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Just like the boss.
Inu Yasha was staring helpless at the annoying woman, the unavoidable interrogation was mere seconds away when the door suddenly opened and he turned around, "Back already Kagome, or did you forget something?" Inu Yasha asked grumpy. But it wasn't Kagome who entered, instead it was three young men. They were similar dressed in what he understood was formal clothing, dress and tie like the rest of the human males in this building, although Inu Yasha noted some differences. All three of them had their shirts outside their pants and they seemed a bit shaggier then most people wearing those suits did, and not to mention the smell of alcohol which made his sensitive nose wrinkle.
Eri stared nervous at the three newcomers while Inu Yasha gave them a nasty glare. The boys, probably late teenagers or something, In Yasha wasn't sure since people from the future looked much younger for their age than people from the past, stared back at them before they sat down on three chairs on the other side of the room. One of them had also brought a bag that he put between his legs. None of them said anything but their focus alternated between staring at him and Eri.
"Perhaps it is best we sit down and wait as well," Eri whispered and pulled on his fire red haori.
Inu Yasha didn't say anything but did as she said and found two chairs strategically placed at the opposite end of the room, from where he could keep an eye on them.
Not long after this, other people walked into the room and sat down to wait until Inu Yasha counted twelve persons in the room, themselves included. "Eri?" Inu Yasha asked silently, "Why are all these people here, I thought it was only you who was coming."
Eri tilted her head and whispered back, "It turned out that I wasn't the only one those three had assaulted. When the police got them, it became clear that they had a long story of attacking people whom they either robbed or did worse thing with…I was the lucky one to escape more or less unharmed."
"So everyone here is going to witness against them?"
"Yes, I believe so. There will come someone in and take us to the witness box in another room, one at a time. And then we have to tell what happened and a jury and a judge will decide if they are guilty or not and how hard their punishment will be."
Inu Yasha didn't comment on that one. Some of what she said actually made sense to him, nobles did something similar in his era, but commoners could hardly be expected to stand as witnesses there, and the question of guilt depended more than often on the persons rank and social status tan the actual crime.
Time dragged on, but finally a knocking at the door was heard and a man peeked inside, calling a name. A nervous looking man who sat close to a corner, licked his lips, looked around and got up on his feet before he went together with the man.
"Ahem" Inu Yasha said quietly, "Why are all the witnesses gathered in the same room? You know that if they talked together, they could easily mess up or even agree on what they are going to say in the court?"
"You are right," Eri said after thinking or a little while. "It is strange indeed, and did you notice how nervous the man was when he went out. Could it be only his nerves or do you think someone visited him too?"
"Perhaps."
The two of them sat there, watching the other people leave one by one, waiting for what seemed to be forever, especially for Inu Yasha who absolutely hated sitting still.
After waiting for hours, the last woman beside Eri, left. Leaving only him, Eri and the three boys in the room. None of them had moved since they came, but had kept staring at the two most of the time. Inu Yasha understood he was very noticeable among the people in the room with his old-fashioned red clothes, long silvery white hair and a cap on his head, but now his patient quota had run empty. "Hey, why do you keep staring at us?" Inu Yasha snapped. "Mind your own business would you."
The three boys look at each other before they nodded among themselves.
"And who are you?" One of them said and rose from his chair with an air of self-proclaimed superiority that surrounded him. "You certainly doesn't look like one who belong in a court room. Why are you here?"
"Keh, I am here because I was asked to come and watch this girl."
"So, you are her babysitter? I didn't know those were allowed in here."
"Hey, he is so NOT my babysitter!" Eri said flat and slammed her hands on her lap. "What about yourself, why hasn't anyone of you been called on yet, are you even supposed to be here?"
The other two smirked and rose to the signal from the one of them that was already standing.
"Look here miss. A friend of us tried to contact you, but he seems to have failed, so therefore we were asked instead…"
"I don't think I like where this is going," muttered Eri.
"Neither do we," one of them replied with a humorless grin, "So why don't we do this as simple as possible. When you talk to the judge you can say you never have seen those three guys before and nobody be bothering you again." The other two nodded.
"Keh, that sounds like a threat to me," Inu Yasha grunted with a slight smirk on his face. "And what if she say no to you, what will you do then. Pack up and leave?"
"We are inside a building, people will be here in a moment if I scream," Eri warned angrily.
Don't get your hopes too high, the walls here are soundproof to ensure the integrity of the building," the first one said, not smiling anymore but nodded towards the door. "Fix it!" he suddenly said, looking at the door behind them. The guy closest to him nodded and went straight to the door where he inserted a key and locked it. "Now we can discuss our little dilemma without interruptions," he continued darkly.
Hearing this, Inu Yasha openly smirked and stood up. "Yeah, throw away the key and you have nowhere to escape!"
"So you think you can beat us, we are three while you are alone. And unless the girl is a master in martial art, she doesn't even count," the leader snorted, hardly recognizing Eri.
"Oh, don't be so sure of yourself you puny hum…" Inu Yasha said but quickly shut his mouth. The less they knew the better this would turn out to be. Instead he walked smirking towards the guy who spoke and stared challenging into his eyes. "I dare you do anything, because you aren't getting away with this."
"So the punk think he is cool?" the man said. "Let me correct that," and then he tried to force Inu Yasha backwards by giving him a hard push on his shoulder.
Inu Yasha however didn't move an inch. The man quickly turned around and flung his body against the half demon in an attempt to force him on the floor, but Inu Yasha was unmovable. "Keh, a girl can push harder than that," he grinned. "Are you really that weak?"
The man jumped back, "Seems we got ourselves a vise guy here!" he said, positioning himself for fight. "You two take the girl while I teach this freak a thing or two. No one is allowed to make fun of me."
Inu Yasha cracked a grin, "No, I guess you are the best one to do it yourself."
"Shut it," the man said and moved fast towards him, and with great force, he planted his fist hard into Inu Yasha's stomach.
Eri who had been watching everything unfold with increasingly nervousness, let out a tiny yelp when she saw what happened, but Inu Yasha still didn't flinch, instead he put a hand to his mouth and pretended to yawn.
"Inu Yasha, please be careful," Eri said, not entirely sur what to believe about this.
"Don't worry about me, this is nothing," Inu Yasha smirked while receiving a kick to his stomach. As fast as the foot made contact, he quickly grabbed it and tossed the man aside, and then he rushed towards the other two who had set out for Eri. "Stop right there! Don't even think about harming her, or else I am going to…" he didn't get to finish before one of the other guys sent his fist right into his cheek.
"No stop this, please!" Eri shouted and jumped frightened out of the chair. "Don't fight!"
But to everyone's huge surprise, Inu Yasha didn't show any sign of hurt this time either and the guy quickly pulled his fist back, confused over Inu Yasha's lack of reaction.
The man Inu Yasha had thrown away got up on his feet and rushed towards him, ready to strike again. He hit Inu Yasha's other cheek without more results than the previous attempt. He hit Inu Yasha again and again; in his face, on his stomach and chest. The half demon on his side was unmovable, and adding to his amusement, the humans began showing sign of uneasiness. Eri who first had tried to shrink away, watched now in amazement. Kagome's mysterious boyfriend turned out to be an even bigger enigma as he took every single beat without flinching, something which in her opinion made him look very cool.
"What is it with this guy?" one of the men announced, putting words to what the others probably thought. "How can he just stand there and smile, who does he think he are?"
"Shut up!" replied the third one who so far hadn't attacked. "It is just you who are weak, or maybe you have gone soft?"
"No, it is just you who are weak," Inu Yasha said smugly and crossed his arms. Even though some of the punches hurt a little, he refused to let them see it, he had received fare worse beatings through his life, and compared to Kagome's backbreaking sit commands, this was a piece of cake. Truth to be told, this was only getting better and better since none of them had any idea of what they were up against. And to his greater amusement, all of them reeked of nervousness and a little fright.
The male who hadn't attacked him yet started to walk backwards to where they had been sitting, never taking his eyes off Inu Yasha. "Smile while you still got teeth, I got something that will wipe that smug look off your face you freak, just you wait and see…" he reached down to his bag and gripped his hand around something.
Eri's eyes widened and she yelled, "In Yasha, watch out! He's got a bat!"
"A bat?" Inu Yasha looked confused at the wooden club the man had in his hands before a memory slowly surfaced in his mind. "Isn't that the thing you usually use in that ball game?" He remembered Souta had taken him to the park once to play with him. A game that had ended rather quickly when Inu Yasha had hit the ball on his first strike, sending it skyrocketing across the field before smashing a window far away on the other side. The boy had quickly decided that the half demon was simply far too strong to play this sport safely and dragged him away before Inu Yasha had gotten the chance to try again.
"Are you planning on having a match in here, the room is way too small," Inu Yasha said, looking around.
"No, to crush your skull you smart ass," the man shouted and lunged forwards to strike him his head.
Inu Yasha followed his movements closely. The man was gripping the bat with both his hands and made a made a huge swing to give his weapon as much momentum as possible. Inu Yasha however, waited patiently until the last possible moment. Then with inhuman speed, his hand shot forwards, grabbed the bat midair and held it in an iron grip right above his head.
"What the…" the man said stupefied and tried to pull the bat lose. An impossible task. Inu Yasha held it so hard that no matter how hard he tried to wrestle the bat from him, it was in vain. The half demon grinned dangerous in wicked amusement, wide enough to let the men see his sharp fangs.
"Finished yet?" Inu Yasha smirked darkly and clenched his fist harder around the wood.
"No way!" the man said with growing terror.
Inu Yasha's eyes gleamed dangerously and he whisper, "Oh yes!" Then he clenched his hand even harder until a sickening sound echoed through the room.
…."CRACK!"….
The bat gave in for the pressure and snapped in two, leaving the man standing with half of the broken bat in his hand while the other part landed on the floor between them.
Eri gasped and the three guys stared at him in horror.
"No way, he is just like the boss!" one of them whispered terrified.
Then another chapter is done and I hope you liked it. It was fun writing about Inu Yasha for once, he hasn't got much screentime in my stories yet, but I had actually planned this chapter long before I actually began writing the story, even though the main focus is on Kirara. Please review and tell me what you think this time, I love your comments^^