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A/N: Quick note, this story will not be updated as quickly as H&DR, I basically write this when I feel like my brain is going to explode on H&DR or my HP fic that has yet to be posted. The outline for this is only halfway completed, but what the heck!? I wrote two chapters for this a little while ago and I'm gonna go ahead and post them. Eventually I'll write another chapter to this. Anyways, this story will have some touchy subjects such as drug abuse and recovery, but not by Kagome. So just giving a heads up if anyone is sensitive to that subject. This story was heavily inspired by certain influences I'd rather not say, but I may make references to it every now and again and if you know of it, then you know. If not, then in all honesty, I don't think it matters all that much. Basically this is a strange vision I've had of an alt world Inuyasha, where there are gangsters and bad things in the night, but then there are those who will fight it and stick up for each other. A.K.A Inuyasha gansta alt world, bear with me here, now... Ahem, Anywho, I really like sess/kag, but it's not set in stone yet if this is sess/kag or inu/kag. If people want to review or message me telling me what they would prefer as the story progresses, I would appreciate it, because although I have the outline halfway complete, it can be flexible. Lastly, I had a goal for shorter chapters for this, but we'll see-. Well, enough of my blathering and on to the story.
WARNING: This story is rated M for a reason. This story contains adult situations, violence, drug use, and strong language. However, this story will not have explicit content and if ever it does, such content will not be posted on this site. However those other four things are in this story, because sometimes lives can take a turn for the worst. You have been warned.
A Bad Situation
Kagome and Souta sat under the porch steps of the abandoned old house, waiting for their sister to return. Souta was a young boy, twelve at most, his brown hair was messy and his stained clothes didn't do much to hide his dirt covered skin. Fifteen year-old Kagome was no better. Only, she was outfitted in a much too short pair of short shorts and a crop top she had stolen from her sister. Not that Kikyo cared. Kikyo was always telling her that showing a little skin helped a girl get by in the world, but that isn't why Kagome chose this outfit today. It was extremely hot and that was also the reason they were under the porch steps.
"Do you think she'll be back soon? I'm hungry." Souta said as his arms wrapped around his tummy and he doubled over. Kagome knew he had to be practically starving, because so was she.
"I'm sure she'll be back soon, she said she was gonna stop and see Onigumo real quick before coming here." Kagome said and Souta's face contorted with irritation.
"Bull shit!" He started.
"Language, Souta." Kagome started.
"What's it fuckin' matter anymore Kagome? Everyone we know fuckin' cusses, even Kikyou, and now she's gonna waste all our money on fuckin' drugs, so much for dinner!" Souta started and Kagome let out a sigh.
"Souta, please, I've told you, once I graduate, I'll get us out of here, I promise. Just hold on a little longer, and don't cuss because someday we won't be here. We'll be around the people who think their too good for cussing and so will we." Kagome promised and watched as tears gathered in his eyes.
"I hate this Kagome-oneechan. Why does she do this to us? I miss mom and jii-san." He looked down and tried to withhold his tears.
"Now I'm crying like a fuckin' pos." He added and Kagome let a sad sigh leave her lips as she wrapped an arm around her brother's shoulder.
"I'll go see what's up if you want." Kagome finally said once he regained his composure.
"See if she's coming back, if not, then we gotta find some food." Souta said and Kagome nodded.
"Your right." Kagome said as she began to crawl out from under the steps.
"Don't go anywhere, if I'm not back in like, at most an hour, something bad has definitely happened, in which case, go back home, alright?" She asked and Souta nodded. He knew Kagome travelling by herself, especially in that outfit wasn't the safest. This wasn't the safest part of town, but then again, Kagome was really tough. She may look like a like scrawny little twig that somehow inherited big boobs and an ass, their starvation causing her curves to look completely disproportionate to her body. Even through all that, she had been nicknamed the physcho chick by those who knew her because when you backed her into a corner, she went, well-. For lack of a better term, physcho.
"I understand, be careful, don't let him try to force you-." Souta began, but Kagome interrupted him.
"Don't worry about me, I don't want to be anything like Kikyo." Kagome reassured and he nodded. Kagome began down the ally way, heading to the house of her sister's dealer/boyfriend. It still disgusted Kagome that her sister lowered herself so much as to sleep with that guy for drugs. She wished her sister never did Shikon. It was a highly addictive substance, usually used by yokai. Normally, it had no affect on humans, that is unless you had spiritual powers, and that, both her and her older sister had. The drug shikon, taken as a pill, the slang term being jewel, or cutting open your skin and placing slivers of said pill, which people called shards. It made spiritual power sky rocket, making you feel more powerful than ever. If she could make one wish, she would wish that all the shikon in the world would just disappear and then her sister could stop wasting their money on it. It was getting old. Kagome and Souta would work hard, doing anything they could to make a buck. They collected bottles and cans, went to the airport and collected all the loose carts to get back the quarters. Kagome had been trying to instill good values into her brother as jii-san and her mother had wanted. So she would not allow Souta or her to do anything illegal, even though many opportunities in which they could have made some big bucks passed them by. She continued to walk when she could see Onigumo's house not too far, but that wasn't what caught her attention. What caught her attention were the multiple police vehicles with flashing red and blue lights parked just out front. If Kagome squinted hard enough, and it didn't take much to hear the yelling-.
"I'm telling you It's not mine!" Onigumo was yelling.
"Hey, don't touch him!" That was definitely Kikyo.
"Please, officer, you've got it all wrong!" And that was the other tramp, Tsubaki.
"I said let him go!" Kikyo yelled again and then she could hear her sister struggling as she was reprimanded. Kagome glared at nothing in particular, knowing Kikyo had used her holy powers, to try and fight the cops. Could her sister stoop any lower?
"It's not mine thoughhhhhh!" Onigumo yelled again.
"Then who's is it?" The officer asked sarcastically.
"Its mine!" Tsubaki fessed up, more like, blatantly lied. Kagome shook her head. Why was this her life? A mixture of cops and Jerry springer, that was her life and how she hated it. She finally decided listening to this crap wasn't worth her time. If Kikyo was in jail tonight, then she had to get back to Souta so they could try and scratch up something for food. She turned on her heel and gloomily started back, hoping that like her trip here, there would be no altercations. However, she wasn't so lucky.
"Oi, Kagome, ey, sweet cheeks, come on over here!" Kagome rolled her eyes at the voice. She hated it when he called her sweet cheeks. She slowly turned around and eyed the wolf demon hesitantly, his two brothers standing behind him.
"What do you want, Kouga?" Kagome asked, her voice drenched with irritation. She didn't have time for this crap. The wolf demon strode up to her, obviously trying to look smooth and cool as he put 'swagger' into his step. Kagome could really care less for his 'gangsta' attitude.
"You know, sweet cheeks, your sister didn't pay the fine yet, so you gonna get me the money? It's due tomorrow and I don't want anything bad happening to you or your brother." Kouga started, a smirk on his face as he placed his words. Kagome frowned at this. The wolves owned this territory and required fifty dollars per person for their 'safety'. Sure, they really did protect people, they kept most drug dealers away and the ones who were in the neighborhood had to pay a very pricey fee to Kouga to do as such. At the same time, the wolves had no qualms with fucking someone up if they didn't pay on time.
"I'll get your money, alright Kouga." Kagome said as she tried to turn to leave, but Kouga caught her by her shoulder and pulled her back against his chest, wrapping his arms around her and placing his chin atop her head.
"But you know, if you were my woman, I wouldn't make you or your family pay. I could take care of you Kagome, give you everything you need and anything you could possibly want." He started and Kagome used all her might to tear away from his embrace.
"I'll get your fuckin' money!" Kagome snapped and she heard his brother's scoff at the wolf demon.
"Oooh" She could hear them let out.
"Come on, Kagome, why won't you be with me, your life could be better. I know your sister doesn't give two shits about you, so come be my woman." He was starting to get angry.
"Okay, I'm only gonna say this once, alright. Your a yokai who is probably hundreds of years old-." She started.
"Three-hundred and thirty-two." Kouga put out, and she gave a nod.
"Exactly, and I'm fifteen years old, alright Koga? Humans don't mate to someone when their that young, so I'm sorry, but I can't." It was an excuse really, but she hoped he would understand and leave her be.
"Just be my intended, we don't have to mate right away." He started as he grasped her forearm, trying to pull her to him again.
"Don't touch me!" Kagome screamed as her fist met with his cheek, her reiki imprinting a good burn mark on him. He stumbled back a few steps before realizing, her punch really hurt him. Bringing a hand to his face, he put a smirk on.
"Don't fuck with me!" Kagome muttered out and they watched as her reiki began to form an aura around her.
"Come on, Kouga, don't rile her too much." Hakakku finally put out. He wasn't in the mood to get purification burns from Kagome, again.
"Yeah, you know why they call her the physcho chick." Ginta added. Kagome fumed a moment more before turning and walking away as fast as she could. Kouga watched as she walked away.
"I know, but I like that. She's the craziest chick, my crazy chick." He told his brother's as his eyes were seemingly glued to her ass.
"I hate to watch her leave, but I love to watch her walk away." Kouga added as he gave a fangy smirk and his two brothers laughed. That's when the sound of a wolf howling started going off and he grabbed his cell phone from his pocket and shushed his brother's before answering it.
"Hey babe." Kouga said.
"Hey, I got to your house, but your not here." The sound of a female's voice sounded.
"Heading there now, k?" He said before she answered back.
"Alright, see you when you get here." Her tone was flirty.
"I love you." She said and he smirked.
"Love ya too, babe, see you soon." He added before he hung up.
"Still stringing Ayame along?" Ginta asked and Kouga chuckled.
"Gotta have a back up plan, if my crazy little chick continues to refuse me, hm?" Kouga asked and his brother's laughed before they all started towards the black Subaru that belonged to none other than Kouga himself.
A Bad Situation
"What do you mean she's probably in jail!?" Souta complained.
"Yeah, Onigumo got busted, I think she tried to use her reiki to fight some cops. Either way, let's go home and once I know your safe, I'll go find some food." Kagome told her younger brother, giving an obviously fake smile, but she was trying to make the best of it.
"What's wrong, what else happened?" Souta knew his sister's expression and just as she couldn't lie to the people she was close to, you could tell if something was on her mind, or bothering her.
"Nothing..." Kagome started
"Don't give me that, I know somethings up, what's wrong?" Souta asked again and Kagome huffed a sigh as her shoulders slumped.
"Kouga saw me and said the fee is due tomorrow, Kikyo never paid." Kagome said and Souta stared at Kagome, his face was tense as he seemed to hold his words upon his expression. Kagome could tell, all he could think, was probably along the lines of 'Are you kidding me?'. Maybe a fuck was thrown in there for good measure.
"I can't believe this." He finally said and Kagome gave him a frown.
"I'll figure something out." Kagome said as she stood up and gestured for him to follow. Souta finally dragged himself out from under the porch and grasped his sister's hand.
"You think Shippo is home?" Souta finally asked, trying to ease the tension. Kagome shook her head and her eyes watered up, causing Souta to frown. Why was Kagome ready to cry?
"I'm so sorry Souta, I failed you and now I've failed Shippo. What are we going to do? How could Kikyo do this?" Kagome started and Souta gave her hand a squeeze.
"Shippo and me can help." Souta started, but Kagome shook her head.
"I know the things Shippo does, I don't agree with them, but he is lost. I try to help him find his way, but I am not his parent. I only hope he doesn't get caught. I don't want you out in the streets, Souta you know that. You remember when Rin and Kohaku disappeared? I don't want to lose you too." Kagome ranted a moment before regaining her composure. She tucked her hair behind her ears and continued on.
"He's just a delivery boy, Kags, it's not as bad as you think." Souta said and Kagome shook her head again.
"I'm not in the mood for this Souta, I have enough to worry about. I told you no." Kagome said and Souta heaved a sigh. He knew Kagome worked so hard. She did anything she could other than selling herself to get money. Then again, selling yourself was a crime and Kagome was against crime so badly. Souta could understand, it was illegal to cause fires, but that didn't stop some man from burning down their shrine for no reason... For killing their jii-san. The worst part was it was most definetelly a crime when their dad shot their mom, and then shot himself. He was too chicken to face the punishment of what he did, but then again, he was the reason Kagome went so crazy for a while. He had tried to kill her too, she had been the only one home other than mom that night, but Kagome fought back and escaped. It's how Kagome found out she had spiritual powers, she had formed a barrier. After that, their jii-san took care of them, but not long after, he died because of the fire started by a arsonist. Souta worried now that something would happen to Kikyo or Kagome. Especially Kagome. He loved Kikyo and all, but Kikyo seemed as though she could care less about them. However, Kagome, had done everything she could to make ends meet. She took care of him and even helped care for Shippo. Shippo was this random kid Kagome found one day. Souta didn't really know what happened, but the fox demon, who was younger than him had slashes and stab wounds all over his body, it took Kagome weeks to heal him, as for some reason, he didn't heal right. After that, Shippo stayed with them.
"Souta, are you listening?" Kagome asked as they hovered at the entrance of their 'home'. Souta looked up at his sister. He had completely zoned out.
"What?" He asked.
"Don't come out for anything." Kagome repeated and Souta nodded. Kagome moved out of the way and watched as her brother crawled into the dirt hole. It looked dark and as if it would go on forever, but after ten feet, it took a sharp turn to the right and let out to an old basement of a abandoned business building. They had jacked some of the furniture left behind in the building and brought it down to make their 'house' more comfortable. As soon as Souta made the turn and was out of Kagome's sight, she heaved a sigh and turned around. How would she come up with two hundred dollars? Plus food? She didn't know how, but she had to do it. She started looking around her, looking for change or fallen money, but it was useless. This was the bad side of town, money disappeared as soon as it hit the ground. She walked on when the sound of someone's voice caught her off guard, but listening in, it wasn't so bad.
"I'm a half breed and I'm proud
Can you hear the sound
Can't be found
Cause I'm a dog,
Baby I'm a hound
I run around
Can't find the right crowd
People always lookin at me
Like I'm some sort of clown
Turn around-.." He stumbled on his words and Kagome stepped out from the ally way before giving him a smirk. He looked shocked that she had heard him. A blush tinged his cheeks and she took in his appearence. His hair was a dull silver and atop his head were cute little puppy ears.
"Proud to be a miko
One hundred percent premo
Not a ho
You don't know
Who the fuck I am
I like to keep it on the down low
Yeah, yeah, owww
Yeah you know
Can't go against an
Impossible to defeat, bad ass mikoooo" She let out with a smile and his eyes widened at her.
"That was dope." The boy said and now Kagome blushed.
"Your rhymes are good too." She gave a smile.
"I know you said you like to keep your identity on the down low, but, I'm Inuyasha." He introduced himself and Kagome smiled at that.
"I'm Kagome." She said as she gave a nod to him.
"So, you live around here?" Inuyasha asked and Kagome blushed again.
"Umm-." She started, but he put his hand up.
"You don't have to answer that, sorry, that must be creepy." He gave a nervous laugh and Kagome let out her own anxious laugh.
"It's a-. Fine." She said.
"So, you rap?" Inuyasha asked and Kagome gave a slight nod.
"Maybe we could give each other some pointers." He added and Kagome shook her head.
"No, sorry. Actually I gotta go." She said as she started back down the side walk, but Inuyasha rushed to keep with her pace.
"Why not, I mean, my family hates my rapping and I don't really have anyone to help me. We could help each other, maybe if we joined up, we could make it big." He said and Kagome squinted her eyes at him.
"I gotta get money, so I'm sorry that I do can't waste time on that." Kagome said as she continued on. She shouldn't have stopped, now this guy was following her.
"Well, I have money. I could pay you, it could be like a job." He said and Kagome stopped in her tracks.
"Your the same age as me, you don't have money, plus I need two hundred, by tomorrow, so excuse me if I have to go." She said, but then she saw a handful of twenties being held in front of her face, from the side. She stopped again and stared at him.
"Here's three hundred, think of it as an early pay check." He said and she stared at the cash before slowly, gently taking it and counting it.
"Your serious?" She asked.
"Yeah, come on, help me with this." He said and she smiled at him.
"Alright, but I gotta get some food, for my kid brother and this fox who live with me, and then I'll help you with whatever you want." She admitted. He gave a frown, hearing what she was saying. He obviously didn't know her circumstances, but maybe he really could help her. After all, she was the first person he met who didn't seem to hate him based on his race. She seemed as though... She didn't even notice. It was a nice change for him.
"Well, hey, I can call my mom to give us a ride, I mean, she doesn't know I'm here, but-." He started, but she shook her head.
"Where do you live?" She asked and he frowned.
"At the western hills." He said and her eyes grew wide.
"Why are you here, if you live at Western hills?" Kagome asked and he shrugged.
"A lot of people there don't like me. They don't think that a half breed is good enough to live among them." He said and Kagome frowned at that.
"Well, their crazy, I think in the end, those cute puppy ears really got to me." She said and he almost chuckled at her response.
"Could-. Could I touch them?" She asked and he frowned at that. People always pulled on his ears and he hated that, but this was the first time anyone ever actually asked to touch them. Usually people would just go for it without his consent.
"I guess, there really sensitive, so don't pull them." He answered. After all, they hardly knew each other, yet they would know each other soon enough. He bent his head forward as she came up slowly and rubbed them gently. Never before had someone else pet his ears gently like this, only his mother did. However, this wasn't so bad, it seemed Kagome had her own technique and he didn't know how she did it, but it felt good.
"Man, sometimes I wish I had some cool animal traits." Kagome whispered and he eyed her for a moment.
"It's not as great as you think." He said and she shrugged before they finally arrived at a grocery store. They went inside and Kagome grabbed a basket before going to the vegetables and picking out some big sweet potatoes, some celery, and a few other veggies. Then she got some noodles, a cooked ham, half of one, for a cheap price too. She also got some cookies. As they were heading to the checkout, Inuyasha eyed the clothing aisle.
"Hey, you should get something new to wear at my house, I'll have my mom pick us up later." He said and Kagome nodded. she wouldn't fight him on it. She knew her clothes were inappropriate and not the cleanest. He was paying her anyways, so there was no point in taking offense. They walked down the aisle, looking at the small amount of clothing offered. In the end, she chose a sundress and a pair of matching flip flops, and Inuyasha threw in a hairbrush and some hair ties too, then they finally went to check out, in the end, Inuyasha didn't let her pay, and bought her items himself before he walked her to her home. He had asked if she wanted to change in the stores bathroom, but she politely declined, saying she would just get dirty again. As he watched her heave her groceries in through a hole, he finally understood what she meant. Not long after, she reemerged and gave him a smile. Now she would find somewhere to get changed at so he could call his mom to pick them up. They walked down to a corner store and they let her use their restroom. Once she was done and she got back to him, they started to walk towards the western hills. Once they got to a gas station just outside of the south side, Inuyasha pulled out his cell phone and called up his mom.
"Hey, ma, can you pick me and a friend up?" He started. Kagome couldn't hear the other end of the conversation.
"Yeah, we're at the Veemo gas station." He said. He listened for a moment.
"Her name is Kagome." He said and a blush tinged his cheeks.
"It's not like that. I just met her, we're only friends!" He sputtered out. Kagome couldn't help her giggle. He let out a scoff.
"No, sorry ma, wasn't trying to disres-." He started, but it seemed he was cut off. He nodded his head.
"Alright thanks, see you soon, love you, bye." He said before he hung up and stuffed his phone back into his pocket.
"She said she's coming. You want a soda or anything?" He asked, gesturing to the gas station.
"No, you've done a lot already for me-." She started, but he placed a hand on her shoulder and gave her a smile.
"I don't mind, really, I was going to get one myself." He said and she gave him a lopsided frown.
"Please, you look hungry, get whatever you want, money really isn't a problem for me." He added as a second thought. She let out a sigh as she followed him into the gas station. She went with him to the back and as he grabbed a soda, she grabbed a bottle of apple juice and then she grabbed two pre-packaged onigiri. Her mouth watered as she read that the filling was a pickled plum. She missed when her mom made onigiri, but that wasn't really possible anymore, now was it? She blinked back the few tears that surfaced when she heard a scuffle going on. She quickly went to the cash register.
"And I said get the fuck out, we don't serve your kind!" The cashier was yelling at Inuyasha. Kagome watched the cashier pick up his soda and hurl it across the room. It busted and she watched the hanyou's ears flatten as he simply drooped his shoulders and left. Kagome made her way towards the cashier and dropped her items on the floor. She squished the onigiri under her feet and glared at the cashier before she swiped her hands across the counter to cause the display rack of candy and magazines to tumble to the floor. The cashier looked taken aback.
"Are you fucking crazy!?" He started.
"I'm totally fuckin' crazy!" Kagome practically yelled as she bared her teeth. The cashier stared at her wide eyed.
"Oh, what? Your a little fuckin' pos when someone stands up to you, but you have the right to be a dick to a hanyou? Well, maybe this will help you fuckin' remember your manners next fuckin' time!" At this point, Inuyasha had seen the scene through the window and ran back inside. However, he came in just in time to see Kagome grab the scruff of the cashiers chest and she packed a hard punch to his right eye.
"You fuck with another hanyou and I hear about it, I'll fuckin' stab ya!" Kagome started and InuYasha's eyes widened. He watched the cashier reaching for his phone to call the cops, but Kagome jumped up so her rump rested on the counter and she grabbed the phone and hurled it across the room.
"You fuckin' hear me pos!? You wanna get fucked the fuck up!?" She yelled. At this point her reiki began to form an aura around her and the obviously full blooded demon gulped as he felt the sting of it.
"Kagome, it's okay, let's get out of here-." Inuyasha had been stunned silent for a moment. He felt so moved in a way, his parents stood up for him, but not like she was now. His parents would pay people off to 'accept' him, Kagome was obviously using her own way to try to-. Help him.
"And so you know, ya fuckin' pos, I'll tell everyone this place is fucking infested with roaches and rats, cause that's what you fuckin' are!" Inuyasha watched as she raised her fist again, but he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her away.
"Let's go!" Inuyasha whispered into her ear and her eyes widened, as if something clicked before she seemingly calmed down and he released her. As they walked out, the cashier finally came up with a stupid comeback.
"You physcho bitch!" He yelled, but Kagome let out a giggle and turned her head, flashing a toothy smile.
"Fuck yes I am and you best remember that!" She bit out coldly before stepping out with Inuyasha, the bell ringing at the door. As they took a few steps, Kagome let out a sigh.
"I'm sorr-." She started, but InuYasha spoke at the same time.
"That was crazy! I mean, I can fight, but if I do, well, my mom and dad would have me by my toes, but your a human and you fucked that guy up!" He let out, a smile dancing on his features. Kagome giggled at that.
"Hey, being human doesn't mean shi-." She cleared her throat.
"Excuse my language. I was just very upset." She added and he shook his head.
"It's okay, I cuss all the time, just not in front of my parents." He said and watched as she looked down, becoming sad. He frowned at this, did he say something wrong.
"I'm sorry if I offended you somehow-." He started.
"It's nothing." She said and that's when a car honked. The two looked up to see a beautiful woman with dark brown hair, the slightest hint of burgundy to it, pulling up.
"Let's hurry before that guy tries something." Inuyasha said, referring to the gas station clerk. Kagome nodded her head as they quickly piled into the car. His mother pulled out and as she drove, she looked back at Kagome.
"Hello Kagome, I'm Izayoi." She said and Kagome gave a polite bow of her head.
"Thank you for picking us up-." Kagome started when she realized she felt a little weird calling someone's mom by their first name. As Izayoi looked at her with her rear view mirror, she seemed to see Kagome's struggle.
"Taisho." She added. Kagome gave a small smile.
"Taisho-san." She added and Izayoi smiled back before focusing back on the road. She was beyond happy, this was the first friend Inuyasha ever had.
