Hey guys, what's up? Look, until I get a few more votes on the Brooklyn/Kagome thing, I'm still open to suggestions. However, I have to say nay to the Claw/Kagome thing, cuz' I looked him up, and he's like, 40, so it's a little gross. If you suggest someone else, as long as they have no set in stone pairing with anyone else, I'll consider it. I am borrowing a few things from the comics, just so you know. I own nothing. Enjoy!

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Japanese

Elisa and Matt waited patiently for the gargoyles to awaken. They were in the Labyrinth at the moment, and this was Matt's first time down there. After Kagome passed out, the two clans had gone to the Labyrinth so the girl could rest, as it was closer than the castle. However, she hadn't woken up since.

The sound of cracking stone filled the air. The gargoyles roared and stretched from their frozen positions.

"Has Kagome awoken?" Goliath asked Elisa immediately.

Elisa shook her head. "She slept all day, and Souta hasn't left her side or slept. But I looked her and her family up today. She was expelled from high school for truancy. She is 17 and her brother is 11, so he is in 5th grade, or the equivalent of it in Japan. Higurashi Shrine has been cared for by volunteers since the murder of Hana and Ren Higurashi, their mother and maternal grandfather. They were declared missing once the bodies were found. Nobody could think of anyone who would want to hurt any of them, although," Elisa smirked, "her friends had some interesting things to say about who Kagome hung out with."

"What kind of things?" Brooklyn asked, eyes narrowing.

Elisa grinned. "See for yourself." She held out one of several files she had tucked under her arm. The file had a picture of a smiling, pretty girl with long black hair, and large brown eyes.

Higurashi, Kagome

Age: 17

Date of Birth: March 2nd, 1994

Height: 5' 5"

Missing since: June 9th, 2011

When questioned, friends of the victim, Yuka Ito, Eri Kichida, Ayumi Kokawa, and Kai Hojo stated her tendency to acquaint herself with strange characters, mostly male. They only met one of them, a boy named Inuyasha, though they never learned his last name, but had the unique coloring of silver hair and golden eyes. The girls described him as nice enough, but from what they had heard, he had volatile emotions and often threatened to harm others when Higurashi was concerned. Hojo explained that he had met Inuyasha once, but had been violent and protective of Higurashi. Nobody has found this boy or anyone resembling him, although neighbors do recall seeing such a boy frequenting the Shrine and often having heated arguments with both Kagome and Ren. Several others were mentioned without names by Ito, Kichida and Kokawa.

-An older boy who requested she 'bear his children'

-A man who is the half-brother of Inuyasha and apparently tried to kill them both

-An older boy who pledged his love to Higurashi

-A young boy who apparently looked to Higurashi as his surrogate mother

No such men have been located.

"O-kaaaay, anyone else think she has some things to tell us when she wakes up?" Lex asked. There was a murmur of agreement from the others.

They moved into the Labyrinth's 'sick bay,' where the clones were hovering near the bed which was occupied by Kagome. Souta was staring at his sister's face intently, as if he could will her awake. Suddenly, her head began to turn from side to side, and she had an agitated expression on her face.

"I-Inu-ya-sha." she gasped. Her body began to glow pink, and her hair fly upward like she were falling backward. Everyone except for Souta began to back away from the glowing girl.

Souta groaned. "Kuso!" He sighed. He immediately shoved her off the bed, and she hit the cement with a surprised yelp.

"Why the heck did he do that?" Matt gasped, watching the boy hop on the bed and watch Kagome sit up.

"Because the alternative was I would accidentally throw you all into the wall closest to you." Kagome groaned pulling herself into a sitting position. "Souta-chan has been on the receiving end of my nightmares for months."

Kagome stood and stretched before surveying the group before her. "Huh. I don't suppose there is anyone in this group named Goliath?"

"I am Goliath." Goliath stepped forward, holding out his clawed hand to the girl.

She shook it firmly. "It is nice to meet you. My name is Kagome Higurashi." she introduced herself. "But you probably already knew that. I doubt you would go to the trouble of saving me and not figure out my name in the process?"

"Yes, we knew. This is my clan." Goliath motioned to the gargoyles and humans behind him. "This is my second in command Brooklyn." The red gargoyle nodded politely to her. "My daughter, Angela." Angela smiled. "Her beloved, Broadway." The turquoise giant smiled warmly to Kagome. "Our elder, Hudson." Another nod. "This is Bronx." Kagome grinned at the dog-like gargoyle. "And this is Lexington." Lexington was the first to step forward to shake her hand. "This is Elisa Maza and her partner, Matt Bluestone. They are detectives and allies of ours, and they work with the NYPD."

"Pleasure to meet you. I take it you already know my itouto, Souta-chan."

"Yes, he was met by a friend of ours named Claw."

"I don't suppose he was the tiger guy who helped Lexington-kun get me out of the coffin?"

"Yes, he was." Goliath confirmed. "But how did you know my name?"

"I heard of you, along with Elisa-san, Angela-chan and Bronx-chan from a gargoyle I met in Tokyo named Yama."

"Wait, you know Yama? But the Japanese clan never leave their village." Elisa pointed out.

"He was banished from his clan until he had regained his honor, after what he had done with that business-man, Taro." Kagome shrugged. "I was jumped on the street on my way home one night. Yama saved me, and I invited him to the shrine. Ka-chan and jiji-chan were at the hospital for his operation, so it was only Souta and I home."

"You invited him home after he saved you." Matt said slowly.

"Well, yeah, I had asked him if he had a place to stay, and I decided to let him stay at the shrine for a while." Kagome said, as if it were perfectly natural to invite strange gargoyles home.

"I don't suppose you're familiar with the third-race?" Broadway asked shrewdly.

"Never heard of them."

Souta tugged on his sister's wing to get her attention. "Nee-san, they know a youkai."

"What?"

"His name is Burnett Owen, and he's a youkai. But there is something wrong with him."

"How could you tell?"

"His aura was all weird."

"What do you think they are talking about?" Angela whispered to Brooklyn.

"Dunno, but I caught Owen's name in there. Remember how Souta realized he was one of the third-race?" Brooklyn asked.

"Yes."

"Maybe he's telling her about that."

"That could make sense. He said youkai, and when we were in Ishimura, the gargoyles used it to describe beings that may have been part of the third-race."

"What do you mean?" Broadway asked, joining in the conversation.

"What if they have met the third-race? What if they never realized it, because they thought they were youkai!" Angela whispered excitedly.

"You may be right." Kagome said suddenly, looking very excited. "And if that is true, then, Broadway-kun is correct, I have met many of the third-race."

"Do you know if any of these guys are part of the third-race?" Elisa asked, handing the folder to Kagome.

Kagome read the report and smiled. "Most of them are, yeah, except for Miroku, who asked me to 'bear his child."

"What?" Talon asked, entering the room, with Maggie and Claw close behind. "Who's bearing who's child?"

"An old friend of mine asked me to bear his child when we first met. He was a complete hentai." Kagome explained with a sad smile.

"A what?" Talon asked, blank faced.

"A pervert." Kagome translated. "So who are you 3?"

"My name is Talon, this is Maggie, and this is Claw." Talon introduced, wrapping a protective arm around Maggie, clarifying their relationship, and motioning to Claw, who was waving shyly.

"They are humans. The man who did this to us, first did it to them." Souta whispered. Kagome nodded.

"My brother says the man who did this to us, is the same one who mutated you." Kagome said to Talon.

"Yeah. Anton Sevarius." Talon growled.

Kagome sighed. "Maybe you should explain." She watched the whole group; gargoyles, humans, mutates, and the clones who had wandered into the chamber, curious about the new mutate. "All of you should explain."

4 Hours Later:

"Okay. I think I've got it now." Kagome said, rubbing her temples. She turned to the mutates. "You were humans who sere spliced with different jungle cats, bats and eels, by Sevarius and Xanatos in an attempt to make artificial gargoyles. Talon-san is Elisa-san's younger brother, a former cop who was working as Xanatos's bodyguard and pilot, and was splice with a panther, and now you are the leader down here. Maggie-san came to New York to be a Broadway actress, but couldn't get a job and ran out of cash, forcing you to live on the street, later being spliced with a lion. Claw-san was also on the street and was later spliced with a tiger. And this Fang guy was spliced with a puma and was locked up after trying to take over the Labyrinth."

She turned to the clones. "Burbank-san is a clone of Hudson-san. Brentwood-san is a clone of Lexington-kun. Malibu-san is a clone of Brooklyn-kun, and is dating Delilah-san. Delilah-san was created from Demona and Elisa-san, and is Talon-san's second in command. Hollywood-san is Broadway-kun's clone. And you were all aged to be in your twenties, in gargoyle years."

Kagome took a deep breath before turning to the Manhatten clan. "Hudson-san is the clan's elder and former leader, 1,000 years ago in Scotland. Goliath-san is the clan's leader, former second in command to Hudson-san, former mate of Demona, Angela-chan's biological father, and is dating Elisa-san. Brooklyn-kun is Goliath's second in command. Angela-chan grew up on Avalon with your clan's remaining eggs and is now in love with Broadway-kun. Elisa-san is a police detective and is Matt-san's partner. Bronx-chan is the clan's 'blood-hound'. Lexington is the clans tech-head, and Broadway-san is the clan's amateur detective."

"Yeah, you've got it." Brooklyn said, nodding.

"Do you believe it, though?" Elisa asked.

"I've heard crazier things." Kagome admitted with a shrug. "But I'm curious about this 'Owen' Souta mentioned to me. Souta told me there was something wrong with him."

Souta had long since fallen asleep, since he couldn't even understand what was being said, and he hadn't slept in over 24 hours.

"Are you familiar with Shakespeare's play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream"?" Goliath asked.

"Yeah, I had to read it in Middle School, why?"

"Owen is actually Puck, and he teaches Alexander how to use his fey powers. Oberon has eternally banished Puck from Avalon and bound him to his human form, unless he is teaching or protecting Alexander."

Kagome thought on this. "And he is gifted in spells, you say?"

"Yes." Goliath answered, wondering why she was so interested.

"Well, I think I need to meet this Owen. I wonder which is stronger, my power or Oberon's spell."

Wow, that took me forever, and I apologize for that. I hope you liked it and didn't think it was too slow. Please review!