Chapter Fourteen: A Basketball?

            "See this isn't too bad. I never knew how easy driving really is…"

            "Inuyasha, you're going 15 miles above the speed limit. Slow down!" Kagome said as she clung to her seat's armrest.

            "Oh you're exaggerating… Was that light red?… oh well."

            "We're going to get pulled over, now slow down!"

            "Your supposed to stop at stop signs aren't you? Aw crap."

            "Inuyasha! Watch out for that old lady!"

"What old lady?"

"…Never mind."

            "Look, you wanna get to the hospital to see your grandfather right? Stop complain—"

            WEE OU WEE OU WEE OU.

            "What the hell do they want? I'm not doing anything wrong," Inuyasha said as he pulled over into the side lane. They had been driving for no more than five minutes and the cops were already on his tail. 

            "Inuyasha, you don't even have your G1, your speeding, you ran through a red light and a stop sign, you barely missed hitting an elderly lady, and your driving a vehicle that isn't yours. Can you see any wrong in that?"

            "Hmm… good point. I need an excuse…" he said as he looked around the car for something that could be useful in his situation. Unfortunately, his brother kept his car neat and clean. He could find nothing helpful.

            "Well you better think fast, the officer just got out of his car."

            "Think, think, think!" That's when he spotted it. Sitting on the backseat. A basketball. You may wonder what could a basketball possibly do to undue the charges that were about to be laid on the underage driver. Inuyasha had an idea.

            "Kagome, see that basketball back there? Grab it."

            "Ok…" she answered a little confused as she reached around her seat to grab the orange ball.

            "Now put it under your shirt," he said casually as if it were an everyday thing to do in this 'everyday' situation. "Quickly! He's coming! Oh and act panicky and stuff."

            "Wha…? What on earth are you talking about Inuyasha? How can putting a basketball under my shirt help?" Her expression changed drastically when it hit her. "No! uh-uh! No way Inuyasha! I am not going to pretend I'm pregnant so that you can get out of your problems. And besides I'm only 15! That officer's gunna think I'm a slut!"

            "Just do it! Please!"

            Kagome was about to protest further, but then she saw his frequently shifting eyes, full of anxious pleading as he kept looking back at the approaching officer and her. Not to mention his choice of vocabulary he seldom used. She sighed and stuck the basketball as best she could under her shirt, just as the officer pulled up to Inuyasha's already rolled down window.

            "Are you aware you were going high above the speed limit sir? May I see your licence and registration?"

            "I'm so sorry officer. I was in such a rush," Inuyasha said in a mock pleading voice. "You see my… girlfriend here, is umm 7 months pregnant. And her umm w-water broke when we were about to leave to go to uh the uh baby store to get baby…stuff."

            "Oh my goodness. Why didn't you say so in the first place? You need to get to the hospital right away. With an expecting couple as young as you two, and a premature baby no less, you can be in serious trouble if not treated with as soon as possible. Wait here."

            The officer ran back to his patrol car.

            "See my plan worked," Inuyasha said with a smug smirk. "We're getting off home free all thanks to me."

            "We wouldn't have had to rely on your 'genius' plan if it wasn't for you, you idiot. And now that officer will probably tell everyone in Tokyo that I was pregnant! My life is over!"

"…You do realize there are about 27 million people in Tokyo right? I doubt he'll be able to tell everyone."

"Oh shut up you sleazebag! You're the one who knocked me up! You asshole! You—"

"Uh… Kagome? Your not really pregnant remember?"

"Oh yeah… shut up." Kagome crossed her arms over her fake bulging stomach. The officer soon came running back up towards the car.

"Good news!" he exclaimed when he reached Inuyasha's window again. "I radioed into the police station and told them to hold all my calls and assignments."

            Inuyasha and Kagome starred at the man a little dumbfounded. When the man seized to speak again, Inuyasha spoke up. "I'm sorry, but we care…why?"

            "I'm going to make it my personal duty to make sure you folks get to the hospital. I'm gunna escort you! That way you won't run into any problems with lights or traffic! Isn't that great?"

"Well, uh its really nice of you but—"

"Say no more. I know what your thinking."

"You do?"

"You think that, if I'm escorting you from the front, who will be at the back? I took care of that problem as well. I radioed my buddy Tache as well. He's on the police force too except he handles things on his motorcycle. He should be coming any minute now to protect you two youngsters from the back."

"That's really not necessary offic—"

"No need to thank me. It was my pleasure. Oh look there's Tache now. Hi there Tache!" The officer said waving. "I.P Freely by the way." He said holding out his hand threw the opening window. Inuyasha just starred at it.

"Excuse me?"

"My name. It's I.P Freely. Iota Poe Freely," the man said as if it were obvious. 

"Ohhh, I thought—never mind what I thought," said Inuyasha. "I'm uh um Mi… Miroku!" 'It's not like it would be surprising if he ended up in this situation for real.'

"And this is my girlfriend… umm…"

"Sango!" Kagome blurted out before thinking. Her eyes widened at what she had just said. "I mean uh—"

"Yes," Inuyasha said jamming his elbow into her arm hard enough for her to get the point. It would look suspicious if she suddenly changed her name. "This is my girlfriend Sango and I'm Miroku. Yup that's me. Miroku."

"Ok…" said the officer. "Well we better get moving. Are you in any pain… Sango?"

"Uh, not at the moment no. I think I um might be in a phase between contractions," Kagome said trying to sound like she knew what she was talking about.  

            "Alright then! Let's get moving! We don't want that baby coming out when we're not ready for it. But don't you two minors worry 'bout a thing. If worse comes to worse, I'm trained to perform C.P.R." he said proudly.

            "Uh, how will that help when delivering a baby?" Kagome asked.

            "Well… My C.P.R. teacher was so impressed after the fifth time I took the test, that she said it would be a miracle if I ever became a doctor."

            "I think that might be considered a bad thing…" Inuyasha muttered.

            Kagome ignored him. "Fifth time?"

            "Yeah… I failed the other ones. Only one in my class to fail five times. My Mama says it's cause I'm special. Poor Mama. I hope she's doing ok in that new schizophrenic asylum Daddy put her in." He wiped a tear away from his eye. "It's for her own good Iota! You know that."

            "Riiiiight…"

            "::sniff:: Anyways. Ahem. Let's get going." He signalled the other officer with his hand and then ran back to his car.

            "Now what genius?" Kagome asked. "Got any more 'intelligent' ideas inside that thick scull of yours?"

            "I'm working on it! I don't see you coming up with any ideas." Kagome looked at him with knowing eyes. "I know I know! I was the one who got us in this mess blah blah blah… hmph!"

            "Well the way I see it is, we can let them take us to the hospital where we can face the consequences of our little charade… or we can make a run for it. I doubt we'd get very far if we chose the latter and we'd still get in trouble with our sham when the police caught us. Choose."

            The police officer gave an opened mouth smile and a thumbs up as he passed them to go in front. Inuyasha sighed as he started the engine of his brother's car to follow. "Here goes nothing Sango."

            "My friend is going to kill me if she ever finds out about this."

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            I know it's not too much longer than my other chapters but… Sorry it took a little than I had expected to get this one out. My computer whacked out on me last night.

This chapter was pretty much almost all conversational. I hadn't planned it to be that way, that's just how it turned out. Hope that's ok.

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