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A Simple Request

Chapter 9- A Ruined Movie

Kagome mentally sighed as Shippo and Rin sat in the center of the row beneath herself and Sesshomaru, unfortunately leaving her to 'enjoy' the stoic lord's company directly above them. "I can't believe I agreed to this." Kagome whispered to him after jabbing him in the ribs. Sesshomaru growled at her in response, smacking her hand away from his body before she could touch him again.

"I, as well, regret giving you an invitation had I known you would annoy me before the movie began." Kagome stuck her tongue out at him and sunk back in her chair, suddenly feeling very uncomfortable. She glanced down at Sesshomaru's khaki slacks and raised her eyebrow.

"It's not like you've been dying to see this movie anyway…have you?" Sesshomaru gritted his teeth together with annoyance.

"No, Higurashi, but anything is better than listening to your voice." Kagome gave him the finger and folded her arms across her chest in a pout.

"Why did you bring your gun and extra ammo in here for?" Kagome questioned in a hushed whisper.

"Not only does my job require me to do so, but I find it necessary to bring my weapons and extra ammo where ever I go, and more importantly when Rin is in my company."

"That doesn't tell me why." Kagome replied drumming her fingers on the armrest with boredom. Sesshomaru ground his teeth together with agitation and slammed his hand on top of hers quickly.

"I bring them with me incase a situation arises and I need to shoot back or at someone." He replied so quietly Kagome almost missed it. She growled softly at him and snatched her hand from under his, nursing it tenderly with two fingers.

"I feel the same way." She replied easing her left jogging pants leg up until her thigh exposed a holster with an obviously loaded gun. Kagome gave him an evil grin and eased her pant leg back down.

"So tell me Higurashi," Sesshomaru began, "How is it that you were able to move so quickly with, two, I presume, loaded weapons on your thighs?" Kagome shrugged and sat back in her chair again.

"I don't know, but I was hopin' that they wouldn't slip out while I was playin or somethin."

"So are you going to tell me what you are or what you are mixed with?" Sesshomaru questioned her once more and Kagome shrugged.

"I don't know to tell you the truth," She replied with a gentle sigh, "Why do you wish to know so badly for? You don't see me askin you how you're mixed with a moon youkai goddess blood while they've been extinct for over three thousand years." Sesshomaru paused, so relieved that the theater had dimmed so she missed his completely shocked expression. His grip on his armrest tightened as he found words to respond with.

"Who told you this information?" He questioned furiously in a heated whisper. Kagome shrugged, missing the sign of his anger and surprised he had not wrapped his hands around her throat yet.

"It is as obvious as you know I am not human." Kagome replied with a smile as she glanced at him through the corner of her eye, "Between you and your brother's features, your brother is more…doggish, but mainly because you two share different scents, as well as different mothers. InuYasha is obviously an inu hanyou, but you are lacking of the…animal features I have seen in other purebred inu demons." Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes at her evaluation and shook his head.

"I suppose that would be a valid, accurate guess for a youkai or demon slayer to possess that knowledge, but for a mere human with little demonic contact, there is something wrong with that image." Kagome shrugged then turned her attention to the giggling children beneath them.

"Well, I guess I'm not a mere human then." Kagome responded and Sesshomaru chuckled, which severely startled Kagome.

"That is quite obvious Higurashi."

"How so, are you tryna call me a weirdo or somethin?" Sesshomaru gave her a dark glare.

"If I was going to insult you as such, I would have done so. I am saying it is quite obvious because the high-tell tale signs of a demonic offspring is its eye and hair color, and yours are frankly out of the norm." Kagome shrugged once more and Sesshomaru continued. "I am starting to believe the woman you called mother was not a simple human either." Kagome laughed greatly at this. If anyone had been watching her from afar, they would have thought she was laughing with the movie.

"That, my over-investigative special agent, is utterly ridiculous. What else could she have been?"

"I believe she was a descendant of a once thriving miko clan. This of course includes her younger sister and niece." Kagome gasped softly, interrupting Sesshomaru briefly. "I have a hypothesis that you are very familiar with your adoptive mother's niece."

"Please don't tell me she's-."

"Yashiro, Kikyo, the supermodel whose nose you fractured not too long ago." Kagome rolled her eyes.

"I have people callin me 'The Fracturer' because of that. It wasn't even my fault because she-,"

"I do not wish to hear your explanation woman, hold your tongue." Kagome snapped her head to the left to glare dangerously at the rude mouthed youkai.

"When ancient times still ruled, you were a taiyoukai, were you not?" Kagome responded returning her gaze to the large screen.

"That is none of your concern," Sesshomaru ground out, once more annoyed for a reason unknown to him.

"True, but it is once again very obvious when the pale blue crescent moon is almost glowing in this dim lighting."

"Woman, you talk nonsense. I have concealed all the royal markings I bear to prevent unnecessary battles. I, as well, am surprised that such demons after my royal blood are not after your power as well."

"What power?" Kagome questioned with curious eyes. Sesshomaru said nothing for a few more minutes before responding.

"Not your power, but your aura radiates from miles around."

"Oh, well, I suppose they must thing of me pretty weak then if they sense my aura from a large radius and don't bother me." Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow at her naive remark and fidgeted slightly as he debated telling her the rest.

"You are incorrect Higurashi. The demons with common sense do not approach you because you let off a powerful holy aura, especially when near your kit. Though the way you somewhat 'control' your aura, normal humans do not sense it, but merely feel…at peace. The lesser demons however, either stay away or are very wary."

"Interesting," Kagome remarked, "what about demons like you?"

"We are not typically power-seeking people, but we respect those with strength like our own."

"You don't respect me though." Kagome blurted, her cheeks turning a furious cherry.

"That would be because you do not sow one proper respect, I don't like you, and as I said, we respect those with strength like our own." Kagome huffed and folded her arms in a cute pout.

"Well, fine then, I don't like you much either you nostological jerk, and are you trying to call me weak?" She grumbled in response.

"I am heavily surprised that such a word is in your vocabulary, and yet, I do believe the word you were trying to use is nosological, which Nosos… in Greek means disease. The word all together is nosological and it is a branch of medicine that deals with classification of diseases, so my impression is no longer given as a compliment, in fact I take it back." Kagome's jaw fell open and she flipped him off the returned her attention to the movie.

"You're such an egotistical prick." She muttered to him after a few seconds of silence.

"Good job Higurashi, you used that word right, but if that is so, then why are you still speaking to me let alone sitting in this theater with this Sesshomaru?" Kagome's jaw slacked like a gaping fish and she sputtered for words before growling at him and batting at his arm with anger before standing. She was just about to stomp off when she sensed something very wrong. She paused, mid-step, glancing at Sesshomaru briefly in silent question. He nodded curtly and she watched as his eyes widened a fraction. "Get down Higurashi!" He exclaimed barely above a whisper. Kagome sucked in a breath of air to prevent herself from hyperventilating and dropped to the ground quite literally while Sesshomaru leaped over the row and brought Rin and Shippo to the ground as well.

The few people around them panicked and began to flee from the theater, but only a few remained behind after ensuring their children were safe with their spouse. The shadow of a car became heavily obvious as Kagome prepared for whatever else was about to happen. She turned to her side and removed the guns from the straps on her thighs. Kagome loaded the weapons and cocked them with expertise speed then laid flat on the black floor once more.

"I was not aware they knew each other." Miroku replied with an observing voice. They both glanced at InuYasha for his response.

"Sesshomaru don't like no stinkin humans." He replied as if he were stating the dead obvious.

"Uh, that was quite obvious before he had Rin." Sango remarked. Their eyebrows all rose as Kagome threw her head back and laughed.

"Though it isn't very hard to make Miss Kagome laugh, she sure seems to be having a great time." Miroku said slyly placing his hand on the back of Sango's chair.

"The bastard just wants some ass. If Kagome wants to be a dumb broad and fall for his lame ass game then just let her and quit complainin about it would ya?" InuYasha retorted tearing his gaze away from the pair.

"Yes, well…That was very cynical and unusually mean for you to say about our dear Kagome." Miroku replied with a frown. The hanyou shrugged in response, standing to leave when he spotted the shadow of a Tahoe behind the screen and watched as people began to flee rapidly from the theater.

"Kohaku?!" Sango exclaimed as a gunshot went off and people screamed as they tried to escape from blocked exits. It soon became a frenzy of fear as the screen tore and the devil himself rode in.

"It's Naraku! We're all gunna die!" They heard someone shout. Sango rolled her eyes, pulling a small pistol from her purse. Miroku pulled a dark purple nine millimeter from his large purple hoodie and signaled to Sango.

"I am sure Rin, Shippo, and Kohaku are down there. Let's protect them while Inu, Ayame, and Kouga fire at whomever necessary." Sango nodded firmly and they scaled the dark walls quickly.

"Hey Sesshomaru, we'll protect these two while you-," Sango was cut off as shots began to fire. She and Miroku quickly ducked behind the theater seats.

"Make sure no injury comes to my daughter. If damage does reach her, I am sure the monk will not find you so appealing with a headless body." Sango blushed brightly red and the shots stopped briefly as Sesshomaru stood and leaped elsewhere.

"Sango!" Shippo exclaimed huddled next to a very pale Rin.

"Hey kiddo, stay where you are, me and Roku will protect you guys." Sango and Miroku crawled over to them and covered them with their bodies as more shots rang out.

Kagome crouched, carefully observing the men fully dressed in blood red piling in to the theater. She glanced down at her shoes and rolled her eyes. Someone had scuffed her black and white checkered Vans. She sat back on her butt and rubbed at the mark until it was gone. Kagome sighed leapt up, aiming at the person closet to the row she last saw Rin and Shippo in. She quickly leapt back down as shots rang out in response. She listened carefully as they stopped and head people reload. Kagome was just about to jump up and shoot some more when a figure leapt into her row. Kagome fell back on her butt with an ill-suspected movement and instantly had her weapons on said person, her finger heavy on the trigger.

"God Sesshomaru, I coulda killed you!" Kagome exclaimed in an angry whisper. She paused briefly, peeking over the chair to see how many more people were entering. "How many fuckin cunts can they fit in a damned seven-seater?"

"It appears that they were planning this ahead of time, and they were probably waiting elsewhere for Naraku to give them the signal to move in."

"Speaking of which, where did the bastard go?" Kagome replied, ready to crouch on her haunches to shoot again.

"This Sesshomaru imagines he is hiding. I have long lost sight of where he played Houdini to."

"What great help you are." Kagome muttered darkly as she released rounds of fire. Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes at her then back at the persons who met their end. Each of her targets fell with an accurate shot to the center of their forehead, causing their heads to quite literally explode.

"You are demented Higurashi. You are not shooting at zombies." Sesshomaru told her when she slid back down with a smirk on her face.

"So you like zombie movies too?" She let out a jubilant laugh and shook her head. "I know they aren't but it's good to hit them so that they don't get up again." Sesshomaru mentally agreed with her and glanced over the seats again. He ducked down when he saw someone loading their gun and about to release fire from a machine gun. The fire of the weapon went over their heads however, obviously aimed at someone else.

"My idiot half-brother is here with your friends." Kagome's eyes widened and she stood up then raced across the row, barely dodging bullets fired her way. She raced up the stairs with vast speed and jumped into the last row.

"Kagome what the hell were you thinking?!" InuYasha shouted at her and Kagome merely hugged him close to her.

"I thought that maybe-,"

"Oi bitch, get off me. I can take care of my damned self. I been doin it since I was a toddler." He roughly shoved the small framed woman-child off him and returned his attention to the battle field. Kagome stared at him with hurt cyan eyes glittering with tears.

'My eyes burn from these tears'

"Where's everyone else?" She asked quietly and InuYasha pointed to the rows below.

'You'd think I'd learn over these years'

"Miroku and Sango are with Rin and Shippo. Kouga and Ayame are tryin ta find Kohaku. Kagome nodded, biting her lip, and crawled past him.

"I'm sorry for disturbing you Yasha…" She replied before standing and racing off. InuYasha shrugged her off, standing up to shoot at various people who were trying to aim at her.

"What the fuck is she doin?" InuYasha questioned himself mentally as she ran to the center of the theater. His eyes searched the entire theater and landed on Kohaku, who was being held in the air by none other than Naraku.

'Good things won't last forever'

"Kohaku!!" Sango exclaimed shooting up from the theater floor. There wasn't a moment's hesitation before multiple shots rang out and the frightened screams of two young children below her echoed the theater. Bullets tore into her shoulders, chest, stomach, and finally neck before she fell. Miroku's anguish screamed forever imprinted the innocents' minds as hot tears fell from his violet eyes.

'So what the hell am I supposed to do?'

"Sango…" Kagome whispered as tears fell hotly from her eyes.

'You only wanted the things I couldn't give to you'

'And you had it all anyway'

"My dear Kagome," A voice rumbled from the platform in front of the large, ripped screen.

'So take, take everything and leave me scrambling
Reaching for something that wasn't there in the first place'

"It appears I have in possession the brother of your felled best friend. If it is in your interest to keep him and a few other innocents alive, I suggest you surrender to me." Kagome paled the guns falling from her small hands instantly and she looked back to see a flash of silver reaching the row she felt the very frightened Shippo and Rin were.

'So take, take everything and leave me scrambling
Reaching for something that wasn't there in the first place'

"This can't be possible…everything was just…" her thoughts were scrambled, from where she stood she could feel Sango's aura diminishing, returning to the deepest part of her soul. The spitfire woman Kagome had known her entire life. Her empty cerulean orbs returned to where Naraku stood.

'Tell me I'm wrong when I say
I can't expect you to spend forever with me
I live for that single moment'

"You have another option Kagome," he spoke loudly with an evil smile on his face.

'I take back everything I've said
you wore those words on your lips
As if they meant anything anyway'

"What is it?" Kagome questioned breathlessly, not sure Naraku heard her or not.

"I let you and your friends escape, in quick movement might I add, to save the life of your friend, but the cost, is her brother. If you wish to find him, you will begin a game."

'Sometimes I feel I could drop off the face of the earth
it seems I do more harm than good'

Hot tears poured from her eyes as she debated her options. Leave Kohaku completely orphaned, or have him missing for a few days while his sister recovered.

'So take, take everything and leave me scrambling
Reaching for something that wasn't there in the first place'

"You toy with the lives of the innocents Naraku, and I will no longer allow you to do so." Kagome replied, surprised at the sudden strength and authority in her voice.

"Which option is it Demon Princess, decide quickly, your friend will not live very long at the rate her blood is filling the air.

'So take, take everything and leave me scrambling
Reaching for something that wasn't there in the first place'

"Take him and leave, but if you lay one hand on him-,"

"As I thought Kagome… You are a selfish woman." There was a loud explosion and Kagome fell as the theater wall were the screen once opened revealed the outside world. An ambulance and many police cars were waiting, but Naraku and his remaining men, added their car, were no where to be seen. Stretchers galore quickly entered the theater and Kagome stood their numbly before she realized someone where standing next to her.

"That was not a selfish move Higurashi. Do not allow his corrupt mind affect you're pure thinking." Kagome's rounded cerulean eyes glanced up into heated amber pools and more tears fell.

"I failed them," she whispered, "I failed my friends."

'Sometimes I feel I could drop off the face of the earth
it seems I do more harm than good'

Sesshomaru said nothing, and he cuddled a sleeping Rin in his right arm with an also sleeping kit on her stomach. They were drenched in blood of their protector who was now being carried out from the large hole in the theater.

"Remove your kit, I wish to go home. I would advise you to leave with me so that you may leave as well without questioning." Kagome gently picked Shippo out of Sesshomaru's free arm and nodded simply.

'Good things won't last forever'

"Are you okay to drive to your apartment?" He questioned once Kagome had laid the kitsune in the back seat of her car. Kagome nodded and gave him a small, sad smile that didn't even begin to lift her cheeks.

"Drive safely then Higurashi…I would hate to see a simple car crash kill you rather than a glorious battle of bullets." He saw her smile widely at this, but it didn't reach her eyes.

'So what the hell am I supposed to do?'

"Have a good afternoon Sesshomaru." She said before closing her car door and starting the engine. Sesshomaru watched as she reversed and drove away. He turned and walked to his car two rows down. Placing Rin in the backseat in the same manner Kagome had Shippo. He closed the door and sighed, pulling a lighter from his pocket as he reached in the pocket of the backseat and removed a box of cigarettes. He took one out and closed the door gently. Sesshomaru lit the cigarette and took a long drag as he closed his eyes. He had long ago stopped smoking, but not because of its effects on humans. It was ill-effective to demons, and the only reason he smoked was to calm his nerves. Sesshomaru removed the cigarette from his lips and exhaled it slowly.

'You only wanted the things I couldn't give to you'

'And you had it all anyway'

He sighed and leaned against the light blue Lincoln. "Sesshomaru," the familiar gruff and lightly baritone voice called him.

"What is it InuYasha?"

"I thought you stopped smoking."

"I did." He replied shortly taking a drag of the cigarette again. InuYasha raised an eyebrow and sat on the trunk of his car.

"Well, I got some good news for you."

"What would that be hanyou?"

"Mom died, so you should be expecting a call from the office relatively soon for you to return to work." Sesshomaru nearly choked on the puff of smoke he was releasing and glanced at the hanyou. So that was what his poor half-brother had been reeking of tears about.

"I see how that is good news for me, but what about you?"

"I gotta fly up there to identify the body. Thinkin about stayin for a couple of weeks." InuYasha responded distantly.

"Hn," Sesshomaru responded flicking the cigarette to the pavement and crushing it beneath his foot. "Perhaps you should learn correct sentence grammar while you're wherever.

"Feh, you bastard." InuYasha responded, but the insult didn't reach his voice, "I think I'll quit the precinct too, and go back to work for the company as vice president if that's okay with you."

"You reached father's expectations when you were vice president," Sesshomaru replied not too long after he finally released the last puff of smoke, "So where is it you are going?"

"Sicily, Italy. The guy who called me told me she bought a house here, in Virginia. Recently furnished and everything. I wonder if she knew…,"

"She had little miko powers InuYasha. I wouldn't be surprised if Izayoui (sp?) knew when she was going to pass." InuYasha nodded and leapt off his car.

"Alright then bro, I'll see you in a few weeks. You better have the company up and running good by that time or else I'll be president and CEO instead of you." Sesshomaru snorted at his 'threat' and got into the driver's seat. He sent InuYasha a passive wave and drove home.

'My eyes burn from these tears'
You'd think I'd learn over these years'

Yeah, I so do not own InuYasha & Co., Vans, Tahoe, or Matchbook Romance's- My Eyes Burn. I am not... suggesting or accenting the belief on gang violence either. I personally beielve it is totally iditotic.

Believe it or not, I cried when I wrote the Sango getting shot part.

Oh yeah, and I met the dude cop in Norfolk that's 7'9. (I'm 5'1 incase you havent seen my profile) And DUDE! I didnt even reach his waist hardly. He had to bend over to give me a high five. But it was friggin awesome!!

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