InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Agent Under Fire ❯ Chapter 16 ( Chapter 17 )

Agent Under Fire

A/N: So I'm going to answer a few questions that reviewers have had:

I will NOT be removing this story and the only thing that would cause me to remove it is if ff.net kicks me off. In which case I would post either on mm.org or aff.net. So no worries! I'm not going anywhere! I may be looking to jump out into the real world but I'll always write. I REPEAT! I WILL NOT BE DELETING THIS STORY!! So many people have asked me not to, I'm beginning to think I threatened it somewhere along the way, or it's an evil conspiracy… I just may go with conspiracy.

There MAY be demons in this story, however, Inuyasha is human in this fic but he has several of his demon features like his silver hair and golden eyes (I wanted to give him the cute doggy ears but I just couldn't see it for this fic, sorry!) The reason for his features will be revealed later in the story.

There are going to be several twists, I've already decided on two, maybe they're will be more, maybe not. Everyone will be affected.

Ok… so there are some answers… without actually being answers at all, haha. But really, an author has to have their secrets too! So, onto Chapter 16!

OH! P.S. Lemon-Lime up ahead! Readers under 17 beware! R rating for a reason people!

Chapter 16

Kagome awoke from a restless sleep of nightmares. The entire night she dreamt that she was being chased through the dark city, that Inuyasha had been slain by a faceless man, and that her death was looming just around the corner. She opened her eyes to find Inuyasha staring at her silently.

She stretched slightly and gave him a small smile, "How long have you been awake?"

"Just a little while. You were having a nightmare. I wanted to comfort you," he said, his eyes reflecting some greater emotion.

"I'm sorry if I woke you. It was awful. I kept running and I couldn't get away, and then you, oh Kami, Inuyasha," she said burying her face into his chest. He stroked her hair gently trying his best to soothe her and whispered reassurances in her ear.

"Kagome, I don't think we should go into the office today. I think we should just take a day for ourselves. Don't you think?" he said slowly. Her body tensed against his.

"Not go into work?! Are you crazy? Myouga will have our heads! And I know what you're thinking. Keep me in bed all day, safe from everyone else except you!" she said pointedly.

He chuckled lightly, "You got me, Kagome. I was hoping to get you started in your role of love slave." He leaned towards her and gave her neck a short kiss. Pulling back he looked carefully into her eyes, "I want to keep you safe, Kagome. I'm just not so sure going into work today is the best idea."

Kagome frowned, "I think being in a secure federal building is about as safe as you can get. Don't you think?"

"I thought so too until that bastard got through as one of the guards," Inuyasha replied darkly.

Kagome gasped. She had nearly forgotten that he was in the building. Meaning he could disguise himself as any agent, possibly be an agent himself. She wasn't safe and that realization came crashing down on her like an ice cold shower.

Inuyasha felt her shake slightly against him, "Look Kagome, we'll go into the office. Keep a low profile. I'll go talk to Myouga request that we get some security on this building and explain to him you'll be staying with me until this guy goes down."

"Tell Myouga about us?" she questioned.

"No. What happens between us is our business. And apparently Sango's as well," he smirked down at her. "I'll tell him that you've gone under my complete protection. That's what everyone wanted anyway."

"Okay, then let's get to work," she said jumping up from bed and heading towards the bathroom. "I've got first shower!"

"Can't we just have a repeat of yesterday?" Inuyasha asked still lounging on the bed.

"Don't press your luck, Taisho," she said stripping out of her bed shirt and throwing it at him, hitting him square in the face.

"Spitfire in the morning, too. Damn," he said before running to pounce on her in the shower.

A few giggles, moans, and a short while later found the two agents ready to face the day. Heading out of Inuyasha's apartment, Kagome was glad she had opted for a pantsuit that day considering they were taking the motorcycle.

They pulled up to the building after stopping by a coffee shop for breakfast and Kagome was reminded to go food shopping, as she was not going to be living off of ramen forever.

"Inuyasha," she said trying desperately to fix her hair after the ride, "don't forget we're having dinner with your brother tonight."

He groaned aloud, "Do we have to? That sonofabitch is so damn self-righteous!"

"Inuyasha!" Kagome gasped. "How can you be so cruel? His daughter is missing and he seeks the comfort of his younger brother and you want to turn your back on him?"

"Kagome, you have no idea what he's like," he tried to explain.

"It seems I have no idea what you're really like!" she snapped before turning heel and heading towards security.

"What's that supposed to mean, Higurashi?" he called after her.

She flipped him off as she entered the building. The nerve of that jerk! His one and only brother have just lost his daughter and he can't get passed some silly differences they had years ago? And his brother is self-righteous?? PLEASE!!

"That jerks gonna pay!" she yelled as she walked through security.

"Agent Higurashi?" one of the security guards raised an eyebrow at her.

"Oh, sorry, thinking about a case, and NOT some fool named Taisho!" she said loudly knowing damn well he had heard her being just a few agents behind in line.

For the rest of the morning Kagome did her best "ignoring Inuyasha" impression, despite his best overtures which included a fresh cup of coffee from the break room, a random flower that he had obviously picked from the front of the building, and a paper airplane he flew to her desk with a simple `I love you' scrawled across the inside. That last one had almost got her, but she kept her resolve.

Arrogant jerk, she thought darkly balling up the airplane and determinedly throwing it at the back of his head. He turned around giving her hurt puppy dog eyes. That almost got her too, but she suddenly found whatever blurb of work in front of her to need her utmost attention.

Lunchtime came around quickly, and that brought Sango to her cubicle, thankfully. "Kagome? Want to grab lunch out today?"

"I would love to, Sango," she said flashing her best smile. She grabbed her bag and headed for the aisle when she felt Inuyasha's hand on her shoulder.

"Kagome, I don't think you should go to lunch without me," he said slowly.

"Oh? And why is that? The great Inuyasha Taisho will save me if I'm in danger?" she asked darkly.

"Kagome," he ground out, his patience wearing thin.

"Taisho, I am perfectly capable of going to lunch without you," she spat out. Stepping closer to him and lowering her voice she added, "And I suggest if you want something more than Fang occupying your bed tonight you will find yourself perfectly capable of going to dinner with me at your brother's house!"

"Fine, bitch, I'll go. Satisfied?" he muttered.

"Yes, in fact," she smiled up at him. "Oh, and Taisho. Remember you wanted me this way. But I get paid to be a bitch, what's your excuse?" That earned laughter and catcalls from other agents around the office, causing Kagome's smile to widen.

She walked away with Sango gawping at her. "Kagome, you feeling alright? I mean you just totally emasculated Taisho back there. Don't get me wrong, I love watching male agents get knocked down a few pegs, but that was almost harsh."

"Almost being the key word, Sango. He wanted a spitfire, he'll get one," she said smirking in a very Inuyasha-like way.

The two returned from lunch almost an hour later giggling about something only close friends would understand. Kagome returned to her cubicle to find a post-it stuck to her computer.

I'm sorry. It read. She pulled it off to find another post-it directly beneath the first.

I was worried about you. The second note stated simply. She pulled that one off to find a last post-it.

I have no excuse for being a bitch. She giggled at his last note before crumpling all three and tossing them across to his cubicle.

He leaned back to find her smiling at him and shaking her head slightly.

"Enjoy lunch, Higurashi?" he asked before mouthing `I love you'.

She blushed and then rolled her eyes, "Very much, Taisho."

He wheeled over to her desk, "Listen Kagome, something you said earlier made me realize something. I've been so worried about you and catching this asshole that I completely glazed over the fact that Rin is still out there. Somewhere. I know she's alive, I can just feel it and I can't leave finding her til next week when Myouga will cool down. I need to get out there now and find her."

"Inuyasha," she whispered, placing her hand against his cheek. "I agree. So, first thing's first. We set up a team, then approach Myouga."

They spent the greater part of the afternoon setting up a team to finally finish their case. They needed the team to be able to split up and check out their leads on the newly constructed or renovated buildings, and then the ability to go in and bring them down.

"Sango's a definite. She wants to get the bastard that attacked Houshi, as much as we want," Kagome said when they were debating their team members.

"You sure she won't be too close to the case?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome sent him a pointed look saying, `Aren't we all?'

"Oh, yeah," he muttered rubbing the back of his neck. "Okay. Sango it is. Who else?"

"Jinenji," Kagome suggested. "He may look like he's all brawn but he's quite smart. Fast, too."

"Okay. Jinenji, check. I think we need one more team member," Inuyasha said putting together the proposal.

"I think we should bring someone with medical experience considering what happened last time. Don't you think," Kagome said quietly glancing at Inuyasha from the corner of her eye.

"I agree," he said scratching down some notes.

"Okay, then Kouga makes the team!" she said smiling.

"Whoa! What?! That Wolfe guy? No way!" Inuyasha started to protest.

"You agreed we should have a medical expert. And Kouga's a strong agent that could probably save your ass if you're hurt again. He thinks quickly on his feet and I think he'd be an integral part of the team!" Kagome countered.

"Absolutely not!" Inuyasha practically yelled at her.

"He saved your life, Inuyasha! You owe him and you know that he would make a great ally," Kagome pointed out.

"Fine! Fine! Wench," he muttered turning back to the proposal. "Wolfe makes five to the team. I think we should go to Myouga today. Get the mission approved and pull the team together this weekend."

They finished putting the file together and went to see the lieutenant. Considering his foul mood the day before he was quick to approve the agents' proposal even approved the team and allowed for the execution of their plan to begin that very weekend.

Coming out of his office Inuyasha turned to Kagome and nudged her arm lightly, "That seem a little too easy to you?"

"I try to ignore his mood swings nowadays. Some days he's really easy going, others he's a complete stubborn ass," Kagome said shrugging.

"So, about tonight, Kagome," Inuyasha started.

"You are still going, Inuyasha. Grow a pair and deal with it. You're eating dinner with your brother," she said without looking at him.

He shrank back a bit, "You know, sometimes your really scary."

She beamed at him as though he had just given her the best compliment in the world, "Thank you, Taisho!"

Yikes! He shook it off and fell in step beside her.

"So? Shall we head home and get ready for tonight?" she asked him.

"Uh… sure. Home?" he asked.

"Oh, uh," she blushed, "You're home I mean."

He came up behind her after grabbing his briefcase and whispered in her ear, "Your home too now, Kagome."

She blushed up at him prettily, "Okay then, let's go!"

They headed back to Inuyasha's apartment to change for dinner at the senator's that night. Inuyasha had changed quickly and was taking care of Fang while Kagome did her `girl' thing. Kagome emerged from the bedroom a short while later and almost caused Inuyasha heart failure.

"You look so damn sexy, Kagome," he said moving towards her to put his arms around her waist.

"Watch the hands, Taisho. I don't want any wrinkles on my dress before we get there tonight," she reprimanded. Said dress was the little black dress every woman killed for to have in her wardrobe. It had a diagonal cut to both the neckline and hem of the dress and hugged all the right curves, but leaving enough smooth skin unclothed to tempt Inuyasha to scrap dinner all together.

"Come on, Kags! You just look so good. Can't we have dinner with Sess another night?" he pleaded.

"No. You already know why you should be there for him tonight," she replied giving him a pointed look. She gave him a quick kiss on the cheek, "You look good too, Inu."

He did look good, too, dressed in dark gray slacks, a white dress shirt with the first two buttons undone and a royal blue necktie hung loosely. He had taken his hair down from the braid he wore earlier and the silver strands hung down his back in waves. Kagome felt the urge to cancel on the senator as well, but unlike Inuyasha she had the reserve and grace to deny her urges or at least postpone them a few hours.

"Well, let's go see that brother of yours. But do you think we can go get my Jeep? I can't very well pull up to a senatorial dinner on a motorcycle," she said.

"No need. Ten bucks says he sent a car to pick us up," Inuyasha said ushering her out the front door.

"Why do I have a feeling I don't want to take that bet?" she asked. He chuckled lightly and when they got down to the front of the building they saw a black limo awaiting their arrival.

"How did he know when?" she asked turning to Inuyasha.

"He's Sesshoumaru. He just does," he grumbled opening the car door for her.

Kagome grabbed his hand during the car ride and gave it a reassuring squeeze, "You'll be great tonight. You know that, right?"

"I'm never great in my brother's eyes," he said detachedly, staring out the window.

"Look at me, Inuyasha," she said turning towards him. He turned his gaze back to her that look of hurt radiating from the depths of his soul.

"You are an amazing person. You're one of the best agents I've seen in the three years I've been here, you're smart and intuitive, strong and talented," she said looking him straight in the eye. Lowering her voice so the driver wouldn't hear she nearly whispered, "And you make me feel things that I've never felt before. Fuck what your brother thinks of you, it's what you think of yourself that counts."

His eyes softened and he gave her a small smile, "Kagome…" he began.

She silenced him with two fingers against his lips. "I love you, Inuyasha. I know you're better than this and I know you care more about your brother than you let on. Be there for him."

He nodded reaching up and taking a hold of her hand, "Thank you, Kagome." He dipped his head closer to hers and placed a gentle kiss upon her lips.

They reached the senator's home just minutes later and Inuyasha took several deep breaths before leaving the car. Inuyasha held Kagome's hand all the way up the walkway. When they reached the front door it was opened by Jaken, apparently disgruntled by the prospect of having Inuyasha in the residency for very long.

"Good evening, Jaken," Inuyasha muttered, passing by the short man and not waiting for a response.

Kagura awaited their arrival in the foyer. "Inuyasha, Kagome, I'm glad you were able to make it tonight."

"Thank you, Kagura. We looked forward to seeing you again," Kagome piped up.

"The Senator and Miss Kaede await you in the dining room," she gestured for them to follow her.

"Where's Shippo?" Inuyasha asked, expecting the boy to spring out at him any moment now.

"Oh, Miss Kaede put him to bed about an hour ago. He joined an intramural soccer team and he's been tiring out earlier and earlier these days," Kagura explained.

"Shippo? Tired out? And it was soccer that did it alone? You sure no one's slipping him Benedryl in his milk?" Inuyasha teased.

"Inuyasha! That's awful!" Kagome berated in a whisper.

He chuckled as they entered the dining room to see Sesshoumaru seated at the head of the table with Kaede to his right. Sesshoumaru stood to welcome them and Kaede went to rise as well when Inuyasha waved her to remain seated.

"We'll come to you Kaede-baba," he said a little gruffly.

"Inuyasha, Miss Higurashi," Sesshoumaru said stoically while shaking their hands. Inuyasha nodded before heading over to Kaede to give her a hug. Kagome followed suit but bowed politely to Kaede in greeting.

"Oh child, ye must not be so formal. Give me a hug," Kaede said holding out her hands. Kagome complied and Kaede took the chance to whisper, "I can see why he loves ye so."

Kagome pulled back with an embarrassed blush staining her cheeks. She looked to Inuyasha for help but he was simply holding out a chair for her next to Kaede. Inuyasha took the seat next to her putting as much distance between him and Sesshoumaru as possible. Kagura sat to Sesshoumaru's left and Kagome noticed her pat his hand quickly before placing her own in her lap.

The dinner went surprisingly smoothly as Kagura and Kaede kept most of the conversation focused on Kagome and learning everything about her. Kagome asked about Shippo and Kaede told him how he had taken a shine to soccer and how one of his schoolmates had a small crush on him, a young girl named Souten. Kagome told them all about her own little brother and his mishaps with puberty, although Souta probably would have died of embarrassment upon hearing her regale of his life. The women chatted and laughed throughout the night but when the dessert and coffee were served the conversation had somehow turned to their search for Rin.

"We've created a team of highly specialized agents and we begin the execution of our mission tomorrow. With hope Rin will be back with you very soon," Kagome explained.

Kagura sighed with what could only be relief, "We can't thank you enough. No one has been the same without Rin around the house. We've all been worried so much. And since the press conference we can't have a moment's peace without someone trying to get some sort of story."

"We'll find her, Kagura," Inuyasha reassured. Kagome squeezed his leg under the table and shot him a smile.

"Your confidence doesn't reassure me, brother," Sesshoumaru said coldly, one of the few sentences he had spoken all evening.

"Don't start something you'll regret, Sesshoumaru," Kagura pleaded softly.

"My brother has somehow forgotten all the times he has failed before. What makes this time any different?" Sesshoumaru ground out.

Inuyasha stiffened next to Kagome and she looked at him with pleading eyes to remain calm.

"I have done nothing but my job this time, Senator. By the book. We will find your daughter," Inuyasha said pushing back his chair violently and walking from the room.

"Sesshoumaru," Kagura said quietly shooting him a glare.

"He's wrong," he said slowly, "It seems he's done more than his job here." He stared pointedly at Kagome.

She gasped when she realized what he was implying and narrowed her eyes at him. "How dare you! He has done absolutely everything in his power to find your daughter. Even taken a bullet for the sake of her case! And you, you bastard, have the gall to tell him he will fail? At least he's out there trying to save her, instead of sitting here self-righteously acting as if you couldn't care less about Rin's life!"

She rose from her seat quickly, "Inuyasha is one of the best agents I've seen in a good many years and I'll be damned if I sit by and watch you tear him down! You are a cold-hearted man, Senator. I almost feel sorry for you. But don't even begin to presume that you know anything about Inuyasha or myself!"

She began to storm out of the dining room when she paused and turned to smile at Kagura and Kaede, "Thank you ladies for such a wonderful evening. Senator Taisho? Go fuck yourself!"

With that Kagome left the room leaving three people floored in her wake.

"Good for you, Kagome!" Kagura whispered.

"Kagura!" Sesshoumaru warned.

"What? You know she's right. You owe Inuyasha a great deal for even considering finding Rin," Kagura pointed out. "And… you should go fuck yourself!" Kagura also rose from the table and left the dining room.

Sesshoumaru was now definitely in a huff, "And you Kaede? You think I'm being irrational?"

Kaede sighed, "I see ye are hurting, Sesshoumaru. But ye mustn't force young Inuyasha to suffer with you. He has found a bit of light in his life in this young Kagome, and he deserves your support in the search of your daughter. Now if ye will excuse me I have a young child to check up on."

Kagome caught up with Inuyasha by the front door. His head was lowered and his fists were clenched tightly.

"Inuyasha?" she whispered lightly. He turned to look at her and she was surprised to see he was trying extremely hard to hold in laughter.

"What? Inuyasha?" she questioned.

He pulled her close into a hug, "You told off my brother better than anyone has been able to in years! And he wasn't even able to make a rebuttal!"

She looked up at him, seeing the earlier tension he had been feeling melting away, and she smiled.

He kissed her briefly before grabbing one of her hands and dragging her out the door, "Come on, Spitfire, let's go home."

He rapped on the window of the limo before getting in the back with Kagome and the limo took off for his apartment. He put the divider up between the driver's seat and the back seat and pulled Kagome close, placing warm kisses up and down her neck.

"You have no idea how sexy that was back there, Kagome," he whispered while running his tongue along her pulse point.

Her breath was coming out in fast pants and all she could do was make small mewling sounds in response. He placed a hand on the back of her head before kissing her deeply and moved his free hand to cup her right breast rubbing the hardening nub through the light fabric of her dress. Kagome reached her hands up into his hair and fisted them at the nape of his neck.

She moaned into his mouth and felt his hand traveling south when the car suddenly stopped. Inuyasha pulled away from her reluctantly and looked out the window to see his apartment complex.

"Time flies when your having fun," he smirked down at her. Her eyes were half lidded and her face slightly flushed from their activities. Her lips were swollen from his attention and her tongue snaked out to moisten them.

"Gods Kagome. Let's get upstairs fast!" he nearly exclaimed, scooping her up into his arms, shouting a thanks to the driver and dashing inside the building.

Inside his apartment he said a brief hello to his dog and headed straight for his bedroom, depositing Kagome in the middle of it, who was presently in a fit of giggles.

"Anxious, Inuyasha?" she giggled. He merely nodded as he pulled his tie over his head and kicked off his shoes climbing onto the bed. He crawled slowly over to her, molten fire reflected in his eyes. He carefully took off her heels and threw them somewhere behind him.

He pulled her to him, wrapping an arm around her waist, and recapturing her lips in a heated kiss. He reached up to pull down the strap to her dress, pulling the thin material down over her breasts, which he was surprised to see had gone bare tonight.

"No bra?" he asked with a smirk.

"Okay, okay. You caught me," she hung her head in mock-shame, "I was hoping to get lucky. You know a nice drive, a wonderful dinner, telling your brother to go fuck himself. I sort of expected you to put out after all that."

Inuyasha laughed, "Kagome, I think that is the hottest thing you have ever said to me!"

She looked up at him, smirking like he so often did, "Yeah well, what can I say. You created a monster." She leaned up and began kissing and nipping his neck while her nimble fingers made quick work of his shirt, throwing it somewhere to her left.

She found herself moaning as she reached to undo his belt, but believed her moans to be the result of his hands attack on her already erect nipples. She removed his pants as he slid her dress off quickly. He pulled back to look at her to find her wearing only small black satin panties and her thigh highs.

"Gods Kagome," he moaned before pouncing on her. Giggles escaped her but were quickly muffled by Inuyasha's searing mouth upon hers. He began kissing his way down her body starting with her neck, moving to her breasts, down her smooth stomach and pulled on the waist of her panties with his teeth causing her to giggle again.

He looped his thumbs through the sides of the satin clothing and pulled them down her long legs. He kissed the inside of each of her thighs while pulling down her thigh highs. He pushed down his boxers on the travel back up her body and kicked them off to land somewhere on the floor.

"Inuyasha," she breathed before placing a kiss on his chest.

"Kagome?" he whispered.

"You know I meant everything I said before," she said between licks.

"About what, Kagome?" he stuttered out, his breathing becoming irregular with her continued actions. He trailed his hand down to cup her heat and slip two fingers inside her, preparing her for him.

"About you being amazing," she mumbled. She lay back on the pillows and looked up at him, taking in his perfectly toned body, hovering just inches above her. "I believe that about you, everything I said before. And I believe in you. I love you, Inuyasha."

She reached up and ran her hands along his sides while leaning up and letting her tongue loll in the hollow of his throat.

"Kagome," he said huskily. "You're making me so hard."

She let out a sexy giggle. "You have such sweet pillow talk, baby," she licked his bottom lip before capturing his heated gaze, "Make love to me."

A strangled groan escaped his throat as he crashed his lips down onto her own and took her swiftly, sinking his erect member deep within her liquid heat. She gasped at the feel of him deep within her and he took advantage of her parted lips to deepen his kiss. Their bodies worked up a heat between them through their friction.

Kagome ran her hands around Inuyasha's back feeling his muscles strain under taut flesh, before moving them to tangle in his hair. Inuyasha, bracing himself with one forearm, moved his free hand to tease her breast, as he began kissing her throat.

Kagome soon found the pool of familiar heat flooding the pit of her stomach and she moaned aloud as Inuyasha continued the assault on her sensitive flesh. She raised her legs slightly, allowing him to go deeper, causing a delightful friction to develop between them. She spared a glance at her lover to see a thin blanket of sweat forming on his body, his eyes clenched in restraint.

She felt her body reaching a height, ready to crest the edge of her orgasm, but she didn't want to see Inuyasha restraining himself from the same ecstasy.

She claimed his lips and then breathed, "Cum with me, Inuyasha."

He looked at her with lustful eyes, before pumping himself harder into her tight passage, and crying out.

The pool of heat in her stomach that had built up to an impossible height now unraveled quickly sending warmth to every inch of her body.

"Inuyasha!" she cried out brokenly, as her inner walls contracted around his shaft that was shooting his seed deep within her.

He grunted after his final push into her core and slumped against her, his head resting between her neck and shoulder. Both lovers lay there, breath coming in short gasps.

"Kagome, that was…" Inuyasha began.

"Mind blowing," she finished for him.

He placed a chaste kiss against her pulse point, "I love you, Kagome."

She smiled up at the ceiling, "And I you, Inuyasha."

He pulled himself from her and pushed the covers down from his bed dragging her under them with him. He pulled her tight against him and kissed her shoulder.

"Thank you," he whispered.

"For what?" she asked.

"For believing in me," he answered. "When no one else would."

Her heart melted and she turned her head slightly allowing him to place a kiss upon her lips. They fell asleep shortly after in each other's arms, capturing a few hours of peace before the beginning of their mission tomorrow.

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See? AUF is NOT being deleted! This should prove it darn it! Three cheers for Kagome telling off Sess! Hooray for strong women everywhere! "Strength thy name is woman." As they say! So there was Ch. 16. Totally wasn't planning on the lemon but hey after that scene with Sess I'd do Kagome! In all seriousness though, it just kind of happened… so… SURPRISE! Haha… hope you enjoyed! BakaInuGirl