Mission Completed - Chapter 2
By: Sakura Katsana
Disclaimer: I bet you're wondering what I could possibly be doing. Well if you must know I'm in the process of making Inuyasha sign himself and the others over to me *muffled obscenities in the background* So. . .I'll be back whenever he gives in.^_^
Sakura's Note: Well, I think I got this out in a reasonable amount of time, don't you? I need to address a few things, and then it's off to the first chapter, which was made *before* this A/N, but, that's just how I work. ^_^
*Also, I'm looking for a beta-reader for an upcoming story of mine. I have contacted a few pros, but if there any takers here please email me for details. I do have requirements though, so don't be offended if I don't pick you. Thank you.*
Now to answer questions. . .
1) The whole fake jewel thing will be addressed later on in this chapter. I'll try to make all the technical stuff I'm planning for the explanation clear, sometimes I get caught up in writing and then have to reread and reread myself to make it understandable. ^_^;;;;;
2) Inuyasha and Kagome, like I said in MIM, will be getting together, you don't think I'd ever write something without at least a *bit* of Inu/Kag in it, do you? Well, even if you did, I would never do such a thing, so rest assured.
3) To Yun Fei: Thanks! I really appreciate it! I *do* have something on my mind, as always- seeing how I'm a scatter brain- but yes, there will be some very interesting situations involving our favorite agents. ^_~ Thanks for reviewing!
Thanks to: Dork in Training, TaintedInuShemeeko, Eloraya, Okibi Usagi, Queeney, Yun Fei, Skiddy16 (I'm flattered about the rereading thing!), Inu- chan, Sammy&Jingles, firehottie, jschu25, and last but not least: swimchick1614.
Please enjoy this chapter, dedicated to my best friend, JC, for inspiring me for it.
R&R!
***
Chapter 2: Mission Reopened
"Long time no see," the fan was removed from the sensitive skin of the agent's throat, the owner of the fan's voice sugary sweet. Kagura smirked when the magenta-eyed girl spun around out of instinct in a fighting stance. "Hello. Sango, right?"
"You don't seem like the kind of person that would forget someone's name." Sango said indifferently, her muscles slowing beginning to relax. "By the way- what the hell was with that greeting?"
"Don't you have a sense of humor?" the demon let out a laugh. "Anyways, I'm glad you found the spot ok. I'm surprised Inuyasha didn't come along, being so overprotective and all. I did want to see how he was doing. But, seeing how you'll be coming over to our humble home later I guess I won't have to wait too long."
"What do you-"
The red eyed woman held up a hand, "How are you?"
She seemed so *different*. So. . .*happy*.
"Um. . .fine." She took a quick breath, "Are you still-"
"Assassins? No. We're rich enough not to have to dirty our hands anymore. Although the action's missed- but. About your brother. He's alive."
She certainly got to the point. "I got that much from the note."
"Well, I was only changing the subject, the details will flow on their own, just like me." Her blood red eyes glanced around. "There's someone here. Unconscious though."
"That'd be a thug I met."
"Nice." Kagura smirked, looking up at the sky. "I can tell you're anxious, so let me just say what I came here to say."
Sango folded her arms across her chest, clenching and unclenching her toes in her shoes.
"He didn't die at the headquarters like you thought. Sesshoumaru sensed he was still alive but didn't tell you. He didn't want to give you any false hope. Kohaku went into a coma. Kanna donated some of her demon blood to keep him alive 'till she could get him to America."
"We brought him back to America with us, he's been under our care since then, still bedridden though. I decided to tell you once he woke up, so your hopes didn't lift too high. He awoke yesterday."
"Gods. . ." Without warning tears ran down her cheeks, leaving salty remains behind. "Thank you. . .so much." Seconds ago she had been able to hold herself together, it was like a the flood gates had opened.
"No need to get all mushy about it." Kagura waved a flippant hand, a genuine smile on her face. "Rin does love him being around, keeps him company almost all the time. She's taken a liking to him. We don't torture him, I don't think Yura minded giving up her room for the boy. She was looking for him desperately when he was still under Naraku's control."
"When can I see him?"
"How about tomorrow?" Kagura handed her a card. "Here's the address, come around noon. I'll see ya then, I gotta go see a man about some bombs." that said she walked into the trees, the sound of a car's low hum telling Sango she was gone.
'This is it. Tomorrow I'll see my brother. . .'
*
"Sorry for being. . .so. . .late." Miroku paused, still gripping the knob. "Kagome?"
"What is the meaning of this? What's wrong with it?" A senior agent jumped up from the table, "Don't tell me you called us all here for nothing!"
"Didn't you hear her? She said it was a fake!" Sir yelled with the others. "Kagome, take it down to analysis, I'll handle this."
Kagome nodded, leaving the room in a hurry with Miroku behind her. "Kag! What's going on?! What's a fake?"
"The Shikon no tama!" Kagome yelled behind her, rushing down the hall and ignoring Hojo's call from down the hall. Miroku finally caught up with her.
"What? But you've been purifying it for months!"
"I know." Kagome practically kicked down the door to the lab, "That's what I don't get."
*
"It's heat sensitive." Kagome touched the faux jewel with a stirrer.
Nothing.
Then with her finger.
The orb lit up, sending a warm feeling from the tip of her finger to her head.
"What is it?" Miroku looked at her troubled face.
"Heat sensitive and heat conductor. It reflects the heat you gave off back into you, making it seem like you're purifying it."
"Naraku planned this out well. . ." Miroku muttered.
"Kohaku died for the sake of this-this FAKE piece of crap!" Kagome threw it to the ground, a small chink as a result. "What?" She knelt down, peering down at the sphere. It was slowly cracking, then before her eyes it shattered, becoming hundreds of shard all over the floor.
"So where's the real one?"
The female agent blinked, "That's what I want to know. It's what we *need* to know. All I know is if this is fake then Naraku had the Shikon Jewel when he died. So whoever reopened those accounts-"
"-have the jewel," Miroku finished, furrowing his eyebrows. "S.J.H. We should get the code breakers on it."
"No, we need to figure this out ourselves."
"What are you talking about?! I can't crack codes!"
"Yes you can! Remember the day before Sango left you helped her crack that code and get a teddy bear?"
Miroku blushed slightly at the thought, "Yeah. But that was different! That was the kind of code you find in a cereal box."
"This could be too." Kagome argued, sweeping all the shards onto a tray and back onto the sterile countertop. "Hold on a sec."
"Found something?"
The agent nodded, placing a piece of the faux jewel underneath a microscope. "This has the same initials. S.J.H."
"Let me see," Kagome moved over allowing Miroku access to the neck of the microscope. "Hold on, there's something else here. . ."
Kagome let go of her finger- which had been cut by the glass- to take a look. "What? What is it?"
"Hard to tell. Looks like. . .MIC- no, no, NYC. In English."
"NYC?" Kagome cocked an eyebrow, "What's that stand for?"
Both paused in thought.
Inuyasha. . .
Sango. . .
USA. . .
"New York City!"
*
"So. . .*why* does he want me to come again?" Inuyasha looked up from his magazine, watching as his partner scurried around the room like a roach running from the light. "Oh, and by the way, what are you looking for?"
"I'm not looking for anything!"
The hanyou blinked incredulously, "Um. . .so what do *you* call it?"
She paused, taking the time to glare at him pointblank. He blinked back, not giving in easily. "Pacing."
"Ah. Well then, continue." His honey orbs rolled back down to the magazine, scanning the page almost as fast as he'd turned the last one.
". . ."
". . ."
". . ."
"WELL?!" Inuyasha jumped onto his bed, abandoning his racing glossy magazine for his own safety.
"Damn it! What is it, Sango?" Inuyasha's eyes were wide with mystification, his mouth a thin line unlike most other times when it was the exact opposite.
"Aren't you going to ask *why* I'm pacing?"
"Because I know why. . ." the hybrid drawled, tentatively reaching back from his somewhat mussed bed to retrieve his reading material.
"Oh really?"
"Really."
"Oh really?!"
"REALLY!" Inuyasha roared, regaining all lost bravery and then some.
"Then why?!"
"You haven't seen Kohaku since we were in Japan, and then you thought he was dead. Now, three months later you find out that he not only alive, but also in the care of my *dear*-take note of the sarcasm there- brother. You're worried about him and if it's a trap or not. Plus you're worried if he'll even recognize you."
". . .I'm not worried it's a trap. . ." Sango mumbled, crossing her arms like a toddler.
"When are we supposed to be there?"
Her magenta orbs looked down at her watch, "In ten minutes."
Now it was her turn to watch as he cursed, zoomed around the room, and grabbed up his keys before rushing like the room. He sort of reminded her of a cat trying to get out of a bath.
*
"This is not his house. This is not his house. This is NOT MY DAMNED BROTHER'S HOUSE!" Inuyasha roared, refusing to get out of the car.
"But this is the address Kagura gave me, so it's right."
"How did he get out of there with that much money?" Inuyasha yelped, storming up to the door and pounding on the it.
"I dunno." was his best friend's intelligent answer.
"Watch, a butler will answer the door."
"No one's answering the door."
"Not the point I was trying to make, damn it!"
"Now who's tense?"
"You."
"Inuyasha. . ."
"Keh."
"Maybe we should ring the doorbell. . ." Sango mused aloud.
"Go ahead, it won't make any difference."
The agent complied, pushing the small feather-shaped doorbell as a melody filled the inside of the house.
Doo, doo, doo, doo-do-do-doo-do-doo-do-do, doo doo doo doo do doo doo doo doo doo do do doo doo-
"Is that Change the World?"
"I think so."
"Hm."
Suddenly the door opened, revealing a young woman with blood red eyes, short hair, and a black bikini finishing it all off. "Hi! We've been waiting for you! Come in, come in!"
Inuyasha and Sango both entered the estate, looking around inquiringly.
Yura plopped down on one of the plush white sofas in what the agents guessed was the living room, curling up comfortably next to one of the biggest pillows. "How are you?"
"Where's my brother?"
"Not one for conversation are you?" Yura leaned over, wrapping her slider fingers around the neck of her cocktail glass. "Look, I am truly for sorry for all the grief we caused. Under the influence, trying to keep my daughter safe, Naraku. . ."
"It's hard to be friendly." Sango admitted, looking over at Inuyasha. "Although it seems you've changed."
"For the better, too." Yura beamed, watching as a little girl rushed past with a glass of water. "If you follow my daughter you'll find your brother."
'This is it,' Sango took a deep breath, feeling anxious before she fully rose to her feet. "Thank you."
Inuyasha rushed after her, having to use his demon heritage to keep up.
*
Sango stopped where the little girl had entered, the sound of giggling filling the hall.
"I see you made it here ok." Sango tensed before recognizing the voice. Kagura came into her field of vision, a blissful look on her face and fire in her eyes. "Just wanted to say hi, I am a bit busy at the moment. But, I'll come find you in a little while-"
"Kagura?" Sesshoumaru walked out of one of the many rooms, his shirt wrinkled and half unbuttoned, his pants in no better shape. At the sight of his brother, his brother's partner, and Rin who had found that the perfect time to come out and freeze with eyes open at the scene, the usually stoic ex-assassin's cheeks turned a light shade of pink before he disappeared back into the room.
Inuyasha blinked. "I did not need to see that. . ." he murmured, closing his eyes, "Oh gods! Damn my photographic memory!"
Sango burst into laughter, managing to get out one coherent sentence, "Come on, Inuyasha, he was still wearing clothes."
"But the suggestion! The suggestion was there!" Inuyasha closed his eyes again before remembering the sight of his brother. "Damn it Kagura!"
"What'd I do?" She looked away from the door the agent's half-brother had just reentered, "I'm not the one that's half undressed. . .yet."
"Get in that room! You're disturbing the child!"
"I think we're disturbing you more, Inuyasha. Rin walked in on us once."
. . .
"WHAT?!"
"Kidding! Only kidding!" Kagura laughed at both agents' faces, finding her way back to the room. "Hope that got rid of your nervousness, Sango. If not I just traumatized my brother-in-law for no reason."
"Brother-in-law?" Inuyasha yelped, eyes wide in bewilderment. "Kagura! Wait, wait, wait!" He grabbed the knob of the door, repelling when he heard a giggle from inside, along with a very seductive voice.
Sango's mind quickly reverted back to why she had come, "Kohaku!" Rin had already found her way back into the bedroom, now telling the groggy boy about her encounter with a duck and a tortoise. "Kohaku. . ."
The boy looked up, something perking up instantly at the woman who had entered his room. "A-" he rose himself up with his arms until he rested comfortably on his pillows.
Rin, sensing a private moment gave him a peck on the cheek before running out of the room to try and watch with the other agent.
"Aneue. . ." a tear trickled down his older sister's cheek, onto the red- carpeted floor.
"Kohaku. . .? Kohaku!" Sango all but dived onto the bed, two twin waterfalls running from her eyes, down her cheeks, and onto the somewhat confused teenager. "Oh gods, you don't know how happy I am! I thought you were dead!"
He stayed silent, just putting an arm on his sister's shoulder, letting her hold him to make up for lost time.
She'd said his name more than enough in the past five minutes, but couldn't stop repeating it in her head or outside of it. All that mattered was him.
Right there.
Right now.
Being her brother.
"Ahem." Inuyasha glanced over his shoulder, seeing a very pale young girl, although her skin now seemed to hold a bit more pink in it. "Inuyasha?"
"Yeah. Kanna, right?" she nodded, giving him a slight chill down his spine.
"It's nice to see you well."
"Thanks. I haven't seen you in a while either."
"You barely know me. I hope to change that now that we're family." Kanna looked down, her voice lower than usual, "Better than my old one."
"About that-"
Rin managed to tear herself away from eavesdropping to join into the conversation, grabbing onto Inuyasha's pants leg.
"Uncle Inuyasha!" She cried, a huge smile on her face.
The albino girl seemed to understand, "They were married a month ago, today is their one month anniversary. A good couple in their own right I guess."
"Take me for a piggy back ride!" Rin chirped, tugging on his pants leg again, a bit more energetic this time. "Pweez Uncle Inu?"
"Sorry kid, but I'm not your uncle." He wasn't good with kids. Never had been, even when he was one. And it was certainly not the time to get in some practice when his partner and best friend of more than seven years was using up all the water in her system on tears right now in the other room.
"Yes you are, everyone here is family!" the little girl squealed, jumping up and down. "Except maybe Jaken, but no one sees him much."
Kanna sighed, kneeling down to the child, "Aren't you Yura's kid?"
"Yeah! But I'm Papa Fluffy's and Mama Kagura's too! So that means Uncle Inu's really my uncle! That means he can give me a piggy back ride! That means I'm special! Right Aunt Kanna?"
"I'm too young to be an aunt, call me Kanna like you call Juuroumaru, Juuroumaru."
"Ok Aunt Kanna!" Inuyasha held back the laughter as the usually stoic girl flinched slightly, her shoulders slumping in defeat. "Go get a piggy back ride."
*
Everyone was now seated in the living room, all except for Jaken, who was still missing. Inuyasha still had Rin on his shoulders, both sitting next to Sango and her still fairly confused brother. Sesshoumaru sat next to Kagura, who was curled up next to him. Kanna sat next to Juuroumaru, and Yura on the other side of Inuyasha, her daughter giggling at every face she made.
"It's seems Rin's taken to your little brother." Juuroumaru observed, watching with the same somewhat threatening look he always seemed to have as Rin continued tweaking with the hanyou's ears.
"Half-" his correction was interrupted by the his cell phone's very cheerful ring tone. "Sango, did you mess with my phone again?"
Sango raised an eyebrow, "Again?"
"Yes, again. You changed it to 'Velvet Teddy Bear' last time."
"Um, that was Shiori, Dog-boy."
"What?!"
"Answer the phone!" Yura whined, "I hate Achy Breaky Heart!"
"So do I. . ." Inuyasha growled, all but pounding in the Send button, "What is it Shippou?" Sango sighed, reaching for her coffee cup. "Miroku? How'd you get this number?" The agent's girl friend perked up at the mention of his name. "What?! . . .Ok, yeah. We're on it. We'll be expecting you. Uh huh, bye."
"What is it?" Kagura sat up, looking from agent to agent in concern.
"The mission's been reopened. The jewel's a fake."
***
Ok, so it's a short chapter for a two-three week waiting period. But, instead of school slowing down now it's actually speeding up. *sigh* So, I will be hopefully updating most stories this weekend, starting today. *wipes sweat off forehead* I've been typing non stop since this morning! (it's 5:23pm)
Hope you enjoyed it. Please review, and forgive me for my slow update! ^_^
Ja ne
~Sakura
Disclaimer: I bet you're wondering what I could possibly be doing. Well if you must know I'm in the process of making Inuyasha sign himself and the others over to me *muffled obscenities in the background* So. . .I'll be back whenever he gives in.^_^
Sakura's Note: Well, I think I got this out in a reasonable amount of time, don't you? I need to address a few things, and then it's off to the first chapter, which was made *before* this A/N, but, that's just how I work. ^_^
*Also, I'm looking for a beta-reader for an upcoming story of mine. I have contacted a few pros, but if there any takers here please email me for details. I do have requirements though, so don't be offended if I don't pick you. Thank you.*
Now to answer questions. . .
1) The whole fake jewel thing will be addressed later on in this chapter. I'll try to make all the technical stuff I'm planning for the explanation clear, sometimes I get caught up in writing and then have to reread and reread myself to make it understandable. ^_^;;;;;
2) Inuyasha and Kagome, like I said in MIM, will be getting together, you don't think I'd ever write something without at least a *bit* of Inu/Kag in it, do you? Well, even if you did, I would never do such a thing, so rest assured.
3) To Yun Fei: Thanks! I really appreciate it! I *do* have something on my mind, as always- seeing how I'm a scatter brain- but yes, there will be some very interesting situations involving our favorite agents. ^_~ Thanks for reviewing!
Thanks to: Dork in Training, TaintedInuShemeeko, Eloraya, Okibi Usagi, Queeney, Yun Fei, Skiddy16 (I'm flattered about the rereading thing!), Inu- chan, Sammy&Jingles, firehottie, jschu25, and last but not least: swimchick1614.
Please enjoy this chapter, dedicated to my best friend, JC, for inspiring me for it.
R&R!
***
Chapter 2: Mission Reopened
"Long time no see," the fan was removed from the sensitive skin of the agent's throat, the owner of the fan's voice sugary sweet. Kagura smirked when the magenta-eyed girl spun around out of instinct in a fighting stance. "Hello. Sango, right?"
"You don't seem like the kind of person that would forget someone's name." Sango said indifferently, her muscles slowing beginning to relax. "By the way- what the hell was with that greeting?"
"Don't you have a sense of humor?" the demon let out a laugh. "Anyways, I'm glad you found the spot ok. I'm surprised Inuyasha didn't come along, being so overprotective and all. I did want to see how he was doing. But, seeing how you'll be coming over to our humble home later I guess I won't have to wait too long."
"What do you-"
The red eyed woman held up a hand, "How are you?"
She seemed so *different*. So. . .*happy*.
"Um. . .fine." She took a quick breath, "Are you still-"
"Assassins? No. We're rich enough not to have to dirty our hands anymore. Although the action's missed- but. About your brother. He's alive."
She certainly got to the point. "I got that much from the note."
"Well, I was only changing the subject, the details will flow on their own, just like me." Her blood red eyes glanced around. "There's someone here. Unconscious though."
"That'd be a thug I met."
"Nice." Kagura smirked, looking up at the sky. "I can tell you're anxious, so let me just say what I came here to say."
Sango folded her arms across her chest, clenching and unclenching her toes in her shoes.
"He didn't die at the headquarters like you thought. Sesshoumaru sensed he was still alive but didn't tell you. He didn't want to give you any false hope. Kohaku went into a coma. Kanna donated some of her demon blood to keep him alive 'till she could get him to America."
"We brought him back to America with us, he's been under our care since then, still bedridden though. I decided to tell you once he woke up, so your hopes didn't lift too high. He awoke yesterday."
"Gods. . ." Without warning tears ran down her cheeks, leaving salty remains behind. "Thank you. . .so much." Seconds ago she had been able to hold herself together, it was like a the flood gates had opened.
"No need to get all mushy about it." Kagura waved a flippant hand, a genuine smile on her face. "Rin does love him being around, keeps him company almost all the time. She's taken a liking to him. We don't torture him, I don't think Yura minded giving up her room for the boy. She was looking for him desperately when he was still under Naraku's control."
"When can I see him?"
"How about tomorrow?" Kagura handed her a card. "Here's the address, come around noon. I'll see ya then, I gotta go see a man about some bombs." that said she walked into the trees, the sound of a car's low hum telling Sango she was gone.
'This is it. Tomorrow I'll see my brother. . .'
*
"Sorry for being. . .so. . .late." Miroku paused, still gripping the knob. "Kagome?"
"What is the meaning of this? What's wrong with it?" A senior agent jumped up from the table, "Don't tell me you called us all here for nothing!"
"Didn't you hear her? She said it was a fake!" Sir yelled with the others. "Kagome, take it down to analysis, I'll handle this."
Kagome nodded, leaving the room in a hurry with Miroku behind her. "Kag! What's going on?! What's a fake?"
"The Shikon no tama!" Kagome yelled behind her, rushing down the hall and ignoring Hojo's call from down the hall. Miroku finally caught up with her.
"What? But you've been purifying it for months!"
"I know." Kagome practically kicked down the door to the lab, "That's what I don't get."
*
"It's heat sensitive." Kagome touched the faux jewel with a stirrer.
Nothing.
Then with her finger.
The orb lit up, sending a warm feeling from the tip of her finger to her head.
"What is it?" Miroku looked at her troubled face.
"Heat sensitive and heat conductor. It reflects the heat you gave off back into you, making it seem like you're purifying it."
"Naraku planned this out well. . ." Miroku muttered.
"Kohaku died for the sake of this-this FAKE piece of crap!" Kagome threw it to the ground, a small chink as a result. "What?" She knelt down, peering down at the sphere. It was slowly cracking, then before her eyes it shattered, becoming hundreds of shard all over the floor.
"So where's the real one?"
The female agent blinked, "That's what I want to know. It's what we *need* to know. All I know is if this is fake then Naraku had the Shikon Jewel when he died. So whoever reopened those accounts-"
"-have the jewel," Miroku finished, furrowing his eyebrows. "S.J.H. We should get the code breakers on it."
"No, we need to figure this out ourselves."
"What are you talking about?! I can't crack codes!"
"Yes you can! Remember the day before Sango left you helped her crack that code and get a teddy bear?"
Miroku blushed slightly at the thought, "Yeah. But that was different! That was the kind of code you find in a cereal box."
"This could be too." Kagome argued, sweeping all the shards onto a tray and back onto the sterile countertop. "Hold on a sec."
"Found something?"
The agent nodded, placing a piece of the faux jewel underneath a microscope. "This has the same initials. S.J.H."
"Let me see," Kagome moved over allowing Miroku access to the neck of the microscope. "Hold on, there's something else here. . ."
Kagome let go of her finger- which had been cut by the glass- to take a look. "What? What is it?"
"Hard to tell. Looks like. . .MIC- no, no, NYC. In English."
"NYC?" Kagome cocked an eyebrow, "What's that stand for?"
Both paused in thought.
Inuyasha. . .
Sango. . .
USA. . .
"New York City!"
*
"So. . .*why* does he want me to come again?" Inuyasha looked up from his magazine, watching as his partner scurried around the room like a roach running from the light. "Oh, and by the way, what are you looking for?"
"I'm not looking for anything!"
The hanyou blinked incredulously, "Um. . .so what do *you* call it?"
She paused, taking the time to glare at him pointblank. He blinked back, not giving in easily. "Pacing."
"Ah. Well then, continue." His honey orbs rolled back down to the magazine, scanning the page almost as fast as he'd turned the last one.
". . ."
". . ."
". . ."
"WELL?!" Inuyasha jumped onto his bed, abandoning his racing glossy magazine for his own safety.
"Damn it! What is it, Sango?" Inuyasha's eyes were wide with mystification, his mouth a thin line unlike most other times when it was the exact opposite.
"Aren't you going to ask *why* I'm pacing?"
"Because I know why. . ." the hybrid drawled, tentatively reaching back from his somewhat mussed bed to retrieve his reading material.
"Oh really?"
"Really."
"Oh really?!"
"REALLY!" Inuyasha roared, regaining all lost bravery and then some.
"Then why?!"
"You haven't seen Kohaku since we were in Japan, and then you thought he was dead. Now, three months later you find out that he not only alive, but also in the care of my *dear*-take note of the sarcasm there- brother. You're worried about him and if it's a trap or not. Plus you're worried if he'll even recognize you."
". . .I'm not worried it's a trap. . ." Sango mumbled, crossing her arms like a toddler.
"When are we supposed to be there?"
Her magenta orbs looked down at her watch, "In ten minutes."
Now it was her turn to watch as he cursed, zoomed around the room, and grabbed up his keys before rushing like the room. He sort of reminded her of a cat trying to get out of a bath.
*
"This is not his house. This is not his house. This is NOT MY DAMNED BROTHER'S HOUSE!" Inuyasha roared, refusing to get out of the car.
"But this is the address Kagura gave me, so it's right."
"How did he get out of there with that much money?" Inuyasha yelped, storming up to the door and pounding on the it.
"I dunno." was his best friend's intelligent answer.
"Watch, a butler will answer the door."
"No one's answering the door."
"Not the point I was trying to make, damn it!"
"Now who's tense?"
"You."
"Inuyasha. . ."
"Keh."
"Maybe we should ring the doorbell. . ." Sango mused aloud.
"Go ahead, it won't make any difference."
The agent complied, pushing the small feather-shaped doorbell as a melody filled the inside of the house.
Doo, doo, doo, doo-do-do-doo-do-doo-do-do, doo doo doo doo do doo doo doo doo doo do do doo doo-
"Is that Change the World?"
"I think so."
"Hm."
Suddenly the door opened, revealing a young woman with blood red eyes, short hair, and a black bikini finishing it all off. "Hi! We've been waiting for you! Come in, come in!"
Inuyasha and Sango both entered the estate, looking around inquiringly.
Yura plopped down on one of the plush white sofas in what the agents guessed was the living room, curling up comfortably next to one of the biggest pillows. "How are you?"
"Where's my brother?"
"Not one for conversation are you?" Yura leaned over, wrapping her slider fingers around the neck of her cocktail glass. "Look, I am truly for sorry for all the grief we caused. Under the influence, trying to keep my daughter safe, Naraku. . ."
"It's hard to be friendly." Sango admitted, looking over at Inuyasha. "Although it seems you've changed."
"For the better, too." Yura beamed, watching as a little girl rushed past with a glass of water. "If you follow my daughter you'll find your brother."
'This is it,' Sango took a deep breath, feeling anxious before she fully rose to her feet. "Thank you."
Inuyasha rushed after her, having to use his demon heritage to keep up.
*
Sango stopped where the little girl had entered, the sound of giggling filling the hall.
"I see you made it here ok." Sango tensed before recognizing the voice. Kagura came into her field of vision, a blissful look on her face and fire in her eyes. "Just wanted to say hi, I am a bit busy at the moment. But, I'll come find you in a little while-"
"Kagura?" Sesshoumaru walked out of one of the many rooms, his shirt wrinkled and half unbuttoned, his pants in no better shape. At the sight of his brother, his brother's partner, and Rin who had found that the perfect time to come out and freeze with eyes open at the scene, the usually stoic ex-assassin's cheeks turned a light shade of pink before he disappeared back into the room.
Inuyasha blinked. "I did not need to see that. . ." he murmured, closing his eyes, "Oh gods! Damn my photographic memory!"
Sango burst into laughter, managing to get out one coherent sentence, "Come on, Inuyasha, he was still wearing clothes."
"But the suggestion! The suggestion was there!" Inuyasha closed his eyes again before remembering the sight of his brother. "Damn it Kagura!"
"What'd I do?" She looked away from the door the agent's half-brother had just reentered, "I'm not the one that's half undressed. . .yet."
"Get in that room! You're disturbing the child!"
"I think we're disturbing you more, Inuyasha. Rin walked in on us once."
. . .
"WHAT?!"
"Kidding! Only kidding!" Kagura laughed at both agents' faces, finding her way back to the room. "Hope that got rid of your nervousness, Sango. If not I just traumatized my brother-in-law for no reason."
"Brother-in-law?" Inuyasha yelped, eyes wide in bewilderment. "Kagura! Wait, wait, wait!" He grabbed the knob of the door, repelling when he heard a giggle from inside, along with a very seductive voice.
Sango's mind quickly reverted back to why she had come, "Kohaku!" Rin had already found her way back into the bedroom, now telling the groggy boy about her encounter with a duck and a tortoise. "Kohaku. . ."
The boy looked up, something perking up instantly at the woman who had entered his room. "A-" he rose himself up with his arms until he rested comfortably on his pillows.
Rin, sensing a private moment gave him a peck on the cheek before running out of the room to try and watch with the other agent.
"Aneue. . ." a tear trickled down his older sister's cheek, onto the red- carpeted floor.
"Kohaku. . .? Kohaku!" Sango all but dived onto the bed, two twin waterfalls running from her eyes, down her cheeks, and onto the somewhat confused teenager. "Oh gods, you don't know how happy I am! I thought you were dead!"
He stayed silent, just putting an arm on his sister's shoulder, letting her hold him to make up for lost time.
She'd said his name more than enough in the past five minutes, but couldn't stop repeating it in her head or outside of it. All that mattered was him.
Right there.
Right now.
Being her brother.
"Ahem." Inuyasha glanced over his shoulder, seeing a very pale young girl, although her skin now seemed to hold a bit more pink in it. "Inuyasha?"
"Yeah. Kanna, right?" she nodded, giving him a slight chill down his spine.
"It's nice to see you well."
"Thanks. I haven't seen you in a while either."
"You barely know me. I hope to change that now that we're family." Kanna looked down, her voice lower than usual, "Better than my old one."
"About that-"
Rin managed to tear herself away from eavesdropping to join into the conversation, grabbing onto Inuyasha's pants leg.
"Uncle Inuyasha!" She cried, a huge smile on her face.
The albino girl seemed to understand, "They were married a month ago, today is their one month anniversary. A good couple in their own right I guess."
"Take me for a piggy back ride!" Rin chirped, tugging on his pants leg again, a bit more energetic this time. "Pweez Uncle Inu?"
"Sorry kid, but I'm not your uncle." He wasn't good with kids. Never had been, even when he was one. And it was certainly not the time to get in some practice when his partner and best friend of more than seven years was using up all the water in her system on tears right now in the other room.
"Yes you are, everyone here is family!" the little girl squealed, jumping up and down. "Except maybe Jaken, but no one sees him much."
Kanna sighed, kneeling down to the child, "Aren't you Yura's kid?"
"Yeah! But I'm Papa Fluffy's and Mama Kagura's too! So that means Uncle Inu's really my uncle! That means he can give me a piggy back ride! That means I'm special! Right Aunt Kanna?"
"I'm too young to be an aunt, call me Kanna like you call Juuroumaru, Juuroumaru."
"Ok Aunt Kanna!" Inuyasha held back the laughter as the usually stoic girl flinched slightly, her shoulders slumping in defeat. "Go get a piggy back ride."
*
Everyone was now seated in the living room, all except for Jaken, who was still missing. Inuyasha still had Rin on his shoulders, both sitting next to Sango and her still fairly confused brother. Sesshoumaru sat next to Kagura, who was curled up next to him. Kanna sat next to Juuroumaru, and Yura on the other side of Inuyasha, her daughter giggling at every face she made.
"It's seems Rin's taken to your little brother." Juuroumaru observed, watching with the same somewhat threatening look he always seemed to have as Rin continued tweaking with the hanyou's ears.
"Half-" his correction was interrupted by the his cell phone's very cheerful ring tone. "Sango, did you mess with my phone again?"
Sango raised an eyebrow, "Again?"
"Yes, again. You changed it to 'Velvet Teddy Bear' last time."
"Um, that was Shiori, Dog-boy."
"What?!"
"Answer the phone!" Yura whined, "I hate Achy Breaky Heart!"
"So do I. . ." Inuyasha growled, all but pounding in the Send button, "What is it Shippou?" Sango sighed, reaching for her coffee cup. "Miroku? How'd you get this number?" The agent's girl friend perked up at the mention of his name. "What?! . . .Ok, yeah. We're on it. We'll be expecting you. Uh huh, bye."
"What is it?" Kagura sat up, looking from agent to agent in concern.
"The mission's been reopened. The jewel's a fake."
***
Ok, so it's a short chapter for a two-three week waiting period. But, instead of school slowing down now it's actually speeding up. *sigh* So, I will be hopefully updating most stories this weekend, starting today. *wipes sweat off forehead* I've been typing non stop since this morning! (it's 5:23pm)
Hope you enjoyed it. Please review, and forgive me for my slow update! ^_^
Ja ne
~Sakura