InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Double O Demon ❯ Not Exactly Judy Dench ( Chapter 4 )

Myriadragon: I wrote this in front of Tomorrow Never Dies (weeheehee Double O Seven!). Just thought you'd find that interesting.

Oh grragh. Now I have a whole TWO reviews. And still no inspiration for ch. 18. Meh. Ah well, review response to the wonderful wonderful wonderful szmadad:

Yes! Of COURSE you're allowed to review twice!!!! As many times as you want, in fact!!! Somehow your reviews always make me smile . So thank you so much for reviewing. And I am having fun with this…sorta…no, really, I like my story *huggles*. Hopefully other people with think it's worth the time it takes to review…

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Double O Demon

Chapter 4: Not Exactly Judy Dench

"She knows he's a hanyou."

This deeply profound (yeah right) statement was met with silence. Sango took a drink of her orange juice and said:

"I think you're wrong."

Miroku gave her a look of mock injury. "Thanks for the support," he drawled.

Sango rolled her eyes. "Oh, come on, don't be like that. You're not completely wrong. Yes, part of Kagome knows he's a hanyou. But only the part of her that is Kikyo. And Kikyo only meets Kagome when she's dreaming."

K looked startled. "How did ye know that?"

"Kagome told me her book was mostly written from dreams she'd had."

"Ah. Yes, I believe it be safe to say Kagome herself has no knowledge of Inu-Yasha's…species. She would have refused to go with him had the case been otherwise.

"But now there be the problem of the fact that he be hanyou. Needless to say, it is not a desirable arrangement to have her with him and not the two of ye."

"K, you don't honestly think he would-" Miroku started, but K cut him off.

"No, no, ye mistake my meaning, monk," she said hastily. "I know Inu-Yasha well enough to know he wouldn't harm her. Though he may have once coveted the Jewel, it be clear to me he desires it no longer.

"What I am worried about is what will happen when she finds out. Inu-Yasha cannot hide his secret from her forever."

"Kagome is sensible," Miroku argued. "She knows Inu-Kun well enough to know he'd never hurt her."

"Does she?" Sango asked sadly. "I'm not so sure."

"Boy, you are just not on my side today, are you?" Miroku grumbled.

Sango smiled a little and tugged his ear affectionately before elaborating. "Stop complaining and let me explain," she commanded.

"Kagome only knows Inu-Yasha because of us. She and I are very close, and she knows you well, but Inu-Yasha…he's what you'd consider a friend of a friend. She knows him loosely, but not well enough to completely trust him.

"And there's more to it than that. Inu-Yasha doesn't know her. He knows us well because we work together, but not her. You know what he's like-and what she's like. They'll probably be at each other's throats before long. And," Sango said, finally reaching the end of her tirade, "I think she likes him."

"But you just said she didn-oh," Miroku said, as realization dawned (why does it always dawn? Couldn't it set instead?…never mind…). "You mean that way. How can you tell?"

Sango rolled her eyes. "Men are so dense," she said, laughing as Miroku protested and Kaede nodded her head in solemn agreement. "It's obvious by the way she looks at him. The fact that she doesn't know him makes Inu-Yasha interesting."

Miroku blinked. "Dense man still in the dark."

She laughed again. "Okay, clueless I'll spell it out for you. Honestly, have you no idea what goes on between men and-" Sango was cut off as he kissed her lightly.

"Sure I do," Miroku said, grinning wickedly. Sango proceeded to blush and pour the remainder of her orange juice over his head.

"Come on, ye two, there'll be time enough for flirting later," K said impatiently, her one eye sparkling with amusement. Sango and Miroku began to protest (although not so much Miroku…hee hee hee…). She waved it away and told Sango to continue.

"Er…anyway," Sango said, still pink. "Oh, come on, it's not that hard. When you first meet someone of the opposite sex" (A/N or the same sex if you're gay) "it's natural to toy with the idea of loving them. Everybody does it, sometimes even with people they know very well. It's normal. Hormones and all of that."

"I see. Then did you ever toy with the idea of me?" He sounded like he was joking, but still…

"That," Sango said coolly, "is irrelevant. So where do we go from here, K?"

K shifted in her chair, not failing to notice Sango's embarrassment and Miroku's faintly disappointed look. "Well, I'll be telling my superiors about this, of course. I assume Inu-Yasha has taken her to the Ranch?" When Miroku nodded, she continued. "We'll have to contact him, then. We can't hide her up there for the rest of her life; she's far too free-willed to put of with that. Maybe he could train her to defend herself…" she trailed off, contemplating the possibilities in the bottom of her teacup.

Miroku leaned over whispered something in Sango's ear. She turned a violent shade of pink, causing K to look up from her tea.

"Oy, monk, I told you to stop flirting," she said gruffly.

Miroku grinned impudently but went pink as well. Sango gave K a look that was half grateful and half annoyed.

K sighed and shook her head, suppressing a grin. When are those two going to get it together? she wondered, losing the battle with her cheek muscles. She took a sip from her by now cold tea, hiding her face until she got it under control.

"Well, back to business. Inu-Yasha and Kagome may be able to ward the Ranch, but eventually Naraku will find them there. I'll tell Inu-Yasha to start training her-hopefully she will be as strong as other Kikyos and be able to defend herself with her powers. As soon as Kagome takes over her defense, I think we should go after Naraku."

Sango's eyebrows flew up. "Do you really think we stand a chance?"

"I think we don't have a choice. Our organization has been protecting Kikyo and the Shikon no Tama for the last 500 years. But demons and suchlike be getting rarer and rarer. Soon the government will take away our funding, and if Naraku isn't stopped by then the whole world could be in danger."

They nodded grimly. "You're right," Miroku said. "We've been dancing around this for long enough. It's time for the final confrontation."

"If Inu-Yasha can train Kagome to use her full powers, we just might have a chance," Sango said thoughtfully. "All right. We have a lot of work to do if we're going to be ready. Where do you want us to start?"

K smiled, grateful for there support. "It will only be the four of you-I'm much too old, and the rest of our small organization is busy elsewhere. I will go and contact the head of the CIA. The two of ye should start planning." She left for her office.

"So we're really going to do this," Miroku said heavily, snaking an arm around Sango's waist. She stiffened but let it slide. The thought of what they were going to do had her scared as well.

"We'll definitely need some kind of armor," She said, resting her head on his shoulder. "Maybe something like my family wears?"

"Mm. Yew, demon exterminator armor is good. Light and flexible, but strong. We should make more weapons, though." He tilted his head to rest on hers.

"Then can we make a large boomerang? I'm better with that anyway."

Miroku laughed. "You and your ungodly boomerang. Just don't aim it at me."

"Keep your hands where they belong next time and I won't," she retorted.

"What, you mean like this?" he said innocently, sliding his hands downward.

Sango jumped and aimed a slap at his face, but Miroku caught her wrist.

"Now, now, Sango that's not very nice," he said, grinning.

She sagged, seemingly defeated. But Miroku had forgotten something-her other hand.

SMACK

"Gotcha!" Sango said happily as a red handprint appeared on his cheek.

"That's not very nice," Miroku replied, still grinning.

"Eep!" said Sango as he pulled her out of her chair and into his lap, squishing her against his chest.

"My my, doesn't this look like fun," said K. Sango turned red and Miroku pink as she stood in the doorway laughing.

"Let go of me, hentai," Sango growled, and he released her, albeit reluctantly.

"So?" Sango said after hopping out of Miroku's lap. She walked over to stand by K, self-consciously straightening her clothes and hair.

"Kagome answered it; apparently Inu-Yasha is asleep. I told her to let him rest and not to go outside, and that I'd contact him later."

"And the Director of Intelligence?" Miroku asked, coming to join the two women in the doorway.

"I was informed that `Mr. Tenet is unavailable," K said, imitating a clueless young secretary. She made a face. "So we be on our own for now. And the two of ye?"

Sango went pink again and Miroku laughed a little nervously. "Um…Demon exterminator armor and a really big boomerang."

"How productive," K said dryly. "Let's get back to work." She moved to sit at the table.

"What about the Director of Intelligence?" Sango asked, joining her.

"I'll try him again later. I don't trust the two of ye alone together."

Sango seemed to have blushed herself out for the day; she only rolled her eyes at her superior. "You may be an old woman," she replied, "But you're not exactly Judy Dench."

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Just so ya'll know, when I wrote this George Tenet (sp?) was still Director of Intelligence. Can't remember the new guy's name so Tenet it remains

Please review!!!! Next chapter we get back to Inu-Yasha and Kagome.

--Myriadragon