AN: So so so sorry this is late, it's spring break and I've been driving since Saturday morning so I didn't really have a chance to write or get online, again I'm sorry but here you go!! Yeah don't own Inuyasha, hopefully ya'll know this already, not much to say, I only have three reviews, which makes me sad, but anywho! Read and Review!!

It had been three days since Kikyou had confessed working with Naraku. The wolves had arrived the morning after they saw Naraku, Ayame's tribe had deferred to Kouga because he knew the area better. Kouga had chosen a few wolf companions and three demons to watch over the shrine. The wolf companions would stay on the grounds, hidden in the woods during business hours and took shifts at night. Kagome's mother was exceedingly calm about having her home being overrun with demons and wolf companions. She had even started making sure that the wolves were well fed and rested. The humanoid wolf demons would trail Kagome and Kikyou whenever they left the house and Inuyasha wasn't with them. The first time Zuki met Ginta and Hakkaku, the two humanoid wolf demons that would follow around Kagome and Kikyou, Zuki thought they were yakuza. Ginta had a tall white Mohawk, and Hakkaku had dyed part of his hair grey while a bit at the front was black. Kagome had befriended the two wolf demons within a few minutes of getting to know them. She had met them a few months before when they came to one of Zuki's concerts. At the time Kouga was still going after Kagome, they had taken a liking to Kagome, not in a romantic way, but as a good friend. After watching over her for three days they started to look at her like a little sister and started calling her Kagome-onee-san. Said girl was now sitting in Zuki's living room with the two wolf demons, Inuyasha and Kikyou were back at the shrine. Ginta and Hakkaku were sitting on the futon listening to the two girls chat quickly, the two boys were having a hard time keeping up with them. They caught snippets of the conversation, from what they had heard they were talking about Inuyasha. Yasu looked into the living room from the kitchen, he leaned on the doorframe and smirked at the lost expressions on the two teen boys faces.

"Hard to keep up huh?" He said walking further into the room. Zuki glanced up and gave her brother a bright smile before returning to her conversation.

"Do you know what they're talking about?" Ginta asked looking up at Zuki's brother. Yasu looked at his sister and her friend and listened for a moment, he had almost eighteen years of practice listening to girl talk. Yasu sat next to Hakkaku and lowered his voice so he didn't disturb the two chatty girls.

"I can understand most of it, 'girl talk' is like another language, you just need practice. Mostly they are talking about Inuyasha and, Bankotsu?" Yasu thought it was interesting that when Zuki talked about Bankotsu she didn't have the fake hatred in her voice, she almost sounded happy. "I guess they are comparing notes on them, according to them Inuyasha is nicer then Bank, but Bank doesn't have a girlfriend who pulled a 180 in the personality department." Ginta and Hakkaku were still lost, they had no idea who Bankotsu was, and didn't understand the comment about the girlfriend with a weird personality. Yasu saw that even with him running a play by play on the girls conversation the boys were still lost.

"You guys want something to drink?" He asked pushing himself off the couch. The two teens looked at each other before nodding promptly and nearly running into the kitchen. The two girls stopped their conversation when they noticed the room was devoid of two demonic auras.

"Girl talk was scaring them," Yasu said simply before following them. Zuki and Kagome nodded before going back to their conversation, Kagome was finally hearing about what Yasu had said to Zuki before the whole mess with Naraku happened.

"Yeah well, I guess Yasu thinks that I have feelings for Bank, basically he told me to grow up and admit my feelings or something, which is stupid because I don't care about Bank, what?" Kagome was giving Zuki a skeptical look. Kagome sighed and closed her eyes mentally preparing herself for what she was about to say.

"Zuki, if you really didn't care about Bank then you wouldn't get so upset whenever he did anything," she said with exasperation. Zuki opened and closed her mouth like a fish before frowning at her hands. Kagome couldn't help but smile, even if her love life was a mess she wasn't about to sit by and let her friend screw up hers.

"Zu, if you like him that's okay, you can't help who you like. Look at me, I have a thing for a rude, arrogant boy who can't make up his mind," Kagome said giving Zuki a small smile. Zuki mumbled something that sounded suspiciously like 'you forgot thick.' Kagome ignored the slight, mostly because it was true, but also because Zuki was trying to chance the subject.

"You should listen to your brother, he knows you better then anyone," Kagome said with a soft smile. Zuki looked at Kagome and let out a tired sigh before nodding her head in agreement.

"I'm still mad that he lied to me," Zuki said cocking her eyebrow. Kagome snickered and shook her head. Kagome's phone went off and she blanched when she saw the caller ID, it was Inuyasha. Kagome had snuck out of her house when Kikyou and Inuyasha were holed up in Kikyou's room. Zuki craned her neck and snorted when she saw who was calling her.

"You better answer before he has an aneurism," she said with a smirk. Kagome glared at her before answering the phone. Inuyasha' angry voice seemed to fill the room, Kagome had a fight to get a word in.

"WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?!"

"Inuyasha-,"

"WHO THE HELL SAID YOU COULD LEAVE!"

"I didn't realize I needed permission," she said her anger slowly boiling.

"YOU NEED TO FUCKING TELL ME WHEN YOU GO ANYWHERE!"

"I don't have to tell you anything if I don't want to, your not my keeper!" Kagome shouted back not as loud but with just as much anger. Inuyasha quieted down so Zuki couldn't hear him, but what he was saying didn't seem to make Kagome any happier. Instead of sticking around to see the massacre Zuki got up and walked out to the balcony off the kitchen, saying hello to the boys on her way out. With a tired sigh she leaned against the railing and looked out over the darkening city. The lights of Tokyo were twinkling in the setting sun it was a beautiful sight. Zuki couldn't help but smile in happiness at the view, somehow admitting that she did care a little bit about Bank made her feel better. She had to admit that it really wasn't the end of the world if she had a crush on the boy. He was attractive, in an odd sort of way, he was very talented even if he wasn't a very good lyricist. Zuki let out a small giggle remembering a couple times she had helped him improve his lyrics, unaware that someone else was also on his balcony. Bank heard the giggle and jumped to his feet to look up and see Zuki leaning over the deck. Zuki felt eyes on her and looked down and smiled at the boy. He couldn't help but smile back, caught off guard by they light in her eyes.

"What are you doing?" He asked, not being able to think of anything else.

"Avoiding world war three," Zuki said tilting her head in the direction of her kitchen. At Bank's confused look she let out an airy laugh.

"Kagome snuck out of her house to come over, Inuyasha is yelling at her for it," she explained.

"That isn't very safe, I don't blame him," he said with a small frown.

"She brought Hakkaku and Ginta with her, she is perfectly safe, she shouldn't have to check in with him wherever she goes," Zuki said matching his frown. Before Bank could answer there was a crash from inside the apartment. Zuki stood up and glanced back unable to see anything different from where she was.

"What was that?" She heard Bank ask.

"I'm not sure," she said stepping back to the door. "Be right back!" She said louder before walking inside. Her brother and the two wolf demons had left the kitchen, Zuki could hear them out in the hall. She followed the voices and saw that the front door of her apartment was hanging on it's hinges with a note on the door.

I'll find you

Kagome's shaking hand was covering her mouth, Inuyasha was still on the line demanding to know what was going on. Zuki didn't have to ask who sent the note, only one person would cause this much violence, it also helped that Ginta smelled the note and knew it was from Naraku. Yasu took Kagome's phone and quickly told Inuyasha that Naraku had been to their apartment and left a note. She heard him swear before he hung up, Yasu punched in the polices number before Zuki grabbed the phone.

"We can't call them!" She hissed flipping the phone closed. Zuki heard someone approach their apartment from the hall and thought the perpetrator was back, but it was just Bank. He paled slightly at the door and note before looking to Zuki for an explanation.

"Naraku, he must be keeping tabs on Kagome," she said softly looking over at her friend. Kagome looked to be on the verge of tears, her whole body trembling now. Zuki went a put a comforting arm around Kagome, but it had the opposite affect. Kagome looked up at Zuki with a stricken look on her face before pulling away.

"This is my fault, if I hadn't come here…," Kagome trailed off looking back at the note. Zuki couldn't help but feel worried and annoyed at her friend.

"Kagome, this isn't your fault! Naraku is a sick bastard who will do anything to get what he wants, I'm sure we would have been targeted at some point," she said trying to reassure her friend. Zuki looked up at Bank who had a fearful look in his eyes.

"We should fix the door before mom and dad get home," Yasu said grabbing the note and handing it to Hakakku. Said wolf demon folded up the note and put it in his jeans pocket before moving to help his brother and Yasu fix the door. Zuki led Kagome back into the living room closely followed by Bank. The two teens sat and tried to comfort Kagome for about fifteen minutes when Inuyasha stormed into the apartment. Zuki saw his expression change from anger to worry when he saw Kagome slumped and trembling on the futon. Before Zuki could register what was going on, she was pushed aside and replaced by the silver haired hanyou. Deciding to give them some privacy, Zuki dragged Bank out onto the sitting room patio. She heard Inuyasha try to convince Kagome that she needed to stop blaming herself before she closed the door.

"He's really serious about her isn't he?" Bank asked suddenly. It took her a moment to figure out who Bank was talking about before grimly nodding.

"I don't know where he developed this obsession, but he has it. I just wish we could go to the police, I don't like using the same tactics the yakuza do," Zuki said hugging herself to stop the shiver that ran through her body. Bank noticed her shiver, and whether it was from cold or fear, he felt the urge to pull her to him. He didn't get the courage however when Zuki looked up at him silently asking what to do.

"Maybe Kagome can convince Kikyou that telling the police is the only way to keep everyone safe?" He suggested, even in his head it sounded lame. Zuki gave a grim sort of laugh before turning to look out at Tokyo.

"I'm glad Kikyou finally told us what's been going on, but I truly think that accident changed her. I don't think she is capable of selfless acts anymore," she said so softly Bank had to strain to hear her. Zuki moved to the edge of the railing and leaned against it to look down at the streets. Bank moved to her side, close enough that their arms touched but no too close. He didn't understand why being around this girl caused his emotions to run wild. He could feel happiness and attraction one minute, and anger, as well as attraction, the next. Bank caught himself staring at her pensive look and quickly looked away. His whiplash move didn't go unnoticed by Zuki who looked over at him curiously. Zuki found her thoughts wandering to the conversation they had had about his lying about the lyrics. At the time she hadn't believed his answer, she still wasn't sure he was telling her the truth. She was almost ready to forgive him, she just needed to be sure of why he had lied to her.

"Bank, were you lying when you said that Ren told you I was competitive and that's why you didn't tell me who you were?" She asked suddenly, unable to keep the question deep any longer. Bank looked over at her with a startled expression before guilt passed behind his eyes.

"That was one of the reasons, I truly didn't know it was you the first few times you came out, but when I did I was worried that if I told you, you wouldn't come out and help me anymore. I didn't want to loose that," he said the last part so softly Zuki found herself leaning in to catch it. After his heartfelt confession, she couldn't help but forgive him for lying, she knew what it was like to lie to keep something you liked around. Bank looked over at her, his remorse clear in his eyes.

"I am really sorry I didn't tell you sooner." Zuki gave him a reassuring smile before leaning into his arm.

"Just don't lie to me about something big again alright?" She said warmly while resting her head on his shoulder. Bank was surprised at how forward she was being, but decided not to comment and just enjoy the moment. The sounds of the city mixed with Zuki's breathing were calming to his nerves. When he had seen the broken door, his fear spiked, thinking the worst. He had almost sighed out loud when he realized that no one was hurt, especially not Zuki. He couldn't quite pinpoint exactly when he had fallen for the infuriating girl, but he could at least admit that he had. Bank looked at the top of Zuki's head, admiring the way her hair glinted gold from the living room light. A thump from the living room caused both of them to jump and turn. Zuki's parents had gotten home and her father had punched the wall leaving a small dent. Yasu seemed to be explaining something to him but he didn't look happy about it.

"I'd better go help him, dad'll listen to me," Zuki said more to herself then Bank. He followed her into the living room, then went a stood near Inuyasha. Yasu was talking quickly but his voice was even and he didn't sound scared, he sounded more frustrated then anything. Zuki's mother was glaring at her son and husband with equal distaste. Her husband for punching the wall, her son for telling her that they couldn't call the cops. Zuki's father rounded on her, demanding an explanation.

"Dad, if we go to the cops Kikyou will be arrested, she's sure of it. I don't agree with her either, but if Kagome or Inuyasha won't go to the cops I won't either," she said calmly standing next to her brother.

"That shouldn't be your problem, if some yakuza kicks in our door I should be able to call the cops!" Her father roared. Zuki's brow lowered as she took in her fathers anger.

"Dad, this isn't just the normal yakuza, there are demons involved as well, the police can't really do anything, not the human police at any rate. We have the Inu youkai clan as well as the Ookami youkai clan working on this," she said keeping her tone even. Her mother glanced over at the two wolf youkai who were attempting to fix their front door before putting a calming hand on her husbands shoulder.

"Koi, Suzuki is right, from what I've heard of this particular family, the regular police can't do much, by the looks of it, the two youkai clans have this as under control as possible in the situation, calling the police would just cause more complications." Zuki's father clamed as his wife spoke to him. With a curt nod and a light glare at his children he stalked off to his bedroom. Zuki's mother gave a weary sigh and turned to her children with a warm smile.

"You know he's just worried about you two, he'll calm down after he talks to Takahashi-San," her mother said before following her husband.

"Was she talking about my brother or my dad?" Inuyasha suddenly asked reminding the two siblings of their friends presence.

"Probably your dad, I assume he knows about what's going on?" Yasu said looking over his shoulder. Inuyasha nodded before returning to comforting Kagome. Bankotsu suddenly understood where Zuki got her temper, after seeing her fathers outburst, he was surprised he hadn't been hit. Kagome phone let out a shrill cry causing the worried teen to jump a bit before answering the phone. Inuyasha recognized Kagome's mothers voice and what she said made both of the teens blanch. Zuki noticed the change in her two friends and turned a questioning look to the both of them. Inuyasha worked his mouth without saying anything before giving up and turning to Kagome. Kagome's tear-filled eyes turned to Zuki before she choked out the words that caused the room to go into a frenzy.

"He got Kikyou."

Inuyasha paced back and forth in the Higurashi's sitting room growling at his brother. He was pissed at himself, if he hadn't left Kikyou then she wouldn't have been taken. As soon as they had found out about her the cavalry was called in. Mrs. Higurashi was holding up well, but the guards who were posted to watch Kikyou weren't faring so well. After being chewed out by their bosses younger brother, their boss had caused them to nearly wet themselves with a icy glare. Sesshoumaru was now talking to Kun-Loon, trying to figure out how Naraku had gotten in and out of the Shrine without being noticed, his wife Rin sat on the armrest of his chair her face the essence of calm. So far they hadn't come up with anything, Kagome sat on the futon looking pale. Zuki had called Sango and Ayame letting them know what was going on, the two girls along with Kouga and Miroku had shoed up at the Higurashi shrine mere minutes after the rest of them had gotten there. After a brief pissing match between the Inuyoukai and Ookami guards the two different clans settled and went to sniff out the neighborhood looking for the missing girl. Zuki watched Inuyasha pace and grumble as Sesshoumaru delegated a plan to find Kikyou. Bank was standing slightly behind Zuki close enough he could feel her body heat but not so close they were touching. Zuki felt him near her and was thankful for the small comfort. Her brother had stayed home to make sure her parents didn't call the cops. Sango sat next to Kagome trying to comfort her while Miroku tried to talk Inuyasha out of his pacing. Ayame stood next to Zuki with Kouga behind her wrapping her in a protective embrace. Souta and Shippou were sitting on the floor trying to keep up with what Sesshoumaru was saying as well as what Inuyasha was doing. Sesshoumaru flicked open his call phone and dialed his father explaining the situation and asking for a bit more help in finding the girl. The wolves were already out scouring the city for Kikyou's scent. The wolves had speed, but the dogs had the better noses, so both clans were on the lookout. After Sesshoumaru hung up Kagome stood quickly and ran to her room. Inuyasha made to follow her but a look from his brother stopped him. The two Takahashi brothers walked into the kitchen to have a private conversation. After they left the room erupted into conversation. Ayame and Zuki spoke quietly, both of their eyes showing their worry and fear. Their two male companions silently watched the two girls occasionally exchanging wry smiles. Sango and Rin shortly came over and joined in on the conversation.

"Rin, how could the guards not have smelled him?" Sango asked the only other Takahashi in the house.

"I don't know, they said that they hadn't smelled anything out of the ordinary, I assume Naraku found a way to either hide is scent or confuse their noses. Sessh is livid, I'm not sure that they will have a job after tonight," she said her face breaking the calm façade. Zuki wondered how Rin knew that her husband was angry, besides the glare he had given the three guards when he arrived he had showed the same amount of emotion he always showed, none. They continued questioning Rin about what Sesshoumaru had said on the way over here when a loud curse from the kitchen caused them all to stop talking. A silver blur ran past the sitting room doorway and up the stairs. The running stopped only to be followed by another equally loud curse and the smash of something breaking. A glowering Inuyasha tore down the stairs and out the front door closely followed by the rest of the household. They group ran to the top of the shrine steps and Zuki saw that her motorcycle was missing, she had put them in her jacket pocket, and given her jacket to Kagome. Zuki noticed the note clutched in Inuyasha's hand as his shoulders heaved with his angry breathing. Sesshoumaru went and stood next to his brother a sniffed the air before scowling.

"It seems that Miss Kagome has run off to rescue her cousin."

AN: So thank you for the one new review!

Dreamer: I don't know why I don't have many reviews, oh well. I will finish this story, it's the first fanfic I have ever posted and I plan on finishing it! And Inuyasha will make a decision soon, I think, not sure, my brain surprises me at times lol