I do not own Inu-yasha.

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Yello alls! It's candysweet again with another of her fanfics. Yes, there are numerous ones, aren't they::looks at all of her fanfics: God, and they're still coming... Anywoo! Welcome to I'd Like to Believe It! This is an AU like the summery said. The funny thing is, I really don't like AUs, but I write so many of them... Sigh. Oh well. And yeah... Well, the title of this story is just one I thought up on the dot, so it kinda sucks. Plus it's a title of this Inu-chan thing I made... Oh well. Just read the damn thing!

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Chapter One

Shogi Ie

He sighed. Another day of just walking around. Nothing to comfort him. Sometimes he just wished that he had something to do. He smirked. Someone to do would be better. Actually, he really didn't care. Relationships weren't something he was really used to. The last one had ended in screaming and pain.

He never wanted to go through that again. It was a hassle. Trying to keep everyone happy. He was much better on his own. No one to hold him down.

He punched the air almost enthusiastically. He sighed again and finally pulled himself off the ground from under the sakura tree. It would of been better to sleep in the tree. The ground wasn't all that comfortable. But a nice tree branch...that was much different.

"Whelp. Better start out," he said to no one in particular. That was the downside. Being alone. You were lonely...and sometimes...the nights were really long...and cold. He shook his head. It didn't matter. Look to the future, eh? Wasn't that what everyone was saying?

He started out on the trail, carrying nothing with him. All he owned was the clothing he wore. Oh yes, and a vocabulary made up of mainly "naughty" words. Words that would send a child to the corner if they said them. He mentally slapped himself for being weird. Again.

His clothing consisted of black jeans and a white tank top. Over that, he wore a black leather jacket. He had chucks as well. Black. He didn't like the bright colors like orange and pink and green and...red. What a strain to remember the colors he had seen.

He mentally slapped himself again. He was too weird.

He looked up and spotted the town coming into view. Good. He could go for some food. He spotted a large wooden sign. He shrugged and went inside. He stopped as soon as he saw what was inside. Women with kimono on. He growled to himself. There were only two kinds of people that wore kimonos in Japan anymore. Royalty and shogi. This was obviously a shogi house. He didn't like the idea of shogi. It was barbaric.

He went to the front desk.

"Oh, hello Mister, would you like to see the women now?"

He thought for a second. "Yes. I would." If he could find out how this building worked...he could burn it down.

"Down that hall. When you've found one you like, just report it to the front desk," she said with a brilliant smile. He really wanted to smack her.

He strolled down the aisle, seeing how all of the women flinched. He glared at nothing in particular. They were being held in cages. He knew humans were nothing but beasts. Driven by greed and lust. He despised them.

He stopped at one when he saw she didn't flinch. She didn't do anything except stare past him. Entirely numb. "Oi."

She looked up at him. "Oh." She stood up. "I'm sorry."

"Feh. I'm not here for that kind of thing. What do you think I am?"

She looked at him calmly. "Your ears say demon, your aura says half."

He raised an eyebrow. Obviously this one was a miko. "Hey. Do you know this place well?"

She nodded. "I've lived here for awhile."

"Good then. What's your name?"

She shrugged. "We aren't allowed to tell you. They can tell you though."

He growled. "That has to be the most idiotic thing I've ever seen." He went up to the front desk. "Yeah, that one." He pointed at the girl he had been talking to. "What's her name?"

"That would be Kagome Higurashi. You're not allowed to tell her though."

"Why not?" he asked.

"Because if they run away... It's just disastrous." The woman shook her head. "Here's the key to her cage. It's also the cage to the room. It's the same number as her cage." She handed him a small key.

"Yeah, whatever." He went over to Kagome's cage and opened it. "Come on." He lead her to a room. 389. He opened the door and looked at her. "Come on." He went in.

She blinked, but followed him in, closing the door behind them gracefully. It was a paper door, but science had made it so that the paper was as strong as wood, therefore, it could have a lock on it. Kagome sat on her legs, bowing down low to him, her arms out in front of her, bent at the elbows ever so slightly that her forearms were in front of her.

"I told you I wasn't here for that," he said. "Sit up."

She did as he told and stared downcast.

"So then, if someone was to...start a fire or something, where would the best place to be to get everyone out first?"

Kagome looked up at him. "You're surely not going to- I'm sorry, sir, I shouldn't of spoken out of line." Her eyes went back down.

"Cut the manners crap. What would work on this building?"

Kagome sighed. "There is a back door. It's only glass. I'm sure you could get through that quietly? After that, you have to go to the front desk. They leave all the keys there. There's no way you're getting through the iron cages without a sound without those keys. Unlock all the girls and let them out through the back door. Then you should go to the front desk again and start the fire behind it. No one but a few guards and the shogi live here, so you shouldn't worry. And the guards are pretty pathetic. They fall asleep by twelve from drinking sake. They shouldn't make you worry. The shogi house closes down at nine, and all the patrons have to be out, to make sure that all the girls are here. The best time to start evacuating is around twelve ten. It'll take about twenty minutes, ten to get them all out, and ten to let them all run to safety. Then you can start the fire. And that's all it takes. Oh, yes. You would want to start a fire in the back too. That way, the house would be taken out by the time the fire department got around. Oh yes, wear gloves and put everything back to the way it was. If all goes right, they'll just think that a fire started and everyone inside died. That means you'll have to slide a credit card through the glass door, put all the keys back, and shut all the doors after you. Think you can do that?"

He blinked and then smirked. "I can do that."

"Oh, and sir?"

"Uh, yeah?"

"What's your name?"

He scoffed. "It doesn't matter."

"Well, you're doing this wonderful thing for me and my sisters, I would have just liked to know your name, so when I get back home...I can put in an offering to Buddha in your name."

"Feh. Stop being such a fool."

Kagome's eyes went down to the floor once again. "Yes sir."

He stood up and opened the door. "Think you can handle a couple of hours? Or would it go crazy in your mind and make you tell the others?"

"No sir. I can handle it."

"Good. 'Cause I don't want a stupid girl to ruin it."

"You never told me your reason."

"Do I need one?" He started walking away. Kagome stood up quickly and followed after. He made sure that she was back in her cage and then gave the front desk the key again.

Now he just had to wait.

He hated waiting.

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Yes, very short, leave me alone!