AN: This story is starting to wrap up! Thank you for the reviews! I agree it was a had story to get into, trying to figure it all out, but I think I've got it now and future stories will be better balanced :D Thanks for reading, oh no I don't own Inuyasha, just wish he was real...ah well
The bike wobbled unsteadily as it's rider tried to direct it through Tokyo traffic. Kagome felt horrible for taking Zuki's bike, but she was too scared for her cousins life to feel the guilt yet. She had found the note in her room, just an address and a time. She still couldn't figure out how she made it out of her house without anyone noticing. She figured Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru were too busy worrying about Kikyou to notice her leaving. Kagome felt like the kami were with her when she realized she had Zuki's keys in the pocket of the jacket she was wearing. Kagome had only driven Zuki's motorcycle once before, and that was just around the shrine. She didn't even have her drivers license, but at this point getting pulled over was the last thing on her mind. The terrified girl made her way to the address clutched in her hand faster then she thought. She pulled up to the gated house that loomed over her. Kagome parked the bike and slowly made her way to the intercom, just as she was about to speak the gate buzzed and slowly started to open. She walked in hesitantly, unaware of what awaited her on the other side of the gate.
"Where the fuck is she?!" The angered hanyou bellowed. His older brother just gave him a withering look before turning to Zuki.
"Does your bike have GPS?" he asked keeping his voice calm. It took a moment for Zuki to process what he had asked her before she shook her head. "It wasn't one of the options when I got it." Sesshoumaru frowned ever so slightly before turning towards the street again. It had been mere moments since they discovered Kagome was missing. Inuyasha had come storming down out of the house with a note clutched in his clawed hand. Kagome had hastily told them she knew where Kikyou was and that she was going to bring her back.
"Didn't even give us the fucking address." He had grumbled before shoving the note to his older brother. Sesshoumaru was quick to get some men out looking for the young girl. He was impressed with her bravery as well as her stupidity, for only and idiot would try to go up against Naraku alone. Kouga and Ayame were briefing some wolf demons on the new development, enlisting this group in the search for Kagome. Sango was pacing up and down the shrine ground with Miroku trying to get her to stop. Mrs. Higurashi was holding herself together amazingly well, at the moment she was comforting her son and his little friend. She sent a silent prayer to the kamis that her father-in-law was not alive to see the mess her family had gotten into. Kun-Loon trusted Inuyasha and his family to bring her daughter and niece home safe, but that didn't keep her from worrying. Zuki was struck momentarily dumb, on top of one of her best friends running off to 'rescue' her cousin, her most second most prized possession had been taken without her permission. She didn't know whether to cry or laugh at the situation, so she opted to stay silent. Bankotsu was on the phone with Renkotsu, updating his family on the situation. Suikotsu was on the line, and Bank was surprised to find that his drummer, Aimi, was with the guitarist. Apparently after the gig the two had gotten together and found they had a lot in common, both claimed that it wasn't anything serious, but Renkotsu and Bankotsu's rhythm guitarist had a fun pool going on how long it would take the two to move in together. Zuki glanced back to see Bank listening to his cousin a grim look on his face. She walked quickly over to him wondering what was making him so tense. His lips pressed together making a small line, when he looked at her he shook his head once. Zuki stayed silent until the call ended, but Bank didn't offer any information on his phone call.
"What did Ren say?" She finally asked unable to keep the irritation out of her voice.
"Ren wants to call our cousin Ginkotsu, he knows a lot about technology and Ren thinks that he'd be able to track Kagome," he said rubbing his arm absentmindedly.
"That's great!" At his lack of enthusiasm Zuki continued. "Why do I feel like you aren't happy about this?" Bank glanced up at her a range of emotions clouding his eyes.
"Gin is really good with computers, and I bet her could find her, but he isn't exactly what you would call a stand up guy. I wouldn't trust him with my bike, let alone my life, I just have a bad feeling he's going to try to use this to his advantage," he said crossing his arms in thought. Zuki tried to see where he was coming from, but the idea that someone could find her friend and her bike made her worries fly out the proverbial window.
"Look, we just tell Sessh, I'm assuming your cousin is human, I doubt he would want to piss of the Lord of the Western Lands. Sesshoumaru can deal with him, lets just tell him so we can find Kags," Zuki said crouching a little to look into Banks eyes. Bank regarded the young woman for a moment before giving a cut nod. Zuki let out a small happy squeal before running over to Sesshoumaru to give him the good news. Inuyasha overheard and was at Banks' side in a heartbeat demanding the information. After calls were exchanged, Gin agreed to help them track Kagome by way of her cell phone. Bank was surprised that it only took two threats of bodily harm from Sesshoumaru to get him to agree. With Ginkotsu on speakerphone, everyone except Mrs. Higurashi, Souta, and Shippou, were piled into a black van Sesshoumaru managed to summon from somewhere. Miroku was at the wheel because he seemed to be the one who was least likely to try to drive on the sidewalk if there was traffic. Sesshoumaru sat in the front passenger seat giving out directions that Gin had given them. Inuyasha was the only one not in an actual seat, he was crouched in between and slightly behind the two front seats. Zuki and Sango were sitting on either side of him and would grab onto his shoulders whenever Miroku got a little too friendly with the brake. Ayame, Kouga, and Bank were squeezed into the back seat, which Kouga was not afraid to complain about.
"Are you sure this is the right way?" Inuyasha demanded from his position on the car floor.
"Calm yourself brother, Ginkotsu says this is the direction the signal is coming from, so we will go in this direction," Sesshoumaru said in his always calm voice. Inuyasha growled at his brother and dug his claws into the shoulders of the chairs. His brother glanced at the claws, Zuki thought she might have seen a frown but she couldn't be sure.
"Okay, take a left at the next street, the signal is coming from a house three houses down, knowing that smug bastard you wont be able to miss his house," they all heard Gin said over the phone. Almost immediately afterwards they pulled up to a gate and spotted a familiar vehicle.
"My bike!" Zuki shouted causing all the people with sensitive hearing in the car the cringe. "Oh thank the kami, she got here in one piece."
"Oi! What about Kagome?" Inuyasha demanded baring his fangs at Zuki. She raised her eyebrow at said hanyou and crossed her arms.
"When I said 'she' I meant Kagome, if my bike is here and in one piece, then I assumed that meant Kagome rode it here and didn't get hurt." Inuyasha's ear lowered slightly on his head as he grumbled an apology. Zuki thought she heard something akin to a dog whimper and remembered that Inuyasha was probably the one suffering the most, the woman he was in love with, and his girlfriend were both in the hands of Naraku.
"Hey, it's fine, we're all worried about her," she said softly. Inuyasha glanced at her and she thought there was gratitude in his glance, but the car was stopped and he was flying out of it before she could make sure. Sango and Kouga were right behind him. With a glance back at Ayame and Bank, Zuki crawled out of the van and looked up at the towering gate.
"How the hell are we supposed to get in?" Sango asked putting her hands on her hips.
"And what do we go when we get in?" Bank asked sidling up to Zuki. Sesshoumaru studied the gate for a few moments before turning to face the group.
"Inuyasha, Kouga, and I will go inside and see if we can negotiate with Naraku, the rest of you will wait out here." He said simply before turning to walk to the gate.
"Now wait just a minute!" Sango yelled stomping up to the taiyoukai. "Why the hell do you three get to go in but we have to stay out here?" She demanded glowering at the tall man.
"We are the only men with demon blood, if Naraku decided to shoot us or try to kill us he will have a much harder time doing it," he said simply. A nerve on Sango's forehead twitched but before she could take a breath Ayame was going in on him.
"So only men are capable of negotiation and rescue?!" She screeched. Kouga and Inuyasha had the good sense to flinch and look properly ashamed but Sesshoumaru had yet to move a muscle.
"If he does decide to be hostile, he will kill us outright, if you were to join us he would instead try to capture you and force you to work for him before he killed you." Even Zuki was having a hard time working around his logic. Although she didn't agree with Sesshoumaru and his plan, she did see some merit in it.
"Okay, so us weak humans, and the women aren't allowed to go in, what the hell are we supposed to do out here?" Bankotsu asked in a moment of valor. Sesshoumaru, instead of vaporizing him, seemed to think about his question.
"Perhaps, you should stay out here and call the police if we don't come out?" He said sending a glare his way.
"The police wont do anything, we all know that, the only reason they would show up at all is if there was a massive demon disturbance…" Inuyasha trailed off looking towards Ayame.
"What?" She asked looking slightly nervous.
"I have an idea."
Kagome glanced around the room she was seated in. The house, if you could call it that, was a large on, the architecture traditional Japan. Kagome sat in what she assumed was one of many tatami rooms. The walls were lined with all sorts of weapons, and not just the legal kind. She had never seen a gun in real life before, but she was sure that Naraku had every possible type of firearm available. She understood why he had decided to use this room to speak with her, the idea of being surrounded by so man things that could kill her was unsettling. The fact that she was being guarded buy four armed yakuza didn't help matters either. All four men were shirtless, but with their tattoos Kagome would have sworn they were wearing very elaborate skin tight shirts. Something glimmered off to Kagome's right and she pushed herself off the floor to investigate. She wasn't sure what she was looking at, but it gave her the creeps. It seemed to be a crystal in the shape of a heart, standing next to it was a jar Kagome thought that she heard something inside the jar. Just as she was about to look inside the sound of a shoji screen sliding open stopped her. Kagome pulled her hands back and spun around her face in flames. Standing in the door was a young girl dressed all in white holding a mirror, right behind her stood a woman with red eyes holding a fan to cover the lower half of her face. With a quick snap the fan closed and the woman walked into the room all the while studying Kagome. The woman glanced at the jar and Kagome thought that she saw something akin to fear pass behind her eyes.
"Naraku will be in shortly, I have been instructed to offer you some tea while you wait," she said gesturing with her fan as a woman in a traditional kimono walked in carrying a tray of green tea.
"Oh, um, thank you," she said quickly with a bow. The maid placed the tray on the desk before quickly leaving the room keeping her eyes on the floor. The young girl in white moved and just stood next to one of the guards, her expression never changing, it gave Kagome the creeps. The woman moved towards the desk and sat on the edge glancing over at the mysterious jar.
"Why are you here?" The woman asked suddenly, causing Kagome to jump a little.
"That's none of our business," she responded in a moment of bravery. The woman looked at her before she snorted and glanced down at the tea.
"I'm Kagura, the girl over there is Kanna." Kagome was surprised at the introductions but made no move to introduce herself, she figured they already knew who she was anyways. Kagome moved to the tray of tea and poured herself a cup before moving back to the chair she had been sitting in. She thought she saw Kagura twitch when she moved the cup to her lips but shrugged it off as a nervous tic. The tea itself was quite good and Kagome found herself finishing the cup and moving to get another. About halfway to the table she felt the room start to spin, fear gripped her, realizing she had been drugged. The room blacked out, Kagome cushioned her fall with a flick of her fan causing the wind to carry Kagome softly to the ground. The shoji screen opened to reveal a tall dark haired man looking hungrily down at the unconscious girl.
"I think its time we reunited Kikyou with her sweet little cousin."
"So you want me to run around the neighborhood and just cause random mayhem to draw the elite police force?" Ayame asked again. Inuyasha rolled his eyes before nodding, why was it so hard for her to grasp what he wanted. It seemed however that Ayame wasn't the only one who was having a hard time understanding his plan.
"Inuyasha, it sounds like a great idea, but wont Ayame get in trouble? And who's to say that they will get here and actually do anything about Naraku?" Zuki asked being the only human brave enough to face the hanyou's wrath.
"Look, it will just work okay!" He shouted causing Miroku to flinch. Ayame looked to Zuki for help who just shrugged as if to say might as well.
"Alright, but if I get thrown in jail you are paying for it," she said poking Inuyasha in the chest to make her point. The plan was to have Ayame run around the neighborhood and show everyone that she was a demon. Inuyasha hadn't told her how to cause mayhem, he figured the wolf demoness could be creative and make something up. Miroku was to move the van down a couple blocks and call the police force that employed demons and tell them of a wolf demon running around the neighborhood. Inuyasha had this idea that if the police force got there just as Naraku and the others started fighting they would have to notice and do something about it. He hadn't really considered that they might get thrown in jail as well, but if they did Sesshoumaru would be able to bail them out. The three men with demon blood walked up to the gate and stood there as Miroku drove the van down the block. Zuki, Bankotsu, and Sango were supposed to stay near the mansion to be witnesses for whatever was going to happen. Zuki also thought that they would be able to get the police to go into Naraku's house with a small lie about their human friend going in a few hours back and being worried about her. After Miroku had parked the car Ayame gave Kouga a quick kiss before disappearing in a whirlwind that whipped down the street setting off a few car alarms in the process. Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, and Kouga moved towards the gate, Sesshoumaru made quick work of it with his poison claws leaving behind a crumbled heap of metal. With a glance back at the three humans he was leaving behind Inuyasha followed his brother into the house letting his rage boil to the top. Zuki watched them go feeling slightly worried, for some reason Sango seemed excited about the whole thing. She was walking back and forth in front of the other two not bothering to hide her grin. Bankotsu was unnerved by the young woman's glee, what kind of person smiles when going up against a yakuza family, one with demons no less. Zuki chose to ignore her friend and went to lean against the side of the concrete wall that surrounded Naraku's large house. Bank followed her and moved to stand next to her causing their arms to brush. With an uneasy glance at Sango, Bank leaned down to whisper in her ear.
"Why is she so happy?" Zuki glanced up at him then over at Sango a small smile playing across her lips.
"Sango's father is part of the elite police force, her family is from a long line of taijiya. She and her brother are already being trained as slayers so if they want to join the force they will be prepared. Sango has always had a thing for going after demons that hurt humans, I suspect that she's excited to be a part of Naraku's downfall," she responded looking up to gauge his reaction. Bank took a moment to absorb her words before shaking his head and laughing.
"Now I know why Inuyasha has never wanted to piss her off," he said softly. Zuki couldn't help the giggle that bubbled up, Bank gave her a warm smile which she returned before they lapsed into a comfortable, if a bit tense, silence. After awhile Sango stopped her pacing and moved to lean against the wall on the other side of Zuki, every so often they would glance down the street to try and catch what Ayame was doing, but besides the few car alarms she had set off nothing seemed to be happening. The same was said about the mansion, everything was eerily calm and quiet. It was starting to make them nervous and jumpy. When a strong wind came and nearly blew them over Zuki had almost let out a scream before letting out a breath of air reminding herself that the wind couldn't hurt her. She felt Bank take her hand to try to calm her nerves, not realizing he was taking her hand to calm his nerves. She gave it a tentative squeeze only to smile when he squeezed back. Sango was on high alert, she had been sensing demonic auras ever since they arrived and it was starting to throw her off. If something decided to come and attack them she wouldn't be able to sense it before they were on top of them. Sango pushed herself off the wall and moved around to look over the crumpled mass of metal that used to be the gate. She tried to make out something, anything that would give her a hint as to what was going on inside the mansion. She was so focused on the house she didn't notice the strong wave of demonic aura that passed overhead before it was too late. Zuki however noticed the shadow and looked up only to let out a bloodcurdling scream. Bank moved to push Zuki behind him not sure how he would protect her but he would be damned if he didn't try. Sango spun around only to see her two friend be knocked to the ground, hitting their heads to hard she found herself hoping they didn't crack their skulls. Sango avoided the first gust of wind that tried to take her out, but the second on caught her right in the solar plexus, throwing her back twenty feet and knocker her unconscious.
Kagura examined the three humans she had just taken down, wondering why Naraku even bothered with them. She motioned a few human yakuza members to collect the weaklings and carry them into the house. With a final glance to make sure there was no one else, she followed them into the house, trying to figure out what Naraku had up his sleeves.
AN: Okay, so I apologize if this seems unrealistic, I'm better with romance and angst then action stuff, I had a hard time figuring out how to get all the people I wanted in the house actually in the house. But I figured it out, as you can see. So yes I hope that I didn't mess up your ability to suspend reality too much, unless I'm told otherwise I'm going to stick to writing romancy angst stuff, I feel much more comfortable writing that. Anyways, I'm pretty sure there are only a couple more chapters left in this story so sad and so happy all at the same time! Thank you for reading and please review!