They were a pair of black Colt Single Action Army revolvers. One was empty; the other had five rounds left in it. InuYasha stuck the loaded one in his jeans at the small of his back. He tossed the unloaded Peacemaker and the pistol belt into a saddle bag. Damn thing looked stupid. "Umm InuYasha..." Kagome said with concern. "What?" He asked turn to her, she had her bag open. "We're out of food." "Do we have water?" "Yeah. We still have a lot of water." "Then we're fine. We can go until the next town." "How long is that?" "Day, day and a half maybe." Kagome let out a loud groan. "Oh quit your whining." "SIT!"
The next day happened to be the first oppressively hot day of summer. Kagome winced as she down on the heated leather seat of the Electra Glide. "It's not that bad!" InuYasha said in front of her, lighting up. "For you! I'm wearing a skirt! That means there is NOTHING between my skin and the seat!" InuYasha was strangely silent on this point.
The sun continued to beat down the pair as the day progressed. By noon Kagome was leaning around InuYasha to stick her head into the breeze. She told InuYasha to stop so she could get a canteen from her bag. InuYasha grumbled but complied.
It began to cool down as the sun set. Kagome wiped her brow and leaned back on her bag. InuYasha stopped on top of a hill to place his bandanna over his ears. The world had a dark blue light to it as Kagome stared out at the lights of the town sprawled out ahead of them. InuYasha lit another smoke.
They pulled into the town. It was large, the largest one they had come across yet. It was easily two or three city blocks wide.
They stopped at a road house and Kagome tossed her bag inside.
"Alright! Let's get some food!" Kagome said cheerfully. She turned to InuYasha. "How much money do you have?" InuYasha stared at her. "I thought you had money..." He mumbled around his cigarette.
The two stared at each other for a moment. "Fuck! Alright, we gotta find work..." InuYasha said surveying the town. Lanterns were stung between the buildings and people filled the streets. "Alright, this place seems too alive, shouldn't be hard to find work. We'll split up. Meet back here when you find work or give up." He said walking away. "Wait! How am I supposed to find work?" Kagome cried after him. "I dunno. Use your female charms or something."
Kagome looked around. 'Well crap. What do I do now? I'll walk around for a bit, she what I can find.' She thought settling the direction with the most people. As wandered around, she wondered if there were any land marks she could hang around. 'Nope. I don't know anyone or anything here. And they don't know me. Guess I don't have to be home on time either.' Kagome smiled to her self. 'Wait a minute; does my family even know where I am? If I'm still alive? Crap. They don't. I have no family out here. No one really cares about me. And no one really cares what I do then. I can go where ever the fuck I want, do what ever I please and no one would care.' Kagome smiled. 'Awesome.'
InuYasha found a seat at one of the seedier bars he could find. His ears searched for conversations of interest under his bandanna. One in particular caught his attention.
"What are we gonna do about them?" Three men were sitting at a table in the back. "What can we do? They'd kill us in a fight. We just have to hide, let them run amuck, and hope we survive." "We have to do SOMETHING or soon there won't be a town left!"
A switchblade slammed into their table, point first. The men looked up startled at a golden eyed youth smiling down at them maliciously. "So, you need someone taking care of?"
When Kagome showed up at the road house, InuYasha was leaning against the outside wall, smoking. "Get any money?" He asked with out looking up. "Nothing. Three people thought I was a hooker though..." "Well, you take them up on it?" "NO!" "Well why not? And people are watching so think twice about sitting me." "HOW CAN YOU EVEN FUCKING ASK THAT? I OUGHT TO KILL YOU TONIGHT!" InuYasha grinned. "Well, while you wandering around, I did something with my summer and got a job.' "Yeah? So you got food?" "Err... the job doesn't pay till tommorow..." Kagome sighed. "Alright, what's the job?"
InuYasha looked around the street, which still held people. He jerked his head toward the door and slipped inside the road house.
The road house was dark. InuYasha sat down against a wall and started talking as Kagome got her sleeping bag ready. "Well, apparently, tomorrow about noon, a bunch of dickheads are planning on attacking the town. I'm stopping them. And that's the job." He concluded, grinding his cigarette against the dirt.
Noon. The town was dead. InuYasha stood in the middle of the town. He looked bored. Kagome watched from inside the road house. InuYasha twirled a smoke between his fingers. Suddenly he looked up and around. He stuck the smoke in mouth and walked to the center of the street.
For a moment nothing happened. Then several voices became audible. Several young men appeared in the road, swearing loudly at each other. They stopped ten feet in front of InuYasha.
"Whose this cock sucker!" One yelled. InuYasha stared at each one of them. "Must be hot in that jacket, huh, fucker? Why don't we relive you of it?" The one in the center of the group yelled.
Someone on the left pulled out a sidearm and began to advance on InuYasha. The half demon dropped his smoke and smothered it with his boot.
The man with the gun was right in front of InuYasha. "Hand it over asshole." With a flick of the switch, InuYasha killed him.
Some of the group gasped and reached for their side arms. The one in the center grinned. "So some one wants to stand up for what's right. About time if you ask me... but it won't be that easy"
"I know about your friends scattered around town, shit spit." InuYasha grinned. "What"
InuYasha rushed the group. As he passed through them he dipped his knife into someone's throat. As he passed the leader he muttered "Thanks for making this fun." Before turning around and jamming the knife into his back. The leader let out a cry of pain and hit the dirt.
InuYasha ripped the knife from his back and slammed a foot into someone's chest. A body slammed into a nearby building, smashing a wall in. A gun shot exploded behind him. InuYasha whipped around and slit a throat.
More gun fire sounded behind him. InuYasha leapt high into the air. As he came down he stuck his feet out and aimed for a group of people.
Dust flew up. InuYasha felt bone shatter beneath his boot. He looked up to see a shape moving in the dust, he punched the knife into its chest. He spun around and punched someone hard in the jaw.
InuYasha looked around, found it clear and leapt out of the dust, only to find him self surrounded by men with rifles.
"So. You cock holsters wanna fight?" InuYasha called, spinning the knife in his fingers. There were groups of men on each street of the four way intersection, as well as several in the windows of buildings. His answer was automatic weapons fire. InuYasha was closing ground with the group in his path before the first bullet struck the ground.
In an instant InuYasha was among them, slashing and striking at anything that moved. Bullets ripped apart the ground and anyone who happened to get caught in the crossfire. Some missed entirely and ripped into homes.
The first group lie dead. Fire poured in from the upper windows of a two story building. InuYasha leapt through the air and slammed easily through the wooden wall.
Wood flew everywhere. People scrambled around. InuYasha kicked a gunman pushing him self to his feet. He went flying. More wood cracked. InuYasha swung and his fist slammed into something. Wood continued to crack as bodies flew.
The building groaned. InuYasha flew out one of the holes in the wall as the building collapsed on its neighbor. Dust filled the air and InuYasha was headed straight for another group.
The knife plunged into a neck. Blood flowed. InuYasha let go of the knife, the man stumbled back, gasping at his neck. Someone had his back to InuYasha; he grabbed the poor bastard and snapped his neck. InuYasha's arm flew back and grasped the hilt of the knife. He ripped it out of the man's neck and slammed it into someone's eye.
Bullets ripped apart the smoke. InuYasha couldn't see the muzzle flashes through the dust. He slammed through a nearby wall and took cover.
The building was occupied by a frightened family. There was a propane grill on the side of the room. The whole town was filled with smoke. Through a window InuYasha could see figures closing in on him.
InuYasha looked around and ripped the two tanks off the grill. He busted out the wall toward the people advancing on him. He rolled both tanks toward them.
InuYasha reached for the revolver in the small of his back and took aim at the retreating shape of one of the tanks. He shot it, an explosion ripped through the smoke. InuYasha caught sight of the other tank being thrown, flaming, through the air.
As it turned out, the second tank landed at a gas station before it ignited. The explosion shook the whole town, destroying three homes.
InuYasha searched the air for the scent of gun oil. He found it and rushed head long through the smoke. The last of them didn't stand a chance.
InuYasha wandered back to the middle of the town. He surveyed his work. About twenty gun men were dead; six buildings had collapsed so far, the gas station had been blown to hell, and the surrounding homes were either demolished or on fire. Numerous other homes had been shot up in the crossfire.
"Godamn. I haven't had a fight that fun in a while. Now... where's that asshole whose gonna pay me..." He wondered aloud. Something clicked behind him. InuYasha turned around, the whole town was gathered, weapons in hand.
"You bastard! Your worse then fucking them!" Someone yelled. "Ah shit..." InuYasha grumbled, noticing there were a good deal more of them then there were gunmen.
InuYasha came out of no where and landed next to Kagome. "Get on the bike dammit!" "What happened?" "I'll explain later! Let's go!"
InuYasha sped out of the ruin of the town. Several people took pot shots at them. InuYasha hit the dirt road fast and nearly lost his balance turning on the Kilburn High Road.
InuYasha picked up the sound of an engine behind him. "Fuck!" He swore turning around. They were following the two in a black sedan. Someone leaned out a window, shot gun in hand.
InuYasha drew his revolver. Making sure he was on a straight section of road he turned around and took aim, Kagome leaned out of his way quickly. The shot gun blared. InuYasha pulled back the hammer and fired at the driver. The gunman charged the shot gun. InuYasha fired again. A second shot gun blast roared out. InuYasha fired until the pistol was empty.
"Shit!' InuYasha swore just in time to turn the next bend. The sedan however didn't turn. It kept on barreling straight ahead. InuYasha laughed in triumph.
"Let me get this right." Kagome said blandly as she sat on her sleeping bag, staring into the camp fire. "All that, and we still don't have any money." "Yeah." InuYasha replied emotionlessly. "And when's the next town?" "Err... I don't know really..." "Sit InuYasha"
Kagome stared into the fire for a second longer before her stomach let out a low gurgle. "I'm so hungry." She complained, falling over on her bag.