Disclaimer For ALL CHAPTERS: I don't own Inuyasha, Rumiko Takahashi does (what a lucky bum). So don't sue me. What/how I portray the Inuyasha cast has nothing to do with the series…blah …blah…blah. You get the picture, right?

Crash
Chapter Two: Ear Insults and Water Fights.

He'd only been working for the company for 20 minutes and already he had his hands on the legs of a beautiful woman. Unfortunately she wasn't his type; well that and she covered in barf as well as the stench of alcohol. Whatever the reason, Inuyasha scrunched his nose and followed Kagome's lead towards the bathroom.

"How interesting" Shippo said aloud to himself. He was witnessing a demon and Kagome moving and an inebriated Kagura around like a sack of potatoes. The orange-haired mail boy took a closer look at the demon helping Kagome. His eyes grew wide in recognition. It couldn't be. Inuyasha? He shook his head. What would ancient demon royalty be doing in Maui? Unfortunately memory lane was closed early for Shippo he as was Totosai slammed into his backside. Shippo toppled to the floor in a heap.

"Damn Kids these days." The old man muttered, steeping over the demon boy.

Shippo stood and dusted himself off.

"Damn old people." He muttered.

It was too late, the Inuyasha look-alike was gone. Shippo shrugged and grabbed his mail cart, 'Tallulah' and started down the hall; he'd have to see Kagome about the mystery demon later.

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Inuyasha dropped Kagura's legs with a thump on the floor. 'Finally!' his mind screamed. If he ever smelled vodka again, it would be to soon. The woman smelled like she practically bathed in it. Suddenly he felt a splash of water along the side of his face. 'Speaking of bathing' he mused turning toward the splasher. Kagome was hunched over the sink washing Kagura's face with a triumphant grin.

"Come on Dog –Boy, get to work," she said her cocky grin growing.

The hanyou growled at the comment and unconsciously scratched his ear; which sent Kagome into a fit of laughter. Inuyasha looked confused and followed her eyeline to his ear scratching. He ceased his actions and crossed his arms over his chest.

"You think that's funny huh?"

Kagome covered her mouth with the hands, and in the process dropped Kagura's head on the bathroom floor. The older woman's melon bounced on the tile with a harsh THUD. Almost immediately two cherry eyes shoot open.

"That…HURT!" Kagura seethed.

Kagome looked down at her friend with an apologetic smile, as if it solved everything. Kagura just rolled her eyes and sat up. She was in a company of morons. Absolute morons.

"This is clearly a bitch-on-bitch moment, so I'll just be-" Inuyasha announced striding towards the door.

"HEY! You can't just leave me to do this alone!" Kagome snapped.

"WHY NOT! SHE'S YOUR FRIEND!"

"WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING TOGETHER THAT'S WHY!"

The decibels of the yelling rung in Kagura's ears like a million bass drums as the couple continued to fight. She rubbed her temples gently to alleviate the pressure. If she could get threw this. She'd never touch alcohol again. She thought for a moment. No, she wouldn't touch it again . . . for a year . . .well maybe a month. Forget it, it was sure. She'd never go back to drinking . . . before 11 AM ever again.

Out of the corner of his eye Inuyasha spotted something. That something spurred an idea. An incredibly, awful idea. The dog hanyou leaned causally along the counter, locking eyes with Kagome, as his hand reached to the left.

"MUTT? IS THAT YOUR IDEA OF AN INSULT YOU SKINNY BITCH!" He bellowed.

"I'M NOT A BITCH, YOU PUSSY'!" Kagome continued to yell, pointing at his so-called 'kitty' ears.

Inuyasha's eyes darkened. That was it. She had to bring the ears into it. Now she was going to pay.

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Miroku lifted the last med pack into the cargo hold of the jet, with a sigh. He thought that maybe for once he'd get a little 'alone' time with his favorite female, but noooooooooo she had turned him into a pack mule before his fingers could even graze the surface of her luscious behind. Miroku felt his eyes about to glaze over again, when Sango yelled for him.

"Hoshi-sama! Is Kagome here yet?" Sango said entering the room.

"Wha,-?" The dazed monk turned slowly, drunk on the sound of Sango's voice.

Sango rolled her eyes and muttered 'never mind'. How the man even made it through the day without a sexual harassment charge was beyond her. She climbed the stairs into the plane and made her way to the main cabin. Sango sat down in the comforting bliss a dark blue leather seat with a sigh. Life working for Naraku was never dull, but she wished it was. She jumped around so much that she barley had time for herself or her family. A familiar stab of pain crept up her chest and into her throat.

"Kohaku" She whispered to herself.

Her brother had been 9 when he was admitted to the mental hospital; that was two years ago. He'd been visiting a small tomb with Herself and Kagome when the incident that crippled his mind had happened. It was a miracle that Kohaku could still remember who she was.

Sango let herself sink deeper into the chair as she heard footsteps approach her seat. Miroku sat down on the arm of the chair across from her, with an enthusiastic smile.

"Hey there, my little dark eyed beauty." He said happily only receiving silence in return

As Miroku became aware of Sango's somber features, and his mood dampened; he may have been a lecher, but lecheritizing (A/N: Yes I just made that word up) a woman when she was depressed wasn't his style. He had to think of something witty, and comforting. Something that would give her hope. Miroku searched his brain. Somewhere in the vast gray matter that was Miroku's brain, a little hamster slipped off its wheel, causing the poor monk's quick thinking to screech to a halt.
Minutes of torturous silence passed before Miroku realized he had nothing intelligent to say.

"You shouldn't worry Sango." The words tumbled out of his mouth lamely.

Sango looked at him with empty brown eyes. Her defense were up and running strong.

"Nice try. Thank you for playing" She said wearily.

Miroku let the comment, like many things; go in one ear and out the other. He helped himself to the seat beside her.

"What I mean is, you don't have to go at this alone. You've got Kagome. And you have me." He said smiling warmly at her.

"Houshi-sama." She sighed. "I'm-

"Your not going to find a cure, flying solo." Miroku said firmly. He wiggled his eyebrows suggestively. " Of course I'd love to teach you the inner workings of a partnership."

The Sango he knew and loved returned full force and smacked him in the face. Yet the monk just smiled as his flustered partner rolled her eyes at him.

"Playboy." She mumbled.

Yet inside Sango relaxed. Whatever darkness the heavens had placed her family in, she was glad that she had friends that were her light. Even if one was a horribly lecherous holy man.

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Inuyasha strode confidently into the hangar to find Miroku putting in the last of the gear. His fang-displaying grin was practically glowing with victory. Behind him skulked a very angry, dripping Kagome. Her hair was disheveled and plastered to her neck as well as face. Her clothes were sprayed with stripes of water stains. To top it off, she had a large piece of toilet paper stuck to her shoe.

Miroku glanced at the pair and smirked slightly.

"2nd floor woman's bathroom?" The lecher asked as the hanyou approached.

"Hell yes" Inuyasha grinned.

"The Dual Sprayer."

"Don't forget the six multiple sprayer heads."

"Nice." Miroku grinned.

The male bonding moment was cut short by Kagome's icy glare. She marched up to Inuyasha and looked into his eyes. The hanyou resisted the urge to gulp, as Miroku ran away in terror. Kagome softened her eyes slightly and started to speak.

"I'm sorry for insulting your ears, Inuyasha." She said gently.

Inuyasha was confused. She wasn't going to yell? He said a quick prayer and turned his grin back on.

"Yah well, You should be" He said slightly arrogant.
"And I'm really sorry for yanking them." She said practically whispering.

"Yanking?" Inuyasha started. "I don't remember any yank- OWWWW".

Kagome hauled Inuyasha up the plane steps before he could say more.

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Much to Kagome's happiness; during most of the flight Inuyasha sat in a plush isle seat, tenderly caressing his abused ear. Yet to be honest, the young miko was feeling a little guilty. No one usually got to her this much. Maybe she was hormonal or something. She sat back in her seat and gazed out the window.

'I'll apologize' She thought. 'This isn't any way to start things off'.

She crossed the isle and sat tentatively in front of Inuyasha who just raised an eyebrow. She cleared her throat and looked at him bravely.

"Inuyasha, I'm sorry." She started as the hanyou instinctively protected his abused ear from another grab.

"Things got kind of out of hand." She muttered guiltily.

"Kind of?" Inuyasha scoffed, relaxing to the idea that she wasn't hitting him.

"Hey, I'm not the only one at fault here buster!"

"Feh."

Kagome took a deep breath to steady her nerves.

"Look lets start over." She said with a smiling and sticking out her hand.

Inuyasha eyed her quizzically. She was being nice? She was apologizing for a fight he started, but would never admit to? This girl was weird. His eyes gazed at her smile and he felt his worries lift a bit. 'Then again…' he thought. 'Maybe weird isn't all that bad.' His golden eyes lost their hostility and he took her small hand in his.

"If its that important. Fine." He said.

Kagome's smile brightened she shook his hand firmly with her gentle hands.

"Kagome Higurashi. I do most of the 'tomb diving' around here. One mom, one brother, a schizophrenic grandfather, and a furry ottoman I call a cat. " She giggled to herself as rattled off her stats.

"Inuyasha Tashiro. My parents are dead, my half brother's an ass. There's not much to tell." He said with surprising ease as he glanced out the window at the passing clouds.

"I'm sorry I-" Kagome began

"Forget it, its in the past." Inuyasha shrugged. "If I didn't wanna say anything I wouldn't have."

Kagome nodded and looked down as an awkward silence passed between the two. Kagome looked out the window, trying desperately to think of something to talk about with the dog-eared boy. Suddenly a light bulb came on in the young mikos head. 'dog-eared…I wonder.'

"You're a hanyou…aren't you." Kagome let the words slide out slowly, as to offend her teammate.

"Yah! What's it to ya!" Inuyasha snapped and he immediately felt bad for it. His inner demon snarled, he shouldn't feel sorry. Yet his heart told him other wise.

"Nothing I just find that rather odd… you don't see to many hanyou's these days. That'd make you pretty-" Kagome paused slightly to search for the word.

Inuyasha let his ears droop slightly in preparation for the same type of slander he had received all of his life. But it never came.

Kagome smiled at him as her brain found words. "Pretty unique eh?" Her smiled was so infectious it seemed only natural to let it spread across his face. For some reason this felt good. To talk without the yelling. Who knows! Maybe he could even grow to tolerate this girl. His eyes traveled from her legs upwards to her welcoming smile. Inuyasha continued to smile happily to himself; yes, he could definitely grow to like this.

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Right so that's all for now! I'll have Chap 4. out soon. R and R please and Thanks to all who Helped me!
-RikuBabe