Disclaimer: Let me check *pinches herself* OUCH! Yep I'm awake, that means I don't own Inuyasha.

The next month had gone by really smoothly for Inuyasha. He was happier than he'd ever been, even despite being forced to be a woman most of the time. He hadn't seen Kagome as a guy again, but she confided to 'Inu' that she was completely infatuated with Inuyasha. He'd even been texting her constantly.

Miroku was pissed about the whole thing. "Come on man," Miroku said when the two were alone in the room. "You have to admit that what you did was 10 kinds of stupid."

Inuyasha opened his mouth to respond, but his phone beeped. He smiled and quickly checked his text messages. He read the message So what are you doing the night of May 29th? Inuyasha smiled. Nothing Why? he sent back.

They had been texting for a month now and this was the first time that Kagome had asked what he'd be doing. His heart beat faster, was she going to ask to see him again? Just then something collided with his head snapping him out of his thoughts. He looked over at the offending object to see that it had been a picture in a frame. It was the four of them, all in their uniforms. Inuyasha stared at the image of Kagome looking up at him, and was hit by something else. This time it hurt.

"What the fuck, dude?" he growled finally looking over at Miroku.

"I asked a question that needs a response, dumbass." Miroku bit back. Inuyasha had to think hard. He really hadn't been paying too much attention to Miroku. After a moment Inuyasha finally remembered.

"What I'm doing isn't nearly as stupid as you groping every girl in sight." Inuyasha said. "I mean come on. One of these days we're going to be able to go back to our normal lives and someone is going to find out that you were not a girl. Think of the lawsuits." Miroku said nothing. "And at least I'm getting to know her."

"You know her really damn well," Miroku said "She'll tell you things as her girlfriend that she'd never tell you if she was your girlfriend." Miroku said emphasizing the two drastically different meanings of the word. Inuyasha laid back on his bed. He knew that what his friend said was completely true. As much as he'd like to pretend otherwise, he knew Kagome would likely kill him if she ever found out about their ruse. He knew he was falling for her, hard, but he always tried to imagine that Kagome never found out about this. He heard another beep, and his hand darted to his phone. He heard Miroku groan in exasperation as he checked his text. Our end of the year dance is that night, want to be my date? Inuyasha's heart leapt in joy. She definitely wanted to see him again. Absolutely. He sent the text back and then turned to Miroku, "Well Dipshit, I have a date for the end of the year dance." Miroku flipped him off. Inuyasha got up and headed out of the room. He wanted to find Kagome. He was sure she was going to be talking a lot about her "date" for the dance, and he wasted to be there to hear it. As his hand reached the door, Miroku spoke up.

"What if Naraku finds us?" Inuyasha didn't have a response. He knew it was a possibility. It was a huge gamble, but he just couldn't live with himself if he didn't find out where this thing with Kagome was going.

"I know, but I have to find out," Inuyasha said. He looked at Miroku who was sitting on his bed staring at him. "It's likely that he'll find me, but you…well you he probably won't find." Inuyasha didn't want to think about the ramifications of his actions. He just wanted to see where this thing with Kagome was going to go.

Naraku was pissed. Despite having Hakudoshi go under cover at Mushin Academy, the reports were that Inuyasha and Miroku were definitely not there. Not just that but the academy hadn't had any new students enroll there for six months, so they weren't just there in disguise. Screams filled Naraku's ears as he pulled another molar out of the man seated in front of him. The man owed Naraku some money, and Naraku had taken over the torture session as a way to try and relieve some of the anger and stress of not finding those two little narks.

"Please, please," the man begged through a bloody mouth. Naraku looked down at the man, he didn't even know his name. Naraku drew close to the nameless man, so that there noses were almost touching. The man couldn't help but look Naraku directly in the eye at this distance.

"Alright," Naraku said standing up straight, twirling the rusty pliers in his hands. "If you can solve my problem for me, I'll forgive you're debt and let you go." The man's eyes lit up at the possibility. "Don't get your hopes up, scum." Naraku said putting the pliers down and pulling over a chair to sit down. "This particular problem is one that I have been unable to resolve, so I find it unlikely that you will be able to give an adequate solution." Naraku took a sip off of a water bottle, and watched the man. He was eyeing the water like a man who'd been in the desert.

"So," Naraku began his tale. "Two men saw me kill someone. I have to find them to…"he paused here for nothing more than dramatic effect, "ensure their silence. I thought I had located them at Mushin academy however my agents there have turned up nothing. Now," he said cruelly "what would you do, if you were them?" The man was silent. He was silent for so long that Naraku was sure he had given up. He reached over for the pliers and then man finally began to speak in hesitant tones.

"You said Mushin Academy right?" Naraku simply nodded. "Well, I went there, and when I wanted my daughter to get the same training that they offer, I had to enroll her at Midoriko. It's the all girls component of Mushin." Naraku scowled at the man.

"You're stalling."

"No, sir" the man pleaded "I'm not I swear, I'll get to the point." The man took a deep breath before continuing. "If I was on the run, I would hide out as a woman. You'd be looking for a man, so I'd hide as a woman." Naraku's eyes widened. He had never thought of that possibility. So simple, so easy. It was something he'd never do, but he had his pride. Saying nothing he quickly strode out of the room cell phone in hand, dialing his top female agent.

"Kagura?" Naraku said before the woman on the other end could say anything. "I have a job for you."

Authors Note: Another short chapter, but I had to get this set up stuff out of the way so that the rest of the story could proceed. Thanks to all my reviewers! I'm trying to stay on top of send pm's after you review but I think I failed after the last chapter. I'll get back on that. Thanks to everyone who added this to their alerts. It really does give so much motivation to keep working when you see that people like what you're doing.

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