Different Sides of the Track

Chapter 21: Many Meetings and Family Bonding

As soon as InuYasha left Ayame's apartment, he headed straight over to Sesshomaru's, a good twenty minutes away…Well if one was following the speed limit…InuYasha got there in about five minutes. Getting out of his convertible and locking the door, InuYasha sighed. He wasn't sure exactly what he was going to tell Sesshomaru.

On the one hand, he had a commitment to his family, and besides, he loved that old sword his father kept around the house. He was NOT going to let Naraku have it.

But that meant fighting Kagome…another thing he did not want to do. He knew she was a powerful miko, and he knew that she needed to do this job to stay in good graces with Naraku. But he couldn't just sit by idly and let her steal from him…

With his mind made up he walked up the pathway to the little house, how Sesshomaru had landed a house like this in Tokyo was beyond InuYasha's imaginations' thinking level. But the brute had pulled it off as a surprise-wedding gift to Rin. He rang the doorbell and said wife answered the door not two second later, firmly latching on to her lovely brother in law.

"Inuyasha! It's so good of you to stop by! I never get to see you, always busy with that job of yours! Do come in! Sessy will be down in a minute, he's just getting out of the shower, and we had a little romp shortly before you arrived…"

Inuyasha stuck out his tongue.

"Rin, I'd really rather not hear about my older brother's sex life…please."

Rin just giggled and led InuYasha into the kitchen. She sat him down at the table and poured him a cup of coffee. She added cream and sugar to it, and then set it down in front of him.

"Thanks Rin."

"Making my wife make you food brother? How extremely rude."

InuYasha glared at the tall figure leaning in the doorway. He stuck out his tongue at him and flipped him his middle finger. Rin laughed at the two's antics and went to stand next to her husband.

"Sesshomaru we've got a serious problem. You know that little heist Naraku has planned?"

Sesshomaru didn't respond but just nodded his head.

"Well Kagome is gonna be pulling it off. I don't know if it's a solo job or not, but her miko powers are exceptional and I don't know if Fathers' current security system alone can stand up against her. Especially if she has help."

Sesshomaru sighed and rested a lazy head on Rin's shoulder. The women stayed quiet, not liking to deal with the matter s of her husband's work.

"Well I guess we'll just have to be there to stop her wont we? We don't have a choice in the matter, seeing as Father is requiring us to stop the heist."

"What about what Naraku wants? He wont be happy if we stop one of his plans."

"We'll just have to not worry about that. The heist is tonight right? We'll meet at father's at six-"

"I can't. Kagome, Shippo and I are going to go to dinner and see a movie Shippo wants to see. But at least we know she won't be up to anything if I'm watching her. I'll just tell her that I have a job I have to do after the movie, and I'll beat her to Father's house. Then you and I can get ready for her k?"

Sesshomaru growled at being interrupted then told what to do. Before he could protest though, Rin placed a comforting hand on his and smiled up at him. Sesshomaru sighed and nodded confirmation to InuYasha, who smirked at the couple.

"Well…I'd say you're whipped! But yeah I've gotta go, we're having a little bit of difficulty with the wolf... Ill see you later Rin! Bye bastard…"

InuYasha didn't wait for a responding good bye, just walked out the door throwing a wave over his shoulder. He got to his car and unlocked the door, hopping in and speeding back to Ayame's.

After arriving and heading upstairs, he knocked on the door, which Shippo answered.

"Shippo? Why are you answering Ayame's door? I could have been a stranger.."

"Oh don't scare him InuYasha, he and I both knew that it was you, we can smell you. He just beat me to the door."

Ayame had cleaned herself up in his absence, and it looked as though Shippo had helped her with her hair, which was currently in two high pigtails with a flower in one.

Shippo smiled at his work.

"Look InuYasha! The flower is even from Kouga! She preserved it… I did a good job didn't I? "

InuYasha smiled at the kit and picked him up, setting him on his shoulder.

"Yes it looks great Shippo. You're able to get there on your own right Ayame?"

"Yeah, the bullet train goes straight to Osaka…and I can take a cab from there to the hospital. I think I'll probably try and stay the night in Osaka. Let everyone know that he's ok, but hurt alright?"

InuYasha nodded. He patted Ayame's shoulder awkwardly and headed out with Shippo. They hopped into his convertible and headed towards the restaurant they would be meeting Kagome at. They had reservations for five o'clock, and they would catch Shippo's movie at 7, then he would be off to spend the night with Souta and Mrs. Higurashi.

Meanwhile, Kagome was having one of the most infuriating meetings/ training sessions she had ever had. This Fukushuu chick was one annoying broad! All she wanted to do was train, she wouldn't even listen to Kagome's plan of action, she just simply stated that she already had one and the details would be discussed later.

So the two had headed out to a private training ground of Naraku's and sparred with their miko abilities, to get a feel for each other's aura and prowess. Then they moved on to a real life situation training unit, where real people would attack. Kagome was good at manipulated her powers into weapons, hand-to-hand combat, and detecting sutras and spells. Fukushuu had an uncanny ability to know what was going to come after them and when. She was always prepared for the attackers and knew where to hit to unarm them without any trouble.

The only problem was that she would never tell Kagome when she was going to be attacked! Random foes popped up at the weirdest times, one man even seemed to come out of a tree! But even though Fukushuu obviously had the ability to know where they were, she wouldn't forewarn Kagome. It was really irritating. After about five more minutes of this they were done with the situation, so they walked off the battle field and to the set of benches that were right outside the glass barrier. Kagome sat down and motioned for Fukushuu to follow suit.

Fukushuu hesitantly sat, and watched as Kagome took a long swig from her water bottle. Kagome sighed and turned her head to Fukushuu.

"Have you heard of InuYasha? He's one of Naraku's top employees, and he also happens to be the son of InuTaisho, the man we happen to be stealing from tonight…Do you have any idea as to how bad of a situation this actually is?"

Fukushuu smirked. This girl was afraid of Inuyasha? Did she not know that she could purify him without a bit of resistance?

"It would be a simple task to purify the half breed, Kagome. Honestly I don't see what the problem is."

Kagome glared hard at the girl. She had half a mind to slap the dumb bitch, but manners held her hand in place, though the water bottle did gain a new dent.

"We can't do that because then he would die. Two reasons why that's bad Fukushuu, One, he's the top employee of Naraku and I doubt Naraku would be happy if he dies, and Two, He and I happen to be in love, so there is no way you are going to kill him! Do you understand that?"

Fukushuu stared at the girl. She was in love with InuYasha? As in her Inuyasha? This girl had some imagination to think the Hanyou could honestly move on from her, not even two days ago they had gone on a date! Fukushuu smirked and the innocence this girl possessed, that and the stupidity.

"I understand Kagome. When are we going to meet tonight then?"

"Midnight at the spot. I have to go I have a date."

And with that Kagome stood up and walked out of the building, infuriated. The smirk that that bitch had given her! All she wanted right now was to go to dinner with her little 'family' and watch a movie. The job would wait and Kagome was sure as hell going to enjoy her free time before hand!

She got to her apartment with enough time to take a shower and change/ Grabbing a towel and turning her radio up, she hopped into the shower and let the water soak into her sore muscles. After about 7 minutes of showering, she hopped out and dried herself off. She threw on a pair of black pants that were tight at the waist but loosened considerably by the time they reached the floor. Then she threw her hair up into a messy bun with her blue highlights sticking out everywhere, and a black thank top with blue stars and paint splatters going in a diagonal line across the shirt. She hopped back onto her motorcycle without her helmet and drove to the restaurant, doing the speed limit, surprise.

Almost as soon as she hopped off her bike she was pummeled with the little body she had become accustomed to latching on to her. She smiled and kissed Shippo's cheek, grinning up at the stud that had just walked up to her.

"Hey hottie…You got a date for tonight?"

Inuyasha smirked at her little act, and wink.

"Well I do, but I might just make an excuse with her and go with a gorgeous babe like you…And your little kit."

Shippo stuck out his tongue. They were flirting…

"You guys! That's gross… Can we please just go eat dinner? No more lovey dovey mushy goo goo?"

Kagome and InuYasha chuckled. He grabbed her hand and they started into the restaurant, ignoring the lifted eyebrow given to them by the hostess, which was directed towards Shippo sitting on Kagome's shoulders.

Though Kagome did flip the lady the bird as she walked off to their table. They were seated in a booth in the back, away from everyone else in the restaurant. They spent just about an hour at the restaurant, enjoying being a family. InuYasha pushed all thoughts of everything but Kagome and Shippo to the back of his mind, and, surprisingly enough, that included all his thoughts of Kikyo. As soon as dinner was over they headed off to the movie theatre, which included a bunch of junk food, soda, and Yugi Oh goodness. Well, the latter being enjoyed solely by Shippo. Kagome and InuYasha just held hands and cuddled next to each other.

"Shippo, we can't watch the credits all night you know…It's time to take you to Mama's. Souta and you will have a lot of fun I'm sure, but I have a job to do tonight, as does InuYasha, you know that."

Shippo pouted for a second but then stood up out of his chair, yawning and stretching in the process, InuYasha picked the kit up and set him on his shoulders again. Kagome linked her arm with him as they walked out of the cinema and to their appropriate vehicles. Kagome kissed Shippo goodbye on the cheek one last time, then gave InuYasha one of his own kisses. She then hopped on her motorcycle and headed off to the destined spot for hers and Fukushuu's meeting space. Inuyasha headed straight to the Higurashi manor and dropped off Shippo, after thanking Mrs. Higurashi and promising to return tomorrow morning, he headed to his home, one he hadn't seen in almost 4 years.