I redid chapter 1 and 2 but not to the point that you're missing anything if you don't re-read them. Just a few errors fixed and one new line in each I think. Not much.
I must truly apologize for this VERY long wait. 'Life' has been going on, but I am dedicated to finishing this story (not that the finish is anywhere near…) I am moving, but I want to update at least once a month. (I know, I know) but it's better than once a year right. ,
Big plans for this story guys. I'm only focusing on two stories right now, and this is one of them. Please excuse my lazy-ness and review this …scattered chapter.
AUTHOR NOTE: I DON'T OWN INUYASHA
And for the sake of the story, there is a change in ages.
Sesshoumaru: 20
Inuyasha: 16
Kagome: 15
Sango: 24 (or 23 I'm still deciding. Lol)
Miroku: 24
Shippo: 7 (or 6.same as Sango)
You'll all probably guess why by the end of this chapter…or not, I don't know.
Inuyasha woke up to the annoying ringing of the phone. It wouldn't stop.
"Man…" He muttered as he realized Sesshoumaru wasn't about to pick up. He'd have to actually get up to answer.
"Hello?" He answered, only he half growled at the end, probably intimidating whoever was calling.
"Hi!" Came the cheery voice on the other line, obviously his growl hadn't worked.
"Sesshoumaru, It's me you're best friend!"
Inuyasha pulled the phone away from his ear and stared at it. Had he heard right? Sesshoumaru…best friend…?
"Um, I'm not Sesshoumaru"
"Why?"
Inuyasha had to blink twice at that. Was this for real?
"What do you mean why? I'm just not I'm his brother, who are you?"
"Shippo! I'm Sesshoumaru's best friend, I was gunna come over and play but I can't. Just wanted to make sure Sesshoumaru wasn't up worrying and all."
Okay, this was just getting ridiculous. "Sesshoumaru aint here kid"
"Oh no!" The kid on the other line seemed genuinely worried. "he's gonna think something bad happened to me, I bet he's looking all over the town right about now. Poor kid"
Again, Inuyasha was lost for words. "Right. Well I'll tell him you called"
"Kay. Bye"
The young, white haired boy just shrugged. The day had barely started and he was already learning new things about his brother.
Fact number one; he had once had a pink painted room.
Fact number two; he had a "best friend" that was probably 7 years old.
Fact number three; …okay he didn't have that one yet…no, fact number three; he was nowhere to be seen.
"Sesshoumaru?" Inuyasha turned to see absolutely nothing. He decided to go check out Sesshoumaru's room but found it to be locked, and no one answered so he assumed he wasn't there. He checked the living room, the kitchen AND the shower…not that he wanted to find his brother in the shower.
Yuck. Inuyasha's face scrunched up at that thought. "I can't believe he just left me here!" The boy complained, it'd taken him almost the whole day to figure out the apartment out- and it was teeny!
It was a Monday too, so he should probably have started school. 'Psh. Yeah right Sesshoumaru would remember school.'
"Oh well…I'm starving" He went to the kitchen to find…juicy looking strawberries (he was allergic to strawberries) half a gallon of expired milk, and whip cream.
He shuttered. "Not only do I not want to know how long that milk's been there, I also don't want to know why the only other things in his fridge are strawberries and whipped cream.
He wondered if he should go out and try and find…someone, food, the school, food…anything. He'd probably get lost…but then again, if he stayed he'd starve.
"I'm atta here"
A young looking secretary with long brown hair and innocent hazel eyes looked up at the screaming woman.
Kagura.
"Ma'am I'm sorry but you can't go in, they're having a meeting"
"That's bull" She shrieked "I know perfectly well that Sesshoumaru is in there…so let me in!"
"But"
"No!" the long black haired girl with narrow eyes slammed her hand on the desk. "No buts, I need to speak to him now"
The secretary sighed. She wasn't sure on what to do.
"Let me just call and as-
"It's all right"
Both girls turned their heads to the entrance of the office to see a tall young man with short bangy white hair, a formal white shirt with a blue tie and…jeans.
"She can come in" He muttered as he glared at Kagura "I can't get any work done with all the racket out here anyway"
"I'm sorry sir"
"Don't worry Hannah"
"Yeah, yeah" Kagura rolled her eyes as she pushed through Sesshoumaru and into his office. "Real sorry 'sir'" She mocked the girl, who he had called "Hannah".
As she sat down across Sesshoumaru's desk she glanced around the small office. 'Meeting my –
"What are you doing here?" His terse question interrupted her train of thought.
"I thought you were in a meeting ma' dear"
His expression didn't change from being tired and annoyed. "I was…a meeting with my sandwich"
Kagura glanced at the dinky sandwich on his desk. "So you'd rather eat than talk to me!"
He merely sighed. "What do you want" He said quickly, trying to avoid the question. When you haven't eaten in almost 2 days you'd rather eat than talk to your girlfriend.
"Well I just wanted to make sure you were all packed for tomorrow"
'What?' He searched his mind, trying to figure out what she was talking about. Nope, not a clue.
"What are you talking about Kagura?"
She quickly twirled a strand of hair, obviously gritting her teeth. She couldn't believe he had forgotten!
"Our trip!" When he still had that idiotic expression on his face she went on, "the one we've been planning for 5 months you know the one we'd originally planned for Christmas" He had now caught on but Kagura was on a roll.
"Christmas was 2 months ago!" She backed down for a moment. "You promised we'd go this month…you promised…" She finally just let it go. "I guess I forgot you never keep your promises"
Sesshoumaru sweat dropped. He'd completely forgotten that Idiotic trip, what with his parents dying and Inuyasha…INUYASHA! He had completely forgotten to tell Kagura about his...temporary guest, actually he'd forgotten himself that Inuyasha was living with him…
He glanced at the clock. 3:00 P.M okay, he'd have to leave soon, Inuyasha would surely have starved to death…
"Kagura, I'm sorry I forgot the trip but-"
"Forget it! I'm leaving for good!" She quickly got to the door and glared at him for a second. "I'm making dinner at my place…be there at 6:30, I can't have you dying before I make your life a living nightmare"
With that she walked out and slammed the door.
"Uh" He picked up the phone to dial his apartment, all the while pondering how his life and the people in it were seriously screwed up, which made him wonder how his younger brother would take to all of it….
Kagura stormed out of the building where her boyfriend worked. 'Gerie Corp' It was a construction company, not that Sesshoumaru ever had to do any "constructing", actually he never did much, which made her wonder how he'd ever gotten such a high paying job.
What exactly did he do with his time?
She sighed as she got to the bus stop, she definitely needed a car.
As she got on she quickly paid the driver and as she was heading to the back she bumped into a young boy who was about to sit down, He looked familiar for some reason.
"Excuse me" She muttered as she sat next to him.
He only looked at her, seeming annoyed…but also kind of miserable.
"You look familiar kid, what's your name?"
"You don't know me" he assured her with a lack of expression, so she didn't say anything else.
Taking in another quick glance at the boy she decided he'd be quite cute if he didn't have such an angry and…vulnerable looking face. He had bright eyes and messy white hair. He was wearing a red shirt and blue jeans.
'Hm, poor kid looks miserable' she thought to herself before getting up to get off at the next stop.
With the lingering thought of 'at least he doesn't know a moron who forgets his girlfriend's birthday…"
Inuyasha looked at the woman who was getting off of the bus, she was hot no doubt…but he'd never seen her before.
She was wearing a red dress. It looked good on her, it made him wonder about the girls back home…no one special, but he still wished he was back there. He still wished he knew where the crap this bus was taking him!
He was sure he was lost, he'd officially been trying to get back home for the past hour with no luck, maybe he should have written down the address…or the phone number at least.
With everything that'd happened to him today he was more than missing his brother, well, uh, not missing, missing him.
'Okay so far so good, I've only been out of that dusty apartment 10 minutes and I'm already chewing down on a hot dog- okay so I'm not sure It's a hot-dog, but it's food…'
Is that when his bad day had started? Inuyasha asked himself, but knew that it had started the moment he woke up, after eating his "hot-dog" He'd only had 7 dollars left, but he figured he could find some form of entertainment, what he found however was…
"Well aren't you just the cutest kid"
"I'm NOT a kid!"
"Oh, you're so funny,"
Inuyasha cringed at the thought of the old lady that had tried to sell him a mangy cat.
"I know why you're so grumpy"
"Oh yeah, let's hear it"
"You need a kitty-Witty my dear. Only 5 dollars"
Had he wanted a stupid cat? No.
Had he liked the crazy old lady? No.
Did he have 5 dollars to spend? No.
Had he bought the stupid cat? Yes.
Had said cat bitten his hand and run off? Yes.
It didn't really matter anymore, he'd gotten used to bad things happening. Still what had happened after the cat had run off was still, unbelievably bad luck…
"Hi, how may I help you" The young woman with black hair had smiled at him and seemed to genuinely want to know what she could do to help him.
"You can't. I just paid 5 bucks for a cat that attacked me"
She had laughed and handed him a menu. "We don't sell cats here, but I do recommend dinner number 5"
She was older than him, but she was still young, strikingly beautiful…
"What's your name" It was a strange question coming from Inuyasha but he couldn't help it.
"Sango" She had said before shrieking out as she saw a gray little cat chasing a rat right by her feet.
Needless to say that hadn't ended well. He'd been kicked out before he could say it wasn't his cat. They'd actually wanted him to pay for the damage…yeah Sesshoumaru would be happy to hear that. Still, that had only been pure icing on the cake as the real problem was…he'd blown off the only person that was going to help him get home…
"IT'S NOT MY CAT!" He'd yelled in vain. No one was going to listen to him.
"Don't sweat it so much" a voice from behind him had said.
When he'd turned he was more than surprised. Another beautiful girl?
"I'm Kagome…I work here part time" She had pointed to the diner he'd just been kicked out of.
"Sango, the owner, and I are pretty close friends, she won't make you pay"
"Yeah, well try telling her that after she gets over the shock of having a cat chase a rat into her diner"
The girl had laughed too, what was it with them, why was everything he said funny?
"I think she's just having a bad day- her husband has yet again run off to…who knows where"
"She's married?" It was a valid question, the girl had seemed young but then again, This Kagome girl had just said Sango owned the place.
"She has a Kid!"
"Are you serious?"
"Yup" Kagome glanced at the diner. "They got married pretty young…but still…I definitely think they rushed in everything"
…And that's when It had happened, he'd ask if she was married, she'd been insulted, he'd been annoyed, she'd yelled, he'd yelled back, and in the end she'd stomped off, making him realize he was lost.
"Oi" He'd been riding on the bus for a while now but he knew as soon as he got off he wouldn't be able to get a ride again. He had no money…
Sesshoumaru finally got home at 5:00. He was wondering what had happened to Inuyasha since he'd been calling home for an hour without anyone picking up. 'Man, he better not have gotten himself killed' that'd look bad.
He went down to his car and raced it up the street. 'The hell are you kid?'
Inuyasha finally saw the apartment! "I can't believe this" he gulped down the saliva that'd been gathering in his mouth due to the fact that he had been holding his breath. Who would have thought he'd ever be so happy to see the dumpy place.
Good thing the bus stopped right in front of the place he'd first gotten his hotdog, which was around the corner of his building.
As he ran up the building he noticed a short little kid in front of the door.
"Um…
As soon as the kid saw him he jumped up. "Hi! Are you Sesshoumaru's brother?"
Oh no. No. No. Just say no.
"Yeah…"
"I'm Shippo!"
Next time on "My way or the Highway"; Inuyasha isn't sure he likes his new school, or his new teachers, or his new classmates OR the neighbors…he is however sure that he likes his brother's girlfriend…
AUTHOR NOTE: Of course this isn't a INUYASHA/KAGURA story. And of course there isn't any love triangle…so why the last comment? You'll just have to come read the next chapter to find out. tee hee.
Oh come on guys, didn't actually think I'd forget did ya?
Reviewers:
Blackcoat-245: I'm glad you liked the chapter, hope you continue to read.
Engetsu:I'm glad you liked my AU...hope you continue to read. heh, man I so suck at pleasing reviewers...
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Das Blume: well, if you're still reading...I hope this chapter was longer...and so sorry that you've had to go through an experience like that. heh. well worry not, more akward, frightening moments with the doggy-boys.
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Man guys, i really hope some of you are still willing to read this...