InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Centre ❯ The Calm before the Storm ( Chapter 2 )

Chapter 2: Calm before the storm

"COMING!" Kagome heard the high pitched voice of her new partner. Heavy metal music was vibrating the entire apartment building. How she'd managed to hear Kagome knocking on the door was a miracle in itself. For a girl who was raised by youkai she sure didn't take into account their sensitive ears. Kagome hoped no youkai lived next door. If so, they were probably going to move out very quickly.

"Kagome?" a voice said as the door opened. Big brown eyes looked up at her role model of the department, the powerful, beautiful and amazing Kagome. The girl threw herself into Kagome's arms, hugging her tightly.

"Nice to see you too Rin," Kagome said with a smile. It was amazing to think this girl was actually older than Kagome. No one really knew how old Rin was. No one asked and she didn't tell.

"Come on in. I've got food ready, ya hungry?"

"Sure." Kagome made her way around several boxes. Rin had moved in weeks ago….very little progress had been made to actually unpack. Rin skipped happily to the kitchen, turning down the stereo. Kagome was relieved she could think again.

"Can you get some plates? I think they are in the box next to the couch."

Kagome nodded and opened the closest box to the couch. It was most certainly not a bunch of dishes. In fact, it was something Kagome would have never thought Rin would have ever owned. She quickly closed the box and opened a different one, trying to pretend she didn't see a thing. Then she heard a giggle.

"Never seen a dildo before?" Kagome shook her head frantically, opening another box and praying it didn't have more "toys" in it.

"Kag, you're still a virgin aren't you?" Rin asked, giggling. Kagome blushed bright red.

"I never really have time for a boyfriend…" Kagome said, picking up plates and silver wear as quickly as possible.

"Any preference?"

"Preference?"

"Human, youkai?"

"Not really. As long as he can keep up with my busy schedule and not be put off when I just don't have time for him. Kind of hard to meet good men in my line of work. Human males think I'm too powerful and youkai fear I might purify them if they piss me off." Rin giggled as she poured the water from the vegetables.

"We need to find you a good hanyou. They have enough strength to not feel threatened and purifying won't kill them, just leaves them human for a bit."

"Aren't hanyous rare?"

"Extremely. I haven't seen one in…..hmmm, a long long time. He would have been perfect too. Maybe you could try the personal ads."

"Right….I'd rather be single. It's a lot easier. So what are we having?"

"I have no idea. I sort of pulled stuff out and started cooking it. Pour some cheese sauce over it. Everything tastes good with cheese."

Kagome laughed and did as she was told.

"So what are we packing for tomorrow?" Kagome asked.

"Packing? Nothing."

"Nothing?"

"Weapons will be useless. They'll just get taken away and make people suspicious."

"How are we getting in?"

"Same way the victims do. That way they won't think we're anything but a couple of lost girls. Hmm, your virginity is gonna be a bit of a problem though. Good thing you're the miko, not me." The food stopped halfway to Kagome's mouth.

"Huh?"

"Humans are used for two things at the Centre-"

"The Centre?"

"That's what they call it. No one ever named it….or no one remembers."

"So what are humans used for?" Kagome asked, not sure she wanted to know the answer.

"Youkai behavior experiments and breeding," Rin said offhandedly. Kagome's stomach dropped and any appetite she might have had was gone.

"How do you know so much about the Centre?" Kagome asked quietly.

The brightness in Rin's eyes died out and she suddenly looked years older.

"I've been trying to get inside for years," she said, not choosing to elaborate. Kagome did not feel the need to pry. Whatever Rin's reason was, it was enough that the girl was willing to risk her life to get in.

The Centre

The girl was dropped where she lay bleeding, dead. He looked down at his blood covered claws without emotion. His mind was a fog. Why did these girls keep showing up? None of them were right. He could just tell. Death was all they could be to him. The door to the chamber opened and the youkai left without so much as a snarl.

"Another one broken," Kagura said with a sigh. "Honestly, is there any type we haven't tried on him?"

"Dog demons are a particularly choosy breed," Kanna said. "Naraku said he would be difficult."

Kagura watched the once proud inu-youkai on the monitor. Sesshoumaru had been one of the hardest youkai to catch, but like all the others once he'd been collared he was under their control. Unfortunately that control only went so far. It never controlled instinct. A dog demon's instinct was not to mate with a human. It was to kill them.

"If only his father was still alive. He was much more cooperative with humans….well one human anyway. It's so hard to capture good female youkai these days. Not that it matters. All Naraku wants are hanyous," Kagura said.

"There has not been a female inu-youkai in over two hundred years anyway," Kanna said, face expressionless. "We know they don't mix breeds."

"Why does Naraku want inu-hanyous anyway? He's got Inuyasha."

"It is not our place to question him," Kanna said, looking up at Kagura with her blank eyes.

"Just curiosity," Kagura mumbled.

"Make sure Sesshoumaru is punished," Kanna said as she picked up the video to take to Naraku.

"Don't I always?" Kagura snapped.

Why? Why does he want hanyous so bad? Why Sesshoumaru's offspring? What is so special about them?