Agent of Silence
"INUYASHA!" Kohaku stood up in a flash when they entered the café, holding out his hand.
"Huh? Am I missing something? Weren't you the kid screaming bloody murder out in the hall?" Inuyasha looked at him curiously. 'The one standing really close to Kagome. I wonder who this kid is.' He thought, giving him the once over.
"My name is Kohaku and it's really great to meet you . . . the Legend." Kohaku said the last part in a whisper of awe. Inuyasha blinked.
Sango smacked her head. 'Oh my god, what is he thinking? Little brothers and their ideas of idols.'
"Inuyasha, this is my little brother," Sango stated, putting an arm around Kohaku who was still waiting for Inuyasha to shake his hand.
Inuyasha put his hand out warily and almost pulled back when Kohaku seized it in a vice like grip, shaking it enthusiastically. "Wow, I never thought I'd meet you!"
Inuyasha just scratched the back of his head self-consciously, giving Sango a 'look'. Sango could only shrug as her brother pulled the 'you're my new hero I worship you,' act.
"Hey! How come you're never this happy to see me?!" Kagome looked at Kohaku with a 'pity me' face.
"Because you're not the Legend." Kohaku stated as if it was obvious, giving her a bland look.
Inuyasha wanted to burst out laughing at Kagome's face while Kohaku jumped to her side.
"But I still love you!" Kohaku reassured her, not dropping Inuyasha's hand. He couldn't seem to let go. Kagome pouted.
"You're just saying that so I don't hit you," Kagome stated. Kohaku just laughed a little and dropped Inuyasha's hand warily to give her a hug.
Inuyasha shook it behind his back, turning his head away from the scene and not catching the last guarded look Kohaku threw his way. That kid had one hard grip. Firm.
"Hey! What about me!" Sango shouted indignantly. Kohaku turned to her with a smirk.
Then he pounced.
"I LOVE YOU TOO SIS!!" Kohaku shouted so the whole café could hear. Sango huffed from her position on the floor under him.
"Don't you ever just feel unloved?" Miroku turned to Inuyasha.
"I love you Miroku!" Kagome yelled from her position on top of Kohaku. They were having a squish Sango match.
"Then would you care to bar-"
"NO!" Everyone yelled.
Miroku sighed.
Inuyasha turned his face away. It was good for everyone to be happy now. The next weeks to come would be anything but happy. After all, it was proven for him that happiness could not last forever.
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Kohaku looked down at his hands as he walked to his room.
He and Sango had driven home after breakfast. Nobody lived at the agency. She and Miroku had gone out somewhere, leaving him alone to do whatever he wanted. Not that there was much choice.
Lunch had been great, like lightening the mood that seemed to have come down on everyone. He could hardly believe he had met the Legend.
But . . . was something wrong with him?
When he was holding Inuyasha's hand, he felt this pulse run up his arm. A familiar feeling . . . a familiar hand.
Kohaku had never met Inuyasha before. But, he hadn't been able to let go of his hand, searching his face while he was turned away. Every line, every contour of that face, was ingrained in his memory.
But how had it gotten there? Something flashed through Kohaku's eyes . . .
So familiar . . .
But why?
It almost made him sick to his stomach, trying to remember where he had heard that voice. He had, he knew he had, no matter how impossible that was.
Kohaku closed his eyes, taking a deep breath, a steadying breath. Nothing came to mind, no images, memories.
He opened his eyes. Black dots . . . what were they doing there. Light . . . white light. He reached out his hand. Comfort.
Kohaku blacked out.
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Inuyasha opened the front door to his safe house. 'Nice,' was the word that crossed his mind. But he didn't worry about any of that, didn't bother looking around. He went straight toward the bedroom and flopped down face first on the bed.
"What a day," Inuyasha mumbled into the sheets.
He turned over onto his back and settled his head onto the pillows. He closed his eyes and the first thing he saw was her.
An 18 year old Inuyasha ran down the hall way of the International CIA Headquarter's underground levels. If he didn't hurry he was going to miss his window. He had to be at the air vent on the 2nd level in six minutes. He was one level and 14 corridors away! If he didn't get there before the air conditioner turned on, it would be virtually impossible to get to the vent he wanted to see through. There was no other way to get there!
'Damn, I'm not going to make it!' Inuyasha thought to himself, but put on an extra burst of speed as he ran up the stairs to the second level.
He turned the corner . . . and ran smack into some one. 'God, why aren't you on my side?' Inuyasha rolled his eyes heavenward.
He sighed before looking down to apologize to whomever had happened to be in his way.
"Look, I'm sorry about—" Inuyasha stopped mid sentence to see a raven-haired girl that couldn't be much younger than himself.
She looked up at the man who had knocked the air out of her. She had toppled to the ground rather harshly, and she didn't much appreciate it!
Inuyasha's apology was cut short as the girl looked up at him with wide, but slightly miffed, brown eyes.
The girl looked up at him and ran her eyes up and down his face, as if checking for something. Her gaze made him want to wipe his nose to check for boogers.
Inuyasha silently lifted his hand to do just that when the girl grabbed hold of it and pulled herself up.
"You shouldn't run through this place, people don't know you're there," The girl stated calmly. Now that she got a close look at him, she saw he was only just a boy.
Inuyasha swallowed noticeably. "Sorry," Was the only thing he could get out. He cleared his throat. "Um . . . uh, I've gotta go," Inuyasha said, lifting his eyes off of hers. He didn't need to be doing that.
As he was running down the hallway to the next corridor, the last thing he heard was a soft, "Beautiful hair."
Inuyasha opened his eyes slowly. He took a deep, steadying breath to clear his mind of memories. He had things he had to focus on now. Things he needed to do.
He hadn't cried all the tears he could in this situation. He would always cry for her memory, but he needed to get going.
'Naraku is going to pay for what he's done, to me and to others.' Inuyasha thought darkly.
He wouldn't be able to get Kikyou back no matter how much he cried, no matter how much he remembered. She wasn't going to walk into this room and say hi as if the murder had never happened.
Because it had. Naraku had murdered Kikyou. No, Naraku had ordered his monkey agents to murder Kikyou. He didn't know who had done the deed, but Naraku was the source.
Apparently, Naraku had wanted something from him. So he had killed Kikyou.
But now that she was gone, there was no way to get to him. He had no more ties, no more weaknesses. Except his friends. But they were with the CIA, trained operatives. Naraku couldn't get to them.
So Naraku couldn't get to Inuyasha. He would have noticed that though . . . wouldn't he have?
Why would Naraku go to all the trouble of killing Kikyou if that didn't get him what he wanted?
What did he want?
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Kagome was walking home. Inuyasha was apparently staying in an 'on site' house for protection.
She had thought hard about what he had said this morning. He had told her that she didn't know what was going on, that meant he knew she hadn't known what was going on. That grated her nerves the wrong way, but she tried to calm herself.
He had also said it was his revenge. A telltale sign he had emotional attachments. 'Tsk, tsk Inuyasha. What have you gotten yourself into?'
Every time she tried to piece it together, she would start to feel lightheaded, her vision becoming fuzzy around the edges. She got nervous, and Kagome wasn't the nervous sort.
Kagome reached up to pinch the bridge of her nose. She hoped she hadn't made a mistake by forming this whole alliance. She didn't know Inuyasha, and he didn't know her. She didn't know about this mission, this enemy, this revenge. She was totally out of the loop.
She sighed; trying to ease back the headache she knew was coming on full force. Kagome took a deep breath and began to think of calming things, telling herself specifically to stop thinking about unanswered questions that she didn't have the answers to.
She was getting the whole story in tomorrow's briefing. 'Compartmentalize Kagome. You're going home. Souta is there, it's Sunday morning.'
She sighed, opening her eyes and putting on a smile. She was almost home. It was noon and she was coming back from 'Marie's House'. It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon. What was she going to do?
Hello county fair!
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"Mom? I'm back!" Kagome called once she was in the house, closing the door behind her.
"Sweetie? Is that you?" She heard her mother's voice.
"Yes, mom," Kagome walked into the kitchen, following her mom's voice. She smiled as she saw her mother making sandwiches and her brother sitting at the table waiting impatiently for his.
"Hey Souta! Did you miss me?" Kagome walked over to ruffle his hair. "Aw, sis, come on!" He tried to lay his hair back down. Kagome smiled sadly. Since when had he started to care about his hair being messed up? She had missed so much.
"Want to come to the fair with Eri, Ayume, and I? You can bring a friend," Kagome asked. She could make up for it!
Souta looked at his sister, taking in the bags under her eyes and fighting off his concern. She wasn't worried about it, so he shouldn't be either. It wasn't often he got quality time with his sister anyway.
"YEAH! . . . but I don't want to bring anyone," He finished.
Kagome sat down across from him at the table and tore her gaze away from her mother who looked so happy to have both her kids with her in the kitchen.
"Okay," Kagome answered slowly in a comforting voice, to make sure he understood that she didn't mind.
She hadn't made plans with her friends yet anyway, so she wouldn't have anything to cancel. She smiled at him warmly when he seemed relieved.
Her mother turned around to smile at them both. It was the happiest that Kagome could remember seeing her in a long time, but then again, she didn't see a lot of her.
"Lunch first though, okay." Ms. Higurashi said, sitting in between the two and setting the platter of sandwiches in front of them all.
A/N Okay, first off. I am really mad. took off my breaks in the last chapter, and it might have in this one too. Where the scenes switch off? Yeah, it just kept right on. So I really hope you could tell when the scenes changed, especially right after Inuyasha smiled. Yeah then the rest was supposed to be anonymous characters (unrevealed you know) So that had nothing to do with Inuyasha smiling.
On to other things though. If anyone can tell me how to keep my breaks in there, or why is taking them off it would be much appreciated.
I'm hoping everyone is liking this so far, and I'm really proud of myself for being able to write these fast and get them out.
Is everybody liking this? Interesting or not? Okay where it's going? COULD SOME ONE TELL ME PLEASE! I'd like to know if everyone is okay with every thing. . .
Yeah, okay. I took a while to write this chapter because I wanted to make sure I put in all the things I wanted. I'm thinking of rewriting some of my chapters, but if I do I'll make sure to tell you all.
I'm really happy that I still have reviewers. I didn't honestly think I would. But I'm really glad and I hope that you can stick with me. As soon as I finish this story, I'm going to finish my other 2 before I start a new one.
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Okay, I have just now fixed the breaking problem for the last chapter, so if you were deathly confused, you can go read it now!
