~Kagome POV -1 Year later- 30miles from Rio de Janeiro~

My body felt like one big bruise, I was tired and sleepy as hell. I didn't remember eating lunch and it was well past midnight by now. Darkness claimed the jungle making all of the nocturnal animals come out and serenade us with their symphony. I squinted into the nightfall as I forced myself to stay alert, I really didn't feel like falling out of the tree I was in.

"Pequeñia are you in position? Over"

I sighed as recognized the voice of my team leader Santiago.

"Yeah Santi" I said into my earpiece "I'm in the tree a few leagues from the target" I said softly not wanting to give my location away.

"Good, can you spot the guards?" said Santiago.

I pulled up my night vision binoculars to my eyes and peered thought them to see the guard in front of the warehouse where some criminals where keeping a bunch of women hostage so they could be sold to brothels. I saw the guard yawn and leaned against the wall of the warehouse. Yup, still in the same spot.

"Yeah, he's still there, and he hasn't moved for the past hour…I get a feeling that their expecting us" I said into my earpiece as I felt a tingle up my spine.

"What makes you say that Kags?" came the deep voice of my good buddy Tank. Trevor Gilbert aka Tank got that name because at only 21 he was well over 6 feet tall and over 250 pounds of solid muscle. African American sporting a bald haircut he easily intimated most people but he was really a sweet guy. When first met him I looked up into his kind brown eyes and immediately gave him a warm hug and smile. Ever since then he made it a point to be my personal bodyguard and refused for people to give me any shit or deal with him.

"Let's just say I'm getting that tingly feeling again" I said then snorted when I heard Santi hold back a laugh "Get you head out of the gutter Santi…your hyena laughter is going to give us away"

"Sorry Pequeñia but when you say things like that…well your just setting yourself up you know"

"Yeah Yeah. Anyways, so what? How are we going to do this? Do we go in silent and fast? Or do we draw them out?"

"Do what you do best Kags" came the voice of my Uncle "they won't know what hit them"

That was my queue.

"Alright then, cover me guys" I said with a smirk.

I took out my black titanium steel bow and my diamond edge tipped arrows. They were a present from my uncle when he asked me what kind of weapon I preferred I answered an archery bow since that was what I had grown accustomed to. My bow had been custom ordered, I loved it, and it was like it was an extension of my arm. I pulled back expertly on it and looked though the sniper camera locking in on my target. Dumb bastard was sitting duck.

The only sound that was heard was the soft whistle of my arrow and a low grunt as the arrow hit the mark; right through the heart. As soon as he was down I leaped off the branch I was on and landed in a couch on the balls of my feet. Dressed in all black I masked my presence with my powers and crept as silently as a night cat closer to the warehouse. My nose and mouth was masked by my black bandana, my black hair pulled up in a high ponytail and braided falling down my back. I was sure there was another guard, I pushed my powers out and searched for the dark tint of the guard's human heart. I learned from my Uncle that I could pin point all evil, even in humans.

Squatting low to the ground I found the other man up in a tree waiting for me to come out in the open. He held a semi-automatic rifle as he peered through the night with a sneer.

'Good luck there buddy' I thought to myself as I reached back and pulled another arrow out and released it.

Whistle. Grunt. He fell out of the tree with a thump.

"Hmph" I muttered as I made my way towards the side of the warehouse to see if any guards where coming to check things out. So far so good, the other men were still in their tents with some poor girls that had the unfortunate luck of being singled out. I shook my head and suppressed a small shudder at their depravity.

"Thinks look clear, better make this quick. We need to get those other girls as well" I said into my earpiece to my team

"Rodger that, keep watch, were almost there" said Tank as I heard him making his way thought the dark jungle.

I guess I was more tired than I thought because I forgot to put up my barrier. I suddenly felt the cold barrel of a gun at my neck.

Shit!

"Date la vuelta!" he ordered me to turn around as he pushed the gun at me again. I held out my hands in surrender as I turned around to look at him. He was skinny with black eyes and dirty hair. He smelled like he had not taken a shower in a week and don't even get me started on his breath! Just being so close to him gave me the creeps, his soul was so dark and twisted I wondered why the hell did I not catch him.

He peered at me for a moment before he pulled off my face mask then smirked giving me a look I already grew accustom to while being here. There was pure lust in his disturbing black eyes.

"¿Qué es lo que tenemos aquí… una gatita" (what do we have here…a little kitten) He said as he caressed my cheek with his gun.

He didn't even bother to restrain my hands…idiot. I slowly retracted my two long hunting blades that where being concealed under my bulletproof vest. Once I had the handles in my hands I turned suddenly so that he couldn't shoot me and sliced his abdomen then turned to hit him hard with the butt of the handle of one of my blades right on the back of this head. He went down like a stack of potatoes.

"Kags!" whispered Tank as he came out of the jungle bushes and stood in front of me then looked down at the man on the floor.

"I got careless and he snuck up on me" I said in a sigh as I took his gun from him and suppressed the urge to kick him in the nads so that he couldn't use it anymore.

"Tank tire him up, Santiago set up a perimeter with Kagome, David see if you can get this door open" ordered Uncle Rick walking out of the jungle, then he turned to his left "Suke set up the explosives"

I nodded to Santiago who winked at me then pointed to the tents then guested to follow him. I nodded back to him, but didn't acknowledge his attempt at flirting. Sometimes he reminded me so much of Miroku that I would catch myself calling him lecher for no reason. I shook myself as I forced my past away from me, right now was not the time to remember the people I left behind.

"What do you say we got those poor girls out of here?" he whispered to me then took out two smoke bombs. I nodded as I pulled up my bandana to my face and pulled on my night vision glasses and switched them on. He did the same thing then pulled the pegs on them and sent them right in the heart of the camp. I took out another arrow and pulled it back on my bow ready to strike.

"I'll take care of the bastards, you get the girls out of here" I said to him as I heard coughing from the tents. To the back of me I heard the commotion of prisoners being freed and rounded up so that that the rest of the unit could take them to the awaiting boats a few minutes from our location. The first guy to come out had not even bothered to put his pants back on, his erection clearly visible as he coughed and tried to cover his nose. I released my arrow getting him right in the heart. I drew the second arrow so quickly that my hand was a blur; the second guy to come out was a brute of a man who screamed for the rest of them that the camp was under attack.

'No Shit' I thought as I released my second arrow and hit the man right in this side, no doubt piercing his liver. He grunted then looked at my face and sneered at me as he pulled his gun out and pointed it at me. I moved pulling another arrow pulled back and managed to get him right in the throat. He went down gurgling on his blood. Sick bastard had a small girl in his tent that came out crying desperately trying to pull her dirty dress over her battered body. I saw Santiago go to the girl and told her to go towards the warehouse, then continued to guide the other girls in the same manner as he held out his gun at the ready. I released yet another arrow at an older man who started firing his gun blindly at anyone around.

By the time we secured the camp and took down the hostiles I was drenched in sweat and sick to my stomach. There was too much death lingering in the air, but that was the way things always went when we got called in for a mission.

"You okay baby girl" said my Uncle as I leaped on to one of the boats that were waiting for us.

"I'll survive" I told him as I tilted my neck to one side hearing it crack and pop in an effort to relive some of the tension I had.

"What happened back there? You never forget to put up your barrier?" said Tank as he sat down next to me and started to press on some of my presser points on my neck. I winced from the pain but knew that it would feel better in the morning.

"I guess I'm just tired, I haven't been sleeping much these last few months…guess it caught up to me" I said feeling disappointed in myself. A year of hard training and I acted like a rookie back there.

"Well get some sleep and don't let it happen again…I mean it Kagome. I won't let anything happen to you, your good at what you do and you can't be sloppy" scold my Uncle.

"I understand Sir" I said as I watched the girls in the front cry and thanking us. Many of them looked at me with wonder and awe. I knew I was small and probably looked out of place among all of the men in my unit but to me they were family.

I was part of the Special Operation Unit 38. We were made up of 10 of the most missed matched people you could ever meet.

Santiago Rivera, born in Rio, at 25 he already had a reputation of being a deadly opponent and someone you didn't want to fuck with. He saw it as his personal mission to try and seduce me even though I told him that there a greater chance for eggs to pop out of his ass before he would ever sleep with me.

Tank aka Trevor Gilbert, born in Chicago, 21 and big as a house, came on my Uncles unit for his ability to take down a man with a single punch. He's a sweetie and I love him to death.

David Stout, Born in California age 21, he was our whiz kid; he kept us with all of the coolest gadgets and was great at intel. He's cool enough, but if you get him talking about technology your eyes will start to glaze over.

Hyosuke Hadra aka Suke, born in Tokyo age 22, he was our explosives guy, he's nice and a bit on the shy side but get him pissed and he will take your sorry ass out with one mean side kick.

Alexander Nica aka The Romanian, born in a small town named Arad, age 24, he didn't say much and only spoke if he thought his opinion mattered. I never knew where I stood with him, I've seen him looking at me from time to time but he never actually ever said anything other than 'hello' or for him 'Alo'.

Patrick Carroll, born in England, age 22, he was the most boring guy I have ever met. He once told me that the only reason he decided to join the unit was because his father was threating him with taking him off the family will if he didn't 'man up'. I got the feeling the only reason my uncle tolerated him was due to political pull.

Diego Navarro, born in Arizona, age 21, the jokester of the group, never get into a battle of words with him…he will mop the floor with you. He was nice to me and always made me laugh when I felt depressed. I was another one of my good buddies.

Veronica Vega, born in Rio, age 30, she was my uncle's Major on the base and was the one who got word on our assignments. I had a sneaky suspicion that my Uncle had a major crush on her.

Then there was my Uncle and I, we made up the rest of our team.

"Veronica radioed me and said that we are to go up the river a few miles from here where she will be waiting some other troops and take the girls to the capitol where they will be placed in a safe house until we can find who was in charge of the operation" said my Uncle wakening me from my thoughts.

"Yeah man, I want to know as well that way I can shove my gun up his a…."

"Diego!" barked my Uncle making Diego and the rest of us chuckle

"Just saying man" he said elbowing Tank in the ribs.

I shook my head at him making him wink at me and blow a kiss at me in return.

"You okay Little bit?" he called out to me.

That was my life for you. Little bit, munchkin, Shorty, midget, angel, pequeñia...the list went on and on, rarely did they use my real name.

"Yeah, just tired as hell" I said making my Uncle scowl at me, he didn't like my now colorful vocabulary…what did he expect when I hung out with nothing but guys who had the table side manners of ruffians? Himself included.

"Don't worry, once we get back to base, you can sleep in as much as you want" said my uncle smiling softy at me. I nodded to him but didn't respond to his comment; he didn't need to know that the night was still too fresh in my mind and that I wouldn't be getting much sleep anyways. The way those men where abusing those girls was just too horrific and terrible, I've seen too much in just my one year here and I found it depressing on how much I was getting used to it.

I looked up at the night sky filled with stars and wondered how InuYasha was doing. Was he happy with Kikyo? Did he ever think of me or did he forget me already? I knew I would never forget about him. In the long year that I have been here there wasn't a day that I didn't think about him. The pain was easier to deal with, and the gaping hole in my heart where he would always remain was still there but I just knew how to hide it better. I was glad I was here to hone my skills and powers but at the same time I was anxious to return to the feudal era. I still had a mission to accomplish there, I needed to go back kill Naraku, destroy the Shikon Jewel and then I will come back to my time and return here. I knew now that once everything was done I would return and come back to my Uncle and the Unit; I decided to use the powers that I was born with in my time, and fight against the evil in my world.

I fought the tears that threaten to fall as I thought of my life without him, but I choose this in order to become strong. InuYasha had Kikyo; he has loved her for long that they deserved a chance at a life together.

'Be happy InuYasha' I thought sending out a little prayer 'Live and be happy for both of us' because I knew that I would never reach true happiness without him.

"Kagome, are you sure you're okay?" asked Alexander walking with me after we got back to our base "I know I don't say much and that you hardly know me, but I want to let you know that if you ever have need of me…just say it and I will stay by your side.

I stopped and looked up at him with confusion and surprise; this was the last thing I expected him to say.

"Alexander? What are you saying?" I asked softy looking up at his bright green eyes.

"That I think you're an amazing woman and I be honored to spend more time with you" he reached for my hand and kissed it before he gazed into my eyes and turned to go to the bunker he shared with some of the other guys.

What in the world happened? Did he just confess to me? I really hoped that this wouldn't make things weird between us I prayed as I walked over to my bunker. I really was not ready to let go of my feelings for my half demon yet. Then again…what was I waiting for?

~InuYasha POV- 2 Years later~

"Damn it to hell Kikyo! Why do you have to hover so much?" I growled at the woman who was regarding me with severe eyes.

"You have been changing into your demon form more often" she said with exasperation "So I have to remain close for the sake of those around you"

"And whose fault is that? Whose fault is it that I can't go to my mate? I traveled up and down and searched for someone to break your fucking seal on the well and still nothing! So excuse me if my demon is unhappy, the only thing that I want is Kagome back" I snarled at her and moved away from where Sango, Miroku, Shippo and Kikyo where sitting by the camp fire eating dinner.

For the past two years it seems like my life was one fucking nightmare. Kagome was still on the other side of the well, I have tried dozens of priestess and monks but they all said that the seal on the well is one of very old magic.

Naraku was sending demons after us every once in a while hoping that Kagome would be around to take the remaining shard. He already managed to take Kohaku's but since Kikyo was around she hand managed to save his life from certain death. Kohaku's mind was too broken and weak that he decided to stay in Kaede's village to heal and make amends with his sins. Sango wanted to stay behind but in the end decided that she was needed here. I appreciated how much they all have scarified for my sake. If it weren't for them I think I would have been an uncontrollable monster. Every day it got harder to control my demon, it was constantly snarling at me to go get our mate.

"I was honoring Kagome's wishes InuYasha, I have told you many times that if I had known that you loved her and that she was your mate then I never would have sealed the well" said Kikyo her temper rising but I didn't care.

For the past two years she has traveled with us and if I had been younger I would have been happy but now all I felt was a sharp pain in my chest every time I glanced at her face. She reminded me so much of my Kagome that it was painful to watch her. Every once in a while she would smile or say something that resembled Kagome so much that I was tempted to kiss her, then reality would creep up on me and I was disappointed and angry all over again.

I walked away and leaped up into a high branch to gaze up at the night sky.

'What are you doing koibito?' I thought as I looked at the jeweled sky 'Are you thinking of me? I swear by all that is holy, I will get you back' I wanted to caress her soft skin, to gaze into her beautiful eyes, I wanted to hold her in my arms as I mated with her, binding her to me for all eternity.

Two years, two long fucking years of not hearing her laughter, of not arguing with her…yes I even missed that. I scoffed to myself, how could I have been so blind to not see that she was my mate? It made perfect sense to me now.

My battles with Naraku's demons where bring out my demon more and more. I was always pissed off and to think that I have to wait two more years. I shook my head, well at least one good thing that was coming out of this. Since I was turning demon so often, my appearance was changing. No longer did I have the boyish looks I use to. My face was slowly become more of a man's, I grimaced as I remembered Sango telling me that I looked more like my bother now. Just flipping great. I got taller too, not as tall as my brother but maybe 5 inches taller than I use to be, my body was now ripped as well.

'Well…I just hoped it would be a pleasant surprise for Kagome when she got back' I thought as I imagined her shocked face. She would be stunned but I hoped happy with the changes, because she would be the only one to take advantage of it.

"Two more years, then when she got back I'm going to fucking destroy that stupid well" I muttered darkly as I sat and closed my eyes practicing the meditation that Miroku taught me in order to tune out my beast.

Mate. Need Mate.

My demon whimpered.

I know…I need her too.

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