+ Chapter 1: Smile!
+ By: Lana.
+ Summary: Through some unfortunate series of events, Inu Yasha is seen as Tokyo's newest superhero. Oh dear.
+ Rating: PG-13 – ya'll know how Inu Yasha can get… *sighs and shakes her head sadly*
+ Notes: Hey, I was bored! *grins* I was inspired to write this after seeing episode 82, in which Inu Yasha does all sort of heroic stuff. Let's just pretend he stayed over longer than one night, eh? Oh, and by the way; I don't know if this has been done before - probably, with my accursed luck. Well, if anyone has written a story like this before; I'M SORRY. I didn't mean to steal anything – I came up with this idea all by myself (whoa, scary). One last note: English isn't my native language, so sorry if I screw things up. I'm trying people, I'm trying! (praise the Lord for Microsoft Word, lol. ^o^)
+ Disclaimer: Me no own Inu Yasha. Me no own the title either. Oh, phooey! *pouts*
"…" – speech.
'…' – thoughts.
*…* - sound effects.
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Kagome tapped her jaw lightly with her index finger, looking up at the bright blue sky in deep thought, a small frown appearing on her face. "Hmmm… I feel like I've forgotten something." She pondered, her nose scrunched up in concentration, oblivious to the huffing and puffing hanyou behind her straining under the amount of shopping bags and boxes he was carrying. Inuyasha's golden-amber eyes widened in surprise at what she said then narrowed in angry quickly. "For-forgot something?!" he spluttered, sounding highly annoyed, looking like he was about ready to just drop everything and run off to the well in a mad dash for freedom. Kagome turned slightly, looking over her shoulder in surprise. "Ah, that's right! I still need to develop my film roll!" she smiled brightly at him, holding up the aforementioned item and Inuyasha, affected by so much cuteness, just decided to grumble softly to himself about evil woman and their hidden blasted powers.
A short while later, Kagome told him to wait outside of the shop, shaking her finger at him vigorously and saying that she should be back in a few minutes. Inuyasha glowered and glared at the box in front of him, which was obscuring his eyesight. He vowed to himself that no matter how hard Ms. Higurashi tugged his ears, he would never – ever – go shopping with that wench again! Even if she did promise to make him some ramen afterwards…
Feh-ing, Inuyasha shifted the weight in his arms, just when he heard a loud and high-pitched scream coming from a large building across the street. Curious, he cocked his head to the side and glanced at the scene taking place before him. Kagome, obviously alarmed by the scream, came running out of the store and shot an accusing look at Inuyasha, putting her hands on her hips. "What did you do this time, Inuya- oh!" she gasped and put her hand to her mouth, shocked by what she saw. The bank was being robbed! The police had already arrived and was surrounding the building, but the robber was nowhere to be seen…
Inuyasha winced, his ultra-sensitive ears ringing from the loud wailing of sirens. "What the hell is going on?!" he hissed, resisting the urge to clutch his head. Kagome pointed at the bank, distressed. "Somebody's robbing the bank!" she cried. "He's taken all of the people in there hostage!"
Inuyasha looked peeved and ready to pop a vein. "Well, why won't they go in there and stop the fucking bastard, then?!"
Kagome crossed her arms defensively and rolled her eyes. "Because who knows what he could do to those poor people; he could kill them all! Maybe he has a bomb! Or maybe- hey! Inuyasha, come back here! Inuyasha! I'll say it! I swear! I'll-I'll…" she trailed off, staring at the angry hanyou making his way across the street. She noticed the abandoned pile of groceries lying on the ground in a heap, carelessly thrown to the ground. "…INUYASHA!"
But Inuyasha didn't respond (surprise, surprise!) and jumped over the police and their cars without much effort, 'Sankon-Tetsusou-ing' his way inside the building forcefully. He quickly surveyed his surroundings, sniffing the air and soundlessly landing in a low crouch, ready to take out anyone who dared to attack him. He heard sharp gasps of surprise and quickly spotted the so-called robber, who was aiming something at him – presumable a weapon.
Inuyasha snorted. "Idiotic human…" he sneered, raising his clawed hand. He rushed forward with his arm drawn back, ready to slash at the pitiful man when his mind registered a soft *click* and a loud bang, followed by a sudden pain grasping his face. Inuyasha faltered, coming to a screeching halt. "What the hell?!" he roared, raising his hand to touch the place where a bullet had scraped his cheekbone. There was actually blood on his fingertips. Inuyasha raised his eyes to the man in front of him, just barely a few feet away. "You bastard!"
He jumped up and pounced on the man, knocking the offensive weapon out of his hand and punching him square in the face. A sickening sound indicated that the robber's nose had indeed been broken, which didn't come as a surprise to Inuyasha. "Frail humans," he muttered, flexing his hand. He stood up and feh-ed, crossing his arms and turning his attention to the hostages. "And what are you all staring at?" he snarled, eyes glinting dangerously. The effect was ruined when one little girl jumped up and squealed, yelling; "Doggie!", whilst pointing at Inuyasha's now uncovered ears. Inuyasha cursed, his cap must've come off in the heat of the moment!
The little girl ran over to Inuyasha and clutched his leg tightly, looking up at him with wide, innocent blue eyes full of adoration. Inuyasha freaked out and his eyebrow twitched, not sure of what he was suppose to do. Luckily, at that time Kagome entered the building, slightly out of breath. "Inuyasha, SI-!" she quickly stopped, seeing the attachment on Inuyasha's leg. Her gaze travelled over to the robber, who was lying on the ground unconscious. His nose was entirely flat and Kagome seriously doubted that it would return to its normal state ever again after receiving such a hard blow from Inuyasha.
Angrily, Kagome stomped over to Inuyasha. "You dolt!" she hissed, sticking her finger in his face. "The police could've handled this perfectly fine! Why'd you have to interfere?!" Inuyasha flinched, obviously expecting a dozen or so 'SIT!s' from Kagome. Instead, she clenched her teeth and balled her fists. "I swear," she vowed with a low voice, "I will never – ever – take you shopping again!" At this, Inuyasha blinked, but decided not to react. After all, this was too good to be true! Unfortunately, Kagome wasn't finished… "And you can forget about ramen too!" she added smugly, after seeing the look of victory on Inuyasha's face. He gasped in horror. "Noooo!" he yelled in despair, then quickly regained his composure. "I mean, w-what? Why? I haven't done anything to these humans! Uh, 'sides that robber-guy… But hey, he started it!" he countered, pointing to the small trickle of blood on his face.
Unbeknownst to the bickering couple, a small crowd had gathered around them, including the police, former hostages, innocent bystanders and… *gasp* reporters! Who were all frantically taking pictures and taking notes in their little notebooks, of course. One of them grinned evilly whilst chewing on her pen, trying to come up with a fitting name for this mysterious new hero. She peered at his strange fluffy-white ears, his sharp claws and fangs, his huge golden eyes… And suddenly, an idea struck her. That idea seemed to strike every other reporter too, mysteriously. Quickly, they all feverishly dabbled down a name in their notebooks; the name that would be all over tomorrow morning's front page…
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A/N: Well, that was a bit… strange. O.o' Forgive me if this chapter seems a bit hasty, I wanted to get it over with as soon as possible. You won't believe the things I came up with for this story… *chortles in glee* :D
-Lana.