Well... here's chapter two for you! I hope you'll like it. Sango and Miroku appear in this chapter... and other characters do as well. I hope you'll like it. Kikyo sort of comes in as well. And to answer inuyasha kagomeluvr96's question, yes, Kagome is a miko in this story.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT own InuYasha the anime/manga/whatever else there is.
Status: OnGoing -- Alternate Universe -- Non-OOC
Pairings: InuYasha and Kagome - Sango and Miroku - others not yet decided
Full Summary: Kagome is walking home from work one day, and finds something, or someone, that will turn her life around. Along the way, she meets new people and discovers new things. But with every wrong step she takes, takes a toll on her.
Chapter Summary: Kagome meets InuYasha again. This time, against his gang is with him. Kagome does something that misleads them, and gets her a beat up for five minutes flat. The reward? You'll find out...
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Chapter Two- Beaten Up? Join the Gang.
"Well, Kagome…we'll meet again later on today… count on it." He said, and he slammed the door behind her. Kagome sighed, and sat back down, but got up as quickly as she sat down. Kagome looked down, and then sighed.
Oh yeah… his blood's all over the couch…Kagome grumbled. What did he mean 'we'll meet again later on today?'
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"Yo InuYasha!" InuYasha turned around and saw Miroku running up to him.
"Hey Miroku. What's beating you?"
"Nothing." Miroku paused. "You alright? You… have bandages? What happened?" InuYasha chuckled.
"Same old shit. Incarnates." InuYasha said blankly. Miroku just nodded.
"If it weren't for those damn bees they'd be in this hellhole right now." He said, pointing to his kazanna. InuYasha sighed.
"Oh well. I'll just shoot them next time I get the chance." Miroku nodded. There was silence as they walked toward Miroku's place, where the gang always hung out. Miroku's parents were always out of town for business trips, and it's not like they actually cared about Miroku.
"Yo Miroku." InuYasha said suddenly, breaking the silence.
"What?"
"Someone wants to join the gang." Miroku stopped in his tracks. Someone, anyone that wanted to join 'Demons' had must be out of their minds. Well, not totally, but to actually ask the leader to join… that was not something that you would see everyday without being killed.
"What?"
"You heard me."
"Who?" he asked in disbelief.
"This girl. Kagome."
"A girl?" InuYasha shrugged and continued walking.
"What was her name again?"
"Kagome, idiot." Miroku gulped.
"Are you sure, InuYasha?" He nodded.
"Why?"
"Kagome… you don't remember what happened? It was all over the news." Miroku exclaimed. InuYasha shook his head.
"I don't watch any fucking goddamn news, Miroku." Miroku sighed.
"Kagome. Her last name Higurashi?"
"How would I fucking know?" Miroku sighed again. He doesn't really know anything, but who is Miroku to say something like that to him?
"Nevermind…" InuYasha just shrugged.
"What made you think that she would want to join?"
"She helped me. She served me." Miroku nodded, now knowing where the bandages came from.
"Are you going to have her go through the whole… entire… ((gulp)) initiation?" Miroku asked.
"Keh. Of course. Everyone else did, what makes her any different?" Miroku hesitated, but decided to say it anyways.
"She's a miko, InuYasha."
"So? Do I look like I give a damn? Kikyo was a miko. She got killed by that damned ass Naraku." Miroku shook his head.
"Are you sure you want another miko as a gang member? You might…" InuYasha growled, and Miroku backed down a bit.
"I WILL NOT! Damn it Miroku. That was a MISTAKE. I will NOT do it again."
"I'm… I'm not saying that you will do it again… necessarily…"
"Damn right you better not." InuYasha stated, his temper was easing a bit. Then he sighed. "I'm not that stupid."
"I never said you were stupid, InuYasha." Miroku countered.
"Did you just talk back?" InuYasha yelled. It was more of a statement rather a question. Miroku didn't say anything. InuYasha smirked.
"That's what I thought." Miroku always knew that just saying that girl's name would be treading on water, but he needed to warn him. Or else, the same thing might happen again. There was silence the rest of the way until they reached Miroku's place. It was quite a large house actually. Not as large as InuYasha's, but quite big to boot.
"What's up, Miroku? Thought you'd gone and left us." Shippo yelled. Miroku just nodded and stepped in, after InuYasha of course.
"Hi InuYasha…" Shippo said meekly. He was always scared of InuYasha, but what could he do? He was the only 'fatherly' figure he had. Miroku was more like a brother.
"Keh." Was all he said, and walked away. Shippo knew deep down that InuYasha did care for him a bit. Just a bit. But InuYasha rarely showed it. Actually, InuYasha never showed it. But who was Shippo to complain? He was the youngest one in the gang, but even then, he had to go through initiation. Oh, the painful initiation… any human would die trying. Trying, not joining.
"InuYasha." A woman said. InuYasha just gave eye contact and sat on the couch next to two drunken wolf demons.
"Hey Ginta, get me another sake."
"Hakkaku, that's the last one. I want it."
"Too bad."
"I'm taking it."
"No you're not." In a blink of an eye, a fight broke out. InuYasha just rolled his eyes and grabbed the sake for himself. Only did he finish the last bottle, did Ginta and Hakkaku stop fighting.
"I wanted it!"
"Yeah, asshole. We wanted it." InuYasha stood up and growled, towering over the two drunked wolves.
"You damn wolves are fucking lucky I know you're drunk. You call me an asshole again you bastard, it'll be too late to be sorry." He said through his gritted teeth. Truth was he wanted to punch the daylights out of Hakkaku, but even a gang leader like him had morals. Hard to believe, InuYasha didn't believe it himself, but he did.
"Alright, break it up." Called another voice.
"Shut your trap, Koga." InuYasha yelled. "You wolves are damn lucky I even put up with you guys. Going through my initiation. Waste of my fucking time if you ask me." InuYasha said, turned away, and then walked back to the kitchen where Miroku and another woman were.
"I'm serious." InuYasha heard the woman say as he opened Miroku's fridge. "Stop touching me."
"But my dear Sango, if I cannot have you, who can I have?" Sango glared at him, and Miroku made his way to Sango's butt again.
THUD.
That noise caught InuYasha a bit off guard. Of course, this has been happening, but since that new girl Sango came a few weeks ago, the noises seem to have gotten louder. He turned around, to find Miroku unconscious on the ground with a black eye, and Sango breathing heavily with a red face. InuYasha just rolled his eyes as he grabbed out a beer and leaned on the counter, facing Sango.
"Be careful. If you get him too pissed, you might go into his kazanna." InuYasha said, and opened the beer. Sango turned around, and didn't say anything. InuYasha leaned over a bit and saw Miroku shaking his head, rattling his brain inside.
"Miroku. Why don't you try some other girl's ass sometime? Go for one that won't smack as hard as 'dear Sango' can." Sango got up and walked away, as Miroku got up.
"I can't help it. Sango's ass seems to be the best of all the ones I've touched." Miroku said, as if it was something he said everyday.
"How many damned asses have you touched?"
"Enough to fill up my kazanna." Miroku joked. InuYasha just shook his head and gulped down more beer. After three, InuYasha stopped, and went back to the living room, where most of the people were.
"Hi InuYasha." They all greeted. Only Ginta and Hakkaku weren't. They were still drunk, and had dozed off. InuYasha just made eye contact with all of them, but didn't say anything.
"It's time." Was all he said. Miroku understood exactly what he meant, and followed InuYasha as he left. Everyone else soon got it, and followed him as well.
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Kagome slowly opened her eyes from the light that shone from her window. She groaned from waking up, and wanted to fall back to sleep.
Please? It's ten in the morning…it won't matter if I sleep another three hours… yeah. Kagome tried to just drift back to sleep, but that didn't work. In the end, Kagome sighed and got up.
Great… first homework, and then groceries? Nah… I think I'll buy the groceries first… and then I'll do my homework…thank goodness I'm getting my paycheck next week… Kami… Kagome took a shower to wake herself up, and then got dressed. She got her purse, and then headed out the door without breakfast.
She walked around the corner and on the sidewalk.
It's actually a really nice day…She continued walking, until she felt something behind her. Some sort of aura. A familiar one at that.
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"That's her, InuYasha?" Miroku asked in disbelief. InuYasha nodded.
"She seems rather fragile or something. I don't know why she wants to join."
"She seems rather pretty too." InuYasha turned to Miroku, who was behind him.
"Speak for yourself. No one can be as pretty as…" InuYasha stopped. Well… they look similar…
"She's pretty though. Maybe she will come in handy. She is a miko after all." Miroku replied. InuYasha scoffed.
"I bet you she's going to break in half at the first part of initiation."
"Isn't there only one part?"
"Two parts for girls." Miroku mouthed an 'Oh.'
"I'm serious. Just one punch, and she'll cry or something. Looks like something she would do."
"What're you talking about?"
"She looks like she's made of glass! Just a tap, and I bet you she'll break like shit."
"How much you wanna bet?" Miroku asked. InuYasha smirked.
"I win, you stop groping asses for a damned month." Miroku gulped.
"Fine. I beat you, and you have to sleep with her." InuYasha gawked.
"Say what?"
"I thought you said she was weak. It should be no problem for a gang leader."
"Not 'a' gang leader. 'The' gang leader of the youkai."
"Does that mean you'll go for it?" Miroku asked. InuYasha sighed.
"You and your fucking mind. Fine." Miroku grinned.
"Can't wait to see your kid." Miroku joked. InuYasha glowered at him, but didn't reply.
"C'mon let's go." InuYasha said, and started following her.
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Kagome was humming and going near the supermarket to buy her groceries. Just as she was about to go in, a flash caught her attention from the corner of her eye.
What was that? Should I follow it? Kagome hesitated, but left the door and walked to the side of the building.
I don't see anything…or anyone…After a while of looking around, Kagome wanted to give up.
"That's a cheap purse if you ask me." Kagome heard. She turned around and saw two guys standing in front of her. One InuYasha, and the other she guessed was Miroku, judging from the cloth that was on his right hand that was covered with prayer beads. InuYasha smirked.
"Stop holding your purse so tight. We aren't even here to mug you." He stated. Kagome loosened her grip on her purse, but only by a bit.
"What do you want?" Kagome asked, not taking her eyes off Miroku's right hand. Just then, more people came.
Oh Kami… what's going on? Kagome thought frantically. There were demons surrounding her. Four humans, Miroku and this other girl in black and pink clothing, holding a gigantic boomerang. The other two were both men, one lugging a huge sword on his shoulder, and the other looked like he had metal claws. There were two girls, not including herself. One that was human, and the other with red hair and pigtails. Just then, a demon went up to her and grabbed her hand.
"Hey beautiful. I'm Koga." She heard him say. All she could do was give a weak smile. "What's your name?"
"Ka-Ka-Kagome." She stuttered. Koga stopped smiling. Everyone else wasn't that happy either. Kagome could sense it from their aura.
"InuYasha… are you sure you want to?" One of the demons asked. InuYasha glared at him.
"What are you talking about?"
"You don't know?"
"I don't know what Menomaru?" InuYasha yelled. What's going on? I'm totally missing something here. None of them are telling me a damn thing.
"Kagome… you really don't know? It was all over the ne—."
"I don't WATCH the fucking news!" Menomaru stopped. InuYasha glared at everyone.
"What are you guys fucking not telling me? Anyone want to tell me, or am I going to take it out of you guys?" Everyone at this moment, looked scared shitless, and Koga backed away from Kagome. Miroku was the first to speak up.
"InuYasha. I'll tell you later." InuYasha turned and gave him a glare.
"Tell. Me. Now." His voice sent shivers to everyone's spine. Miroku gulped.
"I…well… you see… umm… thing is… well… what happened was…" InuYasha growled.
"Fine." He said, but gave a death glare to everyone else. "At least you're willing to tell." InuYasha then turned back to Kagome.
"So. Are you ready?" He asked.
"Ready? For what?"
"Part one of initiation." Kagome's heart skipped a beat.
"In…Init….Initiation?" Kagome asked. "For what?" InuYasha rolled his eyes.
"You didn't think we'd be that easy and just let you join, did you?" InuYasha asked, and right away everyone was stepping towards her. Kagome stopped, and tried to back away, but bumped into the wall.
The next five minutes, everyone was striking her. Giving punches and kicks everywhere. Kagome lost count on how many times she fell down. Kagome was so glad she was a miko, but even then, she was in pain. Of course, if she wasn't a miko, she'd probably be dead by now. She was already hit in the stomach twice by that boomerang. A third time was coming, she knew, because she saw a glimpse of it before it hit her on her back. Kagome wanted to count how many broken bones she had, but lucky for her, her miko powers kept healing them, so all that was left were scars and bruises.
"Alright. Let's see her." InuYasha said. Everyone backed away immediately. Kagome was kneeling on the ground with bruises and scars everywhere. She coughed a few times, and blood came out. InuYasha was pretty surprised that she was alive. Very surprised actually.
"Well, not too bad. Ready for part two wench?" InuYasha asked, cracking his knuckles. Kagome looked up, and swallowed.
Why do I have this urge to help her up?
Because you like her.
No I don't…
She looks a lot like Kikyo…
So what?
Kagome stood up with tears in her eyes.
"Well? Are you ready or not? I'm not going to wait all day."
"What's… going on?" Kagome asked between her breaths.
"Initiation, duh. I told you already."
"Initiation… for what?"
"Joining the gang." Kagome slumped down. What's going on? Since when did I say I wanted to join?
"I never said I wanted to join." Kagome said, standing back up.
"You made it clear when you helped me, stupid." InuYasha replied, glaring at her. This girl is getting on my nerves.
"I don't want to join." Kagome said again. InuYasha folded his arms.
"Fine. You could either do part two of initiation, and be alive, or not, and then I beat the shit out of you for wasting my fucking time, and then you go into Miroku's kazanna." Kagome paused.
"That's not what I want! I want to still be alive if I don't join." Kagome yelled, crossing her arms as her powers continued to heal her. InuYasha growled.
"DON'T. Get on my nerves. Be lucky you actually get a choice wench." Kagome glared at InuYasha, and everyone backed away. No one in the gang dared to glare at him, let alone someone not even in the gang and was cornered by the leader himself.
"Fine. What's part two?" Kagome asked. InuYasha smirked.
"Combat. Any weapons you want?" InuYasha asked. Kagome gawked. Combat? Weapons?
"Uh… weapons? Like… guns, or swords, and stuff like that?" InuYasha rolled his eyes.
"I doubt a fragile girl like you even knows how to handle our guns. They're special made." Kagome swallowed.
"Well… I can't handle a sword either." InuYasha sighed. Definitely getting on my nerves here… damn girl.
"What can you handle? You must do something in your damn school." Kagome paused a bit.
"I'm pretty good in archery, if that's what you're talking about." Dead silence. Kagome looked around. Everyone was just staring at her and InuYasha, even though they were already, but the silence was overkill.
"Archery…" InuYasha repeated. He turned to Koga. "You're fast. Go steal a bow and a quiver of arrows for her from the nearest store." Kagome sweat-dropped.
"I have money, you know…" Kagome said.
"Shut up." InuYasha said, without turning around. After two minutes or so, there was an alarm sound from far away and a tornado came. Koga landed in front of Kagome and gave the bow and a quiver of arrows to her. Kagome smiled and said a word of thanks. Koga just nodded his head with a smile and stepped back. Kagome sweat-dropped, seeing the price tag still on the bow. I didn't know they still sold these things… I've never seen them before in a story…
Kagome hung the arrows around her, and that was the signal to InuYasha she was ready. Everyone else really backed away now, giving the two space. InuYasha unsheathed his sword, and smirked. Kagome felt herself sweating out of sheer nervous-ness. This wasn't just an ordinary sword. Kagome knew that even the sword had a demonic aura around it.
InuYasha slowly lifted his sword, as a sign for Kagome to get ready. She put her hand back and reached for an arrow.
"Kaze no Kizu" at that moment, Kagome quickly put up a small barrier. Kaze no Kiza had dissipated her barrier, but she was safe. As soon as the yellow streaks were gone, Kagome aimed the arrow. At least my miko powers weren't as rusty as I thought… now just hopefully I still have my archery skills after a year. A pink light surrounded the arrow, and Kagome right away felt a strike of relief. InuYasha's eyes widened, and everyone else's heart skipped a beat.
Kikyo…
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Characters yet to come: Sesshoumaru, Inutaishou, Izayoi, Naraku and his incarnations, and others... probably Myouga and Totosai... MAYBE
NEXT TIME: Realizations.
InuYasha lost the bet. The bet was that Kagome wouldn't survive the first part of initiation, but she has. Aside from that, Miroku tells InuYasha what's going on with Kagome, and InuYasha... well... InuYasha... keeps it a secret from Kagome.
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