AN: I am absolutely evil to leave it off where I am gonna... but what the hell, right? I have been pretty happy about this and if you all send IM's to Allyb90 I'm sure I'll remember. That's where you can catch me, by the way, but reminding me to update by mail just doesn't work. Probably because I never check my mail... Anywho, enjoy the story! Oh, and I don't really own anything... not officially.

Regular POV

Kagome walked towards the Western Entrance and stopped by the vending machines. Pulling out some spare cash she got the cheapest energy drink there was. She was used to drinking several of these a day. They were expensive, but they kept her awake.

Pulling back the tab and listening as it hissed in reply, Kagome took a seat against the wall by the machine. Head leaned forward and elbows propped up on bent knees, she began to clear her mind. She was thinking too much. All she had to do was finish this drink, get to the next class, and make her way through the day. No tomorrow. No 'eventually'. She'd probably be gone in a couple of years anyway.

Kagome groaned and threw her head at the wall. After a 'thud' and a few well chosen curse words, she returned to clearing her head... No thoughts... Just time. Floating by. Second by second.

Breath...

Something touched her shoulder.

"SHIT!!!" Jumping onto her feet, Kagome slipped toward the left and fell against the broad 'Energizing Refreshment!!!' across the side of the metal machine. Eyes flying towards the spot right of her previous seat, she gaped.

A man in a business suite stood tall a few feet away from her. His amused golden eyes placed him in the 'not exactly normal' category and revealed his youkai blood, no matter how thinned out it was. Pale blond hair was buzzed-cut and gelled to perfection, bringing out the aristocratic bone structure. His face (besides his eyes) were perfectly expressionless. Kagome suddenly realized who he reminded her of.

"If you start referring to yourself in the third person I'm going to scream." The man's eyes briefly shined with curiosity before he looked down and shook his head.

"I'll try not to then. Wouldn't want you to freak out just yet." Kagome narrowed her eyes. Unfortunately, the effect was lost as her eyes were already narrowed from her earlier confusion, making them nothing but slits on a red face that was still gasping for air. The mans eyes twinkled again, but he didn't say anything else.

"... Just yet???" Kagome frowned. Seeing the edge of his mouth twitch she shook off her stupor and pulled herself into a respectable position. Growling, she stepped forward and poked him in the chest, "Listen, bud! I don't know or really even care what you want but you can't just scare a girl out of her freaking mind and stand there, without an apology, and start trying to intimidate her!!!" Kagome frowned. Okay... that hadn't come out as well as it had in her head... The man shook his head and put his hands in front of him in a peaceful manner.

"Calm down, Ms. Higurashi. I don't mean you any harm." Kagome froze and stood up straight. This man knew her name. What else did he know? Could he hurt the boys? Kagome growled and in seconds had him on the wall with her hands at his throat, feet hovering about three inches above the floor. (so... she's not all that tall...)

"Who do you work for!?!" His eyes twinkled and she slammed him against the wall, "Tell me!!!" She began to feel a tickling sensation at the back of her head. She ignored it (stupidly). She was far to angry and confused to care about something so pointless.

'I don't work for anyone.'

She jumped back and grabbed onto her head. Great. Now that she needed her senses she had to go crazy.

'Calm down.' She instantly felt a lot calmer. Each of her individual muscles seemed to suddenly relax, 'My intention is to offer you a job.' She suddenly realized just what he was doing and growled. Pulling her suddenly tired arms up to her ears she squeezed. After searching through her mind she came across an opening, a link of some kind. Grabbing hold of the spiritual thread, she did the only thing she could think of.

'Get out of my head!!!' She mentally screamed. She's not a telepath. Never could have been. But he was so deep in her mind she could almost hear her own voice come out his ears. He cringed and snapped his thumb and forefinger together. Without loosing the link he'd somehow created, two men grabbed onto her arms with such force he almost pulled them out of their sockets.

'I'm sorry, Ms. Higurashi. But it seems we need to... relocate to more helpful surroundings.'

Kagome POV

When I woke up I knew right away something was wrong. Not that it was all that hard, mind you. I just don't usually sleep standing up against a cold wall with my wrists chained to the ceiling and my ankles to the ground. Something was, obviously, very wrong. And very uncomfortable. I'm not tall enough to be in that position naturally.

"So, I see you're awake."

"No." Okay... It was stupid. But I didn't want to talk with anyone right now seeing as the moment their voice rang out my head split open in the back. Well... it felt like it did anyway.

I heard someone chuckle. My headache faded. My already sore muscles tensed.

"Alright... I'm awake."

"I thought you would be." Footsteps. About two feet away, "Could I get you anything? Tea, perhaps? Maybe some-"

"Keys?" Another chuckle.

"Those shall be available provided you cooperate." I remembered now where I'd heard the voice. The blonde Sesshomaru. At that moment I could bet you a hundred bucks (in yen) that his stupid eyes were twinkling again.

"Mmm... Cooperate with what?" I finally opened my eyes, but it didn't matter. There was a blindfold or something covering my eyes. It was so light I hadn't felt it before, "Not that I can guarantee I can do whatever it is as I still can't really see much..."

He ignored the second part. "I told you before I had a job offer for you." I decided to pretend I didn't know he meant something illegal. People don't kidnap people for normal job offers. I wasn't sure if youkai did that on a regular basis, but I doubted that, too.

"Need a cook or something? Sorry. Can't help you there. About the only decent thing I can make is Ramen." He chuckled again. Probably another twinkle. Damn it...

"No. I only need a musician." Okay... now I was really confused. The only music I could play was with a piece of grass between two thumbs. You position it just right and blow on the gap between the two thumbs and it whistles. It's pretty neat.

Okay... now I'm getting off subject.

"Sorry. I can't play anything really... You must have kidnapped the wrong high school student." Another chuckle. Why doesn't this guy just get annoyed or some other satisfying reaction?!

"I think we shall get along famously, Higurashi-san." I growled. He chuckled. I hate men.

"Would you let me go then? Even if we do 'get along', I still can't do whatever job you're trying to hire me for. So if it's not too much trouble-"

"It's only a cover-up for the real job," I growled. It turned to a gurgle when he finished, "for which you will be payed thirty million. (in yen)" Thirty million. That was enough to take care of the boys for most of their lives. Long after I'm gone.

"... I'm listening."

"We'll provide you with lessons for several different instruments you can use in the Makai-"

"Makai?" I grabbed on the link in my mind to try to gain any extra thoughts he let slip through. But he wasn't that sloppy. All I felt was the confusion I could smell on him anyway.

"You don't know about the Makai?" I realized suddenly if I didn't play this right I could loose the best opportunity to probably ever come along for me.

"I get the jest of it. But I've never really been there." The confusion only got stronger. Oops.

"How is that possible? Every person with demon blood is required to live there." I knew by the way he said required that it was something he hated deeply. I might be able to play on that.

"Except you, right?" He didn't say anything and I suddenly realized that he was probably breaking some laws. I grinned, "I was born and raised here, bud. You see, I wasn't always half youkai. I made myself one." He was still confused, but he hesitated to say anything more. He was hiding something.

"You'll have to be familiarized with that as well, then," I shrugged. Or as close to shrugging as I could with my arms chained. Which was basically just flopping my elbows. Needless to say, it didn't quite come off as careless as I'd tried for. He paused for a moment, trying to decide if he should say something, before deciding not to and continuing with the earlier subject. "You'll be trained physically as well. In a month you'll be transported with two partners to take the place of a demonic band that was... delayed. There you will complete a simple mission." He stopped. I frowned.

"And this mission is...?"

"Not for just anyone to know." I growled. He chuckled, "You'll learn soon enough, should you choose to accept."

"If I don't?" A stupid question when asking an illegal alien demon. But one should always ask.

"We'll find someone else to take your place." I frowned again.

"What will happen to me ?"

"You'll find yourself in the Rekai instead." I gulped. I had a feeling he wasn't going to bring me through a portal or something. And it didn't take a genius to figure out that he was talking about the Rekai realm. The realm of the dead.

"Then I guess you've found yourself a deal."

AN: Hehehehehehe... I absolutely love that scene!!! What's going to happen to Kag? Is she REALLY going to take this job? Who else is she going to meet? What's her mission? Find out the answers to all (but the last one) of these questions next time at the shell shocking (-ly rather ordinary) chapter in Bloodlust: Reanimation!!!! Naw, I'm just kidding ya'... I have absolutely no idea what it's gonna be like. Chow! (the word, not the food)