Neon Genesis Evangelion Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Inuyasha/Evangelion: Another Place, Another Time ❯ Chapter 4 ( Chapter 4 )

Inuyasha/Evangelion: Another Time, Another Place.

DAAAAH! OK! Chapter 4 is up. This was actually finished a long~ time ago, but my word processing program broke down. I managed to get it working again this week. Spell check and thesaurus are both unusable at the moment, so be patient when you see typos. I’ll revise this again when i have time and correct any existing typos. Anyway, here’s chapter 4. Enjoy!

Chapter 4

Before she looked at her clock, Kagura woke up feeling like a whole new person. She hadn't slept this well in weeks, and last night's sleep seemed to had completely rejuvenated her body and mind. But one look at her beside clock made her blue. According to the damn thing it was already a quarter past eight o'clock. A wave of panic swept over her and made the girl shudder involuntarily. She was an hour and fifteen minutes late for class. The first thought that passed through her head was "OH SHIT!", but after talking a moment to gather herself the girl concluded the only logical thing to do right now was to get her ass out of bed and to school as fast as she could. Without any further delay, she jumped out of bed and quickly pulled her school uniform out of the closet and go dressed. Unfortunately, bad things never travel alone. The "OMG I overslept!" scenario was usually associated with the "WTF Where are my books!?" crisis. Not known for her organization skills, finding lost items in Kagura's room wasn't exactly what one would call "easy". By the time our disorganized heroin finally made it out fo the door it was 8:40 AM.

As Kagura bolted down the street, her only thought was: "Oh-My-Fucking-God, I am so fucking dead." Eventually, she finished with the mental cursing and concentrated on developing a plausible and convincing excuse that would hopefully make the teacher dismiss her very late arrival. The whole time she was trying to come up with the "perfect excuse" she had her head down, and running while not looking forward is never a good idea. Sooner or later, one will smack into something. That "something" could be just about anything, as Kagura was about to find out.

OOF!

Thud!

Ugh!

Ow...

Kagura grimaced as she rubbed her head, which seemed to had just collided with a cement wall. Still with her head down, she cursed, then stood up to kick the damn "wall." To her complete amazement, the "wall" spoke.

"It seems that you are unharmed." A familiar voice spoke.

At last the girl raised her eyes, but even before she saw the face, she knew the owner of the unmistakable voice. There was only one person in the whole damn world that she knew who could have such an icy tone and, not coincidentally, such firm, "hard as rock" pectorals. Standing before her was the one and only Sesshoumaru, Mr. Antarctic-Cool Pretty boy.

At the moment, Kagura had totally forgotten about her being late for school, whether it was due to the impact or because of Sesshoumaru's sheer presence, one could not tell.

"Christ." murmured the girl, and rubbed her still throbbing forehead. "Hope I don't get a bruise from this."

"Running with your head down is never a intelligent choice."

"Shut up." Kagura was still massaging her head.

After one final look at the girl, Sesshoumaru turned to leave. It was then the thought finally struck Kagura.

Sesshoumaru skipping class!? What the hell?

Kagura quickly turned and shouted after the young man. "Hey! What the hell are you doing skipping class?"

Sesshoumaru stepped to a stop. "It's New Year's Day." he said over his shoulder.

Now, Kagura understood. She wasn't late for school, because there is no school today. New Year's Day was one of those rare occasions where they didn't have to go to school on Saturdays or Sundays for missing class during a school day. It wasn't because Kagura had a horrible memory, but it was just that having spent so many New Year's Days alone she had nearly forgotten even the existence of New Year's Day.

Although not an orphan like Rei or Kaoru, Kagura hardly had anything one could call a family. As a little girl, Kagura grew up in a broken home. She had never seen or heard anything about her mother, and her father was a despicable asshole. Kagura was the first child, and with her black hair and red eyes, she resembled her father, Naraku. Her younger sister Kanna was her complete opposite in both personality and appearance. Kanna was shy and quite. She had white hair and pale skin, because of these characteristics, tons of people thought she was an albino, which actually wasn't that far from the truth. Naraku told Kagura Kanna resembled their mother, but Kagura thought it was just some bullshit the old bastard made up to cover for the fact that he was probably on drugs or some other weird shit when he got their mother pregnant with Kanna. She had also pondered the possibility that she and her sister might had had different mothers. It was not illogical to think that considering the dramatic physical differences between her and Kanna. Her question was never answered.

Kagura jogged up to the white-haired young man. "Well, where are you going? Don't give me that look! Fess up!"

Sesshoumaru eyes narrowed slightly. "There is some business I must take care of." His voice betrayed nothing.

Intrigued, she decided to try her luck and see if she could find out more about this "business" of Sesshoumaru's.

"Care to elaborate a bit?" Kagura inquired.

"Nothing you should be concerned about." Sorry, access denied.

"What's this? Sesshoumaru afraid to admit something? Wait till I tell the girls 'bout this." Kagura was really pushing her luck, not to mention Sesshoumaru's Not-So-High tolerance point.

"You will spread no such rumour." the young man replied promptly; the hint of irritation was evident in his voice.

"Hey, no getting angry on New Year's Day." Kagura wagged a finger at him.

Having had enough of this nonsense, Sesshoumaru turned curtly and walked way. The girl followed.

"Geez, can't you ever take a joke?"

Kagura casually glance at Sesshoumaru's usual dead-pan face as they walked down the street. They continued on like this for a few blocks before Sesshoumaru broke the ice, or so to speak.

"Why do you follow me?" The Ice Prince demanded.

"It's a free country." Kagura retorted, pouting her lips a little.

"If you were determined to find out the reason for my errand, you can forget it. I've decided to do it at another time."

"You did that just for me? I'm touched." If that comment was a living organism, right now it would be dripping with an organic substance called sarcasm.

Sesshoumaru glared at her.

Kagura glared back.

The two continued to glare at each other.

Oh great now it's a fucking staring contest." Kagura thought, somewhat amused. "Blink damn you, blink!" Her eyes were starting to burn slightly. "Oh-my-God, blink you stubborn son-of-a-bitch!" Strangely enough, Kagura found herself enjoying this despite the fact that her eyes felt like they were submerged in red-hot coal. Unfortunately (or should I say 'fortunately') , her opponent wasn't about to give up any time soon. Naturally, Kagura gave in first. Now she hoped her stupidity hadn't caused any permanent damage to her precious vision.

Shit, that stupid bastard." thought Kagura, as she blinked a few more times. "I am so suing his ass if I go blind." Then without realizing what she was doing, she laughed out loud.

Sesshoumaru cocked an eyebrow, which caused his female companion to laugh even harder when she saw his face. Sesshoumaru's frown deepened, and Kagura's laughing fit worsened. By the time the young man figured out the girl wasn't going to stop any time soon, people were starting to gather around them. Kagura was really drawing a crowd. Without further hesitation, Sesshoumaru snatched up Kagura's hand and charged through the walls of bodies. Caught utterly off guard, Kagura ceased laughing. She felt Sesshoumaru's hand gripping her own; her skin grew warm whereas Sesshoumaru's remained cool to the touch. Then as if an iceberg sensing the danger of heat, Sesshoumaru immediately relinquished his grasp on Kagura's hand. The duo came to an abrupt stop. Kagura was a bit dazed, but she quickly regained her composure and took note of their current location. From their surroundings, which consisted mostly of green plants and pebble walkways, Kagura guessed they were in some park, as to the exact location, she was not sure. She had no idea how she got there; the last thing she aware of was Sesshoumaru grabbing her hand and then she blanked out. She was just mindlessly following Sesshoumaru.

"Kagura, you dumb piece of shit! Now Mr. I-Have-No-Emotions is going to make some lame comment about how stupid you are!" Kagura mentally slapped herself.

But the expected never came. Instead, those deep, yellow eyes lock with Kagura's blood red pupils. Sesshoumaru's lips moved

"I will tell you a story..."

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"FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE! YEAH, IT'S NEW YEARS BABY! WOOOOOO!" the host of the New Year's Special Program screamed on TV. In the Taiyoukai residence, everyone cheered and high-fived the people around them.

"I propose that we toast to another great year for all of us! Kanpai!" Miroku announced as he thrust his glass above his head.

"Kanpai!" The glasses clinked against one another.

"Man, this is great!" said Inuyasha, through a mouthful of noodles.

"Inuyasha, it's not polite to talk with food in your mouth. Besides, you can choke, you know." Kagome warned.

Inuyasha dismissed the girl with a wave of this hand. "Bah, I'm not stupid enough to cho-" Just before he could finish the sentence, he started choking. "Gaaah, *cough*, hah, hah..." The boy panted as Kagome patted him on the back and signed.

"What an idiot, I would never choke on food like that." commented Kouga, only to be slapped on the back of the head by Ayame when he drank from his glass. "Pfffff!"

"Now Kouga, be nice." Ayame commanded. Her boyfriend grumbled something inaudible. "What's that, Kouga? I didn't quite catch that."

"... Oh, uh, nothing at all, Ayame." Kouga felt cold sweat seeping from his back. "Scary." he thought.

In the kitchen, Asuka and Sango were washing the used dishes.

"Say, Sango, how are you doing with Miroku?" Asuka suddenly asked out of the blue.

Not expecting such a question, Sango's face reddened. "Huh, what? Please don't misunderstand, Asuka! There's nothing going on between us!"

"Oh, comon. Everyone knows already. No need to hide it." Asuka grinned.

"No, really! We're just friend!" But her face was telling a different story.

Asuka shuffled closer to the other girl. "What i really want to know is how you two go it on in the first place."

"Asuka, please!"

"Mind giving me some pointers?"

"Huh?" Sango look up from the sink in surprise. Asuka was blushing profusely. Sango stared. "Well, this is new.."

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Looks like Asuka is going to take the offensive. Next Chapter - Asuka Strikes!