Hi again! Sorry for the delay, but I'm now back at school which is crap! But anyway….read and enjoy! And THANKS SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO REVIEWED, IM SO GRATEFUL TO YOU!
Oh, and by the has stopped paragraph indentations! I can't believe that! MY WRITING LOOKS STUPID WITHOUT INDENTING THE PARAGRAPHS!! So I'm sad....:(:(
THE GREAT ESCAPE
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Kagome focused on the glow, like her mind had done in the dream before. She pressed her fingers together, and a black marble appeared between them.
"Kag? Wow! That is way advanced!"
"I did this in my dream..." Kagome said, taking out her penknife and piercing the black marble. She felt a strong force circle her, and when her feet landed back on the floor, she was in the room.
"Kagome, you are really freaking me out..."
This was the room that had the girl in it... the same bathtub was lying on the floor. Kagome held her breath, trying not to be completely terrified. She leaned over the side of the bath...
"Sango? Can you see this from my button camera?"
"I gotcha, Kag."
Kagome leaned over the side...
The bath was completely empty. There was no girl. Kagome frowned in disappointment.
"SHIT!!! KAGOME, SOMEONE'S COMING!!!"
Footsteps were approaching. Kagome glanced round frantically. A window was to her left.
"KAGOME! SOMEONE IS COMING!"
Kagome heard shouting.
"There's no way a human could get through this!"
"Well, the said human won't be a human once we've finished with them..."
The door opened in a rush of wind, and Kagome found herself face-to-face with none other than Inuyasha...and Naraku.
Silence.
There was absolute silence in the room. Naraku was framed in the doorway to the secret room, with Inuyasha just in front of him. Kagome had whirled round, one hand clutching the edge of the bath. She was caught.
"A mortal human...? How can this be...?" Naraku hissed, making Kagome shudder. Inuyasha glared.
"Get her in my office." He ordered to Naraku.
At that point, Kagome was jerked back to reality. As Naraku strode towards her, Kagome reacted. She swung her foot against his legs, and delivered her fist towards his face. Caught off guard, Naraku crumpled to the ground, but he was soon back on his feet.
However, this gave Kagome time to pull her black high-heeled boot off her foot and throw it against the small window, smashing the glass.
Kagome felt her hand being twisted behind her back, and she was forced against the wall.
Her microphone fizzled and her button camera smashed. She looked up into the eyes of Inuyasha.
'Great.' Kagome thought. 'So now I'm against Naraku and Inuyasha: a full-demon and a half-demon, against me, a young mortal girl? And now, I can't even communicate to Sango...'
She pushed her weight against the wall and kicked with both her feet at Inuyasha's chest. A clawed hand scrapped her cheek, drawing blood. Kagome whirled round to block Naraku's punch, mentally thanking her karate teacher for that trick.
Naraku was quicker though, sending another kick at her legs, while Inuyasha grabbed her hands again. 'Damn, shit, crap...these two know what they're doing...'
Kagome had one last trick. She weakened in Inuyasha's grasp, cringing her eyes to work up tears. She looked pleadingly to Naraku, letting a tear trickle down her cheek.
The desired effect was achieved. Inuyasha weakened his grip, muttering something about "Stupid wench." Naraku curled his lip, snorting.
Kagome grabbed her remaining boot from her foot and sent it flying at both demons, sending them reeling backwards, dizzily, swimming in and out of consciousness. She darted towards the only hiding place- behind the enormous bath…
Only to find someone already there.
It looked like a small boy of about five, with bright red hair and two pointed fox ears, and Kagome would have felt sorry for him if he wasn't baring fangs and thrashing a small tail behind him.
"Who are y-"
"Listen, you. I know how to help you, if you can promise me something in return! And you have to promise properly!"
This just gets weirder and weirder. This five-year old fox-demon kid thinks he can help me?
But Kagome was desperate. "What do you want me to promise?"
"That I can live in your home!"
Kagome blinked. "Uh…well…" 'How did I get stuck in this situation?'
"Where's that wench gone…?" Inuyasha's voice came through weakly. He was obviously still dizzy from the punch, but Kagome knew it would only take a few minutes before they were back on their feet, ready to kill her this time.
"Whatever, kid. Just get me out of here alive!" Kagome hissed.
The fox-demon grinned. "Good! Well, give me your clothes."
"What?"
"Don't worry, you can wear these!" The boy said cheerfully, holding out what looked to be old-fashioned priestess clothing.
"Is this gonna work-"
"Quickly!"
I am mad to trust this kid. Kagome thought. But really, what choice do I have?
She slid to the other side of the bath and changed into the priestess dress, and gave her other clothes to the boy.
Inuyasha stood up. "Let's kill her now."
Naraku stood beside him. "So you're not dead, half-breed?"
"It would take more than a girl's shoe to kill me!" Inuyasha raged. "So, the wench is hiding, is she?"
A girl sprang out from behind the bath, but it wasn't Kagome. Kagome stared blankly at the young fox demon that had just transformed into her identical twin.
"Inuyasha, please don't kill me! It's me, Shippo!" The 'Kagome' begged, changing back into a fox demon holding a pile of girl's clothes.
"SHIPPO! WAS IT YOU, ALL ALONG?"
The fox-demon nodded meekly.
Inuyasha hesitated for a second, and then shook his head. "No, you're covering up for someone. I can smell that new girl's scent in this room."
Shippo held out the pile of Kagome's clothes. "Maybe you're smelling her clothes I stole. I'm sorry, Inuyasha, I just wanted to play a harmless trick on that new girl…"
The real Kagome held her breath, as Inuyasha sniffed the air, but seemed satisfied.
"You're an idiot, Shippo! WHAT WAS THE WHOLE SHOE BUSINESS? WE HAVE KEPT YOU HERE SAFELY, WE'VE EVEN GIVEN YOU ACCESS TO THIS SECRET FLOOR, AND THIS IS HOW YOU REPAY US?"
"I really am sorry, I didn't know I hit so hard."
"I don't think this brat deserves our shelter, Inuyasha." Naraku said silkily.
Kagome edged along the side of the bath, looking for a better view of what was going on.
CRACK.
Kagome froze. Her knee had bashed against something – the black marble she had used to get into the room. It was glowing strangely.
Inuyasha and Naraku ran towards the bath.
Kagome stood up shakily. The marble was growing brighter and brighter, surrounding her in light. She could hardly see anyone else.
Even more surprising was the expression on Naraku and Inuyasha's face.
"HOW CAN KIKYO BE HERE? IS THIS HER GHOST? HOW CAN SHE HAVE THE JEWEL?" Naraku thundered. "Get the jewel!"
"Kikyo?" Inuyasha asked, in awe. "No, it is unwise to attack a ghost, especially not Kikyo!"
"What?"
"The jewel can't be real, then, if it's been carried by a spirit…"
Behind them, Shippo grinned ecstatically, and clambered out of the window Kagome had smashed with her boot.
Kagome smiled back as the jewel glowed brighter, surrounding her in light. She blindly reached the window, and hurled herself onto the roof. The glass cut her body, slicing her clothes and the skin underneath, but the glow from the mysterious jewel soothed the pain.
The wind was whipping against her hair. Kagome took another step back.
Inuyasha took a step forward.
'Shit, he can't find out who I really am…'
Kagome took another step back... and slipped backwards.
Panic rose up inside her as she lost her footing and fell off the huge Shikon building.
"HELP!"
"Kikyo??"
"BITCH!!" Naraku yelled.
The wind was roaring in her ears, her long black hair blowing over her eyes. Kagome felt herself falling faster and faster...
'No, I don't want to die, I'm only eighteen, I'm too young to die...'
THUMP.
For a second, she thought she had hit the ground, but then she realised she was on top of something that could only be described as an enormous blob.
"Uh?"
"Don't worry, it's just me, shape-shifted so I can carry you." Came Shippo's voice.
Kagome groaned, wondering how she got into these sorts of situations. And that's when the blackness swirled around her, and she fainted.
"She'll be okay, won't she?"
"Of course, Sango, don't worry."
Kagome blinked and opened her eyes. "Sango, Myoga? Where am I? Where's Shippo?"
"At last, you're awake! You have a lot of explaining to do, Kagome!" Myoga said sternly. Kagome sat up properly. She was in her office in FBI headquarters. In front of her were Sango, Myoga, and Shippo, who appeared to be asleep.
"Ah…well… I suppose you've looked through the footage from my button-camera?" She asked Myoga.
"Yes, I have, but that doesn't explain how you managed to get out of there alive without two angry demons killing you first, or why you managed to get the Shikon Jewel and then carry it out the building safely-"
"Shikon Jewel? Come on, that's just a legend, right?"
"-and finally, why you arrived at FBI headquarter's half dead on an exhausted fox-demon transformed as a large balloon!" Myoga finished.
"Shippo brought me here? But how did he know I worked for FBI?"
"I transformed to a flea and saw your microphone and your FBI cell phone." Shippo answered sleepily from the corner.
"And what were you doing sneaking around as a flea?"
"Inuyasha and Miroku order me to check every new employee we get."
"So you reported us?"
"No, I thought it would be useful to keep it a secret. Ever since my Mom and Dad went away to stay in heaven, I've been living in the secret top floor. But now I want somewhere else to live, so I decided to wait for the opportunity to bribe you into letting me stay with you two. And now Kagome-chan has agreed."
"Oh, she did, did she?" Sango said icily, giving Kagome a 'We've got a lot to discuss' look.
"Hey, I saved her life and her job! You mean girl should be thanking me!" Shippo said, and then continued to tell Sango and Myoga what happened after Kagome was caught.
"I really thought I blew it when I disturbed that marble."
"No, that worked great! 'Cause with all the glowing light and stuff, Inuyasha and Naraku now think they saw the ghost of Lady Kikyo! You do look uncannily like her."
"Shippo, you must know a lot about the top floor then! Are there demons being bred there?" Kagome asked.
"I don't know much. I lived in a room separate from the rest. I used to live in that room with the freaky bath, but then a year ago Inuyasha and Miroku-chan moved me. 'Cause that stupid new demon wanted that room to put a stupid bath there."
"Naraku only joined the company a year ago?" Sango said.
"He's not part of the company! He doesn't work there, he's just a grumpy demon who prowls round all the really secret rooms on the top floor, and he put a stupid bath in my old bedroom!"
"There, there, Shippo," Sango said. "What is it, Myoga? You're in deep thought."
"I was just thinking that it was about a year ago when all these rumours about demon-breeding started. We know there's demons on the top floor – Kagome fought some of them. I think Naraku's arrival is connected to it."
"Myoga, do you want to keep this?" Kagome handed him the black marble, which had stopped glowing.
"Yes, I'll get an expert to examine it. One last thing, Shippo…" Myoga said. "Who is this Kikyo?"
"I don't know, really. Inuyasha always gets mad when I mention her. But I think she might be an old girlfriend, and something happened because she's apparently dead, and I know Inuyasha will do anything to get her back."
"I see. Thankyou, Shippo. I hope I don't need to tell you that all this is kept strictly secret."
"Of course! I'll do anything for Kagome and Sango, 'cause they're my new parents!"
Sango sighed. "Yeah, okay…let's go home."
As they were walking out of FBI headquarters, Sango suddenly gasped.
"OH MY GOD!!!"
"Sango? What's wrong!"
"We left Miroku locked in that room!"
Kagome sighed. "I thought something terrible had happened!"
"Well, 'cause Sango-chan likes Miroku, it was terrible!" Shippo said innocently.
"THAT'S NOT TRUE!" Sango yelled.
"IS TRUE!"
"IS NOT!"
"IS!"
"NOT!"
"IS!"
Whoa, another chapter finished! Now, I must apologise for the delay but I actually went back to school this week, which sucks. Add to that the fact that I don't have my laptop coz its broken (again) so I bribed my sister into letting me use hers. And her S key stopped working for the top half of this chapter, so it took me ages to type it.
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