Chapter Two: Attempted Suicide, and kidnapping
"What? Inu Yasha was there?" said an irate man, dressed nicely with a sports jacket and looking at the two men angrily. His gaze softened as he turned it to Kagome, who stood, staring at the floor with an apprehensive look on her face. "Did he hurt you?"
"No. He asked what my relationship with you was."
"What did you say?"
"I said I was a friend."
"Good. He doesn't know who you are." The "businessman" started to turn away when Kagome's small voice stopped him.
"Umm...but Kouga, Ginta said my name. And then the Inu Yasha guy seemed to get really mad." Kouga flipped around to glower at the accused. The nervous man stepped back and stuttered,
"Well...Mr. Urufu, I didn't see Inu Yasha before I said 'Miss Kagome'."
"Fine. I'll let it pass. But now I want someone with Kagome at all times, or guarding her bedroom door. If Inu Yasha knows who she is, there may be some big problems."
"Isn't he the brother of Sesshomaru Tanryoku?" whispered Ginta.
"Yeah. Used to be one of the best mobsters in the city...but he quit. His brother, Sesshomaru is one of the top crime lords. Besides me of course."
"He's the leader of the Nishi gang, right?" asked Kagome softly.
"Yeah." Kouga replied, "Kagome, you have to go to your room now. Okay?" She nodded and made her way up the large staircase, turning left at the top and going into a large, spacious room furnished quite nicely. She sat on her bed heavily and sighed.
"That Inu Yasha...he was definitely a demon. Of course, if he was high up in the Nishi gang he must be. Creepy eyes..." she murmured, thinking otherwise. She rather liked them. Kouga was a demon too, but he seemed to have an easier time hiding it, with long black hair usually in a high ponytail and ice blue eyes. Kagome didn't have a choice in being his "consort". She had been trying to get away, but that obviously hadn't worked out. She was just thankful that the Inu Yasha guy hadn't hurt her and had taken Kouga's attention away from her attempt at an escape. She moved to the floor, hunting around until she found the lose floorboard. Pulling it up, she found a small black handgun. "Good...still here." The young woman took the weapon out carefully, tears starting to make their way down her cheeks. "I can't keep living like this. I miss my mom...my friends...my old life. A life in general!" She lifted the gun bit by bit to her head, near her temple. "This isn't worth it. I don't want to be a gangster's girlfriend anymore. But I can't get away..." She closed her eyes tightly when suddenly there was a creak in the corner of her room. Kagome opened her eyes to see someone unlocking her window and climbing in.
"What are you doing?" came a gruff voice as the person straightened up, white hair swishing back and golden eyes looking at her curiously.
"Oh...it's you." murmured Kagome. She hadn't moved her hand, still holding the gun by her temple. Inu Yasha stepped forward, his golden orbs widening as he realized what she was doing. "Go away. In a moment, whole bunches of the Azuma gang are going to be in here."
"Why?"
"Because the sound of a gun usually causes them to respond."
"Hm...interesting. So you're going to shoot yourself?" Now that the girl was cleaned up, Inu Yasha could tell she was very pretty. In fact, she reminded him of...
No, not now. I can't be thinking of Kikyo at a time like this...
"No, I'm just holding this gun for the hell of it," muttered Kagome sarcastically.
"Why are you going to shoot yourself?"
"Because I can't stand this anymore!" she hissed at him, "I can't live like this! I barely have any contact outside this room! Do you understand that?" She pressed the gun to her temple and closed her eyes again, "Good luck handling Kouga..."
But before she could pull the trigger, Inu Yasha had appeared at her side and wrenched the gun away.
"No way. You are not allowed to kill yourself."
"What the...?" said Kagome crossly, "Why do you care? I don't even know you."
"Yes, but I know who you are. Kagome Higurashi. Kouga's girlfriend. Right?" he growled.
"Right." replied Kagome defiantly.
"Then you get to come with me." He grabbed her by the waist and ran over to the window, jumping out.
"Hey! Let me go!" she screamed.
"Shut up! Do you want them to hear you? I thought you wanted to get outside that room?" She quieted down, staring at him in confusion. "I'll explain when we get to my place."
As he set Kagome down, she glanced around slowly, taking in her surroundings. They were in a medium size house, larger than most average people's, but smaller than Kouga's. Inu Yasha made his way over to the kitchen, watching the young woman inspect his large living room.
"You want anything to eat?" he asked, receiving no reply. "Kagome?" she flinched at him saying her name.
"No thanks..."
"Okay, whatever." He got himself a can of beer and pulled off his bandana, revealing large white dog-like ears on the top of his head. Kagome noticed them and gasped.
"Oh my gosh...you really are a demon. Why...why do you have ears like that? None of the demons I've met have them..." asked the surprised young woman. Inu Yasha sighed deeply, leaning against a counter.
"It's because...I'm only a half demon. Okay? Lets just drop it." she nodded dumbly so he continued, "So, I'm assuming you want to know why you're here?"
"Yeah..." she murmured, moving to a table near him, wavering slightly before sitting down.
"Well, obviously, Kouga being the leader of the Azuma gang, and my brother leader of the Nishi gang, we wouldn't get along. But when I actually participated in my brother's stupid gang, Kouga and I didn't get along for other reasons..."
"Which were?" asked Kagome, nudging him onward.
"Mostly competition...but also because of this girl."
"Girl?"
"Yeah. Her name was Kikyo." Inu Yasha paused a moment, waiting for any sort of recognition to cross Kagome's face. She remained confused. "Kouga never mentioned her?"
"No..."
"Well, she was sort of...I liked her. Kouga found out." there was an ominous silence except Inu Yasha taking a gulp of the beer, Kagome shifting in her chair. "I don't know why I'm telling you this..."
"Me either."
"Anyway...Kouga...basically, he hired someone to kill her. Some hit man named Naraku."
"So...she's dead?"
"Yeah. And I quit working for my brother. But of course, I still hate Kouga's guts..." His gold eyes darkened intensely. Kagome abruptly found the floor very interesting.
"That's...really mean of him..."
"Damn right it is. I haven't forgiven him to this day. That's where you come in."
"What?"
"You. You're his girlfriend, right?"
"Uh...you could say that..."
"He really likes you, right?" Inu Yasha prodded, finishing his beer and tossing the can into the trash.
"Yeah..."
"That's my point."
"So...you're going to kill me?"
"No. You're lucky. Just keep you here a little while" He gazed at her as she moved uncomfortably in her chair, looking up at him and making a quiet sound. "This is good for you, right? You want to get away anyway."
"I guess..." she muttered, suddenly standing, "But...I don't understand. Shouldn't you want to kill Kouga?"
"Yeah. That's the reason for having you here. It shouldn't take him too long to realize where you've gone. He's a wolf demon; his nose should be good for something. When he comes here looking for you, I leave some sort of note telling him to come alone to get you. Then I kill him." Kagome took a sharp breath.
"Kill Kouga?"
"Yeah..." said Inu Yasha enigmatically. Rapidly, Kagome shook her head, stepping back.
"I won't let you use me to kill Kouga..."
"You don't have a choice..." He growled in response, moving forward to grab her. "I thought you didn't like him."
"I never said that. I just said that he was can't be with him. He locks me in rooms for god's sake! But that's not enough for me to want him dead!"
"Well, he had Kikyo killed. That's enough for me."
"I'm not helping!" she yelled, before dashing out of the room, straight into the chest of an astounded man.
Hey, I realized something! I forgot to tell you all what the last names and gang names mean! I apologize.
Urufu: Wolf (duh!)
Tanryoku: Courage (come on, I had to get creative!)
Azuma: East
Nishi: West