3 Months Later

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I knocked on the door. Wearing the electric company's hat. A stolen truck behind me. Wearing a stolen uniform that was a little too tight for my liking.

Sure enough, the target, Kagome, answered the door.

"Hello, Miss… Kagome, I'm from the power company. You called about a light fixture that wasn't working?" Phone taps was a beautiful thing.

"Ah yes, right this way. What's your name?" Was she hitting on me?

"Inuyasha, ma'am." I pretended to look at the light. "Do you mind, I just have to get something from my truck."

I didn't need my team for this one. Good thing to, though they were on stand-by not to far away. I went out to the truck and rummaged through it. Getting a latter.

I set it up in the kitchen and took down the light, only after shutting power off to it first, and preceded to look at it. When she turned around I drew my gun and quietly got down from the ladder. I pressed it to the back of her skull.

"Oh, my god. What's going on?"

I pushed her into the living room. Sitting her on the couch.

"I supposed to kill you. You know something about a project called Treadstone."

She blinked. "The kill squad… yes…" She froze. "Oh my god."

I sighed and clicked back the hammer. What has nagging at me not to pull the trigger?

Was it because I was getting tired of killing? Or was it the person in front of me? Maybe a combination of both…

"Please don't kill me." She whimpered. I pressed the gun to her head again. She began to sob. Mumbling 'I don't want to die' over and over. I began to pull back on the trigger. Stopping myself midway.

I let the hammer go softly back into place, not hitting the firing pin. I pulled the gun away and holstered it.

"I can't do it." I sighed. She looked up.

"But that brings on a new problem. They'll just send someone else after you."

She didn't stop sobbing. "I need to get you out of here. Some place safe. You can stay with me until then." She stopped sobbing.

"What do you mean I can stay with you. You just tried to kill me!"

"Look, do you want to live or not! I can't kill you, I don't want to kill you. I want to walk out of this life forever and never kill again, but then they will kill me! So here is what I am going to do, I am going to get you out of here, I am going to destroy this evidence you have, and them you are going to disappear, and I am going to disappear. Now, go upstairs and pack some things."

She nodded. Too scared to do anything else.

She went upstairs to pack. I shot off one bullet into her couch.

She came down. "What was that all about?"

"For affect, not be quiet."

I spoke into my watch.

"Mission Finished. I'm getting out of here, someone is going to call the cops, walk away."

I got three copy's. I turned back to her.

"Get some sort of coat on." I said. She got one on and I grabbed her by the shoulder and dragged her out to the truck.

"Now, listen to me. I want you to duck under the dash until I say otherwise. No one can know you are here. And where is that information."

She handed me some papers. Shaking.

"Don't be scared. Your safe for now." I said, driving off.

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I opened the door to my apartment. Kagome went in and looked around. I plopped down on the couch. "You can sleep in my bed." I said. She went into my room and I herd water running. She came out wearing a red night gown.

She looked at me. "Why did you do it?" She asked.

"Why did I do what?"

"Join that squad in the first place."

"I don't know. I needed money and I was good at it."

"Why didn't you kill me."

Because I think I'm falling in love with you.

"Because you have a way for me to get out."

I herd her sigh. Then she said. "Can I at least make you dinner… as a thank you."

When I didn't say anything I herd her disappear into the kitchen.

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I woke up to the sound of my phone ringing. I answered it. "This better be damn good if your waking me up at two in the morning."

"What the hell happened out there man? The police can't find the girl. You fucked up!"

I sighed, was it all about to blow up in my face?

"I don't know. Maybe they are trying to hide the death of a well respected journalist."

"No way man. Our guy from the local PD went down. He said there wasn't even any blood. What the hell happened in there."

Shit.

"Inuyasha, you better have some good answers."

"I don't know, Ryan. But I will find out… soon."

"You had better."

I was going to be blown soon. I needed a way out.

Wait… isn't my phone in my bed room? Isn't Kagome supposed to be in my bed?

I looked around and saw that she was behind me, her arms around me.

Great, I've fallen in love with a target, and now she has her arms around me. Good thing my hat is still on at least.

I heard footsteps outside my door of the apartment. Heavy footsteps, like they were weary boots.

Was the phone call to make sure I was in there?

I shoot Kagome. Putting a finger to her lips.

"They found us. We need to leave, now." I said. She nodded, throwing a random pair of jeans on. I slung her bag over my shoulder. I looked out my window, no one was guarding the back. "We're going down the fire escape." I said. She only nodded.

We made it down and out of site when I herd the faint. "Go, go, go!" Of Jason. So Treadstone was after me.

They knew.

I drove down the road and out of state in a stolen car. Kagome was silent for a little while.

"How did they find us?"

"It's what they do."

"How did you know they were here."

"Foot steps. And a phone call."

She sighed. "A phone call… wouldn't that give it all away?"

"Yes."

"So they made a mistake."

I shook my head. "They don't make mistakes, they don't do random. Something is going on. Somehow they found out about us."

"But… how."

"I don't know Kagome! I was sent to kill you! I fell in love with you and couldn't do it! Now they are after us and I need to figure it out!" I yelled, the I groaned. "Shit." I muttered. During my yelling I had given away the real reason for why I didn't carry out the job.

She looked at me. "You feel in love me with?"

I shrugged. "What can I say. You just weren't another job to me. There was something about you."

She sighed. "I felt the same way too."

I took my eyes off the road for a moment. "You did?"

"Well, yes. Didn't you wonder why you woke up where you did today?"

"I was wondering more about how you got me there in the first place."

"You're a heavy sleeper. I nearly dragged you there." She said with a giggle. "But I'm too strong for that. So I carried you."

I would of laughed myself if it wasn't for the silver car behind us.

"Duck." I said. She looked at me, but didn't question me. "Grab the gun out of the glove box." I said. Reaching my hand out. She filled it with the gun. Using my knee's to drive I checked to make sure it was loaded.

Putting it in my lap I slowed the car down until we were along side the silver car. It had been following us for the past thirty miles. From the time we left my place till now. The driver did his best not to look over, though he was clearly eyeing me out of the corner of his eye.

I could hear his ear piece.

He suddenly took out a gun and pointed it at me. But I was faster. I had one bullet in him before his gun was even leveled. I sped up, as his car swerved and rolled.

I kept going.

Kagome got back up in her seat.

"What the hell was that?"

"One of them." I said, coldly.

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I opened the door to the hotel room. Setting her bag down on it. She sat on the bed.

"What will you do for clothes?" She asked.

"I'll worry about that later. If I have to I'll do laundry in my boxers." Shouldn't of said that. I saw her blush. "What, never seen a man in his boxers?" I asked.

"Can't say I have." She said. Then she came up to me. Really close.

"Still, I want to thank you for saving me." She said. She saw my hat twitch and went to take it off. I grabbed her hand. "Don't touch the hat." I said. She stopped.

"Why?" She asked. "Just don't touch the hat."

She sighed. "Fine, I won't."

I sighed too. "Look, I didn't mean to snap, just, I'm protective of my hat."

She looked at me funny. She knew something. "That's not it." She said. "It's something else… though I can't put my finger on it."

I sighed. "Just don't put your finger on my hat and we'll be fine." I said. She nodded.

I went into the bathroom and took my hat off. Brushing back my ears with my hands. I sighed and put my hat back on and went into the room. Laying down on the bed as Kagome looked out the window. I sighed as I feel asleep.

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I woke with a small shriek of delight.

"Oh my god, they're so cute!" I herd Kagome say.

I woke up and looked around. She was looking at me. "What's so cute." I asked. Laying back down and feeling my hat under me. I froze. "Oh, shit."

"I didn't touch it." Kagome said. "It feel off while you were sleeping."

"So now you know." I said.

"That you have dog ears? Yup." Kagome said with a smile on her face. I sighed.

"Isn't this the part where you scream bloody murder and run out of the room in fright?" I asked. She shook her head.

"Nope."

"But you know what this means right?"

"That your half dog demon and half human?"

I nodded.

"Yah… but I still don't see the point."

"You're not scared?" I asked in disbelief. I remembered the first time someone ever saw them… that girl never did call me back.

"Not at all. You didn't kill me, that means that your good and not completely evil."

She walked up and rubbed them. I tried desperately not to purr. But she could tell I was enjoying it.

"Please don't do that. You don't know what it does to me." I said. Still restraining myself.

"Yes I do. I studied dog demons back in collage. Even wrote a paper on it."

I sighed. "So you know… yet you do it to me."

"Well, why not? I mean we like each other right, since that is in affect and I can't leave this room. I need something to do." She said. Laying down next to me, resting her head on my chest.

I didn't mind it much. She was right. I kissed the top of her head, tossing the hat to some random point of the room. Sighing I held her close, slowly going back to sleep.