A/N: Okay, this chapter will be a bit short! Just a warning, it'll also not be as exciting as the other chapters, but I promise that they'll only get better from here! Sorry I took so long to update, I'm going to try really hard to at least put out on chapter a month! At least. I know that's still a long time but things are kind of hectic on my end! I'm getting ready for big life changes here! Enjoy ^^.

Disclaimer: Rumiko Takahashi owns InuYasha and Co. I just screw them up to entertain fans.

Chapter Seven

Angels and Demons

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When I think about expressing my feelings,

why do the words suddenly disappear?

Even though I realize what's so precious,

so irreplaceable, I can't say it.

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The steps creaked loudly as she moved down them to the lower wooden floor. She gripped the stair rail tightly as she squinted into the dark shrine. She was sure that this was where her dream about the Shikon no Tama had started.

Sunlight shown in rays across the dusty room, causing the shadows to seem darker, creepier and Kagome stopped next to the covered well and tilted her head back, looking up at the ceiling. Chills skittered down her spine and left her skin cool and clammy as she blew out a breath.

How could she have possibly of known what the shrine ceiling looked like in her dream?

Shaking her head slightly she looked back to the old covered well and looked over the white ward that adorned the two planks of wood and her heart skipped a beat as she thought she saw it glow for a moment.

Reaching out slowly her heart started pounding uncomfortably in her chest; she wanted to open it. Parting her lips she let out a shaky breath as a soft gust of air flowed up from the seam of the pieces of wood, brushing her finger tips then she screamed as something wrapped around her ankle.

Kagome looked down quickly as she jumped to the side, her hip bumping sharply against the side of the well.

"B…Buyo!" The terror left her almost instantly as a bubble of surprised laughter rocked her back on her heels. "Scared me to death!"

"Kagome? Kagome?" She looked up the stairs to the sliding doors, saw her mothers face appear, flushed with worry.

"I'm in here Mama!" Kagome leaned and picked the rotund cat up in her arms.

He purred.

"Kagome, you shouldn't be playing in there. It's dangerous." Kagome held back a laugh as she moved up the steps, squinting a bit as she sunlight hit her face.

"I'm not a child anymore Mama, besides, I wasn't playing." She moved in front of her mother, smiled and held up the cat. "I was retrieving this." Buyo yawned hugely and flicked an ear.

Emiko waved a hand, slightly flustered and continued her chore of sweeping, looking down at the ground.

"I know you're not a child. Old habits die hard I supposed. When you were a little girl, you used to play in there all of the time. I was constantly shooing you out." Kagome leaned and sat Buyo down on the ground and he immediately plunked down and began licking himself, tail twitching.

Kagome made a soft contemplative noise then looked down at her watch, cringing slightly at the time. "Mama, I need to get going. There are some things I need to take care of today."

Emiko looked up then moved to her daughter and wrapped her arms around her, squeezing gently, broom still in hand. "Are you sure you're alright?" Her voice was concerned and loving, a sound only a mother could a achieve with such perfection.

"I promise Mama. I didn't get much sleep last night and it must have been the shock of hearing that someone would pay that much money for a box of dusty old scrolls." She rubbed her hand across her mother's back soothingly, she hated to lie but honestly, she wasn't sure herself of what was going on.

"Speaking of!" She pushed Kagome back by her shoulders suddenly, holding onto her as the broom fell to the stones, clattering loudly. "I want to give you some of that money, to pay you back for taking such good care of me." Kagome started shaking her head before her mother was even finished speaking.

"No Mama, I make more than enough money and you've taken care of me my whole life. It's your money, keep it, a few years of service to the greatest woman in the world doesn't need any sort of repayment." Kagome smiled, kissed her on the cheek then turned walking to the top of the steps. "Just don't spend it all in one place!" She called over her shoulder playfully as she pulled out her cell phone to call a cab, descending down the stone stairs.

Emiko watched her daughter until she was out of sight then moved to the well house and slid the door closed slowly, closing her eyes for a moment.

"Maybe I should invest in a padlock with some of that money." She told herself as she latched the door closed and bent, grabbing her broom stick so she could continue her daily chores.

Kagome slid into the back seat of the cab as it pulled up to the curb and told the driver her address as she settled and looked out of the window. It was a beautiful cloudless day, the kind that made you want to find work to do outside, and everyone seemed to be doing just that. The city passed by quickly as the car weaved its way in and out of heavy traffic and bumbling people.

'I used to play in the well shrine all of the time.' She thought as she tapped her nails on her thigh. 'That's how I knew what the roof looked like, and come to think of it. Grandpa used to tell me stories about the Shikon no Tama, even used to sell key chains at our shrine. It was the biggest attraction. "The jewel of power and fortune." ' She could hear his slightly raspy voice call over a crowd of teenage girls, looking for good luck charms and cell phone straps and smiled at the memory. She felt her the anxiety slowly melt away as she rationalized the dream and felt idiotic for getting worked up over it.

The cab stopped at a light and Kagome watched the pedestrians cross in front, watched them move across the street then leaned a bit towards the other side of the cab as she saw a familiar motorcycle before looking at the building it was parked in front of with a soft noise.

"Come on, come on!" She gasped in startled surprised and looked forward as the cab driver stuck his hand on the horn, held it to move the people that were lagging behind with effectiveness only achieved by the fact that he revved his engine warningly as the light changed colors.

She gazed at the police station as they drove past then looked down at the bruise in the crook of her elbow from her IV, moving her fingers over it gently.

Such and odd relationship the two had, and yet, the attraction she had towards him held strong. Towards a man she hardly knew anything about, who she had hardly scene more than one side to. She thought about the picture of the woman, his partner…

"In more ways then one." She whispered softly to herself then quickly pushed the thought away as her heart squeezed in her chest. She couldn't possibly be jealous of a dead woman.

Shaking her head she looked back out of the window and wondered what the odd detective was doing now.

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He moved through the bullpen, donut hanging out of his mouth as he waved at another detective who passed by, a horde of donuts stacked precariously on a napkin.

He briefly considered stealing them then thought better of it as he turned the corner, walking into the Captain's office.

"Cap'n." He swallowed the remainder of his donut whole then grinned before flopping into one of two chairs sitting across from the large dark cherry wood desk his commanding officer was perched at.

A short, rotund man who might have been good looking in his younger days drummed his fingers and stared Kaze down from across the desk, the shiny gold name tag on the front reading "Captain Jineh".

"It's nice to see you Taishou." He drawled out, deadpanned.

"Oh you too sir. It's been what, two days?"

"Don't get cute with me." Kaze sat a bit straighter and managed to contain his grin for a more sober expression.

"Yes sir, sorry sir."

"Did you sleep well last night Taishou?" Kaze blinked and tilted his head in thought then shook it.

"I don't remember…"

"And yesterday? Did you forget about the fact that you have a job? Crime doesn't sleep Taishou, and you aren't going to either if you pull another stunt like that. You didn't call."

"Nor write sir." Kaze couldn't help it, it slipped out and he ducked in time to avoid getting hit with a flying stapler. "Okay, okay. I'm sorry sir." He stood and straightened his clothes, frowning slightly as he wiped glaze on the bottom of his shirt from his thumb and pointer finger. " I didn't show up because I was taking care of a friend that was injured. I should have called it in, but I was a bit distracted."

"Taishou. The hooker that you took home the night before last and damaged doesn't excuse you from missing work." He tossed a folder onto the desk in front of him. "You have a new case. Get to work."

"Yes sir." Kaze leaned and grabbed the file then walked out sticking his tongue out at the manila file, grumbling as he rounded the corner and moved back to his desk.

Flopping into his seat he tossed the folder onto his desk and picked up his phone, dialing Miroku's number. He waited for a moment then grinned a bit as the line on the other end picked up.

"Hey. You busy?" He leaned back in his chair and pulled Kagome's license from his pocket, looking at it absent mindedly. "No, just wanted to know if you wanted to get drinks tonight at the bar." He paused then scowled, tucking it away. "Yes I'll remember. Yes! I'll show up. Fuck, you nag." He said annoyed and snapped the phone back down then looked at the file, tugging it to him. Kaze huffed as he flipped it open and got to work.

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Kagome squinted into the dark tunnel then slowly reached her hand in, mindful of spiders and was happy to pull her mail out arachnid free. She clicked the box shut and turned, walking up the stairs to her apartment. Flipping through the mail absent mindedly and paused as her eyes adjusted to the shock of meeting a bright yellow flier.

"A self defense class huh?" She laughed softly to herself as she imagined kicking some moron at the bar upside of the head in a Dolce and Gabbana micro mini with stiletto heels as she unlocked her door and swung it open.

"Honey, I'm home." Moving to the kitchen she dropped the mail on the counter then hit the play button on her answering machine to pause the blinking light alerting her of a message.

"Ms. Higurashi, this is Mr. Giles from work. I am calling about your absence yesterday, I wrote it down as a no call no show, and considering you have yet to show up for work today we're going to go ahead and make that two. If you value your job, you'll get back to me as soon as possible." A sharp click had her erasing the message as Kagome rubbed a hand over her face. She sighed and picked up the phone preparing herself for a very long conversation with a lot of apologizing.

Thirty minutes later she stretched out on the couch in front of the TV and flipped it on with a slow and huge yawn. Luckily she was able to have the hospital fax over her excuse along with a "Return to Work" form rather quickly to the office. Mr. Giles wasn't happy about her prolonged absence but begrudgingly accepted the note and even managed to tell her to "feel better" before hanging up on her.

At least work was taken care of.

She yawned again and slowly closed her eyes, giving in to the comfortable feeling of sleep. She shifted as dreams started to stir in the back of her mind.

"Kagome…"

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He moved into the smoky bar and around an already drunken couple who were sucking face so much he was amazed that they hadn't sucked each others' tongues out of their head.

"Get a damned room." He muttered as he headed towards his normal table where Miroku already sat, his blazer folded over the back of his chair and his tie hanging loosely around his neck.

"Hey." Kaze waved a hand as he sat and ignored Miroku's glare as he waved over a waitress with a flick of his wrist and a charming smile.

"You're late." Miroku grumped.

"It's not a date." He looked back at Miroku after whispering his order softly to the waitress then offered the business man a charming smile. "After all, I don't date ugly chicks like you."

"Your boobs aren't hardly big enough for me." Miroku shot back and Kaze looked down at his chest as the waitress set his beer down.

"I don't have boobs!" Miroku laughed and shook his head, taking a drink and relaxed back into the wooden chair.

"So, why did you suddenly want to meet? You blew me off last night."

"I was preoccupied."

"With?" Kaze leaned back in his chair and wrapped his hand around his beer mug, looking at it silently. "Oh come on. We're best friends, you can tell me!"

"With Kagome."

"Kagome, Kagome…oh, that woman? The one that…"Miroku trailed off and cleared his throat. He remembered just in time not to compare her to Kikyou though the resemblance was uncanny, enough to make the older man worry just a bit.

"Yes. That woman. Kagome." Kaze's voice was a bit icy and he took a long drink. Miroku watched him for a moment.

"You like her?" An ill tempered shrug met Miroku's curious gaze. "So…you don't like her?"

"No, I mean. Yes. I mean. I like her, she's a good woman, nice. It's just, I feel really strange around her."

"Strange?" Miroku's brows rose and Kaze shifted uncomfortably under his piercing gaze.

"Yes strange. I don't know how to describe it. She just makes me feel…" He trailed off for a moment, and the pause was long enough that Miroku saw that he knew exactly how the woman made him feel. "I just don't know okay. It's complicated." Kaze snapped slightly.

"Ah." Miroku's replied was bland, lacking a tone of opinion then he sighed heavily. "Women are complicated." He took a long drink then grinned suddenly. "But I have a good idea."

Kaze eyed him suspiciously. "What?"

"Just ask her to bare your children."

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" "The Shikon no Tama, or Jewel of Four souls contains the four souls of Midoriko, a priestess and the souls of the demons she had purified. Whoever holds the jewel can be given great power for good or for evil depending on who's winning the eternal battle inside. " " He looked over the old and slightly crumbling scrolls one by one, learning of how the jewel was created, of where it had traveled and who had collected it through time.

"Fascinating, this is simply fascinating." He chuckled lowly and reached into the box for the last scroll, the one that would tell him what happened to the jewel, the one that would reveal it's location. He pushed the other scrolls to the side and slowly unrolled the final scroll, looking it over as his pupils shrank.

"Blank?" His voice quivered in barely contained fury as he gripped the scroll in his hands, ripping in half with a snarl.

Quotes: 'Sepia no Hi ' from Card Captor Sakura

A/N: Okay so I totally don't like the chapter I just wrote, but the next ones really will be better. This is just one of those chapters that you need to build the story, but are kind of dull. There won't be many of these I promise!

…Nuclotei