Chapter inspired by 'Thomas Parkour ft. Biggie' -Seriously. type that in on youtube. Or wait for the cue.
"Wow I don't know why I didn't think of this earlier." Kagome smiled to herself, breathing in the humid air of the afternoon. InuYasha trailed behind her like a toy soldier, several grocery bags hanging on each arm. Kagome had always enjoyed the scenic walk to the grocery store, but the thought about lugging around her groceries never sounded appealing. That dilemma was fixed with handy Shikon at her side.
InuYasha's peculiar ears were covered by an old baseball cap that Kagome had received from her freshmen orientation. She observed the light sway of his hair as he walked, deciding Sango was right, he was so realistic, the only thing that would really cause some stares is his youkai features. Those weren't really common in the human districts. She stopped in her tracks and peeked over at his face; on her tiptoes she gently pushed the sunglasses she had placed on his face more securely. "I like this." She gleamed, to nobody in particular. She had a happy bounce in her steps as they continued on the sidewalk.
She felt like she was playing House again, like when she was a young girl, except now the role of the husband was fulfilled by a Shikon and not an old pillow that was equal to her height. She was starting to like the muteness of her companion. "You like music, InuYasha?" She popped out her cellphone from her back pocket and tapped on the music app. His expression was indifferent at her question but nonetheless Kagome turned up the volume for the two of them. Her steps grew more playful and she bopped her shoulders up and down. "Come on, InuYasha, you have to know how to dance…" Kagome snapped her fingers to the beat of the music and nudged him on his side with her hip. She caught the small smile spread across his face and she wanted to squeal in happiness at the sight. Was he embarrassed? A memory rushed to Kagome's mind in that instant. She never danced around her ex, she didn't know where all this confidence exploded from. It wasn't like InuYasha was real, so maybe that's why she didn't care. It didn't matter. InuYasha grabbed her wrist in the midst of her dancing, throwing out her unnecessary memories of the past. His attention was over her head and his look of concern alarmed her.
Kagome turned around, they were nearby a school bus drop off. There was a group of highschoolers blocking the path just up ahead, all of them huddled together. The type of high schoolers that probably had to be bribed with money to attend school, not the goodie-two-shoes walking home with their instrument case at their side. One of the taller members seemed to be yelling incoherently from the distant at one of the girls. He pushed her back with brute force into the concrete wall behind her. One of the other guys yelled in protest and that earned him a fist under his chin.
Kagome gasped as she watched the scene unfold. Before she could realize, InuYasha had looped all the grocery bags on Kagome's arms and he was nose to nose with the abuser. Some of the grocery bags slipped off at the overbearing weight, instantly making Kagome feel like shit for making him carry all that, but that was beside the point; how did he get over there so fast?
The next track on Kagome's playlist started and she watched in her frozen state of shock. (AN: cue)
"Who's this mother fucker, Shippo? Can't fight your own fights, but you can sleep with my bitch behind my back?" The teenager spat, seeming to the leading aggravator, never drawing his narrowing eyes away from InuYasha.
The teenager, Shippo, dabbed at his chin to check for blood but he didn't say anything. There was anticipated chuckles from the posy.
"Back the fuck up, faggot." The teen threatened and jutted his fist at InuYasha's abdomen.
Every bone in his hand felt like they had just come into contact with tungsten and he bit back the urge to scream out in agony. -And just like that, that was the 'dingdingding' of the wrestling bell. The other members began to charge for InuYasha, Shippo, and the girl that was slammed into the wall. Instead of fighting back, Shippo crouched down into a ball to try to protect his head.
InuYasha grabbed the wrist of the leader that attempted to punch him and tugged him closer, his expression laced with malice. From Kagome's perspective it looked like InuYasha lifted the boy up horizontally in the air in a single swift motion, the muscles of his arms flexing in perfect harmony. Kagome swore she saw him rotate him a few times around before chucking him over the wall into someone's backyard of the housing complex just on the other side of the concrete wall. One of the other members, most likely the right hand man, attempted to attack InuYasha from behind. InuYasha crossed his arms over his chest to trap the attacker's arms and thrusted all his weight backwards in a freefall onto the sidewalk, knocking out all the air from the guy like an inflated whoopee cusion. By now the remaining members had stopped their own pursuit from shock. InuYasha rotated his neck down and up at the remaining group of students. They could see the lust for blood pulsating in his eyes and nearly shit themselves.
"Leave." He growled, anger dripping in his voice.
The remaining teenagers began to disperse in separate directions. Their speed would make any PE teacher proud.
Kagome, still watching from the distance, had her hands clasped together over her lips in astonishment. If her eyes had widened any larger, they would have surely fallen out.
Shippo dusted himself off and grabbed the girl's hand, running off without thanks. He just had one final glance back at his savior. They just hoped not to be reported to the school board or authorities for fighting.
InuYasha was back at Kagome's side now and scooped up the grocery bags back onto his arms with ease, nodding in the direction towards her home.
"Kagome. Let's go." He instructed, his demeanor making a smooth transition back to what it usually was.
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Kagome managed to stay quiet for the remainder of the walk home. She had shut him down after he so kindly placed the bags of groceries on the counter. Whether it was out of fright or concern, she didn't know. She had to think, and that was hard to do with him consistently watching her with those golden eyes. Her heart was drastically pumping blood through her vessels.
He.
Spoke.
Not to mention body-slammed a highschool kid, heroic considering the circumstances, but unlikely for his kind. Kagome didn't think that the list of malfunctions was capable of getting any longer. She considered contacting Urasue briefly but the shock was overbearing.
She finished putting away the groceries and took a few deep breaths. Was it a good idea to power him up? Was he capable of lashing out on her? Then again, she had the emergency SIT feature. Kagome sat in her recliner, her arms folded across her chest and her leg draped over the other. Never would she considered having to deal with something like this in her life.
"InuYasha." She commanded. His ears twitched and she watched as he reanimated back to life. He looked solemn like he usually did. She gave him a challenging look but he made no effort to change his stance. "Could you talk the whole time?" She accused, wasting no time getting to the point.
He shook his head, making her groan and sink into the recliner in frustration. She was looking for a verbal response back, of course. "Why did you intervene?" She continued. She anticipated hearing his voice again but was nervous at the same time.
"Is that not what you wanted me to do, Kagome?" He replied, his voice anything but robotic like she had predicted. It was fitting for his intimidating yet dashing appearance. Kagome felt like icecream left out in the sun. She shooed away her surprise. She could have sworn that he noticed the fight before she did and even if the 'look' in her eyes said 'go to their rescue' -that's insane!
"Don't get snappy with me. Answer my first question."
"It wasn't too long ago, but you seemed content with one-sided conversations." He stated matter of factly. Kagome blushed angrily.
"You're lying about the earlier thing. You went after them on your own free will." She accused again.
"I cannot lie." He said confidently.
Kagome bit her lip in thought and drummed her fingers on the arm rest. "Alright then, do I look fat in this shirt?"
"Yes." He answered a little too quickly for her liking.
"Asshole." She grumbled and watched him smirk. She got up to use the bathroom, leaving him alone in the living room. He took the opportunity to go to the kitchen, he opened one of Kagome's junk drawers and pulled out a pen and the notebook he had attempted to write in before. He glanced back in the direction she had gone. The pen met paper but nothing coherent was written. He squeezed his eyes shut and sighed in frustration.
"You better hope none of those kids call the cops on you or took video. You don't exactly blend in with the crowd." He heard her voice ascending from the hall, so he closed the drawer, the notebook and pen back inside. She changed direction when she saw him in the kitchen now. "But between you and me…" She looked around the room as if someone might be spying on them, "hooooly shit dude you tossed that jerk into someone's backyard, that was gold!" Kagome clutched her side, suddenly in pain from the upchuck of hard laughter. He just rose a brow at her; he could have sworn she was angry with him.
Next update: 11/02/18