Alright, first chapter! I know the title is stupid..but my sister told me to use it and I guess I couldn't come up with anything better. Oh well... I hope you enjoy the story. :)

Guns and Roses

Chapter One-

Inuyasha yawned loudly and stretched out on his favorite branch. The day was progressing slowly. Puffy white clouds drifted lazily across the azure sky, butterflies fluttered merrily amongst the flowers. A lark warbled nearby on a branch. Inuyasha huffed. The beautiful serenity of the day was making him sick. "Damn..." He rolled over onto his back and sighed. Even the little runt's annoying rambles would be more entertaining than watching the entire day go by in a tree. Shippo and the others were in the village visiting the old hag, otherwise known as Lady Keade. Normally Inuyasha would have hung around with them, but today he was feeling rather irate towards the group of jewel hunters.

Kagome had gone home to her world down the well once again, leaving him alone with absolutely nothing to do until she returned. Miroku had tried persuading Inuyasha into taking some time off, namely offering his services to Lady Keade as she watched the village children for a few hours that morning. The idea seemed pretty stupid to Inuyasha, he'd never been good with kids. Most times his demonic appearance would unintentionally scare them away and then the crying would start...

So there he was, hiding the day away in a tree while Kagome absence gnawed away at his patience. Sitting up, Inuyasha cracked his back loudly, relishing the pops down his spine. There had to be something better to do than this...maybe a trip to Kagome's world? The girl often spoke of a school where she went during her absences. It had crossed his mind a few times to go see this school for himself someday; Kagome spent so much time there, so it had to be a place worth visiting. There was also a matter that had been bothering him for some time. In all the times he had gone to retrieve Kagome, never once did she offer to show him around Tokyo. The village he'd come to know in the future was so strange, it hardly seemed possible that humans could even construct such a city full of magical wonders.

Inuyasha studied the position of the sun and reasoned he had about 8 hours of sunlight left, plenty of time to visit Kagome's world and be back before dinner. He would go to Kagome's school and discover for himself what sort of place it was, and maybe learn a little of how the future worked as well. Who knows? Maybe this knowledge would come in handy someday...

It was quite dark inside the ancient house as Inuyasha climbed out of the well and onto the most dirt floor. He held his red sleeve up to his nose and coughed. That smell was there again. The few times he'd come to the future, Inuyasha had smelled an acrid tang in the air. It burned his sensitive nose terribly. Kagome later explained to him that it was human pollution to blame, however Inuyasha did not understand how puny humans could poison the whole sky. For as far as he was concerned, that was something only a powerful demon could achieve.

Buyo the cat meowed as the well house shoji door shicked open, and Inuyasha's silver white head poked out. Two white dog ears pricked and swiveled as they centered on every sound around them. Once the coast was clear, Inuyasha zipped across the courtyard faster than the eye could see. He appeared next to the house and took note of his surroundings. The shrine entrance opened out into the road which was a mess of rushing cars and trucks, belching out more of the acrid odor which stung his nose. He would have to ignore that. Inuyasha remembered on a previous trip here, when he'd followed Kagome's sent and found her quite quickly in town. Granted he had gotten a few unwanted stares from people, but luckily they had had the brains enough to leave him alone. Surely they would do the same today. Kagome had passed the gate early that morning so her sent was nearly gone. He sniffed the air. It was there, but just barely. It would probably take him most of the day to just to track her down, but then againYwhat better did he have to do? Besides, it smelled like she had gone further into the city, which meant he would have a better expedition than before.

Inuyasha sensed a presence; he quickly glanced around his shoulder and screamed. Souta, Kagome's kid brother, was standing there behind him with the biggest grin he'd ever seen plastered onto his face.

"Hey ya Inuyasha!"

Inuyasha balled his fist as a vein popped at his temple.

"Damn kid." He growled. "You wanna give me a heart attack?

"No..I uh...sorry about that." Souta blushed. He held up a ratty baseball cap. "Mom saw you and wanted me to give you this." The boy eyed Inuyasha's ears and handed him the hat. "You should put this on, remember what Kagome told you?"

"Yeah yeah, so what are you doing out here?" he asked while stuffing the cap over his flattened ears. The boy grinned.

"Oh well, I was just wonder' in what you were do'in. We haven't seen you around here for a long time."

"Keh..."huffed Inuyasha. "I wouldn't be here at all if Kagome hadn't left. I got better things to do."

"Kagome told me that you aren't supposed to wander the city alone. Were you going to look for her?" asked Souta.

"I don't need Kagome to hold my hand, I can get around just fine on my own. I am a demon you remember?" Inuyasha crossed his arms. "And no, I wasn't going to look for her.

"Are you sure?" Souta asked coyly. "That's usually why you come here..."

"No! Get off the subject already!" Inuyasha felt he was should be on his way; it was apparent by the blush on his face that he was lying. "Well kid, I guess I'll be seeing you." He zipped down the sidewalk before Souta could get another word in. The boy stared uncertainly to where the dog hanyou had disappeared and wondered if he would be ok.