A/N:

Well I published my third story. Yami said that it has a promising start. R&R! Please.

Declaration : I don't own Inuyasha or any other characters. Please don't sue.

Legend in general:

"..." - talking :

"..." - normal speach

"..." + bold- shouts

"..." + italic- reading out loud/ station talk/ radio/ TV/ music playing

'...' - thoughts :

' normal'- simple thoughts

' italic + bold' - diabolical / stressed

' italic + underline'- surprised

' italic'- mad

bold + underline ' - mind arguing/ mind screaming

' underline ' - conscience

If necessary more will come

Target

By Liany

Chapter 1: Fighting for life

It was a quiet night in spring, the sky was clear and the air was warm. It appeared to be a night like any other nights, nothing seamed out of place. He was enjoying the peaceful sound of the wind, walking down on one of the emptiest streets at that hour. The peace was slightly disturbed as fast foot steps came closer to him. Suddenly someone bumped into him, making his form stiff at the contact. Unfortunately for the one who bumped into him, the time for reaction was short, so he ended on the sidewalk with a loud bump. The man looked down at the one who disturbed his silent walk arching an eyebrow. His eyes widened as he watched a young woman rubbing her butt for a second, cursing under her breath in the meantime. In two seconds she was up on her feet, murmuring an apology and rushing by him. He looked after her, but she was already gone. He let out the breath he was unconsciously holding. Pain struck through his boy. His chest was hurting. Seeing that no one was around he unbuttoned his black shirt and looked at his bare chest. You could see a relatively large bruise forming. His eyes widened.

' Wow, only my brother managed to do that once, and this wench did it just by bumping into me?' he thought surprised. He buttoned his shirt and looked at his watch. ' Well my shift is done. I think I'll go hunting before I go home.' the man grinned, turned around and started walking in the direction the woman went.

She had just made it in time. The jewelery store was about to close when she entered through the gals door. The clerk looked at her and smiled.

" I thought you'll never show up." she said amused.

" I always get my job done. So don't insult me." she said half amused herself. The clerk leaned on the counter.

" Then lets see it."

" I could have swear you were gonna ask that." she smiled and handed the clerk the package. She opened it and looked at the wight-gold diamond necklace.

" In perfect shape, as all the deliveries you make." she smiled at the woman. " Here you go." she placed on the counter a credit card.

" You don't mind if I check it, now do you?"

" Of course not. You always do, so why bother?" she took the necklace to the back room and locked it in the safe. The other one took out of her pocked a device and run the credit card through it. It made a small sound and the credit card was empty. She put it back on the counter as the clerk came in the room. " Everything O.K. here?"

" Yes. But I need to ask you a small favor."

" Sure. What is it?" she asked putting aside the empty credit card and coming out from the back of the counter. The other one took her leather coat off and put it on the chair next to her.

" Can you put my shoulder back in place? Again?" she extended her right hand out.

" I thought I told you no fighting for the next three days. What happened this time?" she asked examining the bruise on the woman's shoulder.

" I bumped into a guy." she winked in pain as the other one put her shoulder back in place for the third time this week.

" Wow, he really must have had a well built boy to leave such a bruise. I can only imagine how big his is."

" Yeah." they laughed. " I guess I'll batter get home now." she took her coat and opened the door. " Nice to see you again." she waved good bye.

" Me too. Bye. And try to stay out of trouble for the next two days." she waved back and closed the door. The woman walked again on the lonely street.

' God, I'm running late.' he thought looking at the watch again. " Where the heck did that wench go off to?" he voiced his distress. A hint of a shadow caught his eye, it was going past the jewelery store. Walking in a cool manner he fallowed its direction.
To get home she had to go through that long and dark alee. She didn't really hate it but the fact that her shoulder was giving her some problems, she didn't feel like risking her life tonight. After a while of hearing footsteps fallowing her, she stopped.

" Can I help you with something?" she asked annoyed without turning. A dark laugh was heard. She turned and looked at the one that laughed and the ones he was with. " What are you doing here?" she asked getting crossed with every passing second.

" Oh, me and my friends here have a job to do." he grinned evilly. " To take care of you." she chuckled.

" You and what army?" he narrowed his eyes at her comment. At his signal three of the ones that were there charged at her. She took her defensive position and waited for them to be in her line of fire. One of them tried to strike her with a knife, but she easily dodged it and he got slammed to the nearest wall by the force of her kick. Another one tried to take her by surprise coming from her back. Unfortunately she was well aware of him and gave him a strong kick in the guts and a fierce punch under the chin that let him unconsciously on the ground. She quickly disposed of the third one as well, making him fly to the feet of his leader. She was done with them in only four minutes, making it the process a loud commotion and she wasn't even sweating.

' She's more stronger than I thought.' the leader known as Bankotsu narrowed his eyes again. He signaled for the other three to attack as he pulled out a gun from his jacket. With these ones she played a bit before letting them fall on the pavement unconscious. She was strategic, because she knew Bankotsu will never risk shooting one of his gang members by mistake, only to kill her.

A gun shoot was heard in the night. Its echo going back and forth through the empty ales. He run in the direction he heard it com from, careful not to be noticed. He went along the wall and listened.
" The 'Leader' is very pissed off, because of you." she chuckled.

" I truly hope so. I went through a lot of trouble to hear that and it was all worth it." she grinned.

" How dare you defy him?" he asked with anger in his voice.

" Easy. I always defied him, like I always did to you." she grinned.

" You."

" Don't worry. I'll deal with him later. Wright after I kill you!" she shouted and stormed at him.

Another gun shoot was heard along with a cry of pain. He looked around the corner, his gun in his hand ready to fire. The woman was down on her knees and one hand, that seamed to have a special glove which had some kind of dagger attached to it, while the other one was trying desperately to stop the heavy bleeding that came from the wounds in her abdomen. The man laughed, grabbing the gun with the left hand, because the right was pressing on the wound in his chest near his heart, and pointing it to her forehead.

" You won't get that chance." the man though of this being his only chance what so ever and shouted, pointing the gun towards Bankotsu's head.

" Freeze Bankotsu!" he looked at the one that interrupted him and narrowed his eyes before turning to the woman again.

" I'll be back for you." the woman collapsed in the big puddle of blood underneath her. The guy found that as a once in a lifetime opportunity and split, before the other one had time to do something.

" Damn!" he cursed under his breath and rushed over to her. He felt her pulse. It was weak but still there. " Western Lands, this is Hanyou, do you read me?" he said in the radio station as he used only one hand to turn her over. She was covered in blood but he knew exactly where she had been shoot from the amount of blood that was coming from under her hand. He quickly took off his shirt and pressed on the wound, trying to stop or at least slow down the heavy bleeding. " Western Lands, this is Hanyou, do you read me, dammit?" he asked frantically.

" No need for cursing. We read you, Hanyou. What's the situation?"

" I need an ambulance. One of our own and make it snappy, it's a fucking emergence!" he shouted into the station.

" Request granted. What's your position?"

" Thirteenth street in sector D."

" Rodger. I'm transferring you to the ambulance."

" Just hurry up there!" he rolled his eyes. ' Stupid procedures, who the hell needs them?'

" What's going on, Inuyasha?" the doctor in the ambulance asked, bringing him out of his thoughts.

" I've got a female, around twenty two, double gun shoot in the abdomen, a weak pulse, heavy breathing, a lung might be hit." he said examining the sings.

" Got that, we'll be right there."

" I can hear you." he said more for himself then for any other.

" Western Lands here."

" Spill."

" The old tai-youkai asked why you requested a special ambulance."

" Put the call on privacy."

" Permission granted."

" What is the meaning of this Hanyou?" a powerful voice was heard.

" The victim singlehanded took out six of the Shichinin-tai gang."

" And the leader?" he asked curious.

" Got away. Send a wagon for the ones that I've got here. Over."

" Agreed. Go with the victim to the shrine. Taijiya and Houshi will deal with them."

" Thank you. Over and out." as the discussion ended a wagon arrived from one side of the alee and the ambulance from the other. Jinenji, the doctor on the ambulance run to him with an emergence kit in his hand, with the nurse fallowing close by, with a stretcher.

" How on earth do you manage to be the only one that gives me serious cases?" the doctor asked rhetorical. Inuyasha just narrowed his eyes at him. Yeah, it was true. He always got the special ambulance when it was expected a miracle. From the wagon a man and a woman came and looked at the sight.

" Holy shit!" exclaimed the man by the cod name Houshi.

" She did this? But that's impossible!" the woman continued for him. Inuyasha turned and shoot them a death glare. " Oh, right!" she pushed her partner away from the angry looks of Inuyasha. They handcuffed the Shichinin-tai members and went on their, as Jinenji and Inuyasha got the wounded woman into the ambulance, trying everything in their power to keep her alive. Because of her serious state the driver made it to the shrine in record time. He figured that if this woman was so good it would be better to have her on their side. As the ambulance parked the woman was taken straight into surgery.

A/N:

Well that's the first chapter of my third story. Please Review!