Chapter 3

All four girls were dressed beautifully. Kagome was wearing a dark blue dress that showed a little cleavage (only a little teensy tiny bit) lined on the top with pearls. It had short sleeves, and the dress went to the ground. She wore a sapphire and diamond necklace and her hair was put up. Sango was wearing a magenta halter top style dress; it had diamonds on the straps and on the side of her waist was a pretty design made of diamonds. Her hair was down. She had a diamond necklace on. Rin wore a light orange dress that was pretty plain other than a diamond belt around her waist, bringing out her innocent beauty. She wore a diamond and topaz necklace and her hair was down as well. Ayame was wearing a light green dress that contrasted with her dark green eyes. It was a short dress, but had a longer skirt coming out in the back. It was lined with emeralds on the top. She wore her signature two ponytails still though with an iris placed in her hair.

When they entered the dining room they were astounded. There was a huge crystal chandelier lighting up the room. The table and chairs were made of mahogany. The glasses were made of crystal, and the silver ware was made of real silver. The plates were made of real china, and rare jewels were set in them. The men were just sitting there as though this was the most normal thing in the world. Inuyasha was at one end of the table, while Sesshomaru at the other as the heads. Miroku and Koga were on the right side of the table. Kagome, Sango, Rin, and Ayame all sat on the left. Kagome sat to the left of Inuyasha. Sango sat across from Miroku. Rin sat on the right of Sesshomaru. Ayame sat across from Koga.

So," Inuyasha started, breaking the silence, "what have you girls been doing before this?" All three girls looked towards Kagome. "Well, you see…" Kagome eyes started to tear up as she remembered all of those sad memories, so did all the girls. "If it's too painful for you, you don't have to tell us." Inuyasha said quickly, he didn't like to have girls crying, once they started it seems like they never stop. The tears didn't stop until Ayame's food came out.

After finishing up with the first course Koga asked, "So how was your first day here?" The girls all looked at Kagome again. She shook her head. They needed to answer for themselves. Sango spoke up first, "it was challenging." "What made it so challenging?" Inuyasha asked full well knowing the answer. "Some person kept touching me in the wrong spots." Sango growled glaring at Miroku. Ayame spoke up, "I actually had fun after I got some little thief out of the kitchen. Don't worry Koga; what I said still applies for tomorrow." She laughed at the look of horror on Koga's face. Rin spoke up, "I had fun the whole day!" She smiled. Sesshomaru had a slight smile on his face, intriguing Inuyasha in his whole life he had never seen Sesshomaru smile. "What about you Kagome?" Inuyasha asked a slight smirk on his face. "What I think about today is best to be left unsaid." She said glaring at Inuayasha. "Was my room that bad?" Inuyasha fake pouted. Both Koga and MIroku started choking, "Wow, Kagome you had to clean his room?! I pity you." Miroku said. Inuyasha glared at him.

The rest of the dinner was like that, a little bit of small talk here and there, when Sesshomaru all of a sudden asked, "What do you know about The Four Shadows?" "Well about what most people know, there a group of thieves that seem to be able to penetrate every home out there. Actually I'm surprised that they haven't tried to steal something from you. I mean they must think that they can penetrate almost everything, I imagine they are quite arrogant now." Kagome answered. "Yeah, I imagine you're right, but would you do to prevent them from penetrating us." "Well I don't know, I mean I don't think it's a matter of quantity, but quality." "Yeah, you're probably correct." With that dinner was over, and the girls went upstairs to bed.

The two remaining days were like that, they worked all day, and for dinner they dined with the men. Finally though, the new group of maids was scheduled to arrive. "Inuyasha, I was wondering if I could go into that garden out there and just fix it up a bit." Inuyasha became unfocused, "ummm, Inuyasha?" "Yeah go ahead." He was still caught up in his thoughts. Kagome walked to the garden.

She started to weed, when she saw a little boy running towards her. "Hello there, what are you doing here?" she asked the little boy. He had red hair and wore blue jeans, a teal long-sleeved shirt, and a cute little orange vest. "I miss my mommy, and my father." He sniffed. "So what is your name?" "I'm Shippo." Kagome took him and hugged him tight to her. "I'm Kagome. Would you mind telling me where they are?" "They're dead." "Hey, Shippo, would you mind helping me weed?" Shippo looked up showing his big dark green eyes. He smiled, "yeah!" Kagome placed him on her lap and they started to weed together. They then decided to take a break and play a little game.

Inuyasha was watching Kagome and Shippo from a window. It reminded him of his mother and himself when he was younger and she was still alive. He smiled; the garden was already starting to look better. His mother had loved that garden and he had helped her maintain it, but when she died he couldn't bring himself to take care of it without her. He then saw that the two had gone inside probably for lunch. He decided to go to the kitchens to ask her how she liked it.

She saw Kagome and Shippo; he believed his name was, eating sandwiches. "So Kagome, how do you like the garden?" he asked. She smiled, "I love it. It really is beautiful, it just needs someone to love it and care for it." He smiled, he had no idea why, but he loved it when he heard what Kagome said. 'Wait, no! She's a wench I don't like her!' Then Kaede came in, "Inuyasha the new maids are here." Inuyasha left leaving Kagome and Shippo alone together.

Later that Night

All four girls were in there outfits. "So Iris, Treasure, did you get the system ready?" Arrow asked. "Yep, all I have to do is push this button, and then it will fill the halls giving us a cover up, and making them all falls asleep." "Great, push it now." "Ok girls each of you know where to go." With that Kagome made a signal with her fan telling the girls to split up and start the mission.

Arrow stealthily sneaked to where Inuyasha's office was. She took out one of her hair pins, the actual needle still in its sheath and used the pin to unlock the door. She swung open the door. Inuyasha looked up. She started to walk seductively towards him. "So I presume by your mask that you are Arrow?" Inuyasha asked, trying to conceal the fact that he was starting to get attracted to her. Kagome could still tell. "Yes, I am. So would you mind telling me where that jewel is?" She walked behind him. "No, I won't tell you." "Why not?" "Here's a question for you, why do you steal from people and then kill them." "It's not like I have a choice." Her voice was solemn. He could tell that she was telling the truth. "Why don't you have a choice?" "Either I the steal and kill people that he wants me to, or he will kill my family, my friends, and he also said that if I refuse he will kill three times the people that he wanted me to kill, meaning three households instead of one. But, if you're going to hate us for what we do, just hate me. I am the only one actually commits the crimes." Inuyasha could smell tears and he could hear the soft 'plunk' of tears hitting carpet. He got up and hugged her. "Shhhh, it's ok."

With that she placed her fan to his throat. "I-I will have to kill you eventually. Tonight is your warning." With that she took her needle and sliced his arm. "Why you!" he got angry, thinking that she had tricked him. He started to chase her out of his office and into the hall. Every so often she would swipe at him with her needles. Then she stopped, "keh, are you done running you coward." He then felt odd, then his whole body was in pain, he crouched down, then he couldn't move.

"Don't think I was running for fear of my life. Why don't you look down at your forearm?" He glanced down, there on his forearm was the mark of an arrow. "Oh, don't worry; the poison on my needles right now is just to paralyze you. It can't kill you." She leaned close, "So, will you tell me where that jewel is?" "I've already told you no." "Ok then, suit yourself." With that she got up and walked away.

All four thieves gathered together on the rooftop. "The trap is set. Now all we have to do is find the jewel. Iris if you can find some time look up on the computers to see if you can find where the jewel is located that would be great. Well we should probably get to bed, we have a big day tomorrow." With that the four girls disappeared.

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