Sorry for the wait guys, see I had exams and stuff and you know, the usual schoolwork.

Here's the next chappie!

Disclaimer: Yeah, so what's new? I still don't own InuYasha.

Jewel

Chapter 2

A young boy of fifteen walked through the park nervously. He was carrying a bulky black pack and a small laptop container.

He sat down against a tree and put down his bags next to him.

He took out a small black laptop. He fixed it up and in moments, it was opening on the welcome screen. The boy then looked around the park, expecting to see someone.

This boy, as I told you, was fifteen years old. He was a genius in his own domain, computers and electronic-magnetic science. He also had a very good core in physics. He may be young, but he was attending a prestigious university in Tokyo for sciences and electronics. He was good looking, "cute" as girls called him. He was not very tall; he had orange hair and bright, alert eyes. But he was not goody-goody as everyone thought. Nope. His name was Shippou Kitsune. Specialist in tricking, tracking, making plans and traps. At twelve, he got involved in a small Japanese mafia that was planning to steal an immense amount of money from an important bank in Tokyo. Yes, quite young, but thanks to him, they were never caught; Shippou had spent hours organizing the escape plan. He equally participated in a few other 'interesting' activities. His family and friends never knew, of course. He kept that to himself.

Then he met her. Kagome Higourashi. They worked together now. In fact, she was supposed to meet him there, at that time. Kagome was very mysterious. He knew little about her, but from what he knew, he knew her better than a lot of people.

There was no one in the park anymore. It was lunchtime; they had probably all gone home to eat.

"Maybe I should do that too...mmm..." he looked in his backpack and ate (or swallowed it entirely like a little pig) a piece of chocolate he found inside.

"Disgusting."

Shippou whirled around to come face to face with a beautiful young woman.

"Kafome...of sorfy I scrill gotf choco-" he attempted to say with his mouth full of chocolate.

The look on Kagome's face was all Shippou needed to shut up. It was a look of pure disgust and nausea. Shippou had been talking with a mouth full of chocolate after all.

Shippou quickly swallowed and wiped his mouth on his sleeve.

"You have what I came for?"

Shippou smiled maliciously. He turned to the laptop and showed her.

"All there."

Kagome nodded and hinted a smile.

She sat on her ankles and scanned the screen with her eyes.

There she saw a multitude of documents, scanned or took from the Internet, about Naraku's whereabouts and business files, and then at the end, a few other documents about assassins that Kagome was going to use to help her track down Naraku, and eventually, help her get the revenge she wanted. Most of the men were evil looking, people you wouldn't trust even if it saved your life. She arrived at a document that looked interesting.

InuYasha Taiyoukai Terrorist/murderer/thief

Age: supposed 20-21 Appearance: Silver hair, amber eyes, and tall, strong figure Prison sentence: 18 life sentences

Of all the other murderers listed, InuYasha Taiyoukai captured her eye. The picture Shippou had scanned showed a rather angry, handsome looking young man, but his golden eyes captured her.

Even if Kagome mistrusted assassins and terrorists, she had a score to settle. Her first attempt to kill Naraku, she had been alone. She hadn't met Shippou Kitsune yet. Her plan to clean him off the earth's face had failed quite miserably, and Kagome had been very angry and embarrassed at her failure. She had told no one of what had happened. To avoid another humiliation, Kagome formulated another plan when she had met Shippou. She was calculating her plan meticulously. She mustn't make a mistake this time. But her plan required more help. That is where Kagome needed someone like InuYasha Taiyoukai. An insider who knew how he had worked. He was on this list for he too had worked with Naraku and had been betrayed by him. Like this it was easier to work with the person they would choose.

Kagome thought with wonder at how Shippou had accessed this information.

Shippou smirked when he saw Kagome looking at the picture of Taiyoukai. Trust InuYasha to have that affect on women. Amongst all the murderers he had listed there for her to choose which one to get help from, he knew InuYasha personally. He had worked with him once or twice.

"Good work." Said Kagome calmly. She shut the laptop and handed it back to Shippou. Shippou smirked.

"InuYasha it is, then."

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Kagome and Shippou were now leaving the park, walking down the street to reach Kagome's black jaguar (AN:I don't think I mentioned the type of car she has...Well it's a jag for now!)

They both climbed in and Kagome turned the ignition key. She sped off.

Shippou clung to the armrest, holding for his dear life. Kagome serious concentrated face remained unchanged as she sped past all the cars, ignoring the traffic lights and dodging every car she passed. Kagome took off her sunglasses.

Shippou admired her eyes for a second, but then he was sent crashing onto the door of the passenger seat as Kagome made a sharp turn, joining the traffic of the highway, that Kagome somehow slipped through.

"Shippou, how much money do you think it will take to get Taiyoukai out of prison?"

"Um, Kagome," he said, his face turning green as he started becoming carsick. Kagome didn't seem to notice, "He was about 18 life sentences... That's way to expensive and time consuming and..."

"Fine. You have a point. I'll choose someone else." She snapped, slightly pissed.

"No!" Shippou answered loudly. Kagome turned her face around to look at him in the eye. For a moment Shippou was mesmerized by the scary look that had appeared in Kagome's gray-blue eyes.

"I...mean um we could break him out..." he said in a small voice. Shippou wanted to get InuYasha out of jail and after a little bit more arguing, his persistence paid off. They were going to break in and break out of the prison to release.

"Fine. We'll make him work for me as payback for us helping him out." She said coldly.

"Are you going to break him out alone?"

Kagome stayed silent, waiting for the teenager to finish what he wanted to say.

"I know some people who have a score to settle with Naraku. Old friends. In fact, they used to work with InuYasha before they separated...I used to be part of them...He called ourselves the Shikon Mafia...It would be just like the old days...I was twelve at the time..." he smiled at the thought of his first heist. "And I need to pay him back a favor sooo..."he added a bit more nervously.

"Let me get this strait." She said, "You want me to round up the old gang and work in a team with people I barely know?" she shook her head sternly. "Absolutely not. No, Kitsune. The answer is no."

Kagome almost flinched when he saw the crestfallen look on Shippou's face. But she couldn't give in.

She was no good at working in teams. No good at all. She was partners with Shippou, but that was different. She was alone. She barely had friends, unless you counted an overweight cat and a young teenager. How could she trust these people? Already, she was trusting this InuYasha Taiyoukai, but more???

No. The answer was final.

She glanced quickly at Shippou.

He still looked down.

She changed her mind.

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I think I'm going to end here...Sorry if the chappie is short but I wanted to post it and get over with it. It's probably pretty bad...

Review! I want them. I only post if I get them.

Thanks for every one that reviewed and stuff!

-Sky77: Thank you! I'm glad you like it! Sure, I'll check out you're fic, just wich one is it? -crazygirl(): As you can see, the inu gang is gonna show up pretty soon, I already gave you Shippou and InuYasha. -Shadow Obscurity: I'm glad you like Kagome and my writing style I hope you weren't disappointed by this chapter... -Sofia, my desperate friend (--;) : please don't write personal stuff, but thanx for reviewing

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JapaneseDragon