InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Lucky One ❯ Adoptive parents ( Chapter 2 )

DISCLAIMER: I don't own the Inu Yasha characters, only Onekan.

 

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Onekan sat in the office, going through old files and discarding the useless things. The phone rings for the first time in nearly an hour. She sighs and goes to answer it, now she had to get up and she wasn't happy. The voice on the other end didn't make things any better. She looked at the caller i.d. and smiled but only briefly.

 

“Hello”. Onekan answered. She worked at a small home-based store on the side of the road. They sold trinkets and lawn gnomes and such.

 

The “Over the Hill” Construction Co. her adoptive father founded, started a new project. This one required them to build a shed for one of their customers down the road. It is a mobile “handy-house” built on skids so that they can relocate it.

 

Onekan's adoptive father and his “crew” start work on the shed, but are so unorganized during the process that they are leaving tools in the office, in the trucks . . . the last construction site. Well, they ARE called “Over the Hill” and their memory isn't quite what it used to be.

 

“It would be amazing if they managed to put it together without it collapsing.” Onekan was often heard remarking on their instability. “They're always forgetting something.” This was one of those times they forgot something.

 

“Hey darling', do you see a framing square hanging up in the office anywhere?”

 

“Uhh, yea.” She knew what was coming next.

 

“Would you mind running out here to us please?”

 

“Yeah, I'm on my way.”

 

“Thanks sweetie.”

 

She hangs the phone up and grabs the tool, “Man”, she complained as she trotted out the door into the cold air. She walked across the lawn towards the house.

 

About half way there, she could see them milling around a pile of wood, while Keith kneeled in front of the lumber with a pencil in hand.

 

“C'mon girl, you're fifty-cents holding up a dollar.” He yelled to her.

 

“Hmph, Ya know, I could have made you come and get it. But I thought I would be nice and run it over for you so you wouldn't have to go into the warm office and then back out into the cold again.” She said sarcastically.

 

Onekan stopped short from them and handed Keith the framing square. He took it and began marking on the wood that they had already nailed together.

 

Although it was a small shed, roughly 14' x 18' room with two windows, the only problem with this scenario that Onekan could see, was that they were building everything from scratch. The trusses were measured, nailed together and then mounted. Wait, who's the carpenter in this picture? She thought her boss, also her adoptive father was a retired horse trainer. The rest of the crew was just a bunch of mismatched friends. A guy from New York who couldn't tell a straight line from a zigzag, the ox of the group, Alex never showed up and always tried to duck out when they had deliveries. Then the other guy, Kouga, now he was a real worker. And if anyone believed that, they needed to be shot. She got chills whenever she was around him. He could spin a lie on you in a heartbeat and not think twice about it.

She watched them for only a minute when she remembered she was without a coat and ran back inside where it was only slightly warmer than outside. At least there was no wind inside the office.

 

Onekan took this job after she was evicted from the house she because she couldn't afford it. It actually put her in a bad spot because now she had no where to go. Keith, her `dad', took her in and she worked in the store, while he did other things. Like eat breakfast at 7:30 in the morning and not bother asking if she wanted any. There were days he would leave and go sit at the restaurant and tell her he was running errands. Or just not show up at all.

 

She put all that behind her. She was now, about 5 weeks along. She managed to slip into this spot easily enough. It didn't pay much but she managed. Besides, everyone was bringing her lunch and taking her out to dinner. They must have thought it was much harder as a pregnant woman on her own when the father of the baby ran out on her.

 

She muddled through the rest of the afternoon. It was really chilly outside and she stayed as long as she could to keep warm. Plus, she had nowhere else to go and had to think of a place to live.

 

“Come in,” Onekan said at the sound of someone knocking on the door. She sat up as Sango walked in, two hot chocolates in tow.

 

“Thought you could use a little `pick me up'. It's strange for it to be so cold in the middle of April.” She handed Onekan the drink and shook the cold off.

 

“You know what I really hate?” Onekan sipped her drink and stared at the desk. She didn't wait for Sango to reply. “I really hate when customers come at inopportune moments, like when you really have to pee and all they want to do is read the cards on the shelf in the store. 'I'm just looking' is all they ever say.”

 

Sango nearly choked on her own drink as Onekan seemed to ramble on about absolutely nothing.

 

“And I also hate it when the horses in the barn next door use their gates as dinner bells. What do I look like? Your fucking room service? Look at them; they keep staring at me, trying to lure me in to feed them. Well I got news for ya, IT AIN'T WORKING SO KEEP IT DOWN!” Sango jumped at the fire in her voice. "And you know what's even worse,” she slammed her hands on the desk in front of her, Sango yelped. “is when you don't want to go pee because it's REALLY cold outside and the only way you can go is to use the community port-o-john in the back of the building. I don't like freezing my ass off because of some mindless response to drinking liquids.” Sango casually slid several feet away from Onekan. She didn't notice.

 

“I'd really like to know what I sign for from the UPS guy too, for all I know it could be a bomb. Oh, and what's depressing is that he honks when he approaches the store because he's afraid that if he walks in the back room again, I'll attack him with a broom, or just throw something else at him. OK, now I really, REALLY, have to pee, so either I freeze my ass off or wet myself. Frosty ass vs. wet clothes. Momentary frosty ass wins out, only because I don't like that feeling of being cold and wet.”

 

Sango's mouth just dropped open, she couldn't believe what was coming out of her friend's mouth. “What are you on?”

 

“Nothing, but I sure as hell wish I was.” Onekan took another sip of her hot chocolate, her ranting made her extremely thirsty.

 

“I'm going pee, `I'll be right back.” She got up and went outside.

 

“Are you sure your ok, Onekan, you seemed a bit stressed out.” Sang asked when she returned.

 

“Huh?” She looked at bewildered. “Yeah, I am fine, why do you ask?”

 

“well, you seem a bit out there lately.” Sango pulled up a chair next to Onekan.

 

“Oh no, I am fine, really. The doctor has me on these pills and I think they're whacking me out.” Onekan held up the bottle.

 

“Maybe you ought to talk to him and let him know you are experiencing major malfunction as a side effect.” Onekan laughed.

 

“Well, let me close out the draw and we can get out of here. You mind if I stay at with you tonight? Mom's got family coming in and I need a place to stay tonight and maybe for the rest of the weekend.” Onekan walked to the cash register and punched in numbers. The register began printing up a day-end report. She went through all of her paper work and put them in a folder. She counted the money in the drawer and labeled it on a sheet denoting each dollar value.

 

"You up for some dinner tonight at the 'Y'?" Sango asked, clearly knowing she'd have to spring for Onekan. She didn't mind at all though.

 

"Sure, let me just run this over to Keith so he can file it and put the money in the safe." Onekan grabbed up the folder stashed the money in an envelope and stuck it inside the folder. They both grabbed their things and headed out. Onekan locked the main delivery door. It made a loud racket closing and more than once, Onekan caught her hand in the chain as she pulled the massive door down.

 

"Lights!"

 

"Check"

 

"Money"

 

"check"

 

"keys?"

 

"umm, ah ha! Check!"

 

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"Hey, Keith. Elaine?" Anyone here?" Onekan and Sango stepped into the house and set their shoes in the corner of the room.

 

"There you are. I have some good news for you." Keith set his coffee mug on the table and hugged Onekan and Sango. "I know of someone looking for a roommate. I told him that you were looking for somewhere to go and he said that you could stay with him." He hugged Sango and Onekan handed Keith the paper work from the store.

 

"Oh that's great. How about I go and talk to him tomorrow soon as I get out of here? You can come too Sango, if you like." Keith nodded his agreement.

 

"Here's his address and phone number." Onekan took the paper and read it carefully. She thanked Keith and they turned to leave. "We're going to get going. We are going to the 'Y' tonight for dinner. All you can eat Buffet."

 

"Just make sure you leave the other customers food too Onekan." Keith chimed in, all three laughing.

 

"Hay, I'm not that bad." She squealed

 

"You are if you're the only 120 lb person being kicked out of a buffet. When they said all you can eat, I don't think they meant for you to try it." Sango chided. They slipped their shoes back on and left. "See you tomorrow Keith." They got in their cars and headed to Sango's house so they could change.

 

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"Ready to go meet your new bunky?" Sango sat down next to Onekan as she glared daggers at her.

 

"You know who it is? I just fucking found out. If I had of known this yesterday I never would have agreed" she scoffed. "I don't think this is such a good idea."

 

"Who is it? It can't be that bad can it?"

 

"It's fucking Inuyasha. I can't stand him. I wonder if Keith told him it was I looking for somewhere to stay. NO offense to you Sango, but I'd have to kill you if I stay with you." She looked at Sango, she couldn't tell what was going through her mind.

 

"OH, ok, so maybe it is that bad. Well you work so much anyways you see much of him would you?" Onekan sat still.

 

"I don't know. I do know that he's a jerk. He such an ass. HE came over here to the store one day to get some flowers-in-bucket for his girlfriend and he tried to tell me how bad I looked that day. Morning sickness isn't a factor is it?" Onekan crossed her arms and fumed.

 

"SO what do you want to do?" Sango asked her.

 

"Ash fuck it, let's go, it can't be too bad." They got up and walked out Sango's house. She locked the door and they got in Onekan's truck. It wasn't too far from there anyways. They probably could have walked, if they really wanted to.

 

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"Ok, he's not home. e td. Let's go!." Onekan said as she turned and headed back down the stairs.

 

"Wait, I hear someone coming." Sango jumped, she grabbed Onekan and dragged her back up the stairs. The door opened.

 

"Oh you have got to be kidding me!" He bellowed "You?"

 

"Yea, nice to see you too Inuyasha." She averted her gaze.

 

"Are you going to let us in?" Sango said, poking Onekan in the ribs

 

"Ow. can we come in?" she said hotly.

 

"Yea, come on. Sorry about the mess. I thought you were going to be here later. I was trying to clean up before you got here." Inuyasha said as he tucked a pair of boxers behind his back. The girl's whipped around and stared at him.

 

"Could have fooled me, looks like a tsunami came through and uprooted the whole house." Onekan pointed out. "where's the couch?" she searched but to no avail.

 

"Isn't one," he walked to the dinging room table and grabbed a towel off the chair. He slung it over his shoulder.

 

"Did you have a party or something" Sango asked, shoving aside 3 half empty pizza boxes which knocked over a beer bottle. It fell to the floor with a loud crash and sent beer splashing everywhere. A rat tried to escape from behind the couch and crossed Sango's path.

 

"OH MY FUCKING GOD! Inuyasha, there's a rat in your house. Not a mouse, a fucking rat." Sang screamed jumping onto the nearest high point; Inuyasha. He dropped her unceremoniously to the floor.

 

"That's not just any rat, it's Suiga." He bent down and picked him up. "How did you get out again you little rodent?" He went to his bedroom.

 

"I want out, now. "Onekan whispered. "I am not living here in this, this pigsty!" She flared her arm out like a pissed Vanna White around the room. They heard Inuyasha close the lid on the rat's cage and start heading back.

 

"where else are you gonna go?" Sango whispered back angrily. "you don't wanna stay with me and Keith is kicking you out of his place. you have no choice." she remarked.

 

"I do"

 

"you don't'"

 

"i'm not staying here."

 

"yes you are"

 

"make me"

 

"done"

 

"what?"

 

Inuyasha emerged from the hallway to see them arguing. He cleared his throat and the two girls tried, poorly, to act naturally.

 

"You don't have to stay, matter of fact, I don't want you here anyway. I don't know what I was thinking, so thanks for stopping, now goodbye." He ushered them out none-too-gently and slammed the door in their faces.

 

"Jerk!" Onekan said as she beat on the door.

 

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a/n: please review everyone. I'd like to know how my stories appeal to those that are reading it. If it's not pleasing I'll stop writing. Thanks. Hope to see you next chapter!

 

~U.R.Dragon