Living For Today Chapter 5.

InuYasha threw his cell phone down, and sighed. The girl on the other end of the line was very helpful. He was going to see her tomorrow. He grinned. He couldn't wait. He got up, and saw that the sun was about to set. Oh well, he could still go tricking. He walked out of his room, after grabbing a change of clothes. He walked into the bathroom, and quickly changed into a pair of loose fitting cargo pants, pure white, with the word 'Parkour' written up the legs in black, and slipped on a sleeveless white T-shirt, with the Parkour logo on it. He quickly combed his hair, and swept it back, putting it in a loose ponytail. There were a few strands that weren't long enough to be tied back, and he shrugged, letting them hang down in front of his face. It was a bit feminine, but he didn't care. Then he recalled that he had been dressed exactly like this when that guy had given him his number. InuYasha shivered at the memory, and jogged out of the bathroom, flicking off the light. He jumped the whole set of stairs, and pushed off the wall, sliding to a stop in front of the door, his socks sliding over the clean linoleum. He swiftly slipped on his shoes, and tied them up tight, running out the door. His mother was just getting back from somewhere, and he jumped over the hood of the car as she pulled up the driveway, honking at him. He waved back at her, and continued running, tearing down the sidewalk, working on his breathing.

He ran for about fifteen minutes, then stopped, downtown. He loved this place, it was crowded. He started warming up, stretching all his muscles, concentrating most on his arms and legs, but making sure to get his back and torso, ankles and wrists. He glanced around, and, unaware that he was being watched, swung his arms backward, then forward, jumping up and leaning backward. He backflipped, and landed it. His breathing was even, and his movements controlled. Smoothly, for flowing from one move to another was almost as crucial as the move itself. He leaned down, and without any hesitation or jerky movements, smoothly placed his hands down and kicked off with his feet, popping up into a handstand. He waited half a second, to be sure that his balance was perfect, before swinging his left arm out, sticking it straight out. Carefully, to work the whole range of muscles in his arm, he unlocked his elbow, and slowly let himself down, doing a one handed upside down pushup. He pushed back up, and felt himself starting to sweat. He did a few more, and then stopped, holding himself up with his right arm. Once he got the balance on, he slowly dropped his legs, leaning to the left, while swinging them down and to the right. Once he was about to touch the ground, he swung his legs around to the left, helped by the weight he had placed on his left side by leaning in that direction, and transferred the falling legs' energy into sideways motion, sweeping perfectly into a Windmill, a breakdancing move. He did a few revolutions of that, before dropping his legs, letting the toes of his shoes scrape against the pavement. As he was about to come to a complete stop, he brought his feet under him, and pushed up, leaning back, bringing himself into a backflip. He landed on his hands, and pushed off, flipping back onto his feet. By now, he was drawing a small crowd, but he didn't notice them. He was too focused on his warmup routine. He ran forward a few steps, landing hard on his left leg, bringing his right leg kicking toward the sky with all the force he had, jumping up a bit, pushing with his left leg. He tucked, grabbing his knees with his hands, and completed the backflip, while running forward. He landed the backflip, and ran out of it, not wanting to stop or ruin the flow of his moves. He transferred his forward energy into another move, planting his left leg, turning sideways, using his momentum to flip sideways. In his mind, he imagined himself doing a cartwheel, without the hands. He completed the arial, and and landed it, now facing the opposite way. He ran forward, and got ready for his final move. He jumped up slightly, and landed, planting his left leg, stopping all his forward momentum. For now. He leaned down, and swiped his body across, transferring all his forward momentum into sideways energy. As he brought his upper body up, he kicked off with his left leg, and the way he transferred his energy made him rotate sidways, completely horizontal. He spotted his landing, and landed on his left leg, completing his butterfly twist.

For the first time, he noticed the people. They were all around him, and were staring at him. He ignored them. He looked around, and saw a good way out...

He ran forward, and hopped up on a dumpster, that was against the wall of a store, just at the opening of an alley way. From there, he gathered his strength in his legs, and jumped into the wall, planting his foot and pushing off, turning in the air as he did so. The alley way was small, only a metre and a half across, and he quickly covered the distance, grabbing the roof ledge of the store beside the one he had just kicked off of. He pulled himself up, and was now on top of the store. He couldn't stay here long though, it was a three hundred dollar fine for being caught on top of roofs.

Shit! I'm going to lose him! The person thought, pushing through the crowd. The person stopped when they saw InuYasha reappear on the roof top, about twelve feet above their heads. The person quickly melted back into the crowd, watching him with hungry eyes.

InuYasha ran toward the edge, and jumped off, leaning back. He rotated a lot slower than he would for a normal backflip, but he had to compensate for the drop. He didn't want to over-rotate and land on his face. He completed the flip and saw the ground rushing up. He slammed into it, and dropped his shoulder, rolling over it and down across his back. From his left shoulder to the right side of his lower back. He pushed off the ground and kept running, breaking through the crowd. He was heading to his favorite Parkour spot, and he didn't want too many people cluttering it up.

The person chased after him, clad in a pair of grey sweat pants, and a grey T-shirt. The persons athletic legs powered them down the street, and the person was careful to match their foot steps with InuYasha's, so he didn't hear.

InuYasha saw a bike rack stretched across most of the sidewalk, and there was no way he was going around it. He remembered what he had been told. If you have an obstacle in your way, and you have to slow down to get around it, or you have to find a different route, then your moves weren't good enough, and you needed to practise more.

InuYasha dipped his shoulders, leaned forward, and kicked off with his feet, a full metre and a half from the bike rack. He stretched out horizontally, and grabbed the bike rack bars with his hands, bringing his legs underneath him, through his arms, to land safely on the other side. He kept running, and saw a square concrete garbage can in the middle of the sidewalk. It was about chest high, so he had a different move planned.

He approached at top speed, and threw himself into the air, a good two meters from the object. With his momentum, he would quickly traverse the distance, so there was no problem. As he jumped, he dipped his right shoulder down, and felt himself turning. He passed over the garbage can, and placed his right hand on it, pushing off, his legs flying over the garbage can on his left side. He cleared the can, and brought his legs under him, landing a perfect speed vault.

The person chasing him didn't know what he was doing, or what the moves were called, but they studied InuYasha's moves, and imitated them, almost perfectly. The person put on an extra burst of speed, not caring if they were noticed by InuYasha anymore, and was now trailing just a few feet behind InuYasha.

InuYasha knew that someone was following him, but the wind was against him, so he didn't know who it was. He wasn't going to look backward, he was too focused on everything in front of him. He saw an alley way coming up, and he cut a sharp right, ducking down it. He used his momentum, knowing that he wasn't going to make the right turn into the narrow alley at his speed, and jumped up, placing his feet on the brick wall. Normally, he would have had to slow down and turn, but with this move, he kept all his forward momentum, and transferred it sideways.

He took three steps on the wall before his forward momentum ran out, now fully turned into forward momentun, but at a different direction. He jumped off the wall and kept running at top speed, vaulting various objects in his way, never slowing down, and never going around his objects. He would either go under them, under them, or straight through them.

The pursuer kept pace, having struggled a bit with the unexpected turn, and the wall run. They caught up to InuYasha again, and was reaching out, about to touch his back, when InuYasha jumped, clearing the back end of a car that was backing out of a garage, into the alleyway. The car stopped, the driver seeing InuYasha go flying over the top of his car in his rearview.

The pursuer now had a clear, non-moving obstacle. They jumped up, and placed their left hand on the trunk, and their right hand on the car window, bringing their legs through their arms to land on the other side of the car that was blocking the alley way.

InuYasha saw the end of the alley approaching, a dead end. A brick wall. He ran straight for it, and once he reached it, he jumped into it, placing his feet on the wall. He pushed down, and momentum launched him upward. The wall was about ten feet high, and he was sure he could reach the top.

InuYasha took his third step up the wall, and leaned forward, grabbing the top. He pulled himself over the edge, and dropped down the other side, hitting the pavement and rolling. A few seconds later, he heard the sound of someone who didn't weigh that much hit the ground behind him, then a split second later, footsteps.

InuYasha sped down the alley, jumping and vaulting a few more obstacles, before cutting left, now back on the main street. He knew where he was. He ran a few feet before cutting across a street with the "walk" icon still flashing. He jumped the sidewalk, and ran through the grass, now in a public park. He heard feet slapping the ground behind him, then silence as they reached the grass. InuYasha slowed to a jog, then approached an empty bench that was facing away from him. He jumped forward, turning to his right. He placed his left hand on the back of the bench, and was now heading over his obstacle backwards.

Momentum fixed everything, and he was facing forward again before long. As he completed his turn vault, he dropped down smoothly into a sitting position, his breathing just a bit more heavy than usual.

A few seconds later, someone placed their hands on the back of the bench next to him, and pushed themselves up into a handstand, balancing on the edge for a second, before tipping forward. They pushed off with their hands, and flipped forward, landing on the bench in a sitting postion, hands folded in their lap.

There was only the sound of heavy breathing for a few seconds, before the person spoke.

"You fucking hard to catch, you know that, right?"

InuYasha turned to the person, now knowing who it was, by the sound of their voice.

"Glad you could keep up, Sango."

A/N Please review, tell me what you think.