Disclaimer: I do not own Inu Yasha! I'm not creative enough.

Mutant Four

Chapter 2

Inu Yasha turned his gaze from the porthole where you could see the brightly colored fish, toward the rest of the group. Miroku was at the controls, Sango was bent over maps and the radar, and Kagome was looking out another porthole with a far away expression on her face. Immediately his gaze went to their animalistic qualities with his sharp eyes. A low growl escaped his throat.

This was why they had started breaking laws. They were abominations – outcasts of society. It was their horrible animal characteristics! If someone were ever to see them, they would either hand them over to scientists to be experimented on or run away screaming something about demons. If it weren't for that horrible woman, they could still be living like normal teenagers!

Dr. Shiori. How he hated that name! It was all her fault.

He could still remember the day she came up to them a proposal. They had needed a little extra cash since their parents had died and she had promised a generous sum of money if they let her turn them into lab rats. She had promised that the biggest change they would experience was that their senses would become more acute. I know what you're thinking: Why trust the word of a stranger? Dr. Shiori was Inu Yasha's aunt so he thought she would have some sort of love for him and would not lie to him and his friends. Of course he was wrong.

That's why they became criminals. They saw the law as the garbage you forgot to throw out last week and has started to smell a bit. When they went to the government for help, they tried to convince them to let some crackpots with a degree experiment on them. They then went to lawyers to help them go to court against the government but they had refused saying, "We work for human beings not run away circus freaks." So they had decided to rebel against everyone who couldn't give a care about them and steal the most valuable things the world had to offer to survive.

He gazed straight at Kagome. He could feel his anger building up within him. Of all of them she had changed the most. She used to be so outgoing, energetic, and sweet, but now she was self-conscious, quiet, and timid. He remembered her on the cheerleading squad in high school and how she would always be doing charity work. It was kind of depressing seeing her like this.

Kagome suddenly turned around and smiled one of her beautiful smiles before turning back to the blue ocean outside the porthole. His fists, which had been clenched in anger, slowly unclenched. A look of determination spread across his features. They would get the old Kagome back even if it meant throwing their pride away and kneeling on the floor, begging with everything they had. It was worth it.

"We're nearby, Kagome, so you should probably get in the water then signal when it's all right to come in," Sango told Kagome. "The cave's about a mile northeast from here."

They were about to steal the precious Shikon jewel. It was in an underwater cave that was pretty much a big air pocket. They were sending Kagome in to check for guards and knock them out.

Kagome went to the nearby hatch, threw it open and jumped in. After quickly shutting the hatch, she began to follow Sango's instructions.

It still felt odd being able to breathe underwater. She could remember when she was first getting used to it and kept holding her breath out of habit. It had taken her quite a few tries to break that one. She may never get used to the feeling of collecting air through her neck. I mean, that's just not normal. But, of course, she could never be considered normal.

As, she was swimming she noticed some fish nearby and started wondering: Could she have the same kind of fish genes as one of them? The fish looked curious, or as curious as a fish could, but they were giving her some space as though they expected her to at any moment lash out and eat them all. She couldn't fit in with the humans or the fish, and every time she did some feature about her always stood in the way. She couldn't sigh underwater so she settled for a mental sigh.

Finally, she was in the underwater cave, well not really inside but under water that was inside the cave. There were only two guards which made Kagome suspicious but she decided to just brush it off as paranoia. The cave seemed to be lined with metal making it even weirder. There was bright lights overhead so no matter how close she got to the surface they wouldn't be able to see her because of the light reflecting off the water's surface. There was a set of doors in the middle of the wall opposite of Kagome that were big enough that three people could walk side-by-side with more than enough personal space. Kagome had memorized a map of the place that she had hacked from the owner's files. People depended on computers too much.

The cave was made up of three rooms: the docking room which Kagome was in at the moment, the room the jewel was in, and then there was the control which could only be accessed through the room the jewel was in.

As soon as the guards' backs were facing each other did Kagome take action. She slipped quietly out of the water and tiptoed to one of the guards. She pressed a pressure point on his neck and quickly slipped back into the water before the body hit the ground. At the sound of the body's collision with the ground, the other guard turned and quickly came to kneel by the other guard's side. Kagome got out of the water and pressed a pressure point on the second guard's neck. Now that the guards were . . . busy, she pressed one of the many buttons on her wonderful belt.

Almost immediately, a submarine emerged from the water and Miroku, Inu Yasha, and Sango stepped out. Checking in case Kagome missed anything, Sango frowned. There wasn't any security besides those guards in the room. Not even cameras. Either the owner was really stupid or this was a trap. She decided to go with the owner being a big, fat idiot.

Quickly they went to the door, their shoes not making a sound, and opened it easily. It wasn't even locked which made them frown suspiciously. The next room was large, circular, and completely made of metal. There were a few pipes hanging from the ceiling and in the middle glittering from the light overhead was the Shikon jewel. Opposite of them and off centered to the right was a much smaller door than the gigantic one they had just entered that obviously led to the control room.

Kagome pulled out a pair of black shades and immediately the floor, ceiling, and pedestal were red. You have to love Shippo, the kid was a genius. He made all their gadgets and the fact that he absolutely adored them helped a little. This particular invention of that great mind of his was used to see what would trigger an alarm. The red places were the traps the owners used to try and snag you.

Kagome examined the situation and decided that if you can't go through or, over you must go around. She had to get to the control room to deactivate the security system. Sango, seeing the look on her blue skinned friend's face, pulled out a hair dryer.

Now, you're probably very, very confused. How the heck could a hair dryer be any use in a situation like this? Does her hair need to be dry in order to make itself long enough to wrap around the Shikon jewel and pull it back? Interesting picture, but no. You see, Kagome's skin needs to constantly be moisturized because of her fish half. When dehydrated, her pores get really big, trying to get every drop of precious water possible. In other words, her body becomes covered in living suction cups.

Her plan was to scale the wall all the way to the control room. Like Spiderman, except instead of going vertically, she'll be going horizontally.

After having her body deprived of all moisture thanks to the extremely useful hair dryer, she started climbing the wall. She had to be quick so that her body didn't absorb too much water causing her to fall halfway there.

After about less than a minute, she was at the door to the control room. Using one hand to open the door, she turned the knob and swung her body inside, never touching the ground. She took out a water bottle and dumped its contents on her head. Not a drop touched the ground because her skin absorbed it all. Scanning the room Kagome remarked that there was a desk with a computer that looked a little too old, some shelves with various books on them, and an office chair, one of those ones that makes you want to twirl in it all day. But Kagome had to resist the temptation, she had a mission to do. She sat gracefully into the chair and placed her hands over the keyboard where they hovered a bit before typing so fast it was all a blur. Kagome frowned a little. She had managed to deactivate the triggers on the ceiling and pedestal but there was a bug in the system that was making it impossible for her to make the floor safe. The guy who owns the jewel must be so cheap that he'd hire a technician who probably had no clue what he was doing. The idiot.

Kagome pulled out a walkie-talkie.

"Hey guys, the ceiling and stool are safe but the floor isn't," she explained. "To get rid of the bug in this ancient hardware would probably take a week but we don't have that kind of time to spend. So, Miroku will have to do it. Oh and Sango? Can you come get me? Thanks!"

Still standing in the doorway with Inu Yasha and Sango, Miroku nodded even though he knew perfectly well that Kagome couldn't see him. He crouched a little and prepared to jump, all the while never tearing his gaze from one of the pipes overhead. He sprang and easily grabbed on. Using the pipes like monkey bars, he easily made his way to the middle of the room. Once there he lowered his tail and wrapped it around the Shikon jewel. He raised his tail a little higher than his feet so if the jewel should fall he could catch easier. He returned to the doorway to find that Sango had already retrieved Kagome.

Miroku handed the jewel to Inu Yasha. Inu Yasha weighed it in his hand before tossing it to the other.

"Hey!" Kagome yelled. "Be careful! That's priceless, you know!"

Inu Yasha gave her a dull look before saying, "It's a fake."

Everyone else gasped.

"Are . . . Are you saying that this is a trap?" Kagome asked a little scared.

"Exactly."

Suddenly the door opened and there stood a tall man with long silver hair and amber eyes. Behind him stood thirty – maybe fifty? – armed men in black suits. This was bad.

Then he said five simple words that would not only change their lives but also the lives of many others who were suffering:

"This Sesshoumaru needs your help."

-End of Chapter 2-

I found this chapter to be a little boring but don't worry your pretty little heads, the next one will be action packed! I'm not sure what to do about Souta and Kohaku. I was thinking of having them come in a little later to be like this big shocker or something. If you have any ideas could you tell me in a review? That'd be great. This is my first story so tell me what you think and how I can improve to make this story better. Please? I think I wanted to say something else but I can't remember . . .

Bye!