Adaptation

A fan fiction by Kate-chan 91

Disclaimer: I don't think about it, and neither should you.

Kate-chan 91's tidbits (A/N): (Throws toast to veteran reader Dark Fox Taliz) It's August 28, 2006, which means Adaptation is one years old! To celebrate the occasion, I'm going to update a couple of days earlier than I intended to.

Enjoy!

Chapter Eight: Unity

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"Well, are we going to at least call for him to come out?" Sango asked Miroku after they had been staring at the window to InuYasha's bedroom for a while.

Miroku picked up a pebble near the sidewalk. "It's better to do so indirectly so people won't pay much attention to us. Besides, he lives with a too protective mother and trouble making half-brother; the last thing we need is having one of them get involved."

"Sounds reasonable to me."

Miroku threw the pebble at the window. It made a tapping sound upon impact, and the window opened. A teenage boy with long black hair and purple eyes and wearing a red shirt and black pants popped his head through the opening. Staring at Miroku and Sango, he threw a rope constructed of bed sheets and old clothes out the opening. He then gave them a signal to climb to his second story apartment; they obeyed.

"Good thing my mom's knocked out from sleeping pills and Sesshomaru's out!" InuYasha told them. "Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to do this!"

"Yes, that is good," Miroku replied. "Sango and I really owe you one!"

"Why do you even need me in the first place though?"

"Remember that man that shot his family and then himself almost a year ago? The one I told you I personally knew?"

"Yeah. It was covered to hell until a couple of months ago."

"Well, this is Takahashi Sango, the only survivor of the attack," Miroku explained. "She just left the hospital, and the belief that she needs to be in their care again will make them presume she's the victim, not me."

InuYasha picked up his backpack. "If that's it, then let me get another friend that lives down the hall. She may help Sango get in… legally."

He left the room, walked out of the apartment and into the hall. Sango and Miroku did the same.

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The ringtone on Kagome Higurashi's cell phone came on without any warning. She checked the caller ID, recognized the number and answered it.

"InuYasha?" she said. "What did I tell you about calling me while I was doing homework?"

"Kagome, I need you to get dressed and come out. It's real important."

"What's real important?"

"We need to go to the hospital. Miroku and a friend got burned in a fire and they need someone to bring them in."

Kagome sighed. "Okay, hold on for a second. I'll be right out."

A few minutes later, Kagome came out wearing a black sweater and a white, knee-length skirt. She closed the door behind her and stared at the three others.

"They don't look like they've been in a fire, InuYasha."

Miroku showed her his burn.

"I can go back in and get some ice for that."

"Don't," Sango said. "That's the key part of the rescue mission!"

"Rescue mission?" Kagome asked, turning to InuYasha. "You told me it was helping them go in for burn treatment!"

"Some bastards from the hospital tied up Miroku and me and kidnapped my brother!"

"WHAT?" Kagome replied incredulously.

"You heard me correctly! Look, if you want us to go in and lie that we're visiting a patient, fine, that's pretty much Plan B. But, I don't think they allow visitors this time of night!"

"She's right," Miroku said, "So we should might as well carry on with what we have now."

"Besides, we have a couple of alternatives if they refuse us." InuYasha added, patting his backpack. "So are you going with us or not?"

Kagome thought about this for a second. When she made up her mind, she asked, "Are you going to give me back the money you owe me?"

"Um… sure." InuYasha replied.

"Then give it back to me now—I don't want you to back down later!"

InuYasha sighed, putting his cell phone back into his left pocket and took out his wallet. He then asked: "How much do I owe you again?"

"Two thousand yen."

Grunting, he took out two thousand yen and handed it to Kagome. She counted it to make sure he wasn't conning her, and said: "Okay, I'll go, but let me give you a warning—this better be a rescue mission or I'm going back home!"

"Trust us, it's a rescue mission," Miroku reassured her as the four left the complex to the hospital poor Kohaku was held hostage.

End of Chapter Eight

A/N: I'll update as soon as possible, and until next time, I hope you have a good day.

Ja Ne!

Kate-chan 91

(PS- The 25th was my fifteenth birthday! Hooray!)