Human Compensation

Kagome blinked in surprise. Sango knew her? Inuyasha was just as surprised. He marched over to stand beside Kagome and pointed a finger at her.

“You know this girl!?”

“Yes, we went to college together,” Sango said. “Inuyasha, what have you done to her?” Sango glared at Inuyasha again before walking to Kagome to untie her. “Kagome are you okay?”

“Don’t touch her! She maybe a friend of yours but I don’t trust her,” Inuyasha stood in front of Kagome to stop Sango. “She appears at my door and knows my name. I’ve never met this girl before in my life!”

“Who doesn’t know you? You’re notorious for your behavior at social gatherings from what I’ve heard.” Sango said. “Now if you don’t get out of my way and let me untie my best friend, then we’ll have to have our first fight and I don’t mean with words.”

“She could be a spy from our enemies, Sango. Think about it. She befriends you in college to learn information, follows you around and suddenly shows up at my door.”

“I don’t know why Kagome is here, but she is not a spy! Does she look like she could work for our enemies to you?”

Inuyasha glanced at Kagome. No, she didn’t. She looked very innocent and her scent had been pure, but he was too stubborn to give in so soon. “She’s just the type of person they need to break down our defense! She’s been doing things to me, manipulating my emotions, trying to control me since she came here. She’s a witch or some kind of demon. She’s dangerous Sango!”

“If anything happens I’ll take full responsibility for it,” Sango said pushing Inuyasha out of the way. She thought it was very strange for Kagome to come here too and wanted to know why she was here. She untied Kagome noticing Inuyasha hadn’t tied her tight enough to cause any bruises. Actually, Kagome could have easily escaped if she were indeed a spy. She glanced at Inuyasha and raised a questioning eyebrow.

Inuyasha said nothing. He just stood there with his arms crossed watching Kagome closely. He couldn’t seem to take his eyes off her. It was as if he had finally found someone he’d been searching for all his life. He growled low in his throat. He didn’t know this girl, had never seen her before in his life so why did it feel like she was a part of him? She must be a very powerful witch, although she looked like an angel sitting there in a white skirt and shirt. She was beautiful, he had to give her that and her scent was like a combination of fresh flowers and vanilla. She was also a virgin. Everything about this girl said innocent, purity and sweetness. She was too good to be true. She had to be a creation from their enemies.

“Kagome,” Sango kneeled on the floor in front of her. “Why are you here?” She asked softly.

Kagome looked into Sango eyes. She couldn’t find any accusation in those dark eyes. There was no judgment; only concern. She sighed with relief and threw her arms around Sango hugging her close.

“Sango, I’m so happy, you’re okay.” She knew she was causing confusion every time she opened her mouth, but she had never been the one to hold back her emotions. She was making a huge mess of things by spontaneously doing things that seemed suspicious to them and she couldn’t stop herself if she tried. If they had known the horror she’d witnessed in their past lives, they would have understood.

Sango let her hold her. Kagome didn’t seem like herself at all. There was no doubt that something had happened to her friend, but she didn’t think Kagome had purposely taken a part in it. If anything, she was probably forced.

“Why would I not be okay? Was something suppose to happen to me?” Sango asked as she gently rubbed Kagome’s back trying to soothe the crying girl. She decided not to question her for now when Kagome didn’t answer.

Inuyasha watched them completely confused and frustrated as to what was going on. He could smell the light salty scent of Kagome tears as she cried quietly on Sango’s shoulder. For some reason, that made him very pissed off. “What the hell are you crying about?” He yelled, not being able to take it anymore.

Sango felt Kagome jump from Inuyasha’s loud voice and she gave him another glaring look. She really didn’t like this guy. Already he was living up to his personality that others had told her about. Why did Sesshoumaru have to make her work for his stepbrother? She was beginning to think it would have been better to work for that perverted Miroku than this loud-mouth, impatient, rude dog youkai. At least, Miroku had been sort of charming and easy going, despite his wandering hands.

She waited patiently for Kagome to stop crying, then gently pulled away to look at her. “Kagome, what happened? It’s okay, you can tell me anything. We’re best friends remember? I won’t let Inuyasha hurt you. I’ve heard his bark is worse than his bite.”

Kagome wiped away her tears and stared at both of them. “You don’t know each other?” She asked.

“We just met,” Sango said. “How do you know Inuyasha?”

“She said she knew me from a past life. I don’t believe in that reincarnation, crap.” Inuyasha answered for Kagome.

“Will you be quiet and let her talk?” Sango asked completely annoyed at him.

“I…you’ll both think I’m crazy if I told you the truth,” Kagome said. She knew she had went about this the wrong way. If only she could have been more calm about the situation, instead of letting her feelings get the best of her, she could have thought of something believable for them. Then again, lying had never been Kagome’s best asset. Most people saw right through her whenever she tried.

“Too late for that,” Inuyasha mumbled.

“I guess it doesn’t matter now. Sango, how do I know you?” She knew the question sounded weird, but she had to know.

Sango sat down on the floor. “Did you forget, Kagome? We went to college together. We met our freshman year and we graduated together. You were always there for me even when I tried to push you away. We became very close friends in a short period of time. You even attended my father’s funeral with me.”

Kagome smiled. So, their friendship hadn’t changed much from their previous life. She was glad something stayed the same. “I remember,” she said softly.

“You were suppose to go work for Mr. Houshi today after I quit. Do you remember that? Did you go?”

Inuyasha raised an eyebrow at that. This girl was suppose to work for Miroku? She was becoming more suspicious by the minute.

“Yes,” Kagome said.

“How did it go?” Sango asked.

Kagome laughed a little. “After I slapped him, he played the good guy for the rest of the day. He probably didn’t want me to leave.”

Sango sighed, “I knew it. I told you not to work for him Kagome. It was the same reason why I left.”

“Yeah,” Kagome said. “So, are you working for Sesshoumaru?”

Inuyasha narrowed his eyes. “What exactly do you mean by that?”

“Is Sesshoumaru still the city’s mob leader?”

“Mob leader?!” Inuyasha and Sango said at the same time.

“Kagome, you think we work for the mob?” Sango asked.

“You don’t?” Kagome asked.

“No,” Sango said. “I think we should tell her.”

“Why?” Inuyasha asked.

“Because, this is my fault. Whatever happened to Kagome is because of my friendship with her. Something’s happened to her there’s no doubt about that. What it is, we don’t know, but we’ll have to keep her here until we find out. Either way, it doesn’t matter if she knows or not. She’s involved. Her entire life has already changed.”

“You have no idea,” Kagome said.

“All right fine. You won’t be going anywhere after tonight. You’re going to stay right here so I can keep an eye on you,” Inuyasha said. He stood in front of her and crossed his arms. Sango stood up beside him. “We’re part of a secret organization that works for the government,” he said seriously. Both had solemn expression on their face.

Kagome blinked, once, then twice. “Let me guess, you’re assassins for the government,” she said slowly.

“Technically, yes,” Sango said. She took a step back out of shock and confusion, along with Inuyasha, when Kagome fell into a fit of uncontrollable laughter.

Kagome couldn’t help herself. Maybe the stress had gotten to her, but the entire situation, how things had reversed, was quite laughable. She held her stomach and fell out of her seat to the floor still laughing.

“Oh gods,” Sango whispered. “What did they do to you, Kagome?”