Sorry for the wait everyone, I just started school and my dads getting remarried and I now have 4 new stepsisters and 2 step-brother-in-laws. So I've been mega-busy and I acquired a violent burst of depression in the past couple of weeks. Yup, the next chapters will be up shortly, to be honest this chapter was half written when I became depressed, so I just couldn't continue it at the time. And for my Maybe Memories fans, please give me a little time to work on it; I've just lost my inspiration for that story.

Oh yah, and since I've been so horribly sporadic with my updates, if any of you can identify where Patrick and Kat are out of, I'll let you give me a suggestion for my story and put it in for you. Oh yah, when you make your guess, please go ahead and make your suggestion. GOOD LUCK!

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha & crew or "duck and run" by 3 doors down. I also don't claim "Never Again" by Nickel back, or Patrick and Kat.

Duck & Run

Kagome's Capture

Patrick Verona smiled goofily as the bassist, his girlfriend, made her way down the basement stairs with her usual bags in tow. She gave Patrick a snarl-like smile as she dumped all her stuff at the bottom of the stairs "Hey Inu. Sorry for his dip-shit attitude. He's been like that all morning."

"Hey Kat." Inuyasha said, still growling a bit as he glared at Patrick, advancing a bit on him "You…"

A grin lit upon Patrick's face as he shoved Kagome in front of him, laughing "Whoa, whoa, whoa Yashy. Simmer down boy! I claim her as my new best adorable friend!" he finished his statement by wrapping his arms around her shoulders from the back and resting his head atop her head.

"Soooo…" everyone's eyes turned to the laid back drummer's slight form. He was built rather cat-like and Kagome studied him, trying to figure out why Inuyasha and the guy seemed very similar. The guy flashed a laid back white smile, smaller fangs than Inuyasha's showing themselves. His tan skin has light freckles, eyes blue as the sky, and hair the color of midsummer's wheat "Are we gonna start this or what, man?"

Kagome slipped from Patrick's grasps and he went about his business and she went over to Inuyasha, standing on her tip-toes and whispering in the general direction of his ears "Do they know about your ears and stuff? Cuz that drummer's one too, right?"

"Forgot to take it off!" he said this abruptly and threw off his beanie and then turned to Logan and smiled "She's cool with it."

The drummer nodded lethargically and removed his cap to reveal golden cat ears that flickered a bit. He then turned questioning eyes because nobody had answered him yet "We can't start yet. Miroku has yet to show his ugly face here."

A groan came from Kat and Kagome turned her eyes on the girl. She looked slightly hostile, but an overall nice person. The girl's long wavy dirty blonde hair and make-up-less face gave Kagome the impression that she didn't give a shit what she looked like.

Then her eyes turned to the tall Patrick, looking him over as well. He had dark brown wavy, mussed hair to match his dark eyes and light freckling. She observed the two for a while and then found that Patrick probably liked Kat for her 'no-cares' attitude. The two looked good together, both seemingly lost in what seemed to be a never-ending debate, Patrick smiling goofily as Kat berated him for something.

The banter would certainly be something amusing for her to listen to. A crash from upstairs alerted her to Miroku's arrival and she heard a female voice yelling angrily… That would be Sango. Soon the couple stormed down the stairs, Sango pulling a smirking Miroku by the collar of his shirt down the stairs.

Now that the entire band was downstairs in the basement Kat cleared her throat "Alright everyone! We're here to have practice, now let's start! Ok, new girl, we'll give you a try. What rock song do you know, if any?"

"Uh… Ummm… How about Never Again by Nickel back? That good enough?" she didn't much like some of Nickel back's songs, but this song got to her. She knew she could impress with this song… And for once in her life she wanted to impress.

"Sounds good to me! Then she can try some Nirvana to see if she has any grit to her voice. Most chicks don't." Patrick stood lazily at his guitar, ready to start up as the rest made final adjustments to their tuning. Sango sat lazily on the steps, looking as if she did this everyday.

The music started up and Kagome grabbed the microphone, holding it a few inches away from her as she started to sing.

"He's drunk again, it's time to fight, she must have done something wrong tonight. The living room becomes a boxing ring, it's time to run when you see him," her eyes closed as she let out a strong sentence, the anger causing it to be a partial scream "CLENCHing his haaaands… She's just a womaaan… Never again!"

Again she backed off from the mic and looked ahead into nothingness "I hear her scream, from down the hall, amazing she can even talk at all. She cries to me, go back to bed. I'm terrified that she'll end up," she tilted her head a bit and got up about half an inch from the mic, sticking out her bottom jaw out in withheld anger as she gritted out "DEAD in his haaands… She's just a womaaan… NEVER AGAIN!"

She rocked the microphone stand a little as she sang the chorus "Been there before, but not like this! Seen it before, but not like this! Never before have I seen it this baaaad… She's just a womaaan… Never again!"

The microphone steadied itself again as she grabbed it with both her hands, knuckles turning a little white as she struggled not to just rage the whole song through. The passion was beginning to boil over the brim of her emotions as she sang through gritting teeth "Just tell the nurse, you slipped and fell. It starts to sting as it starts to swell. She looks at you, she wants the truth. It's right out in the waiting room with those hands, looking just as sweet as he caaan… Never again!" the word sweet was spit from her lips like it was vile, cut a little short than it should have been, but it gave the line more heart.

Again the microphone rocked to the side as she sang the chorus, letting her heart ease down before the final lines, knowing it'd take a lot of energy to keep her anger down "Been there before, but not like this! Seen it before, but not like this! Never before have I, seen it this baaad! She's just a womaaan… NEVER again!"

Now came her most heart wrenching lines as she pressed her lips close to microphone, making it look like she was making out with the mic "Father's a name you haven't heard yet. You're just a child with a temPER. Haven't you heard don't hit a lady? Kickin' your ass would be a pleasure!" the last line spit out violently before she screamed out her rage "OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAWWWW!"

The emotion continued to mount and her voice shook a little as she grabbed the mic off the stand and kneeled on the floor and hissed out a few lines before she got to the screaming part "He's drunk again, it's time to fight. She must have done something wrong tonight. Same ol' SHIT, just on a different night. She grabs the gun, she's had enough. Tonight she'll find out how FUCKING tough is this maaaan! She pulls the trigger just as fast as she caaaan… NEVER AGAIN!"

"Seen it before, but not like this! Been there before, but not like this! Never before have I seen it this baaaaad! She's just a womaaan! Never again! Seen it before, but not like this! Been there before, but not like this! Never before have I seen it this baaaaad! She's just a womaaan! Never again! Never again! Never again! Never again! NEVER AGAIN!" with the last never again she stood up and put the mic back, leaning slightly on the stand and catching her breath, wiping the sweat from her brow.

Inuyasha's angry eyes locked right onto Kagome's, starting to understand where she got all those beatings from… How could she let him do that to her?

While Inuyasha fought to control his rage each member of the band in turn said "She's it." Before shaking her hand and clapping her on the back.

A smile lit Kagome's face as she looked around the group at everyone, surprised and happy that she'd finally done something right in her life. Somehow the whole group slipped into old routines, only changing them slightly to teach Kagome the lyrics, which she picked up on easily.

"Broken ties, mix with unsaid lies,

And when all that is you falls to pieces,

Must I always pick them back up again?

Cuz I WON'T be here always, always…

No I'm AS FREE as a bIIII-iii—iird,

And you won't hold me doooo—ooown…

I'll fly awaaaaaaAAAAA-AII-aiiiy

And never come DOwwwn…

Shadows fix, what I do mix,

With my hesitations!

I know I confuse you,

And sometimes I lose you…

No I'm AS FREE as a bIII-iii—iiird,

And you won't hold me doo-ooown…

I'll fly awaaaAAA-AII-aiiiy,

And never come…. DOwwnn… DOwwn. Dooooooowwn. Yeah."

The practice flew by until it was 6 at night and all of them were starting to falter, fingers growing numb with the hours of play, voices beginning to weather and crack with overuse. Patrick dumped his guitar onto the floor and crossed his arms "I refuse to play one more song unless you feed me! And it'd better be something BIG and GOOD, cuz I'm hungry as hell!"

Miroku cracked his knuckles and yanked the keyboard's chord out of the wall before he stretched and walked over to Sango and feigned a faint into her arms "Oh my! Sango, I fear I am DYING of starvation!"

A slow glare appeared on Sango's face before she replaced it with an overly-sweet smile and ruffled his hair before grabbing a clump of it and jerking "Why, of course Miroku! I TOTALLY forgot that I'm your personal servant and should have known the moment your stomach was empty to go fetch you some food!" she shoved him off of her lap and stood up, looking around at the others for suggestions.

Everyone else was putting their instruments up, but since Logan obviously didn't have to he was the one to give a suggestion "How about we all pile up some moola for grubbage? Maybe some pizza. I don't know 'bout you guys, but man, is my stomach cravin' some of that shizz."

Instantly everybody in the room was dumping the contents of their pockets into the hat that Logan presented. Patrick and Kat dumped a good $9.43, the 43 cents coming from Patrick, Miroku and Sango giving up about $15, Logan about $3, and then Inuyasha gave up about $5. When the hat came to Kagome she blushed a little and held out a nickel and shrugged "I don't need to eat. Sorry guys, haven't gotten a new job yet."

A sound of somebody being insulted came from Patrick as he grabbed her chin and looked her in the eyes, scowling quite a lot to cover his grin "Now, I can't have such a anorexic-looking chick go hungry, can I? Trust me; you'll be even more adorable once we all fatten you up. Then you'll sky-rocket us to fame and pay us back! Won't she guys?"

A solemn nod came from the group, one having to be forced from Inuyasha since the jealousy was creeping up on him every time Patrick put a finger on her. Even if he knew Patrick was very much in love with Kat and that he was the one person in the band that could cheer up about anyone.

A nervous laugh came from Kagome's parched throat from having everybody's eyes upon her once more "Gee, you sure do have the gift of gab, eh?"

"Yup! NOW! Since I contributed the most money EVER to our pizza fund, a whopping 43 cents, I say that I get to choose the first topping. And… I say that it will be HAWAIIN!" Patrick gained the roar of laughter from his band mates that he was looking for and then handed Inuyasha the phone.

Inuyasha was upstaged by Patrick, like most of the time, but didn't mind. He didn't attempt to beat Patrick's performance as he looked around at the others "Any other orders?"

"Sausage!" That would be Sango and Miroku.

"Vegetarian!" Of course, Kat, who was trying out her new protest of animal rights.

"Whatever man." Logan twirled his drumsticks around, distracted from their entire decision making. The rest already knew what his favorite pizza was, BBQ, odd like his personality.

Now Inuyasha looked toward Kagome and she said quietly "Cheese please?"

A nod came from Inuyasha "And a pepperoni for me!" he picked up the phone and dialed the number and said out the order "Half veggie, half Hawaiian medium pizza, a medium sausage, a medium BBQ, and then a cheese and pepperoni, both larges. Oh yah, give us two liters of pop, and some breadsticks too. " With that he hung up the phone and yawned, stretching and made his way up the stairs.

He was feeling a bit crestfallen for some reason, as if the fact that Kagome was making more friends meant that he was less to her. A slightly crackling voice followed him up the stairs "Hey! Inuyasha! I can't eat a whole cheese pizza by myself!"

Small feet more or less stomped up the stairs towards him as he turned to look down at Kagome and he smiled, glad for her attention for some odd reason "Too bad, because you're going to."

"Why!" her astonished voice was trying to raise to a yell, but was being prevented from doing so because all it would do was crack and heighten until she her yelling was a clamor of barely audible squeaks.

A grin was waging a war with Inuyasha's usual stern look, but finally made it cave with his howling laughter. He wrapped his arm around her shoulders and started to force her up the stairs with him. The rest followed behind, looking perturbed at Inuyasha's very unusual, rare outbreak of laughter.

Miroku, Sango, Patrick, and Kat at all looked around at each other before Logan let out a rare remark "Think he's gone mad?" The others shrugged and made their way the rest of the way up the stairs and sat around the TV, noticing how close Kagome and Inuyasha were to each other as they argued.

After a while the doorbell rang and since the rest of the group was too busy in their conversations, Kagome grabbed the hat of money and went to the door. She opened up the door and found herself face to face with stark blue eyes in a very angular face.

The boy at the door had strangely pointed ears and he held out the pizzas, his stare open mouthed before he blurted out "Hey, what's a hot babe like you doing at the mutt's place? The name's Kouga, and since you're obviously not taken, you're going to go out with me."

"Uh… Umm… Eeee… Ahh… Riiiight… How much are th-the pizza's?" her voice faltered a bit and she tried to avoid eye contact with the odd guy, thinking that if she made it, he'd jump to the conclusion that she wanted him… Or something to that effect.

A smirk spread across his face as he placed the pizzas on the ground and held out his hand "$10… I'm giving you a major discount…"

"Why would you do that?" She handed him the money and watched him shove it into his pocket, waiting for his answer as she stood there.

Without giving her any time to fight back he picked her up easily and slung her over his shoulder, grinning from ear to ear as he covered her mouth "Because you seem a fair trade for the other money!"

And so he started his run to the pizza van, letting go of her mouth quickly as she bit it, forgetting that she could now call out. Her voice came out as a strangled mess of strained vocal chords "Inuyasha!"

She doubted that anybody could have heard her as she was tossed into the van.

Done with chapter 7 finally! Woot. Guys don't forget to guess what Patrick and Kat are out of and give your suggestion! GOOD LUCK!

Thanks for the AWESOME number of reviews. Give as many as you like this time!

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Shadow my soul: Yes, Inuyasha was being nice! Though I can't make him be nice all the time, else he wouldn't be Inuyasha. Yah know? OH, and I followed up on your request, though probably not to the extent you wanted me to.

Kmkoolj2010: Mmmhm… I know, cute cute… But just to let you know, I'm not much on the cute thing, especially for Inuyasha, because he wouldn't be Inu if he kept the whole cute thing up…

TurtleHugs: Nah, it didn't get hurt. Though lately, every time I go out riding, I see like a ZILLION turtles. It must be turtle migration season or something!

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To this world I'm unimportant Just because I have nothing to give. So you call this your free country, Tell me why it cost so much to live, Tell me why. This world can turn me down But I won't turn away, oh no I won't turn around. All my work and endless measures. Never seem to get me very far, Walk a mile just to move an inch Now even though I'm trying so damn hard I'm trying so hard. This world can turn me down but I Won't turn away, And I won't duck and run, cause I'm not built that way. When everything is gone there is Nothing there to fear. This world cannot bring me down, No cause I'm already here, oh no! I am already here, Down on my knees, I am already here, on no, I am Already here. I must have told you a thousand times, I am not running away. I won't duck and run I won't duck and run I won't duck and run No pass away. This world can turn me down but I Won't turn away And I won't duck and run, cause I'm not built that way. When everything is gone There is nothing there to fear. This world cannot bring me down No cause I'm already here. This world can turn me down. But I won't turn away, And I won't duck away Cause I'm not built that way. When everything is gone there Is nothing there to fear. This world cannot bring me down, No cause I'm already here.