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Chapter 5

A New Recruit

"What? Why?" Kagome asked. She was almost on high alert.

Inuyasha straightened up and stuffed his hands into the pockets of his pants. "I'll explain it in a moment if you agree to come with me." He bargained. Inuyasha began to walk away. A pang of curiosity struck Kagome. She gave in to it without a fight and ran after the hanyou. She followed Inuyasha to an elevator where they both got in.

"Now explain why you want me to come with you." Kagome demanded.

"This is the riskiest idea I have thought of so far, that I can't even trust my own friends with…" Inuyasha muttered. Kagome looked confused. "Now tell me Kagome. What is the one thing that you want in the whole world?"

Kikyo's cousin looked slightly taken back. "Well, uh…I'm not so sure…"

"Come on. I think that you know what you want. I'm sure that even I can make an accurate guess of your deepest desire." Inuyasha answered.

Kagome sighed. "Do you really want to know?"

"Of course."

"I want to top Kikyo in at least one thing." Kagome answered. "She has always done everything and had everything before me. I at least want to beat her at something for once." Her fists quickly clenched together to control her anger. "But I always push the idea away since Kikyo is my cousin. We are cousins and almost like sisters."

"Older siblings always overshadow those younger than themselves." Inuyasha answered. Kagome nodded and looked away as Inuyasha grinned. "I can help you achieve your dream." He replied after a small silence.

"How?"

"If you don't want to do this, then you can kill me or taken me in right here on the spot." The hanyou offered.

"I'm willing to hear you out."

"Excellent. Well, you do know that money makes the whole world go round, don't you?" He asked.

"Of course. People here in Las Vegas always spend away their money gambling thinking that they can strike it rich. Their dreams couldn't be more far away." Kagome answered.

"Well, my friends and I are willing to risk our lives to carry out this plan I have created to rob Naraku Onigumo of his money to make all our dreams come true." Inuyasha explained. The grin upon Inuyasha's face had faded and was replaced with a look of pure concentration and seriousness.

"I need someone to be my eyes in the inside and leech me information. I feel like I can trust you Kagome, so I need your help. Are you in or out?" Inuyasha continued, "If you don't want to do this, then kill me without a moment's hesitation. I deserve it after doing a life of just stealing and prison. But if you are in, then you can't back out this at any time."

Kagome stared at the ground. She didn't know what to say. If she had a whole bunch of money stolen from her cousin's boyfriend, she could buy anything that her cousin didn't have. And would have accomplished something that Kikyo had never done before.

"Well?"

"I'll do it!" Kagome cried. Her eyes were filled with sparkles as she grinned.

"Thank you so much!" Inuyasha had pulled her into a hug. "You will really help us with our current status."

"Oh, well, I'm doing this because this is an opportunity to top Kikyo." Kagome replied. "The money will be my prize for what I'm about to do."

Both of them laughed just as the elevator doors opened on the nineteenth floor. Inuyasha led the way to Suite 286. Kagome made a mental note of the location since she would have to return to it for the next month. The hanyou opened the door to reveal his crew waiting around Kanna's computer.

"Inuyasha! Where have you been? You asked us down here for an important meeting and yet you are the last one to arrive!" Ayame scolded. Kagome hid behind Inuyasha. With his tough build and tall figure, she couldn't be seen.

"I have a good reason for both of my motives." He commented.

"Don't we all have a 'good' reason?" Koga muttered.

Inuyasha shot a quick glare at Koga. "Everyone, please meet our new recruit." He stepped out of the way for Kagome to be completely seen. "Kagome Higarashi."

Sesshomaru stood up angrily. "What the hell do you think you're doing, Inuyasha!" he yelled. "We can't have a person working for Naraku in this heist! Nonetheless, it is his Head of Security!"

"Look, I have my own reasons for joining up with you! And Inuyasha knows I will be of some help as well." Kagome countered calmly to Sesshomaru's sudden outburst. Sesshomaru was about to say something when his wife put a hand on his shoulder and gave him a warning look. He sat back down and just frowned.

"Kagome, these are my 'watchers', Koga and Ayame." Inuyasha introduced. Kagome shook hands with both of them and gave them a warm smile. "This is my electronics expert, Miroku and his wife Sango, who is one of the expert drivers. Kohaku is Sango's younger brother and my quick fingers. Shippo is my bomb experts. This is Kagura, my negotiator and the key to so many contacts. She also diverts attention away from a scene. This is her husband, Sesshomaru, who is my second in command. He is also my older brother. This is Kanna, Kagura's sister, and she is my awesome hacker. And finally, Rin is Kagura and Sesshomaru's daughter and my cute little diversion." During all the introductions, Kagome had shook hands and greeted everyone.

"Welcome to Inuyasha's Eleven!" Rin exclaimed. She smiled brightly.

"Inuyasha's Eleven? Since when did this group have a name?" the group's leader asked.

"Since this afternoon! Kohaku, Shippo, and I were deciding on the perfect one! It was originally called Inuyasha's Ten, but since we have a new person, it might as well be eleven!" Everyone laughed. Kagome already felt comfortable with their presence.

"Well, I think that Kagome should be filled in with our plans. Don't you think, Inuyasha?" Sesshomaru implied.

"Of course."

"Wow…"

Kagome had just been told of everything that had to do with the heist on Naraku's casino. She was amazed that a single person could see through all the flaws and cover up every corner of the plan. It was full proof!

"I mean…wow! How could you make something as good as that?" Kagome asked Inuyasha.

"As long as you see the whole picture, it can be accomplished." He replied thoughtfully. "Anyway, your job in this whole plan is to spill us information from the inside."

"Got it. I can see that Kanna was able to hack into the system of the security system and a digital layout. But you guys missed a couple of things." Kagome replied.

"What?"

"Naraku has recently altered the security system. He added a code system to the vault. The codes are changed every two hours and are personally changed by either Naraku himself, or me." Kagome explained. She stared at the shocked faces of Inuyasha and Sesshomaru. "Those blueprints you made copies of were created two years ago. The current one is under construction right now."

"Dammit. Looks like I'll have to do some altering on the plan." Inuyasha muttered. "Alright then. Another meeting tomorrow at noon! I'll have the new plan by tomorrow." He yelled in the room for everyone to hear. They all nodded.

Kagome straightened up and smoothed he clothes of all the creases. "Well, it is almost three so I must get down to meet Naraku." She said. "Pleasure meeting all of you." Kagome opened the door and out of sight.

A few minutes after Kagome's departure, Sesshomaru turned to his younger brother. Inuyasha was now looking over the map of the casino adding notes here and there. "Can…can we really trust her?" Sesshomaru asked his brother.

"Do you trust me?"

"Of course I do."

"Then you should also trust the motives I have set down. You will see that Kagome won't betray us at all." Inuyasha answered coolly.

"And if she does?" Kagura questioned. "Will we dispatch her from this world?"

"You will not do anything to Kagome." Inuyasha said quickly with an irritated edge in his voice. "I'll deal with her myself if she dares to turn us in."

"Kagome will never betray us." Shippo said from a corner. Everyone turned to look at him.

"And how do you know that?" Koga replied. "You just met her!"

"Idiot. Her brother is my best friend!" Shippo retorted.

"Sota Higarashi, isn't it?"

"Yes. He talks about her a lot. They still fight a little but they are still close siblings. He says that when Kagome finds about something, she keeps her mouth shut." Shippo considered. "Inuyasha is right to trust her."

A sly smile crept over Ayame's mouth after a small silence. "But I think that isn't the only reason that Inuyasha wants Kagome on our side. He has high hopes that he can steal her heart as well as Naraku's money." She chuckled. "Am I right."

"That's right. Inuyasha did say that he wanted her." Kanna added quietly.

There was a loud "Ooooooh!" said by everyone except Inuyasha. They were acting like little kids who had just found out someone's crush.

"Oh come on! Quit screwing around! We have a lot of work to do!" Inuyasha yelled crossly.

"Looks like we hit the hard core." Kohaku mused. They all laughed while the mastermind hanyou ignored them. But, deep in his mind, it was all true.