Agent of Silence

Kagome couldn't find him. She couldn't. He wasn't there, he wasn't anywhere, and she really was starting to get worried.

Something wasn't right. Something was really wrong. She should have been able to find him by now; it shouldn't have been this hard.

Anything could happen to a helpless 13 year old boy on his own. She should never have let him go off on the ride by himself. Some one could have taken him, beaten him up, killed him!

'Okay Kagome. Calm down. He's probably wandering around looking for you just like you're looking for him. Just breathe.'

Kagome took a deep breath and twirled in a circle. He wasn't there. But he could be behind any of those rides or booths. He could be at the restroom.

But Kagome had already checked the restroom four times; he hadn't been there.

This was wrong. He should have been in plain sight; he was smart enough to know that. He knew that she had wanted him to come straight back, he knew that if he didn't she would come looking for him.

So if something had happened to him, Kagome was the only one who could help, she was the only one who would know.


Miroku followed the man closely, staying a good ten yards behind and conspicuously loosing himself in the crowd that moved against him.

He was heading straight for the spaceship ride, right out in plain view, and Miroku wondered what he planned on accomplishing and how he planned on accomplishing it if everyone was around.

Miroku watched as the man stepped around to the back of the ride. Nobody even turned to look at him. Miroku stopped and waited at a game booth about 20 yards off, trying to see what the man was planning before he did it.

But he didn't have the slightest clue. He could have been doing anything. He was just standing there.

Then suddenly, Miroku knew that he was waiting. He expected someone right there and he was waiting for them.

But Miroku couldn't be sure if that some one was expecting them too. So all he could do was stand there and wait for the man to make his move.


Sango was looking everywhere for Kagome, but she couldn't find her. She knew that she had to be around here somewhere, but she just couldn't see her in the crowd.

Sango knew that Kagome was probably unconsciously using her stealth training and blending in, and it wasn't making Sango's job any easier.

Sango knew she couldn't resort to calling out for her by name but she was just about ready too, it had been ten minutes and she couldn't find her anywhere!

She felt a little helpless not knowing what Miroku was dealing with at the moment. He couldn't have been fighting, that would have caused a commotion. But he might be in trouble, or he might be having trouble with their three guests at the moment.

Kagome could be in trouble too. Both of them could take care of themselves, but if the odds were against them, there was no chance that this situation could turn out good.

With renewed vigor, Sango about-faced and began to search for Kagome.


Inuyasha was walking through the fair, disgruntled. He hadn't spotted Kagome so far, and the crowd was beginning to thin out for closing time.

'Number one thing to know about your partner, don't lose her or you won't find her.' Inuyasha thought to himself wryly. Seriously, this girl had major stealth skills or something.

Inuyasha sighed and began to walk towards a row of the fair that had food stands lined up along it, deciding that he was hungry and he would find something to eat to occupy him while on his search for his partner.

He weaved discreetly through the crowds of people searching for something they wanted, his eyes picking out interesting people involuntarily.

Everyone was clustered together or moving in crowds, bumping into each other without apologies. It was fairly packed for a place that was about to close, and Inuyasha guessed that these fairs didn't happen often.

His eyes suddenly locked onto a man in a black jacket and blue jeans. He was hunched over and was standing to the side of a hotdog booth, seeming to be unsure of whether he wanted to keep walking or not, like he didn't know which direction was best.

He was looking at a ride across the other side of the food stands and he seemed to be waiting for something.

What? What would that man be waiting for? A person? Not likely, not all the way over here. A signal maybe?

Yes, that man could easily be waiting for a signal. He was right in line with a ride, but Inuyasha couldn't see the ride so he didn't notice the man that was there, signing something to the man by the hotdog stand.

He did, however, notice when the man nodded slightly and began to walk down the row of food stands, blending in with the crowd.

Inuyasha took one more glance around the road for more conspicuous people, and when finding none, turned to follow the man in the black jacket.


Miroku watched as the man began wringing his hands together slightly in what looked like a nervous gesture. He kept glancing back and forth between the ride and the row of food stands on his left, about 30 yards away.

Miroku stayed completely still, hugging his pink moose higher to cover his face slightly, and watched the man carefully. He stopped wringing his hands together when the line on the front side of the ride began to move. Instead, he moved his hands to his hair and began to run them through it.

This guy sure had nervous habits, compulsive is what it looked like. But Miroku didn't think so; he was trained not to think so.

The ride started moving as all the occupants had boarded and were ready. It couldn't be more than a two minute ride, but Miroku didn't take his eyes off the man. He had stopped watching the ride and instead he moved to balance his weight on his left foot.

'Something's happening on the left side? Is he waiting for someone?' Miroku broke out of his thoughts as the ride came to a stop and kids started getting out by the front entrance, laughing and joking about the ride.

The man didn't move forward towards them, rather seeming to decide to hide behind the ride. But he had stopped moving all together.

His weight was completely centered and he stood calmly, waiting.

That's when Miroku saw that the two earlier companions of the man were stepping out behind a clump of trees and a once occupied outhouse, right in time for a little boy to walk around the back of the ship.


Souta was, granted, a little dizzy from that ride, but he could see Kagome sitting at a table across the place where the food stands resided. She was happily munching on a hot dog and was making him rather hungry.

He grinned as she seemed to be looking the other way. 'So much for keeping an eye on me. She's not even watching for me, I could go over to that roller coaster one more time…'

Souta decided he still had a little time left and was just turning towards the coaster when a hand came around his neck, completely breaking off his air supply, and dragging him into a clump of trees.

His body went limp in momentary shock. There were two men on either side of him, and apparently one behind him as well, holding his neck. Nobody was even looking his way. Not a single person was noticing that he was being dragged away against his will.

Against his will. Souta started to struggle furiously, kicking his feet to the sides and trying to wriggle his body from the man's firm grasp. But he was getting short on oxygen and there were little black dots eating at his vision.

'Kagome!' He wanted to cry out, but there was no way that he could. He silently gasped for air, opening his mouth, trying to suck in oxygen, but nothing was entering his lungs.

Souta reached up to grasp the man's arm that was firmly around his neck, pinching it and grabbing at it, but it wasn't moving. Nothing he was doing was working.

He felt his eyes fill up in panic and the tears splashed down his cheeks in streaks.

It hurt. It hurt so much. The arm around his neck was pushing into his throat harshly and the other two men had grabbed his kicking legs and held them tightly in their grasps.

The man behind him was breathing heavily in his ear. The sound was getting fainter and fainter, being taken over by his erratic heartbeat and a soft humming.

He could feel his eyes start to flutter close and willed the darkness to take him away.

But just before it did he heard the man whisper a soft, "She lied…"


Inuyasha followed the man closely, keeping his eyes ahead of him, watching to see where he was headed.

He knew it was the spaceship long before they got there, but he didn't stay, he walked right past the group of trees that the man walked into. He couldn't be seen yet, he had to figure out what they were doing.

He watched as a young boy rounded the back of the ride and walked right into the arms of another man who choked him firmly before pulling him into the trees. Inuyasha was just about to rush into the cluster of trees when a hand grasped his shoulder firmly, abruptly pulling him back.

Inuyasha swung around, grabbing the hand and twisting it in one fluid motion before he caught sight of Miroku.

"Damn! I could have knocked you out!" Inuyasha hissed, quickly letting go of Miroku's hand.

"Where's Kagome?" Miroku said, not paying attention to Inuyasha's apology. He eyed the trees sharply before he turned back to Inuyasha.

"Well if I knew that—"

"That's her brother," Miroku said swiftly, cutting Inuyasha off.

"We have to find her. They've had this planned! I was tracking them for half an hour. They're trying to get to Kagome!" Miroku hissed to Inuyasha who was looking at him startled.

"Well we have to get him!" Inuyasha said, looking at the trees where he could hear struggling. They had been talking for approximately ten seconds; if they had been going to kill him, they would have. Miroku was thinking the same thing as he eyed the trees.

"Sango is looking for Kagome, she'll get her out of here. The fair closes in ten minutes," Miroku said quietly and both stepped towards the trees.

They knew that they had to finish before the fair closed. No one could know that this had happened. They could only hope that Sango would keep Kagome away, because she was who they wanted.

Inuyasha stepped through the branches carefully and grabbed one guy firmly around the neck, hitting behind his knees, letting him collapse, then hitting him unconscious. Miroku came through the other side, letting the man turn around and see him before throwing the pink moose at him. He caught it in the face and reached his hands up—leaving Miroku easy access to his stomach. Miroku landed a kick and watched the man fall down before knocking him unconscious as well. Now there was only one left.

This had taken approximately five seconds and the man left was hanging onto the boy's neck harshly, holding him up in front of him as a shield, nervously looking from Miroku to Inuyasha.

He didn't have a weapon. He had absolutely no weapon on him; all he had was the boy.

Inuyasha didn't stop to think about this before he rushed forward to apply the same treatment to the man's knees, while Miroku grabbed the boy from his arm's that were newly loosened as he fell.

Inuyasha stepped onto the man's neck from behind, not enough to choke him, but enough to apply painful pressure.

"Who sent you?" Inuyasha ground out. Despicable, people who kidnapped little boys for hostages. It was a good thing he wasn't awake.

"Fuck-"

"WHO!" Inuyasha said forcefully, stepping hard on the man's neck and hearing him gasp for air.

Inuyasha let up a little, to let him breathe and answer.

"Kill me. Do it. I won't t—" the man gasped again as his throat constricted painfully.

"We'll talk later," Inuyasha said bitterly before kicking him unconscious.

Miroku flipped open his cell phone to call for backup squads.

"Jaybird—We've got three take in, we need pick up immediately. Over."

Miroku threw a tracker against a tree and hefted the kid onto his back, making it look like he had fallen asleep.

"Let's go," He said, Inuyasha had already bound all the men, so they left the trees.


"Souta!" Kagome called out once more. The food stands were closing; cars were pulling out of the half empty parking lot. But she couldn't find her brother.

"Souta!" Kagome screamed again frantically. She had training to help her with this. To stay calm and collected, to think three steps ahead of her next move, to know all options before she resorted to drastic measures.

But Kagome wasn't paying attention to her training.

She was scared. She was terrified out of her mind. She wanted to cry, but the tears wouldn't come. Her stomach was churning and her voice was panicked. She was screaming his name, but he wasn't answering!

Where was he!

Couldn't he hear her? Didn't he know that she would be worried? What was he thinking?

But of course he would know that! Something had to be wrong. Something was wrong with her little brother, and Kagome didn't know what it was because she couldn't find him! She couldn't find him anywhere!

Kagome let one tear fall down her cheek, whipping her head this way and that, looking for her brother. He wasn't there.

Another tear fell. Kagome ran across to the row of closing food stands, looking down the near empty road and letting out a strangled whimper.

She covered her mouth and turned back around, running to the rides, running around them all, looking everywhere again.

The tears started falling then, all of them. She didn't try and stop them or cover them up. She let out a cry, turning in circles.

No one was there!

She felt so helpless. She had lost him, her little brother, her little Souta, and she didn't know where he was. She couldn't find him. He wasn't answering her and—

"Kagome!"

Kagome whipped around letting out another cry when she saw Sango.

Sango stopped when she saw Kagome's face, her eye's widening. What was wrong?

Kagome ran into her, wrapping her arms around her neck and let her sobs take over. Sango let her arms cover her, hugging her, rocking her.

She did a quick once over. Kagome wasn't hurt. There was nothing wrong with her physically.

"Kagome, Kag, what's wrong. Tell me what's wrong," Sango said calmly. She had never seen Kagome like this. Her eyes were panicked and she was sobbing so hard. She had never even seen Kagome cry.

"Oh god—I –I can't f-find him—" Kagome sobbed into Sango.

Sango was running her fingers through her hair and she hadn't even noticed that she had been pulling her along.

They were in the parking lot, by Sango's car.

"NO! I have to—" Kagome gasped out, trying to step forward.

Souta was in there. He was in there somewhere, he had to be. Didn't Sango understand? She had to find her little brother!

"Sh, no no Kagome. Calm down honey. Sh," Sango said calmly.

"NO!" Kagome screamed, trying to rip herself out of Sango's hold. But Sango was stronger, Sango was thinking straight. Sango wasn't letting her go.

Kagome collapsed onto the car, beating it with her fists. She was letting her tears take over and she sobbed onto the hood of the car whispering, "Souta," over and over again.

Sango just let her cry, not knowing what to do with Kagome in this state. She was unpredictable in this state, so Sango just rubbed her back soothingly, letting her whisper to herself.

"Sango!" Sango turned around abruptly, recognizing Inuyasha's voice.

Sango looked at the figure on Miroku's back and turned to Kagome. "Kagome, hey, it's okay. Look, there he is." Sango whispered comfortingly.

Kagome whipped around to face Miroku and Inuyasha, catching them both off guard with her tear streaked face.

"Souta?" Kagome choked out, watching Miroku lift him off his back.

Kagome ran forward to catch him in her arms, pulling him away from Miroku, and swiftly hugging him to her.

"Oh god Souta, oh god," she whispered over and over. She didn't even remember that anyone else was with her. It was just her and Souta. And he was okay; Kagome had checked that in the first second that she held him.

He was unconscious, but he was in her arms, and Kagome kissed his forehead lightly, pulling him closer, sinking to the ground to hold him there.

Sango, Inuyasha, and Miroku watched as Kagome cried to herself, holding her brother to her gently, not even noticing them.

Her face was relaxed again, but Inuyasha noticed something in her eyes. Guilt. Guilt and regret and shame. She was ashamed. She was ashamed of herself. But then she closed her eyes and he couldn't tell what she felt anymore.

Not one of them made a move towards her. They didn't know what to do. She looked so frightened, frightened but relieved now. She had her little brother back.

Sango looked around them, the parking lot was near empty now; they shouldn't be here anymore, they should leave.

A black van pulled into the lot slowly, followed closely by an ambulance. Sango looked to Kagome hesitantly then made up her mind.

She moved forward slowly to touch Kagome's hair and whisper to her, "Honey, hey, we have to go now, we have to leave, come on, up come on, good job, come on."

She took her slowly by the shoulder and led her to the ambulance, letting the crew take over from there.

Kagome mewled softly with pain when they tried to pull Souta away from her, but she let them take him, knowing that it was best. She crawled into the ambulance after they had seated him inside and took a seat beside him.

She didn't turn to her partner or friends, she didn't thank anyone, she didn't even say a word. She just stared at her brother, letting them close the doors behind them.

A/N Hey everyone. Here I am with another chapter, and it's longer! Yay! Haha. Well, I knew I would lose a lot of reviewers, and boy did I. It makes me really sad. But I guess that I deserve it, I know I do. I just hope that eventually, I can win them all back. So let's try, shall we? Review please!