InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Lot About Love ❯ On the road again... ( Chapter 3 )

Chapter Three

On the road again…

 

Inuyasha lay down, after a hard night's work, on his double bed. The room was small, but as long as it had a running shower, a TV with at least three channels, and room service then he was just fine and dandy.

 

He yawned, glancing at the glowing green lights of the digital clock, he decided to get to bed, seeing as it was way passed midnight and he had a long day ahead of him.

 

Pulling his duffel bag out, he followed his usual routine, had a quick shower, and threw on some sweatpants before heading to bed.

 

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The next morning was, as usual, routine. Inuyasha awakened from his slumber at around 10am, not too late and still not too early for his liking. No alarm waking him was just fine enough.

 

He stretched out his muscles and limbs as he rubbed the sleep from his golden eyes.

 

Inuyasha packed his things, while taking a few of the bottled shampoos and soaps the hotel had always supplied, they never noticed when they were missing anyway.

 

Stepping out of the rented room, he made his way to his car, parked just in front of his door for convenience.

 

Being lazy, he drove the car to the office to give his notice, instead of walking the few yards.

 

“Inuyasha, have a nice stay here?” The old man, who Inuyasha had learned was Jacob, said cheerfully to the hanyou as he walked in.

 

“Yes sir, the beds were very comfy.” Inuyasha nodded to the man.

 

“Please come again.” He stated as Inuyasha smiled and left the office and the hotel to continue his travels to Sacramento.

 

“Oh hey, Inuyasha.” He looked up and saw a familiar face.

 

“Hey Hojo.” Inuyasha smiled and waved.

 

“Leaving so soon?” Hojo walked up to his new silver-haired friend.

 

“Yup, gotta get on the road again.” Inuyasha yawned.

 

“Here.” Hojo pulled out some money. “This is for helping and taking of the shingles for this old dump.

 

“Oh no, I couldn't take it, the job was to pay off my hotel room.”

 

“Yes I know, but that job was way too hard for the simple room for one night deal.” Hojo held out the money. “Take it.”

 

“Thanks man.” Inuyasha took it. “I'll see ya around.”

 

“Yeah, you too.” Inuyasha hopped into the car, waving goodbye to his new friend.

 

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“Today, you can expect sunshine with a chance of rain, and back to you James.” A high-pitched woman's accent came through the blaring speaker of the car as Inuyasha pulled onto another road.

 

“Thank you Peggy, and now for a commercial break, we'll be right back.” Inuyasha flicked the radio off, giving himself a break from the ongoing sounds of other people's happiness when working.

 

The windows were all down; the shades were on; yes, Inuyasha was one cool guy going down those roads to his next stop. Too bad, no one could experience his beauty with him…

 

Once in awhile, his imagination would come and take over, making him feel very alone on the deserted roads of California.

 

Flicking back on the radio, noticing how dead the car sounded without any sound.

 

“…We're open 6 days a week, so come on down and fix yourself up with your very own customized mattresses today!” A bright man's voice came through, halfway through a commercial.

 

“Customized mattresses?” Inuyasha repeated in an unbelievable tone. “Oh boy…”

 

He smirked when he came up to an intersection with some juvenile delinquents. He watched as they glanced at him, with a rev of the engine, inviting Inuyasha to their challenge.

 

Knowing Inuyasha, he revved his engine back, agreeing to the small competition. Both candidates watched as the green lights shined through. Each of them smashed their feet onto the gas pedal, sending their cars flying down the empty street.

 

The other teens in the car laughed and screamed their lungs out, having the time of their lives. Inuyasha couldn't take it anymore, pressing on the gas, letting the car take its course, he had to win this one.

 

Moments later, he watched as the car beside him lost its speed, slowing down and sliding behind him. Inuyasha smirked; the boy couldn't take his speed for that long.

 

Inuyasha glanced in his rear view mirror and his eyes widened. His view was filled with red and blue lights.

 

“Please pull over immediately.” An intercom voice shouted up to Inuyasha. He sighed. Great, he thought.

 

Inuyasha followed his instructions as he pulled off to the side, realizing why those teenagers had slowed down…the chickens.

 

“Do you know how fast you were going sir?” Inuyasha turned to see an overweight police officer, chewing gum, and with his sensitive ears, it sounded like a cannonball being shot: very loud.

 

“No sir, apparently I had to have been going too fast or else you wouldn't be standing here and wasting your precious time.” Wrong move, Inuyasha thought too late as he got a disgusted glare from the man as he started to write something down.

 

“You were going 97 miles an hour, which is quite past the limit of the regular 60.” The man blew a bubble, a very big one, knowing it would annoy the hanyou quite a bit.

 

“I'm sorry sir, it won't happen again.” Inuyasha stated as he squeezed the steering wheel, trying to get rid of his road rage.

 

“Good, I'll be back with your ticket in just a minute.” He sneered as he left Inuyasha to his thoughts.

 

Inuyasha stared at the road ahead of him; he was losing very valuable time here. He wanted to reach the train he had to take before it left, which was tomorrow morning. He still had to travel roughly 12 more hours.

 

He thought of leaving, but that would just get him into more trouble, being wanted all over the US wasn't one of his `things to do'.

 

“Here you are; $200 for your warning.” Inuyasha starting growling, low enough where the big dolt wouldn't hear.

 

“Thank you.” Inuyasha said between his clenched teeth as he waved good-bye then left the police officer behind.

 

~*~

 

“Last call for train 247, heading for Sacramento, California, now boarding.” A man from the train door called.

 

“Shit.” Inuyasha mumbled as he pulled his duffle bag over his shoulder and ran for his life, heading for the doors. “Wait!”

 

“Hurry sir.” He heard a boy say from a window. Inuyasha ran, trying not to use his hanyou speed to direct attention towards himself.

 

As the train started to pull away, Inuyasha hopped into the door with record time as the train sped off.

 

Inuyasha huffed, pulling his loosened bag back onto his shoulders he walked down the aisles to find a place to sit. To his disappointment, there were no empty seats.

 

“Sir, come sit here.” Inuyasha looked up and noticed it was the same boy that called him from the window just a few seconds ago. Inuyasha smiled then sat himself across from the boy.

 

“Thanks.” Inuyasha sighed as he placed his bag below the seat he inhabited.

 

“No problem.” The boy smiled. “So, you're headed for Sacramento, huh?”

 

“Yeah.”

 

“How come?” The boy asked.

 

“No reasons really, why are you?” Inuyasha asked.

 

“It's my hometown; my sister's waiting for me there with my mother.”

 

“Oh, that's nice.” Inuyasha sighed and looked out the window and watching the trees pass by. He missed his family, whether he liked it or not and hearing about someone else's family wasn't helping.

 

“So…” The boy clapped his hands to his knees. Inuyasha smirked at the boy's bored look. “What's your name?”

 

“Mine?” The boy nodded. “Inuyasha.”

 

“Nice to meet you, Inuyasha, my name's Souta.” The boy held out his hand to the hanyou. Inuyasha took it and smiled back at the boy's large grin.

 

“So, where are you coming from?” Inuyasha asked.

 

“Oh, I came back from visiting my uncle.”

 

“Oh, why didn't your sister go with you?” Inuyasha raised an eyebrow.

 

“Well, she and I have different father's that's all.” Souta shrugged.

 

“Huh.”

 

“Yeah, so…where'd you come from?” Souta asked, trying to change the subject.

 

“Oh, Tokyo, been in the US for about 3 and a half months now.” He smirked when Souta's eyes widened.

 

“Wow, that's a far away place…why have you been here for so long?”

 

“Oh, I don't know…I just felt like it.” Inuyasha chuckled as he scratched his head.

 

“So you just have been traveling around the US with no real destination?” Souta asked. Inuyasha nodded. “Do you have a place to stay when you get to Sacramento?”

 

“…Not really.” Inuyasha blushed. “I usually just rent a hotel room for the night then leave the next morning.”

 

“That must be really expensive.” Inuyasha sighed.

 

“Well, that's the problem, I get jobs along the way to pay for it.” Inuyasha smiled. “My older brother and I run a multi-million dollar company that was passed down to us by our father. I thought I could spend my money from that on this trip, but my older brother, being the bastard he is, closed my account.”

 

“Brotherly love huh?” Inuyasha chuckled. “So, you run a huge company, are loaded and now living off nothing?”

 

“Yup, that about sums it up.”

 

“Wow, I wish I had your confidence.” Souta smiled. “Hey, since you don't have a place to stay, how about you stay with me and my sister?”

 

“I don't think your mother would like that, I'd just be in the way.” Inuyasha shrugged. “Thanks anyway.”

 

“Oh no, it's just me and my sis's place, my sister moved out and my mother kinda…kicked me out for a few months, so the only place I could go to was my sister's.”

 

“She's older then you?” Inuyasha asked.

 

“Yeah, she just graduated.” Souta giggled. “You thought she was younger then me? What made you think that?”

 

“Not sure, I just thought that…well, you talked about your sister like you loved her, usually people that have older siblings, take me for example, hate any and all older siblings.”

 

Souta laughed. “Oh no, my sis is okay.” Souta shook his head, trying to bring his thoughts back. “She's a…she's like a mother, always taking care of everybody, even mother.”

 

“Huh, not many people like that now a days.”

 

“Nope.” Souta sighed. “So, do you want to stay with us?”

 

Inuyasha thought about it, it was a nice idea, sleeping in a nice bed, cable…food.

 

“Okay, but only if I'm not in the way…” Inuyasha smiled when the boy jumped up and down.

 

“Awesome, we'll have tons of fun. How long do you want to stay?” Souta asked. “You can stay as long as you want.”

 

“Oh, I think only a night or so, just to get myself together again before I leave on my tour around the world.”

 

“So you really want to go around the whole world?” Souta asked. The train started to slow to a stop, Inuyasha and Souta grabbed their bags and started to head to the front of the train.

 

“Yeah, I've always loved and wanted to see everything there was that was so exciting, then I wanted to settle down in a huge condo and have five cars and…well anything that my piggybank can handle.” Inuyasha and Souta shared a laugh.

 

“Oh, I think I see my sister…” Souta pointed off into the crowd. Inuyasha looked up, seeing whom he'd be staying with as well, his jaw went slack. She was gorgeous, long black hair down just below her shoulders. Deep brown eyes, so easy to lose yourself in, she was a looker.

 

He might just have to talk to Souta, maybe a few more days would be nice…ya know, to get recuperated and all.

 

 

 

 

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Inuyasha characters, anime of manga. Rumiko Takahashi does and I'm glad she had the imagination to create such amazing characters to play with.