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Author's note: Okay, this chapter is going to be pretty long (at least to me it is….).

The Assassins

By: darkangelprincess24

Chapter Five: Suddenly Orphans

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Inside The Thirty-First Floor

"Where are those two?" Naraku growled. "They'd better have Kagome!"

"Do you have any special interest in the other one, sir? I think her name might be Sango." Naraku's daughter and assistant, Kagura, asked. She checked the watch on the wall. Eight forty-two. "Their late, sir."

Naraku turned his gaze from the clock sharply. "And when did you figure that out?"

Back On The Roof

"Come on!" Inuyasha yelled, slamming open the metal door, leading to the stairs. He turned to everyone. "Well? COME ON! We have to be in Naraku's office in two minutes!"

Inuyasha growled and forcefully dragged Kagome down the narrow steps. Sango struggled also, but a lot less than Kagome.

They got there in record time, about a minute and a half. Inuyasha and Miroku tried to look professional when they entered the 'waiting room'.

A short, pudgy woman came up to them. "You can sit down over there, Miroku and InuYasha." She stopped, and made a face. "And I guess your hostages can sit down, too."

Kagome sat next to Sango. Miroku sat on Sango's other side, and InuYasha made his way over to the seat next to Kagome.

"Don't sit next to me!" She shrieked, waving her hands in front of her and subconsciously sticking her feet out. Inuyasha wasn't looking down and kept walking, tripping right over Kagome outstretched feet.

Kagome and Sango started to laugh, and Miroku tried to suppress a laugh without succeeding. InuYasha was face-down on the ground.

"And here I was, thinking that I was a klutz." Kagome covered her mouth to contain the giggles.

"You are," InuYasha said while painfully peeling himself off the floor.

"Inuyasha is a stupid, klutz-"

InuYasha clamped a hand over Kagome's mouth. "Don't say it…or you'll regret it."

Kagome slapped his hand away and crossed her arms over her chest. "Is that a threat?"

"Damn right, it is."

Kagome giggled. "It is kinda funny…" She added.

Sango and Miroku nodded. InuYasha stood up fully, his hands on his waist.

"It is not funny."

The pudgy woman sighed. Being Naraku's secretary, she dealt with all sorts of people, namely kids. "Stupid kids," he muttered.

InuYasha, upon hearing this, rushed up to her and said loudly, "Hey! I'm not a kid-" -Kagome snorted- "-I'm almost nineteen!"

The secretary ignored him. She looked into a doorway, said something, then came back out. "Naraku will see you now."

Sango and Kagome exchanged nervous glances. InuYasha, being the caring guy he is, crossed his arms over his chest and said gruffly, "What are you two wenches worrying for?"

Kagome's head snapped up. "Don't call me wench. I am not, and never will be, a wench. And neither is Sango." She added. Then she whispered so only Inuyasha's sensitive ears could pick it up, "What's eating you?"

"Feh." He replied as they all walked into the next room.

The first thing Kagome noticed was that the entire room was painted black. The only things that weren't was a blinding white desk in the middle of the room, six white chairs for the visitors, and a white swivel chair behind the desk. In the swivel chair sat a man with black hair and glowing red eyes.

Kagome did something even most of the employees did. She stepped up to the man and stuck out her right hand.

"I'm assuming that you're Naraku, considering your lack of hospitality." She said in a bored voice.

Naraku looked slightly surprised, for no one had ever talked to him like that before. Nonetheless, he shook Kagome's outstretched hand. He covered up looking surprised and replaced it with an all-knowing look.

"And I'm assuming you're Kagome Higurashi, considering that you fit to the descriptions of my, um…employers."

He shot a look at the secretary, signaling for her to leave. She nodded slightly and walked out, closing the door behind her.

"Sit down, if you will." Naraku said politely. InuYasha plopped down in the seat to the far left, with Miroku at his right, Sango two seats to the right of Miroku, and Kagome at the far right. They left the two middle seats empty.

After a moment of silence, Naraku continued speaking. "Alright, you two," He pointed to Sango and Kagome, "I have an offer I would like to propose."

Sango eyed him suspiciously. "What kind of offer?"

Naraku smiled an evil smile, clearly Sango asked the question he had wanted.

"You will have to pick one out of the three options. One: You both come and work for The Evil Spiders. Two: We torture you, then kill you. Or three: You refuse, and we kill your entire families…in front of you both." Naraku looked at the two women sitting before him. "Well? Which is it?"

The two were silent. At the same time, InuYasha was thinking how horrible it would be to watch your family get murdered.

He knew all too well what the feeling was like.

The two girls looked at each other and immediately knew the answer: They could not put their families in so much danger, and they certainly did not want to get killed.

InuYasha prayed that Kagome would see through the trap of option one. To his amazement and shock, she either didn't see through it, or didn't care.

Sango and Kagome answered at the same time.

"Option one."

Miroku and InuYasha were heartbroken, almost. Not only were the girls going to sobbing by the end of the week, but the two men knew why they would be so sad. Only, they couldn't tell Sango and Kagome.

Naraku grinned an evil, secretive grin. He handed Sango and Kagome two sheets of paper with writing on them.

"You two sign these, just to confirm that you chose option one."

InuYasha winced once Kagome signed, unbeknownst to her that what she was signing would hurt her more then help her. Does she even know what she's signing? He thought idly.

InuYasha decided that Kagome didn't really know what she was doing to her family.

After signing, Kagome and Sango looked up. Naraku smiled like he just caught them doing something wrong. Kagome didn't like that look, and apparently, neither did Sango.

"Now," Naraku said, the smile still across his face, "I have a mission for you."

"Wha-what is it?" Sango asked cautiously.

"Go to the elementary school on the corner of Leo Street and Garland Ave at midnight tonight. A big man with back-up will be there. You must kill him." Naraku shifted in his chair. "It's as simple as that."

Kagome swallowed hard. "Why do we have to kill this man? What has he done to you?"

"That is none of your business, whatsoever, Higurashi." Naraku snapped. He waved his hand towards the door. "Now, if the deed is not done, you will suffer severe consequences."

Naraku chuckled inwardly, enjoying the looks on the women's' faces while they were using their imaginations.

Finally, Kagome nodded. "Okay, we'll do it tonight."

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InuYasha and Miroku, donned in black jeans and t-shirts, sat on top of the monkey bars at the elementary school. InuYasha checked his watch. It was blinking, 12:00a.m..

Then, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a blur of two women in black sneaking onto the playground.

"Their here," InuYasha nudged Miroku, who had started to doze off, and nodded towards the women.

The men held their breaths when Kagome stopped underneath the monkey bars. She looked up and squinted.

"InuYasha? Is that you?"

"Dammit," He muttered as Miroku and him jumped down on either side of Kagome.

"What are you guys doing here?" She asked, stepping towards InuYasha. Miroku ran over to Sango, a couple of yards away.

Kagome, being the klutz that she is, tripped over a root. She braced herself for the hard ground, but ended up falling into a pair of strong arms. She looked up at the owner of the arms.

"InuYasha…" The name escaped Kagome's lips without even thinking about it. The name seemed so…right to say. Wait! I don't like InuYasha! I've only known him for, like, two days!

"Kagome…" InuYasha inhaled her scent. It seemed like it was meant to be there, suiting Kagome's personality so well. "…you, um, your scent is nice…."

Kagome smiled and blushed, not sure if that was a compliment, or InuYasha's way of telling her that she stunk. InuYasha smiled, too. He couldn't figure out why, though, or why he loved Kagome's scent so much.

He eventually decided that she smelt like when you're in the forest, right after it rained a warm rain, mixed with vanilla and roses. It was, for him, hard to explain out loud how wonderful it was. InuYasha did, however, know that he was wanting more and more of that scent.

Then he mentally cursed himself and stood Kagome upright.

First of all, man, she's your hostage. Second, why would she even like you?

All too soon, Kagome scrambled to the other side of the playground, upon hearing someone walking. Actually, it was five people. This is what InuYasha had been dreading.

"Kagome?"

"Hm?"

"I'm so sorry."

"What? InuYasha, what are you talking about?"

Finally, the five people's features were recognizable. Kagome and Sango gasped.

"Mom? Sota? Grandpa?" Kagome whispered.

"Father? Kohaku?" Sango said, cocking her head.

Suddenly, someone in a baboon suit jumped from the school roof, and revealed his face.

"Naraku!" Sango and Kagome shouted in surprise. Kagome whipped her head around, fiercely looking for an answer. All she saw was Miroku and InuYasha turn their heads away from her.

"Inu-"

Kagome was cut off by a scream from Sango's little brother, Kohaku. Kagome snapped her head back around to see Sango rushing towards her brother.

"Sango, LOOK OUT!" Miroku yelled, tackling her to the ground.

Kagome ducked when the sound of a gunshot filled the air. She stood up again with wide eyes.

Kohaku's arm was bleeding profusely. Sango, in desperation, ripped off her left sleeve and tied it around his upper arm. She then stood up and faced Naraku, who was now standing in front of InuYasha and Kagome, facing Sango. Her eyes flashed.

"Naraku," She made a move to run up to him, but a hand stopped her. She turned. "Miroku?"

Miroku did nothing but shake his head.

Naraku gave a slight smile to Kohaku. An evil one, mind you. He cocked his gun and pointed at Kohaku and his father. Sango was held back tightly by Miroku. She turned her head and whispered to Miroku.

"This…this was all a trap, a plan, wasn't it? You don't really love me, you just were sent by your boss…weren't you? Weren't you!"

Miroku opened his mouth in protest, but Kohaku screamed before he could say anything.

"Sister!" Kohaku screamed.

"KOHAKU! FATHER!"

Sango wretched out of Miroku's grasp and started to run over to them. She stopped in mid-step.

Everything went in slow motion.

Sango screamed. Her father fell, as did Kohaku. She sprinted over to them. Kagome put a hand to her mouth, but didn't dare take any action. She looked up at InuYasha; he swallowed hard and turned away.

"Sango…." Sango's father said weakly, "…Be strong…for me…"

Sango frantically looked from her father to Kohaku. She shook them. "Dad, Kohaku…wake up….Please…wake up…." Her voice cracked.

Don't cry Sango. They wouldn't have wanted you to. Sango thought. She let one tear fall, and that one tear only.

Mrs. Higurashi, Sota, and Gramps backed up against the school's brick wall. Even though they were sad for Sango, they did not want to get shot.

Kagome eventually came to her senses and stepped forward to comfort Sango. Before she knew it, Inuyasha grabbed her upper arm, pulled her behind him, covering her eyes and whispering something in her ear. Kagome knew what was going to happen when she heard Naraku cock his gun.

BAM!

BAM!

BAM!

"NO!" Kagome shrieked. Using all of her strength, Kagome pulled out of Inuyasha's hold, and ran towards her family.

When she got there, her mother smiled faintly. "You're such a good girl…Kagome…."

Kagome bit her lip to keep from crying as her mom fell limp in her arms. She crawled over to Sota, Gramps was already dead.

"Sota?"

"Hey…Sis, see you later….We'll be okay…." Then, he too fell limp.

Unlike Sango, Kagome threw everything out the window and let her tears flow freely. She stood shakily and turned towards InuYasha and Miroku, her eyes full of hatred and betrayal.

"You…you knew…." Around Kagome, and dark purple aura surrounded her.

"Kagome, self-control!" Sango yelled, looking up from her dead family. Kagome paid no attention to her.

She stopped about five feet away from InuYasha, Miroku, and Naraku. "YOU KNEW AND YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING! THAT COST US OUR FAMILES!"

Kagome flung her arms out at Miroku and InuYasha. They were engulfed in a purple glow and sent flying into the slides. InuYasha groaned and stood up wearily.

Who knew Kagome was this powerful? And what was that purple light? InuYasha finally realized it: Kagome was a very powerful miko. He didn't know that they were still around.

InuYasha instinctively caught Miroku flying at him, and toppled back onto the slide. He put Miroku down and looked over at Kagome. Oh, Kami, what have I gotten into?

Now Kagome was surrounded by a blue glow. Sango stood in front of her best friend, screaming for her to control her powers. Naraku just watched, looking slightly amused.

Kagome's hair was flapping in a sudden wind she had created. Now, time to take care of Naraku. She pointed her arms out, but stopped when a short figure appeared from the fog behind Naraku, and smiled evilly.

"Hello girls."

Kagome and Sango stared, wide-eyed.

The figure continued, talking to Naraku. "I take it that ye did the job, Naraku? Are they dead?"

Naraku nodded and turned to the women, grinning.

"K-Kaede?" Sango and Kagome said, shocked.

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Author's note: I know, major cliffy! R&R please!

If you review, my fingers type faster hint, hint…

I'm sorry, maybe I'm a softie, but this chapter gave me the sniffles….Or maybe I'm just weird….Mom always did say that….

Anyways! Stay tuned….Kouga comes in in the next chapter!

I don't know what the titles would be, but I think I might do a fanfic with InuYasha, but as some of my favorite movies and stories...I really like those type of fanfics.

Here's some of the movies and stories I might do:

The Little Mermaid

Edward Scissorhands

Pirates Of The Caribbean

The Wizard Of Oz

Well, tell me what you think, which ones I should do, and any more you think I should do.

Thanks!