Surviving Tankika

By: InuKagPunk333only1/2evil

Summary: Kagome is a sophomore at Tankika University, losing her job as a secretary for a lawyer caught embezzling money from his clients; she is forced to do a job that she thought she'd never consider just to make her tuition and bills. She becomes friends with the girl who trained her, Sango, who moves in to help her out. Inu/Kag, Mir/San (some ooc)

Rated R for drugs, drinking, language, and possible lemons further into the story.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha!

Chapter 4

"So, you do like punk, right? I mean, your not one of those girls who dress punk and actually listens to that pop shit are you?" asked Inuyasha, giving me a cockeyed look as he put the car into drive.

"What? You think I'm a poser or something? I love punk rock. NOFX, Bad Religion, The Dead Kennedy's, Rancid, and The Dropkick Murphy's; just to name a few are some of the greatest bands I've ever heard! How dare you say that I'm just another dumb girl, with poor taste in music! I am offended that you would accuse me of listening to that syndicated trash that the government permits on the radio!" I yelled at him, the blood pumping hard in my veins, angry as all hell.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! I was only asking to make sure before I put in The Misfits! See?" surprise and confusion present in his voice as he answered me.

I looked down and saw Disc one of The Misfits box set in his hand. My anger faded and was replaced with embarrassment. He knows there are posers, and he was just making sure I actually did like them. I felt my face grow very hot, and I knew that I was blushing furiously.

"I-I-I-I'm sorry." I muttered, dropping my head, turning it then towards the window to gaze out of it.

"It's okay, but damn woman! I just wanted to make sure you liked it! You didn't have to jump all over my ass!" he yelled. But when I looked over at him, he seemed a little nervous still, but he was smiling at me.

We drove in silence, just listening to The Misfits for a few minutes. Until I couldn't take the lack of conversation in the car, I looked over at Inuyasha, who was mouthing the words to 'I Turned into a Martian'. He was making silly faces with the lyrics, and I began to laugh at him, grabbing his attention quickly.

"What?"

"Nothing, you were just funny is all."

"What's so funny about me?"

"It was just the faces you were making."

"I was making faces?"

"Yeah, and they were funny."

"I wasn't making any faces."

"Yes, you were."

"No, I wasn't."

"Yes, you were."

"NO, I wasn't."

"You were!"

"I wasn't!"

"You were, too!"

"I Was NOT!"

"What ever, I'm not fighting with you over something that stupid." I laughed.

"Good. Because I was." He stated with a serious tone of voice, as he made another goofy face.

"I think you are a tad bit on the crazy side Inuyasha, I mean, what was the point in that argument?"

"I knew you would argue back. Your feisty, I like you!" he laughed in response.

I really, really, really, loved hearing him say 'Your feisty, I like you.' It made my heart beat pace a little faster, I felt nervous and happy in the pit of my stomach. Not sure which feeling to go with, happy being the better of the two, but I didn't want to set myself up and fall in love with him. I didn't want to get hurt again, HoJo hadn't hurt me. He was just an idiot I could pull and make my puppet.

"I'm still unsure of what to think of you. Last night you were so mean, and today you're actually pretty cool."

"Well, like me for who I am right now. I was really wasted last night. I was buzzed when I got to the club, so I was a blacked out drunk, who didn't know what the hell I was saying last night. I can't believe I was so mean to such a pretty girl."

I sat back and pondered his response, realizing that he was like Jekyll and Hyde. When he drank he was Hyde, mean and full of anger, no matter what. The sweet side of him was Jekyll, but I could tell he could get mad easily in his Jekyll state as well.

"So, Dr. Jekyll, where are we going for breakfast at 10 in the morning? Most fast food places are serving lunch now."

He stopped at a random red light, and turned his head to look at me with a questioning glance.

"Dr. Jekyll?"

"Oh, I was just thinking that you are kind of like Jekyll and Hyde. So, where are we going for breakfast?"

He looked a little confused as to why I thought that about him, and started driving again.

"We're going to a restaurant in downtown."

"Most of Tokyo is downtown."

"I know this. You'll see, just chill out. Don't get all crazy mad on me again."

I laughed, and turned my head back to the window. We drove on in silence, not that we couldn't make conversation, I just felt like enjoying a ride in his car. I just knew that after today I'd never get to again.

We pulled into a large parking lot that looked deserted except for a few cars on the farthest side of it, most likely the employees' vehicles. He parked and we got out of the car. I looked at the old building, which was a restaurant called "A Happy Eater". The big windows showed empty booths and a very large long counter with a few older men drinking coffee and talking to the waitresses. I walked in behind Inuyasha, and followed him to a black booth in the corner of the smoking area of the restaurant.

The menus were at the table, so we began looking through them, waiting on the waitress to come by and ask for our drink order. Most of the foods on the menu for the meals were American dishes. This was a normal thing in most of the restaurants in Tokyo now. I looked through the breakfast section, trying to decide what I wanted; they all looked and sounded so good. The waitress came by, and got the drink order. She left us to finish deciding.

"I think I'm going to have The Texan." Inuyasha decided aloud.

"Which one is the Texan?" I asked looking at him.

"It's French toast, breakfast meat of your choice, eggs, and hash browns. I don't know, it sounds good. You can get rice instead of the hash browns, but I don't know how it would taste with rice."

"I'm going to try the same thing then. If it's not good, it's your entire fault."

"Hey, now, if it's not good then it's really your own fault for going along with me."

The waitress came back to the table with our drinks. I put the straw in my Dr. Pepper and began sipping on it as she started to ask for our order. She seemed like a really nice girl, long black hair, green eyes, and a friendly smile. Inuyasha ordered his food, as I began to lose myself in thought.

"Earth to Kagome! What do you want to eat?" he playfully said, acting like he worked for the Japan space program.

"OH! I'm sorry! I want the same as him, with sausage, fried eggs, and I'll try the hash browns." I could feel my face blush slightly as I told her my order.

Inuyasha began laughing as she walked off.

"What were you thinking about so deeply?"

"Nothing really, I have this song stuck in my head, but the weird thing is I've never heard it before."

"Okay..."

"No, I'm not crazy or anything, I just like writing music, and it happens quite frequently. I just write down the chorus part that I actually hear, and then write out the lyrics to it."

"Punk rock songs or what?"

"Everything, usually punk, but sometimes, beats you would hear on the radio or something."

"So, you do like pop!"

"No, but, it's like this, if I can write a song, and get an artist to sing it. Well, I could make major money off of it for being the song writer."

"Aha. I see."

"Never mind just let me see a pen."

"Okay."

He pulled a pen out of his pocket and handed me it. I wrote down what I could make out in my mind from the song I was hearing. He took the napkin I had written on and read it, looking at me quizzically.

"I sit here and wonder, I sit here and cry, I sit here and wonder why your not by my side?"

"It was in the music I heard."

"I think you are slightly crazy, but, it's actually pretty good."

"Thank you, Inuyasha. I appreciate that."

We made minor chit chat until our food had arrived. Just about school, classes we had taken, teachers we both had had, and the people we knew and didn't know. I was enjoying the conversation with him, and realized like he had said earlier that morning, he wasn't the person he was last night.

"Okay, here we go, can I get the two of you anything else, need a refill on your drink?" the waitress asked setting the two plates of food in front of us.

"I'd like a refill. Thank you." I answered her.

"Me too, thanks." He told her, handing her his cup.

"Okay, I'll be right back." She replied, taking the two glasses with her.

"This looks really good." I said beginning to munch on the hash browns. I felt that it needed something, and saw the ketchup bottle on the table. I poured some on them, and mixed it all up. I took a bite and decided that it was still lacking something, but I wasn't sure what. I noticed that Inuyasha had done the same thing as I had, and I smiled a quick smile. I finished my hash browns, and went to the French toast. I poured a little syrup that she had brought us, on them and tried a bite, finding them to be even better then the hash browns. They were very sweet, and soft.

"Well, do you like it?" he asked me, taking a couple of bites of his French toast.

"It's delicious!"

"I thought you'd like them." He laughed and started eating again.

We finished up our meal, and set the completely empty dishes to the end of the table for the waitress to pick up.

"So, what made you want to be a stripper?" he asked suddenly.

"Well," I began, caught slightly off guard. I knew the question was going to be asked. I was just waiting for when. "I lost my job as a secretary, and I needed a good paying job. So, I swallowed my pride and walked into the club and asked Kagura for a job. Fast food doesn't pay well, and it's a crappy job, this pays well, you just have to swallow your pride and inhibitions to do it."

"You shouldn't have to work, it's unfair."

"What do you mean I shouldn't have to work?"

"I think I said that wrong."

"What do you think I can just lie around and have people give me their money?"

"That is not what I meant. Let's just drop it before you chew me out again."

I giggled, looking at him with a fake pity face.

"Don't look at me like that." He laughed.

"So, do you have a job?"

"I work a job during the summer months while we're not in school. That's about it. I work for my dad's company."

"Doing what?"

"I just help out with paper work, make copies. I'm going to school for my business degree to be a partner with my brother over the company."

"Your brother goes to school here too?"

"Nah, he's already been. He's part owner of it now. Once I get done, my dad's going to step down, leave Sesshomaru in charge and I'm going to be the other partner. It's confusing and dumb."

"Do you really want to be part owner of it?"

"Not really, I'd rather go to school for something else. I've grown up learning the business, but when I was younger I always wanted to go to school to be a doctor."

"What kind of doctor?"

"Just general or, I was thinking about being Forensic Pathologist."

"Interesting, but your dad doesn't want you to?"

"It's more like he won't let me."

"What do you mean, won't let you?"

"He pays for my school; he said he didn't want to waste his money on something like that. I'm going to school to be in business or nothing else. I didn't score high enough on my high school tests to receive scholarships so; I'm going for my business major."

"That's not very fair. Did you try any of the entrance exam's to go to school for your M.D.?"

"I did. I scored higher then most of the other students trying to get in. I wish I hadn't now."

"I'm going for my Pediatric M.D."

"Really? You like kids?"

"Yeah, what's wrong with that?"

"Nothing, they just get on my nerves is all."

"They do that. Sometimes they don't mean to."

"But most of the time they do."

We laughed, and chatted some more. We checked the time, and upon seeing that it was noon, decided to leave the restaurant. He paid for the food, after much objection from me, and left the waitress a ten dollar tip. I was shocked to see him leave so much; it was close to the full amount of the bill. We walked back out to his car to leave.

"Are you ready to go home? Or do you want to go somewhere else with me?" he asked getting into the car.

I thought for a moment getting into his car, I didn't have to work today, I didn't go to class, so no homework. "I'll go with you somewhere else. What could it hurt?"

"Cool."

I looked over at him, and smiled. He actually was a nice guy when he wasn't drunk. I was a little surprised.

"What?" he asked looking at me suspiciously.

"Nothing, I was just thinking that you are a lot nicer when you're not drunk."

"Oh."

We drove on, just listening to music, my mind wandering all over the place. I wondered where we were going, we'd passed the mall, and we'd passed all the normal hangouts for college students. I knew the building as we approached it, School kid's records, on the other side of Tokyo. I hadn't been to the store since I started college, because I never had the time.

"Thank you! It's been so long since I've been here."

"No way, why? School? Well, I come here probably two days every week. You should come with me if you can get the spare time."

"I think I most likely will. But you'd have to get a hold of me somehow in order to let me know your going."

"No problem. What are your house number and cell numbers?" he asked pulling out a small black cell phone.

"I don't have a cell phone, and my house number is 269-756-7895."

"You don't have a cell phone?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"Well, I never had many friends that wanted to get a hold of me all the time."

"Well, I know where we're going next." He stated getting out of the car.

"Why are you taking me to get a cell phone?"

"Why not? I'm going to need to be able to get a hold of you where ever you are."

"Why is that?"

"Because I like you, and I am having fun with you."

"You are strange."

"What's so strange?"

"Nothing, don't worry about it. Let's just go into the store."

"Okay."

"Hey. You go ahead on in. I'll be there in a minute. I have to grab something out of my bag."

"Okay. Just pop open your door so I can lock up the car."

"Sure."

I watched him walk into the store, as I pulled out a small silver container out of the front pocket of my bag. I opened it up, and made up a line. Snorting it quickly and putting everything back into the bag after getting over the shock to my nose. I wondered if he did some every so often too.

I closed up my bag, sniffing the entire time to ensure that it was all up my nose. I started tasting the beginning of the drip into my throat. It made me gag slightly, but I swallowed and went inside.

"Hey, Kagome! Come over here and check out what they have finally got in!"

I walked over to Inuyasha, grabbing the CD set from him seeing that it was the 25th Anniversary of The Clash's London Calling.

"Oh my god! I want this so bad!" I squealed in delight.

Inuyasha laughed at me, and grabbed my copy. "Here, I'll hold it for you."

"Okay." I said giving him a curious look, getting back a look of mischievousness. "What are you up to Inuyasha?"

"Nothing, don't worry about it."

"Okay."

We finished browsing around the store; I had decided to get The Clash and a new School Kids Record t-shirt. I picked up a few dirt cheap Compilation CD's with tons of different punk bands on them. The urge to pee hit me though, and I asked him to hold onto the things I was buying and ran to the bathroom. When I came out, he was sitting in the car waiting for me.

"Damn you to hell! I told you to hold on to them for me! Not buy them!" I yelled throwing the passenger side door open.

"Chill out! I owe you that much! I was meaner then hell to you last night."

"That doesn't matter; you paid for breakfast and tipped the waitress! I can buy my own stuff!"

"Just get in."

"Why?"

"Because you're acting like an idiot! If you're so freaked out by it, you can give me the money back for it. Jesus Christ!"

"FINE! How much was it?" I yelled then softened my voice as I pulled my wallet out of my backpack.

"It was only $10."

"You are full of crap. I'll leave you $30, no exceptions."

"Fine."

He sighed and took the $30, setting it in the middle console of the car, rolling his eyes as he did so.

"We have one more place to go."

"Oh and where is that?"

"To Motorola to get you a phone."

"Why do I need a cell phone?"

"I already told you. If I want to talk to you I can call you where ever you are."

"You're insane."

"No, you are. You need to learn how to accept gifts."

"No I don't."

"Yes you do, and do not turn this into another three year old child's argument."

"Whatever."

So, I lost, obviously. We went to the store. I picked out a phone, he programmed his number into it, and mine into his, and we went back to my place.

"Is it okay if I come in for a few minutes?"

"Sure, just don't mind me if I seem to start cleaning. It's a mess."

"That's cool I guess."

I had gone through at least seven cans of Dr. Pepper and he had to stop at a store so I could buy some cigarettes. I was tweaking hard, and I had to do something to use up some of the energy.

"You want anything to drink?" I asked heading into the kitchen to get myself a can of dr. pepper.

"Sure. I'll take one of what you're having."

"Okay."

I made my way to the refrigerator, grabbed two cans of soda, noticing that there were a few dishes in the sink. I set the cans down and washed up the dishes, cleaned the counters and grabbed the cans and went into the living room.

Inuyasha was stretched out on the couch, flipping the channels on the Satellite dish.

"Here you go."

"What, did you have to refrigerate them first?" he joked.

"No, there were some dishes that needed to be done and I needed to wash off the counters. So, I figured I would grab them now before they get piled up or something."

"Okay."

I started cleaning up the living room where he was, I wanted to vacuum, but he was trying to talk to me.

"Kagome, can I ask you something?"

"What Inuyasha?"

"Are you on glass right now?"

Authors Note: I'm SO SORRY! Please review!