Summary: Is it a wonder how she never gets caught? The night life is her specialty, especially when she's on the prowl... 23- year-old Kagome Higurashi has spent the last nine years of her life searching for the ultimate steal. But her latest mission of retrieving two of the rarest jewels, the Hope Diamond and the Star of the East, has led her to uncover a dark secret, tied to a confidential file in a warehouse/government base. Now, the secret she has uncovered must be kept and protected while turning away from her life's mission, in order to save the people she cares about most. The devious, dark dealings and the uncovering of her now-needed secret identities are a must avoid.

General Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha.

A/N: I hope this suits you guys, whoever is reading this. I can say that this prologue is probably extremely boring, but the end makes it worthwhile. It was necessary to write this or I wouldn't have found the place to start off the first chapter. I hope this is enjoyed!

Eh.. you may skip this if you wish, but you may become confused in some parts later...

Prologue: A Necessary Collection

The lone figure stood silently, watching as the sun set and the moon rose high. It turned its head downward at the quiet jingle of keys turning in a lock; it was closing time. Far down below, it watched as a security guard locked the door and walked at a steady pace to a nearby beat up '81 Chevrolet Impala and slowly climb in. It turned its attention back down to the entrance doors as the man drove off into the darkened roads. Crouching down, it listened for the sounds of activity emanating from the building.

It was time to act.

Standing up swiftly, the person reached up to its head and pulled on a string, releasing the previously confined shock of midnight-black hair. Pulling down the bandana once covering its eyes, the figure replaced it with a simple yet elegant eye mask. Stretching its arms stiffly above its head, its hair blew around with the slight breeze, showing off the figure of a young woman. She cracked her neck and gracefully stepped onto the ledge of the building's roof. Reaching into one of the small pouches at her waist and pulling out an object akin to a gun, she slowly lifted her arms in alignment with her vision. This is too easy; just like archery…

Pulling on the trigger, a grappling hook shot out of the barrel. It sailed silently across the street-way and clamped onto the roof entrance of the office building. Phase one: complete… Releasing the remaining rope from the barrel, the young woman moved to tie it around a pole that was stabbed through the roof of the warehouse. After the rope was secure, she walked back to the ledge and jumped off, grabbing the rope and swinging downward before swinging effortlessly back up and landing in a perch. Standing without a care in the world, the young woman turned to walk the rope along the expanse of road-width. Phase two: complete, she chanted silently as she moved across.

Upon reaching mere feet away from the edge of the office building, she took off into a light sprint and leapt up to do an air-somersault, landing on the roof of the office. Phase three: a breeze…

Without a word, the woman moved toward the roof entrance, her cat suit making no sound. She stopped when she saw the card key lock, and paused to think carefully. With a sly smile plastered onto her face, she reached down into the belt around her waist in another pouch, this time one smaller than the one which had been holding her clamp gun. In a movement of victory, she pulled out a card key attached to a wired cord and keypad. Sliding the card key into the slot, she let it rest in the center and began fervently typing in codes. Three tries later, a discreet beeping sound could be heard. Phase four: complete! She thought with a smile.

The girl stood up straight and slid the equipment back into her belt as the metal sliding door opened. Stealthily running inside, she traveled down hallways, turning corners left and right. Stopping at a four-way intersection suddenly, she whipped out a small hand-held device. Really… all of my equipment is starting to look the same! My digital hand-held map looks just like my palm pilot… She found her location, found her destination, and quickly put it away before taking off at a steady sprint around the right corner. Making another right and then two lefts, the young woman came to an abrupt halt at a metal door with some intricate blue design engraved in it.

She resisted the urge to roll her eyes at their idiocy. Could they make it any more obvious to her goal?

Turning to stare blankly at the key code pad next to the door, she thought of other faster ways to break it. Her skills with her code scanner weren't fast enough for her tastes. She needed to get the job done as soon as possible; but she didn't have time to find an alternate device in all her gear, so she grabbed her code scanner and slid the faux key into the slot and began typing. Two tries this time was all it took to get the door to open, and the woman silently praised her skills.

Now she knew this was where it would get tough. There were security cameras stationed everywhere, and in areas lacking in cameras, there were tough-looking guards replacing them. It wouldn't stop her though. She needed to get that jewel; it was her primary goal, but she also wanted the other. It was just too rare to pass up.

The Hope Diamond…

And it's accomplice, the Star of the East.

When she was younger, approximately seven years ago, she had gone after those two rare gems. Unfortunately, she had screwed up royally; she let the police get on her trail. She had almost gotten to the jewels when she had set off an alarm that she hadn't noticed and deactivated. She had to leave them in their broken cases and escape before she was caught. Luckily, she knew what she was doing, and there was no trace when she left.

So the location of the jewels had been secretly moved to this location, and they were replaced by fakes. She had thought it was so simple, but there were inaccessible files on the jewels in the office's mainframe, and upon her searching she found a restricted file that she managed to break open. That file contained so much valuable information on major competing businesses and illicit corporations that she couldn't turn down. Now she was going all out tonight.

Sneaking past the guards and cameras, the young woman finally made her way to the vault in the center of a bare, infrared-secured room. She quickly stuffed her code scanner back into her pouch again and crouched low, bracing her hands on either side of her on the floor. In less than a second she launched her body upwards into a frontal somersault and landed effortlessly on her right foot. Without hesitation, she did three more in the direction of the vault, avoiding the infrared beams easily.

The young woman went straight to work on the vault door, taking out a diamond-cutting knife as well as a glass-cutting knife. When she couldn't find one of her decoders, she began digging determinedly; when she found it, she 'eep'ed in happiness. She was just too close.

Working on the vault door, and then patiently the glass vault, she silently prayed to God that she wouldn't screw up. She couldn't afford to; she needed these in her collection. A slight squeal of triumph was released when she successfully got through the small diamond vault surrounding the two accessories.

With her black-gloved hands she reached in and pulled out the necklaces that would become her most treasured possessions, wrapped them in cellophane wrap and pushed them gently inside one of the belt's pouches. Digging through another pouch, she pulled out a bright red rose in full bloom. Perfect. She laid it down inside the vault's innermost chamber and left the door open.

Her job was done…

Now all she had to do was get out with her jewels. Standing up, she retraced her actions, flipping over the infrareds laying three inches above the steel floor. Once out of the vault room, the young woman moved back through the halls in record time. Pushing the release button, the sliding titanium steel door allowed her pass back onto the roof, and she swung up onto the rope that had been her means of crossing over.

Taking giant leaps across the metal rope, the woman almost lost her footing. She managed to grab the rope before she passed out of grabbing range and swung back up in a perch. She huffed loudly, trying to catch her quickly steadying breath. Standing for the umpteenth time, the girl finished off in two bounds, leaping off and doing another of her somersaults to land on the warehouse roof where she had begun. Grabbing onto the base of the metal pole embedded into the roof that held one end of the metal rope, she yanked until the roof crumbled and the pole came out. Giving a tug on the metallic rope which was still attached to the office roof entrance across the street, it came flying back with a snap and she caught it deftly in her hand.

When everything was put away securely, she sprinted across the warehouse roof and leapt over alleyways, somersaulting, and catapulting to escape to safety in the dark of night. When she reached the roofs of buildings in the center of the city, she crouched down to rest. It had been a long day…

Making one last leap, the young woman slid through an open window to a large and spacious living room, decorated lavishly. She unclipped her belt and backpack, letting them fall precariously to the floor. Pulling off the eye mask, she tossed it onto the long, rounded beige sofa as she moved toward it to seat herself. As she propped her feet up on the coffee table and leaned her head back, a ringing sound went off. Startled, the woman looked up and at a nearby light stand table where an inconspicuous silver flip phone sat.

She ran over to it to answer it, flipping it open and saying hello. Quickly her expression changed from bored and exasperated to slightly pleasant and exasperated.

"Yes, InuYasha… no I just got in. I know and I'm sorry I couldn't come with you tonight, but you had Miroku and Sango with you…" She paused to listen to his ranting.

"I was at a club myself. I just didn't feel like going with you guys! It never hurts to go out on my own every once in a while! Stop being so stubborn…" She began pacing after the young man, InuYasha, said something.

"W-what… club was I at? The Elite. You… went there? Well obviously you wouldn't have seen me; I was in one of their private back rooms with a friend…"

"Don't give me that shit! You know I'm not like that! This accusation isn't fair! It's late InuYasha; I don't want to discuss this now. I'll talk to you tomorrow afternoon… Okay, good night, InuYasha…"

With that she hung up, placed the phone back on the side table and walked to pick up her bags before walking away.

C&M

In a building mere streets away, sat the figure of a young man on a plush, red bed. Moonlight was cast through the window into the darkened room, illuminating the silver hair and adding an ethereal glow to his amber-gold eyes. He glared resolutely down into the cordless phone he held, silently cursing himself. He still hadn't figured out why she went out some nights partying with him and their two friends, but on other nights would go out on her own. She was a mystery to him.

"Kagome…"

A/N: Tell me what you think.