Hey, hi, hello, how are you? me? Too energized to sleep, too lazy to clean. Ha ha… Anyways… Man, it's Friday! THANK YOU KAMI-SAMA!!!! I'm going out to party tonight! My own night a week to go out and have fun on the town.. I wonder whose going to be in Athens tonight… Anyways…. Well, here's another chapter for your amusement! So, on with the story!

Disclaimer: Still no rights lying on my desk… dammit!

Ass Kicking at the Truck Stop

Inuyasha pulled away from the kiss, looked down at his drenched lounge pants, then to Kagome, and began to laugh to himself, still blushing at Kagome's nudity.

"What?"

"Nothing. I am getting changed. Hurry up with your shower." he said with a frown, getting out of the shower.

'what was that all about?' Kagome thought watching Inuyasha get out of the shower and closing the curtain back up. She frowned and mentally kicked her ass for doing something so stupid. Now he was mad with her! She quickly finished up, and got out.

Inuyasha already changed, his hair still wet from being pulled into the shower, gazed out the window to the hotel room. 'It's not her, it's me. I just don't want to rush this. I hope she's not mad with me.' he thought and sighed, hearing the shower cut off and the door slam shut behind him. His ears bent downwards, and he slowly turned his head to face her.

Kagome was wrapped in a towel, had a towel on her head around her hair, and was fishing out a change of clothes in the bag he'd packed the day before. She looked upset, and he knew why she was, he blew her off like an asshole would, even though he knew he wanted to stay in there with her. She glared at him, basically telling him he needed to turn his head while she changed, he turned and continued to gaze out the window.

"Well, lets go eat." she flatly stated, after getting dressed.

"Okay."

Inuyasha grabbed the keys, and followed her out, scolding himself mentally, 'I really fucked up now.'



"Sango, Miroku, we have brought you some dinner. Wake up please." a soft male voice called from the stairs of the basement, lulling them out of sleep.

Sango rubbed her eyes, and yawned. Her eyes were a little bloodshot from crying herself to sleep, and looked in the dimly light room towards the stairs. Miroku was already up helping the man. With her vision a little blurry still she, couldn't make out who it was.

"Thank you, Shippo." Miroku nodded.

"Shippo?" Sango began, rubbing her eyes till her vision was clear.

"Yes?"

"Why are we here? What did they mean bait?"

"Me and Kaede will be down to explain after you finish your supper."

Shippo turned and walked back up the stairs, locking the door behind him. Miroku walked over to her with the tray of food, and sat beside her on the bed. He uncovered the dishes, there dinner were two full plates of homemade spaghetti and meatballs with homemade garlic bread. There were two cans of Pepsi, with two cups of ice also placed on it for them to drink. He unwrapped the silverware and looked at Sango. Her face was fallen. Her usual bright, sparkling magenta eyes were bloodshot and tired. Tear stains and streaks down her rosy cheeks. With a frown on her pretty face.

"Don't worry, we'll get out of here somehow." he promised quietly.

"We can't tell them anything. No matter how long we're stuck here."

" I know. Come on, maybe if we eat we'll feel a little better."

"Maybe." Sango muttered, picking up her plate and fork, digging into the spaghetti.

After eating all of the spaghetti, and cleaning up after themselves. They placed the tray on the floor and laid back on the bed. Miroku's arms wrapped tightly around Sango, whose face was buried in his chest. They snapped back to life when they heard the door open at the top of the stairs. As Shippo promised, he and Kaede came downstairs.

"Come, let's go into the room over there." Kaede gently coaxed.

They followed behind Shippo and Kaede into the room, it was dimly lit, and had a table and four chairs. Sango and Miroku sat across from Shippo and Kaede, and waited for them to begin.

"Naraku and Kikyo are holding you two as bait, as you heard them upstairs. Naraku made a deal with Mr. Husako, Inuyasha's father. He promised to pay Naraku a large sum of money to have him returned, then slaughtered." Kaede explained, her eyes down and full of sorrow. Shippo looked distraught, and remained silent.

Sango and Miroku looked at each other, then back to Kaede and Shippo.

"What do you mean? Why does Inuyasha's father and brother want him dead?!" Sango screamed, hate in her voice, the tears beginning to stream down her face.

"Because of his fathers own stupidity of marring a human woman, and having a half demon child, not a full demon like Sesshomaru. Mr. Husako blames Inuyasha for anything wrong that has happened. The only one who can save him is the one who can activate his rosary, is the girl who left with him the one?" Kaede asked, her eyes full of hope that he has already found her.

Sango looked down, not wanting to tell Kaede, but feeling the need to. "Yes."

'Thank the gods he's found her.' Kaede thought happily but still a little worried, her eyes lighting up.

"What do you mean?" Miroku asked, still trying to absorb everything that he was told.

'NOT-HERE' Shippo mouthed to him.

"Do you know where Inuyasha is at?" Kaede asked forcefully, smiling and giving them a hopeful look, which confused them.

"If I did, there is no way in hell I would tell any of you!" spoke Sango, icy and full of hatred.

"well, I think we are finished for now. We must be collecting the dishes and heading back up stairs.

Sango stormed out, with the others following her. After the door was closed, Kaede hissed for Sango to sit down on the bed, watching her as she did as Kaede had said.

"The room has camera's, and microphones, you cannot speak in there about anything. If you told me and Shippo a location or a phone number, we could speak to Inuyasha and warn him of the dangers that will be facing him and Kagome." she whispered to Sango.

"How did you know her name?" Sango asked defensively, caught completely off hand.

"I know many things that I shouldn't. Your mind told me, but it blocked any information on where there location was. Please, we want to help you."

"How can we trust you? you work for Naraku." Miroku interjected.

"We took the job to help, in time we will explain why. We didn't expect you to trust us right away anyways. We will prove to you that we can be trusted." Shippo piped up, finally speaking.

"Do not go into that room, be careful what you say. Please, listen to us." Kaede finished, gathering the tray and standing upright again.

Shippo and Kaede went back upstairs, and locked the door back up. Miroku looked at Sango, who had already began to weep again. He sat beside her and embraced her tightly, feeling the wetness of her tears on his shirt. He sighed heavily, and they laid down again. There was something in their food that made them become drowsy, and they fell asleep again.



"Well, our choices are, drive thru at Mc Donald's, Huddle House, Waffle House, and the TA. What's your pick?" Inuyasha asked.

" I don't care." Kagome answered in a flat voice, staring out the window.

"Well, I say the truck stop. I bet they have stuff to do other then eat." he decided, attempting to try to make Kagome smile a little.

"whatever. Fine by me."

"Kagome, I'm sorry. I just, well… I don't want us to rush things… I feel like we should wait."

He turned into the parking lot of the truck stop, parking close to the building. He shut off the engine and turned to Kagome in the passengers seat, who finally looked over at him. Her hair was still a little damp, she wore a black pinstriped skirt, her vans flip flops, a black spaghetti strap tank top that read 'Punk's Not Dead' with the Distillers logo underneath, and a black zip up sweater.

"I just… I don't know. I just wanted to. Your reaction…. Well, it hurt my feelings." she admitted, looking down feeling embarrassed.

"I want you Kagome, believe me. Just, let's wait a little while." he assured her, smiling a small smile.

"Okay."

She looked up and smiled a small smile back. He leaned over and kissed her a simple sweet kiss, and opened his door.




"Man, I am so bored. What are you writing there Heather?" a lady with long brown hair and glasses asked with a thick southern accent, as they entered the restaurant area.

"I'm working on a story. I'm trying to figure out how to begin this chapter," she began then looked at the couple who had walked in, "Hey, how are you?"

"Fine. Just seat ourselves?" Kagome asked, noticing the odd expression on the two girls faces. She looked at Inuyasha and saw that he had forgot to put on his hat. 'Shit!' she mentally screamed in her head.

"Uh, yeah…" the girl began, then shook her head, standing up quickly, "Anywhere but the dining room… Please!"

Inuyasha and Kagome laughed, and sat down at the booth on the other side of the bar, where the girl had been sitting. The other girl went back to the back, saying something about having to clean up a buzzards mess, which confused Inuyasha and Kagome.

"So, what are you guys drinking?" the girl asked, bringing them menus and silverware, keeping eye contact with Inuyasha and Kagome.

"What do you have?"

"Pepsi products, thank god." the girl laughed.

"We'll have Pepsi then." Kagome answered quickly.

"no problem. Be back in a minute." the girl turned and walked to the area were the drinks were.

She was naturally pretty, short and on the lean but muscular side, with green eyes, and short purple hair cut like Kagome's. Her uniform a light blue company shirt and baggy khaki pants, a three level studded belt holding them up. Inuyasha and Kagome looked at each other and smiled, they would like the waitress they were going to have.

"here ya go. You guys know what your hungry for?" she asked with a smile.

"not yet. No clue." Inuyasha answered returning the smile.

"well, I'll be right here writing. So, I'll give you some time to decide, holler at me." she laughed and went to her seat, taking a sip of her drink on the table.

Kagome and Inuyasha looked at the menu and decided, the waitress took the order and put it in. They watched her as she glanced at the clock, and jumped up onto the booth under the TV changing it quickly.

"Sorry, can't stand the news. I'd rather watch Adult Swim on the Cartoon Network." she explained getting down.

"Us too. What's your favorite show to watch at work?" Kagome asked.

"toss up between the whole line up." she laughed.

"Heather!" yelled the girl from the back, setting plates of food under the warmer.

"Thanks Jo." the waitress said, arranging the food on a large tray.

She placed the food in front of Kagome and Inuyasha, refilled their drinks, and sat back down at the booth she was at when they had arrived. Kagome and Inuyasha dug into their food deciding to strike up conversation with her after they had finished eating.

"What's up Matt?" the waitress said, attracting their attention to the tall guy walking into the restaurant.

"Not much. Sarah's at work, I'm bored.. Decided to come watch cartoons and pester you." he said sitting across from the girl in the same booth.

Kagome and Inuyasha listened to the two's conversation, they learned she was a single mother, she had a boyfriend named Nathan who was going to school to do animation, and how much she couldn't wait to get off of work.

"You have a son?" Kagome asked.

"Yeah. He's a little monster! But, what did I expect?"

"How old is he?" Inuyasha asked

"Two and a half. But, he's not really that bad. I'm raising him right, he loves punk rock, cartoons/anime, and all the other nerdy stuff I'm into I suppose you could say."

"Oh! You listen to punk too? What are some of your favorite bands?"

"Too many to name… But, the CD's in heavy rotation at the moment in my car are 'War on Errorism', a burnt CD with random songs by DKM and Me first, and 'Coral Fang'."

"Cool." Kagome said and smiled to Inuyasha, "I'm Kagome, this is my boyfriend, Inuyasha."

" I'm Heather, this is my friend Matt."

They got into a big discussion and got acquainted. They were laughing and joking around, just enjoying themselves. Jo, the cook had joined them as well, interrupting the conversation after looking at the door.

"Get your ass out of here!" Jo yelled at a guy with green hair that had crept into the restaurant unnoticed with a very ugly blond girl attached to his arm. Everyone's eyes darted to the couple that had walked in.

"YOU!" yelled Inuyasha, motioning for Kagome to get up. She refused, but he eventually got her out of the way.

"Who the fuck are you?" asked the green haired boy with a Brooklyn accent, then looked at Kagome. "It's the angel from the grill!"

"Jason, you bastard, get out of here now!" Heather yelled, her voice filled with fear.

"Shut your goddamn mouth, you fucking whore." Jason yelled, shooting daggers with his eyes.

Inuyasha walked up to him and punched him in his face. "Don't call her a whore! You fucking bastard!"

Jason pulled himself off the floor, with help from the ugly girl who had been attached to him. Jo ran to the back and called the police.

"So, want to fight huh?" Jason dared, pushing the girl away from him.

"Do you really want to fuck with me. Your face is bleeding where I just hit you." Inuyasha scoffed.

Kagome and Heather tried to pull away and sit back down, but he refused. Matt tried to talk sense into him, that didn't work either.

"What are we going to do?" Kagome asked, looking frightened at Heather, as punches began to fly between Inuyasha and Jason.

"I have no clue. But I'm sure the police will be here soon, we need to get Inuyasha off of him and quickly. You guys will have to leave also, that way the cops won't put him in jail."

"Here, I'm cashing out for us. Keep the change, can I see your pen?"

"Here… WHOA! THIS IS A $100 bill!"

"Just take it, I'm writing our information on the back of the ticket."

"How are we going to get Inuyasha outside?"

"I have an idea." Kagome assured her, with a wink.



Yeah! He's beating his ass! {ha ha} Well, read and review, I'll try to update again soon!!!! I have to make my little boy something to eat. Can you blame me for putting myself in the story? Geez.. Other people do it.. Why can't I? Anyway…

JaNe!!!!!!!