Luna: What evil cliffhangers I give you people.
Veron: No kidding.
Luna: La la la. I love this fic; it's so fun to write. The suspense! The annoyance! The utter lust everywhere!
Veron: And the fact that you are in a writing frenzy.
Luna: Yes I am! At the rate I'm writing I might just write up to chapter 10!
Veron: o.O
Luna: Yes, I wrote 4,5,and this one all in the same day. 3/27/04. I might write even more! Ha ha! ^_^
Veron: You're burning extra energy from yesterday aren't you?
Luna: YES! Secret Window was the bomb!
Veron: Apparently so…*mopes again*
Luna: Sorry...forgot *hugs her*
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Veron: On with the fic…
Disclaimer: Nope just the story and my new pair of glasses. Not Inuyasha. Nope.
~*~ Chapter 6: Headlines
Kagome bustled around the hotel room, stuffing her newly bought clothes into her suitcase. She sighed and blew a stray strand of hair out of her face, before throwing in her toiletries. Today they were returning to Japan. And she had to meet Kikyo, Inuyasha's fiancée after she met Sesshomaru.
His half brother, and they utterly despised each other, but no longer enough to kill the other. She bit her lip as she sat on the cover of the luggage carrier, grinning as she heard the locks click in place. Kagome wondered why they'd stop all of the sudden, if Inuyasha's utter anger when she mentioned his name were any indication.
She lugged the case down the stairs for the bellboy, she when jumped as a rushing Miroku ran by, slamming his fist on Inuyasha's door.
"INUYASHA! OPEN THIS DOOR!"
" HOLD ON BOUZU!"
"DAMMIT INUYASHA THIS IS FUCKING IMPORTANT!"
Kagome blinked, Miroku never cursed before…and she jumped as the bellboy ran off, but she caught up with him.
" A tip…" She offered as she read his nametag. "Hojo-Kun." Kagome finished, slipping some dollars into his pocket.
The boy blushed and nodded in thanks before dashing off.
She re entered the room, to see Sango, Inuyasha, and Miroku pouring over a newspaper. Kagome cocked her head towards them, as she stepped forward.
" What's going on?"
"This." Sango answered, worry in her voice. Kagome nodded before taking the article into her own hands and read it:
" In a forgotten part of Tokyo, where the lush lands lie untouched, a group of archaeologists went on an expedition. For what, we cannot decipher, but a tragic event occurred. Investigators are still piecing the situation together and their one live witness barely talks anymore. Her name is Kanna Fujima, a young thirteen year old who would volunteer on the expeditions. She is currently in such shock that she never speaks except once and a while. And the other two persons involved have strangely disappeared. Kagura Fujima, Kanna's twenty-year-old sister went missing at the same time. She is said to be involved with the whole ordeal as well as the group's leader. Naraku Yamamoto, a twenty-eight year old archaeologist with a masters degree in his science. He too disappeared at the same moment as Kagura Fujima, if the police's convictions are correct. And one thing was missing from the site. A single skull."
" Shippo sent it to us via mail and it barely got in this morning." Miroku explained and Kagome nodded, handing the paper to Inuyasha.
"But what does this have to do with-"
"Everything." Inuyasha answered, before his golden eyes opened, directed at her in a serious expression she had never seen before.
" Naraku is employed underneath my brother as well as us. We were 'rivals' so to speak, not very serious ones but we were. They are searching for the same thing we are, but we can't tell you what it is just yet. Confidential information. This is a serious predicament Kagome. Sesshomaru called earlier while you were helping the busboy. He wants you to identify some things for him. And he won't hurt you, he just wants to know what happened to his employees."
He stopped and gazed at her steadily before continuing.
" What we're getting into is too strange to be anything the police can handle. We have to solve this on our own, but I have a single question for you Kagome."
Inuyasha's amber eyes were filled with a dire look, gazing sternly into her own surprised ones.
" If you agree to help us, will you promise never to tell anyone about this if things go wrong? And you must never reveal your past to anyone besides Sesshomaru and us and whomever else we want you to trust. Do you understand?"
" Yes. I do."
"Will you help us then?"
Kagome nodded sternly.
" Yes, I will."
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The entire ride back through Sesshomaru's private jet was silent and had a thick blanket of tension in it. Sango was gazing out the window, Miroku was reading the article over and over again trying to receive some clues from it, Inuyasha eyes were closed and his breathing steady, one would think he was asleep if his ears didn't twitch every time Kagome shifted.
Kagome had pulled her legs up to her chin and was resting it on her knees, locking her arms about her calves as she gazed somberly at the back of the chair in front of her.
What exactly had she agreed to? She knew their profession and she understood that this could lead into serious danger. But what did Inuyasha mean by being silent if things went wrong? Was this situation really so dire that they could all die in an effort to solve it? Kagome bit her lip, trying desperately to sort things out. One moment, she was sealed in ice and wondering why her lover had broken her heart and the next she was helping his reincarnation save his fellow employees. Fate had a funny way of twisting her head around, didn't it? And that girl…they had shown pictures of her.
Kanna Fujima, she once had such bright lively eyes and thick brown locks and healthy tanned skin. But the picture beside her showed her in a hospital bed; similar to the one she herself had once been in. Her entire skin had turned deathly pale, her bottomless black eyes turned emotionless and her brown hair and turned as pale and colorless as her skin. Whatever had happened to her comrades had affected the young girl to the point of spiritual shock. If a person went into mental shock, they were crazy or simply needed time to recover; the second option was normally the way of healing physical shock. But spiritual shock was rare, and Kagome had rarely come across it in her years as an accomplished priestess. Kanna had gone through it; she had seen similar symptoms to the few she had seen go through the shock. Their eyes went somber black, and both their skin and hair went ghostly white. And more often then not, they rarely spoke and when the finally did it was a small whisper.
Kagome winced in remembrance, her brother had gone through the same ordeal when he had seen their grandfather, mother, and father killed by the centipede demon before his very eyes. It broke his very soul, and he too went through spiritual shock. It killed him in the end, before Sango-san and herself could even finish off the centipede.
The miko's eyes flickered over to where she could see the crown of Sango's head. Sango was her long lost friends reincarnate. She knew it and could feel it in her soul, but never mentioned it to her newfound friend. And if she told them the fate of her brother, they would wonder why her mother didn't do anything in defense. True, her mother had been a miko as well, but her powers were much weaker then her own. And her miko arrows didn't work, thus making them die and Souta become a shocked one. Poor thing, if she had only arrived with Sango-san sooner.
Kagome sighed heavily as she felt the jet land.
Reminiscing was really not a good way to pass time…
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A young man sighed bored, playing with his claws absentmindedly as he propped his feet against the desk. The private jet terminal was hardly used lately since that anthrax scare a few months ago. Not that he could blame them but he really missed the tips. When suddenly, the doors opened and a group shuffled inside pulling their luggage behind him.
He knew better then to bug people in a rush, but his blue eyes locked on the youngest girl, struggling to keep up with the other woman. She had long ebony locks that were flying behind her, her chest heaving up and down with her labored breaths making his eyes follow them rhythmically before analyzing her face before she left to the main part of the airport.
Bright blue gray eyes and soft pink lips with tanned skin, he blinked as she saw her bubble gum tongue slip out for a moment, licking her lips before running after the group. And disappearing from sight.
And the boy blushed heavily.
With a wistful sigh, he picked up the phone beside him, calling up the security cameras.
" Yeah, it's Koga. Say, Bankotsu can you find this girl for me? Yeah just passed by, real cutie. Blue eyes…traveling with some dog-eared guy…I just want her address. That's all. …A photo only is fine too. Thanks, I owe you. Oh Ayame? She's doing well…"
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The group had checked into their hotel before driving off to Sesshomaru's home. Kagome sighed and rubbed her temples; she was so tired…
And before she knew it, she had fallen asleep…on Inuyasha's shoulder.
Inuyasha blushed as the girl settled her head on his shoulder, sleeping soundly. Well, it had been a busy day, with a sigh of defeat he pulled the girl closer to him. Smelling her hair, it smelled like…jasmine. He inhaled deeply, not realizing he had fallen asleep as well.
And so, the two slept in the backseat, not noticing the worried, knowing looks flashing between Sango and Miroku.
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Luna: End of chappie 6!
Veron: A little Inu/Kag fluff in there for you all ^_^
Luna: But he's still engaged to Kikyo!
Veron: You really put them in evil spots didn't you?
Luna: Yes! ^_^
Veron: *sigh* Review!