Inutori: As I've told people, my laptop is being poopy. Writing this chapter, the computer shut down on me midway. Luckily I had saved fairly recently, so I only lost a few paragraphs of Kagome/Inuyasha interaction.
Inuyasha: Keh, who really cares if it was lost?
Kagome: Inuyasha, osuwari.
Inutori: And when I asked about the rosary, the response that struck out to me was the leave it out, so I complied. There will be no rosary in this story.
Inuyasha: Then how did Kagome just use the non-existent beads to face-plant me?
Kagome: They don't exist in the story, but that doesn't mean they don't exist in the author's notes.
Inuyasha: ::cursing::
Inutori: I don't own Inuyasha or the rest of the cast, so go try and sue someone else today. I don't like lawsuits.

Chapter 4
What'd I Do?

Inuyasha perched silently in a sakura tree just outside the school building, watching students come out of the prison-like structure. That's when he spotted the one he was looking for.

Her cheery composure sickened him, since he was used to that face always carrying a more mellow tone. But for some reason the change was nice at the same time. And so he leapt quickly from tree to tree with inhuman speed.

That is, until she stopped and looked directly at him.

Inuyasha gulped, wondering what Kami had against him that he was so easily discovered. Normally he could go anywhere undetected and yet he wasn't able to keep himself hidden from this little girl.

She looked at him with a cold glare that made him almost rethink his decision on the fact that she wasn't Kikyou; Inuyasha reminded himself that Kikyou was dead.

Knowing that he was discovered, Inuyasha hopped to the sidewalk from his perch in the trees and returned the glare being given to him.

"What do you want?" Her voice was tense despite the relaxed look her body gave off: almost as if this sort of thing happened every day.

"Do you know Kikyou Miko?" Why had he asked her that? Knowing Kikyou really didn't seem that relevant, and yet, after asking the question, Inuyasha realized it was to his benefit.

"Who's that?" Her body no longer was relaxed like it used to be, and her voice sounded forced. She was afraid. Inuyasha could smell the adrenaline pumping through her veins when the wind picked up, and her heartbeat had sped up with every passing second.

"Someone I know. I was wondering if you knew her. Perhaps a relative?" Inuyasha stepped towards the raven-haired girl and watched as her eyes darted in fear: probably trying to find an escape route.

"You must be mistaken, I'm an only child." She backed up slightly, her eyes still flying to and fro.

"I wasn't suggesting that Kikyou was your sister. Only that she was a relative." He sniffed the air. There was the distinct smell of a young boy, maybe around 11 years old that clung to her clothes, most likely a little brother.

"Nani?" Her breaths were becoming quicker and Inuyasha was preparing himself for the moment at which she was going to bolt.

Perhaps she realized that she was outclassed by the hanyou before her and that's why she did nothing. But no matter what, she was still giving off that enticing smell of fear in waves. "So…Snake…why don't you come with me before I do something rash…like turn you in to the government?"

"W-what are you t-talking about? W-who are y-you?" She took a step backward before pivoting and running down the street away from the American agent.

With a growl Inuyasha leapt forward with inhuman speed and jumped in front of the fleeing girl, stopping her dead in her tracks. He grabbed her around the waist and jumped up to roost on the top of a nearby mini-mall.

"What do you want from me?" The fear present in her eyes touched Inuyasha, but he did his best not to show it.

"Listen, kid, I'm here because of your sister, got that?"

Anger replaced the fear in her expression as she glared coldly at Inuyasha. "I don't know what you're talking about. I don't have a sister."

"I know a lie when I smell one, and right now, you're lying to me." Inuyasha still had the Snake smothered against his chest at the time, and he noticed it because of how close their faces were. "If you don't want to get busted, wimp, you better do exactly as I say."

She rolled her eyes, looking away from Inuyasha and off into the horizon. "Goody, extortion…Just tell me what you want from me…money?…you want me to pull a job?"

"Something like that, but you're going to have to leave Japan for this one." His eyes didn't stray from her face even though she was pointedly looking away from him.

With her next words, her eyes fixed on his golden irises. "What's in it for me? I'm not interested in your money, and you can't prove I'm guilty of anything. It'll be your word against mine, and you're a foreigner."

"We'll have your name cleared." Inuyasha looked at her seriously, the glint in his eye disappearing without a trace.

"I just told you that you've got nothing on me. Kagome Higurashi is a model citizen as far as this bogus government is concerned." The raven-haired female just looked at Inuyasha stubbornly, challenging him to make her do his bidding.

"The Snake will be gone. It'll just be some old legend that no one really cares about."

"Ever thought that the Snake doesn't want to be forgotten just like that?"

Inuyasha gritted his teeth; this girl was not making his job easy in the least bit. "How about this," Inuyasha pulled up his hand that wasn't attaching Kagome to his chest, "you cooperate or my claws will find their way to your delicate heart."

Maybe he shouldn't have threatened to kill her, but it seemed to be working well gauging the reactions her face was portraying.

With a sigh, Kagome looked to the side. "Fine, say I do this, whatever this is…what's the catch?"

Inuyasha didn't blink as he looked at her. "So you'll do it? You'll come with me?"

Her eyebrows furrowed and her eyes darkened. "I never said I'd do it, I said 'If I do this', baka." She scrunched her nose in spite and clenched her teeth, her defiance towards Inuyasha flowing off in waves.

"Keh, whatever." Inuyasha rolled his eyes and shook his head slightly, annoyed by Kagome more than just a little.

"Will you let go of me now? I promise I won't run…besides, it doesn't seem to do me any good with you."

Inuyasha released her in an instant as if just realizing that she was in his hold. "Keh."

Kagome's eyebrows rose as she stepped away from the slightly red-faced hanyou. "Is 'keh' your answer to everything?"

"Keh." He looked away from her and crossed his arms.

A smile played on Kagome's lips as she thought about his answer to the question she had asked. "So, what'll you have me do, almighty guru?"

Her head tilted slightly to the side and her lips sealed in a terse line. Kagome was dipped slightly in a little curtsy, mocking him silently. She was pulling at the sides of her short skirt like she was a lady of a court or something.

"So you'll actually cooperate with me?" Inuyasha eyed her suspiciously, his eyes full of true curiosity.

"I value my life, thank you. So yes, I'll take this job, but as soon as it's over I'm going home, got that?"

"Hai." Inuyasha spoke through clenched teeth, seething at how commanding she was.

"Need I repeat myself? What'll you have me do, Señor Loco?" Kagome was obviously growing impatient with Inuyasha, it could be seen in her eyes.

"First, we head to America."

"Leave that alone, woman!" Inuyasha batted Kagome's hand away from his suitcase again before he laid it on the conveyer belt in airport security. It had already been a long two weeks trying to get her to just sit down.

She merely stuck her tongue out at him and skipped through the metal detector, not turning back to wait for him. He had met her mother, and it had definitely surprised him to see how enthusiastic the woman was about Kagome going to LA with a complete stranger.

He gritted his teeth in annoyance. Instead of getting a new partner, he got stuck babysitting a brat who liked to steal things in her spare time.

Walking through the metal detector, he winced from the high-pitched beep of the alarm.

"Sir, if you'll step over here. Please."

Inuyasha refrained himself from verbally biting off the security lady's head and complied with her request. The hand-held metal detector ran along his body and beeped at his midsection.

"It's probably my belt," it was all that escaped his lips as the security personal stood up straight to look at him.

"Then could you take it off, sir?"

"Keh." Inuyasha removed the leather from around his waist and handed it to the woman. She resumed her scan, only to have it go off again.

"Is there something else that could be setting off the detector, sir? Anything in your pockets?"

Inuyasha shrugged, reaching into his pants pockets. His fingers closed around an unfamiliar object, and when he pulled it out, his heart nearly stopped.

There in his hands was a pocketknife. "H-how did this get in my pocket?" He looked up in confusion, only to see Kagome looking back at him over her shoulder, carrying his briefcase and a bright smile. She was dead meat.

"Sir, I'll have to ask you to check that. You can't take it into the main cabin."

"I know. I guess I forgot it was there." He forced a smile onto his face, mentally picturing Kagome in a torture chamber with him overseeing her punishment.

Inuyasha handed the knife to the security officer and stepped away slightly.

"I'm not done sir. If you could please step back onto the mat I can finish."

"Keh." But he complied, and a few minutes later he was storming towards his gate.

"Sir!"

He stopped, about to burst at the seams, and turned around, the face of the security officer greeting him. "What now?" If he weren't allowed to kill Kagome soon he would take it out on someone else.

"You forgot your belt."

With a scowl he snatched the strip of leather and continued on his rampage through the concourse until his eyes met with the sight of Kagome sifting through his briefcase.

Because of all of the other people swarming around, Inuyasha had to keep himself from killing her on the spot. That would lead for too many witnesses for him to deal with.

So instead he resolved to storming up to her and snatching away his carryon. "What do you think you're doing?"

Kagome seemed unfazed by his appearance, and merely looked up at him calmly. "FBI agent, aye?" Inuyasha looked down at Kagome's lap to see with horror that she was holding his badge and the Naraku file he had taken along to look at.

"Got a problem with that?" His growl reverberated through the concourse, causing the people that heard it to stop and look at the silver-haired man with question in their eyes.

"No, no problem. Just wondering why a federal agency from America needs someone of my particular genre to help them catch a felon." She leaned back in her seat and looked at him with a slight sneer.

The onlookers turned away, realizing that the words spoken weren't in Japanese and they were too lazy to try and translate it. "That's none of your business."

"I think it is, Agent Jidai," she put a spiteful emphasis on his name, "considering I'm being dragged into this mess that apparently got the Higurashi traitor killed."

"Higurashi traitor?" Inuyasha was totally thrown off by what she called her own sister, since obviously she had managed to read the whole file…or at least skim it.

"And that's none of your business." Kagome scowled at Inuyasha, her glare piercing him like swords.

"When we get on the plane, I'd like to have a word with you…in private."

"Fine by me. But where are you going to find a secluded place on a public airliner?" Kagome smirked at Inuyasha, figuring that she had won. Little did she know…

Inuyasha shut the door of the bathroom, maneuvering carefully so that he could face Kagome.

"Ugh, and I thought it was crowded with one person in here." Kagome scowled in disgust and stood carefully over the toilet, not wanting to be pressed against Inuyasha's chest again.

"Deal." He narrowed his eyes and clenched his fists, his anger for Kagome just ready to boil over.

And then, to their misfortune, the plane took off…

I
Do
Not
Sleep

Inutori: I wrote an extra long chapter to make up for the long wait for an update. I just watched Bad Company for the first time this week, so felt inspired to continue writing this story, despite my laptop difficulties.
Kagome: Random fact: did you know that trailers for Bad Company was the original inspiration for this fic, even though they have entirely different plots?
Inutori: Well, hope you all review, and see you next chapter! Ja!
Kagome: But wait, before you go, I have Inuyasha here all tied up and waiting to be slowly tortured to death

(View changes to Inuyasha tied and gagged with an arrow in his chest pinning him to the wall)

Inutori: (sweat drop) Oh yeah, I almost forgot how mad you were at him end of last chapter. Why was that, anyways?…
Kagome: (smiling) Oh, he had just read some nasty fanfictions where he and I did the deed and was off looking for more. (evil glint now in eyes)
Miroku: I do that too, sometimes, Lady Kagome. You know, look up fanfics where Sango-sama has agreed to bear my children and we go through the act of creating such children. (nods serenely) You must forgive him.
Sango: (pulling out Hiraikotsu) MIROKU!