A/N: Kay so, I've been really just working on this chapter ^_^; Good News and Bad News: bad news, this computer that I'm working on sucks and I really hate to use it and thusly updates are slower than I expected, good news, I'm getting a laptop tomorrow and therefore, updates will speed up! [hopefully.]

-BCIY-

I went against all my training and every single thought and feeling that bubbled up in my chest when Wilgar spoke those words. I didn't wrap my hands around his throat and squeeze the life out of him. I didn't draw my gun and shoot him in between the eyes. I didn't keep a calm face.

I stood, frozen. I looked Wilgar straight in the face, taking in his somber and yet pleased expression.

"What?" My voice cracked. Wilgar looked startled.

"You're crying." He observed, the awe in his voice causing my heart to squeeze painfully. My hands started shaking.

Suddenly my mind went blank.

"No." I whispered. Wilgar furrowed his brow and stiffened.

"I'm sorry." He didn't mean it. "That's just the way it has to be." He looked uncomfortable for a moment. "And, I'm afraid you must be punished." I didn't react. "You were told numerous times not to reveal yourself. In attacking Train, you broke the rule of not harming the members of this organization without permission. Also…" He turned his head over his shoulder for a moment. I looked behind him, but could see no one. "While fighting train, one of your stray bullets hit another member, although he is not a number. I will arrange for you to apologize to Creed once your punishment is completed." I couldn't really retain anything he was saying. I didn't want to. I just wanted to get away…

"No." I reiterated, my temper boiling up again and destroying the emptiness of my expression. "No. I will not apologize. I will not be punished." My voice got louder and louder and Wilgar flinched. "Get the fuck out. Get away from me!" I shrieked, pushing him out of my doorway, slamming the door shut, and locking it. I looked around the room for a moment and Shade looked at me curiously. I looked in the dresser and started throwing my clothes onto the bed. Obviously I was making a lot of noise, because Wilgar started pounding on the door.

"What are you doing in there, Kagome? Throwing a tantrum won't help." He yelled through the door. "You're just destroying property." I picked up the chair Sephira had been sitting in and threw it at the door. It shattered.

"Shut up, Wilgar! I'm tired of you telling me what to do! I'm tired of you forcing me into the shadows!" I howled, tears leaking down my face again. I violently brushed them from my eyes with my sleeve and continued to gather all of my possessions. "I'm leaving!"

There was silence on the other side of the door.

"What?" He croaked. I sent an angry smile towards him.

"I said I'm leaving." I hissed loudly. "You can't stop me. And if you try, I'll kill you and every last one of your Numbers." Wilgar blubbered and a whine built up in his throat.

"You can't do that, Kagome." He sounded very sure of himself. I smirked.

"Oh yes I can!" I replied angrily, fighting the urge to stick out my tongue at him. He gave a flustered cough.

"I won't allow it!" I laughed at his floundering logic.

"I don't have to listen to you!" I was feeling the same freedom that had come when I was fighting Train. Wilgar started pounding on the door again.

"You ungrateful beast! After I've taken care of you for all of your life! Your parents abandoned you! I took you in! You have nowhere to go!" I clenched my fists and growled.

"Shut up! I'm not staying in this hellhole!" I grabbed a trash bag from the cabinet and shoved what little possessions I had in it. "See ya!" Wilgar was practically trying to break down the door. I motioned to Shade and went to the window, opened it and jumped out into the night.

-TRAIN-

I sat on the roof, extremely frustrated. After Wilgar got everyone to agree that the girl was best left a secret, he had pulled Sephira aside and the rest of us were left with no information.

"Grraaahh…" I groaned, lying back against the shingles. The black cat that always seemed to follow me around appeared next to me with a disapproving meow. I turned towards it and frowned. "That girl pisses me off." Apparently, the Numbers were going to just forget about the whole thing. But I couldn't. I clenched my fists.

"Meowwwwwrrrr." Great. Now the cat was yelling at me. I stared at it.

"What was with her? She's just a kid, but she fights like a number." I thought back to when she was kicking my ass. And what she said.

"I hold seniority over you, cat. I've been here far longer than you."

"Yes. Poor little orphan boy, left all alone…His parents are dead…Why not take advantage of the opportunity? What the poor little orphan boy didn't know was that his mother and father were killed by an itty-bitty baby girl."

I slammed my fist on the roof and it shuddered. The cat screeched and jumped away. She was younger than me, but had been a Number for longer than I had. It was obvious she had lied about killing my parents, but the fact that she knew how and when they had died…It unnerved me. It also made me question what Wilgar was thinking. How could he take a girl so young and turn her into a killer?

A loud alarm screamed and made me jump to my feet.

Wilgar stumbled into the courtyard and spotted me on the roof. He looked infuriated.

"Train! Get down here! Kagome is escaping!" I jumped down and landed next to him.

"What do you mean?" I asked calmly, enjoying watching his face turn beet red.

"I MEAN SHE'S ESCAPING! FIND HER! BRING HER BACK!" He bellowed. I narrowed my eyes.

"There's no way she could escape." Wilgar started to reply, but I was already running. The others were searching the mansion, but I figured I could wait her out at the wall. I climbed up a tree that overlooked the wall closest to the woods behind headquarters. Sure enough, a shadow carrying a bag stuffed with clothes and money was sneaking towards where I was. I waited until she was close and jumped down.

"You're very predictable." I observed when my feet hit the ground. She dropped her bag in what I thought was surprise, but she drew her gun just as quickly and kicked out at me. I flew backwards into the wall and was dazed. She came over to me and stood over me, her violet eyes glowing.

"Idiot." She spat, and kicked me in the head. Everything went fuzzy, but I could feel her digging through my pockets before I passed out.

I am an idiot…

-KAGOME-

Train thought he could get in my way, but I showed him how powerless he truly was. I had been holding back when I first fought him, and I was sure that he would know that when he woke up.

If I had time, I probably would have killed him.

I suppressed a growl as Shade and I ran through the woods, avoiding tripping or stopping for any reason. The further we got from the Chronos Headquarters, the better. I was lucky enough to find a rudimentary map towards the city in my raid of the Headquarters, but Shade's nose would probably be enough for us to find our way there.

I looked out of the corner of my eye at my wolf companion. He was my only family now; he had always been the one that I could count on as long as I had known him.

He seemed to notice my attention and woofed at me quietly, chastising me for not paying attention. I sighed, knowing this was going to be a long night.

Soon, they would find Train's unconscious body.

When I opened my eyes, the sun was rising. I sat up straight, the bark from the tree I was leaning against digging into my back. I searched the surrounding area quickly, checking to see if I had been found, but my only companion was the one I expected.

Shade lay at my feet, his eyes closed but his ears erect and alert. His black fur lay flat against his slim body, matted and dirty from our run. I'm sure I looked just as bad, if not worse. It didn't matter right now; all I knew was that we needed to disappear, and quick.

Our best bet would be to get a place in the city, but we barely had enough money to supply us with food for the week. Shade couldn't be seen just walking around; a wolf would freak people out and Wilgar would find me for sure.

I didn't want to abandon the one friend I had, but we couldn't stay together. Until I got a place for us to be alone, Shade would have to fend for himself out into the woods. Maybe he sensed what I was thinking about, because Shade opened his eyes and looked at me. I could tell he understood what we had to do.

First things first, I had to disguise myself. Wilgar knew my appearance and now so did the Numbers. I took hold of my hair, which had grown very long since I started living with Wilgar, nearly down to my backside. I drew a knife I had sheathed on my ankle and raggedly cut my hair down to shoulder length.

The first of many sacrifices and changes.

I dug through the bag of stuff I had grabbed and pulled out a baseball cap, a small backpack, a change of clothes and all of the money I had stolen. I changed my clothes, knowing my trademark outfit from Chronos would get me spotted faster than my long hair, and hid what I was wearing in a bush. I could never wear it again if I was to escape.

I left the rest of my things with Shade, knowing they would be safe with him. All I had could be replaced anyway. I sped down the hill and into the city limits, preparing myself to transition into my new life.

I would no longer be Wilgar's puppet.

-TRAIN-

The search went on for hours, but the Numbers had more important things to do than look for a little girl, no matter how strong she was. I doubted we would find her anyway; the forest was huge and the nearest city was at least three days away. The girl would probably be lost in the woods or something.

Wilgar sent out some lackeys to look for her, but it was a half-hearted effort. He was really pissed that she had even escaped the walls. I really didn't give a damn, although I was curious and still pissed off about how she had beaten me so easily. It was useless to work myself up over a damn kid anyway. Wilgar obviously didn't think the same way I did.

"Damn that monster! I took her in, I fed her, I clothed her, I taught her how to fight! How dare she turn on me?" He was ranting and raving at me in his office, like that would do anything. It really pissed me off that he wouldn't give me an assignment. He already had his henchmen looking for her; what did he need me here for?

"Wilgar, give me an assignment. Making me stay here is a waste." I muttered, leaning against the wall and glaring at the floor. He glared at me, his face an unhealthy puce, and sputtered.

"An assignment? AN ASSIGNMENT? YOUR ASSIGNMENT IS TO FIND THAT DAMN KID!" He calmed down immediately when he saw the murderous look I had on my face. He knew not to yell at me or it would piss me off. "Ahem. Train, you must find that girl. I invested a lot of money into her, and if she is not brought back…" Invested money? I must have let curiousness slip onto my face because Wilgar looked uncomfortable. "Perhaps I will debrief you once you bring her back."

Perhaps? I glared at him and strode out of his office, gathering my thoughts.

I would hunt this girl down and then I would get some answers.

A/N: Thanks for your patience guys! I haven't decided on the pairing yet, but if you guys wanna see something go ahead and suggest it.