Okay, I know it has been a while, so here you guys go. I typed this on notepad, so I have no clue if it's short or not...

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Thanks to Suaru: Thanksfor the review! Hope you like this chapter...

Chapter 14: Plans

He was sitting on his bed, staring at his right hand. 'What was I thinking? If I had actually used the wind tunnel, everyone would be dead now. Kagome would be dead, Dogman would be dead, and hell, the people living in that neighborhood could have been dead too! I don't know what kind of powers I have, I can't just go and suck up bad guys, it's too risky. But...I have to do something. I have this feeling that that guy, whoever he was, couldn't have possibly defeated the bad guys, not by himself. Yea, he was fast...but how much good does speed do you if you get caught? And sure, he was strong...but there were three guys! Three against one, there's no way he could have beaten them all...is there?' Miroku thought.

He looked down on the ground, the floor of his bedroom. It was a mess, as it usually was, but there was one thing on the floor that wasn't some piece of crap he'd just tossed down. It was...that necklace she gave him, that jewel. Exactly why did she give it to him? 'Does it have something to do with Naraku? Could it be that Shikon jewel? When we researched that creep...there was something about him chasing after the Shikon jewel...but why would Kagome have it? Is that why the creep kept giving her trouble? For the jewel...What if I trade him Kagome for the jewel? Maybe she'd be safe then, but it was obvious Kagome didn't want the man to have it. She wouldn't have given it to me then, would she? I'm so confused...'He sighed, resting his head in his hand. His left arm still hurt like hell, he would have to get it fixed...would that interfere with his job -not being able to use one of his arms? But something told him that a missing Kagome was a little more important than his job. He had to save her...but how?

'Could Inuyasha help? Once he finds out she's missing, he'll be pissed. He would help me, wouldn't he? He couldn't possibly be so stubborn as to not help me find Kagome...could he? He might still be mad that we went to the Ball together, but maybe he got over that. He might have finally realized his feelings for Kagome, I mean, they were getting really close at the Ball weren't they? I wasn't imagining things was I? They were so into each other...But that's not the point! Kagome's in trouble and Inuyasha might be the only one who cares enough to save her!' He shook his head. He was confused. He wasn't sure if he could trust Inuyasha to help Kagome, but was there anyone else?

'And what about Kikyo? She'll be having a feild day once she learns that Kagome's gone. She might try distracting Inuyasha from helping me. He's so dense, he wouldn't see that she's back stabbing him...well, I think she is...' A puzzled look crossed over his face, and he sighed again. 'Why do I keep getting off track? Kagome is in danger, and I have to save her. I mean, the police won't, will they? Do they even know she's gone? Should I report her, or would that be too risky? Those weird guys might just kill her and get business over with if the police give them trouble. But," He thought, an idea popping into his head. 'Dogman! He could do it! I know he lost last time...but now that other guy who helped us, and me, we could both fight with dogman to increase the odds of winning. It's possible, right? But, how do I get in touch with Dogman?' He stood up straight and skratched the back of his neck. Was this more then he could handle?

His head was pounding, thumping. He felt like crap. But, hey, what was he supposed to feel like after getting his ass kicked? Like he fell onto a bead of feathers?

He tried to open his eyes, but hissed when the bright light of the sun seeped through his lids. 'Oh hell, this hurts...' He thought weakly as he lay down. His whole body ached now, and he was so very tired. He sighed heavily. 'Where am I anyway?'

He gripped the cloth at his sides. "Wasn't I outside?" He thought out loud. His head was spinning, and the only memory he had was right before he fell asleep. He was on a rooftop at the time...but what rooftop had sheets?

He slowly cracked his eyes open, fighting the urge to shut them against the bright morning light. The room before him slowly came together through his blurred vision. The desk in the corner, the books on the shelf, they all looked so familiar...

"So you're awake. It's about time." He shifted in the bed, his bed.

"Wh- How'd I get back here? I thought I was-"

"On a rooftop, half dead, I know, I know." His older brother waved his hand as if to dismiss Inuyasha's memory. Something -anger- flashed throught the youkai's eyes as he looked upon his sibling's bedraggled appearance. "You're home now." He stated simply, as if that would answer all of his younger brother's questions. He slowly stepped towards the window and stopped. He sighed and turned his penatrating glare to the street below. "That was a stupid stunt you pulled." He said nonchalantly.

A clawed finger rested agsinst the cold glass. Inuyasha had to struggle to see him from the corner of his eye; he couldn't move his body with out feeling pain. "How did you know?" He asked weakly out of surprise. "I- nothing happened. I just got my ass kicked...and then some guy brought Kagome home." He said through gritted teeth. The scratches on his back were painful.

"So, that's all you can remember?" The youkai raised a thin eyebrow as he stood over his pitiful excuse for a brother.

"There was more?" He asked, clueless.

"I'm afriad there was a lot more." Sesshoumaru threw something at the human, well, sort of human.

Inuyasha's brow formed in a frown as he saw the rolled up newspaper in front of him. He looked up at his brother with a quizzical expression. THe older brother nodded towards the paper.

"Front page." He said coldly. "I think you'll find it quite...interesting." He turned back to the window as the hanyou unfolded the paper.

"What?" He asked dumbly, the words were scattered across the page, his vision was still to blurry to read anything. He was still half asleep.

"You made front page news again 'Dogman', but I'm afraid this time the situation is anything but good."

"Is this what you really wanted?" came a bored feminine voice. She was answered with silence. "You're pretty pathetic, you know." The woman continued speaking from the darkness. "You want something you can't have, so you trick the people around you, you trick the person you're after...and you even trick yourself. So tell me, Kikyo, was it really worth it?" The voice laughed from the shadows.

"Oh shut up!" The angry teenager yelled. "I don't care about that girl, she's not my concern. And I haven't tricked anyone!" She yelled defiantly as she got dressed for the day.

"You haven't, have you?" The voice mocked.

Kikyo stood still, her jeans hald way up her leg. "Well- I haven't tricked myself! I know what's going on!" She pulled the pants up her legs and buttened them. "Look, my part's done, leave me alone already." She said, slightly frusterated as she dug through her closet for the right shoes.

"You're pretty hostile." The older woman scoffed from her dark corner. "Not only do you do such a cruel thing, but then you get all snappy afterwawrds. Don't tell me you're feeling a little...guilty." Her dark eyes sparkled with humer.

"Guilty? Guilty about what? She didn't get anything she didn't deserve." She defended herself as she slid on the red sandals.

"And what did she do that was so bad?" The voice inquired.

The girl stopped from buckling the straps of the shoes for a moment. "Shut up!" She ground out as she resumed getting dressed. "It's not as if you're completely innocent here, you know!" She closed the closet door loudly. "You can't tell me anything."

"Keep telling yourself that, girl." A deep chuckle came from the woman's throat. "I admit that I am not without fault, but at least you had a choice."

"Oh. so you think that makes you better than me or something?" The girl snapped.

"No, no, of course not!" The woman added sarcastically. "It jsut makes me smarter..." She added lightly.

"What was that?" The girl asked, frusterated.

"Oh, nothing." She replied.

There was a short moment of silence. Then Kikyo took the situation into thought, "Why are you in my house now? My job's dune, I don't need to be under surveilance. I don't work with you anymore."

"Whoever told you that?"

"I did my half of the bargain." She snapped back.

"I'm afraid you're wrong there, other wise I wouldn't be wasting my time with you."

The teenager raised her brow. "What are you talking about?"

"What the hell? Everyone thinks I'm the bad guy now!" Inuyasha barked loudly as he bolted to a ninty degree angle. He hissed in pain as he was cruelly reminded of his injuries. "Shit..." He grumbled under his breath.

"Well, it is your fault that she isn't safe now. You just left her there." His brother stated calmly.

"But- but! That other guy! He was supposed to save her! He told me he would save her!" He yelled furiously.

"That's what you get for trusting a stranger Inuyasha." Sesshoumaru stated, as if it were the obvious decision given the situation. "And could you keep it down." He added as he rubbed his sensative ears.

"What am I supposed to do now?" He said, defeated. 'If that guy can't save Kagome, how can I?' "I can't defeat those guys..." He muttered.

"They were human, they can't possibly be that hard to defeat." Sesshoumaru commented.

"How do you gather that?" Inuyasha raised an eyebrow.

"I can smell human on you."

"Oh."

"Why was Miroku with you?" He asked simply.

"Um...I guess he was just chasing after Kagome, and I kinda brought him with me." Inuyasha explained...he still couldn't think straight.

"You guess?" The older brother raised a thin eyebrow. "Inuyasha, do you realize how lucky you are that it was Miroku who was with you?"

"Huh?" Inuyasha's face was a mask of confusion. "What difference does it make? No matter who it was...they would have seen that I was really trying to help Kagome." He stated, as if it were obvious.

Sesshoumaru scoffed. "Did it not occur to you, that even though the person would have known you were doing the right thing...they would have also known that you lost?" Inuyasha remained silent. "That's what I thought." He squinched his eyes at his little brother. "If word gets out that you couldn't defeat a group of humans, the youkai will never be able to respect you."

Inuyasha growled. Like youkais would ever really respect a hanyou like him anyway. They didn't care what became of this human girl. What was more of his concern was Kagome. 'I hope you are all right. I am coming back to save you.' He promised, even though she wouldn't be able to hear his thoughts. "Well, if I save her, the youkai can't mock me." He began. "But what about the humans? They probably fear me now." He crossed his arms, ignoring the raw scrapes on his forearm. He chuckled. "There's no way I can get out of this with everyone happy."

"Well, there is one thing you could do, but I don't know if it will work."

'Should I speak with Sango?' He asked himself as he walked down the busy street. 'Would she know where I could meet him?'

He padded slowly on the cement ground. The swishing of his jeans was the only noise he was currently making; he was very deep in thought. 'Can she even help me? No, how could she? Yes, she had been at the scene when Dogman saved some random strangers...but it's not like that was on purpose. It was all coincidental. But maybe there was a chance...?' Miroku shook his head. 'Look man, you are going to comfort Sango. She probably knows by now that Kagome has been kidnapped. You are going to try to keep her hopes up. Nothing seemed to have happened to Kagome last night, which is good. She'll probably be okay...after all, Dogman is on the job. ANd maybe if I'm lucky, I'll meet up with him later.'

Miroku was feeling slightly better that morning. When he saw that Kagome's case was on the news, he felt relieved. At least people knew what was up. It wasn't like Kagome was popular and had lots of friends (though that was completely beyond Miroku), and it made the situation worse that her mother seemed preoccupied with her husband and her liqoir. He was afraid, the moment that he left the warehouse, that no one would care about Kagome's disappearance.

He was confused though. Why was he so worried? He had only known her for about a month. Was he really feeling that guilty? Or...did he miss his friend? She was after all, the first girl friend he ever had that he hadn't become romantically invovled with. Well, excluding Kikyo, but then again, he could hardly call her a friend.

And then a thought randomly clicked in his head, 'What if I wait around the back of the warehouse for him? The press won't see me, and then I can help him when he decides to go in! It's not like I'd stand a chance alone...' His gaze slowly crept to his right hand. 'Well...even if I can handle myself, I won't. Kagome could get hurt.'

He looked down at the ground, he studied the shoes walking past him. A pair of red high heels past by. He couldn't fight against his lecherous ways as he looked up at the pair of accompaning (spell?) legs. 'Hello, missy.' He thought to himself, wiggling his eyebrows. He felt his feet follwing the heels. He looked up at the back of her head.

His eyes widened when he saw the newspaper office across the street from where the woman stood. "Oh, yea..." He felt guilt seep through himself. "What was I thinking?" He physically slapped himself for that one and continued in the direction of the crosswalk.

End of chapter. Sorry if it was short, but hell, I updated didn't I ? I'll start on Those Eyes soon...I guess...

Well, I'm listening to my new CD. Breaking Benjamin (Yea, I know it's been out a while...) It really is a good CD, or at least I think so. I love that guy's voice...whatever his name is. Mayeb I should read the booklet...

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