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Mutant Four

Chapter 1

A tall figure walked down the bright white hallway. The light reflecting off his unusually white hair, he stopped at a black door with the words "Conference Room" in gold on top. Turning the handle, he smoothly stepped inside.

The room was dark compared to the hallway outside with its dark blue walls and hardwood floors. In the middle there was a long table with nine men and three women around it, except at the head of the table where there was an empty seat.

As soon as the tall man walked to the front of the table all chatter died down. Taking his place, he pointedly ignored the chair that had been placed for him.

"Greetings, as you all know I'm Sesshoumaru Taishio," he said, looking around, studying everyone in the room. Good, no one's missing he thought.

"Mr. Taishio, you said you had a solution to our current problem?" a pretty woman with a brown bob asked.

"You are correct, Momiji," stated Sesshoumaru, causing the brunette to blush. "This Sesshoumaru has found the perfect answer to our predicament. There's a quartet of thieves who . . . "

"Did you say thieves?" interrupted Goshinki, a man with long black hair and unusually red eyes. "My, Sesshoumaru, have you gotten so desperate that you're willing to depend on some petty criminals? Wow, that is an all new low!"

Sesshoumaru sighed, swiping hand across his face making it seem as though he was extremely tired. "No, Goshinki, these aren't some petty criminals. In fact, they're the most wanted thieves on the face of the earth. And these guys aren't ordinary. They're . . . special. Jaken, go get the slide projector," he said to a short bald man who had been standing silently by the door. He immediately ran out of the room only to return moments later wheeling in a slide projector.

As soon as Jaken was finished setting it up, a picture appeared on the white curtain that had been set up. It showed a picture of two girls and two boys. What shocked everyone - except Sesshoumaru of course - wasn't the fact that they all appeared to be in their late teens, no, it was the fact that they all seemed to have animalistic qualities. Before they could look at it any longer, the picture was replaced with another.

The photo showed a young man with long white hair and golden eyes. He was wearing a black leotard-like thing that clung to his muscular body like a second skin. It ended at about mid-thigh. His fingernails were so long that they could have been claws. If you ignored the dog ears sprouting from the top of his dead, he and Sesshoumaru could have been brothers!

"This," Sesshoumaru declared, waving a hand to the picture behind him, "is InuYasha. Now, I bet you're all wondering why InuYasha has dog ears and claws right?" People nod, eyes fixed to the screen, mouths opened wide. "Do you remember Dr. Shiori? Well, a few years ago she had been experimenting with human and animal genes, trying to make super humans. The group of thieves this Sesshoumaru is showing you were her test subjects. As you all can see, InuYasha's had his genes mixed with that of a dog's. His specialties are superhuman strength, hand-to-hand combat, and fencing. Ready for the next one?" Everyone just nodded stupidly.

The next one was of a young woman. She wore the same outfit as InuYasha causing them to think it was some kind of uniform. She had long black hair and brown eyes. Now, this is where it gets weird. Her skin was a bright blue and, if you looked closely, it seemed to be made up of scales. She had webbed fingers and toes which were oddly long. You could tell from the way she was standing, with her arms crossed and looking at the ground, that she was very self conscious of the way she looked. Most people in the room looked at the picture with a sympathetic gaze. How is she supposed to fit in when her skin's bright blue?

"This is Kagome Higurashi. As you can see, the poor thing has had her genes mixed with that of a fish. Which kind of fish, we're not certain because Dr. Shiori's notes were very brief and didn't have a lot of detail. She's the hacker of the group, and she can get into practically any computer in the world. She can also breathe underwater for any length of time because of the gills on the sides of her neck. See there?" Sesshoumaru had pointed to the side of her neck where if you squinted slightly and turned your head to the side a bit you could see the part of the skin on her neck was slightly, and slightly being the key word here, elevated. Sesshoumaru continued, "Luckily for her, she can still breathe in air perfectly well. Now on to the next one, shall we?"

Without waiting for a response, the picture quickly changed to that of a boy who was roughly the same age as the other two. He wore the same costume as the other two and was well muscled and slightly tanned. He had black hair that was tied at the nape of his neck and had purple eyes. He had no shoes on so you could see that his toes were oddly long, making them look a lot like hands. He had a tail and arms that seem to be a little longer than your average human arms. He had a dreamy expression on his face and a little drool dribbling down his chin making you wonder what was going through his mind when the photograph was taken.

"This is Miroku Houshi. His genes have been mixed with that of a monkey's. His tail is good for holding onto things and his arms are good for swinging like that guy from Tarzan." Everyone's jaw practically hit the floor with shock. He knows about that movie! was roughly what was going through people's minds right now. Sesshoumaru ignored them and continued on, "His feet can be used as hands which only worsens the fact that he's a big lecher." Immediately any pity that the women in the room had for him was replaced with hot, sudden anger. "He's their transportation guy. He can drive, pilot and steer anything, whether or not he has a licence for it or not. Now, moving on."

The picture switched to one with a girl who was around the same age as the others. She had the same uniform as the others and a huge boomerang slung across her back. She had long black hair that tied up in a ponytail and brown eyes. Attached to arms were wings like that of a bat's. And her ears were pointed upwards. She had her arms crossed over her chest and a scowl planted on her face. She was obviously angry.

"Sango Taijiya is this one's name. As you can tell by her wings, she is part bat. She can fly naturally and her specialties are that boomerang, fencing and hand-to-hand combat. Estimates have been made and scientists are guessing that the boomerang ways about as much as she does."

"Besides the whole boomerang thing, aren't her specialties the same as that Inu Yasha kid's," asked a man with red eyes wearing a large overcoat.

"Inu Yasha's technique is mainly brute force whereas Sango's has a lot more thinking involved," Sesshoumaru answered with a small smile. "Are there any more questions?" Some shook their heads, a few just sat there, and one or two even looked slightly bewildered. " Good now we may continue."

The picture abruptly switched to one with four people in it. The people in the room immediately recognized the thieves they had just been informed about. In the picture Inu Yasha had an arm around Kagome's shoulders and they were both doubled over with laughter. Miroku was on the floor with a dreamy look on his face and a few bumps on his as well as a slap mark on his right cheek. Fuming over top of him was Sango who had her fists clenched, a vein in her forehead pulsing and her cheeks were all red. You could practically see the steam coming from her head.

Some of the people in the room had to contain their laughter at the odd site.

"This was the best photo the satellites could come up with. This Sesshoumaru thinks that Miroku did something inappropriate and Sango punished him. The agency has dubbed them the Mutant Four because of their animal attributes. This Sesshoumaru sees them as the best solution to our problem."

"So how do you plan to get them to help?" questioned Mayu with one eyebrow raised.

The edge of Sesshoumaru's mouth lifted a bit.

"That is what you are all here for."

-End of Chapter 1-

Ok, so that was kind of like a preview but I did this so you sort of understand what's going to happen and so that you get a small character outline. Usually I skip this part when reading a fanfic (I know! I'm evil!) so if there's something IMPORTANT! I'll write it like that so if there's anyone out there like me will know to read. I probably will never say anything important but if I do that's what will indicate it. By the way, this is my first fanfic so constructive criticism really, REALLY appreciated! Please tell me what you think and what I could do to make this story better!

Bye!