Hi! Midterms are over!! *enthusiastic cheer*

So...how's everybody been? I hope all is well!

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The bullet pierced the tire, sending the car swerving violently to the right, unfortunately (or fortunately, in Kagome's case) crashing into Tweedle Dumber's car. Kagome sighed happily. Finally, she could relax.

She thought too soon.

When she turned her head forward again, her eyes widened.

A man with shockingly silver hair had started to cross the road.

Being the reckless driver that she was, (not to mention driving on the left side of the road) she was headed right for him.

Blue eyes met with amber, and a single thought passed between them.

'Oh shit.'

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Kagome had no time to stop, or even swerve out of the way, and she crashed into the man with concrete-shattering force. The man would surely be dead on impact.



As soon as she could, Kagome brought the car to a jerky stop with tires screeching in protest. After a few minutes of frustrated fumbling, she managed to kick the door open and untangle herself the mess of twisted metal.



She lifted her head and scanned the road.



The force of impact had thrown the man almost twenty feet forward, and she frowned.

Stealing a car and making trouble was on her daily to-do list, but killing someone was NOT on her agenda.

Kagome groaned. Great! Now legal matters would come into play. His family would sue, she would have to pay money that she didn't have, she'd go to jail, and all the other necessary crap.

Out of the frying pan and into the fire.



Kagome mind was in the process of rattling off the different charges she could be sentenced of, when her thoughts were violently startled by a disgruntled groan and a sharp hiss.

Her eyes widened as she spotted the man.



Alive!

And walking!

Well, trying to at least. He seemed to be having a bit of trouble pushing himself off the ground and standing on his feet.

But that was the problem.

His left leg had bent and snapped in a position that would have made a doctor faint.

It looked like it had been removed, bent, rotated, and put back on backwards.

Kagome winced. Youch! That's gotta hurt!

After the shock that had frozen her system at the sight of him alive, she tentatively closed the distance between them.

He seemed to notice her coming, and turned his head to glare at her. Kagome almost gasped. There was no hint of pain in the golden eyes, just full up of cold malice.

"Umm...sorry?" She screwed up her face in an attempt to look guilty.

He made no move to speak, and a tense silence ensued.

But it broke like a weak dam.



"Sorry my ass, you bitch!! Look what you've done to me!!!" He screamed in rage.

Kagome didn't know what to do. This had (obviously) never happened to her before. And, being the emotionless rebel that she was, her inexperience in the field of positive human interaction didn't much help the situation. So, she did what she did best.

"You asshole! What the fuck were you doing in the middle of the road?!! You RUINED my car!"

Oh yah. Look at Kagome: Miss It's-your-fault-for-everything gal. (A/n: well that sounded just dumb-_-.)

But he countered with his own attack.

"Dammit!! Fuck you! Now I can't walk at all!!!!"

He wasn't joking. He had given up trying to stand and settled himself gingerly on the sweltering asphalt.

Kagome did feel a little guilty. Hey, everybody needs a quick escape plan right? What's a person without their legs?

So guess what she said?



"Let me pretend I care! It's your own damn problem!"

Yup. So much love.

He snarled viciously at her.

"You stupid bitch! Not only did you ruin my legs, but you totaled your car!! How are you supposed to drive me to the hospital?!?!"

Kagome's eyes narrowed. Whoa there! Isn't that going a little too far? Just *inviting* himself to the hospital? Besides, if he had enough strength to tell her off, he didn't seem like dying anytime time soon.

But, she reasoned, the man can't walk...

Her anger dissipated.

She sighed. What was she gonna do now?

Hmm...how did those movies go? The dude dragging the injured girl on a palm frond or something?

No! No palm crap here.

Kagome looked around at the surrounding trees, sizing up the sturdy branches from the weak ones.

She looked back farther behind her and spotted the two cars smoking, and scraps of metal had been flung everywhere.

Okay, so she had gotten a tiny bit of satisfaction from the chase. But judging on the top-quality air-bags, she surmised that the drivers were only knocked unconscious. For quite awhile.

Good! She didn't need stupid-ass lackey cops on her case right now.

She sighed again. The tree that the second car had knocked over removed a few choice branches from the rest of the tree, and many looked strong enough to pull a person with.

Kagome turned and walked towards the wreckage.

She stooped and picked up two large arm-like branches, and a bunch of smaller bow-shaped ones.

Good so far.

Now what to tie them together with? Kagome pried the twisted hunk that was previously the trunk off the back of the car, and bent down for closer inspection.

And to her tremendous fortune, she found a long coil of roped stuffed in next to...a blanket!!

If Kagome hadn't been in such a cranky mood, she would have grinned.

Gathering all that she had needed, Kagome walked back towards "her" car, and the guy that she had hit. He had his arms crossed and a scowl on his face. So maybe Kagome wasn't the only one in a pissy mood.

Our little princess removed a handy little knife from an inside jacket pocket, and settled herself down on the pavement to start working on a crude stretcher.

It was getting very hot, so she took off her jacket, revealing a plain white tank top underneath. Her pant legs had been unbearable long, so she used the knife to cut off as much pant as she would let herself, (just above the knee, in fact) because, as we all know, black is a very heavy color.







Roughly an hour later, she had a sweaty face and sore fingers, but almost beamed proudly at her work. She had managed to tie the thicker branches' ends together at the top with the rope, and also tied the bow-shaped sticks between the two to form a suitable sort of cot.

The man's narrowed eyes had watched her suspiciously the entire time.

Next, Kagome had ripped the blanket in sections and stuffed them between the gaps in the branches. For good measure, she had taken her jacket and draped it over two sticks she had tied to jut out, so the guy would at least be protected from the roasting heat.

She stood up and stepped back, admiring and evaluating the make-shift stretcher.

It was pretty darn good, if she did say so herself!

Now, about the dude's leg. She would have to set it straight and tie it to a branch, so his leg would at least heal normally instead of all backwards.

She sighed and grabbed a branch, a length of rope, and a strip of pant- cloth and headed near him.

Surprisingly, his leg was already bandaged, cloth and everything.

Kagome frowned in confusion. "How did you...?"

He scowled deeper. "What? You think I'm completely useless?"

Not wanting to get into another argument, she pulled the stretcher towards him, and gestured for his majesty to crawl onto it.

As she had expected, he made a fuss.

"There is no way in HELL you're going to pull me on that like a helpless child!!"

He was fuming. Her patience quickly ran thin.

Dropping the stretcher, she took a step towards him and bent down, so that her face was quite close to his. She only slightly noticed the angry blush his cheeks had held.

"Get. On." She said coldly, with more silent force behind it than an angry mother. That tricked always worked, and I'll be damned if it didn't work this time.

The man..well..boy, grumbled in an undertone and dragged himself onto the cot.

Kagome's grumpiness lessened as she realized she would be able to control this big brat.

"Good. Now, what is your name?" she asked in a softer tone.

He muttered inaudibly.

"What?"

He turned his head away from her fierce glare.

"My name is Inuyasha."

Kagome's eyes widened involuntarily, and her face registered surprise, but she hastily masked it as Inuyasha looked at her again.

'Inuyasha! He's...from that gang!' her mind screamed.

In a way, she was right.

Inuyasha HAD belonged to a gang some years ago, but he had been 'disowned' by his brother after his father died, leaving his brother full authority over the small mafia.

And Kagome, being one of the best of her 'craft' knew of him. She had heard that this guy's crime record had been longer than her own! And that was SAYING something. He was a class-A bad-ass. But, by the way he acted, he appeared no more than a spoiled child.

The said baby was now staring curiously into her eyes. "What's yours?" He asked.

Kagome inwardly panicked.

She couldn't tell him her real name, for fear that he would make unwanted trouble.

So, she mumbled the first name that came to mind:

"Sakura"



He snorted amusedly.

"Ha! You sure as hell don't look like a Sakura!"

Kagome rolled her eyes and straightened up.

Putting her hand against her forehead, she gazed in the direction of the sun. Assuming the position of the sun (still almost overhead), it looked as though they had a lot of light to spare.

And it was still stifling.



A firm resolve settled in her heart like a 20-pound weight, and she closed her fingers around the two handles she had made to pull Inuyasha along.

"We need to get going." She told him quietly.

"Where?" he asked stupidly.

-_-



"The hospital, dumbass!" she snapped over her shoulder.

He smirked.

"You don't need to pull me, I can walk on my own."

Kagome was getting pretty frustrated.

"You just got hit by a car! Ya can't use your left leg! Duh!" she half- screamed.

But she didn't catch the amused smile he shot at her back.

"If you insist.." he muttered softly.

Kagome knew he was a good criminal, but she didn't know he was half crazy. Damn. Now she would have to deal with a basket case for god-knows how long!

Let's just try to make the best of this shall we?







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Approximately two hours later, Inuyasha had woken up from his quick nap.

"Why are you doing this?" he asked softly.

"Doing what?" replied Kagome monotonously.

"Pulling me like this."

She sighed again. "Well, I couldn't very well just leave you on the road to die."

His eyebrow rose. "What gives me the feeling you have before?"

She froze. Did he know? Play it cool 'Gome, maybe he doesn't.

"What do you mean?"

He chuckled. "Nevermind. Why were those cops after you, anyway?"

It was Kagome's turn to chuckle. "Where do you think I got that car?"

After some moments, he asked:

"You stole it?"

Kagome smiled, knowing that he couldn't see her face. After an inward battle, her rebellious side replied proudly, "damned straight!"

The white-haired Inuyasha barked out a hearty laugh. "You?" he asked incredulously. "But you're so delicate! You're just a little girl!"

Kagome's anger flared up hotly. But before she did something she would regret, she stopped herself just in time. Besides, among the gangs, she was most popularly identified with her blazing temper. If she would let that slip, Inuyasha might have recognized her.

"I'm not delicate." She forced out through gritted teeth.

Behind her, Inuyasha yawned loudly. "Sure."

It took all of the self-restraint Kagome owned and then some to stop herself from turning around, and kicking the stupid idiot in the head.











In addition to being snotty, Kagome soon learned that the infamous Inuyasha complained entirely too much for her patience. But she endured it.

"I'm hungry." He whined.

"Too bad!"

"Don't you have ANY food?"

Kagome dropped the stretcher with an angry thud. If it were the only way to shut him up...she searched the jacket's pockets for anything she might have stuffed in there earlier. Her scrounging was not fruitless.

In a smaller pocket, she found a packet of gum, and a small bag of pretzels. Please, no one ask how they got there.

"Gum or pretzels?"

"Pretzals."

She tossed the plastic bag over her shoulder, and Inuyasha caught it deftly. Deciding she was hungry enough, Kagome walked around to the back, and plopped herself down next to Inuyasha.

He had already chowed down half the bag!

It was only then that Kagome realized he had very long, very sharp nails. More like claws.

She shrugged off her curiosity and tried to grab the bag away from Inuyasha, but he snatched it away and bared his teeth in response.

There, he revealed two gleaming and pointy fangs, longer than a cat's.

Spotting her hanging mouth, Inuyasha must have realized what she had seen and quickly turned away. His fist clenched tightly.

"What..are you?" she asked timidly.

After a moment's silence, he spoke.

"Half demon." She almost didn't catch it.

Kagome's mouth formed an o, but she didn't say anything, only glanced curiously at him.

His body was tense, and his wary gaze turned towards her. He looked ready to block an attack, or a rude/disgusted comment. He awaited his doom.

The silence proved too tense for Kagome, and she smirked.

"You must be able to kick some serious ass." She replied almost wistfully.



His eyes widened in shock. "You...don't find me disgusting? A lowly hanyo?"

Kagome shrugged. "Why would I? I think it's kinda cool."

In his bewildered state, Kagome triumphantly grabbed the half-eaten bag of pretzels and dug her hand in.

Inuyasha could say nothing.

But his heart was racing.

Could he have finally found someone who accepted him for who he was, could he have finally found...











...a friend?











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