Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. Inuyasha and characters are property of Rumiko Takahashi. I'm just borrowing them for my own amusement.
**Twenty-four hours before**
Inuyasha stepped away from the computer in his brother's second apartment, motioning for the youkai to take his seat. The elder Inu did so, seeing what his brother had brought up. He could see that it was the mainframe his brother had created for this exact purpose.
"Once I'm inside the building, type in this code," he indicated a series of numbers, letters and symbols on a small notepad next to the computer, "this will allow you access into their systems. Only once I'm inside."
"That part I understand, brother," Sesshomaru sniffed and Inuyasha smirked. "It will allow entry to all the CCTV cameras in the building?"
"Yes," Inuyasha nodded, sitting on the edge of the desk, next to the screen. "You'll be able to see everything that's happening in the building. If I can play it right, I can get them to take me to the sub level and once I'm down there, we'll know for sure if what is in these reports is accurate."
"For their sake, I hope it is not." Sesshomaru growled. He had been told by his younger brother of the atrocities they had reported on from that level. While he had never been one to have too much empathy for others, the thought of humans experimenting on captive youkai made his blood boil.
"Hmmm," Inuyasha's attitude and opinion towards the Shikon Organisation was immovable. He had been there to witness first-hand what they could and would do to youkai they deemed dangerous, even if they were causing no harm. Sesshomaru had not been there to witness it, only seeing his baby brother's distress once all was said and done. That it had affected Inuyasha so greatly was testament to how harsh and cruel these particular humans were. "Well, once I give the signal, you enter this code. Once that's done, you need to exit the mainframe immediately. They'll scan for intrusions into their system and if you get out within twenty seconds of the code being entered, they won't be able to detect you. Any longer and the jig is up."
"And it will lead them here." Sesshomaru surmised and Inuyasha nodded.
"Exactly." The younger Inu's ear flicked as he turned to his brother. "So you'll just have to get out quickly enough."
"'Tis a shame I won't be able to watch," he smirked a little and Inuyasha chuckled.
"If you want to lead them right here, even with the measures I've put in place to avoid that, then by all means, stick around." He stood up, walking over to the cabinet and pulling out one of Sesshomaru's decanters and two glasses. Pouring each of them a drink, he handed one to Sesshomaru and they both drank.
"You're the one with the difficult job," Sesshomaru placed the glass on the desk in front of him and Inuyasha grunted in agreement.
"Well, I suppose we should get to work then, shouldn't we?" Inuyasha grinned and Sesshomaru smirked as he stood up.
He wouldn't worry about his brother. He knew what he was doing. He had spent decades preparing for this and Inuyasha wasn't one to let anything get in his way when he wanted something. This was something Sesshomaru, too, longed for and he would allow his brother to take the lead this night. For he was the only one who could.
**Present time** Sesshomaru's second apartment
Sesshomaru smirked as he saw the agreed upon signal given by Inuyasha. His right hand coming up to rub at his forehead three times. Without hesitation, he entered the code Inuyasha had provided for him the day before, hitting enter and waiting for five seconds to see the immediate reaction before removing himself from their systems.
While he was disappointed that he wouldn't be able to watch the entire scene, he knew it was imperative that they remain undetected for the time being. His brother had put too much work into the systems to infiltrate the Organisation for Sesshomaru to sit back and watch the show.
**Present time** Shikon Organisation
Kagome immediately snapped to attention as the lights turned red, a siren starting up above her head. She looked to Kaede, Miroku and Sango who were wearing the same expression of worry that she was.
"What's happening?" She turned to where Isamu was standing, looking extremely confused and concerned. His forehead was creased in pain and Kagome remembered that Miroku said that it was likely he had a concussion and she soon realised that the sound of the sirens must be incredibly painful for him.
Kaede walked over to the intercom system that was on the wall, pressing the button, getting an immediate answer. "What is happening?"
"We've been breached, ma'am." Came the disembodied voice from the other end. The security hub for the building.
"What?"
"Our systems have been breached, ma'am. We're looking but we can't find where it came from." They all started and turned as the sound of locks being released came from all around them.
"Shit!" Sango whispered quietly as the doors to the holding cells of the youkai around them slid open. They were in deep trouble.
Kagome grabbed her automatic crossbow, quickly opening it as the youkai began to grumble and move forward, realising that they were able to leave their cells.
"We can't override it, ma'am." The desperate voice came from the intercom.
Kagome didn't pay any more attention to the panicked voices coming through to focus on the youkai that were now expressing their possible freedom loudly. They had to be contained as quickly as possible and Kagome quickly got to work. She worked towards trying to use disabling arrows, rather than purification. They didn't want to kill these youkai. They were important to the Organisation but if necessary, they would have to be terminated.
"Kagome!" She turned, seeing Sango pointing towards Isamu who had been cornered by a large wolf youkai. She had managed to end up down away from him when she should have made sure he was safe before anything else. He wasn't trained for this. Hell, he hadn't even realised that youkai could possibly be real before a couple of hours ago.
"Kagome, get him to safety!" She heard Kaede shout. She turned to the elderly woman who was holding her own in getting the youkai back under control. She nodded turning back to where he was. She found that the wolf was no longer looking down at Isamu, appearing interested in something else before reaching into the cell next to him.
The hanyou!
What the wolf would do with the young girl, she didn't know but she didn't think it would be anything good. Youkai were notorious for hating hanyou, seeing them as corruption of the pure youkai genes. She watched as the wolf grabbed the girl and cradled her in what appeared to be a protective way. The youkai let out a loud growl as it passed Isamu who appeared frozen as he watched what was going on and bolted through the door.
There was an alarm called as the youkai bolted but Kagome rushed towards Isamu who stared up at her from where he had slid down the wall.
"Are you okay?" She asked, kneeling down in front of him. She brushed his hair away from his head, seeing a trickle of blood running down the side of his face. "It looks like you've pulled a stitch or two."
"Huh?" He blinked at her and she shook her head, looking around her. She grabbed his arm, pulling him up, hearing him hiss in pain. She looked to see that she had grabbed his injured arm and shot him an apologetic look, switching her grip. She pulled him away from the fray, wanting to ensure that he wasn't hurt – well, any further than he already was – but at the same time, she wanted to be there, regaining order.
"Isamu," he turned to her, still looking slightly shell shocked at what had just happened. She didn't blame him. He had just had a wolf youkai stare him down with the ability to rip him to pieces without a second thought. She couldn't help but wonder why it hadn't but then reasoned that it had probably been more interested in the hanyou girl it had taken.
She stopped at one of the smaller meeting rooms, somewhere away from where the chaos was ensuing. "I need you to stay here." She shoved him inside and locked the door, hearing him bang on the door from the inside before making her way back down to the basement level.
She got back to find that the other hunters had arrived and they were helping to place the subdued youkai back into their cells. She noticed a few of them were empty.
"How many?" She asked Miroku as he sagged against the wall. The entire thing had been over in less than five minutes but so much destruction had been caused.
"Ten." Kagome turned to see Sango walking up behind her. "Eight managed to escape the building. Two were caught on the upper levels and are being brought back down now."
"Three kitsunes, two panthers, a hyena, the wolf and the hanyou girl all managed to escape," Miroku sighed, looking exhausted.
"All youkai with the ability to take on a human form," Kagome swore under her breath. It would be incredibly difficult, if not impossible, for them to round them up. She sighed, closing her eyes and rubbing her forehead. "Shit! Miroku, Isamu's bleeding. I think some of the stitches in his forehead pulled."
"Where is the young man?" Kaede asked, walking over to them.
"I locked him in one of the smaller meeting rooms upstairs." Kagome admitted and Miroku chuckled, shaking his head. "Is anyone down here hurt?" She asked, a little worried.
"Not too seriously." Miroku sighed and Kagome felt the knot in her stomach loosen a little. "Let's go check on Isamu." She nodded and they turned away. Kaede and Sango remained down in the basement of the building, trying to retain some semblance of order and get everything under control again.
Kagome unlocked the door to the meeting room she had locked Isamu in to find him curled up in the corner with his head in his hands. He groaned as the door opened and Miroku moved past her, kneeling down, talking softly to him. From what she could hear, Miroku was trying to ascertain what was wrong with him.
"Can you get up?" Miroku asked and Isamu moaned again.
"Do I hafta?" Isamu groaned and Miroku chuckled, turning to face Kagome.
"It's the concussion. The sirens and lights appear to have affected him," Kagome nodded, having been on the receiving end of a concussion more than once. "I need to get him back to the medical wing to redo those stiches."
It took another five minutes for Miroku to coax him up off the floor and out of the room. It didn't take much persuasion for Miroku to get him back into the bed he had been in before. Kagome pulled the blanket up over him while Miroku checked his injuries to make sure that he hadn't pulled or split anything else. The bandages would need replacing but the head wound was more important at that moment.
Miroku instructed Kagome to grab a cold wetted cloth and place it over his eyes, citing that it may help with the concussion. Somehow, Kagome didn't really think it was going to make a difference while Miroku was pulling the bandage off his head and jabbing a needle into his forehead.
She gently placed the cloth over his eyes, making him jump slightly at the sudden temperature change. "You okay?"
"I can't feel my forehead anymore, so . . ." He shrugged and Miroku chuckled as he worked at removing the damaged stitches before replacing the ruined ones with new ones.
"I'll give you something to help you relax a bit once I'm done." Miroku advised as he worked. He received a small mumble in response and Kagome smiled.
After he was done re-stitching Isamu's forehead, Miroku changed the rest of his bandages. He then gave Isamu an injection of, what he explained, was a mild sedative.
"We should let him rest for a little bit." Miroku said softly and they cut the lights and left the room, knowing they would need to wake him every so often to make sure he was okay.
Inuyasha smirked ever so slightly as they left the room, feeling slightly pleased with himself and his performance. He was glad that the wolf demon had managed to get the girl out. She didn't deserve to be down there, being used for whatever sick experiments they were doing on them. None of them deserved to be down there but he would never be able to accept that they were doing something so horrific to a child.
Even Kagome hadn't been able to answer him when he had posed the question of whether they identified the wrong youkai, as he knew had been done more than once in the past.
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They had woken Isamu several times over the next few hours, not long after, coming to the conclusion that they would need to get him home at some point soon. There was no doubt that he would be missed by now. He surely would have been missed at work.
"Are you sure that letting him go is the best idea?" Sango asked, looking worriedly at Miroku. "After what happened this morning, surely we should keep him here a little longer. He does have a concussion, after all."
"That is true, Sango but he's an adult." Miroku reasoned, glancing through the window in the door to the room behind him. They were currently outside Isamu's room after having woken him once again. "We can't keep him here indefinitely and as the co-CEO of Nakamura Inc. he's a pretty high-profile figure. Even if it's not really been publicised yet."
"I'm sure his brother is worried about him." Kagome stated and Sango nodded. "We really should take him home."
"Kagome," they turned to see Kaede along with the head of the American branch walking towards them. "I want you to take Isamu home." That had been the first time she had used his name. Something had changed in her opinion of him. "We cannot just let him go. I want you to make sure he is okay." Kagome raised an eyebrow at her sudden change in opinion. "He could have been seriously harmed or killed today and that was due to our negligence. It is the least we owe him to make sure he gets home safely."
Kagome nodded, moving off to grab his things. She pulled out the suit that had been slightly ripped during the attack. While it was not as damaged as it could have been, it was doubtful that he would be able to salvage the suit. It was a shame because, while she may not be the most fashion oriented person on the planet, she could appreciate its beauty and the work that had gone into it. She also noticed his phone and pressed the home button, slightly pleased it still had battery and noticing the request for a fingerprint and the multiple missed calls and voicemails from Satoshi, who she knew was his brother.
She showed the phone to Kaede who nodded in her agreement to let the young man go home.
It didn't take much for her to convince him to get up so she could take him home. He relaxed as he sat in the passenger seat of the car, letting out a sigh as Kagome climbed in, wincing slightly as she closed the door.
"Sorry," she said softly, starting the car. "You probably shouldn't be alone right now. Is there anywhere you can go?"
"My brother's," he whispered in response, telling her the address before closing his eyes and resting back in the seat. She felt a little sorry for him. He had been through so much over the last twelve hours or so. She had no idea how he was going to cope with everything that had happened.
She glanced at him when she could and marvelled at how beautiful he actually was. She hadn't ever thought of a man as beautiful before but there wasn't anything other way she could think of to describe him. And if this was how he looked after the stress of the night and following day, then she had to wonder what he looked like at his prime. She had met him when he was clearly at his best for the first time but she couldn't help but wonder.
"Hey," she stopped outside the large apartment building that housed his brother's apartment. "We're here." He looked towards the building before getting out of the car. He looked questioningly at her as she got out of the car as well. "I'm walking you up. You're dead on your feet. Come on."
He looked as though he was going to respond but thought better of it. He punched the code to the building in, ensuring that Kagome couldn't see it, opening the door and allowing her through first. They both walked into the elevator and he hit the button for his brother's floor, closing his eyes and leaning against the mirrored wall as they ascended. His forehead creased slightly at the slight pressure caused by the speed of the elevator.
He opened his eyes slowly at the ding the elevator made upon reaching his brother's floor. She indicated for Isamu to take the lead and he dug through the pockets of his jacket which Kagome had given him along with his suit, pulling out a set of keys and grabbing one, sliding it into the lock on one of the few doors in the hallway that subtly shouted out the wealth of the occupants inside.
The moment he opened the door, Kagome heard his brother calling out to him.
"Isamu?" She entered the apartment, seeing who she assumed was Isamu's older brother hurriedly coming into the room. "Where the hell have you been?" He quickly wrapped his arms around his brother, a look of relief on his face. Kagome felt good at being able to bring Isamu back home to his family. "What happened to you?"
"It's nothing, I'm fine." He held his hands up, trying to ward his brother off and Kagome had to smile.
"Isa!" He gestured towards his forehead and Isamu cringed, whether it was at the name or the bandage on his head, she didn't know but her smile widened. Satoshi let out a sigh, rubbing his forehead, looking frustrated and Kagome was struck by how similar the brothers were. "Thank you." Kagome blinked as she realised she was being addressed. "For bringing him home."
"Satoshi, you make it sound like I'm some puppy or something," Isamu grumbled, throwing his things down on the sofa.
"You might as well be sometimes." Isamu made a face at his brother. "You look like you're about to fall over. Sit down." When Isamu didn't follow his instructions, Satoshi gently shoved his brother down onto the sofa behind him, causing a slight hiss from where he caught the injury on his chest. "Where else are you hurt?" Satoshi asked, his eyes narrowing.
"Nowhere, I'm fine." He batted his brother's hand away, grumbling gently.
Satoshi looked towards Kagome, his violet eyes so much like his brothers and she found that she couldn't keep quiet. "He's hurt across his chest, left arm and right leg. He also has a mild concussion."
Isamu's jaw dropped as she spoke. "Traitor." She shrugged as he grumbled.
"Thank you." He sighed, his eyes narrowing at his younger brother. "Can you tell me what happened? Why you didn't take him to the hospital? I've been calling around and he wasn't brought in."
"We're not sure how it started but my friends and I found him being attacked by a group of guys. My friend shouted and the other guys took off. We didn't see who it was. One of my friends is a doctor and Isamu was very adamant about not being taken to the hospital." She glanced at him and Satoshi sighed, nodding.
"Sounds like my little brother." Isamu rolled his eyes and Kagome giggled gently. He walked over to the sofa and picked up the suit. "This is going to be difficult for the tailor to fix, brother."
"You think he can?" Isamu asked and Satoshi shrugged.
"No harm in finding out. It is what we pay him for, after all."
"You gonna be okay?" Kagome asked and Isamu smiled, nodding.
"Thank you, Kagome." Satoshi made sure Isamu stayed on the sofa and she glanced back to see him pulling his feet up underneath him.
"Thank you for bringing him home," Satoshi repeated quietly, glancing back at his brother. "I've been worried since he didn't turn up to work this morning."
She nodded and left the brothers to it, hearing the door click behind her as she walked.
Sesshomaru closed the door, locking it as both concealment spells melted away, black hair turning silver, violet eyes turning gold and Inu markings appearing where there were none before.
Inuyasha shook his head, his ear flicking as he pulled the bandage that was on his forehead off. He cringed as the stitches pretty much fell off his forehead.
"Nice acting, little brother." Sesshomaru smirked as he walked towards the sofa.
"Same to you, big brother." Inuyasha grinned back as he stood up, stretching out.
"Everything go to plan?" He asked, following Inuyasha through to the kitchen, where he threw the bandage in the trash.
"Perfectly." Inuyasha grinned, looking particularly wicked with the extended canine slightly indenting his bottom lip. "Actually, eight managed to escape completely." Inuyasha grabbed a carton of juice from the fridge and a glass out of the cupboard, pouring it out and quickly taking a drink. "In fact, there was a wolf demon down there. He reminded me of Rouyakan. He managed to get out with a hanyou child."
"I'll have them found," Inuyasha nodded, knowing that Sesshomaru would. "But it might be worth you laying down to get over your concussion." He smirked at Inuyasha's growl.
"Fuck you," he grumbled and Sesshomaru grinned to himself, especially as Inuyasha flopped down on the sofa. He would be passed out within ten minutes.
Sesshomaru turned as his phone vibrated next to him. Answering he heard from his assistant that there were new contracts that had come in for both him and Inuyasha to sign. She also enquired as to whether he had found his brother yet, sounding relieved when he said that yes, he had.
He chuckled to himself as he walked into the living room to find Inuyasha sleeping on the sofa. He grabbed a blanket and threw it over him before scratching the younger Inu's ear gently. He was rewarded with a low grumbling purr before he stood up and made his way to his office, looking through some work from the office.
He and Inuyasha could go through what he had uncovered at the Organisation once his sibling woke up. He had to have been tired to fall asleep before speaking to him about it.
Once Inuyasha woke up, they would plan their next steps.
I know there's not much movement but there's a reason for it.
It's coming