InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ JOURNEY ❯ Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )

Disclaimer: All characters pertaining to the show InuYasha are owned by Rumiko Takahashi. I am not making any money from this...the only thing that I am getting out of this story is the satisfaction of knowing that other people enjoy my writing. All original characters are my creation and belong to me...as does the plot and storyline.

 

 

Chapter 2

 

Kagome and Sango had been working at the café for nearly a month when Ellis became ill. Everyone was pulling double shifts to take up the slack and help pay for his doctor bills. Rose was constantly going home to check on him. Kagome and Sango, being the most responsible employees, were pretty much running both shifts for her. The other girl was not quite bright enough to handle everything on her own.

 

Ellis was home for about a two weeks before he was admitted to a hospital. Rose was so worried that she could not think straight. Everyone did all that they could do to help, and despite the fact that everything appeared to be in total chaos, business was actually picking up.

 

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June arrived with a heat wave and Ellis' health continually declined. Kagome and Sango took separate shifts so that Rose could be with Ellis as much as possible. Kagome and Scott, the wimpy white guy, took the night shift. Sango and Lisa took the day shift. Lisa got promoted to cook with a very slight raise in pay, which was a good thing, because she was a terrible waitress. Sango made good tips most of the time. Lisa and Sango didn't get along very well though because Lisa was a bit too conceited. Kagome and Scott didn't work very well either, because although he was a nice enough guy, Kagome would not go out with him; an honor for which he continually begged.

 

Ellis died near the end of June. The doctors said that he had gotten pneumonia from the recent rains and bad weather. Rose was devastated, and could not concentrate on anything. Rose was totally alone in her grief, for she had no family. Their son had died in Korea, and their daughter had been killed in a car accident back in 1963. Kagome and Sango did all that they could do to help, but in the end, there was nothing they could do to heal her broken heart. They had been married for forty years, and then suddenly, he was gone and she was left with no one.

 

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Nearly a month passed after Ellis' death. The girls were still on separate shifts, and they didn't mind too much. Kagome was still working nights and Sango was still working days. They hadn't had a day off in over a month. To Rose it was starting to show. The girls looked exhausted.

 

On Saturday, July 30th, Rose came in and closed up. She sent everyone home for the day. They would open back up for the night shift, which meant that Kagome and Sango had the day to do whatever they wanted to. So, they decided to go shopping for some new jeans and boots. Afterwards, they went to a movie.

 

 

The girls got to the theatre and bought their tickets and some popcorn. They found some seats near the middle of the theatre. When the movie started, it was kind of gross. The whole show was about slimy space aliens.

 

About forty-five minutes into the movie, Kagome had to go to the restroom. She got up and went into the Ladies' room. While she was washing her hands, she heard two girls whispering to each other behind her back. She heard the phrase `filthy Indian' and `trash' more than once. She knew that they were talking about her and she was furious. She casually walked past them as she was leaving.

 

“You need watch what you say and who's around when you say it, or someone might have shut that smart little mouth for you,” Kagome said as she walked out the door.

 

Kagome got in line at the concession stand to buy some more popcorn. Kagome got her popcorn and a drink and was paying for it when she realized that the girls from the restroom were in line behind her. They were insulting her again. The cashier saw what was going on and asked Kagome to ignore them, but when one of the girls put her chewing gum in Kagome's hair, she lost any hope of remaining calm. Kagome bought a second cup of soda. Then she turned and dumped it over the blonde girl's head. The girl, in turn, slapped Kagome. Kagome calmly set her popcorn back on the counter. Then she grabbed the girl's hair and jerked her head down. Then Kagome smashed her knee into the girl's face, sending the girl crashing to the floor.

 

Kagome took her popcorn, soda and change and left the cashier laughing behind the counter as the girls tried to figure out what had happened. Kagome headed back into the theatre. But as she was fumbling with the door, her money slipped from her hand. As Kagome bent down to retrieve it, so did someone else. They both stood, still holding the dollar bill.

 

“Here,” he said as he looked to the concession stand. “I was just trying to help out.”

 

“Thank you very much,” she replied as she looked up. She raised her eyebrows and waited for him to release her money. And as soon as he did, she took her money and hurried back inside to sit down with Sango.

 

 

 

Sango was biting her lip and was totally entranced by the movie. Kagome thought about the guy from the concession. He was kind of cute. Then she thought about how she had decked that girl from the bathroom. She was quietly thinking to herself when she heard some guys talking behind her. “Man, when I was out there, there was this Indian girl out there. She was beautiful. Anyway, here were these two white chicks and they were jacking with her. She laid one of them out like it was nothing. Then those stupid white chicks started screaming and called the pigs.” That caught Kagome's attention. She got up and went to the door, where she peeked out into the lobby.

 

The police were in the lobby talking to the two hysterical girls, one of which had a nosebleed. The police were taking a description from the girls. Kagome knew that if they caught her, she would go to jail, just because she was Indian, not to mention a runaway. That alone made her guilty. When she saw the girls point to the door where she was standing, she ducked back inside so they wouldn't see her. She ran back down the aisle and grabbed Sango.

 

Just as they stumbled into the aisle, the doors flew open. They turned and looked at the police officers coming towards them. Kagome and Sango ran through the aisles and headed for the fire exit. As they reached the exit, they turned and looked back only to see several sodas and a few bags of popcorn flying at the policemen. Someone had thrown them as a distraction, and it had worked. The police hesitated to figure out who, out of fifty people, had thrown them. Kagome and Sango ducked out the door and disappeared down the alley.

 

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Sango went home to the motel. Kagome went to the café. She unlocked the door with a key that was hidden behind a loose brick. She went inside and put the rolls into the oven. Then she waited for Scott to get there. He showed up about an hour later and started cooking for dinner.

 

People started coming in at around seven o'clock and it was pretty steady. Business died off for the night at around ten, so Kagome sent Scott home, mainly because he was really starting to bother her. At around ten-thirty, a biker came in. He was kind of tall and skinny, but not too skinny. He had dark violet eyes and was wearing glasses. He was kind of handsome, in an intellectual way. He had the demeanor of someone very wise, like her grandfather. Kagome took his order and made it to go. He ordered five burgers and five orders of fries. Kagome watched him from over the counter as she made his order. He was looking at her in a warm friendly way that made her feel at ease. She also had a feeling that she would see him again. He took his order and left, smiling.

 

Kagome closed shortly after he left, seeing that there were no other customers and that she was alone. Scott would be back at eight in the morning to cook for breakfast. Kagome decided to curl up in one of the booths and take a nap.

 

Kagome was having a pleasant dream. In her dream, she was at a pow-wow in the mountains. She was dancing in a circle. She was wearing a deerskin dress. Her hair was down and the sun gleamed off the highlights in it. Then a man, wearing leggings of deerskin and a breastplate, appeared out of nowhere. His hair was pulled back with a leather thong with a feather hanging loosely. He joined her in the dance. He took her hand as they danced around the circle to the beat of the drums. Then the drums slowly changed to pounding. Kagome woke up to Sango and Scott pounding on the window for her to let them in.

 

 

TBC...

 

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