Chapter 3: "The Demon Within"
(Inuyasha's POV)
'Finally, some fresh air!' I happily thought as I ran through the forest at an incredible speed that no ordinary human possessed, causing the scenery all around me to look like one big green blur. But I eventually slowed my pace down to a jog 'cause I wasn't in much of a hurry, even though I had orders to follow. It just felt so good to exercise my lazy muscles--and to finally get away from that damn mansion.
God, how I loathe that place! It reeks of death--literally! There are so many dead bodies in the mansion that someone could label the place as an over-crowded morgue!
(Sound of someone screaming)
My thoughts were suddenly interrupted as I heard someone screaming in the distance somewhere. I quickly skidded to a stop, which caused me to slide a few feet in the mud, and then patiently waited to see if I could hear--with my superior hearing of course--where the screams were coming from.
(Sound of someone screaming again)
'There!' I declared to myself as I quickly sprinted off in the eastern direction towards where the screaming was coming from. 'It sounds like a girl...'
Within a matter of seconds, I finally reached a little open area in the forest where I saw some girl wrestling with one of the undead. Feeling a bit curious, I quickly jumped up onto a high tree branch so I could watch the amusing 'wrestling match' without being noticed. As I continued to observe the scene, I noticed that the girl was pretty damn strong against the zombie! Usually one of those walking corpses could easily take down its victim in no time, but this girl seemed different somehow...
Out of curiosity, I quickly sniffed the air for the girls' scent. 'Hmm, she smells like a human but...' I thought to myself, feeling confused. 'I also smell the scent of a demons' as well.' I shook my head in denial. 'Damn it! The rain's messing with my sense of smell! I have to get closer to find out!'
Soundlessly, I swiftly leapt out of my hiding spot and down onto one of the lower tree branches of the tree so I could get a little closer to the ground. After I was perched, I then sniffed the air again for the girls' scent. Suddenly, my eyes widened in disbelief. 'No way! She's a... half-demon! Like me...' I thought with shock as I watched the girl continue to fight off the zombie down below on the muddy ground. Never in my entire nineteen years of life, have I ever heard about or even seen another half-demon besides me! It was like, unheard of!
I quickly unhooked the radio from off of the right side my belt and then pressed the 'talk' button that was on the side of it. "This is Inuyasha. I've found what triggered the alarm to go off." I stated in a low tone, trying to keep my voice out of hearing range so the girl wouldn't hear me.
"And?" The voice from earlier replied smartly through the other end of the radio.
"It's some girl. She's being attacked by one of those dead-heads." I stated back.
"So? Let the damn thing devour her for all I care!" The person replied harshly.
"Her scent... smells that of a half-demons'." I quickly responded and then waited.
After a paused moment, the speaker on the other end of the radio responded again. "Capture the girl and bring her back to the mansion. Make sure she is unharmed." The person then ordered strictly.
"Got it." I responded and then latched the radio back onto my belt. When I turned my attention back down to the girl, I noticed that she had finally pinned the zombie down onto the ground. I didn't even notice that she had a large hunting knife in her hand--until she suddenly drove it into the front of the zombies' skull, killing it instantly. I was a bit surprised by her action, but shook it off as I watched then as the girl quickly scrambled away from the corpse and started to cry silently to herself.
I felt kind of sorry for the girl. She must've thought that she killed an innocent, living being. Well, the guy might've been innocent, but he was already dead--way before she stabbed him in the head! From my standards, I don't think she did anything wrong at all. Hell, she just put the damn thing out of its misery!
For a moment everything was quiet, except for the girls' quiet sobs and the rain drops splattering onto the trees' leaves and the ground. I then watched as the girl finally composed herself and stood up. She kept staring at the body and then whispered something to herself so low that I almost didn't hear her.
"I just killed someone..."
That's when I chose to make my presence known. "He was already dead to begin with." I answered as I watched how she quickly turned towards the sound of my voice.
"WHO'S THERE?"
I jumped off of the tree branch that I was perched on and soundlessly landed on the ground below, just a couple of feet away from the girl. I then quickly took note of her appearance. Although she was completely soaked and a little bit muddy, the only thing that really caught my attention was her unique aqua-colored eyes. I had never seen anyone with eyes of that color before and they were simply beautiful. Also, her scent smelled really good too. It reminded me of vanilla for some reason...
I mentally shook my head from any more thoughts and concentrated on my task. "I'm surprised you even made it this far." I mockingly stated while I started smirking. Yeah, I knew that I was acting like a major ass by saying that, but I had orders to follow. Besides, I act like an asshole to everybody 'cause it's just the way I am.
"What do you mean? Who are you?"
I knew that I'd get bitched at from wasting time by just standing around, so I chose to ignore the girls' questions. "You're coming with me. Cooperate or else I'll have to do so forcefully." I stated orderly.
"Excuse me? Just who the hell do you think 'you' are bossing me around? I'm not going 'anywhere' with you, ASSHOLE!"
'Looks like I've pissed her off now!' I thought with amusement while smirking even more as I noticed that the girl was glaring at me. 'This should be fun!' I started cracking my knuckles in preparation for the fight that I knew was about to start. "Have it your way then, wench!" I called out as I suddenly lunged right for her...
(End of Inuyasha's POV)
Surprised by the sudden action, Kagome managed to quickly dodge and jump a couple of feet away from her attacker, just before his clawed hand could even make contact with her face. 'Why the hell is he attacking me?' She thought, feeling dumfounded as she kept her eyes on her attacker. She then suddenly sensed something peculiar. 'Hey! He... he smells like a half-demon! Like me and Souta!'
"You're quick," Inuyasha stated, still smirking as he flexed his claws. "But not quick enough!" He then lunged again at Kagome, but she kept evading his attacks. 'It seems like she's an experienced fighter.' He thought to himself as his attempts at trying to "scare" her were becoming futile.
Trying another tactic, Inuyasha leapt into the air and just as he was descending down, getting ready to strike at Kagome again, she suddenly surprised him by quickly doing a back flip. He was unable to stop himself because of gravity and therefore resulted in getting kicked right in his face; hard.
Inuyasha stumbled backwards and fell down right into a large mud puddle. "Bitch!" He angrily hissed under his breath, feeling humiliated as he picked himself up out of the muddy water. 'She's going to pay for that!' He angrily thought as he glared at Kagome.
Kagome noticed that her attacker looked like he was ready to rip someone's head off. Despite her nervousness inside, she managed to keep an angry look upon her face. "Stay away from me! I'm warning you!" She threatened as she got into a fighting stance.
Inuyasha growled. "You'll pay for that, wench!" He smartly declared as he quickly lunged at Kagome. Since he was a little quicker this time, he managed to grab a hold of her and slammed her straight back into a nearby tree, which caused her to cry out in pain. He then firmly held her by the neck, but was careful not to let her suffocate.
'Damn him!' Kagome thought to herself as she tried to pry Inuyasha's hands off from around her neck. She could hardly breathe and her back was aching with pain. She then noticed that her attacker was smirking triumphantly, which caused her to start growling in anger. "You think... you're so... tough... picking on a girl!" She mocked as she struggled to speak. "You... must be... very proud... of yourself!"
Inuyasha's grip around Kagome's throat tightened even more as he growled and continued to smirk at Kagome. He then moved his face really close to hers, so that both of their noses were almost touching. "Ya know something? You're pretty smart-mouthed for a girl." He smartly stated in a low tone. "So, are you ready to give up yet or do I have to rough you up some more?"
Kagome was beyond pissed now. 'Just 'cause this jerk managed to catch me off guard and pin me against a tree, he thinks he's all superior and stuff!' She angrily thought to herself as she continued to struggle against Inuyasha's hold. 'I don't have time for this shit! Mom's life is at stake and because of this ASSHOLE, she might be dead by now!' With that last thought, Kagome's blood boiled with rage and she could feel herself slowly starting to change. Her aqua-colored eyes were starting to tint red and her already sharp nails were starting to grow into longer, deadlier claws. 'I was always told to never let my demon side consume me, but in this case I'm making an exception!' She thought angrily as she suddenly dug her sharp claws deep into her attacker's arms.
Inuyasha yelled out in pain and quickly let go of Kagome. He didn't even care that she had jumped away from him as he held onto one of his injured and bleeding arms. The wounds weren't too deep, but it still hurt like hell!
Kagome, who was situated a good distance away now, just continued to glare at Inuyasha with her now crimson colored eyes. "I warned you." She stated in a dangerously low tone. "Now, leave me alone."
'How dare she!' Inuyasha angrily thought as he too, started letting his demon side take over. His golden yellow eyes were now tinted red and his claws were as deadlier as ever. "You're going to regret ever messing with me, bitch!" He growled out as he angrily rushed at Kagome.
Kagome growled as she rushed towards Inuyasha as well. Just as he was about to slash her with his claws, she faked him out by ducking and quickly did a ground sweep with her left leg, causing him to fall onto the muddy ground. She then jumped a good distance away from him and waited.
Quickly recovering from the fall, Inuyasha picked himself up from off of the ground and turned around just in time to see Kagome tackle right into his chest. Once again, he was lying on his back on the muddy ground--only this time with the half-demon girl straddled on top of him, getting ready to strike him with her claws. Luckily he reacted quickly and tightly held both of her wrists away from him, but that only seemed to anger her more as she struggled to break free of his grasp so she could attack him.
As Inuyasha continued to wrestle Kagome's sharp claws away from his face, he couldn't help but notice how much more attractive she looked in her demon form. It's not that she wasn't attractive in her normal state; it's just that she looked... exotic in her demon state. Maybe it was just his primal demon instincts acting up...
'Now's NOT the time to be thinking about THAT stuff!' Inuyasha mentally scolded to himself as he mentally shook all of those thoughts from his head. He then brought both of his feet up and somehow managed to push the enraged female half-demon off of him. He quickly scrambled up from off of the ground and then jumped back a couple of feet away from her.
Kagome wasn't prepared for what Inuyasha did and thus landed roughly on her backside. Ignoring the pain, she stood right back up and dashed towards Inuyasha, preparing to attack him again.
Inuyasha barely kept evading all of Kagome's attacks on him. He could tell that she was in a state of rage and wasn't really focusing, so when he had the opportunity, he kicked her in the back, which caused her to stumble forward and fall onto the muddy ground. "Are you ready to surrender now?" He smartly asked, feeling impatient. "Or do I have to--"
(BEEP! BEEP!)
The sound of Inuyasha's radio beeping suddenly caused both of the half-demons to momentarily pause.
"Have you captured the girl yet?" The person from earlier asked through the other end of the radio.
Inuyasha yanked the radio from off the side of his belt. "I'm working on it!" He smartly replied as he continued to dodge away from the persistent female half-demon.
"Well, what the hell is taking so long?" The person impatiently demanded.
"She's pissed and isn't giving up without a fight!" Inuyasha practically yelled into the radio as he quickly blocked a few punches away from his face.
"Fine. I'm sending someone out to assist your weak ass, since you can't handle the girl." The person smartly stated.
"I CAN HANDLE THIS ON MY OWN, DAMN IT!" Inuyasha hollered at the radio, momentarily forgetting about the fight.
Taking advantage of the situation, Kagome quickly leapt over Inuyasha and landed right behind him. She immediately slashed her claws across his back, leaving him with four deep gashes. She then flipped backwards and jumped up onto a high tree branch in a nearby tree, waiting for his next move.
Inuyasha almost howled out in pain, but his pride wouldn't let him. Instead, he quickly clenched his jaw shut and balled both of his hands into fists at his sides. He then tightly closed his eyes and growled very loudly as his face contorted with a pained/angry expression. Blood was gushing out from the wounds on his back and staining his now torn green T-shirt. 'God DAMN IT, that fucking hurts!' He mentally yelled as he tried to ignore the searing pain by concentrating on his breathing.
Kagome continued to curiously observe Inuyasha from where she was perched up in the tree. 'What's he doing?' She mentally questioned as she continued to watch the half-demon just stand there and do nothing except growl. Since his back was facing in her direction, she gasped when she finally took notice of how badly she had injured him. 'Oh my gosh! I didn't mean to hurt him THAT bad!' She thought, feeling very guilty now. Her crimson colored eyes suddenly changed back to their normal aqua color again and her claws shortened.
Keeping her eyes on Inuyasha the entire time, Kagome swiftly jumped out of the tree and landed flawlessly onto the muddy ground. She then slowly and cautiously started approaching him. "Hey, are you... ok?" She asked, her voice full of concern.
Inuyasha didn't respond, but instead stopped his growling. 'What the hell is she doing?' He questioned himself, feeling confused as he changed back into his normal self once again. 'First she tries slicing me in half and now she's asking if I'm ok?' By the sound of Kagome's footsteps in the mud, he could tell that she was approaching closer to him. He could also sense that she was no longer in her demon form.
Kagome was now about three feet away from Inuyasha. Just as she started to reach her hand out towards his back to get his attention, he suddenly started to dangerously growl again, warning her to stay away. She immediately froze and quickly withdrew her hand back down to her right side.
About a minute or two passed by and neither of the two half-demons moved or spoke--with the exception of Inuyasha still growling. The forest was still eerily silent as the rain continued to pour down upon the two teens. After about another minute, one of them finally spoke up.
"Listen, I'm... sorry for hurting you." Kagome quietly apologized. "Just... please leave me alone. I'm in a hurry to find my mother... Something happened to her and I have to get to the Shikon Corporation right away."
'She's apologizing?' Inuyasha thought, still confused. He knew that from the sound of her voice that she was sincere. 'What the--wait a minute. Did she just mention the Shikon Corporation?' Surprised, Inuyasha turned around to face Kagome, who was suddenly startled and backed away slightly. Just as he was about to say something to her, someone's voice suddenly cut in out of nowhere.
"There you are, mutt-face!" A males' voice called out from somewhere in the nearby forest. Suddenly, the figure sprinted out from the trees and stopped just a couple of feet away from the two half-demon teens. He had baby blue eyes and long black hair, which was put up into a high ponytail. His clothing was similar to Inuyasha's and he also wore a brown vest and had a camouflaged headband around his head as well. He also had some sort of small, metallic gun-like device latched onto the left side of his belt.
Inuyasha growled. "What the hell are you doing here, Kouga?" He demanded as he glared at the older, full-blooded demon.
"Sesshoumaru sent me of course, since you seem incapable of following orders!" Kouga smartly replied with a frown upon his face.
"I TOLD HIM I HAD THIS UNDER CONTROL!" Inuyasha angrily yelled, feeling annoyed and slightly embarrassed.
Kouga ignored Inuyasha's outburst and just chuckled as he observed some of the half-demon's wounds. "Well, it seems to me that you're getting your ass whooped by this lovely female here." He stated as he nodded his head in Kagome's direction and then started checking her out.
Noticing Kouga's eyes scanning up and down her body, Kagome immediately crossed her arms in front of her chest and angrily glared at him. "Who the hell are you people and what the hell is going on here?" She demanded, getting fed up with both of the males.
"My apologies, Miss." Kouga politely replied. "My name is Kouga and this here is Inuyasha. We've been ordered to bring you back to our headquarters."
"Why?" Kagome bluntly demanded.
"I'm sorry, that's classified information." Kouga plainly stated. "Now please cooperate and come with us."
"LIKE HELL I WILL!" Kagome hollered as she suddenly sprinted off into the forest, not caring at the moment in which direction she was headed. Her first priority now was to ditch those guys!
Kagome was running as fast as her body would allow, while dodging trees and jumping over fallen logs. Not too far behind, she could hear the guys quickly catching up with her. 'Why are they trying to capture me? I didn't do anything wrong!' She thought with frustration. There were so many emotions that she was feeling right now, that she felt like crying and shouting at the same time.
All of a sudden, Kouga--who was much faster than Inuyasha--had quickly jumped right in front of Kagome's path, causing her to run right into his chest. Before she even had the chance to react, he firmly grabbed her by the arms, to prevent her from fleeing again.
"LET GO OF ME!" Kagome shouted as she tried to wriggle free of Kouga's grasp. Somehow, she managed to free her right arm and then immediately punched him in the face.
"SHIT!" Kouga shouted as he quickly let go of Kagome, who immediately took off running again. He hunched over slightly and held his now bloody, broken nose.
Before Kagome even managed to run ten feet away, she was suddenly tackled from behind by Inuyasha. They had both landed roughly onto the ground, which resulted in both teens getting the wind knocked out of their lungs. After being momentarily stunned, Kagome quickly recovered her breathing and then tried to get up, but found that she was being forcefully pinned down. She screamed and started to violently kick and thrash about, trying to get Inuyasha off of her, but he was using all of his weight and strength to hold her down.
"Hold her down, Inuyasha!" Kouga shouted as he started making his way over towards the two, while still holding onto his broken nose with his left hand. He then unlatched the metallic gun-like device from off the side of his belt and quickly loaded it with a small, red tranquilizer dart that he had retrieved from his pants pocket.
"What the hell do you think I'm trying to do, idiot!" Inuyasha shouted back as he continued to struggle with the violent female half-demon. Taking a risky chance, he quickly grabbed a hold of both of her flailing arms and then held them firmly behind her back.
Realizing that her attempts at trying to escape were futile, Kagome's fear got the best of her and she started screaming at the top of her lungs, thus causing both of the guys to wince. She knew that even if she somehow gotten out of Inuyasha's hold, Kouga would probably just out-run her again and there was no way that she would be able to fight both of them at the same time.
"HURRY UP, WILL YA!" Inuyasha shouted impatiently. He felt like both of his ears were going to explode because of Kagome's continuous loud screaming.
Kouga finally made it over to the pair and then aimed the tranquilizer gun down towards Kagome's exposed left shoulder. Not wasting another minute, he pulled the trigger and the dart quickly shot out, imbedding itself right into the targeted area of her skin.
In a matter of seconds, Kagome immediately stopped her screaming and struggling as she suddenly started to feel really lightheaded and tired. Soon her vision started blurring and the voices around her sounded muffled as well. As she started to loose consciousness, she suddenly pictured the faces of her family members, all together and smiling happily...
...and that was the last thing Kagome thought of before she completely passed out.
As soon as Inuyasha felt the girl's body go limp, he cautiously let go of her arms and then got off of her and stood up. As he stared down at her unconscious form, he couldn't help but feel a little sorry for her. If only she hadn't triggered off that security alarm, this situation would never have happened. Then again, she shouldn't have been in the forest anyway--especially with all of the freakish beings roaming around. Suddenly, he remembered what the girl had told him earlier, about finding her mother at the Shikon Corporation. Many questions soon began popping up in his mind as he wondered about the girl. Was she some sort of spy working for another company? How did she even know about the corporation's location in the first place? Was her mother a prisoner or one of the scientists at the facility?
If the girl was really telling the truth about finding her mother, then her efforts were for nothing. Inuyasha knew for a fact that all of the humans at the mansion and in the labs were all dead--well, now the undead to be exact.
"Hey, mutt-face! Quit day-dreaming will ya and hand me your radio!" Kouga smartly snapped, bringing Inuyasha out of his thoughts as he threw the empty tranquilizer gun down onto the muddy ground, while still clutching his broken nose.
Inuyasha mumbled a few curses as he hastily grabbed his radio from off the side of his belt and then threw it over to Kouga, who caught it with his unoccupied hand.
"Sesshoumaru, we've detained the girl." Kouga stated as he tilted his head up towards the sky so the rain could rinse away some of the blood from off of his face.
"Good." Sesshoumaru responded through the other end of the radio, sounding pleased. "Take her down to the prison and lock her up in one of the holding cells." Then his voice became sterner. "When you're done, the both of you report to my office."
"Yes sir." Kouga orderly responded back. He then tossed the radio back over to Inuyasha and glared at him.
Inuyasha caught the radio and tucked it back onto his belt, all the while noticing Kouga's glare. "What the hell's your problem?" He then smartly asked, while glaring back as well.
"The fact that I had to come all the way out here to help your sorry ass--on my break--because you couldn't capture a female half-demon really pisses me off!" Kouga loudly replied, his voice filled with annoyance. "Plus, I got my nose broken in the process! Thanks a lot, shit-head!"
Inuyasha growled. "It's not my fault she broke your damn nose! And besides, I didn't know she knew how to fight! So, shut the fuck up and quit your damn whining!" He shouted back as he crossed his arms stubbornly in front of his chest.
The two of them continued to glare and growl at each other for about another minute until Kouga finally spoke up. "C'mon, we're wasting time and I don't wanna piss your brother off anymore than he already is." He stated, feeling annoyed as he turned around and started sprinting back towards the mansion. "You carry the girl!" He then called back over his shoulder.
Inuyasha continued to glare at Kouga's retreating form, all the while carefully picking up the unconscious girl, bridal-style. He then sprinted off towards the mansion as well.
A tall man in his late twenties sat in his black leather office chair, which was currently facing towards the large window that was situated on the wall behind the expensive cherry wood desk that had a computer, a small green desk lamp and many vanilla colored folders and other papers neatly stacked upon its surface. A black hand-held radio was also situated on the desk as well.
The room was of a decent size for an office. The flooring was made up of red Berber and the walls were cream colored with an oak border that ran along the top. There were two large oak bookshelves situated against the walls on the east and west side of the room, which had many books about world history, genetics, chemicals, weapons, etc. There were also a few pictures and certification plaques that were situated on all of the walls as well.
The man sitting in the leather chair had long, neatly brushed silver white hair and seemingly cold, golden yellow eyes. On both sides of his cheeks, were two purple colored strips as well as on both of his wrists. In the middle of his forehead, was a dark purple colored crescent moon. He also wore a black business suit, complete with a red silk tie and shiny black loafers.
The man just continued to sit in his comfortable leather chair, with his arms folded in a lazy manor as he stared out the window at the gloomy, dark sky. The rain continued to pour heavily down upon the earth and the low rumbling of thunder sounding off in the distance could be heard. The man pleasantly enjoyed this setting. If fact, it made him feel very calm and relaxed... until a sudden knock at his office door interrupted his peace.
"Come in." The man plainly responded, with a hint of annoyance in his tone.
The door then opened and in walked a short old man, who looked to be in his late fifties. He had bulging yellow-green eyes and his wrinkly skin was slightly tinted with a pea green color. He also wore a brown business suit, brown loafers and a black round cap on his almost bald head.
With the support of a tall wooden cane with two weird looking faces carved into the top of it, the little old man hobbled over to the front of the cherry wood desk, while holding a large yellow folder with the words, "CLASSIFIED" written in red lettering on the front. "Here are the report files for Project # 26 that you wanted, m'Lord." The little man beamed cheerfully.
"Just leave them on my desk." The man replied unemotionally, still looking out the window.
The little old man did as he was instructed to do and placed the folder on top of the desk. "Is there anything else that you wanted m'Lord?" He then cheerfully asked.
"No. That is all for now, Jaken." The man replied unemotionally.
Suddenly, the office door busted opened and in walked Inuyasha, with Kouga trailing behind him.
"YOU IDIOTS!" Jaken angrily squawked as he hobbled over to the two and suddenly smacked his wooden cane upside Inuyasha's head. "You're supposed to KNOCK before entering Lord Sesshoumaru's office!" He then smacked the half-demon again, this time across his injured back.
Inuyasha growled and hastily grabbed the old man's cane, throwing it down onto the floor a few feet away. "CUT THAT OUT, DAMN IT!" He angrily shouted back as he glared at the old man, who was mumbling curses as he went to retrieve his cane from off of the floor.
"Acting your age I see." Sesshoumaru mocked as he continued to look out the window at the sky.
"What do you want?" Inuyasha asked, ignoring his older half-brother's remark.
Sesshoumaru slowly turned the chair around to its normal position at the desk and faced Inuyasha and Kouga. "Has the girl been properly secured?" He then asked in an orderly tone.
Kouga finally walked over and stood to the left side of Inuyasha. "Yes. She's in Cell # 3." He stated in an informative tone. "I've told Maten to keep a close eye on her as well."
"Good." Sesshoumaru replied, sounding pleased. "You are dismissed."
Kouga nodded and then proceeded to exit the office room.
'What a suck up!' Inuyasha annoyingly thought to himself as he crossed his arms in front of his chest. He then looked up at his brother with an annoyed expression on his face, who in return met his expression with an emotionless one.
For a moment, neither brother said anything or even moved. Surprisingly, Jaken stayed quiet, too as he observed both brothers from his position across the room.
Finally, Sesshoumaru was the first to break the silence. "Why were you not able to capture the girl on your own?" He plainly asked. "After all, you said that she was a half-demon like yourself, so it shouldn't have been a difficult task."
"I didn't know she could fight and I wasn't prepared." Inuyasha grudgingly admitted, looking annoyed still.
"You should know better than to never let your guard down--no matter what." Sesshoumaru stated coolly as he leaned back in his chair and glared at his younger half-brother. After a brief pause, he continued. "Don't let it happen again. Next time I won't be as forgiving."
"Yeah." Inuyasha bluntly responded as he quickly averted his brother's intimidating gaze and looked down at the floor.
There was an awkward silence for a moment until Sesshoumaru decided to speak again. "Did the girl by any chance mention as to why she was in the forest?"
Inuyasha looked up at his brother with an unemotional face. "No." He plainly lied.
Sesshoumaru did not reply, for he seemed to be deep in thought for a moment. "Tell Kouga that when the girl wakes up, he's to interrogate her and find out everything she knows." He then ordered.
Inuyasha suddenly had an idea. "Shouldn't I be the one to interrogate the girl instead?" He asked, trying to sound as normal as possible. "After all, Kouga's on his break and--"
"No." Sesshoumaru bluntly stated. "What makes you think that she'll actually talk to you? Besides, Kouga's experienced with interrogations."
Inuyasha did not respond for the mere fact that if he did, his brother would probably become suspicious of his sudden interest in the girl.
Seeing that his younger brother had nothing more to say, Sesshoumaru sat upright in his chair and propped both of his elbows on top of the desk. "Give Kouga my orders, then report back to your post."
Inuyasha just nodded his head, while keeping a straight face. He then exited his brother's study to go find Kouga.
Sesshoumaru just continued to sit in his chair, deep in thought. 'Hmm, a young half-demon girl... I wonder if that's possibly the daughter of father's old friend...'
Seeing the disturbed look on his Lords' face, Jaken carefully hobbled over to the desk. "My Lord, is something the matter?" He concernly asked.
"Jaken, bring me the profile of a past employee named Dr. Higurashi." Sesshoumaru orderly stated.
"Dr. Higurashi?" Jaken asked sounding surprised. "Wasn't that man a close friend of your father's?"
"Yes." Sesshoumaru plainly stated. "I have a feeling that that half-demon girl is his daughter."