Chapter 6

Messing Around

" Look man she's not coming just give it up," Miroku said as he came skating up to Inuyasha, who was standing at the side of the skate park.

" I can't. I don't believe she would ditch me like this. She probably forgot or something that's all," Inuyasha consoled himself making up excuses.

" Dude she didn't forget she just doesn't want to be seen here. I mean what would her friends say!" he said sarcastically.

" That's harsh man. You should at least give her a chance,"

" I gave her a chance. But she blew that when she said you were a poor misfit,"

" She took that back. You have to be more understanding," said Inuyasha evenly still looking to the road.

" No you have to look past her pretty face and designer labels to see what a bitch she really is," he said harshly. " Look dude I'm just looking out for you. You know she's no good I just don't understand why you put up with her. She insults your clothes and attitude to your face!"

" I love her," he said quietly. Miroku looked at his friend wide eyed. He sighed in defeat,

" Okay well I hope it works out,"

" Yeah," said Inuyasha vaguely as he saw Kikyou walking over the hill. He turned to Miroku, " What did I tell you?" Miroku shrugged saying,

" I retain my earlier statement,"

" Do you even know what the word retain means?"

" No but I saw it on law and order so I'm guessing I said it right, right?"

" Whatever dude" Inuyasha left his friend as he ran to great his girlfriend. " Hey babe," he said as he leaned over and kissed her cheek, smiling widely.

" Don't embarrass me Inuyasha," she said coldly. Inuyasha gave her a weird look but otherwise ignored her statement. He knew she wasn't a very open person about her feelings.

" How come you took so long? I was starting to worry," he said placing his arm lazily over her shoulders.

" Get off me you dog," she spat.

" What?" asked Inuyasha, frowning. He removed his arm as she gave him a venomous look. " What's wrong?" he asked looking at his girlfriend confused.

" Well," she paused flipping her ebony hair over her shoulder, " I've been thinking and I think I'm to good for you,"

" What?" he asked shocked. " You're not serious are you?" he said not believing what he just heard.

" Oh I'm serious Inuyasha. I think we should end this before people start to think we were serious,"

" But I thought we were serious," he growled trying to control his anger. From the side he could see Miroku trying to listen as Inuyasha's voice slowly rose with each passing sentence.

" Aw poor naïve Inuyasha. This wasn't serious just something to pass time. I never dated a guy with a tongue ring before. I admit my feelings for you have grown for you but my friends quickly pulled me back to reality. In truth you were just a passing fling," she said no emotion evident in her features.

" But…" Inuyasha was lost for words as he looked hopelessly at Kikyou.

" It's over Inuyasha. Okay we had our fun but I think it's time to end it. Goodbye," with her last statement she turned flinging her hair back in his face and strolled off moving her hips from side to side. Inuyasha stood there for a few moments still numb with shock with her last goodbye still echoing in his head like an endless melody. Miroku came to his side without him realizing and placed a comforting hand on his best friends shoulder.

" Don't worry man it will be alright," he said in calm and reasonable voice.

" She was the one," Inuyasha said somewhat lamely while staring off into the space she once occupied. His expression suddenly changed as he realized Miroku was standing beside him. He placed a fake smile on his face and turned to his friend.

" You were right dude. She's a bitch I don't know what I was thinking. From now on you can just call me the minuteman," he said with a large smirk, somewhat fake but it reassured his friend.

" Ha that's the Inuyasha I used to know. Don't worry bout that girl. She's just a stuck up snob, you can do so much better,"

" Yeah and I will," said Inuyasha arrogantly. Miroku looked at his friend, thanking god he was back to his old self. When he was with Kikyou he'd been a lot more subdued than what he used to be like before he meant the evil she-devil.

Miroku remembered a time when they would just go and stuff around. Like the time when they went to the mall and hid in clothing racks then jumped out at people, or the time when they were in the super market and had races in the shopping carts down the lanes.

Of course they got chucked out but it was fun while it lasted.

But ever since Kikyou showed up Inuyasha never wanted to do anything even a bit rebellious. The only things they did together nowadays was skate. Even then Inuyasha didn't put his heart into like he used to.

That girl had changed him to fit the mould she had crafted for him. Truth was Inuyasha was a free spirit who would never be what people wanted him to be.

He was brilliant at anything he did but didn't have an interest in school or sports. The only things that seemed to capture the boy's attention was skating, rock music and girls. This suited Miroku fine because his interests seemed to be the same although with a greater influence on the 'girls' part.

Inuyasha and Miroku had been friends since they were twelve. They had both been 'shunned by their peers' because of their attitudes. Inuyasha was essentially the popular class clown but people seemed to stay clear of him because of his reputation.

He skipped school constantly going down to the local shops and just hanging around there until school finished. Miroku was also popular but seemed to have the reputation of a pervert.

Both boys had a love for skating and met each other down at the park one day when they were both skipping. Since that moment they remained friends through all of lower school up until this moment.

They stuck by each other always being honest, which some people interpreted as being a bad thing. To the boys though it made their relationship stronger. " So Inuyasha I reckon we should go down to the shops and chat up some chics? What do you reckon?" asked Miroku as Inuyasha started to pick up his board.

" Nah dude, I think I need some time first," replied Inuyasha clearly still shaken over the break up.

" No problem man. Well I gotta go and check on Rin. I leave her alone for one second and she gets herself in trouble," said Miroku checking his phone for the time.

" Oh yeah Fluffy said if you ever need someone to look after her again he's cool. He seems to like the little ragamuffin. Weird considering I'm talking about my brother here. Man if he had the chance he would've left me to die in the gutter,"

" Whoa that's harsh," commented Miroku as he placed his phone back in his pocket. " Well my sister will be happy she's got a babysitter for her kid. I don't know why she had Rin in the first place. She's like never there to look after the poor kid. Rin basically is being raised by the television,"

" Geez poor kid. Why did your sister have Rin then?"

" I don't know. I guess she felt it would strengthen her relationship with her boyfriend. Load of shit if you ask me. The guy went running after he found out about Rin but she still had her. Man I hope I don't end up like my sister,"

" Man I doubt you'll end up pregnant," laughed Inuyasha picking up his board readying to leave.

" You know what I mean Inuyasha. I don't want a kid at seventeen but you know I do love the ladies," said Miroku in a suggestive tone.

Inuyasha chuckled, " You know to get a girl pregnant you have to sleep with her first,"

" Nah, really?" Miroku said in a sarcastic voice. " You know dude it's not like I'm a virgin or anything,"

" Yah I know. I still remember you when you first slept with that chic, geez what was her name again?"

" Sango. My one and only love. She was like a rose. Pretty on the outside but she would prick you if you got to close,"

" Yah so what happened to her anyway?" asked Inuyasha trying to remember.

" She saw me chatting to some other girls, my hands were wandering a bit and she caught me. It's not like I did it on purpose or anything it's just a hard habit to break," he said defensively. " Yeah so it's sort of obvious she dumped me after that. She swore if she saw me again she would hire a hit man and have me killed. I don't doubt her either. So I backed off but I still think about her everyday," he said dreamy eyed.

" Yeah and I scare you? Well gotta jet. Sess will probably be pissed I haven't cleaned up the mess I left at the house. See ya round Miroku," said Inuyasha giving a slight wave and placed his board on the ground.

Jumping on it he propelled it forward using his foot and went rolling back in the direction of his house. Miroku snapped out of his trace just in time to see Inuyasha turn the corner. He gave a slight motion of his hand signalling a goodbye.

Inuyasha had to travel at least three kilometres to get to his house, plus it was uphill most of the way. It took about thirty minutes to get home although Inuyasha often dawdled not really wanting to go home. His parents died just after he was born so his older brother looked after him most of the time.

Well you couldn't exactly say he raised Inuyasha because most of the time he was never there and when he was he just ignored Inuyasha.

Sess despised the human blood running through his brother's veins making him weak. Inuyasha felt his brother's hatred for what he was and prided himself in trying to piss Sess off, placing a cap over his ears and trying to dye his hair black he emphasised his human traits.

The only problem with the dye was that as soon as he put the stuff in it would come straight out.

In a way he wanted to be accepted by humans. To blend in and not be recognised as a hanyou, he knew they wouldn't accept his half blood easily. Humans would accept his existence far easier than demons though. No matter what Inuyasha did he would never be accepted by demons. They all think he's weak but hold respect for him because of his who his father was.

Inuyasha resented his father, thinking why he brought him into a world that would never understand him.

Humans were scared of what he could do while demons resented the bonding of a human and demon. One of the only humans that accepted what he really was, and would call a friend was Miroku. Miroku had descended from ancient monks who once had a curse on them. Apparently a hanyou had helped them rid themselves of it. Miroku kept joking how he was forever in Inuyasha's dept.

Inuyasha thanked god he had at least one person to talk to that didn't judge him.

Over the years Inuyasha started not to care what other people thought. This is what led him down the path of becoming a skater/ punk.

People in this crowd seemed to more readily accept him for who he was. They didn't care about his half blood, they just cared how well he could skate. Inuyasha liked it like this. Most of the people in this group were humans, with a few demons floating around in the mix.

Even demons in this group seemed to accept him.

Sometimes Inuyasha would put a cap over his head to cover his ears and put contacts in, just to see how people would react differently to him. The humans seemed friendlier but the demons could smell he was a hanyou.

The thing Inuyasha wanted most in the world was to be full demon.

This way he would be more powerful and people wouldn't look at him with the condescending manner they always use when talking to him. They would respect him.

But Inuyasha knew it could never happen so just tried to fit in as best as he could.

The demons of the world today are far different to what they used to be. Most monster types died out leaving only the ones that looked like humans, those who could blend in.

For demons to survive in this world they have to be like every other human, get jobs, go to school, own a house and everything else a human would do to survive. Since the peace treaty between humans and demons they have lived in harmony. Although racial discrimination is evident from both sides they don't voice it.

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As Inuyasha climbed the hill to his home he spotted a site he didn't expect to see. It was Sess standing outside the house. Inuyasha's curiosity grew, as he got closer to his older brother.

Within about thirty meters he realised Sess was smiling. 'Oh this can't be good,' thought Inuyasha, walking slowly up to his house. Silently he debated running for his life or seeing what his brother wanted.

He chose to run for his life but his decision was to slow as he was already standing at his front lawn.

" Uh, hiya Fluffy. What you so stoked about?" asked Inuyasha nervously stuffing his hands into his pockets, but quickly regretting the decision when felt some chewed gum stick to his hand. ' How'd that get there?' he thought retracting his hand and trying to get the gum off .

" Oh I just wanted to tell you to get ready because we're going to diner with one of my clients," said Sesshomaru.

" What's the catch?" asked Inuyasha raising a brow still shaking his hand trying to get the gum off.

" Nothing little brother. Just be ready in an hour so we can go,"

" So there's no catch? Why are you waiting outside to meet me then?"

" Oh I just thought it would be nice outside,"

" Don't give me that bull shit," said Inuyasha forcefully. Inuyasha knew his brother and knew Sess hated being outside. The blue skies and happy children annoyed his brother to the extent of hurting someone, namely Inuyasha. " Why are you really waiting for me?"

" Go inside and see for yourself," said Sesshomaru in a calm even voice. Inuyasha tread lightly as he slowly turned to handle of the front door. Pushing slightly the door swung back on its hinges. Inuyasha gasped at the sight that engulfed his vision.

Okay chapter 6… it's longer then before… anyway if u like the story then by all means review and compliment me… if you hate the story then you can kiss my asian ass!!!