Chp 2
The beginning
The hanyou decided to do his will, to try to make his life worth something more than a teaching job. He made a plan, a real one this time..
He had to find something to cover his face, so no one could know who or what he was. He ended up letting his bangs cover his face, since he usually slicked them back when he was in public. He tied his long, silky, silver hair into a ponytail on top of his head, it floated in the wind with grace and majesty. He painted the bottoms of his eyes with black streaks coming out of the sides, so people wouldn't recognize their uniqueness.He put on a pair of silver cloth gloves that were mostly a look feauture, rather than a need. He found skin tight black and white(now silver), flexible catsuit, he felt he had proper attire. Some combat boots topped off the attire with utter presicion. He looked at himself in the mirror again, he felt something was missing, something important...
He found it, he needed a belt..
He looked around the whole town for something, finally finding it at a thrift store near the dowtown area. It was a utility belt, lots of pockets and doo-dads for keeping all his gadgets and stuff, but what made it perfect was that there was a holder for the Tetsusaiga. He smiled and went to purchase it. He looked at the cashier...the same girl from the other night!
"Welcome to Thrift Citi! Did you find everything ok?"
She smiled, her soft lips curving upwards naturally. Her trim body beautiful even in the plain blue dress she wore. Her hair held up in a loose pony tail.
"Sir?"
"Um, sorry. What did you ask?"
She laughed, not a ridiculing laugh, but a pleasent light laugh...
"Did you find everything ok?"
"Yea, I found exactly what I was looking for."
"I'm glad you found it sir."
He set the belt on the table for the girl to ring up. He spotted her name tag, Kagome...
"$3.50 sir."
He got out the pocket change and a few dollars and set them on the table. She rung up the money and gave him the belt in a white plastic bag.
"Have a nice day sir!"
"You too.."
He walked out of the store, a light pleasent feeling floating through his being. He hadn't felt so lighthearted in years. Kagome...
The name was stuck in his head, he couldn't stop thinking about her. Even after he donned his suit, he couldn't stop thinking about the brief encounter. He finally forced her out of his mind and jumped to the top of the nearest building. He ran across the top and springed over the side. He tried to smell blood or fear, and tried to listen for screams. He used his acute senses to find danger. His ears darted this way and that, trying to pick up a sound.
"HELP USSSSS!"
His eyes darted opened, andhe leapt towards the sound. There was an armed robber heading down the main street, police were following. He ran faster than a car, and was able to catch up to them quickly. He ran and jumped for the car, landing on top ofa car just as it passed by. He leapt again, catching hold onto thestolen car with his claws. The driver started swirving to try to throw him off, but he stayed glued to the roof top. He punched through the metal like paper and reached towards the driver. He swirved to avoid hitting a car and hit a lampost on the side of the road. Inuyasha lept off right before the car crashed. The police arrived right before then. The press had seen it all, and got a few images of him with the wind wisping his hair in his face.
The next day the "Mysterious Helper" was all over the news. The news report was mixed feeling about this so called "hero". Some of the new reporters had the nerve to say that the whole thing was a set up to gain the trust of the city.They made him out to be a bad guy trying to trick everyone into thinking he was a good guy.He growled and threw the paper down on the coffee table.
"Ridiculous!"
He said it aloud in the quiet coffee shop. Everyone looked at him with a questionable look.He ignored them andreset his glasses tocontinue reading...
' The mysterious man, obviously a loathed Hanyou, was seen at the sight of a car chase. He brought the man, who had stolen over 100,000 worth of diamonds from a local jeweler, to crash into a lampost off the main street running south. Many people have mixed feelings about the man, some saying he brought justice, others saying he's a menace.
21 year old Kagome Higurashi sides with the hero side of the story. She stated, ' I know that he's good. There's no way that he could be a bad guy, if he was wouldn't he have stolen the jewlery? I'm rooting for him!' '
They showed a picture of the girl from the thrift store. Inuyasha smiled to himself. She thinks I'm good...
A young woman poured him some more coffee. He looked up at her face and saw the same fucking woman. She looked him in the eyes and gasped.
"Hey, I met you at my second job! At the thrift store, you bought a utility belt!"
"Yea, I remember you!" He didn't bother to metion the fact that he hadn't stop thinking about her since they met...
"Oh, wow. Small world isn't it?"
"More than you know..."
"What was that?"
"Oh nothing.."
"Hey... I know you. Your Inuyasha Tokaido!I went to middle school with you! I left at the end of 8th grade. Kagome...Kagome Higurashi"
"I rememberyou! You were that girl who always wore that green skirt and the white blouse."
"Yea...geeky I know.."
"Nah, I was no better."
She smiled, a heartwarming smile that light up his soul. They started catching up, getting to know each other. He learned that after she left that she had gone to a special high school to learn to write and stuff. She was trying to get a job as a writer for the Local news paper, the Shikon Times(original I know!). But her job opportunity fell through so she had to work two jobs to support herself. He told her about his job as a High school teacher at the Alternative school, and all that...
"HIGURASHI! I don't pay you to chat, I pay you to serve the coffee! Get back to work!"
She smiled at him and took his hand.
"I hope we can catch up sometime."
She took a pen out of her apron and wrote down a number on a napkin.
"Thats my number, call me sometime."
She gave one more dazzling smile and left for work. Inuyasha felt his heart feel so warm, he looked down at the napkin. A huge grin sprouted on his face...
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Kagome watched the man pay for coffee and leave. Her eyes followed him to the door, and she hurridly sprinted to grab the measily tip. She pocketed the cash and wiped down the table. Her too short skirt rose up too high and the men hooted and whistled. She felt her cheeks grow red with embarassment, and she quickly lowered the hem. She turned and glared.
"You'd better learn how to treat a woman, whooting and whistling are considered rude outside of a strip bar."
"Take it off!"
She grunted and looked at the man. He wasobviously drunk, swollen red eyes and lines of exhaustion covered his face. Kagome walked over to him and put her hands on her hips.
"Leave now."
"Or what...You gonna...you gonna..kick me out...hehehe! You just a stupido, princess hoochie!"
He grabbed at her shirt and ripped it down. Kagome gasped and quickly shielded herself, then punched him clear across the cheek. He passed out on the floor and she recovered herself. She quickly called her boss in to call the guy a cab home.
"Marty, can I get a hand back here..."
She called to the backroom and no one answered. She yelled it this time.
"MARTY!"
"Comin, comin..."
He walked out and found a drunk guy passed out on his floor, he sighed and picked him up.
"People...Kagome call the cab company, I'll get this guy a seat...or something."
Kagome ran to the phone and called up the company, they found the guys adress on his drivers liscence, and they packed him up and loaded him away. Marty looked over at Kagome and noticed red scratched along her collar bone going down to the top of her shirt.
"Kagome what happened to your chest?"
She looked down and noticed the red.
"The guy pulled down my shirt, and I guess his nails scratched me."
"Kags, I'm so sorry. I didn't know, why didn't you call me?"
"Its ok, I can take care of myself."
She gave a small smile and went back to work. Marty looked at her with a mix of pitty and wonder.
She's a pretty girl, hell pretty enough to do the modeling thing. But she doesn't even seem to notice that does she? She just tries to get by on what she can. Thinking of others before herself, she's a good person...
Marty, my shift is over, but is Tina here?"
"Nah, remember, she left for maternity leave."
"Do you need and extra hand?"
"Kagome, to be perfectly honest, I don't have the spare cash to pay you overtime."
"Thats ok, if you make me one of your brownie sundaes to-go we'll call it even."
She smiled and went to take the orders of the next guys coming in. He smiled, and silentely thanked her.
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Kagome closed up and turned off the diner lights. She made alot of tips tonight, good haul. She smiled and put the cash in her pocketbook. She swung her purse over her shoulder and walked home. She couldn't wait to get home and eat that sundae. She smiled guiltily. Yummy chocolate...
"Hey beautiful..."
Kagome turned around to see a man in a trench coat. Her eyes got big as she realized the knife in his hand. Cold fear dripped into her heart, her body went numb. She felt her head screaming at her to run, but fear had frozen her solid. All she could do was open her mouth to scream. But he quickly coveredit and held a knife to her neck. Tears rolled down her cheeks as he spoke gruffly into her ear.
"You shut up now, got it. Now put down the purse, and take off your jacket."
She nodded and set down her purse gently, she slipped off her jacket.
"Now, take down your panties."
She gasped and struggled immediately to get away. He merely pressed the knife harder on her skin.
"You wanna die?"
Sheimmediatelybit his hand til she tasted blood. He retreated and she screamed a blood curldling scream that echoed through the city. Almost instantly a burry object came speeding towards them, and punched the man in the face. He fell backwards, and looked dazed. The other man picked him up by the shirt collar and glared at him.
"So you like raping innocent women?"
He punched him in the gut, and rammed him into the wall.
"You leave people alone, or else I'll kill you with your own knife."
He threw him on the ground and picked Kagome up in his arms. He jumped straight up tot he top of the building and ran across them. Kagome held tight onto him as her hair whipped her face. She looked at his face, handsome. His golden eyes flashed like amber, and he painted them on the bottom. His long bangs framed his face, giving him an extremely sexy look to him. His long silver hair floated behind him, drifting on the breeze behind him. He was mezmorizing...
"Where do you live miss?"
His voice...it struck her heart, like Inuyasha's did. They sounded the same, but not exactly.
"In Woodards apartments. Number 80"
He raced towards the general direction of the apartments and hopped into 80's window. They came to a simple apartment, and he set her down gently. She still clung to him, like a child to a bear.
"Please don't leave."
She looked up at him with frightened eyes, warm and big.
"I wouldn't leave you alone, not by a long shot."
"Who are you?"
"In..Silver Scar.."
"Don't you have a real name?"
"Secret Identity, can't go around telling that to everyone."
"Like superman?"
They smiled, she still hugged his waist loosely. He tentatively put his arms around her.
"It'll be ok. I promise..."
He held her, held her like a frightened child, and began to care. Care about her, this Kagome, whom he hardly knew but already had feelings for. He felt so stupid, like he shouldn't be here.
"Silver Scar, you can go now. I feel better."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm sure there are other people who need saving."
He nodded and bowed politely.
"I'll keep an eye on you."
She meekly smiled as he jumped out the window. Her heart seemed to flee with him, like she lost something. She hugged herself, the feeling of lonliness beginning to creep in...
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Aw, Kagome's so mistreated, always getting mugged cause she's pretty. Its a hard life in the slums, but she'll be ok as long as Inuyasha doesn't let her out of his sight. Sounds like a tought life doesn't it? Anyway...
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