The handsome young fox demon had arrived at the Higurashi manor in his black Lamborghini. He looked up at the manor with a frown knowing that the Lord and Lady of the manor were murdered by the one person that he had hated since day one. Inutaishou and Hige and asked him to keep a sharp eye on Onigumo and take notes if he did anything suspicious. The man hadn't been anything BUT suspicious and was on this fox demon's number one hit list. It was time to reveal everything to the Higurashi sisters and the Takahashi brothers.
The young man walked through the gates and down the path to reach the doors of the manor. He rung the door bell once, listening for footsteps that were walking down the stairs. He heard the door unlock and watch it open revealing Kagome, Sesshomaru, Inuyasha and Kikyo themselves. They looked at him with suspicion and untrusting eyes. It was understandable considering the circumstances.
"Can we help you with something mister?" Kagome asked with a slight glare. The man looked at the woman with a small smile.
"May I come in Lady Kagome? There are some things that I wish to discuss with you all." The man said calmly. Inuyasha growled a little.
"What business do you have with us?" Sesshomaru asked with a slight growl himself. The fox demon took out his badge from his black velvet jacket.
"Detective Shippo at your service Lord Sesshomaru. I have been working with the Higurashi's and the Takahashi's for years. I have information that you guys will find most intriguing. It's about the murders of your parents." Shippo stated with a frown. The brothers and the sisters widened their eyes and stepped aside for the young detective to come in the manor.
Once Shippo entered the manor, he noticed that they had company. 'Friends of theirs I presume.' Shippo thought to himself. Kagome got Shippo a glass of water and walked over to him.
"Would you like a glass of water detective?" Kagome asked holding the glass for him. Shippo gave a small smile and gave a nod.
"Thank you Lady Kagome, I appreciate it." Shippo graciously took the glass in his hands and took a sip. He looked at the four with a serious look.
"May I speak with you four without the company of others?" Shippo asked. Inuyasha stepped up with crossed arms.
"Whatever you have to say, you can say it in front of our friends. They were involved in this as well once they witnessed the death of my parents along time ago." Inuyasha stated.
"Besides, we all made a pact when we were kids. To protect Tokyo and to find the murderers of our parents." Sesshomaru stated as well with crossed arms. Shippo raised an eyebrow at them.
"A pact?" He asked with a tilt of his head. Kagome and Kikyo went to the living room where the others were to sit down, the brothers following their lead to sit with the others as well. Shippo followed and took a seat in an empty chair with one leg crossed over the other and crossed arms.
"Please explain." Shippo gestured. Kagome and Kikyo nodded and asked the others to join hands in their little circle. Once everyone's hands were joined together, a bright white light began to glow from their hands. Shippo watched with amazement as he saw the spirits of the Inu clan wrapping around everyone. Then there was a symbol in the middle of their circle that read 'Protectors', causing Shippo to gasp.
Kikyo and Kagome looked at Shippo with a small smile. It seemed that the detective could use some explaining himself. The girls didn't make it a habit of telling people about their pact with the rest of their friends, but they felt like this young fox demon needed to know.
"When we all witnessed the death of Izayoi and Inutaishou, we were all at that state of wanting to protect the ones we love and to protect our home. At the time we were all well aware of another war wanting to start again like it had 500 years ago." Kagome stated to the young detective. Shippo nodded as he too was well aware.
"Their deaths had made a hug impact on all of us. Sesshomaru transformed into his true form for the first time and Inuyasha's demon blood took over for the first time." Kikyo said with a frown. Everyone watched the two brothers with frowns on their faces, remembering how upset they both were. Shippo gasped.
"How did they gain control back since they were so young?" Shippo asked. Rin stood up and walked to Sesshomaru with her arms wraped around his one arm, leaning against his shoulder. Sesshomaru looked at Rin and kissed the top of her head. Rin smiled and stood back up, still having a strong grip on Sesshomaru.
"Kagome and Kikyo helped Inuyasha and Sesshomaru with their miko powers. Inuyasha and Sesshomaru were in the middle of killing a serpent demon who had killed their father right in front of them. This serpent demon had also killed their mother." Rin first started saying. Sesshomaru and Inuyasha growled angrily.
"Damn fucking bastards!" Inuyasha growled in his demon voice. Everyone stared at him worried that he would lose control. Then they heard Sesshomaru's angry growl which grew louder and more aggressive. He loved his mother greatly, and he looked up to his father. To Sesshomaru, his father was his hero and wanted to follow in his father's footsteps. Sesshomaru realized that he had in some ways, he even surpassed his father in ways that no one knew how. Inuyasha felt the same way about their parents. His father was a really strong daiyokai, so he could never understand how he got himself killed. Then again, they were attacked by surprise and their father at that point had let his guard down. He loved and cared for his mother deeply, he always thought 'What if I was there with her? What if I was able to protect her? Would I have been able to keep her alive?' Kagome and Rin were whispering sweet words to the brothers until they both had calmed down with a sigh. Everyone let out a breath that they didn't know they were holding.
"Please continue, if you are able." Shippo said calmly, unafraid of what just happened. Rin nodded and took a deep breath.
"Kagome and Kikyo shot their sacred arrows together which struck the serpent demon. Along with Sesshomaru and Inuyasha attacking the serpent demon, Kagome and Kikyo's arrows had killed the demon. There were two panther demons there that began attacking us after the serpent demon was killed. Inuyasha and Sesshomaru wanted to continue fighting, I convinced Sesshomaru while Kagome convinced Inuyasha to calm down and just get out of there. We were still kids and wouldn't be able to survive very long. We weren't really strong enough just yet. Kagome and Kikyo looked exhausted after one shot of their sacred arrows. I didn't want to lose my mate to be, I wanted to keep him with me for the rest of my life, and I know Kagome wanted the same for Inuyasha." Rin stated with a light blush to her cheeks as well as Kagome. Sesshomaru and Inuyasha looked at each other with surprised eyes, then looked to their girls.
"Rin..." Sesshomaru whispered as he held Rin close to him with a warm and loving smile. Rin looked up to Sesshomaru with her beautiful sapphire eyes and nuzzled against his neck. Sesshomaru gave a low growl of approval that sent shivers down Rin's body.
"I'm glad to have you as my mate Rin. You are everything to me and more. Nothing and no one will ever change that. I promise to protect you with every being of my life." Sesshomaru stated. Rin smiled as she felt Sesshomaru kiss where her neck and shoulder met, where the symbol of her mating mark had shown.
"I love you too my mate." Rin stated breathlessly, not knowing what to say after that. Rin and Sesshomaru had become mates around the middle of their Sophomore year of high school. Actually, it was around spring time to be precise. Sesshomaru decided to ask Rin to become his mate, even though they were still in school. Sesshomaru no longer wanted to wait till they were done, anything could happen during this hell whole that Tokyo was slowly becoming. He took it upon himself to "convince" her that they should learn to take chances even if it means the consequences might turn out bad. He loved her, and he wanted her as his. Nothing was going to stop him, not even Rin herself. Sesshomaru was her alpha of course, so she couldn't deny him his request. Rin was more than delighted to oblige him.
Rin smiled as she relaxed against Sesshomaru's chest, his arms protectively wrapped around her waist. She turned to look at Kagome and Inuyasha, seeing the love they both had in their eyes as well.
"Kagome... you... you felt that way back then?" Inuyasha whispered to her as he held her close to him. Kagome leaned against his shoulder as she held his hand that was wrapped around her waist.
"I didn't know what to think back then Inuyasha, except the fact that I didn't want to lose you. We both shared our feeling back then but at the time we only just met, it just felt like we have known each other forever. We knew that we liked each other, but we wanted to grow as friends first and let it grow from there. As we got to know each other more and always had a lot of fun together hanging out with our friends, I began to learn more about how I felt for you. There was some feeling inside my heart that was telling me that you are my future mate. I never said anything because I was afraid of being judged, I was afraid of being chastised about it being too soon. I just kept it to myself all these years because of my stupid fear." Kagome glared down, upset with herself. Inuyasha sensed her discomfort and felt her bury her face into his chest. He petted her beautiful raven hair and then smiled as he began rubbing her dog ears. He chuckled when he heard Kagome purr with delight. Then she groaned with disappointment when he removed his hands from her ears. She looked up at him with those beautiful brown eyes. Inuyasha raised his hand to caress her cheek with a warm and loving smile.
"I love you Kagome, never forget that. I would never think any less of you. You are everything to me and more. You are my life, my mate, my Kagome, and I will always be here for you and will always be there to protect you." Inuyasha told her. Kagome smiled as tears filled her eyes. Inuyasha wiped away the tears with his thumbs with a smile and hugged her against him.
Shippo cleared his throat before things got too intimate. He could sense it as well as the others, he saw their sheepish grins and blushed faces with a light chuckle. Sesshomaru, Rin, Inuyasha and Kagome realized that they weren't alone and released each other to look straight at the fox detective. Kagome and Rin blushed as they both sat down on the couch only to behave until they were alone with their mates.
"Let's get back down to business shall we." Shippo stated as he got his notebook out. Inuyasha and Sesshomaru nodded with stern and serious looks on their faces.
"So what have you figured out detective Shippo?" Sesshomaru asked. Everyone looked at Shippo as he cleared his throat and opened his book.
"I've told you that I have been working with the Higurashi's and the Takahashi's for years. Hige and Inutaishou have asked me to keep notes on any suspicious characters." Shippo stated. Inuyasha and Sesshomaru looked at each other for a second and looked back at the young fox.
"Any leads that can take us to the murderers?" Sesshomaru asked. Inuyasha, Kikyo and Kagome watched as Sesshomaru took charge of gaining the information. When it came to stuff like this, Sesshomaru knew how to gain more information since he is more intimidating than the others. Anyone that left out information that Sesshomaru asked for, were killed. Shippo nodded firmly.
"You guys have heard of Onigumo Kitto right?" Shippo stated. Kikyo and Kagome look at Shippo with a gasp. Kikyo stood up with anger in her eyes.
"He's the guy that our father worked for ever since the Takahashi company has been taken over by him." Kikyo stated. Kagome pulled away from Inuyasha's arms to get to her sister.
Inuyasha looked at the girls and then back at Shippo.
"What the hell does Onigumo have to do with anything other than treat our father's company like it means nothing." Inuyasha growled. Shippo looked a little worried about how they were going to handle this message. He took a deep breath and let it out slowly, looking at his book.
"Onigumo was the one that..." Shippo began to say.
"WE KNEW IT!" Everyone looked at Kagome and Kikyo with worried eyes. Shippo looked at them with a frown.
"What do you mean girls?" Shippo asked. Kagome glared at Shippo and growled. Inuyasha was ready if Kagome ended up forcing her demon side to come out. Usually she only transforms during the night of the full moon, but she is also able to force it out if she is willing to kill. 'This doesn't look good.' Inuyasha thought to himself. Then he saw Kikyo, her eyes were glowing purple and her miko aura was starting to build up. 'Damn! We need to stop them before they do anything that they'll end up regretting.' He thought more. He looked towards his brother Sesshomaru, he nodded as he could see it to. Inuyasha would take care of Kagome and Sesshomaru will handle Kikyo. The girls were their responsibility ever since they made that promise to Hige. Sesshomaru would be able to handle Kikyo better than Inuyasha since Sesshomaru can overpower any miko aura, any barrier, any purification spell.
"We didn't trust that good for nothing bastard Onigumo! We had a feeling that he was the one behind all this! He had that evil aura that surrounded him, and father didn't trust him neither! He worked with him just to keep an eye on him!" Kagome growled, her eyes beginning to glow red.
Shippo sighed with a frown, he closed his book and stood up.
"Yes, Onigumo was the one who was behind the murders. Unfortunately he really didn't kill them personally, he had a group of people that did his dirty work for him." Shippo explained with an angered expression.
"You mean those panther demons, serpent demon, and wolf demon? Who were they and where are they now? We already know that the serpent and wolf demons are dead." Sesshomaru asked. Shippo nodded.
"Hige killed the wolf demon and killed another panther demon. There was one left that Hige had to get rid of, but he failed. Just when he was about to attack the last panther demon, Onigumo showed up again. He and the panther demon combined their powers and killed Hige, sadly he wasn't able to move out of the line of fire in time." Shippo stated. Kikyo and Kagome growled with tears in their eyes. In a flash everyone gasped seeing that Kagome had Shippo in her grasp, her hands on his shoulders as she glared at him.
"Where is he now!? TELL me!" Kagome growled. Shippo stood there, unafraid of the quarter demon who was transforming in front of him. He shook his head.
"All I know is that he works at the Takahashi company. That was his plan any way, he wanted to overthrow Inutaishou and take his company and combine both Kitto's and the Takahashi's into one company. We all know that if he did that, then all hell will break loose." Shippo stated.
"Hell has already broke loose, no thanks to that fucking bastard!" Kagome growled. Kikyo's powers were getting stronger by the second as well as Kagome transforming fully into a full blooded demon.
Inuyasha and Sesshomaru glared at Shippo. There was so much going through their minds. Inuyasha growled and looked at Sesshomaru.
"I told you that Onigumo bastard shouldn't have taken over! I knew something wasn't right about that motherfucker!" Inuyasha stated. Sesshomaru growled and nodded.
"As much as I hate to admit it, but you were right Inuyasha. We need to do something about Onigumo, but first we need to do something about the girls before they hurt themselves or go out on a killing spree." Seshsomaru stated. Inuyasha huffed and ran over to Kagome taking her away from Shippo. Sesshomaru grabbed Kikyo who started to struggle in his hands.
"Don't move quarter demon. Unless you want me to rip you apart with my claws, then I suggest you calm yourself." Sesshomaru warned Kikyo. Kikyo looked at Sesshomaru and suddenly felt intimidated by him. She felt afraid to even disobey his orders even though they weren't mates, him and Rin were. Kikyo began to calm down knowing that it was useless to even fight Sesshomaru, he was immune to her powers. If she had dog ears, they would be flat against her head right about now.
"Let me go Inuyasha! I will go after Onigumo and rip him to shreds!" Kagome threatened. Inuyasha had a tight hold on her with a glare.
"Would you calm down wench! You go there now, you are going to wind up getting yourself killed!" He stated with his gruff voice.
"The hell I will! That bastard will regret messing with my family! I will go alone if I have to!" Kagome stated with a crack of her knuckles. Inuyasha huffed.
"There is no way in the seven hells I'm letting you go by yourself wench!" Inuyasha glared at her. Kagome glared back as she struggled getting away from Inuyasha's grip.
"I can and I will!" Kagome growled through clenched fangs.
"Bitch!" Inuyasha's demon came through once he noticed his bitch challenging him. He wasn't going to allow that. Kagome flinched at the sound of her mate's voice. She looked up to red eyes and teal irises, and purple jagged stripes on his cheeks.
"Inu-Inuyasha?" Kagome's voice softened a little but she was still in her demon form.
"Understand this bitch, you challenge my dominance you will be punished. I am your alpha and your mate, so you listen to me." Inuyasha stated with a growl. Kagome hated making Inuyasha upset with her, so she did what she had to do. Submit to her alpha. Kagome let her ears go flat against her head as a sign of an apology. Then she turned around, her back against him. Inuyasha raised an eyebrow and smirked when she tilted her head to the side, exposing her neck to him. This was a sign of submission, and that she will always submit to him.
Inuyasha leaned in close to the joint where her shoulder and neck met, right above her mating mark, and bit her. Kagome yelped silently as she felt the bite. Her demon side was calming down and was put back into it's place. Kagome gave a small little whine, letting him know that she was okay now. Inuyasha took that as a good sign and came up to lick the blood and healing the puncture wounds he placed. Kagome rested against his chest and her head on his shoulder. He smiled softly and petted her head lovingly.
Everyone calmed down as the two Higurashi sisters, especially Kagome, were calm. Kagome was whimpering a little, not because of the bite, but because she had allowed herself to lose control like that. Inuyasha frowned, he spun her around to look her in the eyes seeing tears that wanted to come down. He used his thumbs to wipe them away.
"Please don't cry Kagome, you know how much I hate that. I don't like seeing you upset." Inuyasha stated softly. Kagome laid her head on his shoulder.
"I'm sorry, it's just that... I miss mother and father... I just want to..." Kagome began sobbing softly against his shoulder.
"Shh, Kagome, shh. It's alright, I know how you feel. Calm down okay." Inuyasha whispered gently to her as he petted her. Kagome nodded slightly.
"Well, I'll be in touch you guys." Shippo stated as he began to leave.
"Wait." Inuyasha called out softly. Shippo turned his head around as he had the door opened about to leave. He looked at Inuyasha with a serious expression.
"How can we reach you, if we have any questions to ask?" He asked the fox detective. Shippo gave a little smirk.
"Oh, I'll be around. I'll drop by every now and then giving you any information you need." Shippo stated. He looked at Kagome and Kikyo with a frown.
"Right now, I think the girls could use some rest after everything they learned. Kikyo still needs to learn how to channel her miko powers and Kagome needs to learn how to control her demon blood." Shippo stated. Inuyasha and Sesshomaru nodded their agreement to the fox.
"I'll be in touch if you guys ever need anything." Shippo said with a smile and left out the manor.