Agent of Silence
Chapter 3:
That look didn't go unnoticed by Kagome. It was a silent message, and in their eyes, she could see their courage waver slightly. This was a mission in which she would have to tread lightly, because apparently someone had emotional attachments. She wondered on what grounds they were. It wasn't like Sango or Miroku to get attached.
Both of them had been here longer than Kagome, they knew the rules. She never stopped to think that maybe that was what she didn't understand. She never considered the fact that maybe it was in the past.
"Alright, so what's the plan?" Kagome asked slowly. "You really did miss the briefing, didn't you?!" Kohaku looked at her dumbfounded. Kagome resisted the urge to growl at him. She would be civilized here, others were at stake. "Whatever do you mean Kohaku," Kagome ground out politely.
Kohaku winced. He hadn't meant to upset her, though he should have suspected this. He had been working with these three long enough to read them pretty well. Sango put a hand on her friend's shoulder to calm her. "Kagome, you're going to have to sit this one out, okay?" Sango stated it like a question, but Kagome understood the silent command.
Apparently she was out of her league here, and she didn't like it. Something was up and nobody was filling her in. All she could do was nod. After all, she doubted anybody would spare her an answer if she asked.
She decided it was personal . . . and she didn't like that either. Personal, emotional attachments. This was not good. It did no good to carry sentimental value around with you. The only thing that should hold any sentimental value at all were maybe one's memories.
Once again, she was completely omitting the notion that maybe this had to do with the past, hence memories. So the only thing that she could muster up to say to her partners in justice/crime was, "Be careful."
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Miroku and Sango started off, the map already memorized and in their minds. Miroku and Sango's thoughts were going in the same direction. They were aware that Kagome must understand something of the situation in order to abandon her part in this mission. It had been planned to have the briefing meeting without Kagome being notified just for this particular reason. The boss knew that Kagome would put up a fight if she had time to say anything, but when they were already out and the mission was in commence mode, she wouldn't dare to interfere.
So they were on their way towards the forgotten, en route to the deadly, and heading for a silence to save a former comrade from an uncertain death. Their 'target' had been messing with their minds for almost two years, since two certain individuals had left the agency. Miroku couldn't stand it anymore. The 'target' might do anything from killing to taking hostages, and Miroku didn't like uncertainty.
Sango had been getting quite restless too. It had been impossible to determine their target's actions. They had no clue as to what was going to happen. So they were now heading for a meeting being held off the road by the end of town.
Miroku halted his hushed jog and grabbed Sango's wrist, dragging her behind a Dumpster. He deftly put a hand over her mouth to silence any protests. He put a finger to his lips to show that he wanted to talk and for her to wait.
"Listen to me Sango. We must be careful. We have to be. We don't know what they're plan is, and we don't especially have one either. So we must take heed of the fact that anything can happen." Sango tried to cut in. Miroku put a finger to her lips. "I'm not done yet. This is a dangerous mission Sango, he doesn't mess around. I need you to understand this, okay? I know that you've been here just as long as I, but . . . I'm . . . .I'm not going to lose you now. Not after everything that's happened."
"I have an understanding that this might have to do with Inuyasha, and I know you know it too. So if you even think about dying, understand that it will hurt me deeply. And if you don't do this for me, then recognize the fact that if you die, Inuyasha almost certainly will too," Miroku took his hand away slowly. Sango just stood there. She had worked with Miroku long enough to know that, in a time like this, their friendship meant everything. Screw the 'no emotional attachments' rule. In these situations, you always need someone by your side.
She wanted to hug him and tell him that he wasn't aloud to die either. But now was not the time. So she gave a curt nod of understanding and moved to leave their hiding place. Miroku watched her turn the corner in the pale moonlight, already knowing what she wanted to say. He smiled to himself and followed.
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Kohaku had eyes for his laptop and his laptop only. After whispering his name 4 times and a suppressed growl, Kagome finally settled for injuring him to get his attention. So Kagome slapped Kohaku upside the head and waited for his hiss of surprised pain to confirm that she had his attention.
"So brief me," Kagome stated, cutting off his string of curses. Well so they weren't actual curses, I mean, he was only 15. He didn't exactly curse. Kohaku pouted before answering. "What do you mean, brief you?"
"Exactly what I said. I missed the real meeting so why don't you tell me, you know what's going on here," Kagome explained slowly, patiently. "Well our target is holding a secluded meeting. It's on the outskirts of town. We don't know what it's about but we think something's going down, and we need to find out." Kagome nodded to show him to continue. "Right. Well we think the target has composed a group of followers or else he's made pacts with some pretty bad groups. All seem to be willing to do his bidding." The word 'he' didn't escape Kagome's notice.
"So we're after a guy we know nothing about for . . . what's the reason?" Kagome asked. "Well," 'Reason, I need a reason. Think Kohaku, think!', "because he's . . . that is, he might, be getting ready to do something we don't want." He mentally sighed in relief. Kagome wasn't done interrogating him though. Kohaku might be a fast thinker, but Kagome had a fast eye, she saw him hesitate.
"What do we not want him to do?" Kagome asked, playing innocent. Kohaku sighed out loud this time. "Look Kag, you're not brainless and neither am I. We're going in circles around each other. I'm sorry, but I'm not aloud to tell you," Kohaku said, slightly regretful. He didn't like keeping secrets from Kagome.
Kagome sighed at the friendly nickname; all the kids called her that when they were trying to be really nice. It was a putdown to not know what was going on. "Then Kohaku, why am I here?" Kagome already knew the answer to this. "You're backup Kag," Kohaku said softly, " In case something . . . happens." Kagome sucked in her breath at the hidden claim behind that sentence. Nothing was going to happen. Nothing.
"Kohaku if I'm backup, can I at least know one thing?" Kagome asked. Kohaku nodded his head. "What's his name, who's the target?" Kagome waited silently, expectantly.
"Naraku . . ."
~ * ~
"That's it, that's the place," Sango nodded her head in the direction of what happened to look like a regular house. The looks were so that it didn't draw attention, Sango was sure.
"Remember, tread lightly," Miroku reminded her. 'In body and in mind,' he added to himself.
They could see light shining through the windows, the high windows. This was not to be an easy task. He supposed that this was to look like a regular house off the side of the road, with parents reading their children bedtime stories in the lamplight of their bedrooms. Somehow, he couldn't picture him doing that.
The only thing that happened to look out of place in this 'oh so perfect home' was maybe, the guards in the back patrolling the land!!! Miroku was sure that even a silenced weapon would be heard from inside. Or at least by the other guards. They didn't want to cause a commotion, that was too dangerous. Sango's thoughts were the same and all that was needed was a barely perceptible nod before they set about their mission.
Miroku took the guard closest to the tree line, cutting through the bush. It would be easiest to hide his body. He came around behind him, deftly hitting him in the back of the head with his gun, rendering him unconscious. Sango did the same with another hiding him by the small deck in the back, where he wouldn't be seen unless looked for. The last guard was easy enough with a double team attack. Disarm, silence, hit. Simple.
That only took approximately 7 minutes, but that in itself was too long. They had no doubt missed valuable information. They moved stealthily up the back porch, careful of any other guards. They saw none.
Miroku pulled out his scanner. It would find the voices and pick up their signal transferring it to the headsets that Sango and Miroku wore. He couldn't find a signal by the back so he signaled Sango to stay there while he checked the perimeter of the house.
10 minutes later Miroku came back, and by the set of his jaw line Sango knew that this whole thing . . . had been a set up. Inuyasha was in danger.
A/N OMG!!! I really can't believe all of the reviews I have gotten!!! And you're all so inspiring too!!! Seriously, I'm not one of those self-centered authors who goes around all arrogant-like saying how wonderful a writer I am. Quite the opposite. I never know if my writing is good at all, and I'm always looking for someone to test it out on.
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I believe I have forgotten this twice now.
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