Title: Loose Ends By:

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Chapter 3: The beauty and the bomber

InuYasha and the others woke up the minute the sun peeked over the horizon. They all stretched and exercised their weary muscles. What the day had in store for them today would test their physical limits. InuYasha and the others began walking once more, after four hours of non-stop walking they finally arrived at the enormous mountains. InuYasha and Kagome both had forgotten on how treacherous the terrain was since the last time they were there.
"Someone...help me..." a faint voice could be heard in the distance. InuYasha and the others looked around and saw a figure slowly appear. It was a young girl covered with yellow blisters and red burns.
Miroku ran over to the injured girl and caught her before she nearly collapsed onto the ground. Sango, InuYasha, and Kagome all stood around her and examined the injuries covering her face and arms.
"Do you think that she's a survivor from the village we were at yesterday?" asked Kagome.
"Probably, but what is she doing all the way out here?" InuYasha looked closely at the horrible blisters and became suspicious. Although he didn't know what it was that seemed different about her.
Miroku asked Kagome for a rag and began wiping the sweat and dirt off her face, just as he was wiped the sweat from her forehead she woke up. The young girl was frightened when she saw InuYasha and the others standing around her. She immediately struggled to break free from Miroku, who was holding her in his arms.
"Who are you?" she asked in a frightened voice. She pushed Miroku with the palm of her hand and broke free of him. She stood up and tried to look for somewhere to run, but found that there was no place she could go.
"She's strong..." Miroku thought to himself.
"Calm down, who did gave you those blisters and burns?" asked InuYasha as he began to approach her.
The young girl looked at InuYasha as he approached her and spoke in a nervous tone, "Some strange man, at least I think that he was a man. He was wearing a dark green suit and his face was hidden behind a strange mask. He killed everyone at my village with a strange liquid, but I escaped."
InuYasha stopped and looked back at the others, "It seems that it was the guy from yesterday."
Kagome looked at the young girl and noticed a tattoo on her neck, it a small skull with a halo above it. She became suspicious of the young girl and approached her with a question, "You say a guy attacked your village with a strange chemical? By any chance was he also carrying a flame- thrower?"
"Yes, he was. How did you know?" She asked. The young girl wiped away a few tears from her face.
"InuYasha, move away from her!" Kagome pulled InuYasha back and whispered into his ear.
InuYasha unsheathed tetsusaiga and gave the young girl a dirty look as he spoke, "Alright cut the shit, how could you possibly know what a flame-thrower is? Who are you really?"
The young girl swallowed some saliva in her mouth and grinned, "Fuck, I thought I'd kill you when you least expected it, but I guess I screwed up! And the names Shikyo, not that it matters once I kill you." She reached to her back and pulled out a black handgun. "It would've been so mush easier if I had shot you behind the head, but I guess I have to shot you in the face." She aimed the weapon at InuYasha and fired three shots at him. Two of the three bullets hit him on the arm and forced his to move back, while the third was blocked by tetsusaiga. Miroku and Sango were both surprised by the young girls' strange weapon and took defensive stances. InuYasha looked at his arm and noticed the blood seeping through his Haori.

Shikyo pushed InuYasha away, her long black raven hair gently passed across his face as she ran past Kagome and the others. InuYasha and the others only caught a glimpse of her light blue eyes as she escaped. She ran for a few feet and quickly turned back around and discharged her entire clip at them. Luckily, InuYasha moved faster and stopped all of the incoming bullets with the massive tetsusaiga. She threw her gun on the ground and ran towards a large boulder and disappeared behind it. InuYasha and the others cautiously walked towards the large boulder, the sound of something opening was heard coming from behind the obstruction.
"What could she be doing?" Sango wondered.
Suddenly, the female assassin could be heard talking to someone, "No, please...we still have time to accomplish our objectives." The assassin walked out from behind the large boulder with a small machinegun in her hand, Shikyo aimed the gun at the unseen person and began firing madly.
"Who's she shooting at?" asked Kagome.
InuYasha and the others approached her slowly, knowing that any minute she could turn the weapon on them. As they drew closer to the assassin a strange ripple darted forward. Shikyo screamed as a bright white streak cut across her left arm. InuYasha and Kagome then remembered that the first Agents possessed a small device that would render the wearer invisible. Her left arm fell onto the ground as she fell back, the invisible attacker moved closer to the young girl and picked her up off the ground.
"What is that?" asked a shocked Miroku as he watched the young female assassin float in the air.
"Stay back, its an Agent." Warned inuyasha, who was prepared to lunge at the invisible foe.
InuYasha was about to jump and strike down the invisible enemy when Shikyo turned her head at him. With a peaceful calm on her face she smiled and said, "don't worry about me, I was already dead when I accepted this job." Her eyes suddenly widened as her back exploded, something punctured her through the heart and killed her instantly. The invisible enemy threw her lifeless body at InuYasha and fled.
InuYasha and the others ran to Shikyo, but it was to late for anyone to help her. Miroku and Sango were confused by what had just happened and asked InuYasha and Kagome to explain. InuYasha squeezed his fist and punched the hard boulder, creating a small crater.
Kagome explained what she could to Sango and Miroku, "When we first ran into these Agents, one thing we found out about them is that they don't really care much for human life. They'll senselessly send their own soldiers, researchers, and just about anyone who'd do what they say. I think whoever orders them around is pretty persuasive, if they're all willing to die a needless death."
"You mean to tell me that they just get sent to die, for whatever reason." Asked Sango. "Have you two ever found out who runs everything?"
InuYasha looked at Sango and replied, "Me and Kagome had thought that the four Generals we encountered were the guys running the shots, but it seems we were wrong."
"Umm...do either of you two know who or what that was?" asked Miroku. "It looked like the female assassin knew him or her."
"No, we don't. At least not until that person turns off the small stealth device." Replied Kagome.
"Lets get going, we don't have time to stand around and answer anymore questions" InuYasha attempted to jump onto the mountain wall, but found that it was to treacherous and had to climb.

InuYasha and the others stared at the dead assassin one last time and began climbing the large mountain. They climbed the dangerous mountain wall and Sango looked down, the ground was growing smaller with every passing minute. Just as they were getting closer to what appeared to be a path, they heard a loud voice from above.

"What now?" InuYasha thought to himself. He looked up and saw a heavy built man standing high above them.

"Good-bye!" laughed the man. He extended his two arms over the ledge from where he stood and dropped down a few black objects. The small black objects fell past InuYasha and the others and fell a few feet below them. The objects exploded with a thunderous bang and shook them were they were. Each of them felt their grip on the mountain weakening and they grabbed on as hard as they could and pulled themselves up. They found a small section of the mountain, which was safe for them to rest at, and kept an eye out for the other assassin.

InuYasha paced around for a few minutes and kept looking up, "Kuso! These guys are really starting to piss me off." He looked at Kagome and spoke to her, "doesn't anyone from your time use swords anymore? Does everyone have some kind of GUN or EXPLOSIVE." His tone was rather upset, as he looked her in the eyes.

Miroku and Sango examined where they were at and caught glimpse of something hidden behind a rock. They both kneeled down and carefully moved the rock away. They stared at a bag filled with long narrow tan tubes, each which had a small wire attached to the end. Miroku and Sango stood back up and walked over to Kagome and showed her their find.

Kagomes' eyes widened in fear and she moved back, "I think we'd better get away from here...NOW!" she shouted. InuYasha peeked over at the bag and looked back at Kagome, "What is it?" he asked.

It's a bag full of T.N.T.!" Kagome began climbing up along with Miroku and Sango. InuYasha walked up to the bag and pulled out the bundle of explosives. He grabbed the wires with his fingers and followed them to a small digital clock, which was counting down. He quickly set the explosives down and followed behind the others, they climbed hastily and took cover a good distance away from their previous spot.

5...4...3...2...1...the side where they were resting exploded and sent large rocks flying everywhere. With a sigh of relief they moved away from the ledge. Just as they were about to turn around they heard a familiar laughter behind them.