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(A/N: I want to curl up and die... but now isn't the time. So, I'll carry on writing just for all the nice people who bother reading my stories. ^_^ Peace and respect to all of you! *sniff* Anyway, I have the whole story sorted out - it's going to be a little longer than my normally long stories... over twenty chapters at least. So there's little chance of me quitting now, but don't worry, I won't be quitting Shadow either ^_^)
Two Faced:
Why Men Don't Like Shopping
Kagome yawned and stretched as she slid out of bed the normal way... and straight onto the floor. She made a mental note that silk night-gowns didn't sink well with silk sheets. It was abnormally quiet outside and she pattered forward to poke her head out of the door to see what was happening in the living room.
Not much...
She frowned slightly. Normally there would be no less than five or so men in grey suits standing around like mannequins, but refreshingly, today there was no sign of any doll men. She quickly remembered why after a moment and looked towards the sofa. Inuyasha was crashed out, snoring gently even though it should have been his job to rise early for her sakes. Not that Kagome was complaining at all...
It was a nice change to be able to do things without anyone getting under her feet and doing it first. So she went straight to the bathroom to have a shower, glad that she didn't have to wait a full hour for Inuyasha to check for bugs and such.
When she got out... he was still asleep... and it was starting to get on her nerves. So, feeling less than restrained, she padded forward, stood over him with her wet hair and squeezed the last of the water onto his face.
"What the-" he woke with a start and sat up spluttering.
"Oops, forgot you were there." Kagome said mindlessly as she went to the fridge. "You want some orange juice?"
"Sure..." Inuyasha grumbled, rubbing his wet face with his sleeve.
"Ok." Kagome shut the fridge and poured herself one glass of squash and put the carton back.
Inuyasha glared at her. "Where's my drink?" he prompted as she sipped casually at her own juice.
"I only want to know if you wanted some orange juice. If I wanted to get some for you I would have told you so." She smiled placidly and looked at her watch. "I'm off to get dressed - don't peek on me!"
"And risk losing my breakfast? I think not." He scoffed as she disappeared with a faint growl of irritation.
He went to get himself that drink and wondered what he was supposed to do all day. He was supposed to watch her twenty-four hours a day... so he really hoped she did something interesting.
When Kagome came back out he narrowed his eyes slightly to check what she was wearing before glancing back to the TV set.
"What do you think?" Kagome asked, giving a little twirl in her short summer dress with her hair tied up in a bun.
"Very nice." Inuyasha grunted in the usual male response.
"But you're not even looking." She folded her arms with a faint scowl on her face.
Inuyasha glanced very, very briefly at her. "Very nice."
"You mean that?"
He snorted. "No."
Kagome rolled her eyes. "Does my ass look big in this dress?" she asked sarcastically. Inuyasha grinned and was about to answer when his jacket was tossed over his head. "Get your stuff, monkey, we're going to go shopping." Kagome told him determinedly as she went to grab her bag and sunglasses.
"Do you think that's wise?" he tugged the jacket off his head and set about setting his hair straight again.
"Why not?" Kagome smiled. "I go shopping all the time."
Actually, that was a complete and utter lie. She'd only been shopping three times in her whole life and each time had been a rather bitter disappointment. She'd been swamped by more than thirty men at her beck and call and the whole mall or shopping district had often or not been evacuated for her personal use. That just sucked. But now she had Inuyasha... and he didn't seem like the type to squeal on her to her father... he didn't know the rules like the other men did. He'd demonstrated that quite clearly when he'd touched her arm.
"Come on." Kagome beckoned him from the doorway. "We can call a taxi down by the entrance."
Inuyasha scowled and shrugged into his jacket. "Whatever..."
^_^
"So what if someone recognises you and decides to knife you or something?" Inuyasha asked nonchalantly as they sat as far as possible from one another in the back of the taxi.
"That's why we're paying you." Kagome replied with a small smile.
"What if I let someone knife you."
"Then that's why we'd fire you." Kagome replied equally as sweet. "Besides the chances of someone actually recognising me are pretty low, don't you think? Hardly anyone actually knows what I look like, 'cause my dad always works so hard to keep my photos out of the papers."
"With good reason. Don't want to scare the kids now, do we?" he smiled patronisingly.
"I'd be a lot more noticeable if I was with fifty bodyguards, though." Kagome continued to ignore his jabs. "That's why you're going to be SO handy."
"You make me sound like a hanky or something."
"You should be proud."
Suddenly Inuyasha gasped and his hand flew to clutch his heart. Kagome frowned. "You having a heart attack?"
Inuyasha pulled a phone from the breast pocket of his jacket. "It's just on vibrate."
"Pity..." Kagome turned to look out the window. "They say odd things about men with vibrating phones..."
He shot her a worried look before answering. "Hello?"
"Is she dead yet?"
It was his brother's voice. Inuyasha glanced up at Kagome who was continuing to watch the world fly by outside. "No."
"You better hurry up. I just got faxed a copy of that prophecy she's supposed to act out and it looks like it will be happening soon. No matter what - she CANNOT go through with it, understand?"
Inuyasha chose his words carefully. "What does it say?"
"I can't tell you now. Maybe later. Just make sure you get rid of her."
"When the time's right." Inuyasha said a little more forcefully than he'd meant. Kagome gave him a suspicious look right then.
"We don't do this on your time, Inuyasha. You just carry out the orders, ok?"
"Ok." Inuyasha kept his voice neutral but his face must have been contemptuous, for the moment he hung up Kagome was on his case.
"Who was that?"
"Just a friend."
"Didn't sound like no friend." Kagome told him.
For a moment he thought she'd heard what Sesshomaru had said, but then he realised he had a very expressive face and she'd seen how annoyed he could be at his older sibling. "Ex-girlfriend." He quickly made up.
"An ex?" Kagome sounded surprised.
"Is the idea that I've dated anyone so shocking to you?"
"Yes." Kagome glanced out the window before leaning forward quickly and tapping on the glass. "Drop us off at this corner!"
As soon as they were out of the taxi and had paid their fee - or rather Inuyasha had paid, he started to find it hard to keep track of Kagome. The crowds were amazingly thick - but it was a weekend after all. Practically half the country would be out shopping today, Kagome being no exception.
He managed to follow her securely all the way to the entrance of the indoor shopping centre but as soon as they were through the doors, a throng of people passed on their way out... and Inuyasha lost sight of his charge.
For a while he stood, looking all around, trying to find which way she had gone, but it was impossible. Everyone was wearing the same colours as Kagome and she was camouflaged. No doubt she didn't care if she'd lost him or not.
"Oh shit..." he muttered, really worrying for a moment before realising. He didn't a toss actually. So she got lost? Big deal! He could always blame her when her father came to tell him off. It WAS her fault after all. She needed a lift home at the end of the day so she'd have to find him then... so he could just sit back and relax and have a bitch free day.
^_^
Kagome watched with satisfaction from outside the entrance as Inuyasha looked around for a moment before seeming to shrug and wonder away. She'd managed to fool him by slipping back outside with the mob of people that had been passing by. Now she could move freely without the old ball and chain.
"I'm so smart!" she chided in herself and entered the mall again to go get some serious shopping therapy.
But soon enough Kagome discovered just WHY she couldn't go shopping. She sucked at it. She must have been in about every shop inside the mall... but she couldn't find anything to suit her fancy. No shoes... clothes... accessories or music. Something must have been seriously wrong.
She had plenty of money to burn holes in her pockets, bur after a while she was beginning to get bored.
Kagome sighed as she rounded the corner into the food court and stopped dead. From here she could see Inuyasha sitting at one of the tables... or more like leaning against it since there were no more chairs to sit on, occupied as they all seemed to be by boys his own age.
Dealing with Inuyasha was something she didn't plan on doing just yet, she still hoped to get a few more hours freedom before he would probably try and drag her back.
So Kagome got her disguise on.
Nope, no superman specs or anything cheesy like that. She just pulled her jacket on, let down her hair and put her sunglasses on. He would be looking for a girl with her hair up if anything, so this was a good way to sneak past him without him realising it.
When she was sure she looked like a completely different girl she strode out around the corner with deliberate strides and headed for the ladies bathroom to get herself freshened up. It was in that little alcove with the fire escape just on the other side of Inuyasha's group. He was facing her way but he wasn't watching out for her so she had a good chance of escaping.
She glanced along her path, knowing if she stared at him the entire way then he would inevitably look her way by chance and then she'd be caught. That's when she spotted the gang of youths coming the opposite direction. There was no way she was not going to get hassled by these lot... not when a couple of them had stopped talking and joking to watch her approach.
She approached them, and for a moment she thought that they weren't going to let her pass by... but they stepped aside a moment or two too slow for her taste and let her go.
Inuyasha shook his head slightly at his table and sighed. Who did she think she was kidding? She could change her hair but she wouldn't ever be able to change her scent. He recognised her the moment she passed the table. But he let her go... he didn't plan on leaving yet. Funnily enough, he didn't want to spend too much time around her either.
He was just about to get on with his conversation when he noticed something strange. The gang that had just held up Kagome a moment ago had stopped and turned and were now following the same direction she was going in. That was no mere coincidence, considering those guys couldn't take their eyes off her.
They were demon too.
Anger surged through him at once and he shoved away from the table to stomp after them. No way was this golden opportunity to kill Kagome going to be taken away from him - not now he was so close! No crummy fortunate gang of pussies would take her away from him. This was his opportunity - not theirs!
Kagome tried the ladies room door and found to her irritation that it was locked and the 'out of order' sign had been torn off. She cursed softly and turned to try elsewhere when she suddenly found her way blocked by six youths. This didn't seem good to Kagome... and she had trouble swallowing.
"Can I help you guys?" she tried, not really sure how to handle this. She'd never been in this kind of situation.
Maybe coming out had been a bad idea.
"Sure you can help us, kid." One of the larger boys stepped forward and reached to curl one of her velvet locks around his finger.
One thing Kagome couldn't stand above anything else was anyone touching her hair. She jerked her head away and glared at the boy who had reached for her. "Get your hands off me."
"We heard rumours that you were supposed to be a boy." One of them said with a sneer at her. "Sure look strange for a boy."
Kagome's heart clenched. They knew who she was... they knew she was Kagome Higurashi.
"Come here and show us you're not a boy, prodigy girl." The one who had touched her hair now grabbed her wrist with enough bruising force and yanked her forward. Kagome gasped in surprise as she found herself tugged up hard against this much taller body. She'd never felt so much contact with someone else at once... and a giant blush shot straight to her face and fear made her gut feel cold. "Let me go!"
"Not till you prove us wrong, babe." They laughed at her viscous little struggles to break free.
Kagome twisted and turned, desperate to break free, but the guy holding her seemed unerringly strong... suspiciously strong in fact. She wouldn't be too surprised if he was actually a demon. But everything inside her was screaming to get away from them. How come no one was running to aid her yet? She was in a mall full of people for crying out loud!
Then night in shining white hair finally arrived. "Hey! I think the answer to that question is pretty obvious."
"Inuyasha!" Kagome called out with relief, but she still wasn't released.
"She's obviously a girl despite her confusing appearance."
"INUYASHA!" she ground out, a little more irritably.
He sighed almost invisibly. "Ok, no more games, put the girl down."
"And what would you do if we don't?" one of the youths challenged. "You're so weak you can't even disguise yourself properly."
Definitely demons, Kagome thought suddenly. Demons hiding in human form.
"Unlike you guys I don't need to worry about having to hide my face from humans. I'm not a coward." Inuyasha said easily.
His comment sobered them at once and they glared at him, suddenly releasing Kagome and shoving her away. "You fucking traitor - sticking up for the likes of that witch!"
Inuyasha scowled, quietly weighing the odds of his chances. Six against one... hmm... he didn't quite like those odds. But he was not about to let them take credit for Kagome.
Kagome knew Inuyasha was dead... there went another bodyguard... and she really had hopes for him too. Never mind. But right then, she was slightly more worried about her own chances of getting out of this mess without too much damage.
Just then one of the youths threw his fist at Inuyasha and Kagome squeaked and hid her face. She didn't want to see this. What followed was a series of thuds and grunts then a loud crash, some shuffling and a shout.
"And fucking stay out!" Inuyasha yelled angrily as the rest of the gang scrambled out of the fire escape where Inuyasha had just previously tossed one of their own.
Kagome looked up in surprise and found that they were alone and Inuyasha was standing above her with his hand held out. A sour look was rather imminent on his face.
Kagome just gaped at him. He didn't look at all out of breath or scuffled up. How'd he done that?
"Nice fish impression." He complimented her gruffly.
Kagome quickly shut her mouth and stood up, ignoring his offered hand. Inuyasha sighed and lowered it. This girl was really more trouble than she was worth. He'd have to do it tonight... cause an accident or something, so people wouldn't question him.
"Inuyasha?"
He turned back at the tone in her voice and was about to say something when she suddenly latched onto him like a leech. He stood, arms out to the side as she hugged him fiercely around the chest, with a distinctly ticked off expression. "Oh... don't do that...!"
"Thank you for saving me just then." Kagome mumbled into his chest.
"And thank you for letting go of me." He forcefully prised her away from him and set her back. He suddenly grinned at her - and the sudden change of expression confused Kagome. "At least I'm not the one who has to go explain this to her father now am I?"
Kagome blanched. "Oh dead god no..." Her father was going to kill her when he found out. Inuyasha wasn't going to let this slip unnoticed. He was such a jerk after all...
"If you don't tell him," Inuyasha smirked. "I won't either."
"You won't?" Kagome stammered, seemingly surprised.
"Well... not until you do something to piss me off - then I'll tell him." He started for the fire escape. "So, you ready to go home yet?"
Kagome nodded sheepishly as she followed him. Of course, the moment he opened the door for a second time the fire alarm went off and everyone looked in their direction.
"Don't stop running till you get to the taxi!" Inuyasha quickly bustled her through and set off towards the main road.
(A/N: Next chapter should be up soon... to be called 'Bearers of Bad News')
(A/N: I want to curl up and die... but now isn't the time. So, I'll carry on writing just for all the nice people who bother reading my stories. ^_^ Peace and respect to all of you! *sniff* Anyway, I have the whole story sorted out - it's going to be a little longer than my normally long stories... over twenty chapters at least. So there's little chance of me quitting now, but don't worry, I won't be quitting Shadow either ^_^)
Two Faced:
Why Men Don't Like Shopping
Kagome yawned and stretched as she slid out of bed the normal way... and straight onto the floor. She made a mental note that silk night-gowns didn't sink well with silk sheets. It was abnormally quiet outside and she pattered forward to poke her head out of the door to see what was happening in the living room.
Not much...
She frowned slightly. Normally there would be no less than five or so men in grey suits standing around like mannequins, but refreshingly, today there was no sign of any doll men. She quickly remembered why after a moment and looked towards the sofa. Inuyasha was crashed out, snoring gently even though it should have been his job to rise early for her sakes. Not that Kagome was complaining at all...
It was a nice change to be able to do things without anyone getting under her feet and doing it first. So she went straight to the bathroom to have a shower, glad that she didn't have to wait a full hour for Inuyasha to check for bugs and such.
When she got out... he was still asleep... and it was starting to get on her nerves. So, feeling less than restrained, she padded forward, stood over him with her wet hair and squeezed the last of the water onto his face.
"What the-" he woke with a start and sat up spluttering.
"Oops, forgot you were there." Kagome said mindlessly as she went to the fridge. "You want some orange juice?"
"Sure..." Inuyasha grumbled, rubbing his wet face with his sleeve.
"Ok." Kagome shut the fridge and poured herself one glass of squash and put the carton back.
Inuyasha glared at her. "Where's my drink?" he prompted as she sipped casually at her own juice.
"I only want to know if you wanted some orange juice. If I wanted to get some for you I would have told you so." She smiled placidly and looked at her watch. "I'm off to get dressed - don't peek on me!"
"And risk losing my breakfast? I think not." He scoffed as she disappeared with a faint growl of irritation.
He went to get himself that drink and wondered what he was supposed to do all day. He was supposed to watch her twenty-four hours a day... so he really hoped she did something interesting.
When Kagome came back out he narrowed his eyes slightly to check what she was wearing before glancing back to the TV set.
"What do you think?" Kagome asked, giving a little twirl in her short summer dress with her hair tied up in a bun.
"Very nice." Inuyasha grunted in the usual male response.
"But you're not even looking." She folded her arms with a faint scowl on her face.
Inuyasha glanced very, very briefly at her. "Very nice."
"You mean that?"
He snorted. "No."
Kagome rolled her eyes. "Does my ass look big in this dress?" she asked sarcastically. Inuyasha grinned and was about to answer when his jacket was tossed over his head. "Get your stuff, monkey, we're going to go shopping." Kagome told him determinedly as she went to grab her bag and sunglasses.
"Do you think that's wise?" he tugged the jacket off his head and set about setting his hair straight again.
"Why not?" Kagome smiled. "I go shopping all the time."
Actually, that was a complete and utter lie. She'd only been shopping three times in her whole life and each time had been a rather bitter disappointment. She'd been swamped by more than thirty men at her beck and call and the whole mall or shopping district had often or not been evacuated for her personal use. That just sucked. But now she had Inuyasha... and he didn't seem like the type to squeal on her to her father... he didn't know the rules like the other men did. He'd demonstrated that quite clearly when he'd touched her arm.
"Come on." Kagome beckoned him from the doorway. "We can call a taxi down by the entrance."
Inuyasha scowled and shrugged into his jacket. "Whatever..."
^_^
"So what if someone recognises you and decides to knife you or something?" Inuyasha asked nonchalantly as they sat as far as possible from one another in the back of the taxi.
"That's why we're paying you." Kagome replied with a small smile.
"What if I let someone knife you."
"Then that's why we'd fire you." Kagome replied equally as sweet. "Besides the chances of someone actually recognising me are pretty low, don't you think? Hardly anyone actually knows what I look like, 'cause my dad always works so hard to keep my photos out of the papers."
"With good reason. Don't want to scare the kids now, do we?" he smiled patronisingly.
"I'd be a lot more noticeable if I was with fifty bodyguards, though." Kagome continued to ignore his jabs. "That's why you're going to be SO handy."
"You make me sound like a hanky or something."
"You should be proud."
Suddenly Inuyasha gasped and his hand flew to clutch his heart. Kagome frowned. "You having a heart attack?"
Inuyasha pulled a phone from the breast pocket of his jacket. "It's just on vibrate."
"Pity..." Kagome turned to look out the window. "They say odd things about men with vibrating phones..."
He shot her a worried look before answering. "Hello?"
"Is she dead yet?"
It was his brother's voice. Inuyasha glanced up at Kagome who was continuing to watch the world fly by outside. "No."
"You better hurry up. I just got faxed a copy of that prophecy she's supposed to act out and it looks like it will be happening soon. No matter what - she CANNOT go through with it, understand?"
Inuyasha chose his words carefully. "What does it say?"
"I can't tell you now. Maybe later. Just make sure you get rid of her."
"When the time's right." Inuyasha said a little more forcefully than he'd meant. Kagome gave him a suspicious look right then.
"We don't do this on your time, Inuyasha. You just carry out the orders, ok?"
"Ok." Inuyasha kept his voice neutral but his face must have been contemptuous, for the moment he hung up Kagome was on his case.
"Who was that?"
"Just a friend."
"Didn't sound like no friend." Kagome told him.
For a moment he thought she'd heard what Sesshomaru had said, but then he realised he had a very expressive face and she'd seen how annoyed he could be at his older sibling. "Ex-girlfriend." He quickly made up.
"An ex?" Kagome sounded surprised.
"Is the idea that I've dated anyone so shocking to you?"
"Yes." Kagome glanced out the window before leaning forward quickly and tapping on the glass. "Drop us off at this corner!"
As soon as they were out of the taxi and had paid their fee - or rather Inuyasha had paid, he started to find it hard to keep track of Kagome. The crowds were amazingly thick - but it was a weekend after all. Practically half the country would be out shopping today, Kagome being no exception.
He managed to follow her securely all the way to the entrance of the indoor shopping centre but as soon as they were through the doors, a throng of people passed on their way out... and Inuyasha lost sight of his charge.
For a while he stood, looking all around, trying to find which way she had gone, but it was impossible. Everyone was wearing the same colours as Kagome and she was camouflaged. No doubt she didn't care if she'd lost him or not.
"Oh shit..." he muttered, really worrying for a moment before realising. He didn't a toss actually. So she got lost? Big deal! He could always blame her when her father came to tell him off. It WAS her fault after all. She needed a lift home at the end of the day so she'd have to find him then... so he could just sit back and relax and have a bitch free day.
^_^
Kagome watched with satisfaction from outside the entrance as Inuyasha looked around for a moment before seeming to shrug and wonder away. She'd managed to fool him by slipping back outside with the mob of people that had been passing by. Now she could move freely without the old ball and chain.
"I'm so smart!" she chided in herself and entered the mall again to go get some serious shopping therapy.
But soon enough Kagome discovered just WHY she couldn't go shopping. She sucked at it. She must have been in about every shop inside the mall... but she couldn't find anything to suit her fancy. No shoes... clothes... accessories or music. Something must have been seriously wrong.
She had plenty of money to burn holes in her pockets, bur after a while she was beginning to get bored.
Kagome sighed as she rounded the corner into the food court and stopped dead. From here she could see Inuyasha sitting at one of the tables... or more like leaning against it since there were no more chairs to sit on, occupied as they all seemed to be by boys his own age.
Dealing with Inuyasha was something she didn't plan on doing just yet, she still hoped to get a few more hours freedom before he would probably try and drag her back.
So Kagome got her disguise on.
Nope, no superman specs or anything cheesy like that. She just pulled her jacket on, let down her hair and put her sunglasses on. He would be looking for a girl with her hair up if anything, so this was a good way to sneak past him without him realising it.
When she was sure she looked like a completely different girl she strode out around the corner with deliberate strides and headed for the ladies bathroom to get herself freshened up. It was in that little alcove with the fire escape just on the other side of Inuyasha's group. He was facing her way but he wasn't watching out for her so she had a good chance of escaping.
She glanced along her path, knowing if she stared at him the entire way then he would inevitably look her way by chance and then she'd be caught. That's when she spotted the gang of youths coming the opposite direction. There was no way she was not going to get hassled by these lot... not when a couple of them had stopped talking and joking to watch her approach.
She approached them, and for a moment she thought that they weren't going to let her pass by... but they stepped aside a moment or two too slow for her taste and let her go.
Inuyasha shook his head slightly at his table and sighed. Who did she think she was kidding? She could change her hair but she wouldn't ever be able to change her scent. He recognised her the moment she passed the table. But he let her go... he didn't plan on leaving yet. Funnily enough, he didn't want to spend too much time around her either.
He was just about to get on with his conversation when he noticed something strange. The gang that had just held up Kagome a moment ago had stopped and turned and were now following the same direction she was going in. That was no mere coincidence, considering those guys couldn't take their eyes off her.
They were demon too.
Anger surged through him at once and he shoved away from the table to stomp after them. No way was this golden opportunity to kill Kagome going to be taken away from him - not now he was so close! No crummy fortunate gang of pussies would take her away from him. This was his opportunity - not theirs!
Kagome tried the ladies room door and found to her irritation that it was locked and the 'out of order' sign had been torn off. She cursed softly and turned to try elsewhere when she suddenly found her way blocked by six youths. This didn't seem good to Kagome... and she had trouble swallowing.
"Can I help you guys?" she tried, not really sure how to handle this. She'd never been in this kind of situation.
Maybe coming out had been a bad idea.
"Sure you can help us, kid." One of the larger boys stepped forward and reached to curl one of her velvet locks around his finger.
One thing Kagome couldn't stand above anything else was anyone touching her hair. She jerked her head away and glared at the boy who had reached for her. "Get your hands off me."
"We heard rumours that you were supposed to be a boy." One of them said with a sneer at her. "Sure look strange for a boy."
Kagome's heart clenched. They knew who she was... they knew she was Kagome Higurashi.
"Come here and show us you're not a boy, prodigy girl." The one who had touched her hair now grabbed her wrist with enough bruising force and yanked her forward. Kagome gasped in surprise as she found herself tugged up hard against this much taller body. She'd never felt so much contact with someone else at once... and a giant blush shot straight to her face and fear made her gut feel cold. "Let me go!"
"Not till you prove us wrong, babe." They laughed at her viscous little struggles to break free.
Kagome twisted and turned, desperate to break free, but the guy holding her seemed unerringly strong... suspiciously strong in fact. She wouldn't be too surprised if he was actually a demon. But everything inside her was screaming to get away from them. How come no one was running to aid her yet? She was in a mall full of people for crying out loud!
Then night in shining white hair finally arrived. "Hey! I think the answer to that question is pretty obvious."
"Inuyasha!" Kagome called out with relief, but she still wasn't released.
"She's obviously a girl despite her confusing appearance."
"INUYASHA!" she ground out, a little more irritably.
He sighed almost invisibly. "Ok, no more games, put the girl down."
"And what would you do if we don't?" one of the youths challenged. "You're so weak you can't even disguise yourself properly."
Definitely demons, Kagome thought suddenly. Demons hiding in human form.
"Unlike you guys I don't need to worry about having to hide my face from humans. I'm not a coward." Inuyasha said easily.
His comment sobered them at once and they glared at him, suddenly releasing Kagome and shoving her away. "You fucking traitor - sticking up for the likes of that witch!"
Inuyasha scowled, quietly weighing the odds of his chances. Six against one... hmm... he didn't quite like those odds. But he was not about to let them take credit for Kagome.
Kagome knew Inuyasha was dead... there went another bodyguard... and she really had hopes for him too. Never mind. But right then, she was slightly more worried about her own chances of getting out of this mess without too much damage.
Just then one of the youths threw his fist at Inuyasha and Kagome squeaked and hid her face. She didn't want to see this. What followed was a series of thuds and grunts then a loud crash, some shuffling and a shout.
"And fucking stay out!" Inuyasha yelled angrily as the rest of the gang scrambled out of the fire escape where Inuyasha had just previously tossed one of their own.
Kagome looked up in surprise and found that they were alone and Inuyasha was standing above her with his hand held out. A sour look was rather imminent on his face.
Kagome just gaped at him. He didn't look at all out of breath or scuffled up. How'd he done that?
"Nice fish impression." He complimented her gruffly.
Kagome quickly shut her mouth and stood up, ignoring his offered hand. Inuyasha sighed and lowered it. This girl was really more trouble than she was worth. He'd have to do it tonight... cause an accident or something, so people wouldn't question him.
"Inuyasha?"
He turned back at the tone in her voice and was about to say something when she suddenly latched onto him like a leech. He stood, arms out to the side as she hugged him fiercely around the chest, with a distinctly ticked off expression. "Oh... don't do that...!"
"Thank you for saving me just then." Kagome mumbled into his chest.
"And thank you for letting go of me." He forcefully prised her away from him and set her back. He suddenly grinned at her - and the sudden change of expression confused Kagome. "At least I'm not the one who has to go explain this to her father now am I?"
Kagome blanched. "Oh dead god no..." Her father was going to kill her when he found out. Inuyasha wasn't going to let this slip unnoticed. He was such a jerk after all...
"If you don't tell him," Inuyasha smirked. "I won't either."
"You won't?" Kagome stammered, seemingly surprised.
"Well... not until you do something to piss me off - then I'll tell him." He started for the fire escape. "So, you ready to go home yet?"
Kagome nodded sheepishly as she followed him. Of course, the moment he opened the door for a second time the fire alarm went off and everyone looked in their direction.
"Don't stop running till you get to the taxi!" Inuyasha quickly bustled her through and set off towards the main road.
(A/N: Next chapter should be up soon... to be called 'Bearers of Bad News')