InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Double or Nothing: Take the Money & Run ❯ Oh the Prickly Consequences ( Chapter 5 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: hedgehogmadhatter 
An arm shot out of the dark catching her around the neck. She screamed, raised her sneaker and stomped down on her attacker’s foot. A man howled in her ear but then he tightened his arm around her neck pressing her windpipe against the inside of his elbow. Kagome bit down hard on the arm and was flung against his chest. She tried to scream again but ended up with a mouth full of long hair. She spat it out. This isn’t mine. Ick!
Moonlight streamed into the room and she saw the silver shine of his hair and knew. Inuyasha had come for her.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Hentai / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 11.21.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 5.0K | Visits: 483 | Status: Completed
An arm shot out of the dark catching her around the neck. She screamed, raised her sneaker and stomped down on her attacker’s foot. A man howled in her ear but then he tightened his arm around her neck pressing her windpipe against the inside of his elbow. Kagome bit down hard on the arm and was flung against his chest. She tried to scream again but ended up with a mouth full of long hair. She spat it out. This isn’t mine. Ick!
Moonlight streamed into the room and she saw the silver shine of his hair and knew. Inuyasha had come for her.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Hentai / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 11.21.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 5.0K | Visits: 483 | Status: Completed
Chapter Five: Oh the Prickly Consequences
Kagome noticed a tiny red cel phone on the black leather seat beside her. She stopped at the long line of cars facing the red traffic light at the height of rush hour and decided to check out the phone. There were no saved voice mails but there was a list of recent text messages. Isn't this Sesshomaru's phone…? As she read the messages she realized it was in fact Inuyasha's phone.
Monday Oct 24 13:30 from Sesshou: I'm gonna kill you.
Tuesday Oct 25 12:15 from Sesshou: Still gonna kill you.
Wednesday Oct 26 10:14 from Sesshou: Don't bother making any plans today; if I see you I will kill you.
Thursday Oct 27 18:36 from Sesshou: Got stuck in traffic. Saw you in the other lane. Almost got to kill you. Damnit. Better luck next time.
Kagome stifled a hoot of laughter. And she thought her family was dysfunctional. She keeping scroll down the tiny screen of the razor cel phone.
Friday Oct 28 20:21 from Sesshou: yada, yada, yada, will kill you tomorrow, it's in my PDA this time so I won't forget. BTW step-Ma wants you to mow her lawn. I sure as hell ain't doing it.
Saturday Oct 29 17:32 from Sesshou: Would've killed you but had to wait for you to mow ma's lawn first.
Sunday Oct 30 11:18 from Sesshou: Realized lawn season is over, I'm gonna kill you after church
Monday Oct 31 18:02 from Sesshou: Can't kill you tonight, my band's got a gig. Come see us, we're at the Hide Away. Wear a gay costume and I'll kill you.
Wednesday Nov 2 11:14 from Sesshou: Happy Day of Dead. How perfect because I am gonna kill you.
Thursday Nov 3 8:01 from Kikyo: Don't be late for our court date! You OWE me that alimony.
Friday Nov 4 21:45 from Sesshou: Was gonna kill you then heard you lost to Kikyo in court, you will suffer more this way than if I killed you today but don't worry I'll get around to it.
Saturday Nov 5 23:05 from Sesshou: Gonna kill you tomorrow. Don't be late.
Sunday Nov 6 7:01 from Sesshou: Don't have to kill you, will let you rot in jail instead.
Tue Nov 8 13:06 from Sesshou: Made bail, you suck, now am really gonna kill you.
Wed Nov 9 22:09 from Sesshou: I'm going to kill you.
Friday Nov 11 11:01 from Sesshou: My goody two shoed half breed bastard bro skipped bail. Who knew you had it in you? Still going to kill you but I am driving your Jeep until then.
Sunday Nov 13 14:39 from Sesshou: Have decided, am keeping Jeep even after I kill you. It's got a killer sound system. Pun intended.
Monday Nov 14 9:05 from Izayoi: This is your mother! Where the hell are you! My stupid baby boy! Turn yourself in ASAP! You should be ashamed of yourself…making your mamma worry.
Wednesday Nov 16 20:45 from Sesshou: Now step-Ma is mad and calling me every 5 minutes, I will kill you.
Friday Nov 18 10:00 from Sesshou: Ma wants to see you and I wanna kill you. Meet me at Barney's Pawn at 6; maybe we can kill two birds (and you) at once.
Kagome dropped the phone back onto the seat, Shit! She'd been so close to him and she'd blown it. Well at least that does explain why his cell phone was on the seat, he was only ten freaking feet away! She tapped her fingers on his leather wrapped steering wheel as she watched the light change to green.
Who was she fooling? She had no shot at winning if she took both Inu brothers on at once; assuming Sesshomaru would even help Inuyasha. This was still the best idea. Make him come to you.
Monday Oct 24 13:30 from Sesshou: I'm gonna kill you.
Tuesday Oct 25 12:15 from Sesshou: Still gonna kill you.
Wednesday Oct 26 10:14 from Sesshou: Don't bother making any plans today; if I see you I will kill you.
Thursday Oct 27 18:36 from Sesshou: Got stuck in traffic. Saw you in the other lane. Almost got to kill you. Damnit. Better luck next time.
Kagome stifled a hoot of laughter. And she thought her family was dysfunctional. She keeping scroll down the tiny screen of the razor cel phone.
Friday Oct 28 20:21 from Sesshou: yada, yada, yada, will kill you tomorrow, it's in my PDA this time so I won't forget. BTW step-Ma wants you to mow her lawn. I sure as hell ain't doing it.
Saturday Oct 29 17:32 from Sesshou: Would've killed you but had to wait for you to mow ma's lawn first.
Sunday Oct 30 11:18 from Sesshou: Realized lawn season is over, I'm gonna kill you after church
Monday Oct 31 18:02 from Sesshou: Can't kill you tonight, my band's got a gig. Come see us, we're at the Hide Away. Wear a gay costume and I'll kill you.
Wednesday Nov 2 11:14 from Sesshou: Happy Day of Dead. How perfect because I am gonna kill you.
Thursday Nov 3 8:01 from Kikyo: Don't be late for our court date! You OWE me that alimony.
Friday Nov 4 21:45 from Sesshou: Was gonna kill you then heard you lost to Kikyo in court, you will suffer more this way than if I killed you today but don't worry I'll get around to it.
Saturday Nov 5 23:05 from Sesshou: Gonna kill you tomorrow. Don't be late.
Sunday Nov 6 7:01 from Sesshou: Don't have to kill you, will let you rot in jail instead.
Tue Nov 8 13:06 from Sesshou: Made bail, you suck, now am really gonna kill you.
Wed Nov 9 22:09 from Sesshou: I'm going to kill you.
Friday Nov 11 11:01 from Sesshou: My goody two shoed half breed bastard bro skipped bail. Who knew you had it in you? Still going to kill you but I am driving your Jeep until then.
Sunday Nov 13 14:39 from Sesshou: Have decided, am keeping Jeep even after I kill you. It's got a killer sound system. Pun intended.
Monday Nov 14 9:05 from Izayoi: This is your mother! Where the hell are you! My stupid baby boy! Turn yourself in ASAP! You should be ashamed of yourself…making your mamma worry.
Wednesday Nov 16 20:45 from Sesshou: Now step-Ma is mad and calling me every 5 minutes, I will kill you.
Friday Nov 18 10:00 from Sesshou: Ma wants to see you and I wanna kill you. Meet me at Barney's Pawn at 6; maybe we can kill two birds (and you) at once.
Kagome dropped the phone back onto the seat, Shit! She'd been so close to him and she'd blown it. Well at least that does explain why his cell phone was on the seat, he was only ten freaking feet away! She tapped her fingers on his leather wrapped steering wheel as she watched the light change to green.
Who was she fooling? She had no shot at winning if she took both Inu brothers on at once; assuming Sesshomaru would even help Inuyasha. This was still the best idea. Make him come to you.
Lucky for her the guys were unlikely to call the cops. After all Inuyasha was on the run and Sesshomaru was less than fond of any kind of law enforcement, which was one of the many reasons he despised his half brother the cop. Also the Inu family was well known for solving their own problems, which only served to solidify the rumors of their mob connections.
She pressed her foot to the gas and was impressed with the pick up and go of the Jeep. Much nicer than the old Mazda 323 but this baby was a gas guzzler; however she was happy to note, she hadn't paid to fill the tank. Maybe Sesshomaru had. That was a gratifying thought. Kagome got a bang being able to see over the over cars, until she realized the Jeep made her a prime target for anyone with a gun.
Kagome cruised through Inuyasha's old neighborhood and even did a wheelie a few miles later in the parking lot of his apartment complex. She wanted to get it over with before anyone got the grand idea to send a bullet her way. Not that she really thought it would come to that but one never knew.
Daylight faded to night and she pulled up in the parking lot of Chief Allen's Bistro across the street from her walk up studio apartment. Kagome trudged up the three flights of stairs and slid the key in to the lock. She pushed open the door and was faced with the brutal reality of her situation. The thin carpet of the floor was bare. She still had her Murphy bed but that was only because it was physically attached to the wall and belonged to the landlord and not her. The large ferret cage in the center of the room was the biggest thing in the whole apartment.
Kagome flipped on the light and bent over the cage. The bedding rustled and a plum colored, clever nose poked out followed by a set of beady black eyes.
“Hiya Hedge, I'm home. What'd you do all day?” She tapped the bars and the prickly round body wiggled in protest. Bartleby hedgehog, AKA Bartles, was a big believer in his beauty rest and insisted on all twenty hours of it. Kagome dropped a few dried crickets into his ceramic food bowl and he was instantly awake. Bartles had his price and it came in the form of anything that went crunch.
Kagome left the hedgehog to his snack and changed out of the skirt into black jeans, black sweat shirt, socks and sneakers. She pulled her hair up into a high pony tail and felt very Mission Impossible. She hummed the theme music as she pulled out a chilled can of slim fast from the fridge. She hated Slim Fast, it was a gift from Grandma Kaede who'd started the diet and quit it all in one day. Kagome had inherited the case of chocolate Slim Fast she'd purchased in bulk from Sam's Club. It was all Kagome had left to eat, after that she was down the hedgehog kibble which might be more appealing than the slim fast.
Uk, there's nothing like chocolate chalk for dinner, thank Gods I had that pie earlier. Kagome slid on her thick black coat and riffled through the box of bounty hunters tools before deciding on the Taser, hand cuffs and pepper spray. She dropped her gun into the ceramic cow shaped cookie jar that mooed when it's lid was removed
She shuffled down to the street, popped the hood on the Jeep and pulled out the distributor cap. She hid it in her locked mail box along with the Jeep keys then found a nice cozy bush to sit in while she waited to see just how much Inuyasha cared about his Jeep.
_-_-_-_-_-_-_
Chef Allen's closed and Kagome watched as the last dishwasher and night manager locked up for the night. Kagome's bush was freezing and she'd long ago lost all the feeling in her ass. This sucks.
What if he's gone out of town and I'm out here for nothing. Or even worse, what if Sesshomaru is coming for me? What then? Damnit!
She pressed her foot to the gas and was impressed with the pick up and go of the Jeep. Much nicer than the old Mazda 323 but this baby was a gas guzzler; however she was happy to note, she hadn't paid to fill the tank. Maybe Sesshomaru had. That was a gratifying thought. Kagome got a bang being able to see over the over cars, until she realized the Jeep made her a prime target for anyone with a gun.
Kagome cruised through Inuyasha's old neighborhood and even did a wheelie a few miles later in the parking lot of his apartment complex. She wanted to get it over with before anyone got the grand idea to send a bullet her way. Not that she really thought it would come to that but one never knew.
Daylight faded to night and she pulled up in the parking lot of Chief Allen's Bistro across the street from her walk up studio apartment. Kagome trudged up the three flights of stairs and slid the key in to the lock. She pushed open the door and was faced with the brutal reality of her situation. The thin carpet of the floor was bare. She still had her Murphy bed but that was only because it was physically attached to the wall and belonged to the landlord and not her. The large ferret cage in the center of the room was the biggest thing in the whole apartment.
Kagome flipped on the light and bent over the cage. The bedding rustled and a plum colored, clever nose poked out followed by a set of beady black eyes.
“Hiya Hedge, I'm home. What'd you do all day?” She tapped the bars and the prickly round body wiggled in protest. Bartleby hedgehog, AKA Bartles, was a big believer in his beauty rest and insisted on all twenty hours of it. Kagome dropped a few dried crickets into his ceramic food bowl and he was instantly awake. Bartles had his price and it came in the form of anything that went crunch.
Kagome left the hedgehog to his snack and changed out of the skirt into black jeans, black sweat shirt, socks and sneakers. She pulled her hair up into a high pony tail and felt very Mission Impossible. She hummed the theme music as she pulled out a chilled can of slim fast from the fridge. She hated Slim Fast, it was a gift from Grandma Kaede who'd started the diet and quit it all in one day. Kagome had inherited the case of chocolate Slim Fast she'd purchased in bulk from Sam's Club. It was all Kagome had left to eat, after that she was down the hedgehog kibble which might be more appealing than the slim fast.
Uk, there's nothing like chocolate chalk for dinner, thank Gods I had that pie earlier. Kagome slid on her thick black coat and riffled through the box of bounty hunters tools before deciding on the Taser, hand cuffs and pepper spray. She dropped her gun into the ceramic cow shaped cookie jar that mooed when it's lid was removed
She shuffled down to the street, popped the hood on the Jeep and pulled out the distributor cap. She hid it in her locked mail box along with the Jeep keys then found a nice cozy bush to sit in while she waited to see just how much Inuyasha cared about his Jeep.
_-_-_-_-_-_-_
Chef Allen's closed and Kagome watched as the last dishwasher and night manager locked up for the night. Kagome's bush was freezing and she'd long ago lost all the feeling in her ass. This sucks.
What if he's gone out of town and I'm out here for nothing. Or even worse, what if Sesshomaru is coming for me? What then? Damnit!
How did she always manage to get herself into these situations? Kagome sucked on the tip of her tongue and mustered her determination. She checked her watch and Mickey announced it was ten minutes till twelve.
Okay I'll give this steak out until one in the morning. Then I'm calling it quits.
_-_-_-_-_-_
Over the next hour she saw a menagerie of stray dogs, stray people, cops patrolling and one bar fight that had been taken out into the street. She threw in the towel at one after more than five hours of sitting in the cold night air. Hell, maybetomorrowI can pick up some of the shiftless lay abouts Koga told me about and score some fast cash. Maybe this Inuyasha thing was a bad idea to start with.
Kagome climbed the three long stories to her apartment, swearing that when she had some money she'd move to a nicer place with an elevator.
Okay I'll give this steak out until one in the morning. Then I'm calling it quits.
_-_-_-_-_-_
Over the next hour she saw a menagerie of stray dogs, stray people, cops patrolling and one bar fight that had been taken out into the street. She threw in the towel at one after more than five hours of sitting in the cold night air. Hell, maybetomorrowI can pick up some of the shiftless lay abouts Koga told me about and score some fast cash. Maybe this Inuyasha thing was a bad idea to start with.
Kagome climbed the three long stories to her apartment, swearing that when she had some money she'd move to a nicer place with an elevator.
She stuck her key into the lock and pushed open the door. Her heat was turned down to lukewarm but it still felt great when compared to the chilly air outside.
The apartment was oddly quiet. Not that there was any appliances left to make noise…but still. She should've heard Bartleby shuffling through his bedding or some kind of noise but there was only the quiet hum of the heater.
Kagome shut the door and when she realized her mistake it was already too late.
An arm shot out of the dark catching her around the neck. She screamed, raised her sneaker and stomped down on her attacker's foot. A man howled in her ear but then he tightened his arm around her neck pressing her windpipe against the inside of his elbow. Kagome bit down hard on the arm and was flung against his chest. She tried to scream again but ended up with a mouth full of long hair. She spat it out. This isn't mine. Ick!
Moonlight streamed into the room and she saw the silver shine of his hair and knew. Inuyasha had come for her.
Upon her revelation she froze in his arms. He realized she'd recognized him but didn't care. Warm air blew across her ear as he spoke to her. “You bitch! What the hell is your damage?”
Kagome decided not to answer if he was going be that way about it and call her names.
“I asked you a question. What the fuck did I ever do to you?” He was sincerely pissed off, she hadn't expected this. She figured he'd recognize her new career and just lead her on a merry chase. Not get mad and confront her.
She held her breath in silence and he answered his own question. “Please tell me you aren't still mad about that/ It was eight years ago for Christ sakes!”
Kagome hissed, “Actually I am still very mad about that. The whole town is still talking about it!”
It was his turn to be surprised. “Really?” Even though his chest was to her back, she heard the grin creep into his voice. He's proud of it! Asshole!
“But that's not why I'm after you.”
He laughed, “You're after me? I hadn't noticed. I just thought you jacked my ride for kicks.”
Kagome caught him in the ribs with the point of her elbow. His grip on her never loosened but she heard him gasp. “I'm on you for the bounty. I need the money. Now let's get down to the police station and get this sorted out.”
His laughter was so hard and loud the force of it shook her bones. He brushed his lips against the shell of her ear and whispered, “Don't ya think you're on the wrong side of this confrontation to be calling the shots?'
Kagome thought of the distributor cap locked safely away in her mailbox. “Nope.”
“Gods you're a brazen bitch aren't ya? So, have ya been in the grand theft auto business long or is this a new hobby.”
She huffed and jerked her ear away from his mouth. “I'm not obligated to tell you a damned thing.”
His voice was jovial, as if he'd been hoping she'd refuse. “Okay then, no big. Why don't I just pick up your little furry friend there in the coroner and squeeze him till he pops?”
Kagome's heart stopped in her chest until she remembered while Inuyasha was a jackass he wasn't a monster, even if he was accused of murder. Also Bartles did not take well to strangers and had just a few defense mechanisms of his own. She smiled and said nothing.
Inuyasha locked the deadbolt behind and pocketed the key. Not for the first time Kagome cursed the stupid lock that needed a key to lock the apartment from the inside. He tossed her onto the thin mattress and proceeded towards the hedgehog cage.
The tiny door opened with a squeak and she heard Bartles beginning to huff in protest. Inuyasha slipped one clawed hand down into the bedding and lifted him from the cage. “What the hell is wrong with your hamster? He's all sharp or something.”
Kagome leaned off the mattress and hit the light switch. The room was flooded with bright light streaming from the naked light bulbs in the overhead ceiling fan. Hedgehogs are by nature nocturnal and aren't big fans of bright light. Bartles was no different. The bright light combined with the strange hand holding him inspired him to roll into a tight little ball of sharp quills. The quills jammed into the sensitive skin on the palm of Inuyasha's hand right, causing him to curse and squeeze the warm, little prickly ball. Bartles unrolled slightly and wrapped himself around Inuyasha's hand, then opened his tiny muzzle and proceeded to chomp down onto his thumb. Inuyasha howled and swung out his hand, waving it around trying to free the swinging hedgehog.
Bartleby gave up the ghost, let go of Inuyasha's thumb then was catapulted into the air and across the room. Kagome saw him unroll as he came flying at her, furry white belly first. She caught him and held him to her chest. He nuzzled his tiny wet nose against her shirt grateful to be free of the yelling hanyou.
Inuyasha watched her cuddle the prickly offender and growled, “You would own a fucking living pin cushion.” He held his hand and frowned in pain. “Son of a bitch!” Bright red pin pricks formed over his hand.
Kagome muttered softly to Bartles, “Men are such babies.” He sniffed in agreement.
Inuyasha cast a golden eye in her direction as he frowned, his ears flattening against his head. “You are the world's worst hostage ever.”
She flipped her long hair over her shoulder. “It's not like they give lessons on it in school.” Well to be honest, even if they had she probably would've cut that class.
Inuyasha slid his wounded hand into the pocket of his baggy, faded blue jeans. He knelt down on the floor beside the mattress facing her. “So spill Higurashi, why the hell are you, of all people, out to get me? You got your revenge that time you ran over me with your Ma's sedan. REMEMBER that?”
A slow smile crossed her lips assuring him she'd never forget that satisfying moment. Kagome ran her hand down the hedgehog's back soothing his prickly disposition as she answered in a smug tone. “I'm a bail bond enforcement agent, and you” she pointed at his chest, “missed your court date.”
Inuyasha scratched his chest through his dark blue Penn State shirt as if she'd actually touched him. “Ya gotta be kidding. This is un-fucking-believable.”
He began to laugh, “You, a bounty hunter! So what happened? Did your uncle die or just lose his mind?”
The fact he refused to take her even the tiniest bit seriously burned on her nerves like kerosene on a camp fire. Kagome casually reached into her pocket with her free hand and removed the tiny canister of grizzly pepper spray. She pressed down on the release tab but not before Inuyasha's hanyou nose caught a whiff.
Realizing what she was about to unleash on him, he dove on top of her knocking the can free from her hand and Kagome fell onto the bed. He held her wrist in his hand and his chest bared down on her breasts as his weight pushed the air from her lungs. She held the hedgehog safely in the crook of her other arm against her side.
“You stupid cow, do you realize how small this place is? There is no ventilation either. You would've made us all, including your precious needle assed critter here, sick as all hell.”
He ran his free hand through his long sliver hair in exasperation. “Lord, do you have even a smidge of common sense in that thick skull of yours?”
Kagome resisted the urge to stick her tongue out at him. He sat up straddling her hips; she was free to breathe again and gasped for air. “Get off me you jackass!” She pushed at his chest with her free hand.
Inuyasha's lips spread in a lazy smile baring the pointy ends of his white teeth. “Nahh, I'm comfy right here.” He patted her thigh for good measure.
The apartment was oddly quiet. Not that there was any appliances left to make noise…but still. She should've heard Bartleby shuffling through his bedding or some kind of noise but there was only the quiet hum of the heater.
Kagome shut the door and when she realized her mistake it was already too late.
An arm shot out of the dark catching her around the neck. She screamed, raised her sneaker and stomped down on her attacker's foot. A man howled in her ear but then he tightened his arm around her neck pressing her windpipe against the inside of his elbow. Kagome bit down hard on the arm and was flung against his chest. She tried to scream again but ended up with a mouth full of long hair. She spat it out. This isn't mine. Ick!
Moonlight streamed into the room and she saw the silver shine of his hair and knew. Inuyasha had come for her.
Upon her revelation she froze in his arms. He realized she'd recognized him but didn't care. Warm air blew across her ear as he spoke to her. “You bitch! What the hell is your damage?”
Kagome decided not to answer if he was going be that way about it and call her names.
“I asked you a question. What the fuck did I ever do to you?” He was sincerely pissed off, she hadn't expected this. She figured he'd recognize her new career and just lead her on a merry chase. Not get mad and confront her.
She held her breath in silence and he answered his own question. “Please tell me you aren't still mad about that/ It was eight years ago for Christ sakes!”
Kagome hissed, “Actually I am still very mad about that. The whole town is still talking about it!”
It was his turn to be surprised. “Really?” Even though his chest was to her back, she heard the grin creep into his voice. He's proud of it! Asshole!
“But that's not why I'm after you.”
He laughed, “You're after me? I hadn't noticed. I just thought you jacked my ride for kicks.”
Kagome caught him in the ribs with the point of her elbow. His grip on her never loosened but she heard him gasp. “I'm on you for the bounty. I need the money. Now let's get down to the police station and get this sorted out.”
His laughter was so hard and loud the force of it shook her bones. He brushed his lips against the shell of her ear and whispered, “Don't ya think you're on the wrong side of this confrontation to be calling the shots?'
Kagome thought of the distributor cap locked safely away in her mailbox. “Nope.”
“Gods you're a brazen bitch aren't ya? So, have ya been in the grand theft auto business long or is this a new hobby.”
She huffed and jerked her ear away from his mouth. “I'm not obligated to tell you a damned thing.”
His voice was jovial, as if he'd been hoping she'd refuse. “Okay then, no big. Why don't I just pick up your little furry friend there in the coroner and squeeze him till he pops?”
Kagome's heart stopped in her chest until she remembered while Inuyasha was a jackass he wasn't a monster, even if he was accused of murder. Also Bartles did not take well to strangers and had just a few defense mechanisms of his own. She smiled and said nothing.
Inuyasha locked the deadbolt behind and pocketed the key. Not for the first time Kagome cursed the stupid lock that needed a key to lock the apartment from the inside. He tossed her onto the thin mattress and proceeded towards the hedgehog cage.
The tiny door opened with a squeak and she heard Bartles beginning to huff in protest. Inuyasha slipped one clawed hand down into the bedding and lifted him from the cage. “What the hell is wrong with your hamster? He's all sharp or something.”
Kagome leaned off the mattress and hit the light switch. The room was flooded with bright light streaming from the naked light bulbs in the overhead ceiling fan. Hedgehogs are by nature nocturnal and aren't big fans of bright light. Bartles was no different. The bright light combined with the strange hand holding him inspired him to roll into a tight little ball of sharp quills. The quills jammed into the sensitive skin on the palm of Inuyasha's hand right, causing him to curse and squeeze the warm, little prickly ball. Bartles unrolled slightly and wrapped himself around Inuyasha's hand, then opened his tiny muzzle and proceeded to chomp down onto his thumb. Inuyasha howled and swung out his hand, waving it around trying to free the swinging hedgehog.
Bartleby gave up the ghost, let go of Inuyasha's thumb then was catapulted into the air and across the room. Kagome saw him unroll as he came flying at her, furry white belly first. She caught him and held him to her chest. He nuzzled his tiny wet nose against her shirt grateful to be free of the yelling hanyou.
Inuyasha watched her cuddle the prickly offender and growled, “You would own a fucking living pin cushion.” He held his hand and frowned in pain. “Son of a bitch!” Bright red pin pricks formed over his hand.
Kagome muttered softly to Bartles, “Men are such babies.” He sniffed in agreement.
Inuyasha cast a golden eye in her direction as he frowned, his ears flattening against his head. “You are the world's worst hostage ever.”
She flipped her long hair over her shoulder. “It's not like they give lessons on it in school.” Well to be honest, even if they had she probably would've cut that class.
Inuyasha slid his wounded hand into the pocket of his baggy, faded blue jeans. He knelt down on the floor beside the mattress facing her. “So spill Higurashi, why the hell are you, of all people, out to get me? You got your revenge that time you ran over me with your Ma's sedan. REMEMBER that?”
A slow smile crossed her lips assuring him she'd never forget that satisfying moment. Kagome ran her hand down the hedgehog's back soothing his prickly disposition as she answered in a smug tone. “I'm a bail bond enforcement agent, and you” she pointed at his chest, “missed your court date.”
Inuyasha scratched his chest through his dark blue Penn State shirt as if she'd actually touched him. “Ya gotta be kidding. This is un-fucking-believable.”
He began to laugh, “You, a bounty hunter! So what happened? Did your uncle die or just lose his mind?”
The fact he refused to take her even the tiniest bit seriously burned on her nerves like kerosene on a camp fire. Kagome casually reached into her pocket with her free hand and removed the tiny canister of grizzly pepper spray. She pressed down on the release tab but not before Inuyasha's hanyou nose caught a whiff.
Realizing what she was about to unleash on him, he dove on top of her knocking the can free from her hand and Kagome fell onto the bed. He held her wrist in his hand and his chest bared down on her breasts as his weight pushed the air from her lungs. She held the hedgehog safely in the crook of her other arm against her side.
“You stupid cow, do you realize how small this place is? There is no ventilation either. You would've made us all, including your precious needle assed critter here, sick as all hell.”
He ran his free hand through his long sliver hair in exasperation. “Lord, do you have even a smidge of common sense in that thick skull of yours?”
Kagome resisted the urge to stick her tongue out at him. He sat up straddling her hips; she was free to breathe again and gasped for air. “Get off me you jackass!” She pushed at his chest with her free hand.
Inuyasha's lips spread in a lazy smile baring the pointy ends of his white teeth. “Nahh, I'm comfy right here.” He patted her thigh for good measure.
Kagome held her breath as he leaned over her, his hair brushing across her shoulders. “Now, what I'd really like to know is how you think you're gonna bring me in.” He wiggled his hips and a very pleasant tingling sensation started in places Kagome really didn't want to think about, reminding her how he'd won her virginity in the first place.
She gritted her teeth, “Please, do don't that.”
Inuyasha grinned wickedly and whispered innocently, “Do what? You mean….this?” He continued his provocative movements and a blush rose high in her cheeks.
He bent down and nipped the end of her nose then sat up abruptly. “Don't flatter yourself. Just tell me what I want to hear.”
Kagome sighed, “And what would that be?”
He cocked his head. “That you will cease and desist in this harassment of me and tell me where the FUCK, you've hidden my damn keys!”
She gave a shy smile and mumbled. “I don't have your keys.”
Inuyasha licked his left canine as he narrowed his eyes at her. “Are you sure?'
Kagome swallowed. “Very.”
He tossed his head and laughed. “Okay great, then we're gonna do this my way.” Inuyasha ran his hands up under her sweat shirt, skimming his hands over her ribs.