DISCLAIMER: Well, I guess it's obvious I don't own Inuyasha, right? I mean, clearly it would have gone a little differently if I did. :)
Change of plans. Different idea.
(and yeah, I know I spell damn it weird. But I LIKE IT THAT WAY!)
22:07 (10:07 p.m.)
Sighing seemed to be something Kagome was doing a lot of tonight. Rin was happily sitting in the backseat of her old junky Jetta humming some tune or another, as Kagome griped the steering wheel tightly, hoping that not only would they get to the police station soon, but that her car wouldn't crap out on her again. It seemed to be doing that a lot lately, and Kagome didn't have time to get it looked at seeing as she wasn't the best with cars herself—more like, she accidently blew one up once trying to get it to work by playing with all the little pieces under the hood. That hadn't been a smart idea. Well, she had learned her lesson at least. She'd have to see if something could be done over the weekend.
On a completely different topic, the little kid in her car seemed extremely at ease for being in such a situation. It was like she didn't mind being driven around by a complete stranger, like it happened every day. If Kagome was in the girl's situation, she wouldn't know what to do. Freak out? Scream? Well, perhaps her luck wasn't too bad. At least Rin was calm and not making this hard on Kagome.
"Were almost there," Kagome said, glancing at Rin in the rear view mirror. Looking back to the road, Kagome thought of how much she wanted to just get home. She had wanted to keep the girl from being alone in the police station, but where were they going now? The police station. Her efforts seemed to be for nothing.
"Well, kid, we're here," Kagome said as she pulled her car into the parking lot. "You'll have to come in with me."
"Ok," Rin said as her hands undid her seatbelt and stepped clumsily out of the car. Kagome then made sure her doors locked before hopping out of the metal contraption herself and letting Rin grab hold of her hand and drag her through the doors of the police station.
Seated behind a rather imposing desk was a young man with long black hair tied up in a pony tail. Figures he would be a demon. Everyone was a freaking demon! Everyone that had any sort of power, that is.
Of course, what actually surprised her was the fact that the man seemed to know the little girl.
"Rin?" He had stood up from his chair and was already in front of the girl, kneeling so he was eye-level. "Did you get lost again? Do you need me to call your father?"
At that Rin only looked up to the woman whose hand she still clasped. It was then that the police officer's attention was on the full grown woman in PJ's and Pikachu slippers.
"Yeah, she was wandering around a convenience store but they had to close," she said with a slight blush. The officer kept eying her slippers. What, a woman couldn't have a pair of Pikachu slippers?
"Ok, Miss…" He paused, waiting for her to give her name.
"Higurashi."
"Well, Miss Higurashi, I'm sure her father will be thankful for you finding her and bringing her safely here. You can leave her at the station and I'll make a call to her father," he motioned to some seats where Rin could sit while he made the call. However, Rin tightened her grip on Kagome's hand slightly. Kagome felt bad, the child clearly didn't want to be left alone. With a heavy feeling of guilt, Kagome spoke up. Stupid guilt.
"Um, actually I'd like to stay if that's alright. I just don't feel right leaving her."
The man nodded and the grip on her hand immediately slackened and she led Rin to the seats, sitting down next to the girl.
"Thank you," Kagome said and then the officer picked up a phone at the desk and quickly dialed the number from memory, as if this wasn't the first time he had called that number.
Ignoring as the man talked into the phone, she turned to Rin. "Do you get lost a lot?"
The girl shifted uncomfortably and then looked directly at Kagome. "It's not my fault! Kaede is just really good at disappearing!"
"Uh-huh. Sure."
"No Really!"
"Ok, ok! I believe you."
The two waited in silence before the officer hung up the phone and turned to Kagome.
"I'm afraid her father's not in right now. She'll have to wait here."
"Oh, ok." She turned to the small girl. "Should I stay?"
The girl seemed to contemplate for a moment before shaking her head.
"Well, alright, but I'll give you my number if anything happens, okay?" Kagome said, looking to the officer. "Do you have a pen and piece of paper?"
He retrieved the two things for her and she scribbled her home phone number down before giving it to Rin.
She returned the pen to the man before leaving with slight hesitation.
Going over to her car, she tried to open the door.
The door wouldn't budge.
She tried again.
Nothing.
Searching her pajama bottom's pockets for the keys, she found nothing.
She looked in the window and there sitting on the driver's seat were her keys.
Damn.
Kagome had always been in the habit of locking the car before she got out…too bad she had forgotten the keys.
And that was how she found herself back in the police station, explaining that her keys were stuck inside her locked car.
This was beginning to be a very interesting night. Well, either it was interesting or irritating. Perhaps the second one was more accurate.
