InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Life Filled With Lies ❯ The First kill ( Chapter 2 )

I had been living at the house for a month now with an annoying half demon, a mysterious demon, and a charming pervert. It had been a little awkward at first especially when I would see them come home with freshly coated blood on their clothes, but after awhile I grew use to it and became a pro at getting blood off of clothes. It wasn’t long before I began feeling like I had found my family. Living here with these guys had made me even more determined to find out what happened to my parents and I had started looking through documents about their death, but I still was at a road block the documents didn’t mention anything about the actual murder all that it told me was that my parents had died and it had been foul play, but it never went any further than that.
Now, I sat on the couch watching some old gangster movie with Miroku. He seemed to really eat up movies dealing with the Mafia. It seemed like he never got enough of his job. It was during the part of the movie where Vinney got shot by the Don for snitching to a rival family that Inuyasha busted through the door. We were all use to him coming home in such a manner, but something wasn’t right there was more blood on him than usual.
“Got a little messy did it Inuyasha.” I joked not really moving my focus from the movie and popcorn.
“You’re injured!” Miroku said getting up and rushing over towards his friend. Inuyasha stumbled over and clutched the corner of the wall where the living room meets the entry for support. I got up and ran to him too.
“What happened?” I asked while Miroku put his friends arm over him and helped him over to the couch.
“Fucking guy wouldn’t go down without a fight. The bastard just got lucky was all, but his luck ran out once a knife ran through his heart.” Inuyasha said as he clung to an area below his left shoulder. I ran to get a cold wash cloth and bandages. When I returned Miroku had made him comfortable on the couch I then placed the cold wash cloth on his head and poured peroxide on the wound.
“AGH…you bitch!” Inuyasha shouted as he cringed at the stinging from the medicine.
“You are such a baby. Honestly you can get stabbed, but a little sting from peroxide and you cry out like a little kid.” I said while I mopped up the blood from the wound and began to wrap the bandage around his chest and shoulder. He looks so innocent when he is in agonizing pain it’s almost is cute.
“Miroku you should probably go tell Sesshomaru that Inuyasha got clumsy.”I said half jokingly. I guess Inuyasha was really focusing on his injury and not on concealing his ears since his ears had unfolded from hiding in his hair and had perked in an upright position. “Hey Inuyasha. Your ears are showing.” I said light heartedly.
“Yeah well the sound of your voice is like nails on a chalkboard.” He retaliated looking up at me. He is so much cuter when he doesn’t talk.
came into the room and began to laugh. I had never heard him so much as giggle the entire time I’ve been here and yet when he sees his own brother wounded his first reaction is to laugh. Talk about issues. Sesshomaru walked closer and sat down on the arm chair across from the couch.
“Oh shut up Sesshomaru.” Inuyasha rolled his eyes and starred at the wall.
“But brother you had the easiest assignment you were to go kill a lackey of a corporate mob boss. It wasn’t even one of the higher ranks.” Sesshomaru began to break down in laughter again this time he had to grab his chest. I looked over at Miroku and he was looking at Sesshomaru just as I was. The banter didn’t last to much longer Sesshomaru got up still laughing and walked down the halls his laughter echoing in the background.
“Oh what does he know!” Inuyasha lashed, but was cut short as he felt the pain run back through his body. He was sweating profusely and he could get sick if we didn’t cool him down and get him more comfortable.
“Miroku help me take Inuyasha up to his bed.” Miroku and I picked Inuyasha off of the couch and by the time we got him to the second landing Inuyasha had began to hallucinate and was completely incoherent. We set Inuyasha on his bed, but Miroku was then called away when he got a call from an informer on this big drug dealer that was cut throat and ruthless and speculated for over ten murders in the area.
“Hey Kagome I got to go take care of things. Watch over Inuyasha, his pajamas are in the second drawer.” I didn’t even have time to protest, Miroku was gone. I sighed…This was one of the most awkward moments of my life. The task of his pants was more then uncomfortable, I shut my eyes as tight as I could and pulled them off. I then just threw the blankets over him. Inuyasha had passed out before I even unclothed him. It seemed he was having a bad dream he kept twisting and turning while he let out occasional mumbles. I sat next to him on his bed I don’t know what I was watching out for. The wound wasn’t fatal enough to kill him, but I couldn’t leave him I would feel terrible if I left him all alone in this state.
His ears were twitching in his sleep too…I just had an impulse to touch them. To feel the softness of his fur and comfort him like a sick puppy. I wish he was this sweet when he was conscious I might like him more. As I sat on his bed staring into oblivion the sound of his breathing became a slow and steady rhythm that became almost a lullaby and my eye lids began to slowly close until I had fallen fast asleep.
I slowly opened my eye lids to adjust my position when I realized I had snuggled up to Inuyasha in my sleep and his right arm had me in its embrace. I was startled I never had thought of Inuyasha in the romantic way at all. Yet I was comfortable laying down next to him and had a strange feeling going through me. I didn’t mind being this close and I had an excuse if I went back to sleep and pretended that I never realized what our sub conscious bodies were doing. I let myself snuggle back up to him and slowly closed my eyes. And to my surprise I felt his grip tighten on me. I wonder what Inuyasha will think when he wakes up and sees me…Kagome what are you doing it is Inuyasha! He is rude, stubborn, and irritating! So why do I not want to leave him…just fall back asleep if he wakes up and sees that I’m awake he will make a scene. I let myself fall back asleep, but it seemed that not even a few moments later the weird realm that Inuyasha and I were in was ruined when Miroku came in and saw us.
“Well, well, well getting busy in here are we.” Miroku grinned as he crossed his arms and leaned on the door frame. Inuyasha then woke up and saw my head on his stomach with his arm around my chest and quickly sat up, hurting his arm slightly in the process. I opened my eyes at this point and began to act like I had no idea what was going on either.
“No, it is not what it looks like!” Inuyasha said startled.
“Yeah Miroku I was watching him and I guess I fell asleep.” I then got off of the bed and stood towards the door.
“Ok you two…well don’t let me ruin your naps.” Miroku said winking at Inuyasha and leaving us alone again after closing the door. If I thought taking Inuyasha’s clothes off was embarrassing this takes the cake.
“Well you seem better now so I think I am going to go downstairs and help make lunch…or dinner or maybe linner.” I then left the room and scurried downstairs.
I sat down at the kitchen table drinking tea and trying to figure out what the hell I was thinking with Inuyasha. Miroku showed up and I could tell what his mind was thinking for as soon as he saw me his grin grew to his ears. I dug my heads into my folded arms.
“So Kagome…Inuyasha huh, it’s alright you didn’t pick me I mean I personally am a much more giving lover, but hey that boy needs a stubborn girl to keep him in line.”
“Miroku read my lips! Nothing happened! I just passed out and I guess he is a cuddler.”
“Well, I know Inuyasha and he never acts like that when we sleep together.” Miroku’s face contorted when he realized how bad his sentenced had sounded and I imagined that my face was no better. “When we go on missions…do you know how expensive it is to book two rooms!”
“Nice save Miroku.” I said with a sarcastic smile.
“Well the point is that man puts people in choke holds, or pushes you off of the damn thing, while he hogs all of the blankets and is completely sprawled out. Inuyasha never sleeps that cozily with a person unless he really trusts you and the way he was cuddling you I would say that boy has feelings for you.”
“I am sorry to burst your dream land bubble, but Inuyasha and I are not and will not get involved.”
“Ha we’ll just see about that one Kagome.” Miroku turned back around.
Ha Inuyasha liking me what a load of bullshit. Man Miroku really should pay extra for the two rooms. But seriously Inuyasha have feelings for me that is a laugh, he hasn’t liked me from day one. Even though I do have to admit he is pretty hot. I could look into his golden eyes forever…and his ears are so soft and warm and the way they twitched when he was sleeping. No! Bad Kagome stop thinking about it! You know what I should just go take another nap only in my bed that way I can stop thinking about this little incident and concentrate more on how I am going to get out of a giant rat maze and kill the evil scientist. I finished my tea and then went back upstairs and into my nice comfortable bed.
Once in my bed it was impossible for me to fall back asleep. I suppose I had slept enough for today. I remained curled up in a ball with the sheets wrapped around me and starring back out in space while the thought of Inuyasha taunted my head. I lay awake in bed for over two hours and then heard Miroku shout that dinner was ready. I threw the comforter off and slowly made my way to the dinner table. I hope everyone has dropped the entire incident. I walked into to the kitchen and sat down in my usual seat which was unfortunately enough right across from Inuyasha. I turned beat red as soon as my ass hit the seat.

“Inuyasha, Miroku, Kagome I am going be out of town for awhile.” Sesshomaru announced as he turned his fork spinning the spaghetti onto it.
“What’s the mission?” Inuyasha asked.
“I’m afraid that information is confidential. I was told to keep this strictly between me and my employer, however, Kagome it is important that I speak to after dinner.”
“Me? Why do you need to talk to me?” I asked stunned, I am not involved in any criminal activity.
“If I was going to tell you now I wouldn’t have said after dinner.” Sesshomaru said coldly. He must be in a bad mood.
The entire dinner was completely awkward Sesshomaru was talking shop and Miroku kept looking back and forth between Inuyasha and me. There wasn’t one moment where I wasn’t red. Meanwhile Inuyasha kept avoiding looking at me. Once dinner was finished and I had helped wash the dishes I went into Sesshomaru’s study and sat at in the chair across from him and his desk.
“So what is going on Sesshomaru?” I asked a little uncomfortable that we should be talking in such a formal matter and under strange conditions.
“Kagome I may have found someone who knows about your parents death, but I’m not certain if the person will really be much help or not. But I was curious if you knew anything about your parents? Like who did they surround themselves around, their job maybe, anything that might help me figure out what I can go on.”
“I’m sorry…I really don’t know anything about them at all. Sesshomaru what are you not telling me…?” Sesshomaru shifted his weight at my question. If this was concerning my parents and my life I wanted to be included on everything that related to them.
“Everything is alright Kagome, you may go now.”
I left his study filled with questions…and as I focused more on it…I then became adamant that I know everything he knows and have say over the matter. I turned back around and opened the door. Sesshomaru glanced up from whatever he was reading and waited for me to speak.
“I want to have my parent’s case! I want to be the one that is responsible for the death of the bastards who killed my parents!” Those words had rushed out of my mouth before I had time to really analyze what I was saying.
“Kagome are you saying you want to become an assassin to extract revenge on your parents’ death.” Sesshomaru asked looking straight through me.
“I guess that is what I’m trying to say. Yes I want to become an assassin!”
“No.” Sesshomaru looked back down to his work.
“What! Please Sesshomaru they are my parents….this could help me…” Sadness began to develop in my stomach.
“Kagome do you honestly think you have what it takes to kill a person and not think twice about. To be able to go into it with the purpose to kill and face the risk of dying yourself.”
“When it comes to this I do. Sesshomaru I need this I need to know what happened and I need to be there when the bastard who killed them is found!”
“Alright then…Kagome you can have the mission, but only if you prove to me that you do indeed have what it takes. In fact now that you think you can go on missions you can go ahead and take on my assignment and Inuyasha will help supervise. Now call Inuyasha in here I need to tell him his new assignment of looking after you.” Sesshomaru then flashed a slight grin for barely a second and sent me off.
Inuyasha got called in to the study yelling and bartering could be heard through out the house. I sat in my room packing for the mission I was to go on. I wish Miroku was the one that was assigned to go with me.
“NO…You’re asking me to babysit!” Inuyasha roared from the study. I gave a sigh. It seems that Inuyasha isn’t thrilled about coming with me. This is going to be a bumpy ride. After an hour of yelling and almost pleading Inuyasha was put into submission and trudged up the stairs to his room and started packing too. I decided that I should probably go talk to him. When I walked into his room he was going through his drawers and throwing his clothes into the suitcase on his bed.
“How can you throw like that when your shoulder is so badly injured?” I asked realizing that I had forgotten that he got stabbed.
“I heal fast, I’m a demon remember.” Inuyasha wasn’t hiding his dislike for coming with me.
“Yeah, I suppose your right. Thanks for coming with me…it means a lot to me.”
“As if I have a choice.”
“You know what Inuyasha you don’t have to be a constant ass! Do you think I am really pleased that I am going with you too!” I stormed back to my room and finished packing.
“You know Inuyasha that attitude isn’t going to get you anywhere with her.” Miroku said folding the clothes that Inuyasha had thrown into his suitcase.
“Shut up Miroku, I don’t like her especially now that there is a chance that I might die because she’ll screw up.”
“You may have her fooled, but I’m not.” And with that said Miroku left the room.
next morning Inuyasha and I headed out to kill a Meth trafficker and find out who ran the operation. This was my test to see if I am able to become an assassin and be on my parent’s case. The hotel Inuyasha and I stayed at had one bed and a dresser with a TV on top of it. The room was too small for a cot…my biggest fear had come true it had seemed that Inuyasha and I will be sleeping in the same bed while we are here. Once we dropped off our luggage Inuyasha opened up the piece of paper Sesshomaru had given him with names of people and their addresses who might know about our target.
The first name on the list was Ryo Takasashi who owned a bar known for its bad reputation. Sesshomaru had given us our fake ids with made up names. When he handed them to us I half expected them to say Scully and Mulder. When we reached the bar it looked like it was falling apart there were holes in the walls from what I assumed to be from drunken fights and the ground was scuffed with rubber marks from shoes. This was like every scum owned bar I had watched on TV. There were only a few people since it was day, just another stereotypical image of bar regulars. Inuyasha got right down to business and grabbed the bartender by the throat and began drilling him for answers.
“Who do you work for. “ Inuyasha gritted.
“Work…please I am just trying to make an honest living I’m not in that trade of business no more.” The bar tender groveled.
“That isn’t what I hear…now you have two minutes to fess up or I’m going to cut you open like a fish so your guts spill out.”
“Please…I…I don’t know anything…” It was really starting to get annoying how this guy was saying everything that I had seen in movies.
“Maybe we can bargain I speak if you do something for me does that work?” The bar tender started to whimper.
Before Inuyasha even could reply my mouth went wide open. “You know what is really annoying! How you are just like every stereotypical snitch that I have seen a thousand and one times on TV and in movies. Who the hell do you think your trying to convince.Stop groveling and in the meanwhile don’t think you have us played and just tell us where your god damn boss is. OK!” Both the bartender and Inuyasha looked over at me with their jaws dropped.
“Ok, ok! I work for a guy named Saul he lives over by the docks. Please don’t let your lady friend hurt me!”
just growled and threw him down on the floor and walked out the door. I was in shock that the bartender was actually afraid of me, but I didn’t let my ego gloat to long I had to run and catch up with Inuyasha. By the time I caught up to him he was waving down a cab.
“So we go to the docks now? Won’t the guy be suspicious if he sees us pull up in a yellow cab?” I asked as a cab pulled over towards our direction.
“No stupid we have the cab drop us off two blocks away and take the back alleys to his place. God your dumb.”
we reached the docks where one of the lower meth bosses lived we saw that the area was under heavy surveillance and there were two dogs that patrolled the area. Inuyasha told me to stay where I was at and that he would handle this part. Even though I objected he ran off. I sat for thirty minutes on the wet ground waiting for Inuyasha to return, but I started to get impatient. After all how am I going to prove that I can be an assassin if I don’t get my hands dirty, so I crept along and looked out for the cameras. I hopped over the fence that protected the warehouse that the boss lived in and saw an open window towards the roof. It took me a minute to figure out how to get up there, but then I saw the drain that went right up next to the window. I started inching my way up it and I was almost five feet off of the ground when all of a sudden I heard a creaking noise. This isn’t good. The drain broke off from the building and I fell on my back with the pipe landing on top of me. Inuyasha with a tight grip on the boss’s arms came outside and saw me flat on my ass.
“What the hell are you doing!” Inuyasha yelled.
“You were taking a long time.” I said while rubbing my now bruised ass.
“I had everything taken care of.”
“Well I’m sorry that I was just trying to make sure that you were ok!”
“What the hell were you even thinking using the drainage pipe! Those things are flimsy as hell…do you take everything that you see in the movies serious!”
“I was only trying to help! God I don’t even know why I agreed to let you be my partner!” While Inuyasha and I fought, the boss kept looking back and forth at us.
“Haha that is a good one, you my partner…I’m your fucking babysitter!”
“Ok you two can you do couples therapy later right now my circulation in both my arms is being cut off.” The Boss said trying to break up the fighting and see if he was going to live or die.
“Well you have told me all I need to know so looks like your going to be lucky Saul.” Inuyasha said as he with Saul still in his grip came closer to me.
“Oh thank God!” Saul exclaimed.
“Oh not just yet Saul…you see you got lucky in the sense that you are facing a fifty-fifty chance right now. See I’m going to let the girl kill you…and don’t worry you’re her first. Well Kagome the man is yours.” Inuyasha thrusted the man into me. I looked to Inuyasha in shock…I have to kill him…
“Uh… how exactly am I suppose to….”
“Well if you want to play ball in the big leagues than you should probably already know how to throw right…so go ahead whip up something from your imagination.” Inuyasha folded his arms and watched on in sick amusement.
I began to look around and a saw a big rock laying on the ground I bent over and picked it up then I pushed the guy against the fence. I began to pull back the rock in my hand and then hit the guy in the head.
“Owe! That really hurt!” The guy shouted.
“I’m sorry!” I quickly said dropping the rock.
“Ok this has just gotten to be sad…” Inuyasha then walked over to the guy and took Saul’s head between his hands and snapped his neck. “….And that is how you kill a person.” Inuyasha said as he walked away from the body.
“Shouldn’t we get rid of the body Inuyasha?”
“No reason to..Not enough evidence, besides don’t you think that I have it covered even if the cops did come sniffing around. Just relax.” Inuyasha then let out a giant yawn and stretch. “Man I’m beat let’s go back to the hotel and go to bed.”

The walk back to the hotel was silent and I was not looking forward to it…what if something funnytries to happen again. I am just going to sleep as far away from Inuyasha’s side as possible. It took us thirty minutes to get back to the hotel and once in the room Inuyasha threw off all his clothes except his underwear in front of me no less. I was so modest that I went into the bathroom and changed into my pajamas. As we climbed into bed our backs faced each other. Whew so far so good. I was far away from him as possible and we weren’t even facing each other or the same direction. I closed my eyes and fell asleep only to awake when I hit the floor.
“Kagome what the hell!” Inuyasha growled while his eyes still remained closed.
“I accidently fell off the bed is all just go back to sleep.”
returned to the bed and made a mental note to not sleep with only an inch of the mattress separating me from the floor. Inuyasha then turned towards me as I snuggled down into the sheets and put his arm around me again only this time he was awake! My face flushed to the biggest red of my life thank god that the lights were off.
“What are you doing Inuyasha!” I managed to say.
“I can’t have you keep falling off the bed all night I need sleep.”
“Well I assure you I can sleep just fine without you holding onto me.”
“Whatever…just if you fall off again your sleeping where you land.” He took his arm off me and a sigh of relief flooded my body.
I fell asleep and all was well.
“Inuyasha I found the guy!” I yelled.
“So this is the Meth dealer not so big now are you!” Inuyasha yelled at the giant goldfish.
“Eat foot!” I exclaimed and raised my leg and then squished the goldfish.
“Good job Kagome…I might have been wrong about you.” Inuyasha said with a smile.
“Really?” I gasped looking into his eyes and touching his shoulders.
“Yeah.” He said leaning closer. I felt his breath on my lips….I then drew in towards him.
Holy shit! I woke up feeling sick to my stomach about the dream, not only did Inuyasha and I almost kiss…but what the hell was up with the mob boss being a giant Goldfish. I then realized that yet again my face was not on pillow but on Inuyasha’s chest and like before I was caught in his embrace only this time it was both of his arms and I was literally trapped. I tried to squiggle my way out but his grip grew tighter I kicked him and at one point I tried to bite him. But no matter what I did Inuyasha was out cold. I finally just gave up and fell back asleep stuck to him.

next morning Inuyasha woke up before me and simply pushed me off and onto my pillow and headed out the door. I woke up an hour later confused as to where he went until I noticed the list of names was gone. Oh that fucking bastard! He can’t do this all on his own this is my mission too damnit. I dressed as fast as I could and began the mission of first tracking Inuyasha down. It really didn’t take as long as I thought it would. While I stormed down one of the streets I saw him eating at a café. I marched in and sat across from.
“What’s the big idea!”
“What? You were still sleeping and I was hungry. Bagel?” He said holding a plate of them.
“But you took the list too. You may hate the fact that I am here, but this is my mission too.”
“Just shut up. Seriously Kagome I just came to eat I was going to go back and get you.”
“Sure you were…now lets get down to business who did Saul say was in charge?”
“Actually it was one of the guys on the list.”
As we discussed the next target I decided that this time I would kill the guy, though I didn’t tell Inuyasha since my showcase last night was a failure and the last thing I needed was Inuyasha to get smart ass with me. This time we didn’t take a cab the guy we were after works at a giant corporation only a few blocks away. Before we started on the trek towards the corporate building Inuyasha stopped back at the hotel for his suitcase which contained a whole arsenal of hand guns and silencers. When arrived at the building Inuyasha told me his plan that I would go in and see him. And while we are talking Inuyasha will break in by getting through the office building and sending a line to the corporate boss’s window and then busting through that way. I was to distract him long enough for him not to warn security.
I walked into the building and was encountered by a metal detector. I suppose this is why Inuyasha went the James Bond route. From the metal detector I then went to the front desk and asked if Mr. Toyama was in. I had to barter my way into his office.
“I’m sorry miss, but Mr. Toyama only allows family and clients with the proper ID card to see him at this time.” The woman said going back to her game of solitaire.
“I might as well be family!” I then began the water works and pulled out the dramatics.
“You see ma’m I’m carrying his child!”
“How can this be when Mr. Toyama is openly gay?” The woman said leaning in closer.
“Gay?” That’s curve ball, “He said that he was unsure of himself that he wanted to make sure his feelings towards men was real. He said just one night, just one night of sex with a woman and then he can rest at peace knowing who he really is!” I let the tears pour down. “I didn’t realize that that one night would haunt the both of us forever! I can’t have an abortion my mother has always wanted a grandchild and now that she is deathly ill….Oh god! Why me…”
“Well…I am sure Mr. Toyama will make an exception in this case. I just don’t have the heart to deny a baby its father.” The woman then gave me the biggest hug I think I’ve ever had. The woman at the desk even had one of the security guys escort me to Mr. Toyama’s office and left us alone.
“Who the hell are you!” He exclaimed.
“Oh don’t you know I’m carrying your illegitimate child.” I said making myself at home on his chair.
“What the hell are you talking about?”
“Well you see it’s like this I know that you’re the big Meth Trafficker in these parts and my orders were to come sniff you out and kill you. Oh and I wouldn’t think of calling security because that would make me a little cranky.”
“Get out of my office now!” He stepped in front of his desk and that was when I attacked. I lunged at him and we ended up rolling on the floor. He grabbed a paperweight from his desk and hit me with it. Thank god he had a bad grasp on it and it only managed to cut my lip up a bit. He scrambled to get himself up right by his glass window.
“I’m afraid I am going to have to kill you now.” I said and then I used all my might and shut my eyes the tightest I could so I wouldn’t have to see his final gaze and pushed him towards the window. The window shattered and I could hear his scream until finally there was a thud. then saw Inuyasha all ready to go on the window washer’s platform. He then jumped over. I didn’t have time to wonder how that was possible.
“We have to go now Kagome, now that you decided to kill him the noticeable way!” Inuyasha then picked me up and jumped out the window.
“Inuyasha! What are you doing! Oh my God I am going to die!” I yelled and then I noticed we weren’t falling and that we were on another roof top.
“Wha…but how did we just get from there…and now we are…” I tried to figure out how that was even possible and how I shouldn’t have closed my eyes.
“I’m a demon remember.”
I then ran over to the edge of the roof and vomited. I just killed someone. How did I manage to. Last night I was so clumsy, but today I just…he’s dead.
“Well looks like you might actually pull off being an assassin, but you still have a long way to go and a stomach to start building up. Trust me it gets messier. Ah time to go back home my favorite part after the killing.” Inuyasha said as he came up beside me and stared at the body on the ground. “
“That’s it we just kill and leave!”
“Ugh…Kagome what part of the job description of an assassin don’t you understand it isn’t like we stick around for the funeral and share pictures and stories with the dead guys family, our job is done.”
“I suppose your right….let’s go.”
entire trip home I stared at my hands they were the last thing to ever touch Mr. Toyama. The scene played over and over. When I was telling him that I was going to kill him I was imagining Dan almost…what would have happened if I hadn’t left after I hit Dan in the head….would I have eventually killed him…I shrugged that thought away. No Toyama had to die he was a bad man…As we pulled up to the house Miroku was out by the doors to great us. Once I opened my door I was engulfed into a hug by him.
“OH Kagome I can’t believe you killed him! I am so proud of you!” Miroku was full of enthusiasms which lead his hands to begin to wander.
“Miroku move your hands or I break you.”
“What can I say I missed you.” Miroku said as he backed away from me.
I walked inside and Inuyasha followed carrying our entire luggage from the trip.
“So you’ve returned I hear you killed the head of the Meth operation.” Sesshomaru said from his study’s doorway.
“Yes I did…”
“Then I suppose you are able now to learn to become one of us and join the family business.”
“Oh thank you Sesshomaru!” I ran over to him and hugged him.
“Uh…you’re welcome….” Sesshomaru said patting me on the back and then quickly broke from the hug and reclosed himself in his study.
“Always one to show emotion.” Miroku smiled.
“Don’t start getting a crush on him. Sesshomaru only has room for one person in his life and that is his own god damned self.” Inuyasha said coming up behind me.
“I don’t have a crush on him thank you very much! God you are so arrogant!” I stormed away and went to take a nice warm relaxing bubble bath.
Ah just what I needed. I sunk down into the bath letting the warm water go just above my lips. I began to think about all the things I’ve been through and how when I ran away how I never imagined my self to be here let alone to be killing people. No matter how many times I tell myself that the guy I killed deserved it and had it coming to him I still couldn’t shake the feeling in my gut. I took a life. I was no better than Dan…yet it was Dan who motivated me to kill…the entire time I was in Toyama’s office all I thought about was how Dan was the reason for this. That it was his fault that I am here. I even blame my parent’s death on him even though he had nothing to do with it.
“Hey Kagome don’t hog the bathroom!” Inuyasha yelled through the wood door.
“There is another one downstairs.”
“But that one is broken!”
I let out a sigh and got out of the tub. I wrapped the white towel around me and proceeded to open the door. Inuyasha then pushed me out of the way and slammed the door in my face.
“Your welcome!”He is so pushy sometimes. When I reached my room and shut the door and began to take off the towel I heard loud breathing coming from the closet. I then tightened the wrap of the towel around me.
“Man Miroku for an assassin you think you would learn how to control your breathing.”
“..I checking out your closet space for termites.” Miroku said while he got out of the closet and gave a nervous smile. I balled my hand into a fist and then came down like a hammer onto his head.
“…I probably deserved that…” Miroku said as he scuffled out of my room and back into the hall.
Once I was all dressed I went downstairs and was greeted by Sesshomaru and he had me follow him into the training room.
“Today you will begin your training, from what I hear though you killed the man it was sloppy and too much attention was drawn.” Sesshomaru said coldly.
“What do I do?” I asked looking around the room at the various equipment there were rock climbing walls, zip lines from various altitudes, monkey bars and bars that you would see in a gymnast work out room. If anything this room was really made for any obstacle an assassin might face when trying to reach the target. Sesshomaru had me go towards the dummy that I assume is what they use to heighten their skills in killing a person.
“Kagome I want you to attack the dummy with this stick.” Sesshomaru said as he gave me a stick from the ground.
“A stick? When will I ever use a stick in combat don’t you guys use the most recent spy gear stuff. Like guns, and a knife that can double as a gun?”
“A good assassin can pick up anything and turn it into a weapon. Most importantly from this day on you will forget all that you have seen in the movies relating to being an assassin, those are just movies.”
“Right!” I grabbed onto the stick and then lunged after the dummy, but before I even made one swing at it Sesshomaru stopped me.
“Your footing is entirely off, if you went after your target that way it leaves to much space for him to get out of the way and enough time for him to attack you.”
Sesshomaru had me drop the stick and work on my approach. When I continued to mess up he then had me go climb up onto a platform that had a small rope between the platform I was on and another one across the way. I was relieved to see a safety net, but I have never tight roped walked I never thought it was in the job description of an assassin to know how to work at a circus. I put one foot on the rope and already knew that Sesshomaru would have me working on this thing for the rest of the night.I didn’t even get two inches away when I fell.
“Sesshomaru how does this help my approach?”
“Balance is always key when you go for an attack.”
Try after try I fell. One of the attempts I had actually fallen flat on my face onto the rope and then dangled in the air holding on as tight as I could. Sesshomaru even had us work past dinner time and my stomach had begin to growl like crazy. But Attempt after attempt had ended in me falling…but then I realized it would help if I just focused on the platform ahead and not on where I was going to put my foot I wouldn’t lose my balance as quickly. When I climbed up the ladder to the platform again I told myself that I would get it this time. I walked over to the rope and never let my eyes wander from the other platform. I moved a foot then two feet, and I still hadn’t fallen. Then it became five feet and six…soon the platform was just a foot away and I was stunned when I felt solid ground beneath my right foot.I did it!
“Good, now I want you to do it ten more times.” Sesshomaru said from below. He really knows how to kill a moment.
took me another two hours for me to walk across the rope ten times and when I finally did and Sesshomaru said I was dismissed it was eleven at night. I was so sore and the bath from before was in vain for I was sweatier now then when I took it. But before I go and clean myself up all I wanted was food. Yummy hot food. I went into the kitchen and dug into the fridge. Miroku had put that nights dinner into a container and I took it out and the smell of it was almost enough for me. I plowed the food into my mouth. It was when I had ramen noodles dangling half way in my mouth that Inuyasha decided to come in.
“Well someone’s hungry.” Inuyasha said while grabbing a soda from the fridge.
quickly gulped all the fooddown. “Do you ever stop being an asshole?”
“Nope.” Inuyasha said with a small smile.
I rolled my eyes and finished up eating. I can’t believe I ever thought that he looked cute and innocent. As soon as I was in my room I bandaged up my feet they were raw and had a bad case of rope burn. I wonder what Sesshomaru is going to have me do tomorrow. I hope it won’t be the tight rope again. I have now a great respect for the people who actually trained to be good on that stupid thing. But I’m closer now, I’m closer to being an assassin and going after my parents killers. This is it! The Kagome from before is dead she died as soon as Mr. Toyama hit the ground eighteen stories below, the Kagome that remains only cares about one thing…revenge.