Disclaimer -Again, I don't own Inuyasha. Not yet. -Shifty eyes- Mwahahahahhahahaha!
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A/N - 0o; Wow. I actually have more than zero reviews? Amazing! Here's thesecond chappie. And just to avoid 'YOU HAVE NOT SPELT SO AND SO RIGHT' flames, this is wordpad, and not Word, so spellcheck can't be used. Word isn't even loaded into this compy. And I'm crap at spelling anyway... Please excuse the typos. Enjoy.
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When the past catches up with you
By TsunamiRider
Chapter Two -Interview and Ambush
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Kagome stifled a yawn.
'When... D'you suppose it's over?' she managed tiredly.
'Du... nno,' Sango replied, jerking back up suddenly as the intercom's voice rang out again, sounding much more fatigued and irritated than three hours and six minutes before.
'Higurashi, Kagome.'
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For the first time in those three hours and six minutes, Kagome felt a sickening jolt from the bottom of her stomach.
'Go on, Kagome! Make sure to get the place,' Sango whispered in excitement, giving Kagome a slight shove towards the interview room's door. 'Good luck!'
Kagome closed the door and leaned against it, trying to catch her breath. Taking a deep breath, she slid into the chair in front of the screen and microphone. 'Umm... Hello?' She tapped the microphone dubiously, squinting into the camera screen.
There was no response. 'HELLO?' Kagome yelled into the microphone. From the speakers came a rough sound of scuttling, and Kagome winced as a voice came blasting through. 'What the fuck did you do that for, wench!'
'Forgive his rudeness, Miss Higurashi,' a new voice interjected. 'Inuyasha was simply observing your amazingly sexy body.'
Kagome could only look blandly at the camera in shock as a scuffle and yelling of curses sounded. A loud 'Ouch!' was heard and someone grabbed the microphone from the other side.
'So Miss Higurashi, d'you strip? You do know it's compulsory, right?'
'WHAT!' Kagome screamed, jumping up, nearly knocking over the whole table in the process.
'Look,' a previous voice interrupted. 'Should we just say you're hired? Your qualifications are acceptable, and you and your friend are the only ones left anyway,' Inuyasha said, raising a brow as he watched the solitary girl in the waiting room chew her nails frantically.
'But I- Well, thanks,' Kagome said, complete stunned at the quick result.
'You'll come here on Monday at exactly 8am. No later. Laggers are not allowed in the Shikon Company. You'll work as secretary for me, seeing as the last one was kicked out today, and your friend can work in the weapon design department with Miroku. Now get out before a fire you on the spot.'
Kagome almost retorted back an answer when she stopped herself and nodded gratefully at the camera instead.
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Inuyasha watched the girl burst through the office door to greet her friend, thoughts clouding over as they squealed and hurried out of the room. Why did she look so much like-? Inuyasha shook his head. It couldn't be. it wasn't as if they were the same person anyway. Kikyo was much prettier than that wench. Still...
'Oi! Inuyasha!' A hand waving in front of his face brought him back to the present. The hanyou growled and knocked Miroku's hand away, getting up to leave. 'Hurry up. We're going to the meeting.'
Miroku raised an eyebrow, jogging to keep up with his partner. 'The meeting finished three hours ago. Or were you too busy staring at those girls? We're due to meet a client on the other side of town, and if we don't hurry we'll lose the deal.'
Inuyasha sighed. Another meeting missed. He really needed to shape up. The trouble was every time he concentrated on something- that familiar face penetrated his mind again.
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'GET AWAY FROM THERE!'
Kagome sighed and proceeded parking the car as Sango burst out whilst it was still moving. 'I SAID GET AWAY FROM THERE!' Some kids had been playing football in the street, using the bakery window as a goal. Kagome got to the door just as Sango came back, red in the face, and with a flattened football in her hand. 'I hate them,' she grumbled, hurling the offending material into the trash bin. 'Can't they just leave us bloody alone?'
'They just like baiting you, Sango,' Kagome soothed, bringing a jar out of the cupboard. 'I'm making curry- you want some?'
'Sure,' she replied tiredly. 'I'm gonna drag myself upstairs and take a shower. Those kids must really like baiting people to waste money on it- that's gotta be the tenth football I've taken off them this month.'
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'Uh- Miroku, would you like to tell me WHERE THE HELL WE ARE!'
Miroku winced at the sound of screeching tyres as he veered away from an oncoming truck at the last moment. 'I wouldn't Inuyasha- you're the one who's constantly been telling me to turn right for the past half an hour.'
Inuyasha stared in shock at the map in his hands, frowning at the lack of recollection in his mind. 'Keh,' he muttered, throwing the map out of the window. 'You're the one driving! You shouldn't have listened! Why d'y ... Who the hell is that?'
Out of an alleyway staggered a dishevelled looking young woman, her jacket torn in some places and drops of blood were leaking from a long cut on her cheek. 'H-help!' she shouted desperately as she caught sight of the car. Miroku skidded to a halt and quickly hurried to her side. 'Are you all right, miss? What happened?'
'Weak women. Typical,' Inuyasha muttered as he came up to them.
Miroku could have sworn he saw a look of cold anger sweep across the woman's eyes, but the doubt as pushed away as she pulled on his sleeve. 'P-please help my sister! She's in the alleyway, some people attacked us and I think she's broken her wrist-'
'Don't worry,' Miroku soothed, helping her back to the alley. 'We'll help.'
In the shadows lay a pale girl, shoulder length white hair splayed behind her as she whimpered pitifully. 'There she is!' cried out the woman, pointing towards the fallen figure. Inuyasha sprinted forwards and shook the girl gently on the shoulder. 'Hey. Wake u-'
All of a sudden, a hand shot out and gripped the hanyou's wrist, the child's eyes snapping open. 'What the-' Inuyasha began, but jumped up hurriedly as a blade went flashing by his neck. 'What's going on!'
The girl had leapt up, her dusty appearance giving away to white clothes, a mirror materializing in her hands. From the other side of the alleyway, Miroku gave a startled cry and thudded painfully against the ground to avoid a mass of crescent shaped lights which thundered into the wall instead of his body, leaving a pile of bricks in it's wake.
'Who the hell are you!' he yelled, dodging yet another attack.
The woman smirked, red eyes flashing mockingly as she wielded the fan in her hand skilfully. 'You won't need to know. It'd be a shame to waste breath on a dead man- Fuujin no Mai!'
'Get away, Inuyasha!' Miroku yelled as he ran out of the alley.
'You just left me there to DIE!' Inuyasha yelled in his ear as he caught up with him.
'Hey, it was pretty obvious you'd make it- Watch out!' They both dived to the side as some cars were crushed by the blades meant for them. When the dust settled, there was no one in sight.
'Pretty feeble move back there, Kanna. You barely scratched that mongrel's neck,' Kagura remarked as her sister emerged into the street.
'You didn't do much better, Kagura. They escaped easily enough,' Kanna retorted. 'We'd best look for them before they get too far. Naraku is not one to be told what they want was not accomplished.'
'Hn.' plucking an adornment from her hair, Kagura threw it up, and they were gone in a flurry of wind and feathers.
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'Miroku? Damnit, Miroku were are you?' Inuyasha shouted. They had been separated when escaping from the deadly blades. 'Who were those people, anyway?' He mused out loud. Just as those words cross his mind, a movement above caught his eye. Miroku.
On a roof.
Spying through the windows across the street.
Without a second thought, Inuyasha charged towards the bakery- and slipped on the damp ground- and fell through straight through the unfortunate door in his way. It was only then that Miroku wrenched his eyes away from the window he was staring at.
'Inuyasha! Are you alright?' Miroku yelled, leaning precariously over the edge of the roof which he clung to for dear life.
Silence.
'I said, ARE YOU ALR-'
His foot connected with some loose tiles and his leg went right through- Followed quickly by the rest of his body. With a yell, Miroku tumbled into the room below. Which happened to be an occupied bathroom. Occupied by a showering Sango that was.
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I think I'll leave it there for now.
Ja ne!
