Tears and Smiles
Chapter 9: Infiltration
By: Elbereth
Rated PG-13 for violence, occasional language, more fluff soon promise
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Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.....;;
Review Responses:
kikyo-hater-glad you like
MysticalAngel-lmao yeah the Nar/Kagu helping Sess/Kag was a little strange
AKayLi-don't worry, Yugasagi gets a painful deathevil laughter in the background
Inu Yokai-continuing ^.^
Fluffy23-ty for the review
DragonRose-more fluff soon, promise
shanaka-i'm happy you like it
Suki-so glad you've reviewed for almost every chapter
RyoDragon-ty for the review and thanks for specifying iie.
AnImEfReAk8-one of the best you've read?wow
Goddess Bast-I hope you like the other stories too & i'm glad you like this one soo much
CrissyKitty-the only detective books i read are Laurell K. Hamilton books and hers are a mix between preternatural stuff and detective books. oh and thanks for specifying iie.
+~*A/N*~+
Ok I know that it switched from a romance to an action/adventure secret agent thing. And to think it started out as a romance/drama......hmmm.... oh and the polls are officially closed with a vote of drum role a unanimous vote to keep it the way it is. Here's the next chapter.
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Sesshoumaru sat down on the edge of the mattress. Here pretty soon the room would have people in it waiting to change. He sighed as the doorknob turned and looked up to find Kagome closing the door. "Hey." She said a little tiredly. "Hey." He replied with a small smile. "Tired?" Kagome nodded and walked over to him. He pulled her into his lap and she sighed, leaning back into him. They were both a little warn out from their day. It had been two days since they'd bet Bankotsu and Jakotsu and found out about Naraku and Kagura. The past couple of days had been spent printing out files, writing out infiltration plans, and getting the chemicals needed to destroy Yugasagi.
In truth Kagome and Sesshoumaru had made sure Yugasagi wouldn't get off easily. They weren't just going to kill him, oh no, he needed to suffer. What better way than the way they were planning? After they'd gotten the chemicals they'd sealed them up and made the mixtures, everything needed to make him suffer, but the final chemical needed no mixing, and was the most dangerous and lethal. But the two soon to be eighteen year-old people weren't thinking of their plans, they were looking into each other's eyes without another care. Sesshoumaru slowly leaned down and kissed Kagome gently on the lips. The kiss deepened, their tongues entwining. Kagome pulled back first. They were so lost in each other they didn't notice that everyone had come in to get clothes to change into and left without getting anything.
Sesshoumaru smiled slightly. "We haven't been able to do that in a while." Kagome nodded. "But soon this'll all be over, and we can be together in peace." Sesshoumaru's smile widened. "Kagome, when do you turn eighteen?" Kagome blinked at the question. "A couple of months, why?" Sesshoumaru's smile got, if possible, a little wider. "I turn eighteen in two weeks. Kagome, when we're legal adults, would you possibly......" Sesshoumaru trailed off and let the sentence die. Kagome looked slightly confused and was about to say something when someone knocked on the door. "Hey!! Lovebirds!! How about you let us people change into our jammies?"
Jakotsu's voice came through the door. Kagome rolled her eyes and got up. Sesshoumaru followed suit and they grabbed some clothes to change into.
Kagome opened the door to find almost everyone waiting. "Sorry." Kagome whispered, her cheeks flushing with embarrassment. Sango, Rin, and Kagura smiled and grabbed Kagome's arms, hauling her out onto the porch. "We're going to a nearby cave that has a hot spring in it. We'll talk there!" Sango said a little too excitedly. "Ok. Come on, let's get our supplies!" Kagome said, not realizing what their little 'talk' was going to be about. The girls went back inside and grabbed their bathing stuff and towels and clothes and went through the twists and turns of a dirt path to the cave with hot springs in it.
When everyone was settled in the hot spring Sango immediately said, "Didn't you get what Sesshoumaru was hinting at?" Kagome shook her head slightly. Sango rolled her eyes, as did Rin. "He wants to marry you Kag!!" Kagome turned a bright red but shook her head. "You are delusional Sango." Kagura sighed. "I believe Sango is right." Kagome looked at her. "Not you too!!" Rin giggled. "Kagome, you just don't want to accept that Sesshoumaru likes you that much!!" Kagome got a deeper shade of red and sunk a little lower in the water. The conversation turned at that point, to Sango and Miroku. "So Sango, Miroku's going to be nineteen and you're already eighteen. When are you guys tying the knot?"
It was Sango's turn to blush and sink in the water. "I don't think we'll be getting married any time soon. I have to break his habit of groping other girls and asking them to bare his child." Everyone laughed at that and then it turned to Rin and Kohaku. "So Rin, you and Kohaku going on actual dates yet?" Rin got the reddest out of all three and dove under water, coming back up on the opposite side of the spring. "We go on actual dates. We've even made out so there." Sango giggled. "Sure.....I saw how dazed Kohaku was after you guys got back from that club. He was sooo out of it he ran into a wall." Rin blushed even darker, if possible. That was when everyone turned to Kagura, who gulped slightly and backed to the edge of the spring.
"So Kagura. Were all those heated moments you and Naraku had just an act or are you really dating?" Kagura blushed for the first time ever and Kagome giggled slightly. "I guess it wasn't an act." Kagura growled low in her throat. "It started out as an act, but......Naraku proposed a few nights ago." Sango squealed and Kagura was suddenly in one of Rin's death hugs. Kagome gave her congratulations with a smile, but deep down the Sesshoumaru thing was tugging at her. Did he really want to propose to *her.* Did he really want to marry someone like her. Kagome thought back to life in Yokohama and remembered one guy who she thought had loved her. Hojo had dumped her the second he had found out she was a problem to his reputation. She had thought he'd loved her, but that was all a load of shit.
The group of girls finished bathing and dried off, changing into their jammies and heading back to the house. Kagura, Naraku, Jakotsu, and Bankotsu got the other spare bedroom while Souta and Mrs. Higurashi got the other. Everyone else unrolled their sleeping bags on the living room floor and sat up talking and laughing. Sango and Miroku ended up getting into a deep conversation, which meant it was about Miroku's habits. Rin and Kohaku had drifted off in their sleeping bags mid sentence and Inuyasha sat against the wall, feeling slightly out of place with the rest of the group. Shippou was fast asleep when everyone else had finally gotten their sleeping bags unrolled, which he usually was. Kagome and Sesshoumaru didn't talk, they felt like being close to one another was enough for now.
Everyone finally drifted off, but it took Sesshoumaru the longest. He lay awake thinking over what was getting ready to happen. They'd found from the plans that Yugasagi preferred to work after dark, so the next night was when they would hit the organization. He lay there thinking about how they were going to torture Yugasagi, and then leave him to die slowly and painfully. He thought about it and wondered how he could even think about doing that, but then memories of beatings would come back to him, and then he'd suddenly feel reassured in his decision. Finally he drifted off, unknown to him, but with his arm around Kagome's waist lightly.
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Sesshoumaru woke up with a start and realized he was the first one awake. In the night he had ended up pulling Kagome closer to him, and now she was very close to him, her head buried in his chest. He smiled down at her and looked out a window. It was about mid morning from what he could see, and he needed to be ready to go by five that afternoon. Even if the sun was setting later than usual because of it being so close to summer, they had to get there early to get door codes from contacts within the organization. If he remembered correctly the guy's name was Nobunaga. Supposedly this Nobunaga guy was on Bankotsu's side and was undercover in the organization, so he could get them the codes.
Sesshoumaru pulled away from Kagome, who in turn, curled into a small ball from losing his warmth. He smiled slightly and went to shower. When he was done showering he slipped into some jeans and a red muscle tank. He pulled his hair back into a low ponytail at the nape of his neck and went out onto the porch. A few minutes passed as Sesshoumaru gazed through the trees to the sun, which was making its way up to the top of the sky. He smiled as he spotted a lone wolf through the trees. It surprised him to see one this close to a human household, but he stayed very still and watched as the wolf came closer. It sniffed around the place and finally ran off. Sesshoumaru let out the breath he was holding and sighed.
The door opened suddenly and Kagome stepped out. "I thought you were out here." Sesshoumaru turned to her and smiled. "Yeah, I wanted to get some fresh air." Kagome nodded and moved to stand beside Sesshoumaru. They leaned against the porch railing as Kagome battled with herself. 'He didn't want to propose. He was simply wanting to know.......Ok so I don't know what he was going to say.' Then the small voice in her head piped up. 'He wanted to propose and you know it.'
'Oh shut up. Even if he did propose I wouldn't know what to say.'
'You know what you'd say. You'd say yes. You love him.'
'Do you ever just leave people alone?'
'Ite.'
'So what if I say I don't know if I love him or not?'
'You do, don't deny it.'
'Fine. I love him ok. Now will you just go away?'
The voice disappeared along with Kagome's train of thought. "Kagome.......You know how I was trying to ask you something but didn't have the nerve to last night?" Kagome nodded, feeling her face start to redden. She shoved the embarrassment and fought with a vengeance to keep from blushing. "Well.............Never mind. I'll ask you later." Sesshoumaru looked back into the sky and Kagome sighed internally. 'Only one way to find out.' "Sesshoumaru......Please just ask me what you're going to ask me. I don't want you to keep it to yourself." Sesshoumaru looked at her and let out a long breath. "Kagome.........Ite it's too soon. I can't do it yet. Please just wait for me Kagome." Kagome nodded, understanding that this was probably the biggest decision of their lives.
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Five o'clock had come and past and they had the door codes. Kagome watched as the night slowly descended like a heavy cloak draped over the city. They arrived and the old subway station entrance and walked down the stairs slowly. Jakotsu was in the van they'd managed to get from the police, without the police knowing of course. He had mini cameras and microphones on them. There were also small speakers in the groups ears so they could hear what he said. Kagome and Sesshoumaru were wearing what looked like utility belts with their 'weapons' in the holders. Kagome had her hair under a wig that was bleach blonde. Her contacts were colored purple, and she had on a very revealing outfit. She looked like one of the hookers that Yugasagi used to get teens to buy drugs, etcetera. Kagura was in a similar outfit but with hair the color of a rose. Her eyes were a very odd yellow and her outfit was made entirely of leather.
The guys were decked out in the usual drug dealer type fashion, which ranged from business suits to whatever Afghani's wear(A/N what the hell do they call them?? dresses?). Sesshoumaru's hair was underneath a short cut black wig and his eyes were disguised by shades. The other three guys varied between business suits to anything else some of the drug dealers wore.
The doors ahead of them opened and a group of people bustled by. One of the women stopped Kagura and Kagome. "You two are late. Better hurry up before Yugasagi-san gets pissed." They nodded and the woman moved on. Kagome looked at Kagura who just looked right back. They shrugged slightly and kept moving. In truth Kagome had found it hard to wear the utility belt with her outfit, but they'd finally figured out how to make it look normal. So now they were past the first door. They continued through door and finally reached the entry hall with the giant double doors and on the other side was a shuttle that took them down to the first level. As they rode the shuttle Kagome felt a cold emptiness start to take her over.
By the time they reached the tenth level, which was the lowest level, and the level Yugasagi was on, Kagome had a dead look on her face. During the shuttle ride the crew had switched their clothes into more stealthy and less outstanding clothes. Kagome took the contacts out and shoved them into the giant bag they had with them. Sesshoumaru looked at her and she looked at him. They had the exact same emotionless stare, devoid of all life. The crew stepped off the elevator and Kagura went with Naraku while Jakotsu and Bankotsu went off in the opposite direction. That left Sesshoumaru and Kagome to look at the doors down the hall straight ahead. They walked down the hall slowly and gave the code to open the door.
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Kagura and Naraku ran down the hall to the left. They kicked open any doors and found every room empty. They finally reached the last door, their guns drawn and ready to shoot the head off anything that moved. They opened the door and were greeted by the chamber that held Virus 337. There were only two workers in the room, and both looked up when Kagura and Naraku entered. Hiten and Manten stopped dead and stared at them.
"It's been so long Kagura. You never came to see me after I asked you out at school." Hiten said flirtatiously. Kagura rolled her eyes. "Sorry, I'm way outta your league kid." With that the shooting spree began. Hiten suddenly had a pump action machine gun, fully pumped. He started to shoot at Naraku and Kagura, who had already taken cover. The shots continued and continued until finally Hiten ran out of ammo. Kagura was up and shooting him before he could get the machine gun re-pumped. He had it pumped before Kagura got a good shot in and started to shoot again. Unfortunately he forgot the golden rule of machine guns that you aim lower than your target because the force of the gun makes it move up. He aimed directly at Kagura, who was in midair, and missed her completely.
Manten was working on getting his gun loaded, being the amateur he was. Naraku shot him in the head quickly but Hiten caught it and screamed angrily. "MANTEN!!" Manten died instantly though, his last words having been about how he wished he were more like Hiten. Hiten grew angrier than ever and got his priorities in order. Kagura had managed to take cover, but now Hiten was pissed and started shooting again. Kagura and Naraku had no time to fire back, but both got up the courage to shoot at him. Through the hail of bullets they stood, and in unison shot him, once, twice, three times in the chest. Unfortunately he managed to keep a hold on the trigger as he died, and he took Kagura and Naraku to hell with him.
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Bankotsu and Jakotsu were doing much the same as Kagura and Naraku, kicking every door open and checking all the rooms, finding each empty, until they came to the final door. They had heard gunshots already from Kagura and Naraku's end, but they knew the others could handle whatever it was. Jakotsu looked at Bankotsu, who nodded and they kicked the door open in perfect unison. It was an office room with two people in it also.(A/N anyone catching a theme??) Urasue(A/N however you spell the bitch's name who brought Kikyou back as a pot) and Yura were sitting in two of the leather chairs, one with a comb being woven in and out of her fingers, the other with a pot of something. Bankotsu looked at the two women and nodded slightly. Jakotsu took the sign and they started shooting.
Yura smirked and the comb turned into a shield. Urasue chanted something and the stuff in the pot melted all the bullets. That's when they attacked. Yura's comb turned into a spear and she hurled it at Bankotsu, now standing with an evil smirk. Bankotsu couldn't block the spear, but he could shoot the wench. He shot her in the head and in the chest, then the spear took him through the heart.
Jakotsu saw his brother fall through his peripheral vision. He also noticed Yura had been destroyed. That left him and Urasue. She started chanting and the junk in the pot slowly formed and shaped and made it's way toward the freaked out Jakotsu. He took the chance of upsetting a spell and shot the woman through her stomach. He pulled the trigger repeatedly, moving the gun up steadily until he clicked empty. Even with the witch dead though, the gunk that was in the pot continued toward him. Jakotsu suddenly realized what it was and smirked. He saw the vase filled with water and picked it up, flinging it on the gak that moved towards him. The stuff stopped moving through the air and fell to the ground, shattering into millions of pieces. He walked over to Bankotsu and pulled the spear out. The thing turned back into a comb and Bankotsu groaned. "Illusions suck you in older brother?"
Bankotsu grinned. "I guess they did." He stood up and there wasn't even a mark as to where the spear was supposed to have hit him. "Come on, we gotta check on Kagura and Naraku."
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Jakotsu shoved the tattered door open and smirked at the site of Kagura and Naraku's bodies laying on the ground. "You can get up now." Kagura rolled over and looked at him. Naraku just sat up and groaned. "Damn, I was afraid those were glazer safety rounds. If they had been we'd be dead." Kagura chuckled. "Glazer safety rounds are almost impossible to use with a machine gun, ne? In a hand gun sure they're dangerous, but they don't have the impact they need in a machine gun." Naraku nodded and the two got up off the floor. "Do we know how Sesshoumaru and Kagome are fairing?" Naraku asked carefully. Bankotsu shook his head. "I hope everything works out." Kagura said quietly. Everyone nodded and they looked to where Kagome and Sesshoumaru had gone.
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Sesshoumaru watched as the wall in the office room opened to reveal another door. Kagome hesitated but finally they both walked through and stepped into Yugasagi's real office room.
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Oooooh. I bet you all are hating me right now!! Sorry for the cliffhanger, but I have to go to bed and this will make you all send me more reviews, ne. I bet the death scenes were weird, ne? In case you're wondering, glazer safety rounds enter the body as a small hole, but exit as a super huge one. Shoot a person in the head point blank with those in a gun and their head is GONE. The cool thing about them is they don't go through anything but human bodies. You hit a wall with one in an apartment, no dead neighbors to explain. No I don't own any, I just read to many Laurell K. Hamilton novels. ANITA BLAKE BOOKS ROCK!! Oh, eh heh.....sorry for the outburst.
Ja ne!!
Elbereth
Chapter 9: Infiltration
By: Elbereth
Rated PG-13 for violence, occasional language, more fluff soon promise
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Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.....;;
Review Responses:
kikyo-hater-glad you like
MysticalAngel-lmao yeah the Nar/Kagu helping Sess/Kag was a little strange
AKayLi-don't worry, Yugasagi gets a painful deathevil laughter in the background
Inu Yokai-continuing ^.^
Fluffy23-ty for the review
DragonRose-more fluff soon, promise
shanaka-i'm happy you like it
Suki-so glad you've reviewed for almost every chapter
RyoDragon-ty for the review and thanks for specifying iie.
AnImEfReAk8-one of the best you've read?wow
Goddess Bast-I hope you like the other stories too & i'm glad you like this one soo much
CrissyKitty-the only detective books i read are Laurell K. Hamilton books and hers are a mix between preternatural stuff and detective books. oh and thanks for specifying iie.
+~*A/N*~+
Ok I know that it switched from a romance to an action/adventure secret agent thing. And to think it started out as a romance/drama......hmmm.... oh and the polls are officially closed with a vote of drum role a unanimous vote to keep it the way it is. Here's the next chapter.
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Sesshoumaru sat down on the edge of the mattress. Here pretty soon the room would have people in it waiting to change. He sighed as the doorknob turned and looked up to find Kagome closing the door. "Hey." She said a little tiredly. "Hey." He replied with a small smile. "Tired?" Kagome nodded and walked over to him. He pulled her into his lap and she sighed, leaning back into him. They were both a little warn out from their day. It had been two days since they'd bet Bankotsu and Jakotsu and found out about Naraku and Kagura. The past couple of days had been spent printing out files, writing out infiltration plans, and getting the chemicals needed to destroy Yugasagi.
In truth Kagome and Sesshoumaru had made sure Yugasagi wouldn't get off easily. They weren't just going to kill him, oh no, he needed to suffer. What better way than the way they were planning? After they'd gotten the chemicals they'd sealed them up and made the mixtures, everything needed to make him suffer, but the final chemical needed no mixing, and was the most dangerous and lethal. But the two soon to be eighteen year-old people weren't thinking of their plans, they were looking into each other's eyes without another care. Sesshoumaru slowly leaned down and kissed Kagome gently on the lips. The kiss deepened, their tongues entwining. Kagome pulled back first. They were so lost in each other they didn't notice that everyone had come in to get clothes to change into and left without getting anything.
Sesshoumaru smiled slightly. "We haven't been able to do that in a while." Kagome nodded. "But soon this'll all be over, and we can be together in peace." Sesshoumaru's smile widened. "Kagome, when do you turn eighteen?" Kagome blinked at the question. "A couple of months, why?" Sesshoumaru's smile got, if possible, a little wider. "I turn eighteen in two weeks. Kagome, when we're legal adults, would you possibly......" Sesshoumaru trailed off and let the sentence die. Kagome looked slightly confused and was about to say something when someone knocked on the door. "Hey!! Lovebirds!! How about you let us people change into our jammies?"
Jakotsu's voice came through the door. Kagome rolled her eyes and got up. Sesshoumaru followed suit and they grabbed some clothes to change into.
Kagome opened the door to find almost everyone waiting. "Sorry." Kagome whispered, her cheeks flushing with embarrassment. Sango, Rin, and Kagura smiled and grabbed Kagome's arms, hauling her out onto the porch. "We're going to a nearby cave that has a hot spring in it. We'll talk there!" Sango said a little too excitedly. "Ok. Come on, let's get our supplies!" Kagome said, not realizing what their little 'talk' was going to be about. The girls went back inside and grabbed their bathing stuff and towels and clothes and went through the twists and turns of a dirt path to the cave with hot springs in it.
When everyone was settled in the hot spring Sango immediately said, "Didn't you get what Sesshoumaru was hinting at?" Kagome shook her head slightly. Sango rolled her eyes, as did Rin. "He wants to marry you Kag!!" Kagome turned a bright red but shook her head. "You are delusional Sango." Kagura sighed. "I believe Sango is right." Kagome looked at her. "Not you too!!" Rin giggled. "Kagome, you just don't want to accept that Sesshoumaru likes you that much!!" Kagome got a deeper shade of red and sunk a little lower in the water. The conversation turned at that point, to Sango and Miroku. "So Sango, Miroku's going to be nineteen and you're already eighteen. When are you guys tying the knot?"
It was Sango's turn to blush and sink in the water. "I don't think we'll be getting married any time soon. I have to break his habit of groping other girls and asking them to bare his child." Everyone laughed at that and then it turned to Rin and Kohaku. "So Rin, you and Kohaku going on actual dates yet?" Rin got the reddest out of all three and dove under water, coming back up on the opposite side of the spring. "We go on actual dates. We've even made out so there." Sango giggled. "Sure.....I saw how dazed Kohaku was after you guys got back from that club. He was sooo out of it he ran into a wall." Rin blushed even darker, if possible. That was when everyone turned to Kagura, who gulped slightly and backed to the edge of the spring.
"So Kagura. Were all those heated moments you and Naraku had just an act or are you really dating?" Kagura blushed for the first time ever and Kagome giggled slightly. "I guess it wasn't an act." Kagura growled low in her throat. "It started out as an act, but......Naraku proposed a few nights ago." Sango squealed and Kagura was suddenly in one of Rin's death hugs. Kagome gave her congratulations with a smile, but deep down the Sesshoumaru thing was tugging at her. Did he really want to propose to *her.* Did he really want to marry someone like her. Kagome thought back to life in Yokohama and remembered one guy who she thought had loved her. Hojo had dumped her the second he had found out she was a problem to his reputation. She had thought he'd loved her, but that was all a load of shit.
The group of girls finished bathing and dried off, changing into their jammies and heading back to the house. Kagura, Naraku, Jakotsu, and Bankotsu got the other spare bedroom while Souta and Mrs. Higurashi got the other. Everyone else unrolled their sleeping bags on the living room floor and sat up talking and laughing. Sango and Miroku ended up getting into a deep conversation, which meant it was about Miroku's habits. Rin and Kohaku had drifted off in their sleeping bags mid sentence and Inuyasha sat against the wall, feeling slightly out of place with the rest of the group. Shippou was fast asleep when everyone else had finally gotten their sleeping bags unrolled, which he usually was. Kagome and Sesshoumaru didn't talk, they felt like being close to one another was enough for now.
Everyone finally drifted off, but it took Sesshoumaru the longest. He lay awake thinking over what was getting ready to happen. They'd found from the plans that Yugasagi preferred to work after dark, so the next night was when they would hit the organization. He lay there thinking about how they were going to torture Yugasagi, and then leave him to die slowly and painfully. He thought about it and wondered how he could even think about doing that, but then memories of beatings would come back to him, and then he'd suddenly feel reassured in his decision. Finally he drifted off, unknown to him, but with his arm around Kagome's waist lightly.
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Sesshoumaru woke up with a start and realized he was the first one awake. In the night he had ended up pulling Kagome closer to him, and now she was very close to him, her head buried in his chest. He smiled down at her and looked out a window. It was about mid morning from what he could see, and he needed to be ready to go by five that afternoon. Even if the sun was setting later than usual because of it being so close to summer, they had to get there early to get door codes from contacts within the organization. If he remembered correctly the guy's name was Nobunaga. Supposedly this Nobunaga guy was on Bankotsu's side and was undercover in the organization, so he could get them the codes.
Sesshoumaru pulled away from Kagome, who in turn, curled into a small ball from losing his warmth. He smiled slightly and went to shower. When he was done showering he slipped into some jeans and a red muscle tank. He pulled his hair back into a low ponytail at the nape of his neck and went out onto the porch. A few minutes passed as Sesshoumaru gazed through the trees to the sun, which was making its way up to the top of the sky. He smiled as he spotted a lone wolf through the trees. It surprised him to see one this close to a human household, but he stayed very still and watched as the wolf came closer. It sniffed around the place and finally ran off. Sesshoumaru let out the breath he was holding and sighed.
The door opened suddenly and Kagome stepped out. "I thought you were out here." Sesshoumaru turned to her and smiled. "Yeah, I wanted to get some fresh air." Kagome nodded and moved to stand beside Sesshoumaru. They leaned against the porch railing as Kagome battled with herself. 'He didn't want to propose. He was simply wanting to know.......Ok so I don't know what he was going to say.' Then the small voice in her head piped up. 'He wanted to propose and you know it.'
'Oh shut up. Even if he did propose I wouldn't know what to say.'
'You know what you'd say. You'd say yes. You love him.'
'Do you ever just leave people alone?'
'Ite.'
'So what if I say I don't know if I love him or not?'
'You do, don't deny it.'
'Fine. I love him ok. Now will you just go away?'
The voice disappeared along with Kagome's train of thought. "Kagome.......You know how I was trying to ask you something but didn't have the nerve to last night?" Kagome nodded, feeling her face start to redden. She shoved the embarrassment and fought with a vengeance to keep from blushing. "Well.............Never mind. I'll ask you later." Sesshoumaru looked back into the sky and Kagome sighed internally. 'Only one way to find out.' "Sesshoumaru......Please just ask me what you're going to ask me. I don't want you to keep it to yourself." Sesshoumaru looked at her and let out a long breath. "Kagome.........Ite it's too soon. I can't do it yet. Please just wait for me Kagome." Kagome nodded, understanding that this was probably the biggest decision of their lives.
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Five o'clock had come and past and they had the door codes. Kagome watched as the night slowly descended like a heavy cloak draped over the city. They arrived and the old subway station entrance and walked down the stairs slowly. Jakotsu was in the van they'd managed to get from the police, without the police knowing of course. He had mini cameras and microphones on them. There were also small speakers in the groups ears so they could hear what he said. Kagome and Sesshoumaru were wearing what looked like utility belts with their 'weapons' in the holders. Kagome had her hair under a wig that was bleach blonde. Her contacts were colored purple, and she had on a very revealing outfit. She looked like one of the hookers that Yugasagi used to get teens to buy drugs, etcetera. Kagura was in a similar outfit but with hair the color of a rose. Her eyes were a very odd yellow and her outfit was made entirely of leather.
The guys were decked out in the usual drug dealer type fashion, which ranged from business suits to whatever Afghani's wear(A/N what the hell do they call them?? dresses?). Sesshoumaru's hair was underneath a short cut black wig and his eyes were disguised by shades. The other three guys varied between business suits to anything else some of the drug dealers wore.
The doors ahead of them opened and a group of people bustled by. One of the women stopped Kagura and Kagome. "You two are late. Better hurry up before Yugasagi-san gets pissed." They nodded and the woman moved on. Kagome looked at Kagura who just looked right back. They shrugged slightly and kept moving. In truth Kagome had found it hard to wear the utility belt with her outfit, but they'd finally figured out how to make it look normal. So now they were past the first door. They continued through door and finally reached the entry hall with the giant double doors and on the other side was a shuttle that took them down to the first level. As they rode the shuttle Kagome felt a cold emptiness start to take her over.
By the time they reached the tenth level, which was the lowest level, and the level Yugasagi was on, Kagome had a dead look on her face. During the shuttle ride the crew had switched their clothes into more stealthy and less outstanding clothes. Kagome took the contacts out and shoved them into the giant bag they had with them. Sesshoumaru looked at her and she looked at him. They had the exact same emotionless stare, devoid of all life. The crew stepped off the elevator and Kagura went with Naraku while Jakotsu and Bankotsu went off in the opposite direction. That left Sesshoumaru and Kagome to look at the doors down the hall straight ahead. They walked down the hall slowly and gave the code to open the door.
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Kagura and Naraku ran down the hall to the left. They kicked open any doors and found every room empty. They finally reached the last door, their guns drawn and ready to shoot the head off anything that moved. They opened the door and were greeted by the chamber that held Virus 337. There were only two workers in the room, and both looked up when Kagura and Naraku entered. Hiten and Manten stopped dead and stared at them.
"It's been so long Kagura. You never came to see me after I asked you out at school." Hiten said flirtatiously. Kagura rolled her eyes. "Sorry, I'm way outta your league kid." With that the shooting spree began. Hiten suddenly had a pump action machine gun, fully pumped. He started to shoot at Naraku and Kagura, who had already taken cover. The shots continued and continued until finally Hiten ran out of ammo. Kagura was up and shooting him before he could get the machine gun re-pumped. He had it pumped before Kagura got a good shot in and started to shoot again. Unfortunately he forgot the golden rule of machine guns that you aim lower than your target because the force of the gun makes it move up. He aimed directly at Kagura, who was in midair, and missed her completely.
Manten was working on getting his gun loaded, being the amateur he was. Naraku shot him in the head quickly but Hiten caught it and screamed angrily. "MANTEN!!" Manten died instantly though, his last words having been about how he wished he were more like Hiten. Hiten grew angrier than ever and got his priorities in order. Kagura had managed to take cover, but now Hiten was pissed and started shooting again. Kagura and Naraku had no time to fire back, but both got up the courage to shoot at him. Through the hail of bullets they stood, and in unison shot him, once, twice, three times in the chest. Unfortunately he managed to keep a hold on the trigger as he died, and he took Kagura and Naraku to hell with him.
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Bankotsu and Jakotsu were doing much the same as Kagura and Naraku, kicking every door open and checking all the rooms, finding each empty, until they came to the final door. They had heard gunshots already from Kagura and Naraku's end, but they knew the others could handle whatever it was. Jakotsu looked at Bankotsu, who nodded and they kicked the door open in perfect unison. It was an office room with two people in it also.(A/N anyone catching a theme??) Urasue(A/N however you spell the bitch's name who brought Kikyou back as a pot) and Yura were sitting in two of the leather chairs, one with a comb being woven in and out of her fingers, the other with a pot of something. Bankotsu looked at the two women and nodded slightly. Jakotsu took the sign and they started shooting.
Yura smirked and the comb turned into a shield. Urasue chanted something and the stuff in the pot melted all the bullets. That's when they attacked. Yura's comb turned into a spear and she hurled it at Bankotsu, now standing with an evil smirk. Bankotsu couldn't block the spear, but he could shoot the wench. He shot her in the head and in the chest, then the spear took him through the heart.
Jakotsu saw his brother fall through his peripheral vision. He also noticed Yura had been destroyed. That left him and Urasue. She started chanting and the junk in the pot slowly formed and shaped and made it's way toward the freaked out Jakotsu. He took the chance of upsetting a spell and shot the woman through her stomach. He pulled the trigger repeatedly, moving the gun up steadily until he clicked empty. Even with the witch dead though, the gunk that was in the pot continued toward him. Jakotsu suddenly realized what it was and smirked. He saw the vase filled with water and picked it up, flinging it on the gak that moved towards him. The stuff stopped moving through the air and fell to the ground, shattering into millions of pieces. He walked over to Bankotsu and pulled the spear out. The thing turned back into a comb and Bankotsu groaned. "Illusions suck you in older brother?"
Bankotsu grinned. "I guess they did." He stood up and there wasn't even a mark as to where the spear was supposed to have hit him. "Come on, we gotta check on Kagura and Naraku."
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Jakotsu shoved the tattered door open and smirked at the site of Kagura and Naraku's bodies laying on the ground. "You can get up now." Kagura rolled over and looked at him. Naraku just sat up and groaned. "Damn, I was afraid those were glazer safety rounds. If they had been we'd be dead." Kagura chuckled. "Glazer safety rounds are almost impossible to use with a machine gun, ne? In a hand gun sure they're dangerous, but they don't have the impact they need in a machine gun." Naraku nodded and the two got up off the floor. "Do we know how Sesshoumaru and Kagome are fairing?" Naraku asked carefully. Bankotsu shook his head. "I hope everything works out." Kagura said quietly. Everyone nodded and they looked to where Kagome and Sesshoumaru had gone.
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Sesshoumaru watched as the wall in the office room opened to reveal another door. Kagome hesitated but finally they both walked through and stepped into Yugasagi's real office room.
+~*A/N*~+
Oooooh. I bet you all are hating me right now!! Sorry for the cliffhanger, but I have to go to bed and this will make you all send me more reviews, ne. I bet the death scenes were weird, ne? In case you're wondering, glazer safety rounds enter the body as a small hole, but exit as a super huge one. Shoot a person in the head point blank with those in a gun and their head is GONE. The cool thing about them is they don't go through anything but human bodies. You hit a wall with one in an apartment, no dead neighbors to explain. No I don't own any, I just read to many Laurell K. Hamilton novels. ANITA BLAKE BOOKS ROCK!! Oh, eh heh.....sorry for the outburst.
Ja ne!!
Elbereth