InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Just This Once ❯ On That Fateful Day ( Chapter 1 )

*<*Just This Once*>*

A/N: Hey! Baq again, this time with an Inuyasha fic. Check out my other fic please, it's called May the Sun Shine Forever, and it's a pretty nice Rurouni Kenshin fanfic if I do say so myself. Have fun! R&R!

Disclaimer: I have not, do not, and will not EVER own Inuyasha and co, much to my deepest sorrow.

"Ms. Higarashi! Ms. Higarashi!"

With a jump, Kagome realized she had been dozing off at the meeting yet again.

"Ms Higarashi, I will not tolerate this behavior any longer," her boss spat out. "It's either you pay attention, or you're fired! You hear me?"

Kagome grimaced but bravely held on. The overpowering drone of the present speaker's voice enveloped her, but was brushed away as her best friend, Sango, shook her.

"Thanks," Kagome whispered.

Sango smiled. "Anytime." She silently mimed their boss, Mrs. Kaede, and delivered to Kagome a mock lecture.

Both friends giggled, but then sighed, hoping that the conference would soon be over.

"Any luck?"

Miroku, another one of Kagome's best friends since grade school, was waiting for her outside the building.

"Nope, none," sighed Kagome. "You know, I'm just about to give up here. My co -worker, Sango, feels the same too. We really should just pack up and go on to the next city."

"Why?" Miroku tore his gaze away from a random girl passing down the street to stare incuriously at her. "Are you nuts? This is the fifth time we've changed cities just because you got bored. Give it while, I'm sure something will happen soon. Besides," he added, winking at another passer -by. "This place has the best girls."

With a swing of her purse, Kagome caught Miroku on the side of his head.

"Ow! Hey! What was that for?"

"For being a lecherous, no -good, lazy bum!"

Laughing and joking, Kagome climbed into the car and both friends drove home to their apartment.

Inu -yasha growled as he prowled the streets. There was nothing new here; everything was old school. His gang, his life, his brother. Especially his brother. Always going on and on about getting an education and going into the business world. Feh, Inu -yasha thought. Who gives a damn.

His gang was stupid too. Nothing new ever happened to them. Sure, they had had some great times together. Raids at night and later joking in bars about them. But that was nothing new. Like he said, nothing new ever happened. Besides, lately they had gotten into trouble. He grunted as he jumped out of the gutter just in time to avoid a swerving car. Some members of his gang had hurt another gang's member pretty badly. He himself had heard that the other gang would be coming around seeking revenge just about now. As soon as he had heard that, he had hauled ass out of there. Who cared about the others? Not him. At least he would still be alive.

Contemplating his thoughts right there in the middle of the road, he didn't notice the same car turn around at the end of the street and double back until it was almost too late.

"Hey, what the..!"

With a crash, the car ran into a pole, just inches away from where he was now. A sudden shot pierced the night, followed by a low moan. With snickers emanating from the back seat, the car drove off.

As Inu -yasha fell, back crashing into the trashcans behind him, he felt darkness begin to creep around the edges of his vision. Raising his hand to his chest, he felt the warm sticky fluid begin to drip down his shirt. "Gods..," he moaned. Nobody would save him. Like he said, the regular shootings around here were old school.

"Miroku, come on, wake up. It's important!"

Yawning, Miroku flipped over in his bed and turned on the lights.

"Guilty," he replied, grinning, as he sat up rubbing his eyes. His expression changed when he saw the clock. "Jeez, Kagome, this better be important. It's three in the morning."

Kagome snorted. "Usually you're up even before this, talking on the phone to one of your "night friends". And it is important. I heard a shot outside, and someone might be hurt. Grab your robe and let's go!"

And with that, Kagome ran out of the room. Grumbling, Miroku shifted aside his clothes in search for his robe, accidentally squashing a half -eaten cupcake in the process. "Waking me up at three in the morning to go save an ant that's been stepped on, huh. That girl's heart is two times too big. And Leah's not a night friend, " he added, grabbing a flashlight with one hand while closing the door with the other. "She's nocturnal."