+ Chapter 3: Attack of the wriggly Youkai.

+ 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: *hums and twiddles her thumbs while looking up at the sky. Crickets chirp* Tumdidum… Yanno, I actually don't know what to say in these things. Maybe I should hire one of those muse-thingies to fill up this space… ^.^'

+ Disclaimer: Me no own Inu Yasha. Me no own the title either. Oh, phooey! *pouts*

"…" – speech.

'…' – thoughts.

*…* - sound effects.

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Kagome stomped about the kitchen angrily, scowling and making as much noise as humanly possible. She slammed one of the cupboards shut, the plates inside of it clattering in protest at the hard treatment she was giving them.

Inuyasha winced; he really had done it now. Curse his stupid ego. Glancing to his side, he came face to face with the wench's younger brother, who was staring at him with a look of pure happiness and adoration. Inuyasha's ear twitched in annoyance. Damn that kid. There was something about his eyes that scared Inuyasha, and he really didn't like the goofy grin on the youngster's face. It was very unnerving. Slowly, Inuyasha scooted away from Souta, careful not to make any sudden movements. Who knows what that crazy brat would do… Souta, however, didn't move from his position on the floor; it seemed he was frozen to the spot much like a statue.

Huffing, Inuyasha closed his eyes and folded his arms across his chest. He would just have to ignore him then. That proved to be more difficult than he thought it would be, since he could practically feel Souta's gaze burning a hole through the side of his skull. Damn that kid.

A few seconds of twitching nervously and cursing himself later, Inuyasha heard Kagome walk past him briskly, the disturbance in the air causing his bangs to rustle slightly. He peeked at her through his eyelashes, frowning a bit. 'What is she doing anyway?' he wondered, following her lithe form with his eyes. She seemed to be looking for something. Hmm…

"Oi." He said to Kagome, trying to get her attention. She stopped rummaging through a drawer and glared at him through the corners of her eyes. "What do you want?" she inquired, her voice low and cold. If looks could kill…

"What are you doing?" he asked curiously, his ears perking up a bit.

Kagome raised her eyebrow. "That's none of your business, thankyouverymuch." She retorted, turning around swiftly and focusing her attention back to the contents of the drawer. Before Inuyasha could react, her mother suddenly burst into the room, holding up a smelly and tattered old garment. Inuyasha's sensitive nose reacted almost immediately to the dust-bunnies covering it and he sneezed violently, grumbling.

"I've found it!" Kagome's mother squealed in triumph, waving around the moth-ridden item enthusiastically. Inuyasha sneezed again, his eyes watering up. Kagome stared at her mother, giving her an odd look. "Err, exactly what is it that you've found..?" she asked, a bit hesitantly. 'Do I really want to know?'

As it turns out, NO Kagome, you really didn't want to know.

Her mother beamed at her and held up the strange article of clothing somewhat proudly. "Your grandparent's old superhero-costumes!"

Kagome tried to desperately hold onto what was left of her sanity, but it proved to be all in vain. "M-my grandparent's w-what?!" she asked, her small hands gripping the table tightly, her knuckles turning white. Inuyasha scratched the back of his head. Huh?

Kagome's mother clutched the dirty item of clothing to her chest and her eyes went all shiny and glittery. "Oh, how cute you two'll look in it…" she whispered, pinking away a tear that had started forming in the corner of her eye. Kagome's jaw fell to the ground.

"MY GRANDPARENTS WERE SUPERHEROES?!" she screeched disbelievingly. It was by now that Souta had decided to come out of his daze and join the conversation. "OUR GRANDPARENTS WERE SUPERHEROES?!" he repeated, but with much more excitement than Kagome.

Inuyasha wisely decided to remain out of this conversation. All the screaming was hurting his ears and he flattened them against his skull. He would probably only worsen the situation…

Kagome's mother seemed to have regained some of her dignity and sat down gracefully, still clutching onto the smelly little thing for dear life. "Yes Kagome, Souta. Your grandparent's were a wonderful couple, always helping out those in need…" she smiled absentmindedly, fondly remember 'the old days'.

Kagome plumped down next to her, completely shocked to say the least. "… What… How… Wh-why haven't you told us?" she stuttered incoherently, still feeling somewhat lost. Souta was jumping up and down in the background, cheering.

Fingering the dirty fabric of the outfit lovingly, her mother looked down at her lap. "Oh, you know! It just kind of… slipped my mind." she smiled innocently at Kagome, who blanched. "It slipped your mind?" she echoed.

Her mother chuckled, patting Kagome's knee in a very motherly-like fashion. "It's nothing special!" she said, smiling. "Your grandparent's weren't very well-known superheroes. They just did it as a… well, you could say a part-time job."

"A part-time job?" Kagome echoed again, blinking at her mother. 'My life just gets weirder and weirder…'

Kagome's mother nodded. "Yes. They so desperately wanted to help people, they even followed a course!" she pried something from her pockets and Kagome almost tumbled off the couch. Surely she wasn't holding a 'How-to' tape?! After staring at it for a few seconds, Kagome came to the conclusion it actually was a 'How-to' tape. Dear Lord.

In the blink of an eye, the tape was gone and Kagome's mother leaned forward, resting one hand on Kagome's shoulder. "Your grandmother would be so proud of you!" she snivelled, tears welling up. Kagome spluttered, a feeling of dread overcoming her. "Wh-what are you talking about?"

Suddenly, her mother's tears were gone and she shoved the worn-out garb into Kagome's face. "Why, you following in her footsteps, of course!" she giggled, holding one hand over her mouth. This time, Kagome did fell from the couch.

"WHAT?!" she screamed, jumping up. She waved her arms around wildly. "Are you mad?!"

"Now, now, Kagome," her mother scolded her, glaring and waving her finger. "That's no way to talk to your mother!"

Kagome calmed down a bit, but she was still freaked out. "B-but..! Inuyasha is supposed to be the superhero, n-not me!"

Her mother smirked somewhat evilly. Kagome stared at her, wide-eyed. 'Is she smirking..?'

"Every superhero needs a side-kick, Kagome." Her mother stated in a very reasonable voice that implied severe punishment to the one saying otherwise. Kagome nodded meekly. Inuyasha snorted, not hearing the undertone in her voice. "I don't need no freaking side-kick," he grumbled, standing up and stretching a bit. "I'm strong enough to-" Kagome's mother shot him a look that made him shut up almost immediately. It clearly said severe punishment. Inuyasha yipped, falling back on his butt. He resisted the urge to hide behind Kagome, no matter how tempting it was.

Clapping her hands together, Kagome's mother beamed at the two teenagers. "Well then! It's time to try them on!"

Kagome and Inuyasha looked at each other, then at the bright and colourful outfits the older woman was holding out to them. Shrugging, they complied without even questioning her.

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Kagome looked down at her body, shivering and plucking at her clothes. "It feels awfully… drafty." She commented, looking up at her mother who was grinning at her.

"Oh, you'll be fine Kagome. Your school-uniform is much more revealing than this one!" her mother quipped, winking. Kagome sweatdropped. It was true, the skirts were a bit on the short side…

With a final pat on the shoulder, Kagome's mother stood up from the chair she'd been sitting in and dusted herself off. "I'm going to go check on Inuyasha, to see if he's okay."

With a small wave, she disappeared from the living room and up the stairs. Kagome stared at her retreating form. No matter how hard she tried, she just couldn't picture Inuyasha in anything else than his normal attire. 'Even though a pair of jeans and a T-shirt would look good on him…' she mused, smiling. Her daydreams were interrupted by a loud scream.

"I'M NOT WEARING THAT!" Inuyasha roared, while running into the living room, startling Kagome. But what was more startling, was that he was completely naked. Well, besides the Tetsusaiga, who was still mysteriously strapped to his side.

Kagome felt the heat rush to her cheeks as her eyes were glued onto his muscle-toned body. Then, she remembered how to speak.

"SIT!!" she yelled, beet-red from embarrassment. Inuyasha chunked to the ground, leaving a nice imprint on the floor. Oops. Kagome swivelled around, looking up at the ceiling, her eyebrow twitching dangerously.

"BITCH!" Inuyasha howled, his voice muffled by the ground. He growled and looked up, rubble falling out of his hair.

"Don't speak that way to my daughter, young man!" Kagome's mother screeched and she stomped on Inuyasha's head with her foot, squishing him. (Ah, we can see where Kagome gets her temper from…)

"And put some clothes on!" Kagome added, fidgeting nervously. She heard Inuyasha grumble softly as he picked himself off the ground and trudged back up the stairs.

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Kagome's mother squealed, clapping her hands together. "Aw, you two look so cute together!" she exclaimed, tugging on Inuyasha's left ear. Inuyasha and Kagome sweatdropped.

"Mother…" Kagome started, twiddling her thumbs nervously and looking everywhere but her mother's eyes. "Are we really supposed to..? I mean, isn't this a bit too..?" she motioned wildly to the outfits she and Inuyasha were wearing, not sure how to say it. Her futile attempts were met with a blank stare from her mother. Inuyasha snorted, clearly annoyed by her lack of words, and took a step forward.

"Just spit it out already!" he snapped at Kagome, throwing up his hands in the air. "Woman, we look like two fucking completely morons!"

"Inuyasha!" Kagome hit him in the head hard, shocked by his choice of words in front of her mother. Inuyasha tumbled forward, but almost immediately straightened up again. "What?!" he asked, oblivious.

To Kagome's surprise, her mother was actually chuckling. 'What is this, some kind of alternate universe? Maybe the well didn't bring us back to my time after all…' she mused, blinking quizzically at her mother. She, however, didn't notice the odd look her daughter was giving her. Instead, she was patting Inuyasha on the head.

"You naughty little boy!" she scolded a very freaked out Inuyasha, who was squirming at her touch. Finally, she left him alone and began to fuzz over Kagome.

"Oh, you two still need a name! Something… striking! Something dashing! Something, something…" she pondered, eyebrows scrunched up in thought. Her thoughts were interrupted by a loud wailing sound, so hard it could be heard all over Tokyo.

Kagome gasped and ran to the window, closely followed by her mother.

"Look!" Kagome pointed, breathless. A huge swarm of Youkai was heading for the town, squirming and wiggling and looking very threatening overall. "I didn't know Youkai still existed in my time!"

Inuyasha growled. "Not like this, they don't." he hissed, rubbing his fist with his other hand. He looked eager to get into battle, which didn't come as a surprise to Kagome.

"We have to stop them!" she stated, her eyes darting around the living room for her bow and arrow. Her mother suddenly entered her line of vision, holding up something that remotely resembled a bow. Instead it looked very… well, un-cool. Not that Kagome normally was concerned about the overall coolness-rating of her bow, but swirly ribbons and such did not look good on it.

Sighing, she snatched the bow from her mother's hand and followed Inuyasha, who was waiting impatiently by the front door. She rolled her eyes at him and hopped on his back, throwing her arms around his neck. 'Geez, that spandex is slippery…' she thought, gripping onto his shoulders more firmly.

"Hold on." Inuyasha grunted, before dashing off. Kagome looked back and smiled at her mother, who was waving at them. "Good luck!" her mother yelled after them, beaming. 

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Next chapter: Youkai butt-kicking and several very embarrassing moments for Kagome and Inuyasha. ^o-

A/N: Well, the truth is people, I have NO idea what their superhero-names are. I've been pondering about it for days, but I just can't come up with anything. Well, 'sides cheesy and overused names, SIGH. Anyone got any suggestions? (in the beginning I was tempted to give Inuyasha a feline-name, what with his claws and fangs and all, but I decided I couldn't possibly torture him like that. ^_^)