He looked a little confused at first, I didn't blame him not many people got my anime references but then he turned away and started to leave me. Assuming that it was ok I followed after him down the corridor and finally into a room full of screens each showing a different area of the house, I guess he didn't like company much.

"So you want me to find the vanishing guy?"

"like you said, he is dead, what I want to know is where the body is because right now I have you pegged for murder and for kidnapping the children"

"Ok murder I understand but kidnapping? Seriously you have to let that go, I had nothing to do with that"

"Until you can prove me otherwise I will continue to suspect you"

"Fine" I sighed "well there isn't a body, it's gone"

"What do you mean by gone?"

"I mean gone, never coming back, no body left, poof"

"Poof?"

"Yeah you know, like in magic how when things disappear they go 'poof' that's what he did"

"So he could still be alive"

"No, he is 100% dead but there isn't a body for you to find and I can't exactly bring one out of thin air"

"Why did you kill him?"

"Are you kidding me? HE WAS KIDNAPPING CHILDREN! I thought that question was obvious" I huffed "besides he didn't leave me much choice, pulling a stunt like he did"

"He fought you?"

"Fought me? More like TRIED TO EAT ME! Damn thing nearly got me to, no one told me I was dealing with a bat demon"

"A bat demon?"

"They're a lot like the vampire lore"

"Demons aren't real"

"Oh right, yeah of course not, I must be crazy right? Best seek some help for my craziness, wouldn't want to infect others, nice knowing you L it's been... well it's been fairly boring actually, maybe you should think about colouring that room eh" I went to leave when I noticed there didn't seem to be any doors anywhere "doors built into the walls... clever. Ok fine so you want me to somehow bring a dead demon back to life -big mistake by the way- as well as prove I wasn't apart of all this? Well just how do you expect me to do that?"

"There have been other children around the world that have been kidnapped, help me stop them and then I may release you"

"There's more?" I asked suddenly serious, after all this was becoming more like a real job and not a waste of time "where? Are they here in England?"

"No, actually the largest group of children kidnappings have been happening in japan so it looks like you get to go home"

"Is this why I'm being forced to partner with L? To stop the other demons? After all it will be a believable cover story working with him"

So here we were sitting in his private jet on a 12 hour flight to Tokyo. We had only been on the plane for about 3 hours when I started getting bored and restless, I thought I would be ok 'cause L was here to talk to me and stuff but he had his eyes glued to his laptop. I started to swing around on the chair with my head back so I could look up at the ceiling as I spun round and round.

That only held my attention for a little while until I got bored and extremely dizzy so I started to hum a song that was stuck in my head for some reason. After the inside of the plane had stopped spinning i decided to try something new, I hoped off the chair and sat down on the ground and tried to put my feet behind my head while I was still humming/singing the song.

Kagome Kagome
Kago no naka no tori wa,
Itsu itsu deyaru.
Yoake to ban ni.
Tsuru to kame ga subetta,
Ushiro no shoumen dare.

"Isn't that a children's song?" L asked turning to face me

I was half way to trying to put my foot behind my head and I had my tongue sticking out between my lips -something I did when I was concentrating- and well I guess it was too much for him because he turned away immediately and didn't say anything more.

"Yeah it is... well it's actually a game, I'm a pro at it, I get the first couple wrong but after that I always know. Mother was good at it to, much better than me, she always knew who was behind her but that was part of her power" I explained going back to sit down on the chair like normal people

"Your mother is deceased?"

"Yeah, she died a while ago"

"she died 11 years ago and the cause is unknown... 11 years ago, that would mean you would have been around 7" he said thinking out loud, well it sounded like he was anyway.

"7! How old do you think I am?" I huffed crossing my arms

"I would venture 18 at the oldest"

"Well for your information I'm... I'm -sigh- 19"

It was what was on my file; I swear they don't like me back at the office making me be so young.

"And your father, he isn't in the file at all"

"Yeah that's because he stays at the agency now, don't want him ruining the family name not that people like you know the family name is but anyway he doesn't go out and work anymore, he kept destroying too many things. Different times you see, back where he was born it was fine to destroy houses and everything in your path to get someone but now you have to do things more secretly and he just isn't used to that"

Everything got quite after that, we only had about between 2-3 hours left so I decided to play a game. After all there was nothing else to do.

"Hey let's play a game"

"I'm busy"

"it's called 20 questions, the rules are it has to be an object like a pencil or a rock or something like that just not animals or people. Ok I'll go first... ummm... oh I know, I'm ready. Go"

He sighed and stopped typing on his laptop, he didn't turn around but at least I had his attention.

"Are you man made?"

"Uhuh"

"Are visible all the time"

"No"

"Are you needed all the time?"

"No"

"Do you hold knowledge?"

"Yeah"

"Can you burn?"

"Yep"

"Can you get wet?"

"No"

"Would you fit in a suitcase?"

"Yep"

"Are you important?"

"Not really, well to some people I am but to others I'm not but yeah you know what I'm talking about right?"

"Are you a newspaper?"

"Huh, how did you know?"

"You were reading one not long ago"

"Oh... right" I giggled "ok how about another game? Oh I know what about truth or dare? I'll even let you go first"

"Truth or dare" he muttered

"Dare"

"I dare you to be sit still and be quite for 10 minutes"

"Oh that's a piece of cake"

"Starting now"

"1... 2... 3... 4... 5... 6... 7... 8... I CAN'T DO IT!"

I was about to open my mouth and give in when I saw L looking at me with a small smirk, there was no way I was giving up. I guess it was because I was sitting still and not talking that I feel asleep but next thing I knew I was waking up, I couldn't even remember falling asleep!

"How long to go?" I asked rubbing my eyes

"About an hour"

His expression seemed to change; I think he was hoping I would stay asleep longer.

"Want to play a game? I know one that you would like. It's called hangman, you know how to play that right? Everyone does"

"Let's make it interesting, if I win you will tell me everything I want to know"

"And if I win?"

"What do you want?"

"Hmmm... I want to introduce you to my friends" I smiled

"Is that all?"

"Yep"

"Very well, you start"

"Don't expect me to go easy on you"

It had been about 40-45 minutes and so far the score was 25-24 -with me being the 24- I had only one chance of winning this 1. I had to correctly guess his with only 4 more turns left and 2. I had to think of something he would never find out. All I had of his so far was _ _ e u d o _ _ i e _ _e and I had no idea what it could be.

"Ummm A?"

"No"

"... Um... Well... What about... S?"

"Yes"

So now I had _ s e u d o s _ i e _ _ e. it was starting to make sense to me now, I knew this word somewhere but I still couldn't think of it.

"T?"

"No"

"M"

"No, only one more guess"

"Ahh... umm... oh I don't know..."

"Do I win then?"

"No! I won't give up ok C"

"Yes"

"Really?"

"Yes"

"Wow that was lucky"

Now there was _ s e u d o s c i e _ c e. I knew exactly what it was now; I couldn't believe I didn't think of it sooner.

"Pseudoscience"

"Ye... yes"

"Yay" I smiled "wow that was a good one; you sure are smart L, ok so it's my turn"

"Something he won't know... something from the past maybe... who was that girl, the one with lots of power... Mi something... Midori... no that's not right, Mi... Miroku... where do I know that name from? Gah this isn't the time! Umm Mi... Oh stuff it"

"Ok I'm ready"

"E"

"Yep"

_ e _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

"I"

"Uhhh nope"

"U"

"Yes"

_ e _ _ _ _ _ _ _ u

"D"

"No"

"O"

"Yes"

_ e _ _ _ o _ _ _ u

"M"

"Yep"

_ e _ _ _ o m _ _ u

"F"

"No"

"T"

"Nope, only 2 more to go L"

"H"

"Yep"

_ e _ _ h o m _ _ u

"K"

"No, one left" I smiled, it looked like I was going to win

He didn't say anything for a long time; it looked like I choose the perfect thing to use... that's if he didn't claim I was lying like around 10 of my other words.

"C"

"No, I win!"

"What is this even a real word?"

"Of course it is, S e s s h o m a r u, look it up if you don't believe me"

We had to buckle in as the plane landed and before the sign even came on I was already out of my seat jumping around getting my bags.

"Were going to see my friends" I sung "oh what a lovely treat, la la lala dum dedum dadum..."

I got hold of my backpack and my suitcase and practically ran down the stairs but I was civil... well kind of anyway besides nearly all the people that worked here knew me but I had been gone for a year...

"You coming L?"

He walked of the plane then others went in to get his things, we got lead to the car then once we were both in the driver turned around to ask us where we were going.

"3845..."

"Hey L, can I drive? It's easier than trying to explain it... and I don't remember the address"

"You're too young to drive"

"To young? Then what's this huh" I smiled proudly pulling out my licence

"How do you have a licence?"

"Same as everyone else" I shrugged "so come on, let me drive, it says right here that I can pleeeeeeese"

"Answer one question"

"Shoot"

"What is 'Sesshomaru Enterprise' there wasn't much about it"

"Oh, that's easy, it's where I work" I winked climbing out of the car

I got into the driver's seat and smirked what most people would consider an evil look. "everybody buckle up"

And I was off, I didn't speed I just take off fast that makes it seem like I was speeding but anyway we were off and into the streets. It was busy and really it seemed pointless driving but I knew once we visited my first friend that I would need a car to reach the next one so I clenched my hands and teeth and waited patiently through the traffic. Around half an hour later we finally made it, I pulled up outside of a shrine and turned the car off.

"Were here, stop number one"

I got out the car and grabbed my things and started up the stairs with L following behind me.

"What is this place?"

"It's the Higurashi shrine, pretty big eh?"

"Higurashi?"

"It belonged to mum, been in the family for a while... not sure how long but yeah once mum passed away it got passed onto me but because I'm away so much its hard looking after it and near impossible for me to find someone good enough to live here but I did eventually" I explained with a gentle smile

We reached the main house; everything looked the same from what I remembered. It's not like I was expecting it to be destroyed or anything it's just you never know what happens around here. I knocked on the door and waited for her to answer.

"Kimi! Your back, I didn't think you would be back so soon, this the guy that locked you up?"

"Word travels fast eh"

"Inu told me, I was worried when you didn't come home or call or anything so I asked him and he told me the full story... he wasn't too happy, in fact he wanted me to tell you that when you got home to see him"

"I'll see him later; right now I'm showing L all my friends"

"Why?"

"Because I won the game"

"Game?"

"Oh yeah, this is L, one of the world's most top detectives, L this is Makoto, why don't you two talk while I get changed"

I dashed past Makoto and went upstairs to my room, I had mother's old room, I liked this room, it reminded me of her. I tipped everything out of my backpack and put only the things I would need in it, like my money, my cell phone, my car keys, my work keys, my spare, spare house keys, some files about my cases from London, and some spare clothes -pants and shirt- then I got changed myself. I changed into a white Lolita dress and some white knee high socks then ran a brush quickly through my hair.

I didn't normally wear all white because of my hair but well I liked this one and also tonight was the full moon so my hair would be black then anyway. I grabbed my backpack and skipped down stairs and into the kitchen, Makoto and L were talking outside, well it looked like they were talking. I wasn't too interested in what they were talking about -I knew Makoto would tell me about it later- and started to go through the cupboards looking for some ramen. I found some and threw it into my bag; it was my peace offering to dad.

"Ok I'm ready"

I stood next to Makoto, right then we looked like opposites, she was wearing a black Lolita style dress -just less puffy and had long sleeves oh and nor ribbons and frilly stuff- and she had black hair while I was dressed in white but stuff like that was always happening with us.

"Did you have to wear white?" she asked shielding her eyes

"It's not that bright"

"Yeah your right, it's not" she said after putting on her sun glasses

"Oh very funny" I frowned "so did you two half a nice talk?"

"Oh yes, you see even though I just met him I shared my whole life story with him"

"Well then if you're lucky I'll be able to bring him around again so you two can talk some more"

"You're not staying?"

"Nah, I have to say with him... case is still on going and well I'm sure you can figure out the rest"

"Outsiders?"

"Got themselves involved and now I'm stuck"

"Oh well that's... hahahahahaha"

"Gee thanks"

"Anytime, make sure you come visit sometime then... oh hey I just realized something, you probably

Don't have a place to stay so you're welcome to stay here, after all it is your house"

"That's a good idea, hey L..."

"So"

"Sorry Makoto..."

"Well just come visit me whenever you can ok"

"Yeah I will, anyway we have to go... oh hey do you know if Shippo is around? Haven't heard from him in a while"

"Nah he left about a week ago, I don't know what he is doing but it seemed important"

"Naww that's a shame, well I guess to dad it is then"

"Mmm, have fun with that"

"Cya"

"Bye, bye L"

"Bye"

I threw my bag in the backseat then got into the car with L sitting next to me, he was already buckled in and waiting when I had barely at down!

"Were seeing your father?"

"Yeah, oh, looks like you will get to see 'Sesshomaru Enterprise' father is always there"

The drive was in silence only this time I didn't mind, taking humans to Sesshomaru's was strictly forbidden and I knew I would be in trouble for this but hey, Sesshomaru was the one who ordered me to stay with L so it's his fault right?

We drove out of town for about 20 minutes, I could have driven faster but I didn't think that L would like that very much. We reached the outskirts of the city where the trees were thicker and there were demons all around but they were all good demons as far as I knew, no one in their right mind would come here unless they were welcome.

I had to stop at the gate, Sesshomaru owned enough land to make a small town but he made it all similar to how it was all those years ago, only a few people lived here, mainly those that didn't want to move around all the time and wanted to live outside of the world which was about 20 or so adults and around 30-40 kids but the place was big so you rarely saw them.

"Kimi, your back"

"Sure am, you know I can't stay away forever"

"You're in trouble again huh?"

"Why does everyone always think I'm in trouble" I frowned

"Because the only time you come here is when you are in trouble"

"I come all the time"

"Exactly"

"Will you just let us in already" I grumbled

"Us?"

"I have a friend with me"

"You know... those sort of people aren't allowed in here"

"This won't be a problem; I'm going straight to the main house"

"I need an ok from the boss, you know that"

"Just this once?"

"You said that last time"

"Yeah and that worked out fine, Makoto is one of us now, I promise I will take full responsibility for this"

"Well... ok"

The gates opened and I drove on through with a wave to the guard.

"hey, don't go thinking your someone special by being let in here, it's nothing like that it's just I have to see dad and I'm not allowed to leave you so this was the only way"

"He could have left and met you somewhere"

I didn't say anything, I knew he was right but the truth was I honestly didn't think of that.

"What is that?"

He pointed to the building in the distance, the one we were driving away from.

"That's HQ, I have only been there 2 or 3 times, beauty of being family, I don't have to report to the office, their scary in there"

We drove down the road until Sesshomaru's estate came into view, it was a huge house, reminded me a bit of the queens castle in London but not as old and more new agey. I pulled up into the drive way behind my own car, how I had missed it. It wasn't anything special but it was mine, not that I hardly used it.

"Ok here we are" I turned off the engine and stepped out of the car then stretched. L stepped out to and walked over towards me. "Welcome to the house of the great lord/master Sesshomaru, or as I like to call him sesshy"

We walked towards his house but before I had a chance to get to close I had already been spotted and I could feel the anger pouring out of that house, probably from both Sesshomaru and dad. The doors opened for us and we were greeted.

"The lord is expecting you miss, he is in his study"

"Yeah ok, what about dad?"

"Your father is with him"

"Thought so" I smirked "hey L, mind waiting here for a bit? This won't be pretty"

"I will look after your friend"

"Great" I smiled "if you need anything just ask, this place has everything!"

I walked up the stairs until I came to the top floor, that's where Sesshomaru's office was, the first floor was for parties the workers and stuff like that, the second floor was for guest, the third floor was for family and the top floor was his domain. I walked through the office where everyone looked at me like I was the walking dead, I guess I pretty much was, walking into his office was like walking of the plank and everyone here would be able to sense the tension and anger in the air, after all they were all demons, even the girl looking after L is a demon, right now L is the only human in the entire area that belongs to Sesshomaru.

I knocked on the door where Sesshomaru just growled, I let myself in closing to door behind me to face both Sesshomaru and my dad.

"Ok look, I know what you're thinking, I got in trouble again and I deserve whatever punishment you give me but hear me out. the human that was on the case is just a kid, he is only like 19 or something so I thought he would never find the children but as it turns out he was smarter than I thought and he caught me but at least I didn't fight back, I did what you said, I let them capture me!"

"Enough" Sesshomaru growled "why did you bring a human here, you know the rules"

"Because I had to, you all wanted to see me but I am still in custody of L so I had no choice but to bring him here! Look he doesn't know anything and we came straight here so it's fine, he is down stairs waiting for me and don't worry I won't bring him here again this was a one off, oh and it wasn't the guards fault, I conned him to allow L through"

Sesshomaru held up his hand and I stopped talking, he placed his finger on the intercom and told whoever was downstairs to bring L up, this couldn't be good.

"Come in"

L walked in and looked at Sesshomaru and Inuyasha, I doubt he has seen anyone like them, especially in the clothes they wear, all that olden day stuff back from 500 years ago.

"You are the detective that I talked to?"

"Yes"

"Then what have you decided"

"She will assist me on this case to prove her innocence"

"Very well, Kimiko, L is your boss until your innocence is proved"

"But I thought we would be partners" I sulked

"I told you that we are not partners" L said coldly

"Dad helps me out"

"No, you got yourself into this mess you get yourself out"

"Naww come on dad, look I bought you a peace offering... damn left it in the car"

"Now before you go hand me your case files"

"Yeah those are in the car to... but I'll go get them now, won't be a minute"

I left the room and instead of going down the stairs I just found an open window and jumped down, it was faster after all. To get back up instead of going through the door I just climbed up the wall and through the window again, it was just easier for me then walking all the way down.

"Here are the files" I shouted bursting into the room

"That was fast" dad pointed out

"To fast..." L mused

"Uhhh well here you go, we will get out of your hair now, got to go"

"Wait"

"Yes?"

"I'll be watching so don't mess up, I don't want you to ruin the blood line"

"Oh please, no one even knows"

"Not in your world maybe"

I guess I have been in the human world for too long I forgot about the demon world, we have a different system to them and with me not being a pure demon I was already bringing the family blood line down.

"Yes uncle, I'll make you proud I promise" I bowed "goodbye uncle, father"

I walked calmly and proper back to the car, I didn't relax again until the whole place was in my review mirror but even then I didn't act like myself, I had a blood line to up hold and I had to remember that. Being back in Tokyo meant fun and games were over and I had to act like a royal would act, it was my duty as the demon lords niece, even if I did hate it.

"He was your uncle?" L asked after driving for nearly an hour, we were currently stuck in traffic.

"Yes"

"And Inuyasha was your father?"

"Yes, can't you see the resemblance?" I asked pointing to my ears

"So the DNA melding was a lie?"

"Of course"

"I suspected as much, then what are they"

"They are our ears, it's like a mutation I suppose, we were born like it"

"Then why doesn't your uncle have them?"

"Because he is superior to us"

It was the sad truth and nothing would change it, even if I was stronger, faster and smarter than him -which I'm not- it wouldn't change anything, he is a pure blood, I am not but I didn't mind, that would be way too much presser to be proper all the time.

"He is my father's half-brother; both my grandfather and my uncle's mother were pure whereas father's mother wasn't. look it's hard to explain without making some kind of sob story out of it and well I don't like it when people think I'm trying to get sympathy or when they try and give it to me, it is how it is and I'm fine with everything"

"You're a smart girl, if you joined my team then you..."

"look I told you, I'm fine with everything, honestly" I snapped "it might seem horrible to be considered a black spot in the family line but it gives me freedom, freedom to stuff up, to make mistakes, to be myself and keep my family"

"How have I never heard of that place before? It was so big"

"You think you know everything there is to know in this world?"

"No"

"Good, I would hate to think I was wrong about you, so where to?"

"We don't start until tomorrow..."

"No, we start now, the longer we wait the more children get put through hell"

"We have no leads"

"Yes we do, you just have to know where to look"

"And that is?"

"The bad side of town of course"