"Damn it! Damn it all straight to…"
"Lieutenant!" Sango's rant was interrupted by her partner of 4 years, Miroku Hasegawa.
"What do you want lech? I'm frustrated 'cause I've been pouring over these files since last night, have bags under my eyes big enough to hold my b-17 in…"
"Sango!" Shouted an exasperated Miroku. "We have a lead!"
"…" They just stood there for a few seconds in total silence, frozen in their poses. "Well why didn't you say so in the first place? Who's the source?"
"Come on, I'll tell you after we get into the car." Sango practically rushed her partner to the underground parking system. Miroku shoved Sango to the passenger side. After seeing her exasperated look, he smirked, "I know where were going. You don't." She rolled her eyes and slid in.
Once inside, and course laid in, Sango sharply turned her gaze on Miroku and said, "Ok, spill."
"Ok, so you know Kawaguchi-san?"
"Yeah, he's the director of the Tokyo Sector CCF."
"Right, but even less known about him is that he's a first wave cross."
"What? How do you know that?"
"Well our chief is good friends with him. But that's beside the point. Though our current case was a GEC, the sperm in which his genetic cells came from was from an already successful cross. Guess who daddy was?"
"I'm in no mood for guessing games," Sango growled at her partner.
"Well he was none other than the all powerful Inutaishou."
"The dog general? You've got to be kidding me. Even though he was one of the earlier crosses he stilled remained one of the most powerful crosses throughout the entire war till his death."
"Correct. Well even though Inutaishou wasn't really involved in the creation of our friend, he still considered him his son, and took him under his wing, named the little tyke, and trained him."
Sango covered her face with her hands and groaned. "Tell me this has a happy ending for us…"
"Well Kawaguchi-san just so happened to be best friends with Inutaishou. And has agreed to answer some of our questions."
"That's something I guess."
"More than we have now," mumble Miroku. They sat there in silence for a while, both contemplating there current case. About half way to the Tokyo CCF building, a thought struck Sango.
"Hey Miroku…"
"Yeah?"
"What kind of cross is Kawaguchi-san?"
"Uh… I believe a dog cross… why do you ask?"
"Oh nothing. Just wondering." They then fell back into their heavy silence until they reached the Tokyo CCF parking center.
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"Father?" A young boy, no more than 10 in appearance, stared up at the tall man standing before him.
"Yes, my son?" The tall man had long white hair pulled back into a high ponytail.
"Why are we here?"
"We are here because we were created," the man stated the statement as if it were simple fact.
"Why were we created?"
"Because the creators deemed to create us."
"Who are the creators?"
"Humans." The word was said without bias or emotion, but when the boy looked into his father's amber eyes, the word suddenly seemed like a slander, a profanity, a word to be said only behind closed doors.
"Why do you hate humans?"
"Who said anything about hate?"
"Then why to you loathe humans?"
With a heavy sigh, the man looked into the curiosity filled eyes so similar to his own. The air was thick and the tension the question caused in the man was palpable. The silence seemed to stretch for an eternity to the boy. Finally, his father spoke. "The humans who created us think themselves gods. They lust for power and worldly riches, so much so, that their greed consumes them to the point where right and wrong no longer exist. We are nothing more than puppets. I am cursed with this life for eternity." Suddenly he knelt down in front of the boy and lowered his voice to a mere whisper. "You were not meant for this life my son, my Sesshoumaru. I want you to promise me, promise me you will become free and live a life of your choosing. Promise me."
"Yes, father. Will I ever see you again…father?"
"No, this is good bye."
A single tear ran down the boys face. He father had come into there tiny cell area earlier that day with news that he had been 'volunteered' for a practical suicide mission. Just then the doors opened and two human guards stepped in.
"It is time. Dog Demon…" The elder dog cross stood to face the man, having gone through the activation process many times. These sequence of words activated the implants in his brain to allow the creators complete domination over him. He could do nothing but obey their every whim and command. "Dog General…"
"Yes." He replied with a relaxed voice though his body went stiff and his eyes glowed red.
"Dog Demon General…listen…"
At the same time two people, a man and a woman, shot up, awaken unknowingly by the same nightmare. The last image filling their minds' eye was a tall majestic man with long white hair and fiercum red eyes that were nothing but a blank void.
The woman that had awakened rubbed the sweat from her forehead. Didn't her friend ever keep the AC on? She dragged herself to the kitchen and grabbed a handful of ice and popped it into her mouth. She had been having that same dream off and on for the past month. It disturbed her greatly. She could find no connection between herself and the two men in the dream. For a while now she felt as if she was changing, her world was changing. An internal feeling told her soon, nothing would be the same. Kagome felt as if the dream was slowly turning her away from sanity. Ever since she started having the dream, she noticed little changes about herself. Like when she looked in the mirror it seemed as if the color of her dark brown eyes had begun to fade, but pictures from her childhood told her they had always been that way. That's another thing that disturbed her, pictures of herself from the past… she seemed to be fading from them as well.
And she felt as if the world was changing, becoming brighter. Unfortunately, she didn't mean brighter in the sense that the world was becoming a happier place. She literally started to see the world with more intensity. She felt as if her eyes were becoming overly sensitive; hues became more intense. Some lights were becoming unbearable, like the light coming from a television or computer monitor. She could no longer stare at either for more than an hour without developing a blinding migraine.
In truth, this was why she had come to visit Sango, under the guise of visiting her best friend. She could no longer do her work as it required a vast amount of time in front of a computer. Kagome had not told anyone of her concerns for fear they would think her mad. She wasn't even sure she could tell Sango. Sango would most likely recommend she should go see a doctor, but ever fiber of her being screamed at her that that was a very bad idea.
The real reason for her visit was that Sango lived in the same city as Inuyasha's university. Kagome recalled the many conversations she had had with her younger sibling about the differences between his senses and her own. That afternoon after they had left the coffee shop, Kagome and Inuyasha had headed over to a small study room in the library where they would not be disturbed or overheard.
"So… What is so pressing and secretive that we had to come all the way to the library?" Kagome had just finished shutting the door to the tiny study room when Inuyasha asked.
"What? You don't like the library? Call the press!"
"Kagome…" Inuyasha stared at his sister, annoyed.
Kagome sighed and leaned against the desk in the back of the small cubed room, staring at the floor.
"I think… I think I'm going crazy," she all but whispered, her eyes never leaving the floor.
"Why?"
"Because…" Kagome then started to recount all her feelings, suspicions, and fears to the one person in her whole world who she knew without a doubt would believe her.
After she finished she looked up at her brother with pleading eyes.
"Fuck, Kagome… Have you thought about talking to a professional, a doctor perhaps?"
"Yes! I've thought about it. But I have this horrible feeling that it will be the worst decision I ever make. Are you saying I shouldn't trust that feeling?" Now standing, she stared at Inuyasha intently. He stayed quiet, a weird look in his eye.
"No," he whispered. "You should always trust your instincts. But what do you expect me to do about it? Come on woman, honestly what do you think I can do?"
"Inuyasha, for the last time, my name is not woman. It's Kagome, Ka-go-me. Got that?! And as for what I expect of you, I expect you to be a supporting brother who maybe has an inkling of knowledge about what I'm going through. All your life you've been different from us and your senses are beyond anything we could ever imagine. And I know what I said sounds crazy and impossible, but I know in my heart of hearts that this is really happening to me. And I thought you could be the one person I could come to who would actually take me seriously. So tell me honestly, what do you think is going on?"
"Here is what I can tell you, your scent hasn't changed since the last time I saw you. That picture of us I keep hidden in my desk, you are not fading in it."
"But…"
"Just let me finish! You have, however, grown taller. Last time I checked, you only came up to my mouth, now you almost come up to the middle of my nose. You used to blink more, but now you hardly blink at all. And your eye color has changed. They're lighter, not by much, but they are. So you have changed. But why, I have no idea."
"Do you think… no it's a dumb idea."
"Just spit it out."
"Do you think I could be a cross? But then hidden like you, and now my cross side is emerging?"
"Keh! What kinda theory is that?"
"It's the only thing that really fits. And it's the only thing we have to go on. But how to find out one way or another…"
"Well, the government is pretty tight lipped about the creation of crosses, but if I were you, I would try and research them. You do have a friend who hunts us for a living, so I'm sure she would know a thing or two."
"Inuyasha! That's not a fair thing to say about Sango."
"Feh," ignoring the comment he went on. "Also, you might try talking to mom. Ask her if anything weird ever went on while she was pregnant with you, and ask about your dad too. Other than that, I don't know what to do. Call me if there are anymore changes. But I have to go to soccer practice. See ya later Kagome. " With that he strode out of the study room.
Kagome walked to the bus stop in such deep thought that she didn't notice the same man clad in a suede trench coat from the coffee shop following her.