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Highway to Hell	By : ChelseaTygers Category: InuYasha AU/AR > Het - Male/Female Views: 5539 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Six: Broken Into

(Simply Falling by Iyeoka)

After their recent encounter with the living dead girl and holder of the rather dubious title of Inuyasha's fiancée, Kikyo, Kagome thought she'd had enough excitement to last a lifetime. But it wasn't even a week later that she found herself bored as all hell. They'd been driving almost non-stop, aside from their occasional stays in crappy motels, and she was tired of the fields of corn and billboards advertising cheap gasoline and showgirls. She wanted an adventure, dammit, and not of the showgirl kind!

As though in answer to her prayers, they passed a billboard for a casino.

"I want to go there!" she shrieked, unperturbed when Inuyasha nearly swerved off the road, surprised by her breaking the silence. She'd barely spoken at all since her experience with Kikyo, too creeped out by the things she'd done and had done to her.

"Oh, now you wanna see the showgirls," he grumbled. Inuyasha had been begging every time he saw a billboard, thinking that after her girl on girl tryst she'd be open to the idea.

"Not that," she hissed, glaring at him, "the casino!"

"You're a little too young for that."

And not for the showgirls? Kagome curled her hands into fists, resolving to get her way and not get drawn into another pointless little argument. "But I really, really, really want to go. Now. Today."

He shook his head. "No. We're going to a hotel tonight, a real one. And we can have separate rooms. I want to make it there in a half hour, I've already reserved our spots."

Kagome's heart sank, both because she was maybe a little offended that he was no longer so eager to share a room with her and also because she genuinely was excited and wanted to visit a new place, have a new experience.

"But it's still daytime," she pointed out. "We can go to the hotel later, Inuyasha, please?" Turning the full force of her pouty face on him, she was disappointed when he didn't even glance at her.

"So? You're a growing girl. You need your rest."

Her lower lip trembled and she felt the frustration inside her burst. "B-but you said if I went with you I could do anything I wanted, a-and this is the only thing I want to do, and after e-everything I went through—"

"Ugh, fine!" Inuyasha snapped just as her tears began to fall for real. Changing lanes, he only just made the exit for the casino. "But if they ask for your ID, we're outta there."

Kagome smiled. They were in the middle of nowhere, she doubted they'd be that strict. They were lucky to get any business at all. Plus, she was with an older guy, and maybe that would make people think she was a few years older. It was perfect.

Traffic was surprisingly thick for the middle of nowhere, and by the time they made it to the casino, it was sunset. Leaping out of the car, Kagome began to bound towards the entrance, but the lack of a familiar presence made her stop. Inuyasha still hadn't come out of the car. Annoyed and confused, she backtracked to him, opening the passenger door and sticking her head inside. And shrieked.

There was someone else in the car.

She was certain it was their car, the license plate was the same, but the man sitting in the driver's seat was most certainly not a half-demon. Before she could leave and try to find Inuyasha, the man grabbed her hand and tugged her inside, leaning over her and shutting the door.

"I never wanted you to see me like this," he muttered, head bowed over the steering wheel.

She knew that voice. "I-Inuyasha?"

He grunted in the affirmative.

"What happened to you? Your hair is black and your eyes are dark. And your ears…" She missed his regular features.

He sighed. "Every new moon, I turn human. Can't smell, can't see, can't fuckin' think straight. It sucks ass." The now human Inuyasha looked embarrassed and disgusted with himself.

Oh. She'd forgotten he could do the whole turning human thing.

"You're still you," she said softly. Grabbing his hand, she brought it to her lap and encased it in both her own. "You're still the same Inuyasha who annoyed me into going on this trip, who listens to me, who saved me from a crazy dead woman." He looked at her and her heart began to race. "And you can be funny, and nice, and you're still so handsome, even without the ears—"

Wrinkling his nose, he pulled his hand from hers. "Cut it out with the incest shit, Kagome."

Mouth falling open in an offended gasp, she said, "That's what I've been saying this entire time!"

"It hasn't been that until right now."

Closing her eyes, she did a few breathing techniques and left the car, kicking the tire when his back was turned. Normally, she would have argued with him, but she wanted to get into the casino as soon as possible. They walked up to the entrance, together but apart, her angry and he annoyed. There was no one manning the entrance, which surprised her, and they breezed on through. While Inuyasha got some chips, she took a look around. The place was crowded, to her surprise, bright and loud and filled to the brim with sad-looking people that should've been the last kind to throw money away on gambling. When she spotted the slot machines, she brightened. Ever since she was a child, she'd wanted to try those. They were all occupied by old ladies, but she sauntered over, waiting on one of them to finish so she could have a turn.

"Are you serious? Fuckin' slots?"

Kagome rolled her eyes, blowing her bangs out of them as she did so. She was due for a trim. "Yeah. I don't think I could play any of the other games. I wouldn't know how."

"You're sure I can't convince you to be my lucky charm?" he said with a grin, hands in his pockets.

A smile tugged at the corners of her mouth. He looked so boyish. "No, I'd rather stay here."

Inuyasha turned to walk away, but came back, expression seeming torn. "I probably shouldn't do this, but do you want a drink?"

Kagome thought about it. The last time she drank, an undead hooker had fingered her and tried to kill her.

"Yeah, okay."

"One of those fruity girly things?"

She nodded, smiling bright. Inuyasha took off, moving quickly despite his lack of demonic speed. By the time he came back, there still wasn't an open slot machine. Taking a sip of her cosmo (finally!), she watched the old lady to her left who seemed to be barely awake win a flood of silver coins.

"Holy shit, this place is old-fashioned as fuck," Inuyasha said close to her ear, fighting to be heard over the commotion. "Feels like I'm back in Vegas during the Elvis era." He handed her a bucket and a small stack of bills. "Go ahead, blow it all. I'm gonna try and win it back on the tables."

Kagome stuck her tongue out at his retreating back, resenting him basically calling her a loser. She could win. Hell, that doddering old bat had done it, why couldn't she? She had luck on her side, she had to, after all the crap life had put her through. Grinning down at the bucket, she saw she also had money. A lot of money. There was no way she could lose…

She held on to that thought for two hours, three hundred dollars, and six cosmos (Inuyasha kept sending them over every so often) before she finally realized she was cursed. Also, she was out of cash. Carefully getting up from the stool, she stumbled anyway, barely righting herself in time with the help of an old woman's cane leaning against the machine next to her. Before she was even out of the area, another senior citizen had taken her place, pulling the lever once before she was drowned in a sea of quarters.

"Goddammit," Kagome muttered to herself, wanting to punch something.

After a solid half hour of wandering, she finally found Inuyasha. Of course, he was drunker than she was and neck deep in skanks at the roulette table. Her lips parted in outrage, because how dare he be enjoying himself when she was having a miserable night. And it was her idea to come here! He should still be sulking.

He seemed to sense her and turned around just as she started contemplating going back to the car. Inuyasha's grin was big and lazy, eyes lighting up when he spotted her. Her lips answered in their own smile and her feet moved to where he was, drawn to him like bees to pollen. Despite his new human appearance, he was the only familiar thing in the place, and she needed something familiar for comfort. Elbowing a floozy out of her way, she took her place, allowing Inuyasha's arm to settle on her shoulder. For just a little bit, Kagome needed to lean on him, to allow his presence to push the volume of the casino and her own disappointment away. When she realized she was just hiding in his armpit, she burrowed out, forcing her eyes to focus and take in the scene.

Inuyasha had an awful lot of chips in front of him. If she couldn't guess what that meant, the glares of the other people gathered around the table would've tipped her off. He was winning big, and had been for a while. A very tall woman with elegant features detached herself from a portly little man in a suit and came over their way, defecting to Inuyasha. No longer caring so much about observing her surroundings or following the game, Kagome glared at her. What right did that bitch have to just saunter over to Inuyasha like she fucking knew him, like she belonged with him!? Nose wrinkling, she pretended to watch the game again, stealthily bringing her leg up behind her and kicking out to the side, the sharp toe of her boot landing right on the bitch's ass.

The woman jumped, startled, and glanced at Inuyasha, who hadn't even seemed to notice her arrival. Suspicious, she spotted Kagome, who smiled brightly and tugged on one of Inuyasha's black forelocks, bringing his head down so she could plant a big, sloppy kiss right on his cheek.

"Ew, Kagome, quit it," Inuyasha muttered, twisting away from her but not removing his arm from her shoulders. Turning to address the crowd, he laughed. "Who the fuck really thinks they can take on the Inuyasha fuckin' Taisho? Any of you yokels got the stones?"

A few people left, grumbling and rolling their eyes. The only people who remained were the serious gamblers or the seriously ticked-off locals. Kagome was about to tell Inuyasha to take it easy, but a smiling waitress came by with more drinks. Inuyasha handed her another cosmo, and she drank it, quickly taking two more off the tray, not caring if they weren't for her. Inuyasha smiled at her enthusiasm and did the same, only with a few small shot glasses of amber liquid, downing them all one after another. His winning streak continued, and it didn't take long before he stopped pushing her away when she kissed his cheek after every big victory. Soon his arm moved to her waist, and he brought her a little in front of him, as though showing her off to the other players.

The strangest thing of all was she didn't even mind. Kagome even kinda liked it. Having people pay attention to her outside of school was new and exciting.

"I'm going to need to see some ID."

Both Inuyasha and Kagome stiffened, turning as one to the source of the booming voice. A giant bald man in a suit, presumably the manager, was glaring at them, a polite smile doing little to offset the hardness of his eyes. Kagome didn't know whether to run or lie or cry and beg for forgiveness.

"It's okay, buddy, she's with me," Inuyasha said, coming to her rescue. Convinced the business was taken care of, he went back to the game.

"Sir, I need to see your identification."

Pissed off at being interrupted for a second time, Inuyasha released Kagome, sticking his hand in his back pocket and pulling out a wallet so ancient it was falling apart at the seams.

"There," he barked, shoving his license in the man's face. "Satisfied?"

The manager took it from him, examining it carefully. "This isn't you."

"What the fuck are you going on about? 'Course it's me."

"For hours, you've been making some outrageous claims and disturbing our guests. You don't even look remotely like Inuyasha Taisho of Taisho Productions. You're human, for one."

Inuyasha snatched his ID back, glaring at the man. Kagome caught a glimpse of his card and saw it was true. He only had his half-demon form in the picture.

"What does it matter whether or not he's actually Inuyasha Taisho?" Kagome asked, the drinks having loosened her lips. "Just let him play and stop bugging us."

"I wouldn't have even come over here were you not also a thief, Mr. Taisho," the man sneered. "You've been cheating at the roulette table this entire time."

Kagome outright laughed. "How is that even possible? Isn't it all random?" She glanced at Inuyasha, but he wasn't laughing with her, just sweating and looking very uncomfortable.

"There's clearly a magnet in your pants. You switched the roulette ball with a trick one and you've been rigging the game."

Her brow furrowed. True, there had been something hard coming from the general area of his crotch poking her back occasionally, but she had thought that was, well, his man parts.

"You can't prove anything!" Inuyasha croaked.

"We've got it all on video, and we're going to prosecute, regardless of who you—"

Out of nowhere, Inuyasha landed a punch right in the guy's face, taking the big man down easily even though he was only human and lacked his half-demon strength. Before Kagome could scream, he was running and pulling her along. It was a good thing they were close to the doors, or else the staff might have actually been able to get a hand on them. As it was, barely anyone even moved to get them, and the ones that did were far too slow. She figured a place this far out in the sticks didn't have a lot of experience with something like this yet. Feeling exhilarated, Kagome burst into a run faster than his, and then she was the one dragging him to the car, proud she could best him in something on this one night.

They dove in the car, taking out of the parking lot like a bat out of hell, nearly running over one of the old ladies that had been sitting at the slot machines, having wandered from her station to see what all the fuss was about.

"Were you actually stupid enough to try and cheat at a casino!?" Kagome screeched as soon as they could no longer see the lights of the building they'd fled. "There are cameras everywhere, Inuyasha, even at a place like that."

The criminal just growled at her, sounding not even half as threatening as he usually did with his currently human vocal cords. "I've been cheating at the fucking roulette table ever since it first became a thing. Haven't done it in years, but a buddy of mine thought it would be fun to relive the good ole days and try to scam some of the dinkier Vegas spots, and I was gonna hit him up as soon as I finished visiting Mother and Father." He sighed, turning his dark eyes to her. "But then I saw you and my plans changed. Still had the magnet and trick ball on me, though, and when you said you wanted to go, I couldn't resist."

She wasn't listening to him, mind already turning over all the terrible possibilities. "Oh my God, they've got our license plate number. And you told them who you were! My face. My face is on video. Everyone I know will know and now I'll never get into college and I'll have to live on the run with you and—"

Inuyasha braked hard, and Kagome wondered what the hell was going on and if they had finally been caught, fully prepared to distance herself from all crimes committed in her presence and tearfully phone her mother. She was still a minor, they couldn't put her away for long. But when there weren't any flashing lights in the mirrors, she calmed, only to see what had caused them to stop in the first place. There, in the middle of the dirt road lit only by their headlights, was a pair of men mercilessly beating what looked like a small animal. And they were enjoyingit, their white grins practically glowing in the dark.

"Shit, we'll have to go around," Inuyasha grunted.

Kagome was already half out of the car, stomping over to the large men in leather jackets, purpose in her every step. She was alight with righteous fury, the urge to protect the poor, defenseless creature singing in her very veins. That only intensified when she neared the men who still had not noticed her and realized they weren't beating an animal, they were beating achild, a poor little demon child who was not yet powerful enough to hold a completely humanoid form.

"What on earth do the two of you think you're doing?" she said in a strong voice, hands on her hips, both looking and sounding like an angry mother.

One of the men, who was some unidentifiable sort of demon that looked like a giant flabby egg, took the time to sneer at her and give her the finger before rejoining his fellow's attempts to put out the small spark of life that remained in the boy.

"I'm calling the police!" she threatened in a louder voice. Kagome honestly thought they'd go off running the minute a witness popped up, no matter how small and female and human the witness was.

The more human-looking one rolled his eyes and, mercifully, stopped kicking the little boy. The other one followed his lead.

"Nah listen he'e, bitch, this righ' he'e is Thunduh Brothuhs business, and last time I checked, you don't got one o' these," he said, running his fingers over the collar of his ugly jacket. "Humans ain't got nothin' to do with this'n. Now I reckon you bettah hustle an' run 'long afore me an' mine decide we wan' us a pretty girl an' fox paht pah. I don' chew mah cabbage twice, best 'member that."

Kagome flung herself on the child, intent on protecting him from more harm. While it looked heroic, the truth was she did not understand a word of what the demon had said, his backwoods drawl too thick for her to even begin to comprehend it. Based on her limited past experience with people who possessed similar accents, she assumed he had invited her to his grandpappy's back porch for sweet tea and a gossip session to be followed by a trip to the local Walmart or some other equally uninteresting thing.

Ignoring them, she spoke to what she now could tell was a little boy, cradling him in her arms. "Don't worry, I'll never let them hurt you again."

The egg-shaped one narrowed its eyes at her and kicked her calf just hard enough to bruise, though she could still tell it was only a warning. "Git. Go on."

Putting the full force of her disdain and hatred into her eyes and voice, Kagome continued to sit there. "No! I cannot stand by when an innocent child is being harmed. You two are monsters and should be locked away."

Eyes flashing red, the more human-looking demon raised his arm and made a fist, expression showing he'd enjoy what he was about to do. Kagome flinched, arms tightening around the little boy and body curling inward to cover him, protect him.

The blow never came, yet she heard an impact.

She knew what she'd see even before she opened her eyes to view Inuyasha falling to the ground in front of her. Witnessing the way blood instantly spurted from his face, however, was a shock, and her grip on the little fox boy loosened slightly, enough so that he could escape. She didn't even notice. Hands shaking, she crawled the few feet over to Inuyasha, summoning the strength to cradle his dazed form to herself in place of the child.

"Oh, Inuyasha, you're so stupid," she lamented, tears running down her face.

He smiled as much as he was able, his one remaining good eye twinkling at her. "I'm not the one who killed us both, wench."

Her laugh was soft yet still managed to shake a tear free from where it was lingering on her chin, making it land right on his lips.

Glaring at the guffawing hillbillies, she tried to stay strong even as they advanced on them anew.

"Y-you'll get yours," she choked, hands fisted in Inuyasha's shirt. "Karma's going to bite you right in the—"

Before she could even finish speaking, their vacant car, which so far had only served to illuminate the scene, ran the two demons over at full speed.

If Inuyasha hadn't rolled them over at just the right moment, they would have ended up roadkill, too.

Kagome lay beneath Inuyasha in the grass at the side of what could barely be called a road, stunned and unsure of whether or not she was alive and completely whole and unharmed. It took her eyes a moment to adjust to the lack of light, and when she did, all she could see was Inuyasha's face.

"I was so scared," he said in what was barely a whisper. "They were going to hurt you, and I'm useless tonight."

"Not entirely," she murmured back, corners of her lips turning up into a smile.

"Oh, Kagome. You're so…stupid."

And with that, their lips touched, tired of resisting the pull that had been present since the very first moment they'd met (she didn't count the instance he had maybe kissed her in her sleep). Time seemed to stop. Kagome's mouth trembled incessantly. It was like her first kiss all over again. All her limited experience just went straight out the window as she allowed herself to be caressed, to be persuaded into deepening the intimacy by parting her—

"Get in, perverts."

Inuyasha broke away from her, a feral scowl on his face as they both squinted into the suddenly bright light of their car. Little bits of redneck were still splattered all over it, but the SUV was large enough that there was barely even a dent.

"Get in," the little fox demon repeated, hopping down from the car.

"What the fuck are you doing?" Inuyasha growled at him, glancing at her.

If he was feeling anything like she was, he was beyond pissed that their little moment had been interrupted. Kagome immediately felt guilty for thinking such a thing. Heck, they'd just witnessed an attempted murder and not even five minutes later they were making out on the ground. There was something incredibly wrong with the both of them and she couldn't even blame it on a concussion. Maybe the alcohol, but she felt she'd been scared mostly sober.

"Thank you for saving us," she said, getting to her feet and sending an additional thanks to the stars above that her knees weren't weak anymore from the kiss. "What's your name?"

"I'm Shippo!" he said brightly, face lighting up at her acknowledgement. With a little jump, he was on her shoulder, snuggling into her hair.

"How in the fuck did you even reach the accelerator?" Inuyasha asked, eyeing the two of them jealously.

Shippo slid down into the cradle of Kagome's waiting arms. Shrugging, he said, "I just sat on the pedals without looking."

Kagome could see Inuyasha grinding his teeth, jaw clenching in outrage.

"You little shit, you could've killed us!" Grabbing him by the tail from the safety of Kagome's embrace, he slapped him upside the head. "Male gingers should be drowned at birth, fuckin' swear to—"

"Inuyasha!" Kagome shouted in outrage.

He barely bothered to glance at her before he slapped the kid again. "What? He's obviously deformed. He's like fucking twelve inches tall."

She yanked the baby fox back to herself. "He'll grow!" she insisted, covering the demon's head in kisses. "Big and strong. There's nothing wrong with him."

Turning his big green eyes on her, he said, "God isn't finished with me yet."

The slight lisp sealed his fate. Kagome's pupils practically morphed into the shape of hearts and she squeezed him tighter.

"Isn't he just adorable? Awww, so cute and cuddly. Isn't he, Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha made a disgusted face. Kagome wasn't sure if he turned a slight shade of green from being hit so hard or if he really couldn't abide such a display.

"What were you doing out here with them anyway, kid?"

"My name is Shippo, you big moron," he hissed. Then, suddenly solemn, he continued. "The Thunder Brothers came into town late last year. They started taking over my people's ancestral lands little by little. They bought some, but most of it they just took. They'd set fires and kill livestock. Pretty much everyone but my family left, but then today…" He began to cry and cuddled Kagome for comfort. "Today they killed my ma an' pa. Now I'm all that's left."

"We're adopting him," she announced after what she felt to be a respectable amount of time had passed, voice firm.

"Fuck no," Inuyasha snapped back at her.

She could kind of understand why he might have objections. She was still a teenager and he was a commitment-phobic borderline rapist, but a child needed a mother and a father, and she wanted to be the mother. Inuyasha was the only guy around, so he'd have to play father-figure for a while until she found herself an appropriate husband, but that should only take a few more years. Thinking he'd be even more susceptible to her pleading now that they had broken down one wall of many and kissed, she put her plan into action.

Kagome forced her lower lip, still swollen from his attentions, to tremble. "You said I could do anything I wanted, and the one thing I wanted to do you ruined, and that made us come out here and nearly get killed by two psychopaths, and I've been so scared this entire time with you even after you promised it would be fun and-and-and—"

"Holy fuck, fine!"

And that settled it. She smiled down at Shippo, for the first time noticing his bruises and lacerations. He looked exhausted. Adjusting him in her arms so he could lay down instead of stay sitting, she smiled down at him as he immediately drifted off. She finally had her family.

End Note: Aaand we're back. Is anyone still into this story? Were you ever? I can't remember. You might have to remind meee…

I'm gonna really kick my ass into gear and (hopefully) finish all my ongoing stories in 2016. Forget the Storm is just the biggest pain in the ass and I really wish I left it as a one-shot. I hateithateithateit so dang much. I have a sequel in the works for Highway to Hell, as promised, tentatively titled Hell is Other People. Outline's about half-done. BLT is nearly done and everyone will be so mad at me. In addition to that, I'm writing a sequel to Want Some Help to Please Myself (you can thank bubblyblush for that), which is half-written, as well as a brand spankin' new one-shot which is a bit too light and fluffy for my comfort. Also another that's about as done as the fluffy one. Also I've got like 6 freaking more Shot Weeks (remember when I had a week with a reject one-shot every day that one time and then gave it a dumb name? That's what that is) lined up for you, my people. AND a series of rejected ideas from Strictly Taboo that I recently stumbled upon, repurposed and fashioned into new little stories, all of which are dirtykinkynastyhot. Told ya I'm gonna keep writing until my ideas are done, even if I'm the only one in the fandom. I hope a few of you will continue to read, though, even if just for old times' sake. :)
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