AN: As always, I do not own the characters.

After the lock clicked into place, Kagome found herself sliding down the door. What in the world am I going to do about this? Why did he need to get involved so close to the mission being over?

Running her hands through her bangs, she grabbed her laptop before walking over to the couch. Booting up her computer, which I just got to shut down for the day, she grumbled to herself, she connected to the VPN. Within seconds, her screen showed her good friend Sango's annoyed face.

"What did you do this time, Higurashi?" Sango snarked.

Kagome sighed, pulling at the ends of her hair. "It wasn't my fault this time!" she whined. "My neighbor suddenly came over to ask me on a date and he was a little too…intuitive. I had to Men in Black him." She heard the sound of clacking keys as Sango pulled up Kagome's comprehensive report about her apartment complex. When the sound of the keyboard stopped, Kagome looked up again.

"We're talking about Koga, right? Is he your guy?" Sango asked, voice lilting.

Kagome rolled her eyes, "I wouldn't necessarily say he's my guy, but he is the guy. Can we just focus on identifying action items to ensure proper 14-9-24 procedure?"

Sango paused from reviewing the report to look up at her monitor, concern apparent on her face. "Yeesh, Kagome, do you actually like this guy or something? The only time you use technical jargon is when you're unsettled."

Slumping, Kagome grumbled, "It's not that I'm interested, I—I just want this mission to be over."

Sango nodded sympathetically. "I know, dude, we all want to catch this guy and move on. I can't believe you've been on this assignment for-" she paused to check the paperwork "damn, 49 weeks. No wonder you're ready to bounce."

"So, next steps are…?" Kagome trailed off, trying to get her friend back on track.

"Well, if you used the perfume and the lipstick, you should be good to go. File an incident report that we can send to HQ and you should be good to go."

Kagome nodded wearily at her screen. I hate paperwork. God damn it, this is going to take all night. "Got it. Thanks, Sango. Logging of—"

"Kagome," Sango interrupted, "hang in there. You're one of our top agents and we need you to keep up morale. You are so close to catching this son of a bitch."

Kagome sighed, "I know, I know. Thanks for the pep talk, Sango. Hopefully you won't hear from me again before the mission is over."

"But if I do…" Sango began.

"Yeah, yeah, I owe you big time gummy worms. Don't worry, dude, I know what you like." Kagome finished with a grin.

Sango flashed a grin back. "You know it. Logging off."

Kagome shut her laptop before standing up to survey her apartment. Looks like there is no trace of Koga. No reason for him to come by, thank goodness. So I guess this means—she smiled brilliantly—I can be reunited with my true love. Bed!

Shuffling over to her room, Kagome flung open the door before swiftly summersaulting into bed. Sleep quickly claimed her, with thoughts of Koga far from her mind.

AN: Thank you for reading! Let me know your thoughts and any guesses you have about the turns the story will take.