+ Chapter 2: Laser-eyes and superstrength.
+ By: Lana.
+ Summary: Through some unfortunate series of events, Inu Yasha is seen as Tokyo's newest superhero. Oh dear.
+ Rating: PG-13 – ya'll know how Inu Yasha can get… *sighs and shakes her head sadly*
+ Notes: And so the madness continues. Oh, the horror. *chuckles* Well, I'm still trying my best at writing English fanfiction. In my humble opinion, it sucks arse, but oh well… It's practice! =^o^=
+ Disclaimer: Me no own Inu Yasha. Me no own the title either. Oh, phooey! *pouts*
"…" – speech.
'…' – thoughts.
*…* - sound effects.
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Kagome's head bobbed slightly, her eyes drooping a bit. She rubbed her sleepy eyes with her fist, barely managing to stifle back a yawn. Next to her, Inuyasha was feasting on his breakfast; eatin' like there was no tomorrow. Kagome's Grampa eyed him warily, giving him a cold glare. Inuyasha, however, wasn't aware of this. In fact, he looked strangely cheerful. Well, more cheerful than he normally was anyway.
Kagome scowled darkly at him. 'Yeah, that's because he had a decent night's sleep and I didn't.' She sighed, reaching for her breakfast when she noticed it was strangely empty. 'What the…' she blinked, puzzled. Then, realisation dawned on her…
"Inuyasha! You ate my breakfast!" Kagome yelled, pointing an accusing finger in his direction. Inuyasha pointed at himself, his eyes wide and innocent. "Me??" he inquired, his usually low voice a notch higher. Kagome snorted. "Yeah, you! Of course!"
"Keh! You must be imagining things; I didn't eat no breakfast of yours!" He stuck his nose high up in the air, looking in the other direction.
Kagome's eyebrow twitched dangerously, her eyes closed. "Inuyasha… Si-!"
"Kagome! Isn't this your dog-eared friend?" her mother called from the hallway where she had disappeared to a short while ago. She returned, holding up today's newspaper.
"Hnm?" Inuyasha murmured with his mouth full, noticing that they were talking about him. He quickly put down Souta's breakfast and peered at the odd scroll in the woman's hand. "What's that?"
Kagome frowned, her gut-feeling telling her something was very, very wrong. "What do you mean, Mama? Isn't that the newspaper?"
Smiling rather brightly, her mother unfolded the newspaper, holding up the front page for everybody to see. There, covering almost the entire page was a huge colour photo of Inuyasha, punching the robber's lights out.
Kagome went a ghastly pale, her eyes as huge as saucers. Souta jumped up from excitement, pumping his small fist in the air and shouting; "Sugoi!" Inuyasha himself just blinked. Then, his eyes skimmed over the headline. A look of annoyance flashed across his face.
"A-a cat?!" he spluttered angrily, snatching the newspaper from her hands. "A freaking cat?! I'm a dog-demon, not a cat!"
Kagome promptly fainted, not-so-gracefully falling into her Grampa's outstretched hands. Her mother gasped, running over to her unconscious daughter. "Oh, dear…" she mumbled, wringing her hands. Souta returned quickly from the kitchen, having fetched a glass of cold water and splashing it in her face. Kagome shrieked, flailing her arms around wildly. "Inu… Yasha..!" she gasped, wheezing. Her panicked eyes narrowed suddenly, anger flashing in her eyes. "You-you- you IDIOT!" she screamed, jumping up to snatch the newspaper from Inuyasha's hands. She then proceeded to bash his skull in. "IDIOT! IDIOT!! IDIOT, IDIOT, IDIOT!" by now, the newspaper was far beyond recognition and Kagome stopped, gasping for breath.
Inuyasha sulked and pouted, nursing the huge bump on his head. "Why'd you do that for, wench?!" he hissed, scowling at her.
Kagome balled her fists and looked down at him with a glint of madness in her eyes. "Because you're an idiot! Isn't it obvious?!" she pointed at the remaining pieces of paper clutched in her shaking fist. "Now the whole world knows about you! It's only a matter of seconds before they'll-" she was interrupted by a blinding flash of light, surprising everybody. Kagome froze in mid-sentence, mouth hanging open. Slowly, her eyes turned to look at the window. Yep, her worst nightmare had just come to life. Screeching, Kagome flung the newspaper at the reporter's head, hitting him right in the face. The man screamed, falling over backwards in a crumpled heap and landing with a small thud on the hard ground.
Alarmed by Kagome's odd behaviour Inuyasha jumped in front of her, flexing his claws and growling softly. Kagome however pushed him aside and ran to window, leaning on the windowsill and laughing at the man sheepishly. "Oh, I'm sorry!"
The reporter groaned, propping himself up by the elbows. "That's okay, ma'am." He said, slightly tipping the rim of his hat. When he saw Inuyasha peering over Kagome's shoulder, he quickly snatched his camera off of the ground and pointed it in their direction. "Mind if I take some pictures?" he asked, not waiting for their answer and flashing away wildly.
"Argh!" Inuyasha yelled, shielding himself from the bright lights with his arm.
"Duck, Inuyasha!" Kagome shrieked, jumping on top of him and pounding him to the ground. But she could tell the damage had already been done… Laughing madly, the reporter dashed away into the shrubs and bushes surrounding the shrine, never to be seen again.
Huffing, Kagome stood up and dusted herself off. "Well, that was rather rude of him…" she muttered, glaring at the place the reporter had disappeared to. Inuyasha blinked and looked up at Kagome, a bit flustered. "What the hell was that all about?" he snapped at her, trying to hide his embarrassment.
"It seems as though they think you're a superhero of some sort…" Kagome's mother mumbled behind them, reading the article.
Kagome blanched. "Inuyasha, a superhero?" she burst out in a fit of giggles, clutching her sides. Inuyasha growled, a huge dent in his pride. "What's this 'superhero-thing'?" he asked Souta, a bit miffed.
Souta's eyes lit up at the mention of the word 'superhero'. "Ah! A superhero is this rrrreally cool guy with lotsa neat powers, like laser-eyes and superstrength and X-ray vision and stuff, and he always saves the world from total destruction!"
Inuyasha gave Souta an odd look. "Right, whatever you say kiddo. But what do I have to with it?"
Now it was Souta's turn to give him an odd look. "Because you saved all of those people! Superheroes always save people! Plus, you looked rrrreally cool while doing it." He added, grinning from ear to ear. Inuyasha flashed him a cocky grin in return, exposing his fangs. "Ya think so?" he asked, sitting a bit more upright and puffing his chest. Souta nodded eagerly, but was suddenly bopped over the head by Kagome. "Souta!" she hissed, panicked. "Don't give him any ideas!"
But alas, she was too late…
"So… all those other people thought it was 'cool' too?" Inuyasha smirked and Kagome swore that if he had a tail, it would be wagging wildly. She slapped her forehead with the palm of her hand, muttering darkly to herself. Dear Lord, why had she taken him shopping in the first place…? Sighing, she pinched the bridge of her nose. "Inuyasha, don't flatter yourself. This thing'll probably be over in a matter of days, and then they'll forget all about you." She tried to make her voice sound reasonable. "We'd better get back to the feudal era, before things-"
"No." Inuyasha said, crossing his arm defiantly. Kagome stared at him, flabbergasted.
"What? You don't want to go back?" 'Well, there's a first for everything…' her subconscious chimed in.
"I don't wanna go back yet." Inuyasha repeated, looking Kagome straight in the eye. 'Stubborn little…' she growled, her anger boiling inside her. "But you have to!" she yelled. "You never liked it here!"
"I do now."
"You just want to stay here because of all the attention." Kagome pointed out flatly. Inuyasha nodded, still grinning. "Yup."
"You're hopeless, you know that?"
Inuyasha nodded again, the grin still plastered on his face. "Yuuup."
Kagome sighed in defeat. "Alright, you win. But let me remind you that even though you won this battle, you still haven't won the war."
Inuyasha shrugged at her odd choice of words. "Keh… war, battle; it's all the same for me."
Kagome couldn't help but chuckle at his ignorance.
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Next chapter: Oh no, evil demons have suddenly started to appear in modern-day Tokyo, and it's up to Inuyasha and Kagome to save the day!
A/N: *starts laughing* Inuyasha's superhero-name will be revealed in the next chapter, I promise! *giggles* Sailor Puppy Boy… xD
-Lana.
