A/N: I have an American Lit paper due, Genetics test on Mon. and Chemistry homework to do, but do I care? Not a bit.
Now before you go and kill me for taking so long to update, remember this: If you kill me you'll NEVER know what was going to happen :D Ok, now it's time for me to apologize for taking so long. Life got in the way, big time. Ok, I'll shut up now….on to chapter 7!
Chapter 7
Kagome stared in disbelief. This was not happening.
"Um… do we know you?" InuYasha asked, irritated that these two bozos were interrupting his fight.
"You should." The more human looking of the two said, sizing InuYasha up. "We're the Thunder Brothers."
"Thunder Who?"
Kagome prayed that InuYasha would get the picture and shut up.
"Looks like we're going to have to refresh his memory, Hiten." The larger one said as he shouldered past Kagome to stand next to his brother.
"With pleasure.Perhaps he'd like to take a little trip with us."
"Uhh… I don't think so. You guys smell like you've been rolling around in the sewers." InuYasha scrunched up his nose.
"You dare to insult us?"
"Yeah, I do." InuYasha said as he crossed his arms over his chest, proving that he did not posses the gene that told someone when to shut up.
"Well now, looks like we're going to have to teach this cretin some manners."
Oh crap, Kagome thought, we can't engage these two with InuYasha here. Kagome deliberated as the brothers moved to flank InuYasha on both sides. Kouga, not the least bit concerned with discretion, flew into action. He launched himself at the larger brother and knocked him to the ground. Surprised by Kouga's daring Hiten moved in to help his brother.
Kagome saw her opening and took it. Seizing InuYasha by the shoulders she shoved him backwards. The poor hanyou tripped over a fallen tree and fell backwards into the forestry of the park.
Once InuYasha was successfully out of the way, Kagome spun around to asses Kouga's situation. He was holding his own, but barely. Both Hiten and Manten were steadily forcing him back. Kagome quickly switched on her other sight to see if there were any other people in the vicinity. Confident that no one would witness her next actions, Kagome raised her right hand to eyelevel, two fingers pointed out toward the demon Manten. Speaking the words of summoning she had learned so long ago, a whit hot arrow shot across the distance and pierced Manten through his mid back.
Hiten spun on his heel as a snarl of hatred escaped his lips while his brother fell to the ground. In a flash Hiten was inches from Kagome's face, preparing to attack.
"Hiten!" Manten screamed from his position on the ground. Hiten paused mid strike. A moment later a look of fear crossed his face. With speed that Kagome could barley follow, he raced to his brother's side and helped him up. Then, in another flash, they were gone.
Kagome blinked in surprise. What could have possibly caused them to race off in such a hurry? Then she heard it, footsteps racing up the path towards them. She frowned. Why hadn't she sensed anyone in the area?
Kagome stared at the bend in the path, waiting for the new comers to show up. Behind her, Kouga regained his composure and tried to fix his disheveled clothing. He frowned at the tear in the left sleeve of his sweater.
When the owners of the footsteps cleared the bend all the two guardians could do was stare.
"Miroku?" Kagome asked.
"Kagome?"
"What are you doing here at this hour?"
"That is precisely what I want to know!" InuYasha yelled, finally removing himself from the tangled bushes.
"And you!" he continued, pointing at Kagome as he stomped over to her. "What in the Seven Hells was that for?"
"Well…" Kagome struggled, "That big guy looked like he was going to attack you so…well… I thought it'd be best to get you out of the way." Kouga scoffed and Kagome turned to glare at him. Nice one Kagome, you so suck at lying.
"Right." InuYasha replied, not the least bit convinced.
"Mmm hmmm." Everyone turned to look at Miroku. "I think we should be getting back to the topic at hand."
"Which was?" Kouga asked glaring at Miroku.
"What each of us is doing here."
"Walking." The three answered in unison.
"And you?" Kouga probed.
"We were jogging."
Right, Kagome thought as she took in the appearance of Miroku and the girl standing silently behind him. The girl was in three inch heels. One does not jog in shoes such as those.
"Oh! I'm sorry. Everyone, this is Mafumi." Miroku hurried to introduce the girl, noticing Kagome's appraising glance. "She's…uhh… a friend of mine. Yeah." It was InuYasha's turn to scoff. Apparently Miroku was no better at lying than Kagome was.
"Miroku, we really should be getting back." Mafumi spoke for the first time.
"Right you are. Well, see you lot at school." Miroku said as he and Mafumi walked back down the path in the direction from which they had come.
Once they were out of sight, InuYasha started in on the two Guardians.
"Ok, so what's really going on? Who were those two idiots and where did they go?"
"Like I've told you before InuYasha, it's none of your concern."
"Look here you mangy wolf, I think I deserve some answers and I'll beat them out of you if I have to."
Kouga gave InuYasha a bored look. "You have a branch in your hair." Kagome couldn't help but laugh. It was kind of hard to take him seriously with all those twigs and leaves sticking out of his head.
"What are you laughing at?" InuYasha began to pick out the foliage from his hair.
"Nothing. Look, I think we should all just go home and forget about this incident." InuYasha eyed her suspiciously.
"We were just attacked by two huge guys and you're saying that you don't want to go to the police or something?"
Kagome thought for a moment. It was a little out of character for a teenage girl to be attacked in a park after dark and not want to tell anyone about it.
"Well, the way I see it, no one got hurt so why bother?" There I go with the bad lying again.
InuYasha shook his head. "I don't understand you."
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Hiten kneeled in the large room with the picture window. In front of him stood a man with long black hair. The expression on his face was less than pleasant.
"So, am I to understand that you failed in your objective?"
"Yes sir. I'm very sorry."
"How is it that you failed to snag a target so weak?"
"There were others there, sir; Guardians from the look of it."
"So? You've dealt with Guardians before and come out on top. What was different this time?"
"We were taken off guard sir. It won't happen again."
"Oh, I know it won't. Kagura"
"Yes sir?"
"Make sure that this disgrace is taught his lesson, and don't forget his brother."
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Kagome was exhausted the next day at school. She found it hard to concentrate on anything. Not surprisingly, her brain refused to function. She had been out until well into the early morning dealing with that mess with the demons. Sango and Ayami wouldn't leave her alone during lunch. Sango was worried that Kagome was coming down with something while Ayami's biggest worry was what had happened with Kouga last night. She was sure that was the real reason for Kagome's zombie-like state and no one could convince her otherwise.
Chemistry had been worse than ever. Evidently InuYasha was still angry about the whole being pushed into the bushes thing. Consequently, she was on her own again for lab. All the progress they had made shattered to pieces. The guy could be so touchy.
Miroku didn't show up for study hall which was just as well. Kagome didn't want to talk to him anyway and seeing that there was no math homework for the next day, she had no reason to. She spent the period mulling over last evening's events. Those demons had to have been there for a reason otherwise Kouga would have sensed their actions much earlier.
The more she thought about it the more she came up with InuYasha. The demons hadn't shown themselves until he had showed up and they had seemed unusually interested in him. Whether that had to do with his big mouth or some other malicious intent, Kagome couldn't say. But what would anyone want with InuYasha? He was just a high school student after all, wasn't he? Kagome lay her head down on the table. This was just all too confusing.
The only way they would get answers would be to track down the demons from the night before and question them. But that would never work. They'd need more Guardians which Sesshomaru wasn't likely to approve. Plus, tracking them down could take forever. They could be anywhere. So it looked like she was just going to have to let the situation drop for the time being.
The bell rang and Kagome couldn't be happier. All she wanted to do was go home and take a long nap. But fate had had another plan for her. As she walked out the main doors to the school someone grabbed her by the arm and pulled her off to the side. Had she been a bit more awake, she probably would have given whoever had yanked her from her path a swift punch to the jaw. In stead she just let out a wail of protest and spun around to see who she was dealing with. She put on her best glare and looked up. The person staring back at her made her want to run away screaming. Wouldn't Kouga ever leave her alone?
"What do you want?" she asked gruffly.
"Sess wants us at the mansion as soon as possible."
"What for?" Kagome was getting angrier by the minute. She didn't even bother to ask how he knew what Sesshomaru wanted so quickly.
"Debriefing."
"Can't it wait until tomorrow?"
"No. He thinks The Order has something big in the works. He also wants to talk to you about that vision of yours."
"Do you think they could be connected?"
"I'm honestly not sure. That's why we have to go."
"Well, I hate to burst your bubble, but how are we going to get there? Walk?"
"Of course not. He had a cab sent." Kouga said as he walked off toward the street.
"Now why didn't I think of that?" Kagome said sarcastically as she trudged after him. She'd have to ask someone at the mansion if she could use a phone. No doubt her mother would be worried when Kagome didn't show up right after school.
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ok, so there you have it. I know it's a little short but I've run out of computer time and I do really have other things I need to get to. The next chapter should be longer. So now it's time for you to tell me what you thought. Push the little button and give it a go. I'm addicted to reviews so the more I get the more I want to write. Bye for now
CSJ