So, we're backtracking, the tiniest bit, up until InuYasha was about to go in. As you recall (which I'm sure you do) Kagome was hugging Ryou (Most innocently) when InuYasha came in and surprised them. :if you have no idea what I'm talking about, perhaps you should read the previous chapters:
NEW TITLE! Now this piece is known as
THIEF KING MEETS HALF DEMON
EDIT: was being poopy, so I had to reformat this! Sorry about the punctuation from before, hopefully it will be better now.
So, enjoy:
InuYasha climbed up the outside wall and silently opened the window. He had hoped to surprise Kagome, but was shocked to find her not quietly doing her homework, as he had assumed, but hugging a boy. With her eyes closed. Smiling. InuYasha must have gasped because she suddenly looked up.
"Uhhhh, hi InuYasha," she said sheepishly rising slowly from her comforter. "How's it going?" She walked cautiously over to the half-demon who was still standing; mouth agape, staring at Ryou sitting on her bed.
Ryou slowly rose as well
"Who's this?" InuYasha asked gesturing wildly, awakened from his surprised stupor by Ryou's sudden movement
"You've got to understand-" Kagome explained. "He's just a boy friend-I mean a boy…friend-I mean a boy who is a friend-ya'know like a male who's company I enjoy-that sounded wrong-I mean I'm friendly with him-I mean-" Kagome stuttered off.
Ryou peered at the white-haired half-demon from across the room. While he was mildly surprised by the half-demon's hair color, he was shocked at the dog-ears that peered out from within its snowy locks.
/That thing's not human./ Ryou thought.
/No shit, Sherlock. Was it the ears or the fingernails that gave it away for you/Yami scoffed.
InuYasha, meanwhile, was studying the white haired hikari. All the white haired beings he's come into contact with have been demons. There was Sesshoumaru, Hakudoushi, Kanna. He subconsciously connected the two: demons and snowy locks, but this strange mortal didn't seem to have any demon scent. And more than his sight, InuYasha trusted his nose. Still, this human was hugging Kagome. Just like Koga. InuYasha got mad just thinking of that wolf-brained putz. He turned an amber eye toward Ryou. Ryou instantly recognized rage in those eyes.
/Yami! Help me/ Ryou pleaded.
/Fool. Do it yourself/.Yami sneered.
/Please, Yami. Please help me…I'm scared./
/Feh, what else is new? Fine, I'll take over for now, but I expect cooperation in the near future. No more bitching every time I do a job, understand?
Without waiting for his hikari to answer Yami took control. Ryou winced as their spirits passed, causing uncomfortable friction.
/Thank you./ Ryou whispered, retreating into the shadows.
InuYasha did the tinniest of double takes as Ryou's eyes flashed ruby. There was definitely something weird about this kid. Something that made him mad and confused and scared all at the same time. And there was only one way that InuYasha expressed his emotions. He walked over to Bakura and took a swing at him.
Bakura had seen it coming so he leaned back ever so slightly and let InuYasha tap the end of his nose, quite painlessly. For this tactic to work, however, he had to act like he got hit. His hands instantly flew up to his face and he hit the floor.
"Ahhh!" He gasped in false pain.
"SIT! INUYASHA!" Kagome screamed. The half-demon was instantly transported to the floor with a thump.
"What did you do that for?" He yelled at her, pinned to the ground. "I barely touched him!"
"The fact that you hit him- I mean, really-I-" Kagome was so mad she couldn't get her words straight. Bakura used this opportunity of Kagome and InuYasha arguing to slip silently out the door.
"I didn't know who he was!" InuYasha screamed jumping up now that the spell had worn off.
"SIT!" Kagome yelled again, trapping him again.
"WOULD YOU STOP DOING THAT!"
"SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT!"
"Auggggh," InuYasha moaned from the floor.
"Ryou, I'm-" Kagome looked up and noticed that the white-haired hikari was gone. She looked down at InuYasha. "Youyou jerk," her eyes wide with rage, she opened her mouth and was about to utter the words that InuYasha never wanted to hear.
"No, Kagome," InuYasha pleaded. "Please-"
Bakura walked outside holding the bottle of jewel shards between his fingers. "Thanks for the lovely evening, Kagome." He purred to himself. "But I'm afraid that I have to be leaving. I have a prior engagement."
He looked up at her window and spied the two figures shouting. He tried to make out what was being said, but the only thing he could understand was something that sounded like-
/Sit/ Ryou said. /Why is she telling him to sit/
/Damned if I know. Maybe it's a game they play or something./
/Hey, waitaminute.../ Ryou said realizing that Yami was holding something. /Where did you get those/
/They were on the girl./
/Why did you take them/
/Call it a hunch./ Yami snarled. /Now sit down and shut up. We're going on a field trip./ Yami walked slowly down the street. /I gotta see a pharaoh about a stone./
Bakura walked down the street, eager to start his work. He stopped by a side alley where he had stashed his gear and quickly changed into his work-attire: black sweatpants, black turtleneck, and a black knit cap. He would definitely be hard to see in the night hopefully he could use this to his advantage when avoiding the museum guard.
Bakura walked to an apartment building next door to the museum. He tested the knob and found his assumption to be correct: the door was locked.
/Easily remedied./ Yami thought as he pulled out a pouch full of picks and knelt in front of the door. Within seconds the door slid open and Bakura rose and entered the foyer closing the door silently behind him. He went slowly up the stairs trying hard to not make a sound. He reached the door to the roof and eased it open (after of course opening it with his pick set). He approached the edge of the building and visually measured the distance from his position to the roof of the museum. He pulled out a grappling hook (along with an appropriate amount of rope) from his black duffle and aimed carefully. He fired the gun and watched as the hook shot casually across the street, passersby below blissfully unaware of the goings on above them. He secured the end to a near by chimney, sure that the masonry would support his weight. He secured a clip to his harness and the clip to the line. He tested the line by lifting his legs underneath him and hanging above the roof. It would hold if he were to fall.
/Wait, FALL/ Ryou asked panicky. /There is possibility of falling/
/I thought you said that you weren't going to bitch tonight?/
Ryou quieted, but Yami could still sense his unease.
/Look./ he said pointedly. /These clips hold 99 of the time. The hook is firmly planted on the other side, and the end is secured in a thick knot the size of your kidney. We aren't going to have an issue./
/Ok./ Ryou exhaled. /I'll keep silent./
Bakura walked, tensing instantly as he neared the edge. /Now, or never./ he jumped off the edge of the building, free falling for a few feet, but feeling the tug of the rope pull him against gravity. He hung suspended for a few moments enjoying his one and only view of the city.
/This is the life./ Bakura murmured, before he grasped the rope and pulled himself along.
/Yeah./ Ryou said. /It's all swimming pools and movie stars./
/I thought you were taking a vow of silence./ Yami replied snarkily. He reached out and lightly shook Ryou; gently enough not to permanently harm him, but with enough ferocity to make his hikari nauseous. /I'm beginning to miss the quiet./
/Alright./ Ryou caved. /I'll shut up./
By now, Bakura had made it over to the other side and he unclipped himself from the rope. He stiffened immediately sensing technology on the roof. He dropped to the ground and lashed out with the shadow, quickly dismantling the cameras on the roof. He stood up slowly.
/Won't they notice/ Ryou asked lightly.
/I made it appear that it's just interference./
/But all the cameras on the roof/
/So we'll make this a quick job. The cameras were an unforeseen obstacle./
/Aren't you supposed to know everything that goes on during a job?
/I'm beginning to miss the silence again./ Yami extended towards Ryou, but the hikari quickly quieted.
Bakura traveled across the roof and headed towards a skylight. He peered inside and spotted the stone directly to the left of his vantage point. He silently pulled out the cutter and placed the diamond on the glass. He cut a hole big enough for his size and quickly pulled up the glass circle and placed it next to him. Securing a rope to the roof using magnetic handles, he visually measured the distance from his current position and the floor. He subtracted about two feet (better safe than caught) and clipped himself again.
/One more time./ Yami lowered himself into the hole and let it slip up around his shoulders until he was hanging by his fingertips. He let go and fell, closing his eyes as he felt the wind rush past his ears. He opened his eyes as his weight tugged against the rope and it snapped. Looking down, he realized that he was about eight feet above the floor, four feet to the left of the stone. /Perfect../ He released the clip and touched the floor lightly. He already knew there wouldn't be a touch pad, but he had anticipated motion detectors. He reached into his bag and pulled out aerosol spray. He sprayed it liberally, and saw that beams in a two-foot perimeter protected the jewel. Reaching down he grabbed the mirrors he had stashed in his pants pocket. He set them up in a way where the mirrors reflected the beams back at the sensors, creating an opening for him to walk through. As he reached out to touch the glass case, the jewel shards he had taken from Kagome slipped out of his backpack.
/Shit!/ Yami thought, seeing the jar fall almost in slow motion. With cat-like reflexes he swooped his arm away from the case and caught the jar two inches from the ground. Unfortunately, two inches from the ground was were the beam had been relocated. Instantly, a shrill alarm went off and Bakura could hear dogs barking. /Double shit!/
He smashed the case open with his elbow and grabbed the stone.
/Well, I guess there's no more point in being sneaky./
/Shut up, fool./ Yami said quickly stuffing the jar of jewel shards and the stone into his pack.
/Shouldn't you have foreseen this coming/
/SHUT up, fool./ Yami reached for the rope just as a Doberman rounded the corner. "Good doggie," he said gently.
/I guess you didn't plan for this either./
/SHUT UP FOOL!/ He reached into his bag and pulled out a piece of beef jerky. /That'll do./ With one hand he threw the jerky at the dog and with the other he re-clipped himself to the rope and began to climb. The dog ignored the jerky and shot directly for the tomb raider.
/I guess he's a vegetarian./
Bakura scrambled up the rope and landed on the roof. He ran towards the edge and jerked. The rope he had used earlier had come untied. He looked down and smirked.
/Bakura.../ Ryou asked, sensing his Yami's sneer. He realized what the tomb-raider was contemplating. /NO/
But his cry was too late. Yami jumped off the edge of the building plummeting down six flights. He grabbed a flagpole to slow down his speed and felt his shoulder pop.
/Damn./ He clenched his teeth. That was going to hurt in the morning. Good thing he wasn't going to be in charge. He used his slowing momentum to drop again landing on a bunting. He bounced on the pinstripe covering and slid the remaining eight feet to the ground. Grabbing his shoulder, he grunted and ran into a dark alley.
/Damn, damn, damn./ He quickly popped his shoulder back into it's socket and cried out. "Augghhh. That hurt like the seven hells."
"Hey! YOU!" A voice behind him yelled. "STOP!"
Yami took off running down the alley and hopped over a dumpster. He mounted the fence and ran taking a sharp right then left then right again, his pursuers hot on his trail. He took another left down an alley and turned around, facing his trackers. He looked at the guards and summed them up. One was a stocky middle-aged man, the other a young lean buck; they were both museum guards, and therefore both adversaries.
As the two closed the distance the stocky one spoke, "Just hand over what ever you took, and we won't have to hurt you."
Yami threw his head back and laughed. "You? Hurt me? You couldn't even touch me if you wanted to."
The young guard tensed. This cat had a weird high-pitched voice and ruby eyes covered by white hair. He was no ordinary thief. "Who are you?" He asked his voice suddenly hoarse.
"I am a thief and a stealer of souls." Somehow he was able to look into both their eyes at the same time. "And tonight I'm hunting. If you leave now, your soul will remain intact. But if you stay and fight, you will wander forever, soulless and lonely for the rest of your days."
"Mardie?" The young one said, calling out to his companion.
"It's okay, Allen, " Mardie said as he approached Bakura. "Look here, Looney…" That was all he got out as Bakura quickly punched him in the gut and gave him a swift jab to the base of the skull, instantly knocking him unconscious.
"Come here, Allen," Bakura said waggling his finger. "Let me show you what happens to mortals who don't listen to their elders."
Allen turned stark white and ran the opposite direction.
/Well, at least he'll have an interesting story to tell his friends./
/What about the other guy/ Ryou asked, concerened.
/This fool guard? He'll have a hell of a headache, but no permanent damage./
Yami snaked down the dark street still clutching his shoulder. He quickly turned onto the main street and pulled the hat down around his ears to try and hide his hair. He shoved his hands into his pockets and hunched over, blending seamlessly into the crowd of home-late-workers.
/I'm beat./ He said.
He approached his apartment and opened the door with his key. He had a room on the second level and climbed the stairs, each step feeling like 600 steps and each stair feeling like 600 stairs. He finally made it to his room and, after unlocking his door and stepping in, he fell to the floor, absolutely exhausted.
TBC
AHHAHAHAAA! That was fun. I'm sorry, but I know nothing and that's a BIG NOTHING about thieving, so I just made it up like it was in the movies. I hope you enjoyed.
Thanks to everyone for reviewing, you don't know what kind of joy it gives me to check my mail now! Same rules apply for this chp, so reviewness.