InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Busted ❯ The Plan ( Chapter 5 )

Disclaimer: Yep. I’ve done it. I’ve stolen Inuyasha and co. ::Looks at Takahashi’s angry blood sucking lawyers:: I mean... I don’t own anything... ::shifty eyes:: ::runs::

AN: Ok... this is for you faithful readers who’ve stayed with me. Just because I love you, I’ll give you a brief summary of what the hell’s happened in the last four chapters so you don’t get to this chapter and go, ‘Aw, shit. My dumb computer that is slower than my great-great-grandmother has finally loaded this (lousy) chapter, and I’ve totally forgotten what has happened in the last four chapters.’ This is for you, guys. This is for you.
Basically, Kagome, Sango, and Miroku are cops looking for this supposed murderer (Inuyasha). Kagome gets kidnapped by Inuyasha and is taken to his underground lair (which is very plush and not at all dark and dank like most of you would suspect underground lairs to be). Inuyasha tells Kagome that he has, in fact, not killed anyone, but is just a harmless bunny-kitten-puppy-(insert all that is cute and innocent) bankrobber/jewelry thief. Inuyasha can’t decide what to do to keep his (rather nice :D) butt out of jail, so he goes to see his old pal Toutousai. Meanwhile, he’s sent a rather cheesy note to Kagome’s chief (Sesshoumaru) telling everyone that Kagome is peachy keen.
And there you have it. Poo to you who didn’t read my nice little summary and went all the way back and spent a whole lot of time reading the actual story. Wait a minute... why am I writing this rotten story when four bloody chapters can be summarized in just over 100 words? ::sigh:: Oh well...
Those of you who actually remember what happened without reading all of that, you get a cookie. Actually, you don’t get a cookie, but you get another chapter. Yay for you.


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Busted
Chapter Five
The Plan


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“Let me get this straight... you stole some pastries, but got accused of murder. So, you kidnapped a cop. Now you don’t know what to do, because you didn’t kill the guy, but you don’t know who did. And you want me to cover your butt,” Toutousai said.

“Not cover my butt. Help my butt get into a situation so that it can help itself,” Inuyasha replied.

“You could always go and live in the sewers. After awhile, the police will forget about you, and you can come back up. And even if the police are still looking for you, breathing in all that waste will be sure to change your chemical makeup. Nobody will be able to recognize you!” Toutousai offered.

Kagome snickered. ‘A mutated Inuyasha... complete with gills and a lobster head...’ she thought.

Inuyasha didn’t look amused.

Toutousai sighed and shook his head. He sat down in a chair, took out a pipe, lit it, and blew four smoke rings into the air, then sighed again.

Inuyasha rolled his eyes. “What is it, old man?”

“I have a plan,” Toutousai said.

Several moments and smoke rings went by before Inuyasha got impatient. “Well? Are you going to tell us what this brilliant plan of yours is?”

“Alright, alright. You young people and your tempers. You need to learn to slow down.”

“Yeah? Well, you old people need to learn to say what you’re going to say, or else you might die before you get around to it!” Inuyasha retorted.

Kagome sighed heavily and rolled her eyes. “Hey!” she yelled. “Inuyasha, sit down, shut up, and calm down. Toutousai, tell Inuyasha what your plan is before he has an aneurysm!”

Both Inuyasha and Toutousai sat back and sulked.

“Ok. You and Kagome go to my house in Yokohama. I have an excellent hacking system there. Cut into the Tokyo police database and see if there’s any new info on the murderer. If you find the guy right away, great. If you don’t, you can hide out there until you do,” Toutousai said.

“Wait a minute!” Kagome protested. “I have a life here! People are worried about me!”

“Well, Princess, that’s too bad. Because once you go back to your little friends, you’ll blab. And then I’ll get caught. And I’ll never find out who framed me,” Inuyasha said.

Kagome latched onto the front of Inuyasha’s shirt. Inuyasha maintained a cool look, but his eyes betrayed that he was worried. “Listen to me,” she hissed. “I want to find out who did this just as much as you do. But, I have people worried about me. I can’t just leave them. Can’t you do this on your own?”

The hanyou sighed and removed Kagome’s slender hands from his shirt. “Hands off the merchandise, babe,” he said, but his usual gruffness was clearly missing. “I’m sorry. I really am. But, I can’t let you go back right now. I sent your little friends a note telling them that you were fine. Just come to Yokohama with me for two weeks. That’s all I’m asking. Then I’ll let you go back. I promise.”

Kagome looked at him with slanted eyes. “How do I know you’ll actually let me go?”

Inuyasha smirked. “I never break a promise.”

Kagome sighed and slumped back.

Meanwhile, while all of this was going back and forth, Toutousai and Myouga were intently watching. And grinning. “They’re getting married next month, ya know...” Toutousai whispered to Myouga. “I’m Inuyasha’s best man! But... it looks like they should just shoot it and get married now. I mean, they can hardly keep their hands off each other!”

Inuyasha shot Toutousai and Myouga a menacing glare. “What the hell are you two mumbling about?”

“Nothing...” they said as they averted their attention.

“I’ll go make some more tea,” Myouga said, taking the tea tray and toddling toward the kitchen.

“So...” Toutousai said. “You two going, or what?”

“Yes.”

“No.”

Toutousai raised an eyebrow. “Well, which one is it?”

Kagome took a deep breath. “I’ll go, but first I want to drop by the station. And before you protest, Inuyasha, hear me out. I’ll go down at around 1:30 in the morning, when there aren’t too many people. I just want to see if they have any new information. If they do, we might have to take some extra precautions.”

Inuyasha looked at Kagome warily. Kagome met his stare with a fiery glare of her own.

Toutousai puffed a few more smoke rings before setting his pipe down. “I think Kagome has a good idea, Inuyasha. After all, you really do need to see what kind of dirt they have on you before you go gallivanting about the country. And Kagome does know the system better than you do, so it would be best if she went.”

Kagome nodded.

Inuyasha made a face. “Fine. You can go. But I’m going with you. I’ll be waiting two blocks down from the station. And if you aren’t back by 2:30, I’m storming the place to find you.”

“But-”

“But nothing. An hour should be plenty of time to get whatever you need,” Inuyasha said.

Kagome pouted for a moment, then decided that it was best to give up rather than argue for ages. “Fine.”

“Fine.”

Toutousai rolled his eyes and picked up his pipe once more. “Those two are going to need some serious marriage counseling,” he thought to himself.

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After another hour at Toutousai’s finishing tea, getting directions to his house, getting keys, and all of that good stuff, Inuyasha and Kagome were back on the road.

Once again, Kagome was berating Inuyasha for driving too fast. “Why do men feel the need to go at least fifteen miles over the speed limit? The limits are there for a reason, you know.”

“For gods’ sake, Princess!” Inuyasha exclaimed, clearly irked by the insistent nagging. “The speed limits are purposely low so that testosterone-filled asses like myself can go fast and feel good without the risk of going too fast.”

Kagome stared at him in disbelief before giving up and slouching back in her seat. “Just don’t hit any little old ladies, ok?”

“Yeah, yeah...”

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Kagome checked her watch as Inuyasha dropped her off a block from the station. 1:23 am. She shook her head. “I should be asleep right now...”

She crept stealthily as she made her way to the station. She was pretty confident that no one would see her; she was an expert at melting into the shadows. Plus, she was wearing all black, from her hat to her shoes. However, she couldn’t shake the feeling that Sesshoumaru would have officers staked out waiting for her.

Once she got to the wall surrounding the courtyard, she looked around to make sure no one was watching before pulling her grappling hook from her belt. She silently circled the rope, threw the hook, and scaled the wall. What she saw on the other side nearly gave her a heart attack.

“S-Sango!”

Sango looked up from her seat on the bench. “Kagome? Kagome! What are you doing here? Are you alright? What happened?”

Kagome gave her friend a wan smile before jumping off the wall. “I’m fine, really.”

Sango put her cappuccino down and reached for her walkie-talkie.

“No- don’t. Please don’t tell anyone that you’ve seen me. Please. I’ll explain, but please don’t call for anyone,” Kagome pleaded.

Sango gave Kagome a confused look. She put the walkie-talkie back on her belt. “Are you alright, Kagome?

“Yeah, fine,” Kagome said. She took a deep breath. “I suppose you want an explanation.”

“That would be nice...” Sango said slowly.

“Ok. Basically, the guy we were looking for, his name’s Inuyasha. He’s a hanyou. He was hiding in the subway we looked in. I just happened to run into him- literally- and he knocked me out and took me to his underground mansion. Which, by the way, is really nice,” Kagome said.

Sango raised an eyebrow, but didn’t say anything.

“Inuyasha told me that he has stolen a precious gem or two in his lifetime, but that he never killed anybody. And Sango, for some reason, I believe him.”

The girl beside her changed her expression from a raised eyebrow to a grin that was a mixture of amusement and pain.

“Anyway, we went to this friend of his, who is really old and senile, and he told Inuyasha to go hide out somewhere where he can figure out who framed him,” Kagome paused. “And he wants me to go with him.”

Sango opened her mouth to say something, but Kagome cut her off.

“I want to go with him.”

Sango sighed, closed her eyes, and massaged her temples. “Kagome, listen. It sounds to me like you’re falling for this guy.” She put up a hand to stop Kagome’s protests. “But he’s a criminal. If he really was framed, a lawyer and a judge can sort it out. That’s not your job. You need to think about your job.”

“I don’t care what my job is! I just-” she put a hand over her mouth and her eyes widened. “I just... I want to help him find the evidence. If I don’t, you know what will happen to him, Sango. He’s a hanyou. The judge will be unfair to him, and he’ll go to prison for life or be charged with the death sentence.”

Sango looked up at the starless sky. “Kagome, you’re my co-worker and friend. But first and foremost, you’re my friend and I trust you. I’ll let you go. I promise not to tell anyone that I saw you.”

Kagome smiled and hugged her friend. “Thank you, thank you, thank you! This means a lot to me, Sango.” Kagome knew very well that her friend was putting her career and reputation on the line for her. “Now, then. Business.”

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Forty-five minutes later, Kagome was climbing back over the courtyard wall. “Thanks for everything, Sango!”

Sango waved. “Yeah. Just be careful, ok?”

“I will, don’t worry,” Kagome said as she jumped back over the wall.

When she got to the car, she found Inuyasha fast asleep, mouth open and drooling. She knocked on the window of the car door, as Inuyasha had locked the doors. “Wake up, sleepy head...” she muttered.

Inuyasha sat up suddenly and looked around. “Wha- oh.” He unlocked the doors and Kagome got in.

“You’re drooling,” Kagome stated, pointing to the string of slobber.

Inuyasha quickly wiped it away with his shirt sleeve. “Am not...”

Kagome rolled her eyes. “You are too. Let’s get back to the house and go over this stuff and then get some sleep. I’m tired.”

Inuyasha nodded and revved up the car. “I wonder if any little old ladies are out at this time of night...?”


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AN: Ok, ok, sucky ending. I know. But, the chapter is extra long to make up for the wait...! ::looks around nervously:: eheh...