InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Chemical Romance ❯ The big Secret ( Chapter 6 )

Ritalin_writer: Hey there are still spaces available for those that want there character in the story so go to the prologue and get that info in a review cause I need about three or so more and I really don't feel like making them up like I did for some characters.

 

DemonGirl-Setsuna: You're just being lazy Ritalin

 

Ritalin_writer: oh bite me woman I don't care.

 

~~~Last time~~~

“What nonsense do you speak of Kagura? Surely you do not intend for me to believe Kikyo gave birth to this Kagome?” he said a slight hint of annoyance tainting his tone as the demoness of the wind straightened with a confident smirk plaguing her face.

 

“I will tell you one thing, she gave birth to someone. And poor Inuyasha the woman he loved…” She said wickedly hiding her smile behind her fan as she stared down Naraku. “Had another man's child.”

 

~~~Now~~~

 

Morning had dawned and Kagome shifted fretfully in bed, her dreams like many beforehand had been troubling ones that were not at all comforting with the content as well as the reality of her life spiraling out of control making her wary.

 

She turned over drowsily laying flat on her stomach and staring into the oblivion that was her white walls. So much had happened, so many things she hadn't anticipated and wasn't sure if they were good or bad.

 

Hojo-sama will probably be mad at me for missing work three days in a row, oh man I can't believe this. I'm not sure if I can face him. I can't just go up to him and say “I got shot the other day and I was holed up in my apartment with a man for three days...” Sango took it the wrong way before she even got here what he will think might break his heart….Where has my life gone all of a sudden?

 

You'd think I'd be satisfied with a good paying job, a roof over my head, a great friend and one of the most sought after bachelor in the area hung over me. But no now I've got demons ruining my life!

 

Her thoughts were abruptly interrupted as her curtain was pulled back and searing sunlight ran across her face.

 

“Souta what are you doing!” she groaned, burying within the covers only to have them ripped off her, baring her legs to the room temperature. She growled looking up a fully dress 16 year old glaring down at her.

 

“Nee-chan you're going to be late if you don't get up and I wanted to know if you'd be home early today.” He said as a disheveled Kagome sat upright, rubbing her forehead and shoving hair out of her eyes as she groggily got up.

 

“No. Why? You aren't planning to skip school again are you Souta?” she said drowsily, trudging towards the bathroom. Souta was slightly abashed remaining silent for a split second before recovering.

 

“NO I was just wondering if you were going to be home in time to help me with my homework!” He exclaimed moving to leave her room only to be snagged by the collar.

 

Kagome extended her hand and he looked at it tentatively.

 

“Nani?”

 

“Key.”

 

“What for?”

 

“You're not skipping school right? Well then you won't need a key today.”

 

“But how am I supposed to get in after school?”

 

“Hang out with some friends until five for all I care just give me the key.”

 

Souta rigidly handed over the key and Kagome closed the door to the bathroom and making sure it was locked so the little brat couldn't steal it back while she was in the shower.

 

Souta on the other hand trudged into the living room dejectedly. He had been planning on skipping school, but without a key to get back inside there wasn't really any way to get in after she left.

 

Moving to open the door he spotted the living room window, the same one Inuyasha had jumped out of and smirked. Hastily moving towards it he unlocked the window and checked to make sure it would open when he left before exiting the apartment with a grin.

 

After her shower Kagome dressed in her normal navy blue skirt that came to the middle of her claves and a matching jacket. She'd picked out a white flannel shirt to go underneath and examined herself in the mirror.

 

In doing so a deep masculine voice resonated in her mind.

 

“Your wardrobes pretty mundane from what I was able to see of it and it doesn't look like you can afford to get nicer clothing”

 

She sighed heavily suddenly feeling rather depressed. “I need to go shopping….” She muttered grabbing her bag and reaching for her doorknob, looking once more around her room to make sure everything was in place and seeing the light gleam off Souta's key.

 

She grabbed it, pocketed it and exited her room descending the stairs and quickly snatching an apple off the counter. She did a once around before reaching the front door and then something seemed to dawn on her.

 

She walked back into the living room and locked the window Souta had unlocked.

 

“Think you're smarter then me eh?” she muttered before locking the apartment.

 

She reached the subway without a problem, silently brooding that she needed a car some time soon because public transportation in the area was more of a hassle then it was worth.

 

Sitting down wasn't an option as she got into one of the cars, forcing her to stand and be squished by the other passengers.

 

“Are you Kagome Higurashi?”

 

Hearing her name being called she expected to see Sango, but the question implied that the person wasn't sure so she looked up to see a girl with oversized glasses standing just a few arms length from her.

 

Perplexed she nodded as the girl made her way towards her. She beamed and Kagome noted that her eyes as honest and pure as they appeared were slight unnerving. For whatever reason she dismissed the foreboding feeling and smiled, “yes I'm Kagome but I'm afraid I don't know you. You would be?”

 

“Yoroshiku, my name is Kismet Tenpouin. I work with you at Shikon genetics facility; I'm currently working with Sango Magetama though.” She said bashfully. Her black hair was done in two braids that seemed to snake around even when she was standing still.

 

“Hello Kismet it's nice to meet you too. I'm assuming you're from USC right?”

 

Kismet nodded enthusiastically and Kagome was reminded of that girl she'd met the night before. “Yes I've always wanted to work with the Higurashi line I've strived to become that for so long.”

 

Kagome was almost completely unaware of what Kismet had said until it dawned on her. “What do you mean you'd like to work with the Higurashi line?”

 

Kismet seemed to tense and fumble with her words momentarily before speaking coherently. “I read about the Higurashi trial with Kikyo Higurashi. I had wanted to know about the greatest people that were in the field I was looking into and Kikyo came up as the greatest until the scandal with a demon caused her to get imprisoned and then killed.”

 

Kagome sighed regretfully and Kismet seemed to become a little more awkward. “Gomen, I shouldn't have brought it up…!” she apologized.

 

Kagome shook her head a weak smile donning her face as the train pulled to a halt. “It's alright I never knew who she was except for my mother's mother. I never met her and my mother only met her about twice so it's not like I care that much.”

 

With that Kagome exited the train among the swarms of people, Kismet watching for a moment before following her.

 

“Um, excuse me Kagome? I'm really, really sorry are you angry?” Kismet insisted as they walked down the sidewalk together.

 

“No I'm not, I just have a lot on my mind is all.” The older woman said as they went through the rest of the route in silence.

 

~~~

“Kagome-san!”

 

Kagome smiled nervously as her Boss approached her. If she didn't know better she could swear the man sparkled sometimes, it was sort of creepy…

 

“Hello Hojo-sama!” Kismet said enthusiastically stepping in between him and Kagome who was relieved slightly.

 

The man was just too perfect, he had a company to himself, he was wanted by women everywhere, and overly successful, social standings were off the charts….

 

“I need someone as dysfunctional as I am…” Kagome muttered as she wormed her way through the facility to go undetected by Hojo, at least until first break.

 

Sango was as usual, diligently working and no doubt on project `Entei' the same project her grandmother had been working on. The same project that had killed her.

 

“Agenkidesu ka Sango-chan?” she said merrily as she hung up her coat and placed her bag on one of the desks.

 

The brunette in question had hurried over to her side as soon as she had entered the room and was ready to smother the woman. “Better now that you're back.” She said as she handed Kagome a lab coat and motioned for her to come towards a separate table where a line of microscopes were placed

 

“So what exactly am I looking at?” Kagome as Sango grabbed a vial and poured red liquid onto a small glass slab, most likely blood, and placed it under a microscope.

 

“This is a sample of demon blood we extracted from one of the battle sites.” She said placing the red liquid under the microscope and moving aside to allow the younger woman to examine it.

 

The blood cells were slightly larger than human blood cells and they were abnormally shaped in accordance to the radiation the person had undergone during the transformation. “These,” Sango said pulling out a second vial of blood and placing it under the microscope, “are human blood cells donated of course.” She said and there was little difference between the two samples except for size and shape.

 

Kagome was slightly perplexed. She already knew this that the shape and size even some variations of the genetic material was between humans and demons were the same. Why was Sango showing her what she already knew?

 

“Now this is the prototype Entei from nearly fifty years ago.” She said the liquid in the vial was a yellowed syrupy substance that she used a liquid dropper and extracted a small amount of it and then administered it to the demon blood.

 

The sample of the demon blood simply began to set to work in trying to defend itself from the foreign substance that began to eradicate the other blood cells. Instead of returning them to their past state they were completely destroyed.

 

“Sango I don't understand-”

 

“Hang on. Now this is the human blood sample.”

 

Again she placed the yellow prototype serum in the liquid dropper and then used the human blood sample. Again the blood cells attempted to defend against the foreign substance but they were very little resistance against it and soon it was a liquidated pool.

 

Kagome pulled back and frowned. “Sango I know this already I really don't understand what you're trying to show me. I know the serum kills humans as well as demons. It's only logical that it would because a demon was once a human and most of the DNA remains the same only they are given a 24th chromosome.”

 

Sango grinned. “I know but while you were away I came up with something.” She said then paused as if trying to rephrase her sentence. “Technically it was an accident but either way I found the key ingredient that will destroy demonic cells and slowly erode the radiation. The excessive amount of mercury, magnesium, and lithium is what will destroy living cells. However,” she said pulling out one more vial out of a cabinet and retrieving one more sample of human and demon blood.

 

“Sango what are you doing?”

 

“Just watch Kagome.” She insisted as she placed both slabs on separate microscopes and extracted the brown liquid from the vial and administered it to both. Kagome sighed exasperatedly wishing she would just tell her watch she found out as she moved to look at the Human blood sample.

 

The brown liquid swirled with the blood, but the cells were completely unaffected by it. She moved to the other sample and found the demon blood, as it absorbed the liquid that was considerably weaker than itself began to revert to it's original human state. The cells odd shape shrank and extended into an oval and in a matter of moments it was identical to the human sample.

 

Her jaw had dropped during the process and she only noticed when she had nearly begun to drool did she draw back in surprise, grabbing the vial from Sango and sniffing it. It smelled oddly familiar but she couldn't quite place the alluring scent it gave off.

 

“Sango you're amazing! You've single handedly finished the cure that will help turn the demons to humans but won't kill us! What is this?” she said as the woman smirked evilly.

 

“Theobromine. And I didn't do it alone I had a lot of help form you so if anything you receive most of the credit.” She giggled as the two women embraced jumping up and down just as Hojo entered the room.

 

“Well you ladies sure are happy, what's the occasion?” he asked as he approached them. The two broke away and smiled. “We found the cure! We've perfected the serum so that it can be administered to demons without killing them and can be used on humans as well!” Sango exclaimed as Hojo examined it for himself.

 

“You ladies are brilliant! This is worthy of national history! You both are magnificent women, you truly deserve more credit!” he said evidently as happy as they.

 

Kagome noticed the sparkles return….

 

(A/N: creepy sparkles….Creepy like Armstrong's sparkles from Full Metal Alchemist or Ayame creepy from Fruits basket…Even worse than that! The same guy plays both of those roles in English!)

 

“Hey Hojo-kun? Where's Kismet?” Kagome asked noticing the mousy girl wasn't with him and Sango as well seemed to notice the absence of the girl.

 

“Oh she said she needed to make a phone call she's in the lounge. She deserves to know too!” he said as they all exited the room walking down the hall and telling all that passed the great news.

 

As they reached the lounge they found the door was slightly ajar and Kismet's voice was audible even though she was whispering slightly.

 

“Hey I thought we weren't allowed to make personal calls during the work hours Hojo-sama?” Sango rebuked as Hojo frowned. “They're not; I'll go speak with her.” He was about the open the door when Kismet's words seemed to become darker.

 

“It was just too easy getting in here! I knew they were stupid but not even to check for something odd? I know this might be wrong but trust me on this it's for the better. Once I'm finished here then I can move onto bigger things! It's so exciting I never would have thought I could get this far! Yeah? I'll call you later and report back to you. Ja mata.”

 

With that Kismet hung up the phone, oblivious that her conversation had been heard and unaware that the listeners were still there. She opened the door looking completely satisfied, like a sly cat that ate one of the fish in the tanks and got away with it.

 

However that expression was gone as she bumped into Hojo, her eyes turned watery and sheepish as she spied Kagome and Sango behind her. Neither looking very friendly. However, Hojo just looked curious and confused.

 

“Mind explaining who you were talking to?” Sango pressed leaning into the girl.

 

“Yeah that didn't sound like some ordinary call and what did you mean `It was just too easy getting in here and you knew they were stupid but not even to check for something odd?' Huh?” Kagome asked.

 

Kismet shrank back against the door looking as guilty as the cat that ate the fish from the tank, thought it had gotten away with it, then got busted.

 

“I uh didn't…”

 

“In the lounge this is better left to our ears alone.” Sango said and a slight aura of something vicious began to waft around her sensed by all in the hallway and soon they were completely alone….

 

 

Hojo stepped between the two women and Kismet who took shelter behind him. “Now ladies I'm sure there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for all this…”

 

Sango looked at him through narrowed eyes. “Yes perfectly normal. She could have been talking to that Sesshoumaru guy! You know the new leader of the demons! Then what? They'll come and destroy the serum!”

 

Her protests made Hojo move away and allow their wrath to fall on the meek Kismet.

 

 

“Seems like you've got a secret and now you're going to tell us exactly who you were talking to! Why you were talking to them! And what you were talking about, alright?” Kagome said advancing on the girl with every word she ground out.

 

Little Kismet was up against the wall with an expression that said it all.

 

I'm in deep shit….

 

Ritalin: Yay! Kismet got caught in the act! Bad girl she's trying to contact someone who's obviously her superior! See you on the next chapter!