InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ This Wasn't In The Job Description ❯ The Pursuit ( Chapter 50 )

Chapter 50

 

The Pursuit

 

The next morning, Kagome and InuYasha left the Onsen. It had been a crazy night, and now, InuYasha was getting paranoid. He wanted to get going as soon as possible, so they were leaving right after breakfast.

 

“Come on, let's get the fuck out of here,” said InuYasha, as Kagome ran to keep up with him. “If I hear one more person say; `Great job Samurai!' I'm gonna Kaze no Kizu the whole place down!”

 

“Temper, temper!” Kagome said giggling. “Just be glad no one realized the real danger they were in!”

 

“Yeah, real danger because of us,” said InuYasha, holding the door open and waiting for Kagome to catch up. “Naraku's minions are finding us too easily….”

 

They walked out and went to get InuYasha's car. Kagome was excited to be going to Kamakura. The pictures of InuYasha's house there had looked so nice. She tried to look forward to the trip, even though his words had troubled her. It was true, they were being pursued. Would they be found even there? She hoped they wouldn't be. She wasn't sure if InuYasha had any other houses left if he destroyed this one…

 

Soon, they were leaving Tokyo and on the highway that would take them to Kamakura. In typical style, InuYasha flaunted the posted speed limits, and the sports car flew like the wind. A few times Kagome glanced back to make sure the trailer was handling the trip okay, and was relieved that it was. It seemed InuYasha always made sure his vehicles could withstand his love of speed.

 

“InuYasha, how do you think they are finding us?” Kagome asked after a while.

 

“Well, he must be using youkai with a keen sense of smell,” said InuYasha. “I certainly give off a different odor to them than humans.”

 

While Kagome thought about this, InuYasha suddenly started to growl ominously. He kept looking in the rearview mirror, and when she was about to ask him what the matter was, he swerved the car. The force of the car's movement pressed Kagome back in her seat, and she drew in a quick breath fearfully.

 

“Wh-what is it?” Kagome finally managed to gasp out.

 

“Just as I suspected,” said InuYasha. “There is a car following us.”

 

There was no time for Kagome to respond - they heard shots being fired, and they pinged off the ground by the car's tires. InuYasha swerved the car again and again, weaving in and out of traffic. But they could still hear the gunfire.

 

“AH!” Kagome shrieked, raising her hands to protect her face as a bullet shattered the car's rear window.

 

“That's it!” InuYasha exploded. “Kagome, you have to take the wheel!”

 

“But-!” Kagome started to say, but her protests were cut short.

 

InuYasha unbuckled her seat belt and his, and pulled her into his lap. It was a tight squeeze, and Kagome was pressed up against the wheel. He took one hand off it and put her reluctant hands on it. Then he slowed down a bit.

 

“Put your foot on mine on the gas pedal,” said InuYasha. “I'm going to slip out from underneath, and you must keep driving.”

 

“Uh, okay,” said Kagome, and gulped, her heart racing.

 

“Ready?” InuYasha said.

 

Looking at the road in front of her, Kagome nodded. Swiftly, InuYasha was gone from underneath her and her foot was on the gas pedal. Because the seat was set for InuYasha's greater height, it was hard at first to keep her foot there, and she had to sit at the edge of the seat to do so. The hanyou was in the back seat, where he grabbed Tessaiga and stuck it through his belt before climbing out the shattered back window. There was a sound of more rapid gun fire, and it made Kagome breathe hard in fear. Glancing in the rearview mirror, she saw that InuYasha was unhooking the motorcycle. What in the world was he doing?

 

Trying to concentrate on the road and keeping up their speed, Kagome was startled to hear the motorcycle revving up. Oh my God, he had to be kidding! Taking a quick peek back there again, she saw InuYasha was indeed getting the bike ready.

 

InuYasha gripped the handle bars of the motorcycle hard, clenching his teeth as more gunfire came his way. He revved the bike up to a roar, and then let go the brakes. The bike went flying off the trailer, landing next to the driver's side door of the car. He nodded with his head to her to lower the window, and she complied.

 

“Just keep going, you know where the house is,” said InuYasha. “I have to get these fucking guys away from you.”

 

“You sure you should do it this way?” Kagome said, but he had already swerved the bike away, reducing his speed to let their pursuers catch up with him.

 

The car in pursuit began to come closer to InuYasha, and what looked like a man was aiming a gun at him through the driver's side window. With a deadly grin, InuYasha took one hand off the handle bars and drew Tessaiga.

 

`Come and get me, you fucking bastards,' InuYasha thought. `I'll rip you to shreds.'

 

More bullets came InuYasha's way and he deflected them with Tessaiga. But as he took his eyes off the car to check on Kagome, a bullet hit his shoulder. Enraged, he slammed the brakes on the bike, pulling it into a wheelie, and the car came abreast of him. Its occupants did not have time to react as Tessaiga sliced into the roof of the car. The driver lost control, and the car began to swerve from side to side. The one who was shooting at him climbed out the window and took another shot at InuYasha over the roof of the car. He deflected more bullets, and swiped at the man's head with his blade. The tip nearly reached him and he ducked. Then it bit deeply into the car's roof again, opening it like a can opener and the driver inside cowered in fear. But the shooter was back up again and aiming for InuYasha.

 

Spying an exit ramp, InuYasha took off, hoping they would follow and let Kagome continue on. To his satisfaction, they did. Whether they had been told to take him, Kagome or both of them, obviously his tactics had enraged them enough to make him their sole target. That was fine with him! He snarled and leaned into the bike.

 

`Go on, Kagome,' InuYasha thought as he watched his car dwindle away into the distance. `Get to safety and don't worry about me.'

 

Another bullet ripped into InuYasha's back, and he sheathed Tessaiga and gunned the bike's engine harder. They would get theirs, as soon as they were far away from his Kagome.

 

As Kagome watched their pursuers being led off the highway by InuYasha, she began to feel very alone, and fearful for him. She had seen the bloodstains on his shirt where the bullets had hit him. Although she knew he healed quickly, the blood had made her anxious and her hands began to tremble on the steering wheel.

 

`Come on now,' Kagome thought to herself. `I've got to stay strong, he believes in me and he is a powerful hanyou who can take care of himself.'

 

Yet the anxiety persisted, and a feeling of emptiness began to overwhelm her. She was separated from her lover and protector and fleeing on her own. Tears began to blur her vision and she dashed them away angrily.

 

`I will not give in to these feelings,' she thought, and took some deep breaths, then gritted her teeth. `I can and will do this. He will meet me there, I do not doubt it.'

 

Deciding that some music would help, Kagome turned on the CD player. She let it start with the first song, and suddenly, the car was filled with the sound of InuYasha's voice, singing the love song he had recorded in his home studio. It made her smile at first, but then she began to miss him even more. She dug in her purse on the passenger side and found a CD of classical Japanese music. Quickly, she put it on and lost herself in the music, using it to focus and calm herself. It would still be another hour's drive until she got to Kamakura, and she had to concentrate on where she was going.

 

`My safety comes first to InuYasha,' Kagome thought. `That is why he led them off. I will show him that his faith in me is well placed, and I believe in him, and I will be composed when I see him again.'

 

But even though Kagome began to feel better, she kept seeing the blood on InuYasha, and a band of anxiety refused to let go of her heart….