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Guns and Roses

-Chapter Three

Inuyasha pushed the girl away gently, growled once at the policemen and then launched his reluctant body into the air. The awestruck crowed gasped in alarm and amazement as the boy seemingly flew onto the roof a nearby house, and then disappeared over the edge….

A few miles away, Kagome was hard at work trying to pour water into a test tube. Her Chemistry class was quite hard and it required all of her concentration...

"Hey guys! Turn on the TV! There's a man hunt going on!" exclaimed an overly excited young man from the hall. Kagome gaped angrily at the guy who had interrupted her experiment, and then screamed. The water had spilled over the rim and was now streaming into her lap. She angrily got up to get some paper towel from the sink. Her day was just not going well at all. Kagome had woken up feeling guilty for having left Inuyasha, then at breakfast Souta had accidentally poured orange juice all over her math homework. Now her skirt was sopping wet.

"Hey Kagome, come look at this!" called her friend. A large group of kids had gathered around the classroom TV and were now excitedly watching a newswomen on screen.

"Oh come on Yumi, it's just a stupid police chase." Said Kagome as she blotted at the water on his skirt.

"No, they're chasing some guy who's got a sword. It's crazy!"

Kagome felt her blood run cold. She dropped the sodden paper towel and ran up to the TV, nearly knocking poor Yumi to the floor.

The newswomen was interviewing a few frazzled cops about a young man in period clothes, wielding a sword.

"Can you describe this person for us?" asked the newswomen. She inclined the microphone to the cop.

"Yes, the perp is 5'9, 16 to 17 years of age, wearing a red kimono, red pants and black baseball cap. We think he was wearing a silver wig and yellow colored corrective lenses. I want to warn everyone that this person has the potential to be extremely dangerous. If you have any information we ask you to please call the police immediately.

Kagome felt herself go weak in the knees and she grabbed the desk to keep herself from falling.

"Is it true the police shot at the young man?" inquired the reporter with concern. The policeman's face grew grim.

"I'm afraid that is true, however we think the shots must have missed him. If they had hit, he certainly should not have escaped so easily."

Kagome's heart beat painfully in her chest as the realization of what was happening sunk in. Inuyasha! She sprinted out of the classroom, leaving her books far behind and headed for the exit doors.

Once Kagome was outside in the bright sunshine, she was at a loss of what to do next. How was she suppose to find Inuyasha when he could be anywhere in the city! What if he was hurt? Kagome started jogging towards the location shown on the TV broadcast...maybe if he was still nearby... Then she stopped dead in her tracks. Wait a minute...why wouldn't he just go to my house? I bet that's where he is! Kagome wasn't sure why she felt so strongly he would be there, but something inside told her it was so. She turned in the direction of the shrine and broke into a panicked jog. Please be alright Inuyasha...

Meanwhile in Kagome's room...

Inuyasha berated himself for being so weak. The gunshot wounds burned horribly as he struggled to open Kagome's window. Once it was open, he climbed in and collapsed onto the rug. Damn... I would never imagine such puny wounds could hurt so badly. Racing over the rooftops had aggravated his condition even worse, making it hard for him to take in any air without hitching his breath in pain. The blood from his kimono coat was staining Kagome's pink rug as he lay there in a heap and he immediately felt guilty. She would not be happy about the mess he was making. He glanced up at the little bedside clock; it would be a few hours before Kagome got home from school. He knew her schedule like the back of his hand. Why did she have to be at that damn school! On the other hand, he really should've been at back at home...He winced as his wounds throbbed with pain. Damn, I need you Kagome... He possibly could go find her again, but he was so tired...laying on the damn floor in misery was all he could muster at the moment. He laughed weakly...that hag Keade would actually be useful at a time like this. However the ancient priestesses was 500 years in the past and certainly no help him now. So what was he going to do about the stupid things still stuck inside him?

Gritting his teeth, Inuyasha sat up, tossed off the annoying baseball cap and pulled off his coat, the blood sticking annoyingly to the cloth. The bullet hole in the magical fabric was already mending it's self. Well that is good at least. The tired hanyou wasn't too keen on what he was about to do, but there was no other alternative. Inuyasha took a few deep breaths, steeled his jaw...and dug his claws deep into the hole at his shoulder.

Several minutes later found Inuyasha breathing heavily as he shakily tossed away the second bullet he had painfully dug out of his leg. His hand was covered in his own blood, the tangy sent of it made his stomach churn. Sweat dripped down his pale face and he wiped some of it away with arm. Well...that's taken...care of... Inuyasha thought grimily. He was glad to see that the bleeding was stopping, his demon powers were starting to kick in. The wounds would be closed and healed by morning. There wasn't anything to bind the damage done his flesh, so he was forced to leave them open to the air. With only his white gi on, he shakily rose to his feet and climbed onto Kagome's soft bed. Inuyasha didn't think the girl would mind too much if he took a nap on her bed, just as long as he kept the wounds from leaking onto her blanket. On his back facing the ceiling, Inuyasha closed his eyes and fell into disturbed dreams.

To be continued….