Okay, I'm really sorry to make you people wait so long on this one, it's just that I have about five writing projects going on at once! It's crazy! Oh, and I just finished watching the third Inuyasha movie. . . IT WAS AWESOME! SESSHOMARU ROCKS! GO SESSHO-KUN! ASHITARU! (I love you, in Japanese of course) He definitely showed a bit more personality in the movie, it was great! If you haven't seen it, you HAVE to! You have to or your not an anime freak! I was going to check out the special features, but my dad came home. (he doesn't even know I watch Inuyasha so stay quiet about it!) I'll probably check it out when he leaves. I don't have long with the dvd, it belongs to a friend of mine and she wants it back ASAP.

Anyway, now that I'm done with my rant, here's chapter 2 of my second ever fan fic. Hope you like it and please do review, gotta have those reviews!

Mayu Kitsune

Chapter Two: A Fated Second Meeting

Inuyasha, continued to glare silently at the bars a few hours after landing himself there. That lecher had better show up soon! That damn flirt! He should've been there only a moment after the little incident! He was out womanizing for sure! Inuyasha grumbled something indignant under his breath. Sitting in the jail cell wasn't getting anything done that needed to be done, like finding the younger Romera brother.

The only thing that he had found to be the least bit interesting was the fact that Sesshomaru's only deputy was a woman. She had a plainly feminine figure, but wore men's clothing and carried a gun. She hadn't said much to him, she just sat there stroking the cat that slept peacefully in her lap.

Inuyasha certainly hadn't seen her before, and who on earth had a woman for a deputy? The last he'd heard was that people were getting on Sesshomaru's case for not having anyone else to keep the peace. It looked like Sesshomaru had hired a deputy, just not the person everyone else thought he would hire. What kind of deputy wore eye shadow?

"Hey," Inuyasha said after a moment, getting the deputy's attention, "when am I going to get out of here?"

The deputy shrugged, "I'm sorry, but I'm not in charge here."

Inuyasha let out an indignant huff, muttering something under his breath. That idiot, Miroku, had better get there, and really soon.

The deputy didn't say much else, continuing to pet her cat, even talking to it from time to time.

It was just about that time that someone else walked through the door. It was Miroku, sporting bright red handprints on each side of his face.

Inuyasha nearly cursed. It figured! No wonder it had taken him so long! He must've tried flirting with nearly every woman in town! When would he ever learn?

Miroku walked in, looking a bit mopey now that he'd been obviously rejected so many times.

The deputy looked up, setting her cat on the ground before getting to her feet, "Can I help you with anything?" she asked, approaching him.

He paused, blinking a few times. He seemed to brighten up a bit upon seeing her though also seeming a bit surprised.

"Well," Miroku began, gaining his usual flirtatiousness, "you could begin by telling me the name of the beautiful woman I'm speaking to."

Inuyasha flopped back on the cot he had been sitting on, letting out a frustrated noise that sounded almost like a growl. That lecher was at it yet again!

The deputy blushed a bit, not looking as though she were used to getting compliments all the time. "Uh, my name's Sango." she replied, still seeming unsure about what to think of the black-haired man in front of her.

Her eyes widened slightly and she looked a bit harassed as he pulled her beside him, his arm around her shoulders in a side-hug.

"Well Sango, its a pleasure to meet you." he said enthusiastically as he released his hold around her.

She relaxed a bit, thinking that he was just one of those extremely friendly people. Unfortunately, she thought wrong.

She suddenly went rigid as she felt something brush up against her rear. It couldn't have been an accident, whatever it was was still there! That creep was not doing what she thought he was doing!

"This is different, most women wear dresses. You can't feel anything under all those clothes." Miroku mused aloud.

There was a loud resounding smack as Sango added yet another handprint on Miroku's face. "What's the big idea you pervert!" she growled.

Miroku rubbed his cheek, giving her a nervous smile, "You hit hard for a woman."

It didn't take too long before Miroku was sitting behind bars right along side Inuyasha.

"Nice goin', lecher." Inuyasha muttered.

Miroku gave him a nervous laugh, "I couldn't resist, people did always say that my right hand was cursed."

"What were you thinking anyway? You were supposed to be bailing me out, not keeping me company." the bounty hunter grumbled irritably.

"I got distracted." Miroku replied, still sending glances to the deputy who now sat furiously cleaning a revolver. She looked to be beyond upset.

Sesshomaru finally reentered, pausing for a moment to give Sango a questioning glance. He only wordlessly quirked and eyebrow, not even bothering to ask. He was followed closely behind by a little girl.

She looked to be about eight or so with black hair and brown eyes. She wore a rather plain, but nice dress that came down to a little above her ankles. She had a few cuts on her that seemed to just be healing up and a few injuries that had been bandaged.

Inuyasha looked to her in question, where did she come from? What happened to her? And over all, what was she doing with the town's ice block of a sheriff?

The little girl didn't say anything, only seemed to shrink back a bit when she noticed Inuyasha looking at her. She inched further behind Sesshomaru, now peering out from behind his legs.

Sesshomaru looked down to her before tracing her gaze to Inuyasha, "What is it little brother? Never seen a young girl before?" Sesshomaru inquired.

Inuyasha gave him a look before averting his gaze elsewhere and letting out a huff.

A small, amused smirk came across Sesshomaru's face though it only stayed there for a moment.

"When are you letting me outa here?" Inuyasha demanded

"Whenever I see fit."

Inuyasha grumbled a few curses under his breath. Who knew when Sesshomaru of all people would let him out! He probably enjoyed keeping him there!

"I didn't come back here to get jailed like this! I only came for one thing and then I was leaving!" Inuyasha shouted, glaring at his older brother.

"So, you're going to leave once you've completed your business here. And what business would that be?" Sesshomaru questioned.

"It's personal, I don't have to answer to you."

"Of course, it would be less of an annoyance to let you leave than keep you here."

"Annoyance?"

"You complain like a small child, only with worse language."

"I do not!"

Sesshomaru seemed to think for a moment, not looking to have even heard Inuyasha's remark. He didn't need all this trouble, especially with that Naraku character bothering him. He was almost certain that the last line of the letter was implying something and that that wouldn't be the last he would hear from the business man.

The sheriff just brushed the feeling off. Their father wouldn't have liked him to keep Inuyasha imprisoned anyway. "You and your friend may leave in a few hours, just take this as a warning. Any more trouble and I may decide that you are much less irritating dead." Sesshomaru stated in his usual tone.

Inuyasha was beginning to fire back with another comment but paused. What did he just say? So he was going to let them go? That was it? Since when did this guy let anyone off easy?

Inuyasha continued to sit there, looking a bit perplexed as Sesshomaru again exited, taking the little girl with him.

He sure was acting strange, him and that little girl. Who was she? She hadn't spoken a word the entire time she was there.

Sango seemed a bit irritated at Sesshomaru's decision. He was just letting both of them go? Including that lecher? She soon got up and left as well, there wasn't much chance that they were going to get out of there. She couldn't stand being in the same room as that Miroku character either. Besides, she had better things to do.

A few hours later, Sesshomaru still had yet to show up, but they had been released by the deputy as she grudgingly carried out her order. She gave Miroku a glare as he flashed her his most charming smile on his way out, tipping his hat to her.

Inuyasha just ignored her, not saying anything as he finally walked out the door of that god-forsaken place.

"That deputy was quite the beauty. Do you think we'll run into her again?" Miroku questioned, sounding almost hopeful.

Inuyasha rolled his eyes, "There's one big problem with that Miroku: incase you haven't noticed, she doesn't like you and the only way she's going to get close to you is to arrest you and shove you back in that blasted jail cell."

Miroku sighed, "Is it that obvious?"

Inuyasha didn't answer, just gave his friend a look. That was all he had to do to get his point across.

Miroku just let out a heavy, discouraged sigh. His bad luck with women just wasn't fair! He walked with his head hung low as both he and Inuyasha headed toward an inn.

The bounty hunter was beginning to walk through the door of one of the places when he paused. A loud scream ripped through the silence of the desert night.

"Sounds like a woman in trouble." Miroku mused aloud.

"How much you wanna bet it's that bastard, Carlos Romera's doing?" Inuyasha asked as he began off at a run. I've been waiting to take a shot at that creep for a while now. he thought

"What makes you so sure it's him?" Miroku asked from behind him as he ran.

"Does it really matter? If it's someone else then we could get lucky and find a bounty on his head too." Inuyasha shouted back.

"Let go of me you jerk!" A familiar female voice yelled.

Wait, he knew that voice, it was that Kagome girl from the saloon. He peeped around the corner of a building, sure that this was the right spot. Sure enough it was exactly the person he had been looking for, and the girl from the saloon.

Kagome glared daggers at the man that had a hold on her arm. "I said let me go are you deaf!" she shouted angrily, kicking Carlos as hard as she possibly could in the shin.

The man grumbled a few angry curses.

"Now let me go before I kick you again, I'll do it harder this time!" Kagome threatened, continuing to tug against his grip.

The man glared at her before striking her hard across the face, "I would watch what you do if I were you." he growled.

She looked a bit shocked as her head jerked to the side. Her shock only lasted a few moments before she began struggling again.

Inuyasha seemed to zone out for a second. She looked so much like Kikyou, was this what happened to her? His mind wandered back to those memories, Kagome's appearance seeming to bring them back anew.

"Inuyasha, what are you waiting for?" Miroku whispered, snapping the bounty hunter back from his thoughts.

"Oh, right." Inuyasha muttered, drawing out his revolver. He couldn't dwell on the past, he had to think about right now or this girl was going to die too.

Romera paused as he heard a voice behind him, a familiar voice.

"You know, I've been waiting to get the bounty on your head for a while." the voice stated.

The convict slowly turned his head to look at the white-haired man that now had a gun leveled right at him.

Carlos glared at him, "So you found me." he stated angrily.

"You're damn right I did, now let the girl go and I'll be generous and take you in alive." Inuyasha snapped.

Romera didn't budge, instead he began to reach for something.

Inuyasha's revolver made a distinct click as he pulled back the hammer. "Not a smart idea, unless you want a bullet right between your eyes that is. Now let her go." Inuyasha ordered, keeping the gun steady and aimed.

Romera slowly began to do as Inuyasha had commanded him to, releasing his grip on a shaken Kagome.

"Alright, you, girl, hurry over here." Inuyasha stated, addressing Kagome.

She gave him a half-hearted glare as she approached. Couldn't he just use her name? She remembered telling him what it was at the saloon. She decided to ignore that for now, he was saving her life after all.

She hadn't even made it half-way to the white-haired man before Miroku's voice sounded from off to the side, "Inuyasha! Look out! On the roof!"

Inuyasha glanced up just in time to see a second gunman as he began to fire. He moved barely quick enough to avoid the bullet of a rifle as it streaked past him and bit the dirt. Most of this had been a trap right from the very beginning! A trap set by the remaining members of the older Romera brother's gang!

Kagome cried out, nearly seeming frozen where she was. What the hell was this? This was definitely something she wasn't used to in the least bit! What was she supposed to do!

"Jeez you idiot! What are you doing? Move!" Inuyasha shouted as he ran for her, grabbing her arm and beginning to drag her along with him.

"Hey, who're you calling an idiot?" Kagome demanded indignantly as she struggled to keep up.

"Shaddup and keep running!"

She gave him another agitated glare.

The roof-top sniper was forced to duck for cover as Miroku began to return fire, shooting at him every time his head peeped up over the side of the roof.

"Stop right there Inuyasha!" Romera's voice shouted.

Inuyasha glanced back, immediately freezing upon noticing that Carlos had managed to draw a gun in all the commotion.

"Damn!" Inuyasha exclaimed under his breath as he stared the felon down.

"Now it's your turn to give up the girl, and your life." Romera stated.

Inuyasha didn't hesitate to pull Kagome behind him, "Not a chance." he retorted, standing protectively in front of her now.

Kagome peered out from behind him. What now? That Romera creep didn't seem to be giving them any chances.

"Hey, woman." Inuyasha whispered quietly after a moment.

"My name's Kagome." she whispered back indignantly.

"Yeah, whatever. Look, we're going to move for that building over there." Inuyasha stated, glancing that way to give Kagome a clue but trying to keep the convict in front of them clueless. "When I say 'now' we both run for it and whatever you do, stay on my right side, got it?"

Kagome just nodded slowly and slightly.

Inuyasha and Miroku seemed to exchange understanding looks.

Well, it looks like they've done this plenty of times before. Kagome thought to herself, waiting for Inuyasha's signal.

"So, what is the famous bounty hunter going to do next? No last-ditch plans?" Romera questioned, pulling back the hammer on his own gun.

"NOW!" Inuyasha shouted.

Miroku changed the direction of his fire to aim at Carlos while Inuyasha and Kagome made a mad dash for cover.

Romera fired as soon as Inuyasha began to move with his rescuee.

Inuyasha bit out a curse as the bullet struck his left arm, the pain causing him to sink to one knee.

Kagome paused, going back to him.

"What are you doing? Keep going!" Inuyasha shouted at her.

"But you're hurt!" Kagome protested as she reached him.

"Get down!" he yelled, using his good arm to jerk her toward him as the sniper on the roof fired another shot, a shot that grazed the top of Kagome's head as she was forced to duck.

She let out a cry of surprise as the bulled barely missed her. What were they shooting at her for? She never did anything to them! She didn't even have a gun!

"Move it!" Inuyasha shouted, snapping Kagome back to reality as she again found herself being drug toward cover. Romera was forced to run for cover as well as Miroku tried to keep him occupied with dodging bullets.

Inuyasha and Kagome managed to make it to cover while Carlos was forced to run and the gunman on the roof was forced to reload. Miroku quickly retreated back behind the wall to reload as the corner of it chipped and splintered from Romera's fire.

"That bastard." Inuyasha grumbled as he gripped the bleeding wound in his arm. "Are you alright?" Kagome questioned.

"Fine!"

Kagome gave him a glare, "You don't have you yell at me, I was only trying to be considerate you know!"

"What are you doing?" Inuyasha questioned as Kagome bent down, ripping off the bottom part of the apron she still wore.

"Do you want your arm to keep bleeding or what?" Kagome demanded as she straightened, "Let me see it."

Inuyasha looked to her a bit distrustfully as he let go of the injury.

Kagome took a look at it before carefully trying to bandage it the best she could. He had gotten that because he insisted on shielding her with himself while they were running and she had to do something to help. Whether she liked it or not, she owed it to him to help.

He flinched a bit as she put pressure on it but didn't say anything. He drew out his second revolver as she finished up, preparing to fire at Romera. "Miroku, get the guy on the roof, I got him." Inuyasha stated.

"If you say so." Miroku replied, not daring to get in the way of a man's revenge.

To tell the truth he had forgotten completely about the guy on the roof. He hadn't fired in a while. Miroku quickly found a way up using a ladder that the sniper had obviously used to get there. He arrived to find somewhat of a surprise on the roof, and not a very unpleasant one.

Sango had just finished tying up the gunman after having snuck up on him and knocked him out.

"Hello Miss, so we meet again." Miroku stated.

Sango sent a look his way, her eyes narrowing, "Oh, it's you."

Miroku laughed a bit nervously. She hadn't sounded too thrilled. "Hey, I think we got off on the wrong foot earlier. How about I say I'm sorry and we just forget about that whole mess?" he offered hopefully.

Sango just gave him a look before beginning to try and cart her captive off.

"Oh come on, it slipped, honestly." Miroku stated.

Sango was finding it hard to even drag the unconscious man as she just seemed to give up. "Fine, I'll give you another chance if you help me and keep your hands to yourself." she said to Miroku after a moment.

Miroku seemed all too happy to oblige. . . it was the keeping his hand away from that nice rear that he was probably going to have problems with.

Shots were still being exchanged in between Inuyasha and Romera, both of them unaware of the happenings on the roof. Romera had reloaded and was readying himself to fire again when he froze. Something had been pressed to the back of his head.

"Drop your weapon." a chillingly calm voice commanded.

Carlos hesitated.

A distinct click could be heard in response to the thug's reluctance, "It doesn't matter to me whether you live or die, I wouldn't lose any sleep over killing you." the voice said.

Carlos dropped the gun as if the handle were on fire, "Fine, there it is just don't kill me."

"Now, keep your hands where I can see them." Sesshomaru ordered, still using his usual tone.

Carlos seemed hesitant about this as well.

Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed. This man was really turning out to be a pain in the neck and the sheriff hated to repeat himself. "I have given you fair warning." he stated coolly. Sesshomaru was nearly taken off guard as Carlos began to whirl, a knife in his hand. The sheriff didn't hesitate to fire, managing to do so before any harm came to himself.

He returned his revolver to its place. "Ignorant fool." he muttered just about the time that Inuyasha came running around the corner.

The bounty hunter froze upon noticing his older brother and a now dead Carlos Romera.

"What the hell? He was mine!" Inuyasha exclaimed angrily.

Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow, "I fail to see how he is 'yours'. Your name certainly isn't written across his forehead."

"I was supposed to take him out!"

"Since when was it your job to eliminate the felons in this town, little brother? In case you've forgotten; I have been the sheriff since father died and you are merely passing through." Sesshomaru retorted, an angry edge to his usually calm tone though it was barely detectable.

Inuyasha just glared at his older brother as Sesshomaru turned and began off, "Of course, little brother, if you think this man to be your responsibility then you could stop by and inform the gravekeeper that the graveyard has a new resident on your way out of town." Sesshomaru stated, continuing to walk, "Still running from your past. . . Pathetic."

Kagome cautiously walked up behind the bounty hunter who continued to glare after his older brother. What was the whole 'running from your past' thing about and why were these two at each other's throats when they were brothers? She decided not to ask. What was she supposed to do now though? "Uh. . . thanks for saving me." she said after a moment.

"Don't mention it." Inuyasha muttered in reply, forcing himself to forget about Sesshomaru's last statement.

Miroku and Sango were just emerging from beside one of the buildings as they had managed to somehow get the man off the roof. Miroku seemed to be doing all he could to keep from touching the deputy next to him.

Kagome didn't seem to notice, giving Inuyasha a troubled look. "You should get that looked at. I can show you where the doctor is." she offered.

"Don't bother, I know where it is. I used to live here." Inuyasha stated. He looked to her after a moment, "I guess you could just go home, you don't look hurt."

"Oh, I guess I can, I'm fine." Kagome said.

Inuyasha seemed almost relieved to hear it. So he didn't do all of that for nothing.

"Hey Kagome." A voice called.

Kagome looked back to see Sango approaching her.

"Are you alright?" the deputy questioned.

"I'm fine."

"Oh, that's good. If you're still a little shaken up I could walk you home." Sango offered.

Kagome smiled, "Oh really, you don't have to."

"I know, but what are friends for? Friends have to stick together around here anyway."

Kagome nodded once in agreement, "Right."

The two friends began off after Kagome thanked Inuyasha one last time. They started a conversation with one another as they walked. It was obvious that they had been friends for quite a while already.

Inuyasha and Miroku both watched them leave for a moment before heading off themselves. Even though Inuyasha's arm was injured, he didn't seem to want to head for the doctor. Instead, he was going straight for the inn.

"Um, Inuyasha, the doctor is that way." Miroku stated, pointing it out.

"I know." Inuyasha replied a bit irritably.

"Then why aren't you going that way?"

"And deal with that old bat? Forget it." Inuyasha grumbled.

Miroku let out a sigh. If there was one thing Inuyasha nearly always refused to do, it was going to the doctor. It sounded like he knew the one in this town.

"You should really learn to respect your elders." Miroku suggested.

Inuyasha's only reply was an indignant huff.

"Besides," Miroku added, "that Kagome seems like the type that would drag you there if you didn't have it bandaged by morning. It would only be natural for her to want to help you since you helped her."

Inuyasha let out another huff, but reluctantly changed directions. This was going to be one long night and the next day was probably going to be pretty long too. In all truth, Kagome didn't seem to be that bad.

The bounty hunter looked to the makeshift bandage on his arm. She seemed like she knew some of what she was doing when she tried to bandage him up. He had found himself thinking lightly of her but brushed it off.

She looked too much like Kikyou and he didn't want to get too close to her though it seemed that their paths would cross again. She did work at the saloon where they would probably get breakfast in the morning. Inuyasha quietly made up his mind that after they ate and bought supplies, they were leaving.

"Hey Miroku, try not to make the deputy too mad in between now and noon tomorrow. I would really like to catch the train this time." Inuyasha said pointedly to his partner who just laughed nervously.

"Do you really want to leave so soon?" Miroku questioned, "This is your home town, maybe you should take a break."

"No, we're leaving. The sooner the better."

Alright, finally I have gotten my second chapter done. I hope the ending wasn't too cheesy, to tell you the truth, it was kind of rushed. Yeah, my dad didn't exactly like the fact that I write so much, so he pulled the plug on my computer. Luckily, there's this one at my grandparents' house and I get unlimited access to it considering that they don't ever use it. I still have to put everything on a disk and bring it in though. The blasted computer doesn't have the internet. Now I can only type these things up on a weekend so if I don't update in a while you'll just have to bear with me. If you read my first chapter and waited patiently for the second, I thank you so much for your patience. It's a virtue you know! Anyway, for all of you people out there who read this, REVIEWS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED! Thank you!

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Chapter 3: Target: Sesshomaru

Needless to say, Naraku wasn't very happy about getting his own letter mailed back to him. Now that letters don't seem to be working what will Naraku resort to to get the town in his possession? Will the big business man resort to violence to get what he wants? Trickery maybe? How does he intend to sway the stubborn sheriff? Also, who is this newcomer that has decided to make her appearance?

Well, there it is, a preview for the next chapter when I get it written! I hope your patience with me isn't wearing thin because I couldn't update quickly. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ME HERE!

Until next time!

Mayu Kitsune