the perfect way for them to find out your secret . . . You'll see in this chapter. *Sighs* Don't be so impatient.

Sango: Humph.

Sakura: You're still mad at me? Gods, all I did was speak the truth. -.-

Sango: *Sighs and turns around to face the others*

Sakura: I'll try and work this out. Well anyway R&R and hope you like it! See you later!

Shout outs!:

CorruptedAngel: Thanks for the name of Kohaku's weapon. Hope you like this chapter and R&R!

SakuraSpring: Well here's the next chapter so be happy!

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Ladyofthedragons: Thanks for the name of the weapon! I really needed the name. R&R

Yun Fei: Yup I am. I love being a hanyou. Well I see you figured out the secret of Sakura in MIM. R&R ^_^

Josie: Thanks! I love words of encouragement. R&R!

InuShemeeko: Yeah, I hated having to pin him to that wall but I had to. Well it turned out fine. So R&R you know you always do! TTYL!

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Enjoy this chapter! R&R&R

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Chapter 13 - True Forms Revealed

Inuyasha sighed and continued fighting off more demons until a curved blade came down towards Inuyasha's heart. "What in all the hells?" Inuyasha dodged it just in time. He turned to see a young boy about 14 holding his returned blade.

Sango noticed Inuyasha's hesitation and slowly turned to see what was wrong. Her eyes opened wide, "K-Kohaku?"

'Kohaku?! Her brother? Why is he here with Naraku?' Inuyasha sliced another youkai as he rushed towards Sango.

"You know this boy?" Miroku pulled his staff out of a youkai and grimaced noticing a deep cut on his leg.

Sango didn't answer she just stood there in complete shock. 'His eyes are cold without emotion. He's possessed . . .' Sango took a step forward as Kohaku stood paralyzed in a heavy sweat. "Kohaku . . ."

Kohaku's eyes turned normal again. "Aneue," He breathed. Kohaku blinked and his eyes were once again colder. "Die." He threw his blade once again grazing Sango's arm.

Kagome lodged an arrow into her bow and pointed the bow at Kohaku. She let go of the trigger and allowed the arrow to fly towards the boy in front of her.

"Kagome! NO!" Sango rushed towards Kagome knocking her down but it was too late. The arrow was already flying towards her brother.

Inuyasha saw the look of fear in his best friends eyes. It seemed everything was in slow motion but Inuyasha's mind was faster than ever rushing through memories.

~Flashback~

"Well it looks like you learned how to swim. That'll come in handy today won't it?" Inuyasha turned the corner towards the garage of the base.

"Yeah . . . Thank you." Sango smiled. "Inuyasha?"

"What?"

"Be careful. You're the only family I have." Sango took in a deep breath and looked out the window.

~End Flashback~

'She's not losing her brother, not again,' Inuyasha rushed towards the arrow and stopped a few feet away from Kohaku causing the arrow to stab him instead. Kohaku dodged to the side lazily as the arrow carried Inuyasha towards the wall, pinning him.

Kohaku's brow furrowed quickly but as he did so he dashed off into the shadows.

"INUYASHA!!!" Sango was first to reach him. His eyes were closed as blood trickled from the place the arrow had entered his body. His chest was pinned to the wall.

"You baka!" Kagome growled. "Why would you save him?"

Inuyasha's eyes slowly opened and he gave a smug grin. "Is that any of *your* business wench?" He coughed and his eyes closed again. His breathing slowing down by the second.

Miroku stood silent watching the agent die. 'Sango knew that boy and Inuyasha saved him for her.' Miroku's eyes closed as a single tear fell to the ground. (A/N: Calm down everyone.)

"Kagome, help me get this arrow out of him." Sango said harshly. Kagome nodded and they pulled the arrow from his chest as Miroku kept him from sliding down the wall. "Come on!" Sango rushed towards the warehouse exit hoping they wouldn't be too late.

Miroku carried Inuyasha over his shoulder as they rushed towards the alley. He looked towards Kagome, "Kagome, calm down."

Kagome wiped the tears, as she ran, "No it's my fault." She growled running faster. "Come on! We have to get back to the base."

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They reached the alley to see all the cars safe. Sango reached into a small fold of Inuyasha's haori and grabbed Fang's keys. "Miroku, put him in the back!" She slid into Fang and opened the back door automatically.

Miroku did as he was told and then rushed back to his car and pulled out of the alley. His car was followed by Kagome's and then finally by Fang.

"Don't you die on us Inuyasha!" Sango warned speeding down the highway. 'Inuyasha you can't die. Be strong until we get you to their base!'

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Sango, Miroku, and Kagome stood around Inuyasha's hospital bed. It'd been three hours already. 'Your healing powers are working, I can already tell.' Sango smiled to herself as a tear fell from her cheek.

Miroku looked over at Sango and gave her a reassuring hug. He didn't even bother to grope her, he just held her silently from behind.

Sango's eyes widened for a moment before she allowed herself to be held. It felt . . . Right.

Inuyasha could hear the sniffling coming from the others but his eyes still wouldn't open. He felt numbness on his side although it was slowly fading he was worried.

"Come on Sango, get yourself some tea, he'll be fine here. You too Miroku." Kagome sighed sitting down in the seat by Inuyasha's bed. "I'll stay just incase."

"I guess so Kagome. Can we get you anything?" Sango moved from Miroku's arms.

"Yeah. Just some regular tea," Kagome sighed. "Thanks."

"No problem." Miroku and Sango walked silently from the room, although both were sad for Inuyasha's condition, with knowing smiles on their faces.

Kagome sighed looking down at Inuyasha's peaceful face. It wasn't until now that she realized how cute he was. As he slept his face was slack. He looked like a peaceful little child. His eyes and left hand twitched suddenly causing Kagome's train of thought to disappear. "Inuyasha?" The twitching stopped and his hand slowly relaxed again.

'I wonder what's wrong? Is it a dream?' Kagome gave a faint smile and put his hand in her own. "You'll be alright Inuyasha. Don't worry." Kagome's eyes widened when she received a slight squeeze from Inuyasha's hand. 'Inuyasha?'

"We're back with the tea . . ." Sango trailed off when she saw Kagome's hand in Inuyasha's. "A-any changes?"

"No," Kagome gave a faint smile once more. "When do you think he'll wake up?"

"He'll be awake soon," Sango said optimistically. "Don't worry."

"How can you be so sure?" Miroku interjected.

"Don't worry. I know Inuyasha better than he knows himself half the time. He'll be awake and better soon." Sango took a deep breath and looked out the window to see agents going on with their daily tasks.

Inuyasha grunted as his eyes opened. He turned his head to see Sango, Miroku, and Kagome standing over him all with relief in their eyes.

"You're awake!" Kagome had a thankful look on her face. "You scared the h--- out of us!"

"How do you feel?" Sango sat down in the chair.

"Like crap," Inuyasha grunted sitting up.

"Inuyasha? W-where did your wounds go?" Kagome blinked to make sure she was seeing the truth. The bandages wrapped around Inuyasha's torso and chest were white. Not a speck of blood could be seen.

Inuyasha looked down at the bandages and scoffed. "What about them?"

"Where did they go?" Kagome repeated. "There's no blood."

Sango was nervous; how could Inuyasha explain this to them? "He stops bleeding very fast," Sango stalled.

"Don't stall Sango," Inuyasha sighed. "It's none of their concern anyway."

"It *is* our concern Inuyasha. If we're going to work together we're going to need to be o-" Kagome stopped as her eyes widened and her heart stopped. "Inuyasha . . . What in the-"

Inuyasha growled, "What?!"

Miroku's mouth worked but nothing came out. Finally he managed to breathe, "Y-your ears."

Inuyasha realized what was going on. The dart had worn off and there was no hat to hide in now. 'Crap,' was Inuyasha's only thought.

"Inuyasha . . . Are those . . . Dog ears?" Kagome sputtered.

"No. I just like wearing dog ears that can only be seen half the time," Sarcasm was dripping off every syllable. He sighed rolling his eyes. Inuyasha just sighed as he picked up his now-clean haori and walked off towards the bathroom muttering under his breath. After he was safely in the bathroom with the door closed he slapped himself for not being careful.

'You baka! How could you not remember to take the next dart?!'

Sango stood awkwardly staring out the window. 'Inuyasha how, after all the times of doing it, did you forget to take the next dart?!' She just knew Kagome and Miroku were about to ask her the question she couldn't bring herself to answer.

"Sango?" Kagome looked over at her. "What are you hiding?"

Miroku averted his gaze from the nurse in the hall to Sango.

"Can we even trust you?" Kagome mentally slapped herself for asking the question. Sango could be or not be trusted she'd say the same thing, that she could be.

"Inuyasha's business isn't any of yours." Sango stated dryly. "It's not that we can't be trusted, it's that he has things he rather not mention."

"That means anything we should know about the missions he could hide. In other words, not being able to trust him. Or you," Kagome retorted. "For all we know you both could be here under Naraku's orders. Or Kikyo's." Kagome growled.

"You don't even know what you're talking about!" Sango growled back. "It's his business, not yours! He would sacrifice his life for either one of you if he had to and you shouldn't go around saying he can't be trusted without thinking at all." Sango gave both a cold stare. 'How can they doubt him? He just sacrificed his life for my brother that he didn't even know.'

"He'd protect you any day. We can't be so sure." Kagome walked closer to Sango with each word. "If you can't tell us why he has *dog ears* then how can we trust you to tell us anything?"

Inuyasha pulled on his haori as he listened to the conversation going on outside the bathroom.

"Kagome, calm down." Miroku warned, "Let her be this time."

"What?" Kagome looked back at her friend. "Miroku, if we're working with them we should know. Not even the details, just a quick explanation. We can't work with a liar and a guy with unexplainable dog ears."

Inuyasha had had it. Sango was no liar unless it was the enemy she was talking to. Calling Sango a liar was the worst thing you could ever do and he wasn't taking it lightly. He practically ripped the door off it's hinges when he opened it. "You want a quick explanation wench? Well here it is, I'm a hanyou." Inuyasha took a quick glance at Sango and stormed from the room.

Sango gave Kagome a side glance, nodding at Miroku, she left the room as well. 'How can we work together if this is how we get? We are all protecting our pasts like it's our life.' Sango sighed as she walked down the corridor silently a few feet from Inuyasha.

'Kagome is not a trusting person . . .' Inuyasha thought.

'Just like me . . .'

'No. I won't compare myself to her.'

'But she has my same mission and she seems like she has emotions that she's trying to hide.'

'Like me.'

'Shut up!'

Inuyasha shook his head to get rid of the insane fight he was having with himself. Then Inuyasha put his hand to his side waiting to feel his scabbard. "Where's Tetsusaiga?" Inuyasha turned around and looked at Sango. "Sango where's Tetsusaiga?"

"I think you left it back in the room if it's not with you right now. I remember you having it in Fang."

Inuyasha growled but walked past Sango towards the hospital room where Kagome was bandaging Miroku's leg. "What did this to you?" She grimaced adding the peroxide.

"Youkai," Miroku grunted. "I hate this crap."

"Well deal with it." Kagome sighed pulling out some bandages from the cabinet. "You don't want all those youkai germs in your body do you?"

"Whatever," Miroku handed her the scissors and looked down at the floor. "So he's a hanyou?"

"That's what he said," Kagome said dryly wrapping the gauze around his cut.

"That explains everything," Miroku sighed. "Well now you know."

"I know I know, he told us directly." She growled. "I feel guilty about calling them those things but still. They are way too secretive."

"American agents are. It can't be helped." Miroku stated simply. "That's what they're trained to do, keep the information to themselves. We're lucky they decided to team up with us instead of trying to get us out of the way." Miroku eyed Kagome's angry stare and then continued, "It's not like they would succeed though."

"Oh really?" Inuyasha strode into the room looking around for Tetsusaiga. "You think so?"

"Who beat you at training?" Kagome retorted.

"Who beat Miroku?" Inuyasha eyed them both for a second before continuing on with his search.

"Should I leave you two alone?" Miroku smirked.

"Feh," Inuyasha scoffed. Looking to the side he saw Tetsusaiga in it's scabbard. He grabbed it up and turned to leave.

"You find it?" Sango entered the room and leaned against the wall. Inuyasha nodded as Sango stole a glance of the two Japanese agents. The room filled with awkward silence.

The silence was broken by Inuyasha's cell phone. "Gods," Inuyasha growled pulling it out of his haori. "Yeah?"

"Inuyasha are you okay?" A small voice came from the other side. "I heard you were hurt!"

Inuyasha sighed looking up at the ceiling helplessly, "Yes I'm fine ." He listened to the girl on the other line and rolled his eyes. "Yes I'm sure." Inuyasha sighed again.

Sango giggled in the corner. 'Looks like I didn't have to kill him, I just had to make a phone call. Pushing me into Miroku. Keh.'

"Sango . . . Who's he talking to?" Kagome decided to let the confrontation go.

"Oh, that would probably be Shiori, the hanyou girl at our base that can't keep her hands off of him." Sango continued to giggle. She was in no mood to hold a grudge, a call from Shiori was no time to be angry.

It was a time to make fun of her best friend.

Kagome felt relief and then confusion. 'Why do I care anyway?' She mentally slapped herself and then looked over at the annoyed hanyou and couldn't hold back her own laughs.

"Uh huh," Inuyasha sighed sitting down on his hospital bed. "I'm fine . . ." He took a deep breath trying to control himself. "Yes Shiori," Inuyasha growled, "For the last time I'm sure!" Inuyasha slapped his hand to his forehead when the girl on the other end began to cry.

"I was worried about you! Why are you so mad at me?" She sniffled.

"I'm not *mad* at you," Inuyasha lied. "Come on, stop crying."

"This is sad," Kagome shook her head. "That girl is so, so, sad."

"I agree," Miroku nodded.

"Uh huh, yeah. Fine. Careful. Yeah." Inuyasha sighed flopping down on his bed once he had ended the call. "Thank the gods for nature calls." Inuyasha closed his eyes.

"*That* actually *stopped* her? *Shiori*?" Sango laughed, "Last time she called and needed to she took the cell phone with her!" Sango and Kagome began laughing hysterically.

"Feh," Inuyasha growled.

"Not even I would want *her* after me. At least I don't have someone like that," Miroku sighed. Then a girl's voice came from down the hall.

"I need to get in there!" The voice yelled.

"Gods forgive me, I spoke too soon," Miroku shook his head and ran behind the curtain for Inuyasha's hospital bed.

"What the-?" Inuyasha was cut off from saying his usual profanities by a young girl, around Kohaku's age, bursting into the room and looking around frantically.

"Where is he?!" The girl whimpered.

"Depends on who you're looking for," Sango stated obviously.

Kagome stood to the side quietly. 'I'm not about to turn Miroku in.'

"I'm looking for Miroku," the girl looked around once more. "Where is he?" Then her head snapped towards the curtains, which had just moved slightly. "Miroku!" She yelled pulling back the curtain.

"K-Koharu?" Miroku grinned a fake grin inching his way towards Kagome. "What are you doing here?"

"I heard you were in a fight," she said obviously. "Are you ok?"

'Sounds like an exact copy of Shiori.' Inuyasha grinned inwardly lying back in bed with his hands behind his head.

"I'm fine Koharu, thanks for caring," Miroku sighed trying to hide the cut on his leg. "I thought you were off training in Kyoto."

"I came back today!" She yelled cheerily.

"Oh, that's great," Miroku sighed.

"Isn't it?" Koharu leaned into Miroku.

"Uh . . ." Miroku inched away causing everyone to snicker except the clueless little girl.

"Wanna hang out sometime?" Koharu winked.

"I'm really busy nowadays, sorry," Miroku gave a fake grin.

"Oh," Koharu looked down at her watch, "I have to go but I'll see you tomorrow!" She cheerily bounced from the room with a smile on her face.

"Gods," Miroku slumped over in a chair.

Kagome and Sango gave each other quick grins and then stared at the boys. They burst out laughing almost literally rolling on the floor.

"Oh shut up Kagome, at least I don't have Hojo and Kouga after me," Miroku grinned triumphantly.

"Shut up," Kagome growled. "It's not like I *want* them after me," Kagome stick out her tongue.

"Are you saying we *want* those girls after us?" Miroku growled.

Sango and Kagome ignored what had just been said and continued laughing and imitating the two younger girls.

"Feh," Inuyasha crossed his arms and legs Indian style and scoffed. The laughing continued, "Shut up Sango." Inuyasha ordered dryly.

"Make me," Sango dared. "Ha ha ha! Ha ha ha!" She mocked.

Inuyasha looked into Sango's eyes and then down at the ring still on her finger. He didn't notice the others following his eyes as well.

Sango's laughter died down as she cleared her throat. "Never mind," she whispered leaning up against the wall.

Inuyasha took a good look at the two girl agents in the room. He could feel his cheeks growing red. "Maybe you two should go get changed," he faced away from them knowing Miroku would do enough staring for the both of them.

Kagome looked down at her clothes, not only was there blood but also slashes in the material that wasn't very modest. It was beyond repair. Kagome blushed crimson as she rushed towards her room.

Sango looked down at her own clothes to see basically the same problem. She slowly turned her head to see Miroku with a perverted grin on his face. "HENTAI!!" She slapped him hard enough to throw him across the room and then ran out after Kagome.

"Baka," Inuyasha sighed shaking his head.

"I'm used to it," Miroku inwardly sighed. "Inuyasha, may I ask you something?"

"Shoot." Inuyasha sighed.

"Why did you risk your life for her brother back there?" Miroku looked back at the hanyou.

"It's Sango's brother. She lost him once already, she shouldn't have to lose him again," Inuyasha picked up Tetsusaiga and slashed the air.

"You love her don't you?" The sparkle in Miroku's eyes disappeared.

"It depends on what kind of love you're speaking of," Inuyasha stated obviously.

"You know what kind I'm speaking of." Miroku took a sip of tea.

"Not in that way, no." Inuyasha looked over at the door to see an embarrassed Kagome and Sango entering. Both in turtlenecks. Inuyasha couldn't help but smile.

"So what have you two been talking about?" Sango played with the sleeve of her black sweater.

"Nothing," Miroku answered quickly.

"Me and Sango were talking," Kagome looked at the guys.

Sango nodded, "Wanna hit a club?"

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Sakura: Sorry there was more for this chapter but it can be next chapter. I'll start writing it today. Well anyway I wanted to post this one today so that I could wish sacredmist's birthday. TTYL Ja ne!