A/N- YAY! It's snowing! I love the snow SoOo much, except for the whole cold thing. But that can't be helped I suppose. I am currently drawing a self-portrait for my art II class. SIGH That's the last thing I want to do. Staring at myself for an overly long period of time is just not me, to bad im not one of those preppy pretty-girls that like to stare at themselves for hours and hours on end. Wait, scratch that. I really DON'T want to be like that. If I am ever like that I give everyone full permission to knock some sense into me. ON WITH THE STORY! Actually, on with the reviews and then the story… you get my point.
REVIEWS! REVIES! REVIEWS!
Avelyn Lauren- Well I have to have him freak out for some reason unknown to himself lol sry if it's to obvious! And im even more sry if, for some odd reason you didn't know something along those lines was goin' to happen and I just ruined it. Thx for the review!
Kalisha prizerkjp111- HaHa! I LOVE your song. I can tell you spent a lot of time and effort on it. Im sry if I didn't update fast enough, ill try harder. And guess what? I love Inuyasha 2! Crazy right? I love his little ears! They are waaayyyy 2 adorable! "I just wanna… touch 'em!" -squeak squeak- ((my favorite thing Kagome says when she firsts sees him! I would touch them lol!)) Keep reviewing, and enjoy!
bad-ass-cali-chick- Thanks! I appreciate the review and im glad you liked my story. Sry, cant think of much to say… … HERES A COOKIE! Enjoy. Read. Review.
ardisian ardisianmtg- HeYy box! I fixed my spelling errors, im so sorry. Kinda. I really should get a beta reader or something, eh? And yes, I did HAVE to put DDR in the story, it was vital. Thanks for the review. Are you happy you found my story? It sucks I kno, just passing my time in skool w/ writing this I suppose. Not that I really had a choice in writing it. However I can stop now. I said id only write like 2 chapters. Yet I keep on going. I just feel sry for the poor people that endure the torture of reading my story, with all those 'sense, since' errors. Lol See ya laterz
lil' nay- I thought it was appropriate, Kikyo being a gold digger and all. Lol, oh and Kagome wasn't in line while she was being chased. It did say "Kagome got out of line and walked over to the kids." You know, when she went over to the 'kit' ((who is obviously not Shippo)) because he looked like he needed her help. Kagome can't just leave a helpless kid, could she? I know that I wouldn't. I would deffiniatly help the little guy! sry if I u missed it or if im just stupid and made it overly confusing. Thanks for the review, keep on reviewing!
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Title: Can she handle it?
Chapter: Four, The truth
Thoughts: -enter thought here-
Actions: Italicized
Rated: PG 13 (for language and maybe implied sexual situations in later chapters.)
Disclaimer: "INUYASHA IS MI-" Lawyer hits over head -ouch- "I do not own Inuyasha… yet". :-p
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As soon as the gun was shot Kagome darted towards the doors as fast as she could, just escaping the bullet and pushing aside anyone in her way. At the time everything was quite. Then, as if time had just unfroze, all hell broke loose.
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Inuyasha could feel his ears throbbing due to the loud bang and the shouts that surrounded him afterwards. However that didn't mater at this point in time. Kagome was just ahead of him, two guys following closely behind. She was quickly slowing down and was limping constantly.
Inuyasha ran past the two guys' perusing Kagome, he'd deal with them later. He ran out the double doors and caught up with the miko. Without saying a word, the hanyou picked up Kagome and the kitsune bridal style, though he didn't know the kitsune was there at the time, and headed away from the crowded area.
He sped down Main Street as he tried to avoid the bullets that were now aimed at him. Kagome's wound had reopened due to her running and blood started to drip down her leg.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome questioned, not believing it was him, "What are you doing?"
"What does it look like im doing? Im saving your pathetic ass." The hanyou sneered as he saw an upcoming alleyway and ran down it, only to find out that it was a dead end. "Shit, aren't they supposed to have signs?"
When Inuyasha turned around he saw the two guys come quickly around the corner. Surprised that it was a dead-end and the trio was just standing in front of them, the yellow-trench-coat guys stopped abruptly and bumped into each other. Rubbing their heads and turning their attention back to a snickering hanyou they grew incredibly annoyed.
Sensing their anger, Inuyasha gently placed Kagome on the ground behind him and told her to stay put, that he can handle this no prob. Kagome nodded and hugged the kit closer to her, as the kit whimpered and held his eyes closed tightly.
"Leave them alone, your fight is with me."
"If you interfere we'll be forced to kill you along with them."
"I'd like to see you try" Inuyasha ran towards the bigger of the two men and punched him in the face, sending the guy backwards a few feet before falling to the ground, presumable knocked out.
"You'll regret you did that." Guy 2 said as he aimed his gun at Inuyasha and shot off a few bullets.
Inuyasha had anticipated this move however and dashed from side to side, much like a rabbit running from a fox would do. He just barley missed the last bullet when he heard a clicking noise coming from the gun. There were no more bullets left.
Inuyasha skidded to a halt and stared at the man. "No bullets?" he asked mockingly, "Pity. 'IRON REAVER SOUL STEALER!'" Shouting the last part, Inuyasha ran with unfeasible speed towards his victim and jumped into the air, slashing his claws at the man on his way down.
The yellow trench coat was now covered in blood, the owner fell to his knees gasping for air like a fish out of water. Four long gashes lie on his chest and bleed profusely down his strange coat. Soon he was on his hands and knees breathing rapidly before he stopped breathing altogether and fell to the ground with a soft 'thud'.
BANG
The first guy had gotten on his feet and shot his gun at Inuyasha. Not prepared for it, the hanyou was hit in the back of his right arm. There was complete silence for a second, only the whimper of the kitsune and heavy breathing of the man could be heard.
Seemingly unfazed by the bullet in his arm, Inuyasha cracked his neck and turned to face the guy who had dared to shot him. The guy panicked and shot of the rest of the bullets until the fateful 'clicking' sound was heard, signaling the end of the bullets.
This time Inuyasha was prepared for the bullets and dodged them quickly while running towards the guy. He caught him by the throat and lifted him up before smashing him into the wall that surrounded him on three out of the four sides. The mans skull made a sickening cracking noise as he dropped the gun from his hand and grabbed futilely at Inuyasha's hands, which stayed firmly around the guys neck. The man slowly started to turn blue and his movements slowed down, then the teenage boy kicked him in the stomach and dropped him on the ground. The man gasped for air and held his stomach in agonizing pain. Deciding to be nice, Inuyasha kicked the guy again, knocking him unconscious and momentarily ceasing his pain.
"Are you okay Inuyasha?" Kagome asked as she stood up and walked over to him, still limping slightly.
"I'll live, this is nothing."
"Thanks a lot Inuyasha. I don't know what I would've done without you."
"Keh, whatever. Let's get you back home."
"Oh, Sango and Miroku must be so worried!"
Inuyasha picked Kagome up bridal style again. However, when she opened her mouth to complain Inuyasha beat her to it.
"Who's the brat?"
"Who?"
"The kid in your arms, duh."
"Oh! They were after him." Kagome answered, her voice growing soft as she stroked the young kitsune's hair affectionately.
"And who exactly are 'they'?"
"I'll explain everything when I get home. I have to make a phone call right now. Do you know where the Higurashi shrine is?" Inuyasha nodded as he headed towards the mall and Kagome pulled out her cell phone and dialed Sesshomaru's number. After explaining what had happened, where he could find the two guys and assuring him she was fine (conveniently leaving out the part that a guy, which looked much like him, and was probably his half-brother, had saved her) she hung up the phone and asked Inuyasha a question that had been bugging her for quite sometime now.
"Why?"
"Why what?" Inuyasha asked as he shifted the girl so she was mostly on his left arm and not on the wounded one.
"I can walk you know."
"Im fine, this'll heal up in no time."
"Why did you save me? I hardly even know you."
"Why did you save that kid?" Inuaysha answered her question with a question of his own.
"He needed my help. I couldn't just leave him to die."
"There you go. Maybe you deserve to be shut-up for awhile, but you can't die, I have a few questions for you."
"As do I for you."
They remained quiet for the rest of the way to the mall. When they reached it, Kagome's car was gone but Miroku's car was still there. Inuyasha placed Kagome in the passenger's seat and got into the drivers seat. He quickly found that Miroku had left the keys in the glove department for them.
Inuyasha drove to the miko's house in silence, except for the occasional directions given by Kagome. He couldn't figure out what had made him act the way he had. Who cares what happened to this girl anyway? He didn't even know her before today.
When they pulled up to the Shrine steps they immediately saw Kagome's car.
"Why would Miroku and Sango go to your house and leave the keys for us instead of just waiting for us at the mall?" Inuyasha asked while turning off the car.
"Sango and I always said that if anything happened we'd meet at either my house or hers, depending on whose was closer."
"So Sango knows about the men and what not? Does Miroku?"
"No, I only ever told Sango." Kagome said, a little ashamed that she never told Miroku.
Both the teenagers got out of the car, kit in Kagome's hands, and headed up the steps. Kagome insisted that she was fine and could walk on her own, not to mention his arm needed a rest. When they reached the front door the first thing they heard was Sango's voice.
"72 HOURS? WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY HAVE TO BE MISSING FOR THAT LONG? YOU LITTLE BAS-" Sango was currently screaming into the phone when Kagome and Inuyasha walked threw the door. Sango saw them and immediately hung up the phone and ran over to give her best friend a hug.
"It's okay Sango. Im fine, really." Kagome said, avoiding the hug and showing Sango the kit in her arms.
"I'm sorry for leaving you Kagome-chan but Lady Sango insisted that I-" Miroku began but was cut off by Kagome.
"It's okay Miroku. Sango was right to come here, after all that's always been the plan."
"Plan? You guys have a plan just in case some madman with a gun shows up at the mall?"
"Not exactly."
"Is there something you want to tell me ladies?"
"Stop stallin' and just come out with it already!" Inuyasha screamed, Kagome sent him daggers and Sango slapped Miroku, who had taken this moment to rub Sango's ass.
"I have to put this little guy somewhere so we don't wake him." Kagome said and walked up the stairs, which were on her left when she walked into the house. She walked past the first door on her right, which was her room, and stopped in front of the second door on her right. Opening it and walking to a nearby bed she placed the kit under the covers. It was her little brother's room, but it's not like he was using it at the time. She stoked the kit's cheek and told him to 'sleep well' before exiting the room and returning downstairs.
When she got downstairs she beckoned everyone into the kitchen. They all sat around the kitchen table while Kagome got drinks for everyone. Inuyasha tapped his fingernails impatiently on the table and Kagome kept glancing around the table nervously.
"Inuyasha please calm down, Lady Kagome will tell us when she is ready."
"Well, I never actually told anyone this, besides Sango of course." Kagome said as she kept looking down at her cup of tea.
"We already promised not to tell anyone. What's the big deal?" Inuyasha said while gulping down some of his soda.
"As long as you don't think im a freak or something, that's if you even believe me."
At this Inuyasha's head shot up and he looked around at everyone. He knew what it was like to be nervous about something. Thinking everyone else will judge you just because of something you had no control over. Something you were born with. He didn't know if that is what Kagome was referring to, but he had a pretty good idea it was something similar to it.
Miroku glanced at Inuyasha when Kagome said this and Inuyasha's head shot up. He gave him a quick smile before turning his attention back to Kagome.
"We would never think of you like that Kagome, and we will believe you. We have no reason not to." Miroku said, referring more to himself then him and Inuyasha, seeing as Kagome and Inuyasha didn't even really know each other.
Kagome knew she could trust Miroku and wondered why she had never told him before, but what about Inuyasha? Could she trust someone she doesn't even really know? Then she remembered the day's events and decided that she can trust him. Besides, if her theory was correct and Inuyasha was related to Sesshomaru then he should already know about the organization right? But then why was he so confused before? Maybe the yellow coats threw him off. I was surely confused about that.
Deciding to trust them, Kagome told them everything. Starting from when her dad was murdered, though everyone thought he had died in a car crash, to her powers and what happened today.
Miroku and Inuyasha remained silent throughout the whole thing until they were sure that Kagome had finished her story.
"So, you are a Miko and you work for a secret organization?" Miroku stated, a little confused, "And I thought being in high school was tough."
"Keh, like there is actually a secret organization or whatever with stupid 'codenames'." Inuyasha snorted, so sure that she was just another snob trying to get attention and mainly just trying to prove that he was wrong and Kagome was just like every other girl he had met.
"Do you know Sesshomaru, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked him, ignoring his last comment.
"Uhhhh… yeah. He's my half-brother, how do you know him?"
"So YOUR Sesshomaru's brother?" Sango asked, "I always thought you two looked alike."
"HALF-brother." Inuyasha said, putting emphasis on the 'half' part.
"Does that mean you are a demon too?" Sango asked, ignoring or not hearing what Inuyasha said.
Miroku looked at Inuyasha, wondering what he was going to say and how he was going to react. Surprisingly he was rather calm about the whole thing. Unlike how he usually acts when anyone brings up the fact that he's a half-demon. ( A.K.A. me and Sesshomaru, seeing as we are the only people who know.)
"Actually my mother was human. Sesshomaru and I have the some demon father. So im…. Im a half-demon." Inuyasha said rather quietly, as he hung his head in shame.
Kagome walked over to him and put her hand under his chin, in order to lift his head. She had met a half-demon once before and knew that they thought themselves scum of the earth. However Kagome did not agree with this at all.
"There is nothing wrong with being a half-demon. You should never be ashamed, but proud, proud of the fact that you parents loved each other and didn't care what others thought." Kagome said, trying to get him to understand.
Inuyasha just looked away. "Im not demon and not human either. Looked down upon by demons and feared by humans."
"Look around you, Inuyasha. We do not care WHAT you are. Alls we care is WHO you are as a person. Im not exactly normal either ya know? Im a miko..."
"And I come from a line of demon slayers. I actually trained for it sense I was little, and still do sometimes." Sango cut in.
"And my father, grandfather, great grandfather and so on were all monks. They have even taught me the way of monks and think I will turn out to be a fine monk just like themselves!" Miroku stated proudly.
At this everyone started to laugh and the tension in the room was broken.
"Yeah, you'll be a monk as soon as I take over the world." Sango chocked out between laughs.
"Hey, im being serious here." Miroku said as he too started to laugh. It was hard not to though. Laughter is always just so contagious, the second someone starts to laugh another person follows and soon everyone is laughing.
When things settled down they all started to talk about their hobbles. Sango talked about her huge weapon, which looked much like an oversized boomerang, Kagome talked about archery, Inuyasha talked about his sword and Miroku talked (or tried to) about girls and how they have such lovely bodies. He earned a few smack and a hit over the head from that.
Then they talked about other little things. Inuyasha remained quiet, for the most part. Only saying some sarcastic comments every now and then, this seemed to make them laugh. –They must be really tired- He thought and chugged the rest of his soda, -does this mean I have more friends now? Miroku is annoying enough!- Inuyasha smiled softly and followed everyone as they stood up and headed somewhere he wasn't sure of because he hadn't been paying attention.
A/N- Did you like it? Sorry I stopped it here but im tired of typing. I had this whole thing typed up the other day, then my computer froze and the whole thing was deleted! O.O So I retyped it and had about three pages done when, all-the-sudden, it didn't work and I had my brother try to fix it. However, he didn't. He just restarted it and, once again, I was forced to start all over. Sigh I'll try to get the next chapter up as soon as possible but I don't know how soon that will be. I have this 8 PAGE report due for English soon! I totally forgot about it and I didn't even pick a topic yet! AHHH! You know what will make me happier and make me update sooner though? REVIEWS! Just click the button in the left corner and type away!
Next Chapter Shippo comes in ((ya know, more then just whimpering and sleeping))! He's soOo adorable!
Till then…