a/n: Sorry for taking so long to update. I decided to finish Ch.6 of Already There, (finally) finish a new story I started, and type this up so I could upload them altogether. Thus saving myself time, so I can do other things besides staring at a computer for countless hours. Anyways, here's Ch.4 and the review thingys are at the end.

Disclaimer: For the last three chapters I've said the same thing so get it through your think heads! I do not own Inuyasha!

"Zwieback" speech

'Zwieback' thoughts

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Outcast

Chapter Four

~Normal POV~

"How could you betray me?" asked Kikyo, her voice choked with fury.

"Kikyo, it's not like that," explained Inuyasha, "we were just—"

"Don't bore me with your lies, you pathetic half-breed," spat Kikyo, turning to leave.

Everybody in the restaurant turned to face them.

"Kikyo, wait. I can explain," called Inuyasha, running after her.

"Don't bother," she called back, "it's over; we're through."

Inuyasha stopped in his tracks and turned around. He slowly walked back to Laoko and sat down.

"I am so sorry, Inuyasha," cried Laoko, "maybe we shouldn't have come here."

"Laoko, it's okay," said Inuyasha.

"But, it's all my fault!" she sobbed. "If it wasn't for me, Kikyo wouldn't have dumped you!"

"No, really it's okay."

"But – "

"Laoko! It's okay! I'm glad she dumped me. She's extremely annoying and stuck up!" shouted Inuyasha.

Once again, everybody in the restaurant turned to face them.

"What the hell are you looking at?" he snarled, showing his fangs. He growled and flexed his claws.

In a split second everybody in the restaurant was huddling in the farthest corner from Inuyasha. An old man waddled up to him and plastered a piece of paper to his forehead.

"Be gone demon!" shouted the old man.

Everybody held their breath, as they waited for something to happen. After a few minutes Inuyasha got fed up and turned to leave.

"I think I'll be going now. I'll see you tomorrow," he said, walking out of the restaurant.

As soon as he disappeared around the corner, a great cheer went up from the restaurant.

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Turning around the corner, I ripped the stupid piece of paper that the psychotic, old man had plastered to my forehead.

"Crazy, old coot," I muttered, walking down a deserted ally.

"You really shouldn't talk to yourself, people are going to wonder," sneered somebody from the shadows.

"Who's there?" I growled, backing up to a wall, "where are you?"

"I heard about what happened with you and Kikyo," said the voice, ignoring my questions.

"How'd you know about me and – wait a minute, who are the hell are you?"

I stepped forward and looked around the ally. The only things I could see were a few empty beer bottles and one solitary garbage can.

'Dammit, where is he?'

"I'm right here Inuyasha," answered the voice, as if reading my mind. "Can't you see me?"

"No, so just show yourself!" I shouted. "Where the hell are you?'

"I don't know. Why don't you turn around?" replied the voice, calmly.

I whirled around and came face to face with a wall. Growling, I turned back around.

"This is all a bunch of shit, I'm leaving," I said walking out of the ally.

"Not so fast Inuyasha. I'm not through with you yet," growled the voice, from behind me.

I was thrown back against a wall, by some invisible force. Struggling against the invisible bonds, I saw a tall, shadowy figure step out of the shadows.

"You have something I want," growled the figure.

"What are you talking about?"

Before I realized what was going on, I was lying on the ground on the opposite side of the ally. A clawed hand reached down, and hoisted me up by the collar of my shirt. Two blood-red eyes glared at me from behind a turquoise and white baboon mask.

"Where is it? Where's the Shikon no Tama?" it demanded.

"I don't know. Kikyo hid it somewhere," I answered, trying to claw at my captor's arms.

I soon realized that my attempts were futile. The same invisible bonds that had held me against the wall, were now pinning my arms to my sides.

"Then find out where she hid it!" it snarled, throwing me against the wall.

The last thing I remembered before I fell unconscious was a tall figure wearing a fur cloak walk out of the ally.

~`~`~ Normal POV ~`~`~

Meanwhile...

"Ha, take that!" shouted an old man, staring at the television screen.

The screen went black and then a message popped up, declaring player one as the winner. The old man shrugged and pushed the reset button on the video game.

"How about best 54 out of 63?" he said, eagerly.

The young boy he was playing against groaned.

"Grandpa, are you and Sota still playing video games?" shouted Kagome from the kitchen. "I wanna watch T.V."

"We're in the middle of some very important training, you'll have to wait until we're done," answered the old man.

"Kagome, please help me," called Sota, faintly.

"Grandpa, get off the game console!" screamed Kagome, stomping into the living room.

Sota and Grandpa (a/n: does Kagome's Grandpa have a name?) ran for their lives. Kagome sat down on a couch and was just about to turn the T.V on when –

"Kagome dinner!"

Kagome jumped up from the couch and ran towards the kitchen chanting:

"Real food! Real food! Real food! Real food! Real food!"

Sota walked into the kitchen and stared at his she was nuts.

"You are so weird," he said.

Kagome ignored her younger brother and started gobbling down her food.

"So, how was your day, Kagome?" asked her mom. (a/n: does she have a name?) She watched as her daughter wolfed down her dinner with mild disgust on her face. Kagome stopped eating and stared at her mother.

"It was okay I guess," she replied. "Inuyaka or something like that came back from vacation, but that was about it."

"Was his name Inuyasha, by any chance?" asked Grandpa. He tapped his fingers on the table impatiently.

"Yes, why? You know him?"

"Of course I know him! He's the demon I chased out of a restaurant earlier today. Why he ran out of there with his tail between his legs!" shouted Grandpa, bolting out of his chair.

H started pacing around the kitchen, as he told a very excited Sota a very exaggerated version of what happened.

Meanwhile...

A small, brown mouse sniffed at a crumpled heap in a deserted alleyway. It quickly scurried away, when the heap groaned and started moving.

"Ow my head," groaned Inuyasha. He sat up and rubbed his aching head. "What time is it?"

He looked down at his watch and sprang to his feet. Ignoring the pain and the spinning in his head, he ran out of the ally.

'Sesshomaru's gonna kill me!'

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a/n: Okay chapter five isn't going to be up for a while. (I still have to finish writing it.) Anyway, here are the review thingys and don't forget to review. No, reviews and you'll have to wait even longer for an update.

frozensakurablossems(): Nice to hear that you liked it.

Rin is Rin: You like the POV switches? I was worried that they were all out of character. Do I still get a cookie, even though it took a while to update?

alicat222: If you like my story then why the hell did you review it again and out a yawn?! I don't think it's possible for somebody to like a story and then not like it when they read it again. You either like a chapter or you don't, and if you don't then at least say why you don't.

a/n: That's all for now, and don't forget to review.