Neither of the two other hanyous dared to yell over the whirling sound of the chopper blades. Just simple glances and comforting pats.
Upon Sango's landing of the chopper, Inuyasha helped his newly found sister jump from the platform. They walked into the closed down STF building.
"Looks like everyone went home today. Must be because of the events." Kagome said, more to herself than the others around her as Inuyasha flipped the circuit breaker for their offices.
Sango, Bryan, and Kagome all sat in the little lobby that led to Inuyasha, Kagome, and - the soon to be reinstated - Bryan's offices. Inuyasha and Akira had gone into his office to talk some.
(Inuyasha's Office)
"Here's the first thing I want to know… did that bastard hurt you at all?"
Akira shook her head. "No… nothing. I'm just a little shaken up, that's all. All that blood… and now I have a family… and a real father!"
Akira saw Inuyasha's sudden interest at the floor. She didn't take that as a good sign.
"Inuyasha…"
"Akira… our father… he is no longer with us."
In that brief moment, Inuyasha hated himself more than anything else. He had just crushed the dreams of another dog demon… a pack member - his own freaking sister! In a matter of seconds! When he heard the first sniffle, he quickly took her into his arms.
"Tell me you are lying!"
"I wish I was… I'm so sorry Akira… it happened a few years ago… an assassination."
"Who did it."
"We think it was Hunt… or one of his lesser people."
A growl shacked the room. This one from the female demon.
"What… you mean that… that thing killed my real father! And lied right to me about it!"
"I'm sorry." Inuyasha whispered again.
"Look, there's no doubt that Hunt will come after you now. I'll protect you. Kagome will protect you. Sango, Miroku will protect you."
"What about that other man… Bryan."
"Well… the thing with Bryan is that he has his own agenda. You must understand… he has his own problem with Hunt."
"I remember… Hunt killed his mate."
"Right. But I'm sure he'll protect you to. Come on, we need to meet with the others to figure out where to go from here."
Inuyasha led her from the office. In the waiting area, Kagome offered a warm smile, as did Sango. Bryan offered her one too, but it was laced with something. Nothing bad… but it was something alright.
"Alright, where do we go from here?" Sango asked from his position on the armrest of the couch. The question was directed to Inuyasha.
"Don't ask me. He'll be running the show when this is over. Besides, I'm no good at giving orders."
Kagome scoffed. "You're no good at following them either." She said it in a friendly, loving, and playful tone. Earning a chuckle from the few around her.
"So you're finally coming back, eh, Bryan?"
"Yah… but lets get one thing strait. We are going to need some major extra help here. And i'm not talkin' the one-hundred percent legal stuff either."
"So what you're saying is, everything from here on out is off the books." Inuyasha concluded.
"No. Some of this stuff is off the books." Bryan said, shaking his head. Inuyasha nodded his understanding, a small fang-bearing smirk on his face. Just then the door behind Bryan opened, and he had to resist the urge to remove the gun from his holster and point it at the intruder. The scent that hit his dormant hanyou nose stopped him.
"Ouka?"
"Yah, it's me."
"What are you doing here? You should be in the hospital!"
"I'm fine… what did I tell you, I was taught a few tricks. I'll be back at my usual, stubborn self in a day."
"Yah well…" Ouka put a hand on Bryan's shoulder. "I'm fine."
"I thought his mate was dead." Akira whispered to Inuyasha who nodded.
"Yah. That's Ouka. Another team mate. And while Bryan may not admit it right now, He loves her just as much as he loved his former mate, Ayame."
Ouka looked in Inuyasha's direction. Noticing Akira for the first time.
Ouka extended a clawed hand to the dog, Akira took it.
"I'm Ouka. STF Agent."
"Akira… his sister."
"Inuyasha never told me he had a sister."
"I didn't even know I had a brother until a little over three hours ago."
"Ah." Ouka concluded, glancing at Bryan who had just picked up his cell. He had bought it before leaving for the terrorist base. The antenna had already been hit by a bullet.
"Yah?" These was slight pause before his face lit up slightly. "Be right there."
He snapped it shut. "Our off the record plans are already in motion. I have to go meet someone."
(Local Bar and Tavern)
Bryan couldn't help but smirk as he watched his guy walk in. If the blue bandana wasn't a give away. The completely lost expression on his face was. A clear sight of someone who had just come to Japan, and knew nothing about the area.
Regardless, the man took a seat at the bar.
"You know what they say," He began. "in the land of the blind-"
"-the one eyed man is king." Bryan finished. "Snake. Still wearing that ratty bandana?"
"Hay, don't knock it. This thing gets me through anything."
"Unlimited Ammo… right."
"So I hear that you've got a terrorist problem."
"Yup. Couldn't think of anyone better for the job."
"There a support team?"
"Well… I wouldn't call them support. They all kind of play an equal part. But yes, we have a team."
"When do I meet them."
"Why not right now? They're too nosey for their own good. Right Inuyasha?"
A stream of cursing was heard from a table in the corner, followed by Kagome's voice.
"I told you he would know we were here."
Bryan took a sip of his beer before getting up and walking over to their table.
"Snake, this is Inuyasha and Kagome. Two of a few helping us on our mission."
A brief nod was exchanged between the men as Kagome looked on.
Snake took a seat beside Inuyasha as Bryan sat next to Kagome. A brief moment of silence was followed by Bryan's voice.
"Alright, here's what we got. A terrorist known only by the alias "Hunt" is running wild through Tokyo. And besides the fact that he has killed many, including my mate, STF has the sole duty of bringing this guy down. We have the resources, but he seems to always outsmart us every time. He even managed to get a mole on the inside, not that we didn't find her, but still." There was a brief pause as Bryan took a swig of his drink. "Now, between the time we left the landing site, and got to HQ, I made a pit stop up at the emperor's office. Got us a martial law warrant. We shoot who we want, when we want, and where we want. They realize that this is a huge threat to the people. Also got the same warrant from the USA, Russia, Italy, and China."
"I get it, all known places for his operations." Inuyasha chimed in. Bryan nodded. "Right. Now, just because we can shoot our guns of with civilians around, doesn't mean we should. We only activate our warrant if absolutely necessary. And, while no one really wants to hear this, should a hostage be taken and we can't get a clear shot, if an immediate threat to other people or agents is present, we may need to shoot through the hostage to get our guy. But lets hope it doesn't come to that."
Agreement nods came from everyone else.
"Snake, I need you one hundred percent on this. We're willing to pay you any price if need be."
Snake shook his head. "No money is needed. Call it an old favor repaid… from our old war days."
"Sounds good."
"Do the locals know what they are dealing with?"
"Well, even with multiple alerts to local police departments, I still believe that they don't get the full affect of what we are talking of here." Kagome answered for him.
"What about a base other than the island?"
"Miroku in Intel is working on it. We should know of another one in Japan within the next four hours." Inuyasha concluded, checking his watch.
"Equipment?" Snake asked.
"Well, no doubt, Octacon has given you your usual 9mm sleeper dart weapon. How ever, we have access to M4s, 9mms, AK's, Carbines, Long Range Rifles, high power rifles; basically, anything and everything."
"Sounds good, when do we start?"
"Well, saying that Miroku finds a base… three days."
"Even better."
(Three Nights Later)
Inuyasha looked at Bryan as the chopper blades whirled around them. They were flying low enough to not be detected by radar, but high enough to stay away from the trees. Miroku sat at the front, piloting chopper one, as Sango's chopper two, flown within a relatively close distance from them.
Looking out the open bay door of the chopper, Inuyasha met eyes with Kagome who gave him a thumbs up in response. A fang bearing grin was her reply.
"Don't get cocky, you two." Came Bryan's voice over the headsets. "Don't forget, he's slipped away before. We could easily get shot by him or a-"
Bryan's voice was cut off by Sango's.
"RPG, ten o'clock! Evade! Evade!"
Bryan watched the RPG shoot through one open bay door of their chopper, and slam into the blades of Sango's as she banked to evade it. Inuyasha shot from his seat to the bay door, watching in horror as the bird swayed and weaved before exploding into a massive ball of flames and hitting the ground.
"Kagome! Kagome!"
"Alpha One to Alpha Two. Come in." Miroku's voice came over the radios.
Static.
"Alpha One to anyone from Alpha Two."
More static.
He tossed his sets into the empty seat next to him. It had originally been filled by Snake, who now also stood in the bay doors staring at the fire ball as Miroku circled around to try the radios again.
Bryan still sat in his seat. Closing his mouth after realizing that it was still open.
Realizing that Miroku was circling he grabbed his microphone roughly.
"Don't circle! Repeat, do not circle! They could have another-"
Cut off again as another RPG was launch into the air. This struck the tail rotor.
"Hold on tight guys!" Miroku called as he tried his hardest to keep steady.
They landed - rough.
"Everyone ok?" Bryan called.
"Like fuck we are! Three of us are already dead!" Was Inuyasha's reply.
"Ouka, Sango, Kagome… all dead!"
"Calm down." Snake said, his own voice calm.
"What do you mean, calm down! My mate is dead! My team mates are dead! All dead! They don't come back!"
Static. "Alpha Two to Alpha One… repeat, Alpha Two to Alpha One. This is Sango, can anybody hear me?"
Bryan grabbed the comm, leaving the radio headset in the crashed chopper.
"Sango! Status!"
"I'm okay. We just came too over here, got knocked out. Ouka was thrown from the chopper, he leg appears to be injured, we're going to need medical supplies. Kagome is MIA. I would search the area for her, but Ouka is still out."
"Miroku, how far away are they?"
"Few clicks east."
"Hold Sango, we're on our way."
(Crash Site A)
"Hurts like a mother fucker." Ouka groaned, sitting up she grabbed her leg in pain, just as the boys appeared.
Sango looked up from attending to Ouka as Inuyasha placed a med-kit next to them.
"Alright, me and Inuyasha will go out and search for Kagome." Bryan said.
"Don't bother." Snake stated, he was crouched near the ground, looking at something. "They got to her first."
"What?" Inuyasha.
"Drag marks." He said, simply.
Bryan nearly jumped out of his combat boots when a radio that had been thrown from the chopper came to life.
"What are you doing with me? Let me go!"
"Calm down, girly. Hunt wants to deal with you himself, though if you won't come willingly, we have orders to shoot you dead."
"Let me go!"
A gunshot ended the radio signal as a piercing scream echoed through the forest.
Sango and Bryan looked at each other, then to Inuyasha who was gripping the butt of his rifle with white knuckles. He a raging scream he fired the entire clip into the air. He ejected it, intent on firing another when Bryan yelled at him.
"Stop! Wasting ammo and getting yourself killed won't bring her back. Ouka, can you move?"
"Yah, just a sprain."
"Alright, grab your shit and lets go. We still have a missing to complete."
He began walking, stopping by Inuyasha and putting a hand on his shoulder.
"Listen… it's tough, I know. But, save your ammo. When we catch Hunt, and we will, you can pump every last round into his screaming body, and then you can snap his neck. After all, isn't that the Inu-hanyou/youkai code?"
A devilish grin swept Inuyasha's face. And while the crunch of leaves was all that was heard as the several agents walked through the underbrush, Inuyasha's murmur was heard by a few.
"I'm coming for you Hunt. I'm coming."