AN: I would just like to thank my wonderful reviewers for their support...um, anything else I have to say will be at the bottom!
"In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Walking With TITANS
By Rockrgrl9049
Location: TITANS Private Airship Hanger
Time: 0100 hours
"Armor piercing rounds?"
"Check!"
"Grappling hooks?"
"Check!"
"Stun Batons?"
"Check!"
"Date Friday night?"
"Ch...HOUSHI," the offended woman's chocolate brown eyes became stormy as she prepared to whap the offending male 'a good one,' as she would say.
"Tayjia, Houshi! Cease and desist! Save personal matters for your own time. Until then finish the supply checklist. Am I understood?"
"Yes! Taiyouki, sir," the soldiers affirmed simultaneously, not wanting to miss out on the upcoming mission. This was a big one, usually they just got a TON of 'babysitting' gigs, or the occasional stake-out. Almost never a full blown penetration and scoop, oh no, this was a biggie.
Once the Taiyouki of the Sun Squadron had disappeared into the airship they would be using on the mission, the two returned to their bickering...
"Houshi! How many times must I say 'NO!'," the infuriated brunette railed.
The accused man's unusual violet eyes became falsely innocent as he answered, "But my Sango, you know I simply cannot resist the temptation of your..."
"Save it 'Priest,' she'll 'ave clocked ya loooong before you finish that one!"
"Truly, InuYasha, you underestimate me! I was merely going to comment on our dear Sango's beauty."
The golden-eyed man just smirked, revealing a pearly white fang, and chuckled while he pulled his snow white hair roughly into a high ponytail, "Sure, her beauty you say..."
"Are you insinuating that I am not in fact beautiful, InuYasha? Is that what you are saying," the all but forgotten Sango asked, her face steadily darkening. She was NOT having a good day.
Now, InuYasha was a proud TITAN, but he knew Sango's fury and he knew when to back down, and quickly did so, "H-hey that is not what I was saying," InuYasha exclaimed, waving his hands in what he hoped was a placating gesture.
"Is dear brother intimidated by a mere female? How...disgraceful."
A growl reverberated in InuYasha's chest as he spun to face the icy countenance of his half-brother. Normally, Sesshoumaru just left him alone, but today he was being a total pain, 'Feh, he must have gotten chewed-out or somthin.' He was just about to inform his brother of that opinion, when a comforting hand was placed on his shoulder. The owner of the hand, Miroku, shot his friend a 'don't blow it for yourself' look, and rose his eyes to speak to his superior.
"Taiyouki, sir, that was actually one of InuYasha's finest moments," he started, earning a low growl from his friend, " if you have never befallen Sango's anger for yourself, than it is a hard concept to explain."
The Leader just narrowed his eyes and barked out his orders, "You are all to be ready and on the plane within five minutes, or you are being left behind!"
Affirmatives were shouted and he stepped into the awaiting top-of-line stealth airplane.
Location: Quickly Approaching Necromancer Incorporated's Headquarters
Time: 0200 hours
InuYasha sat in full combat armor on a bench lining the belly of the cargo hold, spinning a boot knife on his index finger with a practiced perfection. His full suit of armor was a burnished bronze hue, and was made up of interconnecting plates of super-alloy metal, the breaks in which revealed black skintight suit beneath. His helmet rested on the bench next to him and had as many gadgets as it did 'battle scars.'It was made of the same bronze colored alloy, was consumed mostly of a tinted visor, and had an intricate sun embellished an inch above that. The whole suit was designed specifically for the elite soldiers. The suit itself weighed over a ton, was equipped to fall over one hundred stories, sustain one million tons of pressure per square inch, and had an air/water purifier built into it. In the helmet, there was a com system, a HUD (Heads Up Display), a G.P.S., vital screen, and voice activated artificial intelligence assistant. They were sate-of-the-art and too expensive to be explained.
Others sat around him, some in the same bronze suits, and others in midnight blue hued suit of identical design, with a half moon insignia in place of the sun. After a moment a tall, imposing figure entered the cargo bay, his presence alone stopping all idle chatter dead in its tracks. Sesshoumaru took a deep breath and began assigning groups and their mission objectives:
"Miroku, Sango and Kirara are assigned as snipers; eliminate roof security, and guarantee a safe route of return,
Kagura, Houjo, and Ayame are scouts; naturalize incoming opposition,
Shippo, Ah, and Un are com specialists; tap and track through their security grid, update the scouts on enemy locations,
InuYasha, Kouga, and this Sesshoumaru are to get the marks and get out, no questions asked. Am I understood? Good. We are landing as we speak," he finished as the plane began its decent.
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Location: Necromancer Incorporated Secret Research Facility (Laboratory 01)
Time: 0200 hours
Kagome's mind was in a state of panic. Truly, panic was an understatement, there was no describing this emotion. That oaf of a henchmen had not given her the right dosage of the sedative. Her mind was wide awake, but her body was paralyzed, all she could do was breath, and move her eyes frantically, but she could feel everything. If she remembered the pain so well with boatloads of sedative, what would it feel like if she hadn't taken it? She was in deep trouble. Mentally sighing, she just chalked it up to karma, and tried her best to calm herself and steel her nerve for the inevitable.
The head lab technician, a small woman with no facial expression and snow white hair, announced that she was ready, ordered everyone to stand back, and began to type furiously on the keyboards around her.
'Here it comes...,' Kagome tried her best to stay calm as the first wave hit her. It felt as though her soul was being wrenched from within her, and if she could have screamed she would have, but her muscles would not allow even that concession. Another wave and another poured over her immobile form, and a lavender light began to envelop her and the wire running about her body, and just as she thought she could take no more, she heard the staccato roar of gunfire and the sounds of a scuffle. The pain receded, and with it the lavender glow. Then, kind cerulean eyes, hazed by a tinted visor of some sort, appeared in her line of vision.
"Kami! They kept you awake, " Kouga exclaimed, horrified, when he saw her tortured gaze lock with his own, "It's alright now, we'll get you outta here, Kagome!"
'How does he know my name...,' Kagome wondered as a ghost of a smile flitted through her eyes, and an intense feeling of calm surrounded her as the darkness carried her far away.
"Give Hiragashi to me, Ookami," Sesshoumaru growled as he eyed the girl's lax form in one of his least favorite peoples' arms. For a reason unknown to him the girl's pain...affected him. He could feel fear and sadness rolling off of the girl in waves. And the 'Wolf' would do nothing but worsen the whole situation, that much was sure.
"What's it to you , Leader," Kouga sneered, hugging the tiny woman closer to himself, as if to shield her.
'His protective instincts are kicking in, that means he is considering her as a potential mate...She is this Sesshoumaru's responsibility, not his,' Sesshoumaru's golden eyes tinted red for a split second, then he gritted out, "Give her to this Sesshoumaru, now. That is a direct order from your superior, Co-leader."
Kouga bared his fangs and begrudgingly handed the unconscious female to the his taller superior, who held her with an arm behind her knees and at the small of her back, shifting her slight weight against his right shoulder. After growling his dominance to the wolf, he sprinted at an inhuman speed to the awaiting airplane, nimbly avoiding ongoing frays.
End Chapter
AN: Okay, sorry bout the long wait, but I promise I'll have more out this weekend! By the way, it's not that Sesshoumaru likes her yet, it's just that he has been assigned to protect her, and does not like to fail, ever. Okay? R&R! Peace out homies!