InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Shadow ❯ Unwanted Fate and Task ( Chapter 1 )

A/N: Yay! I'm back again! I dumped the idea of taking a break in writing fanfics… Inuyasha is too tempting to write. So this is my first AU fic, be nice. -smiles- As usual, this is definitely Inu/Kag with hints of Mir/San on the sides. Kikyou is a lot nicer in this fanfic, to compensate with her character in my other fanfic, Stay… Hope you enjoy reading!

 

Disclaimer: Again, I don't own Inuyasha. -sigh- I still need more money to buy him… yeah, right…

 

 

 

 

Chapter 1

Unwanted Fate and Task

 

 

 

 

 

“You're what?!”

Kikyou didn't lift her head to look at Inuyasha but instead, continued to rummage her files for a certain folder. “I said I'm giving you another case.” She told him calmly.

Inuyasha glared at the black-haired girl who stood just in front of him. “I thought you were giving me a break with this protection shit?!” He asked, slamming a fist on the surface of the table. “Do you know how much you're paying me for the job?!” He added.

She turned slowly, pulled out the chair and sat on it gracefully. “I'm paying you adequately, Inuyasha.” She replied, looking like she was talking to a little kid to make him understand something.

Her face was always relaxed, Inuyasha had never seen Kikyou Hijima, leader and owner of Solferis, get angry even though he was shouting at her deliberately. That was one of the things that made her mysterious and interesting to him. Pushing his thoughts aside, he continued the war. “Enough, my ass!” He scoffed. “I'm being underpaid here!”

“No, you're not.” She glared at him.

“Yes, I am.” He leaned on the table to return the glare—ten times greater.

Knock! Knock!

“Move.” Kikyou muttered, her eyes connected with Inuyasha.

Inuyasha smirked but didn't move. “I don't feel like moving.” He said.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

“Are you trying me?”

`No,' Inuyasha thought at the back of his mind. `More like I'm seducing you.'  He just shrugged at her, still wearing that smug smirk on his lips.

“Move, Agent Inuyasha Tsuzuki, or I'm going to wipe that smirk off your face and move you myself.” Kikyou warned, her solid brown eyes promised Inuyasha that he would be maimed terribly if he didn't follow her order.

Holding her gaze for a few more seconds, he finally gave up. “Keh! As always, you get what you want!” He pouted and roughly dropped to the chair nearest to Kikyou's table.

Kikyou gave Inuyasha one last look that could be translated as `Behave.' and looked at the door. “Come in.” She said.

“Finally you let me in!” A young man that was about eighteen or nineteen, another Solferis agent, came in, carrying a stack of folders. “Actually, you guys should have posted a sign outside that says `No Visitors For Now. Quite Busy.' if you didn't want any interruptions.” He smiled knowingly at Inuyasha and Kikyou as he walked towards Kikyou's table.

“Cut the crap and give me the files, Miroku.” Kikyou sighed exasperatedly.

“Inuyasha is being a jerk as usual?” Miroku guessed, judging the thin line on Kikyou's lips and Inuyasha's pout. He placed the pile of folders on the smooth table and sat on the chair opposite Inuyasha's.

“Yeah, pretty much.” Kikyou agreed and went to check on some of the files Miroku brought in.

“And she's being bossy as usual.” Inuyasha added, sulking even more and placing his chin on top of his palm.

“You mean she gave you another mission?” Miroku said in disbelief, looking at Inuyasha sympathetically. “So what happens to the American miko you were guarding before?” He looked at Inuyasha curiously. “Don't tell me Hell's Gate got her?! You just had that case for a week!”

“Of course not! She was my first case and you expect me to blow it up?! No way!” Inuyasha Tsuzuki was one of the top agents in Solferis and therefore, he had a reputation to keep. He never failed any mission—whether that was recovering an important document, recapturing a hostage, assisting a fellow agent or protecting a miko. Never.

Kikyou closed the folder she was reading and looked at Miroku. “Inuyasha didn't fail the job, the girl's father didn't want Inuyasha doing the job.” She explained.

“Keh! Good! I didn't want to hang around with his daughter anyway.” Inuyasha sneered, folding his arms arrogantly in front of him.

“Why didn't he want Inuyasha in the job? Didn't you mention to him that Inuyasha is one of our top agents and he is the most competent candidate for the task?” Miroku couldn't believe that Inuyasha was actually taken out of his first protection case.

“Keh! I'm sure it's all about my age! Old people always assume that older people are better.” He shook his head in disapproval. “Or maybe he doesn't want a hanyou protecting his beloved daughter.” He was used to that treatment. Many people thought of him as a worthless weak bastard but he didn't care. It was their loss not his. He knew better than those fools.

“Probably a little of both,” said Kikyou, shrugging. But deep inside, her heart somewhat felt pity for Inuyasha. He didn't deserve such sufferings. “Anyway, it's their choice and we have to comply—”

“Comply?!” Inuyasha argued, eyes burning with rage. “Why do we have to comply?! We're practically saving them and they don't pay a single cent for our services!”

“Inuyasha, that is the rule in this organization and you know it. We do not work here to get money.” Kikyou said, taking hold of a pen and writing down something on a piece of paper. “Besides, I'm paying you, right?”

“Keh! Whatever.”

Kikyou sighed and pulled out the black folder she had been looking for a while ago. “With that aside, here's your new case.” She handed the folder to Inuyasha but Inuyasha simply looked at it, not making any move to get it from her. “Well?” She said.

“Well what?” Inuyasha said, looking back to her face. “I told you I'm not taking another case—well, not yet. I need a break!” He glanced at the folder then said, “Give that case to someone else.”

“But you're the only one fit for this job! You're the youngest available at the moment!” Kikyou said, trying to convince Inuyasha. She needed to persuade Inuyasha in this one. This girl was very important. `She'll be of great use to Hell's Gate if they get her.' She thought.

“If you need someone young, why don't you put Miroku on the case? He's only eighteen after all.” Inuyasha reasoned out even though he knew what Kikyou was going to say about it. What could he do? He really didn't want to work at the moment.  

Kikyou raised an eyebrow at Inuyasha. “Put Miroku on the case? Are you crazy? He'll be out of the job before he can even start it! You know how his hands move when they see someone of the opposite sex.”

“Hey! You're exaggerating things! I don't do that to everyone in the opposite sex!” Miroku said, looking offended by her words. “I don't do it to you!” He added defensively.

`Well for good reasons,' thought Inuyasha, mentally smirking. `You know I'll kill you when you do that to Kikyou.'

“Of course you don't,” said Kikyou with a confident smile. “You know I'll kill you when you do that. And I forgot, of course you spare the women old enough to be your grandmother from your lecherous hands.”

Miroku sighed. “Okay, I lose.” He said, raising both hands in surrender and standing up. “I'll leave the two of you to discuss matters.”

“Before you go, take this.” Kikyou handed him the paper she had been writing on and a blue folder. “Give this to Myouga, he'll be in charge of Mayuki Kido from now on.” She said.

Miroku took them and patted Inuyasha's shoulder lightly. “Inuyasha, you won't win against her, I'm telling you.”

“Thanks for the encouragement,” said Inuyasha dryly, looking peeved at Miroku.

“No problem!” He answered, loving the way Inuyasha looked. Now he wondered what would Inuyasha's next case look like…

Kikyou returned her gaze to Inuyasha after Miroku had gone. “Inuyasha, come on. You have to take this case.” She was looking at him expectantly.

“What if I don't?” Inuyasha asked, challenging Kikyou with his words.

“You really don't want the case, do you?” She said, looking back at him seriously.

“Of course not! Seriously, I'm dying to have it!” He replied with full sarcasm.

“If you're not taking it,” She paused, took a deep breath and let it out slowly. “I'm going to fire you.” She said solemnly.

Those magic words always worked with Inuyasha. Of course he didn't want to be fired. Not that he loved doing his job, that wasn't it. It was because of Kikyou. If Kikyou fired him, he wouldn't be able see her again. He didn't know how everything started. The first time he entered Solferis, he wasn't really interested in her but then, all of a sudden she became closer to him. The next thing he knew was that he already liked Kikyou—only thing was, she didn't seem to notice him.

Inuyasha sighed as he ran his clawed hand over his silvery white hair. “Why do you always get what you want?” He muttered, grabbing the folder she was offering to him.

“Maybe because I'm the boss here and you're my agent?” Kikyou said, smiling a little. She knew Inuyasha wouldn't turn her down.

Inuyasha looked up to her and made sure his eyes were connected with hers. “No… it's not that…”

“Why don't you just open the folder and read about your new case?” She immediately changed the course of their conversation. It was always like that when Inuyasha was about to say something to Kikyou. Kikyou never paid attention to him—or didn't want to pay attention to him.

Inuyasha sighed but looked down at the folder he was holding. He was about to open it when he looked back at Kikyou and said, “How about that wolf, Kouga? He can take the job.” Kouga was his rival in Solferis but he was willing to give the job to him just so he could take a break.

Kikyou's brown eyes narrowed at Inuyasha. “He has his own charge, Inuyasha.” She answered impassively.

“How about Ginta?”

“Not available.”    

“Hiro?”

“No.”

“Um, Miyu?”

“She's still out doing her mission.”

“So there's no one left?” He said gloomily, ears drooping miserably.

“Yeah, no one but you.” Kikyou told him, putting her hands together on top of her desk.

“Fine,” said Inuyasha, finally opening the black folder. His eyes widened for a moment at the sight of the picture of his new charge. “Do you want to get rid of me that bad?” He asked, growling, as he glared at Kikyou. 

Kikyou looked at Inuyasha with confusion on her face. “What are you talking about?” She asked him.

Inuyasha took the picture from the folder and placed it on the table. “I'm talking about her!” He said, standing up from his chair and pointing a finger to the picture.

Kikyou knew why Inuyasha was angry but she didn't think he would be that angry. She glanced at the picture then back to Inuyasha's stormy amber eyes. “It isn't my fault that she looks like me.” She said softly.

“Then why give her to me?!” He demanded. `Do you hate me? Don't you want me near you? Tell me, Kikyou!' His mind was full of questions but his mouth didn't know how to form the words to deliver them.

“She needs you, Inuyasha. Hell's Gate will be after her too…” She started.

“I don't fucking care about her! Why do you keep pushing me away?” His eyes showed pain and Kikyou could clearly see that.

“I'm not pushing you away.” She said sincerely, hoping that Inuyasha would stop thinking that way. “It's just that… we have a mission to protect all mikos… You have to protect her, Inuyasha… It's your duty as an agent of Solferis.”

Inuyasha's heart calmed when Kikyou said that she wasn't pushing him away. Somehow, he felt she was telling him the truth. He looked again at the picture. Same brown eyes. Same black hair although Kikyou's hair was much longer and straighter. Same nose. Same lips. If he didn't know Kikyou, he would have said that they were twins. He shifted his eyes to her and sighed. “She's still not you…” He said, hoping that Kikyou understood the meaning of those words.

“I know…” She said, smiling softly at Inuyasha. Inuyasha didn't know but he was one of the few people who could make Kikyou Hijima smile. “I'm not telling you to see her as me.” She added.

“Good.” Inuyasha took the picture and returned it inside the folder. `I don't plan to see her that way too.' He thought to himself. “When will I start?” He asked her.

“Tomorrow. I'm going to arrange things so you can study at her school.” Kikyou told him.

“Okay,” replied Inuyasha. “I'll be here at around six in the morning.”

“That will be perfect.”

Inuyasha turned his back and started to leave when Kikyou called him again. He stopped on his tracks and looked over his shoulder, waiting for what Kikyou had to say.

“Be nice to her, Inuyasha.” She said.

“Keh! Why the hell do I need to do that?!” Inuyasha asked.

“Because you've got to earn her trust!” She answered.

“I don't need her trust! I just have to make sure she doesn't fall into the hands of Hell's Gate, that's all!” He said and continued to walk towards the door.

“Inuyasha!”

“This is pure business, Kikyou. Trust is not needed.” He said before closing the door behind him. He opened the folder again and took a quick scan at the miko's profile.

Name: Kagome Higurashi

Birthdate: September 8, 1988

Age: 16 years old

Home Address: Higurashi Shrine 2145 Kumikoro Street, Tokyo, Japan

School: Takedo High School

Blood type: O

For the first time, Inuyasha was glad to have this new case. `At least, I'll still be staying in Japan this time…' He thought and went home to his apartment. He needed a good rest, he would be having a terrible day ahead of him. He knew it was coming.

  

“Wow… She does look so much like Kikyou.” Miroku observed, looking at the miko's picture while Inuyasha read more about his charge.

“I know that already!” Inuyasha whined, unable to focus on what he was reading. “What the hell are you doing here anyway?!”

“Obviously, I'm waiting for Kikyou.” He answered, still holding the miko's picture. “I can't believe there's a miko at the age of sixteen. She's the youngest I've seen so far. Miko auras are supposed to be developed at the age of around nineteen to twenty. Weird, huh?” He glanced at Inuyasha who was still busy finishing his reading. 

“Yeah, very weird.” He muttered, eyes not straying from the paper.

“She's just two years younger than Kikyou.” He continued, putting the picture down on the table. “You know, you can just forget about Kikyou and go for this girl. After all, they look so much alike.”

Inuyasha had gotten more than enough. He clenched his fist and sent it crashing down the nearest object he could smash—the expensive desk that Kikyou had bought from Paris. “You know I hate it when people tell me what to do so don't do it.” He growled, glaring at him threateningly.

The door suddenly opened and revealed Kikyou, dressed in her favorite formal red business suit. “I think you can continue the fight after we finish business. I don't want any blood in my office.” She said, marching towards her chair. “Now, let's start.” She looked at the large damage on her table then looked at Inuyasha. “You're going to be studying at Takedo High School from now on. Uniforms and other school things will be given to you later by Yura. You'll also get the things you'll be needing like weapons and communication devices from her. Same procedures will apply, you can't reveal too much information except to your charge. You'll be living in her house and you are also the one to tell her family about the situation. You are to report to me every six hours at the maximum. From now on, you'll be around Kagome Higurashi twenty-four seven. Understood?”

Inuyasha gave a nod.

“No questions?” Kikyou asked.

“What's Miroku doing here?” Inuyasha asked, pointing to Miroku with an irked expression on his face.

“Since you insist that Miroku should be put in the job, I'm making him your assistant. However, he's just going to go to school and other places. He's not going to live with the Higurashis.” She explained to Inuyasha. “I don't want the girl traumatized to go to sleep with Miroku lurking in her house.”

“It's not like I'm going to sneak on her bed!” Miroku defended himself.

Silence. Inuyasha was staring at him with an arched eyebrow and Kikyou had rolled her eyes.   

Miroku sighed. Why was he always treated that way? “Anyway, let's get going Inuyasha. We'll be late for school.” He stood up and headed for the exit.

Inuyasha also rose from his chair and mumbled to himself, “Great. Now I have two charges: a lecherous jerk and an annoying miko. This is going to be one hell of a mission…” He placed his forehead on his hand and massaged it lightly. He was sure to have a headache very soon…

 

“I'm leaving!” Kagome called out as she closed the door. It was a bright Monday morning and she was feeling great. She smiled brightly as she walked her way towards Takedo High School. She could feel it, something good was about to happen to her that day.

`Maybe I'll get a perfect score in Math today!' She thought happily to herself. `Or maybe I'll be able to meet the guy of my dreams!' She blushed lightly at the thought. `Whatever it is, I'm sure I'm going to be happy today!'

 

Kagome entered the familiar classroom and sat on her chair, which was near to the window. Her classroom was situated at the third floor of the building so she could see a lot of view through the window. She always looked at the window when her classes began to bore her.

“Good morning, Kagome!”

She looked beside her and found out that Sango, her best friend, had arrived. “Good morning, Sango!” She greeted with a warm smile.

Sango smiled back. “Have you heard the news?” She asked, looking excited about something.

“News about what?” Kagome took a seat and looked at Sango curiously.

“There are new students coming today!” Sango said merrily. “And they're going to be our classmates!”

Kagome smiled a little. “That's nice…” She said. `I wonder if they're—' Her thoughts were cut when the door opened and the students came rushing in.

“Miss Homura is coming!” Someone shouted. The students scrambled to return to their places and stood straight, waiting for the entrance of their teacher.

Kagome looked quizzically at the girls standing just in front of her as they continued to giggle and talk in hushed but still audible voices.

“Oh my!!! He's so gorgeous! He just winked at me a while ago! I thought I was going to faint!”

“Have you seen his ears?! They're so cute!!!”

“Did you see that cool white hair?! He's so hot!!!”

“I hope he sits beside me!!!”

“Do you think he'll get my number later?”

“I think he'll invite me to eat lunch with him later!!!”

Kagome rolled her eyes and looked away from the crazy girls talking in front of her. `What the hell happened to those girls?!' She wondered. `And ears? What ears?'

The door opened again and their teacher, Miss Homura, entered. She was a slim woman with an average height that had warm green eyes. Her brown hair was always tied back with a black ribbon. Kagome's eyes wandered from her teacher then to the two boys that followed her. One of the boys caught her full attention. He had snow-white hair that fell up to his knees, piercing golden amber eyes and fuzzy dog ears.

`Wait! Dog ears?!' She blinked her eyes and looked again. The fuzzy white triangles still remained at the top of his head. `Hanyou?!' Kagome had returned her attention to their teacher that she didn't see that Inuyasha's gaze was on her. 

“Good morning! Everyone please take your seats.” Miss Homura started. “We have two new students and they will be belonging to this class from now on. Gentlemen, would you mind introducing yourselves?”

Miroku smiled kindly and began introducing himself. Kagome knew almost immediately from the way he smiled that he was the one who winked at those swooning girls ahead of her. Short black hair and cool deep purple eyes, he wasn't a boy that would have a hard time catching a girl's attention. 

“I'm Miroku Machida. I am eighteen years old. I am glad to meet all of you and I hope that we become good friends.” He gave out another killer smile that made almost all of the girls blush, faint or both.

Kagome looked at Sango and they both rolled their eyes—but not before Kagome caught a tinge of pink on Sango's cheeks.

“Next?” Miss Homura looked at Inuyasha with a smile.

Inuyasha ignored the smile and went on with the introduction. “Inuyasha Tsuzuki, seventeen years old. Not so glad to meet all of you but I don't have any choice.” He said with dead serious eyes. “And yeah, I'm a hanyou. Don't worry, I don't eat people—yet.” Inuyasha smirked at the faces of his new classmates. Most of them were shocked, some tried to smile and tried to see it as a new student prank but what caught his eyes was the miko's expression. She was glaring fiercely at him, like fire was burning in her eyes. Inuyasha only smirked even more. `This is going to be interesting…'

“Inuyasha! What do you think were you doing?!” Miroku whispered to Inuyasha, glowering at the hanyou beside him.

“I was introducing myself, moron.” He replied in a low voice, still looking at the miko who looked so much like Kikyou. He had seen Kikyou's glares several times but that girl's glare was different—it was nothing like Kikyou's. The leader of Solferis' glares were scorching like the embers of hell but hers were like hell itself—not just the flames, hers came with the devil that made him shiver to the bones.

“Um… so let's start our lesson!” The teacher finally broke the ice and returned some of the previous atmosphere inside the classroom. “Machida, you can sit at the back of Kaito and Tsuzuki you can—”

“I want to sit behind that girl.” Inuyasha stated with determination, pointing to Kagome.  

Miss Homura managed another small smile—this time a little nervous—and said in a meek voice, “Uh, sure. You can sit wherever you want.”

“Keh!” Inuyasha went to walk to his chair, not looking at any of the students inside the room. He could feel that the whole class was staring at him but he ignored it.

“You could have asked nicely.” Miroku muttered under his breath before he sat down on the chair behind Sango and beside Inuyasha.

“Since when was I nice?” He said, taking a seat on his own chair.

“Never mind.” Inuyasha heard Miroku reply. Finally, their conversation was through. `And now, here's the miko I have to protect…Let's see how tough she is… Kagome Higurashi… Keh! Annoying bitch!'

Kagome could feel Inuyasha's eyes on her back. `Argh!!! I can't believe this idiot is sitting right behind me! Why do I have to be the one to suffer? Someone help me!!!'

 

Kagome waited for the lunch bell anxiously. `Come on! Ring! Ring! Ring!' She repeatedly chanted in her mind. She slowly turned her head to take a glance at Inuyasha. She quickly spun her head back and looked back at the blackboard. `Argh!!! He's still wearing that annoying smirk!!!' She screamed mentally.

Inuyasha was enjoying the way he was infuriating the little miko sitting in front of him. Just by sitting behind her, he knew that she was more than annoyed. When she turned to steal a glance of him, Inuyasha quickly caught her and smirked. `How can I not catch her?! Stupid wench!' He thought, smiling to himself. `Now, let's see how many times I can annoy this miko…'

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggg!!!!!!!!!! !

`Finally!' Kagome quickly stood up and took Sango's hand. “Come on, Sango! Let's go to the canteen!” She said, not looking behind her. Just before she could reach the door…

“Higurashi?”

“Yes, Miss Homura?” Kagome paused to look at her teacher.

“Since you're the president of the class, would you please give our two new students a tour around the school after eating your lunch?” Miss Homura asked.

Inuyasha loved the way the expression on Kagome's face changed from being cheerful and relieved to horrified, like she had just seen Death and it said to her, `I'm going to take you now, Kagome.'

“Um, sure, Miss Homura.” Kagome heard herself say before she could even stop herself from saying the dreadful words that were bound to make her day a living hell.

“Good then.” Kagome didn't hear Miss Homura's last words before she left the room because she was busy glaring at Inuyasha.

Inuyasha held that glare as he approached Kagome and her friend. He smirked at her and said, “Hello, wench.”

Kagome didn't know why she did it but the moment Inuyasha said those words to her, she knew she had had enough. She would never come near Inuyasha Tsuzuki for the rest of her life. Before anyone could say another word, she ran outside to escape a living nightmare.

  

    

    

 

  

 

       

  

A/N: Great first meeting, right? Clash of Inuyasha and Kagome gets more intense next chapter! I love reviews, don't be shy to give me one!