Chapter 12: The First Signs of Trouble

Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha. Gods, how many times do I have to say it?

A/N: Okay, I haven't really got much to say except enjoy this chapter. I hope that you won't find it too emotional or whatever. Now, I wonder who this man who rescued Rin is? Let's find out in this chapter. Oh, and by the way, this whole chapter is InuYasha's diary (yes, he keeps a diary in this fanfic, lol).

InuYasha's POV (diary page of the day)

Well, we were all gathered around my laptop searching the websites for information on…THAT guy (I hate saying his name) when I decided to go to the toilet. Unfortunately, Koga was hogging Kagome's and my one, so I went to the toilet in a nearby restaurant.

So I did my stuff, and when I was coming out and in my hotel room corridor when I see a huge figure dart to the corner. My curiosity piqued, I cautiously step towards the corner. When I get there, however, some guy jumps out and gives me the scare of my life-my cursed brother, Sesshomaru!

"What the hell are you doing here?" I curse my brother, using some foul language that I don't think I should put in you just in case someone manages to open you. "What the hell are you doing here?"

"Father dismissed me off to Hawaii. The holidays have started, as you should know," Sesshomaru replies coolly and truthfully, whipping his hands behind his back. I somehow suspected that he was hiding something from me. So I turn to the offensive.

"C'mon, bro, you've got to let me see your hands out in front of you," I say rather sweetly, pretending to go for my brother's hidden hands. "So that I'm reassured that you're relaxed and happy. Mother wouldn't like me to be ignoring this kind of body language."

That's when I see my -brother start to sweat a little. It's been a long time since he's actually sweated out of nervousness. The last time I saw him do that was what-ten years ago?

Finally, Sesshomaru responds by holding his hands out. I hear a faint thud, and I quickly whip around my big bro to see what he was hiding before he can stop me. It's a human girl, with long, black tresses and ragged clothing. She looks pretty, but I'm too shocked to notice. My human-condescending older brother, carrying around a human servant girl? Unbelievable!

"Why Sesshomaru, I never thought that you'd carry around a servant girl!" I smirked evilly. I was giving my own brother a taste of his own medicine.

"And why do you even bother hanging around with two lowly wenches?" Sesshomaru snapped back agitatedly. "Hypocrite!"

"And I think that applies to you too, brother," I replied coolly, enjoying my brother's expression. You didn't get to see this every day.

That was when Kagome (who's not such a bitchy person anymore) came out of the room and looked at us both. "What are you doing?" she asked.

"Oh, this is Sesshomaru, just in case you still don't know," I said, deciding to be nice and not mention his girl. "Anything on Naraku?"

"No, not yet, but Koga has a sneaking suspicion that Naraku might have deleted all his profiles on the computer. We're checking all the recycle bins right now," Kagome replied. "I doubt that we'll find anything."

"Naraku? That name's familiar…oh, him," Sesshomaru sighed. "You idiots brought him back to life, I'm guessing?"

That's when Kagome snapped. This brother was just as bad as his younger brother. "If we hadn't brought him back to life, then you wouldn't have a younger brother." That little statement left Sesshomaru staring at Kagome. Boy, she's good at smart-mouthing sometimes!

But of course, my brother's a smart alec. So I said, just in case he decided to blow Kagome's fuse, "Whatever, let's go inside. The others might have some news for us."

Dear diary, they did, but the news was not good, for when Kagome, Sesshomaru (and his girl) and I entered the room, Kikyo met us with shaking hands and a pale face.

"Guys, bad news," was all the hot chick said, staring at all of us wildly.

"Yeah yeah, get on with it," I said carelessly. The bad news must be something like 'we couldn't find something on Naraku', I thought, but I was wrong.

"The computer news said that there was a murder…no, two…at Mr. Tomoko's house," Sango said, rather weary all of a sudden. "Three guesses on who it is?"

Koga carried Kikyo's story on. "They say that they've found two inhabitants of the house, but the third one is unfound. The murderer left the house right before the police arrived, but it was obvious that he'd done the murdering.

"Naraku, that b……" I growled, and I felt Sesshomaru nod behind me. "He's done the killing for sure. He was probably looking for servants, clothes and a good house. The unlucky inhabitants were probably made his slaves."

That was when Sango noticed Sesshomaru hiding something. Whipping around his back, she sighted the limp but alive girl's body, carried carefully in his hands. A scream immediately brought everybody to attention.

"Were you actually the killer?" Kikyo asked suddenly. The news of the murders and Sango's scream had slightly unhinged her.

"Stupid woman! Why would I bring a body with me if I were a cold-blooded killer?" Sesshomaru retorted coldly, laying the body on the ground. "This girl is the only survivor. I'm willing to say that she comes from the murdered family, as she was lying next to her dead mother."

Her face paling rapidly, Kagome immediately pushed us all outside and piled us all (including the girl) into my personal limo before getting in herself. Instructing the shocked driver on where to go (the closest hospital around) Kagome settled down.

"What the f… was that for?" I snapped at the high-school girl. "Did you have to do that?" but inside, I admired Kagome for her sudden burst of strength.

"This girl is barely alive, don't you realize?" Kagome practically hollered, and my ears went flat with sudden fear. "We might not even be in time to save her!"

"Ho hum," Sesshomaru looked at his perfectly manicured fingernails. I could see that he admired Kagome as well for taming me…TAMING ME! Nobody manages to tame the great InuYasha! Pretending to ignore all that was going around me at the moment, I crossed my arms and silently listened to everyone talking and occasionally laughing.

At the hospital

"Alright, we'll take her into a ward," the receptionist said as Sesshomaru carried Rin's body in bridal style (he had not allowed anybody to touch it, as they were 'all too clumsy'). "Name please?"

"We don't know, but she might be from the murdered family," Sango said, before quickly adding, "but never mind that. Give her some medication, quick!"

As the girl was placed on the bed, Sesshomaru stared at her for a long time. I personally suspect that he's beginning to like her, but whatever. As the nurses told us all to leave for a while, Koga suddenly rushed in (he was parking the car). "Guys, a message, from Naraku!" my rival yelled rather quietly, waving a piece of paper about.

"What? The moronic idiot put his name on it?" Kagome queried bluntly, getting up from the couch we were sharing. "That's so stupid!" Everybody laughed. That was when I noticed Kikyo glancing for a long time at me. Shaking away the shiver going through me, I stopped laughing, grabbed the letter from Koga and began to read it. Everyone crowded around me, trying to read it silently. Not wanting to be squished, I began to read the letter out aloud-

"Inu-baka and morons (I added a little growl there, and Sesshomaru flexed his claws threateningly),

My plans have worked out perfectly, and I have heard from Kagura that you are sheltering that wench servant girl of mine, Rin. I have also heard that your b…… of a brother Sesshomaru is in Hawaii now. If you give me Rin back, I shall not bring harm to any of you. But we will still meet again, but next time I will be dominating the whole world, and you will be my footstools (at this point I immediately remembered that Naraku had been obsessed with footstools, even in his old life). I will meet you all on the bridge on Ronaldo Road. It's the only road there, so you can't miss it. Meet me there with Rin at 12:00am tonight.

Naraku

Crumpling the piece of paper, I stared at everybody else, and almost all of them had a shocked expression on their faces (guess who didn't have a shocked expression, dear diary).

"The girl's name is Rin…" Sango whispered. "So she must be from the murdered family, then. The news said that the missing girl's name was Rin."

"Well, we're going to bring Naraku his 'servant'," Kagome said. "Except that we're giving him a nasty surprise wrapped in cloth."

"Which is…?" I queried, and grinning broadly, Kagome leaned forward and told us all her plan.

So now we're all going to meet Naraku at the bridge with 'Rin'. I'm kind of glad that Kagome thought that plan up. I'm beginning to kind of like that girl. Kikyo, well, maybe she likes me, but it's probably a crush, so I shouldn't worry. Sesshomaru and Kikyo…hm…they seem like a good pair, but Sesshomaru, I think, has a crush on Rin.

Dear diary, I'm probably turning too teenager and babyish with all untold rumours, but whatever. It's been a long day, so goodnight, dear diary.

A/N: This chapter was shorter than usual, but that's because…who wants to write a diary that's five pages long for one day? (this chapter is nearly five pages, lol.) Oh yes, just in case you were wondering where Rin was, she's still in the hospital being taken care of. The nurses had said she would live, I forgot to mention that, but now you know. Please review!