Tears and Smiles
Chapter 8: A Date, Secret Agents, and Gunfire
By: Elbereth
Rated PG-13 for violence, occasional language, fluff, yada yada yada
Disclaimer: I'm getting really tired of typing this. I don't own Inuyasha.
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Review Responses:
RyoDragonl-so happy you're into my story. oh and bitch definitely burns in hell
Meg-thanks for your review and pointing that out to me
Suki-i'll try to keep it up
MysticalAngel-glad it's good and happy you like it
~*~A/N~*~
This fic is getting stranger and stranger, in all honesty I get so into writing them even I don't know what'll happen next. I hope you like this chapter.
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Sango and Kagome orchestrated a mass hacking of the website Yugasagi owned. While Sesshoumaru had been trying to get into it on Yugasagi's laptop Kagome had written it down so there was no searching required. Sango explained in computer terms while Kagome translated into human speech. Rin, Shippou, Kohaku, Inuyasha, and Miroku were all staring at their screens with confusion plastered on their face. Rin and Shippou finally caught on, but the other three boys were dumbfounded, so Sesshoumaru, Kagome, and Sango took their places. Souta's idea of helping out was devising a plan like in his favorite games.
Before too long each person hacking into the website had gotten past the firewalls and the passwords and codes. They had just gotten onto the site and were beginning to look around when another code popped up. Everyone tried and tried, yet they couldn't get the damn code. Finally everyone gave up and turned the computers off. "What do we do now?" Asked a bored Inuyasha who was recording the codes and passwords. "We think of how to get past the stupid code dimwit." Inuyasha growled at what Sango said but one look and he shut up. That's when Kagome had an idea. "Hiten! Hiten works for Yugasagi but doesn't know that I'm one of the people he's looking for. As much as I hate this.... I'll go on one date with Hiten to get the information."
"Kagome......You don't have to do that. We'll break the code.......eventually." Kagome just shook her head. "Rin. It'll take weeks to crack the damn thing. It's either I go on one itty bitty date with Hiten and get the codes or we wait weeks to just break down the code. In a few weeks we could be caught and dead." Everyone seemed to agree and finally Sesshoumaru spoke. "I'll follow in the car incase something goes wrong, but if he even comes close to...." Kagome silenced Sesshoumaru with a hand on his lips. "I won't let him do anything of the sort, but if it comes to it I know you'll be my knight in shining armor, kay." Sesshoumaru nodded and Kagome pulled out her cell phone.
She looked up Hiten's number and dialed. He picked up on the first ring. "Moshi moshi."
Kagome looked at everyone and said. "Hey Hiten." There was an intake of breath and then, "Kagome? What's up?" Kagome let out a low breath. "I was wondering if you wanted to go out tonight. If you're not free I'll understand, but...." Hiten's voice came through before she could finish. "Where do you want to meet?" Kagome smiled and gave her friends the thumbs up sign. "We'll meet at that restaurant down by the opera house." There was a whistle from Hiten's side. "That place is expensive, but for you I'll make an exception. What time?" Kagome looked at the clock on the wall. It was five o'clock. It would take an hour just to get to the place, not to mention she did have to dress up. "Seven o'clock." There was some movement from the other end and then, "Ok, I'll get a table reserved, one of the best."
"Ok. I'll see you then." They hung up without saying goodbye and Kagome let out a long breath. "I guess I better get ready." Kagome made her way into her bedroom and started to change when Sesshoumaru knocked at the door. Kagome looked up and smiled. "Hey."
"Hey." He replied. "I wanted to talk a little, ne?" Kagome nodded and patted a spot on the bed. Sesshoumaru sat down and pulled Kagome into his lap. "I feel like I hardly know you anymore. It's like this past week has been nothing but trying to get Yugasagi." Kagome nodded slightly. "Yeah I know. I...." She was cut off from whatever she was going to say as Sesshoumaru's lips met hers. It was a short and very chaste kiss, but it meant all the world to both of them. "I guess I'd better finish getting ready."
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It was six thirty and Jaken sat at a table inside of the restaurant next to the opera house. He had put a tab on Hiten's phone line because the guy liked *his* Kagome so much. He'd heard a lot of weird conversations but didn't hardly pay attention. Then she had called and asked Hiten on that date. Jaken had listened as Hiten reserved a table and then he himself had reserved the table right next to theirs. He glanced at his watch and sighed. Thirty more minutes and they'd be there.
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Kagome had been dropped off in front of the restaurant at six forty-five. She was wearing a crimson dress that went well with her creamy pale skin and shiny black hair. The dress was strapless and went all the way down to the ground, and even in heels it brushed the ground lightly. Hiten showed up wearing a rather nice outfit, but he looked like he was going to a wedding in the tux. He smiled at her and Kagome gave a fake smile in return. He led her inside the building and they were led to their table, which was *very* private with only two tables next to it. Someone was sitting at one of those tables, but Kagome couldn't tell who it was.
Hiten was being a gentlemen as he held Kagome's chair for her. Kagome felt rather awkward but for the moment she played along. Hiten sat across from her and smiled brilliantly, it made Kagome want to retch. They started talking, and as the conversation turned Hiten let something about Yugasagi slip. Kagome had worked on her routine on the car ride there, knowing exactly how to get Hiten to tell her more. "You work for Yugasagi too?" Hiten's mouth dropped. "Yes.....and you work for him?" Kagome nodded with fake surprise on her face. "I'm rather new to his business, so of course being the occasional ditz I am I forgot the main code onto the website." Hiten smiled. "That's alright, most newcomers do. It's hanyou. No one really knows why he chose that code though."
Kagome smiled and pretended to wonder why Yugasagi would choose that password. Kagome knew why though, but she hadn't thought he'd use that as his password. Yugasagi was half Japanese, half American. He looked at himself as a hanyou and was jealous of people who were full Japanese. Their dinner continued and the person in the table next to them didn't leave. That's when *it* happened. Hiten finally said, "Kagome, would you consider being my girlfriend instead of just having this one date with me?" That's when all hell broke loose. "NO!!! KAGOME WILL BE MY GIRLFRIEND!!" The person at the other table jumped onto the chair and Kagome realized it was Jaken. "KAGOME IS MINE!!" Hiten growled low in his throat as he turned to face Jaken. "BACK OFF TOAD BOY!! SHE'S ON A DATE WITH ME, NOT YOU!!" Kagome sighed and put her head in her hands, staring at the table.
"So.... She's probably only with you because of a dare or something. Kagome is mine and always will be mine." Kagome started to rub her temples. That migraine was getting worse. "Who said she's yours frog man?" Jaken turned purple in rage(A/N think of Jaken as purple instead of green, lmao). "No one.... I just claim her and she's mine." Kagome stared at her table and continued to feel a worse and worse migraine. She looked up to see the waitress headed her way with the desserts. Great......she needed some cheesecake at the moment. The waitress watched the two boys as she set their desserts down then looked at Kagome. "They arguing over you?"
Kagome blushed and nodded. "I'd stick with the guy you got now, he's cuter." Kagome nodded thinking Sesshoumaru was definitely cuter than these two. She knew the waitress meant Hiten, but she still thought of Sesshoumaru. She finally took notice of what the two were saying. "Look pipsqueak, she's here with me, therefore she's mine." Jaken turned from that interesting shade of purple to red. "I'M NOT A PIPSQUEAK YOU DAMN QUEER BAIT!!" Kagome almost died trying not to laugh. Hiten was queer bait, he just didn't know it. That's when another interesting thing happened. Two people got thrown through the air and both landed on the floor next to Kagome's table. "JAKOTSU!! YOU IDIOT!!"
"I didn't mean to Bankotsu. Here let me see where you're hurting, I'll make it better." Kagome watched as one of the men started towards the other. "Get back you idiot. I'm fine. Go after that guy." The man obviously named Bankotsu pointed a finger at Hiten, who blinked and looked from one guy to another. "Why thank you for pointing him out Bankotsu, but I must remind you that we just got into a fight with another customer and will most likely be thrown out."
Jakotsu smirked at Bankotsu's frown but then the man lightened up. "You idiot Jakotsu.(A/N he sure likes calling Jakotsu an idiot, ne?) They won't throw us out when we had more expensive seats than that guy Yugasagi." Kagome's heart stopped then and there and Hiten smiled. "So our boss is eating here tonight. Good plotting Kagome. You wanted to get us into his good graces tonight, didn't you." Kagome smiled a fake smile again and nodded. "Well let's go say hello." Kagome's stomach did a flip. "Can we wait until *after* we finish dessert?" Hiten looked to be in thought for a moment then nodded. The two men on the floor stood up and the one named Jakotsu sat in the seat next to Hiten. "So tell me girl, what's he like in bed?" Kagome choked on a bite of cheesecake. "I-I wouldn't know. This is our first date." Jakotsu nodded. "I see.... well you wouldn't mind if I stole him from you, would you?" Kagome couldn't believe she was having a conversation with some homosexual man, but when Hiten wasn't looking she shook her head.
"Oh extraordinary. You're a real girlfriend ya' know hun." Kagome nodded and looked to her right to find Bankotsu looking at her carefully. This day just kept getting weirder and weirder. She smiled and he smiled back. "Don't mind my brother. He's just an idiot." Jakotsu didn't seem to notice the comment because he was busy blowing on Hiten's ear, who was trying his best to ignore him. Kagome turned to look at Bankotsu again and found him smirking. She followed his gaze and found Jaken looking at the group like he was jealous. Finally the toad looking guy paid for his dinner and left after two hole minutes of Kagome and Bankotsu staring at him.
"So what's your name miss?" Kagome turned back to Bankotsu. "Umm.... Higurashi, Kagome." Bankotsu nodded. "I'm Sugishita, Bankotsu. It's nice to meet you." Kagome smiled. "And you." At that moment Hiten had enough of Jakotsu. "Look. Would you two birdbrains leave my date and me alone?" Jakotsu looked flustered and crossed his arms over his chest. "Well so much for being friendly." Kagome sighed. "Hiten....be nice. They just want to talk." Hiten looked Kagome in the eyes and nodded. Jakotsu smiled brightly and started a conversation with Kagome over clothes and makeup, which made Kagome feel extremely odd. Bankotsu listened partially, while also keeping an eye on something Kagome couldn't see. Finally he shut Jakotsu up. "So you two work for that jerk Yugasagi?" Hiten looked stunned at Bankotsu calling Yugasagi a jerk, Kagome merely nodded slightly.
"Oh shit......Hiten I gotta go. I forgot completely about Sango!! We were supposed to go to a friend's party tonight. I totally forgot about the time!" Kagome said the first thing that came to mind and it worked. Hiten smiled slightly. "Well if you must go, then go. I'll call you sometime." Kagome nodded and stood up. Big mistake. Yugasagi was looking directly towards her when she stood up. There was a wall that hid her completely when sitting, but when standing her head was visible. Yugasagi stood up and Kagome caught the movement. She started toward the door slowly while Yugasagi watched her ever carefully. Bankotsu, Jakotsu, and Hiten stood up to follow her when Yugasagi yelled at Hiten. "HITEN!! CATCH THAT BITCH!! SHE'S HELPING SESSHOUMARU!!" Hiten looked at Yugasagi for a second then he got angry and looked to Kagome. She had used him and lied to him. She was so gonna get it.
Kagome looked between Yugasagi and Hiten and when Hiten started toward her she bolted, not an easy thing to do in pumps, but when the time arises. Suddenly Jakotsu and Bankotsu had both tripped Hiten and were pulling guns out of a spot at the small of their backs. Yugasagi sent three of his people after them as Kagome ran out the door with Bankotsu and Jakotsu tailing her. Gunshots beat at them and Kagome saw only one thing that distracted her from the noise. Sesshoumaru pulled up in front of the building and Kagome slid into the open passenger side door. Jakotsu and Bankotsu jumped in the backseat as Kagome was closing the door and suddenly they were flying down the highway to the house.
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"So who are you guys exactly?" Kagome asked once Sesshoumaru had slowed down when they reached the highway. "We're who we say we are. Bankotsu and Jakotsu Sugishita. We're agents from America. We got called into Japan a few years back because of this Yugasagi guy. We'd heard he was a major drug lord." Kagome snorted. "That's an understatement. Look, we've got a headquarters set up back at our house in the woods with all of our friends who've been pulled into this mess. I'll explain more there." Bankotsu nodded while Jakotsu looked at Sesshoumaru dreamily. "Oh and Jakotsu." Jakotsu looked Kagome in the eyes. "Sesshoumaru is my boyfriend, he's not up for grabs, ok." Jakotsu looked from Sesshoumaru to her and then noticed that their free hands were locked, fingers laced. He nodded.
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Kagome opened the front door to find everyone was watching a movie Souta had thought to bring with him. Bankotsu looked around and mouthed the word 'wow.' Kagome decided the site was worth a wow. They had gotten the computers and one TV setup so that they filled practically all the free wall space in the living room. The floor was just a mess of sleeping bags, pillows, bags of chips, and soda cans. It looked like a mix between a business corporation and a slumber party. Everyone looked up from the very end of the movie and turned it off. The lights came on and suddenly there was a mass cleaning spree. All of the sudden the living room really did look like a headquarters. There was a table in the center of the room with some paper thrown onto it and all the files Sesshoumaru and Kagome had found along with the list of people Yugasagi was paying.
"Hey you guys. We've got American FBI agents on our side now!!" Everyone looked at Kagome then took in the two men behind her. "You mean more help?" Inuyasha looked at Jakotsu skeptically. "Yes Inuyasha, more help. Now listen up. The password to get all the way into the site is hanyou. Hiten slipped it to me when he thought I was another worker who was new." Sango laughed at that. "He really is dumb, isn't he?" Kagome nodded and threw her purse into one of the bedrooms. She slid the dress off to reveal a tube top and a pair of gym shorts. She tossed the dress and pumps into the room also and went to the table. "Alright you two, come here."
Bankotsu and Jakotsu looked skeptic but walked up to the table and watched as Kagome pulled out two files in particular. She handed one to each and they flipped through them. "But, Ms. Higurashi, this is your file, and the one Jakotsu has looks like Mr....." Sesshoumaru spoke up. "Abishi, Sesshoumaru." Bankotsu nodded and looked at the two files. "What do you have to do with Yugasagi." Kagome sighed. "OK. Listen carefully because I'm only saying this once. Yugasagi is the leader of a group called D.E.A.D. or Drug Emissaries and Alcohol Dealers. They hand out drugs and alcohol to teenagers, and that's where Yugasagi gets his money. He also gets money by adopting children with large inheritances or marrying a woman whose kid has a large inheritance. Then once they get the inheritance out he kills them and takes the money. He has been paying off DHS workers and Tokyo police for years it seems. The only safe city in Greater Japan is Izumo."
"The ironic part is that's where Sesshoumaru's inheritance is. The problem with getting to Izumo and getting the inheritance and turning Yugasagi in is the fact that there are road blocks by Tokyo police on every road leading out of Tokyo. I was adopted by Yugasagi when I was six and was with Yugasagi till I was eight. He beats the children he's with and there's nothing anyone can do about it. We set up with all these computers and TVs to investigate his site, etcetera. I was with Hiten tonight to get the overall password."
Bankotsu seemed to be in thought before nodding. "This is basically an infiltrate and destroy mission. Once we get more agents over here we can arrest Yugasagi and his right hand men. There's not much we can do about all of the workers because most of them will just go back to a normal life after this. I don't think I should let you all continue this investigation anymore though." Kagome turned around and slapped Bankotsu so fast that he dropped the file he was holding and swayed slightly. "Look Bankotsu. I don't care if you're an agent from America or not, but Sesshoumaru and I will remain on this investigation whether you like it or not. We've both been beaten by this man and Sesshoumaru's mother was murdered by him. My friends will also remain because they are being hunted also."
Jakotsu looked between his brother and the fired up girl. "Look Bankotsu, it's only two more agents anyway. We're going to need all the help we can get. I'm not saying we put them in danger, but at least let them help us investigate." Bankotsu huffed a little but finally agreed. He called the two agents with Kagome's cell phone and an hour later Naraku and Kagura showed up at the door(A/N super strange, ne?). After that the investigation of the files and the website commenced. They found a recurring pattern with the files of children that Yugasagi had. They had all gotten inheritance out of the bank and then were mysteriously murdered. Well those mysteries were solved.
On the website they found lists of places drugs were being shipped to and the prices of the alcohol they were selling on the streets to teens. They found out that Yugasagi had started a citywide search using the police, DHS, and agents in the schools to find them. That's when they found the videos. "VIDEO CLIPS!! WE'VE GOT VIDEO CLIPS OF DIFFERENT KIDS DEATHS!!" The TVs throughout the house were turned on and the video clip started. The video showed them getting the inheritance out and then showed Yugasagi sexually abusing the girl before he shot her in the head. Kagome had horror written across her face, as did everyone else except the FBI agents from America.
The video clips went on and on. The videos were of every child, of every teenager Yugasagi had ever adopted. Their was a video of everyone except for two people. Kagome and Sesshoumaru were missing. With that they found floor plans for an underground building and the true reason Yugasagi needed all this money. Above the floor plan was a link that led to Virus 337.
Kagome was on one of the computers at the time, so she clicked on it. She put it on the TV screens. People poked their heads out of different rooms. "What's this thing about Virus 337?"Asked a bewildered Bankotsu. Kagome was reading the paragraph and shrugged. "It doesn't say. All it says is that the progress of Virus 337 is going slow, but if they get anti-oxygen chambers it'll move much quicker."
Sesshoumaru stood behind Kagome and sighed. "I can explain it." Everyone seemed to have heard him and all activity stopped. All eyes were on Sesshoumaru as he spoke. "I heard Yugasagi talking about it once when he thought I was asleep and he had two of his partners over. Virus 337 is a virus meant for mass murder. Yugasagi has it planned so that he can send the virus via missile and wipe out all of the American states. He intends to hit Hawaii and Alaska just as harshly as the rest of America. I know that he's half American and he hates that half of him, but still. Why does he do it this way?" Kagome smiled and placed a comforting hand in his. "Yugasagi is a sociopath. I learned that a long time ago." Sesshoumaru looked into her eyes and nodded. "As did I."
Bankotsu cleared his throat and everyone looked at him. "Ok, so we've got a new virus, a sociopath bent on destroying America, and a bunch of inheritance claims he's stolen. What do we do now?" Kagome sighed. "There's a floor plan of his underground building. I guess it works to have an underground organization based in an underground building. Look, Sesshoumaru and I can slip in with you, this is our revenge, but mostly Sesshoumaru's." Kagome looked at Sesshoumaru as she said the last. He smiled at her but shook his head. "Ite(A/N can anyone tell me if it's ite or iie. I've seen it spelled too many times as iie but in others it's ite), this is a revenge for both of us. For both of our innocence lost. Yugasagi must pay by our hands." Bankotsu looked slightly pale, Jakotsu looked a little pleased.
"Well now then, that's settled we can go ahead with our infiltrate and destroy plan." Souta said happily. Bankotsu sighed and nodded at the kid, who was about four years younger than everyone else. Souta smiled and ran to the table, shoving plans out of his way, moving some to the floor. He finally unrolled a big map plot(A/N hey I dunno what they're called) and yanked a pencil out. Sango handed him the printouts of the building's floor plan. "Ten underground levels, ne? They must've had to plan precisely how to build this to avoid the subway. Yeah, the building slants in starting at the seventh level to accommodate the subway, which runs lower than normal there to avoid an underground spring that's obviously kinda new considering how close to being above ground it is."
Everyone looked at Souta for a second and then all shook their heads mentally, going back to whatever they were doing. Bankotsu stepped outside. Sesshoumaru noticed and followed him. "So Bankotsu.....You, Jakotsu, Kagura, and Naraku aren't really FBI agents are you." Bankotsu had turned at Sesshoumaru's voice, and now he simply let out a long held breath and shook his head. "No. We're here from Hong Kong. We're Japanese yes, but we were sent to Hong Kong on special business ten years ago. Now we come back and everyone at the station is under Yugasagi's thumb. We placed Naraku and Kagura in at the highschool after we arrived back to keep careful watch on Hiten and Kikyou. Everyone at the station thought we were going along with them, but in reality we were betraying them to the American government."
"So what about the American government? Are they going to do anything to help us?" Bankotsu sighed. "These things take time. And then we found out our messages were being intercepted by Yugasagi's men." Sesshoumaru let out a long sigh. "So the American government has no clue and can't help us?" Bankotsu nodded. "That's why we posed as FBI agents. We wanted to give you guys some hope." Sesshoumaru smiled. "We don't need that type of hope. What we need is help getting in there so that we can get Yugasagi back for everything he's done."
Bankotsu nodded and looked up through the forest canopy at the stars.
"Whatever I can do to help, I will." Sesshoumaru nodded and the two went back inside, preparing for the infiltration that was going to commence.
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So what do you think about this turning all secret agent and stuff?? To tell the truth I was just typing, minding my own business, when this stuff came spouting out. I dunno if I like it, but I can change it if the reviewers want me to. OK so here's my poll. Keep it like it's going or change it to something else? I want to know what I should do and I'll try my best. That does mean I'll have to go back to what, chapter six and rewrite, but if that's what you all want I'll do it.
Ja ne!!
Elbereth
Chapter 8: A Date, Secret Agents, and Gunfire
By: Elbereth
Rated PG-13 for violence, occasional language, fluff, yada yada yada
Disclaimer: I'm getting really tired of typing this. I don't own Inuyasha.
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Review Responses:
RyoDragonl-so happy you're into my story. oh and bitch definitely burns in hell
Meg-thanks for your review and pointing that out to me
Suki-i'll try to keep it up
MysticalAngel-glad it's good and happy you like it
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This fic is getting stranger and stranger, in all honesty I get so into writing them even I don't know what'll happen next. I hope you like this chapter.
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Sango and Kagome orchestrated a mass hacking of the website Yugasagi owned. While Sesshoumaru had been trying to get into it on Yugasagi's laptop Kagome had written it down so there was no searching required. Sango explained in computer terms while Kagome translated into human speech. Rin, Shippou, Kohaku, Inuyasha, and Miroku were all staring at their screens with confusion plastered on their face. Rin and Shippou finally caught on, but the other three boys were dumbfounded, so Sesshoumaru, Kagome, and Sango took their places. Souta's idea of helping out was devising a plan like in his favorite games.
Before too long each person hacking into the website had gotten past the firewalls and the passwords and codes. They had just gotten onto the site and were beginning to look around when another code popped up. Everyone tried and tried, yet they couldn't get the damn code. Finally everyone gave up and turned the computers off. "What do we do now?" Asked a bored Inuyasha who was recording the codes and passwords. "We think of how to get past the stupid code dimwit." Inuyasha growled at what Sango said but one look and he shut up. That's when Kagome had an idea. "Hiten! Hiten works for Yugasagi but doesn't know that I'm one of the people he's looking for. As much as I hate this.... I'll go on one date with Hiten to get the information."
"Kagome......You don't have to do that. We'll break the code.......eventually." Kagome just shook her head. "Rin. It'll take weeks to crack the damn thing. It's either I go on one itty bitty date with Hiten and get the codes or we wait weeks to just break down the code. In a few weeks we could be caught and dead." Everyone seemed to agree and finally Sesshoumaru spoke. "I'll follow in the car incase something goes wrong, but if he even comes close to...." Kagome silenced Sesshoumaru with a hand on his lips. "I won't let him do anything of the sort, but if it comes to it I know you'll be my knight in shining armor, kay." Sesshoumaru nodded and Kagome pulled out her cell phone.
She looked up Hiten's number and dialed. He picked up on the first ring. "Moshi moshi."
Kagome looked at everyone and said. "Hey Hiten." There was an intake of breath and then, "Kagome? What's up?" Kagome let out a low breath. "I was wondering if you wanted to go out tonight. If you're not free I'll understand, but...." Hiten's voice came through before she could finish. "Where do you want to meet?" Kagome smiled and gave her friends the thumbs up sign. "We'll meet at that restaurant down by the opera house." There was a whistle from Hiten's side. "That place is expensive, but for you I'll make an exception. What time?" Kagome looked at the clock on the wall. It was five o'clock. It would take an hour just to get to the place, not to mention she did have to dress up. "Seven o'clock." There was some movement from the other end and then, "Ok, I'll get a table reserved, one of the best."
"Ok. I'll see you then." They hung up without saying goodbye and Kagome let out a long breath. "I guess I better get ready." Kagome made her way into her bedroom and started to change when Sesshoumaru knocked at the door. Kagome looked up and smiled. "Hey."
"Hey." He replied. "I wanted to talk a little, ne?" Kagome nodded and patted a spot on the bed. Sesshoumaru sat down and pulled Kagome into his lap. "I feel like I hardly know you anymore. It's like this past week has been nothing but trying to get Yugasagi." Kagome nodded slightly. "Yeah I know. I...." She was cut off from whatever she was going to say as Sesshoumaru's lips met hers. It was a short and very chaste kiss, but it meant all the world to both of them. "I guess I'd better finish getting ready."
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It was six thirty and Jaken sat at a table inside of the restaurant next to the opera house. He had put a tab on Hiten's phone line because the guy liked *his* Kagome so much. He'd heard a lot of weird conversations but didn't hardly pay attention. Then she had called and asked Hiten on that date. Jaken had listened as Hiten reserved a table and then he himself had reserved the table right next to theirs. He glanced at his watch and sighed. Thirty more minutes and they'd be there.
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Kagome had been dropped off in front of the restaurant at six forty-five. She was wearing a crimson dress that went well with her creamy pale skin and shiny black hair. The dress was strapless and went all the way down to the ground, and even in heels it brushed the ground lightly. Hiten showed up wearing a rather nice outfit, but he looked like he was going to a wedding in the tux. He smiled at her and Kagome gave a fake smile in return. He led her inside the building and they were led to their table, which was *very* private with only two tables next to it. Someone was sitting at one of those tables, but Kagome couldn't tell who it was.
Hiten was being a gentlemen as he held Kagome's chair for her. Kagome felt rather awkward but for the moment she played along. Hiten sat across from her and smiled brilliantly, it made Kagome want to retch. They started talking, and as the conversation turned Hiten let something about Yugasagi slip. Kagome had worked on her routine on the car ride there, knowing exactly how to get Hiten to tell her more. "You work for Yugasagi too?" Hiten's mouth dropped. "Yes.....and you work for him?" Kagome nodded with fake surprise on her face. "I'm rather new to his business, so of course being the occasional ditz I am I forgot the main code onto the website." Hiten smiled. "That's alright, most newcomers do. It's hanyou. No one really knows why he chose that code though."
Kagome smiled and pretended to wonder why Yugasagi would choose that password. Kagome knew why though, but she hadn't thought he'd use that as his password. Yugasagi was half Japanese, half American. He looked at himself as a hanyou and was jealous of people who were full Japanese. Their dinner continued and the person in the table next to them didn't leave. That's when *it* happened. Hiten finally said, "Kagome, would you consider being my girlfriend instead of just having this one date with me?" That's when all hell broke loose. "NO!!! KAGOME WILL BE MY GIRLFRIEND!!" The person at the other table jumped onto the chair and Kagome realized it was Jaken. "KAGOME IS MINE!!" Hiten growled low in his throat as he turned to face Jaken. "BACK OFF TOAD BOY!! SHE'S ON A DATE WITH ME, NOT YOU!!" Kagome sighed and put her head in her hands, staring at the table.
"So.... She's probably only with you because of a dare or something. Kagome is mine and always will be mine." Kagome started to rub her temples. That migraine was getting worse. "Who said she's yours frog man?" Jaken turned purple in rage(A/N think of Jaken as purple instead of green, lmao). "No one.... I just claim her and she's mine." Kagome stared at her table and continued to feel a worse and worse migraine. She looked up to see the waitress headed her way with the desserts. Great......she needed some cheesecake at the moment. The waitress watched the two boys as she set their desserts down then looked at Kagome. "They arguing over you?"
Kagome blushed and nodded. "I'd stick with the guy you got now, he's cuter." Kagome nodded thinking Sesshoumaru was definitely cuter than these two. She knew the waitress meant Hiten, but she still thought of Sesshoumaru. She finally took notice of what the two were saying. "Look pipsqueak, she's here with me, therefore she's mine." Jaken turned from that interesting shade of purple to red. "I'M NOT A PIPSQUEAK YOU DAMN QUEER BAIT!!" Kagome almost died trying not to laugh. Hiten was queer bait, he just didn't know it. That's when another interesting thing happened. Two people got thrown through the air and both landed on the floor next to Kagome's table. "JAKOTSU!! YOU IDIOT!!"
"I didn't mean to Bankotsu. Here let me see where you're hurting, I'll make it better." Kagome watched as one of the men started towards the other. "Get back you idiot. I'm fine. Go after that guy." The man obviously named Bankotsu pointed a finger at Hiten, who blinked and looked from one guy to another. "Why thank you for pointing him out Bankotsu, but I must remind you that we just got into a fight with another customer and will most likely be thrown out."
Jakotsu smirked at Bankotsu's frown but then the man lightened up. "You idiot Jakotsu.(A/N he sure likes calling Jakotsu an idiot, ne?) They won't throw us out when we had more expensive seats than that guy Yugasagi." Kagome's heart stopped then and there and Hiten smiled. "So our boss is eating here tonight. Good plotting Kagome. You wanted to get us into his good graces tonight, didn't you." Kagome smiled a fake smile again and nodded. "Well let's go say hello." Kagome's stomach did a flip. "Can we wait until *after* we finish dessert?" Hiten looked to be in thought for a moment then nodded. The two men on the floor stood up and the one named Jakotsu sat in the seat next to Hiten. "So tell me girl, what's he like in bed?" Kagome choked on a bite of cheesecake. "I-I wouldn't know. This is our first date." Jakotsu nodded. "I see.... well you wouldn't mind if I stole him from you, would you?" Kagome couldn't believe she was having a conversation with some homosexual man, but when Hiten wasn't looking she shook her head.
"Oh extraordinary. You're a real girlfriend ya' know hun." Kagome nodded and looked to her right to find Bankotsu looking at her carefully. This day just kept getting weirder and weirder. She smiled and he smiled back. "Don't mind my brother. He's just an idiot." Jakotsu didn't seem to notice the comment because he was busy blowing on Hiten's ear, who was trying his best to ignore him. Kagome turned to look at Bankotsu again and found him smirking. She followed his gaze and found Jaken looking at the group like he was jealous. Finally the toad looking guy paid for his dinner and left after two hole minutes of Kagome and Bankotsu staring at him.
"So what's your name miss?" Kagome turned back to Bankotsu. "Umm.... Higurashi, Kagome." Bankotsu nodded. "I'm Sugishita, Bankotsu. It's nice to meet you." Kagome smiled. "And you." At that moment Hiten had enough of Jakotsu. "Look. Would you two birdbrains leave my date and me alone?" Jakotsu looked flustered and crossed his arms over his chest. "Well so much for being friendly." Kagome sighed. "Hiten....be nice. They just want to talk." Hiten looked Kagome in the eyes and nodded. Jakotsu smiled brightly and started a conversation with Kagome over clothes and makeup, which made Kagome feel extremely odd. Bankotsu listened partially, while also keeping an eye on something Kagome couldn't see. Finally he shut Jakotsu up. "So you two work for that jerk Yugasagi?" Hiten looked stunned at Bankotsu calling Yugasagi a jerk, Kagome merely nodded slightly.
"Oh shit......Hiten I gotta go. I forgot completely about Sango!! We were supposed to go to a friend's party tonight. I totally forgot about the time!" Kagome said the first thing that came to mind and it worked. Hiten smiled slightly. "Well if you must go, then go. I'll call you sometime." Kagome nodded and stood up. Big mistake. Yugasagi was looking directly towards her when she stood up. There was a wall that hid her completely when sitting, but when standing her head was visible. Yugasagi stood up and Kagome caught the movement. She started toward the door slowly while Yugasagi watched her ever carefully. Bankotsu, Jakotsu, and Hiten stood up to follow her when Yugasagi yelled at Hiten. "HITEN!! CATCH THAT BITCH!! SHE'S HELPING SESSHOUMARU!!" Hiten looked at Yugasagi for a second then he got angry and looked to Kagome. She had used him and lied to him. She was so gonna get it.
Kagome looked between Yugasagi and Hiten and when Hiten started toward her she bolted, not an easy thing to do in pumps, but when the time arises. Suddenly Jakotsu and Bankotsu had both tripped Hiten and were pulling guns out of a spot at the small of their backs. Yugasagi sent three of his people after them as Kagome ran out the door with Bankotsu and Jakotsu tailing her. Gunshots beat at them and Kagome saw only one thing that distracted her from the noise. Sesshoumaru pulled up in front of the building and Kagome slid into the open passenger side door. Jakotsu and Bankotsu jumped in the backseat as Kagome was closing the door and suddenly they were flying down the highway to the house.
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"So who are you guys exactly?" Kagome asked once Sesshoumaru had slowed down when they reached the highway. "We're who we say we are. Bankotsu and Jakotsu Sugishita. We're agents from America. We got called into Japan a few years back because of this Yugasagi guy. We'd heard he was a major drug lord." Kagome snorted. "That's an understatement. Look, we've got a headquarters set up back at our house in the woods with all of our friends who've been pulled into this mess. I'll explain more there." Bankotsu nodded while Jakotsu looked at Sesshoumaru dreamily. "Oh and Jakotsu." Jakotsu looked Kagome in the eyes. "Sesshoumaru is my boyfriend, he's not up for grabs, ok." Jakotsu looked from Sesshoumaru to her and then noticed that their free hands were locked, fingers laced. He nodded.
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Kagome opened the front door to find everyone was watching a movie Souta had thought to bring with him. Bankotsu looked around and mouthed the word 'wow.' Kagome decided the site was worth a wow. They had gotten the computers and one TV setup so that they filled practically all the free wall space in the living room. The floor was just a mess of sleeping bags, pillows, bags of chips, and soda cans. It looked like a mix between a business corporation and a slumber party. Everyone looked up from the very end of the movie and turned it off. The lights came on and suddenly there was a mass cleaning spree. All of the sudden the living room really did look like a headquarters. There was a table in the center of the room with some paper thrown onto it and all the files Sesshoumaru and Kagome had found along with the list of people Yugasagi was paying.
"Hey you guys. We've got American FBI agents on our side now!!" Everyone looked at Kagome then took in the two men behind her. "You mean more help?" Inuyasha looked at Jakotsu skeptically. "Yes Inuyasha, more help. Now listen up. The password to get all the way into the site is hanyou. Hiten slipped it to me when he thought I was another worker who was new." Sango laughed at that. "He really is dumb, isn't he?" Kagome nodded and threw her purse into one of the bedrooms. She slid the dress off to reveal a tube top and a pair of gym shorts. She tossed the dress and pumps into the room also and went to the table. "Alright you two, come here."
Bankotsu and Jakotsu looked skeptic but walked up to the table and watched as Kagome pulled out two files in particular. She handed one to each and they flipped through them. "But, Ms. Higurashi, this is your file, and the one Jakotsu has looks like Mr....." Sesshoumaru spoke up. "Abishi, Sesshoumaru." Bankotsu nodded and looked at the two files. "What do you have to do with Yugasagi." Kagome sighed. "OK. Listen carefully because I'm only saying this once. Yugasagi is the leader of a group called D.E.A.D. or Drug Emissaries and Alcohol Dealers. They hand out drugs and alcohol to teenagers, and that's where Yugasagi gets his money. He also gets money by adopting children with large inheritances or marrying a woman whose kid has a large inheritance. Then once they get the inheritance out he kills them and takes the money. He has been paying off DHS workers and Tokyo police for years it seems. The only safe city in Greater Japan is Izumo."
"The ironic part is that's where Sesshoumaru's inheritance is. The problem with getting to Izumo and getting the inheritance and turning Yugasagi in is the fact that there are road blocks by Tokyo police on every road leading out of Tokyo. I was adopted by Yugasagi when I was six and was with Yugasagi till I was eight. He beats the children he's with and there's nothing anyone can do about it. We set up with all these computers and TVs to investigate his site, etcetera. I was with Hiten tonight to get the overall password."
Bankotsu seemed to be in thought before nodding. "This is basically an infiltrate and destroy mission. Once we get more agents over here we can arrest Yugasagi and his right hand men. There's not much we can do about all of the workers because most of them will just go back to a normal life after this. I don't think I should let you all continue this investigation anymore though." Kagome turned around and slapped Bankotsu so fast that he dropped the file he was holding and swayed slightly. "Look Bankotsu. I don't care if you're an agent from America or not, but Sesshoumaru and I will remain on this investigation whether you like it or not. We've both been beaten by this man and Sesshoumaru's mother was murdered by him. My friends will also remain because they are being hunted also."
Jakotsu looked between his brother and the fired up girl. "Look Bankotsu, it's only two more agents anyway. We're going to need all the help we can get. I'm not saying we put them in danger, but at least let them help us investigate." Bankotsu huffed a little but finally agreed. He called the two agents with Kagome's cell phone and an hour later Naraku and Kagura showed up at the door(A/N super strange, ne?). After that the investigation of the files and the website commenced. They found a recurring pattern with the files of children that Yugasagi had. They had all gotten inheritance out of the bank and then were mysteriously murdered. Well those mysteries were solved.
On the website they found lists of places drugs were being shipped to and the prices of the alcohol they were selling on the streets to teens. They found out that Yugasagi had started a citywide search using the police, DHS, and agents in the schools to find them. That's when they found the videos. "VIDEO CLIPS!! WE'VE GOT VIDEO CLIPS OF DIFFERENT KIDS DEATHS!!" The TVs throughout the house were turned on and the video clip started. The video showed them getting the inheritance out and then showed Yugasagi sexually abusing the girl before he shot her in the head. Kagome had horror written across her face, as did everyone else except the FBI agents from America.
The video clips went on and on. The videos were of every child, of every teenager Yugasagi had ever adopted. Their was a video of everyone except for two people. Kagome and Sesshoumaru were missing. With that they found floor plans for an underground building and the true reason Yugasagi needed all this money. Above the floor plan was a link that led to Virus 337.
Kagome was on one of the computers at the time, so she clicked on it. She put it on the TV screens. People poked their heads out of different rooms. "What's this thing about Virus 337?"Asked a bewildered Bankotsu. Kagome was reading the paragraph and shrugged. "It doesn't say. All it says is that the progress of Virus 337 is going slow, but if they get anti-oxygen chambers it'll move much quicker."
Sesshoumaru stood behind Kagome and sighed. "I can explain it." Everyone seemed to have heard him and all activity stopped. All eyes were on Sesshoumaru as he spoke. "I heard Yugasagi talking about it once when he thought I was asleep and he had two of his partners over. Virus 337 is a virus meant for mass murder. Yugasagi has it planned so that he can send the virus via missile and wipe out all of the American states. He intends to hit Hawaii and Alaska just as harshly as the rest of America. I know that he's half American and he hates that half of him, but still. Why does he do it this way?" Kagome smiled and placed a comforting hand in his. "Yugasagi is a sociopath. I learned that a long time ago." Sesshoumaru looked into her eyes and nodded. "As did I."
Bankotsu cleared his throat and everyone looked at him. "Ok, so we've got a new virus, a sociopath bent on destroying America, and a bunch of inheritance claims he's stolen. What do we do now?" Kagome sighed. "There's a floor plan of his underground building. I guess it works to have an underground organization based in an underground building. Look, Sesshoumaru and I can slip in with you, this is our revenge, but mostly Sesshoumaru's." Kagome looked at Sesshoumaru as she said the last. He smiled at her but shook his head. "Ite(A/N can anyone tell me if it's ite or iie. I've seen it spelled too many times as iie but in others it's ite), this is a revenge for both of us. For both of our innocence lost. Yugasagi must pay by our hands." Bankotsu looked slightly pale, Jakotsu looked a little pleased.
"Well now then, that's settled we can go ahead with our infiltrate and destroy plan." Souta said happily. Bankotsu sighed and nodded at the kid, who was about four years younger than everyone else. Souta smiled and ran to the table, shoving plans out of his way, moving some to the floor. He finally unrolled a big map plot(A/N hey I dunno what they're called) and yanked a pencil out. Sango handed him the printouts of the building's floor plan. "Ten underground levels, ne? They must've had to plan precisely how to build this to avoid the subway. Yeah, the building slants in starting at the seventh level to accommodate the subway, which runs lower than normal there to avoid an underground spring that's obviously kinda new considering how close to being above ground it is."
Everyone looked at Souta for a second and then all shook their heads mentally, going back to whatever they were doing. Bankotsu stepped outside. Sesshoumaru noticed and followed him. "So Bankotsu.....You, Jakotsu, Kagura, and Naraku aren't really FBI agents are you." Bankotsu had turned at Sesshoumaru's voice, and now he simply let out a long held breath and shook his head. "No. We're here from Hong Kong. We're Japanese yes, but we were sent to Hong Kong on special business ten years ago. Now we come back and everyone at the station is under Yugasagi's thumb. We placed Naraku and Kagura in at the highschool after we arrived back to keep careful watch on Hiten and Kikyou. Everyone at the station thought we were going along with them, but in reality we were betraying them to the American government."
"So what about the American government? Are they going to do anything to help us?" Bankotsu sighed. "These things take time. And then we found out our messages were being intercepted by Yugasagi's men." Sesshoumaru let out a long sigh. "So the American government has no clue and can't help us?" Bankotsu nodded. "That's why we posed as FBI agents. We wanted to give you guys some hope." Sesshoumaru smiled. "We don't need that type of hope. What we need is help getting in there so that we can get Yugasagi back for everything he's done."
Bankotsu nodded and looked up through the forest canopy at the stars.
"Whatever I can do to help, I will." Sesshoumaru nodded and the two went back inside, preparing for the infiltration that was going to commence.
+~*A/N*~+
So what do you think about this turning all secret agent and stuff?? To tell the truth I was just typing, minding my own business, when this stuff came spouting out. I dunno if I like it, but I can change it if the reviewers want me to. OK so here's my poll. Keep it like it's going or change it to something else? I want to know what I should do and I'll try my best. That does mean I'll have to go back to what, chapter six and rewrite, but if that's what you all want I'll do it.
Ja ne!!
Elbereth