Disclaimer: don't own him. Never will…

This is a bit angsty…and fluffy…in parts… oh and I apologize for not doing review responses. Last time I was just so bored and fed up with this storyline that I forgot. and now I just don't feel like doing em… I'll still answer direct questions though… and at the end I'll put up everybody's name! Err… end of the story, I mean… which, as it's going right now, could be in two chapters.

The Game Changes

Kouga saw it: Kikyo and Kagura had pulled their guns out. He followed the muzzle of the guns to pinpoint where they were to be fired. Kikyo's was pointed at Inu-Yasha and Kagura's was pointed at…Kikyo? What?! He thought they were allies. Apparently not.

Kikyo's eyes blazed with hurt, rage and a whole mixing pot of other emotions as she pulled the trigger. How Kouga got in front of the bullet that was defiantly meant for Inu-Yasha, would forever remain a mystery; nobody saw him do it.

The shot hit him and he fell to the ground with a sickening groan.

Inu-Yasha sensed her. Kikyo… Why was she here? He knew her and she was definitely not a churchgoer anymore.

Before he knew what was happening, that annoying wolf from the airport that had a price on his head as far as Inu-Yasha was concerned, was in front of him. A shot was heard and he went down with a groan.

Inu-Yasha looked directly behind the fallen wolf to see a mull of horrified people and Kikyo. She was on the ground in an ever-growing pool of her own blood. On the other side of the chapel was Sesshomaru holding a woman with traumatized red eyes. In her hands was a gun; undoubtedly she was the one who shot Kikyo.

Kagome gaped at the man in front of her who was now bleeding. It was the customs agent from the airport! Why was he there?

"Are, you okay…?" She asked weakly.

Nobody was able to hear her over the chaos. Inu-Yasha gripped her to him protectively.

Sango stared. She didn't duck or scream or cry. She just froze. She didn't know what else to do. Her emotions locked themselves away. This was just like what happened to her family. Memories of that awful day flooded back.

Flashback

It had been so peaceful. How did it end up like this? Why did it end up like this?

Sango wondered these thoughts as she cradled her brother's bloody and limp body in her arms.

"Kohaku…" she sobbed into his hair.

They were her family and now they were gone. It was all because of that man in the shadows. That…Onigumo character.

'Why did I ever talk to him!?' Sango mentally reprimanded herself.

She looked out over the carnage that had started as a family reunion. Now the only reunion Sango could hope for would be the one in heaven.

"If I hadn't they'd…they'd all be alive!"

Sango became faintly aware of someone calling her name.

"Sango!"

Someone pulled her down. She looked up and found herself lost in indigo eyes that were glazed with fear.

"Are you crazy?! Stay down!" he said as her covered her head with a protective arm.

On the other side of town, a man with black greasy hair sat inside his office. It had the distinct scent of smoke from various different types of narcotics as smoke was still hanging over the room. The shades on the windows were drawn tightly closed and it was dark inside; the only source of light came from a desk lamp.

He scowled at the wall like it had caused his whole dilemma.

"Damn those incompetent fools."

Kagura and Kikyo. Those two were a pain in the ass. In fact, he was kind of glad he was rid of them. Kagura would never talk; she wouldn't for her sister's sake if she was smart. Kikyo was dead so any threat she posed was gone.

From his point of view, Inu-Yasha was currently the biggest threat to him and his business. Inu-Yasha had always been suspicious of Naraku but normally just looked the other way and continued on his work. That had been until he saw those women.

"They were whores anyway." Naraku scoffed. "I don't see why he felt so bad…"

The worst was over. Everything had been explained after the ambulance had taken Kikyo and Kouga away.

Inu-Yasha felt a sickening feeling of loss. Kikyo was dead. Kikyo…dead. The words he'd never thought he'd ever hear in his life were told by his older brother. He didn't love the same way he once had, but that didn't stop him from feeling her loss. She had died… But why? Kagura…the woman with painful red eyes… she shot Kikyo. Why? Kouga…that wolf from the airport… He'd been working to get Naraku all along. The happening at the airport had been a mistake. They'd been looking for Kikyo. Why did all these things seem to lead up to Naraku?

Because they did lead up to Naraku. It was as simple as that.

As if reading his younger brother's mind Sesshomaru said, "Naraku is the one we really need to get. Kagura has confessed everything she knows in exchange that we find her sister. We know that Kikyo was working with Naraku to kill you, Inu-Yasha.

She heard that you were coming to the states somehow and came before we could fix our security. I was away on business so I wasn't there when she was put on my payroll two weeks ago; I wouldn't have known who she was until just recently."

Kagome gaped at Inu-Yasha. All that she'd been told had hit her like a ton of bricks. It was utterly amazing how he had been able to keep such a huge secret from her for so long.

Flashback

"I was in a gang, Kagome." Inu-Yasha confessed to her for the first time. "Naraku headed it. I decided I was going to leave after I discovered what they were doing to gain all the money. The weapons and drugs I didn't really mind…most gangs do sell those…but those women…I couldn't stand for it. I wouldn't allow myself to be brought down to that level. It was disgusting.

I was going to leave, take Kikyo with me; maybe marry her and have a family outside of that kind of environment. She didn't want to leave. She stayed with Naraku. I'll never know why. Maybe it was the money.

I went to the police and bargained with them. I learned the Naraku's little gang wasn't so little; it was a national black market. Weapons, drugs, women…anything and everything was his specialty. Then I had to be put under police protection. I used the name Taisho for a while, but I couldn't keep who I was a secret."

Kagome stared at his face blankly.

"You lied to me…"

Inu-Yasha looked truly saddened.

"Because I love you."

[I could be really evil and just stop it right here. But I know if I do I'll have headhunters and I probably won't get the motivation to write more…so…READ ON!]

Sango stood with Miroku listening intently to Sesshomaru speak to Inu-Yasha.

"Kagura proved to be very useful. She went under the code-name 'Gusty' while she was working with Naraku, but she only did it because he was threatening her sister, Kanna."

"He would be…?" Miroku asked. He had been preoccupied with keeping Sango standing so he had missed some of the conversation.

"Naraku. Or, as Kagura said, he also went by the name Onigumo."

Sango went rigid, her eyes glazed with fear. She began to shake uncontrollably as she slumped to the ground despite Miroku's efforts to keep her up.

"Sango? Sango?!"

Miroku knelt down beside her.

"Sango, what's wrong?!" Kagome cried as she reached out to her friend.

"Get a medic in here!" Sesshomaru ordered.

"Its him…the same one who… IT WAS HIM!" Sango screamed, now in hysterics. "HE GOT THEM!"

"Who got who?" Inu-Yasha asked quietly, now beside Kagome, Sango, and Miroku.

"Onigumo…he killed…Kohaku…" Sango sobbed. "…All of them…"

Miroku put his arms around her and pulled her against himself.

"Shh…Sango…Shh…" Miroku cooed as he rocked her back and forth. "We'll get him… don't worry." he vowed.

Sesshomaru scowled. He was not familiar with her case. He'd have to look it up later…

Inu-Yasha growled. Naraku had more than just the police looking for him. He had Inu-Yasha after him. The game had changed.

Kouga woke up in a white room. He blinked his eyes a few times to get the blurriness to go away.

Where am I?

He looked down on himself.

"More importantly, WHAT THE HELL AM I WEARING?!" he shouted.

He was clad in a lovely pinstripe gown and bleach white bandages. Several of them were stained crimson, undoubtedly from his own blood.

He remembered now. Kikyo…Inu-Yasha…that shot.

"I JUMPED IN FRONT OF A BULLET?! I'M GOING INSANE!"

A nurse walked in with a tray of food.

"Well that's common after head injuries, Mr. Watsuke."

[A/N] I thought that was a good place to end it for now. Not the story…the chapter… Do you people think I wouldn't keep to my word? I WILL finish this! I'll do it if it KILLS me!

Kouga: [still in his pinstripe gown] That can be arranged…

Inu: …

Miroku: He's not complaining… that's a wonder…

Inu: Feh! Stupid monk… I ALWAYS have something to complain about!

Raven: He says that like it's a good thing…

Inu: Netiri, why the hell'd you make me a gangster?!

Raven: She has her reasons…

[Smiles and nods]

Raven: …stupid though they may be…

…Hey… [glares at Raven]

just review…/