InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Agent Under Fire ❯ Chapter 7 ( Chapter 8 )

Agent Under Fire

A/N: Thanks reviewers! You guys are so awesome! I had no idea how this would be received or what people like but I'm glad y'all are enjoying it! Well, here we go already. Chapter 7!!!

Disclaimer: Still don't own Inu & Co. although if I save up enough you think I could buy them? Yeah, I didn't think so.

Chapter 7

When the alarm sounded Inuyasha groaned, rolled over, and slapped the stupid thing off the bedside table. He was in that state halfway between sleep and wake and he automatically thought of how his bed would seem much warmer in the mornings if Kagome were in it. That's when he shot up in bed.

Kagome! The letter! Sprinting out of bed, Inuyasha bolted into the shower and was out the door in less than fifteen minutes. He got halfway downstairs when he remembered he hadn't let Fang out that morning.

"Kuso!" he cursed as he turned around. Ten more minutes later he finally got down to his motorcycle, hopped on, and screamed off to the office.

It was like some greater power was against him that morning. He hit morning traffic less than a block from his apartment, then got pulled over by a cop when he used the shoulder only to take ten minutes explaining that he was FBI, and then security stopped him for an unusually long pat down at the doors.

"Guys, can we hurry this up? I got to get to Forensics this morning!" Inuyasha pleaded to the armed guards. When one waved him through he sprinted off down the hall. He burst into Forensics and scared a woman half to death that was sitting at a desk near the doorway.

"Hey, I need this dusted for prints," he said pulling out a small zip-loc baggy. "Test it for chemicals, look for hairs, anything! I want to know everything about this, where it came from, who could've sent it, anything you can! Call me upstairs when it's ready."

He scribbled his ID number and extension on a post-it for the woman and then booked it to the elevator. I have to talk to Myouga about this.

When he got up into the office it was like walking into chaos. Every agent was buzzing around and a big group was clumped over by the lieutenant's office. Miroku, standing a bit taller than the other agents in the group, spotted him coming off the elevator.

"Taisho! Over here," he called waving him over. Kagome and Sango turned when Houshi had called his name and Kagome visibly blushed at him, raising her hand to wave.

"What is it Houshi?" he asked, waving back at Kagome.

"It's all over the news, Taisho," Kagome said. "Another girl was taken last night, like Daughter Congressman."

"What do you mean, `like Daughter Congressman'?" he asked her, craning his neck to see what everyone was looking at. He could see a television mounted on the wall in the lieu's office. A CNN reporter talking in front of a huge crowd of press reporters was the image on the TV and the caption read, "Senator's daughter missing".

"Inuyasha, you should probably know something," Kagome said quietly.

"What Kagome?" he asked still trying to glimpse the report. The crowd of paparazzi started to break up, as it appeared they were making way for someone important.

"The Senator, who's daughter is missing, he's," she tried to say shifting uncomfortably next to him.

"Sesshoumaru," he nearly snarled. "Oh my, gods! Rin!"

"I'm sorry, Inuyasha," Kagome said, a solitary tear falling down her cheek as she watched his realization set in.

"NO! HOLY FUCKING SHIT! NO!" he screamed, causing the group of agents to turn and look at him. He had scared Kagome by his outburst. He turned around and threw the nearest thing he could find, which happened to be a file organizer on someone's desk. It hit another cubicle and fell apart, papers flying everywhere.

"Taisho, calm down!" Miroku yelled at him trying to grab his arm, anything to stop him.

"YOU HAVE NO FUCKING IDEA, HOUSHI!" he screamed at Miroku pushing him away. His face was bright red, his eyes dark with rage, and he had started breathing harder. Some male agents tried to restrain him but he flung them off as if they were nothing but paper dolls.

Kagome didn't care that he was hysterical. After all she had taken down stronger opponents before and she had even won the spar with Inuyasha yesterday. But somehow Kagome knew the last thing Inuyasha needed right now was a fight. He was fighting enough with himself.

She stepped towards him only to be stopped with a hand on her elbow.

"No, Kagome, don't," Miroku warned.

Her eyes never leaving Inuyasha she said, "Houshi let go of me." Her voice was calm. Eerily so, and she moved towards Inuyasha again. She reached her hand out to touch Inuyasha's back and she saw him flinch away from her touch. She didn't give up and moved closer to him, wrapping her arms around his waist from behind.

"Inuyasha? I understand," she whispered softly to him. He broke down then, pulling slightly away from her and falling to his knees. She stepped to his side and he turned and buried his face into her stomach. She wrapped her arms around his head tightly and kept whispering softly to him.

The other agents watched amazed at Kagome's bravery when they heard the TV, volume raised just enough so the bulk of the group could hear, "Senator Taisho! Senator Taisho! Any comment on the kidnapping? Do you have any enemies you could think of that would harm your daughter?" A reporter was hassling a tall man with long silver hair and amber eyes, his features softened in an effeminate way. A toad-like man, much shorter than the senator shoved his hand in front of the camera. "I'm sorry, but Senator Taisho has no comment to make at this time," the man croaked out.

"Holy shit! It's his niece," Miroku said quietly after seeing the family resemblance between the two. Sango's face saddened and some of the agents made soft "oh" sounds of understanding. Sango looked up to see Inuyasha still huddled against Kagome and started breaking up the group of agents that were staring.

Miroku walked over to Kagome and helped Inuyasha up. "Sorry, I pushed you, man," Inuyasha said looking down at his feet.

"No worries, man. It's cool. Let's get you to the men's room. Clean you up," Miroku answered back.

Miroku nodded at Kagome, assuring her they'd be ok, and then looked to the mess on the floor. "I got it, Houshi, thanks," Kagome said moving to pick up the papers that had been pushed from the desk.

Miroku got Inuyasha to the men's room without any further incident and got a wet paper towel for his face. "Here man, you'll need this."

"Thanks, Houshi," Inuyasha said, muffled through the paper towel. When he looked up Miroku had extended his hand, "Call me Miroku. I mean one hell of a shove deserves first name basis, don't you think?"

"Inuyasha," he said shaking Miroku's hand. He looked in the mirror and scowled.

"Hey man, we'll find her," Miroku said patting Inuyasha on the back.

"It's the same, sick son of a bitch that Kagome and I are tracking," Inuyasha muttered, pounding his fist on the counter.

"How do you know?" Miroku asked.

"I just know," Inuyasha said through gritted teeth, he closed his eyes and wished the day had never started.

They left the bathroom and headed back to the office. None of the agents looked at Inuyasha as he passed, just kept right on working as if nothing had transpired. He got to his desk, finally after the morning from hell, and saw a cup of coffee sitting on his desk. Kagome came over as he sat down and said, "I thought I could return the favor from yesterday. Although now you look like you need a nap more than anything else."

"I'm sorry, Kagome. Kinda lost my head back there," Inuyasha said looking at his lap.

"Taisho, look at me," he raised his eyes to her own and saw hope there, "we'll get her back and nail this son of a bitch to the wall!" He gave her a small smile, forgetting the warning he had received last night about Kagome's involvement with the case.

As if on cue his phone rang, "Taisho." He sat straight up when he realized it was Forensics on the other end. "I'll be right there."

"What's wrong?" Kagome asked when he slammed the receiver down.

"Uh, nothing. I just dropped something off at Forensics before, that I gotta go pick up," he said moving around her in the cubicle.

"Want me to go with you?" she asked.

"NO!" he yelled a little louder than he had wanted to. He cleared his throat, "No, it's probably better if you go through some more of those old cases. You know, for Onegawa."

She frowned at him as he turned around and practically ran from the office. That was weird. But he's right. Since we found that lead with the other two cases I've completely forgotten about Houjou's case.

Yeah right, Kagome, her brain rang out, more like since Taisho kissed you, you completely forgot about Houjou. Kagome felt a pang of guilt then. She had been thinking of Inuyasha more now that he was here. Was she betraying the memory of a slain partner? She nodded her head and once again set out determined to find the bastard behind Houjou's death.

Inuyasha nearly sprinted passed Forensics and skidded to a stop in the hallway.

"Taisho," he said to the woman he had scared earlier. She handed him a file, which he opened hastily. Inside was the zip-loc he had brought in before, containing the letter from last night. Behind that were several printouts saying the same thing: the letter was clean. The very last print out was a chemical analysis of the ink used to make the spider mark. It seemed the ink was not standard ink bought from any store. It was specially mixed. This ink was expensive, most likely, used for calligraphy normally. This guy had money. And that was something to go on.

"Thanks," Inuyasha mumbled as he headed for the door still looking down at the file. He was concentrating on finding a store that specializes in mixing ink for special customers when he bumped into someone knocking them down and causing some of the printouts to fall to the floor.

"Geez, Taisho, do you do that to all the ladies? Or just me?" Kagome said from the floor with a grimace.

"Sorry, Kagome," he said reaching a hand down to help her up. She collected the papers he had dropped before extending her hand to him. She got up but stopped when she looked down at the printouts in her hand. Lying on top was a photocopy of the letter Inuyasha had received. Her eyes grew wider when she realized what she was reading.

"What the hell is this?" she asked her face growing darker with anger.

"It was slipped under my apartment door last night. I didn't want to tell you before I had it checked by Forensics in case they could come up with something," he said trying to reassure her.

"Close this case by the new moon? That gives us less than a month! How did they know it was your apartment? How did they know about… you know," she asked her mind reeling with dozens of questions.

"I have no idea, Kagome. Tracking us maybe, someone watching us. I don't even know if it's safe for us to talk here or our apartments," he told her, clearly making her worry even more.

"I don't understand. It was almost like he wanted us to find him with the tags. Now he wants us to pin it on someone else or I'll… I'll… Oh gods! I need to sit down!" she said holding her head. "This is my first death threat, Inuyasha. I don't know whether to be scared or proud."

"Higurashi," he said rolling his eyes. "You're safe. You know that? Even if we need to put you somewhere till I can catch this bastard, okay?"

"Put me somewhere? Like hell you will! We're partners, Taisho! You're stuck with me, no ifs, ands, or buts!" Kagome said forgetting her weariness. "I'm gonna help put this S.O.B. down."

He held her elbow and pulled her back towards the office when he realized she had been headed in the other direction, "Why were you down here anyway, Higurashi?"

"Oh! Myouga called me into his office after you bolted," she gave him a side glare, "and told me he wants us to get info on… well… Taisho."

"What?" he asked dropping his hold and looking at her.

"Senator Taisho. He knows it would normally be a conflict of interest but he's not talking to anybody. Not police, not FBI. Myouga was hoping he'd talk to you," Kagome looked hopefully up at him.

"Hell no. Sesshoumaru has a stick up his ass where it concerns me. He'll talk to the gods sooner than he'll talk to me," Inuyasha protested.

"Please, Inuyasha?" Kagome put her arm through his and gave him this huge puppy dog look.

"No!" he continued to protest.

"You're the only agent fit for the job! So big and strong and smart!" she said beaming at his side.

He leaned down to whisper in her ear, "And you said you wouldn't be my cheerleader at work."

She pulled away from him and smacked him on the arm, "Jerk!"

"Does this mean I can get you a cute little uniform? Pom-poms and everything?" he asked smirking down at her.

"Pervert," she said pushing him away from her as he laughed at her response.

"Come on, Higurashi! I bet most of the agents would love to see you in a short, pleated skirt! Hell, we can make it green if you want to!" he said in between laughs.

She walked up close to him and leaned on him like she had done the previous night only this time she whispered in his ear, "If you go and talk to your brother I promise to show you the pom-poms I already have."

When she pulled away from him she saw he was blushing slightly. She turned quickly to walk away when she heard him call from behind her, "That's not fair, Higurashi!"

She turned to him as he was catching up, "How is that not fair, Taisho?"

"Well, for starters we made a deal we'd be professional in the office," he said in a hushed voice so no one passing by would hear, "and secondly, I would hope I'd get that privilege even if I didn't talk to my brother!"

"Well, that's the deal. Take it or leave it, Taisho," she said quickening her pace.

"You know, Higurashi. Technically, we have to leave the office to go talk to my brother," he said smirking at her.

"I believe you may be correct, Taisho," she giggled.

When they got back to the office Inuyasha dropped off the printouts he got from Forensics while Kagome grabbed her briefcase and coat.

"I don't think my saddlebag can carry both our cases," Inuyasha commented on the way out of the office.

"What a shame," she said. "We'll just have to take my Jeep."

They got out to the lot and she was unlocking the passenger side door when he came up behind her and nuzzled her neck.

"Inuyasha, we're barely out of HQ!" Kagome protested.

"I know but you just look so `X-Files' in that black trench coat! And you're the one that started it inside!" he complained.

She turned around and gave him a small kiss and before he could place his hands anywhere shoved the keys into them.

He looked at her confused, "I don't understand."

"It is your brother's house. You should know where he lives. Right?" Kagome asked.

Inuyasha frowned at the prospect of actually having to talk to Sesshoumaru, but after Kagome gave him another soft kiss he conceded to drive there.

I just hope we can find Rin, Inuyasha thought as they pulled out of headquarters.

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Well, there's Chapter 7! I know it's shorter than the others have been lately but I have to go to my niece's 6th birthday party today and wanted to post something because reviewers have been so grand! Hope you enjoy! Read and Review! B.I.G.