Chapter 3: Meeting at Wacdnald's
"Hey you! No pets allowed!" yelled a man with a long black ponytail and a gray headband around his forehead. Vanessa jumped when getting yelled at then got red. It was the man on the other side of the window who appeared to be talking about her with his companions and pointing at her. She yelled back at him with a crossed vein on her forehead "You shouldn't talk about other people in front of their face!" Then the other customers started staring at the table of people who paid attention to her before she came in the restaurant. The man who yelled at her earlier started getting angrier and yelled back at the people who were staring at him while his companions with gangster haircuts were trying to calm him down.
"Hey Koga, talking crap about other people again?" said Inuyasha in a mocking tone.
"Koga? The Wolf Jerk and his followers? And that voice! There's no mistake, it's Inuyasha!" thought Vanessa as she turned to confirm her suspicions.
It was entirely coincidental but she still managed to meet him again in this world. Even if it wasn't Inuyasha's intention to come to her defense this time, she was still grateful that he helped her again. He turned and made eye contact with her as if he was trying to pierce her dark brown eyes with his amber ones. Vanessa blushed and turned around since she felt weak at the intensity of his stern gaze.
"Shut up, mutt-face!" Koga yelled back at Inuyasha. One of the employees in WacDnald's with brown hair and blue eyes walked up to Koga and said in a polite tone "Excuse me sir, if you make another scene, I'm going to have to ask you to leave."
Koga growled under his breath.
"Hojo works at Wacdnalds? Then... the couple I just saw earlier was Sango and Miroku!" thought Vanessa with her eyes opening wide in realization. Hojo then walked to Inuyasha and said "Sir, please don't make the situation any worse than it already is."
Inuyasha just crossed his arms and turned his face to the side with his eyes closed then said in an angry tone "Keh."
Then Hojo finally walks to Vanessa and said "Miss, I'm afraid you will have to step outside. Rules are rules, pets aren't allowed."
"Fine, I was going to anyway." Vanessa replies in an annoyed tone. She turns around and pushes the glass door and steps back outside.
"I'm sorry Vanessa, I should have stayed outside." said Luna looking guilty on Vanessa's shoulder.
"It's fine, I didn't have any money anyway, I just wanted to take a break. But the food sure smelled nice~" Then Vanessa's stomach started to growl.
"Eh-heh. Well, I better hurry up and finish this mission so I can get home for lunch and a nice nap! Let's go Luna!" Vanessa says raising her hand into a fist. Then the glass door opens and Vanessa turns around to see Inuyasha looking irritated with a wrapped burger in his hand.
"Hey you!" Inuyasha yells while pointing at her. Vanessa makes a frightened noise because she remembers that Inuyasha threatened to call the police if he sees her again . She gets in a running pose and yells in English "Run! He's gonna call the police on me!"
But unfortunately, she gets yanked back by Inuyasha.
"Hey! You're not getting away."
"Please don't call the police on me! I swear I wasn't following you!" Vanessa pleaded with Inuyasha.
"Calm down, I could've but I'm not gonna." Vanessa looks back at him with confusion on her face. "But didn't you say you would call the police if you say me again."
"True, but it's not worth it."
"Huh?"
"First of all, if you're stalking someone , you shouldn't make yourself noticeable..."
"But I wasn't!-" Inuyasha glares at Vanessa which makes her quiet and he continues with his reasoning.
"My second reason for letting you go is cause' you actually had the nerve to stand up to that mangy wolf Koga, girls usually go gaga over him-" Vanessa's expression was that of disbelief because she was on Team Inuyasha which meant that Koga was her "enemy" too by default so why would she go gaga over him? The very thought was disgusting.
"My third and final reason is that you don't really seem like a threat. " Was that why he was staring at her so intensely earlier ? Was his amber eyes somehow able to pierce through her dark brown eyes to see into her soul? Was it simply an aura she gave off that he could feel?
"Plus you're a terrible stalker."
"I'm not a stalker!" Vanessa protests then her stomach growled again and Inuyasha looked at her funny. He finally let go of the back of her jacket and held the wrapped burger in front of her.
"Here eat it."
Vanessa is surprised then asks "You're giving this to me?"
"Ain't it obvious? I'm not the one whose stomach is making noise." Vanessa becomes extremely hesitant then asks "Isn't it yours though?"
"It's nothing, I already ate a bunch of burgers and fries before you got here."
"Ok, thank you Inuyasha." Vanessa smiled brightly which caused Inuyasha to blush then he turned his face to the side with his eyes closed and said "...It's nothing."
Vanessa peeled the wrapper to reveal part of the burger. "Yum cheeseburger, my favorite! " Then she started munching down on it while Inuyasha seemed amused "You really like it huh?"
"Uh-huh." Vanessa replied enthusiastically by nodding her head up and down with her mouth full. Then the burger was soon completed after some bites. Vanessa crumples the wrapper then throws it into the trashcan. After this task was finished Inuyasha starts to laugh at her.
"What's so funny?" asked Vanessa. Inuyasha pulls out a wad of napkins from his pocket and uses it to wipe her face. "You have ketchup on your face baka."
Vanessa blushes and utters out a small "Oh."
"There, you're good to go."
Then Vanessa notices another familiar face. Her eyes follow the beautiful woman with pale skin and long black hair in the hime cut but with long side locks pulled in front of her ears walking by. She finally recognizes who it is and whispers "K-Kikyo?"
Inuyasha notices Vanessa's words then straightens up to pay attention to the woman Vanessa is looking at and drops his arm with the napkins. His face turns as red as his jacket as he gazes at the beautiful lady and softly says "Ms. Higurashi."
Vanessa then becomes mentally shocked and wonders if Kikyo and Kagome are related in this distorted world. Vanessa quietly admires Kikyo's looks along with Inuyasha until Kikyo turns to look at the two of them.
"Ara Inuyasha-kun , this is the first time I've seen you wear earrings. Today's fashion trend for people your age I suppose?"
All Inuyasha could do was dumbly nod and say "Uh... yeah."
" And who is this? Your girlfriend?"
Kikyo's question makes the two of them blush and embarrassed and Luna meows in amusement.
"N-No way!" denies Inuyasha.
"W-We're just acquaintances!"
Kikyo puts a fist over her mouth and gently chuckles.
" Pardon me, this is the first time I've seen you interact kindly with someone else. It's nice to meet you and your name is?"
"My name is Vanessa and my family name is Nguyễn."
"Are you from out of town?"
"Y-Yes, I'm just here on vacation."
Kikyo fixes her attention on the black cat for some reason then pets Luna which makes the cat smile and purr in contentment. Afterwards, she asks Vanessa "Is this your cat?"
"Uh... Well I'm taking care of her for somebody."
Inuyasha scoffs since he remembers that Vanessa told him a different story but doesn't want to act rude in front of Kikyo.
"I see , you have quite a fascinating cat. Well, enjoy your stay here in Tokyo."
"T-thank you." said Vanessa feeling strange that Kikyo seemed to be interested in Luna.
"Inuyasha-kun, don't forget to take those earrings off for school."
"Ah- yes Miss Higurashi."
"Well, have a good day you two."
"We will." Inuyasha and Vanessa said in unison.
Then Kikyo leaves the two of them looking stunned as she continues on her way.
