Chapter Eleven:

She was fuming. 'How could he?!' Kikyo stopped running, straightened her dress, and returned to the gym. 'Just because he is being an ass doesn't mean that I have to have a bad time.' She walked through the back entrance.

Everyone was dancing now; a slow song was playing. All of her friends were dancing with their dates, just like she was supposed to be doing. 'What does Inuyasha see in that Kagome girl? I saw them; they almost kissed! I'm glad the bitch was scared off when she was. Inuyasha and I have really been drifting apart lately. It's not like I've put my heart into this relationship, but it hurts. I can't believe him. He's supposedly 'caught up' with me, so how can he be falling for her? I know they've been friends for a long time and all, hell I know their whole history, but how could they be falling for each other NOW?' She shook her head and headed for the refreshment table.

'Gotta find Kagome! Gotta find Miroku! Did she really run away because Miroku was with some other girls? (Remember, Inuyasha thinks they were dating or something) I know Miroku's a letch, but I still can't believe he'd cheat on someone. Especially not Kagome, she's so innocent. He really seemed to like her.' Inuyasha thought to himself. 'Look Inu, stop thinking about his motif, he still made her angry, it's not like there was any other reason for her to run away like that!' He was in an alley now, he'd been following Miroku, but he was still far behind. For some reason Miroku was running unusually fast, like his adrenaline was really pumping or something. 'That's it! I'm moving too slow, I gotta catch up!' Inuyasha transformed into Dogman. "Ah, that's it!" His senses came alive now. He could smell the dumpster he had passed seconds ago, he could here the traffic from blocks away. 'This is more I like it!" He jumped onto the rooftop. He sniffed the air. Many strange scents pooled into his nostrils. Some one was fumigating their apartment (he could smell the pesticides), several people were cooking dinner, and someone lit their fireplace. He couldn't pick out Miroku or Kagome's scent…if only he could remember. He listened for rushed footsteps. Someone was playing a Nirvana CD, someone was peeling out on the highway, and some one nearby was typing.

He loved his heightened senses. He felt more aware of his surroundings. But he had never once tried to home in on a certain sent or sound. 'Oh man, I'm so confused!' He dashed to the edge of the building and looked down at the street. 'Miroku!'

There was his 'best buddy'. He was hunched over, panting. Inuyasha could smell the boy's sweat, and he could hear the heavy breathing.

'Maybe Miroku knows where she went, I don't see her anywhere.' He was preparing for the jump down, but then he remembered. 'I'm Dogman right now! I can just go up to him can I?' His mind raced for an alternative plan. "Oh, I know!" He leaped off the building just as Miroku began running again.

Miroku was tired. He'd been running as fast as he could for a while now. 'This is why I'm not on the track team.' He grabbed his side; he felt an acute pain with every breath.

He took a deep breath, ignoring the pain, and began to run again. 'I just saw her turn this corner I swear!' He began running.

Kagome became his number one priority. 'What if she gets hurt? I don't know why she started running, but she looked scared, maybe she's in danger with Naraku or something. I can't let that bastard hurt her! Inuyasha would never forgive me, and I wouldn't be able to forgive myself!'

He turned the corner, he was jogging now, and he couldn't run anymore. All he focused on was his running, and the space in front of him. He forgot about everything else. But then he began to hear footsteps behind him. It only caught his attention because they kept following him; someone was following him!

He wouldn't have bothered turning around, turning would waist time. But then the figure that was behind him was now running in front of him. He saw a blotch of silver hair flowing in front of his eyes, and the person in front of him was running very fast. 'What the?'

He was about to yell at the figure when it turned around. "Running a little slow aren't you? You can't save you date at that speed!" The man grabbed Miroku's arm and began pulling him at a speed he couldn't keep up with.

"Who are you?"

"Why, I'm Dogman. Of course, I thought the silver hair would've given that away a long time ago, guess you're a slow one huh?" The figure, Dogman mocked him.

'Hmph, somehow I thought Dogman would have been a little more amiable. But then again, when all you do is save people, I guess you need to have some fun at one point. I'll let him mock me for now, but only because he's helping me find Kagome.' Miroku wasn't the kind of person who'd let someone talk to him as Dogman did, but his first priority was Kagome, not his pride. Besides, he was scared of a 'super-human' or whatever Dogman really was. (Though he would never admit that.)

He trailed behind the quick hero, hanging on for dear life. 'Oh God he's fast!'

Miroku felt his heart leap as Dogman took a two-story leap, bringing him up along with him. The air blew against his skin as he flew. 'Wow, is this what it feels like to fly?' He closed his eyes and felt the air around him, consuming him. And then he felt himself trip on the rooftop of the next building. He was stumbling, and Dogman had let go once they reached the roof. "Urg." 'Take note: Kissing cement after practically being thrown feels much…rougher…than kissing a girl.' "What'd you drop me like that for?" He yelled. 'Damn my face hurts.'

"Excuse me! You shouldn't be complaining about anything! You wouldn't have gotten this close to your girlfriend if it weren't for me." Dogman spat. "I didn't actually see her come here, but I can smell her. She's in there." He looked down at the building he was standing on.

'So much for a nice guy.' Miroku commented to himself as he brushed off his pants. "You know, it's nice of you to help me help her, but do you have to be so mean about it? I appreciate the help, but if you're gonna be such an ass about it, I'll save her myself."

"Save?" Dogman raised an eyebrow.

"Uh…yea. Duh. What did you think I was running after her for?" Miroku shot him a quizzical look.

"Well, uh… I thought that maybe you pissed her off or something,"

"Then why would you help me get to her for?"

"I don't know." Dogman looked down at the ground.

'Strange guy.'

'So…she's really in danger? How do I know Miroku isn't really lying to me? Well I guess it makes sense. Why would he run so far to apologize to her?' He played with his shirt. 'WHAT!?!?!!? Kagome's in danger! Maybe real danger!' "Shit!"

Miroku looked at the sudden outburst. "What is it?"

"She might be in danger!"

"Once again, duh. That's why I was trying so hard to catch up with her man."

"Well come on! We have to save her!" Dogman grabbed Miroku by the wrist and pulled him to the roof's door. They then began to descend the many flights of stairs.

She had been running. It was hard on her feat, high heals didn't make much for running shoes. 'Dammit! Where do I go? I'm sure I'm being followed, but…where do I go?'

When she was dancing with Inuyasha, she saw a strange man on the dance floor. It wouldn't have bugged her much, but she knew she had seen him before. And then she remembered, that man worked for Naraku. She'd seen the two of them talking somewhere in the city.

And the next thing she knew, she was yanked into a building. Someone was holding her mouth. She'd never been so scared.

Usually when Naraku tried to …do things with her… her mother always seemed to walk in, but now, that was different. Now there would be no one to just casually walk in.

She was shoved into the building and the doors were locked, there was no way out of this. "Efff EEE Wowt!" She screamed through the hand covering her mouth.

"What doll? Sorry, couldn't hear you." Came a feminine voice.

'Eh? A woman/ I thought it was a man that dragged me in…' She could've sworn her abductor was a man when they were outside, but the room they were in now was pitch black and all she could do was feel around.

She was thrown roughly on the ground. 'What's the rough treatment for? What did I do?'

She slowly got up and tried to look around. She couldn't see a thing, but she did hear voices, at least three of them, including the feminine one.

"What do you want from me?" She yelled in anger.

The voices stopped and now she could hear low laughing.

"I SAID, WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?" She slammed her hand on the ground for affect, though it hurt her hands more then it threatened the other people.

"We heard you the first time!" Yelled the feminine one.

"Well? Why didn't you answer me? Look, I now this may not be the easiest concept ever, but you have to have some reason for stalking me at the Ball and then kidnapping me. Doing all this without a motif is kinda dumb, though I didn't expect much from a bunch a Naraku's clowns!" She crossed her arms over her chest and sent a glare to the direction of the voices.

"Such a nosy little girl. Well good, you know our employer. Why are we doing this? The answer is simple. We want to keep our lives."

She scoffed at them. "Ha! What are you scared of? Naraku? Like he's capable of anything. Like he could kill anyone."

"Well, it seems you don't know your step dad very well." A second voice responded. It was deep, and rough.

"Maybe I don't, but he can't possibly be capable of much."

"That's what you think."

"Oh really? So then, what CAN he do?" She asked.

The third person butted in. "That's not the point. All we need is a little something from you, and we can let you free, for now."

"Yea, now give us th-"

Kagome interrupted the masculine voice. "The Shikon jewel? Well forget it! I don't have it."

The room was filled with silence for a moment.

"B-But, you were wearing it!" Argued the third voice.

"So what if I was? Don't you think I knew at least a little about my stepfather? I knew that he was after that thing, I don't know why but- that doesn't matter. The jewel was a present from Inuyasha, a very close friend of mine, and I'm not about to give it to you bastards! It's no longer in my possession."

They were silent for a moment.

Then the second voice broke in. "Well that's too bad. Our orders were to either get the jewel…or kill you."

Hee hee…yea, this is my version of a cliffy, sorry to keep you guys waiting so long, so I hope you like this one! Oh yea…if you have a little extra time, why don't you try reading my other story: Those Eyes? Well anyways…. Well, please review!!

I BEG of you!! This story is having NO success here! It's got eighty something reviews on animespiral, but you guys are being poopheads! : )