Summary: After her travels in the past are over Kagome needs a change of scenery and moves to New York. There she quickly becomes intrigued by the stories of the mysterious vigilantes taking on the Foot Clan and, drawn by a forgotten desire for adventure,makes it her mission to discover these heroes. How will she react to the knowledge that they aren't human? And how will they react to learning of her powers and Shredders growing interest in them? KagomexTurtles Based on 2014 Movie, no April
Disclaimer: Inuyasha and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles belong to their respective owners. I only borrow their characters for this story.
It had been nearly three weeks since Kagome had made the couragous, and frowned upon, decision to leave Japan. And approaching a week since she arrived in New York, a large suitcase and tattered yellow backpack carrying her few posessions. Her family, especially her mother, were fairly persistent in their efforts to keep her in Tokyo but with her schooling complete and the well closed the only thing left for her there were the memories of places and people she knew she would never see again.
So here she was, renting a small studio apartment in a slightly shady neighborhood of downtown New York with a part time job working at an Apothecary in an Asian community. Looks like her training with Kaede paid off as her extensive knowledge in herbs and ability to fluently speak english and japanese earned her the job. It didn't pay much but it was just enough to keep the bills paid and her tummy feed. A soft smile crossed her face at the thought of the elderly miko before she shook herself out of her memories and continued down the steps of the subway station. As nice as her new job was it was a bit of a ways from her apartment so she had to catch the subway there and home.
She hadn't been standing at the platform for very long before she heard a commotion happening at the top of the stairs making her look up curiously. A group of men in full black gear were descending the stairs wielding guns. A woman of Asian descent led them as they quickly hearded any civilians they could see. People were screaming, running, there was a moment of chaos before one of the men shot his gun up and in the moment of frightened silence the woman barked for everyone to get down.
People were being shoved to the ground and as Kagome lay down she quickly observed her surroundings. She may not have been living in the city for very long but with how popular the topic was it didn't take long to figure out this was the Foot Clan. She watched as several men started sticking small bombs along the station walls and narrowed her eyes as the woman, obviously in charge, started yelling, "We know you're out there!" She paused looking around smugly before continuing, "If you don't surrender, we start executing hostages!"
Kagome had no idea who the woman was directing the obvious challenge to but she knew if she didn't act fast people would start dying. She tried to calculate how long it would take her to take out the men nearest to her. She figured if she could get to the woman, she might be able to talk the men in to letting the civilians go.
Before shecould put her half formed plan into effect, the lights in the tunnel started flickering before going out altogether. The woman yelled something out followed quickly by shots being fired and screams. Kagome could make out shapes in the dark as the gang members were being taken out by these new adversaries. There were crashes and before long the scuffle was over and the mystery heroes had disappeared before the lights were able to come on, showing the criminals tied together along the wall.
With the threat gone, the people in the station rushed up the stairs and back on to the streets, replaced by armed police who hastily cuffed the unconscious group. Kagome followed the rest of the crowd and upon breaking the surface fished her phone out and dialed the number to her workplace. She explained the situation to Mayazaki-san, the elderly man who owned the store, and was let off her shift after a bit of scolding and threat's of 'not being so lenient next time'.
With that sorted Kagome made her way back to her flat, thinking the whole way about the excitement that had just passed and couldn't help but grin. Some how, she was glad more than ever now that she'd followed her gut and moved out here. Maybe her days of adventures weren't quite as done as she'd originally thought...
Kagome groaned, rolling over to glare at the alarm clock blaring loudly and slammed her hand down, instantly stopping the offending noise. The bright red numbers read 7:00 a.m. and she sighed before willing herself to pull back the covers and move around the house, falling into the usual routine of getting ready to enter the outside world. She showered quickly, brushed her teeth and the tangles out of her hair before getting dressed in a simple pair of faded jeans and a gray knit sweater. She grabbed her purse and left the house, locking up behind her.
The entrance to the subway wasn't very far from her place and, looking at her phone, she decided she had enough time to stop and grab some coffee and a chocolate croissant. She munched contently on the flaky pastry and finished it just before the screech of the approaching cart could be heard. She boarded, and found an empty seat near the back doors where she settled in for the ride across town.
It wasn't vey long before she found herself in front of 'Mayazaki's Apothecary' just before 9. She let herself in, listening to the tinkle of the door bell and made her way behind the counter. Getting right to work, she let herself fall into the familiarity of the tasks, starting with putting together any orders scheduled for pickup today. It wasn't a very popular spot but she managed to keep herself busy with simple tasks like taking inventory, sweeping the store, wiping down the counters and windows and helping the few customers that did come in.
The day passed by uneventfully and at the end of her shift Mayazaki-san's son came down from the upstairs apartment to lock up as she left. She said her farewells and made her way down to the subway station, humming a random tune and smiling at the people she passed on the street. The sun was starting to go down in the sky when Kagome emerged from the tunnel near her home and turned to walk in the opposite direction, planning to grab a few things from the grocer a few blocks down first.
Although the shop was a little out of the way, it was a bit more affordable and she made a small friend in one of the cashiers that was usually working around this time. Sure enough Leila was behind the register, casually looking through a copy of Vanity Fair but looked up at the sound of the door opening. She grinned over at Kagome and gave a small wave, which she returned as she perused the aisles for the items on her mental list. She walked back to the cash wrap shortly after with her goods in hand.
"Hey girl, how have you been. Haven't seen you in a hot mintue", Leila asked as she rang up the few things in the basket, setting them in a paper bag as she went.
Kagome sighed before answering, "I'm doing okay. As well as could be expected I suppose." She looked up at the tv playing in the corner. It was another report about the Foot Clan. "Did you hear about the subway takeover that they did yesterday?", she gestured to the tv.
"Yea, I did", Leila took a quick glance at the tv before turning back to her conversation partner, "It's pretty crazy. Seems like every time I turn on the tv or look at a paper all I see is this damn gang all over it."
"Yes well I was there when it happened." Leila's eyes widened to an almost hilarious size, "Holy shit! Well what the fuck happened?" She leaned over the counter eagerly.
Kagome dug around in her purse before handing her a few bills, "It all happened so fast I can't even say for sure", she rubbed her hands over her face in a tired manner, "One minute their yelling at everyone to get on the ground, the next their beaten unconscious and tied up waiting to be retrieved by the police. It was pretty surreal."
Leila handed the foreign woman her change and watched her stuff it quickly in some random pocket of her bag before saying anything else. "I heard there are people fighting back", she whispered as if she were telling some well kept secret, "No one knows who they are but apparently it's not the first time they've fucked over the Foot Clan's plans."
"Well whoever they are, a lot of people owe them their lives", Kagome smiled softly in thought before shaking herself out of her reverie. "Thanks for the talk Leila. I'll see you around."
"See ya!", the blonde cashier yelled out, watching her walk back onto the city streets then turned back to continue flipping through the glossy magazine pages.