Chapter 3 - You already know
(A/N: After a long long...long break..and much needed roleplay to motivate me. I'm back! ...Does anyone even read this now? It's probably so old..re-reading the last two chapters I realized not only am I a slacker, but queen of the typo's. Thanks to that, this queen has decided to give you all more of what you wanted...More Feudal Conan! ) )
Still on the trail of the ramen, Inuyasha could only curse in his mind. Just how long could one night take anyway? He was sick of being human and he knew his strength was so limited in this state that any mere demon would find such as hilarious. "Good thing there's no theat in Kagome's time.." If it wasn't for that thought, Inuyasha probably would of drove himself mad with pure paranoia. Finally he saw it, not much to the eye to behold, but enough anyway. It was a qauint little noodle cart. The man operating it seemed anything less of smart, but that was a good thing to the hanyou. Leaping down he had to push through a pretty heavy crowd just to get to the front of the line. Manners and patience just wern't something Inuyasha would want to settle down and wait on to learn. "I want..."
Drawing a blank, he then realized he never did decide if he even had a specific flavor of choice, let alone what he enjoyed. The man at the cart, who happend to be staring rather dumb foundly at the moment finally noticed that the majority of his customers were knocked on the ground from Inuyasha bombarding through. Finding the mutt to be no threat he hissed, "Hey! Whaddya think you're doing!" By that time Inuyasha had already began to help himself to any noodle of choice. Mouth full, Inuyasha took the mans apperance to thought, "He asks me what i'm doing? I atleast don't run around thinking goggles that old looking are still in fashion...what an idiot.." Shrugging and finding his unhealthy eating to be no problem he replied, "What do you think i'm doing, I was hungry"
Infuriated the man yanked the noodle cup from his hand, "I don't usually think but i KNOW you're habits are killing my business.." Something about Inuyasha to the man resembled a dog, waving a hand in the 'shoo shoo' motion he turned away to leave Inuyasha dumb struck. "Tch.." Knowing when he wasn't wanted Inuyasha went to turn and walk off as he often would when snubbed but instead only to run into someone else. The impact alone almost caused Inuyasha to collapse but he instead acted courteous for once to catch the person.
A long paused gaze was all that was said, the girl Inuyasha had nearly shoved over didn't look half bad, and apparently she didn't disagree. "Uh.." However, the girls intuition snapped into play and on immediate response she grabbed Inuyasha's arm and flipped him in a reverse 180 onto the ground. "You guys really must think i'm dumb huh! Look i don't HAVE any money" The booming voice from the girl revealed to be none other than Ran. "You're crazy lady! I was just trying to break your fall!" Ran smirked, "My fall huh?" Shoving her knee into his back and twisting an arm behind him to match she bellowed, "How about I break you instead!"
Confused? Ran earlier on had grown tired of hearing her father and kagome discuss things of the investigation. Even Conan had wandered off to find something else to do. The time was growing later and Ran forgot to make dinner. Quick to make decisions she thought ramen would be good for atleast a snack. Usually she'd cook regardless of time but given the current guest, she felt the need to impress a plus. Offering Conan to come along he mentioned of other plans so she wound up going out on her own free will. Yet so much for free, now she was apprhending what she thought was a would-be robber. If Ran only knew the half of it, Kagome never gave the agency a vivid image of the missing person, so Ran had no clue just who she had impaled. If he only had his strength back, Inuyasha would of shown her who was boss, how sad he still seemed to have the majority of the night left to suffer. "Can you just get off me!"
Lost in the moment, Ran refused the request. "Not until you confess you're a crook!" Inuyasha just couldn't figure her out, "For saving you!" Maybe the gears wern't turning in her head, he wasn't sure, "Look if this is payment for saving you then i'd hate to see if I was some crook!" Now to the audience, we know this is true, but to the untrained eye (IE: Inuyasha) well he wasn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed. She could see how much pain she was putting through him and gave up. "Fine..." Maybe by first impression she had assumed he was too weak to be apphrended so easily to steal to begin with. "You're too weak anyway..how about I make up this whole misunderstanding to you by buying you some...ramen?"
Snapping back for possible rebutal Inuyasha snorted, "WEAK! I'LL SHOW YOU WE--...did you say ramen?" Smiling Ran bought a cup for the injured hanyou. "Of course, here you go.." Amazing how much two people who seem so different had so much in common. Yet in some strange way the girl reminded him of Kagome. "Didn't get your name.." Eating her ramen rather lady like ran paused to gaze at him, "It's Ran...why?" Yet another moment of a lost gaze. "No reason..." Ran never did ask for his name, and more than likely never did intend to do so.
Back at the agency, Conan and Kagome were having fun playing, "Make over: Operation Richard" Sounds not like Kagome, I know what you're thinking, but girls like to have fun in akward ways. For Conan it was more or less revenge for all the times Richard had snubbed him as Shinichi and up to late. "How about some pearly pink Kagome?" Kagome smiled, they had to borrow the make-up from Ran's room but it was worth it. Apparently Richard was boozed up enough from previous days to that whenever he did sleep, he slept like a log. "Pearly pink then! Conan would you like to do the honors?" Taking the lipstick from her hand Conan truly felt like a kid again, he could almost remember the time he and ran did the same as children. "Sure!" Applying the lipstick in a rather thick coating to the lips he placed it on the floor, "Now what?"
Kagome put an index finger to her chin and gazed in thought, "Well.." She thought to all the times on how cute Inuyasha might look in make up as her visual aid, "He needs some cute to wear?" Giving a disguted look, the thought of Richard dressed that girly almost made the both of them vomit, "Nevermind.." was the only sound made unanimously. "Eyeshadow then?" Anything suggested by now was better than the thought of Richard in a dress or quite possibly worse. "I'm on it!" Conan quickly ran off to Ran's room once more to grab more make up. After all, being able not only to do something like this but to get a cheap laugh later and go into Ran's room without her knowing was almost like heaven in itself to Shinichi..yes, Shinichi. Almost thought he was forgot about huh? It was convient that Ran didn't need much make up anyway, Richard on the other hand was another case in itself, because it was only conclusive that he needed more make up than just for looks alone. "How about some pretty sandals or something?"
Kagome impled. Shinichi wretched inside from the commendation and shook his head fast, "No way! You might not know this but have you ever been around him after he's denounced a 'hard days work' ..." He could still clearly audibly remember everything in his mind, "It's not a pretty picture.." In a hushed tone, Kagome leaned to say, "How about once we're done..we give him the traditional silly stringing?" That was a shock, Shinichi would of never thought of such a thing. "Sure!" Laughing together, Kagome pleged, "Fire engine red or deep sea blue?" The amusement of the operation seemed never ending, and that's just the way everyone likes it in the end...right? right.
Back to the 'dyanmic duo' It appeared as if Ran and Inuyasha could almost be having a 'girls night out' Shopping, much more food for the ever needy mutt, movies, and even more clothing for him. Sure the black cargo pants and red shirt looked nice, but it clashed too much for Ran's liking. Somehow along the way, Ran had convinced Inuyasha to wear a sweat suit. How ironic it was all red, just like his haori. "It's kind of comfortable actually.." His haori felt much the same, but he actually had more manueverabily in the sweat suit. "Thanks Ran.." She smiled, "No problem uh..."
She never did get his name, more than likely because she presumed she wouldn't of spent so long with him after the sympathy dinner. "Inuyasha.." He mumbled as if to correct her, "Inuyasha?" She remembered someone back at the agency mentioning the name. "You wouldn't happen to know a girl wh--" Ran never got to finish, "She's looking for me isn't she?" Astonished that he was so quick to catch on Ran nodded, "Feh, forget her.." Okay, so maybe that wasn't the reaction Ran had hoped for, "She's really worried about you.."
Inuyasha knew the truth, the cold hard..and completly misunderstood to himself truth. "Worried enough to make out with that guy!" That was some information that Kagome forgot to mention, "Really? I'm so sorry to hear that..if there's anyway i can he--" Perhaps Ran shouldn't of said such a thing because within a moment later Inuyasha had finally sought the perfect way how to finally make Kagome pay...
End chapter three!
((A/N: I made a refrence to another famous anime character somewhere in this chapter! Can you tell? Suggestions for chapter four are acceptable, no flames..it'll only heat my jacuzzi out back ) For all of you in question: Inuyasha thinks with his head not his heart and to find out what he has planned (if it's not obvious) you'll just have to tune in next time and hope i don't take nearly as long for another chapter. ...Which again, I apolgize! ))