Howdy everyone! Well now, looks like Inuyasha got ran over by a car heh heh heh. I think I'll be sticking with this chapter, it seems interesting enough to write. To tell you the truth, a modern time fic for Inuyasha is the only type I can seem to write. I can't write one like the anime because I can never spell the sword's names write, or the attacks, and I can never, NEVER, spell Sesomarouh's name right...it's too.. weird o.O I'd have to have a piece of paper with all the names written down next to me in order to do one of those op.
Well anyways... Thanks to the few of you who have took the time to actually read this fic and review it.
Inuyasha00- I'm glad you liked it! Oh and thanks for putting me in your C2 InuSan community, (Found it just by shear luck lol)
Santach aingeal- lol, Is this soon enough?
Zackkbum- Yea.. Inuyasha would of won the fight, I agree.. but he was beginning to get sick so That's his excuse lol.
Angelamisaki- lol I didn't think you'd read this fic, yea I still am planning on writing a Inu/Ten crossover fic. This may look similar to my other fic right now, but I assure you, it's not.
Jarock16- I agree totally with ya. This sight does need more Inu/San fics. They're so amusing to read about, at least in my opinion. I've been reading others for a while and was upset for the fact that there's not many out there. I don't see why the pairing is so unpopular, maybe they'll be a tremendous increase in the pairing when the anime get to the episode where Sango almost kisses Inuyasha because her mind is foggy or whatever, OOPS... oh well... most of you all probably already know about that episode and if you didn't, heh heh.. you do now.
Well, that's it for responses, I f I missed someone it's because when I checked the reviews last these are the only ones I had, so yea, let's get this chapter started.
Disclaimer- I not be the owner of Inuyasha
Catch Me If You Can
Violet eyes slowly open to their blurry vision, a moan fills the room as Inuyasha tries willing himself to fully awaken. The first thing he notices is that he's looking straight up into a ceiling fan, the second thing he notices is that he doesn't have his shirt on and that something rather itchy is wrapped around his wounded shoulder. Sitting up, Inuyasha tries to figure out where exactly he is, which proves rather difficult since he's never seen the place before.
Looking around he decides he's in what appears to be a living room, and that he's laying on a black couch. Looking at his wounded shoulder he discovers that the bandages wrapped around it is what it causing his discomfort. Inuyasha glances around the rest of the room, trying to get a feel of the place he's in. From what he can tell, whoever's home he's in, they obviously have a decent amount of money. The large flats screen TV hanging on the wall and the various expensive furniture laying around in the room is a dead giveaway to it all.
Inuyasha's body is suddenly racked with a fit of coughs, 'That's the last time I stand in the rain all night like a dumbass.' Inuyasha thinks to himself as he lays back down on the couch, throwing his right arm over his forehead. He can feel the perspiration forming on his forehead, another sign that he's sick, not that he needed another sign, the coughing and the skull splitting headache he has is enough to tell him, not to mention every part of his body feels sore. He doesn't know if it's because he's sick or because he got hit by a car.
Inuyasha removes his arm from his head as the realization hits him, he's in the person's house who ran him over, which means the person had not, in fact, brought him to a hospital. A wave of relief settles in him at the thought, he couldn't afford to go to the hospital, not only because of the money issues, but also because too many question would be asked of him, ones that he wouldn't know the answers to, like who he is for example. If you ask him that question he'd merely just give you his name and nothing more, even if he knew more about himself, he wouldn't tell anyone, it's none of their business really.
'Let's see if I can find out who the bastard that ran me over is.' Inuyasha slowly sits back up and glances around the room again, trying to find any sort of photograph of someone. He's dumbstruck when he notices not a single photograph is around the room, 'Who the hell doesn't have any photo's of their family?' Inuyasha thinks in disbelief, even he has one small photograph of his family, well not really his whole family, only a photo of his mother. To him, his mother was the only family he had. He keeps the photo in a safe back at his place. Of course his place isn't the best one around, it's merely an abandoned warehouse that he's been staying at for the last few weeks, he usually has to find a different place every month or so.
Inuyasha lets out a tired breath before he leans back, laying his head on the back of the couch, "I see you're finally awake." Inuyasha almost jumps off the couch in surprise at hearing the voice suddenly fill the room. Quickly turning around on the couch he looks across the room to see a woman standing holding a plate filled with steaming hot food. The aroma of the food fills Inuyasha's nose. His stomach reminds him why he was out in the rain in the first place, to get money in order to buy something to eat.
Inuyasha doesn't pay the slightest bit on the woman who ran him over, his eyes and all his attention remain focused on the plate clutched in the woman's soft delicate looking hands. Before Inuyasha knows it, the plate is right up in his face, "Here, take it." Inuyasha doesn't have to be told twice, he grabs the plate from the woman's hands and savagely makes his way through the food on the plate. The woman raises an amused eyebrow at him as she wonders if he can even taste the food before he swallows it. She walks around the couch, and takes the seat in front of the couch, "I apologize for running you over, but you sort of just came out of nowhere. My name is Sango."
Once Inuyasha is certain he ate every single scrap of food there was, he puts the plate down next to him and stares at the woman, taking in her features. Straight black hair pulled back into a pony-tail, water dripping from her hair telling him she either just got out of the rain or she took a shower not too long ago. she has a figure that would make any man lust for and any woman want. What caught Inuyasha the most however, were her soft chocolate brown eyes, they seem to hide something deep within them, never to be found unless she allows. Only a few people know how to hide their emotions from their eyes, but it always leaves just the slightest trace of it, Inuyasha knows because he learned to do so after the so many years living on the streets.
Inuyasha didn't know what time it is, but after seeing what Sango is wearing he decides that it most be late at night since she's only wearing a pair of black sweatpants and a button up flannel shirt that's too big for her. "How..." Inuyasha stops when he finds his voice is hoarse. He clears his throat and tries speaking again, "How long have I been out?"
Sango leans to the side in the chair to look pass Inuyasha, she glances at the clock and then back at Inuyasha, "About eighteen hours, you've been asleep the entire time." She explains.
Inuyasha isn't the least bit shocked by how long he's been sleeping for a few reasons. One reason is because he's sick and exhausted, another is because he WAS just ran over by a car. Also, Inuyasha could sleep for hours if he can find a decent place to sleep, Sango's couch is much more comfortable then the old springy mattress he's used to sleeping on. The main reason however is for the fact he hasn't slept in the past two days. He's like that though, he'd go through a couple of days without much sleep and then one day he'd sleep the entire day away.
Sango just sits in her chair silently as she stares at the silent man in front of her. She has a couple of questions she'd like to ask him. One of them being how he got the knife wound on his shoulder. Sango knows a knife wound when she sees one, he didn't get it from her hitting him with her car.
When she first started took him out of her car once she got him to her place, she was shocked to see so much blood on her back seat. The red jacket he was wearing almost made the blood invisible to the naked eye, so she didn't notice sooner. She didn't know she hit him that hard, but when she stripped him of his jacket and shirt she immediately figured out the cause of the bleeding. She didn't spend four years in training for nothing. Seeing how the man she ran over doesn't seem like he's going to start a conversation, she asks the question that's been plaguing her mind, "How did you get that knife wound?"
"A fight." Inuyasha answers flatly.
Sango rolls her eyes, she figured that much out herself. Sango lets out a yawn and decides to hold any further questions she has for tomorrow. Sango stands up and stretches, "Well you can sleep here for tonight, I'm going to bed." Sango announces before heading towards her bedroom.
Inuyasha follows her with his eyes, a smirk slowly forming on his lips. Inuyasha's smirk fades however as he begins to cough, he lays back down on the couch. Time passes by, how much, Inuyasha doesn't know. But each minute that ticks by seems to take too long for the street rat as he stars up at the ceiling fan. Finally, when he thinks enough time has passed by, and his host is asleep, Inuyasha pushes himself off the couch.
First order of business is to find his clothes. Inuyasha slowly tiptoes across the rugged floor, trying his best not to make a sound. He walks down the dark hallway, pass Sango's closed bedroom door, he heads into the room all the way at the end of the hall. His hand on the doornod, he slowly turns it and opens the door slowly as not to make the door creak on the hinges. Once the door is opened, Inuyasha enters the dark room and feels around the wall for a light switch. His hand rubs against one and he flicks it on.
The whole room illuminates, violet eyes glance around the room in surprise. Shelves are filled with trophies that his host has won over the years. A few pictures sitting next to the trophies. Remembering the fact that she doesn't seem to have photographs anywhere else, the curiosity gets the better of him, making him walk over to one of the photo's and pick it up. Inuyasha's eyes blink rapidly in surprise as he stares at the picture.
In the middle of the picture, Sango stands with a bright smile across her face, a pistol held up in her right hand and a trophy held in her right. Several men stand around her, each looking dejected at their defeat. In the background, several targets are set up out in the fields, some looking like small specks in the photograph. But none of that has Inuyasha's attention, his eyes stare at the initials on the men's blue sweatshirts and Sango's, 'N.Y.P.D....'
Panic wells up in Inuyasha as the realization hits him, 'She's a cop!' He screams in his mind. His first instinct was to take off, right then and there. But then the fact that he'd only wake his host up in his flee and the fact that he needs the rest of his clothing, makes him think otherwise. Inuyasha hesitantly places the picture back in front of the trophy that it was in front of. Inuyasha recognizes the trophy as the one in the picture. He squints his eyes as he reads the inscription on the trophy, 'Best shot.'
Shaking his head, Inuyasha turns and leaves the room, making sure to turn the light off in the process. Once out in the hallway, Inuyasha glances to the door on his right, he crosses his arms as he debates whether or not he should enter it. "Feh.." He says softly reaching for the doorknob and entering the room. Flicking on the lights of the room he finds himself standing in the laundry room. His eyes brighten at the sight of his shirt and jacket folded on top of the dry, next to them sits his socks and shoes.
Inuyasha walks over to the dryer and grabs the clothes, the scent of fabric softener fills his nose, telling him that Sango had gone an extra step in cleaning his clothes. He's surprised the clothes didn't fall apart in the washer, he was certain the dirt and grime on the clothing was keeping the clothing from falling apart.
Now that he has his clothes back, Inuyasha can leave, but he's more curious about his host, and since he's already been through half of Sango's house, what the harm in looking through the other half? Inuyasha turns the lights off in the laundry room and walks back out into the hallway. He walks pass Sango's room again and heads into the room next to hers. He flips the switch and looks around the room. Inuyasha looks around the room in confusion, it looks as if someone else is living with Sango, there's a bed and a dresser filled with several items. On the top of the shelf hanging above the bed is a photograph. Inuyasha walks across the room to get a better look.
The photo is a picture of a boy, about fifteen years old or so. Inuyasha immediately realizes the boy is related to Sango, they both share similar features. Next to the photo is a small box, Inuyasha reaches a curious hand to it, grabbing the box from it's spot on the shelf. Inuyasha opens the box and his eyes immediately light up in excitement at the site of the gold necklace in it, a small emerald imbedded in the necklace. Old habits die hard, Inuyasha pockets the necklace, he can pawn it for some money. Just then another idea crosses his mind, his life needs some excitement. Inuyasha smirks as an idea forms in his mind. Inuyasha chuckles lightly as he heads out of the room, in search of some paper and a writing utensil.
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Sango moans as her alarm goes off, waking her up from her slumber. She reaches a hand out from under her covers to stop the obnoxious beeping sound coming from her alarm clock. Sango takes a moment to lay under the warm covers some more before she forces herself out of her bed. She stands up from her bed and stretches, her back popping in the process, 'Guess I better check on my strange guest first.' She thinks to herself before exiting the room.
Sango heads down the hallway towards the couch, her brows lower in confusion when she finds out the man is missing, and in his place is a folded sheet of paper. Reaching over the couch Sango picks the paper up and unfolds it, her eyes quickly scan the paper, widening when she finishes reading it. She throws the paper in the air and dashes to the spare room she has, as the letter's contents repeat over in her mind.
Good morning officer. Well thanks for the food and a place to sleep, but then again you were the one to run me over to begin with. Word of advice, take the driver's test again, you need it. By the way, I got curious over the night and snooped around. I found a rather interesting necklace in that spare room of yours. I took it, just to let you know, might pawn it for some money.. need to get money somehow. But then again, I may not, at least not yet. You're a cop, and I'm a mere thief, so let's have an old fashion game of cat and mouse, you're the cat and I'm the witty mouse. You want the necklace back? Catch me if you can! You have been robbed by the city's greatest pickpocket, Inuyasha.
P.S. Leave the other cops out of this unless you want me to get rid of this necklace.
Well everyone, that's it for now. I hope ya enjoyed it, heeheehee, Inuyasha has a great way of showing his appreciation, doesn't he? Well I'm pretty sure you can draw out your own conclusions on how things progress from here heeheehee. Well thanks again to those of you who have reviewed, I hope you review again. TTNC