So yeah, about a month later, I update. Oh well. But I have to give out a big thanks to any die-hard fans (if there is any) and congratulate them with another chapter. To tell the truth, I was only planning to make about 3 or 4 more chapters, but I found another twist that many of you will hopefully enjoy. So without further adieu, here is chapter 4!!
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Midnight Sparrow
"On the Run"
"Kagome, I need you to get some tequila out of the back for me." Kagome's uncle shouted to her amid the crowd of the bar.
"Okay." She answered back. As she made her way to the back of the bar, she passed by the bathrooms, and as she did, she heard a faint hissing noise. Looking back, she found that the men's stall was cracked; with a self conscious white haired man starring back at her.
"Pss, hay Kagome! Come here a minute." Seeing that it was Inu-Yasha, she responded and eagerly went to the door.
"Oh! Inu-Yasha did you try it on?" She asked. Inu-Yasha sweat-dropped a little while a small blush flashed across his face.
"Kagome… I can't go out like this I… I look stupid." He said while glancing downward.
"Oh nonsense! I'm sure you look fine!" She said while grabbing him by the collar and forcing him outside.
Inu-Yasha appeared with a black tux on. His thick white hair was pulled back into a low pony tail, and he wore black sunglasses to hide his golden eyes. In other words, he was certainly a sight to behold. Kagome looked agape for a moment before responding.
"S-see! You look great." She said while fixing his collar that she messed up earlier. By that time, Inu-Yasha had regained his composure and returned to his normal, macho state.
"Humph. I don't know why I have to do this anyway." He said, giving a cocky look. Kagome simply responded back the same look.
"Well, we're not just paying you to beat people up you know. You have to play the part."
"Yeah but do ALL bouncers look like this?" Kagome smiled that irresistible smile again.
"Of course! Now, go to the front and look for any trouble." Inu-Yasha simply snorted before doing what he was told. After all, he was getting paid for beating people up. Quite frankly this was the best job since his war years.
After getting the tequila from the back and returning it to her uncle, she started to perform her nightly ritual of bartending. She put on the show that had captivated Inu-Yasha the other night; and still, he would side glance to watch the spectacle event.
As she continued, she also noticed that her crowd was not as big as it usually was. But then again, since Inu-Yasha had been working there, she had not been so harassed by the drunken crowd. It had been a relief to not always have to keep a glance over her shoulder, but her fortune in tips weren't as plentiful anymore.
She had come to the final stunt of her routine, and she swallowed the thick, tasteless liquid before blowing it out again into a blazing fire. As she finished, cheers could be heard throughout the audience. She took her bows and waited for the crowds to disperse when loud noises were heard from across the bar. The sound of rustling and grunting infiltrated the cheers until they almost overpowered them. Kagome spotted the struggle in shock.
"Uncle! It's Inu-Yasha!" She cried. But she didn't need to alert her uncle for he already knew and was half-way to the fight. Now, telling from her uncle's appearance, he didn't seem to have much muscle on him, but that was quite the contradiction, because he had more muscle than Inu-Yasha himself. With one strong yank, Kagome's uncle grabbed the man who was fighting Inu-Yasha by the shirt and tossed him clear across the room, where he landed with a big thump on top of the tables, breaking one of them. The man got up from the rubble in an attempt to take Kagome's uncle on, but he decided to end the fight here and know by taking out his silver pistol from his jacket.
"Get the hell out of my bar!" He said while aiming. The man slowly walked towards the exit with his hands held high in a defensive manner, but he stopped by the door before shouting his last words to Inu-Yasha.
"This isn't over you white haired freak!" He called out, but Kagome's uncle simply clicked the trigger of his pistol as a warning sign.
"NOW!" And with that, the man left without another word.
After the fight had ended and the bar had quieted down, Kagome's uncle starred at Inu-Yasha in a sort of annoying matter.
"Don't look at me he's the one who started it!" Inu-Yasha said in his defense. But Kagome's uncle, who knew Inu-Yasha better than that, just grunted in aggravation and continued to maintain the bar. He went through this sort of thing almost every night, so this incident wasn't much different. He just wondered what Kagome saw in him that interested her so, but as he glanced back in Inu-Yasha's direction, he saw him cleaning up the mess that he had made, and he understood why.
It was around midnight by the time things had finally started to settle down. It seemed that the fight was going to be the least of their troubles, when all of a sudden they walked in. Similarly dressed to Inu-Yasha, two men wore black suits, and both had their hair slicked back with an oddly smelled gel. At first, they had casually walked in, as if they owned the place, and took their seats at the bar. And, being as conspicuous as they were, Inu-Yasha watched them like a hawk.
One of the men motioned towards Kagome who, in turn, could not refuse a customer. She offhandedly walked towards them, no really prepared for what they would do, but was nonetheless sure that she could handle it.
"So, what can I get you two boys tonight?" She said while leaning on the counter.
"An MGD for me." One of them said.
"And I'll have a lime margarita." The other one said.
Kagome gave a little nod and went to go fill their orders. As she did, she passed by her uncle, who was cleaning glasses at the moment. Without stopping, she whispered something that only he could hear.
"We've got blue coats." Blue coats, of course referred to the FBI or other types of policemen. As she said this, her uncle took his first glance towards the two men.
The police and FBI were nothing new to both him and Kagome. Most of the time they came into the bar to question about the illegal usage of drugs, or for prostitution, but they could never find any evidence to any of these accusations and usually left empty handed. The customers, for the most part, had a second radar for the police. Whenever they would come in, the evidence was no where to be found, and the prostitutes simply found another place to visit for the night. In other words, Kagome and her uncle were used to handling these types of situations, and knew exactly what to say. But what these men came in here for would be something that would throw Kagome way off balance.
As she brought back the men's orders, they paid and tipped her generously. Nothing out of the usual, but when she turned to go tend to other business, they stopped her.
"Miss, I was just wondering if you have ever seen this symbol before." One of them said, holding out a familiar picture. For a moment, Kagome's expression changed from serene to shocked, but she quickly regained her composure out of habit. The picture was an advertisement for GEI, but she instantly knew why these men had entered the bar and what they intended to do. Her only hope was to play dumb and hope that she could delay their investigation to cover up the evidence.
"I'm afraid that it doesn't look familiar to me." She said. Now, the other man gave her a funny look; one that was confused, but at the same time confident.
"Really? Well, an officer seemed to stumble on a certain warehouse yesterday night at about 2:00 am. He discovered a large amount of automobiles and motorcycles that have been illegally bought and sold on the black market." Kagome kept her features like a stone in a riverbed, the last thing that she needed was to arouse suspicion to the men.
"That's very interesting, but I don't know why this would interest me." She kept up her charade, but silently pleaded for someone to come to her rescue. But who would help her? Her uncle had no idea about her business, and Inu-Yasha was the only other person who knew, who was currently gazing off into space at the moment.
"I think that you know exactly what we are talking about Ms. Higurashi." This time, it was the other man who spoke. He had a plain face, but a tiny scar that ran across his right cheekbone. He took out several papers that were hidden beneath his coat and placed them on the bar table.
"We did some investigation on your history that you might find interesting." He then read what was on one of the papers.
"Kagome Higurashi, attended Tuscan High School until the age of 18, and then dropped out. Only daughter to Dr. Sojiro Higurashi, head of the GEI Corporation. Currently in 2.3 million debt. And has been arrested for two counts of illegal street racing and grand theft auto." The man looked up to her in a state of confidence, as if to say that he had finally caught his suspect. Kagome now started to feel herself shake with fear. She started to formulate a plan for escape, but it was nearly impossible with two grown men with guns. She tried to stall.
"…And?" Was all that she could say.
"And we have a warrant out for your arrest." The scared man said while pulling a pair of hand-cuffs out of his belt. A wave of shock flew through Kagome. This was something that she was definitely not expecting. In a panic she backed away from the counter, in an attempt to get away from them. Both of the men leaped from their seats and jumped the counter to the other side where Kagome was. The scar faced man grabbed her wrists while the other made a move to press her onto the counter. Kagome struggled as much as she could, but the force of the two were simply too much to bear. The scar faced man succeeded in getting her arms behind her back and started to put the hand-cuffs on her wrists. The other held her head on the counter with so much force that it felt like an orange being squished through a juicer.
By now, Kagome had given up all hope. She was finally caught. Her hopes and ambitions to clear her father's name were all destroyed in a single moment. She had forced herself not to cry over the past years, but now she let it all pass and she could feel a single tear pass through her tightly pressed eyelashes.
"Help." She whispered through silent sobs.
Meanwhile, Inu-Yasha who had apparently been staring off into space, had been intently listening in on Kagome's conversation. His high sensitive hearing could pass up this conversation, and it turned out to pay off. As he heard Kagome struggling against the two men, he made a mad dash towards the group.
"We finally got her." The scar faced man said in a gloried manner. He had finally gotten his girl, and this would most definitely mean a raise for him, probably a promotion. But his thoughts subsided as he felt a tap on his right shoulder. Having the intention that it was his partner, he violently turned around in agitation.
"What is it!?" He called out, but soon did he realize that it wasn't his partner, for he was already unconscious on the ground beside him, but a very furious Inu-Yasha. Inu-Yasha smirked at the man before hitting the man as hard as he could, sending him across the bar. The man hit a wall containing bottles of alcohol with tremendous force. He regained his composure in a matter of minutes, but the pain seared through his back as the glass from the bottles dug themselves deeper into his skin. He only mattered to utter a few pitiful words.
"You… you w-wont get away with this!" Inu-Yasha simply laughed at his gesture.
Inu-Yasha then turned to Kagome. She still had her hands bound behind her back, and her tears had not yet stopped flowing. He glared at her with startling ignorance. Throughout the time that they have spent time together, he had only seen the independent side of her. Never had he seen her in such a state before that he felt dumbfounded. Even though her face was flush, and her eyes puffy from her crying, he had never seen her look more beautiful in all his life. But his thoughts also traveled towards another subject that quite frankly scared him. Good God? Was he falling for her?
She glanced up at him, and he quickly regained composure. This really wasn't the time or place to think of such things. He rushed over to her, put his hands on her shoulders and looked with concern into her eyes.
"Are you alright?" He said. She didn't respond, but looked down as if to hide her face from him. He must have felt the same impression because he was appalled that she would feel this way. But he could understand why, and he didn't pursue the issue further. Instead he moved to the back of her where her hands were bound and with a slight tug, he pulled apart her hand-cuffs.
She was finally free, but the real threat was still in the air. He could not explain it, but his sixth sense was telling him that there would be more police, and soon.
"We have to go Kagome-san." He took her by the hand and started to lead her out the bar front door. She still remained silent, but she also allowed Inu-Yasha to take her to safety, who had no objection whatsoever. They exited the bar and continued down the street towards the old abandoned where house.
During all the commotion, Kagome's uncle had not even realized what had happened. He went to the back before the struggle took place, and just now he decided to re-enter the bar. But his eyes laid upon two passed out men, and quite a few broken bottles of alcohol. Before he knew what had happened, he knew exactly who caused the trouble.
"Urgh! Inu-Yasha you will pay!!" He yelled loud enough so that Inu-Yasha might hear.
Inu-Yasha and Kagome ran towards the where house where they would obtain transportation before leaving the city. As they continued the path that Inu-Yasha had first traveled before, he remembered the first night that they met. He quickly frowned at the thought of how much pain he had went through too and scolded her for it.
"You know that this is yet another favor that you must pay me back." He said sternly. Kagome nodded as if the accusation was true, but Inu-Yasha had only meant this in a joking matter. His expression turned grave as he saw her do this. Something was definitely wrong he knew, but now was definitely not the time to ask. It was not too much longer before they reached the site of the where house. At the moment, no one was there, but the distant sounds of sirens could be heard in the background. They didn't have much time.
Rapidly, he led Kagome inside the place. The motorcycles and automobiles were still there, but Inu-Yasha had a hard time deciding what form of transportation he wanted. Suddenly, he saw Kagome wondering off in the corner of his eye. She had wondered off to stand by her favorite; her raven. She caressed its surface as she did before, and then looked up to Inu-Yasha in a gaze of wonder.
"Let's take this one." She said. The sirens were now close enough to tell where they were coming from; Inu-Yasha knew that if they were going to escape, then it would have to be now. He quickly grabbed two helmets from another wall and offered it to Kagome, who took it hesitantly. She looked as if she was about to regret something, and as if on cue, she quickly took and gallon of gasoline and splattered it all over the floor. She then went to the nearby propane tanks and let them filter into the air. It wreaked a rancid smell, and she then went to a nearby drawer and pulled out a small lighter. She put on her helmet and instructed Inu-Yasha to get on the bike. He did, and started the engine with tremendous force. She mounted the bike in back of him and cautiously lit the lighter.
"Go!" She said. Taking no chances, Inu-Yasha sped off, but not before Kagome let go of the lighter, which caught flame to the gasoline on the floor.
It only took about six seconds before an enormous explosion erupted from the where house. The force of the blast jiggled the bike a bit, and both of them could feel the heal push against their backs. Kagome then looked back to the old abandoned where house in sadness. She had worked so hard to build what she had created, and she was sad to throw it all away. But she had a new destiny, and there was no turning back.
They sped off into the distance, preparing to get far away from the authorities. Fortunately, the blast had created a big enough diversion so that they wouldn't be followed. It would be a long while before any of them returned to New York, and hopefully, they wouldn't be escorted by police.
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Whew! A lot of pressure has been coming along the way. Being that I'm a senior and all, I have a lot of pressures to deal with; such as finding a collage to go to, getting my work done, and trying not to get senioritis too soon. Yeah all of you who are 18 or older know what I mean!! Anyways, chapter four was kind of a process to get the story going along. Like I said, there is a whole other part of the story that was just thought up yesterday afternoon while in the car. So keep up the reviews to let me know how I'm doing okay?? Byezz!