LS:Hey-o, my friends! I'm on my 6th chappie!!!! Whoo-hooo!!!!!
CR:rolls eyes and smacks LS with a ......hockey stick?
LS:OW!!! Hey, this is my buddy and one of my beta-readers, Cassandra Raven!!!!
CR:waves Hey, my HP stories will be updates ASAP!!!!
Kharl:Oh, is this the girl that was over earlier?
LS:Yup!
Kharl:Can I turn her into a demon?
CR:sweatdrop Uh, that would be a NO!!!!!
Kharl:EEP!!hides behind couch on the stage
CR:You males are all weak and can't even stand up to a female.rolls eyes
all male muses, readers, buddies and authors glare
Sess:You are very strange.kisses LS's cheek hello
LS:Took ya long enough, where were you?
Spit:Trying to kill me!!!
all rolls eyes
LS:On with the story!!!!!!!
Kagome ripped off her uniform as soon as she walked in to the hotel room. Changing into black shorts and a forest green bikini, she grabbed a towel, sunscreen, and her wallet and cell-phone, threw it all into a bag, and walked out the door. Meeting InuYasha and Miroku in the hall, they all took the elevator to the lobby. Sango, Kyomi, and Shippo all sat there, ready to go.
"Wait, are we forgetting anything?"Kyomi asked suddenly.
"Uh, I don't know." Kagome said.
"Maybe it was InuYasha's brain," said Miroku, chuckling,"I think he left it in the hotel room."
"Ha, ha, Miroku," said InuYasha sarcastically, "But your humor is waaay third grade."
"Can we PLEASE leave?"begged Kagome," I do have very few hours left here, you know."
"Not on my watch," said a girl from the doorway.
She had the same bright red hair as Shippo, bright blue eyes, and light, freckled skin. She was tall, and wore a wicked smile. She wore a green halter top and a pair of black Dickies. She wore a pair of black flip-flops, and her long hair was braided.
"Hey, Kit." Said Kagome happily, running to hug her partner.
"Hey, Kag-chan," Kit said, returning to the tight embrace,"It's been a while since we've actually had a mystery to solve."
"Has boss-man agreed for it to be just us?"
"Reluctantly,"she said, snorting, "but with our influence, he agreed."
"Sis,"Shippo cried, running towards his sister.
"Hey, wild child," Kit said, scooping up her baby brother.
"I miss you sooooo much." He said ," Why are you always gone?"
"I'm working, kiddo," she said quietly,"You know my job is demanding."
Kagome walked over to InuYasha and leaned against him. He smiled and wrapped an arm around her waist, nuzzling her softly, taking in her freesia and plumera scent. She turned and nuzzled her face into his toned chest, taking in his scent of ocean and sand. They couldv'e stayed like that for hours, were it not time to head out.
Walking down the same way they had the night before, Kit and Kagome talked about the ghost and what she had said that night. InuYasha kept his arm around her waist, while the others chatted happily behind them. Suddenly, Kagome stopped, Kit right behind her.
"Hiroku?" she said softly.
Hiroku had changed. His once green streaked hair was now an almond brown. His fun-loving punker-goth style had given way to plain colored t-shirts and denim jeans. But what disturbed Kagome and Kit the most was that he had his arm slung around Kikyo's waist.
"Hello, Kagome,"he said with a smirk.
"Why do you talk to the stupid bitch, ,Hiroku,"she whined,"don't we have better things to do?"
"We will, Kikyo," he said, "So, still hanging out with the rejects Kagome? You have a much better potential."
"Well, sorry, I don't turn my back on who I am."Kagome responded testily.
"That's too bad, Kagome-chan," he said, almost pitying," Things might have been easier for you."
"It's Commander Higurashi to you, "she said with an icy glare, before walking away.
They all walked away, not looking and not speaking, until they were away. Kit held a worried look towards Kagome, but it was InuYasha who spoke up.
"Kagome?"
She turned to him, but instead of speaking again, he held her close to him, as they continued to walk. She smiled up at him, and he smiled down at her. But under his black ball cap, his ears twitched toward the group they had just passed. He couldn't hear them well, but he heard Kagome's name mentioned a number of different times.
"Um, Kagome?"said Kit, poking her shoulder.
"Yeah," she said, turning to her.
"Is this the place?" she said, pointing to the store hidden into the corner.
She nodded and walked towards the door of the shop. When she touched the handle of the door, she felt a cold chill race up her spine. But, ignoring her gut instincts, she opened the door and walked in anyways.
Naraku, evil looking as ever, walked up to them and gave them the same speech as before. But, this time, he inched closer to Kagome, sliding his arms closer to hers. She took a few steps away, but he inched closer, until Kagome walked over to Kit, who was watching him with a glare. He glared at her back, but walked over to the desk, waiting for a buy.
"I'll distract him while you look around the back," Kit whispered, leaning closer to Kagome and InuYasha.
Kagome nodded, and grabbed InuYasha's hand, leading him towards the door, as Kit walked towards Naraku.
When they heard an argument break out over a price, they dashed into the back, and began looking around. Kagome walked by crates of herbs shipped from around the world, boxes of rare and semi-precious gems from countries she hadn't even heard of, and wrapped plastic bags of natural and unnatural things.
InuYasha walked the other way. He came upon boxes nailed shut, with the writing 'FRAGILE' on them. He also saw weapons in a far corner. Grabbing Kagome by the arm, he led her towards them. He looked over them, but Kagome found something very important.
It was a medium-sized dagger, with a beautifully intricate handle, covered in old blood.
Kagome looked at InuYasha, before throwing the dagger in her bag and dashing out of the back, InuYasha behind her.
Kit, Kagome, InuYasha, and Miroku sat around a table that night, a bowl of Ramen in front of them, five cards in each hand. Each refused to show a facial expression.
"Pair of king," Kagome said, laying down her cards.
"Pair of Deuces,"said Miroku, laying his cards down.
"Line of Hearts,"said InuYasha, laying them down.
"Haha HA!" exclaimed Kit," All four aces, Baby!!!"
"Damn," InuYasha muttered, taking a slurp of Ramen.
Miroku rolled his eyes, before moving over to let Sango in to play. Kagome shook her head, but got up and walked to her bag, and took the dagger out, tossing it to Kit. She snatched the blade, and laid it down on the table.
"Is this what he used?" asked Kagome, to, seemingly, no one.
Suddenly, the ghost appeared, nodding emphatically.
"Thought so, "she mumbled incoherently.
The ghost floated to the blade and pointed to something stuck to the hilt. There, inside a jasmine flower design, was a piece of green cloth wedged between one flower and the next.
Many of the people were still in shock at the ghost appearing, but the ones that weren't gasped in surprise. The green piece of cloth was covered in blood, exactly like the woman's dress.
Kagome, wearing a pair of rubber gloves, put the dagger in a baggie and labeled in Evidence A.
Thje ghost suddenly looked frustrated, until Kagome handed her a piece of paper and a Sharpie. The ghost began writing furiously.
'I had a daughter that looked almost like you, but with green eyes.'
"What was her name?" Kit asked, smiling.
'Geneviv Heidi'
"That's my mother...."Kit trailed off.
"This mystery has just taken on a whole new level," said Kagome.
Suddenly, a knock at the door snapped everyone away from the task at hand. Kagome started towards it, but was pulled back by Miroku. InuYasha went to the door, and opened it gradually. Standing in the doorway was a sobbing Kikyo and her friends.
Kagome ran towards the door, catching Kikyo before she collapsed.
"What happened," Kagome demanded.
"T-t-t-there w-was this-this-THING, h-hanging in m-m-my room."she managed to stutter out, "I d-d-don't know I-if it's h-human."
Kagome's eyes widened, before she dashed out and down the hall. Wrenching open the door, she looked around, until she found a desparately mutilated body, almost unrecognizable, handing from a bar in Kikyo's closet. It was beaten, bloodied, and hanging from a piece of rope. The head was nowhere to be seen.
Until Kagome turned around. Nailed to the wall was Hiroku's bloody head.
Ls:Whoa! Creepy. Remember, next chapter is InuYasha's point of view.
Sess:Why am I not in this fic?
LS:Because you and me need some time together, for once. And you're beta-reading until Cass get's home.
Spit:Which will be soon, since she lives about 5 minutes driving time away.
Kharl:She would've made a nice bear youkai.
ALL:Shut up, Kharl.