Ok i know i said i would go back and fix up my chapters but well i dunno i just havent had the time... well i have had time but well i go to do it but then i strat wrighting more stories hehe sorry
"Yes?"
"Can I come in?" L asked
"Umm I'm a bit busy, can you wait for a little while"
"No"
"No? I wasn't really asking a question..."
"I have something I need to ask you"
"Ask me from there then"
"No"
"Again, not really a question there... well I guess I have a few minutes and it does sound important"
"Fine" I sighed opening the door
He walked in then turned to face me. "Can you close the door?"
With another sigh I closed the door then walked over towards the window, watching as the sun slowly -not slowly enough- crept into view.
"Why did you take that hit?"
"Huh?" I asked facing him
"Today, at the bar"
"Oh that, I already told you why"
"You said it was because you were super women and it would have shattered my jaw" he pointed out staring at me with that blank expression
"I also told you it was so you didn't get hit"
"Why"
"Someday I'm sure I will know what he is talking about"
"Why what?"
"Why didn't you want me to get hit?"
"Well... why would I? Besides it's my job to look after you, can't let my captor get hurt now can I"
"Is everything a joke to you?"
"Pretty much" I shrugged turning back towards the window, the sun was nearly up. "Anyway look if that's all I have something to do so..."
"I'm not leaving until I get a proper answer from you"
I knew he was stubborn and he probably wouldn't leave so I started to think about what would happen if he saw me change, probably just have more questions for me so I decided it would be easier and faster to just tell him something, anything that sounded right.
"Because I don't want someone I care about to get hurt now will you leave?"
I didn't really wait for him to answer; I went over to the door and held it open. He took the hint and left, not long after he left the room I returned back to normal, it was nice being normal again. I was about to leave the room when it hit me what I actually said to L, I know I should have realised the second I said it but I guess with some things I'm a bit slow. I had planned on just saying something, anything to get him to leave but there was too much truth in that one sentence for my liking.
Deciding I had to leave the room at some point I opened the door and walked out.
"Are you leaving now dad?"
I ignored the looks L was giving me, it wasn't bad or anything just he seemed confused and like he had questions, questions I was going to ignore for as long as possible.
"Yeah"
"Well say hi to sesshy then"
"Sessh... I'm not even going to ask; can't you go a day without getting on his bad side?"
"... Well..." I said acting serious "nope" I laughed "besides from what I hear it's not like your any better"
"I have known him for a lot longer"
"Well of course you have, he's your brother"
"He hasn't been my brother for long"
"Well it doesn't matter, even if I was nice to him it's not like he would even notice the difference, he just shuts me out" I shrugged
"That's not true"
"L and I have things to do so I'll see you around ok"
After giving dad a quick hug he left and it was just me and L.
"Your family, it has so many secrets" L pointed out
"well yeah, I guess so but that's the way it's always been... well not always, for a while of my life dad mum and I all went somewhere away from all this, it was like... a different time" I smiled "I would love to go back there but... I have nothing there anymore so now this chaotic world is my home"
"We should work on the case now"
"Right..."
I guess I took that the wrong way but normally he would ask questions but now it seemed like he was trying to avoid well talking to me I suppose but then again I might have just been imagining that.
"I found a clue last night"
Last night? But..."
"Before you interrupted me"
"Oh..."
We walked out of the room and into the other one where L vanished into before I turned human. Inside was a smallish room, well it looked small because around more than half the room was computers and TV screens along the walls. All the noise hurt my ears a little but I was used to it in a way, after all I grew up around things like this.
"Wow"
I couldn't stop myself; I don't think I had ever seen something like this, not outside of a proper building for this kind of thing.
"I searched the location of the last place a child was taken and you were right, it was a male and they do look bat like"
"You saw them?"
"Only for a split second, I will slow down the feed for you"
"That will distort the image to much just play it normally"
He nodded then played the film, he was right it was only for a second but I saw him well enough but still without a scent this was useless.
"There was only one... hunter maybe? Do you have any other tapes from the other kidnappings?"
"Yes but they move to fast that not even I can catch them"
"Just play them"
He put up the other 7 videos on the screen and played them all at once, 2 of them I couldn't tell if it was the same or not 1 I wasn't completely sure it was a bat demon but 4 of them were defiantly him.
"So he is the one that takes the children... but where does he take them, we need to find out. Too bad I wasn't younger hey... I might not be young enough but maybe..."
I trailed off with a smile and ran out of the room and called up Sesshomaru enterprise and demanded that they put me through to Shippo. After a while of arguing they finally did.
"Who are you calling?"
"Someone who can help" I said simply
"Hello?" came his cheerful voice
"Shippo, hey is Kimiko"
"Kiki what are you doing?"
"I'm back in Tokyo and I need your help with a case. Think you could get here?"
"Well I was meant to be following this one demon, Sesshomaru thinks he is a rogue demon..."
"Get someone else to cover for you; it will only take a day, please Shippo"
"... well... ok, I'll be there in a few hours"
"Great, see you then" I hanged up the phone then turned towards L with a new determination. "So what you got for me?"
"It seems all of the kids have recently gone to this new circus and have the same blood type and the ages have ranged between 8 and 10"
"What blood type? O?"
"Yes... how did you know?"
"The kids back in London all had O blood... why didn't I think of it sooner"
"How did you know that?"
"Because I could smell it"
"Smell... it?"
"Sensitive noes" I said placing my finger on my nose
"That allows you to smell blood?"
"Sure" I shrugged "not that hard once you know what you're looking for, it's a bit like perfumes. To guys I'm sure they are pretty much all the same but to girls -not all girls- they are all different and they could name them just by smelling them. It's just a talent I have"
"Who were you calling?"
"Shippo, he is perfect for this case... actually I need to fill him in, now where did I leave my phone?"
I walked around until I found it tucked inside my backpack, I sent the message to Shippo, telling him everything we knew then sat down on the couch and waited.
"He should be here soon..."
Things were to quiet and too normal, L wasn't hovering around watching me like I was going to suddenly turn into an alien he also wasn't asking me questions. I wasn't sure if this was the real L or if something was wrong.
"Shippo is a child with O blood type?" he finally asked
"Yeah"
"And you want to use him as bait?"
"Trust me he is capable of looking after himself, he was one of the first to join the agency and he's... my son"
"You're what? I never heard of this!"
I couldn't hold it in; it was too much I started laughing. Shippo was way older than me, he was over 400 years old now, and he knew Sesshomaru back before my parents were even together.
"Do you ever tell the truth?"
"sure I do" I smiled "it's just up to you to decide what is truth and what is not... you know I'm feeling kind today so you can ask me one question and I will tell you the honest truth no matter what ok?"
"One question..."
"Yep, and because I'm so nice I'll give you an hour to think of one now if you will excuse me I need a shower"
I stood up and left the room then jumped into the shower, I was happy then that I brought myself a change of clothes, might not have been anything great but it was good enough. I put on the baggy pants and black shirt then did my hair before stuffing my other clothes into my bag then I left the room. I threw my bag into a corner somewhere then lay down on the couch with my hair hanging over one end and my feet of the other then sighed, I was beginning to get bored.
"I wonder what he will ask... about demons maybe? Or Sesshomaru? Or maybe the company? This might not have been my brightest idea... Oh well"
"I have something"
"Wow already?" I asked sitting up
"Yes"
"Well ok then... if you're sure shoot"
"How old are you?"
"How old... am i?"
To say I was surprised would be an understatement, I was completely, utterly shocked, what type of question was that? And like he would ever believe the answer.
"Haven't I told you already? You can change the question if you want"
"I have my reasons for believing that was a lie"
"Yeah but my age... really? Why do you even care anyway?"
"Just answer it"
"Ok fine, 100% truth coming up. I am currently 90 years old"
"But that's not possible"
"I know, I should look like a crimpled old lady by now but it's true, I'm 78"
"There is a child at the door" Watari announced
"Oh that will be Shippo" I smiled
I went to the door and opened it -with L's permission- and in came Shippo. Currently he looked like a child around the age of 8 with short shaggy black hair with green eyes and he was wearing a blueish green shirt with white leaves on it and blue pants with brown shoes. All in all it wasn't too different than normal but normally he is around dad's height and had orange hair and a tail oh and fox feet.
"Green eyes?" I asked raising my brow
"I like my green eyes" he smiled licking his lolly pop
"Well you got the 'acting like a child' part down"
"What's that supposed to mean? I'm older then you, remember that"
"But your so cute like this" I teased "well come on in then, I will introduce you to L"
I let him in then led him to the room where L was, the first thing Shippo did when he saw him was laugh, I thought it was because L currently had a lollypop as well but I soon found out different.
"This is the guy that caught you?"
L looked towards me and I just shrugged with a smile.
"I get into trouble a fair bit, once they even had bets to see how long I could go without getting in trouble"
"The longest she lasted was about a year wasn't it?"
"Yeah it's been around that"
"I still can't believe you managed to escape the whole of London's police force then get caught by one guy"
"I was the one that broke your streak?"
"Yep but it worked out pretty good I suppose, after all if you didn't I wouldn't have met you"
"And all the people that joined in the bet would have had to of paid up, I heard Lord Sesshomaru joined in and that he was actually hoping you would get caught, even if it meant more work for him"
"Sesshomaru was part of the bet! If I knew that then... naww oh well I guess its ok, if he lost he would have just been more grumpy"
"So if you lost the bet then doesn't that mean you have to pay them?" L asked
"... not exactly, you see it's not really money kind of 'pay'... what's a good example Shippo?"
"Well if she did manage to last the year then Lord Sesshomaru would have had to have let her slide for the next 6 months"
"But now instead I have to act all proper and he gets to do whatever and I am not meant to complain!"
"I see... when are you meant to start this?"
"I have" I glared at him
"Believe it or not this is her being nice and polite" Shippo giggled
I closed my eyes tightly and balled my hands into fist then whacked Shippo over the head, in the body he was in it made him fall over, I knew he wasn't in any pain; father has done worse to him when he actually was a kid.
"That hurt!" he cried
"No it didn't, that doesn't work with me anymore Shippo" I winked "well then we should get to work"
"Right, what am I doing?"
"You just have to go to this new circus in place and once they spot you, leave then we wait until you get taken but you HAVE to act innocent and helpless... unless you can't of course"
"You're a big meany!" Shippo shouted
I looked at him and saw him sitting on the floor and tears showing in his eyes, I will admit it he was a good actor especially when it comes to acting like a child.
"Ok I take it back, so we should get going"
"We will be right behind you the whole time"
Shippo smiled at L but then looked at me I just shrugged with a small smile telling him to ignore L really. We all left at the same time, we dropped Shippo off then we went to -as L called it- a safe place me, I called it an 'old rusty torn up abandoned building' but everyone to themself.
"... You know we have no way of seeing Shippo from here I thought you would have wanted us walking around in disguises near him or something"
"No I have a better plan, you are going to wear this camera and microphone and watch him from a safe distance"
"Me?"
"Of course"
It was a little suspicious I'll admit but I was dying to do something so I went ahead and agreed to it, the camera was attached to my shirt as well as the microphone then I had to put a tiny little speaker in my ear so I could hear them, it was all super spy stuff and kind of fun.
"So how good is this camera anyway? How close do I have to be?"
"You will be fine"
"That didn't exactly answer my question..."
"Now once you're in position ill contact you and give you further instructions"
"Right"
I left the building and started to walk away then once I was sure he wasn't watching u started to leap into the air until I came to a stop only about 10 meters away from the circus. I was crouching on top of a type of pole or something, it was out of the way and no one was around here much so I figured it was safe and if not well it was a circus right? I looked down at the microphone and smiled a little; I couldn't help but wonder if L had seen my jumping around or not.
"Ok I'm good to go, how's the camera?"
"Good, but where is Shippo?"
"Give me a second"
I started to look around, there were a lot of people but I knew I would find him sooner or later.
"Where are you? It looks like you're up high but I don't see any buildings around that area"
"I'm not on a buil... I mean in a building"
"Then how are you up so high?"
"there are a bunch of these tall metal poll/beam kind of things around so I'm on one of those, looks like a tall building was here once but collapsed"
"Is that safe? And how did you get up there?"
"Yeah this one is safe, first two weren't and I flew up, how else? Oh I found him; he is by the green tent... looks like he is talking to someone"
"Got him, he is talking to a guy that is wearing some kind of bat costume or something"
"There just out in the open like this? Well I guess it is a circus... I wish I knew what they were saying! Wait where is Shippo going?"