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"Damn scrolls!!!"

Inuyasha's ears twitched as he listened to the heiress curse again in the past ten minutes. He sighed, propping himself up on the branch he had been laying on for the past two hours.

The past couple of weeks had been, well, boring. Kagome had done nothing but research and study the ancient scrolls that were found in the shrine's old storage room, driving Inuyasha insane. It was the same routine everyday: wake up, eat, watch Kagome work, eat, watch Kagome work, nap, eat, watch Kagome work, sleep.

Raking a hand through his hair, he pushed himself off the trunk he had been lounging against. "Find anything new?"

He looked down, the branch was sitting on directly above the heiress. Sitting still for the whole day was excruciatingly frustrating, but he knew better than to leave the woman by herself. They still haven't found the person responsible for all the attempted assassinations.

Kagome clenched her teeth, turning her head upwards as she glared at the peering hanyou. "What do you think?" she snapped, fixating her gaze back upon a certain scroll she was examining for the 7th time.

The hanyou rolled his eyes, her short temper considered normal these days. Everytime he suggested a break, she either yelled, glared, or threatened to cut down the branch he was sitting on. "I don't have time for breaks!" she would always say.

Laying flat on his stomach, he let his leg dangle lazily off the limb. "Maybe you should look at a different scroll," he drawled, enjoying the angry threats that were sent his way. Better than sitting in silence . . .

The miko sighed in exhasperation. "Are you that bored, Inuyasha?" she gritted, gripping the pen she held around her fingers tightly.

"Damn right I am," the body guard retorted. "I've been bored ages, you stupid woman."

Throwing her pen aside, she leaned back into the stone seat, letting her head dangle backwards as she met a golden gaze. "Awww, wittle baby is bored," she said saracstically.

"Shut up," Inuyasha barked, shifting his body and leaping down to the ground, his face inches away from her upside down one. "I've been going insane at this damn Shrine, watching you work day in and day out with these stupid scrolls," he hissed, his eyes burning into hers. "Tell me one thing you've found new in the past week."

Kagome stared up at his blazing his eyes, his golden pools fueled by insanity. "You're crazy," she whispered, jerking her head back into it's upright position. Inuyasha watched in amazement as she reached over, picked up the discarded pen, and began reading the scrolls again.

Inuyasha groaned. "C'mon, Kagome! Let's go do something . . . go out to eat, take a drive, go skinny dipping . . . ANYTHING!!!! Let's just get out of here!"

Sighing, the heiress propped her head up on her hand. "No," she said exhaustedly, staring up at him with weary eyes. "I have to finish this."

Inuyasha eyed her critically for a moment, before stalking off in the direction of the storage house. "Stubborn woman," he muttered, disappearing behind the building.

Shaking her head, Kagome scratched her ear, turning back to her work.

The Bone Eater's Well was mainly used for the disposal of demon's bones. Believing to have supernatural powers, the well would discard the bones in time . . .

"Ugh, I read this already," the heiress mumbled disgustedly. She flipped over the page, turning to another scroll.

December 1096 - The children are enjoying the newly-fallen snow, as I begin to oversee the sickness that has befallen the village. There have been no recent attacks on the village, but I fear that our period of peace shall end. I feel the aura of evil . . . I just hope Midoriko is strong enough to hold the barrier.

"Midoriko?" Kagome reread the entry of one of the ancient mikos of the past. "That's the name of the woman Jii-chan is always . . ."

"Ahem."

The heiress looked up into the scowling face of Inuyasha. In his arms were dozens of scrolls, all of which were connected to the Bone Eater's Well. Kagome grimaced at the mountain of paper. "I was going to get to those," she said slowly.

"Yeah, well," Inuyasha muttered, dropping the scrolls in front of her as he took a seat. "I figured that if I helped you, the sooner I can be put out of my misery. So what do I do, wench?"

Kagome smiled, grateful for the hanyou's help. "Just read, and if you find anything concerning the well, tell me," she instructed, watching as the dog demon picked up a random scroll and began reading.

Turning back to the scroll she had been reading, she was disappointed to find that the entry concerning Midoriko was the last one. Muttering a curse under her breath, she grabbed another scroll that Inuyasha had taken from the storage.

Kagome unrolled the parchment, quickly skimming the dates. Finding nothing, she threw the roll aside and dug again into the pile of paper.

As she searched, her companion caught her eye. Inuyasha was reading a particular scroll, a look of pure concentration on his face. His tongue stuck out, his eyebrows knitted into a frown as his golden eyes roamed the page.

Watching him, the heiress couldn't help but giggle. He looks so cute like that . . .

"What's so funny?"

The miko bit her lip as she felt his gaze upon her once again. "Nothing, nothing," she dismissed, still smiling.

Raising an eyebrow, Inuyasha shrugged and turned back to the page. Weird woman . . .

Kagome finally pulled out a scroll, groaning as she realized it was a rather large one. Unrolling the parchment, she frowned as she found the paper blank.

"What in the world?" Kagome unrolled more of the paper, only to find more empty space. "This is strange . . ."

Suddenly, two pieces of paper fell from the scroll as she continued to unravel it. Curious, Kagome reached down and picked up the papers. The material appeared to be new . . . modern even.

Unfolding one paper, she found the paper to be similar to that of regular printer paper. She was even more surprised to see writing on it.

I regret everything . . . I messed up everything . . . I have failed . . .

"What'd you find?" Inuyasha asked, his eyes now fixed upon the woman.

"I'm not sure," Kagome mumbled, picking up the other piece of paper that had fallen. It was a rather old newspaper clipping. "Higurashi Shojiro Dies In Car Accident," the heiress whispered aloud.

Inuyasha cocked an eyebrow. "Higurashi . . . Shojiro? Is that a relative of yours or something?" he noticed the rather pale tint Kagome had now taken.

"He . . . he was my father . . ." Kagome mused, her eyes unfocused and far away.

"Father?" the hanyou suddenly remembered an encounter 3 weeks ago with some woman at the ice cream parlor shop. He quickly stood and walked over to the heiress, where he squeezed her shoulder, seeing the pain on her face.

"May I see that?" he asked gruffly but gently, slowly prying the aged paper out of her trembling hands. Taking one more glance at the woman, he scanned the newspaper article.

Higurashi Shojiro, son of Higurashi Seiji of Higurashi Enterprises, died late last night in a fatal car accident. Higurashi-san, age 34, leaves behind a wife and two young children . . .

Inuyasha frowned at the article. As he scanned further down, he noticed that there were no more details of the accident. This is way too skimmpy to be a credible report . . . especially for a fatal accident . . .

Without moving his eyes away from the paper, he placed his hand on Kagome's shoulder and squeezed.

I have a feeling that maybe that lady in the ice cream shop knew something . . . knew something concealed to the public . . . but what, and why?

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AU: omg, I'm super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super super sorry that it took so long!!!! :clasps hands and bows: please, forgive me!!! I've just been really busy lately . . . this past week has been Week of Prayer at our school, and I'm in the praise band thingy majigger, so I had to play guitar . . . then on tuesday we had our last vball game of the season, and on wednesday I took my drivers license test . . . WHICH I PASSED!!!!

anyways, back to the story . . . just to get a few things straight, there are mini plots circuling beneath the main plot story . . . the main plot is the campaign and the assasinations that are going on . . .and the mini plots . . . well, one of them is of course, the Inuyasha/Kagome romance, and the other is concerning Kagome's father and her family's dark secretive past . . . there's more than meets the eye . . . Oo

again, I'm sorry for taking so long!

Stay tuned!