A/N-Woo hoo! New chappie! I love this story…It's probably my favorite Inuyasha fic of mine…Well, no, I take that back. I really like When Did Things Get Complicated too. It's a tie between this fic and that one. ^_^ Oh yeah, and I just remembered a review I got for the first chapter I think and it was commenting on the fact that there was no picture of Kouga but there was one of Kagome and how he should've protected her as well. I'll answer that now since I forgot to earlier. As will become blatantly obvious later on, Kouga is not really worried for her safety. He just doesn't care. I guess he just doesn't feel like going to the trouble of keeping her safe. Like I said, this will become obvious later on. I think Kagome even comments on it later on and so does Inuyasha.
Disclaimer-I still do not own the Inuyasha characters. If, by a stroke of good fortune, I do come to possess the Inuyasha characters, I promise that you guys will be the first ones to know ^_^
Thanks go to all my reviewers! I don't really feel like doing individual thank yous but all you guys made me so happy ^_^ I was dancing. You guys all get hugs! *Hugs all the reviewers* Oh but I must say thanks to Paul Powell for having three of my Inuyasha stories on his faves list. That made me happy ^_^
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He flipped quickly through the papers, looking for any information that would help him. He paused when he came to some information about Kagome. Highlighted in bright orange highlighter were the words, "Last seen in various places in New York City, including Yume no Kakera, a nightclub in New York City."
Inuyasha walked over to the desk, pulled open a few drawers, and finally found a phone book where he looked up the address for the Yume no Kakera nightclub. He flipped to the map section of the book and found that the nightclub was fourteen blocks from his hotel. Next he looked up places to rent cars and, after finding many places that only had little BMW's and other cars like that, rented a sleek black Mustang convertible.
After he was satisfied that he had everything he needed for that night, he picked up the phone and called for room service to get something to eat. After he had finished eating, (the waiter had looked at him funny when he asked for Ramen from a four star hotel's room service) he grabbed his coat, slung it over his shoulders, and then took the elevator down to the lobby.
"Damn it," Inuyasha cursed as he looked up at the street signs when he was stopped at a traffic light. He couldn't believe he had gotten lost. It was fourteen blocks going straight from his hotel. "But I decided to take a fucking 'detour.' Shit…" he muttered. He had taken the detour when a car in front of him was going a little slow. Now he'd have one hell of a time trying to find her in that crowded club. He had been hoping to get there early enough to sit by the door to see everyone who entered the club.
"Screw that plan now…" Inuyasha muttered, tapping his fingers impatiently against the steering wheel. He stomped on the gas as soon as the light turned green. The traffic light ahead of him turned yellow so he sped up to pass the light. A car started to move forward when his light turned green but the man in the car stepped on the brakes, bringing his car to a screeching halt, when Inuyasha sped by in front of him.
Honking, the man stuck his head out the window and shouted, "Learn to drive buddy!"
Inuyasha poked his head out the window (not the safest nor smartest thing to do in New York City at the speed he was going) and shouted back, even though he knew it was futile since the man couldn't hear him anyway. "Fuck off, pal. It's called a yellow light and you drive like my grandma!" Then he turned his attention back on the road in front of him just in time to swerve around a car that had slowed down to turn the corner. Then he realized that he had missed the turn he was supposed to take…
Inuyasha walked down the sidewalk, heading towards a big, neon blue sign that blinked, 'Yume no Kakera.' Underneath the sign was a big brick building with two intimidating bouncers on either side of the glass double doors. He paid at the window after showing the woman his ID since the woman obviously didn't believe him to be over twenty-one, which was good, he supposed, since he wasn't. He was only nineteen but he had a fake ID to show her. Then he went inside, the bouncers watching him as he passed by.
'Shit…' he thought as he stood on the stairs looking down on the bar and the dancing floor. It was even more crowded than he had anticipated. He'd never find her now. 'I just had to take the fucking detour, didn't I?' He walked down the stairs, through the dance floor, declining many dance offers, and took a seat on a stool in front of the bar.
"A beer," Inuyasha told the bartender when he asked if he wanted anything to drink. The bartender, a portly man of about thirty, slid a bottle of beer down the counter and Inuyasha grabbed it and turned to face the dance floor, leaning back with his elbows on the counter. He tried to scan the crowd to see if he was so lucky as to spot her but he wasn't so fortunate.
He figured he could ask the bartender or show him the picture and ask if he had seen her but he didn't want to arouse suspicion so he decided to save that as a last resort.
A song by Fifty Cent came on, the bass making the liquid inside the bottles and glasses behind him on the counter tremble slightly.
"A white wine spritzer," he heard a feminine voice say to the bartender. (A/N-I have no knowledge whatsoever about different types of alcohol but in the movies, the women always order white wine spritzers ^_^)
Inuyasha sat, scanning the faces in the crowds for a half an hour, declining eighteen dance offers and four lap dances. He ran a hand through his hair and sighed in frustration. This was crazy. There were probably hundreds of people in the club and he was supposed to find one. His 'walk in the park' was going to take longer than he had first anticipated since the 'park' happened to be a much larger place than he had imagined.
He quickly scanned the crowds as best he could once more and then turned back towards the bar, propping his head up in his hands as he rubbed his temple.
"Looking for someone?" he heard a voice to his right ask curiously.
"I guess you could say that…" Inuyasha answered, not even looking up. "Damn detour…"
"You're not going to be able to find one person in here," she told him matter-of-factly.
"Tell me something I don't know!" he snapped, turning his head to look at her. "Any other brilliant…" he began to ask but the words died on his tongue. 'Hah!' he thought triumphantly. 'Big park my ass…'
Kagome Higurashi was sitting at the bar a few stools down from him, wearing black leather pants, a matching leather coat, and a red halter top, her white wine spritzer in her hands.
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A/N-Enter: Kagome Higurashi! Wahaha! She's finally in the fic! Yay! Now, if all goes to plan, which it might or might not, I may be able to update sometime during the week, hopefully anyway ^_^ Now review! Feel free to email me or IM me with any questions, comments, suggestions, or whatever.
