Target Acquired by DemonQueen17

Target Acquired

Disclaimer: Inuyasha is not mine nor do I make money off it. Only Yukio is. Damn!

Note: This is my response to R0o-r0o’s GM Challenge. In this, Kagome is a highly trained assassin who usually works. This time, she has a partner. The target: Sesshomaru Taisho. Hopefully, I can get this in on time.

Target Acquired

Kagome stood over a large pile of ash, the remains of her latest target. She had to admit that she was a very hard opponent to defeat; Kagura, wind witch and the daughter of the late Naraku Onigumo, was powerful when she was angry. This night, she was looking for revenge for her father’s assassination. Somehow, the wind witch learned about Kagome’s involvement in his death and wanted revenge. Although Kagura had many years of combat training and was proficient at integrating her manipulation of the wind with martial arts moves, Kagome had purifying reiki at her disposal. She channeled her reiki into any weapon she used, including guns, knives and projectiles.

Unfortunately for the daughter of Naraku, the assassin was trained from the time she learned how to walk by her father as well as a friend of the family, a dark kitsune by the name of Yukio, who eventually became her employer.

The battle was a long one, a battle of reiki and wind. One would think that Kagome would have tired much sooner than Kagura. However, she underwent many endurance drills in her rigorous training. After what seemed like an eternity, Kagome wore Kagura down and with one large burst of her reiki, Kagome gave her a one-way ticket to the afterlife alongside her father.

Looking back, the miko assassin sighed and wished it hadn’t come to this. She actually hated killing, even though it was necessary at times. Shrugging, Kagome returned home. After all, she was human and needed a good night’s rest. Little did she know someone kept tabs on the entire battle from a safe distance.

Meanwhile, Yukio purred with satisfaction as he listened to report over the phone. “Excellent. I shall make arrangements for Kagome-chan’s next target. Very well…I’m sure this target will prove rather interesting, much interesting than Kagura Onigumo. However, as skilled as she is, she will need a partner. I’ll inform of all the details. Until then.” With that, the dark kitsune hung up the phone. He had several other calls to make as he had just the partner in mind.

Somewhere at a gentlemen’s club, a tall leggy waitress entered the VIP section with drinks on a tray. She set the drinks onto the table before she was pulled onto a bigwig’s lap. The waitress really wanted to gut this high and mighty bastard, however that would blown her cover. She giggled and whispered sweet nothings in his ear, boosting his ego. As the night went on, the bigwig took sips of his drink while flirting with the waitress. She smiled as he completely consumed his drink. The waitress then took the empty glass.

Little did the bigwig know that his drink was laced with a slow-acting poison. By the time she returned, the bigwig was slumped over on the velvet couch, his bodyguards desperately trying to revive. However, it was too late as the bigwig had died.

The bodyguards saw her return and realized that she was responsible for their boss’ death. Before they could even blink, they also met their end at the waitress’ hands. It turns out that the waitress was actually an assassin who specialized in hand-to-hand combat, assorted weapons, and a poisons expert. Pleased with her work, she texted her employer, ‘TARGET ELIMINATED’. Within seconds, she received a text message reply, ‘EXCELLENT. RETURN TO BASE.’ She changed out of her waitress’ uniform into a matte black catsuit, grabbed her weapons that she hid under a cushion in the VIP couch and slipped out the back door, heading home.

Kagome returned home in a mood for a relaxing bath. “Finally, I can relax.”

Mr. Higurashi sensed his daughter. “Ah, Kagome, I take it you completed your latest mission.”

The miko assassin sighed as she hated talking about her job, even though she excelled at it. “Yeah, she was a hard one to take down. Kagura put up one hell of a fight. She really wore me out.”

“I see. Well, dinner’s on the stove as I’m sure you must be hungry.”

“Thanks. I’ll be upstairs taking a bath.”

Mr. Higurashi nodded. He may not have outwardly shown it, but he was proud of his daughter. She was one of the most powerful miko of her generation and a well-trained assassin at the same time. She eliminated almost every target with ease. However, he felt that she needed a challenge and that it was time that she settled down. Hopefully, his good friend Yukio had a target that would be an excellent challenge, a true match for her. He would have to speak with the dark kitsune.

Kagome sighed as she relaxed in the tub, thinking about her future. She truly felt that she couldn’t be an assassin forever, feeling that pretty soon, her job would catch up with her. Perhaps, she took her job a little too seriously. The miko knew she wanted to settle down and have a family of her own. Her job was the reason she never had a steady boyfriend growing up. With her miko and combat training, there was no room for a social life. During her teenage years, she could only recall having one boyfriend; Hojo.

She had only dated him for a few months before his father’s job relocated and he had to move. Since then, she focused all her time on her education and training. There were other assassins who started at an early age as she had; Sango and her brother Kohaku specialized in weapons, hand to hand combat. The older sister of the pair also specialized in poisons and took her younger brother under her wing. After all, they did come from a long line of slayers.

Shippo, a kitsune and kin to Yukio and his mate Rin specialized in espionage while Kouga and his mate Ayame were excellent assassins and trackers as they were ookami youkai. All were trained by Yukio himself. At least they had social lives. However, they never slacked off in their training. Alas, that was another story.

Meanwhile, Sango returned home, finding Kohaku meditating in the middle of the living room. She could tell he had a long training session with their father. Smiling, she headed to the kitchen where dinner was on the stove. With a growling stomach, she warmed up her dinner in the microwave.

As she ate, a text message came in. Sango’s eyes widened as she read it. ‘YOUR NEXT TARGET: SESSHOMARU TAISHO’.

Kagome exited the tub as her phone buzzed, a text message. The miko entered her bedroom and fainted as she finished reading it. ‘YOUR NEXT TARGET: SESSHOMARU TAISHO’.

TBC

Hope you like the beginning of this new story. There will be more. Later ^_^